The demand for quality infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond is both a challenge and an opportunity for the international community.

This monthly newsletter from the International Security Program features articles and commentary written by our scholars, appearances in various media sources, and links to recent events.

As an aside on the U.S. Treasury Department’s active role in sanctions policy, the official said, “Secretary Mnuchin didn’t know he had so much authority and just loves the hammer.”
Treasury’s other major national security responsibility,...

The Trade Guys talk Trump’s new NAFTA deal with Mexico. 

Now is the time for the United States to pivot and work with Mexico to get Canada to join the agreement in principle and make the North American economy a win for all three countries.

In this episode, the Trade Guys welcome another special guest, Cody Lusk, who is the president and CEO of the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA). 

The dispute in the SCS is characterized as the “foremost security challenge to the Philippines’ sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers NAFTA, Russian war games, and more.

This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers NAFTA, North Korea’s money masters, Déjà Vu, and more.

The U.S.-Mexico announcement comes over a year after the renegotiation began and signals progress in the administration’s first substantive trade negotiation. What is the status of the NAFTA negotiations after this development and what’s worth watching?

For decades, mobility was one of the features of the U.S. economy as young workers, with families or without, went off to seek their fortunes elsewhere, in some cases voluntarily, in others driven to it by poverty, discrimination, or drought.