Defense and Security

The Defense and National Security Group provides analysis for U.S. policymakers by focusing on the institutions, processes, strategy, and policies that keep the Unites States safe.

The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) focuses on issues related to the health and management of the global defense-industrial base.

Pursuing scholarship and dialogues on international politics, diplomacy, and national security policy

The New Defense Approaches Project is focused on developing concrete and pragmatic recommendations for policymakers to better align the United States with a complex and uncertain future.

The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) aims to build and sustain a networked community of young nuclear experts from the military, national laboratories, industry, academia, and policy communities.

A forum on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security.

The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program shapes the policies needed to enhance U.S. and global security in the 21st Century.

CSIS hosts a series of senior military and civilian leaders from across the Department of Defense to present their unique insights and vision on the direction of U.S. national security and defense policy.