Daniel Benjamin
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Daniel Benjamin | |
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Dell Dailey | |
Succeeded by | Jerry P. Lanier |
Personal details | |
Born | October 16, 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University New College, Oxford |
Occupation | Diplomat, journalist |
Daniel Benjamin (born October 16, 1961) is an American diplomat and journalist and was the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012, appointed by Secretary Hillary Clinton.[1] Benjamin was the director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.[2] In July 2020, he became president of the American Academy in Berlin, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent transatlantic institution in the German capital.[3]
Early life
Benjamin grew up in
Government service
From 1994 to 1999, as a member of President Clinton's staff, Benjamin served as a foreign policy speech writer and special assistant.[5] During that period, he also served on the National Security Council.[6]
From 2009 to 2012, Benjamin was the
Academic work
Benjamin was a Senior Fellow in the International Security Program at the
From December 2006 to May 2009, Benjamin served as the Director for the Center on the United States and Europe, and Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy Studies at
In 2012, he was appointed the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.[5]
Writing
Together with
Benjamin and Simon would follow up The Age of Sacred Terror in 2005 with The Next Attack: The Globalization of Jihad (Hodder & Soughton (in Britain), 2005), a book which received high-praise from Bill Clinton.
In the April 30, 2006 edition of Time, Benjamin wrote a favorable profile of Pervez Musharraf, with the headline, "Why Pakistan's Leader May Be The West's Best Bet for Peace."
Notes
- ^ "Daniel Benjamin". State Department. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Daniel Benjamin". 8 August 2014.
- ^ "New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin". American Academy. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ Dickey Center Director Writes, Speaks With Urgency of the Times. By Nicola Smith. Valley News, May 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Daniel Benjamin". 8 August 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ Benjamin, Daniel (Nov 24, 2005). "Jihadist Iraq just won't happen". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Daniel Benjamin's Brookings Profile Archived October 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Daniel Benjamin".
- ^ Kreisler, Harry. "Conversations with History".
- JSTOR 20033435. Retrieved May 3, 2012.