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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
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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
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
Articles & Testimony
Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil
Read testimony before a joint hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigation, and Management.
Oct 26, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
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
Articles & Testimony
A History of Violence
Is there anyone who still doubts that Iran is a terrorist state?
Iran's willingness to use brutal means to achieve its foreign-policy goals is nothing new: since the creation of the Islamic Republic, U.S. intelligence agencies have repeatedly identified terrorism as one of the regime's signature calling cards.
Oct 12, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
The al-Qaeda Challenge in Southern Yemen
The growing nexus between Yemen's antigovernment rebels and AQAP presents a thorny dilemma for the United States.
Oct 3, 2011
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Hamas Shifts to an Outside-In Operational Strategy
Recent arrests indicate that Hamas may be extending its operational reach outside its Gaza base.
Sep 26, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Ten Years after 9/11: Where We Were Then, Where We Are Now
Former FBI agent Ali Soufan, who wrote a definitive history of the early years of the U.S. fight against al-Qaeda, addressed a Washington Institute Policy Forum.
Sep 20, 2011
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  • Ali Soufan
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Call for Strategic Counterterrorism Ten Years after 9/11
On September 11, 2011, Matthew Levitt, director of The Washington Institute's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, delivered a plenary keynote address at "World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism's Global Impact," the eleventh annual conference of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. The following is an excerpt from his
Sep 12, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
It's the Ideology, Stupid
The United States cannot simply capture and kill its way out of the global terrorism problem; it must find a way to take on the extremist ideology directly.
Sep 10, 2011
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Why Is the Middle East Still in Thrall to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
The more deeply that 9/11 revisionism becomes ingrained in Arabs' views of history, the harder it will be to advance policies for preventing another attack.
Sep 3, 2011
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Iraq's Relentless Insurgency: The Fight for Power ahead of U.S. Withdrawal
Most terrorist attacks in Iraq today are not meant for an international audience, but instead indicate various militias battling for influence after U.S. troops head home.
Aug 23, 2011
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  • Michael Knights

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