Robert Cardillo has held numerous leadership positions in his distinguished 35 years of service in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Most recently, he served as the sixth director of the National ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) conducted a 1.5 day-long U.S.-China-Philippines simulation exercise on a crisis in the South China Sea in November 2015 with the generous ...

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 ...

Deterrence was the linchpin of U.S. defense strategy for decades, but the political and military context for deterrence has changed significantly. Instead of a single, near-peer opponent, the U.S.

With the return of Donald Trump and a war raging in Europe, Europeans are on edge. But Europe is presently at a loss for what to do. Speeches and meetings abound along with ad nauseam calls for ...

Imperiled health is the human face of climate change. Indeed, the climate crisis is increasingly recognized to be a health crisis. It is a crisis marked by higher mortality, costly illnesses, and ...

On January 20, the United States leaped into a new chapter of its international economic strategy. In assessing how to best engage Southeast Asia economically, the Trump administration will need to ...

On January 7, 2025, the outgoing administration announced new U.S. policy guidance for implementing the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which is a voluntary multilateral arrangement ...

Fear of tariffs under President Trump, and the 2025 Union Budget presents a golden opportunity to simplify the tax code, improve arbitration, and reorient on emerging tech to increase FDI.

Over the two years since the announcement of its current national security and defense strategies, Japan has taken major steps toward increased defense capabilities and closer cooperation with the ...

The CSIS Commission on U.S. Quantum Leadership convened leading experts to provide recommendations on how best to advance U.S. leadership in quantum technologies to address immediate security issues ...

A steady cadence of speeches, strategies, reports, and recommendations from senior defense officials and experts extol the virtues of commercial space and urge increased use of commercial space ...