In advance of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea later this month—where he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since 2019—China announced that it ...

On October 8, President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of his peace deal for Gaza. He had unveiled a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza after meeting with ...

Four years on, Myanmar’s civil war has spread to all 14 regions and states, as well as the major cities of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Yangon. According to the analysis of the Special Advisory Council ...

Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. That's where the policy lies as of Tuesday, July 15. Yet, ...

In order to achieve its stated objective of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will need to take out a key Iranian facility, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Fordow is buried deep under a ...

Portions of this critical questions analysis were previously published in a CSIS Critical Minerals article on February 21, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...

It is normal for a new administration to look cautiously at initiatives it inherits from its predecessor. There are instances where this caution is justified and others where it is not. In this ...

In a statement by Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia described their BRICS membership as a “strategic step to improve the collaboration and cooperation with other developing nations, ...

Gregory C. Allen and Isaac Goldston examine an updated Augustine’s Law and its implications for national security in the age of AI and autonomy.

What Is the Code of Practice? On November 14, 2024, the first draft of the European Union’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, established by the EU AI Act, was published by the EU AI Office.

If former president Donald Trump wins back the White House, U.S. trading partners are likely to face a barrage of renewed tariff threats. Trump has announced that, if reelected, he will impose a 10–20 ...

Four leading institutions—the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Taylor Geospatial Institute, Taylor Geospatial Engine, and the United States Geospatial Intelligence ...