Daniel Byman

Essays

Society

Latter-Day Sultans

| 06.28.10

Armed with pitch-perfect talking points for the Facebook generation, a clique of fortunate sons in the Middle East is set to take over their fathers' sclerotic dictatorships. But this is not regime change. Monarchy is back.

Security

Rogue Operators

| 07.02.08

Think that state sponsors of terror are pulling all the strings? Think again. Countries like Iran and Syria may play a big role in the terrorism underworld, but they’re quickly losing control over rogues that bite the hands that once fed them.

Security

Keeping the Lid On

| 05.01.07

The negative effects of an Iraqi civil war can be mitigated, even if the conflict itelf cannot be quelled.

Security

The No-Win Zone

| 11.10.06

War in Lebanon highlights the lack of options, and victors, in the Middle East.

Security

Scoring the War on Terrorism

| 06.01.03

The United States has made considerable--even surprising--progress in defeating a skilled and vast enemy. Nevertheless, the job is far from complete.

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Reviews

Security

How to Fight Terrorism

| 03.01.05

Radical Islam is its own worst enemy. It will marginalize itself unless the United States overreacts.

Commentary

Security

Listing our Terror Problems

| 05.02.08

As Pakistan cuts deals with radical tribal leaders, the best thing the United States can hope for is that the situation in Afghanistan only becomes worse, not a disaster. What the United States needs to do about state sponsors of terrorism.

Countering a Backlash in a Post-Saddam Iraq

| 03.19.03

The greatest challenge that military forces will face in occupying Iraq after Saddam's fall is the risk of a backlash from the Iraqi people.

Security

Can a Democratic Iraq Survive?

| 11.20.02

It is obvious that a good deal of planning must occur about the shape of post-Ba'athi Iraq, even before any shots are fired.

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