Ian and Edmund discuss the importance of a new report on October 7 by a House of Lords group; the debate in the U.S. over Mahmoud Khalil; the boycott of St Patrick’s Day by Sinn Fein and others; and the implications of the U.S. airstrikes on the Houthis. 

Edmund and Ian discuss Pakistan’s extradition of Mohammad Sharifullah to US on terrorism charges; the arguments for and against changing the UK’s definition of terrorism; the latest and worrying developments in Syria; and the UK’s vulnerability to vehicle-ramming as a means of terrorism. 

Edmund and Ian are back for a new season and to probe the UK's approach to defining Islamophobia; discuss the Russian security service shooting of an IS-inspired terrorist; explain UK and Irish government exploratory talks to engage dissident Republican terrorists; and consider diplomacy in the era of Donald Trump.

The U.K. Home Office’s leaked and much-ridiculed Counter Terror ‘sprint’ document; Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements on Gaza and the fragility of the hostage deal; why the Distinguished Conduct Medal was awarded to Eric Glass in Norther Ireland; and why former South African president Jacob Puma’s daughter was charged with inciting terrorism. And, crucially - the Super Bowl and the Tush Push. 

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown discuss the anniversary of the IRA’s terrorist attack in London’s Docklands in 1996. They also discuss the under-reported terrorist attack in the otherwise stable Oman; Mexican drug cartels, organized crime, and the Texas border; the latest on the Gaza hostage swap and IDF activity in the West Bank; and the latest on the Orebro College attack in Sweden. 

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown discuss the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the launch of CEP's major new initiative ARCHER at House 88, based at the former home of the Commandant of Auschwitz. They also discuss the jail sentence given to Axel Rudakubana in the U.K. and a changing Saudi Arabia. They end with "Never," a moving poem by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown discuss what the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deals means for peace and reconstruction, the hostages and the ‘metrics’ of prisoner-hostage exchange. They also look at the investigation by The Times and United Against Nuclear Iran into a UK charity and Iranian regime-backed extremism, the anniversary of the Al-Shabaab terrorist attack in a shopping complex in Nairobi, Kenya and how criminal gangs and airspace over high security prisons in the UK - and how two of these topics align with Ian and Edmund’s ‘two cheeks of the same arse’ theory.

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown discuss the grooming gangs scandal in the U.K and Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson; the ongoing fallout of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks 10 years on; how “low trust” societies can foster violent extremism; and the troubling lack of fact and truth on social media platforms. 

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown examine the significance of the terror attack on New Orleans; the fractured relationship between the Republic of Ireland and Israel and closure of Israel’s embassy in Dublin; and the opportunities and risks for counter terror measures under Donald Trump. Ian and Edmund also give their take on the big, upcoming issues in 2025 - and be prepared to be surprised. 

Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown examine the significance of the attacks on the Berlin Christmas market in 2016; the Met Police’s counter terror operation in London against the PKK and its terror plots against the Turkish community; developments in South Korea - and North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism; and five reasons to be optimistic this Christmas about violent extremism!