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Friday, 25 September 2026
A Conversation With President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
A Conversation With President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Media Briefing: Unpacking the Trump-Xi Summit
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
What Do Americans Want from U.S. Foreign Policy? A Dispatch From Maricopa County, AZ
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Much Ado About Nothing
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
With vouchers and other school choice policies, read the fine print
Brookings
The future of US transportation policy demands new ways to pursue long-standing goals
Brookings
CO26204 | From Declaration to Action: ASEAN’s Biosecurity Cooperation Enters a New Phase
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Can We “Grow Our Way” Out of Debt?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Why Won’t Europe Do More for Ukraine?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Hoarding Diesel is not the Answer | Cato Analysis
Cato Institute
Progress on the Syrian nuclear file, but questions remain
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Ukraine: The War Europe Is Not Fighting
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Steel Traps: America’s Fraught Quest for Maritime Dominance
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Indonesian naval modernisation: a collection of ships or a coherent fleet?
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Different approaches to food security given global challenges of climate change, rising geopolitical tensions, and global trade fragmentation - Part II
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Trump at the UN: A Transactional Conception of Global Order
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Fake Citations, Real Consequences: AI Hallucinations in Indian Courts
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Europe’s Diesel Vulnerability to US Export Restrictions
RUSI
Neither Open nor Free: Emerging Bifurcation of Global AI Access Infrastructure
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Three state elections throw German politics into disarray
Brookings
Long-Term Growth in Child Mental Health Expenditures, 2004-2023
RAND Corporation
A Conversation With Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco of Mexico
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Parliamentary elections in Morocco
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
From Project Aid to Platform Partnerships: Financing Health in the Indo-Pacific
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Jobs, Growth, and Market Access: Can India’s FTAs Be More Inclusive?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
What the EU’s State of the Union Signals for India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s IBGs: Why Quality Matters as Much as Quantity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Unlocking Operational Advantage: Energy Transition for Deployed Land Forces
RUSI
Thursday, 24 September 2026
CO26203 | Can ASEAN Help Mitigate Other Countries’ Value-Chain Dependence on China?
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Michael F. Cannon discusses the Trump administration’s removal of 760,000 Obamacare enrollees over fraud claims on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Michael Smerconish promoted his program, Can We Agree?, featuring a debate between Jennifer Huddleston and former “Cyber Czar” Richard Clarke on SiriusXM POTUS’ The Michael Smerconish Program
Cato Institute
Romina Boccia’s comments from the CBS article, “Social Security tax hike would be “financially impossible” for many, expert says,” are cited on CBS FM Radio
Cato Institute
Clark Neily discusses the past, present, and future of the Second Amendment on the National Constitution Center’s We the People podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins blog post, “New Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know What America’s 250th Is Celebrating,” is cited on the This Is Gavin Newsom podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins blog post, “New Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know What America’s 250th Is Celebrating,” is cited on Restoring America with Grace Reilly
Cato Institute
Ilya Somin discusses his Montreal Economic Institute article, “The Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs: Implications for Canada,” on CFRB’s The Jerry Agar Show
Cato Institute
Peter Van Doren’s co-written policy analysis, “Two Cheers For The 1872 Mining Law,” is cited on The Overlap podcast
Cato Institute
Adam Brandon, author of The Exhausted Majority, reflected on Ed Crane’s mentorship and his perspectives on libertarianism in elections on The Chuck ToddCast podcast
Cato Institute
Cato Institute video, “Are Flock Cameras Watching Your Every Move?,” is praised on the Brannon Howse Live podcast
Cato Institute
Trump Administration Ratchets Up Export Control Penalties
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
SA local elections will test voters’ ability to spot fake news
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
A Conversation With President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of Somaliland
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
A Conversation With Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski of Poland and Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu of Romania
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
A Conversation With Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Orbán of Hungary
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
China in Latin America: January 2026
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
What Trump Said at the UN Was Important. What He Didn’t Was Important, Too.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
In AI evaluation, access is not evidence
Brookings
Bill Clinton Signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
How to Reach an AI Arms Control Deal With China
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Hunger on the Horizon: The New Black Sea Grain Crisis
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on The Annie Frey Show Podcast
Cato Institute
Emily Ekins’ survey, “Cato Institute 2025 Fiscal Policy Poll,” is cited on the Three Questions, Three Drinks with Chris Mikolay podcast
Cato Institute
Chelsea Follett discusses her book, The Grim Old Days, on CapX’s The Capitalist podcast
Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome discusses President Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping and the administration’s ban on U.S. diesel exports on MS NOW’s Money, Power & Politics with Stephanie Ruhle
Cato Institute
AGI Rideout: Managing Risk on the Road to Advanced AI
RAND Corporation
Money, Markets, and the American Experiment: 250 Years of Financial Opportunity
Cato Institute
Russia’s shadow fleet changes course
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Development Aid as Security Policy?
