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Looking for Exports
The Global Alignment Index: Tracking Support for U.S., Chinese, and Russian Leadership
Satellite Imagery Shows Tehran’s Accelerating Water Crisis
Experts React: Progress and Setbacks at COP30
Understanding the Red Fort Attack in New Delhi
Schadenfreude
A Review of Energy Manufacturing-Related Legislation Introduced by the 119th Congress
What Is the Strategy in the Ukraine-Russia Peace Negotiations?
The Geoeconomic Conundrum of India’s Oil Purchases
Will Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine Succeed?
“Redundancy, Resiliency, and Repair: Securing Subsea Cable Infrastructure”: Audio Brief with Erin Murphy
The Mogami: Advancing Australia-Japan Defense Cooperation
It’s Time for AI Policy to Get Serious About the AI Adoption Gap
Golden Dome for America: Assessing Chinese and Russian Reactions
Force Design for the Twenty-First Century Fight: U.S. Cyber Force Lessons from China’s Strategic Support Forces
What’s in the New U.S.-Saudi Minerals Agreement?
Information: Too Important to Centralize
Finding Congress
Russia’s Intense Air Campaign in October
Jungle Thunder: A Multinational Approach to Improving U.S. Capabilities in Jungle Warfare
How Important Is Blue Origin’s Second New Glenn Launch?
How Mexico’s Costly Spectrum Undermines Its Digital Future
USAID Youth Engagement: A Potential Generation Lost?
A Complex Legacy: U.S. Global Food Security Assistance, 2008–Present
What Has Happened to U.S. Government Capabilities for International Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Response, and Resilience?
How U.S. Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Cuts Could Undermine Global Development Gains
Watered Down: A Weakened Global Water Strategy
Help Wanted: AI Needs Domain Experts
Waiting for the Supremes Part II
Trump’s Caribbean Campaign: The Data Behind the Developing Conflict
If the Pentagon Wants More Speed and Scale, It Should Be a Better Customer
Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Philippines, ASEAN, and the South China Sea
Avoiding Catastrophe: The Importance of Privacy when Leveraging AI and Machine Learning for Disaster Management
Trade Deals and a New Chapter for American Nuclear?
“Three Steps to Protect the United States Against Extreme Heat”: Audio Brief with Katherine Bliss
What’s Next for AGOA?
Who Controls the Wrench: The Debate Over the “Right to Repair”
Russia’s Latest Nuclear Saber-Rattling: Nuclear Testing?
What to Expect from Secretary Hegseth’s November 7 Speech on the Arsenal of Freedom
“The Power of Educational Exchanges in Strengthening U.S.-LAC Relations”: Audio Brief with Romina Bandura
When Thought Becomes Data: The MIND Act and the Coming Debate Over Neurotechnology
Ten Years of C5+1: U.S.–Central Asia Minerals Cooperation
Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile: Implications for Missile Defense
Leveraging Latin America’s Embrace of the United States
Africa’s HIV Response and Emerging Health Security Redesign
Bullying Can Work, but It Has Its Limits
Ahead of APEC, Trump Signs Flurry of Bilateral Minerals Agreements on Asia Tour
The Gloves Are Still On: Why Washington’s Newest Oil Sanctions Won’t Be Enough to Pressure Putin
Can the United States Immediately Return to Nuclear Testing?
Six Months Since the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Was Signed—What Now?
AI Needs Its Complements: Investing in the Next Wave of Innovation
After Argentina’s Midterms, a New Chapter for U.S.-Argentina Relations
U.S. Universities: Engines of Economic Growth
Measuring Trade Policy Success
Inside the Mechanics of the 2026 USMCA Review
CSIS Satellite Imagery Analysis Reveals Possible Signs of Renewed Nuclear Activity in Iran
U.S. Carrier to the Caribbean: A Step Closer to War
Aligning APEC Beyond Trade Turmoil
APEC’s Opportunity to Catalyze Mineral Security Cooperation
European Union’s Newfound Pragmatism Focuses on Emission Rules: Will It Appease Doha and Washington?
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Future of Maritime Cybersecurity
Pentagon Announces a New Counternarcotics Task Force in the Caribbean
Does the Golden Dome Create Strategic Instability or an Opportunity with China and Russia?
When a Trade War Becomes a Food Fight
False Choices: Balancing Democracy and Development in U.S. Africa Policy
When Crime Becomes Terror: Rethinking the FTO Designation
What Goes Around Comes Around and Other Cliches
Unpacking Ukraine’s Future Cyber and Space Forces
Unpacking the U.S.-Australia Critical Minerals Framework Agreement
What Could a Trump Peace Plan in Ukraine Look Like?
Will the Tomahawks Save Ukraine?
Caribbean Update: Fifth Suspected Drug Runner Destroyed
What to Expect from the Trump-Albanese White House Meeting
Power Moves: How China’s Energy Investments Provide Durable Influence in South America
Pitting Nuclear Modernization Against Powering AI: Trump’s Plans for the U.S. Plutonium Stockpile
Renewed China-DPRK Diplomacy: Symbolism or Substance?
How the Historic Australia-PNG Pukpuk Treaty Could Reshape Pacific Security
Whither AGOA?
Japan’s 26-Year-Old Ruling Coalition Collapses
“Takeaways from Secretary Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting”: Audio Brief with Mark Cancian
What Comes Next for Israel-Hamas Ceasefire?
Escalation Against the Maduro Regime in Venezuela: Puerto Rico’s Emerging Role in U.S. Power Projection
“How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America”: Audio Brief with Max Bergmann
U.S.-UK Trade and Tech Agreement(s): An Update After the State Visit
China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains
Quantum Sensing and the Future of Warfare: Five Essential Reforms to Stay Competitive
“Signals in the Swarm: The Data Behind China’s Maritime Gray Zone Campaign Near Taiwan”: Audio Brief with Jose M. Macias III
From Divide to Delivery: How AI Can Serve the Global South
The United States Votes to Establish a Haiti Gang Suppression Force: Now What?
A New Chapter for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Shifting Power: The Next Phase of U.S. Foreign Assistance
What the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance Reveals About Global Power Shifts
The Dilemma of Shan State for Myanmar’s Revolution
Southeast Asia Navigates Trump’s Return: Quick Deals, Lasting Dread
South Korea’s Response to U.S. Demands: Minimize Risk, Maximize Reward
The Trump Administration’s Middle East Policy: Shaping an Emerging Regional Order
President Trump’s Latin America Policy: Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Risks
Japan’s Response to Trump 2.0: Sustaining U.S. Ties, Strengthening International Partnerships
Transatlantic Relations Under Trump: An Uneasy Peace
Pacific Perspectives on Trump’s Second Term: Uncertainty and Adaptation