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

The U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) massive bureaucracy struggles with the kind of periodic “tech refresh” that has been instrumental to commercial industry success. While it is insulated from ...

On October 18, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that all of its obligations under the 10-year-old Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the Iran deal—have expired. This declaration ...

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 ...

There are several strategic benefits to English proficiency. First, English is the language of business, growth, and economic prosperity. The operating language of Deutsche Bank, the Asian Development ...

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 ...

Please join the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department for a discussion of the ways in which U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Americas are navigating the ...

When it comes to export controls on critical and emerging technologies, the United States must focus on regulating items essential to national security while permitting the growth of industries that ...

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 ...

In light of the expansion of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia, this report informs NTIB partners on barriers and opportunities for ...

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 ...

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 ...