Course Catalog

The CSIS Fellowship is dedicated to bringing new voices and diverse perspectives into the foreign policy community. 

The Defense Enterprise Today course will give participants a competitive  advantage by giving them key insights into the current state of the defense enterprise—strategic environment, budget, acquisition, military forces, and technology— and the challenges the defense enterprise faces in the future. 

This online course focuses on some of the most critical issues leaders must grasp as we move into a global environment increasingly reshaped by automation, connectivity, ubiquitous knowledge, and technological competition.

Led by CSIS’s China team, The Dynamics and Implications of China’s Rise will provide government officials, business executives, and other stakeholders an extensive assessment of China’s meteoric economic, political, and military rise.

U.S. and Eurasian Security: The Challenges Ahead is a new program that will give participants a competitive advantage through in-depth analysis and insights into the major challenges to U.S. security across Eurasia.

The first advanced degree in international relations offered by a major research university in cooperation with a leading global think tank.

The CSIS Women's Global Leadership Program (WGLP) is a year-long program designed for rising women leaders who wish to deepen their understanding of critical geopolitical trends in order to thrive in a complex and competitive global environment.

Understanding Washington offers embassy, business, and nonprofit professionals the tools and knowledge necessary to better navigate the Washington policy ecosystem.

This course provides key insights from CSIS experts and practitioners on what the Biden Administration’s FY 2024 budget and strategy documents reveal about strategic priorities, major budget movements, force structure adds and cuts, and acquisition program changes.

In this course, participants will learn about the range of economic policy tools available to U.S. policymakers, how these tools are used in support of broader strategic and economic objectives, and the implications for the private sector and other economic actors.