As a democracy, the US cannot strategize intelligently unless the American people are sensitive to the changing global memories of the global population and to the imperatives of global geography ...

Richard Crespin serves as CEO of CollaborateUp and as a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He advises businesses, governments, and nonprofits on how to work ...

For businesses and consumers alike, the joint statement from Washington and Beijing offered signs of a détente in the U.S.-China trade war. Following the weekend’s Geneva talks, both sides have ...

Military conflict in the Indo-Pacific would demand overwhelming U.S. naval power. Yet the shipbuilding sector faces capacity shortages, industrial base constraints, cost overruns, and delayed delivery ...

Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored to share my views with you on this important topic. CSIS does not take policy positions, so the views ...

On April 23, 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum submitted an initiative for a new telecommunications law to the Senate. This initiative seemed to catch many off guard, as did the speed with ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on May 15, 2025. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: You just wrote a paper about Captagon smuggling through Lebanon. How much Captagon is ...

President Trump announced the intention to lift U.S. sanctions on the Syrian government during a speech in Riyadh, his first stop on a four-day tour of the Gulf. Syria is among the most sanctioned ...

On January 20, President Trump announced a 90-day review of U.S. foreign assistance, which was later extended to 120 days. The review, which is set to conclude in the third week of May, was supposed ...

Russia’s drone campaign utilizes inexpensive Shahed drones to saturate Ukrainian air defenses and erode civilian morale through persistent nightly attacks. Originally Iranian made, these drones are ...

As the Group of Seven (G7) prepares to hold its 51st Summit in June 2025 in Kananaskis, Canada, critical mineral security is poised to be a major topic of discussion. All G7 nations (Canada, France, ...

On May 12, 2025, the Trump administration announced a mutual reduction in trade measures between the United States and China. This includes not only a reduction in tariffs—bringing U.S. rates down ...