Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced negotiations to release all hostages in the Gaza Strip—while simultaneously pushing ahead with plans to capture Gaza City. CEP's Senior Director and Middle East expert Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler explains...

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on Newstime about the implications of the arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in the bombing of North Stream 2 pipeline in Italy.

Dr Han-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on DW TV about how Hezbollah's networks developed and operate in Germany (in Arabic).

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director, CEP is interviewed on a left-wing extremist camp that is meeting in Frankfurt over the coming days. The camp brings together all the main players of left wing-extremist networks in Germany.

In July 2025, the Counter Extremism Project , together with the Auschwitz Research Center, organized a webinar entitled: "Are we back in the 1990s? New neo-Nazi youth groups in Germany and Poland ." Experts highlighted the emergence of neo-Nazi youth...

An essay written by CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy, part of a series of essays on defending free speech commissioned by Robin Simcox, the former Commissioner for Countering Extremism. This essay examines how the counter-extremism sector has...

For the first time in modern history, far-right and populist parties are simultaneously topping the polls in Europe’s three main economies of Germany, France and Britain. […] More recent societal stressors such as the coronavirus pandemic and war in...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the situation in Gaza and Hamas. "In a rare press conference with international journalists, the Israeli Prime Minister has tried to defend his controversial plans to seize Gaza City...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the situation in Gaza and Hamas. "Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany will suspend arms exports to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip. It marks a major shift for the German...

According to media reports, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants complete control over Gaza. In an interview, Middle East expert Hans-Jakob Schindler warns of the possible consequences - and criticizes: An exit strategy for the time after Hamas is...