Lebanon’s parliament elected General Joseph Aoun as president on January 9, 2025, ending a two-year stalemate. Parliament had failed to elect a president 12 times following the end of the previous ...

This brief from the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business analyzes Taiwan’s role in U.S. economic ...

Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the Philippines’ legal victory in the South China Sea. On July 12, 2016, five judges in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague tossed out much of ...

The free trade community has raised alarm bells about the incoming Trump Administration’s plans to pursue higher tariffs against key trade partners. However, the security reasons for accelerating ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, arrested in Iran last month, was released Wednesday after weeks of diplomatic wrangling ...

Latin America has witnessed some of the highest homicide rates in the world, largely driven by gang violence and transnational criminal groups. Throughout the Western Hemisphere, states have ...

Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to select a new president. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, by an ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) conducted a 1.5 day-long U.S.-China-Philippines simulation exercise on a crisis in the South China Sea in November 2015 with the generous ...

Until 2022, Moldova sourced 100 percent of its energy from Russian gas. This gas was delivered through Ukraine via Transnistria, which has existed as a breakaway region of Moldova since 1992. This ...

Join the CSIS Africa Program for a discussion with Colonel Karen Meeker, the Chaplain at the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). As one of the highest-ranking military chaplains, Colonel Meeker’s ...