In April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces spread into a deadly civil war across Sudan. Now, 16 months since the onset of the conflict, extreme ...
In advance of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea later this month—where he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since 2019—China announced that it ...
On October 8, President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of his peace deal for Gaza. He had unveiled a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza after meeting with ...
The world knows that China is modernizing and drastically expanding the size of its nuclear arsenal. But China has never admitted it—at least until yesterday. On September 3, 2025, China held a parade ...
In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22, “Operation Midnight Hammer,” policymakers and experts launched into a heated debate not only about the physical ...
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 ...
Major General Fran Mahon retired from the U.S. Army after 34 years of service and is an independent consultant in the aerospace and defense arena. A career air and missile defense officer, he has ...
This report explores the critical role that IP rights play in promoting innovation, examines the current state of U.S. IP policy, and recommends policies for the new administration to revitalize the U ...
On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) to increase domestic minerals production for national security by invoking Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code. Notably, ...
President Donald Trump has given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum: “You either make a deal, or we are out.” He canceled the planned signing ceremony of the bilateral minerals deal, ...
Portions of this critical questions analysis were previously published in a CSIS Critical Minerals article on February 21, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...
Until 2022, Moldova sourced 100 percent of its energy from Russian gas. This gas was delivered through Ukraine via Transnistria, which has existed as a breakaway region of Moldova since 1992. This ...
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