On May 7, 2025, India launched missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. India stated that the strikes targeted terrorist infrastructure, while Pakistan rejected India’s ...

On May 16, 2025, Moody’s downgraded the United States’ credit rating, making it the last major rating agency to strip the United States of its Aaa rating. This downgrade is more than a technical ...

The Trump administration has repeatedly threatened to walk away from Ukraine if there is no progress on a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. Although the administration has sent mixed signals, its ...

As part of its stated intention to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and circumscribe U.S. foreign assistance, the Trump administration announced recently that it had ...

Military conflict in the Indo-Pacific would demand overwhelming U.S. naval power. Yet the shipbuilding sector faces capacity shortages, industrial base constraints, cost overruns, and delayed delivery ...

For businesses and consumers alike, the joint statement from Washington and Beijing offered signs of a détente in the U.S.-China trade war. Following the weekend’s Geneva talks, both sides have ...

Russia’s drone campaign utilizes inexpensive Shahed drones to saturate Ukrainian air defenses and erode civilian morale through persistent nightly attacks. Originally Iranian made, these drones are ...

Every October, World Food Day calls attention to global food security and the actions needed to combat hunger and malnutrition. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

On May 12, 2025, the Trump administration announced a mutual reduction in trade measures between the United States and China. This includes not only a reduction in tariffs—bringing U.S. rates down ...

Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored to share my views with you on this important topic. CSIS does not take policy positions, so the views ...

On May 2, 2025, the White House released a top-level fiscal year 2026 budget proposal for NASA that calls for nearly 25 percent less in funding than NASA received for fiscal year 2025. Specifically, ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will arrive in Washington this week as part of a last-ditch effort to salvage what is left of his country’s bilateral relationship with the United States and ...