Will Todman

Will Todman is the chief of staff of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He was previously deputy director of the Middle East Program. He has over a decade of experience working on conflict, governance, and displacement in the Middle East, and has conducted field research in 12 countries across the region. Will has written for, contributed to, and commented on leading outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, CBS, and CNN, and he has testified to the UK Parliament. He has also taught and lectured graduate students at various universities. Before joining CSIS in 2016, Will worked at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, for the office of the UN special envoy to Syria, and at the British Embassy in Beirut. Will is a Penn Kemble fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy, a Global Diversity in International Affairs fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St. Andrews University. He also co-founded a nonprofit organization that works with refugees and immigrants in the Washington DC area, which he led for seven years. Will holds a BA in Arabic and modern Hebrew from Oxford University and an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, where he studied Persian intensively. He is also proficient in French and Spanish.
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U.S. signals progress in talks over Iran's nuclear program
Will Todman appearance on CBS — April 21, 2025
U.S. and Iran hold talks over Iran's nuclear energy program
Will Todman in CBS — April 14, 2025
Hamas says it will release 6 living hostages, Israel to begin talks on next phase of Gaza ceasefire
Will Todman in CBS — February 18, 2025
Why the disastrous Gaza war will eclipse decades of Joe Biden's political legacy
Will Todman in Middle East Eye — January 20, 2025
What Lebanon's shifting political landscape means for Hezbollah
Will Todman in Business Insider — January 19, 2025
Israel and Hamas could be on the brink of a ceasefire agreement
Will Todman in Australia Broadcasting Corporation — January 15, 2025
As Gaza-Inspired Boycotts Continue, New Brands Are Emerging to Fill the Void
Will Todman in Time — August 23, 2024
How Coca-Cola tried and failed to suppress a boycott over Gaza
Will Todman in The Washington Post — August 12, 2024
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Craig Larkin: The Politics of Memory, From Mosul to Beirut to Gaza
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Ninar Fawal, Martin Pimentel, and Will Todman — April 17, 2025

Dahlia Scheindlin: Israel’s Political Turmoil
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Ninar Fawal, and Will Todman — April 3, 2025

Max Bergmann: Does Europe Matter in the Middle East?
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Max Bergmann, Martin Pimentel, and Will Todman — February 27, 2025

U.S. Allies and Partners Under the Trump Administration
Event — February 18, 2025
Sinem Adar: Turkey's Syria Challenge
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Martin Pimentel, and Will Todman — January 28, 2025

Lebanon Finally Elects a President
Critical Questions by Will Todman — January 10, 2025

Special: Syria's Post-Assad Scramble
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, and Will Todman — December 17, 2024

Don’t Rush Syrian Refugees’ Return
Commentary by Will Todman — December 11, 2024
Max Gallien: Black Markets of the Maghreb
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Martin Pimentel, and Will Todman — December 10, 2024
