--- title: Daniel Benaim | TIME description: Daniel Benaim is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute. He previously served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula. canonical: https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel Benaim ## Daniel Benaim Daniel Benaim is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute. He previously served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula. ## Daniel Benaim *  May 18, 2026 ### [Why America Can’t Walk Away from the Gulf Economies](https://time.com/article/2026/05/18/america-saudi-arabia-gulf-economies/) The Gulf states can still build a future based on security, connectivity, capital, and social openin... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/","name":"Daniel Benaim"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/"},"name":"Daniel Benaim","jobTitle":"","description":"Daniel Benaim is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute. He previously served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-benaim/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```