On June 22, 2025, the United States executed "Operation Midnight Hammer," where over 125 U.S. military aircraft targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The surprise ...

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Despite the formidable challenges that face the transatlantic defense industrial base, there is nevertheless cause for optimism. Respondents from RDP MOU nations rated those agreements as the most ...

Every incoming president in recent times—regardless of party—makes two initial mistakes that they then have to spend the next several years cleaning up. The first is that they assume winning the ...

Due to new licensing rules for exports to China—the largest importer of U.S. ethane—overall U.S. ethane exports are projected to fall by approximately 80,000 b/d this year and 177,000 b/d in 2026—a ...

The outbreak of general war between Israel and Iran casts a shadow over global energy security, lending a whiplash effect to oil prices that have recently been weighed down by slowing demand and ...

On Saturday, June 21, the United States attacked three facilities in Iran critical to Tehran’s nuclear program. The attack, named Operation Midnight Hammer, included a strike package of seven B-2 ...

The United States is preparing for a confrontation with China even as U.S. officials meet with their counterparts for the 2025 NATO Summit. NATO members can, and should, play an important role in the ...

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Bushehr, Tehran, and Arak Reactors. Attacking large operational light water reactors like the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant would pose the greatest contamination risk due to high inventories of ...

Critical Questions i s produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is ...

Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and ...