CSIS Annual Report 2010

Center for Strategic and International StudiesStrategic Insights and Bipartisan Policy Solutions

Annual Report

2010

3 AboutCSIS

4 AMessagefromOurChairmanandOurCEO

5 BoardofTrusteesandMembershipGroups

10 ANewHomeforCSIS

12 CSISProgramsandProjects

13 YoungProfessionalDevelopmentatCSIS

13 FinancialInformationFY2010

16 Cybersecurity

18 AfghanistanandIraq

20 EnergyandNationalSecurity

22 GlobalHealth

24 Asia’sNewPowerArchitecture

26 Defense-IndustrialBaseStudies

28 GlobalSecurityForum

30 FutureofNATO

32 FoodSecurity

34 2011andBeyond

38 EventsandForumsatCSIS

44 CSISOnline

46 CSISintheMedia

48 CongressionalOutreach

50 Publications

52 Credits

contents

Impact

Reach

About

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies

Strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions

strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions 2010–2011 | 3

Atatimeofnewglobalopportunitiesandchallenges,theCenterforStrategicandInternationalStudies(CSIS)providesstrategicinsightsandbipartisanpolicysolutionstodecisionmakersingovernment,internationalinstitutions,theprivatesector,andcivilsociety.Abipartisan,nonprofitorganizationheadquarteredinWashington,DC,CSISconductsresearchandanalysisanddevelopspolicyinitiativesthatlookintothefutureandanticipatechange.

FoundedbyDavidM.AbshireandAdmiralArleighBurkeattheheightoftheColdWar,CSISwasdedicatedtofindingwaysforAmericatosustainitsprominenceandprosperityasaforceforgoodintheworld.

“TheworkofCSISinconveningexpertsandproducingthoughtful

analysisonimportantissueshasbeenandcontinues

tobeagreatvaluetopolicymakers.”

—Senator Richard G. Lugar

About CSIS

Since1962,CSIShasgrowntobecomeoneoftheworld’spreeminentinternationalpolicyinstitutions,withmorethan220full-timestaffandalargenetworkofaffiliatedscholarsfocusedondefenseandsecurity,regionalstability,andtransnationalchallengesrangingfromenergyandclimatetoglobaldevelopmentandeconomicintegration.

FormerU.S.senatorSamNunnbecamechairmanoftheCSISBoardofTrusteesin1999,andJohnJ.HamrehasledCSISasitspresidentandchiefexecutiveofficersinceApril2000.

“CSISrepresentstheintellectualcapital

weneedtomeetthechallengesofthe

twenty-firstcentury.”

—General James L. JonesFormer National Security Adviser

Message from the ChairmanAttheendofthefirstdecadeofthetwenty-firstcentury,theUnitedStatescontinuestofaceaseeminglyendlesssetofpublicpolicychallenges.ToaddressthesechallengesandtohelprestoreAmerica’slong-standingpositiveanddeterminedspirit,weneednewapproachesandfreshideas.

Fornearly50years,theCenterforStrategicandInternationalStudieshasengagedinrelevant,timely,andimpactfulworkthattacklescurrentchallengesandpointstoapproachesforabetterfuture.Fromsecuritytotechnologytoglobalhealth,theworld-classscholarsatCSISaresoughtoutfortheirexpertiseindevelopinginnovative,nonpartisan,andbalancedsolutionstothemostcomplexproblemsofourtime.

JohnHamreandhisteamdonotmakethiscontributionalone.Asyouwillseeinthisdocument,ourtrusteesactivelyparticipateinthecoreworkofCSIS.Ourworkwouldnotbepossiblewithoutthesupportwereceivefromindividuals,privatefoundations,corporations,andgovernmentagencies.

OurBoardofTrusteesinvitesyoutojoinCSISaswehelpournationnavigatetowardamorepeaceful,secure,andprosperousfuture.

john j. hamrePresident & CEO

sam nunnChairman of the Board

Message from the President & CEOThesearechallengingdaysforAmericaandtheworld.Overthepasttwoyearswehaveseenalossofconfidenceinmanyoftheenduringinstitutionsofthetwentiethcentury.Acrosstheglobethreatstostabilityandsecuritytestourleaders.

Yettimesofuncertaintyarealsotimesofopportunity.OurscholarsandassociatesatCSISdemonstrateapositivespiritandlookforwaystobetterunderstandandshapeourworld.

Since1962,CSIShasbeenatremendoussourceofthoughtful,innovative,andbipartisansolutionstothemostcomplexpolicyissuesofourtime.Ourstaffofmorethan220full-timeemployees,largenetworkofaffiliatedscholars,andworld-classBoardofTrusteesallshareacommonpurpose:tohelpourworldnavigatetowardamoresecureandprosperousfuture.

Andthisspring,wewillbreakgroundonournewpermanentheadquartersindowntownWashington.Weenvisionournewbuildingwillserveasapremierdestinationthatfacilitatesthejoiningofintellectwithopportunityandfostersaconstructiveenvironmentwherethegovernmentandthegovernedcanmeettosolveproblems.

Thefollowingpagesrepresentonlyasampleofourworkandactivities,whichwouldnotbepossiblewithoutyourcriticalsupport.Weinviteyoutojoinus.


Board of Trustees

Chairman

sam nunnCochairman & CEO Nuclear Threat Initiative

ViceChairman

david m. abshirePresident & CEO Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

Chairman,ExecutiveCommittee

william a. schreyerChairman Emeritus Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Trustees

george l. argyrosChairman & CEO Arnel & Affiliates

richard l. armitagePresidentArmitage International

james a. bellCorporate President, CFO,& Executive Vice PresidentThe Boeing Company

reginald k. brackChairman Emeritus Time, Incorporated

william e. brockCounselor, CSIS

harold brownCounselor, CSIS

zbigniew k. brzezinskiCounselor, CSIS

carlos a. bulgheroniChairmanBridas Corporation

william s. cohenChairman & CEOThe Cohen Group

ralph a. cossaPresident Pacific Forum CSIS

andreas c. dracopoulosDirector & CopresidentStavros Niarchos Foundation

richard m. fairbanksFounder & ChairmanLayalina Productions, Inc.

henrietta holsman foreChairman & CEOHolsman International

william h. fristFormer Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

michael p. galvinCofounder & Vice ChairmanHarrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC

helene d. gaylePresident & CEOCARE USA

john j. hamrePresident & CEO, CSIS

linda w. hartVice Chairman, President, & CEO The Hart Group, Inc.

benjamin w. heineman jr.Distinguished Senior Adviser, CSIS

john b. hessChairman & CEOHess Corporation

carla a. hills Chairman & CEOHills & Company

ray l. huntChairman, President, & CEOHunt Consolidated, Inc.

e. neville isdellFormer Chairman & CEOThe Coca-Cola Company

james l. jones jr.Former U.S. NationalSecurity Advisor

muhtar kentChairman & CEOThe Coca-Cola Company

henry a. kissingerChairman & CEOKissinger Associates, Inc.

kenneth g. langoneChairman, President, & CEOInvemed Associates, Inc.

chong-moon leeChairman & CEOAmBex Venture Group, LLC

donald b. marronFounder & Chairman Lightyear Capital

joseph s. nye jr.Dean Emeritus, Kennedy School of GovernmentHarvard University

thomas j. pritzkerChairman & CEOThe Pritzker Organization, LLC

joseph e. robert jr.Founder & Executive ChairmanJ.E. Robert Companies

felix g. rohatynSpecial Adviser to the Chairman & CEO Lazard Frères & Co., LLC

david m. rubensteinCofounder & Managing DirectorThe Carlyle Group

charles a. sandersChairmanProject HOPE

james r. schlesingerChairmanThe MITRE Corporation

brent scowcroftPresident The Scowcroft Group

rex tillersonChairman & CEO Exxon Mobil Corporation

romesh wadhwaniFounder, Chairman, & CEO Symphony Technology

frederick b. whittemoreAdvisory Director Morgan Stanley

CSIS Trustees are drawn from the worlds of public policy and the private sector. They contribute a wealth of expertise and leadership to the Center’s mission and management.


