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.

The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition
The U.S. defense industrial base faces a significant challenge in an era of strategic competition with growing threats from China and Russia. Representatives Mike Waltz (R-FL) and Jason Crow (D-CO) join CSIS's Seth Jones for a discussion of the scale and scope of challenges with the U.S. industrial base for deterrence and warfighting.
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

Powering Proliferation: The Global Engine Market and China’s Indigenization
Brief by Alexander Holderness , Nicholas Velazquez , Jasmine Philips , Gregory Sanders , and Cynthia Cook — March 21, 2023

CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues
Report by Heather Williams — March 20, 2023
Past Events

The Impossible State Live Podcast: Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?

Book Event: White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

The Future of AUKUS with Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)

The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition

Missile Defense at 40

Exploring New Horizons: Japan's Defense Priorities

Innovation & Leadership in Defense and Security

Conference
Innovation for Resilience
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Civil-Military Relations

Aerospace Security Project

Risk and Foresight Group

Strategic Futures

Transnational Threats Project

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Cooperative Defense Project

Defense 360

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Smart Women, Smart Power

Defending Democratic Institutions
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The Future of AUKUS with Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)
Event by Seth G. Jones , Vice Admiral Peter H. Daly, USN (Ret.) , Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.) , and Charles Edel — March 30, 2023
The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition
Event by Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) , Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) , and Seth G. Jones — March 24, 2023
Missile Defense at 40
Event by Tom Karako — March 24, 2023
The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition
Transcript — March 24, 2023
Exploring New Horizons: Japan's Defense Priorities
Event by Christopher B. Johnstone , Nicholas Szechenyi , Lisa Curtis , Takako Hikotani , Lieutenant General (Ret.) Koichi Isobe , Heino Klinck , RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery , Saadia Pekkanen , Kazuto Suzuki , and Hideshi Tokuchi — March 23, 2023
Innovation & Leadership in Defense and Security
Event by Hadeil Ali , Alexa Chopivsky , Michèle Flournoy , Algene Sajery , Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel , and Kari A. Bingen — March 23, 2023
Innovation for Resilience
Event by Caitlin Durkovich , and Stephanie LaRue , Benjamin DeAngelo , Robert Costello , John Costello , Alice Hill , Suzanne Spaulding , Emily Harding , Hadeil Ali , Joseph Majkut , James Andrew Lewis , Bob Kolasky — March 23, 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
2023 U.S.-Japan Security Seminar
Event by Christopher B. Johnstone — March 21, 2023
Powering Proliferation: The Global Engine Market and China’s Indigenization
Brief by Alexander Holderness , Nicholas Velazquez , Jasmine Philips , Gregory Sanders , and Cynthia Cook — March 21, 2023