Kari A. Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Kari Bingen

Kari A. Bingen is the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She joined CSIS from HawkEye 360, an innovative space technology company creating a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, where she was the chief strategy officer. Prior to the private sector, Kari served as the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, overseeing the defense intelligence and security enterprises, comprising more than 120,000 personnel and an annual budget of over $54 billion. Before that, Kari served as the policy director on the House Armed Services Committee and staff lead for its Strategic Forces Subcommittee, advising members of Congress on defense policy, program, and budget matters. Prior to entering government, Kari specialized in national security space issues, working with U.S. defense and intelligence community clients, first as a space systems analyst at SRA International’s Adroit C4ISR Center, and then as a senior space policy analyst at the Aerospace Corporation.

In addition to her work at CSIS, Kari is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University. She is a member of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, was a commissioner on the CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force, and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit advisory boards. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in aeronautics and astronautics and was a 2002 National Reconnaissance Office technology fellow.

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Executive Education

Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends

Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends is Washington’s premier executive course for mid-to senior-level professionals responsible for helping their organizations predict and prepare for the global macrotrends that will drive change for the next 30 years.

Course Date: April 8, 2024
Registration Closes: March 29, 2024

Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier

Please join CSIS on November 1st at 1:30 pm ET for a fireside chat with Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Tune in to hear how DIA is posturing to meet rising geostrategic challenges.

Event — November 1, 2023

Implementing Competitive Endurance: Space Intelligence

Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project virtually on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 3:00 - 4:00 PM EDT, for a conversation with Major General Gregory J. Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, U.S. Space Force, and Brigadier General Brian D. Sidari, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Space Command.

Event — October 10, 2023

Does the FY24 Budget Request Reflect Defense Priorities?

The Space Force Fiscal Year 2024 budget request saw the highest growth of any military service. Kari Bingen examines how well it reflects defense strategy and leadership priorities as part of a compilation of views assembled by the National Security Space Association.

Commentary by Kari A. Bingen — July 24, 2023

A Contested Domain: From Space Theory to Practice

The Aerospace Security Project hosts a two part virtual event, first featuring STARCOM Commander Major General Shawn N. Bratton to discuss the command's mission, followed by a panel of CSIS and Secure World Foundation experts to discuss counterpsace developments from the past year. 

 

Event — May 10, 2023

Space Threat Assessment 2023

The 2023 Space Threat Assessment covers the growing counterspace capabilities of China, Russia, India, Iran, North Korea, and others. It also features an in-depth analysis of Russia's battlefield employment of counterspace weapons in Ukraine.

Report by Kari A. Bingen Kaitlyn Johnson Makena Young and John Raymond — April 14, 2023