On May 2, 2025, the White House released a top-level fiscal year 2026 budget proposal for NASA that calls for nearly 25 percent less in funding than NASA received for fiscal year 2025. Specifically, ...

President Trump announced the intention to lift U.S. sanctions on the Syrian government during a speech in Riyadh, his first stop on a four-day tour of the Gulf. Syria is among the most sanctioned ...

On May 12, 2025, the Trump administration announced a mutual reduction in trade measures between the United States and China. This includes not only a reduction in tariffs—bringing U.S. rates down ...

Russia’s drone campaign utilizes inexpensive Shahed drones to saturate Ukrainian air defenses and erode civilian morale through persistent nightly attacks. Originally Iranian made, these drones are ...

Filipinos went to the polls on May 12 for consequential midterm elections. Voters chose representatives at almost all levels, from neighborhood-level leadership posts to seats in the House of ...

The Arctic and the Northwest Pacific are currently emerging as two of the main geopolitical theaters for great power rivalry. In both waters around Alaska, China and Russia are rapidly consolidating ...

As the Group of Seven (G7) prepares to hold its 51st Summit in June 2025 in Kananaskis, Canada, critical mineral security is poised to be a major topic of discussion. All G7 nations (Canada, France, ...

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

As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance “the President’s goals of ...

President Trump’s two-day visit to Saudi Arabia is expected to focus on bilateral deals, including a Saudi pledge to invest $600 billion in the United States. Cooperation on arms deals and a civil ...

Fueled by an open flow of drugs and weapons trafficking, Haiti, as a failed state in the middle of the Caribbean, will undermine U.S. partners in the region. Without a robust policy engagement, the ...

This is the first installment in a five-part series providing data-driven analysis and recommendations to strengthen U.S.-Africa collaboration in the critical minerals sector. Africa has been ...