Making sense of complex trade trends, the hottest news, plus trade rules, and lingo with a weekly podcast, short videos, hot takes, and interactive data visualizations.
Explores the technological, budgetary, and policy issues related to the air and space domains and innovative operational concepts for air and space forces.
Brings together information and analyses relating to the proliferation of cruise and ballistic missiles around the world and the air and missile defense systems designed to defeat them.
Bringing transparency and understanding to current security developments and long-term planning on the Korean peninsula with data-driven research and satellite imagery analysis.
Features reliable, nonpartisan analysis and commentary on key elements of national security policy including strategy, budget, forces, acquisition, and reform.
Highlights the work of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security charting a bold vision for the future of U.S. leadership in global health security.
Tracks significant developments in India’s states and provides context and analysis for businesses, research institutions, policymakers, and journalists.
Provides a one-stop platform that includes analysis, activities, events, key resources, events, and opportunities for the next generation in the nuclear field.
December 5, 2017
| Kaitlyn Johnson In Aerospace SecurityWhat bomber aircraft does the United States Air Force have in its arsenal and what are their capabilities?
December 4, 2017
| Kaitlyn Johnson In Aerospace SecurityThis Aerospace 101 piece gives a brief overview of operational, or soon-to-be operational, launch vehicles developed by American companies, sometimes with government aid.
November 30, 2017
| Thomas G. Roberts In Aerospace SecurityNot all satellite orbits are created equal. This Aerospace 101 describes the most popular orbital regimes and their benefits and drawbacks.
The debate over how to deal with North Korea’s nuclear program has been raging for nearly 25 years. CSIS's Beyond Parallel collected information on negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea to see if there are any trends that can shed light on the present nuclear...
This is the first product of the CSIS Expert Working Group on the South China Sea, which seeks to chart a feasible model for claimants to manage the maritime disputes.
On August 15, Philippine Congressman Gary Alejano released photographs of Chinese vessels that he claimed had been operating within 1 to 3 nautical miles of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island. AMTI imagery and analysis shines some light on the situation.
This feature explores trade in the South China Sea, which represents a sizeable portion of international trade, using common shipping routes, automatic identification system (AIS) data, and bilateral trade flows.
CSIS’s Kathleen Hicks on why significant change of Defense Department direction is unlikely to emerge from the forthcoming National Defense Strategy; recommending some tools to help manage the mismatch born of ambitious goals and inevitably limited resources.
This open letter calls on Congress to authorize a round of Base Realignment and Closure. The letter represents a bipartisan consensus that Congress should approve the base closures requested as a means of reducing excess military infrastructure.
The BRI has the potential to yield considerable economic and political gains for China. CSIS China Power explores several aspects of the program, looking at how China stands to gain from the BRI and its long-term feasibility.
