The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world’s greatest challenges.

Seth G. Jones is president of the Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He focuses on defense strategy, military ...

The Freeman Chair in China Studies is a leading source of insight and analysis on China’s evolving political system and the dynamics that impact its domestic policy agenda and external behavior. Our ...

The China Power Project is committed to providing interactive visualizations and expert analysis in order to facilitate informed discussions of the complexities, capabilities, and potential outcomes ...

Our Vision The conflict in Ukraine, like most modern wars, appears increasingly likely to culminate in some form of a negotiated settlement. To help policymakers in Washington, Kyiv, Brussels, and ...

China is increasingly a global power. Its overseas interests are vast and complex, spanning every region of the world. In many places, Beijing is leveraging new sources of strength to assert its ...

Our Vision The world has entered a new era where grand strategy integrates human judgment with machine intelligence. As governments and policymakers increasingly rely on AI to analyze complex ...

Export control evasion of controlled chips is a known concern, but the specifics of this activity are opaque. In addition, a systematic analysis of the entire chip smuggling pipeline, from initial ...

Conflict in Focus: Lessons from Russia-Ukraine The Conflict in Focus series examines the Russia-Ukraine War from multiple perspectives to identify implications for future warfare. Each week, a CSIS ...

The CSIS Geoeconomics Council brings together leading economists from a diverse array of large U.S. firms to provide an industry perspective on the issues impacting U.S. competitiveness, economic ...

William Reinsch is senior adviser and Scholl Chair emeritus with the Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The 2025 Space Threat Assessment covers the growing counterspace capabilities of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and others. It also features analysis on GPS jamming and spoofing, satellite ...