Launched in 2013 by Xi Jinping, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China's flagship overseas investment project, encompassing agreements with over 150 countries and summing to around $1 trillion in ...

The Africa Program examines how the United States can promote good governance in East Africa while simultaneously confronting security threats in the region East Africa is one of the most conflicted ...

Papers Analysis and Policy Recommendations China's Industrial Policymaking Process Huawei Lenovo Suntech Shanghai Auto China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock About The growth of the Chinese economy, ...

The Russia and Eurasia Program offers analysis of rapid economic change in Russia and the consequences for U.S. policy There is no aspect of contemporary Russia that has changed more rapidly and ...

Over the past few years, North Korea has resorted to cyber attacks to affect its adversaries with increasing scale and capacity. This trend is alarming given that advanced cyber warfare capabilities ...

General Michael Hayden is a retired four-star general who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) when the course of world events was ...

The CSIS Africa Program hosted a meeting featuring Binaifer Nowrojee, Director of the Open Society Institute's East African initiative in Nairobi. She discussed the status of reform efforts to combat ...

There is growing Iranian activism in the Middle East despite U.S. and allied efforts to weaken Iran’s economy and politically isolate Tehran. As U.S.-Iranian tensions escalate in the Middle East, it ...

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg served as German federal minister of defense from 2009 to 2011 and as federal minister of economics and technology from February 2009 to October 2009. As minister of defense ...

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 ...

A case-study approach to understanding the political economy of successful low-carbon development strategies Energy Transitions: Low-Carbon Pathways for Growth and Sustainability examined how ...

Hunter Hunt is CEO and president of Hunt Consolidated Energy, LLC and co-CEO of its holding company, Hunt Consolidated, Inc. He oversees the operations of Hunt Oil Company, Hunt Power, and the other ...