Research Centers

Johns Hopkins School for Advanced & International Studies center analyzing North Korean events.

U.S. Naval Institute endeavor focusing on what it means for the U.S. to be a maritime nation and how naval power is foundational to national power.

Collects real-time data on the locations, dates, actors, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events around the world.

Center for Strategic and International Studies resource documenting Chinese territorial aggression in the South China Sea.

Organization advocating strengthening the U.S. Army.

Nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges.

Australian security studies organization.

Organization dedicated to raising awareness of Baltic security and defense matters among regional partners.

German organization seeking to provide solutions to organized violence.

Washington, DC-based organization conducting data driven analysis and evidence-based reporting on global conflict and transnational security issues. Core focus areas include transnational organized crime, proliferation networks, threat finance, and supply chain security.

Organization seeking to develop strong, pragmatic, and principled national security policies to promote and defend U.S. interests and values.

Stanford University based security studies research center.

University of Maryland organization focusing on globalization's security implications.

Nonpartisan organization seeking to promote sound military personnel policies and maximum military combat readiness.

Federally funded research center supporting the Navy and other defense agencies.

Georgetown University entity promoting data driven research and nonpartisan analysis at the intersection of security and technology. Emphasizes areas such as artificial intelligence, advanced computing, and biotechnology.

Washington, DC-based security policy research center.

National security and foreign policy oriented research center.

Independent Indian security studies center.

University of Calgary security studies research center.

Foreign relations and national security podcasts from the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Pembroke College at Oxford University interdisciplinary research center conducting policy relevant research on war and armed conflict.

Center for Strategic & International Studies resource analyzing China's increasing international influence and power.

Conservative members of the British Parliament conducting research on China and how Britain should respond to its rise in areas such as industrial policy, technology futures, and foreign policy.

Conducts research and analysis on international relations and security topics and other public policy matters.

British organization identifying and tracking conventional weapons and ammunition in contemporary armed conflicts.

British Army center focusing on Central & Eastern Europe & the Russian Federation.

Transparency International resource documenting how experts and business executives see corruption in individual countries.

British organization seeking to enhance the freedom and prosperity of Britain and other democratic nations.

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) resource documenting the impacts of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Honolulu-based Defense Dept. center seeking to connect, educate, and empower security practitioners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Denmark's leading international relations research center.

Brussels-based organization conducting human and open source intelligence analysis in geopolitics and international security.

Philadelphia-based organization focusing on promoting policies enhancing U.S. national interests.

Nonpartisan and non-profit organization focusing on foreign policy and national security matters.

Fund for Peace resource documenting the vulnerability of individual countries to collapse.

Analyzes European security subjects.

Dutch center research and analyzing geographic aspects of international relations and security.

University of Haifa entity conducting research on the maritime domain's importance to Israel.

Perspectives on U.S. defense issues.

British independent entity promoting human security as a 21st century foreign policy pillar.

Spanish international affairs research institute.

Taiwanese security studies research institute (NEW)

National Defense University center studying international affairs & national security.

South African center providing substantive analysis of African national security and criminal justice trends and developments.

Nonpartisan and nonprofit public policy research organization seeking to advance an informed understanding of military affairs.

Indian research center studying peace and security issues.

Estonian security studies center.

Israeli academic institution providing information about counterterrorism and advising leaders on ways to counteract and deter terrorist attacks.

Israeli academic institution providing information about counterterrorism and advising leaders on ways to counteract and deter terrorist attacks.

British security studies organization.

Swiss-based network of internationals relations & international security resources.

Reichman University (Israel) international initiative bringing together experts from disciplines as varied as history, law, security studies, international relations, psychology, and geology in an effort to better understand subterranean threats. It seeks to create a community of researchers and experts interested in identifying the distinct features of underground combat, anticipating future trends (particularly urban trends), and enhancing preparedness.

Resource seeking to defend Israel and criticize its enemies in online forums.

