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Monday, 19 October 2026
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
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
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)
Friday, 16 October 2026
Capturing National Security Benefits from Offshore Wind
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Has Mauritius lost its agency in the Chagos deal?
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
IP26114 | Balabac and Malaysia’s Emerging Security Dilemma
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The Victory of Asymmetry in the Iran War
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
DOGE’s impact in Indian Country: Nearly $470 million in lost funding
Brookings
America shouldn’t let go of the Middle East
Brookings
A snapshot of America’s schools: Trends and global comparisons
Brookings
How are countries evaluating AI models?
Brookings
Ethical, Legal, and Social Approach: Strengthening ASEAN Cooperation on Biosecurity and Biotechnology
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal, Explained
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
JFK Learns That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day One
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Ukraine’s Attacks on Russian Data Centers Lay Bare a Global Risk to AI
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
As Rubio Lands in India, the U.S.-India Relationship Is Stronger Than It Looks
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Time Bought, Leverage Preserved: Outcomes of the Trump–Xi Summit in Washington
Heritage Foundation
Fentanyl in Italy and the European Opioid Market
RUSI
The Public School System Has Failed American Kids. Now What?
Heritage Foundation
Where America Really Decides
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Israel’s Policy towards the West Bank since the 7 October 2023 attack
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Gender mainstreaming in practice: Development practitioners’ strategies for addressing gendered barriers in a natural resource governance intervention
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Loss and Damage: Assessing Institutional Arrangements from National to Local Levels
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Loss and Damage: Assessing Institutional Arrangements from National to Local Levels
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Capturing National Security Benefits from Offshore Wind
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The COP31 South African Youth Statement
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Pakistan and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Transformation in Pakistan’s Approach After the War in Gaza
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Early-life adversities and support for income redistribution: An American paradox
Brookings
Bosnia and Herzegovina has voted and remains trapped in the status quo
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Think Tank Forum 2026 - From Flux to Fortitude: Building India’s Resilience Agenda
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Governing the AI–Bio Convergence: India’s Evolving Biosecurity Challenge
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
BRICS Beyond the Common Currency: The Case for Payment Interoperability
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Afghan Variable in Europe’s Eurasia Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can a Hawkish RBI Glide Against Global Whirlwinds?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Genomics, Healthcare, and You engagement programme
RAND Corporation
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