Congressional Affairs at CSIS

As a bipartisan think tank, CSIS strives to provide a platform for leaders in Congress to engage with the broader policy community on issues affecting U.S. national security and foreign affairs.

Expert Support for Congress

For more than 50 years, CSIS has prioritized outreach to Members of Congress and their staff to provide in-depth, strategic analysis and guidance from the world’s leading experts in defense and security policy, global challenges, and regional studies. More recently, CSIS has also prioritized outreach on issues related to economic security and technology.

Through speaking events, topical briefing series, participation in policy conferences, and membership on commissions and task forces, CSIS helps leaders in Congress effectively engage the broader policy community.

CSIS’s expertise in providing grounded, actionable, and bipartisan policy solutions uniquely positions CSIS to help Congress address the national security, development, and foreign policy challenges facing the United States.

CSIS Provides:

  • A bipartisan platform from which members of Congress can powerfully engage the wider policy community
  • In-office briefings from top policy experts with government, academic, and field experience
  • Staff-focused policy discussions
  • Hill briefs, short digests of key issues for congressional staff
  • Commentaries, Critical Questions, and other timely analysis on current issues
  • In-depth reports with realistic policy recommendations
  • Testimony
  • Opportunities for Members and staff to participate in CSIS events, projects, and initiatives

Are you a congressional staff wanting to contact a CSIS expert? Are you interested in CSIS public or private events for Members of Congress and staff? Connect with our team!

Chloe Himmel

Chloe Himmel

Director, Congressional and Government Affairs
Christian Hyde

Christian Hyde

Associate Director, Congressional and Government Affairs
Daniel Bengard

Dylan Bengard

Program Manager, Congressional and Government Affairs

Featured Testimony

Photo: the House Committee on Natural Resources

Photo: the House Committee on Natural Resources

Unleashing America’s Mineral Potential: The Critical Minerals Commodity Supply Chain

Supply-side interventions are insufficient without parallel attention to demand-side anchors across the mine-to-manufactured-goods supply chain. A mine without a refinery, a refinery without a manufacturer, and a manufacturer without a customer are each stranded assets.

Congressional Testimony by Gracelin Baskaran — March 25, 2026

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CommonHealth Live! with Rep. Ami Bera

In this episode of the CommonHealth Live! series, J. Stephen Morrison will sit down with Representative Ami Bera (CA-06) to discuss the future of U.S. global health security strategy.

Event — June 26, 2026

CommonHealth Live! with Rep. Ami Bera

Stephen Morrison sits down with Representative Ami Bera (CA-06) to discuss the future of U.S. global health security strategy.

Transcript — June 26, 2026

Ocean Security and Human Rights Forum

Join the CSIS Stephenson Ocean Security Project and Human Rights Initiative for the Ocean Security and Human Rights Forum on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Event — June 9, 2026