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Thursday, 27 August 2026
On Myanmar, ASEAN should brace for the long road ahead
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Beyond the Hype: AI, Ransomware and Business Models
RUSI
Alliance ‘Dots on the Map’: Jan Mayen and the High North Connection
RUSI
Why the EU right to consent to personal data processing doesn't work
Bruegel
Are Public Schools Unconstitutional? A Nebraska Court Will Decide.
Heritage Foundation
Randi Weingarten’s Dirty Back-to-School War on Target
Heritage Foundation
AOC Only Admits “Woke 1” Was Crazy Because It Stopped Working
Heritage Foundation
India’s Multimodal Corridors: Building Resilient Supply Chains
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Taiwan and the Pacific
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Lessons from Covid-19 for Global Health Security
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Takaichi’s Approval Shield: Prospects for Her Second Year in Office
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Uncertain Future of Thailand’s Gas Sector
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
PM Modi Travels to Central Asia: A Welcome Move
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
AI surveillance in schools raises safety and equity concerns
Brookings
Hardening Critical Infrastructure Software in an Era of Rapid AI Advancement: An Urgent Call for Coordinated Action
RAND Corporation
Profit shifting, tax harmonisation and investment in the EU single market: a trilemma
Bruegel
The Double Helix of Danger: Securing Synthetic DNA in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Aircraft Carrier Ambition and Lessons for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Reflection to Reflexivity: Rethinking Teacher Development in India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
America: People, Principles, Place
Heritage Foundation
Africa must unlock the capital beneath its farmers’ feet
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Sovereignty as tax policy: Reshaping Tribal governance through Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act regulations
Brookings
Could the AI Debt Problem Create the Next Financial Crisis?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Six Months of War With Iran, With Steven Cook
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Six Months Into the Iran War, the United States Has No Good Options
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Impact of Abolishing the Gift and Inheritance Tax on Swedish Firms
Cato Institute
South Korea’s push for military applications of physical AI
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The Overstretch Facing the US Navy
RUSI
Whose Interest Is the RSA Voting?
Heritage Foundation
Stop Taxing Inflation
Heritage Foundation
America’s Government-Backed Homebuying Market Drives Up House Prices
Heritage Foundation
Absorb, Adapt, Transform: What Climate Resilience Means for South Asia's Farmers
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Managing recruitment, risk, and reintegration
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Human Rights Initiative Director's Note: August 2026 Edition
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
States Weekly: August 26, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Pakistan’s LNG Imports Under Pressure: Impacts of the Strait of Hormuz’s Closure and Pakistan’s Diplomatic Response
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Not a TACO Moment
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A New Organizational Paradigm for Economic Statecraft at the U.S. State Department
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Missed Opportunity: Critical Minerals and the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
From Corsairs to Private Military Contractors. Nonmilitary Maritime Actors and the Historical Continuities of Naval Warfare
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Benefit Design and Consumer Information: Results From a Randomized Trial
RAND Corporation
Trends in Buprenorphine and Methadone Dispensing Among Medicare Advantage and Commercial Enrollees, 2019-2024
RAND Corporation
Social Risk-Weighted Scoring to Improve Medicare Advantage Star Ratings
RAND Corporation
Beyond the blue line: Tackling climate, peace, and security challenges in Abyei
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
The Territory Question: Why Geography Still Matters in Modern War
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Green Ammonia Ambitions Require Tailored Maritime Rules
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
The Secretary-General of Everything and the United Nations of Nothing: How Mission Inflation Has Weakened the UN and Why the Next Secretary-General Must Put Peace First
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
When Unarmed Women Hold the Frontline: Implications for Policy
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Survival of the Islamic State in East Africa, and Its Emerging Global Significance
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
IDAC’s failures demand reform, not abolition
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
How culture, community, and play transformed Tonga’s education system
Brookings
Cutting race considerations from the Digital Equity Act undermines its aim
Brookings
Why data centers are a top issue in the 2026 midterms
Brookings
CO26183 | Histories for the Future: The Need for Historical Expertise to Combat Disinformation Efforts
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Accelerating New Power Plants Depends on Better Data
RAND Corporation
Are US export controls on tech failing?
