Since 2020, Active Clubs have expanded rapidly across the United States, Canada and Europe, including the U.K.,a France, Sweden and Finland. Precise numbers are hard to verify, but the clubs appear to be spreading, according to The Counter Extremism Project, the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center and my own research.

CEP nonresident fellow Ari Heistein writes: Within the governing coalition and among right-wing commentators, continuous efforts are made to frame the relocation of Gaza’s population as both morally justified and strategically essential, as well as to devise expedited mechanisms for carrying this plan out. In our view, this approach is impractical and fraught with serious moral and strategic risks. It fosters dangerous illusions that divert attention from realistic, actionable strategies for advancing Israel’s long-term interests and strengthening its international standing.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced negotiations to release all hostages in the Gaza Strip—while simultaneously pushing ahead with plans to capture Gaza City. CEP's Senior Director and Middle East expert Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler explains the story behind this strategy.

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on Newstime about the implications of the arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in the bombing of North Stream 2 pipeline in Italy.

Dr Han-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on DW TV about how Hezbollah's networks developed and operate in Germany (in Arabic).

Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director, CEP is interviewed on a left-wing extremist camp that is meeting in Frankfurt over the coming days. The camp brings together all the main players of left wing-extremist networks in Germany.

In July 2025, the Counter Extremism Project , together with the Auschwitz Research Center, organized a webinar entitled: "Are we back in the 1990s? New neo-Nazi youth groups in Germany and Poland ." Experts highlighted the emergence of neo-Nazi youth groups in Poland and Germany in recent years, reminiscent of the German "Kameradschaft" scene of the 1990s. This phenomenon suggests that the problem is not limited to individual extremists , but is taking organized forms, targeting young people, which certainly raises alarm bells.

An essay written by CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy, part of a series of essays on defending free speech commissioned by Robin Simcox, the former Commissioner for Countering Extremism. This essay examines how the counter-extremism sector has expanded beyond its original focus on terroristic radicalisation to encompass broader political phenomena, often at the expense of freedom of expression. Using the case of rapper Tyler, the Creator’s 2015 UK ban as a starting point, it argues for a more focused approach to countering extremism that protects free speech and maintains public trust in institutions.

For the first time in modern history, far-right and populist parties are simultaneously topping the polls in Europe’s three main economies of Germany, France and Britain. […] More recent societal stressors such as the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine have further increased the allure of populism, according to Hans-Jakob Schindler, the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit international group. But populist parties in Europe have also harnessed social media more powerfully than their more centrist opponents, he said.