Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community’s decreasing focus on counterterrorism. In 2025, domestic terrorism represents a greater ...

Once a year, the two intelligence committees in Congress host the heads of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, and in 2024, it attracted the largest volume of mineral exploration investment in Africa. Enhancing ...

Evan Ellis testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding PRC influence in the Western Hemisphere and its impact on Taiwan’s allies in the region. Chairman Curtis, Ranking Member ...

Last week, Sudanese army forces reclaimed control over the presidential palace in central Khartoum, dislodging the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and claiming a major new tactical and strategic ...

Just days before stepping down, the Biden administration announced two related rules aimed at tightening control over the flow of advanced AI chips and frontier AI model weights: the Interim Final ...

On March 23, newly minted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced snap elections for April 28, kicking off a contest to determine Canada’s future at a critical juncture. The election pits the ...

Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) for our sixth Strategic Landpower Dialogue event, featuring General James Rainey, ...

U.S. corporations are regular targets of foreign governments seeking to undermine the United States. These hostile states have both commercial and strategic motives, and they use disinformation, ...

Almost every observer would argue that the U.S. foreign assistance architecture in place up until January 20, 2025, needed a major shakeup. In recent months, the Trump administration has undertaken ...

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, ...

South Korea is mired in an impeachment crisis sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s December 2024 declaration of martial law. If the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment motion, South Korea ...