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Latin America: The World's Copper Stronghold

Copper is essential for meeting not only clean energy needs, but also the electronics, infrastructure, and technologies that power the modern economy. US-Latin America cooperation is vital given it’s home to the world’s largest copper reserves.

Digital Report by Gracelin Baskaran, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, and Fabio Murgia — November 13, 2024

Staying Ahead in the Global Technology Race: A Roadmap for Economic Security

CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department experts give recommendations on export controls, global tech governance, domestic incentives for building tech capabilities in chips and clean technologies, and the future of international tech cooperation and competition.

Digital Report by The CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department — October 29, 2024

Malaria Vaccines: The New Tools Fighting a Longtime Public Health Threat

New vaccines to prevent malaria infection promise to be game changers in the fight against this public health challenge. To ensure their impact, it will be critical to raise awareness about the new vaccines; ensure adequate financing; and support countries’ efforts to deliver the products to at-risk populations.

Digital Report by Katherine E. Bliss — October 18, 2024

Crossroads of Commerce: How the Taiwan Strait Propels the Global Economy

This report provides an unprecedented look at the Taiwan Strait’s role in global trade, revealing that over one-fifth of all maritime commerce passes through this vital waterway. China possesses a range of non-kinetic options it may employ to coerce Taiwan, which could significantly disrupt this trade.
 

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, David Peng, Bonny Lin, and Jasper Verschuur — October 10, 2024

The Global Impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

The inaugural report from the CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department features insights from 21 leading CSIS experts examining how regional leaders are preparing for shifts in U.S. global leadership—regardless of the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

Digital Report by The CSIS Geopolitics & Foreign Policy Department — September 26, 2024

How China Could Blockade Taiwan

China has options other than invasion to try to force Taiwan’s unification, one of which is a blockade. This report explores the potential motivations and strategic calculus for a blockade and maps out possible scenarios of how China could approach blockade operations.

Digital Report by Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Matthew P. Funaiole, Truly Tinsley, and Samantha Lu — August 22, 2024

Alliance Online: The Evolution of the U.S.-Japan Security Partnership

A short history, supplemented by timelines of key events, a repository of official documents, and interviews with experts, to document the remarkable evolution of this partnership from 1951 to 2024.

Digital Report by Nicholas Szechenyi, Christopher B. Johnstone, and Leah Klaas — July 11, 2024

Secret Signals: Decoding China’s Intelligence Activities in Cuba

In 2023, U.S. officials acknowledged that China operates spy facilities in Cuba, but details have remained scarce. New satellite imagery offers an unprecedented look at four active sites in Cuba most likely to be supporting China’s efforts to spy on the United States.

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Aidan Powers-Riggs, Brian Hart, Henry Ziemer, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Ryan C. Berg, and Christopher Hernandez-Roy — July 1, 2024

How China Could Quarantine Taiwan

As China ramps up pressure on Taiwan, one major step it could take is a law enforcement-led quarantine of the island. This report lays out China’s potential motivations for a quarantine and maps out two plausible scenarios of how it could conduct quarantine operations.

Digital Report by Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Matthew P. Funaiole, Samantha Lu, and Truly Tinsley — June 4, 2024