In order to achieve its stated objective of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will need to take out a key Iranian facility, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Fordow is buried deep under a ...

China has a long history of dam construction and water control, dating back to the Qin dynasty. 28 This tradition continues today, though modern projects on the Tibetan Plateau come with consequences ...

Russia’s poor performance has likely been caused by several factors: the Russian military’s reliance on dismounted infantry and mechanized forces to take Ukrainian territory, Russia’s failure to use ...

The Decline of the U.S. Zinc Industry The United States was once the largest zinc processor in the world, with 19 processing plants in operation. 5 At the start of the Cold War, the U.S. government ...

In the years before the war, the Russian government tried but failed to convince businesses to stop stockpiling reserves that they used to fund large dividends. Businesses, however, complained that ...

Structure of “Liberation Day” Tariffs: One Tariff For All, Another For Serial Offenders The April 2 announcement contained two distinct tariff actions. First, a universal 10 percent tariff will apply ...

While Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan all have the authority to impose end-user restrictions, their end-user authorities are more limited than the U.S. Entity List. For example, Japan’s end-user list ...

“The U.S. possesses all components across the full AI stack, including advanced semiconductor design, frontier algorithms, and, of course, transformational applications. Now the computing power this ...

Sketching a Supply Chain Securing critical minerals does not mean merely digging more of the necessary metals out of the ground in Canada; it requires thinking critically about mining, processing, ...

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

Developing technology policy is an incredibly complex task that normally takes decades. Looking at the CHIPS Act, for instance, the idea of bolstering the United States’ production capabilities in ...