In the course of the Annual Investment Meeting, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner met with the Secretary General of the Arab League. The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Congress) is an initiative of the AIM Global Fundation, an independent international organization that works to strengthen the global economy by supporting effective promotional…
On April 11, EICTP invited selected partners and experts to a personal exchange with Serge Stroobands, MA, Head of the Europe and MENA Department of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Vienna. In addition to various press briefings, the latest developments of the “Global Terrorism Index” of the…
In an exciting exchange of views, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner will travel to Brussels in March 2023 to meet with the EU Counter Terrorism Office. The EU Counter Terrorism Office acts as Europol’s counterterrorism information hub, providing unique opportunities for law enforcement agencies in EU member states and beyond to…
At the end of February, there was a visit to the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Vienna, H.E. Ambassador Magdi A. Mofadal, who is stationed in Vienna only since 2022, was very much looking forward to the exchange with representatives of the EICTP to discuss possible projects of…
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, HE Haitam Abu Alfoul invited to a meeting in Vienna on February 10. Topics were cooperation with Jordanian institutes and universities in the field of extremism prevention and counterterrorism.
On February 8, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner visited the Egyptian Ambassador to Austria HE Mohamad Elmolla to discuss possible contacts and cooperation in the field of Counterterrorism and Prevention of Extremism with similar institutions and universities in Egypt.
In cooperation with UN-CTED (Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate) and as officially accredited partner institution of the associated Global Counter-Terrorism Research Network (GRN), an EICTP delegation, led by President Herbert Scheibner presented the in-house methodology of the Foresight Strategy Cockpit and explained it on the basis of the virtual workspace “Transnational…
In early December 2022, EICTP was accepted into the Global Counter-Terrorism Research Network (GRN) network. The GRN network was established in 2015 by the Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). Today, more than 100 of the world’s leading research institutes are represented to assist CTED with scholarly work, research, analysis,…
On December 5, 2022, EICTP participated in the second Vienna Forum, an international conference organized by the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria and the Ministry for Integration. Under the overarching theme of segregation and extremism, politicians, international experts, and stakeholders came together to discuss in public panels the…
On November 25, 2022, the EICTP hosted a workshop with Prof. (emeritus) Dr. Herfried Münkler, who analyzed the current geostrategic situation in Europe in his presentation. He gave an idea-historical assessment of the current global strategic developments and criticized the Eurocentric interpretation of world politics. Furthermore, he discussed the future…
In the course of the Rotary Club meeting on November 23 in Vienna, EICTPs President Herbert Scheibner and Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer gave a short presentation on the topic of counter-terrorism. The interested members had many questions about the topic of prevention and could get an overview during the following discussion.…
On 27 October 2022, a delegation from EICTP, led by EICTPs President Herbert Scheibner traveled to Abu Dhabi and held a workshop, including Senior Researcher Nicolas Stockhammer at Hedayah, a world-leading research institution in the field of P/CVE. The exchange of experiences, current threat scenarios and common cooperation topics were…
From October 7 to 8, EICTP participated in the 7th Zagreb Security Forum 2022, entitled “Hybrid Threats and Resilience of Society, Critical Infrastructure and the State”, in Zagreb, Croatia. The 7th conference was strongly influenced by the events of the war against Ukraine and focused on current assessments of hybrid…
On September 29, EICTP participated in the International Security Forum Bonn, which took place from September 29 until October 2, 2022, in Bonn, Germany. The International Security Forum Bonn is a high-level international event to ensure a dialogue on contemporary topics of foreign and security politics. The goal of the…
On September 16th 2022 Gustav Gustenau meet with Rob the Wijk, the founder of “THE Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) for an expert exchange meeting to discuss the current strategic situation in Europe, especially the effects and impacts as well as possibilities of development in the light of the…
From September 11 to 15, EICTP participated in the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism’s (ICT) 21st World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, entitled “Terrorism in the Eye of the Storm”, at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. This conference is one of the most influential events in the field of counter-terrorism and gives experts…
On August 23, 2022, EICTP, represented by Brigadier Gustav Gustenau, was invited to give a presentation at the European Leadership EUROLEAD Summercamp in Vienna. The approximately 50 senior leaders were able to listen to a presentation about “Conflict Resolution through Leadership without Coercion? A Security Policy Question” and learn about …
