John Hamre was elected president and CEO of CSIS in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, he was the under secretary of ...

Onboarding and Training Structure AILA centralizes the onboarding schedule for all new hires and provides opportunities for professional development for CSIS staff through its Introductory Series and ...

James A. Kelly is a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. President George W. Bush nominated him on April 3, 2001; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, ...

Clay Lowery is the executive vice president for research and policy at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). In this role he serves on the IIF’s management team and oversees its economic ...

Eric Palomaa is director of the Hess Center for New Frontiers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he connects senior leaders in government, civil society, and business ...

The recently announced “Trump” class of battleships is cast as the world’s largest and most powerful ships. But these ships ...

On December 10, President Trump announced that U.S. forces seized Skipper, a sanctioned oil tanker transporting Venezuelan oil. The following questions examine the implications of this seizure for ...

What to expect from the Korean Peninsula in 2026? Will U.S. president Donald Trump meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? Will there be another inter-Korean summit? Will we see a return to negotiations ...

Growing the size of the Navy has been a bipartisan goal of successive administrations and Congress over the last decade. The service faces capacity limitations as it struggles to meet the demands of ...

On the Horizon Volume 8 features research from the 2025 CSIS PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative. The chapters explore how advances in technology and geopolitical shifts affect nuclear deterrence and ...

Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 1:00 pm ET, for a virtual discussion with David R. Shedd, former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the ...

The Eurofile LIVE: A special video podcast event on the new U.S. National Security Strategy and its impact on Europe’s security future. Max Bergmann is joined by Abe Newman and Kristine Berzina to ...