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Friday, 10 July 2026
Shared vulnerability to state violence could unite reform efforts
Brookings
Measuring a dynamic economy: What should data users expect from the federal statistical system?
Brookings
Borrowed expertise: Why AI’s productivity boom may not survive the generation that built it
Brookings
How Trump Brought Non-Alignment Back From the Dead
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Who Sees the Sea? Capacity Building as the Foundation of Maritime Domain Awareness
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Thursday, 09 July 2026
Mkhwanazi opened SA’s eyes to the scale of high-level police corruption
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
A new risk framework for Chinese technology products and investments
Brookings
‘Growth, but for whom?’ A new framework to measure neighborhood transformation and equity
Brookings
The pledge to protect ratepayers from AI data center costs needs enforcement
Brookings
Historic polarization and historic lows in satisfaction with government, quality of life, and opportunity to get ahead
Brookings
Strategies to restore lifetime income to retirement plans
Brookings
How Advanced Industrial Zones can help states thrive in the electro-industrial economy
Brookings
Feminist and Global South perspectives on AI-supported learning environments
Brookings
What is a ‘reaction function’ in central banking? How does it differ from ‘forward guidance’?
Brookings
Whither African Solidarity?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Cato Expert: ICE Shooting in Houston Shows Why Cities Shouldn’t Cooperate with Federal Agents
Cato Institute
Injuries and Usurpations, 250 Years Later
Cato Institute
Washington’s quantum mobilisation: from discovery to deployment
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The EU emissions trading system works but most industrial decarbonisation is still to come
Bruegel
Competing for inputs: how the European Union can improve critical raw materials supply security
Bruegel
Securing America’s Near Abroad: Recalibrating U.S. Policy Toward Haiti
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Democratisation and Diversification of War
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Costs of Moral Pretence: How Hypocrisy Undermines International Order
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
East Asia’s Re-Ordering Milieu After 1945: Beyond the San Francisco Myth
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Crime, Violence, and the Reshaping of Politics in the Americas
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Egypt’s Military Landlord Economy and its Limitations
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Managing the Long-Term Russian Threat to Europe
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
No Water, No Viksit Bharat: The Urgent Case for Water Security
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why the Modi-Takaichi Summit Matters
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Future of Russian Sanctions After the Hormuz Crisis
RUSI
What Can the UK Learn From the Maritime Dimension of America’s War in Iran?
RUSI
Large Load Reform: How Prepared Are U.S. Grid Operators for the AI Era?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Geopolitics of AI App Exports
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
PacTech Pulse: July 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Formula 1 on the Front Lines
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Bangladesh’s Economic Resilience and Structural Constraints
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Beyond the balance sheet: What American households still use the mail for
Brookings
How do rural communities fit into FEMA’s disaster response and recovery?
Brookings
Lessons for Europe and Italy from Other Space Powers: The Civil-Military Interconnection
RAND Corporation
Making Health Insurance More Affordable: Q&A with Christine Eibner
RAND Corporation
The Idaksahak in the Malian Peace Process
Clingendael
Do Robots Lure Us to War? The Impact of the Robotic Revolution on the Propensity for Armed Conflict
RAND Corporation
High Bandwidth Memory: What It Is and Why It Matters
RAND Corporation
Use of Claims Data to Screen for Functional Limitations Among Medicare Beneficiaries
RAND Corporation
Not So Strait-Forward: Hormuz, Iran, and the Future of Gulf Oil and Gas Flows
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Weapons Without Networks: India’s Precision Strike and Command Architecture Gap
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
CSE Revival — Looking Beyond Nostalgia
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
How India Survived History's Biggest Oil Shock
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Cybersecurity Blind Spot in India’s EV Transition
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Interoperable AI: Korea's Middle-Power Strategy amid AI Decoupling
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
From Hormuz to the Maghreb: The Geopolitical Reach of a Gulf Crisis
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Demystifying the Nuclear Threshold
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Manufacturing during a time of megachange
Brookings
Wednesday, 08 July 2026
Was the NATO Summit a success?
