Staff picks

Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer, “How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world,” Defense One, July 9, 2025

Keith Bradsher, “China Has Paid A High Price For Its Dominance in Rare Earths,” New York Times, July 2, 2025

David Gelles, Somini Sengupta, Keith Bradsher, Brad Plumer, “There’s a Race to Power the Future. China is Pulling Away,” New York Times, June 30, 2025

Mark Poynting and Greg Brosnan, “Climate Change Supercharged Europe floods - scientists,” BBC, September 25, 2024

Tammy Webber, "Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks,"  Associated Press, May 21, 2024

Kristy Siegfried, “Climate Change Displacement: The Myth and the Facts,” November 15, 2023, UNHCR

CSI work in the news

Crescencia Maurer and Sharon Squassoni, “Can the U.S. Reduce Its Reliance on Imported Rare Earth Elements?” July 3, 2025, Econofact website

Geoff Brumfiel, “Artificial Intelligence Wants to Go Nuclear. Will it Work? “ National Public Radio.

"GWU Report: National Security Risks Grow With New Nuclear Energy" April 29, 2024 https://cbrneworld.com/news/gwu-report-national-security-risks-grow-with-new-nuclear-energy

Brian Martucci, "Expanding advanced nuclear raises national security risks: IISTP report," April 29, 2024 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/expanding-advanced-nuclear-raises-national-security-risks-iistp/714447/.

Jonathan Tirone, "Nuclear Power's Expansion Risks Collapse on Widening Conflicts," Bloomberg News, April 25, 2024. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/nuclear-powers-expansion-risks-collapse-on-widening-conflicts.

Continuity Insights,  "Is New Nuclear Energy Creating Greater National Security Risks?" April 25, 2024, https://continuityinsights.com/is-new-nuclear-energy-creating-greater-national-security-risks/.