China is increasingly a global power. Its overseas interests are vast and complex, spanning every region of the world. In many places, Beijing is leveraging new sources of strength to assert its ...

The outbreak of general war between Israel and Iran casts a shadow over global energy security, lending a whiplash effect to oil prices that have recently been weighed down by slowing demand and ...

The United States is preparing for a confrontation with China even as U.S. officials meet with their counterparts for the 2025 NATO Summit. NATO members can, and should, play an important role in the ...

Critical Questions i s produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is ...

Trump’s decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear sites was probably the right call. Many will say that the United States risks a broad and disastrous war, but that is far from the most likely outcome.

Please join the Impossible State podcast for a discussion on President Lee Jae-myung’s new government and his debut at the G7 Summit. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and will ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a call-in press briefing on Friday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET to preview the upcoming NATO Summit, set to be held in The Hague, the ...

In recent years, a new bipartisan mantra has taken hold: National security is economic security, and economic security is national security. This idea led the United States to pursue a supply chain de ...

The collapse of an authoritarian regime does not begin with tanks in the streets. It starts with whispers among people watching from the shadows. Over the last week, thousands of Iranians streamed out ...

The ongoing Israeli bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities and Tehran’s threats to develop a nuclear weapon clearly indicate that the nonproliferation regime is entering a more volatile phase. Iran’s ...

AI has emerged as a foundational component in the twenty-first-century digital power competition. Its influence extends far beyond technological innovation, encompassing military, cybersecurity, and ...

In order to achieve its stated objective of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will need to take out a key Iranian facility, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Fordow is buried deep under a ...