Thomas Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Warsaw Security Forum

Mr. 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 as a fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues.

Mr. Karako's main areas of research are national security, U.S. nuclear forces, missile defense, and public law.

Between 2010 and 2011, he was selected to be an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, during which time he worked with the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. strategic forces policy, nonproliferation, and NATO.

Mr. Karako received his Ph.D. in politics and policy from Claremont Graduate University and his B.A. from the University of Dallas. He is also currently a fellow with the Institute for Politics and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University and teaches in their Washington, D.C. program.

Thomas Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Warsaw Security Forum

Mr. 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 as a fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues.

Mr. Karako's main areas of research are national security, U.S. nuclear forces, missile defense, and public law.

Between 2010 and 2011, he was selected to be an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, during which time he worked with the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. strategic forces policy, nonproliferation, and NATO.

Mr. Karako received his Ph.D. in politics and policy from Claremont Graduate University and his B.A. from the University of Dallas. He is also currently a fellow with the Institute for Politics and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University and teaches in their Washington, D.C. program.