Policy Analysis

"Israel is like Intel on steroids ... Israeli engineers saved the company." Greg Slater, senior counsel and director of trade and competition policy, Intel Corporation "Israel is probably the ally in the region whose interests are most closely aligned with those of the United States." Michael Eisenstadt, director, Military and

Washington Institute fellow Michael Knights contributed a chapter to the multiauthor volume Conducting Terrorism Field Research: A Guide (ed. Adam Dolnik), a detailed and practically oriented handbook on the challenges of conducting terrorist fieldwork. The book offers a collection of articles from experts representing different risk groups, disciplines, methodological approaches

As Secretary Kerry makes his inaugural Middle East trip, states across North Africa face rising tensions among the forces for democracy, stability, and Islamic political ascendancy. In Egypt and Tunisia, revolutions have given way to uncertainty and violence, while Morocco's model of stable reform -- a monarch with an Islamist

Turkey has answered Iran's challenge by building influence in northern Iraq and Syria.

Islamists are bankrolling terrorist groups across the Middle East and calling it aid work.

Unlike with past cases, Hezbollah seems to believe that recent terrorism charges in Bulgaria and Cyprus cannot be summarily ignored.

Rather than seeking alternative approaches, Washington and its allies should sharpen their focus on P5+1 negotiations, targeted sanctions, credible military pressure, and outreach to the Iranian opposition.

Given their similar goals for Iraq, Washington and Ankara should pursue tighter strategic cooperation to reduce Baghdad-KRG tensions and maximize oil production.

Hezbollah remains confident that Germany and France will steer the EU away from designation, and this sense of complacency could lead to more terrorist attacks.

When the Syrian uprising began in March 2011, the presence of jihadists in the protests was minimal at best. As the rebellion escalated, however, jihadists began to take advantage of the new landscape; by fall 2012, militants associated with al-Qaeda's worldview had become one of the key fighting forces against

At the moment, the Islamic Republic is just too dysfunctional to cut a nuclear deal.

Watch a February 27, 2013 conversation with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on his recent fact-finding visit to the Middle East.

Some believe Egypt's uprising began on January 25, 2011, but the Brotherhood begs to differ.

Dr. Levitt and CFR.org consulting editor Bernard Gwertzman discuss Hezbollah's preparations for Assad's fall, its ever-closer ties with Iran, and its expanding terrorist and militant activities inside and outside Lebanon.

The late prime minister's assassination is only one of many destabilizing moves Hezbollah has made over the past several years.

How is Europe dealing with the resurgence of Iranian state-sponsored and Hezbollah terrorist activity?

How is Europe dealing with the resurgence of Iranian state-sponsored and Hezbollah terrorist activity?

Europe thinks it can separate Hezbollah's political activities from its terrorist operations, but the Party of God isn't built that way.

On February 7, 2013, James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Jeffrey, a former assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor, is author of the new Institute study Moving to Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran . Ambassador Pickering served in