CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted extensively in cover story on Hamas networks in Germany: "Hamas wants to give itself a peaceful image through its propaganda - far from executions and rape..."

Eye on Extremism: July 25, 2025

The Israeli government and President Trump’s Middle East envoy said on Thursday that they were recalling the teams that had been negotiating on a Gaza cease-fire with Hamas, perhaps imperiling the hope for the return of some of the last surviving...

Eye on Extremism: July 24, 2025

Israel brought its delegation home from Gaza ceasefire talks for consultations on Thursday after Hamas delivered a new response to a proposal for a truce and hostages deal. The Israeli Prime Minister's office thanked mediators for their efforts and...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "That is the end of people not being listened to, not the beginning. Violence like what we’ve seen in Epping and will see elsewhere should never be endorsed. But dismissing legitimate fears as bigotry and...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted by Funke Mediengruppe on Iran and the nuclear program.

CEP Senior Advisor, former UK Ambassador to Yemen and coordinator of the UN Security Council's sanctions monitoring team, Edmund Fitton-Brown appeared on "Times Radio Drive with John Pienaar" to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the loss...

Foreign Fighters in a New Syria: How the Uyghur TIP Might Shape the Future of Terrorism

This blog is the second entry in a four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. While remaining an AQ-affiliate, TIP is also closely linked with Hayat Tahrir al...

Eye on Extremism: July 23, 2025

For more than two weeks, mysterious explosions and fires have erupted across Iran, setting ablaze apartment complexes and oil refineries, a road outside a major airport and even a shoe factory. In public, Iranian officials have shrugged off the...

Eye on Extremism: July 22, 2025

Iran has emerged from its war with Israel — briefly joined by the United States — deeply wounded. Its military defenses are battered, its nuclear program was pummeled and its population has been devastated by a heavy civilian toll over the 12-day war...

Eye on Extremism: July 21, 2025

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people, state media and witnesses said. With hundreds reported...