Publications

I publish rigorous, policy-relevant reports and commentaries. As deputy director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, I oversaw the proposals, research agenda, and publication of all reports by my team, which you can find here. Additionally, I was managing editor for the CSIS website Missile Threat, which averages 115K visitors per month and serves as a public resource on missile and missile defense systems.

• “Three Questions with Shaan Shaikh,” Tufts University Career Center, October 29, 2024.

• “Should you pursue an MA degree in International Relations?” EA Forum, October 20, 2024.

• “So, You Want to be a Think Tanker?” CSIS Onboarding Document, September 26, 2024. [PDF available upon request]

• “Three Visions for NATO Air and Missile Defense,” War on the Rocks, August 12, 2024. 

• “The Iran-Israel Air Conflict, One Week In,” CSIS Critical Questions, April 19, 2024. 

• “Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems: Air Defense by and for the Joint Force,” CSIS Report, November 14, 2023, co-authored with Tom Karako and Michelle McLoughlin. 

• “China’s Hypersonic Future,” Law & Liberty, December 9, 2021.

• “The Air and Missile War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Lessons for the Future of Strike and Defense,” CSIS Critical Questions, December 8, 2020, co-authored with Wes Rumbaugh. 

• “Around the Table with Shaan Shaikh,” CNAS Make Room Newsletter, July 27, 2021. 

• “Missiles for Peace: A Path to a Durable Cease-fire in Yemen,” Al Arabiya, June 17, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams.

• “Lessons from Yemen’s Missile War,” Defense One, June 11, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams. 

• “The Missile War in Yemen,” CSIS Report, June 9, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams. 

• “Iranian Missiles in Iraq,” CSIS Briefs, December 11, 2019.  

• “Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets,” CSIS Briefs, July 2018, co-authored with Ian Williams.