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U.S.-Caribbean Relations: The Cost of Postponing the 2025 Summit of the Americas

Americas Program Senior Associate Georges Fauriol and Mary Speck highlight the growing security challenges facing Caribbean nations, including the regional crises in Haiti and Venezuela, and propose a regional solution to the issues at hand.

Commentary by Georges A. Fauriol and Mary Speck — December 8, 2025

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Violence in Iraq: The Growing Risk of Serious Civil Conflict

The rising level of violence in Iraq is difficult to measure and interpret, but it presents a serious risk that Iraq could return to the level of civil conflict it experience during the mid-2000s.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 9, 2013

Nuclear Notes

Nuclear Notes is a biannual publication of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) featuring innovative thinking by rising experts in the nuclear field.

Report by Edited by Sarah Weiner — September 4, 2013