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Thursday, 23 July 2026
Strengthening the G20 Anti-Corruption Agenda Through Civil Society Engagement
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
How tech firms should address job concerns and skill development
Brookings
Sustaining Agile Operations: Volume 2, Energy and Water Technology Survey
RAND Corporation
Federal Spending Mapping Tools
RAND Corporation
The U.S. Is About to Design an AI Regulator. Here’s How to Get It Right.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Insurgency-Related Conflict
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Coups and Other Irregular Leadership Changes
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Gray Zone Attacks Against U.S. Allies and Partners
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Conflict-Driven Chokepoint Disruptions
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
American Crisis Management for a New Era
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
COP31 in sight: The Santa Marta conference as a shortcut through climate gridlock
CIDOB
(Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
The Dark Ocean Challenge: Undersea Networks and the Future of Naval Warfare
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Russia’s Fuel Crisis Exposes Deeper Economic Fault Lines
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Two New Studies Shift India’s Generic Medicines Debate
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
West Bengal's Manufacturing Paradox: Reading the FY 2026-27 State Budget
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Stake in the Global Subsea Cable Race
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
International carbon trading: a strategic lever to boost global decarbonisation
Bruegel
Top priorities for US-Africa relations in an era of great power competition: Trade, investment, critical minerals, and security
Brookings
Veterans and Psychedelics
RAND Corporation
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
South Africa needs smarter visas, not just harder borders
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Maximum Pressure on Cuba, With Will Freeman
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Policy—not PR—will determine Gen Z's trust in AI
Brookings
Safety starts at the community level: Actionable lessons from three US cities
Brookings
Russia and Ukraine: Societies transformed by war
Brookings
CO26157 | Are Chinese Assets Becoming a Better Diversifier for Global Portfolios?
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Continuing Resolution Highlights Congress’s Broken Budget Process, Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Ukraine's Winning Strategy Against Russia: Attrition
RAND Corporation
Japan's Ambivalent Policy Towards Russia and Ukraine
RUSI
Russia's Selective Adaptation: Command, Control and the Limits of Learning in War
RUSI
States Weekly Newsletter: July 22, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
New York Woman’s Death Illustrates Ireland’s Asylum Trap
Heritage Foundation
Aspiration, Not Asset: India's Rare Earth Opportunity in Myanmar
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Monsoon Verdict: India’s Road Infrastructure is Failing Its Citizens
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
What Do the Election Security Documents Say About Chinese Interference in U.S. Elections?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
States Weekly Newsletter: July 22, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Section 232 Explained
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Beyond Deterrence: Evolving China-Russia Military Coordination and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
AI Strategies and the Informal Economy: Africa’s Job Creation Test
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Evolution of Iran’s Asymmetric Air Defence Strategy
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
European Commission President Visits Armenia
AIR Center
From Barrels to Blueprints
AIR Center
Turkish Defence Exports to the GCC States
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Afghanistan’s Pakistan Problem
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Effects of Exposure to Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing Exhibit on College Students’ Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions
RAND Corporation
Do Market Reforms Cause Growth?
Cato Institute
An Assessment of the Taliban's Foreign Policy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India's Renewable Energy Moment in Uzbekistan
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Information Warfare in the Age of AI: Why India Needs Strategic AI Partnerships
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond Binary Choices: India's Case for a Multi-Pronged Pakistan Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
The Great AI Game: The Race That Isn’t One.
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Shaping the Narrative: How Journalists Covered the Global War on Terror
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
AI for Whom? The Unequal Consequences of a Technical Revolution
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
Scott Lincicome’s comments from the AP article, “Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods,” are cited on Yahoo! Finance
Cato Institute
Johan Norberg discusses what the Democratic Socialist of America gets wrong about Sweden on CFMJ’s No B.S. with Brad Smith
Cato Institute
Chelsea Follett discusses Europe’s attitude towards air conditioning on FBN’s Varney & Co.
Cato Institute
Ryan Bourne discusses what the data shows on the affordability crisis on the Let People Prosper Show with Dr. Vance Ginn
Cato Institute
Ryan Bourne’s interview on affordability is promoted on the Let People Prosper Show with Dr. Vance Ginn
Cato Institute
Ilya Somin discusses birthright citizenship on the Independent Institute’s Independent Conversations podcast
Cato Institute
Jon Hoffman discusses the unpopularity of the war with Iran on Times Radio’s The Carole Walker Show
Cato Institute
Alfredo Carrillo Obregon discusses President Trump placing 50% tariffs on Canada on KTRS’ The Heidi Glaus Show
Cato Institute
Thomas A. Berry examines the ongoing battle between President Trump and the corporate media on Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News
Cato Institute
A Framework for Lasting Affordability
Cato Institute
CO26156 | Understanding Malign Influence in Video Gaming
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
This Should Be the Next Enforcement Tool To Secure America’s Borders
Heritage Foundation
China and CRINK: Implications for Japan and the United States
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Managed disorder: The hard road to a modest peace with Russia after Ukraine
Clingendael
Treasury’s Do Not Pay System Prevents Nearly $100 Million in Payment Errors
Cato Institute
The Fight Against Financial Surveillance
Cato Institute
Unregistered small vessels: the hidden threat sailing East Africa’s coast
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Advancing early literacy with a 1st-grade safety net
Brookings
The importance of investing in space infrastructure with Bridgit Mendler and Mariel Borowitz | The TechTank Podcast
Brookings
To Base or Not to Base: The Iran War Exposes Flaws of U.S. Basing in the Middle East
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Four Defense Export Reforms for the United States
Heritage Foundation
False Narrative: How Dare Trump Deport Venezuelans to Earthquake ‘Hell’
Heritage Foundation
Ai-enabled purple teaming for counter-drone security in Sahel
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Beyond Enrolment: India's Higher Education Completion Gap
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Agentic AI and the Future of Work in Service-Export Economies
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Dismissal of Ukraine's Defence Minister
RUSI
Understanding President Trump’s New Tariffs on Canadian Imports
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Elbows Up: The Price of Economic Coercion Against Canada
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
World Cup 2026: North America Missed the Goal
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Bolstering Pacific Resilience: A New Paradigm for Engagement by U.S. Allies and Partners
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Small States and the Security Dilemma: The High Cost of Great Power Reliance in an Era of Strategic Transition
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
India, Chile and the Lithium Supply Chain
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
India’s 2028–29 UN Security Council Campaign: Africa beyond Bilateral Goodwill
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Fed independence after Trump v. Cook
Brookings
AI is rapidly changing education and research needs to keep up
Brookings
China's strategic petroleum reserve as a geoeconomic tool: A 'what if' exercise
RAND Corporation
The Men and Women of Project Firestar—How the United States Developed the Labor Force to Colonize Titan: A Backcasting Analysis of Labor Force Requirements for U.S. Technoeconomic Leadership Through 2050
RAND Corporation
China’s Use of Armed Coercion in the Indo-Pacific: Current Patterns and Regional Responses
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The ‘No Palm Oil’ Pitfall
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India–Norway Green Partnership: Diversifying Energy, Deepening Decarbonisation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Looking Through Their Eyes: Egocentric Data Collection in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Will China replace America on the world stage?
