Analysis
The Smart Women, Smart Power analytic agenda uses gender as a lens for better understanding international relations and national security challenges – and discern ways through which the national security, foreign policy, and business communities can better advance gender equity in their decision-making structures.
Transcripts

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Beyond America’s Coastline: A Conversation with Admiral Linda L. Fagan, 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
The CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative hosted on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 a virtual Smart Women, Smart Power conversation with Admiral Linda L. Fagan, the 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
Transcript — April 4, 2023

A Conversation with Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Transcript — December 13, 2022

Russia’s Operations in Ukraine: A Conversation with ASD Celeste Wallander
Transcript — October 3, 2022
Analysis

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Technology as a Driver of Gender Equality and Peace
As the 67th Commission on the Status of Women meets, the Project on Fragility and Mobility outlines how innovation and technology can be powerful in addressing gender inequalities and should be critical tools within the broader discussion of global fragility.
Commentary by Abigail Edwards Alexis Day and Erol Yayboke — March 8, 2023

The Overturn of Roe v. Wade Raises Fundamental Questions for the Department of Defense
Critical Questions by Kathleen McInnis — July 25, 2022