From June 9 to 11, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner and Secretary General Gustav Gustenau attended the international CERIF conference “Islamism in Europe II” in Paris. The conference focused on current developments in Islamism in Europe and the associated challenges for security, prevention, and societal resilience. Gustav Gustenau participated as a…
On June 1, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner and Secretary General Gustav Gustenau met with internationally renowned terrorism and security experts Nicolas Stockhammer and Colin P. Clarke for a professional exchange. The discussion focused on current developments in the areas of terrorism and extremism, as well as current security policy challenges…
From May 26 to 29, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner traveled to New York in his capacity as Special Representative for Austria’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and held numerous discussions with international diplomats and politicians.
On May 12th 2026, the EICTP met with international security expert Serge Stroobants for a professional exchange. The discussion focused on current developments in security policy, international trends in the areas of terrorism and extremism, as well as opportunities for future cooperation on joint projects and initiatives.
From May 4 to 8, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner, in his capacity as Special Representative of the Austrian Federal Government for Austria’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, visited Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic. During the trip, he held talks with political representatives on…
On April 22, 2026, Nomos Verlag published the new book “Political Islam – A Hybrid Threat to Europe: The Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Civilization Jihad’” by Heiko Heinisch, Nina Scholz, and EICTP Secretary General Gustav E. Gustenau. The publication examines the ideology, structures, and strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and…
On March 26th 2026, Secretary General Gustav Gustenau participated in a Strategic Dialogue organized by TRENDS Research & Advisory on the topic “The War in the Middle East: How Does Europe View the Crisis?” Together with international experts, he discussed the implications of current developments in the Middle East for…
From March 23 to 28, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner, in his capacity as Special Representative of the Austrian Federal Government for Austria’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, visited Mali, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. During the trip, he held talks with high-ranking political representatives of the countries.…
On March 2 and 3, 2026, EICTP Senior Researcher Nicolas Stockhammer attended the “International Conference on Countering the Financing of Terrorism” in Brussels. The international conference provided an opportunity for professional exchange on current developments and challenges in combating the financing of terrorism, as well as for networking with international…
On February 14 and 15, 2026, President Herbert Scheibner, in his capacity as Special Representative of the Austrian Federal Government for Austria’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, participated in the 39th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. On the sidelines of the conference, Scheibner held…
On February 16th 2026, President Herbert Scheibner met with the Egyptian Ambassador to Austria, H.E. Mohamed Nasr, in Vienna. The discussion focused on current developments in security policy and the situation in the Middle East.
In December 2025, Herbert Scheibner, as a representative of the Republic of Austria, participated in the UN-AOC Global Forum in Riyadh and met with the Secretary General of the Gulf Corporation Council H.E. Jassim Mohammed Albudaiwi.
In December 2025, Gustav Gustenau participated in an online summit organized by Trends Research & Advisory focusing on the deconstruction of extremist narratives.
On 18th of November 2025, Herbert Scheibner held a meeting with the Saudi Ambassador to Vienna, discussing relevant security policy issues in the region.
In November 2025, Gustav Gustenau attended the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate in the United Arab Emirates and met with representatives of Trends Research & Advisory to exchange the views on current trends in extremism.
On 29th of October 2025, EICTP held a meeting with the Jordanian Ambassador to Vienna to exchange views on regional security developments.
In September 2025, Gustav Gustenau attended the 4th Conference on Extremism and Radicalization Austria (CERA) in Vienna, organized by the Documentation Center for Political Islam, focusing on the religious transformation of the state.
On September 10th 2025, Herbert Scheibner met with the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Beate Meinl-Reisinger to exchange views.
In July 2025, Herbert Scheibner, as a representative of the Republic of Austria attended the United Nations Two-State Conference in New York, taking part in international discussions on peace initiatives and diplomatic efforts related to the Middle East.
On 18th of June 2025, EICTP held a meeting with Serge Stroobants, Director Europe and MENA at the Institute for Policy and Peace, to exchange views on current trends in terrorism in Europe and worldwide and their implications for security policy.
