Dr Daniel H. Katz

Daniel H. Katz, Ph.D., is Director, Office of Global Initiatives/Office of Diplomatic Engagement and Training at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), City University of New York (CUNY), and a nonresident scholar for the Baker Institute China Studies Program at Rice University. His research focuses on defense diplomacy, which is the subject of his book, "Defence Diplomacy: Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict" (Routledge, 2020). Katz is also a member of the 2026–2027 Council on Foreign Relations Education Higher Education Ambassador Program. He has previously worked with the U.S. Department of State, the Center for a New American Security, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies–Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in strategic studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, a double Master of Science in international affairs from Peking University and the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in international studies and classics from Yale University.