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Board of Trustees | Thomas J. Pritzker[4] | |
Affiliations | Georgetown University (1962–1987) | |
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Revenue (2014) | $43,431,720[1] | |
Expenses (2014) | $38,935,803[1] | |
Endowment | $12,522,632[1] | |
Employees (2014) | 354[1] | |
Volunteers (2014) | 274[1] | |
Website | www |
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C.[5] From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initially named the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world, with a focus on issues concerning international relations, trade, technology, finance, energy and geostrategy.[6]
In the University of Pennsylvania's 2019 Global Go To Think Tanks Report, CSIS is ranked the number one think tank in the United States across all fields, the "Top Defense and National Security Think Tank" in the world, and the fourth-best think tank in the world. It was named as a "Defense and National Security Center of Excellence for 2016–2018".[7]
Since its founding, CSIS "has been dedicated to finding ways to sustain American prominence and prosperity as a force for good in the world", according to its website.
The center hosts the Statesmen's Forum, a bipartisan venue for international leaders to present their views. Past speakers have included
History
1960s
The center was founded in 1962[12] by Arleigh Burke and David Manker Abshire.[13] It originally was part of Georgetown University. It officially opened its doors on September 4, shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis. The original office was located one block away from Georgetown's campus in a small brick townhouse located at 1316 36th Street. The first professional staff member hired was Richard V. Allen who later served in the Reagan administration.[14]
At a conference held in the Hall of Nations at Georgetown University in January 1963,[15] the center developed its blueprint for its intellectual agenda. The book that emerged from the conference, National Security: Political, Military and Economic Strategies in the Decade Ahead, was more than one thousand pages long.[16] The book set out a framework for discussing national security and defined areas of agreement and disagreement within the Washington foreign policy community during the Cold War. The book argued for a strategic perspective on global affairs and also defined a school of thought within international relations studies for that period. The practitioners of this school of thought subsequently made their way to the pinnacles of U.S. policymaking, particularly during the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations.[17]
1970s
By the mid to late 1970s, many scholars who worked at the center had found their way to senior positions in government in the
Following Kissinger's involvement, other cabinet-level officials, including
1980s
In 1986, several Georgetown University professors criticized CSIS staff members for giving academically unsupported assessments of foreign policy issues during public interviews.[24] Donations to Georgetown University decreased because of its association with CSIS.[citation needed] A special committee studied the friction, and its report stated that CSIS was more focused on the media than to scholarly research and recommended that CSIS be formally separated from Georgetown University.[24] On October, 17, 1986, Georgetown University's board of directors voted to sever all ties with CSIS.[24]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies was incorporated in Washington, D.C. on December 29, 1986,[25] and the formal affiliation between Georgetown and CSIS ended on July 1, 1987.
1990s
The center became an incorporated nonprofit organization to raise its endowment and expand its programs to focus on emerging regions of the world. The work of the trustees and counselors with the center after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1980s left CSIS in a unique position to develop the nation's foreign policy with the United States as the world's sole superpower. It signified a degree of institutional maturation and prestige that the founders had not imagined when they founded the center in the early 1960s.[26]
After the end of the
21st century
In 2013, CSIS moved from its
In 2015, H. Andrew Schwartz, a senior vice president at CSIS, was quoted describing the organization's "number one goal" as "hav[ing] impact on policy."[32] Defending the organization from claims that it had inappropriately engaged in lobbying on behalf of U.S. defense contractors, CEO John Hamre was quoted in 2016 as saying, "We strongly believe in our model of seeking solutions to some of our country's most difficult problems.... We gather stakeholders, vet ideas, find areas of agreement and highlight areas of disagreement."[30]
Funding
For fiscal year 2013, CSIS had an operating revenue of US$32.3 million. The sources were 32% corporate, 29% foundation, 19% government, 9% individuals, 5% endowment, and 6% other. CSIS had operating expenses of $32.2 million for 2013—78% for programs, 16% for administration, and 6% for development.[33]
In September 2014,
Significant funding has come from the governments of the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates.[36]
Programs and events
CSIS undertakes numerous programs and projects each with its own unique missions and interests. The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, for instance,
CSIS has often provided a platform for high-profile figures to make important statements about international relations issues. For example, in September 2019, former National Security Advisor John Bolton delivered his first speech since leaving office at CSIS, and used the opportunity to be highly critical of US policy towards North Korea.[39]
In 2012, CSIS hosted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she delivered a keynote address on "U.S. Strategic Engagement with North Africa in an Era of Change," that addressed the security of embassies in the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack.[40]
CSIS hosts more than 350 students and professionals every year for variety of seminars and programming.[41] CSIS also offers a master program in international relations in collaboration with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.[42][43]
Project on Nuclear Issues
The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) is a program hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to advance the public debate about the future role nuclear technology will play on the world stage. Created in 2003 with support from a few government agencies and private donations, PONI has two stated goals. First, it seeks to "build and sustain a networked community of young nuclear experts from the military, the national laboratories, industry, academia, and the policy community." Second, "[work] to contribute to the debate and leadership on nuclear issues by generating new ideas and discussions among both its members and the public-at-large."[44]
Regarding its philosophy, the PONI public website states:
"Perhaps the most critical challenge in sustaining the US nuclear deterrent after the end of the Cold War is maintaining the human infrastructure necessary to support US nuclear capabilities. This is especially true as the human infrastructure necessary to support a nuclear stockpile at the envisioned level of 1700-2200 operational warheads is not appreciably smaller than that necessary to support one at current levels. The challenge is therefore to maintain a smaller, but still vibrant, community of nuclear experts."[44]
Clark A. Murdock started PONI when it was widely recognized that the nuclear community faced an impending crisis. With the widespread and rapid retirement of nuclear scientists and experts from the national laboratories, private industry, and the government. His study Revitalizing the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent, co-authored with Michèle Flournoy, documented these concerns with shocking clarity. Clark initiated PONI out of concern about the future leadership and expertise of the nuclear community.[45]
Publications
CSIS publishes books, reports, newsletters, and commentaries targeted at decision makers in policy, government, business, and academia. Primarily it publishes the work of its experts in a specific topic or area of focus in global affairs, including:
- The Washington Quarterly, CSIS's flagship journal of international affairs that chronicles the "strategic global changes and their impact on public policy.[46]
- Critical Questions in which experts affiliated with the think tank provide quick answers to news questions posed international events. For example, Ambassador Karl Inderfurth might answer questions regarding India–United States relations.
