Kenneth Michael "Ken" Pollack, PhD (born 1966), is a noted former CIA intelligence analyst and expert on Middle East politics and military affairs. He has served on the National Security Council staff and has written several articles and books on international relations.Pollack obtained a BA from Yale University, in 1988, and went on to earn a PhD from MIT in 1996. He has served in a variety of roles in government. From 1988 until 1995, he was analyst on Iraqi and Iranian military issues for the Central Intelligence Agency. He spent a year as Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs with the United States National Security Council. In 1999, he rejoined the NSC as the Director for Persian Gulf Affairs. He also served two stints as a professor with the National Defense University.Outside of government, he worked for the Brookings Institution as the director of research at its Saban Center for Middle East Policy. He previously worked for the Council of Foreign Relations as their director of national security studies. He has also written four books, the first two of which were published in 2002. His first monograph, Arabs at War, examined the foreign policy of six Arab nations in the years between World War II and the Persian Gulf War.Pollack is married to the well-known television journalist Andrea Koppel, the daughter of Ted Koppel.
TV Mini-Series documentary special thanks - 3 episodes
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Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cycle
2013
TV Series
Himself
Uprising
2012
Documentary
Himself
Greatest Tank Battles
2010-2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Author, 'Arabs At War' / Himself - Author, Arabs At War
Crisis Guide: Iran
2011
Video short
Himself - Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Charlie Rose
2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Daily Show
2004-2008
TV Series
Himself
Frontline
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - National Security Council, 1999-2001
Declassified
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2002-2004
TV Series documentary
Himself - Former CIA Analyst (segment "The Blame Game") / Himself - Former CIA Analyst (segment "The Inspector") / Himself - Council on Foreign Relations (segment "The Man Who Got Away") / ...
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself - Military Analyst, Wash. Inst. Near East Policy