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January 23, 2026

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on arrest of Russian spy in Berlin and extradition of Russian diplomat from Germany.

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January 23, 2026

Longform interview with CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler about Hamas financing in Germany and Europe.

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January 22, 2026

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding Islamist radicalization online and terrorism threat in Germany.

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January 21, 2026

Following serious riots at a Kurdish demonstration in Dortmund, terrorism expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler warns against importing the Syrian conflict to Germany. Schindler also fears an uncontrolled return of German IS fighters from...

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January 19, 2026

Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler of the transatlantic think tank Counter Extremism Project says that the interim president relies on foreign jihadists to stabilize his rule and does not want to appear within the Islamist spectrum as someone who...

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January 16, 2026

He helped build the group's operational capabilities and trained some of the hijackers who took part in the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, according to the Counter Extremism Project.

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January 15, 2026

According to terrorism expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler, Israel and Saudi Arabia have warned the Trump administration against rushing into air strikes against Iran. An attack at this point in time could backfire, as the regime is not...

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January 15, 0026

“As a pure sanction, this would have relatively few consequences. But it would send a strong political signal,” says extremism expert and Middle East specialist Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter Extremism Project in Berlin. In recent...

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January 14, 2026

Philanthropist Elliott Brody writes: Prior to acquiring the whiteprint, in 2024, I helped the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit organization, purchase a house next door to Auschwitz. Commandant Rudolf Hoss lived there from May 1940 to December...