Paul R. Pillar is a nonresident senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, specializing in intelligence, terrorism and security issues in the Middle East and South Asia. He has held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and National Intelligence Council during a 30-year career in public service.
Experience
Current Positions
- Director of Studies, Security Studies Program, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Past Positions
- U.S. Army officer, 1971-1973
- U.S. intelligence officer, 1977-2005
- National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia
- Deputy Chief of the DCI Counterterrorist Center
- Executive Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence
Education
- A.B. Dartmouth College summa cum laude 1969
- B. Phil. Oxford University 1971
- M.A. Princeton University 1975
- Ph.D. Princeton University 1978
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