Daniel L. Byman is a professor at

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. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the

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where he conducts research on

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, and other

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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

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on Terrorism and Counter Terrorism. Byman was a professional staff member on both the

9/11 commission The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks", includin ...

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 a political analyst for the U.S. government. He holds a BA from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educati ...

and a PhD from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of th ...

. His latest book is ''Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know'' was published by

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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 ''

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'', 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"
op-ed, 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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* Living people American male writers Brookings Institution people Terrorism theorists American political scientists International security Peace and conflict scholars Writers on the Middle East Experts on terrorism Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty Amherst College alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-polisci-bio-stub