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Thursday, 06 August 2026
Japan’s sweeping intelligence reforms
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The Resource Politics of Cold Peace: Israel’s Relations with Jordan, Egypt
RUSI
Instrumentalised Migration and Russia’s ‘Disposable Agents’
RUSI
The Democratic Republic of the Congo at a Turning Point
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
How Populist Middle Powers Are—and Are Not—Reshaping Global Politics
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Birth Tourism’s Next Evolution: Commissioned Citizenship
Heritage Foundation
Trump Is Running Out of Time To End Refugee Asylum Abuse for Good
Heritage Foundation
The United States at 250: A Mediterranean Perspective
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
The Hidden Health Risk in College Dorms
Heritage Foundation
The Blind Spot in India's Menstrual Cup Rollout
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Lebanon’s Tutelage Trap
RUSI
The End of “As-Is”: Could AI Undermine Software’s U.S. Legal Shield?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Beyond Tracing: Anticipatory Technical Exploitation and Smart Friction
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A Troubled Merz Faces Crucial Elections in September
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
The Localization Prescription
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Risks of Racing: Russian and Chinese Perceptions of Strategic Competition in the Euro-Atlantic Region
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Old Friends, New Calculations: A Reset in China-North Korea Relations
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Bridging the Gap: LEO Satellite Internet and Human Rights
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
How Tehran’s Use of Cyber Operations in the U.S.-Iran Conflict Has Evolved
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
India’s Scramjet Propulsion Programme
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
How big is the US Postal Service? Among the largest in business or government
Brookings
An update on Europe’s Russia sanctions
Brookings
Interpreting Dual-Use Biology Benchmarks for Frontier AI: Measurement, Saturation, and Generational Analysis
RAND Corporation
China's Retirement Reform and the 2035 Statutory Working-Age Window: Buying Time amid Demographic Decline and AI-Driven Change
RAND Corporation
Wealth Taxes Failed Abroad. Why Try Them Here?
Cato Institute
The Value of Global Health
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Advancing the Future: Assessing Emerging Pathways for Expanding Organ Access in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can IMEC Survive the Iran War?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Two Patrons, One Strategy: Pakistan’s Air Power Transformation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
More Than Spam: What TRAI's Latest Proposal Means for Digital Regulation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
When the Internet Goes Dark: Bluetooth Mesh Apps and India's Security Dilemma
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
CO26169 | From Singapore to Helsinki: Why Singapore Matters to Europe’s Economic Security
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Teachers at the frontlines of climate change
Brookings
Wednesday, 05 August 2026
The Urgent Need to Restore America’s Amphibious Readiness
Heritage Foundation
Rampant kidnappings spread fear and insecurity in Madagascar
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Trump's judicial appointment pace is unlikely to match his first-term record
Brookings
Comments on the implementation of Medicaid community engagement (work) requirements
Brookings
How to actually share America’s defense burden with allies
Brookings
Congress should make children’s privacy the on-ramp to a national privacy law for all
Brookings
CO26168 | From Hantavirus to Ebola: Rebuilding Trust in Health and Biosecurity Governance
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Spillover Summer Reading: The Best Books on Forecasting, Silicon Valley, and the Future
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Big Macs Say the Dollar is Way Overvalued. iPad Minis Say It's Not so.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Public Comments re: Exploring Process Approaches for Addressing Social Security Solvency
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses the Trump administration’s more active role in AI, government ownership stakes in private companies, and efforts to “rescue” the Japanese yen on MSNOW’s Money, Power & Politics with Stephanie Ruhle
Cato Institute
Can AI Change How We Deal with Disasters?
RAND Corporation
Public Benefits Are a Hidden Engine of College Completion
RAND Corporation
Burnham’s Opportunity to Rethink Information Resilience
RUSI
Uniting Nationalism and Threat Perception for Total Defence
RUSI
Democratic Mandate, Sovereign Duty: The Test for Hungary’s New Government
Heritage Foundation
Bridging the AI Divide: The Role of International Cooperation
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
Five Years After His Power Grab, Tunisia’s President Has Only Achieved Failure
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mission over Model: What Might AI Mean for an Organization Like Carnegie?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK : Industrial Policy for Resource-Rich African Least Developed Economies-Transforming Wealth into Productive Capacity
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Populism Arrives at the Federal Reserve
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
AI Literacy as the New Frontline of Cybersecurity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Rethinking Water as a Frontline Security Risk
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Limits of Control
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
States Weekly: August 5, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The People Are Restless
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Battle for Hormuz Will Reshape the Global LNG Market
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Costs of Weaponizing the U.S. IP System
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
An Emerging Strategic Axis Between Georgia and Turkmenistan
AIR Center
The Greater Caspian Region: A New Framework For Cooperation Between Azerbaijan And Central Asia
AIR Center
A Portfolio Assessment Approach to Inform Resource Allocation Decisions
RAND Corporation
Developing a UK addiction services data roadmap
RAND Corporation
The Dollar Boomerang Threat: Washington’s Motivations to Support the Yen
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime
Cato Institute
Global AI Impact Commons Stories: Adalat AI
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
BIMSTEC and the Test of Regional Disaster Response
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The White House-Pindi Tango
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can Europe survive China Shock 2.0?
