Matthew Levitt

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Dr. Matthew Levitt (Bluesky – LinkedIn) is the Fromer-Wexler senior fellow and director of the Reinhard program on counterterrorism and intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Levitt previously served as a former FBI counterterrorism analyst and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for intelligence and analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He is the author of Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God.

Articles by this author:

An Iranian flag is draped from a building damaged during a recent attack by Israel in the Gisha neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Why War? Why Now? Assessing Iranian Intentions and Capabilities

Jun. 26, 2025 Matthew Levitt

Syrian Kurds, one of them carrying a Kurdish YPG (People's Protection Units) flag, watch as a US military vehicle drives on a road after US forces pulled out of their base in the Northern Syrian town of Tal Tamr, on October 20, 2019.

Revitalizing Alliances to Counter Terrorism

Mar. 24, 2021 Matthew Levitt