Defense Budget and Acquisition

The Defense Budget Analysis Program, the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy track the foremost budget issues in the defense policy sphere.

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Building a Brain of the Army Through Professional Military Education

The Army’s next revolution won’t just be fought on battlefields—it’ll be trained in classrooms. In this piece, Ben Jensen highlights how professional military education can build an AI-powered ‘brain of the Army’ ready for 2040 and beyond.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — June 10, 2025

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The Cost of Deterrence

May 6, 2025 • 4:30 – 5:00 pm EDT
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A New Nordic NATO?

In the future, the new Nordic unity caused by Finland and Sweden’s accessions will draw NATO’s political and military-strategic attention more toward the greater Nordic space, ranging from the Arctic over Scandinavia to the Baltic Sea area.

Commentary by Henrik Breitenbauch and Benjamin Jensen — July 10, 2024

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Readying NATO’s Defense Industrial Base for Its 100th Anniversary

An audio version of “Readying NATO’s Defense Industrial Base for Its 100th Anniversary,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Audrey Aldisert and Cynthia Cook. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Audrey Aldisert and Cynthia R. Cook — July 10, 2024

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Readying NATO’s Defense Industrial Base for Its 100th Anniversary

In the future, NATO’s success will hinge on its ability to unify and modernize its defense industrial base, ensuring that allies can swiftly codevelop, coproduce, and maintain the interoperable systems needed to meet emerging threats.

Commentary by Audrey Aldisert and Cynthia R. Cook — July 8, 2024

The Impossible State

A Threat Like No Other - The Russia-North Korea Alliance

In this episode, Dr. Cha and distinguished speakers discuss the significance of the Putin-Kim summit, the strengthening Russia-North Korea alliance, the implications of this alliance for regional and global security and why the Russia-North Korea alliance is a threat like no other.

Podcast Episode by Victor Cha, Maria Snegovaya, Jude Blanchette, and Sydney Seiler — July 1, 2024

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Rethink the Unified Command Plan

This edition of On Future War explores how the U.S. military can benefit from creative artificial intelligence tools to integrate cyber, space, and electronic warfare, better organizing the national security apparatus and ensuring readiness for modern global competition.

Report by Benjamin Jensen, Kathleen McInnis, and Jose M. Macias III — June 17, 2024

MDA and the 2025 Budget

The CSIS Missile Defense Project will host an event featuring Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, Director, Missile Defense Agency. The discussion will explore the Agency's FY2025 programs, priorities, and budgets.

Event — June 6, 2024

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The G7 Should Act with Urgency to Support an International Claims Mechanism to Seize and Transfer Frozen Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine

An audio version of “The G7 Should Act with Urgency to Support an International Claims Mechanism to Seize and Transfer Frozen Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Daniel F. Runde and Ilya Timtchenko. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Ilya Timtchenko — June 6, 2024

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MDA and the 2025 Budget

The CSIS Missile Defense Project hosted Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, Director, Missile Defense Agency, to discuss the Agency's FY2025 programs, priorities, and budgets.

Transcript — June 6, 2024