Matthew Levitt

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Matthew Levitt is an American political scientist. He is an expert in Hamas.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

He serves as the Fromer-Wexler Fellow and director of the Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the

FBI, focusing on fundraising and logistical support networks for Middle Eastern terrorist groups. During his FBI service, Levitt participated as a team member in a number of crisis situations, including the terrorist threat surrounding the turn of the millennium and the September 11 attacks.[5]

Levitt has also lectured on international terrorism on behalf of the Departments of State, Justice, Defense, and Homeland Security, consulted for various U.S. government agencies and private industry, and testified before the Senate and House on matters relating to international terrorism. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the international advisory board for both the Institute for Counter-terrorism in Israel and the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research in Singapore, and a CTC fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point). He serves on the advisory board of Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF) and formerly served on the academic advisory board for the Emirati Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). Levitt was a graduate research fellow at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation and previously taught at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.[5]

Levitt received his B.A. from

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He attended high school at the Maimonides School.[citation needed
]

Levitt has written extensively on terrorism, countering violent extremism, illicit finance and sanctions, the Middle East, and Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, with articles appearing in peer-reviewed journals, policy magazines, and the press, including the

Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy
, and numerous other publications. He is also a frequent guest on the national and international media, and the author of several books and monographs.

Levitt was an expert witness during eight trials against terrorism suspects between 2004 and 2008, including the 2005 trial of

Holy Land Foundation.[4][6]

Books

References

  1. ^ Burke, Jason (2024-01-30). "Hamas regroups in northern Gaza to prepare new offensive". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "The world's never seen a mass kidnapping quite like this. Here's how the Israel-Gaza hostage crisis could play out". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. Jerusalem Post
    . 2014-08-19. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b Bartosiewicz, Peter (2008-02-04). "Experts in Terror". The Nation. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Matthew Levitt". Experts. Washington Institute. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  6. ISBN 978-1-68257-085-2
    . pp.117-121
  7. ISBN 978-1-84904-333-5
    . Reviews:
  8. ISBN 978-0-300-12901-4
    . Reviews:
  9. ISBN 978-0-944029-81-7
    . Review:
  10. ISBN 978-0-7425-6566-1
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