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Director of Research, 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.
For more information, visit: Ken Pollack at Brookings.
Middle East; Military and security affairs; Persian Gulf
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