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Sunday, 20 September 2026
Advances in Resolving the Kurdish Issue: Toward a New Era for Turkey and Syria
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Saturday, 19 September 2026
George Washington’s Farewell Address
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Geopolitical Transformation of BRICS
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Tokens to Weights: The Changing Value of AI
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Attribution as the Next Step in Indian Ocean Maritime Security
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Fraying Firewall: What the AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt Win Means for Germany and Europe
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Hatchery to Hinterland: Securing Asia’s Blue-Food Corridors
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Friday, 18 September 2026
State Anti-ESG Laws and Local Finance: Evidence from the Municipal Bond Market
Heritage Foundation
Testimony From Peter Harrell on Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Amid Iran War Tensions, Energy Market Resilience Wears Thin
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Too little, too late: The inadequacy of reactive antitrust enforcement in technology markets
Brookings
Nature, People, and Sustainable Development
Brookings
What happens when academic achievement is used to determine English proficiency?
Brookings
How universities are affected by AI moving knowledge outside their walls
Brookings
A simple question, a harder answer: Career guidance and rural youth in Kenya
Brookings
Whose voices are missing: Reframing Mozambique’s ‘learning crisis’
Brookings
Listening to adolescents: Building gender-responsive mental health systems in India
Brookings
It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Parallels of AI and Globalization
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The U.S. Is Highly Vulnerable to Cyber Threats From China. Here’s What It Should Do
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Public Comment re: Federal Trade Commission Request for Public Comment on Its Proposed Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing
Cato Institute
Anibowei v. Blanche
Cato Institute
Responding to the Risks of Open-Weight AI Models
RUSI
100 Percent schools: How to Ensure Basic Competencies for All Children
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Can the U.S.-India Defense Partnership Keep Pace With AI?
Heritage Foundation
California Risks Killing the Golden Goose With Proposition 40
Heritage Foundation
On the Constitution’s Birthday, Honor Her Virtues
Heritage Foundation
Climate and Policy Resilience in Brazilian Renewable Energy
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Between Survival and Strategy: Reading Bhutan’s Recent Buddhist Outreach
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
How the US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Could Ignite a Middle East Arms Race
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Amid Iran War Tensions, Energy Market Resilience Wears Thin
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Paraguay’s Next Development Chapter
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The U.S.-China Summit: Too Big and Too Small to Fail
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Paraguay’s Next Development Chapter
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Opinion: A Routine Visit, a Revealing Reaction
AIR Center
25 Years after Amerithrax: The Changing Landscape of Biosecurity
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Is BRICS Becoming a Nuclear Minilateral?
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
A Design Lab Pilot to Inform Strategies for Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Mental Health Centers
RAND Corporation
Membership Without Membership: What Can Europe Really Offer Canada?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Pakistan’s Military Modernisation and Its Implications for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Japan’s Defence Reorientation Hinges on Personnel Reform
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Tolerating Inefficiency: Building Strategic Redundancy in Indian Pharma
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Black Mass to Batteries: Building a Circular Battery Value Chain
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Thursday, 17 September 2026
Beyond the Memory Cycle: AI, HBM, and the New Semiconductor Shortage
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
In re Section 301 Forced Labor Cases
Cato Institute
What Would a Social Security Payroll Tax Hike Cost Workers? | New Cato Analysis
Cato Institute
Alex Nowrasteh’s blog post, “Immigrants Still Use Much Less Welfare Than Native-Born Americans,” is cited on NPR’s 1A
Cato Institute
Alex Nowrasteh’s blog post, “Immigration and Naturalization in the Western Tradition,” is cited on WGBH’s Morning Edition
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase and President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with a focus on artificial intelligence, on FNC’s Fox & Friends First
Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses the SCOTUS ruling on mail-in voting on WLS’ The Ray Stevens Show
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon discusses Congress’s efforts to change the Medicare Advantage payment methodology to conceal the program’s true costs on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses the Federal Reserve’s rate hike, Canada’s response to an EU proposal, the escalating oil crisis, and President Trump’s increased tariff power on MS NOW’s Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle
Cato Institute
Recruitment of Children and Adolescents by Organized Crime
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Is the U.S. Banking System Ready for a Post-Quantum Future?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Give the Federal Childcare Subsidy to Parents, Not Daycare
Heritage Foundation
Instant payments outpace Central Africa’s anti-money laundering controls
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Arms and Alliances: Israel’s Evolving Defence Ties With Europe
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
How Trump’s Winning Coalition Sees Foreign Policy as the Midterms Approach
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Will the new public charge rule lower enrollment in safety net programs?
Brookings
How the U.S. Can Alter Putin’s Calculus on Ukraine
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Preserving Jobs and Tax Revenue in the Age of AI: Q&A with Carter Price
RAND Corporation
25th Annual Constitution Day
Cato Institute
The Rogue Prosecutor Movement Is Un-American
Heritage Foundation
Moscow’s Other Front: Why Ukraine’s Churches Are a Security Issue
RUSI
Preventable: The Sheridan Gorman Story
Heritage Foundation
Preventable: A Powerful Testimony
Heritage Foundation
2026 Carnegie California AI Survey
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Competing cross-border payment networks: Another arena for geopolitical competition
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Bitter-Sweet Sector: Understanding India’s Sugar (Price) Rush
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Re-engineering India’s Early Nutrition Architecture
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond the Memory Cycle: AI, HBM, and the New Semiconductor Shortage
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Canada’s “Associate EU Membership”: What’s in a Name?
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
CSIS Press Briefing: Previewing the Trump-Xi Summit
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Don’t Slow Down AI Development—Speed Up Benchmarking
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Six Charts to Explain the Global Energy Crisis
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Building and Using a U.S. Polar Defense Industrial Base
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Extended Range: China Upgrades Its Military Base in Djibouti
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The AI Industry Is Coalescing on “Pacing the Frontier.” Will It Actually Change Anything?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Is the U.S. Banking System Ready for a Post-Quantum Future?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
“The TANAP of Electricity”: Azerbaijan and Türkiye Add Renewable Power to the Middle Corridor
AIR Center
India–Bangladesh Land Trade: Non-Tariff Barriers
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Taking the Pulse: Does the EU Have a Germany Problem?
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
SADC’s Financing Gap Threatens Integration Agenda
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
AGOA was extended for two years—now the real work begins
Brookings
Nuclear credibility in theory and in practice
Brookings
More flexibility needs greater accountability: defence in the 2028-2034 EU budget
Bruegel
Anuario Internacional CIDOB 2027. El asedio a la democracia
CIDOB
(Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Bikoshito Bongo: An Evidence-Based Policy Roadmap for West Bengal’s 5X Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Japan’s Defence Transformation: Reading the 2026 White Paper
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Footpath Challenge: From Judicial Mandate to Implementation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Navigating curriculum and culture wars: What happened to public school?
Brookings
Beyond “Peak China”: Understanding China’s Structural Slowdown
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
Veterans’ Earnings in the Civilian Labor Market
RAND Corporation
Making costs count: A new framework for better cost evidence generation and use in global education and ECCE
Brookings
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