(Aluf) Daniel Rothschild (Hebrew: דניאל רוטשילד; born 1946) is the head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), an Israeli Think Tank in the Lauder school of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and is the chairman of the annual Herzliya Conference series.

[1][2] Gen. Rothschild also heads the Council for Peace and Security, an Israeli association of national security experts, He is a member of the advisory board of the Central Bank of Israel and the chairman of the board of trustees of the Afeka College of Engineering.

[1] During his service as Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Rothschild played a significant role in the negotiations that led to Israel’s peace agreements with Jordan and with the Palestinians.

[1] In 1991 Rothschild was promoted to the rank of major general (Aluf) and was appointed Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.

Upon his retirement from the IDF in 1995, Gen. Rothschild founded the global security consultancy NETACS ltd.[5] and assumed several public positions, such as the chairman of the Israeli Board of the America-Israel Friendship League and as a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem As of 2009 he heads the Council for Peace and Security, is a member of the advisory board of the Central Bank of Israel, the chairman of the board of trustees of the Afeka College of Engineering and in September 2009 was appointed head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and the chairman of the annual Herzliya Conference series.