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Commentary
Corruption Flows Along China’s Belt and Road
January 18, 2019 | Jonathan E. Hillman By limiting outside scrutiny, the Belt and Road’s lack of transparency gives Chinese companies an edge in risky markets, and it allows Beijing to use large projects to exercise political influence, writes CSIS’s Jonathan Hillman.

Commentary
What to Watch in Oil Markets in 2019
January 18, 2019 | Andrew J. Stanley Last year was a rollercoaster year for oil markets, and based on current trends, 2019 promises much of the same. Here are the top 10 oil market trends affecting global supply and demand to watch over the course of 2019, writes CSIS’s Andrew Stanley.

Commentary
Fentanyl Opens a Grave New Health Security Threat: Synthetic Opioids
January 18, 2019 | J. Stephen Morrison, Emily Foecke Munden While China’s commitment to ban fentanyl as a class at the G20 has been a welcome global headline, we should remain wary—the U.S. now faces a challenging diplomatic environment and a scientific transformation in illicit synthetic opioid manufacturing that is much bigger...

Commentary
Friends Like These: Pompeo recasts ties in Cairo
January 18, 2019 | Jon B. Alterman The U.S. government has capitalized on this uniquely powerful duality by maintaining ties with governments while always keeping an eye on foreign publics as well. It was the U.S. government working with  governments and the people that facilitated the...

Newsletter
Fool's Gold?
January 18, 2019 | Hannah Porter

“Russian gold rescues Jordanian women from spinsterhood” boasts a 2017 headline from Al-Arab. As the price of the required...


Newsletter
Middle East Notes and Comment: Friends Like These: Pompeo recasts ties in Cairo
January 18, 2019 | Jon B. Alterman Friends Like These: Pompeo recasts ties in Cairo: Secretary Pompeo's speech appealing to Arab governments and abandoning Arab publics was unwise.

Critical Questions
The Trump Administration’s Trade Objectives with Japan and the European Union
January 18, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal This winter, USTR published negotiating objectives for upcoming trade negotiations with the European Union and Japan. CSIS experts William Reinsch and Jack Caporal discuss some key questions surrounding the Trump administration’s trade objectives.

Newsletter
The Evening: Missile Threat, Brexit Deadlock, The Sopranos and More
January 17, 2019 | H. Andrew Schwartz

This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers ISIS Attack, May Survives, I Feel The Earth Move and More.

Commentary
Venezuela’s Road to Recovery
January 17, 2019 | Moises Rendon

As Venezuela does not currently have a constitutionally legitimate president or vice president, Guaidó is well within his power as president of the National Assembly to assume the presidency of Venezuela on an interim basis, writes CSIS Americas expert Moises Rendon.

Critical Questions
The 2019 Missile Defense Review: A Good Start
January 17, 2019 | Thomas Karako Initiated pursuant to both congressional and presidential direction, the Missile Defense Review report released today represents an attempt to adapt U.S. missile defense policy, posture, and programs to the strategic environment of great power competition writes Tom Karako.

Newsletter
The Evening: ISIS Attack, May Survives, I Feel The Earth Move and More
January 16, 2019 | H. Andrew Schwartz

This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers ISIS Attack, May Survives, I Feel The Earth Move and More.

Transcript
Japan’s National Defense Strategy
January 16, 2019

A discussion on Japan's national defense strategy with H.E. Takeshi Iwaya, Minister of Defense of Japan. 

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