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EU Court Annuls Hamas Terrorist Designation

The group's legal challenge will likely succeed for now, but the EU can reinstate the ban by relying on the plethora of evidence from European terrorism cases involving Hamas.

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Matthew Levitt

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The Battle of Ideas 2.0: Combating ISIS Ideology at Home and Abroad

An in-depth conversation on the challenges of battling jihadist ideology in the ISIS era.

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Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein
Matthew Levitt
Hedieh Mirahmadi

◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series

Articles & Testimony

Canada's Response to the Violence, Religious Persecution, and Dislocation Caused by ISIL

A detailed discussion of how to combat both ISIS and the Assad regime, including through diplomacy and other political means as complements to the existing military campaign.

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Andrew J. Tabler

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Jihadism on the Rise in Europe: The Dutch Perspective

An intensive discussion with the head of Dutch intelligence covering the role of the Syria campaign, advances by the new generation of European jihadists, and steps officials can take to understand and reduce the threat.

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Rob Bertholee

◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series

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Hezbollah's Syria Problem

The question remains open as to how effective the Iranian proxy can be fighting simultaneously against the Syrian rebels and the Israeli military.

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Matthew Levitt

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What Do Asian-Oceanic Nations Think About ISIS?

While each country looks at the jihadist problem through a different lens, all are concerned and want to take an active role in combatting it.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

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Don't Bank on Bankrupting ISIS, but Here's How We Shrink Its Wallet

By focusing on financial transactions and income from oil, kidnapping, and major donors, the Treasury Department could severely undercut the group's funding streams.

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Matthew Levitt

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U.S. Should Cut Aid to Palestine for Supporting Terrorists

Although President Abbas has condemned Tuesday's attack in Jerusalem, he allows his advisors and official media to praise the perpetrators as heroes, while his government pays stipends to convicted terrorists and their families.

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David Pollock

An Egyptian guard inspects bomb damage near the Gaza border in Sinai

Articles & Testimony

Obama Administration Should Be Helping Egypt, Not Punishing It

Helping Cairo defeat jihadis -- at minimum by delivering long-postponed weapons systems -- would be more productive than punishing it for its repressive approach in Sinai.

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David Schenker
Eric Trager

Brief Analysis

The Islamic State's Archipelago of Provinces

The group's now-formalized annexation model could have direct political and security consequences in several countries, creating a more complex threat environment for the U.S.-led coalition.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

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Terrorist Financing and the Islamic State

A detailed look at where the group's money comes from, how the Treasury Department and its international partners are working to cut it off, and what needs to be done next.

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Matthew Levitt

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Morocco Deepens Anti-IS Gulf Ties, but Neglects Returning Jihadi Threat

Even as Rabat sends delegations abroad to garner support for its security programs, the question remains: Why is Morocco one of the largest sources of IS fighters in the Arab world?

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Vish Sakthivel

In-Depth Reports

Defeating ISIS:

A Strategy for a Resilient Adversary and an Intractable Conflict

A new study on how Washington can overcome various military and political obstacles -- some of them self-imposed -- to improve the chances of success against ISIS.

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Michael Eisenstadt

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Hezbollah's Message for Israel

Given its recent track record of targeting Israelis, Hezbollah's decision to take public responsibility for a new border attack likely has more to do with burnishing its domestic "resistance" credentials than sending a deterrent signal to Israel.

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Matthew Levitt

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There's a Worrisome Amount of Support in Jordan for the Islamic State

As the palace dispatches bombing sorties and mitigates immediate threats posed by ISIS, the ongoing dynamic in Syria guarantees a growing and potentially destabilizing reservoir of Jordanian popular sympathy for the group.

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David Schenker

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Hamas Is Going Through a Rough Patch, So What Is It Singing About?

Given the violent message the group continues to convey in Arabic to viewers young and old, it will be difficult to achieve full Palestinian reconciliation, a long-term ceasefire with Israel, or large-scale reconstruction of Gaza.

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Matthew Levitt
Oula A. Alrifai
Kelsey Segawa

Brief Analysis

The Islamic State's First Colony in Libya

A local jihadist group has claimed a Libyan city in the name of ISIS, showing how the "Islamic State" could flout traditional notions of territorial contiguity by expanding its "borders" well beyond Iraq and Syria.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

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Tough Dilemma in Southern Syria

Coordinated Israeli, Jordanian, and allied assistance in the south could boost the moderate Syrian rebels there, stave off an extremist takeover, and facilitate the ongoing international campaign against ISIS.

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Ehud Yaari

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Qatar Is a U.S. Ally. They Also Knowingly Abet Terrorism. What's Going On?

Other Gulf countries joined the fight against terrorism financing once they perceived a real security risk inside their borders, but Qatar's extraordinary financial and political patronage has deterred that threat thus far.

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Lori Plotkin Boghardt

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The Next Front Line in the Islamic State Onslaught

Lebanon's precarious state has worsened as ISIS beheads citizens and holds troops and police hostage.

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David Schenker

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ماثيو ليفيت

الدكتور ماثيو ليفيت هو زميل أقدم في برنامج الزمالة "فرومر وويكسلر" ومدير "برنامج جانيت وايلي راينهارد لمكافحة الإرهاب والاستخبارات" في معهد واشنطن.

ديفورا مارغولين

الدكتورة ديفورا مارغولين هي زميلة أقدم في برنامج الزمالة "بلومنشتاين-روزنبلوم" في "برنامج جانيت وايلي راينهارد لمكافحة الإرهاب والاستخبارات" في معهد واشنطن، وأستاذة مساعدة في "جامعة جورج تاون".

هارون ي. زيلين

الدكتور هارون ي. زيلين هو زميل أقدم في برنامج الزمالة "غلوريا وكين ليفي" في "برنامج جانيت وايلي راينهارد لمكافحة الإرهاب والاستخبارات" في معهد واشنطن، حيث يتركز بحثه على الجماعات الجهادية العربية السنية في شمال أفريقيا وسوريا، وعلى نزعة المقاتلين الأجانب والجهادية الإلكترونية عبر الإنترنت.

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