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.
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What Iran's Attack Tells Us About Their Arsenal
Tom Karako in Deep State Radio — April 19, 2024
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
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Russia Arms Control: Extending New START or Starting Over
Congressional Testimony by Tom Karako — July 25, 2019
King of Battle: The Future of Long-Range Precision Fires
Event — July 18, 2019
Coup-proofing? Making Sense of Turkey’s S-400 Decision
Commentary by Tom Karako — July 15, 2019
The Army's New Air and Missile Defense Strategy
Event — May 7, 2019
The Senkaku Paradox: Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes
Event — May 6, 2019
Masterpiece Theater: Missed Opportunities for Missile Defense in the 2020 Budget
Brief by Tom Karako and Wes Rumbaugh — March 29, 2019
The 2019 Missile Defense Review: What's Next?
Event — February 1, 2019
The Worldwide Threat Assessment and the Missile Defense Review
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha, Tom Karako, and H. Andrew Schwartz — January 31, 2019
The 2019 Missile Defense Review: A Good Start
Critical Questions by Tom Karako — January 17, 2019
Bad Idea: Sectored Air and Missile Defense Radars
Commentary by Tom Karako — December 21, 2018