Dr. Thomas Karako
Director, Missile Defense Project; Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Thomas Karako is the director of the Missile Defense Project and a senior fellow with the Defense and Security Department 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 received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University and his BA from the University of Dallas.
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 received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University and his BA from the University of Dallas.