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Policy Week Ahead

Feb 16 – 22, 2026

55 events · 24 topics · 33 organizations — think tank webinars, panels and conferences, grouped by policy topic. Times are US Eastern.

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Diplomacy
28 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Webinar: Kennedy’s Coup: How Diem’s Assassination Became Our Foreign Policy Albatross
Tue, Feb 17 · 1:00 PM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Canada’s Place in the World: Leadership, Alliances, and the Future of North America (Feb 17, 2026, 4:00pm ET)
Tue, Feb 17 · 4:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: Is the World Trade Organization at a crossroads? (Live stream)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:00 AM EST·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual
23 more in Diplomacy
National Security
18 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Citizens and Soldiers: Can the Military Remain Apolitical?
Tue, Feb 17 · 6:30 PM EST·Chicago Council on Global AffairsVirtual
FDD Morning Brief (featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Andrew Tabler)
Wed, Feb 18 · 8:30 AM EST·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
The State of Civil-Military Relations in 2026 and Beyond (In Person and Live Online)
Wed, Feb 18 · 6:00 PM EST·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceHybrid
13 more in National Security
Conflict
13 events
Webinar: Kennedy’s Coup: How Diem’s Assassination Became Our Foreign Policy Albatross
Tue, Feb 17 · 1:00 PM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? (Online panel)
Wed, Feb 18 · 11:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Navigating in a Turbulent World: Insights From South Africa and Japan (Zoom webinar)
Thu, Feb 19 · 2:00 AM EST·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual
Debate (Webinar): Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Webinar Debate: Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
8 more in Conflict
Trade Policy
10 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: Is the World Trade Organization at a crossroads? (Live stream)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:00 AM EST·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual
Virtual Policy Seminar: Navigating Risk: Challenges in Agricultural Commodity Shipping and Insurance Markets (Feb 18, 9:30 AM EST)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:30 AM EST·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Virtual
Japan's Election and Implications for Korea and U.S. | The Capital Cable #129 (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 9:30 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
5 more in Trade Policy
Human Rights
8 events
Rights, Race, and Democracy: Civil Rights in America Today (Feb 17, 2026, 6:00pm ET)
Tue, Feb 17 · 6:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
How Authoritarians Weaponize Gender (Live Online)
Thu, Feb 19 · 10:00 AM EST·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceVirtual
Neurotechnologies, AI, and the Right to Mental Privacy: Can the Law Save us from Losing our Minds? (Online) — Feb 19, 2026 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:00 PM EST·Stimson CenterVirtual
Building worker power in the states when federal labor laws are under attack (Webinar)
Thu, Feb 19 · 3:00 PM EST·Economic Policy InstituteVirtual
Measles Outbreaks and Elimination in North America (Online Webcast)
Fri, Feb 20 · 1:00 PM EST·CSIS Global Health Policy CenterVirtual
3 more in Human Rights
Artificial Intelligence
6 events
Briefing for Impact: Communicating the AI Landscape Executive Workshop – February 17, 2026
Tue, Feb 17 · 9:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
Are Schools Caught in a Digital Delusion? A Conversation with Jared Cooney Horvath (Web Event)
Tue, Feb 17 · 3:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteVirtual
Governing the Future: AI Policy and the Road Ahead (Feb 18, 2026, 4:00pm ET)
Wed, Feb 18 · 4:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Neurotechnologies, AI, and the Right to Mental Privacy: Can the Law Save us from Losing our Minds? (Online) — Feb 19, 2026 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:00 PM EST·Stimson CenterVirtual
How AI Is Transforming Diplomacy and Conflict Management — Livestream panel (AI Impact Summit Main Event)
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual
1 more in Artificial Intelligence
Finance
6 events
Policy workshop: Assessing fuel subsidies & Cash for Work programme in Zambia (18 Feb 2026)
Tue, Feb 17 · 5:00 PM EST·UNU-WIDER / SOUTHMODIn person
Virtual Policy Seminar: Navigating Risk: Challenges in Agricultural Commodity Shipping and Insurance Markets (Feb 18, 9:30 AM EST)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:30 AM EST·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Virtual
The Economic Case for the US-Israel Partnership (with Michael Doran and Noach Hacker)
Thu, Feb 19 · 1:00 PM EST·Hudson InstituteVirtual
Derisky Business LIVE: Supreme Court Tariff Decision (Virtual Event)
