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"Airpower alone has proven to be an imperfect tool for compelling behavior," writes CSIS's Clayton Swope. "But in the case of Iran, airpower could help bring about a different goal that would bring about an end to the violence against demonstrators: regime collapse."
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Would Air Strikes Against Iran Work?
History shows that air strikes alone struggle to achieve complex policy goals, but used in Iran now, they could trigger a domino effect that leads to the collapse of Iran's repressive authoritarian regime.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"Airpower alone has proven to be an imperfect tool for compelling behavior," writes CSIS's Clayton Swope. "But in the case of Iran, airpower could help bring about a different goal that would bring about an end to the violence against demonstrators: regime collapse."
www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
"Venezuelan oil production could rebound under adequate political, legal, fiscal, and operating conditions," writes CSIS's Clay Seigle.
How much more oil might Venezuela produce, and how soon? Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
How much more oil might Venezuela produce, and how soon? Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Venezuelan oil production could rebound under adequate political, legal, fiscal, and operating conditions," writes CSIS's Clay Seigle.
How much more oil might Venezuela produce, and how soon? Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
How much more oil might Venezuela produce, and how soon? Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
HAPPENING NOW: How will the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Pacific evolve in 2026? @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss at the Indo-Pacific Forecast, CSIS's annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
Watch: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Watch: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Indo-Pacific Forecast 2026 | CSIS Events
Please Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
HAPPENING NOW: How will the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Pacific evolve in 2026? @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss at the Indo-Pacific Forecast, CSIS's annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
Watch: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Watch: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
On the latest episode of State of Play, @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the lessons China, Russia, and Iran are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.
Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/sta...
Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/sta...
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
On the latest episode of State of Play, @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the lessons China, Russia, and Iran are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.
Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/sta...
Listen: www.csis.org/podcasts/sta...
CSIS's Emily Harding testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection about how the United States can strengthen its approach to offensive cyber operations as part of a broader national security framework.
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U.S. Cyber Capabilities to Deter and Disrupt Malign Foreign Activity Targeting the Homeland
To actually achieve deterrence, the United States needs a mindset shift. We need to stop thinking about cyber attacks as inevitable nuisances and start seeing them for what they are: hostile action against the United States.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
CSIS's Emily Harding testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection about how the United States can strengthen its approach to offensive cyber operations as part of a broader national security framework.
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...
ICYMI: @geopolitics.csis.org experts discussed the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
The Donroe Doctrine: What Venezuela Means for China, Russia, and Iran | The State of Play | CSIS Events
The CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department invites you to a special episode of State of Play on the lessons that CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
ICYMI: @geopolitics.csis.org experts discussed the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
"Although the strongman was the prime target of the U.S. snatch-and-grab operation, China, too, was one of its principal audiences," writes CSIS Americas Program expert Ryan Berg.
Read more on the geopolitics of Maduro's capture: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
Read more on the geopolitics of Maduro's capture: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Although the strongman was the prime target of the U.S. snatch-and-grab operation, China, too, was one of its principal audiences," writes CSIS Americas Program expert Ryan Berg.
Read more on the geopolitics of Maduro's capture: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
Read more on the geopolitics of Maduro's capture: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
When the 90-year-old Dalai Lama passes, a succession crisis will ignite geopolitical flashpoints that world leaders are not yet prepared to manage, write CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies experts.
Read more on the global struggle for Tibet’s future: www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
Read more on the global struggle for Tibet’s future: www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
When the 90-year-old Dalai Lama passes, a succession crisis will ignite geopolitical flashpoints that world leaders are not yet prepared to manage, write CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies experts.
Read more on the global struggle for Tibet’s future: www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
Read more on the global struggle for Tibet’s future: www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
On a new episode of Betting on America, @est.csis.org President @navingirishankar.bsky.social welcomes former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan to discuss new pathways to prosperity and the big forces shaping politics and policy.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/new-p...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/new-p...
New Pathways to Prosperity featuring Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives - Betting on America | CSIS Events
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan joins Betting on America for a conversation on the big forces shaping politics and policy—competing populisms, U.S. trade policy and its discontents, out-of-control fiscal deficits, the future of the U.S. dollar, and the tech race with China.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
On a new episode of Betting on America, @est.csis.org President @navingirishankar.bsky.social welcomes former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan to discuss new pathways to prosperity and the big forces shaping politics and policy.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/new-p...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/new-p...
