"In this week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains why ISIS is still a major threat even though it hasn’t been making big...

"'The pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge has “claimed responsibility for acts of vandalism and fire bombings of anti-abortion offices and clinic,' according to the Counter Extremism Project. 'On May 8, [2022], the Madison, Wisconsin, office of the...

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Companies Cut Ethics And Safety Staff Following Section 230 Ruling

(New York, N.Y.) — In the wake of twin U.S. Supreme Court rulings that largely maintained the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, major tech companies are sharply reducing their workforce responsible for content...

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 29, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

Extremist Content Online: TikTok Accounts Spreading Extreme Right Propaganda And Glorifying Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple TikTok accounts promoting...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in May 2023

Following is the May 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2022 and 2021 can be found here and here . The...

Erdoğan’s Election Victory

On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triumphed in a runoff election for the Turkish presidency that international observers deemed free but not fair. Erdoğan, the two decades-long leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), defeated his opponent...

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen and CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "The Christchurch Call is a commendable initiative that can fulfill its initial promise. We cannot continue to sit back and hope the problem of online extremist media...

Uptick In Hamas Violence Coincides With Continued Hospitality By International Enablers

Last week, Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced it had foiled an attempted bombing in April by Hamas and arrested a suspect, Israeli-Arab citizen Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh. According to the indictment against Mahajneh, Hamas had recruited him...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The real reason that Prevent could never gain traction within Northern Ireland is because there is a hierarchy of violent extremism which cannot be disturbed because of the political demographics and cultural...