Center For Strategic International Studies: 249 books

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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013

In late 2012, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center organized a working group to analyze the opportunities for global health diplomacy in Barack Obama’s second term. This volume presents those analyses. Taken together, the studies show that the world of global health diplomacy is quite dynamic at...
Cover of A Roadmap for U.S.-Russia Relations
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017

At a time of geopolitical tension and mutual distrust, the United States and Russia must work together in those areas where coordination is critical to global security, both to help stabilize the relationship and to buffer against conflict in the future. The analyses in this volume examine prospects...
Cover of Alternative Governance in the Northern Triangle and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
by Douglas Farah, Carl Meacham
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015

This study examines different forms of alternative governance in the absence of a strong state presence in the Northern Triangle of Central America—along part of the Guatemala-Honduras border—a region notorious for its soaring homicide rates, corruption, violence, and emigration to the United...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017

These are turbulent times for American foreign policy. Nowhere are the challenges facing the United States more evident than in U.S. policy toward Russia. Drawing on scholars across several disciplines and perspectives, CSIS conducted a year-long study that sought to achieve two goals. First, to provide...
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Islam and Human Rights

Advancing a U.S.-Muslim Dialogue

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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015

In the last few years, issues related to human rights, including encouraging the democratization of Muslim societies from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.S.-Muslim relations and U.S. policy toward Muslim countries. An important impetus...
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Confronting the Global Forced Migration Crisis

A Report of the CSIS Task Force on the Global Forced Migration Crisis

by Tom Ridge, Gayle Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018

The size and scope of the global forced migration crisis are unprecedented. Almost 66 million people worldwide have been forced from home by conflict. If recent trends continue, this figure could increase to between 180 and 320 million people by 2030. This global crisis already poses serious challenges...
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Militancy and the Arc of Instability

Violent Extremism in the Sahel

by Jennifer G. Cooke, Thomas M. Sanderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016

An arc of instability stretching across Africa’s Sahel region, an area of strategic interest for the United States and its allies, is plagued by violent extremist organizations (VEOs). These organizations, including Boko Haram, al Qaeda, and other terror groups, have metastasized and present a serious...
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Iran

Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change

by Anthony H. Cordesman, Bryan Gold, Chloe Coughlin-Schulte
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

This report analyzes four key aspects of US and Iranian strategic competition--sanctions, energy, arms control, and regime change. Its primary focus is on the ways in which the sanctions applied to Iran have changed US and Iranian competition since the fall of 2011. This escalation has been spurred...
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The Indian Ocean Region

A Strategic Net Assessment

by Anthony H. Cordesman, Abdullah Toukan
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is one of the most areas of the world in human terms. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the subregions and countries in the IOR, drawing heavily on a new country risk assessment model developed by Abdullah Toukan, a senior associate with the Burke Chair...
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Tuberculosis—A Complex Health Threat

A Policy Primer of Global TB Challenges

by Phillip Nieburg, Talia Dubovi, Sahil Angelo
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015

The pervasiveness of global tuberculosis (TB) poses a particular set of challenges to policymakers. In order to make the necessary strategic decisions, it is essential to understand how the disease works and its impact on individuals, families, communities, and broader global health goals. This primer...
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Science, Technology, and U.S. National Security Strategy

Preparing Military Leadership for the Future

by Raymond F. DuBois
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017

In today’s challenging, technologically informed environment, the U.S. military must continue to ensure a competitive advantage. This report suggests ways to develop a cadre of technologically competent officers with the requisite leadership and operational skills to excel in this fast-paced and...
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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2018

The Uncertain Buildup

by Mark F. Cancian
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017

The Department of Defense (DOD) faces a strategic choice: whether to focus on modernization for high-tech conflicts with China and Russia or expand forces and improve readiness to meet a superpower’s commitments for ongoing conflicts and crisis response. In their FY 2018 budgets, the services all...
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Missile Defense and Defeat

Considerations for the New Policy Review

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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 mandates a review of missile defeat policy, strategy, and capability to be completed by January 2018. This upcoming Missile Defeat Review (MDR) represents an opportunity for the Trump administration to articulate a vision for the future of air and missile...
Cover of Institutional Foundations of Federated Defense
by Stephanie Sanok Kostro, Rhys McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015

This report focuses on the institutional foundations that enable—or, at times, hinder—federated approaches to defense. Successful defense collaboration in a budget-constrained environment is predicated on the ability and willingness of the United States to provide assistance and/or equipment to...
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