In June 2025, EICTP presented its European Trend Report on Terrorism 2025 in Berlin. The report highlights how geopolitical conflicts and evolving security challenges are influencing terrorism and extremism in Europe, including the rise of right-wing extremism, nationalist and religiously motivated hate ideologies, emerging forms of eco-extremism, and the continued…
In May 2025, EICTP took part in a book presentation by French anthropologist and Islamism expert Florence Bergeaud-Blackler in Vienna. During the event, she presented her publication “Kalifat nach Plan,” outlining key findings from her research on transnational Islamist networks in Europe, with a particular focus on the Muslim Brotherhood.…
In May 2025, Herbert Scheibner was invited to the Austrian Parliament on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty of 1955.
In March 2025, EICTP organized a workshop with Prof. Susanne Schöter focusing on the importance of security measures in addressing political Islam in Austria and Germany. The workshop provided a comparative perspective on national approaches and current security challenges.
On December 17, the new Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, His Excellency Mohammed Hindawi, visited EICTP for an exchange of views.
On 27 November 2024, EICTP organized a workshop with Prof. Dr. Giray Sadık. The central topic was the issue of hybrid warfare, combined with the question of what consequences this has for conflict prevention. Prof. Sadik is a renowned Turkish political scientist and expert in international relations. He holds a…
The Vienna Migration Conference took place on October 22 and 23, 2024. The conference brought together over 300 decision-makers, practitioners and experts from government, the private sector, academia, international organizations and civil society to discuss key topics on the European migration agenda for the next five years.
EICTP President Herbert Scheibner visited Christoph de Vries, Member of the Bundestag, in Berlin on October 17, 2024. He is intensively involved in the topics of extremism and terrorism, as well as the resulting trends, and warns of their influence on Germany’s free and democratic basic order. De Vries emphasizes…
On October 15, 2024, the EICTP hosted Colin P. Clarke, Head of Research at the Soufan Center. He analyzed current trends and future challenges in terrorism. Prior to joining the Soufan Center, Clarke was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, where…
CERA 2024 took place on October 4, 2024 under the title “Political Islam between Idea and Practice”. Over 80 participants discussed the various Islamist actors and the tension between ideology and practice. The CERA conferences make a significant contribution to promoting academic discourse on political Islam and radicalization and provide…
On September 26, an EICTP delegation participated in a high-level conference hosted by CTED and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) in New York City on the highly topical subject of “New Technologies: Impact and Implications for International Counterterrorism”.
On 6th May 2024 the High level European Conference on Antisemitism took place in Austrian Academy of Sciences. In the light of the current worrying developments Karoline Edstadler, Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution, and Oskar Deutsch, President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) spoke about possible and…
On 10th of February Brig. Ret. Gustav Gustenau and Dr. Florian Harteb visited in The Hague the director of the ICCT Thomas Renard. ICCT also is editing “Perspectives on Terrorism”, one of the most important journals in the field.
On 9th February EICTP President Herbert Scheibner and Dr. Florian Hartleb, EICTP-head of research, visited the Hungarian embassy in Vienna. Dr. Bence Bauer, head of the MCC German-Hungarian relations, who recently brought students to Austria, made a key note.
On 25th January EICTP hosted a delegation from Hungary in Vienna including Dr. Bence Bauer, Director, Hungarian-German Institute for European Cooperation, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), Hungary’s largest private educational institution located in Budapest.
