"Hans-Jakob Schindler, terror expert and director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), calls this "an explosive situation": "Something like peace is just emerging between Turkey and the PKK, there are initial negotiations," says Schindler. For...

Eye on Extremism: March 5, 2025

The State Department on Tuesday reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

"Three empty buses exploded on the southern edge of Tel Aviv in Israel recently. In this week’s episode of The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "At least two people have died and several injured after a car was driven down a busy shopping street yesterday in Mannheim, in western Germany. A 40-year-old man has been arrested. It is not clear yet if this...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "The suspected driver in the Mannheim shooting rampage that left two people dead is a German from Ludwigshafen with a criminal record. The authorities are currently assuming that the 40-year...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This morning we look at this crime - what we know and what is still unclear. We also ask Hans-Jakob Schindler, security expert at the International Centre for Counter Terrorism, why cars are...

Eye on Extremism: March 3, 2025

The U.S. Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaida that announced its dissolution in January. The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said in...

"Phoenix moderator Hans-Werner Fittkau speaks with Hans-Jakob Schindler, terrorism expert at the Counter Extremism Project, about today's incident in Mannheim on March 3, 2025."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "Hamas has accused Israel of blocking aid to Gaza to influence ceasefire negotiations, with the militant group saying things were back to square one. Could this derail the whole deal? "

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Aches writes: "What sort of mojo do you want your police officer to bring with them the next time you’re stopped and searched? The Metropolitan police asked Londoners to help them use this procedure better: one quoted...