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Director of Research

Kenneth M. Pollack

Kenneth M. Pollack

Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Ken Pollack is an expert on national security, military affairs and the Persian Gulf. He was Director for Persian Gulf affairs at the National Security Council. He also spent seven years in the CIA as a Persian Gulf military analyst. He is the author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.



Expertise

Middle East; Military and security affairs; Persian Gulf

Background

Past Positions
Director for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (2001-2002); Director for Persian Gulf Affairs, National Security Council (1999-2001); Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council (1995-1996); Senior Research Professor, National Defense University (1998-99, 2001); Iran-Iraq Military Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency (1988-1995)

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996; B.A., Yale University, 1988

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