Daniel Cohen

Research Fellow, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), & Head of Diplomatic Counter-Terrorism program at The Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy, at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel

Daniel Cohen is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, Herzliya. He is the Head of Diplomatic Counter-Terrorism program at The Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy, Reichman University, Herzliya. He also serves as a Senior Researcher at Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC) and Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security, Tel Aviv University.

Daniel’s research fields include Cybersecurity, cyber terrorism, Influence operations, terrorist organizations and their use of web & social media, and Counter-Terrorism. He is a frequent lecturer in the private sector, governments, and security establishments, including as a consultant/ expert on Violent Extremism and Radicalization for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and as an expert representative at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee.

Daniel is a lecturer and a Ph.D. candidate at Bar Ilan University Department of Management. He holds a Master’s in Security Studies from Tel Aviv University and a bachelor’s in Government and Strategy (cum laude) from Reichman University.  He served as a research fellow and coordinator of the cybersecurity and the military & Strategy programs at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and worked as a consultant in the public sector.