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Saturday, 15 August 2026
Diversifying Beyond Hormuz: The UAE’s Chokepoint Resilience Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Pakistan’s Next Change of Government? Why Shehbaz Sharif May Be on Borrowed Time
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Friday, 14 August 2026
Legal Fellow Mike Fox: Federal Law Needed to Rein in Flock Camera Surveillance
Cato Institute
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye: a new defence pact
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Is a New Chinese Runway Taking Flight at Antelope Reef?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Private Sector Cybercrime Disruption: Compatible with Statecraft?
RUSI
The Cyberattacks on the U.S Water Sector and the Iran Question: Escalation or Opportunism?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Illegal Firearms Markets: Transaction Patterns, Evolving Sources, and Importance in Criminal Misuse
RAND Corporation
Stability and Turbulence in Illegal Drug Markets
RAND Corporation
"The Force Is in Our Union": Church-Based Environmental Advocacy Training and Neighborhood Change in East Los Angeles
RAND Corporation
The Frontier Audit 2026: Tracking India’s Scientific Readiness
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Power, Prison, and Partnership: Imran Khan in the New US–Pakistan Relationship
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Rethinking SAARC’s Revival
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Anti-Dumping as Industrial Policy: India's Solar Ascent
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why Health Remains Underfunded in Global Climate Finance
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WHYN’s The Jim Polito Show
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on KLTF’s Upfront
Cato Institute
Romina Boccia’s book Reimagining Social Security was highlighted by Libertarian South Carolina Senate candidate Kasie Whitner during an appearance on WFRK’s Wake Up Carolina
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WHYN’s The Jim Polito Show
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WBOB’s The Ed Dean Morning Show
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WKRC’s The Brian Thomas Morning Show
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WFMN’s Middays with Gerard Gibert
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on WBT’s The Pete Kaliner Show
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon discusses the benefits of artificial intelligence in medicine and whether AI can help detect fraud in Medicare on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on Fox News Radio’s The Guy Benson Show
Cato Institute
Justin Logan’s Politico article, “Why the Middle East Still Doesn’t Matter,” is cited on The Net Assessment Podcast
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on Premiere Networks’ The Sean Hannity Show
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses $20 burritos, tariffs, rising costs, and economic populism on The Washington Post’s Make It Make Sense podcast
Cato Institute
Ian Vásquez discusses whether the United States can help facilitate Venezuela’s democratic transition on Al Jazeera English’s This Is America
Cato Institute
Doug Bandow discusses the Strait of Hormuz on Al Jazeera English
Cato Institute
Doug Bandow discusses the Strait of Hormuz on Al Jazeera English
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ survey, “Cato Institute 2025 Fiscal Policy Poll,” is cited on KFQD’s Markley, Van Camp, & Robbins
Cato Institute
John F. Early’s co-written Wall Street Journal article, “Upward Mobility Is Alive and Well in America,” is cited on Westwood One’s The Ben Shapiro Show
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon’s comments on Washington’s spending problem are cited on the Neal K. Shah podcast
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon argues Democrats’ Medicare for All proposals go beyond Canadian and European systems, while faulting Republicans for increasing costs and limiting choice, on Fox News Digital
Cato Institute
Michael F. Cannon’s comments from the article, “The Medicare-for-all trade-offs socialists aren’t talking about, according to experts,” are cited on the America Out Loud Podcast
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon’s blog post, “IEEPA Tariff Refunds Update: Good Progress, but Still a Ways to Go,” is cited on NewsNation’s On Balance with Leland Vittert
Cato Institute
Vanessa Brown Calder’s briefing paper, “Defending Gestational Surrogacy: Addressing Misconceptions and Criticisms,” is cited on WBT’s Nightside with Dan Rea
Cato Institute
Veronique de Rugy discusses her article, “Americans Get Rare Break From Quietly Expensive Law,” and highlighted Colin Grabow’s search on the Jones Act on CBS Radio’s Eye on the World with John Batchelor
Cato Institute
The Houthis Enter the Iran War and Everything Gets Worse
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Criminal links of South Africa’s private security companies also require scrutiny
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
End of extreme poverty: A case for action and a plan to start
Brookings
What Trump’s Executive Order Means for Childhood Vaccinations
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
CO26175 | Towards Gender-Responsive AI in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The U.S.-Led Middle East Order Is Over. The Mecca Agreement Proves It.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Kilnapp v. Gannon
Cato Institute
Kian v. Florida
Cato Institute
Crime Is Down — But Not Because of “The Trump Effect,” Cato Expert Says
Cato Institute
Alex Nowrasteh’s blog post, “Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States,” is cited on The Holy Post podcast
Cato Institute
RAND Europe Deterrence Initiative
RAND Corporation
Good Health, Good Work Hub
RAND Corporation
Ireland’s security model is approaching its limits
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Age of Optionality: The Future is Not About Replacing the US Dollar
RUSI
Paradiplomacy: From Devolved Nation to Foreign Policy Actor
RUSI
After Iran: A Scenario for Renewed Trump-Kim Summitry
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Did Spain Go Full Trump to End the Ceuta Mass Migration Crisis?
