Defense and Security
CSIS’s defense and security research is led by the International Security Program, which houses the Missile Defense Project; Project on Nuclear Issues; Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group; Aerospace Security Project; Transnational Threats Project; Burke Chair in Strategy; Project on Fragility and Mobility; Smart Women, Smart Power; Defending Democratic Institutions Project; and Defense Budget Analysis.

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CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence
A bipartisan, 14-member Commission on the Korean Peninsula has looked at recommendations for strengthening extended deterrence and reexamining North Korea policy. Join us as members of the Commission discuss recommendations from our report.
Transcript — January 26, 2023

The Russian Arctic Threat: Consequences of the Ukraine War
Brief by Colin Wall and Njord Wegge — January 25, 2023

Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Report by Seth G. Jones — January 23, 2023

Expanding Equipment Options for Ukraine: The Case of Artillery
Critical Questions by Mark F. Cancian and James Anderson — January 23, 2023
Past Events

Transatlantic Tech and Security: A Conversation with EU Commissioner Thierry Breton

2022 CSIS-DINSN U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership Celebration

The Capital Cable #63: North Korea in 2023

Arctic Security after a Year of War

CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence

Sanctions and the Russian Economy

Book Talk: Growth for Good

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023
Related Programs

International Security Program

Defense Budget Analysis

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Missile Defense Project

Project on Nuclear Issues

Civil-Military Relations

Aerospace Security Project

Risk and Foresight Group

Strategic Futures

Transnational Threats Project

Gray Zone Project

Cooperative Defense Project

Defense 360

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Smart Women, Smart Power

Defending Democratic Institutions
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Discussion on UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022
Event by Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , Ambassador Cindy Dyer , Angela Me , Ilias Chatzis , and Desirée Suo Weymont — February 1, 2023

Assessing the Future Trajectory of China-Japan Relations
Event by Jude Blanchette , Christopher B. Johnstone , Bonny Lin , and Rumi Aoyama — January 31, 2023

Press Briefing: Previewing Secretary Blinken’s China Visit
Event by Bonny Lin , Jude Blanchette , and Scott Kennedy — January 30, 2023

Transatlantic Tech and Security: A Conversation with EU Commissioner Thierry Breton
Event by Max Bergmann and Thierry Breton — January 27, 2023

2022 CSIS-DINSN U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership Celebration
Event by Hadeil Ali , Nicole Breland Aandahl , Asha Castleberry-Hernandez , and Symone D. Sanders-Townsend — January 26, 2023

The Capital Cable #63: North Korea in 2023
Event by Mark Lippert , Sydney Seiler , and Sue Mi Terry — January 26, 2023

CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence
Transcript — January 26, 2023

Arctic Security after a Year of War
Event by Max Bergmann , Colin Wall , and Njord Wegge — January 25, 2023

The Russian Arctic Threat: Consequences of the Ukraine War
Brief by Colin Wall and Njord Wegge — January 25, 2023

Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Report by Seth G. Jones — January 23, 2023
