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To counter the increase in Russian salvos, the CSIS Futures Lab urges Ukraine to:
🔹Accelerate deployment of lasers and high powered microwaves
🔹Expand early warnings
🔹Diversify interceptor mix
🔹Integrate civil and military tracking

Read the full report: www.csis.org/analysis/new...

South Korea Gets Its Trade Deal with the United States Each side can claim some victories from the trade deal reached on July 30. South Korean president Lee Jae Myung succeeded in reducing tariffs on autos exports to the U.S. which was a top priority. President Trump could flash a big foreign investment number for U.S. industry. 

Many details about the US.-South Korea trade deal remain unclear. "Like other agreements the Trump administration has signed in recent months, initial agreement and implementation details are minimal," write @korea.csis.org experts.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/sou...

What the Next Round of Sanctions Against Russia Should Look Like Moscow has successfully restructured its economy on an impressive war footing, but there are weaknesses under the hood.

"Moscow has successfully restructured its economy on an impressive war footing, but there are weaknesses under the hood," write @erep.csis.org experts.

Read more in Foreign Policy about what the next round of sanctions against Russia should look like: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/t...

"Outreach to the Burmese junta on rare earth minerals would damage both long-term U.S. strategic interests and undermine eventual access to those rare earth deposits," writes @seasia.csis.org expert Gregory B. Poling.

Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/dan...

How can Taiwan withstand a Chinese blockade? CSIS gives 4 recommendations:
🔹Expand & secure energy reserves
🔹Develop plans to requisition Taiwanese-owned merchant vessels
🔹Harden energy infrastructure
🔹Prepare for emergency resource allocation
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China constructed 2 new oil and gas platforms in the East China Sea, drawing formal protests from Japan. But new satellite imagery and automatic identification system data shows that mobile drilling rigs may be preparing for more installations.

See more: amti.csis.org/beijing-keep...

Can the U.S. government still influence Israel in Gaza? With President Trump's acknowledgement for the first time in 21 months that Gaza is experiencing “real starvation,” the administration may create an opening for policy change.

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"U.S. copper tariffs will negatively impact minerals security, as the majority of U.S. copper imports come from partners within the Western Hemisphere that have free trade agreements with the United States," note CSIS Americas Program experts.

Learn more here: www.csis.org/analysis/tar...

ICYMI: Is the United States ceding ground to China in the Pacific? CSIS Australia Chair experts discuss.

Watch here: www.csis.org/events/ameri...

The new U.S.-Japan trade deal "appears to address some of the major demands from the United States on investment and market access while also providing Japan with some relief."

Read more from @japan.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/ass...

On the latest episode of Russian Roulette, @erep.csis.org expert @maxbergmann.bsky.social speaks with Michael Kimmage about the recent headlines connected to Russia and Ukraine and what they mean for the coming months.

Listen here: www.csis.org/podcasts/rus...

"In response to Russia’s intensifying cyber campaign, building and expanding collaborative hubs for sharing cyber threat intelligence is essential," write CSIS experts on the criticality of international collaboration in cyber intelligence sharing.

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One year after the Maduro regime's brazen electoral threat, the CSIS Americas Program reflects on recent developments in Venezuela.

Read their expert insights: www.csis.org/analysis/exp...

The latest U.S.-EU trade deal gives Washington a geopolitical win—including steep tariffs and key concessions—while Europe bears the economic costs of a weak response, writes @erep.csis.org expert Federico Steinberg.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/us-...

"Russia believes that its road to Kyiv runs through Washington. To end the war in Ukraine, the United States and Ukraine’s other supporters must target that belief," write CSIS Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program experts.

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On the latest episode of the CommonHealth, Ken Staley, senior counselor at Palantir, discusses health security across political administrations and the technological innovations that have opened up public health fields.

Listen here: cs.is/3IWJ7Fv

Rare earths in Myanmar could be the trigger for U.S. interest in the four-and-a-half-year Burmese civil war, writes @seasia.csis.org expert Gregory B. Poling.

Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/dan...

Congress has an opportunity to strengthen disease prevention efforts in the new global health landscape, writes Global Health Policy expert Katherine Bliss.

Read the analysis here: cs.is/41gwFXp

The shape of new trade agreements "provides significant clarity about administration objectives and distinguishes this approach from previous trade policy frameworks," writes the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/tru...

The CSIS Defense and Security Department ran 26 wargames to simulate a range of Chinese blockade scenarios against Taiwan. They show that a blockade could inflict major casualties and disrupt global trade, risking escalation into a broader U.S.–China war.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...

STARTING NOW: @korea.csis.org hosts a discussion of the implications of the U.S.–South Korea trade deal, including its impact on U.S.–South Korea economic ties and the outlook for investment in critical sectors such as semiconductors, automobiles, and shipbuilding.

Watch here: cs.is/45kmnXJ

The United States Cannot Win the Twenty-First-Century Innovation Race with a Twentieth-Century Playbook If the United States wants to compete globally, it must adopt an integrated systems approach to innovation that anchors research with production—that means investing in workforce and infrastructure capacity—and commercializes inventions with speed and at scale. 

"If the U.S. intends to 'blaze a bold path' toward a 'Golden Age of American Innovation,' it is essential to ensure that innovation is anchored in production, powered by people, and organized for speed and scale," notes CSIS Renewing American Innovation.

Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...

"Today, Gaza is facing unprecedented levels of hunger and acute malnutrition. The World Food Program estimates that a third of Gazans do not eat for days at a time amid alarming reports of mounting deaths from starvation."

Read more on starvation in Gaza: www.csis.org/analysis/exp...

For China, a blockade of Taiwan is not a low-risk alternative to invasion; it is a dangerous “roll of the iron dice” that risks catastrophic failure. CSIS explored the possibility of blockade through 26 wargames.

Read their findings: cs.is/45wb7Zm

ICYMI: @ai.csis.org welcomed Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to discuss the AI Action Plan and the administration’s vision for U.S. AI leadership and innovation amid strategic competition with China.

Watch here: www.csis.org/events/unpac...

Russia’s evolving aerial campaign has normalized massed drone and missile salvos. This shift marks a deliberate strategy to overwhelm Ukraine through volume, persistence, and psychological pressure, writes the CSIS Futures Lab.

Read the report here: cs.is/3U3e6SR

A Chinese blockade of Taiwan is an increasing possibility given China’s aggressive rhetoric, threatening military exercises, and continuing military buildup—with the potential to affect every person on the planet.

CSIS explores blockade scenarios through 26 wargames: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...

In a new CSIS Charts Video, Chris Borges breaks down how research and development cuts could impact the American innovation ecosystem and U.S. national security.

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/S02st...

"In the trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States, Washington has won a geopolitical victory, and Brussels has had to choose between bad and worse," writes @erep.csis.org.

Read the full analysis here: cs.is/45juljR

On the latest episode of The Youth Bloom, Arjun Jain, the UN Refugee Agency’s Representative in Nigeria, joins @cnzuki.bsky.social to discuss the drivers of internal displacement in Nigeria and the daily realities facing displaced communities.

Listen here: #[cs.is/3GSVRMZ