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Unpacking Trump’s New Critical Minerals Executive Order

President Trump signed an EO to accelerate domestic minerals production for national security. The EO sets swift timelines to expedite permitting, deploy Defense Production Act funds through the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and identify priority projects.

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Critical Questions by Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz — March 21, 2025

Kay Bailey Hutchison in The Dallas Morning News: NATO Remains Our Best Defense

Commentary by Kay Bailey Hutchison — March 20, 2025

The Escalating Attacks on Tesla Facilities

Critical Questions by Riley McCabe — March 20, 2025

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Science, Cooperation, and Winter Uniforms: The Role of South American Militaries in Antarctica

Commentary by Wilder Alejandro Sánchez — March 20, 2025

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Air and Space Domain Lessons from Russia-Ukraine: Part Two | Conflict in Focus

March 20, 2025 • 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

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Air and Space Domain Lessons from Russia-Ukraine: Part One | Conflict in Focus

March 20, 2025 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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Hosted by Military Fellows

Defense Industrial Base Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus

March 13, 2025 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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Hosted by Conflict in Focus: Lessons from Russia-Ukraine

War in Ukraine and Lessons for Asia | The Capital Cable #108

March 13, 2025 • 9:30 – 10:15 am EDT

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Hosted by Korea Chair

Europe's Nuclear Future

March 11, 2025 • 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

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Hosted by Missile Defense Project

Human Domain Lessons from Russia-Ukraine | Conflict in Focus

March 6, 2025 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EST

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Hosted by Military Fellows

The Impossible State Live Podcast: When Will the Korean Impeachment Crisis End?

March 4, 2025 • 11:00 – 11:45 am EST

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Hosted by Korea Chair

Book Launch: Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy

February 27, 2025 • 2:00 – 5:00 pm EST

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Hosted by Critical Minerals Security Program

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Seth G. Jones

President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair

Emily Harding

Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program

Eliot A. Cohen

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Mark F. Cancian

Senior Adviser, Defense and Security Department

Daniel Byman

Director, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

Tom Karako

Director, Missile Defense Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Cynthia Cook

Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Kari A. Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Clayton Swope

Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Bonny Lin

Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser

Kathleen McInnis

Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Max Bergmann

Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center

Michelle Strucke

Director, Humanitarian Agenda and Human Rights Initiative

Matt Pearl

Director, Strategic Technologies Program

Sean Monaghan

Visiting Fellow, Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program

Benjamin Jensen

Director, Futures Lab, and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

Yasir Atalan

Data Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department

Kateryna Bondar

Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center

Brian Hart

Deputy Director and Fellow, China Power Project

Andy Lim

Deputy Director and Fellow, Korea Chair

Joseph Rodgers

Deputy Director and Fellow, Project on Nuclear Issues

Seamus P. Daniels

Fellow, Defense Budget Analysis

Alexander Palmer

Fellow, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

Wes Rumbaugh

Fellow, Missile Defense Project

Astrid Chevreuil

Visiting Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program

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Becoming a Chinese Client State: The Case of Serbia

This CSIS report examines Chinese economic activities in Serbia to shed light on China’s political and economic objectives, its mechanisms for influence, and the implications of its activities, including a second wave of digital infrastructure projects.

Report by Donatienne Ruy, Heather A. Conley, Jonathan E. Hillman, and Maesea McCalpin — September 24, 2020

Korea Chair ‘The Capital Cable’ #11 with Rep. Ami Bera

A special conversation with Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific, and Nonproliferation. He is also Co-Chair of the Congressional Study Group on Korea.

Transcript — September 24, 2020

The Asia Chessboard

Knight on the Chessboard: Perspectives from Senate Armed Services Committee featuring Ranking Member Jack Reed

Mike is joined by the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Jack Reed to discuss the role of Congress in decision-making on U.S. national security policy in the Asia-Pacific.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — September 21, 2020

Measuring Service Contract Performance

Services account for over 41 percent of DoD contract obligations. This CSIS report looks at a million contracts to evaluate how three factors influence performance: service complexity, contract-management capacity, and vendor’s history working with a DoD contracting.

Report by Gregory Sanders and Andrew Philip Hunter — September 18, 2020

Online Event Series: Conversations with Rep. Joaquin Castro and Rep. Will Hurd on “Information Warfare: U.S. Competition with China”

Please join the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies and the CSIS Transnational Threats Project for a set of conversations with Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) on U.S.-China information competition.

Event — September 17, 2020

Judging the Impact of U.S. Force Reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria

The current U.S. force cuts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria will have a lasting impact on the future U.S. defense posture in the region, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 16, 2020

Four Scenarios for Geopolitical Order in 2025-2030: What Will Great Power Competition Look Like?

CSIS’s Risk and Foresight Group offers four plausible, differentiated future scenarios to explore the changing geopolitical landscape of 2025-2030, including the lasting effects of Covid-19.

Commentary by Samuel Brannen — September 16, 2020