Congress and the White House face a host of fiscal challenges over the course of 2025 that will impact U.S. defense spending. Congress has yet to appropriate funding for fiscal year (FY) 2025 as the ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has had an immense human cost, producing a level of physical destruction, human suffering, and displacement not seen in Europe since World War ...

On February 10, President Trump announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, set to take effect on March 12. Sound familiar? If these tariffs actually go into place ...

Jon Alterman: Who is active promoting disinformation in the Middle East, and how are they doing it? Alessandro Accorsi: In terms of actors, there are several. There are regional actors. There are ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) on an “Iron Dome for America” has caused a buzz across the defense community. But what does an “Iron Dome for America” actually mean? Please join the CSIS ...

On February 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he had only received $75 billion of the $175 billion the United States had spent on Ukraine. The cry went up, what happened to the other ...

A host of issues confront President Claudia Sheinbaum as she settles into Mexico’s highest office. From the future of security policy to nearshoring questions and tariff threats—not to mention the ...

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, ...

A majority of India’s citizens view the United States positively, and over 80 percent surveyed believe their country will benefit from ties to the new Trump administration. Over the years this support ...

An hour or so after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Senator Marco Rubio was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Secretary of State in the new administration. Unlike many other Trump ...

Somalia has undergone significant transformations, evolving through three republics. The current federal system, which was established in 2000 through the Djibouti settlement, is based on a ...

Australia is facing economic headwinds from a variety of external factors which likely will have a significant impact on its growth. Some of those factors—China’s domestic economic situation ...