Daniel Byman

5 days ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Robert Chesney

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Daniel Cahen, the Legal Advisor to the ICRC's Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada, responds to my original post on Syria/LOAC with the following guest post:The publication of an interview about Syria given by my colleague Hicham Hassan on July 14 has triggered an interesting discussion between Bobby and Kevin, in particular with regard to the geographical scope of this NIAC.

1 week ago | csis.org | Daniel Byman

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a call-in press briefing on Thursday, May 8, at 10:00 a.m. EDT to preview key topics to watch in relation to President Trump’s upcoming trip to the Middle East as well as geopolitical dynamics in the region. Register to attend via this link. A transcript will be available after the press briefing concludes.

1 week ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Benjamin Wittes

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With As the House of Representatives and the Senate head to conference on the NDAA, I thought it might be useful to analyze the similarities and differences between the counterterrorism provisions of the two versions of the bill. People sometimes talk about the NDAA as though both houses are on the same track. And there are some similar themes. But the two bills are also quite different.

1 week ago | csis.org | Daniel Byman

Chairman Lawler, Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick, members of this distinguished subcommittee, and subcommittee staff, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important topic. Neither Georgetown University nor the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) take policy positions, so the views represented in this testimony are my own and not those of my employers.

1 week ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Raphael Cohen

Editor’s Note: In Trump’s first 100 days, the United States and Iran have engaged in serious negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. RAND’s Raphael Cohen points out, however, that we have seen this movie before. Any feasible deal that administration officials propose will face some of the problems that plagued the deal that the Obama administration agreed to and that Trump abrogated in his first term.