Asia-Pacific

March 31, 2025 | Benjamin Jensen, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

How to Secure the Black Sea During a Russia-Ukrainian Ceasefire

After Ukraine and Russia’s agreement to a Black Sea ceasefire as part of broader talks being brokered by the United States in Saudi Arabia, the next step is to design a coalition maritime force...

February 19, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey Marginalized? How Trump’s Middle East Strategy is Rewriting Alliances

Nearly a month into Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. President, we are beginning to see the contours of his foreign policy in the Middle East. Having campaigned on a promise to prioritize American...

January 27, 2025 | John Hardie, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman, Joe Dougherty

The leverage Trump needs when talking with Putin

November 15, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Janatan Sayeh

Donald Trump: Back to the Future on Iran Policy

Tehran’s theocrats must be terrified. That’s a good thing. Despite the limited and lackluster commentary on Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the Iranian press and by officials, regime elites must now face the fact that the candidate they sought to kill is set to re-assume the presidency on January 20, 2025.

October 4, 2024 | Craig Singleton, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Benjamin Jensen

Targeting Taiwan

Beijing’s Playbook for Economic and Cyber Warfare

May 30, 2024 | |

U.S. Boycotts UN Session Honoring Iran’s Late President

The United States boycotted a May 30 plenary session of the UN General Assembly held to commemorate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Speeches...

April 5, 2024 | Alan Goldsmith |

The Urgent Need for UN Reform

The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.

March 5, 2024 | Matt Pottinger |

The JoongAng-CSIS Forum 2024: Keynote Address by Matt Pottinger

Prime Minister Han [Duck-Soo]; Chairman Hong [Seok-Hyun]; President Hamre—thank you for your stimulating remarks this morning.  And thank you for inviting me to be here today. We have a distinguished...

March 29, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Alternatives to ‘peace through strength’

None are preferable to robust deterrence

December 1, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Targeting Tiandy

The Case for Blacklisting a Chinese Tech Firm Tied to Crackdowns on Uyghurs and Iranian Protestors

January 11, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January

November 24, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Ryan Brobst

Congress should support the Biden administration’s effort to sell defensive missiles to Saudi Arabia

A fight is brewing within the Democratic party over whether to permit the sale of defensive air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia. The Biden administration’s State Department approved the sale of 280 AIM-120C...

October 28, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, John Hardie, Zane Zovak

Don’t Assume the US Will Fight China and Russia One at a Time

Beijing and Moscow are boosting their strategic coordination along with their militaries.

March 24, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Power Plays Turn to Profit Margins

Erdogan’s Power Plays Turn to Profit Margins

February 28, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself is Brought to Desolation

Excerpt “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” – Matthew 12:25 Democracy is a delicate machine composed...

January 14, 2021 | Eric B. Lorber, Juan C. Zarate

National Economic Security

January 14, 2021 | Cleo Paskal

India

January 14, 2021 | Bradley Bowman

Defense

December 15, 2020 | Eric Sayers, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Seizing the Advantage in the Asia-Pacific

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Leon Panetta

Defending Forward

Securing America by Projecting Military Power Abroad