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A central topic of the meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada on February 19 was how to approach the climate change challenge and, in particular, how to “encourage the development of clean energy technologies.” The...

The CSIS Space Initiatives project promotes global space exploration as we move into the twenty-first century. The next decade, ushered in by the new U.S. president and his administration, will be crucial to space exploration. Indeed, during the next decade, the Space...

An updated Burke Chair report entitled America’s Self-Destroying Air Power: Becoming Your Own Peer Threat examines the impact of a crisis in aircraft procurement on tactical, strategic, and enabling capabilities of U.S. air power. It draws on recent government...

Q1:What are the resource conflicts between Afghanistan and Iraq? Does the United States need to rush out of Iraq or delay on Afghanistan? What are the trade-offs? Can the United States do both?

A1: Everything depends...

Dramatic changes are needed in order to succeed in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Almost daily, the people of the region experience deteriorating security and a worsening economic situation.

Within the United States, there is an emergent political consensus on the need to improve civilian capacity for diplomacy and development missions, including stabilization and reconstruction. In addition to such needed civilian capacity, the nation will require military...

The celebration of the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up presents a timely moment to examine the "Chinese Model." What is it? How successful has it been? And, what are its prospects for the future?


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Understanding the ramifications of Russia’s economic crisis for its foreign policy is critically important. Since the crisis hit, Russia’s foreign policy moves have largely been characterized by greater assertiveness, as demonstrated by the “gas war”...

Capitalism will endure as long as the winners from this economic system compensate the losers. We have long known about the tunnel vision, the importance of ideology in decision making, and the potential consequences of income inequality, but their intensity has become...

The reestablishment of the U.S. Fourth Fleet in Latin America is intended to address the increased role of maritime forces. It also serves to demonstrate U.S. commitment to regional partners. Unfortunately, the benign rebranding of U.S. naval forces at U.S. Southern Command...

The debate over the impact of U.S. withdrawals from Iraq depends heavily on just how much progress has been made in defeating al Qaeda in Iraq and in maintaining relative stability. The Burke Chair has developed a major update to its previous reporting on key developments in...