Atlantic Council
Katherine Thompson discusses the 36th NATO Summit on BBC News’ Politics Live
Cato Institute
Rikki Schlott’s article, “The Government Is Pulling Student Loan Money from Worthless College Degree Programs — and It’s About Time,” is cited on Newsmax radio’s The Rob Carson Show
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th,” is cited on Salem Radio Network’s The Todd Starnes Show
Cato Institute
Robert A. Levy discusses the current status of U.S. cannabis law on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins discusses cultural assumptions that marriage should wait for arbitrary milestones and discuss what research reveals about building an intentional life on The Conservative Woman’s Guide podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th,” is cited on The Secret Teachings podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th,” is cited on WTAM’s The Bloom Daddy Show
Cato Institute
How Security Guarantees Hollowed Out European Defence
RUSI
Authoritarian Cooperation Versus Western Solidarity: The Ukraine Case
RUSI
The Importance of ASEAN for Japan’s National Security
RUSI
Wrens in Camera, 1945
RUSI
Building an Air Force: The Air Corps and the Formation of US Airpower
RUSI
Ambiguity Politics
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
States Weekly: July 8, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Next Phase of USMCA
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Weak governance of gold mining still drives conflict in Central Africa
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
The civic consensus beneath America's political divide
Brookings
A new escalation in the state abortion wars
Brookings
How to use generative AI without losing your mind: An interview on cognitive agency and what token-maxxing gets wrong
Brookings
SCOTUS stays Cook slaughter
Brookings
The Myth of the AI Race, With Alvin Wang Graylin
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Strait of Hormuz Already Faces a Tough Recovery. Now Trump’s Iran Deal Is Unraveling.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Cato Expert: Juvenile Justice System Falls Short on Mental Health, Accountability
Cato Institute
Accommodating Sex Differences Beats Engineered Parity
Heritage Foundation
Frozen Conflict: Government Crisis in Bucharest Continues
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Le Pen intends to stand as a candidate
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
From Reactive to Predictive: How AI-Driven Energy Management Can Transform University Campuses in the MENA Region
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Beyond Generation: Preparing India's Grid for Rising Cooling Demand
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Small Grants, Big Stakes: India’s Evolving Approach to Development Partnerships
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Threats to Maritime Trade are Spreading to the Indo-Pacific
RUSI
China’s Grey-Zone and Geoeconomic Coercion Below the Threshold of Conflict
RUSI
Repairing under fire
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Checkpoint fragments and hierarchies
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Ambiguity Politics: Governance and Institutions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
European Defense and Green Industry Need a Common Approach to Critical Minerals
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
States Weekly: July 8, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Next Phase of USMCA
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Keeping Aluminum in Allied Hands: The Stakes of Alcoa’s South Africa Bet
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Schooling the Republic: Education, Path Dependence, and Democratic Resilience in Austria
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Deepen Strategic Partnership
AIR Center
Why is bank enforcement declining?
Brookings
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Stephen Sestanovich
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Private Industry Approaches to Network and Security Operations Centers: Best Practices for the Department of the Air Force
RAND Corporation
The Redistribution of Housing Wealth Caused by Rent Control
Cato Institute
Calls for EU financial-rule simplification should not spill over into lower standards
Bruegel
Reforming India's Higher Defence Organisation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Census 2027: The Cybersecurity Challenge Behind India's First Digital Census
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Scaling sustainable edtech innovations in South and Southeast Asia
Brookings
Tuesday, 07 July 2026
Justin Logan discusses the 36th NATO Summit on The Daily Wire’s Wired In Live
Cato Institute
China’s SLBM Test Underscores the Importance of a Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO26147 | Those Anti-Indian Posts and The “Great Replacement” Theory
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Clark Neily discusses America’s plea bargain machine on The Fox Rothschild’s Presumption of Innocence podcast
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome’s comments on tariffs are cited on CNBC’s Squawk Box
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th,” is cited on WBAL’s The Angelette Aviles Show
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ blog post, “Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th,” is cited on Badlands Media
Cato Institute
Ilya Somin participates in the event, “Review of Supreme Court’s 2025-26 Term,” on C-SPAN
Cato Institute
India’s AI playbook: From talent incubator to AI leader
Atlantic Council
AI is the next major biodefense tech priority
Atlantic Council
Netra’s Final Operational Clearance: Enhancing Mission Sudarshan Chakra
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Africa must act before deep-sea mining becomes a new battleground
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
How OBBBA Reshaped U.S. Clean Tech Manufacturing, in Charts
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Data center backlash signals a fight over AI power
Brookings
Who bears rising commercial property insurance costs?
Brookings
China’s Customs-BOP Gap Is Not a Customs Problem
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Africa Has Faced a Rare Ebola Outbreak for Months. Here's What to Know.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Beaird v. United States
Cato Institute
New Cato Analysis: Trump Family’s Trade-Policy Windfalls
Cato Institute
Network and Structural Power: The Four Trend Lines Weakening U.S. Leverage
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ireland at the EU’s Helm
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
How China Came Out Ahead in the Iran War
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Ukraine’s Logistics Targeting Raises Questions for Russia’s Rear Defences
RUSI
‘Everything Goes to Tripoli and for the South, There’s Nothing’.
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
International collaboration and diplomacy in Sweden's Covid-19 vaccine strategy
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Geography of Coercion: Russian Missile and Drone Campaigns in Ukraine
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Export Nation or Ecosystem Power: South Korea’s Choice in the AI Industrial Age
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
China’s SLBM Test Underscores the Importance of a Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Russian Attitudes Are Shifting as the War’s Effects Come Home
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
China’s ‘Artificial Sun’: The Holy Grail of Energy
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
US Tariff Turbulence: Legal Uncertainty in Washington and What It Means for ASEAN Business
SIIA
(Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
School spending equity since 1976
Brookings
Understanding the optimal conditions and approaches for successful interdisciplinary research
RAND Corporation
The Transatlantic Artificial Intelligence Calculus: U.S.–European Union and Member State AI Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition
RAND Corporation
The Strategist's Dilemma: Agent-Neutral and Agent-Relative Reasons in U.S. AI Strategy
RAND Corporation
Cato Institute Names Kristi Kendall Vice President for Multimedia Content
Cato Institute
Data Centers Turn Electricity into Breakthroughs
Cato Institute
Framework Agreement Between Lebanon and Israel
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
NATO in the age of drones
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
India’s Critical Minerals Challenge in the Electric Mobility Era
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Reading the Future of Defence Strategies in the Middle East
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why the Indo-Pacific Should Care About the NATO Summit
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
PM Modi’s New Arc of Trust Will Hold Indo-Pacific Together
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India in the AI Race: Why Compute Will Decide Power
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
AI Access Controls and the Rise of a Digital Thalassocracy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
No limits? Testing the China-Russia relationship
Brookings
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