The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Nonprofit

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-4.9: The fiscal year 2025 donor lists of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Center for a New American Security name Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing and RTX among their corporate donors, in published dollar bands.
  • DEF-5.2: No single U.S. government estimate of the total cost of the post-9/11 wars exists.
  • POL-6.11: The New York Times reported on 6 September 2014 that at least 64 foreign governments, state-controlled entities or officials had contributed to 28 major U.S. research organizations since 2011, at least $92 million according to institutional disclosures, government documents and foreign lobbying reports. The Times reported that the organizations did not disclose the terms of their agreements and had not registered under FARA. Brookings and the Atlantic Council told the Times that their scholars are independent.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 246 23 January 2019. Center for Strategic and International Studies (Anthony H. Cordesman): America's Military Spending and the Uncertain Costs of its Wars: The Need for Transparent Reporting
  • Exhibit 372 FY2025 (1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025). Center for Strategic and International Studies: CSIS Our Donors: Corporations (Fiscal Year 2025)
  • Exhibit 846 6 September 2014 (web date 7 September). Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams and Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times: Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks