The CSIS Missile Defense Project is pleased to rollout our new report, Mesh Sensing for Air and Missile Defense.

Affordable mass has become the watchword of defense modernization, be it swarms of drones or satellite constellations. What could such an approach mean for air and missile defense? Networks of passive ...

CSIS mourns the loss of our Chief Communications Officer, Andrew Schwartz. For 20 years, he led with vision and integrity, shaping how CSIS engaged the world. His leadership, mentorship, and legacy in ...

Since President Trump took office, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. A series of visuals explains the history, the status of ...

Israel’s military strikes are likely to set back Iran’s nuclear program, but much of the program will remain. Tehran's retaliation options are weaker than before the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks ...

Note: This article was updated on June 11 to reflect the outcomes of negotiations in London on June 10. Over the last two days, senior U.S. and Chinese officials engaged in trade negotiations in ...

Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of ...

Starting in September 2024, Russia significantly ramped up its use of Shahed drones, increasing from approximately 200 launches per week to more than 1,000 per week by March 2025 as part of a ...

An ambitious new White House executive order seeks to revitalize the U.S. maritime industry. This article unpacks the dynamics driving the push to restore U.S. shipbuilding and how these measures are ...

Newly proposed tariffs threaten to derail the United States’ clean energy sector’s recent boom, jeopardizing progress, and grid reliability while failing to expand domestic clean tech manufacturing ...

Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community’s decreasing focus on counterterrorism.

China is leveraging its globally dominant commercial shipbuilding industry to support its naval modernization—and foreign companies are inadvertently helping. This report outlines how the United ...