Dan Rothem
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Dan Rothem is a nonresident senior fellow in the N7 Initiative within the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs. He is currently a Senior Researcher at Tachlith – The Institute for Israeli Policy and Senior Policy Advisor at The Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation (HKI), specializing in working across diverse worldviews in conflict transformation processes.
Previously, Rothem served as CEO of Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS), a non-partisan movement comprising over 300 retired IDF generals and their Mossad, Shin Bet (Security Agency), Police and National Security Council equivalents. For nearly two decades (2002-2019), Rothem worked as Senior Research Advisor at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, where he pioneered the development of sophisticated Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technologies for analyzing territorial aspects of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
Rothem’s expertise on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict encompasses its evolving place within the broader Middle East geopolitical landscape, including regional normalization processes and strategic alignments. His analytical work focuses particularly on US mediation efforts and how they interact with both bilateral negotiations and regional dynamics. He has directly briefed Israeli Prime Ministers, US administration officials, and international diplomats on conflict resolution approaches that account for changing regional realities, while also participating in high-level Track II diplomatic initiatives.
Based in Israel, Rothem completed his military service with the Israel Defense Forces Artillery Corps in 1997. He holds a Master of Arts in Government with specialization in Diplomacy, Conflict Studies and Negotiation from IDC Herzliya, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Gardner-Webb University.
