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Saturday, 14 November 2026
Designing Cities Keeping In Mind Children’s Needs
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A Renewed Push For Peace in the Middle East
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Friday, 13 November 2026
The Largest Crypto Heist in History Could Have Been Avoided
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Are the United States and Its Allies Learning Quickly Enough from the War in Ukraine?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
How states can organize themselves to build more housing near transit
Brookings
Transit-oriented development is good business: How business groups can support their regions by advancing transit-accessible communities
Brookings
How state-owned roads can advance transit-oriented development
Brookings
Please Discuss ... governing in Washington after the 2026 midterms
Brookings
States should use Workforce Pell to back stackable pathways that pay off
Brookings
The End of Convergence
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Twenty-Four Hours or Twenty-Four Months: It’s Time for Peace in Ukraine
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Europe Must Step Up to Settle the Russia-Ukraine War
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Fed Got It Right; Now Congress Must Do the Same
Heritage Foundation
European Nations State Their Vision for the Future of European Security
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The AI Safety Debate: Alignment, Loss of Control, and Oversight
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Medical Education in India: Widening the Door Without Lowering the Bar
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Port Bunkering: India’s Next Maritime Advantage
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Are the United States and Its Allies Learning Quickly Enough from the War in Ukraine?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Largest Crypto Heist in History Could Have Been Avoided
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The 2027 Congress and the Dangerous Data Breach Pileup
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Effectiveness of Russian Nuclear Signaling in the Ukraine War: Lessons and Implications
RAND Corporation
Trump Is a Lame Duck. But He’s Still in Charge of U.S. Statecraft.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Letter from the President, Peter Goettler
Cato Institute
Once Silenced by the SEC, Now Free to Speak
Cato Institute
The Liberty Generation?
Cato Institute
The High Costs of Taxing Wealth
Cato Institute
The Good News for Libertarians: Liberty Still Advances
Cato Institute
Infinite Scroll: Psychologist Adam Omary on Screens, Mental Health, and Moral Panic
Cato Institute
Surveillance Creep, from Nogales to Pawtucket
Cato Institute
A Series of Constitutional Thunderclaps
Cato Institute
Cato Quarterly
Cato Institute
The Long Bet
Cato Institute
Last Word: Cato’s 300-Year-Old Guide to Election Season
Cato Institute
EU-India SDP: Opportunities and Limits for Defence Industrial Cooperation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Fifth Plenum: Purges, Party Control and the Stakes for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Resilience and Reform: U.S.-China Relations and the Global Economic Order
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Stopping the next Ethiopian-Eritrean War
Brookings
Ilya Somin participates in the event, “2026 Law Review Conference - Legal Interventions to Executive Overreach,” hosted by the Boston University School of Law
Cato Institute
Colin Grabow discusses the Jones Act waiver on WIBA’s Brownfield Ag News
Cato Institute
Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós discusses the strike of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) in Spain on a Fuera de TV YouTube Short
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon discusses rising Obamacare premiums on The Bob Harden Show
Cato Institute
CNBC correspondent Megan Cassella highlighted Cato’s Government Ownership Dashboard during the C-SPAN2 program “B20 USA Summit Concludes With Call to Action for Global Growth and Business Leadership.”
Cato Institute
Foreign Policy in the American Heartland: Issues for the 120th Congress
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Assessing Nigeria's Efforts to protect Christians and Secure the Middle Belt
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Islamic State is incentivising ISWAP to target military stockpiles
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
New Zealand’s Inconclusive Election Is the Last Thing the Country Needs
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Pulling Eritrea and Ethiopia back from the brink of war
Brookings
About Deep Cuts
Brookings
Historic wins show the 2026 vote was about more than prices
Brookings
Announcing “Deep Cuts,” a podcast unpacking the tearing down of the federal government—and how to build it back
Brookings
Trump, Xi, and Putin: What to expect from the APEC summit
Brookings
The Looming Defense Budget Battle and the Scramble to Rebuild the U.S. Military
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
What the Abu Dhabi Talks Did—and Didn’t—Achieve
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Hegseth’s Unmaking of the U.S. Military
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Disrupting Politics: A Front Row Seat to the Collision of Technology & Democracy
Cato Institute
Molly Nixon discusses the constitutional process for impeaching a cabinet secretary and the division between Congress and the executive branch on 13 News Now’s Impact News
Cato Institute
Running a Simulated Business in High School: The Implementation and Costs of the Virtual Enterprises Program in Six High Schools
RAND Corporation
Running a Simulated Business in High School: A Summary of Findings on the Implementation and Costs of Virtual Enterprises
RAND Corporation
Cato Club Naples Breakfast
Cato Institute
Disrupting Politics:
Cato Institute
Recalibrating the relationship: what’s next for India–Bangladesh ties?
