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The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) focuses on issues related to the health and management of the global defense-industrial base. The group's research is organized around four major areas - top-down analyses concerning the overall health of the defense industry, bottom-up research on various industry sectors, initiatives on particular policy topics related to the defense industry and globalization (which encompasses the trans-Atlantic relationship, export controls, technology transfer and offsets).
In FY2007, DIIG staff focused significant resources on the topic of export control reform. The US-UK Technology Sharing project, launched in 2006 continued and took on new life once the US-UK technology sharing treaty was signed by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair. In addition, the Working Group on the Health of the Space Industrial Base and Impact of Export Controls was launched and met throughout the year. Finally, CSIS was commissioned by the Department of Defense to undertake an independent study of the export control system. Aside from CSIS export control studies, Mr. Chao participated in other export control reform projects - including the Atlantic Council’s seminar on US defense export controls, the Hudson Institute’s conference on the global defense industry, NATO Industry Advisory Group’s workshop on export control reform, the National Research Council’s study on Science Security and Prosperity.
Other FY2007 efforts at DIIG included a continuation of the "Organizing for Complexity" project, which is looking at the management of large, complex system-of-systems projects. The group delivered an update to its Evolution and Structure of the Professional Services Industry study and continued the Logistics for the 21st Century Dinner Series. Throughout the last year, DIIG staff made over 40 presentations at conferences and to corporate, Congressional, government and academic audiences.
CSIS is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit policy research organization.
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