All Policy Analysis by Matthew Levitt

The director of the Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence testified before the House regarding Hezbollah's growing terrorist activity worldwide. The following is an excerpt from his prepared remarks; download the PDF to read the full testimony. "...Today's hearing on Hezbollah's strategic shift is extremely timely. This week marks

Hezbollah is watching Europe closely, much as it watched Argentina twenty-one years ago this week.

Recent cases, including the July 2012 bus bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria, have forced reluctant European leaders to seriously debate the issue of banning Hezbollah.

What's behind Hezbollah's expansion of terror operations into Europe?

Given Hezbollah's long and sordid history in Europe, and the fact that it has now resumed violent operations there, what will it take to get EU member states to ban the group?

This groundbreaking book examines Hezbollah's beginnings, its first violent forays in Lebanon, and its ongoing terrorist activities and criminal enterprises around the globe.

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

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?

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

Hezbollah's Bulgaria attack shows that the group and its Iranian cohorts have climbed back up the list of immediate terrorist threats.