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Australia’s Democratic Coordination in an Age of Foreign Interference
RUSI
What the Odd July Jobs Report Means for the Fed
Heritage Foundation
Assisted Suicide Disguises Murder As Compassion
Heritage Foundation
Inside Arizona’s Battle for School Choice
Heritage Foundation
The Psychology of Tribalism Is Damaging Politics
Heritage Foundation
Ahead of the Deal: How the United States Can Build an Energy Project Pipeline in Emerging Markets
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Advancing Gender-Responsive Just Transitions in India’s Coal Belt
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Port to Market: Strengthening South Africa’s Hinterland Connectivity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Europe Force Posture Review and the Transition to NATO 3.0
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
How Quickly Can the DOD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar: Economic Statecraft in the AI Era
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Data on a Beam of Light: Li-Fi and India’s Military Communications
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Brookings
The loss of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit deepened economic pessimism
Brookings
Evaluating the Case for Solar Panel Recycling Mandates in the United States
RAND Corporation
Emergency Management Research: Hard to Find, Even More Difficult to Organize
RAND Corporation
Federal Revenue When AI Replaces Labor: An Examination of Economic Scenarios with Highly Capable Artificial Intelligence
RAND Corporation
Achieving AI Model Weight Security Level 3 (SL3)
RAND Corporation
Why NATO and the Transatlantic Bond Will Outlast Trump
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Did the 2022 energy inflation surge dent European Central Bank and Fed credibility? Evidence across horizons
Bruegel
Unlocking SME Financing for BRICS Economies: Insights from Case Studies
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
BRICS THINK TANKS COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEADERS AT THE XVIII BRICS SUMMIT 2026
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Taliban Takeover: Consolidation, Repression and the New Regional Equation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can Peru's New Political Order Deliver Stability?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Cloud Runs on Water
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Monday, 24 August 2026
Feminists Want Choice, but Only When It Is the Right One
Heritage Foundation
The Iran War at Six Months: Energy, Markets, and National Security
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Hichilema wins a stronger mandate, but Zambia’s democratic test isn’t over
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
What is the value of a ‘Europeanized NATO’ for the United States?
Brookings
How can a ‘Europeanized NATO’ defend Europe with reduced American support?
Brookings
The 1963 State Department Cable Authorizing the Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The #EndSARS Generation Comes of Age
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Cyclospora Outbreak Was a Warning: Q&A with Saskia Popescu
RAND Corporation
Why Africa's Economic Resilience Matters for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Hybrid Navy: Building the Maritime Operating System
RUSI
What’s Behind China’s Problematic Advance in Uruguay?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Out of Bounds: What the U.S. Government Should Do in Response to AI Agent Containment Failures
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Leveraging the Federal Select Agent Program to Oversee Nucleic Acids: Volume 1, Analysis of Opportunities to Control Genomes, Genes, and Gene Fragments Through the Federal Select Agent Program’s Authorities
RAND Corporation
Why Employers Struggle to Manage the Cost of Their Employee Health Benefits—and What Might Help: A Policy Brief on Cost Control in Self-Insured Employer Health Plans
RAND Corporation
Leveraging the Federal Select Agent Program to Oversee Nucleic Acids: Volume 2, Potential Benefits and Burdens, Recommendations, and Implementation Considerations
RAND Corporation
Remote Interpretation During In-Person Medical Encounters: Perspectives from Professional Spanish-language Interpreters
RAND Corporation
The 1814 British Sack of Washington
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
How to Reshape U.S. Defense Production to Counter China
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
BRICS: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Ocean as Hinterland: A New Lens for Island Connectivity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Integrated Air Defence: Preserving Combat Power in Modern Warfare
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Open-Weight AI: Shifting the Frontier in India's Favour
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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