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Thomas Parker

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Dr. Thomas Parker worked in the Executive Office of the President, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, the Intelligence Community and the U.S. Congress over the course of thirty years.

He currently teaches security studies at George Washington University. He has also taught at the University of Haifa and lectured at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, Sciences Po in Paris, and the European University in Petersburg.  
 
He has published numerous articles on foreign policy and defense issues and a book on U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. In 2016, he was part of a senior-level U.S. delegation that discussed U.S.-China relations with Chinese foreign ministry and defense officials in Beijing. Parker is a contributor to Fikra Forum. 

Recent Policy Analysis by Thomas Parker

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi speaking in 2021
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Iranian President Raisi: The Hanging Judge
Aug 26, 2021
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  • Thomas Parker
Afghan militia fighters survey a valley in Kunar province
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What Next for Afghan-Based Terrorist Groups?
Jun 8, 2021
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  • Thomas Parker
A U.S. Army soldier on patrol in Iraq
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Regional Implications of a U.S. Pullout from Afghanistan
Jun 15, 2020
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Brief Analysis
Iran and the U.S. Elections: A Chance to Meddle?
Mar 18, 2020
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  • Thomas Parker
Brief Analysis
Thomas Parker’s Response to David Pollock’s “Iran, Israel, Syria, and the U.S.: Views From China"
Jun 19, 2018
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  • Thomas Parker
Egyptian president Sisi speaks
Brief Analysis
Thomas Parker’s Comment on Maged Atef’s “Revelatory Elections – A State of Divide and Rule”
Mar 21, 2018
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