The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a call-in press briefing on Wednesday, August 20, at 2:00 p.m. ET with a range of experts to preview South Korean President Lee Jae ...

Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department for a conversation on nuclear weapons in space.

Max and Maria spoke with Harley Balzer and Sergei Guriev about the recently released volume, Failure. Russia Under Putin.

Since President Trump took office, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. A series of visuals explains the history, the status of ...

Operation Midnight Hammer struck Iran's key nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan using B-2s and Tomahawk cruise missiles. This effort aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, but ...

Major General Fran Mahon retired from the U.S. Army after 34 years of service and is an independent consultant in the aerospace and defense arena. A career air and missile defense officer, he has ...

Introduction On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best ...

Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community’s decreasing focus on counterterrorism.

“The U.S. possesses all components across the full AI stack, including advanced semiconductor design, frontier algorithms, and, of course, transformational applications. Now the computing power this ...

The Trump-Zelensky meeting ended disastrously, with the future of U.S. aid in doubt. Yet, Ukraine needs a steady flow of weapons, munitions, and supplies to continue its resistance, and Zelensky has ...

The United States and Ukraine reached a landmark agreement to jointly invest in Ukraine's critical minerals and resources. This deal, the first of its kind, highlights minerals in President Trump’s ...

Anniversaries, even those as somber as today’s, offer a crucial opportunity for reflection. As we mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is essential to assess how ...