Washington Institute for Near East Policy

THE KORET PROJECT ON ARAB-ISRAEL RELATIONS: THE PROJECT ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DAVID MAKOVSKY WORKS WITH AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS, DAVID POLLOCK, GHAITH AL-OMARI AND A CROSS-COLLABORATION WITH FELLOWS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, VISITING FELLOWS, AND NON-RESIDENT ASSOCIATES. THIS YEAR, THE INSTITUTE HOSTED FORMER BRIG. GEN. DROR SHALOM (IDF RES.) AND FORMER SHIN BET MEMBER YAIR SAGI. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS APPEARED FREQUENTLY ON TELEVISION AND RADIO AND PROGRAM SCHOLARS PUBLISHED 30 ANALYSES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS. THE INSTITUTE PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED 36 ARTICLES BY PROGRAM SCHOLARS. THE PROGRAM HELD 6 ONLINE POLICY FORUMS AND 14 IN-HOUSE ROUNDTABLES.

JEANETTE AND ELI REINHARD PROGRAM ON COUNTERTERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE: THE JEANETTE AND ELI REINHARD PROGRAM ON COUNTERTERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE (CTI) FOCUSES ON PROVIDING POLICY-RELEVANT ANALYSIS OF KEY TERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE ISSUES AND TRENDS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST. THE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION PLAN OF CTI IS FOCUSED ON FOUR KEY ISSUE AREAS: (1) GLOBAL JIHADIST MOVEMENT TERRORISM (AL QAEDA, ISLAMIC STATE); (2) TERRORISM IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI ARENA (HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD, JEWISH EXTREMISTS); (3) IRANIAN SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM (HEZBOLLAH, IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AND QODS FORCE); (4) COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TRANSNATIONAL THREATS (TERROR FINANCE, PROLIFERATION FINANCE, IRAN SANCTIONS, JCPOA); (5) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM (COUNTER-RADICALIZATION). THE CTI PROGRAM IS LED BY DR. MATTHEW LEVITT, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM WHO CAME TO THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FROM THE FBI WHERE HE HAD SERVED AS A COUNTERTERRORISM ANALYST AND PLAYED LEADING ROLES IN THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MILLENNIAL BOMB PLOT AND SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES AARON ZELIN, AND FELLOW KATHERINE BAUER AND WORKS IN CROSS-COLLABORATION WITH FELLOWS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, VISITING FELLOWS, AND NON-RESIDENT ASSOCIATES. THE INSTITUTE PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED 15 ARTICLES BY PROGRAM SCHOLARS. FURTHERMORE, PROGRAM SCHOLARS PUBLISHED 14 ARTICLES IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS, SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS. THE PROGRAM HELD 3 IN-PERSON AND 4 ONLINE, POLICY FORUMS AND 1 IN-PERSON AND 2 ONLINE COUNTERTERRORISM LECTURES AND NUMEROUS IN-HOUSE ROUNDTABLES.