Center For Strategic International Studies: 249 books
The Article II Mandate
Forging a Stronger Economic Alliance between the United States and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
To explore opportunities for greater economic cooperation between the United States and Japan in third countries, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington and the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) in Tokyo embarked on a joint research project using a case-study approach...
Global Flashpoints 2015
Crisis and Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Maintaining international security and pursuing American interests is more difficult now than perhaps at any time in history. The security environment that the United States faces is more complex, dynamic, and difficult to predict. At the same time, no domestic consensus exists on the purposes of...
The Arab-U.S. Strategic Partnership and the Changing Security Balance in the Gulf
Joint and Asymmetric Warfare, Missiles and Missile Defense, Civil War and Non-State Actors, and Outside Powers
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The ongoing confrontation with Iran, the war against ISIL, the instability in Iraq, the Civil war in Syria, and the conflict in Yemen have all caused major changes in the security situation in the Persian Gulf and in the regional military balance. The strategic partnership between Arab Gulf states,...
by James Andrew Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
This CSIS Report examines the strategic implications of manned space exploration. The current phase of exploration is coming to an end, and nations are seeking the next step. The decisions of the United States and its partners on the future of space exploration will determine the strategic situation...
Strategic Japan
New Approaches to Foreign Policy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Is Japan capable of grand strategy when it comes to foreign policy? Modern Japan faces challenges on every front: from a rising China and constrained economic growth at home, to an ever-present threat posed by an increasingly unstable North Korea, to an evolving and complex relationship with the West...
South Asia Regional Dynamics and Strategic Concerns
A Framework for U.S. Policy and Strategy in South Asia, 2014-2026
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Once the United States withdraws most or all of its forces from Afghanistan, what issues are likely to continue to be of concern to U.S. policymakers in South Asia? What regional dynamics are likely to affect their ability to achieve policy priorities there? While the United States and its coalition...
by Maren Leed, J. D. McCreary, George Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
The study examines the demand for amphibious capabilities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and explores the strategic and operational utility of various models for combined U.S. and Australian amphibious forces. The demand for amphibious capabilities reflects the operational and strategic challenges...
by Anthony H. Cordesman
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Iran’s rocket and missile forces serve a wide range of Iranian strategic objectives. These forces range from relatively short-range artillery rockets that support its ground forces and limit the need for close air support to long-range missiles that can reach any target in the region and the development...
Perspectives on Security and Strategic Stability
A Track 2 Dialogue with the Baltic States and Poland
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This study presents the outcome of a Track II dialogue among civil society leaders, security experts, academics, and government representatives from across the Baltic States, Poland, and the United States who came together to discuss the shared threats and challenges facing NATO’s eastern flank...
History Lessons for the Arctic
What International Maritime Disputes Tell Us about a New Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
This study examines three historical maritime disputes to draw lessons and insights for the future of maritime governance in a rapidly transforming Arctic. The historical case studies—the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, the 1936 Montreux Convention, and the 1961 Antarctic Treaty—are highly instructive cases...
The New Ice Curtain
Russia's Strategic Reach to the Arctic
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The New Ice Curtain explores Russia’s strategic ambitions for its Arctic region—an understudied and underappreciated region that encompasses nearly the entire northern coast of Eurasia. As the Russian Arctic produces 14 percent of Russian GDP, 22 percent of its exports, and is home to nearly...
Toward a New Paradigm of Sustainable Development
Lessons from the Partnership for Growth
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The Partnership for Growth (PfG) is one of the first experiments to operationalize the Obama administration’s strategy to bring greater programmatic coherence to U.S. trade and development initiatives in four countries—The Philippines, El Salvador, Ghana, and Tanzania. A key goal was to reinforce...
The 2014 Sochi Olympics
A Patchwork of Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
The 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, possess a singular symbolic character for Russia and its leadership. President Vladimir Putin considers the Games a demonstration of Russia’s growing international role and the success of his administration’s policies. Many view a successful Olympics...
by Carolyn Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Extensive efforts to develop human capital are under way in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere in the Gulf, and they are increasingly setting expectations for how people ought to behave socially and economically that are in tension with how they are expected to behave politically....