Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, ...

The post-Cold War era brought a renaissance of private security companies (PSCs) and private military companies (PMCs). Both state and non-state actors have frequently relied on their services, as ...

South Korea's president Lee Jae Myung made important trips to China and Japan this month, and met with Xi Jinping and Sanae Takaichi to discuss cooperation and regional developments. What did Lee ...

There are 41 CIs in Southeast Asia, and Thailand alone has 16—the second-highest number in Asia after South Korea. The most obvious reasons for why Mandarin language learning has been more popular in ...

Seamus P. Daniels is a fellow for Defense Budget Analysis in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he researches issues related to U.S ...

Benjamin Jensen is director of the Futures Lab and a senior fellow for the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). At CSIS, Dr. Jensen leads ...

Richard Rossow is a senior adviser and holds the Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In this role, he helps frame and shape ...

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg served as German federal minister of defense from 2009 to 2011 and as federal minister of economics and technology from February 2009 to October 2009. As minister of defense ...

The Middle East has battled water insecurity for centuries, but today, the region is on a razor’s edge. Tackling the politics and power dynamics that have exacerbated scarcity is the only way to ...

An arc of instability stretching across Africa’s Sahel region, an area of strategic interest for the United States and its allies, is plagued by violent extremist organizations (VEOs).

China sees no hard line between peace and conflict; instead, it operates in the gray zone, waging continuous, low-level cyber warfare beneath the threshold of open conflict. Backed by vast state ...

The CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative are pleased to present the Fourteenth Annual South China Sea Conference, it will provide opportunities for in-depth discussion ...