Daniel L. Byman (born 1967) is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. His research focuses on

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

Counterterrorism Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and Intelligence agency, intelligence ...

and the

Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

. Byman is currently a professor in

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

Walsh School of Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, graduate lev ...

and director of Georgetown's security studies program He is a former Vice-Dean of the school. Byman is Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of State as part of the International Security Advisory Board, a senior fellow with the Transnational Threats Project at the

Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initially named the Center for Strategic and Inte ...

, and the Foreign Policy Editor for ''Lawfare''. Byman played key roles in the post 9/11 intelligence committees and in many distinguished think tanks. He was a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global econo ...

. He was also the research director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the

RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries. Since the ...

. He is also the lead course instructor for Georgetown's

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on Terrorism and Counter Terrorism.

Education

Byman holds a BA from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zepha ...

and a PhD from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

Career

Byman was a professional staff member on both the

9/11 Commission The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, commonly known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, to investigate all aspects of the September 11 attacks, the deadliest terrorist attack in world history ...

and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry staff of the

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and

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Intelligence Committees. Early in his career, he served as an analyst for the U.S. government.

Publications

Byman's book ''Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad'', published by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

in 2019, provides a sweeping history of the jihadist foreign fighter movement. He also authored the book, ''Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know'', published by

in 2015. His most recent book is ''Spreading Hate: The White Power Movement Goes Global'' (Oxford, 2022).

Selected bibliography

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"The Wobbling Red Line in Syria"

op-ed An op-ed, short for "opposite the editorial page," is a type of written prose commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. They usually represent a writer's strong and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted a ...

, 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Byman, Daniel Living people American male writers Brookings Institution people American political scientists International security Peace and conflict scholars Writers on the Middle East Scholars of terrorism Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty Amherst College alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni People from Winona, Minnesota 1967 births Georgetown University faculty