It’s bipartisan gospel that the private sector will deliver the innovation the United States needs. With technological change and global competition, however, such expectation is a bad idea without a far more strategic, centralized approach to the challenges ahead.

This report by James A. Lewis offers an analysis of the current state of competition between the U.S. and China in technology, economic models, and world views, and questions the inevitability of China’s rise.

Taking advantage of ongoing instability and the presence of sectarian militias in Iraq, Islamic State militants are regrouping into an insurgent movement and refocusing their tactics and attacks against the Iraqi government.

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower's annual conference features leading experts from both China and the U.S. to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power.

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.

Kartikeya Singh, deputy director of the Wadhwani Chair in CSIS U.S. India Policy Studies, highlights important voter issues in the upcoming state assembly elections in India as well as recent, noteworthy policies and reforms rolled out by incumbent state governments.

In a world where democracy is in recession, Nigerian commitment to democratic values makes the upcoming February 2019 elections worth paying attention to, as CSIS Africa Program director Judd Devermont writes in his commentary.

In the absence of other effective political actors, there is useful space for Haiti’s civil society activism to provide constructive engagement to address Haiti corruption challenges, as Georges A. Fauriol, senior associate with CSIS Americas Program, writes in his...