Brings together information and analyses relating to the proliferation of cruise and ballistic missiles around the world and the air and missile defense systems designed to defeat them.
Explores the technological, budgetary, and policy issues related to the air and space domains and innovative operational concepts for air and space forces.
Bringing transparency and understanding to current security developments and long-term planning on the Korean peninsula with data-driven research and satellite imagery analysis.
Features reliable, nonpartisan analysis and commentary on key elements of national security policy including strategy, budget, forces, acquisition, and reform.
Making sense of complex trade trends, the hottest news, plus trade rules, and lingo with a weekly podcast, short videos, hot takes, and interactive data visualizations.
Highlights the work of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security charting a bold vision for the future of U.S. leadership in global health security.
Provides a one-stop platform that includes analysis, activities, events, key resources, events, and opportunities for the next generation in the nuclear field.
Tracks significant developments in India’s states and provides context and analysis for businesses, research institutions, policymakers, and journalists.
Provides analysis on emerging technologies that are expected to reshape situational awareness across the spectrum of conflict, and examines the implications of these technologies for nuclear strategic stability.
The ocean data revolution can help states improve offshore governance. But policymakers should consider how ownership over ocean data distributes power, so that seafaring superpowers, such as China and Russia, do not exploit uneven access to data to dominate marine...
Space Threat Assessment 2020, the Aerospace Security Project's third annual edition of this report, can be viewed online with interactive data and content.
Informed by research and eight tabletop exercises conducted with nearly 150 participants overall, this two-year study examines implications of the emerging strategic situational awareness ecosystem and its impact on crisis decisionmaking.
February 18, 2020
| Rebecca Hersman, Reja Younis In On the RadarInformation dominance has been essential to ensuring U.S. military effectiveness, sustaining the credibility and assurance of military alliances, and reducing the risk of miscalculation. But can there be too much of a good thing?
January 28, 2020
| William A. Carter, William CrumplerThis tool provides a resource for researchers and policymakers involved in the creation of data governance frameworks at the national and international level.
November 14, 2019 In Reconnecting AsiaWhile the core focus of China’s Belt and Road Initiative is on traditional infrastructure deployments, it is evident that the Digital Silk Road is a key part of the overall BRI strategy, and China will leverage technology to increase its influence along the route.
November 7, 2019
| Matthew P. Funaiole , Bonnie S. Glaser In China PowerOnly a handful of countries have the capability to indigenously launch payloads into space. China sits among this elite group, but closing the technology gap with more-advanced space powers will require China to make significant headway.
By improving the accuracy & timeliness of warning, increasing visibility into adversary actions, & extending decision time in crisis, enhanced situational awareness reduces the risk of miscalculation and alleviates the use-or-lose pressure that could incentivize a...
The United States has advanced strategic situational awareness capabilities across all domains. In recent decades, these capabilities have become increasingly important at the tactical and operational levels, and are integral to U.S. doctrine and planning.
China has invested considerably in advancing its strategic situational awareness capabilities. The People's Liberation Army is developing a more mature architecture to enhance its ability to conduct nuclear counterattack and conventional operations.
Since early March, Chinese fishing vessels—apparently part of the country’s maritime militia force—have been operating near two Philippine-held features in the disputed Spratly Islands: Loaita Island and Loaita Cay, called Kota and Panata Islands by Filipinos....
This featured documentary from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and iDeas Lab highlights the history of space reorganization and showcases several perspectives of the Trump administration’s Space Force proposal.
