Events

The CSIS Middle East Program hosts a panel focusing on rehabilitation of Syria's public health system after the fall of the Assad regime. The panel will be preceded by a keynote speech from the Syrian Minister of Health.

In his new book, Ali Wyne draws on three years of intense research and dozens of interviews that he conducted in 2020—including with many individuals who now serve in the Biden administration—to examine “great-power competition” as a framework for orienting U.S. foreign policy.

Please join us for a discussion on the future of U.S. grand strategy in the Middle East with Jake Sullivan. 

The CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda are pleased to host David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to address the ninth anniversary of the Syrian conflict.

Please join the CSIS International Security Program for a conversation on the findings of the Congressionally mandated Syria Study Group.

Russia’s five day war with Georgia in 2008 was victorious, but brought to light a number of inadequacies in Russia’s military forces and capabilities.

Key U.S. government leaders join CSIS to discuss the implementation of defense trade reform and critically examine how the Trump Administration plans to leverage defense trade to enhance U.S. global competitiveness.

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Coalition forces drove ISIS from its self-proclaimed caliphate capital in Raqqa in 2017. Enduring security in ISIS-cleared areas now depends on local governance and restoration of services.

Dr. Dagher's presentation will explore the Da’ish’s life cycle, why Iraqis decide to join Da’ish, the impact of the conflict on its fighters, and how the region can best handle the conflict into the future.

The size and scope of the global forced migration crisis are unprecedented. Almost 66 million people worldwide have been forced from home by conflict. This global crisis already poses serious challenges to economic growth and risks to stability and national security, as well as an enormous human toll affecting tens of millions of people.