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.

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Senator McConnell - CSIS's 2025 Global Security Forum Prepared Remarks
Commentary — May 13, 2025

Drone Saturation: Russia’s Shahed Campaign
Brief by Benjamin Jensen and Yasir Atalan — May 13, 2025

We Need More Off-Ramps for Nuclear Crises
Commentary by Heather Williams and Nicholas Adamopoulos — May 12, 2025

What Allies Want: European Priorities in a Contested Security Environment
Report by Nicholas Adamopoulos — May 12, 2025
Past Events

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2025 GSF: Shaping the Spear: Service Vice Chiefs on the Future of U.S. Military Power

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2025 GSF: What Works? Leading Disruption in Industry and Government

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2025 GSF: The Last Escudo: Power, Production, and the Path to Victory

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2025 GSF: Reflections on “American Leadership and American Strength” with Senator Mitch McConnell

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2025 GSF: Defense Modernization and Innovation: A Conversation with Congressional National Security Leaders

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2025 GSF: The Evolution of America’s Defense Industrial Base: From Freedom’s Forge to the Last Supper to the First Breakfast

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2025 Global Security Forum, Strength Through the Storm: Industry, Innovation, and the Future of U.S. Military Power

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Related Programs

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

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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The Gulf and Middle East Strategic Partnerships: The Other Side of the Iran Negotiations
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 22, 2013
The Future Marine Corps
Event — October 21, 2013
American Strategy and US “Energy Independence”
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 21, 2013
NSPIR Current Issues No. 35: How dependent are East Asian states on arms imports?
Newsletter by Sam Brothers and Joshua Archer — October 15, 2013
Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 67, 14 October 2013
Newsletter by Gordon M. Hahn — October 14, 2013
From Al-Shabaab to Al-Nusra: How Westerners Joining Terror Groups Overseas Affects the Homeland
Congressional Testimony by Stephanie Sanok Kostro — October 9, 2013
The Capture of Abu Anas al-Libi
Critical Questions by Rob Wise — October 7, 2013
The Budget Crisis and the Civil-Military Challenge to National Security Spending
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 2, 2013
The Civil-Military Challenge to National Security Spending
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 2, 2013
Negotiating with Iran: Meeting the Necessary Requirements
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 1, 2013