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Overview

Daniel Byman is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science as well as political science and international relations. They have contributed notably to the fields of terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence, along with studies concerning politics and conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East.

The scientist's recent research output includes the following publications:

  • Understanding, and Misunderstanding, State Sponsorship of Terrorism (2020) in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • White Supremacy, Terrorism, and the Failure of Reconstruction in the United States (2021) in International Security
  • A War They Both Are Losing: Israel, Hamas and the Plight of Gaza (2024) in Survival

Daniel Byman has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Survival
  • Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • The Washington Quarterly
  • International Security
  • Political Science Quarterly

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies

Daniel Byman has collaborated with several frequent coauthors across their research projects:

  • Shelby Butt
  • Tricia Bacon
  • Seth G. Jones
  • Kenneth M. Pollack
  • Asfandyar Mir

Their work also touches on subfields such as information systems, philosophy, and signal processing, demonstrating an interdisciplinary approach to the study of political violence and international relations. The scientist's scholarship integrates empirical research with theoretical frameworks to explore the dynamics of terrorism, state sponsorship, and regional conflicts.

Best Publications

  • Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism

    Daniel Byman

  • Let Us Now Praise Great Men: Bringing the Statesman Back In

    Daniel L. Byman;Kenneth M. Pollack

  • Trends In Outside Support For Insurgent Movements

    Daniel Byman;Peter Chalk;Bruce Hoffman;William Rosenau

  • The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might

    Daniel L. Byman;Matthew C. Waxman

  • Do Targeted Killings Work

    Daniel Byman

  • Pyongyang's Survival Strategy: Tools of Authoritarian Control in North Korea

    Daniel Byman;Jennifer Lind

  • Kosovo and the Great Air Power Debate

    Daniel L. Byman;Matthew C. Waxman

  • Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Daniel Byman

  • The logic of ethnic terrorism

    Daniel Byman

  • Friends Like These: Counterinsurgency and the War on Terrorism

    Daniel L. Byman

  • A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

    Daniel Byman

  • Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era

    Daniel Byman;Shahram Chubin;Anoushiravan Ehteshami;Jerrold D. Green

  • Keeping the Peace: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts

    Daniel Byman

  • Agents of Destruction? Applying Principal-Agent Analysis to State-Sponsored Terrorism

    Daniel Byman;Sarah E. Kreps

  • Al-Qaeda as an Adversary: Do We Understand Our Enemy?

    Daniel L. Byman

  • The United States and a Rising China

    Zalmay M. Khalilzad;Abram N. Shulsky;Daniel L. Byman;Roger Cliff

  • Air Power As A Coercive Instrument

    Daniel L. Byman;Matthew C. Waxman;Eric Larson

  • Understanding the Islamic State—A Review Essay

    Daniel Byman

  • Rolling Back the Islamic State

    Seth G. Jones;James Dobbins;Daniel Byman;Christopher S. Chivvis

  • Strengthening the Partnership: Improving Military Coordination with Relief Agencies and Allies in Humanitarian Operations

    Daniel Byman;Ian O. Lesser;Bruce R. Pirnie;Cheryl Benard

  • Deadly Connections: List of acronyms

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  • Ethnic Conflict: Commerce, Culture, and the Contact Hypothesis by H. D. Forbes

    Daniel L. Byman

  • Strengthening the Partnership

    Daniel Byman;Ian O. Lesser;Bruce R. Pirnie;Cheryl Benard

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Chalk
Peter Chalk University of Queensland
Seth G. Jones
Seth G. Jones Center for Strategic and International Studies
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Michael McFaul
Michael McFaul Stanford University
Sarah E. Kreps
Sarah E. Kreps Cornell University
Mehran Kamrava
Mehran Kamrava Georgetown University

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