Fri, Feb 20 · 3:00 PM EST·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
Derisky Business LIVE: Supreme Court Tariff Decision Analysis (Live discussion)
Fri, Feb 20 · 3:00 PM EST·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
1 more in Finance
Climate Change
5 events
Careers in Transportation: Women Leading the Future of EVs (in-person event)
Tue, Feb 17 · time TBA·Center on Global Energy PolicyIn person
Policy workshop: Assessing fuel subsidies & Cash for Work programme in Zambia (18 Feb 2026)
Tue, Feb 17 · 5:00 PM EST·UNU-WIDER / SOUTHMODIn person
Virtual Policy Seminar: Navigating Risk: Challenges in Agricultural Commodity Shipping and Insurance Markets (Feb 18, 9:30 AM EST)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:30 AM EST·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Virtual
Decoupling Crisis: Subnational Climate Action and China’s Domestic Coal Challenge (Critical Issues Confronting China Lecture)
Wed, Feb 18 · 12:00 PM EST·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramIn person
Navigating in a Turbulent World: Insights From South Africa and Japan (Zoom webinar)
Thu, Feb 19 · 2:00 AM EST·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual
Elections
5 events
The Soul of the Nation: How Culture Drives Politics (Feb 17, 2026, 12:00pm ET)
Tue, Feb 17 · 12:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Polling in the Age of Trump (Feb 18, 2026, 12:00pm ET)
Wed, Feb 18 · 12:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Live podcast recording / seminar: From Minneapolis to your feed
Wed, Feb 18 · 8:00 PM EST·United States Studies CentreIn person
Japan's Election and Implications for Korea and U.S. | The Capital Cable #129 (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 9:30 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
How Authoritarians Weaponize Gender (Live Online)
Thu, Feb 19 · 10:00 AM EST·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceVirtual
Disinformation
5 events
Briefing for Impact: Communicating the AI Landscape Executive Workshop – February 17, 2026
Tue, Feb 17 · 9:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
Are Schools Caught in a Digital Delusion? A Conversation with Jared Cooney Horvath (Web Event)
Tue, Feb 17 · 3:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteVirtual
Polling in the Age of Trump (Feb 18, 2026, 12:00pm ET)
Wed, Feb 18 · 12:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Live podcast recording / seminar: From Minneapolis to your feed
Wed, Feb 18 · 8:00 PM EST·United States Studies CentreIn person
How Authoritarians Weaponize Gender (Live Online)
Thu, Feb 19 · 10:00 AM EST·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceVirtual
Defense Technology
3 events
Congressional Defense Seminar Series (Feb 19-20, 2026)
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and Budgetary AssessmentsIn person
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: The case for a Pacific defence pact (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 7:30 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
2026 Warfare Symposium (Feb 23–25, 2026)
Mon, Feb 23 · time TBA·Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesIn person
Energy
2 events
Careers in Transportation: Women Leading the Future of EVs (in-person event)
Tue, Feb 17 · time TBA·Center on Global Energy PolicyIn person
Decoupling Crisis: Subnational Climate Action and China’s Domestic Coal Challenge (Critical Issues Confronting China Lecture)
Wed, Feb 18 · 12:00 PM EST·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramIn person
Commodities
1 event
Virtual Policy Seminar: Navigating Risk: Challenges in Agricultural Commodity Shipping and Insurance Markets (Feb 18, 9:30 AM EST)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:30 AM EST·International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Virtual
Space Policy
1 event
Geneva briefing on stability in space — 19 February 2026 (United Nations Office at Geneva)
Wed, Feb 18 · 6:00 PM EST·SIPRIIn person
United States
31 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Careers in Transportation: Women Leading the Future of EVs (in-person event)
Tue, Feb 17 · time TBA·Center on Global Energy PolicyIn person
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Briefing for Impact: Communicating the AI Landscape Executive Workshop – February 17, 2026
Tue, Feb 17 · 9:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
The Soul of the Nation: How Culture Drives Politics (Feb 17, 2026, 12:00pm ET)
Tue, Feb 17 · 12:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
26 more in United States
Global
24 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Briefing for Impact: Communicating the AI Landscape Executive Workshop – February 17, 2026
Tue, Feb 17 · 9:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
Canada’s Place in the World: Leadership, Alliances, and the Future of North America (Feb 17, 2026, 4:00pm ET)
Tue, Feb 17 · 4:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
FDD Morning Brief (featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Andrew Tabler)
