Please join The Impossible State podcast for a timely discussion on the outcomes of the APEC meetings and South Korea's nuclear submarine deal. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and ...

The CSIS Aerospace Security Project and the Hudson Institute are pleased to cohost Delivering Space Capabilities for Warfighting Advantage on Thursday, November 20, 2025. This half-day summit will ...

Insurgents and violent extremists pose a constantly evolving threat, both in the United States and globally. CSIS research provides strategic thinking on the range of efforts to counter terrorist ...

As the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) arrived in the Caribbean on November 11, much of the coverage—including here at CSIS—is deservedly on whether the redeployment signals a change in ...

Nuclear-powered cruise missiles are not a new idea—they’re just a bad idea. While Russia’s Burevestnik missile is grabbing ...

President Donald Trump sent U.S. troops to the southern border in one of his first actions as commander-in-chief. That he took such an action is not surprising since border security was the central ...

The Wagner Group—a Russian private military company (PMC) linked to the Kremlin, Ministry of Defense (particularly the Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU), and Federal Security Service (FSB)—has ...

In 2007 Russia re-prioritized the Arctic in keeping with Vladimir Putin's vision of restoring Russia's status as a great power. Now more than a decade later, Russia's military returns to the Arctic ...

As the impacts of climate change ripple across the globe, lithium’s importance as a strategic mineral will increase exponentially to become an essential component for the clean energy systems of the ...

Q1: What is "Made in China 2025"? A1: "Made in China 2025" is an initiative to comprehensively upgrade Chinese industry. The initiative draws direct inspiration from Germany's "Industry 4.0" plan, ...

As the United States transfers massive amounts of weapons, munitions, and supplies to Ukraine, questions arise about the health of U.S. inventories. Are inventories getting too low? How long will it ...

On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for ...