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Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

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Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. He is a contributing writer at the Atlantic and a frequent guest on media outlets such as the PBS NewsHour, NPR, and CNN. He regularly advises senior U.S., European, and Asian officials, has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress, and is an advisor to the Aspen Institute's Congressional Program on the Middle East.

He has written on Iran and the Middle East through the prism of cybersecurity,  neuroscience, cinema, satire, and sexuality, including two front cover stories for Time Magazine (international edition). He is currently writing a book on radicalism scheduled to be published by Random House/Knopf. He was previously an analyst with the International Crisis Group, based in Tehran and Washington.

He has lived in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East (including both Iran and the Arab world) and speaks Persian, Italian, Spanish, and proficient Arabic. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, teaching a class on U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East.


education
 MA, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, BA, University of Michigan   
languages
English, Italian, Persian, Spanish

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Autocrats United: How Russia and Iran Defy the U.S.-Led Global Order

A common adversary has brought these natural rivals together.

· October 10, 2024
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Israel and Iran at War?
October 10, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program, and Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, to discuss how Iran perceives the current landscape and may act as the crisis unfolds. 

In The Media
in the media
Iran in One of Most Difficult Positions Since 1979, Says Expert

A conversation about Iran’s strikes on Israel and Israel’s expected response.

· October 2, 2024
CNN
In The Media
in the media
Iran Launches 180 Missiles at Israel

A conversation about the missile attack launched by Iran against Israel.

· October 2, 2024
MSNBC’s Morning Joe
In The Media
in the media
Israel Vows Response to Iran Attacks

A discussion of the fallout from Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel, what to expect from Israel in response, next moves for the United States and the region, and more.

· October 2, 2024
CNBC’s Squawk Box
In The Media
in the media
'Adversaries are seizing on U.S. internal polarization': Expert Warns of Growing Disinformation

A discussion on how Iran’s cyber activities aim to exploit internal polarization, following tactics used by Russia in past elections.

· September 6, 2024
Morning Joe (MSNBC)
In The Media
in the media
Does Iran Really Want War?

A discussion on Israel’s recent assassinations in Iran and Lebanon, the inner workings of the Iranian regime, and America’s four-front Cold War. 

· August 15, 2024
Stay Tuned with Preet Podcast
In The Media
in the media
Middle East Bracing for Potential Iranian Strikes

A discussion on where hopes for a ceasefire now stand and why some officials have accused Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of making it more difficult to reach a deal.

· August 14, 2024
MSNBC
In The Media
in the media
Impact of the assassination of a Hamas leader in Iran

Karim Sadjadpour joins The Lead

· July 31, 2024
The Lead with Jake Tapper (CNN)
In The Media
in the media
Iran Trying to Stoke Gaza Protests in U.S.

A conversation about whether the new president of Iran will change Iranian policy toward the United States.

· July 9, 2024
CNN