Distinguished Fellow Anka Lee argues that while the National Security Strategy includes robust language on China, the Trump Administration still needs a rallying cry to counter Beijing’s broader ...

Distinguished Fellow David Hale commends the 2025 National Security Strategy for its candid focus on restoring American economic competitiveness and acknowledges the significant regional strides made ...

Distinguished Fellow Ken Westbrook argues that the National Security Strategy could have done more to recognize cyber-enabled financial crime as a first-order national security crisis.

Distinguished Fellow Carrie Filipetti says that while President Trump’s National Security Strategy correctly prioritizes the Western Hemisphere, there are still steps the Administration can take to ...

Russia’s recruitment of soldiers to fight in its war in Ukraine has disproportionately drawn from the country’s Indigenous peoples. Individuals from these communities—most notably Buryats, Tuvans, ...

During a session of the European Congress in March 2024, the leader of the People's Party and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that the greatest threat to the ...

An increasingly frequent number of cases of damage to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have been reported since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Wilson Center has ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a technological breakthrough—it is a transformative force shaping the future economy, security landscape, global power dynamics, and daily life. The US, along ...

The US is being outcompeted by China in the maritime domain. PRC-based shipyards booked 75% of new commercial orders for ships last year, and China’s market-distorting behavior in ports, shipyards, ...

For decades, the US has taken the security of global sea lanes for granted, assuming that commercial and military shipping would always function smoothly. But while America remained complacent, China ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged a winner in Germany's snap general election on February 23. It doubled its share of the vote, which signals a historic shift in the country’s ...

Russia’s war economy, now in its third year, is facing mounting challenges, including rising inflation, labor shortages, and growing economic imbalances. While these issues strain the civilian economy ...