This winter will mark the grim four-year anniversary of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Energy resources have repeatedly come under fire during the war, with Moscow targeting Ukraine’s civilian ...

As the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) arrived in the Caribbean on November 11, much of the coverage—including here at CSIS—is deservedly on whether the redeployment signals a change in ...

Nuclear-powered cruise missiles are not a new idea—they’re just a bad idea. While Russia’s Burevestnik missile is grabbing ...

China’s economy is at a transformational moment. For more than two decades, a growth model centered on the debt-fueled construction of housing and infrastructure propelled the country’s rapid ...

Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...

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, ...

Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered ...

The reciprocal tariffs announced last week have introduced great uncertainty to the global economy. As stocks plummet and fears of recession increase, it is clear that no sector is spared from the ...

On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for ...

On February 21, 2025, a group of hackers from North Korea pulled off the largest cryptocurrency heist in history after stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum tokens from the Dubai-based cryptocurrency ...

China has rapidly established itself as the world’s dominant shipbuilding power, marginalizing the United States and its allies in a strategically important industry. In addition to building massive ...

President Donald Trump has given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum: “You either make a deal, or we are out.” He canceled the planned signing ceremony of the bilateral minerals deal, ...