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Iran, Hizballah, and the Threat to the U.S. Homeland
Should Hizballah decide to carry out attacks on U.S. soil in the event of a military confrontation with Iran, it has the capacity to do so.
Mar 25, 2012
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Party of Fraud: Hizballah's Criminal Enterprises
On March 19, 2012, Michael Braun, David Asher, and Matthew Levitt addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Braun, a managing partner with Spectre Group International, is former assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Dr. Asher, a senior fellow at Center for
Mar 22, 2012
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  • Michael Braun
  • David Asher
  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
To Retaliate or Not: Hizballah's Calculus Following a Strike on Iran
Hizballah's response to military action against Iran could be shaped by rational cost-benefit analysis, a perceived spiritual obligation to defend its Shiite patron in Tehran, or both.
Mar 14, 2012
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
An Anti-Crime Strategy to Combat the PKK
That the PKK is deeply engaged in a wide array of criminal activities should not be surprising to those familiar with the group.
Feb 16, 2012
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Money Troubles: The Financial Woes of al-Qaeda's Leaders
Al-Qaeda's finances are at their weakest point in years due to a successful campaign to close off major sources of funding.
Jan 31, 2012
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Hizballah Poised to Strike in Southeast Asia
New discoveries regarding Hizballah bombmaking in Thailand are no surprise given the group's long history of terrorist operations in Southeast Asia.
Jan 18, 2012
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  • Matthew Levitt
In-Depth Reports
Sinai: A New Front
The peninsula has emerged as a hotspot in the complex Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jan 10, 2012
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
The U.S. Interest in Addressing Germany's PKK Problem
The presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Europe is fast becoming a prism through which the Turks view their ties with Europe, especially in Germany.
Dec 28, 2011
Brief Analysis
The Al Qaeda Factor:
Plots against the West
On December 16, Mitchell D. Silber, NYPD Director of Intelligence Analysis, addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute to discuss his new book, The Al Qaeda Factor (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011). Silber examines sixteen Al-Qaeda-associated attacks launched against Western interests since 1993 and identifies potential points of vulnerability
Dec 16, 2011
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  • Mitchell D. Silber
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
Treasury's Response to the Arab Spring: Financial Tools for International Security Policy
Watch a senior Treasury Department official's discussion of his department's response to the Middle East revolutions of 2011.
Dec 2, 2011
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  • Daniel L. Glaser
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
Impact of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank
The debate over whether to sanction the Central Bank of Iran must consider the effectiveness of such action and the consequences for the world economy.
Nov 29, 2011
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • Simon Henderson
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
Sinai: The New Frontier of Conflict?
On November 16, 2011, Ehud Yaari and Normand St. Pierre addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Yaari is a Lafer international fellow with the Institute and a Middle East commentator for Israel's Channel Two television. Col. St. Pierre, a thirty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army, retired recently
Nov 20, 2011
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  • Ehud Yaari
Audio
Brief Analysis
The State Department's Role in Countering Violent Extremism
Watch a special Policy Forum presentation on the State Department's proactive efforts to counter the radicalization campaigns that feed violent extremism.
Nov 18, 2011
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  • Richard LeBaron
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Audio
Brief Analysis
Intelligence Reform and Integration since 9/11
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, how has the U.S. intelligence community adapted to the new and evolving nature of the global terrorist threat?
Nov 7, 2011
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  • David Shedd
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Articles & Testimony
The Domestic Logic of Iran's Foreign Plots
The plot against al-Jubeir was intended to delegitimize Ahmadinejad's foreign policy agenda.
Nov 2, 2011
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
Articles & Testimony
Iran's Growing Presence in Region a Menace
In the wake of the failed assassination plot, it is time for the United States to galvanize allies and collectively press our friends south of the border to severely restrict the size of Iran's diplomatic missions to the minimum needed to conduct official business.
Oct 31, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Israel: A True Ally in the Middle East
Israel's substantial contributions to U.S. counterterrorism, intelligence, and technology are an underappreciated aspect of the close bilateral relationship.
Oct 31, 2011
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  • Robert D. Blackwill
  • Walter B. Slocombe
Articles & Testimony
Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil
Testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement on Oct. 11 that a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen and a commander in Iran's Quds Force, the special-operations unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Oct 26, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
PKK Violence Impacts Ankara Policymaking
Washington must prevent renewed PKK attacks from becoming either a wedge between Turkey and Iraq or a bridge between Ankara and Tehran.
Oct 26, 2011
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Brief Analysis
Freeing Gilad Shalit: The Cost to Israel
Although the Shalit deal may help Netanyahu, the massive prisoner release will backfire on him if there is a spate of terrorist attacks.
Oct 13, 2011
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  • David Makovsky

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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.
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Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin is the Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.
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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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