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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Optimizing Export Controls for Critical and Emerging Technologies
When it comes to export controls on critical and emerging technologies, the United States must focus on regulating items essential to national security while permitting the growth of industries that do not aid foreign military capabilities.
Report by William Alan Reinsch , Emily Benson , Thibault Denamiel , and Margot Putnam — May 31, 2023

Revitalizing Strategic Analysis for a New Era of Competition
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman , Benjamin Jensen , and Adrian Bogart — May 24, 2023

Rising Demand and Proliferating Supply of Military UAS
Report by Gregory Sanders , Rose Butchart , Astrid Price , Dan Steinberg , and Alexander Holderness — May 24, 2023

Hand-Off: The Evolution of U.S. Policy in Asia - Fireside Conversation with Stephen Hadley
Transcript — May 23, 2023
Past Events

POSTPONED: Navigating the Maritime Domain: A Conversation with Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy

Book Talk: "Russia's War" with Jade McGlynn

The U.S. Role in Indo-Pacific Security: A Conversation with Ely Ratner and Siddharth Mohandas

Hand-Off: The Evolution of U.S. Policy in Asia

A Conversation with Sir Angus Houston, Co-Lead of Australia's New Defence Strategic Review
Strategic Trends 2023: Key Developments in Global Affairs

The Impossible State Live Podcast: Yoon's China Policy: The Gloves are off?

U.S.-China Competition and Indo-Pacific Security
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Aerospace Security Project

Risk and Foresight Group

Strategic Futures

Transnational Threats Project

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Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Smart Women, Smart Power

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Former National Security Adviser Steve Hadley’s “Hand Off”
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — May 1, 2023

U.S.-Israeli Military Exercises
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — February 2, 2023

US-Australia Ministerial Consultations
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Charles Edel — December 9, 2022

Can Kicking – the American National Sport
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — December 8, 2022

Ukraine Is Fighting for All of Us
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — December 7, 2022

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Arms Control
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 23, 2022

The 2022 National Defense Strategy
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 16, 2022

AFRICOM and the Triple Nexus
Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — November 11, 2022

Navigating Byzantine Bureaucracies: Capitol Hill and the Pentagon
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 9, 2022

Mental Health and National Security
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — October 19, 2022