Brookings
Between Escalation and Negotiation: The New Middle East Calculus
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Tuesday, 04 August 2026
Scott Lincicome’s X post on the National Bureau of Economic Research report regarding the costliness of the Trump tariffs is cited on WIOD’s The Manny Munoz Show
Cato Institute
Patrick G. Eddington’s blog post, “NORTHCOM CONPLAN 3900: A Prelude to Insurrection Act Invocation?,” is cited on the Early Warning Podcast
Cato Institute
Ike Brannon’s Regulation article, “A Criticism of ‘Right to Repair’ Laws,” is cited on WVLK’s Kruser and Krew
Cato Institute
Colin Grabow discusses US-Korean shipbuilding cooperation on VOA Korea
Cato Institute
Justin Logan discusses President Trump being “stuck” in the Iran conflict on an Egleze YouTube short
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ survey, “Cato Institute 2025 Fiscal Policy Poll,” is cited on Sunny FM’s The Rick Stacy Morning Show
Cato Institute
The End of the Summer Job
Heritage Foundation
Verification of Eligibility and Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Voter Re...
Heritage Foundation
CO26167 | Why China Isn’t Doing More To Boost Domestic Demand
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
An Act to Refocus Colleges and Universities on Their Fundamental Academic Mis...
Heritage Foundation
Model State Legislation to Codify the Federal Higher Education Compact
Heritage Foundation
Mamdani’s City Grocery Plan Could Leave Taxpayers Paying for Every Banana
Heritage Foundation
Alabama Is Not Alone in Its Racial Quotas for Public Boards
Heritage Foundation
SADC’s 2026 summit must tackle migration head-on
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Can America and South Korea strengthen ties amid economic frictions?
Brookings
Child care pay still lags despite decades of policy change
Brookings
AI and toddlers: The impacts on early development | The TechTank Podcast
Brookings
Options for modernization of traditional Medicare
Brookings
U.S. Postal Service
Brookings
Why the Fed’s Published Inflation Forecasts Are Meaningless—Or Worse
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Why the U.S. Intervened to Prop Up Japan’s Yen
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Does Cutting Federal Health Care Subsidies Harm Health?
Cato Institute
Fixing Medicaid’s Financing Structure
Cato Institute
Public Comment re: Federal Trade Commission Request for Public Comment on Its Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy
Cato Institute
Cato Expert Says Pulte’s Delayed DNI Handover Violated the Vacancies Act
Cato Institute
Trump Memecoin Controversy Should Not Derail Crypto Reform, Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Senate CR Avoids Shutdown but Leaves Fiscal Crisis Unaddressed, Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Cato’s Richer: Department of Justice Presence at Polling Centers is Routine, Despite Unusual Rhetoric Around Elections
Cato Institute
Swarming Software’s Defence Industrial Implications
RUSI
Britain Has Another New Prime Minister: Andy Burnham
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Theater Missile Defense Inventory: Inadequate for a U.S.–China Conflict
Heritage Foundation
Europe's Migration Flashpoint: Why This Time Must Be Different from 2015
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond Trade: Building the India–Africa Agrifood Partnership
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Visibility Gap: The Case for a North American Trusted Trade Laboratory
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara: An Analysis
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Income-driven repayment for federal student loans: From ICR to RAP
Brookings
Why higher education in the US and England needs a clearer definition of quality
Brookings
Reading the labor market when population is a moving target: A lesson from the post-pandemic immigration surge
Brookings
Having Trouble Finding Good Workers? They’re Right Under Your Nose
RAND Corporation
Secure Inference Data Centers: A Vertically Integrated Strategy for Security Engineering
RAND Corporation
Veterans and Psychedelics
RAND Corporation
AI and the Future of Emergency Management: Market Supply and Adoption Pathways
RAND Corporation
Iran: Schrodinger’s War
Cato Institute
Combating Satcom Exploitation by Trans-National Criminal Organisations and Terrorist Groups
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Brain–Computer Interfaces: India’s Window to Shape the Neurotechnology Race
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond Sanctions: Building Accountability for Chemical Weapons Use in Sudan
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Data’s First Promise: The Export Conversations India's MSMEs Have Always Needed
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Monday, 03 August 2026
David J. Bier’s white paper, “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” is cited on the Timesuck with Dan Cummins podcast
Cato Institute
CO26165 | Sustainable AI as a Climate and Governance Priority in Southeast Asia
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO26166 | Understanding and Countering Online Radicalisation in the Digital Sphere
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Cato Institute research brief, “Did California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?,” is cited on FBN’s Varney & Co.
