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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Immigration Policy Solutions to Critical Worker Shortages

Please join the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair for a Fireside Chat with U.S. Representatives Tom Suozzi and Brian Fitzpatrick on immigration policy solutions to shortages in critical sectors of the U.S. economy.

Event — February 26, 2025

Immigration Policy Solutions to Critical Worker Shortages

The CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business welcomes Representatives Tom Suozzi and Brian Fitzpatrick to discuss worker shortages in critical sectors of the U.S. economy and possible immigration policy solutions.

Transcript — February 26, 2025

Revitalizing American Commercial Diplomacy Conference

The conference will highlight the importance of commercial diplomacy and demonstrating in tangible terms why the Biden administration, particularly the Department of State and the Department of Commerce, should engage in it more actively.  

Event — April 11, 2023

U.S.-UK Trade Agreement: Now is the Time

Please join the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business for the rollout of its recent report, "U.S.-UK Trade Agreement: Now is the Time," by Meredith Broadbent.

Event — February 15, 2023

Making Medical Supply Chains More Secure

How can we make global supply chains and manufacturing arrangements for pharmaceutical and medical products more dependable and resilient?

Event — June 14, 2022