Will Todman is the chief of staff of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He was previously deputy director of the Middle East Program. He has over a decade of experience working on conflict, governance, and displacement in the Middle East, and has conducted field research in 12 countries across the region. Will has written for, contributed to, and commented on leading outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, CBS, and CNN, and he has testified to the UK Parliament. He has also taught and lectured graduate students at various universities. Before joining CSIS in 2016, Will worked at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, for the office of the UN special envoy to Syria, and at the British Embassy in Beirut. Will is a Penn Kemble fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy, a Global Diversity in International Affairs fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St. Andrews University. He also co-founded a nonprofit organization that works with refugees and immigrants in the Washington DC area, which he led for seven years. Will holds a BA in Arabic and modern Hebrew from Oxford University and an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, where he studied Persian intensively. He is also proficient in French and Spanish.
Will Todman appearance on CBS — January 12, 2026
Will Todman cited in The Times of Israel — November 10, 2025
Will Todman cited in Bloomberg — October 12, 2025
Will Todman appearance on CBS News — October 10, 2025
Will Todman appearance on DC News Now — October 10, 2025
Will Todman cited in The Washington Times — October 9, 2025
Will Todman cited in Washington Examiner — October 9, 2025
Will Todman appearance on BBC News — October 9, 2025
Event — January 21, 2026
Podcast Episode by Will Todman, Ryan C. Berg, Max Bergmann, Victor Cha, Thomas J. Christensen, Charles Edel, Kristi Govella, Henrietta Levin, Bonny Lin, Oge Onubogu, Gregory B. Poling, Richard M. Rossow, and Mona Yacoubian — January 15, 2026
Event — January 14, 2026
Event — January 13, 2026
Podcast Episode by Will Todman, Ryan C. Berg, Henrietta Levin, Maria Snegovaya, and Vali Nasr — January 13, 2026
Podcast Episode by Will Todman and Victor Cha — December 17, 2025
Podcast Episode by Will Todman, Max Bergmann, and Maria Snegovaya — December 10, 2025
Brief by Mona Yacoubian and Will Todman — December 4, 2025
Commentary by David Michel, Will Todman, and Jennifer Jun — November 25, 2025
Podcast Episode by David Michel, Will Todman, and Jennifer Jun — November 25, 2025
