The commentary has been updated. This is, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning. Venezuela will enter a long transition with even greater U.S.

Following a three-week U.S. naval quarantine that has halted most of Venezuela’s oil exports, the Trump administration apprehended Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and declared that the ...

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 ...

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi was cut short abruptly without a signed joint statement. CSIS Korea experts Sue Mi Terry and Lisa Collins answer some critical ...

The Board of Trustees, chaired by Thomas J. Pritzker, is composed of highly distinguished and accomplished leaders who provide overall direction and leadership to CSIS.

The principal goals driving Russia’s cyber strategy across the spectrum of conflict are clear: disruption, destruction, and control of information. As a pioneer of cyber warfare, Russian actors ...

CSIS’s work on governance and rule of law covers democratic backsliding in Latin America, authoritarian activity in China and Russia, and maintaining election security and democratic values.

Onboarding and Training Structure AILA centralizes the onboarding schedule for all new hires and provides opportunities for professional development for CSIS staff through its Introductory Series and ...

Aidan Powers-Riggs is an associate fellow for China Studies with the iDeas Lab at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he primarily supports the Hidden Reach special ...

Clay Lowery is the executive vice president for research and policy at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). In this role he serves on the IIF’s management team and oversees its economic ...

James A. Kelly is a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. President George W. Bush nominated him on April 3, 2001; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, ...

It’s generally unwise to initiate a fight you are unlikely to win. That is a principle that military officers generally try to adhere to. As for NATO’s political leaders, apparently not. NATO has just ...