Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

"The Vatican’s AI intervention exposes Washington’s blind spot: Policymakers are debating hypothetical doomsday scenarios while missing the real crises already reshaping human dignity, work, truth, and power," writes the CSIS Futures Lab. Read more: https://lnkd.in/es8GG9Ju

Despite the Busan “trade truce,” new evidence suggests that access to Chinese-origin gallium remains constrained for U.S. industry, creating challenges for critical defense and high-tech production lines. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHR9eZfG

The large procurement request in the FY 2027 budget reflects the urgency of rebuilding the THAAD inventory after high operational use in Operations Epic Fury and Midnight Hammer. Read more about rebuilding U.S. missile inventories: https://lnkd.in/ePEy6Mpi

A flurry of diplomatic activity and a reported visit by Xi Jinping to North Korea have heightened speculation that something is afoot. CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department experts discuss what these signals indicate, how relations between North Korea and China are shifting, and what a Trump-Kim meeting could achieve. Watch: https://lnkd.in/e6PTf-aU

"The U.S. military would struggle to fight a protracted war with China because of a lack of long-range munitions, air defense systems and interceptors, and unmanned air, undersea, and surface systems." Read more from CSIS Defense and Security Department President Seth Jones: https://lnkd.in/erqxGdfi

The Middle East remains a hotbed of terrorism, but the most capable groups have been locally and regionally focused. Thus, while some threat to the U.S. homeland emanates from the Middle East, the most immediate concerns for U.S. policymakers are regional. Read the Global Terrorism Threat Assessment: https://lnkd.in/e2DQNYMK

Existing orders will begin replacing the 1,000+ Tomahawk missiles expended during the Iran War, but will not be enough to fully restore inventories to prewar levels. Read more about replenishing U.S. missile inventories: https://lnkd.in/ePEy6Mpi

A flurry of diplomatic activity and a reported visit by Xi Jinping to North Korea have heightened speculation that something is afoot. On a new episode of State of Play, CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department experts discuss what these signals indicate, how relations between North Korea and China are shifting, and what a Trump-Kim meeting could achieve. Listen: https://lnkd.in/eTCXwKMV

As strategic competition intensifies, the United States needs a clearer way to use finance, trade, industrial policy, and regulation to strengthen its own defense base while making it harder for adversaries to turn economic strength into military power, argues the CSIS Futures Lab. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eC2EGS-G

The four movements that dominate U.S. terrorism pose different types of threats, but similar methods are effective against all of them, and the U.S. counterterrorism enterprise remains extremely effective. Read the 2026 Global Terrorism Threat Assessment: https://lnkd.in/e2DQNYMK