Gender and International Security
CSIS's Smart Women, Smart Power Project leads research that uses gender as a lens for better understanding international relations and national security challenges – and discern ways through which the national security, foreign policy and business communities can better advance gender equity in their decision-making structures.

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Investments in the Future: Reversing the Dire State of Maternal Nutrition
Over one billion women and adolescent girls suffer from undernourishment. What consequences does this have on maternal and child health? What is needed to improve the dire state of global maternal nutrition?
Critical Questions by Anita Kirschenbaum , Zane Swanson , and Caitlin Welsh — April 14, 2023


Technology as a Driver of Gender Equality and Peace
Commentary by Abigail Edwards , Alexis Day , and Erol Yayboke — March 8, 2023
Past Events

The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems: An Armchair Discussion with Dr. Lauren Phillips and Dr. Vanya Slavchevska

Beyond America’s Coastline: A Conversation with Admiral Linda L. Fagan, 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

Innovation & Leadership in Defense and Security

Three Years Later: A Conversation with Gayle E. Smith, the CEO of the ONE Campaign, on Covid-19

Rethinking Humanitarian Aid: A Conversation with Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA

Military Deterrence in an Era of Strategic Competition: A Conversation with HON Christine E. Wormuth, 25th U.S. Secretary of the Army

2022 CSIS-DINSN U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership Celebration

Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
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A Conversation with HON Christine E. Wormuth, 25th U.S. Secretary of the Army
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis and Suzanne Spaulding — 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
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
A Mission in Mali: Tanks in the Sky
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — February 22, 2023

Come One, Come All: Gender Neutrality in Sweden’s Conscription
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — February 15, 2023

2022 CSIS-DINSN U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership Celebration
Event by Hadeil Ali and Nicole Breland Aandahl — January 26, 2023
Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Event by Seth G. Jones , Max Bergmann , Emily Harding , Tom Karako , Mark F. Cancian , and Kathleen McInnis — October 27, 2022
Looking Ahead: U.S. and Lithuania’s Strategic Cooperation
Event by Kathleen McInnis , Max Bergmann , and Laurynas Kasciunas — October 17, 2022
Russia’s Operations in Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Emily Harding and Kathleen McInnis — October 12, 2022

#NAFO and Winning the Information War: Lessons Learned from Ukraine
Event by Kathleen McInnis , Seth G. Jones , Emily Harding , Matt Moores (USMC, Ret) , and Iuliia Mendel — October 5, 2022