Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. Founded in 1964 originally as part of Georgetown University, CSIS is a fully independent institution that conducts policy studies and strategic analyses on political, economic and security issues.

Structure

CSIS is chaired by Sam Nunn, the former Democrat Georgia Senator who was also the longtime chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services. While it claims to be a bipartisan institution, it's guided by a 19-member board of mostly U.S. conservative trustees, which include Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, R. James Woolsey and Brent Scowcroft. The current president and CEO is John Hamre, former Deputy Secretary of Defense. He has held the position since April 2000. CSIS employs approximately 190 staff members.

Related Topics:
Sam Nunn - Democrat - Georgia - Senator - U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services - Bipartisan - U.S. conservative - Henry Kissinger - Zbigniew Brzezinski - R. James Woolsey - Brent Scowcroft - John Hamre - Deputy Secretary of Defense - 2000

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