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Why Iran’s Proxies Fear Evidence
Iraqi militias value legitimacy and try to portray themselves as acting within the law, so evidence-based approaches can be very effective at reining in those who attack on Tehran’s behalf.
Mar 25, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
The flags of Turkey, the United States, United Kingdom, and NATO in Brussels
Articles & Testimony
Revitalizing Alliances to Counter Terrorism
Washington needs to revisit its traditional reluctance to share decisionmaking with European partners—who in turn need to reconsider their traditional discomfort over burden sharing.
Mar 24, 2021
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  • Matthew Levitt
A Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldier
Brief Analysis
To Push Past Hezbollah Stonewalling, Leverage the LAF
The political fallout from a recent speech by the Lebanese Armed Forces commander gives Washington and its partners a golden opportunity to prod the country from crisis management toward actual solutions.
Mar 18, 2021
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  • Hanin Ghaddar
Articles & Testimony
Re-Budgeting for a Right-Sized International Counterterrorism Posture
After twenty years of investing in unique and powerful counterterrorism tools, the U.S. government now risks falling behind the times by allowing these tools to direct its strategy.
Mar 18, 2021
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  • Matthew Levitt
Tunisia's King Mohammed VI addresses the Tunisian parliament
Articles & Testimony
Tunisia 2021: Ennahda vs. Extremists
Despite accusations by leftist politicians, Ennahda’s commitment to national security has not wavered since it turned on the jihadi movement, but the party still needs to define what it means by “Muslim Democracy.”
Mar 17, 2021
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia members in Syria
Articles & Testimony
Jihadi Movements 2021: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
A closer look at the attack patterns, ideological disagreements, and shifting strategies of the world’s foremost jihadi organizations over the past year.
Mar 17, 2021
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
National Guard soldiers on a counterterrorism patrol in San Francisco
Video
Brief Analysis
Rethinking U.S. Counterterrorism Two Decades After 9/11
Three veteran counterterrorism practitioners from recent administrations take stock of America’s overall strategy, foreign posture, and domestic threats at the dawn of the Biden presidency.
Mar 17, 2021
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Katrina Mulligan
  • Christopher Costa
Russian president Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov
Articles & Testimony
Is Russia Trying to Play Kingmaker in Lebanon?
To expand its strategic influence on the Mediterranean, Moscow is exploiting Beirut and Hezbollah’s crisis at a time when the West seems uncertain about how much to intervene.
Mar 16, 2021
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Soldiers in Africa, in Syria/Iraq, sensors, pen, other technology
In-Depth Reports
Rethinking U.S. Efforts on Counterterrorism:
Toward a Sustainable Plan Two Decades After 9/11
The shift away from a U.S.-led military posture will require that Washington repair its damaged credibility with allies abroad. A major task at home will be disentangling counterterrorism budgets from the military budgets on which they have long been grafted.
Mar 8, 2021
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  • Matthew Levitt
◆ Transition 2021
Erbil hit
Brief Analysis
The Erbil Rocket Cell: Insights from Haidar Hamza al-Bayati's Confession
What we learned about the detainee and his description of being recruited by Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada.
Mar 7, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
◆ Militia Spotlight
Brief Analysis
Lebanon's Predicament: Political Stagnation and Economic Collapse in a Hezbollah-Dominated State
Three Lebanese experts explore Beirut’s precarious politics, Hezbollah’s continued ability to evade accountability, and the Biden administration’s options.
Mar 5, 2021
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  • Makram Rabah
  • Ali al-Amin
  • Alia Mansour
Russian president Vladimir Putin
Articles & Testimony
How Russia Is Responding to Joe Biden’s Syria Airstrike
The omissions in Moscow’s statements on the U.S. operation are as revealing as the predictable hyperbole and hypocrisy.
Mar 1, 2021
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Figure 1: Qais al-Khazali’s interview with iNEWS TV, June 1, 2021.
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
In Their Own Words: Senior Leaders Admit to Membership in the Tansiqiya
Qais al-Khazali, Muhammad Mohi, and Nasr al-Shammari have all provided televised prima facie evidence of their groups' involvement in acts of anti-coalition terrorism.
Feb 28, 2021
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  • Hamdi Malik
◆ Militia Spotlight
Brief Analysis
Attributing the Erbil Attack: The Role of Open-Source Monitoring
Even Iran’s proxies now have proxies, but authorities can still untangle and attribute their illegal acts through expanded use of rich open-source evidence.
Feb 24, 2021
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  • Crispin Smith
  • Michael Knights
  • Hamdi Malik
MbS, King Salman, Saudi map, fighter jet
In-Depth Reports
Defining a Mature, Balanced Relationship with Saudi Arabia
An Urgent Task for the Biden Administration
A revamped approach to the alliance should stay focused on shared goals, from ensuring a stable oil market to promoting a more tolerant version of Islam at home and abroad.
Feb 22, 2021
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  • Dennis Ross
  • Robert Satloff
◆ Transition 2021
Tunisian protesters in 2011
Brief Analysis
The Tunisian Jihadist Movement Ten Years After the Prisoner Amnesty
Security issues won’t top Tunisia’s agenda in 2021, but the sheer volume of citizens mobilized into the jihadist milieu over the past decade suggests that the consequences will be felt for years to come.
Feb 19, 2021
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Daniel Kimmage
Video
Brief Analysis
Countering and Exposing Terrorist Propaganda and Disinformation
A senior U.S. official discusses how the government and its partners are using technological innovation, social media engagement, and other tools to challenge false narratives spread by state and nonstate actors.
Feb 19, 2021
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  • Daniel Kimmage
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah Is Vulnerable. Lokman Slim's Assassination Proves It.
The Biden administration and the French government must draw clear redlines, or the group will escalate its campaign of terror.
Feb 16, 2021
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  • Hanin Ghaddar
Brief Analysis
Rockets over Erbil: How to Respond to an Iraqi Militia Outrage
Iran-backed militias took the unprecedented step of rocketing a major city and U.S. base in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Biden administration must quickly find its own formula for restoring deterrence.
Feb 16, 2021
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  • Michael Knights
Syria chessboard international and local players
In-Depth Reports
Syria at the Center of Power Competition and Counterterrorism
Even as U.S. policymakers must stay focused on the Assad regime’s culpability, they also face a complex web of power dynamics in which Russia, Turkey, Iran, Israel, and other actors are attempting to secure their various interests.
Feb 8, 2021
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin

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