Counselors

Distinguished Scholars and Senior Advisers

CSIS Counselors are selected for their high standing in the policy community and responsibilities in the public and private sectors. They are actively involved in the Center’s intellectual life.

william e. brockFormer U.S. Senator, U.S. Trade Representative, and Secretary of Labor

harold brownFormer Secretary of Defense

zbigniew k. brzezinskiFormer National Security Advisor

frank c. carlucciFormer Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor

richard m. fairbanksFormer Special Negotiator for the Middle East Peace Process

carla a. hillsFormer U.S. Trade Representative

james l. jones jr.Former U.S. NationalSecurity Advisor

zalmay khalilzadFormer U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Afghanistan, and Iraq

henry a. kissingerFormer Secretary of State and National Security Advisor

theodore e. mccarrick Archbishop Emeritus Washington, DC

sam nunnFormer Chairman of Senate Committee on Armed Services

james r. schlesingerFormer Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, and CIA Director

brent scowcroftFormer National Security Advisor

john w. warnerFormer Chairman of Senate Committee on Armed Services

CSIS Distinguished Scholars and Senior Advisers are an integral part of the CSIS family. They provide substantive counsel on the full range of the Center’s projects.

DistinguishedScholarsShireenHunterFredC.IkléWalterZ.LaqueurLaurenceH.Meyer

DistinguishedSeniorAdvisers

Gen.WesleyK.Clark,USA(ret.)Adm.EdmundP.Giambastiani(ret.)BenjaminHeinemanJr.Gen.PeterPace,USMC(ret.)ThomasR.PickeringGen.JosephW.Ralston,USAF(ret.)J.StapletonRoyGen.AnthonyC.Zinni,USMC(ret.)

SeniorAdvisersTimothyAdamsGrantD.AldonasSidAshworthDavidD.Aufhauser,Esq.HisExcellencyGordon BajnaiLincolnP.BloomfieldJr.WilliamT.BreerAmbassadorLintonBrooksRichardR.BurtChristopherG.CaineStevenJ.CorteseKennethS.CourtisVADMDougCrowder,USN(ret.)CharlesB.CurtisAmbassadorJohnDanilovichRichardDanzigDianaLadyDouganRaymondF.DuBoisJr.JoeDuffey

JamesW.DyerLouisFreehFariborzGhadarLuisE.GiustiGen.JohnA.Gordon,USAF(ret.)MarcI.GrossmanC.RyanHenryThomasHubbardLowellE.JacobyReubenJefferyIIIAdm.GregoryG.Johnson,USN(ret.)HansfordT.JohnsonRobertG.JosephStephenKappesJamesA.KellyJohnC.KornblumViceAdm.ConradC.LautenbacherJr.,USN(ret.)Adm.T.JosephLopez,USN(ret.)JohnMacGaffinIII

RichardT.McCormackDavidMcCurdyThomasF.(Mack)McLartyIIIFranklinMillerArthurL.MoneyDavidH.MorrisonDonaldPaulErikR.PetersonMarkRonaldWalterB.SlocombeViceAdm.PaulSullivanWilliamH.TaftIVWilliamJ.TaylorJr.JimTegneliaRobertTyrerAdm.LloydR.Vasey,USN(ret.)GaryKimWincupBruceWrightDovS.ZakheimJuanZarate


International Councillors

The CSIS International Councillors group is composed of select business leaders drawn from different corners of the world and former government and civic leaders who bring extensive global expertise and experience to the Center.

Chairman

henry a. kissingerChairman & CEO Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Members

david m. abshirePresident & CEO Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

esko ahoExecutive Vice President, Corporate Relations & Responsibility Nokia Corporation

george l. argyrosChairman & CEO Arnel & Affiliates

othman benjellounChairman & CEO BMCE Bank

carlos a. bulgheroniChairman Bridas Corporation

alfred clarkPresident Aberdeen, Inc.

lester crownChairman Henry Crown & Company

andreas c. dracopoulosDirector & Copresident Stavros Niarchos Foundation

richard elkusFounder & Former Director KLA-Tencor

john haleyChairman & CEO Towers Watson

john j. hamrePresident & CEO, CSIS

kazuo inamoriFounder & Chairman Emeritus Kyocera Corporation

k.k. jajodiaGroup Chairman Duncan Macneill Group

dennis kassChairman & CEO Jennison Associates

lavrentis v. lavrentiadisChairman & CEO Lavrentiadis Group of Companies

richard liChairmanPCCW Ltd.

david f. marvinChairman Marvin & Palmer Associates, Inc.

sam nunnCochairman & CEO Nuclear Threat Initiative

behgjet pacolliPresident Mabetex Group

thomas h. patrickChairman New Vernon Capital Corp.

charles ryanChairman Deutsche Bank Russia & UFG Asset Management

barry salzbergCEO Deloitte LLP

william a. schreyer Chairman Emeritus Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

c.c. tungChairman & CEO Orient Overseas International Ltd.

peter wallenberg jr.Chairman Foundation Asset Management

frederick b. whittemoreAdvisory Director Morgan Stanley


Advisory Board

Cochairs

zbigniew k. brzezinskiCSIS

carla a. hillsHills & Company

Members

barry m. abzugRockwell Collins

richard v. allenAPCO Worldwide

lisa barryChevron

henry (peter) beck iiiThe Beck Group

howard l. bermanU.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)

carolyn brehmProcter & Gamble

sandra schubert brockSMD Ltd.

ahmed charaïMaroc Telematique Group

sue m. cobbCobb Partners, LLC

thomas culliganRaytheon Company

gregory r. dahlbergLockheed Martin Corporation

paul desmarais jr.Power Corporation of Canada

david dreierU.S. House of Representatives (R-CA)

kenneth m. dubersteinThe Duberstein Group, Inc.

antonio estrany y gendreBridas Corporation

dianne feinsteinU.S. Senate (D-CA)

robert j. fitchBAE Systems, Inc.

richard foreFore Property Company

fariborz ghadarPenn State University

john hammergrenMcKesson Corporation

jane harmanU.S. House of Representatives (D-CA)

kay bailey hutchisonU.S. Senate (R-TX)

thomas katisTriple Canopy, Inc.

timothy keatingThe Boeing Company

fred kleisnerMorgans Hotel Group

howard leachLeach Capital, LLC

richard g. lugarU.S. Senate (R-IN)

fouad m. makhzoumiFuture Pipe Industries, Inc.

john mccainU.S. Senate (R-AZ)

edward c. meyerMitretek Systems, Inc.

edward n. neyYoung & Rubicam Advertising

waring patridgePatridge Foundation

eugene a. procknowDeloitte LLP

jack reedU.S. Senate (D-RI)

john d. rockefeller ivU.S. Senate (D-WV)

richard m. scaifeSarah Scaife Foundation

zalman shovalExport Investment Co. Ltd.

tad smithCablevision Systems Corporation

john m. spratt jr.Former U.S. House of Representatives (D-SC)

g. philip stephensonFreedom Capital Partners, LLC

andrew p. swigerExxon Mobil Corporation

navin thukkaramNT Capital Partners

shoichiro toyodaToyota Motor Corporation

gregg wardUnited Technologies Corporation

william h. websterMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

omar zawawiSpecial Advisor to His Majesty the Sultan of Oman

The CSIS Advisory Board is composed of both public- and private-sector policymakers, U.S. and international business leaders, and former senior government officials.


Roundtables

The CSIS Roundtables are strategically based throughout the country and act as satellite locations for the Center to expand its outreach and influence.

