International Security Program

The CSIS International Security Program (ISP) is a constant source of reliable analysis on the international security and defense landscape, particularly with growing competition between the United States and such countries as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea

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The CSIS International Security Program leads a rigorous analytic agenda covering the most pressing challenges facing the U.S. globally. Our research projects range from multi-year reports to short commentaries and opinion pieces on breaking news. Explore our various research projects here.

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One Year Later: Assessing Russia’s War In Ukraine

Presented by International Security Program
February 17, 2023 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EST

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A Renewed Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Reading Between the Front Lines

While Azerbaijan and Karabakh Armenians agreed to a Russia-brokered ceasefire this Wednesday, if the three-decades-long conflict has taught anything to its observers it is that Moscow-negotiated peace in Nagorno-Karabakh usually tends to be fragile and fleeting.

Critical Questions by Mathieu Droin , Tina Dolbaia , and Abigail Edwards — September 22, 2023

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U.S.-China Competition in a Fractured World

In a year-long program, Strategy and Statecraft Seminar Fellows will engage with world-leading experts and policy practitioners to understand more deeply the changes taking place in today’s world and the way policymakers in Washington and other foreign capitals perceive the situation.

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Examining Extremism: U.S. Militant Anarchists

The Transnational Threats Project’s Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of U.S. militant anarchists—violent, far-left extremists who oppose the existence of government and promote violence to induce societal change.

Blog Post — August 5, 2021

ISP Brief July 2021

It's my pleasure to send you the July 2021 edition of the ISP Brief, the monthly newsletter of the CSIS International Security Program.

Newsletter — July 30, 2021

Examining Extremism: Allied Democratic Forces

The Transnational Threats Project’s Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of the Allied Democratic Forces—an insurgent group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with links to the Islamic State.

Blog Post by Jared Thompson — July 29, 2021

Tech Unmanned

Remote Sensing and Sensibility

The third episode of Tech Unmanned focuses on a new commercial space revolution in remote sensing and earth observation satellites. 

Podcast Episode by Kaitlyn Johnson — July 27, 2021

CSIS Tech Unmanned

The Real National Security Concerns over Data Localization

Despite assertions by some nations that data localization mandates are needed to protect national security, policies restricting the flow of data in fact have negative security impacts.

Brief by Erol Yayboke , Carolina G. Ramos , and Lindsey R. Sheppard — July 23, 2021

Examining Extremism: Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

The Transnational Threats Project’s Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara—a Salafi-jihadist group expanding across the Sahel.

Blog Post by Jared Thompson — July 22, 2021