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 ...

The Trump administration announced that the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) will deploy to the Caribbean to help “dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations and counter narco-terrorism ...

The 2025 Space Threat Assessment covers the growing counterspace capabilities of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and others. It also features analysis on GPS jamming and spoofing, satellite ...

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 ...

The Smart Women, Smart Power weekly podcast features powerful, in-depth conversations with women leaders from around the globe who are experts in foreign policy, national security, international ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Russia-Ukraine War has redefined modern conflict, from drones and cyberattacks to contested space. Conflict in Focus, a CSIS series, unpacks key lessons across all domains of war—insights vital ...