Missile Defense
Seeking innovative means to counter the full spectrum of global missile threats, CSIS research on this subject is led by the Missile Defense Project, which operates the CSIS Missile Threat website.

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The Global Nuclear Balance: Nuclear Forces and Key Trends in Nuclear Modernization
In this report, the Emeritus Chair provides an unclassified overview of key trends in global nuclear balance.
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 15, 2023

Putin’s Missile War
Report by Ian Williams — May 5, 2023

Revitalizing European Air Defense
Commentary by John Christianson and Matthew Hanson — March 8, 2023

CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence
Transcript — January 26, 2023
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U.S. Missile Defense & Extended Deterrence: Capital Cable #67

Book Event - The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink

The Capital Cable #64: U.S. Extended Deterrence

The Capital Cable #63: North Korea in 2023

CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence

The 2022 Missile Defense Review

Homeland Cruise Missile Defense
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CSIS Announces New Missile Defense Project
Press Release — May 19, 2015
The FY 2016 Budget: The Defense Impact
Report by Stephanie Sanok Kostro, Mark W. Lawrence, T.J. Cipoletti and Angela Weaver , Melissa Dalton , and Kathleen H. Hicks — February 3, 2015
FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 15
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Beverly Kirk , Angela Weaver , and Kathleen H. Hicks — January 30, 2015
The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Commentary by Tom Karako , Andrew Philip Hunter , and Stephanie Sanok Kostro — December 19, 2014
Strategic Forces in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Commentary by Tom Karako — December 18, 2014
Next Level Questions on Iraq Operations
Critical Questions by Clark A. Murdock , Tom Karako , T.J. Cipoletti and Samuel J. Brannen , and Kathleen H. Hicks — August 13, 2014
Putin’s Treaty Problem: The Lessons of Russia’s INF Treaty Violations
Commentary by Tom Karako — July 29, 2014
FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 9
Newsletter by Tom Karako , Garrett Riba and David J. Berteau , and Kathleen H. Hicks — July 29, 2014
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