Daniel L. Byman is a professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution where he conducts research on terrorism, Iran, and other Middle East security issues. Byman previously served as the vice dean of the School of Foreign Service's undergraduate program, the director of the Center for Security Studies and Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and as research director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the

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. He is also the lead course instructor for Georgetown's massive open online course on Terrorism and Counter Terrorism. Byman was a professional staff member on both the

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and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry Staff of the

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Intelligence Committees. Early in his career, he served as a political analyst for the U.S. government. He holds a BA from

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and a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His latest book is ''Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know'' was published by Oxford University Press in 2015.

Publications

Byman's publications include the books ''A High Price:The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism,'' ''The Five Front War: A Better Way to Fight Global Jihad,'' ''Things Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover From an Iraqi Civil War,'' ''Keeping the Peace: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts,'' and ''Deadly Connections: States That Sponsor Terrorism.''Bio and Books at ''Amazon.com''
Byman has written extensively on a range of topics related to terrorism, international security, civil and ethnic conflict, and the Middle East. He is a frequent contributor to ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Washington Post'', and his work has appeared in a range of scholarly and policy journals.

Selected bibliography

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"The Wobbling Red Line in Syria"

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, New York ''Times''. May 4, 2013. "Empty threats weaken America's credibility", regarding President Obama's "red line" comment on Syria's chemical weapons. *

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