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Friday, 05 June 2026
Managing Divergence: India’s BRICS Presidency in 2026
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hormuz and the Invisible Fractures: the Price of a Distant War - Views from the New South
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Assessing India’s Social Determinants of Health Approach Using NFHS-6 Data
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Strategic Depth to Strategic Breakdown: The New Afghan-Pakistan Crisis
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Corridors Without a Compass: When Maritime Geography Outpaces Governance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Maritime Corridors as Shared Infrastructure: A View from Asia and the Pacific
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Trendlines May 2026 Newsletter
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Innovation as resilience: Demand-side strategies for critical mineral supply chain security
Atlantic Council
Countering terrorist propaganda in the age of AI
Atlantic Council
Banning Gasoline Exports Will Harm U.S. Energy Security
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
New Light-Touch Trump AI Cyber Executive Order Reveals Accelerationists Still Rule the Roost
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Strategic Clarity: Reassessing the Value of China to Korea
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Delving Deeper: China Tests New Waters in East China Sea Oil and Gas
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Reengaging the Solomon Islands: A Strategic Opportunity for the United States
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Previewing Xi Jinping’s Visit to North Korea | State of Play
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Economic Modernization and Strategic Positioning of Algeria
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Regional States Consolidate the Resilience of the Middle Corridor (Part 1)
AIR Center
Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan Partnership Gains Momentum
AIR Center
India–Cyprus Relations: From Comprehensive to Strategic Partnership
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Between Russia and Europe, between War and Peace: What is at Stake in Armenia’s Upcoming Elections?
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Results tables: A survey of America's school board members
Brookings
Main findings from a survey of America’s school board members
Brookings
A survey of America's school board members
Brookings
Chapter 3: A case study of school board elections in Florida
Brookings
Chapter 2: School board members’ views of the COVID-19 and culture-war era
Brookings
Chapter 1: Media reporting on school board conflicts
Brookings
America's school boards
Brookings
Local control, national conflict: School boards in the COVID-19 and culture war era
Brookings
The uneven influence of the Global Stocktake on national climate policy and the NDCs
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Mapping Russian interests and power repertoires in the MENA region and Ukraine
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Armenia Ahead of a Pivotal Parliamentary Election
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Exploring Myanmar’s Role in India’s Rare-Earth Elements Security
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
America’s Rural Future: In Eastern Kentucky with Commission member Phil English
Brookings
Scaling China’s Hidden Intervention In the Foreign Exchange Market
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Russia and Ukraine: Societies transformed by war
Brookings
Thursday, 04 June 2026
America Cannot Be the World’s Welfare Office
Heritage Foundation
Giving Americans More Choices for Their Retirement Savings
Heritage Foundation
Congress Celebrates School Year’s End With Proposal Protecting Children
Heritage Foundation
The Marxist Threat to America Has Two Fronts. Both Are Advancing
Heritage Foundation
JNIM’s blockade tactics threaten West Africa’s trade corridors
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Most Americans say the Iran war is bad for America
Brookings
MAGA Republicans won the party but may lose the future
Brookings
A housing market on the precipice: New insights from the DMV Monitor
Brookings
Understanding Pope Leo’s AI encyclical
Brookings
The $7.25 Minimum Wage Myth
Cato Institute
The Markets We Love to Ban
Cato Institute
Combating Chinese Fentanyl Trafficking: Policy Considerations for Supply Reduction and International Coordination
RAND Corporation
Managing mediocrity: Indonesia’s defence-partnership portfolio
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Reforming Defence: Lessons from the UK Defence Restructuring History
RUSI
Power Under Dependency: Vulnerabilities in France’s Strategic Posture
RUSI
Reject RGGI for Affordable Energy
Heritage Foundation
Did Marco Rubio Succeed in His New Delhi Repair Job?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Mythos Drives South Korea’s AI Security Debate
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From G20 to UN: The Quest For Sovereign Debt Governance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Did Beijing Set the Terms? Chinese Perspectives on the Trump–Xi Meeting
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Nasha Mukt Abhiyan: Jammu and Kashmir’s Frontline Battle Against Narco-Terrorism
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
No Time to Ease In: Immediate Priorities for Frank Garcia, the State Department’s New Africa Lead
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
China Pursues ‘National Strategic Integration’ for its Centenary Goals
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Strategic Shift in NATO’s Support for Ukraine. A Study of NSATU and PURL Initiatives
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Credit Rating Agencies in an African Context
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
From Rebellion to Rule: Rebel Group Organisation and State-Building in Africa
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
