Safeguarding minerals supply chains is an economic and national security imperative. Yet significant vulnerabilities persist despite ongoing efforts by government and businesses to address them. See recommendations from @minerals.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/cri...

China’s structures in the Yellow Sea and its harassment of South Korean vessels resemble “creeping sovereignty” grey zone tactics that Beijing employed in the South and East China Seas. How should the U.S. and Korea respond? @victordcha.bsky.social discusses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3A...

"The accelerating rise of the so-called Global South is reshaping the geopolitical landscape and challenging long-standing assumptions about how power is expressed in the international system." Read more from Jon Alterman and Lily McElwee: www.csis.org/zbchair/proj...

As global power diffuses and multilateralism fractures, rising Global South states are increasingly reshaping institutions, challenging Western dominance, and forcing the United States to rethink how it engages a rapidly changing world. Read more: www.csis.org/zbchair/proj...

"The evidence suggests that Russia has largely failed to achieve its primary objectives and has suffered high costs," CSIS Defense and Security Department experts write about the war in Ukraine. Learn more about Russia's battlefield woes: www.csis.org/analysis/rus...

"The demand to increase the Navy’s ship count has only grown as China’s navy has overtaken the U.S. fleet in terms of size with the blistering rate of production of its own shipbuilding industry." Read more about challenges to U.S. naval shipbuilding: www.csis.org/analysis/out...

The 2025 @poni.csis.org Nuclear Scholars explore the future of nuclear strategy, offering perspectives from emerging experts on disruptive technology, intensifying geopolitical rivalries, and strategic stability. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/hor...

In a new report, @csishumanrights.bsky.social director Andrew Friedman explores potential means for utilizing America's procurement capacity and creating greater space for human rights protections within federal government procurement. Read the full report: www.csis.org/analysis/imp...

The Trump administration recently released its National Security Strategy, with a large focus on the Western Hemisphere. Is China’s policy paper a response to the NSS, or should it be read in a different light? Read analysis from @geopolitics.csis.org experts: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

The strength of the United States’ innovation system does not rest on government spending alone, but on the mutually supportive partnership between public investment, university research, and private enterprise. More from CSIS Renewing American Innovation: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

Countering Russia’s ghost fleet requires more than sanctions. A coordinated strategy using open-source intelligence, maritime law, and multilateral diplomacy can impose real costs on illicit trade networks fueling Moscow’s war. More from @futures.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/gho...

“More than anything, Brazil desires a more equitable share of power globally,” note CSIS Americas Program experts. Learn more about Brazil's “striving for seriousness”: www.csis.org/analysis/str...

On the latest episode of Russian Roulette, @maxbergmann.bsky.social and @msnegovaya.bsky.social discuss the state of affairs in peace negotiations over Ukraine as we come to the close of 2025. Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/rus...

"The U.S. shipbuilding challenge is a complex, enterprise-wide issue," writes the CSIS Center for the Industrial Base. Yet, "there is no single policy solution or other silver bullet to solve the overall problem." More on challenges to U.S. shipbuilding: www.csis.org/analysis/out...

The strength of the United States’ innovation system does not rest on government spending alone, but on the mutually supportive partnership between public investment, university research, and private enterprise. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

Over 95 percent of data, and $10 trillion in daily financial transactions, travels globally across 1.5 million kilometers of submarine cables. How can we protect this critical infrastructure? Read more from the CSIS Defense and Security Department: www.csis.org/analysis/pro...

"To realize its ambition of being the world’s leading energy exporter, the United States should seek more LNG partnerships in Southeast Asia," @seasia.csis.org experts write. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

Tune into the latest episode of the @chinapower.csis.org Podcast: Randy Schriver and Mike Kuiken join Bonny Lin to discuss key findings from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2025 Annual Report to Congress, which they helped draft. Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/chi...

The 2025 National Security Strategy recasts naval power as an economic and industrial instrument, pushing the Navy toward unmanned systems, hemispheric missions, and more cost-effective approaches to deterring China. More from @futures.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/wha...

"Rumor spreads faster than verified information; speculation outpaces evidence; and early media narratives—however tentative—can influence perceptions of the event & terrorism in general, even if mainstream sources debunk the false information," Dan Byman writes. www.csis.org/analysis/que...

"China’s third policy paper on LAC makes clear that China intends to continue expanding its engagement in the Western Hemisphere," write @geopolitics.csis.org experts. "In other words, great power competition in the region has only just begun." Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

"While the Trump administration proclaims a 'stone cold closed' border, the airspace between the United States and Mexico remains concerningly open to criminal drones," Henry Ziemer writes. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

Japan has tremendous potential for resilience. However, further investments are required to bolster relatively undeveloped elements of national security resilience that China or another foe may seek to exploit. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/str...

"If the digital yuan becomes the settlement standard for AI services, the United States loses hundreds of billions in sustained dollar demand," notes @navingirishankar.bsky.social. Read more from @est.csis.org on the importance of building a compute-dollar system: www.csis.org/analysis/tur...

On the most recent episode of the AI Policy Podcast, @ai.csis.org's Gregory Allen and Sadie McCullough unpack President Trump’s new executive order targeting state AI laws, including the legal and political challenges it is likely to face. Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/ai-...

