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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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The Dilemma Iran’s Leader Faces

85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is caught in a high-stakes military, financial and psychological battle against America and Israel at a time when his own mental faculty and energy are undoubtedly fading. Hesitating to respond to adversaries’ provocations risks further diminishing his authority, yet a strong response could jeopardize his survival.

· October 24, 2024
New York Times
In The Media
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The New Battle for the Middle East

Iran and Saudi Arabia are both autocratic energy titans, collectively controlling nearly a third of the world’s oil reserves and a fifth of its natural gas. Yet they are led by starkly different men with profoundly different plans.

· October 22, 2024
Foreign Affairs
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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. 

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Israel and Iran at War?

Aaron David Miller sits down with Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour and Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, to discuss how Iran may act as the crisis in the Middle East evolves.

· October 10, 2024
Putin and Khamenei
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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
In The Media
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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
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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
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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
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'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)
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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
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