Daniel Byman is a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, where his research focuses on counterterrorism and Middle East security. He previously served as the research director of the center. He is also senior associate dean for undergraduate affairs at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a professor in its Security Studies Program. Previously, Byman served as a staff member with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (“The 9/11 Commission”) and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry Staff of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Prior to that, Byman was a policy analyst and the director for research in the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation and worked for the U.S. government. His most recent book is "Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford University Press, 2015). He is the author of several other books on counterterrorism, state sponsorship of terrorism, and conflict and terrorism in the Middle East.
Affiliations:
Georgetown University, professor
Institute for Counterterrorism, Israel, Working Paper Series
International Institute for Counterterrorism, Herzliyya, Israel
International Security, editorial board
Lawfare, foreign policy editor
Political Science Quarterly, editorial board
The RAND Corporation, adjunct scholar
Security Studies, editorial board
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, editorial board
Terrorism and Political Violence, editorial board
The Washington Quarterly, editorial board
Daniel Byman is a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, where his research focuses on counterterrorism and Middle East security. He previously served as the research director of the center. He is also senior associate dean for undergraduate affairs at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and a professor in its Security Studies Program. Previously, Byman served as a staff member with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (“The 9/11 Commission”) and the Joint 9/11 Inquiry Staff of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Prior to that, Byman was a policy analyst and the director for research in the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation and worked for the U.S. government. His most recent book is “Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press, 2015). He is the author of several other books on counterterrorism, state sponsorship of terrorism, and conflict and terrorism in the Middle East.
Affiliations:
Georgetown University, professor
Institute for Counterterrorism, Israel, Working Paper Series
International Institute for Counterterrorism, Herzliyya, Israel
International Security, editorial board
Lawfare, foreign policy editor
Political Science Quarterly, editorial board
The RAND Corporation, adjunct scholar
Security Studies, editorial board
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, editorial board
Terrorism and Political Violence, editorial board
The Washington Quarterly, editorial board
The [Trump administration's] proposals don't call for constant monitoring once someone is in the country. It seems like [Saipov, the NYC attacker] became much more radical relatively recently. So the ideas on the table don't seem particularly relevant to this attack.
Such unthinking measures [that target Muslims] might benefit Trump politically while inadvertently helping the terrorists operationally.
This is a movement that historically has been highly divided. One thing Osama had been doing is trying to be a unifier. He was very comfortable working with people who agreed with him on one issue and disagreed with him on five. Toward the end of his life, a lot of what he was trying to do was to get groups to work together.
Daniel L. Byman on Twitter
RT @AmbDana: @dbyman thank you for hosting me! Such impressive students and @georgetownsfs is a treasure. twitter.com/dbyman/status/…— Dan Byman (@dbyman) Thursday, February 22, 2018
My thoughts on whether you can serve in the Trump administration with honor and integrity (short answer is "yes"; l… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…— Dan Byman (@dbyman) Thursday, February 22, 2018
Delighted to host @AmbDana here @georgetownsfs -- great talk. pic.twitter.com/lOoHqXrUTO— Dan Byman (@dbyman) Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The image people often have is plane-loads of these [jihadists] flying out, but that’s the wrong image: It’s people filtering out in dribs and drabs.