Heritage Foundation
Beyond Hormuz: Nigeria as Africa's Oil Contingency Plan
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Applying the White House’s Higher-Ed “Compact” at State Level
Heritage Foundation
More Than Entertainment: Japan’s Creative Industries and the U.S.-Japan Partnership
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
LGBTQ+ soldiers and the democratic future of Ukraine
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Dancing with the cryosphere : Science, security, and 'artic' climate change
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
PacTech Pulse: August 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Houthis Enter the Iran War and Everything Gets Worse
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
After Iran: A Scenario for Renewed Trump-Kim Summitry
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
History and Future of Japan’s Landmark Intelligence Reforms
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Beyond Energy: Asia’s Economic Vulnerabilities to the Strait of Hormuz Disruptions
SIIA
(Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
Exploring AI’s Operational Implications in a Future U.S.-China Conflict: Initial Observations from the Camp(ai)gn Wargame
RAND Corporation
Bad Ways To Improve Housing Affordability
Cato Institute
The Ubiquity of Video Surveillance and the Inversion of Security
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Access Without Guarantee: What the Second Pax Silica Summit Means for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Sea Remembers: Reviving Coastal Heritage for an Inclusive Blue Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A New Axis in West Asia: Reading the New Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani Defence Pact
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Government Lending 2.0: Putting a Price on Policy Risk
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO26173 | Trusted Interdependence: A Singapore-India Semiconductor Partnership in an Age of Geopolitical Shocks
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO26174 | Dear You and the Demand for Identity
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Stephen Richer discusses the possibility of President Trump declaring a national security emergency to oversee elections on SiriusXM Patriot’s Stacy on the Right
Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses a Pew Research poll finding that barely half of Republicans and Democrats trust the fairness of the midterm elections on KTAR’s Arizona’s Morning News
Cato Institute
Stephen Richer discusses how elections actually work on the Checks & Balances podcast
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel discusses his blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” on FBN’s Varney & Company
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel discusses his blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” on FNC’s Outnumbered
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on SiriusXM’s FOX News Headlines 24/7
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is featured in a panel discussion on FNC’s America Reports
Cato Institute
Robert A. Levy discusses the SCOTUS case Louisiana v. Callais on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel discusses his blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” on FBN’s The Evening Edit
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel discusses his blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” on FBN’s The Bottom Line
Cato Institute
David J. Bier’s comments from the NPR article, “Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship, weeks after Supreme Court ruling,” are cited on the Belle of the Ranch podcast
Cato Institute
Proposed Farm Bill Changes Don’t Solve the Fundamental Problems With the Rene...
Heritage Foundation
“We Have To Smash the State”: The Left Prepares for War
Heritage Foundation
A Second Amendment Win - and What Comes Next
Cato Institute
FinCEN Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting: Cato’s Nicholas Anthony Responds
Cato Institute
Will Kenya investigate and prosecute Sudan’s RSF?
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
China Is Quietly Winning the Iran War Energy Crisis
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Learning what matters in Ghana
Brookings
The United States and its creditors: Assessing foreign demand for US assets
Brookings
Leaders’ Medical Secrecy Harms Public Trust
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Southern California Edison's Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program: A Look at Performance to Date
RAND Corporation
Back to School: Three Big Challenges
RAND Corporation
Building CBRN Crisis Ready Supply for Protection and Sustainment
RUSI
Arab Public Opinion amidst the Iran War
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Iraq’s New Government Between Domestic Constraints and External Pressures
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Litigation Review
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Maritime Legislation: Explainer and Next Steps
Heritage Foundation
The Nuclear Force of Necessity: Force Design for the Near-Term Deterrence Crisis
Heritage Foundation
The July 2026 Ceuta Crisis: Structural Conditions, Circumstantial Amplifiers, and Triggering Factors
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
The Missing Piece in India's Economic Diplomacy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Trillion-Dollar Problem: Why China Fears Its Own Trade Surplus
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Devolution to Distortion
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
States Weekly: August 12, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Democracy Under Stress and the Transformation of the Global Order
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Does the Space Commerce Certification Create or Reduce Red Tape?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Government Lending 2.0: Putting a Price on Policy Risk
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Stablecoins can transform the Global South by reimagining digital finance, trade, and development
Brookings
Respirator Surge Manufacturing: Options to Ensure U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Can Surge the Manufacturing of Respiratory Personal Protective Equipment
RAND Corporation
AI, China, and the New Risks to U.S. Security: Q&A with Matan Chorev
RAND Corporation
The Effects of California’s $20 Fast-Food Minimum Wage on Prices
Cato Institute
The DRC's Ebola Outbreak and the Limits of Preparedness
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Reforming Peacekeeping: What Liberia's Contested Peace Teaches Us
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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