Eye on Extremism: January 12, 2026

Afghanistan International has obtained a collection of official documents and internal reports from Taliban authorities that reveal the direct involvement of members of the group in extrajudicial killings in several Afghan provinces. The documents...

Although the United States, under all administrations, has continued to conduct attacks against ISIS positions, the recent killing of the three Americans in Syria explains the intensification of U.S. operations. “It’s essentially about showing ISIS...

Protests against the mullah regime in Iran continue to escalate. There are reports of hundreds of deaths. Terrorism expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler explains what distinguishes this protest from previous ones and what makes it so...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the situation in Iran. “A Human Rights group says more than 500 people have been killed in Iran's government crackdown on the largest protests in several years. Iran blames the bloodshed...

Protests against the mullah regime in Iran continue to escalate. There are reports of hundreds of deaths. Terrorism expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler explains what distinguishes this protest from previous ones and what makes it so...

This is a typical case, says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Berlin and New York. "Basically, Berlin and Germany are important areas for Hezbollah to recruit sympathizers, spread...

Eye on Extremism: January 9, 2026

Iran signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating as the death toll rose to at least 50. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

The problem: although the wave of demonstrations is widespread, there is a lack of leadership. “The moment has not yet come when the regime is seriously in danger. What is currently missing is a central organization of the protests and a vision for...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes that if HMPPS does not collect or hold information on the nature and extent of religious gangs in prison, it cannot hope to win the battle for power and space that is constantly being waged across prisons holding...

Hamas is one of only 43 organizations on the EU's list of terrorist organizations, explains Hans-Jakob Schindler of the "Counter Extremism Project," a transatlantic think tank for analyzing and combating extremist threats. Furthermore, it has been...