- The Freeman Report Newsletter, a foreign policy periodical, focusing on economics and international security in Asia and China since the 1970s.
- New Perspectives in Foreign Policy, a journal for young professionals in international affairs.
CSIS scholars have published op-eds in The New York Times,
CSIS also has its own YouTube channel,[52] which regularly posts short videos and infographics about the think tank's work.
Notable scholars
Current
- Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair
- Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy
- Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Advisor for Asia, and Director, China Power Project
- Michael Green, Japan Chair
- Seth Jones, Harold Brown Chair, and Senior Advisor, International Security Program
- Iain King, UK Visiting Fellow, Europe Program
- Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
- James Andrew Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program
- Clark A. Murdock, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues
- Sean O'Keefe, Distinguished Senior Adviser
- Daniel FitzGerald Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
- Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow for the Korea Chair
- Juan Zarate, Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program
Past
- Madeleine Albright
- Ehud Barak
- Tony Blinken
- Arnaud de Borchgrave
- Kurt M. Campbell
- James E. Cartwright
- Mary DeRosa
- Thibaut de Saint Phalle
- Raymond F. DuBois
- Stephen J. Flanagan
- Michele Flournoy
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- Kathleen Hicks
- Fred Ikle
- Karl F. Inderfurth
- James L. Jones
- Rebecca Katz
- Walter Laqueur
- Michael Ledeen
- Robert Mosbacher
- Armand Peschard-Sverdrup
Leadership and staff
The chairman of the board of trustees is
The board of trustees has included former senior government officials, including Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, William Cohen, George Argyros, and Brent Scowcroft.[56]
The board also includes major U.S. corporate business leaders as well as prominent figures in the fields of finance, oil & gas, private equity, real estate, academia and media.
CSIS' 220 full-time staff[13] and its large network of affiliated scholars conduct to develop policy proposals and initiatives that address current issues in international relations. In 2012, CSIS had a staff of 63 program staffers, 73 scholars and 80 interns. The center also worked with 241 affiliate advisors and fellows as well as 202 advisory board members and senior counselors.[10]
CSIS has broadened its reach into
Assessments
John Kempthorne wrote in Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting that CSIS was "heavily funded by the US government, arms dealers and oil companies, [and] is a consistently pro-war think tank".[61]
Board of trustees
Source:[62]
CSIS leadership
- Thomas Pritzker, CSIS Chairman, Chairman and CEO, The Pritzker Organization
- John Hamre, CSIS President and CEO, former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
- United States Senator from Georgia
National security
Public service
- United States Senator, and United States Secretary of Defense
- William Daley, Vice Chairman of Public Affairs, Wells Fargo, former White House Chief of Staff, and United States Secretary of Commerce
- United States Trade Representative
- Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments and Chairwoman, Starbucks Corporation
Business & non-profit
- Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Betchel Group, Inc.
- Ray Dalio, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates
- Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
- Henrietta Fore, former Executive Director, UNICEF
- Michael P. Galvin, President, Galvin Enterprises, Inc.
- Evan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, Chubb Limited
- Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Company, Inc.
- Linda W. Hart, Vice Chairman, President, and CEO, Hart Group, Inc.
- John B. Hess, CEO, Hess Corporation
Academia
- Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina
- Helene Gayle, President, Spelman College, former CEO, Chicago Community Trust
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- ^ Smith 1993, p. 98–102.
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- ^ "John Bolton says what he finally thinks about Trump's North Korea policy - Bolton slams Trump in his first public comments since leaving the White House". Vox. September 30, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
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Cited works
- ISBN 978-0817913113.
- Smith, James Allen (1993). Strategic Calling: The Center for Strategic and International Studies 1962–1992. The Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 0-89206-237-1.