For Your Situational Awareness

The online journal of the CSIS International Security Program from November 2013 to June 2016.

FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness featured monthly senior and junior staff commentary and analysis of geopolitics, missile defense, nuclear proliferation, and defense budgeting. Please visit the CSIS New Perspectives in Foreign Policy page to read the semiannual journal published by CSIS young professionals, and the ISP Brief page for the latest senior staff publications.

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FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 30

Provision of healthcare and protection of civilians are already daunting tasks in conflict ridden environments. However, in recent conflicts, the traditional rules of humanitarian neutrality and efforts to avoid civilian targeting have eroded.

Newsletter by Sarah Minot Asrar and Anthony Bell — June 16, 2016

FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 25

U.S. nuclear policy has been mired in growing disagreement and political polarization throughout the past year. Differing and firmly held beliefs from both sides of the political aisle have frustrated hopes for a united front on a number of issues—foremost among them, the Iran deal, the U.S. response to Russian nuclear saber rattling, and the long-term objective of a world without nuclear weapons as outlined by President Obama in the Prague Agenda.

Newsletter by Tom Karako, John Schaus, Rebecca Hersman, Scott Aughenbaugh, and Yukari Sekiguchi — November 30, 2015

FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 23

Space has been an integral part of U.S. military power since the 1991 Gulf War. From global positioning system (GPS)–guided bombs to satellite-linked unmanned vehicles, space-based capabilities are a routine part of military operations—and a growing source of vulnerability.

Newsletter by Todd Harrison, Colin McElhinny, Ryan Crotty, and Melissa Dalton — September 29, 2015