Center For Strategic International Studies imprint: 249 books

by Michael Graybeal, Carl Meacham
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013

This report examines the fundamental link between Mexico’s economic performance and migration to the United States, with a particular focus on the post-NAFTA time period. Also examined is the dramatic decline of Mexican migration to the United States since the 2008 financial crisis and its implications...

Azerbaijan in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Foreign Economic and Security Interests

by Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016

Azerbaijan in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Azerbaijan’s national interests in the wider Eurasian region and analyzes the broad outlines of Azerbaijan’s engagement over the coming years. It is part of a four-part CSIS series, “The South Caucasus in a Reconnecting Eurasia,” which includes studies focusing on Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the South Caucasus.

Armenia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Foreign Economic and Security Interests

by Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016

Armenia in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Armenian national interests in the wider Eurasian region and analyzes the broad outlines of Armenian engagement over the coming years. It is part of a four-part CSIS series, “The South Caucasus in a Reconnecting Eurasia,” which includes studies focusing on Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the South Caucasus.
by Todd Harrison, Andrew Hunter, Kaitlyn Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017

Since the advent of the space age, a primary constraint on military, commercial, and civil space missions has been the cost of launch. Launching objects into space requires substantial investments in launch systems and infrastructure, which has restricted the market to only a handful of national governments...

Defense Outlook 2016

What to Know, What to Expect

by Kathleen H. Hicks, Mark F. Cancian, Todd Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016

This is the inaugural report in the CSIS Defense Outlook Series, an annual review of what happened in the U.S. Department of Defense in the past year and what CSIS experts are looking for in the next. It is meant to serve as a roadmap to track where the course of policy and actions relating to strategy, budget, forces, and acquisition has run and what curves lie ahead.

Egypt in Williamsburg

Challenges of a Post-Revolutionary Era

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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014

This report covers the continuing political and economic crisis in Egypt. It is based on a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, and Washington, DC, in April 2013, at which American and Egyptian leaders assessed the prospects for resolving the country’s problems and establishing a dialog between...

Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Kyrgyzstan's Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests

by Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015

Today, with combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, U.S. policy toward the states of Central Asia is transitioning to a new era. The United States now has an opportunity to refashion its approach to the region. In doing so, it should capitalize on trends already underway, in particular the...

Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Tajikistan's Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests

by Andrew C. Kuchins, Jeffrey Mankoff, Oliver Backes
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015

Today, with combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, U.S. policy toward the states of Central Asia is transitioning to a new era. The United States now has an opportunity to refashion its approach to the region. In doing so, it should capitalize on trends already underway, in particular the...
by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Sarah Minot
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict. How can we tell when a country is likely to remain stuck in a cycle of violence? What factors suggest it might be “ripe” for stabilizing and peace building? The authors studied...

Rethinking Legitimacy and Illegitimacy

A New Approach to Assessing Support and Opposition across Disciplines

by Robert D. Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014

This report introduces a new assessment framework for legitimacy and illegitimacy that governments, businesses, and other organizations can use to better understand the sources and dynamics of support or opposition for any entity, policy, or program. It includes an intellectual history of the concept...
by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Joy Aoun
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Can the United States prevent or end conflicts and protect its interests without using military force? Do U.S. civilian institutions have the right mix of support, funding, and capabilities to respond to major crises and political transitions? In July 2013, CSIS raised these questions before more...

Advances and Challenges in Political Transitions

What Will the Future of Conflict Look Like?

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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014

The United States has provided support to political transitions worldwide for many years. But it was just twenty years ago that the US government established an office specifically to respond when regimes or conflicts ended and to maintain momentum toward positive change. Today’s conflicts, however,...

Rethinking Cybersecurity

Strategy, Mass Effect, and States

by James Andrew Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018

Despite all the attention, cyberspace is far from secure. Why this is so reflects conceptual weaknesses more than imperfect technologies. Two questions highlight shortcomings in the discussion of cybersecurity. The first is why, after more than two decades, we have not seen anything like a cyber Pearl...

The Dominican Republic

Becoming a One-Party State?

by Carl Meacham
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013

Is democracy in danger in the Dominican Republic? Is the country headed toward sustained one-party rule? In an effort to understand the state of Dominican democracy and rule of law, CSIS Americas Program director Carl Meacham led a six-month initiative to answer these questions. This report, which...
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