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Center for Strategic and International Studies

Washington think tank whose war-cost estimates are shaping the US debate on funding Operation Epic Fury.

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#37 May

Published paper on 7 May calling for a proactive US-ROK cyber defence strategy replacing declarative cooperation

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: CSIS calls for operational US-ROK cyber alliance
#228 Apr
#721 Apr
#617 Apr

Published 17 April analysis finding US firms supply 69% of Russia's AI drone memory hardware

Drones: Industry & Defence: CSIS: Russia's AI drones run mostly on US chips
#617 Apr
PublishedRRussia
published analysis of drone supply chain
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event
#43 Apr
#552 Apr
#42 Apr
AnalysedIIran
published analysis of drone campaign
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event
#4218 Mar

Cited as the Pentagon requested $200 billion in war funding

Iran Conflict 2026: Pentagon war bill balloons to $200bn
#4218 Mar

Tracked Republican opposition forming to the $200 billion war bill

Iran Conflict 2026: GOP lacks votes for $200bn war bill
#4016 Mar

Tracked US diesel topping $5/gallon — up 34% since 28 February

Iran Conflict 2026: US diesel tops $5 a gallon, up 34%
#4016 Mar

Calculated Operation Epic Fury costs at nearly $900 million per day

Iran Conflict 2026: $900 million a day: the war's burn rate
#3614 Mar

Cited in NPR's two-week audit: US expenditure $16.5 billion in 12 days

Iran Conflict 2026: $16.5bn and 8,700 strikes in two weeks
#611 Mar
#329 Mar

Cited in Senate closed-session briefings on coalition burden-sharing

Iran Conflict 2026: $1.9bn a day, no bill to Congress
#257 Mar

Tracked Brent reaching $92.69 — the largest US crude weekly gain on record

Iran Conflict 2026: Brent at $92.69, biggest week since 1983
#256 Mar

Estimated over a quarter of the global THAAD arsenal expended in 2 weeks

Iran Conflict 2026: A quarter of global THAAD stock expended
#256 Mar

Analysed the 230-bomb single-wave strike on Imam Hossein University

Iran Conflict 2026: 80 aircraft, 230 bombs hit IRGC academy
#246 Mar

Assessed Hegseth's announcement of a dramatic campaign surge

Iran Conflict 2026: Hegseth: air campaign about to surge
#246 Mar

Estimated the first 100 hours of Operation Epic Fury cost ~$4 billion

Iran Conflict 2026: Epic Fury costs $3.7bn in 100 hours