Operation Epic Fury costs nearly $900 million per day, driven by the large expenditure of munitions. Because most of this is ...

In the early hours of February 28, the United States, alongside Israel, launched a large-scale strike on Iran, aimed at weakening the regime’s military and strategic capabilities. The operation was ...

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Mark Cancian (Colonel, USMCR, ret.) is a senior adviser with the CSIS Defense and Security Department. He joined CSIS in April 2015 from the Office of Management and Budget, where he spent more than ...

From the expansion of the internet to the rise of AI, technology is changing at a breakneck pace in the twenty-first century. CSIS experts lead research on how rapid technological change affects all ...

Sandeep Pai is an award-winning reporter and researcher. His expertise spans the political economy of energy transitions, coal sector dynamics, energy access, and just transitions. Previously, Sandeep ...

In last summer’s Twelve-Day War, energy supplies were largely spared. But in a potential new round of fighting between the United States and Iran, energy supply disruptions and resulting price spikes ...

Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on February 24, 2026, to reflect new developments in the Middle East. Once again, just eight months after Operation Midnight Hammer, the United States is poised ...

Last week, the U.S. Department of State hosted the largest ministerial in over four years, gathering foreign ministers from 55 countries for the inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial. In the days ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party coalition secured 316 out of 465 seats in the February 8 snap election, giving her a stronger momentum to advance her policy agenda.