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Thursday, 15 October 2026
Avoiding Another Long War in Yemen
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Future of U.S.-UK Defense Cooperation with UK Secretary of Defence Wes Streeting
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Could Russia Be Poised to Use an On-Orbit Weapon Against a Commercial Satellite?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
“Bunker Busters”: Deep Targets, Shallow Stocks
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Cambodia’s Scam Center Cleanup: Is It Working?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Rethinking the Legal Profession’s Role in Business and Human Rights
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Graham’s Act 2026: Questioning the US Rationale
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Accelerationism and the ‘Post-Labour’ Dystopia
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Examining the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces support in Northern Ireland
RAND Corporation
„The Threshold for Family Formation Has Risen“
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Is there a ‘China problem’ and how can the World Trade Organization address it?
Bruegel
The Hormuz Inflection: Energy Security and Connectivity Networks in the Middle East
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Case for Universal AI Accountability
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Musk’s Arrogance, India’s Sovereignty: Why New Delhi Must Stand Firm on Starlink
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Production Without Control: What India Can Learn from Indonesia’s Nickel Boom
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Space–Quantum Ambitions: From Capability to Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Parenting in a fertility crisis
Brookings
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Libya’s arsenals are a blind spot in the Tripoli agreement
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
The progressive case for Social Security and Medicare reform
Brookings
Community member tutors
Brookings
Community visioning workshops
Brookings
Digital parent-school chat groups
Brookings
Open door policy
Brookings
Parents as community teachers
Brookings
The Autonomous Weapons Debate (Still) Has a Definition Problem
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Social Security COLA Will Add $56 Billion to 2027 Spending | Cato Analysis
Cato Institute
Inflation Hits 3.7%: Cato Economists on Affordability and Fed Rate Hikes
Cato Institute
OCC Debanking Report Overlooks Regulators’ Role, Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Financial Surveillance: The Ultimate Surveillance Black Hole?
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s briefing paper, “The Flat Tax Advantage,” is cited on KOA’s The Ross Kaminsky Show
Cato Institute
Papers, Please: Transportation Surveillance
Cato Institute
Papers, Please: Transportation Surveillance
Cato Institute
Jurisprudential Approach of the Six Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Heritage Foundation
Iran’s space-launch capability: grounded?
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
What Do Brazil’s Elections Mean for its Foreign Policy?
RUSI
How India-Philippines Cooperation Reinforces America’s Interests in the South...
Heritage Foundation
Advancing Abraham Accords 2.0: A Congressional Agenda
Heritage Foundation
Trump’s Census Proposal Is a Big Step in Restoring National Unity
Heritage Foundation
A Decade of India-South Korea Development Cooperation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why India Needs a GCC Strategy, Not Just Bilaterals
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Colonial Legacies to the ‘Tax Turn’: The EU's Shifting Discourse on Development Financing and the Evasion of Responsibility
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
States Weekly: October 14, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Art of Swarming
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Human Rights Abuses in Drone Production at Yelabuga
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Military spending in Russia’s draft federal budget for 2027 to 2029
SIPRI
(Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
China’s Hydrogen Economy Five Years On
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Brookings
Preventing health-related job loss: An evidence-based response to what is needed to provide effective, tiered caseworker support in the UK
RAND Corporation
Helping people stay in work: How to deliver effective, early-intervention caseworker support
RAND Corporation
Alcohol Use Trajectories Across Disasters: Associations With Depression and Illness Anxiety
RAND Corporation
Suicide-Related Responses From AI Chatbots Through Application Programming Interfaces and Consumer-Facing Apps: Observational Cross-Sectional Comparative Study
RAND Corporation
Regulating Artificial Intelligence Design to Prevent Youth Mental Health Harms
RAND Corporation
Major Richard S. Heyser’s U-2 Mission Discovers Soviet Missiles in Cuba
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Chicago Boys and Chile’s Long-Run Growth
Cato Institute
China-Pakistan Military-Strategic Collusion: Capabilities, Functions, and Implications for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The PERM Freeze: A New Stress Test for India-U.S. Technology Ties
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A Multi-Trillion Dollar ‘Bad Software’ Crisis: India’s Connected Device Gap
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The New Logic of Space Warfare
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Fragmented Still: Assessing a Year of the Greater Bengaluru Authority
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Reforming regulation: Debating cost-benefit analysis and the role of OIRA
Brookings
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
“The Road Not Taken” at 50: U.S. Energy Security for the 21st Century Symposium
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid and U.S. Foreign Policy
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Freedom in the 50 States is cited on the Maryland Our Maryland podcast
Cato Institute
Michael Smerconish cited his program, Can We Agree?, featuring the debate between Jennifer Huddleston and former “Cyber Czar” Richard Clarke on SiriusXM POTUS’ The Michael Smerconish Program
Cato Institute
Nita Ghei’s article, “The Argument Against Paid Family Leave,” is cited on KSSZ’s The Gary Nolan Show
Cato Institute
Colin Grabow’s blog post, “Why It’s Cheaper for Louisiana to Buy Fertilizer Ingredients from Peru Than Florida,” is cited on NBC affiliate WEAU’s Hello Wisconsin
Cato Institute
Hayat v. Diaz
Cato Institute
New from Cato: Government Ownership and the Future of Free Enterprise
Cato Institute
Financial Surveillance: The Ultimate Surveillance Black Hole?
