Think Tank Alert

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