In this conversation with Danish Shaikh, Editor, The International Wire, Dr. Hans Jakob Karl Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project and former Coordinator of the UN Security Council’s ISIL, Al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team, reflects on the evolution of counterterrorism policy, the enforcement of international sanctions, and the growing intersection between terrorism financing, compliance frameworks and geopolitical risk. From emerging financial technologies to extremism prevention, the discussion examines how governments and the private sector must recalibrate strategies in an era where security threats are increasingly transnational, decentralized and financially sophisticated.