Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

This episode of All About the Base, a video series analyzing critical industrial base topics, assesses how far the United States has come in placing the industrial base on a wartime footing since the Pentagon first announced this goal in November 2025. Building upon recent analysis from the CSIS Defense and Security Department, Dr. Jerry McGinn presents data capturing key trends across defense spending, munitions production, supply chain security, and international industrial cooperation.

How can the United States marshal private capital and modernize investment authorities to strengthen national security, from advanced technologies and energy to critical minerals and resilient supply chains? Moderated by Corey Johnston, Executive Vice President, Strider Technologies, and former Chief Competition Officer, U.S. Department of State, this panel will convene the Hon.

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Energy Shots tells energy stories through data, personalities, and politics. Every other Friday, Joseph Majkut and Kevin Book break down the trends of the moment with charts, visuals, and straight talk that cuts through the noise. Join them as they dig into names, numbers, and details, from clean tech to crude markets, political risk to pocketbook issues…and beyond. This series is made possible by general funding to CSIS and the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, July 1, at 10:00 a.m. ET to preview the upcoming NATO Summit, set to be held in Ankara, Turkey on July 7-8. CSIS experts will provide insights on key themes and expected outcomes from the Summit. A transcript will be available after the press briefing concludes.

What does it mean to provide "best military advice" at the highest levels of national leadership? Moderated by Kari A. Bingen, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies, this panel will convene General Joseph F.

On Wednesday, June 24, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, struck along the coast of Venezuela. The quakes were some of the strongest to hit the South American nation in over a century and have wrought significant devastation, with new assessments of the destruction continuing to flow in.

How has the war in Ukraine changed the way wars are fought today? What capabilities or know-how could Russia have passed on to North Korea through their military cooperation? Moderated by Dr. Victor Cha, this episode features Ms. Kateryna Bondar, Fellow with the Wadhwani AI Center at CSIS, and Mr. Bruce Klingner, Senior Fellow with the Mansfield Foundation.

As memory manufacturers shift production toward AI-oriented products, a growing share of global memory capacity is being directed toward data center applications. Policymakers and industry leaders have devoted significant attention to advanced logic chips, but recent developments suggest that memory availability may become an equally important determinant of AI deployment and broader industrial competitiveness.

Energy Shots tells energy stories through data, personalities, and politics. Every other Friday, Joseph Majkut and Kevin Book break down the trends of the moment with charts, visuals, and straight talk that cuts through the noise. Join them as they dig into names, numbers, and details, from clean tech to crude markets, political risk to pocketbook issues…and beyond. This series is made possible by general funding to CSIS and the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.