ChairmanInternational Policy Roundtable

Membersjoel allison Baylor Health Care System

paul bancroft iiiBessemer Securities Corporation

stephen bechtel jr. Bechtel Group, Inc.

henry (peter) beck iii The Beck Group

stuart bernstein The Bernstein Companies

alan boeckmann Fluor Corporation

carter cafritz Cafritz Investments, LLC

michael olin clark Legg Mason Investment Counsel

christian cooper Jefferies & Company, Inc.

robert dedman jr. DFI Management, Ltd.

michael doble Raytheon Company

william draper iii Draper Richards, LP

jeffrey edwardsJGE Capital Partners LLC

gerald ford Diamond A-Ford Corporation

gregory gallopoulos General Dynamics Corporation

varghese george The Westex Group, Inc.

joseph gildenhorn JBG Companies

richard guggenhime Schiff Hardin LLP

lloyd hand King & Spalding LLP

milledge hart iii The Hart Group, Inc.

laurence hirsch Highlander Partners

judith richards hope Hope & Company, LLC

nelson hopkins University at Buffalo

edward horowitz EdsLink, LLC

janet howard The Coca-Cola Company

herb kelleher Southwest Airlines

james kimsey America Online Inc.

david langstaff Argotyche, Inc.

bruce leadbetter Sponsor Investments, LLC

philip lauinger jr. Lauinger Publishing Company

bobby lyle Lyco Holdings Incorporated

peter magowan San Francisco Sentry

james manges Lehman Brothers

david miller EnCap Investments, L.P.

george montgomery jr. Seven Hills Group, LLC

erle nye TXU Corp.

william oberndorf SPO Partners

scott ozanus KPMG LLP

daniel rabun ENSCO International plc

robert rogers Texas Industries, Inc.

s. lucky roosevelt Former U.S. Chief of Protocol

robert rowling TRT Holdings, Inc.

carl sewell jr. Sewell Automotive Companies

roger staubach Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

robert stuart jr. Conway Farms

w. clarke swanson Swanson Vineyards

rex tillerson Exxon Mobil Corporation

john tolleson Tolleson Wealth Management

herbert tully Wilbur-Ellis Company

clinton vince SNR Denton US LLP

timothy wallace Trinity Industries, Inc.

howard wilkins jr. Maverick Development Corporation

john young Energy Future Holdings Corporation

william e. brock CSIS

ray huntHunt Consolidated, Inc.

howard leach Leach Capital, LLC

ChairmanDallas Roundtable

ChairmanSan Francisco Roundtable


Architectural renderings of the new CSIS headquarters by Hickok Cole Architects.


TheoveralldesignphaseofthenewCSISheadquartershasbeencompleted.Weplantobreakgroundin2011,andinthesummerof2013weplantomoveintoanewfacilitythatwillgreatlyenhancetheimpactofourworld-classresearchagenda.

Behindastrikingfaçade,ournewbuildingwillhouseapremierthree-storyconferencecenter;multiplevisitorandstaffmeetingrooms;modern,flexibleofficespacetosupportourgrowingstaff;andstate-of-the-arttechnology.Thebuilding’sdesignandconstructionareguidedbythelatestgreenprinciples.

OurnewheadquarterswillbecentrallylocatedwithinthecitytopermitcontinuedengagementofworldleadersandU.S.policymakers.WewillretainproximitytotheWhiteHouse,embassies,andthecity’smostprominentinstitutionsandwillbeonlyminutesfromCapitolHill,theStateDepartment,andthePentagon.

A New Home for CSIS1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

The new building will be emblematic of our enduring leadership on foreign policy and national security issues. We invite you to join us as we move forward with the process. To learn more, please visit csis.org/newbuilding.


CSIS Programs and Projects

Abshire-Inamori Leadership AcademyAfrica ProgramAmericas ProgramBrzezinski Chair in Global Security and GeostrategyBurke Chair in StrategyDefense-Industrial Initiatives GroupEnergy and National Security ProgramEurope ProgramFreeman Chair in China StudiesGlobal Aging InitiativeGlobal Development Opportunities ProjectGlobal Health Policy CenterGlobal Water Futures ProjectHills Program on GovernanceHomeland Security and Counterterorrism ProgramInternational Security ProgramJapan ChairKissinger Chair in Diplomacy and National Security Korea ChairLavrentis Lavrentiadis Chair in Southeast European StudiesMiddle East ProgramNew European Democracies ProjectNew Defense Approaches ProjectPacific Forum CSISProject on Crisis, Conflict, and CooperationProject on Nuclear IssuesProject on Prosperity and DevelopmentProliferation Prevention ProgramRussia and Eurasia ProgramScholl Chair in International BusinessSchreyer Chair in Global AnalysisSimon Chair in Political EconomySoutheast Asia ProgramSpace InitiativesTask Force on Food SecurityTechnology and Public Policy ProgramThe Washington QuarterlyTransatlantic Media NetworkTransnational Threats ProjectTurkey ProjectU.S. Defense and National Security GroupWadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies


OperatingRevenue:

$29.8millionExpenditures:

$29.8million

Percentages listed below are drawn from the year ending September 30, 2010. To obtain a copy of the latest audited financial statements, contact the CSIS Finance and Accounting Office at (202) 887-0200.

NamedforfoundersDavidAbshireandKazuo

Inamori,theCSISAbshire-InamoriLeadership

Academy(AILA)trains,educates,andprovides

insightsintocurrentandfutureforeignpolicyand

securitychallengesthroughthefollowingprograms:

• SpeedDebates—Internslearnthepublicspeakingandargumentationstylesofdebateinanefforttoenhancecommunicationsskills.CSIShostsacompetitionasacapstonetoeachsemester.

foundation 24%

corporate 29%

other 12%

endowment 5%

government 16%

individual 14%

programs 76%

external affairs 2%

administration 15%

development 7%

Financial Information FY 2010

Young Professional Development at CSIS

• InterviewingHistory—AnopportunityforselectyoungprofessionalstointerviewAmerica’sleadersbeforealiveaudience.

• InternationalFellows—Mid-careerprofessionalsfromacrosstheworldcometoCSISeachyeartoinvestigatenewchallengesingloballeadership.

• SevenRevolutions—7Revsisanongoingresearchefforttoidentifyandanalyzethemostimportanttrendsshapingourworldouttotheyear2025.

Col. Jeff McCausland and the 2010–2011 AILA International Fellows discuss the challenges of modern leadership.

The Center’s work is grouped into three broad categories: defense and security policy, regional studies, and global challenges. In the pages that follow, we have provided some highlights of our work from 2010 and a look at some of what we will be doing in 2011.

Impact

Cybersecurity

AfghanistanandIraq

EnergyandNationalSecurity

GlobalHealth

Asia’sNewPowerArchitecture

Defense-IndustrialBaseStudies

GlobalSecurityForum

FutureofNATO

FoodSecurity

2011andBeyond


Cybersecurity

CSIS’sTechnologyandPublicPolicyProgramhasmadecybersecurityoneofitsprimaryareasoffocusoverthepastseveralyears.

TheInformationAgehastransformedAmerica’snationalandeconomicsecurity.America’scyberinfrastructureempowersusandalsoprovidesopportunitytothosewhoseektodousharm.

WhenPresidentObamaannouncedanewcomprehensiveapproachtosecuringAmerica’sdigitalinfrastructure,hemadeapointofthankingCSIS’sBipartisanCommissiononCybersecurityforpointingthewayahead.

SeniorU.S.governmentofficials,membersofCongress,industryheads,andinternationalexpertslooktoCSISasatrustedvenuetodiscusscyberpolicy.CSIS’sCybersecurityDinnerSeries,madepossiblebyNorthropGrummanandCSIS’sCybersecuritySpeakerSeries,madepossiblebyAT&T,aretwosuchforumsforcyberpolicydiscourse.Forexample,GeneralKeithAlexander(picturedonoppositepage),America’sfirstCyberCommander,gavehisfirstpublicaddressatCSIS.

CSIShasalsoestablishedaCybersecurityPodcastSeriesthatfeaturescandidinterviewswithleadersandexpertsinthefield.


