In an interview, [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses Europe’s role in the Strait of Hormuz and the possibility of deploying ground troops. He says that the abstract threat to Germany has increased.
On March 22, 2016, 32 people were killed in attacks in Brussels. From Nice to Berlin to Paris: Terrorism has struck many cities across Europe. How is the EU combating this threat and its consequences? With Kathrin Schmid and Andreas Meyer-Feist...
CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller writes: Neither France nor Germany remains spared from the threat of Islamist terrorism: In France, the threat level remains high. In February 2026 alone, two 16-year-old boys were charged with planning a...
[CEP Senior Director] Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler views Tehran’s threat as a kind of act of desperation, but he also stresses that this warning must be taken seriously. While it may not be “our war,” he says, it is “our problem.”
U.S. President Trump is asking for help in securing the Strait of Hormuz, calling on NATO, among others, to step up. But many countries feel sidelined by Washington and are refusing. Europe, however, should have used the situation to strike a “deal...
The Jewish community is being shaken by a worldwide series of terrorist attacks. Expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains what this has to do with the hybrid warfare of the Iranian mullah regime.
Middle East expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler analyzes the situation in the Middle East and explains how things might unfold in Iran: “There are three scenarios, none of which is particularly good for Europe.”
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