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The protests in Iran continue to spread. For the first time, arrests have been made in the capital, Tehran, and other cities. Extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler summarizes the current developments.
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December 31, 2025
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"The advantage of phase one of Trump's Gaza plan was that every step was specifically negotiated," Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Berlin-based think tank Counter Extremism Project, told our editorial team. "The components of the next phase are more like declarations of intent without details."
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December 30, 2025
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Earlier this year, the Jewish Journal reported that Höss’ private home—the villa his wife once called a “paradise”—was purchased by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), with Broidy playing a leading role in the initiative. The property, located at 88 Legionow Street in Oświęcim, Poland – 88 being the numeric representation for “HH” or “Heil Hitler” – sits just outside the fence line of Auschwitz. From its garden and swimming pool, Höss’ children could see the smoke rising from the crematoria.
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December 29, 2025
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Several people have been arrested in Italy. They were allegedly collecting donations for humanitarian causes, but the money is believed to have actually gone to Hamas or allied groups. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project has taken a closer look at the case.
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December 29, 2025
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CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky writes that the Bondi Beach terrorist attack is what a globalized intifada looks like and the chant must be treated as a form of hate speech.
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December 24, 2025
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“The creator of the audiobook has previously released similar AI content; however, Siege has a more notorious history,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project.
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December 22, 2025
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about the killing of a Russian general in Moscow.
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December 22, 2025
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“The creator of the audiobook has previously released similar AI content; however, Siege has a more notorious history,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, “due to its cultlike status among some in the online extreme right, promotion of lone actor violence, and being required reading by several neo-Nazi groups that openly endorse terrorism and whose members have committed violent criminal acts”.

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December 21, 2025
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Australia is tightening its laws against hate speech following the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach. Security expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler is calling for more proactive measures from platforms and investment in online deradicalization: “The internet is far too big for purely reactive mechanisms.”
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December 19, 2025
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler talks to SWR about what is important to prevent terrorist attacks.
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December 18, 2025
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