The recently announced “Trump” class of battleships is cast as the world’s largest and most powerful ships. But these ships ...

John Hamre was elected president and CEO of CSIS in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, he was the under secretary of ...

Onboarding and Training Structure AILA centralizes the onboarding schedule for all new hires and provides opportunities for professional development for CSIS staff through its Introductory Series and ...

Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison stepped down from her term as U.S. permanent representative to NATO in Brussels, Belgium, in 2021. During her 3.5 years as permanent representative, she focused on the ...

Alexander Palmer is a fellow in the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, he worked in Afghanistan, ...

Chase Sova is senior director of Public Policy and Research at World Food Program USA (WFP USA). Previously, Chase worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International ...

Clay Lowery is the executive vice president for research and policy at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). In this role he serves on the IIF’s management team and oversees its economic ...

Abraham M. Denmark is a non-resident senior associate with the Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is also a senior advisor at The Asia Group. An experienced leader ...

Eric Palomaa is director of the Hess Center for New Frontiers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he connects senior leaders in government, civil society, and business ...

Mr. Hess served as chief executive officer of Hess Corporation, a global independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, from 1995 to July 2025, and ...

The 2025 National Security Strategy recasts naval power as an economic and industrial instrument, pushing the Navy toward ...

Growing the size of the Navy has been a bipartisan goal of successive administrations and Congress over the last decade. The service faces capacity limitations as it struggles to meet the demands of ...