Events

Join the CSIS Japan Chair in collaboration with The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) for the 2026 U.S.-Japan Security Seminar

This CIB All About the Base episode, featuring CSIS Wadhwani AI Center Fellow Kate Bondar, will dive into how Ukraine has leveraged its commercial sector, the core features of Russia's state-directed industrial model, and Ukraine's industrial scaling challenges.

Join CSIS for a Maritime Security Dialogue event featuring Vice Admiral Brendan McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Forces Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet, for a discussion on the future of the Navy’s surface warfare efforts.

Please join the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program on for a conversation on Greenland's role in Arctic security.

Please join the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy (GFP) Department's annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.

How far can—and should—the U.S.-ROK alliance go in 2026? Sydney Seiler hosts a discussion with two leading Korean experts on this issue on The Impossible State podcast. 

The CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department invites you to a special episode of State of Play on the lessons that CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.

This is a bipartisan fireside chat with U.S. House of Representatives Rich McCormick and Ami Bera examining how Congress is shaping the future of the U.S.–India partnership across security, economic ties, technology, and people-to-people engagement.

Please submit questions before and during the event here. 

With new leadership in both the U.S. and Japan, it is a critical time to reexamine the agenda for U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation and consider the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Emily Harding sat down with Mishal to unpack her approach to high-stakes interviews and explore major geopolitical trends that have emerged in 2025.