Defense and Security
CSIS’s defense and security research is led by the Missile Defense Project; Project on Nuclear Issues; Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group; Aerospace Security Project; Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program ; Burke Chair in Strategy; Smart Women, Smart Power; Defending Democratic Institutions Project; and Defense Budget Analysis.
Next Steps for the International Counter Ransomware Initiative
Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — January 21, 2025
Exploring Promising Opportunities for Defense-Tech Start-Ups in the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Commentary by Makoto Tsujiguchi and Moyuru Tanaka — January 21, 2025
Jihadist Terrorism in the United States
Brief by Alexander Palmer, Skyeler Jackson, and Daniel Byman — January 21, 2025
Looking Back: A Review of the Pacific in 2024
Commentary by Kathryn Paik — January 15, 2025
Past Events
The Impossible State Live Podcast: What's Next for the Korean Peninsula under Trump 2.0?
South Korea's Political Crisis: The Capital Cable #104
Meeting DoD’s Innovation Challenge: Adapting and Scaling Cutting-Edge Technology to Enhance Modernization
A Conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Reflecting on U.S.-Africa Relations
A Conversation with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall on The Department of the Air Force in 2050
The Role of Religion and Spirituality in U.S. Security Assistance
What's Next for South Korea? The Capital Cable #103
To Infinity and Beyond: OpenAI to the New Space Race
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Risk and Foresight Group
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Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program
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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After a Surprise Resignation, What Comes Next for Canada?
Critical Questions by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, and Andrea Casique — December 19, 2024
The Joint Expeditionary Force: From Northern Europe to Ukraine
Commentary by Sean Monaghan — December 19, 2024
The War in Ukraine in 2025 with Michael Kofman
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann and Maria Snegovaya — December 19, 2024
The Day After the Election: A Fireside Conversation with Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
Event — December 17, 2024
The Impossible State Live Podcast: South Korea's Political Crisis
Event — December 17, 2024
Celebrating the U.S. Space Force and Charting Its Future
Event — December 17, 2024
Putin Thinks He Can Win: Why Would He Negotiate?
Commentary by Emily Harding and Aosheng Pusztaszeri — December 17, 2024
Farming Frontlines: How Food and Agriculture Will Impact Negotiations in Ukraine
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh and Emma Dodd — December 17, 2024
The Arsenal of Instability: How Expanding Western Defense Production Impacts Negotiations in Ukraine
Commentary by Alexander Palmer and Audrey Aldisert — December 17, 2024
Competition in the Shadow of Technology
Report by Benjamin Jensen, Yasir Atalan, Can Mutlu, and Jose M. Macias III — December 16, 2024