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Defense Strategy and Capabilities

Analyzing a host of issues, including the global military balance, asymmetric warfare, and regional conflicts.

Conflicts and alliances around the globe are shifting constantly, enhancing the need for reliable and timely research and analysis. CSIS analyzes a wide range of issues related to defense strategy and capabilities. This research is led by the International Security Program and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Defense and Security

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The Biden Administration: Strategy and Reshaping the National Security Budget
By Anthony H. Cordesman
February 16, 2021
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Moving Beyond “China, China, China” in the Indo-Pacific
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February 12, 2021
Critical Questions
Covid-19 and the Military: Maintaining Operations While Supporting Civil Society
By Adam Saxton, Mark F. Cancian
February 12, 2021

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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) High-Risk List
March 10, 2021
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Reorganizing Defense Acquisition
February 19, 2021
Report
The Biden Administration: Strategy and Reshaping the National Security Budget
By Anthony H. Cordesman
February 16, 2021
Critical Questions
Moving Beyond “China, China, China” in the Indo-Pacific
By John Schaus
February 12, 2021
Critical Questions
Covid-19 and the Military: Maintaining Operations While Supporting Civil Society
By Adam Saxton, Mark F. Cancian
February 12, 2021
Critical Questions
Defense Acquisition in the Biden Administration
By Rhys McCormick
February 12, 2021
Critical Questions
Nuclear Modernization under Competing Pressures
By Rebecca Hersman, Joseph Rodgers
February 12, 2021
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U.S.-India Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
By Aman Thakker
In Adapt & Advance: A Refreshed Agenda for U.S.-India Relations
February 11, 2021
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Seth G. Jones
Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program
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Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy
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Director, Defense Budget Analysis, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
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Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
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Rebecca Hersman
Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, and Senior Adviser, International Security Program
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Samuel Brannen
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