CSBA hosted a release webinar for its latest study, Innovating for Great Power Competition: An Examination of Service and Joint Innovation Efforts. The event featured remarks by the authors, CSBA President and CEO Dr. Thomas Mahnken, Director of Research and Studies Dr. Evan Montgomery, and Analyst Tyler Hacker.

CSBA hosted a release webinar for Toshi Yoshihara's latest study, Chinese Lessons From the Pacific War: Implications for PLA Warfighting. The event will feature the author's remarks on the study, followed by a moderated Q&A session. 

CSBA hosted a webinar on Mick Ryan’s new book, War Transformed: The Future of 21st Century Great Power Competition and Conflict (US Naval Institute Press, 2022). The webinar featured author’s remarks and a discussion with Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, President and CEO of CSBA and Amb. Eric Edelman, CSBA Counselor. 

CSBA held a webinar on Thursday, July 22, 2021 to discuss its newest report, Implementing Deterrence by Detection: Innovative Capabilities, Processes, and Organizations for Situational Awareness in the Indo-Pacific Region, by Thomas G. Mahnken, Travis Sharp, Christopher Bassler, and Bryan W. Durkee.

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, GEN John M. Murray, USA, Commander of the Army Futures Command, along with several of his uniformed and civilian colleagues, visited CSBA headquarters in Washington, DC and had a substantive series of discussions, including a seminar with CSBA staff led by Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, CSBA’s President and CEO.  Topics included the Army Futures Command’s current priorities, the Army’s contributions to the US Joint Force, and various Defense Department studies and analyses undertaken by the new Administration.    

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) provided an in-depth assessment of the current U.S. Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2022 Presidential Budget Request during a webinar on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Our invited speakers went beyond the headlines and talking points surrounding the Biden Administration’s budget submission to evaluate its core strategic elements, continuities and contrasting priorities with previous spending plans, and its prospects for passage in Congress.