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Israel's Arab Parties After the Election: Unprecedented Representation
RUSI
Maritime Jurisdiction and Undersea Security in Europe
RUSI
Torn between Security, Dependence and Autonomy: Turkish Cypriot Public Opinion on Türkiye’s Role in the North of Cyprus
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Mining Nationalism and Export Restrictions: The Challenges of Economic Development
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Will a UN Treaty on Autonomous Weapons Arrive Too Late?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Promises Made, Promises Unmet: The NPP’s Struggle to Reform Sri Lanka
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Iran War: The International System under the Trump Shock and a New Regionalization of Globalization
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
L'affaire Jensen Huang: Personal Vulnerabilities As Geopolitical Risks
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Capital That Makes a Difference: Rethinking Blended Finance in the Ocean Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Making Greenfield Cities Work in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Foreign Policy in the American Heartland: Issues for the 120th Congress
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Assessing Nigeria's Efforts to protect Christians and Secure the Middle Belt
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Resilience and Reform: U.S.-China Relations and the Global Economic Order
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Two Years Since the Birth of the New Syria: Challenges of Security, Sovereignty and the Economy
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Autonomous Electromagnetic Dominance at Sea
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
China–Pakistan Military Exercise Karakoram 2026
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Designing the UK’s Good Practice Exchange for research culture: A co-created delivery model
RAND Corporation
Chinese Academy of Sciences Directory
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica’s Recent Economic and Social Trends: A Case Study with Regional Comparisons
RAND Corporation
Higher-Income Parents More Likely to Use AI, Encourage Teens to Do the Same
RAND Corporation
Higher-Income Parents Use AI More and Encourage Their Children to Do the Same
RAND Corporation
Three Questions About China’s Hidden Foreign Exchange Assets
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Privatizing Amtrak
Cato Institute
The Economics of Rent Control
Cato Institute
ASEAN Summit in Manila
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Why India’s Energy Transition Depends on Strong DISCOMs
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why Biosecurity Governance Requires Stronger Oversight and Transparency
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A case for small-town grit: Sheyenne, North Dakota's quiet comeback
Brookings
Unpacking trust
RAND Corporation
Global Economic Governance in a Changing World Order
Brookings
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
States Weekly: November 11, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Mike Fox discusses immigration, justice, and the police state on the Liberty Conspiracy’s Mind Meld podcast
Cato Institute
Cato Institute’s participation at the event, “Representative Klopfenstein Energy Policy Briefing,” is cited on WKRC’s The Brian Thomas Morning Show
Cato Institute
Ilya Somin discusses immigration on the Rough Thoughts Media podcast
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s white paper, “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” is cited on The Lost Debate podcast
Cato Institute
John H. Cochrane discusses Brazil’s inflation experience, interest rates, and the “Lara Resende Plan” on the Economic Drafts podcast
Cato Institute
States Weekly: November 11, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Trump’s retreat from democracy could fuel conflict in East Africa
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
CO26231 | The Search for Meaning: Dealing With Existential Questions to Foster Youth Resilience Against Violent Extremism
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Beyond Decoupling: Rethinking East Asia’s Production Networks
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
Cato Energy Expert Warns Texas Rate Freeze Could Discourage New Power Plants
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses reports that President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were aware that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was compromised, and examines how Democrats should unwind Trump’s economic agenda on MS NOW
Cato Institute
Colin Grabow discusses the Jones Act waivers the US Maritime Action podcast
Cato Institute
Robert A. Levy discusses contracts of adhesion on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Cato Institute’s Jones Act Waiver Tracker is praised on the What’s Going on with Shipping - Maritime Industry Today podcast
Cato Institute
The UN secretary-general selection process and its implications for the future of multilateralism
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Who are the True Citizens of Israel's Democracy?
Clingendael
South Africa After the 2026 Local Government Elections
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
William Daley and Paul Ryan Named Chair and Vice Chair of the CSIS Board of Trustees
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Suriname: Food Security Situation and Challenges under the Threat of Climate Change
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
India and Russia as Partners in Africa’s Mineral Future
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Crime, Terror, and Hybrid Threats: Why India and Italy Must Pool Their Strengths
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Problems of Cohesion Plaguing ASEAN and PIF
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
High Stakes, Higher Expectations: Africa and the Future of UN Leadership
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Trust Unpacked: A diagnostic assessment of institutional trust
RAND Corporation
Thanking America’s Veterans
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Immigrants in Finance: Evidence from Hedge Funds
Cato Institute
The Northern Sea Route and the Changing Geopolitics of the Russian Arctic
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Strategy or Expedience? Trump’s Eritrea Gamble in the Horn of Africa
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s PLA in Fifth Plenum: Internal Chaos and Peripheral Aggression
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A Life Cycle Roadmap for India’s Circular Blue Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Lessons from the Founding and the Old American Tradition on Muslim Immigration
Heritage Foundation
The Patient Islamification of the West
Heritage Foundation
The 2026 Election by the Numbers
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
How the Next Congress Can Repair the Military’s Personnel Crisis
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Islam and the American Constitutional Order
Heritage Foundation
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