After a 2025 fraught with deadly clashes on their land border, Thailand and Cambodia have turned to a seldom-used article of international law to resolve their overlapping maritime claims. On Septembe...

While Chinese IP theft remains an important challenge, it is an insufficient framework for understanding modern China's relationship with IP.

A CSIS Japan Chair survey shows that the majority of Japanese strategic elites oppose nuclear weapons acquisition despite a worsening security environment—but these attitudes could shift if South Kore...

The fourth webinar examines how Southeast Asia's diverse economies—from hydrocarbon exporters like Indonesia to import-dependent nations like Vietnam—are strengthening energy security. Join Dr. Christ...

Data centers and other large loads are reshaping U.S. electricity demand, but where and when they will materialize remains deeply uncertain. This piece argues interregional transmission offers a resil...

An energy truce in the Ukraine war before winter would serve Kyiv, Moscow, and global markets, yet past pauses have repeatedly broken down. A deal can hold only with a narrow target registry, independ...

Mexico is close to an interim deal with the United States. What it concedes for tariff relief today could set the baseline for North America down the line.

Join the CSIS Japan Chair for a discussion of Japan’s evolution as one of the world’s most significant maritime great powers, the challenges it faces from China, and the potential for U.S.-Japan coope...

Penalties for export control violations are rising, while government-led training and outreach has slowed, making effective compliance programs more critical than ever. Pending legislation could raise...

Two floating storage vessels have handled an estimated 53 percent of Russia’s seaborne Arctic crude exports since February 2022. CSIS Futures Lab analysis shows how the United States and Europe can ta...

Federal agencies obligated $4.1 billion across 2,255 AI-related contracts since FY 2019, and 83 percent of those dollars went to the Defense Department. The CSIS Futures Lab follows the money trail an...

Saudi Arabia faces a new era of uncertainty. The Iran war has exposed the kingdom to the vulnerabilities of regional conflict, prompting Riyadh to rethink its security partnerships, energy strategy, a...

CSIS experts assess the outcomes of the Trump-Xi White House summit in September 2026 and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations.

Terrorists have targeted U.S. elections in each of the past several cycles, suggesting that similar violence around the 2026 midterm elections is possible. CSIS experts analyze the data to assess the ...

25 years after the 2001 anthrax attacks through the U.S. postal service, how prepared is the United States to respond to bioterrorist incidents?

An energy truce in the Ukraine war before winter would serve Kyiv, Moscow, and global markets, yet past pauses have repeatedly broken down. A deal can hold only with a narrow target registry, independ...

More than nine months after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, CSIS Americas Program Acting Director and Senior Fellow Christpher Hernandez-Roy and Antonella Navarro assess Venezuela's progress towards po...

During a period of increased skepticism toward the value of universities and the public health enterprise, how can researchers, policymakers, and communities collaborate to increase trust in universit...

Exploring how the global development landscape has shifted away from legacy aid models toward mutual interest, resilience, and targeted modern cooperation.

Saudi Arabia faces a new era of uncertainty. The Iran war has exposed the kingdom to the vulnerabilities of regional conflict, prompting Riyadh to rethink its security partnerships, energy strategy, a...

The fourth webinar examines how Southeast Asia's diverse economies—from hydrocarbon exporters like Indonesia to import-dependent nations like Vietnam—are strengthening energy security. Join Dr. Christ...

CSIS experts assess the outcomes of the Trump-Xi White House summit in September 2026 and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations.

Federal agencies obligated $4.1 billion across 2,255 AI-related contracts since FY 2019, and 83 percent of those dollars went to the Defense Department. The CSIS Futures Lab follows the money trail an...

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Join the CSIS Japan Chair for a discussion of Japan’s evolution as one of the world’s most significant maritime great powers, the challenges it faces from China, and the potential for U.S.-Japan coope...

As pressures on global food systems grow, AI could transform how the world anticipates crises, develops improved crops, and produces food. CSIS experts explore how AI can help build a more food-secure...

Project Vault is moving from concept to execution. Glencore and Mercuria are committing $1 billion to source and stockpile critical minerals for U.S. manufacturers, putting the United States’ first co...

More than nine months after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, CSIS Americas Program Acting Director and Senior Fellow Christpher Hernandez-Roy and Antonella Navarro assess Venezuela's progress towards po...

Exploring how the global development landscape has shifted away from legacy aid models toward mutual interest, resilience, and targeted modern cooperation.

Scott Kennedy leads a panel of CSIS experts in understanding the economic security dimensions of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.

Two floating storage vessels have handled an estimated 53 percent of Russia’s seaborne Arctic crude exports since February 2022. CSIS Futures Lab analysis shows how the United States and Europe can ta...

While Chinese IP theft remains an important challenge, it is an insufficient framework for understanding modern China's relationship with IP.

Join the CSIS Japan Chair for a discussion of Japan’s evolution as one of the world’s most significant maritime great powers, the challenges it faces from China, and the potential for U.S.-Japan coope...

Project Vault is moving from concept to execution. Glencore and Mercuria are committing $1 billion to source and stockpile critical minerals for U.S. manufacturers, putting the United States’ first co...

Join ESCC for a virtual discussion with Yury Dvorkin and Joseph Majkut on dynamic line ratings, grid-enhancing technologies, and new approaches to transmission policy that could improve use of existin...

More than nine months after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, CSIS Americas Program Acting Director and Senior Fellow Christpher Hernandez-Roy and Antonella Navarro assess Venezuela's progress towards po...

The summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is expected to cover trade, investment, AI, the war with Iran, and Taiwan. CSIS’s leading China experts will provide a rapid assessment of its outcomes i...

The wars of the past three years have eroded the fragile order of the Middle East. Now, for the first time in decades, the Levant has a chance to create a new alignment and build a regional order cent...

The proposed U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear agreement has both risks and opportunities for U.S. national security. What would Washington gain? How might it affect global nonproliferation norms, or shape glo...

Mexico is close to an interim deal with the United States. What it concedes for tariff relief today could set the baseline for North America down the line.

While Chinese IP theft remains an important challenge, it is an insufficient framework for understanding modern China's relationship with IP.

Two floating storage vessels have handled an estimated 53 percent of Russia’s seaborne Arctic crude exports since February 2022. CSIS Futures Lab analysis shows how the United States and Europe can ta...

Project Vault is moving from concept to execution. Glencore and Mercuria are committing $1 billion to source and stockpile critical minerals for U.S. manufacturers, putting the United States’ first co...

Exploring how the global development landscape has shifted away from legacy aid models toward mutual interest, resilience, and targeted modern cooperation.

In a new report, Chris Collins and Aalok Mehta analyze the global AI governance landscape and outline how Washington should approach AI talks at the upcoming U.S.-China summit.