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Expert Support for Congress


As one of our nation’s leading think tanks, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) wants to reach out to members of Congress and their staff to provide targeted, useful, and timely support from the world’s top experts in defense and security policy, global challenges, and regional studies.

Because of CSIS’s unique emphasis on proposing grounded, nonpartisan policy solutions in addition to analysis, we speak Congress’s language and work at Congress’s pace.

CSIS Provides:


  • In-office briefings from top policy experts with government, academic, and field experience
  • Hosted nonpartisan policy addresses by member of Congress at CSIS
  • Critical Question one-pagers on the day’s hot topic
  • World class reports with policy recommendations
  • Testimony
  • Briefings on Capitol Hill
  • Congressional involvement in CSIS projects

For more information or to get support, contact:

Louis Lauter
Director of Congressional Relations
llauter@csis.org
202.775.3186


CSIS provided support to an independent commission appointed by Congress to conduct an assessment of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Chaired by General James Jones, USMC (Ret.), the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq reported to Congress in September 2007 on the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces, their capabilities, and how support and training by U.S. forces contributes to the effectiveness of the ISF.

September 25, 2008
Addressing DoD's Systemic Acquisition Failures

September 16, 2008
Cyber Security Recommendations for the Next Administration

September 16, 2008
Restoring the Rule of Law
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