On the latest episode of Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS's Emily Harding welcomes @bloomberg.com's Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that emerged in 2025, from artificial intelligence to the shift in global leadership.
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
The Global Leadership Reset: AI, Allies, and a Transforming World | Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast | CSIS Podcasts
Emily Harding sat down with Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that have emerged in 2025.
www.csis.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
On the latest episode of Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS's Emily Harding welcomes @bloomberg.com's Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that emerged in 2025, from artificial intelligence to the shift in global leadership.
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
History shows that air strikes alone struggle to achieve complex policy goals, but used in Iran now, they could trigger a domino effect that leads to the collapse of Iran's repressive authoritarian regime, argues CSIS expert Clayton Swope.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
Would Air Strikes Against Iran Work?
History shows that air strikes alone struggle to achieve complex policy goals, but used in Iran now, they could trigger a domino effect that leads to the collapse of Iran's repressive authoritarian regime.
www.csis.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
History shows that air strikes alone struggle to achieve complex policy goals, but used in Iran now, they could trigger a domino effect that leads to the collapse of Iran's repressive authoritarian regime, argues CSIS expert Clayton Swope.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/wou...
Extreme weather impacts and aid budget cuts may mean the next few years will be ripe for the rapid development and further scaling up of anticipatory action measures to better manage mounting disaster risk.
Read more from Noam Unger and Madeleine McLean: www.csis.org/analysis/pro...
Read more from Noam Unger and Madeleine McLean: www.csis.org/analysis/pro...
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Extreme weather impacts and aid budget cuts may mean the next few years will be ripe for the rapid development and further scaling up of anticipatory action measures to better manage mounting disaster risk.
Read more from Noam Unger and Madeleine McLean: www.csis.org/analysis/pro...
Read more from Noam Unger and Madeleine McLean: www.csis.org/analysis/pro...
STARTING NOW: @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
The Donroe Doctrine: What Venezuela Means for China, Russia, and Iran | The State of Play | CSIS Events
The CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department invites you to a special episode of State of Play on the lessons that CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.
www.csis.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
STARTING NOW: @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/donro...
"Whether the administration's strategy leads to a transition or to the continuance of the Venezuelan regime with a new leader remains to be seen," writes CSIS Americas Program expert Christopher Hernandez-Roy.
Read more on Washington’s Venezuela strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/reg...
Read more on Washington’s Venezuela strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/reg...
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"Whether the administration's strategy leads to a transition or to the continuance of the Venezuelan regime with a new leader remains to be seen," writes CSIS Americas Program expert Christopher Hernandez-Roy.
Read more on Washington’s Venezuela strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/reg...
Read more on Washington’s Venezuela strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/reg...
"The energy and intensity of the protests has not subsided, and reflects the depth of seething anger that many Iranians harbor toward leadership," writes @mideast.csis.org.
Read more on the protests in Iran: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read more on the protests in Iran: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"The energy and intensity of the protests has not subsided, and reflects the depth of seething anger that many Iranians harbor toward leadership," writes @mideast.csis.org.
Read more on the protests in Iran: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read more on the protests in Iran: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Tomorrow | @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Register: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Register: www.csis.org/events/donro...
The Donroe Doctrine: What Venezuela Means for China, Russia, and Iran | The State of Play | CSIS Events
The CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department invites you to a special episode of State of Play on the lessons that CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) are learning from Maduro’s capture and what it means for their interests going forward.
www.csis.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tomorrow | @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss the "Donroe Doctrine," the lessons that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are learning from Maduro’s capture, and what it means for their interests going forward.
Register: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Register: www.csis.org/events/donro...
Greenland holds globally significant rare earth resources, but harsh conditions and weak infrastructure have stalled mining.
Read more about U.S. mineral interests in Greenland from @minerals.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/gre...
Read more about U.S. mineral interests in Greenland from @minerals.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/gre...
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Greenland holds globally significant rare earth resources, but harsh conditions and weak infrastructure have stalled mining.
Read more about U.S. mineral interests in Greenland from @minerals.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/gre...
Read more about U.S. mineral interests in Greenland from @minerals.csis.org: www.csis.org/analysis/gre...
