J. Robinson West is a senior adviser with CSIS Energy and National Security Program. The former chairman and founder of PFC Energy (1984-2013), he has advised chief executives of leading national and ...

Abiola Afolayan is the author of the forthcoming book: “Becoming Girls, Women and a Movement Making a Change in Peace and Security and Rewriting Boundaries in the 21st Century, A Manifesto.” An ...

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 ...

Understanding the factors that drive violent conflict within and between African states; and exploring strategies to promote and maintain peace. All countries experience stress and conflict but only ...

The Nuclear Energy Program at CSIS collaborates with industry, government, and the non-governmental sector to address the challenges facing the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including the challenges ...

John Simon is a founding partner at Total Impact Capital. Previously, Ambassador Simon was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he coauthored More than Money, a report on ...

In an era of global technological competition and diffusion of innovation, the United States must uphold the twin pillars of national security and national innovation. There is a clear need for ...

Developing the next generation of scholarship on the energy transition. To effectively navigate energy transitions, policymakers need access to the best analysis and strategic insights. CSIS's Energy ...

Greg Allen testified before the House Science, Space, & Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology regarding DeepSeek’s AI and how Huawei’s chip gains highlight China’s growing edge in the U.S ...

The comprehensive report from the bipartisan National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) delivers a “sobering, even frightening,” conclusion: that China is quickly ascending to ...

The shutdown of Cobre Panamá—one of the largest copper mines globally—has become a cautionary tale of how political risk can undermine significant investments from Western mining companies. Developed ...

If South Korea develops nuclear weapons, China may take extreme measures to prevent it, potentially including missile strikes. Beijing would make such a decision not because it has a preexisting plan ...