This transcript is from a CSIS press briefing hosted on April 28, 2025. Samuel Cestari: Hello, everybody, and welcome to this CSIS press briefing assessing Australia’s upcoming election and analyzing ...

RISC-V architecture is an open, international standard governing how software interfaces with hardware in a computer. It serves as a shared language that sets the parameters for communication and ...

Regardless of the territorial settlement and alliance restrictions placed on Ukraine by ongoing negotiations, what should the post-war Ukrainian military look like to defend the nation’s sovereignty ...

Spring 2025 will mark the 48th release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual congressionally mandated Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly referred to as the Human Rights Reports ...

Last week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) notified the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) that it would “shutter” the agency, instructing the MCC to terminate all its compact and ...

While many older South Koreans support nuclear armament, younger generations, the ones who will actually live with the consequences, do not share that view. Older South Koreans, shaped by memories of ...

North America produces significantly more food than it consumes, making it an agricultural export powerhouse. Beyond regional trade, East Asia, led by China, Japan, and South Korea, along with the ...

Financial services are a powerful driver of human well-being, enabling businesses to operate and raise capital and households to save, manage economic shocks, and invest in essential needs like ...

On Thursday, April 24, President Donald Trump revealed his latest executive order (EO) aimed at securing critical mineral supply chains and countering China’s dominance in the industry. “Unleashing ...

Our goal in launching the Economic Security and Technology Department’s Back & Forth series is to promote debate about ideas that do not get adequate attention in Washington policy circles. As a ...

Exploring the implications of quantum technology for national security and policies for strengthening the U.S. quantum industry The quantum industry is at an inflection point as the technology moves ...

Aysha wakes in darkness. Departing at daybreak, she will spend the next eight hours walking to the nearest river, returning with five liters of water for her family in a remote region of Ethiopia. She ...