Officials and analysts hope the new European Counter Terror Center will prove valuable both in the short and long term, though they admit it alone will likely not be enough to deter Europe’s next major terror attack. “It’s part of a menu of things that need to be done both at the government level and cross governments to deal with the extremism threat,” said Mark Wallace, CEO of the U.S.-based Counter Extremism Project. “I wouldn’t call it a panacea but, certainly, a positive step,” he said.