On 23rd January EICTP hosted a workshop with Prof. Alex Schmid, one of the world-wide leading experts in the research on terrorism and Distinguished Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). Alex Schmid gave a lecture about international statics and trends in the field. Schmid has nearly 200 publications…
On November 24, EICTP participated, officially the first time with active parts, in the Conference on Extremism and Radicalization Austria (CERA) of the Documentation Center for Political Islam that was held for the second time. This year’s conference took place under the title “Dis/Continuities in Contemporary Islamism” with more than…
On behalf of EICTP, President Scheibner and senior researcher Dr Nicolas Stockhammer participated at this year’s autumn symposium of the Austrian Interior Ministry that took place on 9 November 2023 at the House of Industry in Vienna. The main topics treated by the event related to the growing security threat…
EICTP participated on 19 October 2023 in the renowned International Security Forum Bonn, which has a longstanding tradition of serving as a prominent platform for convening esteemed international experts and practitioners in the fields of security and foreign policy. This forum provides a unique opportunity for in-depth discussions on the…
On 25th October 2023, EICTP Director of Research, Dr Florian Hartleb participated in a round table discussion at the Federal Chancellery of Austria. On behalf of EICTP, Dr Hartleb talked about the new trends in terrorism, its internationalization and virtualization.
On October 23rd, EICTP participated in the annual Vienna Forum. Since 2021, on the initiative of Federal Minister Susanne Raab, during this annual Forum there has been a deepening of cooperation and collaboration between several European states in the field of preventing extremism in the context of integration. Thematically, cooperation…
On October 17th, EICTP visited the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Hungary. Founded in 1996, the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is an educational institute and research centre devoted to developing new approaches and embracing external sources for innovative solutions and ideas for today’s most pressing societal task. MCC, as…
A new master program on Counter Terrorism, CVE & Intelligence at the University of Krems, designed and led by EICTP senior researcher Dr Stockhammer, was inaugurated on October 6th under the presence of prominent state actors and EICTP’s leadership. Among others, Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) and Omar…
On October 9th, EICTP’s Routledge Handbook of Transnational Terrorism was presented at the King’s College in London by renowned international terror expert Peter Neumann. Edited by EICTP senior researcher Nicolas Stockhammer, this handbook provides contributions by some of the world-leading experts in the field on recent phenomena and trends in…
From September 10th to 12th, just days before the Hamas attack, the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism was held at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. Already at the world’s leading specialist event, organized by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), the imminent danger of war was invoked as a threat to…
On August 30, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner discussed current developments in terrorism with Austrias Minister of the Interior Gerald Karner and various experts.
On July 12, EICTP presented its research project entitled “Between Civil Disobedience and Militancy. The Radical Climate Change Movement and its Extremist Potential” in Berlin. In this research project, seven renowned extremism researchers from Germany, a recognized expert from the United Kingdom, and an Austrian editor explored whether the climate…
together with Paul Schliefsteiner: Jihadist Terror with a Fatal Outcome. A comparative case study on attacks in Austria and Germany, in: SIAK-Journal. Zeitschrift für Polizeiwissenschaft und polizeiliche Praxis, Security Academy (SIAK) at the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, International Edition, 2023, pp. 49-67. The number of jihadist-motivated terror…
Dr. Florian Hartleb, together with Dr. Paul Schliefsteiner and Dr. Christoph Schiebel, has published an article on “Interrelation and Dynamics of “Querdenker” Protest-Movement the “Reichsbürger” in Germany and Austria”. Abstract: Like most other countries Germany and Austria attempted to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by…
Article by Florian Hartleb on the rise of right-wing extremism in Estonia in the Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung (ZREX), 2023 (double-blind peer reviewed) It is not only because of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine that it is worth looking at the Baltic states, especially Estonia. The…
Title: The new type of perpetrator, the right-wing “lone wolf” and the underestimation of the virtual dimension Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-35442-8_36 This publication was only published in German The sometimes harshly and unjustly criticized concept of the “lone wolf” has plausibility, as lone perpetration only relates to…
https://www.sky.at/serien/22-juli-die-schuesse-von-muenchen This documentary is only available in German A city in fear On July 22, 2016, a shocking assassination attempt terrifies Munich: an 18-year-old shoots nine people at the Olympia shopping center and executes himself shortly before being arrested. Numerous rumors quickly circulate on social networks, as…
Right-wing terrorism. International – digital – analog (Springer 2023, 440 p.) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-40396-6#about-this-book This publication was only published in German. About: Cases of right-wing terrorism are on the rise in Western democracies. Internal security and the lives of social minorities and people in the public eye are threatened by…
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…