How Africa can benefit from the global mineral rush
Brookings
Response to Ariel and Hasid’s Letter
RAND Corporation
Verified Machine Learning Infrastructure: Formal Methods for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Deployment
RAND Corporation
Feelings and Emotions Associated with Job Searching and Working Amongst People Receiving Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drugs
RAND Corporation
Recent developments in social media regulation: Child Protection “Down Under”
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
How do trade restrictiveness and trade policy uncertainty affect FDI? An empirical investigation
Bruegel
Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Towards the Promise of Inclusive Cities
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Rules to Realism: The Message From Shangri-La 2026
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
West Bengal’s Rise Needs New Energy, Where Is It?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Spain’s Stand on the Iran War: International Law, Internal Security, and Alliances
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Sulphur Chokepoint: Hormuz and China's Critical Minerals Vulnerability
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Reimagining education systems through collaborative research and action: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Brookings
Reimaginando los sistemas educativos a través de la investigación y acción colaborativa: aprendizajes desde América Latina y el Caribe
Brookings
Wednesday, 03 June 2026
Cato Scholars Comment on War Powers Resolution Passage
Cato Institute
Justin Logan discusses Trump’s Iran nuclear claim, the JCPOA withdrawal’s role in escalating tensions, and warnings that Iran could weaponize the Strait of Hormuz on The Trump Report
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “DHS Quits Granting Green Cards—Almost Entirely,” is cited on The Melting Pod podcast
Cato Institute
Robert A. Levy discusses the public accommodations law SCOTUS case on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Robert A. Levy discusses gerrymandering in Louisiana on ABC affiliate KTBS 3 News at Five
Cato Institute
Doug Bandow discusses the House’s vote to limit President Trump’s Iran War Powers on Al Jazeera English
Cato Institute
James M. Lapeyre, Jr. discusses the enduring ideas that shaped the American experiment on the Sutherland Institute’s Defending Ideas podcast
Cato Institute
A “War of Choice” in Iran and the Persistence of US Failure in the Middle East
Cato Institute
Reading between the lines of Trump’s new executive order on AI
Atlantic Council
Illegal High Street Enterprise. Closed for Business, Open for Crime
RUSI
Re-Establishing Japan’s Intelligence Capability – ‘Spy Paradise’ lost?
RUSI
CO26120 | The 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: What it Means for Southeast Asia
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Washington State Entrepreneurs Fleeing to Places Without a “Millionaire Tax”
Heritage Foundation
Reintroduce Nuclear Weapons to the Pacific To Reduce the Chances of War With ...
Heritage Foundation
Cornyn’s Loss Signals the End of GOP Cultural Appeasement
Heritage Foundation
Russia’s Nuclear Signaling in 2026 and Implications for European Security
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Industrial-scale meth production poses new security risks for Nigeria
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Conflict and Cooperation in the Red Sea
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The U.S. Took Over Venezuela’s Oil Industry. Where Has All the Money Gone?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
America at 250: The Marshall Plan, With Benn Steil
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The federal debt path is worse than reported
Brookings
Dreams en route: Play and storytelling among Venezuelan migrant children
Brookings
Sueños en ruta: Juego y narración entre niños migrantes venezolanos
Brookings
Challenges to independence: How should central banks respond—lessons from history
Brookings
The political geography of AI exposure
Brookings
How the Iran War is Remaking the Global Economy
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago
Cato Institute
Predictability Without Breakthrough: Five Insights from the Trump–Xi Summit
Heritage Foundation
Are Data Centers the Villains in the Battle Over Electricity?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Trump’s AI Order Won’t Stymie U.S. Competition with China
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Setting the American Opportunity Agenda
Heritage Foundation
Airpower, Ground Warfare, and the Limits of ‘Post-Heroic Warfare’
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
African fiscal capacity building historicised
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Next Caribbean Crisis? Assessing U.S. Military Options Toward Cuba
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
States Weekly: June 3, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Summer Trade Agenda
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CSIS Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Russian Annexation of Belarus
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Clingendael co-organises first Next Gen Security Conference in The Hague
Clingendael
AI Chatbot Use and Disclosure for Mental Health Among US Adolescents and Young Adults
RAND Corporation
Scaling Evidence: National Causal Evaluation of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Needs Better Data
RAND Corporation
What Do Voters Think of Operation Epic Fury After Three Months?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023
Cato Institute
Pathways to Green Steel: Trilateral Opportunities for India, Japan, and South Korea
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Push for A Chip Ecosystem Has Strategic Objectives
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Reconfiguring Ocean Governance: Maritime Corridors and Geoeconomics