As co-organizer (together with Hedayah Abu Dhabi, a leading global research institution in the field of P/CVE), EICTPs President Herbert Scheibner held the opening speech at the International CVE (Countering Violent Extremism) Research Conference in Granada and EICTP Senior Reseacher Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer delivered a key note presentation on “Counter-Narratives…
EICTP was accepted as a member in the EU–HYBNET (Empowering a Pan-European Network to Counter Hybrid Threats). EU-HYBNET Network is a EU-funded project that brings together security practitioners, academia, industry players and SME actors across the EU collaborating with each other in ever increasing numbers to counter hybrid threats. The project aims at…
On January 12, 2022, the third volume of the EICTP Vienna Research Papers on Transnational Terrorism and Counter Terrorism, entitled “Trends and Scenarios of Transnational Terrorism,” was presented to the Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and the United Nations (ÖGAVN) by the EICTPs President Herbert Scheibner and editor Dr. Nicolas…
Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (then Minister of the Interior) and Rector of Danube University Krems Mag. Friedrich Faulhammer invited to the first autumn symposium on the current developments in terrorism on November 8th. EICTP senior researcher and Scientific Director and Coordinator of the Research Cluster “Counter-Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism and…
On 28 October EICTP took part in the “Vienna Forum on Countering Segregation and Extremism in the Context of Integration”, where around 100 experts from all over Europe discussed the fight against segregation and extremism. The Danish Minister for Integration Mattias Tesfaye, the French Minister for Citizenship Marlène Schiappa,…
EICTP Expert Paper: Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement Since 9/11 Western governments have committed multinational multi-billion-dollar efforts and exerted continuous military pressure to counter Islamist terrorist groups. Following such outlay of resources and sacrifice of lives, politicians, policymakers, and pundits have been keen to announce the so-called defeat and demise…
On 9 October 2020, EICTP met with HE Mrs. Safa Mohammed Sekainy Ahmed, Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Vienna, to discuss future cooperation projects and aims within the framework of counter-terrorism and security policy-related measures. In line with the research approach adopted by EICTP,…
On 27 May, 2020, EICTP co-organized an online lecture with Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer, terrorism expert, EICTP Senior Consultant and researcher at the University of Vienna, Department for Legal Philosophy and in cooperation with the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-Austria. During this event, the new publication titled…
On February 13, 2020 EICTP President Herbert Scheibner visited Muscat, Sultanate Oman and was received by Maj Gen Salim bin Mussallam Qatan, Commandant of the National Defence College (NDC). During their meeting, the two sides exchanged cordial conversation and views on a range of issues of common concern, and agreed…
On February 11-12, 2020 EICTP attended the two-day high-level regional counter-terrorism conference titled “Foreign Terrorist Fighters – Addressing Current Challenges” jointly organized by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and Switzerland, in cooperation with Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship in Vienna. About 500…
On 5 February 2020 EICTP President Herbert Scheibner attended the International Club-event by the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-AUSTRIA) in the Hofburg/Stallburg in Vienna to hold a speech titled “Observations on Syria”. Mr. Scheibner, who also serves as Vice-President of UNA-AUSTRIA, provided first-hand information and knowledge…
On January 16, 2020 EICTP attended the annual Vienna Security Dialogue organized by the Office for Security Policy of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence at the Raiffeisen-Forum in Vienna, Austria. This conference addressed the main geopolitical, security policy-related challenges and efforts of the EU and, in particular, Austria and…
From 21 to 22 November, EICTP attended the 4th Vienna Migration Conference 2019 organized by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). The theme of the Conference surrounded “Breaking the gridlock and moving forward: Recommendations for the next five years of EU migration policy“ and brought together over 500…
From November 7 to 8, 2019, EICTP attended the Regional Conference on “Prevention of Radicalization to Terrorism: Regional Policy Responses and Risk Mitigation”, co-organized by the Government of Hungary and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in Budapest, Hungary. This conference was the fifth in a series of conferences…
From 9-12 September, EICTP attended ICT’s International Conference on Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. The theme of the Conference surrounded „Terrorism 2020: Understand the Present, Prepare for the Future“ in order to join discussions on current developments in international terrorism manifestations and possible counter-activities and strategies. ICT’s annual international conference is…
On July 11, 2019, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner attended the 4th Iraqi-European Business and Investment Forum in Athens, Greece. In coordination with the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, this event was organized by the Arab-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Development and put reflections on issues with regard to the developments in…