RUSI
The EU’s Arctic Problem is not Unanimity. It is a Missing Category
RUSI
Tax policy considerations for the circular economy
Bruegel
Emotions in Democracy
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
When Silicon Meets the Soil: India's AI Revolution
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Micro-Satellites, the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for India’s Space Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Filling the Gap: Can India Afford the Aid Vacuum on Its Doorstep?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Rise and Fall of the Aid-Effectiveness Norm in Danish Development Cooperation
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
In Debt from Money-Never-Spent
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Beyond the China IP Theft Narrative
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Innovation Lightbulb – Non-Resident Patents Are a Sign of U.S. Innovation Strength
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Fueling Discontent
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
U.S.-India Insight: India’s Trade Deals: Only a Starting Point to Progress
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Saudi Arabia Faces the Era of Disequilibrium
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Hormuz Reveals About the Limits of China’s Strategic Patience
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Between hope and concern: the path ahead for the South Caucasus
AIR Center
Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan partnership offers blueprint for a wider C6 economic architecture
AIR Center
Xi–Trump Summit: The Limits of Transactional Diplomacy
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Assessing PRAHAAR: India’s First Counter-Terror Policy
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Positioning the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation in a Fragmented Global Tax Order
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Estimating the Cost of Early Colleges: Three Complementary Approaches
RAND Corporation
Making flexibility and commonality work for more EU-added value
Clingendael
Veterans’ Earnings in the Civilian Labor Market
RAND Corporation
Disconnection Among American Youth: Evidence on Its Duration and Impact on Well-Being
RAND Corporation
Risk Factors Measured Around Age 60 as Predictors of Dementia Around Age 80 in the U.S.
RAND Corporation
Stress-Testing IMEC: India and the Challenge of Trade Continuity
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
UPI’s Second Decade: From Scale to Strategic Infrastructure
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can India Turn the CBAM Challenge into an Opportunity?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
BPEA Fall 2026 Conference
Brookings
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
CO26202 | A Quarter-Century After 9/11, Al-Qaeda is Resurgent in South Asia
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
There’s precedent for regulating AI. Look to nuclear power.
Brookings
A Conversation With Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola of South Africa
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Robert A. Levy discusses the SCOTUS case Grant v. Rovella on The Bob Harden Show podcast
Cato Institute
Juan Londoño discusses Meta’s Muse AI agent and the meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping on Bloomberg TV’s Bloomberg Surveillance
Cato Institute
Juan Londoño discusses Meta’s Muse AI agent and the meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping on the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast
Cato Institute
Cato Institute’s amicus brief in United States of America v. Minnesota 15 is cited on MS NOW’s The Moment With Katy Tur
Cato Institute
Cato Institute’s amicus brief in United States of America v. Minnesota 15 is cited on The Young Turks
Cato Institute
Travis Fisher discusses free market solutions to electric grid problems on The Blockspace Podcast
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel discusses his blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” on FBN’s Fox Business in Depth: Socialism Threat & the Future of Capitalism 2026
Cato Institute
Kevin T. Frazier discusses the Hugging Face OpenAI breakout incident on The Redline Podcast
Cato Institute
The “Other” Russia: The Role of the Anti-War Community in Exile
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Smuggling to the Houthis
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Insecurity is crippling economies on the Cameroon-Chad trade corridor
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
A Conversation With Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma. Theresa Lazaro of the Philippines
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Xi
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
America Is Losing the Ability to Train Tomorrow’s China Experts. The Trump-Xi Summit Can Help.
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Postal network redesign and mail ballot rejections in the 2026 primaries
Brookings
Falling behind? State and local government employee compensation since the Great Recession
Brookings
What’s at stake at UNGA 2026?
Brookings
Who is likely to benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit?
Brookings
New post office policy could lead to the rejection of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots in November
Brookings
Beyond the front lines: What sustains civic leadership among young women and queer people in India
Brookings
Is the AI existential threat real—and can regulatory action prevent it?
Brookings
From importer to exporter: Oil shocks and the US economy
Brookings
Crime in COVID times
Brookings
Economics of demand-side and supply-side climate policies
Brookings
Financing the AI buildout
Brookings
How did the post-pandemic migration surge affect labor and housing markets?
Brookings
Why is AI so contentious?
