John Hamre was elected president and CEO of CSIS in January 2000. Before joining CSIS, he served as the 26th U.S. deputy secretary of defense. Prior to holding that post, he was the under secretary of ...

China’s lead in the global commercial shipbuilding market is huge and growing. The country’s largest state-owned shipbuilder built more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S.

Our team provides the analysis leaders need to build energy security, address global climate change, and alleviate energy injustice. We provide innovative, strategic insights and policy solutions by ...

This case study explores how a CCP Inc. ecosystem of Chinese diplomatic, regulatory, financial, and commercial actors works in concert to secure critical minerals in the West African nation of Guinea.

Christopher B. Johnstone is a senior associate of the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a partner at the Asia Group, where he chairs the firm’s defense and ...

With nearly $25 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a deep bench of cyber executive leaders, and recently expanded cyber authorities, the Coast Guard is poised to make generational improvements ...

The Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD) studies the coming challenges in international development, focusing on the rapidly shifting financial and economic landscape in low and middle-income ...

Elizabeth Hoffman is a senior associate (non-resident) with the Global Development Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, she was director for ...

CSIS compiled the most up-to-date bilateral trade data with African countries in this interactive table, as the Trump administration focuses its trade negotiations on major economies like the European ...

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 ...

On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Sue Mi Terry with violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The indictment alleges activities that took place, ...

The CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program examines immediate and long-term impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine on global food security, and proposes steps for rebuilding Ukraine’s agriculture ...