In January of 2016, CSIS launched a new International Security Program initiative examining the dynamics and interlinkages of strategy, budget, forces, and acquisition on the current and future state of the U.S. Armed Forces. During this event, Defense Outlook: A CSIS Series on Strategy, Budget, Forces, and Acquisition, CSIS released the new Defense 360 website, as well as three new ISP publications:

Defense Acquisition Trends 2015: Acquisition in an Era of Budget Uncertainty

Defense Modernization Plans through the 2020s: Addressing the Bow Wave

Defense Outlook 2016: What to Know, What to Expect