The 2023 State Department Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP report) highlighted a new form of trafficking that has largely gone unnoticed outside victim support circles, but which has serious ...

Since the onset of the war in Ukraine, the geopolitical landscape in Europe has been irrevocably altered, prompting the president of France Emmanuel Macron to emphasize that France’s vital interests ...

Expectations are sky-high for the Trump administration’s policy toward the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Many Venezuelans, including leading voices in the opposition, grew tired of the Biden ...

As the U.S. Army approaches its 250th anniversary, a generational transformation is underway. Next Army, a CSIS Futures Lab project, examines how technological disruption, evolving threat environments ...

Please join the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program for an online-only event discussing the team's latest report, The Russian Wartime Economy: From Sugar High to Hangover. Max Bergmann and Maria ...

China’s lead in the global commercial shipbuilding market is huge and growing. The country’s largest state-owned shipbuilder built more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S.

Further strikes on Fordow, potentially with U.S. support, could be imminent, but their success is just one factor that will ...

Israel’s military strikes are likely to set back Iran’s nuclear program, but much of the program will remain. Tehran's ...

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There are worrying signs that China is training its forces to be able to conduct a law enforcement–led “quarantine” of Taiwan. This report lays out China’s potential motivations for a quarantine and ...

Russia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of ...

On April 10, South Korea held its 22nd general election. The election concluded with victory for the main opposition Democratic Party, and all eyes are now on how the election outcomes will affect ...