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The 'Black Swans' Flying Over Foreign Fighters
The best line of defense for regional states worried about the threats posed by ISIS -- including unexpected game changers like Ebola -- is to enhance border and port security.
Feb 8, 2015
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Crime and Punishment in Jordan
For the time being, King Abdullah will extract revenge on ISIS in Syria and have a freer hand to crack down on ISIS supporters at home.
Feb 6, 2015
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
The Composting of ISIS: Let it Rot
Even more than the murder of American and Japanese hostages, the Islamic State's horrific immolation of a fellow Muslim will backfire on the group.
Feb 4, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
'Fox' Hunt: The Search for Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh
With the CIA's role in Mughniyeh's assassination revealed, it may not be long before Hezbollah once again puts Americans in its crosshairs.
Feb 4, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
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In-Depth Reports
The Shiite Jihad in Syria and Its Regional Effects
This study documents the highly organized geostrategic effort by Iran to use a global network of Shiite proxy groups to salvage the Assad regime's crumbling military position in the early years of the Syrian Civil War.
Feb 2, 2015
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  • Phillip Smyth
Brief Analysis
Taking the Fight to ISIL:
Operationalizing CT Lines of Effort Against the Islamic State Group
Read statements from officials and experts who participated in a special conference on the multifaceted nonmilitary aspects of the anti-ISIL campaign.
Feb 2, 2015
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Maps & Graphics
5 Lines of Effort to Degrade and Defeat ISIS (Research Guide Infographic)
Feb 2, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Scott Vickery
  • Michael Knights
  • Jeffrey White
  • Michael Eisenstadt
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Aaron Y. Zelin
  • Ehud Yaari
  • Lori Plotkin Boghardt
  • David Pollock
  • David Schenker
  • Hedieh Mirahmadi
  • Soner Cagaptay
Imad Mughniyeh and Hezbollah's Shadow War: A Washington Institute Backgrounder
In January 2015, an airstrike in Syria – reported to have been carried out by Israel – killed several Hezbollah operatives, including Jihad Mughniyeh, son of the Lebanese terror group's late operational mastermind, Imad Mughniyeh. The elder Mughniyeh played a crucial role in Hezbollah's terrorist strategy, tactics, and tradecraft, as
Jan 30, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The Islamic State's Model
ISIS continues to pursue its expansion model in Libya, Sinai, and other hotspots, raising new challenges that differ from those posed by al-Qaeda's past franchise approach.
Jan 28, 2015
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Brief Analysis
Expanding Counterterrorism Partnerships: U.S. Efforts to Tackle the Evolving Terrorist Threat
The State Department's counterterrorism coordinator explains how the U.S. government is growing global partnerships to aid the fight against terrorism.
Jan 26, 2015
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  • Tina Kaidanow
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
Hezbollah's Limited Options After Israeli Strike
With its Lebanese Shiite constituency increasingly vulnerable, its Iranian patron hobbled by other commitments, and its regional reputation in tatters, Hezbollah will likely think twice before responding forcefully to the Quneitra attack.
Jan 23, 2015
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Can Argentina Find Justice Without Alberto Nisman?
The prosecutor investigating a suspected government cover-up of the 1994 AMIA bombing has died suspiciously, sparking mass protests and raising questions about whether anyone else will pursue the case with similar determination.
Jan 22, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
The ISIS Fight and the State of the Union Address
Four Washington Institute fellows discuss what the president's address shows about his priorities in the Middle East, analyzing what he did and did not say and comparing his latest remarks to his past speeches.
Jan 21, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey
  • David Pollock
  • Robert Satloff
  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Israel vs. Hezbollah, Spy vs. Spy
New airstrikes are only the latest chapter in the ongoing intelligence war between Israel and Hezbollah, and financial information gained in U.S. undercover operations may be playing a role as well.
Jan 19, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Why the UAE's Star Is Rising
Unlike most Persian Gulf states, the UAE does not need to balance its counterterrorism policies with any delicate ties to Sunni conservatives.
Jan 18, 2015
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  • Lori Plotkin Boghardt
Articles & Testimony
Terrorist 'Frenemies'
What al-Qaeda, ISIL, and the Paris attacks can teach us about the jihadi divide.
Jan 16, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The Paris Attacks: Three Generations of Jihadists
Extremists have been importing conflicts from the Arab world into France since the 1990s, resulting in the latest tragedy.
Jan 15, 2015
Video
Foreign Fighters and Attacks on the West
In five brief video clips, Dr. Matthew Levitt analyzes the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, describes their origin in ISIS and al Qaeda, and assesses what the United States and its allies can do to combat homegrown violent extremism.
Jan 15, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Jordan's Fight Against the Islamic State Remains Complicated
Threatened by ISIS and beholden to Washington, Amman will continue to play a critical role in the coalition, but its involvement comes with a domestic political cost.
Jan 14, 2015
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  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Kataib al-Imam Ali: Portrait of an Iraqi Shiite Militant Group Fighting ISIS
Although Iran's proxies are fighting ISIS in parallel with the U.S.-led effort, their actions and radical Shiite agendas are diametrically opposed to the goal of building inclusive governments and societies in Iraq and Syria.
Jan 5, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Phillip Smyth

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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 jihadist groups in North Africa and Syria, foreign fighting, and online jihadism.
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