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September 15, 2021

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interview republished: "A #humanitarian crisis is emerging in #Afghanistan in the wake of the dramatic political changes that have swept the country. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a high...

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September 13, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed for podcast: "What went wrong in Afghanistan, and who is to blame? Is America safer today than on September 10, 2001? What lessons should the leaders of America's foreign policy draw from...

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September 13, 2021

"The director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, has worked in the UN Security Council unit that monitors ISIS and Al Qaeda. He believes extremists from Europe may now travel to Afghanistan to train, and that terrorist attacks...

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September 10, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'The new Taliban is very much the same as the old Taliban,' former Ambassador Nathan Sales, the Trump-era head of the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau, told Fox News. 'They still...

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September 10, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "There are still far too many Americans left behind enemy lines. One American left behind is too many. So, today's a good start. But I have to say we should not be praising the Taliban as...

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September 10, 2021

On September 10, 2021, CEP Senior Advisor, former British diplomat and counter-terrorism chief, Sir Ivor Roberts appeared on BBC Two and BBC News to discuss the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the current situation in Afghanistan.

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September 9, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sale quoted: "'The new Taliban is the same as the old Taliban. They haven’t ‘moderated’ a bit. By appointing FBI-wanted terrorists to leadership positions, and scheduling their inauguration for the...

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September 9, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'The Taliban have made clear that they intend to govern Afghanistan as a terror state,' said Nathan Sales, the State Department’s counterterrorism coordinator under Mr. Trump."

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September 9, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'I think the United States is dramatically better in counterterrorism today than we were 20 years ago,' Amb. Nathan Sales, former ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism...

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September 8, 2021

"In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Multinational NGO Counter Extremism Project, pointed out that China is unlikely to initiate large-scale investment in Afghanistan in the near future. Schindler...