Daniel L. Byman

New York Police Department Counterterrorism Bureau members stand in Times Square to provide security ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Manhattan, New York, U.S. December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky - RC1384919E40

When does terrorism have a strategic effect?

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The 'Tribute in Light' memorial, consisting of two shafts of light torepresent the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, shines in New York City, inthis photo made from Bayonne, New Jersey, September 11, 2003. The lightingmarks the second anniversary of the attacks on the center. REUTERS/RayStubblebine PP03090055RFS - RP4DRIFRWDAA

It’s hard to commemorate 9/11 if you don’t understand it

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

People pray next to a row of crosses representing each of the victims at a growing memorial site two days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC15060501D0

How big tech can fight white supremacist terrorism

Daniel L. Byman and Chris Meserole

Thursday, August 15, 2019

People take part in a rally against hate a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC1D166C1490

Right-wingers are America’s deadliest terrorists

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, August 5, 2019

Counter-protesters carrying signs in support of guns and Trump stand across from "March for Our Lives", an organized demonstration to end gun violence, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon - RC1DC45DF570

Right-wing terrorism could get even worse after Trump

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 12, 2019

An undated photograph of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud that was published in the Islamic State's online magazine Dabiq and posted on a social media website. A Belgian national currently in Syria and believed to be one of Islamic State's most active operators is suspected of being behind Friday's attacks in Paris, acccording to a source close to the French investigation. "He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe," the source told Reuters of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, adding he was investigators' best lead as the person likely behind the killing of at least 129 people in Paris on Friday. According to RTL Radio, Abaaoud is a 27-year-old from the Molenbeek suburb of Brussels, home to other members of the militant Islamist cell suspected of having carried out the attacks. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. - GF20000061805

When jihadists come back home

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, May 23, 2019

A Sri Lankan soldier walks past a burnt shop after a mob attack in Kottampitiya, Sri Lanka May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC11D04F5E40

You can’t defeat tomorrow’s terrorists by fighting yesterday’s enemy

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, May 16, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump places a stone as he stands with first lady Melania Trump and Tree of Life Synagogue Rabbi Jeffrey Myers at a makeshift memorial to the victims outside the synagogue where a gunman killed eleven people and wounded six during a mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1A0141E070

Trump’s rhetoric is raising the risk of right-wing terrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 21, 2019

U.S. troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle of NATO-led military coalition after a suicide attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Trump’s surge in Afghanistan: Why we can’t seem to end the war

Daniel L. Byman and Steven Simon

Monday, September 18, 2017

U.S. President Trump attends lunch with members of U.S. military during visit at the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) headquarters in Tampa.

What Trump should do about terrorism (but probably won’t)

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, February 16, 2017