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.
In the News
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
Philippines, Japan near long-range missile milestones as they arm up for China
Tom Karako in Breaking Defense — March 15, 2024
Shift in Russian Tactics Intensifies Air War in Ukraine
Tom Karako in The New York Times — March 5, 2024
Top Lawmaker Warns Of "Serious National Security Threat"
Tom Karako in ABC — February 15, 2024
Intel officials warned well before Tower 22 attack of increased risks from drones
Tom Karako in Politico — February 8, 2024
Ukraine creates a branch of its armed forces specific to drone warfare
Tom Karako in NBC — February 6, 2024
A Houthi missile was just seconds from hitting a US warship. The Navy used its ‘last line of defense’
Tom Karako in CNN — February 2, 2024
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Evolving Tech: Innovation, Competition, and Change
2024 Global Forecast: The China Challenge
Digital Report by Victor Cha, Gregory C. Allen, Scott Kennedy, Seth G. Jones, Kari A. Bingen, and Heather Williams, Tom Karako, Bonny Lin, Jude Blanchette, Charles Edel, Christopher B. Johnstone, Nicholas Szechenyi, Lily McElwee, Daniel F. Runde, Craig Cohen, Alex Kisling — January 25, 2024
The Arms of the Future: A Book Talk with Jack Watling
Event — January 24, 2024
Getting on Track: Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense
Event — December 18, 2023
Countering Uncrewed Aerial Systems: A Conversation with General Sean Gainey
Event — November 14, 2023
Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems
Report by Shaan Shaikh, Tom Karako, and Michelle McLoughlin — November 14, 2023
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with General James Dickinson
Event — November 8, 2023
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with General Charles Flynn
Event — October 12, 2023
Project Atom 2023
Report by Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, Robert Soofer, Tom Karako, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Franklin Miller, Leonor Tomero, and Jon Wolfsthal — September 29, 2023
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth & General Randy George
Event — September 19, 2023