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.

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. A key element of our engagement with Congress is through congressional testimony.

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
  • 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

Do you want to contact a CSIS expert? Are you interested in CSIS public or private events for Members of Congress and staff? Reach out to our team!

Christian Hyde

Christian Hyde

Program Coordinator, Congressional and Government Affairs
Michael Buttner

Michael Buttner

Program Coordinator, Congressional and Government Affairs

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America's Army Reserve

Please join us for this multi-panel, half-day event highlighting the value that the United States Army Reserve brings to our nation. 

Event — July 16, 2015

The Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Senator Patrick Leahy

The CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies is pleased to invite you to hear remarks from The Honorable Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator of Vermont and ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Relations.

Event by Ernest Z. Bower — June 23, 2015

The Road to Iqaluit: The Arctic Agenda on the Eve of the U.S. Chairmanship

On April 24-25, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry, his fellow Arctic Council Foreign Ministers and indigenous representatives will gather in Iqaluit, Canada when the United States will assume its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Event by J. Stephen Morrison and Heather A. Conley — April 17, 2015

Cyber Leaders

The Honorable Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will speak on his legislative priorities for cybersecurity and homeland security in the new Congress.
 

Event by James Andrew Lewis and Denise E. Zheng — March 17, 2015

America’s Strategic Dilemma: A Revisionist Russia in a Complex World

The Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy is pleased to invite you to a conversation with Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser and current CSIS counselor and trustee.

Event — March 9, 2015

Opportunities in Strengthening Trade Assistance

Please join us for the release of CSIS's new paper, Opportunities in Strengthening Trade Assistance, the final report of the CSIS Bipartisan Task Force on Trade Capacity Building. 

Event by Scott Miller , Daniel F. Runde , and Andrea Durkin — February 25, 2015

Citizen-Soldiers in a Time of Transition: The Future of the U.S. Army National Guard

Please join the CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program on the morning of May 29th for an on-the-record discussion of a new CSIS report providing independent analysis of the strategic-level issues facing the Guard as well as its evolving roles and missions in a rapidly shifting environment.

Event by G. Kim Wincup — May 29, 2014