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.

Russia’s Operations in Ukraine: A Conversation with ASD Celeste Wallander
The CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative hosted a conversation with ASD Celeste Wallander and Emily Harding to assess Russia’s operations in Ukraine.
Transcript — October 3, 2022

The Overturn of Roe v. Wade Raises Fundamental Questions for the Department of Defense
Critical Questions by Kathleen McInnis — July 25, 2022

Women’s Economic Empowerment and the Peace Corps – A Conversation with Dr. Jody Olsen, Peace Corps Director
Transcript — March 8, 2019

International Collaboration in Human Spaceflight: A Conversation with Dr. Jeanette Epps, NASA Astronaut
Transcript — November 19, 2018
Past Events

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

Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy

Looking Ahead: U.S. and Lithuania’s Strategic Cooperation

#NAFO and Winning the Information War: Lessons Learned from Ukraine

Russia’s Operations in Ukraine: A Conversation with ASD Celeste Wallander

Towards Inclusive & Equitable Workplaces — Women in National Security

A Conversation with Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, President and COO of Business Roundtable

Book Event: America’s Great-Power Opportunity
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Future Strategy Forum: Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapons
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — July 29, 2021

Hypersonic Renaissance
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — July 14, 2021

Future Strategy Forum: Emerging Technologies and Statecraft
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk and Suzanne Spaulding — June 30, 2021

Tackling Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — June 16, 2021

Investing in Good with Jean Case, CEO of the Case Impact Network
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — June 2, 2021

Future Strategy Forum: Emerging Technologies and Warfighting
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — May 26, 2021

Future Strategy Forum: Opening Remarks with Anne Neuberger
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — May 25, 2021

Europe’s Post-Brexit Financial System
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — May 12, 2021

Gender Equality and Sustainability in Panama with Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk , Nina Easton , and Daniel F. Runde — May 5, 2021

Space as a Warfighting Domain
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk and Kaitlyn Johnson — April 21, 2021
