الإرهاب

Policy Analysis on الإرهاب

From Sana to Benghazi, Cairo to Casablanca, new jihadist groups have adopted the same name in recent months. Is it all just a coincidence?

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Brief Analysis

Jihadism's Foothold in Libya

Islamist extremism is limited in Libya, but it could grow if no action is taken against those responsible for recent violence.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Articles & Testimony

Getting Egypt's Morsi to Give Up His 9/11 "Truther" Talk

President Obama should condition any meeting with the Egyptian leader on a clear and public renunciation of the Muslim Brotherhood's continued 9/11 revisionism.

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Robert Satloff
Eric Trager

Video

Brief Analysis

Is al-Qaeda Central Still Relevant?

How should Washington assess the strategic threat of al-Qaeda's central command structure versus its regional satellites and aligned or sympathetic groups?

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Bruce Hoffman
Mary Habeck
Aaron Y. Zelin
Matthew Levitt

◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series

Articles & Testimony

Dodging the Drones: How Militants Have Responded to the Covert U.S. Campaign

The ongoing drone strike campaign has inflicted heavy losses on militant groups, but its impact on their recruitment and operational efforts is less clear.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Articles & Testimony

Tehran's Unlikely Assassins

In addition to elite Iranian and Hizballah operatives, Tehran has a long history of employing unlikely surrogates to target dissidents abroad, including in the United States.

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Assad's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

While most individuals involved in the rebellion are Syrian, foreign fighters now have a very real presence that should worry both the regime and the opposition.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Articles & Testimony

Hizballah's Canadian Procurement Network

Hizballah has leveraged its worldwide network of members and sympathizers to secure financial, logistical, and other types of support. Procurement of goods ranging from weapons to dual-use items (e.g., night-vision goggles and clock timers) is a critical component of these efforts. In Canada, Hizballah has long maintained a robust network

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Hezbollah's Karma in Syria

By supporting the massacres in Syria over the past sixteen months, Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah engendered the hatred of millions of Sunnis next door, who will almost assuredly hold a grudge after Assad's ouster.

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David Schenker

Brief Analysis

Looming U.S.-Iraqi Row over Decision to Release Hizballah Commander

An Iraqi court's decision to release an indicted senior Hizballah figure could lead to more terrorist attacks on Americans.

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Matthew Levitt

Brief Analysis

Terrorism in Sinai: Tests for President Morsi and the Egyptian Military

Yesterday's deadly attack in the Sinai Peninsula, in which militants killed sixteen Egyptian soldiers while wounding seven others, was as predictable as it was devastating. Since last year's revolution, terrorists have worked continuously to manufacture tensions between Egypt and Israel, attacking the gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan fifteen times

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Robert Satloff
Eric Trager

Brief Analysis

The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

On July 31, David Crist and Ambassador James Jeffrey addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Crist, a senior historian for the U.S. government and a special advisor to the head of U.S. Central Command, is author of the new book The Twilight War: The Secret History of

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James Jeffrey

Articles & Testimony

Iran’s Support for Terrorism in the Middle East

As Iran continues its efforts to become a nuclear power, it has employed an aggressive foreign policy that relies heavily on clandestine assets abroad to collect intelligence and support foreign operations. The world's most active state sponsor of terrorism, Tehran relies on such activity to further its perceived interests. At

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Did Hezbollah Do It?

This article originally appeared at the Daily Beast 's Open Zion blog as " Did Hezbollah Do It?" Read all Daily Beast articles by Matthew Levitt. Earlier today, on the 18th anniversary of the Hezbollah bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, a busload of Israeli tourists

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Fluid Alliances: The Syrian Government's Support for and Complicity in Terrorism

The Syrian government's fluid relationships with terrorist groups such as Hizballah and Hamas have been further complicated by the ongoing popular uprising against Bashar al-Assad. This article dissects several of these key relationships, documenting how they evolved before and during the uprising and forecasting how they might change upon Assad's

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Andrew J. Tabler

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

Brief Analysis

Sinai's Emergence as a Strategic Threat to Israel

If international awareness does not spur immediate Egyptian action to address the growing security vacuum and increased terrorist incidents on the border with Israel, the Sinai powder keg may soon explode.

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Michael Herzog

Brief Analysis

Terror from Sinai: Global Jihadist Groups on Israel's Doorstep

Statements and a video released on an al-Qaeda website are disturbing evidence of the growing lawlessness in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

Brief Analysis

Foreign Fighters Trickle into the Syrian Rebellion

Foreign Islamists are beginning to play a role in the fight against Assad's forces, albeit a small one.

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Aaron Y. Zelin

In-Depth Reports

Beyond Worst-Case Analysis:

Iran's Likely Responses to an Israeli Preventive Strike

Although an Israeli preventive strike on Iran's nuclear program would be a high-risk endeavor carrying a potential for escalation in the Levant or the Persian Gulf, it would not be the apocalyptic event that some foresee. In this Policy Note, two Washington Institute military experts assess the likelihood of various

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Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Knights

In-Depth Reports

Finding a Balance:

U.S. Security Interests and the Arab Awakening

The Arab Awakening—in which local youths accomplished through weeks of nonviolent action what al-Qaeda had failed to do through years of terrorism and bloodshed—has created significant opportunities to counter radical Islamist propaganda and leverage financial tools against violently repressive regimes. Yet it has also strained the intelligence community's resources, forcing

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Matthew Levitt

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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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