Rethinking the Fight against Antisemitism after October 7

In this new episode on antisemitic violence, Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks with Alexander Ritzmann about his latest report, which calls for a shift from incident response to “strategic disruption�…

Left-Wing Extremism and Antisemitism

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by journalist and author Nicholas Potter—who has faced death threats and intimidation because of his work—to discuss the rise in left-wing…

Return of the Leader: Robert Rundo's Impact on the Violent Extreme-Right Active Club Network

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann discuss Alexander’s new Counter Extremism Project Policy Brief on Active Clubs (ACs) and the main strategic propaganda messages by the network’s co-…

Disinformation and 'The Noise War'

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by JJ Green—journalist and author of The Noise War—to unpack the mechanics of disinformation: how to spot it, why it works, how it corr…

Islamic State's Propaganda Evolution Since October 7

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by Sean McCafferty to discuss how the October 7 attacks changed online extremism, including Islamic State’s (IS) response. Since IS los…

S1 E12: The Role of Scams and Sport in Terrorist Financing

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined once again by Elena Martynova to explore two underexamined areas of terrorist financing: the targeting of individuals through sophisticated s…

S1 E11: The Uses of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in Counter-Terrorism

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by Elena Martynova to explore how Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) has reshaped the fight against extremism—revealing hidden networks, expos…

S1 E10: How Terrorism in Germany is Financed (in German)

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by investigative journalist Joseph Röhmel to discuss terrorism financing in Germany. Joseph is author of a major ARD/BR documentary on attack…

S1 E9: Al-Qassam Brigades Propaganda: Evolution Since October 7

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by Sean McCafferty to discuss how the Al-Qassam Brigade managed and adjusted its online propaganda strategy pre- and post-October 7th.

S1 E8: Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) al-Qaida affiliate and close partner of the ruling HTS in Syria

This episode discusses a recent CEP blog series on the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) — a Uyghur jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda and closely aligned with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria. …

S1 E7: The Rise of Organized Antisemitism on Campus

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann are joined by Franziska Sittig, co-author of a new book Intellectual Self-Destruction: How the West Gambles Away Its Future to discuss how Western academ…

S1 E6: Party, Brawls, and Posts: The New Neo-Nazi Youth Scene in Germany

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann discuss the current rise of Neo-Nazi youth across Germany, their resemblance to the “Kameradschaft” (comradeship) movement of the 1990s and 2000s, th…

S1 E5: Guns, Drugs, and Swastikas: Europe’s Neo-Nazi Mafias

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann explore the deepening ties between right-wing extremists and organized crime across Europe. Drawing on CEP’s research, they reveal how groups like the …

S1 E4: Active Clubs: White supremacist network

S1 E3: ARCHER at House 88 - the new initiative from the Counter Extremism Project (Podcast in German)

S1 E2: The Sudden Fall of the Regime in Syria

S1 E1: A guide to identifying and disrupting antisemitism.