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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There goes my missile: SDA eyes new FOO Fighter missile defense ‘fire control’ sats
Tom Karako in Breaking Defense — July 14, 2023
Hypersonic Missiles
Tom Karako in UK Parliament — June 29, 2023
Tom Karako- Filling in the Gaps of Missile Defense
Tom Karako in NucleCast — June 29, 2023
Here is what it takes to protect Kyiv from Russian bombardment.
Tom Karako in The New York Times — June 5, 2023
‘We Have No Days Off.’ The Nonstop Work of Ukrainian Air Defenses.
Tom Karako in Yahoo News — June 1, 2023
Israel intends to share data for weaving Iron Dome into US air defense
Tom Karako in Defense News — June 1, 2023
‘We Have No Days Off’: The Nonstop Work of Ukrainian Air Defenses
Tom Karako in New York Times — June 1, 2023
Russian Cruise Missile That Struck Poland Exposes NATO’s Air Defenses
Tom Karako in The Wall Street Journal — May 30, 2023
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Missile Defense in Israel: A Conversation with Moshe Patel
Event by Moshe Patel and Tom Karako — May 30, 2023
Missile Defense at 40
Event by Tom Karako — March 24, 2023
Book Event - The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink
Event by William Inboden and Tom Karako — February 24, 2023
Patriot to Ukraine: What Does It Mean?
Critical Questions by Mark F. Cancian and Tom Karako — December 16, 2022
The 2022 Missile Defense Review
Event by Tom Karako and Dr. John F. Plumb — November 4, 2022
Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Event by Seth G. Jones , Max Bergmann , Emily Harding , Tom Karako , Mark F. Cancian , and Kathleen McInnis — October 27, 2022
The 2022 Missile Defense Review: Still Seeking Alignment
Commentary by Tom Karako — October 27, 2022
Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Transcript by Seth G. Jones , Max Bergmann , Emily Harding , Tom Karako , Mark F. Cancian , and Kathleen McInnis — October 27, 2022
Russia’s Missile Plan
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Tom Karako — October 21, 2022
Homeland Cruise Missile Defense
Event by Tom Karako , Wes Rumbaugh , Peppi DeBiaso , and Matthew Strohmeyer — July 14, 2022