Please join The Impossible State podcast for a timely discussion on the outcomes of the APEC meetings and South Korea's nuclear submarine deal. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and ...

President Trump had a whirlwind trip to Asia last week, with stops in Malaysia, Japan and Korea. He met Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in his second term. He reached trade deals with ...

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 ...

Otto Svendsen is an associate fellow with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he provides research and analysis on political, ...

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Seth Jones and Riley McCabe on their brief, “Russia’s Battlefield Woes in Ukraine.” ...

Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on October 23, 2025, to reflect that China further increased the tariff to 45 percent in April 2025. A previous version of this piece stated that China raised ...

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a landmark Critical Minerals Framework, marking a major step toward advancing both nations’ ambitions for energy and ...

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

On this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy speaks with Han Shen Lin, China Managing Director for the Asia Group and Associate Professor of Practice in Finance at NYU Shanghai. Lin ...

It is a dynamic time for China’s economy: Its growth model of the previous two decades has reached its limit, and Beijing must now pivot. This report presents a clear picture of the economy Beijing ...

Julie Howard is an independent consultant on international development issues with a focus on agricultural development, youth employment, and sub-Saharan Africa. She serves as senior adviser for ...

In a concerted effort to expand Taiwan’s presence across the Indo-Pacific, President Tsai Ing-wen has introduced the New Southbound Policy (NSP) to strengthen Taipei’s relationships with the ten ...