Brookings
15th annual Municipal Finance Conference
Brookings
Monday, 20 July 2026
John Mueller’s Substack article, “Election Interference by Foreigners,” is cited on The Reason Roundtable
Cato Institute
How the U.S.-Europe Rift Got Balkanized
Heritage Foundation
The Red-Blue Energy Divide: How Overregulation Inflates Prices
Heritage Foundation
AllHere Chatbot Scandal Shows How Not to Deploy AI
Heritage Foundation
Jon Hoffman discusses America’s counterproductive Middle East presence on the John Quincy Adams Society’s Security Dilemma podcast
Cato Institute
Justin Logan discusses whether US foreign policy should be moral on the Foreign Policy Association podcast
Cato Institute
Thomas Berry’s work on eligibility to temporarily act as U.S. attorney without Senate confirmation cited on WTTG FOX 5’s In the Courts
Cato Institute
Adam Omary discusses social media and mental health on ABC News (Australia)
Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses President Trump’s primetime speech about the 2020 election on WJIM’s The Steve Gruber Show
Cato Institute
Stephen Richer’s X post on election fraud was cited on KTAR Radio
Cato Institute
Matthew Cavedon discusses State v. Ducker on NWS14’s Your Evening at 5 on Spectrum News 1
Cato Institute
Doug Bandow discusses President Trump’s military escalation towards Iran on Going Underground
Cato Institute
Bryan Caplan discusses drawn-out higher education on The Boyd Institute podcast
Cato Institute
CO26155 | Intermediate-Range Strike Drones: Lessons from the War in Ukraine
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
25 Years After 9/11: Confronting the Next Generation of Threats
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Reconciliation Bill Funds Iran War and Farm Subsidies, Falls Short on Deficit Reduction
Cato Institute
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue could give transitional justice new momentum
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Domestic stresses reshaping politics in Taiwan
Brookings
Tending the planetary: Toward an ecology of institutions for Earth system tipping points
Brookings
Repaying the inheritance: How education and research policy can address AI's borrowed expertise
Brookings
Five Takeaways from the 2026 Hamburg Sustainability Conference
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Europe Has to Take on China to Save Free Trade
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Circularity in defence and aerospace manufacturing
RAND Corporation
Collateral damage of US–China competition: South Korea’s defence industry
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Andy Burnham’s International Debut: Key Challenges and Opportunities
RUSI
Brand building in China and the 'Guochao' (national trend) phenomenon
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Germany in the Era of Hybrid Warfare: Maintaining Security, Defending Democracy.
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Nigeria for Women Project: Skills, Inclusion, and Changing Gender Norms
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
America’s Unproven Productivity Boom, and the Cost of Misreading the Data
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Ending Forced Labor: Comparing EU and U.S. Approaches
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Is the Iran War Entering a Dangerous New Phase?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Azerbaijan-UK relations: Advancing the strategic partnership
AIR Center
Azerbaijan-UK relations: Advancing the strategic partnership
AIR Center
Examining the Impact of Senate Bill 1160 on Utilization Review and Medical Treatment in California Workers' Compensation
RAND Corporation
Diffusion of HIV Prevention Advocacy in Social Networks of Persons Living with HIV in Uganda
RAND Corporation
Staffing Audit Outcomes Among California Skilled Nursing Facilities, Prior to and After COVID-19–Related Staffing Waivers
RAND Corporation
An Economic Analysis of Midstream Manufacturing in the EU Defence and Aerospace Sectors and Opportunities for a More Circular Economy in the UK
RAND Corporation
Restricting AI Agent Use of Biological Tools: Exploring the Feasibility of Software Barriers
RAND Corporation
Securing AI Algorithmic Insights
RAND Corporation
Living with Wet Basements: Experiences, Barriers, and Solutions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
RAND Corporation
Basement Wetness, Indoor Environmental Hazards, and Health in Climate-Vulnerable Urban Communities: A Community-Engaged Study
RAND Corporation
Andy Burnham: What to Expect From the UK’s New Prime Minister
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Geopolitics of Terrorism: The Case of China and Jammu & Kashmir
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
What Can India Expect from the Women’s Reservation Act?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India-Seychelles Relations: Exploring Blue Economy Opportunities
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Bid to Reshape the Global AI Order
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The future of security assistance
Brookings
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