The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi was cut short abruptly without a signed joint statement. CSIS Korea experts Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins answer some critical ...

CSIS’s work on governance and rule of law covers democratic backsliding in Latin America, authoritarian activity in China and Russia, and maintaining election security and democratic values.

The 2025 National Security Strategy recasts naval power as an economic and industrial instrument, pushing the Navy toward ...

The recently announced “Trump” class of battleships is cast as the world’s largest and most powerful ships. But these ships ...

China’s recent export controls, especially of rare earth elements (REEs), have left Western companies reeling, with some firms allegedly considering shifting elements of production back to China just ...

On December 19, 2024, U.S. Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer announced that Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities “to strike targets well beyond ...

Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered ...

This blog post explores the critical role of biotech innovation for U.S. national security in the context of strategic competition with China.

President Donald Trump has given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum: “You either make a deal, or we are out.” He canceled the planned signing ceremony of the bilateral minerals deal, ...

Onboarding and Training Structure AILA centralizes the onboarding schedule for all new hires and provides opportunities for professional development for CSIS staff through its Introductory Series and ...

China’s lead in the global commercial shipbuilding market is huge and growing. The country’s largest state-owned shipbuilder built more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S.

China unveiled the concept for the Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) in 2013 as a development strategy to boost infrastructure connectivity throughout Southeast Asia, Oceania, the Indian ...