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How Actors Within Venezuela Are Responding to U.S. Pressure
In Brief

How Actors Within Venezuela Are Responding to U.S. Pressure

John Polga-Hecimovich, Laura Cristina Dib, Dorothy Kronick, Julia Buxton, and David Smilde
Frontline Insights from Ukraine: Fall 2025
The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman

Frontline Insights from Ukraine: Fall 2025

Nov 18, 2025
China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier
The Warcast

China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier

Nov 18, 2025
Spoilers and Enforcers: How Can Gaza’s Peace Plan Hold?
The Insider

Spoilers and Enforcers: How Can Gaza’s Peace Plan Hold?

Nov 18, 2025

In Brief

In Brief

Trump’s Week in Asia: Gifts, Deals, and Submarines

November 4, 2025
Susannah Patton, Sheila Smith, Jenny Town, Zack Cooper, and Jacob Stokes
Trump’s Week in Asia: Gifts, Deals, and Submarines
In Brief

The Global Reach of the War in Ukraine

October 28, 2025
Sergey Radchenko, Jonathan Corrado, Hanna Notte, Eric Watkins, and Christopher Hernandez-Roy
The Global Reach of the War in Ukraine
In Brief

How Regional Actors Might Respond to a U.S.-Venezuelan War

October 23, 2025
Michael Weintraub, Roxanna Vigil, and Anya Prusa
How Regional Actors Might Respond to a U.S.-Venezuelan War
In Brief

How Often Overlooked Non-State Actors Are Using Drones

October 14, 2025
Richard Horsey, R. Evan Ellis, Tricia Bacon, and Nathaniel Powell
How Often Overlooked Non-State Actors Are Using Drones
Commentary In Brief

The Ripple Effects of the Oct. 7 Attack on Israel

October 7, 2025
Janice Stein, Gabriel Mitchell, Jonathan Lincoln, Zaha Hassan, and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud
The Ripple Effects of the Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
In Brief

Tough Tests and Uncertain Outcomes from the U.N. General Assembly

September 30, 2025
Paul Poast, Zaha Hassan, Ashley Jackson, Ye Myo Hein, and Ellie Geranmayeh
Tough Tests and Uncertain Outcomes from the U.N. General Assembly
In Brief

Lots of Royal Soft Power but Any Concrete Outcomes?

September 23, 2025
Andrew Mumford, Matthew Savill, Emma Salisbury, Jacob Parakilas, and Hillary Briffa
Lots of Royal Soft Power but Any Concrete Outcomes?
In Brief

Signposts Toward the Future of Indian-Chinese Relations

September 16, 2025
Sameer Lalwani, Tanvi Madan, and Sushant Singh
Signposts Toward the Future of Indian-Chinese Relations
In Brief

Key Outcomes from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit

September 9, 2025
Rorry Daniels, Joseph Webster, Michael Kugelman, and Catherine Putz
Key Outcomes from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit
In Brief

The Geopolitics of Drone Exports

September 5, 2025
Pinar Tank, Matthew P. Funaiole, Stacie Pettyjohn, and Nir Reuven
The Geopolitics of Drone Exports
In Brief

Many Europeans Support Increased National Defense Spending — But How Durable Is That Support?

August 26, 2025
Emma Salisbury, Niklas Ebert, Tara Varma, Sten Rynning, and Monika Sus
Many Europeans Support Increased National Defense Spending — But How Durable Is That Support?
In Brief

Emerging Terrorist Threats and Trends

August 19, 2025
Tricia Bacon, Nathaniel Powell, Aaron Y. Zelin, Amira Jadoon, and Bruce Hoffman
Emerging Terrorist Threats and Trends