Robert Cardillo has held numerous leadership positions in his distinguished 35 years of service in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Most recently, he served as the sixth director of the National ...

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 ...

Deterrence was the linchpin of U.S. defense strategy for decades, but the political and military context for deterrence has changed significantly. Instead of a single, near-peer opponent, the U.S.

The research team relied on publicly available information to populate the data set. To capture a broad array of policies, the project used unofficial translations. The research took place between ...

As the United States races to reduce its reliance on China for minerals vital for national, economic, and energy security, tariffs with Canada may drastically undermine these efforts. Canada is the ...

What will a second Trump administration do on the Korean Peninsula? Will he restart summit diplomacy with Kim Jong-un? How will he handle South Korea's political crisis? Joining Mark Lippert to ...

President Donald Trump sent U.S. troops to the southern border in one of his first actions as commander-in-chief. That he took such an action is not surprising since border security was the central ...

On any given day, there are 2,500-3,000 United States Army personnel in Africa undertaking a variety of engagements with their African counterparts. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) was established ...

With the return of Donald Trump and a war raging in Europe, Europeans are on edge. But Europe is presently at a loss for what to do. Speeches and meetings abound along with ad nauseam calls for ...

As a presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump promised to end Europe’s largest war since 1945 in one day. This was always ambitious. Since taking office, President Trump and his advisers have already ...

This event has been postponed until further notice. Please check back on our website for more information soon. Uranium is one of the most consequential elements of the modern era, fueling the nuclear ...

In his first week in office, President Trump signed numerous executive orders related to energy and climate policy. With these orders, the approach of the federal government to energy and climate ...