“CSISiscontinuingtoshowleadershipinthefieldofcybersecurity.Indeed,

CSIS’sreport,Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency,servedas

akeythreadofcontinuityacrosstwoadministrationsandreallyset

thefoundationforcraftingthisadministration’sstrategyfor

cyberandsecurity.”

—General Keith Alexander U.S. Cyber Commander and NSA Director

(Left) Electronic micro chip. (Right) Rod Beckstrom, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), discusses the future of Internet governance at CSIS.


Afghanistan and Iraq

CSIS’sArleighBurkeChairinStrategyprovidesdecisionmakersingovernmentandmilitarywithtimely,authoritativeupdatesonprogressonthewarsandreconstructionefforts.CSISscholarsroutinelytraveltotheregiontomeetwithhigh-rankingofficialsandcommandersinordertodevelopanindependentviewofevents.

CSISservesasakeyresourceforpoliticalandmilitaryanalysisonthecontinuingconflictsinAfghanistanandIraqaswellasotherstrategicchallenges.


CSISreportsshapeperspectivesonCapitolHillandintheExecutiveBranchtosuchanextentthatthe New York TimeshascalledarecentBurkeChairanthologyoftheU.S.wareffort“requiredreading.”

CSIShasalsosoughttolooktothefutureoftheregionwithforward-lookinganalysisonthe“ModernSilkRoad,”thenortherndistributiontradenetworklinkingAfghanistantoCentralandSouthAsia,aswellasalternativemodelsofgovernanceandstate-buildinginSouthwestAsiaandbeyond.

(Opposite) British Royal Marine Commandos taking part in Operation Sond Chara in southern Afghanistan.

(Top left) Road to Bamiyan, Afghanistan. (Top right) M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

staging area in Ramadi, Iraq. (Bottom) Another shot of British Royal

Marine Commandos taking part in Operation Sond Chara

in southern Afghanistan.


Energy and National Security

CSIS’sEnergyandNationalSecurityProgramisuniquelypositionedandrespectedwithingovernment,industry,andnonprofitcirclesforitscutting-edge,independentanalysis.

ThiswasmostevidentwiththeApril2010explosionoftheDeepwaterHorizonoffshoredrillingrigandresultingoilspill,atragicandpolarizingeventwitheffectsthatreachedwellbeyondtheGulf.CSIS’senergyteammobilizedandplayedtheroleofhonestbrokerbetweengovernment,industry,andthepublicwiththoughtfulanalysisonthespillanditslong-termpolicyimplications.


(Opposite top) Members of a certified shoreline boom retrieval team prepare to haul in a section of a containment boom off the north shore of Trinity Island, Louisiana. (Opposite bottom) Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off-shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. (Top) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) gets under way while U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress (WLB 210) stands by to deploy from Naval Air Station Pensacola in support of Deepwater Horizon oil spill recovery efforts. (Bottom left) Crews aboard beach clean-up vehicles sift oil on the southeast Louisiana shoreline. (Bottom right) CSIS Impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill Series event on the future of offshore exploration featuring (left to right) Charlie Williams of Shell, Albert L. Modiano of the US Oil and Gas Association, and Lloyd Guillory of ExxonMobil Development Company.

Tobetterinformpublicdebate,CSISdevelopedthe“ImpactsoftheGulfOilSpillSeries,”aspeakerseriesexaminingthecomplexinterconnectionbetweenexploration,risk,regulatoryenvironment,andeconomicconsequences.


Global Health

CSIS’sGlobalHealthPolicyCenterhasbeenaleaderinshapinghowtheU.S.governmentandinternationalpartnersthinkaboutglobalhealth.

Healthisvitaltohumandevelopment,economicgrowth,nationalsecurity,andthebuildingofstabletiesbetweencountries.CSIS’sbipartisanCommissiononSmartGlobalHealthPolicyaddressedthenexusofglobalhealthandU.S.foreignpolicybyoutliningalong-termstrategicapproachforU.S.globalhealthinvestments.ChairedbyCAREPresidentandCEOandCSISTrusteeHeleneGayleandAdmiralWilliamFallon,USN(ret.),thecommissionreleaseditsreportA Healthier, Safer, and More Prosperous World in2010.

Thecommissionreportoffersafive-pointagendaforglobalhealth:1. Maintain our commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; 2. Prioritize women and children in U.S. global health efforts; 3. Strengthen prevention and health emergency response capabilities; 4. Ensure that the United States has the capacity to match our global health ambitions; and 5. Make smart investments in multilateral institutions.

(Top) Polio vaccination in Nepal. (Bottom left) Commission report launch event featuring cochair Admiral William Fallon, USN (ret.), Jacob Lew, then deputy secretary of state for management and resources, and cochair Helene Gayle, CARE president and CEO and CSIS trustee. (Bottom right) Dr. Helene Gayle and commissioner Rep. Keith Ellison, during a commission trip to Kenya to visit U.S.-funded health projects.


CSISCommissiononSmartGlobalHealthPolicyCochairs

AdmiralWilliamJ.Fallon,U.S. Navy (ret.)

HeleneD.Gayle,President and CEO, CARE

CommissionersRhonaS.Applebaum, Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company

ChristopherJ.Elias, President & CEO, PATH

RepresentativeKeithEllison(D-MN)

WilliamH.Frist, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader

RepresentativeKayGranger(R-TX)

JohnJ.Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS; former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense

PeterLamptey,President, Public Health Programs, Family Health International

MargaretG.McGlynn,former President, Global Vaccines & Infectious Diseases, Merck and Co.

MichaelMerson,Director, Global Health Institute, Duke University

PatriciaE.Mitchell, President & CEO, The Paley Center for Media

SuryaN.Mohapatra,Chairman, President & CEO, Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

ThomasR.Pickering,Vice Chairman, Hills & Company

PeterPiot,Director, Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London; former Director of UNAIDS

KarenRemley,Commissioner, Virginia Department of Health

JudithRodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation

JoeRospars,Founding Partner, Blue State Digital

RobertE.Rubin,Cochairman, Council on Foreign Relations; former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

SenatorJeanneShaheen(D-NH)

DonnaE.Shalala,President, University of Miami; former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

SenatorOlympiaSnowe(R-ME)

DeboraL.Spar,President, Barnard College

RexTillerson,Chairman & CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation

RajeevVenkayya,Director, Global Health Delivery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“IcommendCSISforreallypavingthewaytowardanintegratedhealthapproach…[andfor]pointingpeople,conceptuallyandinpractice,totheconceptthatthefutureliesinsmart,strategicinvestmentsinhealthsystems.”—Dr. Rajiv Shah USAID Administrator

Sincelastspring,morethan30,000copiesofthecommissionreporthavebeendownloaded.CSIScontinuestoworkcloselywiththeObamaadministrationasitestablishesitsGlobalHealthInitiative,asix-yearplantoimproveglobalhealthoutcomesthroughcarefulintegrationofprograms,anewbusinessmodelthatemphasizesmeasurementandaccountability,andawoman-andgirl-centeredapproach.Anumberoffollow-onhigh-levelactivitiesareplannedfor2011.


Asia’s New Power Architecture

NootherthinktankinWashingtonhastheabilitytoaddressthefullarrayofgeopoliticalandeconomicissuesconfrontingU.S.policyinAsiaasCSIS.CSISrecentlylaunchedadedicatedKoreaChair,aWadhwaniChairinIndia-U.S.PolicyStudies,andWashington’sleadingSoutheastAsiaProgramtogoalongwiththealreadyestablishedJapanChairandFreemanChairinChinaStudies.

(Top) Indonesian NGO workers offload supplies from a U.S. Navy helicopter on Sumatra during international relief efforts following the Indian Ocean tsunami. (Bottom) CSIS report launch for Asia’sResponsetoClimateChangeandNaturalDisasters featuring (left to right) CSIS’s David Pumphrey and Charles Freeman, Senior U.S. Representative to APEC Kurt Tong, and CSIS’s Victor Cha and Stacey White.


