At the 2025 NATO Summit, allies pledged to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. But spending targets alone ignore deeper issues. Europe must shift its focus to building capable, integrated ...

There are five main options for targeting Iran’s Fordow facility: the GBU-57, sustained Israeli strikes, sabotage, nuclear weapons, and diplomacy. Each varies in its potential impact on Iran’s nuclear ...

Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of ...

The cumulative nature of the tariffs will have profound effects on U.S. automotive supply chains, but the administration’s policy may be undermining its stated goal of reshoring manufacturing.

President Trump signed an EO to accelerate domestic minerals production for national security. The EO sets swift timelines to expedite permitting, deploy Defense Production Act funds through the ...

The United States leads in AI, but staying ahead requires scaling compute, energy, and capital. This commentary previews new Energy Security and Climate Change research on AI infrastructure, domestic ...

As Ukraine devises ingenious ways to defend its population from Russia’s precision aerial bombardment, Russia’s Shahed one-way attack drones continue to operate with a cruel logic of attrition.

In this latest commentary, Matt Pearl looks at the new administration's tech policy priorities and how the disruptor-in-chief will reshape the most disruptive sector.

In 2006, Israel and Hezbollah fought each other fiercely, with Israel's military failing in many ways. Israel's intelligence and military successes in recent weeks show how it has learned the lessons ...

Gregory C. Allen and Doug Berenson discuss the isolation of the defense industrial base from the wider commercial economy and its implications for the DOD’s adoption of advanced technologies.

Defense industrial cooperation is critical to strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance. CSIS Japan Chair visiting fellow Moyuru Tanaka examines the potential for collaboration in the shipbuilding ...

In the future, NATO should broaden its approach to the north. With the alliance’s center of gravity shifting northward following the accession of Finland and Sweden, NATO should enhance its ability to ...