The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention explores responses to the growing phenomenon of hostage taking ...

Further strikes on Fordow, potentially with U.S. support, could be imminent, but their success is just one factor that will ...

Please join the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program for an online-only event discussing the team's latest report, The Russian Wartime Economy: From Sugar High to Hangover. Max Bergmann and Maria ...

Israel’s military strikes are likely to set back Iran’s nuclear program, but much of the program will remain. Tehran's ...

What to expect of Korea-Japan relations under the new South Korean government under President Lee Jae-myung? How will he work with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as the two celebrate the 60th ...

China’s recent export controls, especially of rare earth elements (REEs), have left Western companies reeling, with some firms allegedly considering shifting elements of production back to China just ...

China is manipulating global mineral markets by oversupplying and depressing prices. To counter China, the United States and allies should form an “anchor market” to harmonize tariffs, mandate ...

As China’s shipbuilding surge outpaces U.S. capacity, the U.S. Navy’s fleet readiness faces critical gaps. Leveraging South Korea’s world-class shipyards for maintenance and new-build collaboration ...

Bringing a Knife to a Drone Fight. Drones provide nonstate groups with a major asymmetric advantage against their government adversaries. While TCOs can construct rudimentary unmanned bombers using ...

On April 4, China’s Ministry of Commerce imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods.On May 11, U.S. and Chinese officials met ...

As the U.S. Army approaches its 250th anniversary, a generational transformation is underway. Next Army, a CSIS Futures Lab project, examines how technological disruption, evolving threat environments ...