Project Brief: Harnessing the Opportunity for Defense Integration in Global Value Chains

May 14, 2014

The Federated Defense Project at CSIS is exploring the interaction between the Department of Defense’s supplier base and global value chain (GVC) networks. What are the benefits to increased integration of value chains into the defense supplier base? To what degree are DoD suppliers already utilizing GVCs? What are the policy and institutional barriers to deeper GVC integration? How can GVCs be used to leverage international alliances?