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“Will AI Concerns Become a New Source of Terrorism?”: Audio Brief with Daniel Byman and Riley McCabe
“The Self-Reliance Dividend: The Imperative of Syrian Refugees' Economic Inclusion”: Audio Brief with Will Todman
“The Terrorism Threat to the 2026 Midterm Elections: What the Data Tells Us”: Audio Brief with Riley McCabe
“U.S. and Allied Burden Sharing: A Progress Report”: Audio Brief with Jerry McGinn
The Visibility Gap: How AI Can Stop Chinese Transshipment Under USMCA
“Injecting the Free Market into Spectrum Use for Space Applications”: Audio Brief with Clayton Swope
Beyond the Rome Talks: Pilot Zones, Hezbollah, and Rebuilding State Authority in South Lebanon
The United States’ Accelerating Memory Chip Crunch: Implications for Tech and AI Leadership
Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions
A Far-Right Breakthrough? Germany’s AfD on the Brink of State-Level Governance
The Kyndryl-Solvinity Case: A Barometer for Investment Security Reviews?
Autonomy and Affordable Mass in Latin America and the Caribbean
Tariff Follies Scene 47
What the CMMC Pause Means for the Defense Industrial Base
Taiwan Needs an AI Cyber Shield Now to Defend Against Invasion
Japan’s Defense Industry Charts an Uncertain Global Path
Is U.S. Haiti Policy an Opportunity for Success?
Red Kraken: The Coming Age of Agentic Cyber Strategy
Come Hague or High Seas: China’s Environmental Legacy in the South China Sea
Why the United States and Iran Keep Fighting While They Negotiate
Will the U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Proceed?
How the U.S. Can Survive a Large-Scale AI Cyberattack
Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals
Section 232 Explained
What Do the Election Security Documents Say About Chinese Interference in U.S. Elections?
AI Strategies and the Informal Economy: Africa’s Job Creation Test
World Cup 2026: North America Missed the Goal
Understanding President Trump’s New Tariffs on Canadian Imports
Bolstering Pacific Resilience: A New Paradigm for Engagement by U.S. Allies and Partners
Elbows Up: The Price of Economic Coercion Against Canada
America’s Unproven Productivity Boom, and the Cost of Misreading the Data
Is the Iran War Entering a Dangerous New Phase?
Ending Forced Labor: Comparing EU and U.S. Approaches
Playbook or Rental? U.S. Counter-Drone Defense and the 2026 World Cup
The NATO Ankara Summit: Delivery over Drama
Protecting Human Rights at the World Cup: Progress on Paper, Gaps on the Ground
“Rebuilding to Reconquer: Can Russia’s Defense Firms Deliver?”: Audio Brief with Maria Snegovaya
The Trade Transparency Challenge
What the Iran War Is Costing Joint Gulf-U.S. Ambitions for AI
Reflections from URC 2026: Ukraine’s Reconstruction Has Become Wartime Resilience
The Hormuz Energy Crisis Generates a Tailwind for Nuclear Energy in Northeast Asia
Understanding Russia-Iran Collaboration in Cyberspace
War Costs Make Up a Third of the $87.6 Billion Supplemental Request
“Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism”: Audio Brief with Dan Byman
Formula 1 on the Front Lines
Large Load Reform: How Prepared Are U.S. Grid Operators for the AI Era?
The Next Phase of USMCA
Keeping Aluminum in Allied Hands: The Stakes of Alcoa’s South Africa Bet
China’s SLBM Test Underscores the Importance of a Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement
Russian Attitudes Are Shifting as the War’s Effects Come Home
What Does NATO Defense Spending Look Like Heading into the Ankara Summit?
Make the Ankara Summit About European Defense Autonomy
How the Iran War Weighs on the U.S.-Saudi Partnership and Prospects for Normalization with Israel
The United States Has Opted Not to Extend the USMCA
What to Know About Chinese AI Models
Reflecting on U.S. Development Policy on the United States’ 250th Anniversary
Europe Should Center Anti-Corruption in Its Democratic Resilience Efforts
What a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Means for Energy and Beyond
“Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War”: Audio Brief with Seth Jones and Riley McCabe
Don’t Let the USMCA Drift Away
The Heat Tax: India, South Asia, and the New Economics of Heat Readiness
Venezuela Suffered Its Worst Earthquake in Decades: What Comes Next?
Lebanon in the Shadow of the U.S.-Iran MOU: Risks and Opportunities
Anthropic and the Export Control Dilemma
The Greenspan Lesson for the AI Race
After Maduro: Human Trafficking and the Vulnerability of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
Managing DRC’s Ebola Crisis
G7 Critical Minerals Ambitions and Iran's Natural Resources
New Activity at Possible Chinese Intelligence Facilities in Cuba
Iran Won the Negotiation, Even Though It Lost the War
After the Supermajority: Ethiopia’s Trajectory Following the 2026 Election
Irregular Warfare: Winning the Cognitive Domain
The Customs Executive Order: Dealing with Downstream Consequences
Industrial Athleticism: Calibrating Defense Production to Address Evolving Threats
Southbound Diplomacy: Assessing Taiwan’s “Integrated Diplomacy” on the 10th Anniversary of the New Southbound Policy
The Department of Commerce Restricted Access to Anthropic’s Latest Models. What Comes Next?
Energy Considerations for EXIM Reauthorization
The United States and Iran Announce a Deal to End the War | State of Play
Eurasia’s Shifting Balance of Influence: An Opening for the United States?
Who Are G7’s Top Performers?
The Cyber Threat to the 2026 World Cup
Half Right on Forced Labor Tariffs
The 2026 World Cup: Sports and Conflict
Who Should Shape the Future of Development, and How?
The NATO Ankara Summit: “NATO 3.0” in Practice
The Curious Case of the “America First” Trade Policy in Vietnam
Can Iran Negotiations Survive Israel-Iran Escalation?
“Wartime Footing: A Two-Front Strategy to Confront China and Russia”: Audio Brief with Seth Jones and Seamus Daniels
New Light-Touch Trump AI Cyber Executive Order Reveals Accelerationists Still Rule the Roost
Reengaging the Solomon Islands: A Strategic Opportunity for the United States
Banning Gasoline Exports Will Harm U.S. Energy Security
Economic Modernization and Strategic Positioning of Algeria
Strategic Clarity: Reassessing the Value of China to Korea
Previewing Xi Jinping’s Visit to North Korea | State of Play
No Time to Ease In: Immediate Priorities for Frank Garcia, the State Department’s New Africa Lead
The Summer Trade Agenda
The Next Caribbean Crisis? Assessing U.S. Military Options Toward Cuba
What Is Maven Smart System, and What Does It Do? The Flagship Software Platform of AI-Enabled Warfare, Explained
Why the West Keeps Losing Critical Mineral Assets to China
The Return of the Alien Tort Statute