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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On-Demand Event
One Year Later: Assessing Russia’s War In Ukraine
Recent Analysis

US Navy
The Future of AUKUS with Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)
CSIS and the U.S. Naval Institute welcomed former Admiral Harry Harris Jr. (Ret.), former Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Pacific Command, for a Maritime Security Dialogue discussion on the latest developments on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States security partnership, or AUKUS.
Transcript — March 30, 2023

The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition
Transcript — March 24, 2023

Innovation for Resilience
Report by Suzanne Spaulding , Emily Harding , Hadeil Ali , Joseph Majkut , Harshana Ghoorhoo , Morgan Higman , Devi Nair , Naz Subah , and Sophia Barkoff — March 23, 2023

Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, and Why Ghana Matters Now
Brief by Anastasia Strouboulis , Erol Yayboke , and Abigail Edwards — March 22, 2023

Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion: Humanitarian, Displacement, and Climate Change Challenges
Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd , Erol Yayboke , and Giorgi Gigauri — March 20, 2023

Strategy and Statecraft Fellowship
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The Special Forces of Trade and Development
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — January 11, 2023

Report Launch―The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Event by Mark F. Cancian , Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.) , Becca Wasser , William S. Murray , Matthew Cancian , and Eric Heginbotham — January 9, 2023
The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Report by Mark F. Cancian , Matthew Cancian , and Eric Heginbotham — January 9, 2023
Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023
Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems
Commentary by Mark F. Cancian — January 9, 2023
How Service Can Save Us
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — January 4, 2023

U.S. Space Force Primer
Report by Kari A. Bingen , Kaitlyn Johnson , John Dylan Bustillo , and Marie Villerreal Dean — January 3, 2023
Patriot to Ukraine: What Does It Mean?
Critical Questions by Mark F. Cancian and Tom Karako — December 16, 2022
Arms Control after Ukraine: Integrated Arms Control and Deterring Two Peer Competitors
Report by Heather Williams and Nicholas Adamopoulos — December 16, 2022
Tracked: Stories at the Intersection of Migration, Technology, and Human Rights
Digital Report by Lauren Burke , Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , and Anastasia Strouboulis — December 15, 2022