This study identifies five alternative strategies and, using CSIS's Force Cost Calculator, builds...

With the return of great power competition, the United States needs every advantage it can get ov...

The role that nuclear weapons play in international security has changed since the end of the Col...

After 18 years post-9 11, the United States is still in Afghanistan having achieved at best a sta...

This report from the CSIS International Security Program analyzes the U.S. military forces in FY ...

This report examines the strategic choice currently facing the Department of Defense: whether to ...

This is the inaugural report in the CSIS Defense Outlook Series, an annual review of what happene...

This study examines potential surprises in a great power conflict, particularly in the initial st...

The papers in this volume comprise research from participants in the 2017 Nuclear Scholars Initia...

This timely study examines the Defense Department's FY 2017 budget proposal for the size and shap...

This study examines ally- and partner-nation investments in amphibious capabilities, how those ca...

This study examines the changes in the FY 2019 budget for each of the military services, DOD civi...

In 2015, Congress tasked the Department of Defense to commission an independent assessment of U.S...

CSIS's Mark Cancian analyzes the U.S. military forces in FY 2021, their composition, new initiati...

This CSIS report is a compilation of the 'U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022' white paper series, co...