The Latest Breaking News from CSIS

Lawmakers worry about weapons-makers’ ability to meet demand

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are sounding the alarm about challenges facing the U.S. defense industrial base as the war in Ukraine strains weapon supplies.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

Lawmakers worry about weapons-makers' ability to meet demand - Roll Call

Congress worries that defense contractors will not be able to meet surging demand for weapons as war drags on in Ukraine.

Roll Call · Feb 6, 2023

With rare China trip, Blinken aims to steady rocky relationship

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing next week there will be plenty to disagree about, from Taiwan to chips and trade. But they will both be trying to answer the same question: How can the world's two biggest economies avoid a new Cold…

Reuters · Feb 3, 2023

Canada's spy agency investigating Iranian death threats

Canada's spy agency is investigating reports from people who are living in the country who have received "credible" death threats from Iran, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said in a statement.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022

Canada Spy Agency Probing Death Threats from Iran

Canada's spy agency said Friday it is investigating credible death threats against people in Canada by Iran, days after Britain levelled similar accusations against the Iranian regime. CSIS is actively investigating several threats to life emanating from Tehran based on credible intelligence, Eric Balsam, spokesman for the Canadian Security Intelligence…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 19, 2022

Justin Trudeau blames China for ‘aggressive’ interference in Canada’s democracy

China ‘continuing to play aggressive games with our institutions, with our democracies’, says Trudeau

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

North Korea dismisses claims of weapons shipments to Russia

Arms sales would be an indication of deepening ties between the two isolated nations.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2022

China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau

The prime minister’s comments come after a news report that Beijing had funded a ‘clandestine network’ of candidates in 2019

The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2022

How Elon Musk became a powerful player in geopolitics

Private space companies are meeting — and often exceeding — the capabilities of governments.

Axios · Oct 25, 2022

Vladimir Putin would fire nuke under two doomsday scenarios, expert says

An expert claims there are two scenarios in which Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons - warning that the tyrant doing so "has the potential to destabilise" and "extend the war"

Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022