Wed, Feb 18 · 8:30 AM EST·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: Is the World Trade Organization at a crossroads? (Live stream)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:00 AM EST·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual
19 more in Global
Asia-Pacific
9 events
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Webinar: Kennedy’s Coup: How Diem’s Assassination Became Our Foreign Policy Albatross
Tue, Feb 17 · 1:00 PM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Navigating in a Turbulent World: Insights From South Africa and Japan (Zoom webinar)
Thu, Feb 19 · 2:00 AM EST·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: The case for a Pacific defence pact (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 7:30 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Japan's Election and Implications for Korea and U.S. | The Capital Cable #129 (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 9:30 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
4 more in Asia-Pacific
China
6 events
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: America's China policy - Past, present and future (Livestream)
Mon, Feb 16 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
WATCH ONLINE | In-conversation: Ely Ratner (Livestream)
Tue, Feb 17 · 2:15 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Decoupling Crisis: Subnational Climate Action and China’s Domestic Coal Challenge (Critical Issues Confronting China Lecture)
Wed, Feb 18 · 12:00 PM EST·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramIn person
WATCH ONLINE | Ely Ratner: The case for a Pacific defence pact (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 7:30 AM EST·Lowy InstituteVirtual
Japan's Election and Implications for Korea and U.S. | The Capital Cable #129 (Livestream)
Thu, Feb 19 · 9:30 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
1 more in China
Europe
6 events
Geneva briefing on stability in space — 19 February 2026 (United Nations Office at Geneva)
Wed, Feb 18 · 6:00 PM EST·SIPRIIn person
Debate (Webinar): Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Webinar Debate: Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Could a Smaller EU Be Stronger than an Enlarged Bloc? (Live Online)
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Carnegie EuropeVirtual
The Road to Lasting Peace: US Leadership in the South Caucasus (expert panel with Sonata Coulter)
Fri, Feb 20 · 12:30 PM EST·Hudson InstituteHybrid
1 more in Europe
Middle East
6 events
United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? (Online panel)
Wed, Feb 18 · 11:00 AM EST·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Fault Lines in the Horn of Africa: The Gulf States and Turkey Fuel Red Sea Tensions (In-Person Event)
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteIn person
Fault Lines in the Horn of Africa: The Gulf State and Turkey Fuel Red Sea Tensions (Panel) — Feb 19, 2026
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteVirtual
The Economic Case for the US-Israel Partnership (with Michael Doran and Noach Hacker)
Thu, Feb 19 · 1:00 PM EST·Hudson InstituteVirtual
FDD Morning Brief (featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Yishai Fleischer)
Fri, Feb 20 · 8:30 AM EST·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
1 more in Middle East
Africa
5 events
Policy workshop: Assessing fuel subsidies & Cash for Work programme in Zambia (18 Feb 2026)
Tue, Feb 17 · 5:00 PM EST·UNU-WIDER / SOUTHMODIn person
Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: Is the World Trade Organization at a crossroads? (Live stream)
Wed, Feb 18 · 9:00 AM EST·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual
Navigating in a Turbulent World: Insights From South Africa and Japan (Zoom webinar)
Thu, Feb 19 · 2:00 AM EST·South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)Virtual
Fault Lines in the Horn of Africa: The Gulf States and Turkey Fuel Red Sea Tensions (In-Person Event)
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteIn person
Fault Lines in the Horn of Africa: The Gulf State and Turkey Fuel Red Sea Tensions (Panel) — Feb 19, 2026
Thu, Feb 19 · 12:30 PM EST·American Enterprise InstituteVirtual
Russia
3 events
Debate (Webinar): Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Webinar Debate: Is a Peace Agreement in Ukraine Possible?
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
Could a Smaller EU Be Stronger than an Enlarged Bloc? (Live Online)
Thu, Feb 19 · 11:00 AM EST·Carnegie EuropeVirtual
South America
2 events
From Strategy to Reality: Implementing Social Policy in Latin America ft. María José Pinto (livestream available)
Fri, Feb 20 · 4:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsHybrid
From Strategy to Reality: Implementing Social Policy in Latin America ft. Vice President María José Pinto of Ecuador (Feb 20, 2026, 4:00pm ET)
Fri, Feb 20 · 4:00 PM EST·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person
Outer Space
1 event
Geneva briefing on stability in space — 19 February 2026 (United Nations Office at Geneva)
Wed, Feb 18 · 6:00 PM EST·SIPRIIn person
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