Think Tank Alert

Wednesday, 01 July 2026
Should There Be a Dilemma About Data Centers?
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Migration starts beyond South Africa’s borders – responses should too
tiny icon of issafrica  ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)
Democratic insurgents are winning on economics, not culture
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Trump administration’s embargo on Anthropic’s latest models scorches its hopes to export American AI
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
G7 should accept AI standards offer, but make it enforceable
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Stopping Zimbabwe’s newest power grab
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
From Geneva: AI, security, and US-China dialogue
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Lessons From 250 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Robert Kagan
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Incidence of Tariffs: Rates and Reality
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
UK Defence Investment Plan: mixed messages
tiny icon of iiss  IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Situation in Gaza post-October 2025 Ceasefire
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Institutionalising Maritime Surveillance: The Quad’s IPMDA-IPMSC Continuum
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
From Reactive Repairs to Predictive Power: An AI Digital-Twin ‘Health Index’ for the Su-30 MKI
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Leadership Change in the Solomon Islands: Recommendations for the U.S.
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Managing Montreux: Turkey and the Russia-Ukraine War in the Black Sea
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In the Middle East and North Africa, America and China Converge More Than They Diverge
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Effects of U.S. Democratic Backsliding on U.S. Power
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jefferson’s Mind, Spalding’s Commentary
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Financing Old Age as India’s Demographic Dividend Recedes
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Defence Up, Aid Down: Europe’s New Security Blind Spot
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Smashing the Gangs, Missing the Point: UK Asylum Policy Reform Revisited
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Means for Energy and Beyond
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Restructuring of FCAS
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
States Weekly: July 1, 2026
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CSIS Press Briefing: Previewing the NATO Summit
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Fortress North America: Mexico’s Role in Securing the Region’s Economic Future
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Means for Energy and Beyond
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Europe Should Center Anti-Corruption in Its Democratic Resilience Efforts
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Three Process lessons
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Troubled Straits: Analyzing Trade Chokepoints in the South China Sea
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Confidence-Building in a Fragmented World: CICA’s Transformation and Azerbaijan’s Contribution
tiny icon of aircenter  AIR Center
When innovation becomes security: Finland’s innovation ecosystem in transition
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Alliance in the air
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
From cloud to kill zone: How Ukraine rewired naval warfare for the age of algorithmic warfare
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Q&A with Lieutenant General Max A. L. T. Nielsen, commandant of the NATO Defense College
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Q&A with Senator Jeanne Shaheen
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
US-Turkish relations: Impact on NATO and the Middle East
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Fighting a land war in the digital age: How armies must reinvent themselves—or be destroyed by those that do
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Alliance evolving: The Ankara Summit and NATO Readiness
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
How NATO is facing mounting cybersecurity challenges
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
States enable, regions thrive
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Can AI restore fiscal sustainability in the US?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Insights from table-top exercises in Europe on AI safety and cyber misuse
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
America’s 250th Birthday Reveals a Fragile Bargain Between Democracy and Markets
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Artificial-intelligence competition in Europe: the role of DMA Article 6(7)
tiny icon of bruegel  Bruegel
Expanding the protection toolbox: community partnership in African-led peace operations
tiny icon of issafrica  ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)
The New Architecture of Global IT: Why India Is Emerging as the World's AI Integration Engine
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Adult Immunisation in India: What the Latest Data Tell Us
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Modi-Takaichi Summit: Deepening India-Japan Ties in a Changing Indo-Pacific
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Symbolic Inclusion, Strategic Exclusion: Afghanistan in China's BRI
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Katherine Thompson discusses the latest negotiation hurdles between the US and Iran on NewsNation’s Morning in America
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Ilya Somin reacts live to the SCOTUS decisions on birthright citizenship and transgender female athletes’ cases on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
James A. Dorn’s blog post, “Minimum Wage Solidarity Misplaced,” is cited on FBN’s The Big Money Show
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration,” is cited on NPR affiliate WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome’s comments from the article, “CUSMA set to stay in place as U.S. blows past key deadline,” are cited on Global News Radio
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
David J. Bier discusses the SCOTUS ruling on Trump v. Barbara (Birthright Citizenship) on CNN International’s Amanpour
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Brandan P. Buck discusses his article, “America’s Birthright Is Anti-imperialist, Not Empire,” on the Trip the Beltway Fantastic with Kelley Vlahos and Friends podcast
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Marian L. Tupy’s article, “The Great Relearning Begins Anew,” is cited on The Jay Weber Podcast
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Don’t Let the USMCA Drift Away
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Troubled Straits: Analyzing Trade Chokepoints in the South China Sea
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power
tiny icon of clingendael  Clingendael
Does Tshisekedi’s third-term bid benefit Rwanda and M23?
