The 2025 National Security Strategy recasts naval power as an economic and industrial instrument, pushing the Navy toward ...

On October 18, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that all of its obligations under the 10-year-old Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the Iran deal—have expired. This declaration ...

With the war in Ukraine and a potential reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe on the horizon, there is a renewed imperative for European leaders to strengthen and integrate their defense ...

On September 4, several new documents revealed the next steps for the trade deal that the United States and Japan first announced on July 22. In the initial framework agreement, Tokyo promised ...

Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...

The administration’s latest announcement on military aid for Ukraine gives a moderate but useful “bump” to weapons delivery for the next eleven months. President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark ...

Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. That's where the policy lies as of Tuesday, July 15. Yet, ...

China’s recent export controls, especially of rare earth elements (REEs), have left Western companies reeling, with some firms allegedly considering shifting elements of production back to China just ...

Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the country’s war against Ukraine, according to a new study by CSIS. The study also said that close to 400,000 Ukrainian troops have ...

Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered ...

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 ...

In an uncommonly frank moment in 2019, a Chinese diplomat declared that “we treat our friends with fine wine, but for our enemies we have shotguns.” While the more acerbic edges of what is now known ...