France’s existing nuclear doctrine provides insight into how a “French offer” could complement U.S. extended deterrence, especially given the growing need for Europeans to take a more proactive role ...

By: Meredith Broadbent and Joyce Bongongo This month, Florida became the seventh state to sign a trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, advancing a new strategy to cement ...

The transit of hundreds of thousands of people through a largely ungoverned zone in an inhospitable tropical habitat has been a recipe for humanitarian and environmental disaster. The Darién Gap is ...

For Mexican cartels, Pacific ports play a key role in the operations logistics of illicit goods trafficking. Artisanal fishermen in Ecuador’s coastal cities were co-opted to provide logistical ...

If the United States seeks to increase its bauxite imports from non-Chinese sources, the private sector will need to invest in mineral-refining infrastructure in bauxite-rich allied nations and secure ...

Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is endowed with an extensive and high-quality basket of natural resources, particularly copper and cobalt. The DRC home to some of the world’s ...

In the Global South, there are opportunities to develop clean energy. Although some African countries have fossil fuel reserves, the continent is also home to 60 percent of renewable energy resources ...

Southeast Asia is a highly digitalized region in a geostrategic location. It boasted an 80% internet penetration rate in 2022, and its digital economy was projected to hit $100 billion in 2023. Along ...

Chairman Gimenez, Ranking Member McIver, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I am honored to share my views with you on this important topic. CSIS does not take policy positions, so the ...

The outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is the largest displacement crisis in the world, with almost 7.7 million migrants and refugees as of August 2023. This is an even greater number ...

The Emeritus Chair in Strategy at CSIS is issuing a report written by Anthony H. Cordesman that compares the key trends in civil and military power in the United States, developed democracies, China, ...

Japan is adopting major new industrial policies with the objective of restoring the international competitiveness of its semiconductor industry. At the end of the 1980s, the industry accounted for ...