In our era of intense innovation-based global competition, policymakers increasingly look for demonstrable connections between public investment in research and tangible economic and security benefits ...

There is no mistaking the fact that the United States is in intense economic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The shape this competition takes depends critically on the policies ...

Uranium is a crucial mineral for energy and national security—it fuels the nuclear energy that underpins today’s economy and is key to propelling future growth to meet the surge in energy demand from ...

Over the past fortnight, the administration has prohibited all new programming and issued a broad “stop-work” order on existing U.S. foreign assistance programs. In one fell swoop it removed more than ...

There is no shortage of well-reasoned, -researched, and -written pieces spelling out how misguided the Trump administration’s threatened but ultimately delayed application of tariffs on Canada and ...

The biggest surprises are not in what happens, but in what we thought couldn’t happen. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb If we ever needed a reminder that surprises are a constant, the dual disruptions between ...

As the United States races to reduce its reliance on China for minerals vital for national, economic, and energy security, tariffs with Canada may drastically undermine these efforts. Canada is the ...

Please join the Impossible State podcast for a discussion of DPRK and Russia relations. The conversation will be moderated by Mr. Sydney Seiler and features Dr. Seth Jones, president of the Defense ...

When every year is labeled “momentous” or “game-changing,” it can feel somewhat hysterical, but for Africa, 2025 is likely to truly stand out as a pivotal year—particularly in leadership transitions.

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on January 28, 2025. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: What are Turkey's goals in Syria, as far as you can tell? Sinem Adar: If you take the ...

On January 20, contrary to what export controls promised, Chinese researchers at DeepSeek released a high-performance large language model (LLM)—R1—at a small fraction of OpenAI’s costs, showing how ...

Talk has finally turned into action and the first shots of the 2025 trade war have been fired. President Trump has used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to place 25 percent ...