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 ...

The Global Strategy Lab is designed to equip seasoned professionals with the global acumen as well as leadership and communication skills to navigate times of uncertainty and significant change—with ...

China has a long history of dam construction and water control, dating back to the Qin dynasty. 28 This tradition continues today, though modern projects on the Tibetan Plateau come with consequences ...

For the Department of State, one of its most important tools is the process of “determination” that a U.S. citizen or permanent resident is a “wrongful” detainee. The Levinson Act enumerates 11 ...

Russia’s poor performance has likely been caused by several factors: the Russian military’s reliance on dismounted infantry and mechanized forces to take Ukrainian territory, Russia’s failure to use ...

A well-structured G7 Critical Minerals Investment Fund that pools capital from all seven nations towards high-priority projects can help de-risk projects, provide much-needed capital, incentivize ...

Acknowledging the Russian view of the war is an important intelligence perspective. One needs to understand the enemy’s perspective to win, for sure. That said, the tone change from 2024 to 2025 is ...

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, ...

While Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan all have the authority to impose end-user restrictions, their end-user authorities are more limited than the U.S. Entity List. For example, Japan’s end-user list ...

“The U.S. possesses all components across the full AI stack, including advanced semiconductor design, frontier algorithms, and, of course, transformational applications. Now the computing power this ...

Chairman Gimenez, Ranking Member McIver, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I am honored to share my views with you on this important topic. CSIS does not take policy positions, so the ...

As the United States races to reduce its reliance on China for minerals vital for national, economic, and energy security, tariffs with Canada may drastically undermine these efforts. Canada is the ...