Though rare, subsea cable attacks impose real costs. But leading technologies are democratizing maritime data & deterring would-be saboteurs. To further deter intentional cable attacks, cable owners should aggressively pursue legal remedies. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/pro... 

Watch | Scott Kennedy shares insights from his research to explain why China’s economy is best described as a “slow tech dragon” and why it is likely to remain one for the foreseeable future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kJ1...

"Ukraine and its Western backers need to resurrect the idea of commerce raiding and broad-based economic war to bust the ghost fleet and impose costs on Putin’s war machine," @futures.csis.org writes. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/gho...

NEW: Our 2025 Year in Review Newsletter is out now! In this Special Edition, Director Caitlin Welsh reflects on our Top 10 Most-Viewed Publications of 2025. Check out the full list: 🔗 Director's Note: cs.is/3MGXIac 🔗 Newsletter: cs.is/4pW3Yt6

On the latest episode of The Last Line of Defense, Kari Bingen joins Seth Jones to look back at major defense and military shocks of 2025, including Russia’s poor performance, Operation Midnight Hammer, and China’s military parade. Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/las...

"The U.S. shipbuilding challenge is a complex, enterprise-wide issue," writes the CSIS Center for the Industrial Base. Yet, "there is no single policy solution or other silver bullet to solve the overall problem." More on challenges to U.S. shipbuilding: www.csis.org/analysis/out...

As Japan’s new leadership considers revising its national security strategy, it faces questions related to funding, domestic politics, spending priorities, indigenous production, and U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation. More from @japan.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/jap...

Happening Now | The CSIS Aerospace Security Project hosts a Space Year in Review, a fast-paced, expert-driven discussion about operational, safety, and security challenges in the domain. Tune in: www.csis.org/events/space...

With the Trump administration revoking Biden-era programs to support energy transitions in Southeast Asia, there is a widening funding gap that China is poised to fill. Read the full report from @seasia.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

On the latest episode of Cache Me If You Can, @techpolicywonk.bsky.social sits down with Shane Tews to explore whether a shared global rulebook is still possible—or if the future of tech governance will be increasingly fragmented. Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/cac...

A new proposal to repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would materially harm U.S. competitiveness and financial market efficiency while putting billions of dollars in annual U.S. investments at risk, argue CSIS energy security experts. Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/bey...

"What is often missing from fiscal strategies is attention to an unsung driver of fiscal and development success: public spending efficiency. When governments cannot spend more, they must spend smarter." Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/bre... 

Tomorrow | The CSIS Aerospace Security Project rolls out its “Year in Review” – delving into the developments reshaping the space landscape. What are the new risks, new opportunities, and new demands on space heading into 2026? Register: www.csis.org/events/space...

"Misclassifying terrorist attacks as just another form of violence risks understating their strategic intent and societal impact and thus may lead to under-resourcing the danger," Dan Byman writes. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/que...

On the latest episode of The Asia Chessboard, Michael Green and Christopher Johnstone discuss the arc of U.S.–Japan relations, Japan’s rapidly evolving defense policies, and more. Tune in: www.csis.org/podcasts/asi...

"While the Trump administration proclaims a 'stone cold closed' border, the airspace between the United States and Mexico remains concerningly open to criminal drones," Henry Ziemer writes. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

New analysis from the CSIS Defense and Security Department outlines the challenges facing the U.S. naval shipbuilding enterprise, their underlying drivers, and some efforts the government has taken to mitigate them. Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/out...

Happening Now | Join Wes Rumbaugh for a discussion with Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, on the health of U.S. interceptor stockpiles in the wake of the Israel-Iran conflict. Tune in: www.csis.org/events/are-w...

China’s structures in the Yellow Sea and its harassment of South Korean vessels resemble “creeping sovereignty” grey zone tactics that Beijing employed in the South and East China Seas. How should the U.S. and Korea respond? @victordcha.bsky.social discusses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3A...

"The United States should not maintain the Marine Corps for “sentimental” reasons or because the Marine Corps is embedded in the roots of U.S. culture; the Marine Corps exists and serves because the U.S. Navy needs it to achieve victory." Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

ICYMI: On the premiere episode of All About the Base, Jerry McGinn discusses Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent speech to industry CEOs on the “Arsenal of Freedom” and what it means for the industrial base. Tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFz...

"While the challenges of establishing a southern drone wall are substantial, investing in drone defense at the border can pay dividends for the United States in the long term," argues CSIS Americas Program expert Henry Ziemer. Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

Confusion reigns after a terrorist attack. CSIS expert Daniel Byman writes that asking the right questions can help policymakers, journalists, and the public distinguish signal from noise, avoid costly overreaction, and prepare for future threats. www.csis.org/analysis/que...

"In targeting state laws well before a durable framework for regulating AI is in place at the federal level, the administration remains deeply out of touch with what the American public—including prominent members of both political parties—wants," @ai.csis.org writes. www.csis.org/analysis/tar... 

Tomorrow | The CSIS Aerospace Security Project examines China’s space strategy, its implications to U.S. national and economic security, and how the United States should respond to China’s growing space power.   Register here: www.csis.org/events/asses...