Daniel Benjamin
Daniel Benjamin served as Ambassador-at-Large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department (2009-2012). As the longest-serving incumbent in the history of that position, he was the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on counterterrorism and led diplomatic missions to scores of countries. As head of the State Department's Counterterrorism Bureau, Benjamin pioneered new efforts to partner with other nations to undercut the appeal of extremism and build effective counterterrorism law enforcement capacities. With wide-ranging experience of more than five years as a National Security Council staff member for President William Clinton and earlier as a foreign correspondent for TIME and The Wall Street Journal, Benjamin has been intimately involved with many of the key issues of the last 25 years. Today, Benjamin is the director of Dartmouth College's international affairs center and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has written extensively on U.S. foreign and security policy, international affairs, the Middle East and terrorism, and has been a frequent guest on numerous news programs, including 60 Minutes, Frontline, The PBS NewsHour, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Today and Good Morning America.
Daniel Benjamin served as Ambassador-at-Large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department (2009-2012). As the longest-serving incumbent in the history of that position, he was the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on counterterrorism and led diplomatic missions to scores of countries. As head of the State Department's Counterterrorism Bureau, Benjamin pioneered new efforts to partner with other nations to undercut the appeal of extremism and build effective counterterrorism law enforcement capacities. With wide-ranging experience of more than five years as a National Security Council staff member for President William Clinton and earlier as a foreign correspondent for TIME and The Wall Street Journal, Benjamin has been intimately involved with many of the key issues of the last 25 years. Today, Benjamin is the director of Dartmouth College's international affairs center and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has written extensively on U.S. foreign and security policy, international affairs, the Middle East and terrorism, and has been a frequent guest on numerous news programs, including 60 Minutes, Frontline, The PBS NewsHour, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Today and Good Morning America.
The Terrorist Challenge: A Status Report
Thinking About Risk in a Fast-Changing World
