Daniele Ganser

Daniele Ganser (born 29 August 1972 in Lugano) is a Swiss historian, author, lecturer and podcaster whose work covers political and military history, covert warfare, intelligence services, energy and globalisation, and who is also described as a conspiracy theorist. He studied contemporary history at the University of Basel, held research posts at Avenir Suisse and ETH Zurich, and was an adjunct professor at the University of St. Gallen from 2012 to 2017. He heads the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research, founded in 2011, and his books include NATO's Secret Armies (2005), The Illegal Wars of NATO (2017) and The USA Empire (2020). His YouTube channel had about 466,000 subscribers in November 2025.