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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The Future of AUKUS with Admiral Harry Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)
CSIS and the U.S. Naval Institute welcomed former Admiral Harry Harris Jr. (Ret.), former Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Pacific Command, for a Maritime Security Dialogue discussion on the latest developments on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States security partnership, or AUKUS.
Transcript — March 30, 2023

The U.S. Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition
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
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
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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Pressing Challenges to U.S. Army Acquisition: A Conversation with Hon. Douglas R. Bush
Event by Cynthia Cook and The Honorable Douglas Bush — March 3, 2023
Up in the Air: The Spy Balloon and What It Means for Canada
Commentary by Vincent Rigby — March 3, 2023
A Conversation with Arthur Sinodinos, Outgoing Australian Ambassador to the United States
Event by Charles Edel and The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO — March 2, 2023
Military Deterrence in an Era of Strategic Competition: A Conversation with HON Christine E. Wormuth, 25th U.S. Secretary of the Army
Event by Suzanne Spaulding and The Honorable Christine E. Wormuth — March 1, 2023
Solving Europe’s Defense Dilemma: Overcoming the Challenges to European Defense Cooperation
Brief by Sean Monaghan — March 1, 2023
Military Deterrence in an Era of Strategic Competition: A Conversation with HON Christine E. Wormuth, 25th U.S. Secretary of the Army
Transcript — March 1, 2023
Envisioning a Multilayered Security Blanket for Ukraine
Commentary by Daniel Fata — February 28, 2023
On the Horizon Vol. 5: A Collection of Papers from the Next Generation
Report by Reja Younis and Jessica Link — February 28, 2023
Irreversibility in Nuclear Disarmament
Report by Heather Williams , Jessica Link , and Joseph Rodgers — February 28, 2023
A Hesitant Hemisphere: How Latin America Has Been Shaped by the War in Ukraine
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg , Christopher Hernandez-Roy , Juliana Rubio , Rubi Bledsoe , and Henry Ziemer — February 27, 2023