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February 6, 2026

The main issue from the US perspective is the Iranian nuclear program: Washington wants to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. However, Iran is systematically complicating the negotiations, says Middle East expert Hans-Jakob Schindler...

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February 5, 2026

"The Iranian regime wants to send two messages. Domestically: 'We are strong.' And internationally: 'We can also defend ourselves,'" explains Middle East expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project, in an interview with the...

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February 5, 2026

An Internal Affairs spokesperson said many of the NGO referrals are from larger and often international NGO agencies which specialise in identifying terrorist and violent extremist content. They say an increase in these referrals highlights their...

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February 4, 2026

What does Iran hope to achieve with this provocation? What does this mean for the nuclear talks? Can a US attack on Iran currently be ruled out? Jessica Zahedi discusses this with Middle East expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler on...

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February 4, 2026

"This is absolutely not how a radicalized person should be treated," says Sofia Koller, an expert on terrorism. She works at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) research institute in Germany. According to Koller, a radicalized person should be...

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February 3, 2026

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed [at 6:46] on the sabotage against German navy ships in Hamburg.

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February 3, 2026

On Jan. 27, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Maestro Lotoro led a concert of this music in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Lotoro’s collection includes not only music from the Nazi camps and ghettoes, but also the camps of...

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February 2, 2026

[CEP Senior Director] Iran expert Hans-Jakob Schindler sees the mullah regime in a “lose-lose situation.” Making major concessions to the US would be risky and could provoke a coup by the Revolutionary Guards.

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February 1, 2026

Höss’ former home sits cheek by jowl with Auschwitz, literally just metres away. It has been bought by a US organisation called the Counter Extremism Project and transformed into the Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization...

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January 29, 2026

A report from the Counter Extremism Project describes a pro-ISIS chat on RocketChat in which a user allegedly interrogated an "uncensored AI" for technical information on explosives and destructive capabilities. The case reopens the debate on...