Since 2021, the Center for Strategic and International Studies has hosted one-day Congressional Bootcamp courses. Drawing on insights from leading experts in and around CSIS, these courses bring together a diverse cohort of full-time Congressional staff members to dive deeper into the most pressing foreign policy and national security challenges. 

CSIS is continuously developing new bootcamp courses to educate Congressional staff and help them better tackle the most pressing issues of national security they face.

Recent Courses:

  • Patriotic Capital and National Interest Investing (December 2025)
  • Emerging Technology and National Security (November 2025)
  • Permitting Reform for Energy Infrastructure (August 2025)
  • Economic Policy and Global Competition (July 2025)
  • The Future of Energy, National Security, and Innovation (April 2025)
     

Previous Courses:

  • Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Strategic Competition (August 2023)
  • Understanding U.S. Foreign Assistance (April 2023)
  • Navigating the Energy Transition (February 2023)
  • Decoding China's Domestic Politics (June 2022)
  • Understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative (November 2021)

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