On July 3, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that it would impose restrictions on the export of gallium and germanium for reasons of national security. The move, widely seen as a response to U.S.

This winter will mark the grim four-year anniversary of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Energy resources have repeatedly come under fire during the war, with Moscow targeting Ukraine’s civilian ...

The CSIS Aerospace Security Project and the Hudson Institute are pleased to cohost Delivering Space Capabilities for Warfighting Advantage on Thursday, November 20, 2025. This half-day summit will ...

John Hamre was elected president and CEO of CSIS in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, he was the under secretary of ...

Insurgents and violent extremists pose a constantly evolving threat, both in the United States and globally. CSIS research provides strategic thinking on the range of efforts to counter terrorist ...

As the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group (CSG) arrived in the Caribbean on November 11, much of the coverage—including here at CSIS—is deservedly on whether the redeployment signals a change in ...

Nuclear-powered cruise missiles are not a new idea—they’re just a bad idea. While Russia’s Burevestnik missile is grabbing ...

The Wagner Group—a Russian private military company (PMC) linked to the Kremlin, Ministry of Defense (particularly the Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU), and Federal Security Service (FSB)—has ...

Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered ...

In 2007 Russia re-prioritized the Arctic in keeping with Vladimir Putin's vision of restoring Russia's status as a great power. Now more than a decade later, Russia's military returns to the Arctic ...

This commentary is part of CSIS's Global Forecast 2021 essay series. One of the most pressing challenges the Biden administration will face is how to compete with, and push back against, China’s ...

As the impacts of climate change ripple across the globe, lithium’s importance as a strategic mineral will increase exponentially to become an essential component for the clean energy systems of the ...