Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”

(New York, NY) —The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C. for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented...

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...

Eye on Extremism: January 16, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington will reach an agreement with Hamas that will see it fully disarm, threatening the terror group if it doesn’t get on board. “With the support of Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar, we will secure a...

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.

Eye on Extremism: January 15, 2026

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - remain unfulfilled. The first phase has been...

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...

“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...

Eye on Extremism: January 14, 2026

The Trump administration waded into a regional debate over the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, designating the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the transnational Sunni Islamist group as terrorist organizations. The group founded in the...

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...

Eye on Extremism: January 13, 2026

Iran International’s Editorial Board has published a statement titled “The killing of 12,000 Iranians will not be buried in silence,” setting out its findings on the latest crackdown and calling for documents and testimony. The full text of the...