In2010,CSIS’sentireAsiateamproducedasignaturestudyfortheMacArthurFoundationlookingatnewwaysofaddressingnontraditionalsecuritythreatsintheregionasapathwaytoincreaseregionalcooperation.Theprojecthadaspecificfocusonenergysecurity,climatechange,andhumanitariancrisis.AllhavethepotentialtoshapeAsia’spoliticsandgrowthinthecomingcentury.

Twowidelydistributedreportsgrewoutofthisstudy,includingGreen Dragons: The Politics of Climate Change in Asia.TheprojecthashelpedtoinfluencehowpeopleinAmericaandAsiathinkaboutemergingarchitectureinatimeofshiftingpowerrelationsinAsiaandbetweenAsiaandtheUnitedStates.

CSISrecentlylaunchedadedicatedKoreaChair,aWadhwaniChairinIndia-U.S.PolicyStudies,andWashington’sleadingSoutheast

AsiaProgramtogoalongwiththealreadyestablishedJapanChairand

FreemanChairinChinaStudies.

(Top) A man walks amid the ruins in Sri Lanka after the December 2004 Asian Tsunami. (Bottom) Wind farm at Bangui Bay on the Ilocos Norte, Philippines.


SecretaryGates’EfficiencyInitiativehassoughttofindefficienciesinthedepartmentandapplysavingstomoredeservingprojects.DecisionmakersinCongress,theExecutiveBranch,andindustryrelyonCSIStoprovideindependentanalysisandresearchtoinformtheirthinking.

CSISwasaskedbyDr.AshtonCarter(picturedonoppositepage),undersecretaryofdefenseforacquisition,technology,andlogisticstohostaseriesofdialogueswiththedefenseindustryentitled“DeliveringBetterAcquisitionValue:ConversationswithIndustry.”

Defense-Industrial Base Studies

CSIS’sDefense-IndustrialInitiativesGroup(DIIG)providesunvarnishedanalysisofthecomplexrelationshipbetweentheDefenseDepartment,thedefenseindustry,andthepublicinterestinatimeofgrowingfiscalconstraints.


ThispastyearCSISalsocompletedworkonareviewoftheimportanceofthecommercialspacesectortoU.S.nationalsecurityandprovidedaframeworkforanalyzingandevaluatingoptionstoimproveaccesstocommerciallaunchservices.ThesuccessofthisprojectledtheDepartmentoftheNavytoaskCSIStoapplythisinnovativeframeworkforanalyzingthedefense-industrialbase,andthiscomingyearCSISwillconductasimilarreviewoftheshipbuildingindustry.ProjectslikethesebuildontheCSIScorecapabilitytoanalyzedefensebudgetsandindustry.

CSISwasaskedbyDr.AshtonCarter,UnderSecretaryofDefenseforAcquisition,Technology,andLogistics,tohostaseriesofdialogueswiththedefenseindustryentitled“DeliveringBetterAcquisitionValue:ConversationswithIndustry.”

(Across) The U.S. Naval Ship Pililaaupasses the historic Diamond Head Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Opposite bottom) Helicopters from Task Force 34, 1st Battalion 244 Assault Helicopter Battalion, on fly on Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (Bottom right) Dr. Ashton Carter speaks at a CSIS event in April 2010.


Global Security Forum

LastMay,theforumbroughttogetherforeignpolicyandnationalsecurityleaderstodiscussthetopstrategicchallengesonthehorizon.Gen.JamesCartwright(USMC),vicechairmanoftheJointChiefsofStaff,deliveredkeynoteremarksonadaptingtotomorrow’sstrategicchallenges.FollowingGeneralCartwright’sspeech,theforumheldnineconcurrentsessionsfeaturingsuchnotableexperts(allpicturedonoppositepage)asformernationalsecurityadviserandCSIStrustee,Lt.Gen.BrentScowcroft(USAF,ret.);DavidIgnatiusoftheWashington Post;formerJointChiefschairmanGen.Peter

CSISlaunchedwhatistobecomeanannualsignaturepolicyconference,theCSISGlobalSecurityForum.

Pace(USMC,ret.);Amb.ThomasPickering;andformerdeputysecretaryofstateandCSIStrusteeRichardArmitage.

MadepossiblewithsupportbyFinmeccanica,theinnovativeconferenceexaminedmedium-andlong-termglobalsecurityissuessuchasU.S.engagementintheMiddleEast;post-U.S.involvementinIraqandAfghanistan;cybersecurity;theroleofnuclearweaponsinnationalsecuritystrategy;U.S.powerprojectionandoverseasbases;thepossibilityofadomesticintelligenceagency;robotsonthebattlefield;changesinthedefense-industrialbase;andperceptionsofwaningU.S.powerinAsia.


(Opposite) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Eric Nobriga hands candy to Afghan children while on patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Top) Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright, USMC. (Middle left) CSIS’s Ray DuBois, former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, USMC (ret.), CSIS’s Maren Leed, and Amb. Thomas Pickering (left to right) discuss the loss of overseas bases. (Middle right) Former deputy secretary of state and CSIS trustee Richard Armitage discusses the perception of waning U.S. power in Asia. (Bottom left) Columnist and associate editor for the WashingtonPost David Ignatius (right) discusses U.S. engagement in the Middle East after Iraq and Afghanistan with CSIS’s Haim Malka (left) and former national security adviser and CSIS trustee Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (ret.) (bottom right).


Future of NATO

NATO’sStrategicConcept,whichframestheAlliance’spoliticalgoalsandmilitaryrequirements,hadlastbeenupdatedin1999andneededtobereplacedwithadocumentthatreflectsdramaticchangesinglobalsecurityaffairsoverthelastdecade.

CSIS’sseniorvicepresidentandHenryA.KissingerChairStephenFlanaganservedasSecretaryAlbright’sleadadviserinherworkasChairoftheGroupofExpertsonthenewStrategicConcept.

Afterninemonthsofdeliberationsandstudy,theGroup’sfinalreportassessedtheimplicationsof

WithhelpfromCSISsecurityexperts,formerSecretaryofStateMadeleineAlbrightpreparedthereportonNATO’snewStrategicConcept:NATO 2020: Assured Security; Dynamic Engagement.


changesintheglobalsecurityenvironmentandrecommendedthattheAllianceexpanditsexternalpartnerships,transformitsmilitarycapabilities,andstreamlineitsorganizationalstructurestoensureitseffectivenessoverthecomingdecade.ByclarifyingAllianceconsensusontheseissuesandadvancingvariousreformproposals,theAlbrightreportframedthemainelementsofthenewStrategicConceptandfacilitatedtheworkofNATO’ssecretarygeneralandmembergovernmentsindraftingthefinaldocument.

CSIShostedtheWashingtonlaunchofthereportinMay,featuringkeynoteremarksbySecretaryAlbrightandformernationalsecurityadviserandCSIStrusteeLt.Gen.BrentScowcroft.

(Opposite left) NATO flag. (Top) The Honorable Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, at the CSIS launch of NATO2020:AssuredSecurity;DynamicEngagement.


Food Security

CSIScontinuestoleadeffortstodevelopandcoordinateaU.S.strategicapproachtofoodsecurity.ACSIS-createdtaskforce,chairedbySen.RichardG.Lugar(R-IN),Sen.RobertP.Casey(D-PA),andRep.BettyMcCollum(D-MN),addressedthreekeyareas:raisingagriculturalproductivity,investinginresearchanddevelopment,andimprovingtradepolicy.InApril,CSISpublishedCultivating Global Food Security,areportcontainingthetaskforce’srecommendationsfortheObamaadministrationandCongress.


