President Trump’s post raises technical questions about how and if the United States could “immediately” return to nuclear ...

Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on October 23, 2025, to reflect that China further increased the tariff to 45 percent in April 2025. A previous version of this piece stated that China raised ...

Copper is the backbone of the modern economy — an essential metal that powers everything from energy transmission infrastructure to data centers and defense technologies. Yet the market faces ...

Ukraine’s Offensive Operations: Shifting the Offense-Defense Balance A new CSIS analysis concludes that Russian fortifications in Ukraine are the most extensive defensive works in Europe since World ...

Freeman Chair Senior Associate Ivan Kanapathy joins the Freeman Chair for an event discussing his contributions on countering China's use of force and gray-zone activities in The Boiling Moat, a new ...

Using original data scraping analysis, infographics, and satellite imagery, CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department experts assess the degree and substantive nature of changing alignment ...

Robert Cardillo has held numerous leadership positions in his distinguished 35 years of service in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Most recently, he served as the sixth director of the National ...

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. With the world’s youngest population, the decisions ...

The relationship between the United States and Russia is among the most critical bilateral relationships in the world, with implications well beyond the two states themselves. The United States and ...

Hidden Reach is a CSIS special initiative that shines light on under-appreciated sources of China's far-reaching influence through open-source data and satellite imagery. China is increasingly a ...

The war in Ukraine has demonstrated significant strides in data technology and the integration of commercial capabilities and services in warfighting. This week's 'Conflict in Focus' episode will ...

With the war in Ukraine and a potential reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe on the horizon, there is a renewed imperative for European leaders to strengthen and integrate their defense ...