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; Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program ; Burke Chair in Strategy; Smart Women, Smart Power; Defending Democratic Institutions Project; and Defense Budget Analysis.
Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon
Brief by Di Cooke, Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, Devi Nair, Sophia Barkoff, and Katie Kelly — November 1, 2024
Space and Cyber Warfare as One
Commentary by John J. Klein — October 31, 2024
PNT Resilience for an Era of Great Power Competition
Commentary by John Plumb — October 31, 2024
The Commercial Space Imperative
Commentary by Douglas Loverro, Stephen Kitay, and Mandy Vaughn — October 31, 2024
Past Events
Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: A Fireside Chat with the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale
Crossing the Rubicon: North Korea Sends Troops to Russia
Plotting a Course for the Future: The First U.S. Coast Guard Operational Posture Statement, with VADM Peter Gautier
Assessing the Impact of Mano Dura Policies on Democracy in Latin America
The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Spiral of Tensions: North Korea, Russia, and Ukraine
The Future of U.S.-ROK Alliance | The Capital Cable #100
The Future of Critical Minerals and National Security: 2024 CSIS-West Point Conference
Pentagon Priorities Amid Polycrises with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks
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
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 Russia-Ukraine War: A Study in Analytic Failure”: Audio Brief with Eliot A. Cohen and Phillips O’Brien
Podcast Episode by Eliot A. Cohen and Phillips O'Brien — September 24, 2024
The Russia-Ukraine War: A Study in Analytic Failure
Report by Eliot A. Cohen and Phillips O'Brien — September 24, 2024
Can NASA Win the Mars Space Race?
Critical Questions by Clayton Swope — September 24, 2024
What a Continuing Resolution Could Mean for Defense Funding in FY 2025
Critical Questions by Seamus P. Daniels — September 24, 2024
The Impossible State Live Podcast: The Black Box
Event — September 23, 2024
Andrea Kendall-Taylor and the Axis of Upheaval
Podcast Episode by Maria Snegovaya and Max Bergmann — September 23, 2024
Cyber Leaders Series: Winning the Cyber War; a Conversation with Israel Soong
Event — September 20, 2024
America’s Warfighting Navy with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Franchetti
Event — September 19, 2024
What's Happening in North Korea? The Capital Cable #98
Event — September 19, 2024
America’s Warfighting Navy with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Franchetti
Transcript — September 19, 2024