On July 12, 2022, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, joined GLOBAL with JJ Green for episode, "U.S. military kills 'mysterious' ISIS leader. Who was Maher al-Agal?" Dr. Schindler revealed who Agal was and why ISIS is still such a major threat.

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, said that Tarrant’s so-called manifesto was full of in-jokes and memes from internet and gaming culture. He referenced a dance from the game Fortnite, and joked that one old PlayStation game had 'taught [him] ethnonationalism.' Before getting out of his car and launching the attack, Tarrant told his livestream followers to subscribe to the popular YouTuber PewDiePie."

CEP Analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch interviewed for "The Replacement Conspiracy Inspiring Mass Shootings" episode of Vice News' "Decade of Hate" series: "The Great Replacement Theory has fuelled the world’s deadliest white supremacist terror attacks – but what exactly is it? And how has it leaked into mainstream politics? VICE World News’ Tim Hume investigates how so-called ‘lone wolf’ rampages never truly happen in isolation, and how the internet has fueled the ‘gamification’ of these deadly terror attacks."

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller writes:  "After three years of obstacles and indecision, France has finally decided to repatriate some of its citizens. While bringing people affiliated with ISIS back to French soil might seem incredibly risky at best and naive at worst, repatriation is still the most effective solution to the foreign fighter dilemma."

"Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said: ‘Fraudulent identity documents and passports continue to present a serious security challenge.

‘These facilitate the movement of people, vehicles, money, and materiel across borders and through inspection points. As such, they are invaluable to criminal and terrorist networks alike and pose a serious security risk to the UK. Criminals and terrorists use fraudulent passports to circumvent border checkpoints, allowing them to travel around or even leave and re-enter the UK undetected and untraced."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "To dismantle the Russian media lie about an alleged "neo-Nazism" of the Ukrainians, we turned to the director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, for an update on the Azov Regiment in Ukraine , which is fighting to liberate the country from Russian occupation."

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller writes: "Während Politik, Forschung und Zivilgesellschaft weiterhin diskutieren, wie Radikalisierung und Islamismus eigentlich zu verstehen ist, bereitet Frankreich vor allem der Umgang mit bereits radikalisierten oder straffällig gewordenen Personen große Schwierigkeiten. Seit etwa 2014 hat das Land aber wichtige Fortschritte gemacht: in den Präfekturen koordinieren nun die CPRAF die multiprofessionelle Betreuung relevanter Personen, im Strafvollzug wachsen Evaluierungs- und Betreuungsangebote und die Ergebnisse einer kürzlichen Studie zu speziellen Programmen für entlassene Straftäter wie PAIRS stimmen vorsichtig optimistisch. Da Deradikalisierungs- und Distanzierungsprozesse komplex sind und Monate oder Jahre dauern können, wird sich jedoch erst langfristig zeigen, wie effektiv die französische Ausstiegsarbeit wirklich ist."

"A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al-Qaida-linked group. His name was Abu Hamza al-Yemeni.

On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains who he was."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid interviewed on R2 Radio, the public broadcaster of the Stare of Hesse, on the subject of deep fakes. 

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann writes: "Nonetheless, western media has come to develop a sort of Azov obsession, buoyed by a complete lack of nuance in the reporting around this group. One key factor missing in all of the analyses of the Azov: the difference between the Azov movement and the Azov regiment. The West’s Azov obsession and the inability to properly understand the overall phenomenon has even led to the spread of damaging anti-Ukraine propaganda in the media."