Advancing understanding of Chinese foreign policy in a changing international environment The China Power Project strives to advance the understanding of Chinese foreign policy in a changing ...

Understanding the factors that drive violent conflict within and between African states; and exploring strategies to promote and maintain peace. All countries experience stress and conflict but only ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provided support to an independent commission appointed by Congress to conduct an assessment of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Chaired by ...

As a democracy, the US cannot strategize intelligently unless the American people are sensitive to the changing global memories of the global population and to the imperatives of global geography ...

Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth completed a highly anticipated trip to Panama. Hegseth spent several days in the country as part of the 2025 Central American Security Conference, ...

The U.S. government and those of its allies have imposed and progressively tightened controls on the export of semiconductor technology, devices, and tools to China in an effort to maintain U.S.

The Defense Futures Simulator (DFS) is an interactive online tool designed to empower scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to create and analyze defense strategies and budgets. DFS allows users ...

In March 2015, we lost our friend and colleague, Arnaud de Borchgrave. Arnaud was a true patriot whose life’s work was of immeasurable value to his country, and to the world. Arnaud de Borchgrave, ...

In the global race for technological dominance, the United States risks undermining its own advantage by focusing more on restrictions than renewal. The most recent example came this week when the ...

Samuel Cestari is the media relations coordinator at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In this role, he provides media relations support to CSIS programs and scholars around ...

Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department for a conversation on the implications of emerging threats for U.S. strategic forces and U.S. defense initiatives in space, nuclear, and missile ...

No matter the outcome of ongoing ceasefire negotiations over the war in Ukraine, Russia will remain an acute security threat to Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. The sanctions tool kit will ...