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
NATO pivots to sending Ukraine air defenses after Russian missile attacks
Tom Karako in Politico — October 11, 2022
Russian Missile Strikes Highlight Ukraine’s Limited Air Defenses
Tom Karako in Wall Street Journal — 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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Looking East: European Air and Missile Defense after Warsaw
Report by Tom Karako — July 14, 2016

The Future of U.S. Army Missile Defense
Event by Kathleen H. Hicks , Tom Karako , Major General Francis Mahon (USA, ret.) , Colonel Brant Dayley (USA) , Colonel Donnie Wilson (SCNG) , and Lieutenant General Richard Formica (USA, ret.) — June 22, 2016

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - May 2016
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Wes Rumbaugh , and Michael Dyer — May 31, 2016

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - April 2016
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Wes Rumbaugh , and Michael Dyer — April 29, 2016

Missile Defense: Getting to the Elusive Right Side of the Cost Curve
Report by Kenneth Todorov — April 8, 2016

JLENS Future Bleak, But Need for Capability Remains
Report by Tom Karako and Ian Williams — April 5, 2016

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - March 2016
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Michael Dyer , and Wes Rumbaugh — March 31, 2016

FY17 Budget Squeezes MDA’s Research and Development
Commentary by Tom Karako — March 18, 2016

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - February 2016
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Wes Rumbaugh , and Michael Dyer — February 29, 2016

North Korea’s February 2016 Satellite Launch
Critical Questions by Tom Karako — February 8, 2016
