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What Allies Want: European Priorities in a Contested Security Environment

While the United States remains committed to NATO, it its placing growing pressure on its allies to shoulder more of the burden for European defense. As allies shoulder a growing conventional burden, they want to ensure US extended deterrence commitments remain.

Report by Nicholas Adamopoulos — May 12, 2025

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Strategic Trends 2025: A Trans-Atlantic Look Ahead

Please join CSIS for a conversation about Strategic Trends 2025: Key Developments in Global Affairs, a new report by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich on shifting partnerships, conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, and the role of critical technologies in great power competition.

Event — May 12, 2025

What Allies Want: European Priorities in a Contested Security Environment

While the United States remains committed to NATO, it its placing growing pressure on its allies to shoulder more of the burden for European defense. As allies shoulder a growing conventional burden, they want to ensure US extended deterrence commitments remain.

Report by Nicholas Adamopoulos — May 12, 2025

We Need More Off-Ramps for Nuclear Crises

States should develop off-ramps—such as crisis communications, third-party mediation, and narrative manipulation—now and in advance of crises in order to reduce the risk of nuclear use.

Commentary by Heather Williams and Nicholas Adamopoulos — May 12, 2025

Game On for the United States and Canada After Oval Office Opener

CSIS Americas Deputy Director and Senior Fellow Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Chris Sands unpack the state of play with U.S.-Canada relations and the defense, security, and trade issues that will define the relationship going forward.

Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Christopher Sands — May 9, 2025

The Truth of the Matter

Analyzing Missile Attacks in Ukraine

CSIS’s Benjamin Jensen, director of the CSIS Futures Lab and senior fellow in the CSIS Defense and Security Department, joins the podcast to discuss the CSIS Russian Firepower Strike Tracker and how to quantify wartime tactics.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Benjamin Jensen — May 9, 2025

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Insights for Future Conflicts from the Russia-Ukraine War

The Russia-Ukraine conflict shocked the world, unfolding a story of adaptation, resilience, and innovation with global implications. Drawing from analysis and news coverage, this report distills 10 insights that will shape the next war.  

Digital Report by Krista Auchenbach, Nathan Lewis, Scott Murphy, Quinton Packard, Scott Pence, Luke Slivinski, and Matthew Slusher — May 8, 2025