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Tuesday, 20 October 2026
The Race for Malaysia’s Rare Earths: An Indo-Pacific Strategy
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Happens After the Election
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Missile Diplomacy: North Korea Ramps Up Threats in Trump 2.0
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Pacific Security Puzzle
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Why the United States Needs Europe in Order to Win the Technology Race
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Cartels, Cameras, and Commercial Data: Nonstate Actors and Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
From Aid to Trade: What Will Trump’s Bargain Cost Africa?
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Winning the Undersea Knife Fight: A Deterrence Framework to Shape Subsea Dilemmas into Competitive Maritime Security Strategies
RAND Corporation
New Zealand Ahead of the 2026 Election
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Eelections in Czech
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
China’s outbound AI strategy starts with models and governance and ends with chips
Bruegel
Between Powers, Beyond Dependence: Kazakhstan’s Path to Strategic Resilience
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Please Discuss ... the pressures shaping the 2026 midterms
Brookings
CO26221 | The Haze Is a Shared Problem. ASEAN Already Holds the Tools to Fix It
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
New survey tracks darkening mood and shifting political loyalties ahead of midterm elections
Brookings
Monday, 19 October 2026
Betts v. Boone County
Cato Institute
A new SAPS oath could help restore police pride and public trust
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Seeking family, student, and educator inputs regularly on school policies and processes
Brookings
Collaboration with local indigenous parent action committees
Brookings
Community working groups for educational planning
Brookings
Education on career opportunities for students
Brookings
Parent participation in district education plan design
Brookings
How rural economic woes imperil GOP majorities
Brookings
Regular communication on district activities and opportunities
Brookings
Parent-led advocacy campaigns for policy change
Brookings
National action plan on parent engagement
Brookings
Holistic family support centers
Brookings
AI Is Supercharging Cyber Scams and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Four: Kennedy Campaigns While the ExComm Debates
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Congress Uses One Inflation Measure for Taxes, Another for Benefits | Cato Analysis
Cato Institute
Cato Experts Available: Supreme Court to Hear Home Distilling Case
Cato Institute
Chelsea Follett discusses her book, The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past, on the Economics Explored Podcast with Gene Tunny
Cato Institute
The Missing Link in Drug Policy: Why Whole-System Reform Is Stalling
RAND Corporation
2nd Annual Cato Free Speech Debate
Cato Institute
NATO has a theory of victory – the EU needs one for Russia’s unconventional war on Europe
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
FATF Has Declared War on Fraud. Not All Its Allies Can Afford to Fight
RUSI
Stop the Blame Game: Time To Restore Bipartisanship in Foreign Aid
Heritage Foundation
CO26219 | AI-enabled Hybrid Threats in the Grey Zone
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The Political Economy of Protests in Iran
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hormuz: Breaking the Insecurity Continuum
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Cooling the Cloud: Balancing AI Growth and Water Security
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Dark Ocean Equation: Structuring a Hybrid Undersea Naval Force
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Delhi’s Defence Bridge to Colombo
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Space Superiority and the Military Tools to Secure It
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
25 Years After the Anthrax Attacks, Reauthorize and Modernize PAHPA to Better Protect Americans
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Azerbaijan Expands Defense Industry with Turkish and Other Partners
AIR Center
Azerbaijan: Overcoming The Past, Embracing The Future – OpEd
AIR Center
The case for an Elastic Reserves system: Recommendations for the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet review
Brookings
Retaining U.S. Air Force Combat Aviation Experience: Analyzing Alternative Instructor Career Paths for Fighter Communities
RAND Corporation
Implications of the future information environment for the UK's nuclear strategy and decision-making
RAND Corporation
Incorporating Equity into Decision-Support Models: An Analytical Architecture and Application to Natural Gas Power Plant Retirement in California
RAND Corporation
Online Age Verification Has Guaranteed Costs and Uncertain Benefits
Cato Institute
The Data Convergence: Reviewing Competition Laws Through the Privacy Lens
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Hungary’s path to the euro: five tests for a sustainable adoption strategy
Bruegel
Midterm elections and the future of Congress and the presidency
Brookings
Sunday, 18 October 2026
El Cato Podcast featured Ignacio Munyo, Executive Director of the Center for Studies of Economic and Social Reality (CERES), discussing Uruguay’s slow economic growth on Radio Centro 101
Cato Institute
Molly Nixon discusses President Trump’s executive order suspending taxes on red-dyed diesel on NPR’s Weekend Edition
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s blog post, “5% of People Detained By ICE Have Violent Convictions, 73% No Convictions,” is cited on the Daily Wire News’ District Club
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s white paper, “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” is cited by a caller on KPFT’s Politics Done Right
Cato Institute
Between Renewed Confrontation and a Negotiated Settlement: The Fate of a War That Was Never Meant to Last
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Lies to President John F. Kennedy—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Saturday, 17 October 2026
David J. Bier’s white paper, “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” is cited on WABC’s The James Golden Show
Cato Institute
Cato Institute research on election integrity is cited on MS NOW’s The Assignment With Antonia Hylton
Cato Institute
John F. Kennedy Solicits Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Advice—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Two
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
India’s Air Power: Why Numbers Must Come First
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Missing Human Capital: The Gender Gap in Education-to-Work Transitions
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Sahel’s Geopolitical Reset and Russia’s Strategic Opening
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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116.1
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CFR
112.7
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Atlantic Council
103.3
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CEIP
96.1
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