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The Committee on International Security Studies (CISS) leads the �鶹��ý��վ’s contributions to global security by drawing on the expertise of policymakers, practitioners, and scholars to address crucial issues affecting the world. CISS is guided by a broad conception of security and includes aspirations of collective peace, development, and justice.

Major developments in international security studies address the long-term shifts in the global balance of power, the rise of nontraditional threats, and rapidly emerging technologies. At the same time, the return of conflict between states has raised the urgency of the need to understand long-term dilemmas including the deterrence of nuclear weapons use and maintaining strategic stability.

The Committee’s work includes recent and ongoing projects to promote dialogue on arms control and strategic stability between Russia, China, and the U.S.; analyze the changing rules of armed conflict and publishing open access reports; connect climate change and national security; and study the effects of prolonged war on democracy. 

CISS was established in 1982 to formalize and expand on the �鶹��ý��վ's work on international security, which began in 1960 when the Arms Control Committee was established and published a special edition of Daedalus on Arms Control which was used by top policymakers at the height of the Cold War.