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Defense and Security

Analyzing aspects of defense and security, including acquisition and resources, homeland security, strategy, reconstruction, nuclear issues, and terrorism.

CSIS is a leader in researching, analyzing and identifying defense and security threats around the globe. CSIS programs study a wide range of Defense and Security issues as well as the evolution of past, present, and future defense and security policy worldwide. This research is led by the International Security Program (ISP), which houses Defense Budget Analysis, the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG), the Missile Defense Project, the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), Civil-Military Relations, the Aerospace Security Project, the Risk and Foresight Group, Seven Revolutions, the Transnational Threats Project, the Gray Zone Project, the Cooperative Defense Project, and Defense 360.

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Seth G. Jones
Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program
Emily Harding
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Cynthia Cook
Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Tom Karako
Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project
Suzanne Spaulding
Senior Adviser, Homeland Security, International Security Program
Gregory Sanders
Deputy Director and Fellow, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
Bonny Lin
Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security
Kathleen McInnis
Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative
John Schaus
Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Ian Williams
Fellow, International Security Program and Deputy Director, Missile Defense Project
Sean Monaghan
Visiting Fellow, Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program
Kelsey Hartigan
Deputy Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
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