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
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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Will Russia Control the Skies over Ukraine?
Commentary by Mark F. Cancian — April 25, 2023
Book Event: Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google
Event by Di Cooke , Christiaan Triebert , Henrietta Wilson , and Hans Kristensen — April 24, 2023
Maintaining the All-Volunteer Force Requires Doubling Down on People
Commentary by Jaron S. Wharton — April 24, 2023
ROK President State Visit to Washington: The Capital Cable #69
Event by Scott Snyder , Victor Cha , Mark Lippert , and Sue Mi Terry — April 20, 2023
How Does the Conflict in Sudan Affect Russia and the Wagner Group?
Commentary by Catrina Doxsee — April 20, 2023
Security Assistance in the Middle East: A Conversation
Event by Jon B. Alterman , Hicham Alaoui , Robert Springborg , Lindsay J. Benstead , and Alex Walsh — April 19, 2023
Failings that Led to the Collapse of Afghanistan Now Fund the Taliban and Prevent Allies from Entering the United States
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 19, 2023
Pausing Proliferation: Facing China's Military Engine Development
Event by Cynthia Cook , Jeremiah Gertler , and Brig. Gen. David R. Stilwell (USAF, ret.) — April 18, 2023
Report Launch: Seven Critical Technologies for Winning the Next War
Event by Emily Harding , Geof Kahn , Schuyler Moore , Colleen Laughlin , and Chris Brose — April 18, 2023
Seven Critical Technologies for Winning the Next War
Report by Emily Harding and Harshana Ghoorhoo — April 18, 2023