Inadditiontothetaskforcereport,CSISproducedfourpaperstoexamineingreaterdepththeissuesofagriculturalproductivity,researchanddevelopment,trade,andattitudestowardagriculturalbiotechnologyandgeneticmodification.CSIScontinuestoshapethinkingwithintheObamaadministration’ssignatureFeedtheFutureinitiative.

(Opposite left) Market in Amritsar, India. (Top) CSIS Food Security event

on Capitol Hill featuring (left to right) Representative Betty McCollum,

Senator Robert P. Casey, and Senator Richard G. Lugar. (Bottom) CSIS’s

Johanna Nesseth and Steve Morrison (left to right) at the same event.


2011 and Beyond

Lookingahead,CSIShaslaidthegroundworktoaugmentcurrentprojectsandexpandintonewareasandissuesthatwillshapethetwenty-firstcentury.Asamplingofnewprojectsinclude:

• TheGlobalDevelopmentOpportunitiesProject(GDOP),anumbrellaprogramforCSIS’sdiverseactivityonissuesrangingfrompovertyalleviationtoclimateadaptationtoeconomicgrowthinconflictsettingstowater,food,health,andtrade.GDOPwillhaveaparticularfocusontheroleoftheprivatesectorinaiddeliveryandwillhaveatitscenterahigh-profileseriesofpubliceventstobringnewideasintoWashingtononglobaldevelopment.

• TheWadhwaniChairinU.S.-IndiaPolicyStudiesisthefirstofitskindataWashingtonthinktankandwilllaunchinearly2011underthedirectionofAmbassadorKarlInderfurth,formerassistantsecretaryofstateforSouthAsianaffairs.

Since1962,CSIShasgrowntobecomeoneoftheworld’spreeminentinternationalpolicyinstitutions,andin2011CSISwillcontinueitsleadershipasaproviderofthoughtful,innovative,andbalancedsolutionstothemostcomplexforeignpolicyandnationalsecuritychallengesofourtime.

• CSISsenioradviserMarkQuartermanwilldirectournewProjectonCrisis,Conflict,andCooperation,whichwillexamineinnovativestrategiestospeed,enhance,andstrengtheninternationalconflictresponsesandfocusoneffectivemultilateralresponsestoglobalissues.

• CSISWilliamA.SchreyerChairinGlobalAnalysisDanielRundewillundertakeadeeperlookattheprivatesector’sroleindevelopment.

• MeredithBroadbent,formerassistantUSTRandnowsenioradviserandholderoftheSchollChairinInternationalBusiness,willtakearenewedlookattheimportantroleoftradeinforeignpolicy.

• Asviewsoncurrentnuclearissuesbecomeincreasinglypolarized,CSIS’sworkonnuclearpolicy,ledbyClarkMurdockandSharonSquassoni,helpsexaminetheissuesthroughanalyticblogpostsandalivedebateseries.

(Above) Skyline of Mumbai, India.

• TheU.S.-ASEANStrategyCommission,cochairedbyMauriceR.“Hank”GreenbergandformerdefensesecretaryandCSIStrusteeWilliamS.Cohen,willdevelopanin-depthassessmentofU.S.interestsinSoutheastAsiaandmakerecommendationsforthedevelopmentofalong-termU.S.strategyfortheregion.(Photo adjacent, Left to right: CSIS’s Ernest Bower, William S. Cohen, Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, and CSIS trustee and former USTR Amb. Carla Hills)

• TheNewDefenseApproachesProjectwillexaminethecontributionofamphibiouscapabilitiestodeterrenceandshapingmissions,suchasbuildingpartnershipcapacity,humanitarianassistance,anddisasterrelief.

• TheCSISMiddleEastProgramwillpublishamajornewstudythatanalyzesthecurrentandfuturetrajectoryofU.S.-Israelistrategicties.

• AttherequestoftheU.S.CombatantCommandAFRICOM,theCSISAfricaProgramwillreview10casestudiesofAfricancountriestoexaminepotentialfissuresandstressorsthatmightultimatelyleadtosignificantsocialdislocationorpoliticalinstabilityinthemediumtolongterm.

• EuropeProgramdirectorHeatherConleywillleadaneffortwithSteveFlanaganandDavidBerteauonthefinancialcrisis’simpactonEuropeandefenseandsecuritycapabilities.FundedbytheNationalIntelligenceCouncil,theprojectwilllookoutoverthenextfiveyearsinlightoftheeconomicrecessionanditseffectonEuropeangovernmentanddefenseindustry.

• KoreaChairVictorChareceivedamajormultiyeargrantfromtheAcademyofKoreanStudiesinSeoultodirectalaboratoryfortheglobalizationofKoreanStudies.ThisistheAcademy’sfirstgranttoaU.S.thinktank.TopicswillincludeU.S.grandstrategyinAsia,demographyandKoreansecurity,cultureandtheColdWar,negotiationandNorthKorea,andU.S.alliancesinEastAsia.

U.S.-ASEANStrategyCommissionCommissionworkdirectedbyCSISSoutheastAsiaProgramDirectorandSeniorAdviserErnestBower

CochairsMauriceR.“Hank”GreenbergChairman of the C.V. Starr CompanySenatorWilliamS.CohenFormer Secretary of Defense and U.S. Senator

CommissionersRichardArmitagePresident, Armitage International

ManuelArroyoPresident, ASEAN Business Unit, Coca-Cola

JamesBlackwellPresident, Chevron Asia Pacific

FormerSenatorKitBond

Ralph“Skip”BoycePresident for Asia, The Boeing Company

GeorgeDavidFormer Chairman, United Technologies Corporation

RalphGersonCEO, Guardian Industries

CarlaHillsChairman & CEO, Hills & Company

RoderickHillsPartner, Hills Stern and Morley LLP Founder & Chairman, CSIS Hills Program on Governance

HenriettaHolsmanForeChairman & CEO, Holsman International Former Administrator of USAID

AdmiralTimothyKeatingFormer Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

WilliamReillyFounding Partner, Aqua International Partners Former Director of EPA

TimShriverChairman, Special Olympics

EdwardTortoriciExecutive Director, First Pacific Company Limited

KeithWilliamsCEO, Underwriters Laboratories

ReachThe Center holds 1,600 events yearly and utilizes a robust outreach strategy to both traditional and nontraditional media, Congress, and the broader public.

EventsandForumsatCSIS

CSISOnline

CSISintheMedia

CongressionalOutreach

Publications


Events and Forums at CSIS

(Top) CSIS-Schieffer Series Dialogue on the Obama administration’s foreign policy, featuring (left to right) Steve Coll, staff writer for theNewYorker; Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for theNewYorkTimes; Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’s FacetheNation; and David Ignatius, columnist and associate editor fortheWashingtonPost. (Bottom) CSIS Statesmen’s Forum event featuring (left to right) James Steinberg, deputy secretary of state, and Jacob Lew, then deputy secretary of state for management and resources.

(Left) U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer at a CSIS–Miami Series event on advancing progress of the UN Millennium Development Goals through the empowerment of women and girls. (Right) CSIS International Councillor Dr. Lavrentis Lavrentiadis provides introductory remarks at a CSIS Statesmen’s Forum.

TheStatesmen’sForumCurrentU.S.andforeignseniorgovernmentofficialsdeliverkeynotespeechesbeforeacross-sectionoftheWashingtonpolicycommunity.ThisseriesismadepossiblebytheLavrentiadisGroupofCompanies.

TheCSIS–SchiefferSchoolSeriesinPublicPolicyandtheMediaBobSchieffer,CBSNews’chiefWashingtoncorrespondentandhostofFace the Nation,moderatesthemonthlyseries,apartnershipwiththeSchiefferSchoolofJournalismatTexasChristianUniversity(TCU).ThisseriesismadepossiblebyUnitedTechnologiesCorporation(UTC).

TheCSIS–UniversityofMiamiSeriesonGlobalChallengesCSISandtheUniversityofMiamiSchoolofCommunication’sKnightCenterforInternationalMediacohostamonthlyseriesfocusedontheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals.ThisseriesismadepossiblebytheKnightFoundation.

