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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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CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence

A bipartisan, 14-member Commission on the Korean Peninsula has looked at recommendations for strengthening extended deterrence and reexamining North Korea policy. Join us as members of the Commission discuss recommendations from our report.

Transcript — January 26, 2023

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Reenergizing the Missile Defense Enterprise

Please read the CSIS Missile Defense Project for a conversation with Dr. Michael D. Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Transcript — December 11, 2018

Reenergizing the Missile Defense Enterprise

Supporting Global Integration: The Joint Staff Approach to Air and Missile Defense

The CSIS Missile Defense Project has cordially invited you to two-panel discussions featuring current and past JIAMDO leaders, to discuss the organization's history, mission, and future opportunities.

Event by Tom Karako , Archer Macy , BG Clement Coward , BG(P) Sean Gainey , LTG Howard Bromberg (USA, ret.) , RADM Archer Macy (USN, ret.) , Brig Gen Kenneth Todorov (USAF, ret.) , and Col Richard Glitz (USAF, ret.) — November 26, 2018

Supporting Global Integration: The Joint Staff Approach to Air and Missile Defense

China and the New Strategic Nuclear Arms Race

The U.S. now needs to fully reassess Chinese nuclear forces as the forces of a future peer competitor – both for military and arms control purposes.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 15, 2018

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Reenergizing the Missile Defense Enterprise

Please watch the CSIS Missile Defense Project for a conversation with Dr. Michael D. Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Event by Tom Karako and Michael Griffin — November 13, 2018

Reenergizing the Missile Defense Enterprise

Leaving the INF Treaty Now Is the Right Call

While the abruptness of the administration’s announcement to leave the INF Treaty has some undesirable short-term consequences, U.S. security will benefit in the long run, as Ian Williams from International Security Program writes in a new commentary.

Commentary by Ian Williams — October 24, 2018

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What Can 24 Satellites Do for U.S. Missile Defense?

Despite some missile defense advocates' claims that 24 satellites could form the basis of a boost-phase space-based missile interceptor (SBI) system, many physicists do not agree, as Thomas Roberts from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project writes in a new brief. 

Brief by Thomas G. Roberts — October 18, 2018

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Chinese Strategy, Military Forces, and Economics

China’s actions, and its rapid emergence as a major regional military power, has led the U.S. to focus its military and strategic planning on China as one of two critical threats. 

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 19, 2018

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The Ledger on the Third Inter-Korean Summit

The third inter-Korean summit is taking place the week of eptember 18 to 20 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The two leaders, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, signed the Pyongyang Joint Declaration on September 19, 2018.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha , Michael J. Green , and Sue Mi Terry — September 19, 2018

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Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets

Hezbollah is the world’s most heavily armed non-state actor, with a large and diverse stockpile of unguided artillery rockets, as well as ballistic, antiair, antitank, and antiship missiles.

Report by Shaan Shaikh and Ian Williams — July 5, 2018

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The Korean Civil-Military Balance

It is all too easy for Americans to focus on the North Korean nuclear missile threat, rather than the overall military balance in the Koreas and the impact that any kind of war fighting can have on the civil population of South Korea and the other states in Northeast Asia.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Nicholas Harrington — May 24, 2018

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