As a democracy, the US cannot strategize intelligently unless the American people are sensitive to the changing global memories of the global population and to the imperatives of global geography ...

In the global race for technological dominance, the United States risks undermining its own advantage by focusing more on restrictions than renewal. The most recent example came this week when the ...

When disasters strike, whether from natural causes like earthquakes, hurricanes, and typhoons, or man-made causes such as conflict or famine, the United States has swiftly responded by mobilizing ...

The nation’s northeastern states—New York alongside New England’s Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—face mounting challenges to their energy systems in terms ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on April 17, 2025. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: Craig Larkin, welcome to Babel. Craig Larkin: Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to ...

China’s global network of ports has been the subject of growing anxiety among U.S. policymakers and defense analysts. Control over ports confers a host of benefits ranging from intelligence collection ...

China and Russia announced in March 2025 separate but coordinated plans to strengthen and expand their presence in Antarctica. That same month, the United States announced cuts to funding to operate ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the central bank could face difficult trade-offs in trying to cushion the U.S. economy from the fallout of President Trump’s trade war, as the WSJ ...

Intellectual Property (IP) rights, such as patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, are more than legal instruments; they are vital drivers of innovation and critical components of U.S. economic and ...

“This is not good for China’s economy, but they have staying power, and I don’t see them backing down.” While the pandemic years were tough on China’s economy, the country has recently recovered ...

The Defense Futures Simulator (DFS) is an interactive online tool designed to empower scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to create and analyze defense strategies and budgets. DFS allows users ...

President Trump said he would have “very little problem” making a deal with the European Union to reduce tariffs in exchange for access to a U.S. market that he said has “something everyone wants,” as ...