The CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department invites you to a special episode of State of Play on the lessons that CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are learning from Maduro ...

The commentary has been updated. This is, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning. Venezuela will enter a long transition with even greater U.S.

On December 10, President Trump announced that U.S. forces seized Skipper, a sanctioned oil tanker transporting Venezuelan oil. The following questions examine the implications of this seizure for ...

This National Security Strategy (NSS) marks an ideological and substantive shift in U.S. foreign policy. The administration is attempting to define a new “America First” foreign policy doctrine that ...

The war in Ukraine remains a rapidly evolving conflict. The battlefield, strategic strike, information operations, and industrial production campaigns remain crucial to both Ukraine’s and Russia’s war ...

U.S. air strikes against military targets inside Venezuela reportedly “could come at any moment,” as the president pursues both a war on drug cartels and destabilization of the Maduro regime. CSIS ...

On October 18, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that all of its obligations under the 10-year-old Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the Iran deal—have expired. This declaration ...

The United States is overseeing a seismic reordering of defense priorities and assets to the Western Hemisphere. At the time of this writing, four destroyers, one cruiser, one nuclear-powered attack ...

With the war in Ukraine and a potential reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe on the horizon, there is a renewed imperative for European leaders to strengthen and integrate their defense ...

For decades, the United States held unrivalled global leadership in science and technology, based on its world-class research universities, high levels of public and private investment, and a policy ...

Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...