No matter the outcome of ongoing ceasefire negotiations over the war in Ukraine, Russia will remain an acute security threat to Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. The sanctions tool kit will ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, and in 2024, it attracted the largest volume of mineral exploration investment in Africa. Enhancing ...

Today, the United States leads the world in generative AI. Its frontier labs set the pace in model development, U.S. firms control more than half of the world’s AI accelerators, and U.S. capital ...

China’s near monopolistic control of many critical minerals, which are essential for both for consumer products and defense production, represents an unacceptable risk to the national security of the ...

Ryan Berg testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security about the emerging risks to U.S. homeland security from port investments from China in the ...

Uranium is a crucial mineral for energy and national security—it fuels the nuclear energy that underpins today’s economy and is key to propelling future growth to meet the surge in energy demand from ...

Expectations are sky-high for the Trump administration’s policy toward the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Many Venezuelans, including leading voices in the opposition, grew tired of the Biden ...

Since his election in November 2024, President Donald Trump has staked out strong positions on the importance of the Western Hemisphere to the United States’ national security interests. A secure, ...

This report explores Ukraine’s shift in the development and deployment of military innovation, with a special focus on the role of the commercial sector and on changes in the acquisition process that ...

Latin America has witnessed some of the highest homicide rates in the world, largely driven by gang violence and transnational criminal groups. Throughout the Western Hemisphere, states have ...

China has long been rumored to operate spy facilities in Cuba, but few details about its footprint there have been made public. Research by CSIS reveals four sites within Cuba that are most likely to ...

There is a fierce debate in the United States and among its allies about the impacts of export controls, and nowhere is that debate more heated than in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing ...