Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.
Articles & Testimony
The Obama administration's primary counterterrorism challenge is to articulate a counterradicalization policy that confronts the problem through a whole-of-government approach, augmented by nongovernmental and societal efforts.
The United States has experienced a spate of recent homegrown terrorism cases, most notably the Fort Hood shooting and "Jihad Jane," that are a stark reminder of the threat posed by homegrown radicalization. The primary challenge for the Obama administration in this milieu is to articulate a counterradicalization policy that confronts the problem through a whole-of-government approach, augmented by nongovernmental and societal efforts.
Frank J. Cilluffo is . . . , Matthew Levitt is director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, and J. Scott Carpenter is Keston Family fellow and director of Project Fikra.
