Daniel L. Byman

Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during the "Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders" to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RTSXY8H

Why Trump’s policies will increase terrorism—and why Trump might benefit as a result

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 30, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSWLUX

Seven Trump foreign policy assumptions

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 23, 2017

Syria and the aftermath of the battle for Aleppo

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM AST

A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front climbs a pole where a Nusra flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern city of Ariha, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area in Idlib province May 29, 2015. A Syrian insurgent alliance which has captured the last government-held town in the northwestern Idlib province made further advances on Friday, a monitoring group and fighters said. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RTR4Y10S

What does it mean to be at war with “radical Islam”? On the attractions and dangers of a vague term

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Fighters of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, ride on a pick-up truck in the 1070 Apartment Project area in southwestern Aleppo, Syria August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RTSL8ZO

How to fight terrorism in the Donald Trump era

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, December 30, 2016

U.S. security assistance and human rights

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 8, 2014. U.S.-led air strikes on Wednesday pushed Islamic State fighters back to the edges of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, which they had appeared set to seize after a three-week assault, local officials said. The town has become the focus of international attention since the Islamists' advance drove 180,000 of the area's mostly Kurdish inhabitants to flee into adjoining Turkey, which has infuriated its own restive Kurdish minority-- and its NATO partners in Washington -- by refusing to intervene. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR49CYL

The limits of air strikes when fighting the Islamic State

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Iraqi army soldiers with the 6th IA Division familiarize themselves with their targets and prepare for a PKC machine gun range at Combat Outpost 402 at al-Muthana airfield in the Rusafa district of Baghdad September 28, 2009. In addition to marksmanship, the IAs also trained on room clearing and movement under fire as part of a larger training program conducted by Soldiers of D Troop, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. Picture taken September 28, 2009. REUTERS/U.S Army/Sgt. Joshua Risner/Handout (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - RTXP3I3

Downbound training

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with a Portuguese television channel in this handout picture provided by SANA on November 15, 2016. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2TWKS

Should we work with the devil we know against the Islamic State?

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, November 21, 2016

If [ISIS] can't claim attacks, they can't get recruits and can't raise money.

Daniel L. Byman ABC News Sunday, November 20, 2016