Congressional Affairs at CSIS

As a bipartisan think tank, CSIS strives to provide a platform for leaders in Congress to engage with the broader policy community on issues affecting U.S. national security and foreign affairs.

Expert Support for Congress

For more than 50 years, CSIS has prioritized outreach to Members of Congress and their staff to provide in-depth, strategic analysis and guidance from the world’s leading experts in defense and security policy, global challenges, and regional studies. More recently, CSIS has also prioritized outreach on issues related to economic security and technology.

Through speaking events, topical briefing series, participation in policy conferences, and membership on commissions and task forces, CSIS helps leaders in Congress effectively engage the broader policy community.

CSIS’s expertise in providing grounded, actionable, and bipartisan policy solutions uniquely positions CSIS to help Congress address the national security, development, and foreign policy challenges facing the United States.

CSIS Provides:

  • A bipartisan platform from which members of Congress can powerfully engage the wider policy community
  • In-office briefings from top policy experts with government, academic, and field experience
  • Staff-focused policy discussions
  • Hill briefs, short digests of key issues for congressional staff
  • Commentaries, Critical Questions, and other timely analysis on current issues
  • In-depth reports with realistic policy recommendations
  • Testimony
  • Opportunities for Members and staff to participate in CSIS events, projects, and initiatives

Are you a congressional staff wanting to contact a CSIS expert? Are you interested in CSIS public or private events for Members of Congress and staff? Connect with our team!

Chloe Himmel

Chloe Himmel

Director, Congressional and Government Affairs
Christian Hyde

Christian Hyde

Associate Director, Congressional and Government Affairs
Daniel Bengard

Dylan Bengard

Program Manager, Congressional and Government Affairs

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Reflections on the Second Global Covid-19 Summit

Please join the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security on Wednesday, May 18, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET, for an important virtual event to examine the outcomes of the second Global Covid-19 Summit.

Event — May 18, 2022

Co-Chair Statement on the June 2021 Meeting of Commissioners

In this new commentary, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security urges the U.S. government to dramatically scale up its leadership in the global Covid-19 response.

Commentary by Julie Gerberding and Susan Brooks — July 21, 2021

Online Event: Trusting a Covid-19 Vaccine: Where Do We Stand?

Please join the CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccines & Misinformation on Wednesday, December 16, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. EST for the first in a series of conversations about building trust in Covid-19 vaccines in the United States. 

Event — December 16, 2020

ASTMH and CSIS: Alan J. Magill Malaria Eradication Symposium

At 1:00 p.m. on April 24, 2017, one day before World Malaria Day, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Center for Strategic and International Studies will convene the inaugural Alan J. Magill Malaria Eradication Symposium in Washington, DC.

Event — April 24, 2017