For the Department of State, one of its most important tools is the process of “determination” that a U.S. citizen or permanent resident is a “wrongful” detainee. The Levinson Act enumerates 11 ...

Russia’s poor performance has likely been caused by several factors: the Russian military’s reliance on dismounted infantry and mechanized forces to take Ukrainian territory, Russia’s failure to use ...

A well-structured G7 Critical Minerals Investment Fund that pools capital from all seven nations towards high-priority projects can help de-risk projects, provide much-needed capital, incentivize ...

China has been active in Antarctica for over 40 years and has four year-round stations: Great Wall station in the Peninsula with capacity for 60 people, Zhongshan station in Larsemann Hills with ...

The reciprocal tariffs announced last week have introduced great uncertainty to the global economy. As stocks plummet and fears of recession increase, it is clear that no sector is spared from the ...

Acknowledging the Russian view of the war is an important intelligence perspective. One needs to understand the enemy’s perspective to win, for sure. That said, the tone change from 2024 to 2025 is ...

Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is endowed with an extensive and high-quality basket of natural resources, particularly copper and cobalt. The DRC home to some of the world’s ...

While Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan all have the authority to impose end-user restrictions, their end-user authorities are more limited than the U.S. Entity List. For example, Japan’s end-user list ...

“The U.S. possesses all components across the full AI stack, including advanced semiconductor design, frontier algorithms, and, of course, transformational applications. Now the computing power this ...

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

As the United States races to reduce its reliance on China for minerals vital for national, economic, and energy security, tariffs with Canada may drastically undermine these efforts. Canada is the ...

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