France’s existing nuclear doctrine provides insight into how a “French offer” could complement U.S. extended deterrence, especially given the growing need for Europeans to take a more proactive role ...

China is increasingly a global power. Its overseas interests are vast and complex, spanning every region of the world. In many places, Beijing is leveraging new sources of strength to assert its ...

By: Meredith Broadbent and Joyce Bongongo This month, Florida became the seventh state to sign a trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, advancing a new strategy to cement ...

Building Resiliency and De-risking In response to rising concerns over China’s dominance of critical links in global supply chains, a new term has come into vogue: “ de-risking.” First coined by ...

The transit of hundreds of thousands of people through a largely ungoverned zone in an inhospitable tropical habitat has been a recipe for humanitarian and environmental disaster. The Darién Gap is ...

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Japan has also focused for decades on energy efficiency measures. Mandatory corporate energy efficiency targets, research and development on new technologies to cut energy use in industry and ...

For Mexican cartels, Pacific ports play a key role in the operations logistics of illicit goods trafficking. Artisanal fishermen in Ecuador’s coastal cities were co-opted to provide logistical ...

Open Source and the Joint Force A defense industrial assessment could thus contribute a valuable perspective to the AI risk debate. With AI industry trends favoring consolidation, the open foundation ...

Enacted by President Trump during his first administration, the Women, Peace, and Security Act (P.L. 115-68) promotes the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of the conflict continuum, ...

The Emeritus Chair in Strategy at CSIS is issuing a report written by Anthony H. Cordesman that compares the key trends in civil and military power in the United States, developed democracies, China, ...