Brookings
The vanishing advantage of specialization
Brookings
Demand-driven inflation
Brookings
Xi Jinping Visits the White House
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Scott Lincicome Named Regular Washington Post Opinion Contributor
Cato Institute
Cato Next Gen Reception, NYC
Cato Institute
The Impacts of the Houthis’ Advance Could Extend Well Beyond Saudi Arabia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
What to Watch When Trump and Xi Meet in Washington
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A procurement pivot? Canada’s evolving defence partnerships
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
Somali Piracy in 2026 is Not Just a Resurgence of a Past Problem
RUSI
Options for a NATO Multinational Drone-Interception Squadron
RUSI
Untangling the Nuclear Knot: A Constructive Agenda for Managing China’s Nuclear Relations with the United States and Its Allies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Beyond the SCO Summit: The Strategic Logic of Modi's Central Asia Outreach
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Melting Arctic Lifeline for Russia’s Shadow Fleet
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Smuggling to the Houthis: the potential and limits of Yemen's Coast Guard
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Modalities for Upscaling Locally Led Climate Adaptation in East Africa
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
States Weekly: September 23, 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Human Rights Initiative Director's Note: September 2026 Edition
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Kim’s Second Byungjin: 21 Years After the Six-Party Talks Agreement
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Is Venezuela Moving Toward Democracy?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Project Vault Moves from Concept to Execution
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Is the United States Abandoning Saudi Arabia at Its Moment of Need?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
China and the Critical Minerals Race
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
What India’s BRICS Reset Means for African Non-Alignment
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Recasting Europe in the Sahel
Clingendael
Trump’s Syria Policy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Greenland, Trump, and the New Arctic Security Bargain
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Preserving Human Thinking in the Age of GenAI
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Rare Earth Vulnerability: Building a Strategic Defence Reserve
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Drawing the Line: India and Myanmar's Unfinished Border
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Why girls in marginalized contexts? A commitment to justice and agency in research
Brookings
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
America's Rural Future: What do we lose without local news?
Brookings
Toward a Future of Directed Energy: Directed Energy Readiness Framework Workshop
RAND Corporation
Resilience and Foresight Forum: Infinite Potential
RAND Corporation
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Jennifer Huddleston participates in the event, “Re-Drawing the Privacy Line: Chatrie’s Legislative and Oversight Implications,” hosted by the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
Cato Institute
Recalibrating Europe’s Security: Building Partnerships in an Era of ‘Wrecking-Ball Politics
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Can Kenya keep hired goons out of its 2027 election?
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Understanding Trump's UNGA Speech
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Latino communities are shaping Michigan’s future
Brookings
Why community engagement is vital to learning ecosystems
Brookings
Weighing the existential risks of AI and the proposals to prevent them | The TechTank Podcast
Brookings
Ten Issues to Watch at the Trump-Xi Summit in Washington
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Here's What the Houthi–Saudi Arabia Conflict Means for the United States
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
More Americans Are Asking AI Health Questions. That’s a Good Thing | Cato Commentary
Cato Institute
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election?
Cato Institute
Adam N. Michel’s blog post, “Who Will Pay for Democratic Socialism’s $200 Trillion Cost?,” is cited on Salem Radio Network’s The Larry Elder Show
Cato Institute
Ted Galen Carpenter’s Antiwar.com article, “Barack Obama’s War on a Free Press,” is cited on KOA’s The Ross Kaminsky Show (Guest host Jimmy Sengenberger)
Cato Institute
25th Annual Constitution Day - Panel I: Challenging Trump
Cato Institute
25th Annual Constitution Day - Panel II: Criminal Justice
Cato Institute
25th Annual Constitution Day - Panel III: Redistricting, Removals, and Speech Restrictions
Cato Institute
25th Annual Constitution Day - Panel IV: Looking Ahead: October Term 2026
Cato Institute
25th Annual Constitution Day - Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture
Cato Institute
Netanyahu May Have Ignored a Dire Warning. Israel Ignores the Deeper Threat.
RAND Corporation
Putin’s Predictable Victory, Russia’s Uncertain Future
RUSI
China Is Moving Toward a New Form of Coercion at Sea
Heritage Foundation
Countering Drones: Five Lessons from Ukraine for NATO’s Northeastern Flank
Heritage Foundation
Disarmament without settlement
Clingendael
Analysis of the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on 20 September 2026
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Disruptive Politics of AI
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Recasting American Power in Latin America
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Understanding the U.S. Federal Government’s AI Spending
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Women’s Livelihoods and Resilience: Lessons from Ethiopia and India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Blood and Bedrock: How Pakistan's Mineral Ambitions Collide with Its Peripheries
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Pakistan's Ethiopia Play: A Test for India's Africa Advantage
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Understanding the U.S. Federal Government’s AI Spending
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Iran and Ukraine Reveal About OSINT in War
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Xi Jinping’s Return to Washington: A State Visit to Build Stability
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
He Said, Xi Said
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The 1926 Slavery Convention’s Centennial in Context
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
AI below the waterline
Brookings
Japan’s exchange rate and creditor status: A longer-term view
Brookings
Trust unpacked: Understanding trust and distrust through AI-enabled analysis
RAND Corporation
Using AI to support triage and navigation in the NHS
RAND Corporation
Mapping AI ecosystems in the Netherlands and the UK
RAND Corporation
Middle East and North Africa: facing the energy transition challenge
CIDOB
(Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
From Rule-Takers to Rule-Makers: The Global South and the UN Tax Convention
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The SCO at 25: Expanding Ambitions, Persistent Divergences
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection
Bruegel
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