This analysis from the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business unpacks the April 2 tariff announcements from the White House.

The U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral relationship enables the United States and its Indo-Pacific partners to address regional challenges. What developments have taken place since the Camp David Summit in ...

The week of March 24, 2025, was a busy one on the Hill. On March 25 and 26, senior intelligence leaders testified before the Senate and House intelligence committees, respectively, on the Intelligence ...

On March 14, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a memorandum in the Federal Register that all agency actions involving trade, specifically “the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, ...

Last week was an eventful one in South Korea’s ongoing political crisis. On March 24, the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled to reinstate Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as acting president and acquitted ...

Terrorism remains a threat to U.S. citizens, assets, and interests despite the national security community’s decreasing focus on counterterrorism. In 2025, domestic terrorism represents a greater ...

As U.S. and European policies evolve under new governments, there will be opportunities for cooperation as well as triggers for conflict. The approach that the United States and European Union will ...

President Trump’s ambitious attempt to rapidly reorder U.S. economic relations in the early months of his administration centers on the expansive, if chaotic, use of tariffs on adversaries and allies ...

Nascent agreements over safety of navigation on the Black Sea indicate Russia’s desire to restart the Black Sea Grain Initiative, but Ukraine has already secured—and increased—its agricultural exports ...

South Korea is mired in an impeachment crisis sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s December 2024 declaration of martial law. If the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment motion, South Korea ...

WASHINGTON, DC – March 27, 2025 – The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) today announced that Dr. Thomas J. Christensen has been appointed Pritzker Chair. The Chair—one of CSIS’s ...

Once a year, the two intelligence committees in Congress host the heads of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA ...