Hans-Jakob Schindler is director of the NGO Counter Extremism Project and has been investigating how extremist and terrorist organizations finance themselves for more than 25 years. He knows the pattern: "On the one hand, extremist groups try to...

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted regarding the deteriorating situation in Mali.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed following the arrest of a right-wing extremist in Germany who allegedly planned to kill German politicians on the dark net.

Eye on Extremism: November 18, 2025

The Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace following two years...

Weakened by a French military intervention in 2013 in Mali, Ag Ghaly bounced back in 2017 by uniting the Ansar Dine, Katiba Macina and Al-Mourabitoun groups to form JNIM. His nickname is "the strategist", said Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the...

Left-wing extremist groups are calling for massive protests in Giessen against the founding of an AfD youth organization. “The left-wing extremist milieu has enormous mobilization potential,” says security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, [CEP Senior...

The Active Clubs network has been notable for the speed with which it has grown and spread. Alexander Ritzmann, a researcher for the Counter Extremism Project and an adviser to the European Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network, said he had...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Online Supporter Releases Anonymous Cryptocurrency Guide, White Supremacist Group Offers Alleged Online Paramilitary Training Via Telegram

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, a member of a pro-ISIS chat on the RocketChat program released a 41-page manual...

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, renowned terrorism expert and Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, analyzed the current threat posed by international terrorism. In his keynote speech, he referred to nine attempted attacks in the recent past...

Eye on Extremism: November 17, 2025

Thousands of miles from the frontlines in Ukraine, where the Kremlin's war machine is steadily grinding forward, Russian forces face a potentially catastrophic situation in the West African nation of Mali as Al-Qaeda-loyal militants close in on the...