Center examining the proliferation of nuclear and other mass destruction weapons.

Hudson Institute entity offering key analyses, discussions, and facts to inform our policies and strategies to bolster the credibility of strategic deterrence. Keystone Defense Initiative (KDI) recognizes that the United States' strategic deterrent is the keystone of strategic deterrence, helping defend the United States, preserve the US-led order, and maintain the relative peace we have enjoyed since World War II.

Latvian organization studying Baltic security issues and various international relations topics.

U.S. research institute aspiring to influence debate on national security, education and tax reform, immigration, and federal science and technology policy.

Australian research institute resource measuring the power of the U.S. and 24 other Asia-Pacific countries focusing on cultural influence, defense networks, diplomatic influence, economic relationships, future trends, military capability, and resilience.

Indian institution analyzing military and international security topics.

Organization seeking to promote policy oriented and impactful work to enhance U.S. success in international great power competition.

Maintained by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Maritime Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative platform for analyses and data on maritime security. The MAP portal combines interactive mapping technology with rigorous analyses from the world’s leading maritime experts to serve as an important resource on maritime issues.

Located at the Israeli Intelligence and Heritage Commemoration Center, this organization commemorates the legacy of Israel's intelligence community and conducts and publishers terrorism and intelligence related research.

German institute providing what it considers independent and practical research on China.

Nonpartisan public policy institute examining the role of aerospace power in U.S. national security and foreign policy.

Security studies program based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Annual reports by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill sociologist Charles Kurzman. Site includes accompanying datasets.

New Delhi, India-based research institute covering maritime & strategic issues.

Organization concerned with nuclear weapons and nonproliferation issues.

University of Durham (UK) entity analyzing Pakistani security subjects.

University of Pennsylvania center studying international relations topics.

Australian organization focusing on strengthening relationships between Australia, Indo-Pacific nations, and the U.S.

Seeks to safeguard and strengthen the individual freedoms and democratic institutions of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The Institute also seeks to illuminate select unconventional threats emanating from authoritarian governments that challenge the transatlantic alliance and other partners globally, especially in the economic & financial and space domains. Affiliated with Charles University.

George Washington University entity on domestic and international extremism.

Organization seeking to promote interdisciplinary research on Asian security & public policy research.

Nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or silences those who report wrongdoing.

Think-tank seeking to create a new U.S. foreign policy focusing on diplomatic engagement and military restraint.

Products from this major public policy research institution focusing on U.S. national security topics.

British security studies research organization.

Australian counterpart of British security studies organization.

This Singaporean institution at Nanyang Technological University provides Southeast Asian perspectives on international political, economic, and security issues.

Center for International Policy resource monitoring U.S. security and defense assistance programs globally including arms sales, military and police aid, training programs, exercises, exchanges, bases, and deployments.

Nonprofit organization providing strategic analysis of Indian & South Asian security topics.

Swedish research center conducting international affairs & security studies research from a European Social Democratic perspective.

Provides policy insights into national security, defence and international relations challenges for government and corporate users, and to inform the public debate.

Organization of Australian citizens concerned with that country's program to replace Collins class submarines.

George Mason University Center providing research, training, & policy advice formulation on transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism.

Organization seeking to promote knowledge and study of national security and defense matters.

Swedish University dataset providing data and visualizations on international conflict since 1975.

Polish research institute conducting expert analysis on foreign policy, geopolitics, and security subjects affecting Poland and Central Europe.

Forum for contemporary British military thought.

Documents alleged gross violations of international law and war crimes by Russia-aligned forces in Ukraine as part of a new Conflict Observatory program announced by the U.S. Department of State Bureau for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) in partnership with Esri, the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, Planetscape Ai, and other partners.

Security studies organization focusing on enhancing U.S. national security by enhancing allied force structure and strategy, emphasizing American grand and maritime strategy, enhancing the defense industrial base & merchant marine, enhancing public understanding of the sea services role, providing war warnings, and emphasizing strategic history.