Center For Strategic International Studies: 249 books
Beyond the Last War
Balancing Ground Forces and Future Challenges Risk in USCENTCOM and USPACOM
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
There are currently real pressures on U.S. ground forces to define their contingency future. For example, there is a perceived decline in plausible conventional warfighting scenarios, and many see maintaining large standing ground capabilities solely as a hedge against uncertainty as cost-prohibitive...
Turning Point
A New Comprehensive Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism, cochaired by Tony Blair and Leon Panetta, was formed to develop a comprehensive and actionable blueprint to combat the growing appeal of violent extremism in the United States and abroad. Specifically, the Commission considered what the next U.S....
by Murray Hiebert, Phuong Nguyen, Gregory B. Poling
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
With elections in both the Philippines and the United States in 2016, the future of the alliance must be institutionalized to ensure that it is not diminished by a change of leadership in either country. A new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and cooperation in the South China Sea are important...
Navigating Choppy Waters
China's Economic Decisionmaking at a Time of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
China faces increasing economic headwinds that call into question not only its near-term growth outlook but the longer-term sustainability of its economic success. At a time of leadership transition in Beijing, global markets and policymakers alike are casting an anxious eye on China’s economic...
A Biological Threat Prevention Strategy
Complicating Adversary Acquisition and Misuse of Biological Agents
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
A contradiction sits at the core of U.S. biological threat prevention policy. Despite the U.S. government accepting the scientific and industrial costs of a domestic biosecurity system, it has not committed the diplomatic and financial resources needed to successfully promote the global adoption of...
A Global History of the Twentieth Century
Legacies and Lessons from Six National Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examine the national experiences of six major twentieth-century powers-- the United States, Japan, Turkey, China, India and Germany—to discern the centuries’ legacies for today and the lessons for tomorrow. They explore core themes including anticolonialism,...
The South China Sea in Focus
Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Satellite imagery and geospatial analysis tools offer an unprecedented opportunity to harness new technologies in order to help resolve boundary disputes. The South China Sea in Focus: Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute uses these tools to provide a first and necessary step toward tackling...
by Jennifer G. Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Two important dynamics have driven political and social change in sub-Saharan Africa during the past 25 years. New religious trends have emerged within the main faiths of Islam and Christianity, in particular the emergence of more charismatic, assertive forms of religious expression. Meanwhile, political...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Nuclear Notes is a biannual publication of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) featuring innovative thinking by rising experts in the nuclear field. Its goal is to advance the public debate about nuclear weapons strategy, arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, and other nuclear issues...
Missile Defense 2020
Next Steps for Defending the Homeland
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
In policy pronouncements over the last two administrations, the protection of the American homeland was regularly identified as the first priority of U.S. missile defense efforts. Homeland missile defense today is provided by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program and other elements of the larger...
by Anthony H. Cordesman
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
The Arabian Gulf is now involved in a massive arms race, triggered largely by the fear that Iran will try to use its military forces to intimidate or dominate its neighbors. Iran has threatened to close the Gulf and carried out a wide range of large military exercises to show its capabilities. And...
Afghanistan at Transition
The Lessons of the Longest War
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This new study covers the civil and military lessons of the war in Afghanistan as of 2015, the trends at the time of transition, and the risks inherent in the current approach to supporting Afghanistan. The report focuses on the lessons to be learned from the US experience in Afghanistan to date and...
Reforming and Reorganizing U.S. Foreign Assistance
Increased Efficiency and Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This is the final report of the bipartisan CSIS Task Force on Reforming and Reorganizing U.S. Foreign Assistance. As the Trump administration attempts to curb government spending, particularly in foreign assistance, this study reviews past attempts at reorganizing the U.S. Agency for International...
Perspectives on the South China Sea
Diplomatic, Legal, and Security Dimensions of the Dispute
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
The South China Sea is arguably one of the world’s most dangerous regions, with conflicting diplomatic, legal, and security claims by major and mid-level powers. To assess these disputes, CSIS brought together an international group of experts—from Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,...