Cato Institute
Ilya Somin discusses the SCOTUS’ upcoming Second Amendment case against AR-15 bans on The Weekly Reload Podcast
Cato Institute
Clark Neily participates in the event, “Pardon Me: When Congressional Witnesses Plead the Fifth,” hosted by The Federalist Society
Cato Institute
Cato Institute research brief, “Did California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?,” is cited on FBN’s Big Money Show
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ survey, “Cato Institute 2025 Fiscal Policy Poll,” is cited on The Wilmington Standard Daily Update podcast
Cato Institute
A caller on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal credited the Cato Institute with influencing his decision to become a libertarian
Cato Institute
Cato Institute research brief, “Did California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?,” is cited on FBN’s The Bottom Line
Cato Institute
Veronique de Rugy’s article, “Study Says Foxconn Deal Cost Wisconsin $20 Billion in Lost Economic Growth,” is cited on The Reason Roundtable podcast
Cato Institute
Toward a Federal Framework: Lessons from State and International Frontier AI Regulation
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Import Socialists, Get Socialism
Heritage Foundation
Injecting the Free Market into Spectrum Use for Space Applications
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Boko Haram’s Cameroonian commanders are extending the group’s reach
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Voters Worry About Election Integrity
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The national security implications of building frontier AI data centers overseas
Brookings
Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards
Cato Institute
Senate Farm Bill Delays SNAP Accountability to Expand Farm Subsidies, Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Cato’s Inserra: FCC Chairman Carr’s “Business as Normal” Claim Doesn’t Hold Up
Cato Institute
Ahead of Senate Vote, Cato’s Greenberg Says Blanche Has Shown He’s Unfit for AG
Cato Institute
NATO defence spending: navigating the noise
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Can the Defence Universities Alliance Deliver Without Compromise?
RUSI
Horizontal Federalism and the Problem of Extraterritoriality in Energy Policy
Heritage Foundation
The Drone Attack on Egypt and the Widening Middle East War
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DEVELOPMENT AS DIPLOMACY : China’s Economic Model and the Rewriting of Soft Power
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
EPA’s Medical Sterilizer Rule Put Patient Care at Risk
Heritage Foundation
When Geography Strikes Back: Maritime Chokepoints and Global Power Politics
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Mumbai's Railway Stations Need Area Planning, Not Just Redevelopment
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India-UK CETA: Big Access, Bigger Homework
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Flipping the Script: How to Hold China’s New Carriers at Risk
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Tokenpolitik: How the United States Can Compete with China to Build the Global AI Stack
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Injecting the Free Market into Spectrum Use for Space Applications
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Role of Regional Networks in Twenty-First-Century Industrial Policy
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Toward a Federal Framework: Lessons from State and International Frontier AI Regulation
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
When people think AI did the creative work, task meaning and effort decline
Brookings
Unraveling the Complex Logistics in Support of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) Operations in the Indo-Pacific
RAND Corporation
State Laws Restricting Concealed Handguns in Sensitive Places: 2024 Landscape
RAND Corporation
Safe to Hire: Predicting Recidivism Risk for Job Candidates with Criminal Records
RAND Corporation
Private Equity Ownership in Hospice Care: A Systematic Review (2012-2026)
RAND Corporation
The Economics of AI Counterproliferation: A Stylized Economic Framework
RAND Corporation
Physician Experiences in Health System-Owned Practices and Independent Practices: Insights From Interviews With Primary Care Physicians
RAND Corporation
Putting Action in Climate Action Plans: How Equity-Centered Goals Are Implemented in California Cities
RAND Corporation
Money and the Mind: Financial Well-Being, Mental Health, and Loneliness in a Large Cohort of Emerging Adults
RAND Corporation
Branded Packaging Raises Likelihood of Cigarette Purchasing in an Experimental Retail Setting by Increasing Craving
RAND Corporation
Baby Bumps in the Road: The Impact of Parenthood on Job Performance, Human Capital, and Career Advancement
RAND Corporation
Negotiating a Post-Aid World: Causes, Consequences, and a Credible Way Forward
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Technology Fault Line in the US–South Korea Alliance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The New Essential: Education in Aspirational India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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