U.S. and Israeli strikes imposed significant damage on Iran’s nuclear sites but failed to eliminate its program. The fate of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions now rests on a political decision, creating a ...

The Infrastructure Imperative and the Tariff Roadblock The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented AI infrastructure buildout. Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft collectively plan to spend ...

CSIS Americas director Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer analyze the findings of a exercise simulating China-Russia cooperation in Latin America's media environment.

On July 30, South Korea reached a trade deal with the United States after several months of frenetic negotiations across two different South Korean administrations. The framework agreement averts ...

On July 30, 2025, as the world’s largest infrastructure deal teetered on the brink of collapse, Panama’s Comptroller General Anel Flores walked into the Supreme Court and filed two lawsuits that ...

Ukraine’s latest strikes on Russian oil refineries will boost Russian gasoline prices, combining with looming new oil sanctions from Washington to raise political pressure on President Putin.

A Chinese blockade of Taiwan could see the greatest naval battles since World War II. Twenty-six wargames illustrated the risks to China, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States that would ensue.

Despite the Trump administration’s unreasonable pressure on agriculture access—depleting decades of trust—India has kept open the path to a trade deal grounded in mutual economic promise and shared ...

The report presents a quantitative evaluation of 10 countries to determine their potential as commercially viable rare earth processing hubs, using 10 assessment criteria. It identifies the U.S., ...

A recent CSIS report argues that an associational model of benchmarking can be a useful tool in AI governance. By integrating stakeholders across private and public sectors, as well as civil society, ...

Protecting the health of Americans means strong immunization programs, coupled with initiatives that limit the international importation of vaccine-preventable diseases. Congress has an opportunity to ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0 (CSC 2.0) project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), today launched ...