Shaan Shaikh is a fellow with the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he focuses on missile proliferation, unmanned aerial systems, air defense, and non-state actors. He is also managing editor of the CSIS website Missile Threat, an online clearinghouse for information and analysis on missile and missile defense systems. Prior to joining CSIS, he worked at the U.S. Department of Defense and the Syria Institute. He is currently a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and received his BA from Tufts University.
Areas of Expertise
In the News
The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Preventing Drone Nightmares
Shaan Shaikh in The Cipher Brief — March 6, 2024
Houthi Red Sea strikes kill first sailors, as ballistic missile threat proliferates
Shaan Shaikh in Breaking Defense — March 6, 2024
Israel under pressure to justify its use of AI in Gaza
Shaan Shaikh in Politico — March 3, 2024
High-tech warheads turn Israel’s dumb bombs into precision weapons
Shaan Shaikh in The Telegraph — March 2, 2024
Spice Kits: How Israel Transforms “Dumb” Bombs Into Smart Bombs | WSJ Equipped
Shaan Shaikh in The Wall Street Journal — February 24, 2024
Ukraine’s latest Franken-missile stitches lasers and wings on to Cold-War era rockets
Shaan Shaikh in The Telegraph — February 20, 2024
US Navy warships are getting their first combat experience against the kind of threats China is banking on in the Pacific
Shaan Shaikh in Business Insider — February 3, 2024
The Cost of Countering the Evolution of Small UAS
Shaan Shaikh in Aerospace and Defense Technology Podcast — February 1, 2024
All Shaan Shaikh Content
Filter by
Countering Uncrewed Aerial Systems: A Conversation with General Sean Gainey
Event — November 14, 2023
Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems
Report by Shaan Shaikh, Tom Karako, and Michelle McLoughlin — November 14, 2023
“Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems”: Audio Brief with Shaan Shaikh
Podcast Episode by Shaan Shaikh — November 14, 2023
Opening Doors: A Conversation with Shaan Shaikh and Seamus Daniels
Event — February 16, 2021
The Air and Missile War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Lessons for the Future of Strike and Defense
Critical Questions by Shaan Shaikh and Wes Rumbaugh — December 8, 2020
The Missile War in Yemen
Report by Ian Williams and Shaan Shaikh — June 9, 2020
Iranian Missiles in Iraq
Brief by Shaan Shaikh — December 11, 2019
Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets
Report by Shaan Shaikh and Ian Williams — July 5, 2018