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CSIS is a major bipartisan policy research organization that produces analysis on national security, technology policy, and governance issues relevant to AI safety and regulation debates.

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a nonprofit, bipartisan policy research organization founded in 1962, dedicated to advancing practical solutions to national security and foreign policy challenges. It conducts research, publishes reports, and advises policymakers on issues ranging from defense reform to global health security. CSIS is relevant to AI governance as a key institution shaping U.S. technology and national security policy.

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•CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization founded in 1962, focused on national security and international studies.
•The organization has a history of influencing major U.S. policy decisions, including defense reform and social security debates.
•CSIS scholars engage policymakers through research, conferences, publications, and media to shape national and global policy.
•CSIS has worked on emerging security issues including global health security and geopolitical forecasting using satellite imagery.
•As a leading think tank, CSIS increasingly engages with technology governance and AI-related national security topics.

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CSIS Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies	Headcount	250	Jun 2025

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 The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world’s greatest challenges.

 Thomas J. Pritzker was named chairman of the CSIS Board of Trustees in 2015, succeeding former U.S. senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). Founded in 1962, CSIS is led by John J. Hamre, who has served as president and chief executive officer since 2000.

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 CSIS’s purpose is to define the future of national security. We are guided by a distinct set of values—non-partisanship, independent thought, innovative thinking, cross-disciplinary scholarship, integrity and professionalism, and talent development. CSIS’s values work in concert toward the goal of making real-world impact.

 CSIS scholars bring their policy expertise, judgment, and robust networks to their research, analysis, and recommendations. We organize conferences, publish, lecture, and make media appearances that aim to increase the knowledge, awareness, and salience of policy issues with relevant stakeholders and the interested public.

 CSIS has impact when our research helps to inform the decisionmaking of key policymakers and the thinking of key influencers. We work toward a vision of a safer and more prosperous world.

 History 

 At the height of the Cold War in 1962, Admiral Arleigh Burke and David Abshire founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The institution was dedicated to the simple but urgent goal of finding ways for the United States to survive as a nation and prosper as a people.

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Since its founding, CSIS has been at the forefront of solutions to the vexing foreign policy and national security problems of the day. In 1966, CSIS research triggered House hearings on the watershed Sino-Soviet split. In 1978, CSIS convened the first public hearing on Capitol Hill on the Cambodian genocide, sparking major changes in congressional and executive branch perceptions of the tragedy. CSIS has operated as an independent not-for-profit organization since 1987.

 In 1985, a CSIS panel led to the Goldwater-Nichols legislation to reform the

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