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März 17, 2026

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: “Today, Europe is facing a resurgent and increasingly complex terrorism threat. Between 2022 and 2024, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) reports that 206 terror...

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März 17, 2026

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed at 01:02 regarding the court case against Russian agents in Germany.

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März 17, 2026

The investigation points to a pattern that investigators observe among so-called Russian “disposable agents.” According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, these agents often work “on behalf of a foreign intelligence service...

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März 17, 2026

Extremist networks linked to ISIS have called for attacks against Hindus in India and across South and Southeast Asia, even as they praised recent violence in the United States and expanded online recruitment, according to a new report by the Counter...

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März 16, 2026

“The relationship between the cartels and Hezbollah is long-standing, significant and multifaceted,” the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, told The New York Sun. Mr. Schindler said the “strategically most...

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März 15, 2026

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Days after being named Iran's supreme leader following Ali Khamenei's death, Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared on camera. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project tell DW what's known about him.

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März 13, 2026

[CEP Senior Director] Middle East and terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler doubted whether the current strategy would achieve the former in particular. The current aim is to bring about regime change through air strikes so that sufficient numbers of...

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März 13, 2026

Expert Hans-Jakob Schindler assumes that Ahmadinejad is still alive. And there must be a reason for that. “For right on the very first day, the U.S. and Israel succeeded—100 percent—in killing those individuals who had been identified as priority...

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März 13, 2026

According to terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, bringing about regime change solely through airstrikes is an extremely risky undertaking. The airstrikes would have to continue until a sufficient number of security apparatus employees defected to...

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März 13, 2026

But can the American-Israeli airstrikes truly bring about a democratic change of power? Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler emphasized that no attempt has ever been made to effect regime change solely from the air. One would then have to hope that...