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Wednesday, 15 July 2026
2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes: The legal foundations that enable prosperity are rapidly eroding
Atlantic Council
The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara (7-8 July 2026): “Tremendous unity” won’t last forever
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Digitally Enabled Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in India
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Breaking Somalia’s cycle of electoral crises
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Defined contribution plan investments: A regulatory explainer
Brookings
The governance costs of hospitals without owners: When size outgrows nonprofit regulations
Brookings
How to Deliver on NATO 3.0
RAND Corporation
State Cost Growth Benchmark Programs and Total Medical Expenditures, 2010 to 2020
RAND Corporation
Stimulant Use and Increased Severity of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Illness in Patients with Co-Occurring Disorders
RAND Corporation
AI as Strategist: Four Hypotheses on the Nature of Agentic Strategy
RAND Corporation
Strategic Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
RAND Corporation
Size and demographics of the UK serving and veteran Armed Forces community
RAND Corporation
Support needs of the veteran community in Great Britain
RAND Corporation
Availability of Telehealth Services for Children at Mental Health Treatment Facilities
RAND Corporation
Developing Patient-Reported Measures of Serious Illness Care Quality: Synthesis of Input from Patients, Family Caregivers, Health Care Professionals, and Other Experts
RAND Corporation
A plan for a World Trade Organization sectoral agreement on semiconductors
Bruegel
‘Chokepoint Politics’: China’s Rare-Earth Statecraft and India’s Search for Strategic Autonomy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Taiwan and Beyond: China's Multi-Front Maritime Lawfare
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A sober look at the case for common European Union debt
Bruegel
France-Germany: Overcoming Differences to Strengthen European Sovereignty
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Ghana’s Tarkwa negotiations are testing Africa’s new mining bargain
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Managing Venezuela’s Oil Revenue, Sovereign Debt, and Economic Rehabilitation
Brookings
Using Military Force in Iran: Domestic and International Law Questions
Brookings
The Iran War and the War Powers Resolution
Brookings
Domestic Deployments After Trump v. Illinois
Brookings
Who holds the advantage? Three perspectives on the US-China military balance
Brookings
Household economic resilience in metropolitan New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Brookings
How the US and China can cooperate to reduce urgent AI risks
Brookings
China’s New and “Improved?” BOP Data
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The U.S.-Iran Ceasefire May Be Over, But It Is Clear What the Regime Wants
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Public Comments re: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
Cato Institute
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Security Zones
Cato Institute
Expert Available: Trump’s Notification to Congress on Renewed Iran Military Action
Cato Institute
Reforming Federal Research Funding: RAND Comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s May 2026 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Revising the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
RAND Corporation
Expanding Technical and Professional Components to all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Services
RAND Corporation
Bilateral AI Partnerships Alone Won't Secure Australia. Here’s a Multilateral Alternative
RAND Corporation
Beyond tariffs: why Europe and India must prioritise investment into manufacturing
Bruegel
The United States and Republic of Korea’s Time-Forged and Battle-Tested Alliance
Heritage Foundation
No, NATO Is Not Starting a New Arms Race
Heritage Foundation
From Hormuz to Malacca: Rethinking India's Maritime Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
What’s Left of NATO’s Asia Engagement?
RUSI
Thinking Beyond the Baltics for Deterring Russia
RUSI
Rebuilding to Reconquer: Can Russia’s Defense Firms Deliver?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Reflections from URC 2026: Ukraine’s Reconstruction Has Become Wartime Resilience
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Hormuz Energy Crisis Generates a Tailwind for Nuclear Energy in Northeast Asia
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Understanding Russia-Iran Collaboration in Cyberspace
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Value of U.S. Land Power
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Geopolitics Of Connectivity Power: Why Azerbaijan Holds The Advantage – OpEd
AIR Center
Israel’s Rising Defence Exports Amidst Regional Conflicts
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Tren de Aragua and the Use of Military Force
Brookings
Security Guarantees for Ukraine: Models, Issues, and Questions
Brookings
A Supreme Court Update: IEEPA Tariffs and Domestic Military Deployments
Brookings
What is carbon dioxide removal and capture in the context of climate change?
Brookings
‘Due Regard’ and the Evolving Law of Outer Space Operations
Brookings
Blind Spot Indicators for Space: Methodologies for Assessing the Competitive Balance Between the United States and China
RAND Corporation
Technical Documentation for the Thirteenth American School District Panel Survey
RAND Corporation
Artificial Intelligence and the Risk of Strategic Cyberattack
RAND Corporation
Shrinking Budgets, Fewer Students: How District Leaders are Navigating a New Landscape of Reduced Resources and Competitive Pressures
RAND Corporation
The Amendment That Wouldn’t Bend
Cato Institute
From Participation to Stakeholdership: Women's Place in Urban Markets
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Swachh Bharat's Unfinished Mission: The Governance Gap in Urban Sanitation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Pakistan on the Ropes: Why a Cornered Military May Gamble on Short War With India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Neighbours
Brookings
The FY 2027 defense budget: How much is enough?
Brookings
Two years later: How have our nation’s institutions responded to Loper Bright and the end of Chevron deference
Brookings
Monday, 13 July 2026
Cato’s Greenberg Rebuts Case for Supreme Court Packing
Cato Institute
Cato Expert: Meta’s AI Image Tool Pullback Shows the Market — Not Government — Should Police AI
Cato Institute
Cato Legal Fellow: Judge’s Order Guts Trump Settlement Immunity Deal
Cato Institute
Fixing Medicaid’s Financing Structure to Reduce Waste, Fraud, and Overspending
Cato Institute
What will it take for South Africa to outsmart Mandrax traffickers?
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Using AI to Protect Teaching Time and Improve Learning Quality in Indian Schools
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Why Washington Is Considering a Stake in OpenAI
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Trump’s Iran Deal Has Collapsed, Leaving the U.S. With Few Good Options
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Defence Spending Must Become Defence Capacity
RUSI
CO26150 | Johor State Election: A Harsh Spotlight on Pakatan Harapan’s Strategy Deficit
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Updated: Two Decisive Theaters for Safeguarding America in Dangerous Times
Heritage Foundation
China’s Services Transformation and the Local Services Trap
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Annual Report on the African Economy 2026
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Enclaves and Absorption Constraints: India’s Services-Led Development from a Structural Perspective
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Pax Silica and the New Architecture of AI Partnerships
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
War Costs Make Up a Third of the $87.6 Billion Supplemental Request
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
INTRA-URBAN WATERSCAPES AND HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN KUMASI, GHANA
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
France Fears a German Identity in Flux
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Trendlines June 2026 Newsletter
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Force Multipliers: Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Supporting children and incentivizing employment: The future of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit
Brookings
Newton Fund Evaluation: Final Report: Assessing Progress Towards Impact
RAND Corporation
The Direct Medical Cost of Essential Tremor
RAND Corporation
Design Without Discipline: The Role of Incentives and Enforcement in India’s Carbon Market
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
UAE’s Exit from OPEC and OPEC+: Strategic Implications for Energy Markets and Diplomacy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Protecting the Zorawar Without Compromising Mobility
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Quad’s Indo-Pacific Play: Maritime Security as a Public Good
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Sunday, 12 July 2026
Adam N. Michel discusses his Wall Street Journal article, “The Trouble With the Trump Accounts,” on the Broadcast Retirement Network podcast
Cato Institute
El Cato Podcast discusses the history of liberalism in Latin America on Radio Centro 101
Cato Institute
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