The outbreak of general war between Israel and Iran casts a shadow over global energy security, lending a whiplash effect to oil prices that have recently been weighed down by slowing demand and ...

Please join the Impossible State podcast for a discussion on President Lee Jae-myung’s new government and his debut at the G7 Summit. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and will ...

In recent years, a new bipartisan mantra has taken hold: National security is economic security, and economic security is national security. This idea led the United States to pursue a supply chain de ...

The ongoing Israeli bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities and Tehran’s threats to develop a nuclear weapon clearly indicate that the nonproliferation regime is entering a more volatile phase. Iran’s ...

AI has emerged as a foundational component in the twenty-first-century digital power competition. Its influence extends far beyond technological innovation, encompassing military, cybersecurity, and ...

The collapse of an authoritarian regime does not begin with tanks in the streets. It starts with whispers among people watching from the shadows. Over the last week, thousands of Iranians streamed out ...

In order to achieve its stated objective of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will need to take out a key Iranian facility, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Fordow is buried deep under a ...

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Ely Ratner joins us to discuss the case for a defense pact in the Indo-Pacific. Dr. Ratner starts by laying out his argument of why he thinks now is the ...

As described in the Space Warfighting framework released by the U.S. Space Force in April 2025, counterspace capabilities give U.S. military commanders a suite of combat options having attributes that ...

Women and girls in Africa are at escalated risk of violence, exploitation, poverty, and HIV infection, due to the Trump administration’s abrupt shuttering of more than 80 percent of the United States ...

This transcript is from a CSIS event hosted on June 18, 2025. Watch the full video here. Dr. John J. Hamre: Hey, everybody. OK. Can we – OK. Everybody, we – I feel like I’m Kim Jong-un sitting here.

Join the CSIS Middle East Program to discuss the implications of the conflict between Israel and Iran on Tuesday, June 17, from 4:00 to 5:00pm EDT, in collaboration with the CSIS Defense and Security ...