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Financing Climate Action Through the Blue Economy: Lessons from Seychelles
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Stolen revolution: Betrayal and hope in modern Iran
Brookings
In conversation: Why health inequalities persist
RAND Corporation
Tuesday, 02 June 2026
Nicholas Anthony delivers the presentation “CBDCs and Control: The Rise of Programmable Money” at the Oslo Freedom Forum, hosted by Bitcoin Magazine
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “5% of People Detained By ICE Have Violent Convictions, 73% No Convictions,” is cited on Scripps News’ On the Scene
Cato Institute
Jacob T. Levy presents an oral history of the blogosphere and discusses his essays and other work on the Lawyers, Guns & Money podcast
Cato Institute
Romina Boccia participates in the event, “Mapping Inflation’s Impact on the 2026 Midterms and Beyond,” hosted by NABE’s ECON-versations
Cato Institute
Cato Institute event, “How America Can Unleash the Next Energy Revolution: A Fireside Chat with Secretary Chris Wright,” is cited by Marc Morano on The Tom Nelson Podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “53 Percent Don’t Know Why We Declared Independence from Britain in 1776,” is cited on WTXF’s Fox 29 News at 5PM
Cato Institute
Katherine Thompson is featured in a reel on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show
Cato Institute
Jennifer Huddleston participates in the event, “Public Data, Public Concern: Rethinking Government Accountability in the Digital Age,” hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology
Cato Institute
CO26118 | A World Rearmed: Re-imagining Arms Control
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO26119 | The Shangri-La Dialogue at 23: China’s Loss, Allies’ Gain
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago
Cato Institute
Upsolve v. James
Cato Institute
Can South Africa afford to keep Starlink out?
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Assessing Trump’s Executive Order on AI Oversight
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The consequences of KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s alternative approach
Brookings
The BUILD America 250 Act: What Congress gets right and wrong in its new transportation bill
Brookings
Remarks by Janet L. Yellen at "The Powell years at the Fed: A retrospective"
Brookings
Compulsion in Speech: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan and Beyond
Cato Institute
Hollowing Out Lebanon: How Pressure on Hezbollah Could Save It
RUSI
China’s Complex Economic Ties With Niger
Heritage Foundation
Beyond the Hype: Assessing Hyperscaler Nuclear Commitments Against U.S. Energy Realities
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Parallel Climate Reckonings: Colonial Water Legacies and Indigenous Adaptation, from Morocco to the American West
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
It’s the Leftist Fraud, Stupid
Heritage Foundation
Eastern Maritime Corridor: Unlocking the Bay of Bengal’s Economic Potential
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Rising Seas, Sinking Cities: Rethinking Coastal Urbanism in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Russian Perspectives on the Trump-Xi Summit
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Closing the Gender Gap in Crop Insurance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Implications of Tanzania’s central-local governmental power relationship for climate change adaptation financing at the local level
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict-affected Settings
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Strategic solidarity
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The hidden crisis - Sexual violence crimes along African-European migration routes
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Why the West Keeps Losing Critical Mineral Assets to China
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Is Maven Smart System, and What Does It Do?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
An early retrospective on monetary policy in the Powell era
Brookings
Digital addiction: Evidence and policy implications
Brookings
Product market traps in social media: Evidence and policy implications
Brookings
The wartime economic takeover of the Iranian state
Clingendael
Updating California’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment and Response Algorithm
RAND Corporation
Gender Norms Survey Measurement in Very Young Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Survey Efforts and Synthesis of Best Practices
RAND Corporation
Beware the Costs of the Global Rearmament Boom
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
What “All Men Are Created Equal” Actually Meant
Cato Institute
Size versus allocation in capital market development: evidence from pension funds and insurance companies
Bruegel
India and Southeast Asia: Mapping Strategic Convergence in an Era of Great-Power Competition
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
CSC Will Elevate SL’s Weight in the Indian Ocean
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Rebalancing the Ocean Economy: The Case for Inclusive Ocean Governance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond Chokepoints: Reimagining Ocean Governance for Global South Connectivity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
1936-2026: 90th Anniversary of the Journal "Politique étrangère"
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Reflections on A Darkening World
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
A New Path for Europe
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
1936-2026: 90th Anniversary of the Journal
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
How Technology Is Reshaping the World Order
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Understanding the costs of social media
Brookings
War at arm’s length: How America can build effective partners through military assistance
Brookings
The Powell years at the Fed: A retrospective
Brookings
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