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What’s at stake at UNGA 2026?

Bruno Cardoso Reis, Jeffrey Feltman, Caren Grown, Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Richaa Hoysala, Emily Markovich Morris, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Modupe (Mo) Olateju, Brad Olsen, Sweta Shah, Landry Signé, David G. Victor, Rebecca Winthrop +8 more

September 23, 2026

China's President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China.

Why Beijing isn’t taking the bait with Trump

Ryan Hass

September 9, 2026

Postal network redesign and mail ballot rejections in the 2026 primaries

Elena Patel

September 23, 2026

TOPSHOT - A participant holds a placard during a "emergency protest" by civic action group PauseAI UK outside Downing Street in central London on September 16, 2026, after news that AI researcher Jacob Coxon has decided to leave the industry. The world's biggest AI companies are working on creating a standards body, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Sept. 15, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure is on to create a safer version of the technology.

Is the AI existential threat real—and can regulatory action prevent it?

Aaron Klein, Cameron F. Kerry, Raj Korpan, Mark MacCarthy, Elena Patel, Sanjay Patnaik, Stephanie K. Pell, Landry Signé, Anisha Singhal, Josie Stewart, Elham Tabassi, Brooke Tanner, Nicol Turner Lee, John Villasenor, Darrell M. West, Tom Wheeler, Valerie Wirtschafter, Andrew W. Wyckoff, Niam Yaraghi +14 more

September 23, 2026

Operationally integrating proven robotic systems for routine use by commanders, a small unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) assigned to Undersea Unmanned Vehicle Group One, Detachment Little Creek, approaches the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN-767).

AI below the waterline

Bruce Jones, David G. Victor

September 22, 2026

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International Affairs

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system.

U.S. Defense Policy The right dome for America

Michael E. O’Hanlon

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Diplomacy & Multilateralism What’s next for US-China relations? A conversation with Kevin Rudd

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Defense & Security Nuclear credibility in theory and in practice

Melanie W. Sisson

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on August 20, 2026. North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said on August 20, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un later this year.

Asia & the Pacific The Iran war and America’s widening strategy gap in Asia

Andrew Yeo

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Artificial Intelligence

An AI symbol is seen during day two of the "ALL IN 2026" conference at the Palais des Congres de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on September 17, 2026. "All In" is Canada's largest artificial intelligence and technology event. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP via Getty Images)

Artificial Intelligence Weighing the existential risks of AI and the proposals to prevent them | The TechTank Podcast

Darrell M. West, Tom Wheeler, William A. Galston

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International Affairs Can we slow down AI without losing to China?

Kyle Chan, Elham Tabassi, Thomas Wright

Children & Families Tips for parents: Raising resilient learners in an AI world

Rebecca Winthrop, Emma Venetis

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Technology Policy & Regulation Workforce policy for the age of AI

Guy Ben-Ishai, Neil C. Thompson

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Education

Higher Education What do free tuition policies do?

Phillip Levine

Early Childhood Education New Brookings podcast ‘Embedding Equality in Education’ shares a collaborative path to advancing gender equality in and through education

Jennifer L. O’Donoghue, Edem Dorothy Ossai