All Policy Analysis by Matthew Levitt

Recent arrests indicate that Hamas may be extending its operational reach outside its Gaza base.

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

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.

After months of drafting, heated interagency discussion, and many rounds of redrafting, the White House is reportedly set to release its long-expected national strategy on countering violent extremism.

Worldwide efforts aimed at Hezbollah's criminal rather than terrorist activities would weaken the group's support network and undermine its reputation at home and abroad.

Iran's recent offer to assist in the 1994 AMIA bombing investigation is nothing more than a political game.

The recent indictment of senior Hizballah figure Mustafa Badreddine has the group on edge, and for good reason.

The Security Council has changed its sanctions regime, encouraging the Taliban to end its alliance with al-Qaeda and reconcile with the Afghan government.