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The Jihadi Threat: ISIS, Al Qaeda and Beyond
Although the two groups remain rivals, their activities in the Middle East and abroad have complementary effects, whether in the form of recruiting disillusioned youths, undermining the regional state system, normalizing support for violent jihad, or other threatening developments.
Dec 12, 2016
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Video
The Trump Administration and the Middle East: A Washington Institute Guide
A compendium of Institute analysis on the evolving challenges and opportunities that will face the Trump administration in the Middle East.
Dec 8, 2016
Brief Analysis
Hezbollah's 'Diplomats' Go Operational
Officials in Washington and abroad should pay close attention to the group's self-styled 'ambassadors,' who are increasingly being implicated in criminal and terrorist activities around the world.
Dec 2, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Status of the Syrian Rebellion: Numbers, Ideologies, and Prospects
An in-depth look at how many fighters are still arrayed against the Assad regime, which ideology they subscribe to, and whether more moderate actors can still seize the mantle from extremist factions.
Nov 22, 2016
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  • Fabrice Balanche
Maps & Graphics
In-Depth Reports
Syrian Kurds as a U.S. Ally:
Cooperation and Complications
This collection of essays by Washington Institute experts explores how the United States can work with--or, in some cases, around--the various actors in heavily Kurdish-populated northern Syria to advance the fight against the Islamic State and create long-term stability. Successive pieces look at the Kurds themselves, Turkey, Arabs in the
Nov 18, 2016
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • David Pollock
  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Fabrice Balanche
  • Bilal Wahab
  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Articles & Testimony
Shiite Militias Are Crashing the Mosul Offensive
Pro-Iranian brigades are looking to settle old grudges in a notorious town near the Islamic State's Iraqi stronghold.
Nov 18, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
  • Matthew Schweitzer
Video
Brief Analysis
The Day After Mosul: Lessons from Kirkuk
Read or watch a conversation between a Washington Institute expert and the governor of Kirkuk, who shares firsthand perspectives on how Iraqi authorities and their partners can handle ethnic tensions in post-liberation Mosul.
Nov 17, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
  • Najmaldin Karim
In-Depth Reports
Beyond Syria and Iraq:
Examining Islamic State Provinces
As an idea, the Islamic State has gone global, attracting far more foreign terrorist fighters than all previous jihadist conflicts combined. But as a so-called state or "caliphate," how successful has it really been at expanding its global footprint through the establishment of "provinces" around the world? And what will
Nov 9, 2016
Articles & Testimony
Battle for Mosul on Schedule, But Not Exactly to Plan
An in-depth look at where Iraqi military, Peshmerga, and Shiite militia forces have wound up in their push toward Mosul, and what sort of resistance they are encountering along the way.
Nov 2, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Post 'Caliphate': The Future of the Salafi-Jihadi Movement
Watch an expert discussion of the jihadist challenges the next president will inherit even after the Islamic State's territorial 'caliphate' is defeated.
Nov 1, 2016
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  • Bruce Hoffman
  • Matthew Levitt
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
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Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Terrorism
From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State, the global terrorist threat has evolved rapidly in recent years, and will likely change further still in the next president’s term. In this episode of the Institute's Near East PolicyCast podcast, counterterrorism expert Matthew Levitt looks ahead to the next administration and the choices
Oct 28, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures to supporters
Articles & Testimony
A Paralyzing Rivalry
As Hamas prepares to elect a new leadership, its outward show of unity masks deep internal divisions that will likely perpetuate its regional isolation.
Oct 27, 2016
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
Brief Analysis
Iran Faces Challenges in Implementing Its FATF Action Plan
Despite agreeing on an action plan, Tehran has far to go to meet international standards aimed at countering money laundering and terror financing.
Oct 26, 2016
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  • Katherine Bauer
Articles & Testimony
Losing Mosul, Regenerating in Diyala: How the Islamic State Could Exploit Iraq's Sectarian Tinderbox
Diyala offers a look into the near-future of Iraq’s security situation in areas where ethnosectarian tensions are neglected or even exacerbated by government policies and the presence of uncontrolled militias.
Oct 25, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
  • Alex Almeida
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah's Criminal Networks: Useful Idiots, Henchmen, and Organized Criminal Facilitators
Hezbollah's broad web of shady 'facilitators' provide an attractive means of quickly moving and laundering massive amounts of illicit money, but they also reveal the supposed 'resistance' group as the criminal enterprise it has become.
Oct 25, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
The Evolution of Terrorism Financing: Disrupting the Islamic State
Watch a conversation with the Treasury Department's top coordinator for combating terrorist financing as he explains how Washington is countering the Islamic State's wealth and fundraising.
Oct 21, 2016
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  • Daniel L. Glaser
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Articles & Testimony
Brand Control Is More Important to ISIS Than Territory
The group's pioneering use of jihadist social media and communications ensures that its message will continue resonating well past the loss of Mosul and other strongholds.
Oct 21, 2016
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  • Jacob Olidort
Brief Analysis
Beware of Muqtada al-Sadr
Whether the popular Shiite cleric's motivations are ideological or political, Washington should make sure that neither his loyal militias nor any rogue splinter groups are tempted into further acts of violence against American personnel and interests.
Oct 19, 2016
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  • Phillip Smyth
Articles & Testimony
The Liberation of Mosul Will Go Better Than You Think
But kicking out the Islamic State and keeping the peace are two very different things, so longer-term coalition support will be needed.
Oct 17, 2016
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  • Michael Knights
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah's Women Aren't Happy
As their sons and 'temporary husbands' are ripped from them to fight a proxy war in Syria, grieving mothers and brides are compensated with empty promises, poverty, and threats, heightening communal frustrations to the point of explosion.
Oct 12, 2016
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  • Hanin Ghaddar

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Featured experts

Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.
Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin is the Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.
Aaron Zelin
Aaron Y. Zelin
Aaron Y. Zelin is the Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy where his research focuses on Sunni Arab jihadi groups in North Africa and Syria as well as the trend of foreign fighting and online jihadism.
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