CSIS hosts more than 1,600 events annually, which translates to an average of 385 visitors daily. In addition, CSIS has several signature event series that feature leading thinkers from government, media, business, and academia. They include the following:



(Top) General David Petraeus speaks at a CSIS Military Strategy Forum event with CSIS senior fellow Maren Leed. (Bottom left) Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Lael Brainard speaks at CSIS in November 2010. (Bottom right) Senator John Kerry speaks at a CSIS event in November 2010 on U.S. policy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

TheMilitaryStrategyForumTheforumhostsseniorDepartmentofDefenseandmilitaryserviceleaderswhopresenttheirinsightsandvisiononthedirectionofU.S.nationalsecurityanddefensepolicy.ThisseriesismadepossiblebyRolls-RoyceNorthAmerica.

TheCongressionalDialogueSeriesMembersofCongressfrequentlychooseCSISasabipartisanplatformforpolicyspeechesanddiscussions.


(Bottom) Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.), speaks at the launch of the new CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response in November 2010.

CSISCybersecurityPolicySeriesTheCSISForumonCybersecurityisapublicseriesforbusinessleaders,policymakers,andexpertstoaddresssomeofthemostpressingpolicychallengessurroundingcybersecurity.Thisbimonthlyseriesisintendedtofocuspublicandmediaattentionontheissueandhelpshapethepolicyagendaforcybersecurity.ThisseriesismadepossiblebyAT&T.

TheCSIS-LSUSeriesonDisasterManagementandEmergencyResponse

Inthefallof2010,CSISlaunchedaneweventseriesondisastermanagementmadepossiblebytheLSUStephensonDisasterManagementInstitute(SDMI)andtheIreneW.andC.B.PenningtonFoundation.ThekickoffeventfeaturedAdmiralThadAllen(picturedbelow),U.S.CoastGuard(ret.),NationalIncidentCommanderfortheDeepwaterHorizonResponse.

“Thekindofconversationsandthekindofmeetingsanddiscussionsyouhave

atCSISreallyareaveryimportantpartofpolitical

lifeinWashingtonbecausealotoftheideasthatwe

needinordertodoourjobsinthefederal

governmentcomefromdiscussionsofthekind

we’rehavingtoday.”—Robert D. Hormats

Undersecretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs



(Middle left) U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke at a CSIS event in June 2010. (Middle right) Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke at a CSIS event in January 2010. (Bottom left) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, spoke at a CSIS Statemen’s Forum in May 2010.

(Above) A CSIS-Schieffer Series Dialogue at CSIS on security issues surrounding the South China Sea.

“CSIShaslongservedasavenueforsomeofthemostinsightfulandintellectualdiscourseonnationalsecurityissues.”

—John Brennan Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Selection of Speakers Hosted by CSIS

PresidentoftheUnitedStatesU.S.AmbassadortoAfghanistanSecretaryofStateSecretaryofDefenseSecretaryofCommerceSecretaryofHomelandSecuritySecretaryoftheArmyDeputySecretaryofStateDeputySecretaryofDefenseDeputySecretaryofEnergyUndersecretaryofStateforPolicyUndersecretaryofState forEconomic,Energy,andAgriculturalAffairsAssistanttothePresidentforHomelandSecurityandCounterterrorismUndersecretaryoftheTreasuryforTerrorismandFinancialIntelligenceUndersecretaryofDefenseforAcquisitionDeputyU.S.TradeRepresentativeUSAIDAdministratorCDCDirectorMillenniumChallengeCorporationCEOAssistantSecretaryofStateforAsianAffairs

AssistantSecretaryofStateforWesternHemisphereAffairsU.S.GlobalAIDSCoordinatorU.S.GlobalAmbassadorforWomen’sIssuesU.S.AmbassadortoAfghanistanDepartmentofStateCoordina-torforCounterterrorism

PrimeMinisterofLatviaPrimeMinisterofMoldovaPrimeMinisterofMalaysiaForeignMinisterofAfghanistanForeignMinisterofAlbaniaForeignMinisterofIndonesiaForeignMinisterofSriLankaForeignMinisterofMaldivesForeignMinisterofBulgariaForeignSecretaryofIndiaForeignSecretaryofthe PhilippinesDeputyPrimeMinisterforReintegrationofMoldovaDefenseMinisterofNorwayDefenseMinisterofGermanyDefenseMinisterofSingaporeEducationMinisterof AfghanistanCrownPrinceofSerbia

ChairmanoftheJointChiefsofStaffViceChairmanoftheJointChiefsofStaffChiefofNavalOperationsU.S.CENTCOMCommanderU.S.SOCOMCommanderU.S.SOUTHCOMCommanderU.S.AFRICOMCommanderU.S.CyberCommandCommanderSupremeAlliedCommanderEurope

UNSecretaryGeneralUNWorldFoodProgrammeExecutiveDirectorUNDevelopmentCampaignDirectorNATOSupremeAlliedCommander(Transformation)

CARECEOExxonCEOICANNCEOONECEOSaudiAramcoCEOPresidentofResourcesfortheFuture


CSIShasdevelopedarobustonlinepresencethroughitswebsiteandthroughitsmultimediaplatformonApple’siTunesU.

CSIS.orgTheredesignedCSIS.orgservesastheessentialplatformforthedisseminationofourcontent,includingevents,publications,andmultimedia.Theproductsthatourexpertsandresearchprogramsproducearereadilyavailableonourwebsitethroughmanydifferentpathssouserscaneasilyaccesscontent.

iTunesUCSISwasthefirstthinktanktodevelopaplatformonApple’siTunesU,apopulardestinationwithinApple’siTunesstorethatoffersfreeeducationalcontent.Lastfall,ApplereportedthatoverthepastthreeyearsiTunesUhashadmorethan300milliondownloadsfromcontentsuppliedbymorethan800providers.CSIShasbeenselectedasa“featuredprovider”byiTunesUalongwithotherprestigiousorganizationsanduniversitiessuchasStanford,theLibraryofCongress,Duke,andOxford.

Combined,CSIS.organdouriTunesUplatformreceivemorethan1.2millionvisitorsmonthly.

Everymonthvisitorsdownloadanaverageof270,000CSIStracksfromiTunesUandviewmorethan4millionpagesonourwebsite,plusthousandsmorefollowusonlinebysubscribingtoourRSSfeeds,newsletters,andpodcasts.

CSIS Online

(Right) A CSIS Intern holds an Apple iPad while looking at CSIS’s iTunes U platform. (Opposite top) The CSIS homepage, CSIS.org. (Opposite bottom) CSIS iTunes U platform highlighting the CSIS–Schieffer School Series.


Tolearnmore,pleasevisitCSIS.org,itunes.csis.org,orfollowusonFacebookatFacebook.com/CSIS.org.


CSIS in the Media

(Middle left) International Security Program Senior Fellow Stephanie Sanok addressed U.S. strategy on Iraq on the CBSEveningNews. (Middle right) Transnational Threats Project Senior Adviser Juan Zarate discussed Internet wiretapping on the PBSNewsHour.(Bottom) Project on Conflict, Crisis, and Cooperation Director Mark Quarterman discussed U.S.-Pakistan relations on CNN’s Situation Room.


CSIShasastrongandgrowingpresenceinthemedia.CSISexpertsareoftencalleduponfortheiranalysisofmajorpolicyissues,andmanyCSISeventsarewellattendedbythemedia.

The New York TimescalledCSIS’sAnthonyCordesmana“foreignpolicydignitary.”

OnNovember24,CSISSeniorAdviserMichael

Greenpublishedanop-edin the Wall Street Journal,

“WhyWe’reAlwaysFooledbyNorthKorea.”

