The World Security Institute (WSI) is an American think tank committed to independent research and journalism on global affairs. Based in Washington, DC, it emerged from the Center for Defense Information, which now exists in a research capacity as a component of the larger organization.
The Institute's president is Bruce G. Blair, a nuclear weapons analyst and scholar formerly with the Brookings Institution.
The Center for Defense Information's director is Theresa Hitchens, an expert on space security.
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