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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

On May 2, 2025, the White House released a top-level fiscal year 2026 budget proposal for NASA that calls for nearly 25 percent less in funding than NASA received for fiscal year 2025. Specifically, ...

John Hamre was elected president and CEO of CSIS in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, he was the under secretary of ...

Abiola Afolayan is the author of the forthcoming book: “Becoming Girls, Women and a Movement Making a Change in Peace and Security and Rewriting Boundaries in the 21st Century, A Manifesto.” An ...

We expect political leaders to shape global events. It is rare when the foreign policy advisors behind these leaders leave lasting marks of their own. The geostrategists we remember were all able to ...

Exploring the implications of quantum technology for national security and policies for strengthening the U.S. quantum industry The quantum industry is at an inflection point as the technology moves ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) conducted a 1.5 day-long U.S.-China-Philippines simulation exercise on a crisis in the South China Sea in November 2015 with the generous ...

In recent years, several U.S. allies have expressed a growing interest in developing independent nuclear programs. This trend could reflect a combination of factors, such as geostrategic uncertainty, ...

The Arctic and the Northwest Pacific are currently emerging as two of the main geopolitical theaters for great power rivalry. In both waters around Alaska, China and Russia are rapidly consolidating ...