Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of ...

The positive economic impact of retaining these international, U.S.-trained STEM graduates is significant. Even while still in training, each foreign-born STEM worker and PhD student contributes ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the integration of emerging technologies—particularly unmanned systems—into every aspect of military operations. From precision strikes to ...

The Conflict in Focus series examines the Russia-Ukraine War from multiple perspectives to identify implications for future warfare. Each week, a CSIS military fellow sits down with experts who have ...

With President Trump’s return to the White House in 2025, U.S. allies and partners face a bevy of questions about future security and economic scenarios arising in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. How ...

Join the Americas Program for a conversation on the growing appeal of Guatemala as a strategic location for investment in the evolving global supply chain landscape. Guatemala presents a compelling ...

Allies are at the center of U.S. efforts to counter China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia and to otherwise ensure America’s security. Indeed, close ties to allies are a notable U.S. competitive ...

As of 2023, around 84 percent of those crossing the gap are from Venezuela, Haiti, and Ecuador, where catastrophic combinations of economic collapse, political dysfunction, and violent crime have ...

Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan do not enjoy strong economic ties. Uzbekistan does not even feature in Saudi Arabia’s top 100 trading partners.[1] Yet, a Saudi state-owned developer, ACWA Power, recently ...

Semiconductors are a vital and mineral-intensive component in the electronic devices that power the modern economy. Four minerals central to semiconductor production—gallium, germanium, palladium, and ...

Two years ago, NATO adopted a “back to the future” strategy of forward defense and deterrence following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To implement it, allies committed to take various ...

The Arctic is increasingly viewed as an arena for power projection and spillover from conflicts elsewhere. In this regard, the Svalbard archipelago is an important case study because it has economic, ...