Daniel Byman is a senior fellow with the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and director of the Security Studies Program. He is the foreign policy editor for Lawfare and a part-time senior adviser to the Department of State on the International Security Advisory Board. In addition to serving as the vice dean for the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, he was a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and a professional staff member with both the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (9-11 Commission) and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry Staff of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. He formerly served as research director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation and as a Middle East analyst for the U.S. intelligence community. Dr. Byman is a leading researcher and has written widely on a range of topics related to terrorism, insurgency, intelligence, social media, artificial intelligence, and the Middle East. He is the author of nine books, including Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad (Oxford, 2019), Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs Know (Oxford, 2015), and A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism (Oxford, 2011). He is the author or coauthor of almost 200 academic and policy articles, monographs, and book chapters as well as numerous opinion pieces in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and other leading journals. Dr. Byman is a graduate of Amherst College and received his PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The Lawfare Podcast: How Should Governments Use Deepfakes?
Daniel Byman in Lawfare — March 12, 2024
These are Hamas’s top leaders
Daniel Byman in The Washington Post — March 12, 2024
U.S., Israel at Odds Over Claims of Links Between Hamas and Charities
Daniel Byman in The Wall Street Journal — March 4, 2024
As Gaza death toll tops 30,000, is Israel on the path to victory or quagmire?
Daniel Byman in NBC — February 29, 2024
Is retaliation the most effective way to strike back at Iranian-backed attackers?
Daniel Byman in NPR — February 5, 2024
Biden Walks a Fine Line With Airstrikes on Iran-Backed Militants
Daniel Byman in Foreign Policy — February 2, 2024
Six Steps Israel Must Take to Win the War
Daniel Byman in Foreign Policy — January 24, 2024
Tensions Between Israel and Hezbollah, Explained
Daniel Byman in U.S. News & World Report — January 16, 2024
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Extremism in the West: International Influences, Local Challenges
Event — March 14, 2024
Government Use of Deepfakes
Report by Daniel Byman, Daniel W. Linna Jr., and V. S. Subrahmanian — March 12, 2024
“Government Use of Deepfakes: The Questions to Ask”: Audio Brief with Daniel Byman
Podcast Episode by Daniel Byman — March 12, 2024
Daniel Byman in Foreign Policy: Biden Walks a Fine Line With Airstrikes on Iran-Backed Militants
Commentary by Daniel Byman — February 2, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: Conflict Zones
Digital Report by Mark F. Cancian, Max Bergmann, and Maria Snegovaya, Romina Bandura, Kathleen McInnis, Elizabeth Hoffman, Eliot A. Cohen, Daniel Byman, Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, Emily Harding, Craig Cohen, Alex Kisling — February 2, 2024
Can a Regional War Be Avoided in the Middle East?
Commentary by Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones — January 17, 2024
Daniel Byman in Foreign Policy: A Future Look Back at Israel’s War on Hamas
Commentary by Daniel Byman — January 3, 2024
Daniel Byman in Foreign Affairs: Israel’s Muddled Strategy in Gaza
Commentary by Daniel Byman — December 21, 2023
Israel’s Hard Choices
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Daniel Byman — December 21, 2023
“Why Hamas Attacked When It Did”: Audio Brief with Dan Byman
Podcast Episode by Daniel Byman — December 20, 2023