Center For Strategic International Studies: 249 books

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National Technology and Industrial Base Integration

How to Overcome Barriers and Capitalize on Cooperation

by Rhys McCormick, Samantha Cohen, Andrew P. Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018

In light of Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which expanded the legal definition of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia, this report informs NTIB partners on barriers and opportunities for effective...
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by Todd Harrison, Seamus P. Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

"Analysis of the FY 2019 Defense Budget" from the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides an in-depth assessment of the Trump administration’s request for national defense funding in FY 2019. In addition to analyzing the request for the upcoming fiscal year and the Department of...
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by Gregory F. Treverton
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016

The Intelligence Community does not lag far behind the private sector in using collaborative tools; indeed, it has developed an impressive array. However, the most used tools, like instant messaging (IM), are employed primarily within agencies for peer-to-peer communication and hence are neither widely...
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by Andrew P. Hunter, Ryan Crotty
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

Technology innovations in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have delivered unmatched national security capability for the United States for the greater part of the last seven decades. Federal research and development funding is at the heart of the U.S. high-technology advantage. Continuing to push...
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by Andrew P. Hunter, Samantha Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019

This paper garners information crucial to understanding business growth for new entrants and small businesses who contract with the federal government by utilizing publicly available contracting data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to track new entrants from 2001-2016. This information...
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by Sadika Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014

Pakistan’s economic crisis is one of the main sources of its instability, but government and donor efforts to stabilize and grow its economy have so far been inadequate. One of the barriers to investing in Pakistan’s private sector has been the perceptions of risk due to insecurity and corruption....
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Taxes and Development

The Promise of Domestic Resource Mobilization

by Conor M. Savoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014

There is real promise for developing economies in the mobilization of their own domestic resources. For example, in 2010, tax revenue on the Africa continent was eight times larger than the foreign assistance received. And as aid levels from wealthy nations continue to be uncertain, countries have...
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by Clark A. Murdock, Stephanie Spies, John Warden
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013

This report was produced by the CSIS Nuclear Consensus Working Group (NCWG) to assist the Obama administration in forging, during its second term, an enduring consensus about the U.S. nuclear posture. The report includes (1) seven individual statements from nuclear thinkers and practitioners across...
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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2019

The Buildup and Its Limits

by Mark F. Cancian
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

The Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget proposal laid out a set of priorities. To pay for these initiatives, the FY 2019 defense budget rose 14 percent above the FY 2017 level. The Congress generally endorsed the administration's approach. However, the choices showed that there is no escaping...
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Winning the Peace

An American Strategy for Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2004

Events in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans have proved that failed and defeated states threaten the national security interests of the United States and the stability of entire regions. But success in addressing these threats clearly depends on more than military might; the post-conflict period...
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U.S. Development Policy in an Aging World

New Challenges and New Priorities for a New Demographic Era

by Reimar Macaranas, Tobias Peter, Richard Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013

The demographic transformation sweeping the emerging world has profound implications for U.S. development policy. The challenge is no longer helping countries overcome the obstacles to development posed by high birthrates and rapid population growth, but leveraging the opportunities created by falling...
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