10 Facts About Daniel Gerlach

Daniel Gerlach was born on 1977 and is a German author, journalist, publisher and Middle East expert.

Daniel Gerlach is the current editor-in-chief of the German Middle East quarterly magazine zenith and director-general of the Candid Foundation.

Daniel Gerlach has spoken at international universities such as King's College, Yale, and Princeton, and think tanks and governmental institutions such as the European External Action Service.

In 2016 Daniel Gerlach gave the eulogy for the Syrian-French poet Adunis, laureate of the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize of the city of Osnabruck.

In 2017 German and international media reported that Daniel Gerlach's name had appeared on a travel ban list of Syrian state security.

Daniel Gerlach is a frequent contributor to German language media outlets, including Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk, Welt, ZDF, Tagesschau, Der Spiegel Die Tageszeitung, Tagesspiegel, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Luzerner Zeitung, and SRF.

Daniel Gerlach has featured in several international publications, including The New York Times.

Daniel Gerlach argues that the essential core of Syrian government was not simply a group of people around the Assad family, but a distinct logic of thinking and behaviour, an ideology described as implicitly sectarian.

In 2014, Daniel Gerlach suggested that an international diplomatic initiative of Western countries should engage Russia and oblige it to assume the role of a protective force for parts of Syria in order to untangle the interests of international stakeholders and to prevent unilateral action.

Daniel Gerlach suggests to study analogies with Latin American drug cartels.