Further strikes on Fordow, potentially with U.S. support, could be imminent, but their success is just one factor that will ...

Israel’s military strikes are likely to set back Iran’s nuclear program, but much of the program will remain. Tehran's ...

China is weaponizing infrastructure—dams, roads, railways, and digital—to reshape the Tibetan Plateau and coerce neighbors like India and Nepal. This report analyzes how China’s infrastructure ...

Imposing real costs on countries that take U.S. citizens hostage may not compel them to release Americans immediately. However, if properly structured and communicated, the prospect of real (but ...

Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of ...

Once a zinc processing leader, the U.S. now faces supply chain risks from limited refining, import reliance, and China’s dominance—demanding urgent action to expand domestic capacity, strengthen ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has emerged as a watershed moment in modern military history, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of contemporary warfare. This white paper analyzes five transformative ...

Critical Questions is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues.Its research is ...

The transaction was facilitated by significant financial support from Chinese state-backed entities. Before the sale, Freeport-McMoRan held a 56 percent stake in TFM and managed the mine, while ...

In contrast, in October 2022, BIS introduced an end-use restriction related to the production of advanced node semiconductors in China. This move marked a major policy change, as U.S. end-use ...

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 ...