OnJune20,DavidIgnatiusofthe Washington PostcitedThe Key to Success in Afghanistan: A Modern Silk Road Strategy,byCSISRussiaProgramdirectorAndrewKuchinsandCSISTransnationalThreatsProjectdeputydirectorThomasSanderson,inhiscolumn“Afghanistan’sFutureLiesinTradePartnerships.”

OnJanuary7,CSISSeniorAdviserVictorChapublishedanop-edinthe New York Times,“FocusonPolicy,NotPolitics.”

“ North Korea’s artillery bombardment of the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. . . makes it doubly clear that Pyongyang intends to leverage its new nuclear breakthrough for maximum concessions from the international community.”

“ The most useful analysis I’ve seen recently is The Key to Success in Afghanistan: A Modern Silk Road Strategy.”

“Tokyo needs to realize that time is

not on its side.”


Congressional Outreach

OneofCSIS’scoremissionsistouseitsbipartisanplatformtohelpmembersofCongressandtheirstaffsbetternavigateacomplexworld.

WedosothroughatargetedoutreachprogramthatconnectsthousandsofCapitolHillstafferswithCSISproductsandresearch.WehostregulareventsthathelpeducateCongressoncurrentpolicymatters.WeorganizepolicydiscussionsthatbringCongress,theadministration,andpolicycommunitiestogether,andweofferaconvenientforumfromwhichrepresentativesandsenatorscandiscusstheirprioritieswiththepublicandwiderpolicycommunity.


Inthelastyear,CSISexpertstestifiedbeforecongressionalcommitteesadozentimes,hostedmonthlyforumsonCapitolHill,andbriefedmembersandstaffregularly.In2010,17membersofCongressspokeateventsatCSIS,andseveralparticipatedinaudioorvideointerviewswithCSISprograms.CSIScontinuestobeaneffectiveresourceforCongresswithcontinueddirectinvolvementofmembersinCSISprojectsandarobustoutreacheffortthatopensnewdoorsforCSISexpertsandtheirideas.

“CSISwasborntoleadershipininternationalaffairs,andthis

placerepresentswhatisbestaboutAmericanleadershipabroadwhen

itisdoneright:wefindherepolicythatisthoughtful,nonpartisan,

intellectuallyunafraid,genuinelyknowledgeable,andcapableof

bringingtogetherdiverseviewpointsforfrankargument,

debate,andanalysisofpublicpolicyandoursharedfuture.”

—Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY)

(Opposite top) Representative Howard Berman (D-CA), then chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke at CSIS in September. (Opposite bottom left) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), pictured next to CSIS trustee and former Senator Bill Brock, spoke to the CSIS International Policy Roundtable. (Opposite bottom right) Sharon Squassoni, director of the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program, testified before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation. (Top) Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) (left) and Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) (right) spoke at a CSIS Global Health Commission meeting.


Publications

Clear Gold: Water as a Strategic Resource in the Middle EastBy Jon B. Alterman and Michael DziubanOverthenext20years,therealwildcardforpoliticalandsocialunrestintheMiddleEastisnotwar,terrorism,orrevolution—itiswater.Conventionalsecuritythreatsdominatepublicdebateandgovernmentthinking,butwateristhetruegame-changerinMiddleEasternpolitics.ThisreportexaminestheimplicationsofwateronsecuritypolicyintheMiddleEast.


CSISpublicationsareessentialresourcesforthepolicy,academic,andbusinesscommunitiesandthepublicandareavailabletothosecommunitiesviaCSIS.org,Amazon.com,BarnesandNoble.com,GoogleEditions,andiPadBooks.Belowandoppositeareexamplesofrecentreports.

• The Global Aging Preparedness IndexByRichardJackson,NeilHowe,andKeisukeNakashima

Thisreportprovidesthefirstcomprehensivequantitativeassessmentoftheprogressthatcountriesworldwidearemakinginpreparingforglobalaging,particularlytheold-agedependency

dimensionofthechallenge.

• The Geopolitics of Energy: Emerging Trends, Changing Landscapes, Uncertain Times ByFrankA.Verrastro,SarahO.Ladislaw,MatthewFrank,andLisaA.Hyland

Thisreportidentifiesandexaminestherelevantdriversthatarelikelytodictatefuturetrendsinenergyconsumptionandfuelchoicesinthecontextofashiftinggeopoliticallandscape,takingintoaccounttheattendanteconomic,foreignpolicy,energysecurity,andenvironmental

consequencesandpriorities.

In2010,CSISpublished77formalreportsinadditiontoavarietyofmonthlynewslettersandbriefanalyses.

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J.StephenMorrisonSeniorVicePresidentandDirector,GlobalHealthPolicyCenterH.AndrewSchwartzSeniorVicePresidentforExternalRelations

FrankA.VerrastroSeniorVicePresidentandDirector,EnergyandNationalSecurityProgram

AliceBlevinsVicePresidentforHumanResources

CraigCohenVicePresidentforResearchandPrograms

JohnSchausVicePresidentandExecutiveOfficer

AnneCostelloVicePresidentforFinanceandAccounting,andCorporateTreasurer

JohannaNessethTuttleVicePresidentforStrategicPlanning

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Special thanks to Kaveh Sardari, principal of Sardari Group, Inc., www.sardari.com, for his photographic coverage of CSIS events.

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Page3:KavehSardariPage4,7,8:LizLynchPage9:(Topandmiddle)LizLynch(Bottom)KavehSardariPage10,11:ArchitecturalrenderingsbyHickokColeArchitectsPage13:In-housephotoPage16:©iStockphoto.com/KrzysztofZmijPage17:(Top)In-housephoto(Bottom)KavehSardariPage18:ISAFphotobyU.S.MarineCorpsCorporalJohnScottRafoss(http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/3166611288/)Page19:(Topleft)PhotocourtesyofCarlMontgomery(http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlmontgomery/3068056966/)(Topright)©iStockphoto.com/CraigDeBourbon(Bottom)ISAFphotobyBritishRoyalArmySergeantJamesElmer(http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/3165851667/)Page20:(Top)U.S.CoastGuardphotobyPettyOfficer3rdClassNateLittlejohn(Bottom)U.S.CoastGuardphotoPage21:(Top)U.S.NavyphotobyPatrickNichols(Bottomleft)U.S.CoastGuardphotobyPettyOfficer1stClassLukePinneo(Bottomright)In-housephotoPage22:(Top)CSISGlobalHealthProgramPhotoContest1stPlaceWinnerSusheelShrestha,2008(Bottomleft)LizLynch(Bottomright)CSISCommissionphotobyEvelynHockstein/CARE,2009Page23:KavehSardariPage24:(Top)U.S.DepartmentofDefensephotobyPettyOfficer1stClassAlanD.Monyelle,U.S.Navy,U.S.DepartmentofDefense.(Bottom)In-housephotoPage25:(Top)Photocourtesyofsarvodaya.org/SarvodayaShramadana(http://www4.flickr.com/photos/sarvodaya/2772931/)(Bottom)PhotocourtesyofDouglasCataylo(http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrcataylo/3146364197/)Page26:(Across)U.S.Navyphoto(Bottom)U.S.NationalGuardphotoPage27:(Bottom)In-housephotoPage28:LanceCpl.JamesPurschwitz,NavyVisualNewsService(http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/4081580955/)Page29:(All)KavehSardariPage30:©iStockphoto.com/selensergenPage31:KavehSardariPage32:APImages(Amritsar,India,byphotographerAmanSharma)Page33:(All)KavehSardariPage34:©iStockphoto.com/DirkOttPage35:KavehSardariPage38,39:(All)KavehSardariPage40:(Top)DanielPorter(Bottomleft)In-housephoto(Bottomright)KavehSardariPage41:(All)KavehSardariPage42,44:(All)KavehSardariPage46:(Top)KavehSardari(Middleleft)CBS(Middleright)PBS(Bottom)CNNPage48:(All)KavehSardariPage49:(Topleftandtopright)KavehSardari(Bottom)In-housephoto

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