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International Terrorism Today:What We Need to KnowDr Matt
Levitt, Director, Washington Institute's Program
onCounter-terrorism and Intelligence
Thursday 4 November, 20105.30pm 7pmDyason House124 Jolimont
Road, East Melbourne
What if terrorists exploded a nuclear device in an American (or
other Western) city? President Obama is onrecord as saying that
such an event is at the top of his list of worries. Despite huge
and expensive efforts toupgrade intelligence, counter-insurgency
capacity and other means of limiting Islamist extremism, the
threatremains alive in many quarters and in many ways. From
Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iran, Somalia andYemen, and across
Western societies from Europe to Australia, we are facing a
challenge that is likely topersist for decades. In the nine years
since 9/11, America hasn't been subjected to another
mass-casualtyterrorist attack. But that doesn't mean terrorism is
no longer a threat to the US or wider world.
Dr Matt Levitt will discuss the ongoing efforts by terrorist
groups to attack Western targets, and the reciprocal
efforts by Western security agencies to thwart these attacks and
trace those who would perpetrate them.
Dr Levitt is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy's Stein Program onCounter-terrorism
and Intelligence. From 2005 - 2007 he was Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Intelligence andAnalysis at the US Department of the
Treasury where he played a central role in efforts to protect
thefinancial system from abuse and to deny terrorists, weapons
proliferators, and others the ability to financethreats to national
security. Previously he served the Washington Institute as founding
director of itsTerrorism Research Program after providing tactical
and strategic analytical support for the FBI counter-terrorism
operations which focused on tackling fundraising and logistical
support networks for Middle Easternterrorist groups.
Dr Levitt has written extensively on terrorism, the Middle East,
Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, Hamas andHezbollah, with articles
appearing in major world newspapers. His latest books are: "Hamas:
Politics, Charityand Terrorism in the Service of Jihad" and
"Negotiating Under Fire: Preserving Peace Talks in the Face
ofTerror Attacks".
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