Countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) pose significant challenges for development, including private-sector development.

Washington does not typically focus on objective foreign policy analysis and bipartisan solutions six months before a U.S. Presidential election.

From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012.

Not long before the UN-run popular consultation in East Timor in 1999, an Indonesian general told me that if the East Timorese voted for independence, Indonesia would surely break apart. He cited the centrifugal forces at work that would pull the diverse country to ...

U.S. Peacefare begins with a historical overview of official U.S. peace-building efforts.

In May 2008, in response to the growing global food crisis, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) launched a task force to assess the rising humanitarian, security, developmental, and market impacts of rising food costs and shortages. Its cochairs,...