[3] Gordon was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution was 1999 to 2009, focusing his scholarship on Turkey, Iraq, and U.S.-Europe relations.

[3] On March 11, 2013, Gordon was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region at the NSC.

[6] He joined the Council on Foreign Relations in April 2015 as a senior fellow focused on U.S. foreign and national security policy; U.S. policy in the Middle East; Israeli-Palestinian issues; Middle East regional issues; Europe and the EU; Russia; Turkey; nuclear weapons; intelligence; terrorism; and international economics.

[7] During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Gordon was a foreign policy advisor to Kamala Harris' campaign.

[5] At the start of the Biden Administration, Gordon was named Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Harris.