On August 8, the Israeli security cabinet announced its decision to take control of Gaza City. This risks Israel embedding itself in a “forever war,” while also worsening the humanitarian situation in ...

U.S. and Israeli strikes imposed significant damage on Iran’s nuclear sites but failed to eliminate its program. The fate of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions now rests on a political decision, creating a ...

The Infrastructure Imperative and the Tariff Roadblock The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented AI infrastructure buildout. Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft collectively plan to spend ...

CSIS Americas director Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer analyze the findings of a exercise simulating China-Russia cooperation in Latin America's media environment.

Social media is again the preferred platform for nuclear signaling following an online clash between Trump and Medvedev, which included Trump's announcement of repositioning nuclear submarines and ...

A recent CSIS report argues that an associational model of benchmarking can be a useful tool in AI governance. By integrating stakeholders across private and public sectors, as well as civil society, ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0 (CSC 2.0) project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), today launched ...

Despite the Trump administration’s unreasonable pressure on agriculture access—depleting decades of trust—India has kept open the path to a trade deal grounded in mutual economic promise and shared ...

Simultaneously, Southeast Asia’s digital economy is rapidly expanding, driven by e-commerce and cross-border digital trade, which are important for regional growth and integration. However, as PRC ...

Ukraine’s latest strikes on Russian oil refineries will boost Russian gasoline prices, combining with looming new oil sanctions from Washington to raise political pressure on President Putin.

On July 30, 2025, as the world’s largest infrastructure deal teetered on the brink of collapse, Panama’s Comptroller General Anel Flores walked into the Supreme Court and filed two lawsuits that ...

If the United States wants to compete globally, it must adopt an integrated systems approach to innovation that anchors research with production—that means investing in workforce and infrastructure ...