The ICCT Podcast

The EU e-Evidence framework was designed to make access to electronic evidence across borders faster. But faster access also means that service providers and authorities need to make decisions quickly about data that is often sensitive, while still complying with existing data protection rules.  In the first episode of ICCT’s The Ins and Outs of the e-Evidence Regulation and Directive , Isabella P...

Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, joins the ICCT-SACC SENTINEL podcast to examine the escalating threats facing Germany's Jewish community since October 7th, 2023 - and the shifting coalitions behind them. Schindler traces today's Islamist-far-left alliance, now the leading source of violent threat to German Jews, against its historical predecessor: the 1970s...

For the fourth episode of the ICCT-SACC SENTINEL podcast, Anne-Clémentine Larroque, lecturer in International Affairs at Sciences Po, author of  Géopolitique des islamismes , and an analyst in French anti-terrorism trials, joins the series to trace the threat posed by European Islamism, with a focus on the Muslim Brotherhood in France. Larroque maps a landscape far more fractured than it appears f...

In April 2026, ICCT Senior Fellow Kacper Rekawek spoke with Jean-Yves Camus, a leading expert on the French far-right, a member of the French Jewish community himself, and a former European Jewish Congress staffer, about the threat landscape facing Europe's largest Jewish population. Camus dismantles a common assumption: the extreme-right, he argues, has not been the primary source of anti-Jewish...

In April 2026, ICCT Senior Fellow Kacper Rekawek sat down with Noemi di Segni, who led Italy's Union of Jewish Communities (UCEI) for nine years, to unpack a counterintuitive story: Italian counter-terrorism has been remarkably effective at keeping bombs and mass-casualty plots away from the country's 25,000-strong Jewish community since October 7th, 2023. But that same success has pushed the dang...

With an increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks all-over Europe, this podcast episode aims at shedding light on ICCT’s SENTINEL project which is led by SACC – the security arm of the EJC: European Jewish Congress. In this episode, Ophir Revach and Kacper Rekawek discuss the reality and daily workloads of the individuals and groups (mixing professionals and volunteers) responsible for the securit...

The 27th of February 2025 is the 3rd anniversary of the founding of the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine. On this day, ICCT publishes a podcast with Donald Bowser, a Ukraine hand and one with a front row seat to the Legion’s development and evolution. In the podcast, he also reflects on the issue of (extremist) doxing of foreigners involved in supporting Ukraine and how it subsequen...

"The Role of AI in (Counter-)Terrorism ” is an ICCT podcast series that explores the role of artificial intelligence in the security space, and specifically how it relates to terrorism and counter-terrorism. This series considers how AI poses a new type of threat but also offers new opportunities to actors in the global security space – through conversations with practitioners, academics and polic...

"The Role of AI in (Counter-)Terrorism ” is an ICCT podcast series that explores the role of artificial intelligence in the security space, and specifically how it relates to terrorism and counter-terrorism. This series considers how AI poses a new type of threat but also offers new opportunities to actors in the global security space – through conversations with practitioners, academics and polic...

"The Role of AI in (Counter-)Terrorism ” is an ICCT podcast series that explores the role of artificial intelligence in the security space, and specifically how it relates to terrorism and counter-terrorism. This series considers how AI poses a new type of threat but also offers new opportunities to actors in the global security space – through conversations with practitioners, academics and polic...

“Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses” is an ICCT podcast series that explores forms of extremism that oppose the government and the perceived oppression from a globalised elite, often fueled by conspiracy narratives and disinformation. This series analyses what anti-institutional extremism looks like in North America and Europe today, and how it can be addressed and countered — thro...

“Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses” is an ICCT podcast series that explores forms of extremism that oppose the government and the perceived oppression from a globalised elite, often fueled by conspiracy narratives and disinformation. This series analyses what anti-institutional extremism looks like in North America and Europe today, and how it can be addressed and countered — thro...

“Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses” is an ICCT podcast series that explores forms of extremism that oppose the government and the perceived oppression from a globalised elite, often fueled by conspiracy narratives and disinformation. This series analyses what anti-institutional extremism looks like in North America and Europe today, and how it can be addressed and countered — thro...

“Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses” is an ICCT podcast series that explores forms of extremism that oppose the government and the perceived oppression from a globalised elite, often fueled by conspiracy narratives and disinformation. This series analyses what anti-institutional extremism looks like in North America and Europe today, and how it can be addressed and countered — thro...

“Anti-Institutional Extremism: Causes and Responses” is an ICCT podcast series that explores forms of extremism that oppose the government and the perceived oppression from a globalised elite, often fueled by conspiracy narratives and disinformation. This series analyses what anti-institutional extremism looks like in North America and Europe today, and how it can be addressed and countered — thro...

“The Global Politics of Counter-Terrorism” is an ICCT podcast series that was started during our Annual Conference in 2022. The series delves into recent geopolitical shifts and their impact on human rights and the counter-terrorism agenda — through conversations with practitioners, academics, and policy-makers. In our fourth episode we speak to Daniel L. Byman, senior fellow at the  Center for Mi...

“The Global Politics of Counter-Terrorism” is an ICCT podcast series that was started during our Annual Conference in 2022. The series delves into recent geopolitical shifts and their impact on human rights and the counter-terrorism agenda — through conversations with practitioners, academics, and policy-makers. In our third episode, we speak to Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Fellow in the Internation...

“The Global Politics of Counter-Terrorism” is an ICCT podcast series that was started during our Annual Conference in 2022. The series delves into recent geopolitical shifts and their impact on human rights and the counter-terrorism agenda — through conversations with practitioners, academics, and policy-makers. In our second episode, we speak with Marc Hecker, Director of Research and Communicati...

“The Global Politics of Counter-Terrorism” is an ICCT podcast series that was started during our Annual Conference in 2022. The series delves into recent geopolitical shifts and their impact on human rights and the counter-terrorism agenda — through conversations with practitioners, academics, and policy-makers. In our first episode, we speak to Naureen Fink, the executive director for the Soufan...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Ambassador Roya Rahmani , Afghan diplomat, and the first woman to serve as the Afghan ambassador to the United States and Indonesia. In this interview, Amb. Rahmani will be discussing her experiences as a diplomat...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Hina Shamsi , Director of the ACLU's National Security Project. This interview examines how civil liberties and human rights fit into the framework of national security, their intersections with counter-terror...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Ambassador Janet Alberda , who is currently serving as Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this interview, Amb. Alberda discusses the effects of counter-terrorism polici...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Tom Parker , author of "Avoiding the Terrorist Trap: Why Respecting Human Rights is the Key to Defeating Terrorism". This interview explores the different historical manifestations of counter-terrorism,...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Bruce Hoffman , Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow for counter-terrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations. This interview examines how counter-terrori...

Counter-Terrorism After 9/11 is a podcast series exploring how counter-terrorism has changed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Today, ICCT is speaking to Fionnuala Ní Aoláin , United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism. This interview explores critical human rights and global...