Daniel Byman

Daniel Byman is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. His latest book is Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism.

Articles by Daniel Byman

A man lights a candle outside of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

When to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist

Argument

October 27, 2018, 11:35 PM

Iraqi Sunni men presented as former jihadists fighting alongside the Islamic State (IS) group who defected to join Iraq government forces take position in Amriyat al-Fallujah, in Iraq's Anbar province, on May 26, 2015. Iraqi forces took up positions on the southern outskirts of Ramadi, officials said, taking two neighbourhoods and moving into Anbar university. Army and police forces as well as allied paramilitaries clashed with IS fighters to take full control of Taesh and Humeyrah, an army colonel said. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Lone Wolves Fail

Argument

June 15, 2016, 9:30 PM

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Al Qaeda Is Losing the Battle for Jihadi Hearts and Minds

Argument

Daniel Byman, Jennifer R. Williams

August 19, 2015, 2:11 PM

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Can Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Survive the Death of Its Leader?

Argument

June 16, 2015, 3:28 PM

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‘What U.S. Foreign Policy Really Needs Is…’

Argument

Daniel Byman, Jeremy Shapiro

June 5, 2015, 12:13 PM

A picture taken with a mobile phone early on May 24, 2014 shows Al-Qaeda militants posing with Al-Qaeda flags in front of a museum in Seiyun, second Yemeni city of Hadramawt province, after launching a massive pre-dawn assault that killed at least 15 soldiers and police. The assault in Hadramawt, a jihadist stronghold that has seen large-scale attacks on the army in the past, came as troops pressed a month-old ground offensive against Al-Qaeda in Abyan and Shabwa provinces to the west. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Will al Qaeda Be the Great Winner of Yemen’s Collapse?

Argument

Daniel Byman, Jennifer R. Williams

April 9, 2015, 9:30 AM

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Mowing the Grass and Taking Out the Trash

Argument

August 25, 2014, 8:41 PM

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An Eye for a Tooth

Argument

July 24, 2014, 6:16 PM

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Striking Distance

Argument

June 19, 2014, 5:53 PM

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The Dangers of Success

Argument

September 27, 2013, 8:53 PM

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Questions and Airstrikes

Argument

August 31, 2013, 11:00 PM

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Go Big or Go Home

Argument

July 23, 2013, 12:02 AM

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Israel’s Three Gambles

Argument

Daniel Byman, Natan Sachs

May 7, 2013, 1:20 AM

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Al Qaeda Is Alive in Africa

Argument

January 17, 2013, 11:55 PM

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Winning the Stalemate

Argument

November 19, 2012, 11:32 PM

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