"There is a palpable sense that the Islamic Republic is teetering on the verge of collapse before a surging revolution," writes @mideast.csis.org expert Vali Nasr on the ongoing protests in Iran.
Read more about how the United States might respond: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read more about how the United States might respond: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"There is a palpable sense that the Islamic Republic is teetering on the verge of collapse before a surging revolution," writes @mideast.csis.org expert Vali Nasr on the ongoing protests in Iran.
Read more about how the United States might respond: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read more about how the United States might respond: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
China has significantly increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that it could invade the island.
Explore @chinapower.csis.org's series on measures short of invasion that China might take to threaten Taiwan: features.csis.org/chinapower/c...
Explore @chinapower.csis.org's series on measures short of invasion that China might take to threaten Taiwan: features.csis.org/chinapower/c...
Measures Short of Invasion: How China Could Threaten Peace in the Taiwan Strait
China has increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that it could invade the island. Yet Beijing has options short of an invasion to coerce, punish, or annex Taiwan. This series examines China’s key alternatives to an invasion and their potential impact.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
China has significantly increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that it could invade the island.
Explore @chinapower.csis.org's series on measures short of invasion that China might take to threaten Taiwan: features.csis.org/chinapower/c...
Explore @chinapower.csis.org's series on measures short of invasion that China might take to threaten Taiwan: features.csis.org/chinapower/c...
NEW: CSIS Americas Program Director Ryan Berg assesses the implications of the recent U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro for China's strategy in the Western Hemisphere.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
The Geopolitics of Maduro’s Capture: China’s Future in Latin America Following Operation Absolute Resolve
CSIS Americas Program Director Ryan C. Berg assesses the implications of the recent U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro for China's strategy in the Western Hemisphere.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
NEW: CSIS Americas Program Director Ryan Berg assesses the implications of the recent U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro for China's strategy in the Western Hemisphere.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/geo...
LIVE NOW: The CSIS India Chair welcomes Representative Rich McCormick (R-GA) and Representative Ami Bera (D-CA) for a special discussion on the evolving U.S.- India relationship and Congress’s essential role in shaping its future.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/stren...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/stren...
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
LIVE NOW: The CSIS India Chair welcomes Representative Rich McCormick (R-GA) and Representative Ami Bera (D-CA) for a special discussion on the evolving U.S.- India relationship and Congress’s essential role in shaping its future.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/stren...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/stren...
"Debates over a new battleship miss the larger issue—how to generate affordable naval firepower at scale," writes @futures.csis.org expert Benjamin Jensen.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/why...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/why...
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"Debates over a new battleship miss the larger issue—how to generate affordable naval firepower at scale," writes @futures.csis.org expert Benjamin Jensen.
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/why...
Read more: www.csis.org/analysis/why...
Wednesday | How will the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Pacific evolve in 2026? @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss at the Indo-Pacific Forecast, CSIS's annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
Register: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Register: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Indo-Pacific Forecast 2026 | CSIS Events
Please Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
www.csis.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wednesday | How will the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Pacific evolve in 2026? @geopolitics.csis.org experts discuss at the Indo-Pacific Forecast, CSIS's annual preview of political, economic, and security developments across the region.
Register: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
Register: www.csis.org/events/indo-...
On the latest episode of Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS's Emily Harding welcomes @bloomberg.com's Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that emerged in 2025, from artificial intelligence to the shift in global leadership.
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
The Global Leadership Reset: AI, Allies, and a Transforming World | Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast | CSIS Podcasts
Emily Harding sat down with Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that have emerged in 2025.
www.csis.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On the latest episode of Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS's Emily Harding welcomes @bloomberg.com's Mishal Husain to explore major geopolitical trends that emerged in 2025, from artificial intelligence to the shift in global leadership.
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
Listen in: www.csis.org/podcasts/sma...
STARTING NOW: @japan.csis.org examines the key opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. and Japan and how best to advance U.S.-Japan bilateral cooperation on deterrence and operational readiness, cybersecurity, and engagement with Indo-Pacific partners.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/next-...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/next-...
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
STARTING NOW: @japan.csis.org examines the key opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. and Japan and how best to advance U.S.-Japan bilateral cooperation on deterrence and operational readiness, cybersecurity, and engagement with Indo-Pacific partners.
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/next-...
Watch here: www.csis.org/events/next-...