Publications

I publish rigorous, policy-relevant reports and commentaries. I also oversee the proposals, research, and publication of all CSIS Missile Defense Project reports, which you can find here. Additionally, I'm 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.