tiny icon of issafrica  ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)
In Ankara, Europe Faces an Accelerating U.S. Decoupling From NATO
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Low-tech cash cows and high-tech bottlenecks: Turkey’s defense industry matures
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Making a case for integrating a comprehensive care services infrastructure into climate adaptation planning and finance
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Supreme Court’s Cisco Ruling Clears the Way for U.S. Tech to Aid Repression Abroad
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Wheely v. City of New York
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Cato Scholars on Today’s Supreme Court Decision Upholding Birthright Citizenship
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Kevin T. Frazier discusses Pope Leo XIV’s 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence on the Justified Posteriors podcast
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Los Angeles' Homelessness Strategy Needs a Next Act
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Progress made by EU candidate countries on accession-related reforms
tiny icon of bruegel  Bruegel
E-Commerce Marketplaces: From Intermediaries to Custodians of Quality
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
The Energy Behind Intelligence: Linking AI Ambitions and Energy Security
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
The WMD Dilemma: Verification, Legality, and Military Intervention
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Decoding Sanctions: How Governments can get the Best out of Banks
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Opening the Door: The UK’s 2027 Financial Action Task Force Evaluation
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Bolivia’s Governance Crisis Under Rodrigo Paz
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Global sex: What sex workers know about love and capitalism
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Smuggling and Illicit Trade in the Era of Globalization
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Introduction to the Special Issue: Giving in Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism in Africa
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
South Korea’s Market Boom—and the Bubble Beneath It
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Heat Tax: India, South Asia, and the New Economics of Heat Readiness
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Don’t Let the USMCA Drift Away
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A network of corridors is the only reliable hedge against Middle East chokepoint disruptions
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Looking to a decade of delivery: The Three Seas Initiative charts its course forward
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Beyond the Comfort Zone: REFLECTIONS – Magazine of the oiip
tiny icon of oiip  OIIP (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Toxic Terrorism
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
How Japan Discovered India and Helped Invent the Indo-Pacific
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Fragmented Europe: Dealing with China as a technology and innovation power
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Germany in the Shadow of the United States, Russia, and China – Systemic Paradigm Shifts
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
The Dangerous Push to Tax AI
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
The Need for Strategic Deployment of Special Forces in India
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Measuring Crime in India: The Limits of Statistical Compilation
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
There Is No New German Military Question
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
What does the Declaration of Independence mean today?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Monday, 29 June 2026
Stephen Richer discusses the SCOTUS ruling on Watson v. Republican National Committee on KUTP’s FOX 10 Xtra News at 7PM
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses the SCOTUS taking up the Arizona voting law case on KVTK’s Arizona Family News at 8pm
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós discusses the Grandchildren’s Law and what that means for the Spanish elections on esRadio’s La Noche de Cuesta
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
America’s Asian Allies Want Nuclear Submarines. Here’s How To Build Them
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Don't Regulate Away America's Medical Device Sterilization Industry
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Denmark: Caught between the de-risking doctrine and green tech pragmatism
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Dan Greenberg discusses the pardons of the Trump administration on NPR’s 1A
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses the SCOTUS case ruling on Watson v. Republican National Committee on SiriusXM POTUS’ The Dan Abrams Show
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s X post on the Freedom 250 event is cited on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Ryan Bourne and Marcos Falcone’s article, “Javier Milei Ended Rent Control. Now the Argentine Real Estate Market Is Coming Back to Life,” is cited on Salem Radio Network’s The Larry Elder Show
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Professor Lenni Benson praises Cato’s immigration research on the What If I’m Right podcast
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s X post on ICE agents intimidating a worker at a polling place about her social media posts is cited on the Hope For America podcast with Heather Delaney Reese
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Alex Nowrasteh and David J. Bier discuss libertarianism and various immigration solutions on The Destiny Podcast
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
USPS Releases Proposed Security, Transparency Standards for Mail-In Ballots
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Military Effectiveness Should Be Determined by The War Department Not Judges
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Entity List Additions Cool to Their Slowest Pace Since 2008
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Common Ground: Insights for Stronger African Coordination in BRICS
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debate Between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Lessons from Africa on the costs of South Africa’s migration approaches
tiny icon of issafrica  ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)
How solidarity through intersectionality propels mobilization
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Black women and their legacies of civil and human rights activism
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How anti-war movements rise, fade, and endure
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Protest changes policy when communities stay organized
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The unfinished work of the Civil Rights Movement
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Using braiding and blending to adapt to administration social welfare policy changes
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Learning what matters in Malawi
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How Black athletes have championed voting rights
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Europe’s no-panic playbook for a radically different US foreign policy
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Majestic Realty v. Salazar
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
New SNAP Data: 41 States Face Penalties — Will Congress Hold the Line?
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Cato Scholars React to Supreme Court’s Election Day Ballot Decision
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Trigger Fourth Amendment Protections
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Cato Statement: Supreme Court Ruling Restores Executive Accountability in Trump v. Slaughter
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
A History of Repeated Injuries
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
A History of Repeated Injuries
tiny icon of cato  Cato Institute
Brazil’s new class of frigates sets the tone for naval expansion plan
tiny icon of iiss  IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Battery Geopolitics: Balancing Industrial Power in the Race to Store Energy
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Future of American Economic Power
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hedging, Not Realigning: Tanzania’s New Nonalignment
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Evaluating the AI Threat to India’s IT Model
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
The North Sea Debate Risks Missing the Point
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Losses and damages to social cohesion
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Denmark: Caught between the de-risking doctrine and green tech pragmatism
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Entity List Additions Cool to Their Slowest Pace Since 2008
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Whose Middle Power Moment? The Global South and the Coalition Question
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Financing justice
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Medicaid Prior Authorization and Discontinuation of Buprenorphine
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Assessing the Role of Hydrogen in California’s Decarbonizing Electric System
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The Ecology of AI Risk
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
How Schools and After-School Programs Can Collaborate to Support Academic Alignment
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Differences in Rural and Urban Home Healthcare Agency Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Trump's Iran Food Deal Could End Up Helping the Regime, Not Its People
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Will the UK Labour party stop playing with fire?
tiny icon of cidob  CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Bangladesh in the Indo-Pacific: An Analysis of the Interim Government’s Foreign Policy
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
Colombia's First-Ever ‘Outsider’ President
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
A 'Frontier' Moment for EU-India AI Governance
tiny icon of orf  ORF (Observer Research Foundation)
AI and the future of teaching and learning
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
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