The Council—through its experts, content, convenings, and outreach—continued to inform U.S. engagement with the world throughout the year, as illustrated below and across this annual report.
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Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – or initiatives the Hindu nationalist group has endorsed – received millions of dollars over recent years through grants that allow donors […] The post Groups Associated With India’s Far-Right Receive Millions Through US Donor-Advised Funds appeared first on bellingcat .
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On 23 September, SIPRI’s Dual–Use and Arms Trade Control Programme delivered a workshop in Canberra on ‘Developments in China’s Export Control Framework: Implications for Australia and Multilateral Cooperation’.
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Sovereignty is not solitude: Canada’s strategy for democratic technology leadership 13 October 2026 — 12:00 TO 13:00 BST Anonymous (not verified) 6 October 2026 Chatham House and Online Hear from Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Evan Solomon, on how trust, opportunity and sovereign control are shaping Canada’s approach to artificial intelligence, economic growth and international partnership. Hear from Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Evan Solomon, on how trust, opportunity and sovereign control are shaping Canada’s approach to artificial intelligence, economic growth and international partnership. This event will explore how Canada is translating its AI strengths into greater productivity, prosperity and better public services, and how deeper cooperation with partners such as the UK can strengthen AI safety, resilience and shared economic opportunity. This event discusses: What does sovereign control mean in an interconnected AI economy? And why does sovereignty not mean isolation? What are Canada’s strengths as AI transforms economies, public services and national security? How can countries build trust in AI while accelerating innovation and adoption? How can investment in talent, literacy, research and key industries create new economic opportunities and better public services? How can Canada and the UK work together work together to strengthen AI safety, resilience and democratic technology leadership?
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The US tariff on India's Russian oil was always a bargaining chip, not a stand on principle. The post Trump’s India Tariffs over Russian Oil Were Never about Principle appeared first on Geopolitical Monitor .
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Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.
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U.S.-ROK cooperation on shipbuilding should be structured so that it strengthens U.S. maritime industrial capacity, makes commercial sense for Korean shipbuilders, and survives the political and regulatory constraints on both sides.
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Factional struggles around the US president have left Europe at the mercy of competing foreign policy agendas. But European disunity only undermines European interests
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The acknowledgment has sparked fears of a new arms race with China and Russia.
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Twenty-five years later, 9/11's lessons are still contested, except the simplest: the United States mistook quiet for peace. And it is doing so again.
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