CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown: "In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to the West and the...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "What should we do about our national crisis of confidence? In every sense, confidence and trust in our institutions and national infrastructure is tanking. Let me count the ways. Tomorrow, I plan to go to...

Eye on Extremism: September 23, 2024

“Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Sunday it had launched rockets at Israeli military industry complex in the northern city of Haifa in an initial response for pager and walkie talkie blasts; the Iran-backed group posted on its Telegram channel.” Reuters...

“Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, discusses the situation in Lebanon and the growing fears of an all-out war.”

“…Almost all members of the military chain of command around Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah have been killed. Security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler sees this as a particular problem for the Shiite militia: "If this Israeli campaign continues, it...

"Counter Extremism Project Senior Advisor Ian Acheson sat down for an interview about growing up with a terrorist threat on the Civic Space podcast from the University of Liverpool.”

Eye on Extremism: September 19, 2024

“Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were...

" On this episode, Niall Paterson also speaks to former prison governor Professor Ian Acheson, author of the book Screwed - Britain's Prison Crisis And How to Escape It, about the prison environment, and how systemic a problem it has become."

Eye on Extremism: September 18, 2024

“Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and...

“…An 18-year-old Islamist in Munich, for example, radicalized on TikTok, about to attack the Israeli consulate. Only the quick intervention of the police prevented a catastrophe. The problem: Such cases often go unnoticed for a long time. “Without...