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Strong economic ties, community and cultural connections, and shared borders have catalyzed the drive for integration and trilateral cooperation that generations of North American leaders have sought to prioritize. CSIS scholars dig into the continent’s primary policy issues, including the USMCA, energy and defense cooperation, and border security and transnational crime.

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Recalibrating U.S.-ROK Alliance: Strategic Priorities for 2026

In this episode, Mr. Sydney Seiler moderated a discussion with Dr. Chansong Lee and Dr. Bee Yun Jo of the Sejong Institute on the overall outlook of the U.S.–South Korea alliance leading up to 2026, including extended deterrence, the Nuclear Consultative Group, the OPCON transfer, shipbuilding, and other strategic issues.

Podcast Episode by Sydney Seiler, Chansong Lee, and Bee Yun Jo — January 16, 2026

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The Arsenal of Freedom Tour

Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department for a conversation on the Secretary of War’s Arsenal of Freedom tour.

Event — January 22, 2026

The Impossible State

Recalibrating U.S.-ROK Alliance: Strategic Priorities for 2026

In this episode, Mr. Sydney Seiler moderated a discussion with Dr. Chansong Lee and Dr. Bee Yun Jo of the Sejong Institute on the overall outlook of the U.S.–South Korea alliance leading up to 2026, including extended deterrence, the Nuclear Consultative Group, the OPCON transfer, shipbuilding, and other strategic issues.

Podcast Episode by Sydney Seiler, Chansong Lee, and Bee Yun Jo — January 16, 2026

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State of Play

What are CSIS experts' boldest geopolitical predictions in 2026?

12 CSIS experts join Will to share significant developments in different parts of the world in 2025, and predictions for 2026.

Podcast Episode by Will Todman, Ryan C. Berg, Max Bergmann, Victor Cha, Thomas J. Christensen, Charles Edel, Kristi Govella, Henrietta Levin, Bonny Lin, Oge Onubogu, Gregory B. Poling, Richard M. Rossow, and Mona Yacoubian — January 15, 2026

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Russian Roulette

Adam Entous on U.S.-Ukraine Relations in 2025

Adam Entous of The New York Times talks his in-depth investigation exploring the Trump Administration's policies towards Ukraine in 2025.

Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Adam Entous — January 8, 2026

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Betting on America

New Pathways to Prosperity ft. Paul Ryan, fmr Speaker of the U.S. House of Reps

Paul Ryan joins Navin Girishankar for a wide-ranging 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.

Podcast Episode by Navin Girishankar and Paul Ryan — January 7, 2026

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