Missile Defense Project
Authoritative analysis on missile defense and related issues
The Missile Defense Project at CSIS looks at a wide range of policy, program, and strategic issues related to missile defense. Technological and geopolitical factors have driven increased global supply and demand for high-velocity, unmanned, missile-based weapons and their corresponding counters. Besides more recognized cruise and ballistic missile threats, global missile proliferation now consists of a spectrum including precision-guided rockets, anti-ship missiles, air defenses, hypersonic delivery systems, and counterspace weapons.
Contact
- Ian Williams
- Fellow, International Security Program and Deputy Director, Missile Defense Project
- (202) 775-3110
- Iwilliams@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
Past Events

The 2022 Missile Defense Review

Homeland Cruise Missile Defense

Boost-Phase Missile Defense: Interrogating the Assumptions

Modernization Priorities for the Australian Army

MDA and the 2023 Budget

The Falklands at 40

Project Convergence: An Experiment for Multidomain Operations

Complex Air Defense: Countering the Hypersonic Missile Threat
In the News
China’s Secretive Stance on Hypersonics May Weaken Innovation
Masao Dahlgren in AFCEA International — November 1, 2022
Mick Ryan on why Ukraine can expect to make further gains against RussiaMick Ryan on why Ukraine can expect to make further gains against Russia
Tom Karako in The Economist — October 23, 2022
Russian Missile Strikes Highlight Ukraine’s Limited Air Defenses
Tom Karako in Wall Street Journal — October 11, 2022
NATO pivots to sending Ukraine air defenses after Russian missile attacks
Tom Karako in Politico — October 11, 2022
U.S.-Made Weapons Might Not Protect Ukraine From Nuclear Strike by Putin
Ian Williams in Newsweek — October 6, 2022
Ukraine reworks its weapons wish list as winter approaches
Tom Karako in Politico — October 5, 2022
Biden Mutes Trump Era North Korea Rhetoric After Missile Launch
Tom Karako in Bloomberg — October 4, 2022
The iOpener: Trump Promises Great Lakes Funding; Northeast Ohio Pitches For Missile Site
Glenn Forbes in Idea Stream — March 29, 2019
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The Rise and Fall of the ABM Treaty: Missile Defense and the U.S.-Russia Relationship
Event by Tom Karako , Dr. James Cameron , Ambassador Robert G. Joseph , and Bilyana Lilly — February 7, 2018
Distributed Defense: New Operational Concepts for Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Event by Tom Karako , Archer Macy , Lieutenant General James Dickinson (USA) , Lieutenant General Richard Formica (USA, ret.) , Brigadier General Clement Coward (USA) , Jen Judson , Vince Sabio , and Rear Admiral Archer Macy (USN, ret.) — January 25, 2018

Distributed Defense
Report by Tom Karako and Wes Rumbaugh — January 25, 2018

Dissecting the Big Missile Defense Plus-up
Commentary by Tom Karako and Wes Rumbaugh — December 5, 2017

ISP Brief November 2017
Newsletter — November 30, 2017

The Russia Challenge in Europe
Event by Tom Karako , Andrew Philip Hunter , Senator Tom Cotton , Heidi Shyu , COL Dan Roper, USA (Ret.) , and Douglas Bush — July 17, 2017

North Korea’s New ICBM
Critical Questions by Tom Karako and Ian Williams — July 6, 2017

Integrating Strike and Defense
Event by Todd Harrison , Tom Karako , Christopher Ford , Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering, USAF (ret.) , and Randy Forbes — June 27, 2017
Aegis Intercept Test
Critical Questions by Tom Karako — June 22, 2017

A New Nuclear Review for a New Age
Event by Tom Karako , Rebecca Hersman , Jon Kyl , Franklin C. Miller , Keith B. Payne , and Rebeccah L. Heinrichs — June 6, 2017
