Defense360 Staff

Defense360 features reliable, nonpartisan analysis and commentary from the experts of the CSIS International Security Program on key elements of national security policy.

Data / Acquisition, Budget, Forces, Strategy

The Defense Futures Simulator

The Defense Futures Simulator (DFS) is an interactive online tool designed to empower scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to create and analyze defense strategies and budgets. DFS allows users to quickly iterate and explore alternative approaches, evaluating their impact on the budget and military force structure in real-time. DFS is freely available to the public, allowing anyone to make an account and start creating scenarios.

Event / Forces

Online Event: Future Strategy Forum: Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19

CSIS and SAIS hosted the 2020 Future Strategy Forum: Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19. The week-long conference featured a keynote discussion with Hon. Michele Flournoy and 3 panels discussing how Covid-19 will impact national security. View the recorded sessions here.

Event / Strategy

Online Event: Will Covid-19 Mark the End of Mass Protests?

CSIS’s Sam Brannen provides an updated outlook for protest movements in the midst of Covid-19. Sam is joined by The Atlantic’s Yasmeen Serhan, who discussed her recent global reporting on protest movements.

Analysis / Strategy

Covid-19 and Girls: Lessons from Ebola

Christen Brandt, co-founder and Chief Programs Officer of She’s the First, joined host Beverly Kirk to discuss how Covid-19 is impacting girls around the globe.

Event / Strategy

Online Event: Establishing a Bipartisan Covid-19 Commission

CSIS’s International Security Program and Global Health Policy Center held a bipartisan event with Representatives Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and John Katko (R-NY) highlighting their efforts to establish a bipartisan commission to examine the Covid-19 crisis.

Event / Acquisition, Budget

Online Event: Covid-19’s Impact on the Defense Budget and Defense Supply Chain

Watch this discussion on the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on the defense supply chain and its implications for the defense budget featuring Todd Harrison, Andrew Hunter, and Mackenzie Eaglen of AEI.

Strategy

Covid-19 and Cities: Challenges and Cooperation

Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of International Affairs Amb. (ret.) Nina Hachigian joined host Beverly Kirk to talk about the challenges cities face in the Covid-19 pandemic, and why cooperation is a key component of response efforts. They also discuss how the pandemic is impacting national security and the role of women in security issues.