Kari A. Bingen
Kari A. Bingen is the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She joined CSIS from HawkEye 360, an innovative space technology company creating a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, where she was the chief strategy officer. Prior to the private sector, Kari served as the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, overseeing the defense intelligence and security enterprises, comprising more than 120,000 personnel and an annual budget of over $54 billion. Before that, Kari served as the policy director on the House Armed Services Committee and staff lead for its Strategic Forces Subcommittee, advising members of Congress on defense policy, program, and budget matters. Prior to entering government, Kari specialized in national security space issues, working with U.S. defense and intelligence community clients, first as a space systems analyst at SRA International’s Adroit C4ISR Center, and then as a senior space policy analyst at the Aerospace Corporation.
In addition to her work at CSIS, Kari is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University. She is a member of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, was a commissioner on the CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force, and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit advisory boards. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in aeronautics and astronautics and was a 2002 National Reconnaissance Office technology fellow.
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In the News
U.S. Warns Russia Not to Deploy Nuclear-Armed Space Weapon
Kari A. Bingen in The Wall Street Journal — February 22, 2024
What are space nukes, the ‘indiscriminate’ satellite weapon raising tensions between Washington and Moscow?
Kari A. Bingen in CNBC — February 22, 2024
Is This a Sputnik Moment?
Kari A. Bingen and Heather Williams in The New York Times — February 17, 2024
How Russia’s alleged nuclear space weapon threatens to radically upend modern life
Kari A. Bingen in New York Post — February 15, 2024
Russia developing 'troubling' new anti-satellite weapon, US says
Kari A. Bingen in BBC — February 15, 2024
The U.S. is in a new moon race. The winner will set the rules for behaving on the lunar surface.
Kari A. Bingen in Houston Chronicle — February 12, 2024
Russia really wants to stop Ukraine using Elon Musk's Starlink satellites
Kari A. Bingen in Business Insider — January 26, 2024
Ukraine faces critical shortage of ammunition as Congress bickers over border deal
Kari A. Bingen in Washington Examiner — January 24, 2024
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Evolving Tech: Innovation, Competition, and Change
Delivering for the Warfighter: The Importance of Executing Space Acquisition Programs
Event — February 23, 2024
Kari A. Bingen and Heather Williams in The New York Times: Is This a Sputnik Moment?
Commentary by Kari A. Bingen and Heather Williams — February 17, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: The China Challenge
Digital Report by Victor Cha, Gregory C. Allen, Scott Kennedy, Seth G. Jones, Kari A. Bingen, and Heather Williams, Tom Karako, Bonny Lin, Jude Blanchette, Charles Edel, Christopher B. Johnstone, Nicholas Szechenyi, Lily McElwee, Daniel F. Runde, Craig Cohen, Alex Kisling — January 25, 2024
Audio Brief: China’s Commercial Space Sector with Kari A. Bingen
Podcast Episode by Kari A. Bingen — January 25, 2024
Air Force Priorities in an Era of Strategic Competition
Event — January 24, 2024
Tactically Responsive Space: A Holistic Approach
Event — January 19, 2024
Getting on Track: Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense
Event — December 18, 2023
Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier
Event — November 1, 2023
Implementing Competitive Endurance: Space Intelligence
Event — October 10, 2023