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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What Can the United States Do to Counter Growing Chinese and Russian Influence in Antarctica?
Commentary by William "Bill" Muntean III — April 18, 2025

Winning the Tech Race with China Requires More than Restrictions
Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — April 17, 2025

Advancing U.S.-Panama Security Cooperation
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg — April 16, 2025

Hawkish AI? Uncovering DeepSeek’s Foreign Policy Biases
Commentary by Ian Reynolds, Benjamin Jensen, and Yasir Atalan — April 16, 2025
Past Events

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Whole of Society Resilience Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus

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After Impeachment: South Korean Presidential Election | The Capital Cable #110

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Space and Data Domain Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus

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The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation

The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Constitutional Court Decides Yoon's Fate

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AI Diffusion and Defense Production

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The Future of U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation

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Threat Outlook and Implications for U.S. Strategic Forces
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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Beyond the Last War
Report by Stephanie Sanok, Jacqueline Guy Curtis Buzzard, Errol Laumann, Steven Nicolucci, J.P. Pellegrino, Sam Eaton, Megan Loney and Nathan Freier — April 30, 2013
Workshop on South Korea as a Responsible Nuclear Supplier
Report by Sharon Squassoni and Robert Kim — April 30, 2013
Thoughts from the Chairman: North Korea: Defining the Danger and the Way Out
Newsletter by Christopher K. Johnson, Michael J. Green, Bonnie S. Glaser, and Victor Cha — April 30, 2013
Taiwan’s Response to an Evolving Security Environment
Event — April 29, 2013
Iran-Azerbaijan Relations and Strategic Competition in the Caucasus
Event — April 29, 2013
Defense Cuts, Sequestration, and the US Defense Budget
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Robert M. Shelala II — April 29, 2013
The Ground Forces Industrial Base: A Conversation with Brett Lambert
Event — April 25, 2013
Forging a Consensus for a Sustainable U.S. Nuclear Posture
Report by Clark A. Murdock and Stephanie Spies and John K. Warden — April 25, 2013
Transitioning to Afghan Security Lead: Protecting Afghan Women?
Congressional Testimony by Stephanie Sanok — April 25, 2013
Creating a “No Move” Zone in Syria
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 24, 2013