On October 28, 2016, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a daylong conference, including senior defense and intelligence policymakers, military leaders, strategists, ...

China’s 40-year economic development has transformed it into one of the world’s largest economies and most powerful countries. Over the past 12 years, China has been increasingly willing to leverage ...

Edward C. Chow is an international energy expert with 45 years of industry experience. He worked in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Europe, Russia, Caspian and Black Sea regions. He ...

The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century, a publication of the CSIS Global Aging Initiative, explores how population aging and population decline will constrain ...

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 ...

The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, will go down as one of the worst terrorist attacks in history. Recognizing its impact, however, involves understanding the many dimensions of ...

This commentary is part of Energy Rewired, a project from the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program studying the industrial strategies of major economies for the energy transition. 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 ...

Regardless of the territorial settlement and alliance restrictions placed on Ukraine by ongoing negotiations, what should the post-war Ukrainian military look like to defend the nation’s sovereignty ...

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 ...

Does Vladimir Putin have an ideology? The authors of this report argue that he does. Borrowing heavily from czarist and Soviet themes, as well as other intellectual sources like the twentieth-century ...

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2022: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce the formation of the CSIS AI Council. Comprised of 17 distinguished global leaders, the ...