The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law with revisions to key mining policies. While the legislation boosts ...

China is weaponizing infrastructure—dams, roads, railways, and digital—to reshape the Tibetan Plateau and coerce neighbors like India and Nepal. This report analyzes how China’s infrastructure ...

The CSIS Commission on Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention examines U.S. efforts to counter the detention of Americans abroad and proposes new policy tools to strengthen deterrence, improve ...

Ben Jensen testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet regarding the role of trade secret protection in the ...

The G7 must act decisively on critical minerals security at this year’s summit. Establishing a dedicated G7 investment fund could unlock high-priority projects, de-risk investments, and catalyze ...

The U.S. Department of State is anticipated to release its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. As many expect the Trump administration to modify this year’s reports, this CQ unpacks the ...

Russia’s economy has been seriously impacted by Western sanctions, though its resilience has been continuously underestimated. Western policymakers should study the lessons learned from Russia’s ...

While the United States remains the top destination for international students, a factor that has historically helped the country maintain a competitive edge, this advantage is increasingly at risk if ...

Newly proposed tariffs threaten to derail the United States’ clean energy sector’s recent boom, jeopardizing progress, and grid reliability while failing to expand domestic clean tech manufacturing ...

At the worldwide threats hearings, the Trump administration’s top intelligence officials named illicit drug actors, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as top threats to the United States. But ...

The DRC is one of the world’s most mineral-rich countries. There is now a unique opportunity for the United States to build minerals diplomacy with the DRC and counter China’s long-standing dominance.

China is leveraging its globally dominant commercial shipbuilding industry to support its naval modernization—and foreign companies are inadvertently helping. This report outlines how the United ...