Cato Institute
Africa must prepare for AI-powered cyber threats at scale
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Repairing America’s signaling on Taiwan
Brookings
'Title I for rich kids' and other predictions for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
Brookings
Replace the intra-African trade share with a meaningful statistic about trade integration
Brookings
Five Things to Know About the Midterms
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
CO26217 | Territorial Control and Houthi Maritime Power
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
People, Place, Principles: This Is America
Heritage Foundation
The Economic and Human Cost of the War on Iran: The Arab Countries Pay More
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
The Starlink Case: An Appraisal of Technology for Geopolitical Control
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Role of Beneficial Ownership Transparency in the Hard Power Era
RUSI
The U.S. and Korea Should Be Bold in Their Investments
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Allison Minor Joins CSIS Middle East Program as Senior Fellow
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CSIS Names Chris Fall Vice President of the Economic Security and Technology Department
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Assessing the Impact of China-Russia Economic Coordination in Latin America and the Caribbean
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Diplomacy or Coercion?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
AfD’s Strategic Worldview
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Criminal protection: illicit uses of South Africa’s private security industry
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Do Medicare Advantage plans still pay hospitals prices close to Traditional Medicare’s?
Brookings
Infinite Potential—Insights from the Societal Warfare Games: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises
RAND Corporation
How Bad Policy Delays Adulthood
Cato Institute
Mongolian President Khurelsukh To Visit Germany
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Domestic Refining of Critical Minerals: India’s Next Petroleum Story
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Sanctioning Moscow, Making Exceptions: Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Digital Sovereignty Outweighs Musk’s Convenience
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Who Holds the Off Switch? Starlink, Dependence, and India’s Satcom Policy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Sovereignty by Design: What the Starlink Debate Gets Wrong
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Gendered Capability Gap in India’s AI Transition
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Is China dynamic or dysfunctional?
Brookings
The Architecture of Money: A European Strategy for Tokenized Finance
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Beyond the school walls: How community partnerships strengthen learning ecosystems
Brookings
Can ‘working-class liberalism’ heal liberal democracy?
Brookings
Monday, 12 October 2026
Emily Ekins’ survey, “Cato Institute 2025 Fiscal Policy Poll,” is cited on OAN’s David Pollack Primetime
Cato Institute
Chelsea Follett discusses her book, The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past, on KTKZ’s The Morning Answer with Mike & Matt
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration,” is cited on The Charlie Kirk Show
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ survey report, “Most Americans Expect Social Security Benefit Cuts; a Third Believe the Program Won’t Exist When They Retire,” is cited on The Sentinel Report
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “President Trump Cut Legal Immigrant Entries 2.7 Times More Than Illegal Entries,” is cited on WIBC’s Tony Katz and The Morning News
Cato Institute
Doug Bandow discusses the inconsistency and confusion surrounding the Trump administration’s foreign policy on Al Jazeera English
Cato Institute
Mustafa Akyol discusses his book, No Compulsion in Religion—No Exceptions, on NPR affiliate WGVU’s Common Threads podcast
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration,” is cited on Spectrum News
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome’s X post, “Can America tariff America?”, was cited on CBS News 24/7’s The Takeout with Major Garrett
Cato Institute
Mike Fox discusses ICE tactics in the Oscar Belgal shooting on The Lars Larson Show
Cato Institute
The Domestic-Foreign Electronic Surveillance Nexus
Cato Institute
South Africa need not wait for corruption convictions
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
The two blind spots of megaproject appraisal
Brookings
A divided southern flank faces Trump 2.0 and NATO 3.0
Brookings
As AI leaders call for slowdown, children need a voice
Brookings
Bi-weekly text messages and calls to strengthen learning at home
Brookings
What the Trump administration’s recent guidance on school discipline gets wrong
Brookings
Shaping global governance of AI agents
Brookings
Why U.S. Borrowing Costs Keep Climbing Despite Treasury’s Efforts
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Access to Medical Care in California Workers’ Compensation: Recent Trends in Patient Access and Provider Participation
RAND Corporation
The Domestic-Foreign Electronic Surveillance Nexus
Cato Institute
Indicators of Mental Health Literacy and Mental Health First Aid Skill Application in a Large Sample of U.S. Trainees
RAND Corporation
Disparities in Virtual Outpatient Mental Health Care Utilization Among Commercially Insured Children and Adults, 2023-2025
RAND Corporation
Implementing School-Associated Vaccination Events in Colorado Public Schools: A Statewide Survey of Nurses
RAND Corporation
Sustainment of a Youth Substance Use Treatment Model Following Organization-Focused Versus State-Focused Federal Financing Strategies: A Mixed-Method Study
RAND Corporation
Brazil’s elections, security and strategic autonomy
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Talk of Russian Regime Change Could Inspire a New European Peace Strategy
RUSI
Ahead of a presidential election, France first needs to help itself on debt
Bruegel
Global AI Impact Commons Stories: Jacaranda Health
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Brazil’s Divided House Goes to a Runoff
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Climate Stress Reshapes Youth Migration in Ethiopia
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Tremendous news: No one has been bought or sold
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
EU–Central Asia Critical Raw Materials: From Partnership to Supply-Chain Security
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
The Political Chaos and Prevailing Uncertainty in Pakistan
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
A Partnership Built on Security: Post-Brexit Rapprochement between Germany and the United Kingdom
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
From Vision to Practice: How District Leaders Would Improve Civic Learning
RAND Corporation
Recursive Self-Improvement and Automated AI Research and Development
RAND Corporation
Differential Effects of US State Firearm Policies on Black and Non-Black Firearm Homicide and Suicide, 1981-2022
RAND Corporation
The Links Between Cannabis and Crime: Examining the Evidence from Recent Policy Experiments
RAND Corporation
Buprenorphine Via Telehealth: Closing the Gap for Pregnant and Postpartum Women With Opioid Use Disorder
RAND Corporation
Green Steel and the Future of the Japan–Australia Resource Partnership
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Orbits, Oligarchs and the Republic
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
AI and the False Promise of Intelligence Analysis
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Elon Musk’s Starlink Must Go the Huawei Way
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Satellite Imperative: Starlink and the Terms of Entry
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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