“What makes them unique is the ‘wolves in sheep’s clothing’ approach, which aims at fooling law enforcement into believing Active Clubs are just about sports,” Alexander Ritzmann, a political scientist and senior advisor at the Counter Extremism...

“Political polarization, combined with the idea that one’s opponents are irredeemably evil and that there are no other legal avenues to create change, can lead to violence,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch [CEP Researcher], a terrorism analyst who closely...

The Mullah regime in Tehran has so far denied that it is working on its own nuclear arsenal. However, the amount of enriched uranium casts doubt on Tehran's claim. "As the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency, editor's note) has confirmed, Iran...

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown writes: The West is often accused of "double standards", whether in the field of human rights or foreign interventions, environmental targets or nuclear proliferation. I have had to answer this charge with...

The escalation between Israel and the Iranian mullah regime raises the question of changing the system. There is little cross-party sympathy for the mullah regime in Germany. However, experts such as Hans-Jakob Schindler also warn of "chaos" and...

After its blistering attacks on Iran, how much support would Israel need from the United States to completely destroy the regime’s nuclear program? Our guests: Ryma Sheermohammadi (Iran expert); Kristin Helberg (Middle East expert); Hans-Jakob...

However, Germany has no influence anyway, said Middle East expert and extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project on the fringes of a Tagesspiegel panel discussion in Berlin: "We are just onlookers. After the Americans...

"According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has increased its enrichment to 60 percent and has also increased its missile tests. This could be interpreted as an attempt by Tehran to increase its bargaining power vis-à-vis the US. But...

"It is not entirely clear what the Netanyahu government wants to achieve in Iran," says Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project think tank. "When it comes to rolling back Iran's nuclear program, you can roughly...

Following the Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities and military leadership, many Arab states are expressing alarm and criticizing Israel. This includes close Western partners such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. In...