Tom Karako
Thomas Karako is a senior fellow with the International Security Program and the director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he arrived in 2014. His research focuses on national security, missile defense, nuclear deterrence, and public law. In 2010–2011, he was an American Political Science Association congressional fellow, working with the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on U.S. strategic forces policy, nonproliferation, and NATO. Dr. Karako is also currently a fellow with the Institute for Politics and Strategy of Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University and his BA from the University of Dallas.
In the News
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Apr 18, 24] Season 2 E15: Spear It in the Sky
Tom Karako in GE Aerospace — April 18, 2024
What Iran’s attack on Israel revealed about its weapons arsenal
Tom Karako in The Washington Post — April 17, 2024
Drone-and-Missile Warfare Tests Supply-Strapped Defense Systems
Tom Karako in The Wall Street Journal — April 17, 2024
U.S. details Pentagon’s role in defending Israel from Iranian attack
Tom Karako in The Washington Post — April 14, 2024
How Israel Defended Against Iran's Drone and Missile Attack
Tom Karako in Wired — April 14, 2024
Ukraine's Patriot kills of Russian planes and missiles have turned a US air-defense weapon with a troubled past into a hero
Tom Karako in Business Insider — March 23, 2024
The $130 Billion Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Minuteman Nuclear Missiles
Tom Karako in The Wall Street Journal — March 20, 2024
Philippines, Japan near long-range missile milestones as they arm up for China
Tom Karako in Breaking Defense — March 15, 2024
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Missile Defense in Israel: A Conversation with Moshe Patel
Event — May 30, 2023
Russia’s Missile Plan
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Tom Karako — October 21, 2022
2016 Global Security Forum
Event — December 1, 2016
FY17 Budget Squeezes MDA’s Research and Development
Commentary by Tom Karako — March 18, 2016
Ballistic Missile Defense System Update
Event — January 20, 2016
Missile Defense and Deterrence
Report by Tom Karako — November 16, 2015
Federated Defense in the Middle East
Report by Jon B. Alterman, Tom Karako, Richard Say, Colin McElhinny, Melissa Dalton, and Kathleen H. Hicks — September 17, 2015
Next Level Questions on Iraq Operations
Critical Questions by Clark A. Murdock, Tom Karako, T.J. Cipoletti and Samuel J. Brannen, and Kathleen H. Hicks — August 13, 2014