Policy Week Ahead

Mar 9 – 15, 2026

91 events · 25 topics · 46 organizations — think tank webinars, panels and conferences, grouped by policy topic. Times are US Eastern.

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National Security

37 events

Building National Security Capacity and Policy: A Conversation With Christine Wormuth — In-person DC Roundtable (2026-03-09)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

How can West Africa strengthen its collective security against violent extremism? (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:30 PM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

Veldheren Conference with Bob Deen (extra performance) — 10 March 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · time TBA·Clingendael InstituteIn person

U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee closed-door briefing on Operation Epic Fury — Washington, DC — Mar 10, 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

32 more in National Security

Diplomacy

30 events

Building National Security Capacity and Policy: A Conversation With Christine Wormuth — In-person DC Roundtable (2026-03-09)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

Event: Kenya’s expanding foreign policy interests in a changed world order (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 9:00 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

How can West Africa strengthen its collective security against violent extremism? (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:30 PM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

How America Tells Its Story: A Conversation with Lonnie Bunch (America at 250)

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsIn person

25 more in Diplomacy

Conflict

23 events

How can West Africa strengthen its collective security against violent extremism? (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:30 PM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

Is the U.S. Running Out of Munitions? | All About the Base (March 10, 2026)

Tue, Mar 10 · 5:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Missile Defense ProjectVirtual

Iran, Trump's Middle East Doctrine, and the Road Ahead (In-person)

Tue, Mar 10 · 6:00 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsHybrid

Iran’s Internal Dynamics and U.S. Objectives (March 11, 2026)

Wed, Mar 11 · time TBA·Council on Foreign RelationsVirtual

The UN Without the United States: UN Peacekeeping (Live Online)

Wed, Mar 11 · 10:00 AM EDT·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceVirtual

18 more in Conflict

Human Rights

14 events

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) — United Nations Headquarters, New York, 9-19 March 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·European ParliamentIn person

WAPPP Seminar Series: What Data Tells Us About Women 'Having it All' (Virtual)

Mon, Mar 9 · 3:00 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy School Women and Public Policy ProgramVirtual

Book Event — Deployed: A Physician on the Front Lines of Global Health (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 4:00 PM EDT·CSIS Global Health Policy CenterHybrid

How America Tells Its Story: A Conversation with Lonnie Bunch (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 6:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid

How America Tells Its Story: A Conversation with Lonnie Bunch (America at 250)

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:30 PM EDT·Chicago Council on Global AffairsIn person

9 more in Human Rights

Energy

12 events

Financing the Energy Transition: An Energy Policy Seminar with Anne Finucane (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramHybrid

Nuclear energy summit (Rafael Grossi speaking) — Paris — Mar 10, 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:00 PM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

Energy Shots: Strait of Hormuz and Global Oil Prices — March 10, 2026 • 9:00–9:30 am EDT (Virtual/Recorded)

Tue, Mar 10 · 9:00 AM EDT·CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change ProgramVirtual

Iran’s Internal Dynamics and U.S. Objectives (March 11, 2026)

Wed, Mar 11 · time TBA·Council on Foreign RelationsVirtual

AI in a changing world — Conversation with Sen. Mark Kelly (Mar 11, 2026 11:00 AM ET)

Wed, Mar 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Brookings InstitutionVirtual

7 more in Energy

Artificial Intelligence

10 events

Cyber Chase: Unpacking the AI-Enabled Tools Supporting the Scam Industry (Webinar)

Tue, Mar 10 · 10:00 AM EDT·C4ADSVirtual

AI + work: Understanding AI’s impact on the labor market (in-person & virtual)

Tue, Mar 10 · 1:00 PM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Hybrid

AI's impact on the labor market — Discussion (Mar 10, 2026 1:00 PM ET)

Tue, Mar 10 · 1:00 PM EDT·Brookings InstitutionVirtual

AI + work: Understanding AI’s impact on the labor market — March 10, 2026 (Hybrid)

Tue, Mar 10 · 1:00 PM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Hybrid

2026 Spring Symposium: Future-Ready — Building Tomorrow's Tech Workforce (In-person + virtual option)

Tue, Mar 10 · 1:30 PM EDT·Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Georgetown UniversityHybrid

5 more in Artificial Intelligence

Defense Technology

9 events

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

Veldheren Conference with Bob Deen (extra performance) — 10 March 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · time TBA·Clingendael InstituteIn person

Is the U.S. Running Out of Munitions? | All About the Base (March 10, 2026)

Tue, Mar 10 · 5:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Missile Defense ProjectVirtual

Virtual Event: Europe's Nuclear Future: Rethinking Transatlantic Deterrence (March 10, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM)

Tue, Mar 10 · 7:00 AM EDT·Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)Virtual

The Pentagon and Silicon Valley: The Future of AI in National Defense — March 10, 2026, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET (Virtual)

Tue, Mar 10 · 3:30 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual

4 more in Defense Technology

Trade Policy

6 events

WTO General Council meeting — Geneva — 10–12 Mar 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:00 PM EDT·World Trade Organization (WTO)In person

The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook? (Trade Winds webinar — Mar 11, 2026, 09:00–10:00 ET)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook?

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Caught Between Giants: Is Europe’s Economy at Risk from the U.S. and China? (Geneva Security Debate, Hybrid)

Wed, Mar 11 · 1:00 PM EDT·GCSPHybrid

Launch ceremony for 2026 Young Trade Leaders Programme & DDG Zhang welcomes 2026 cohorts — 12 March 2026 (WTO headquarters, Geneva)

Wed, Mar 11 · 7:00 PM EDT·World Trade Organization (WTO)In person

1 more in Trade Policy

Climate Change

4 events

Financing the Energy Transition: An Energy Policy Seminar with Anne Finucane (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramHybrid

Lecture: "Assessing the Economic Effects of Climate Policies" — Niven Winchester

Wed, Mar 11 · 1:30 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

Enlightenment Evening: Crude Calculations — Book launch with Dr Oliver McPherson-Smith (11 Mar 2026, 18:00–20:00 GMT)

Wed, Mar 11 · 2:00 PM EDT·Adam Smith InstituteIn person

Women+ in Hydrogen/WIE: Careers in Hydrogen (Virtual seminar)

Fri, Mar 13 · 1:00 PM EDT·Center on Global Energy PolicyVirtual

Disinformation

4 events

Special Event: New Media, New Politics (Conversation with Emily Jashinsky)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person

SXSW EDU: Future at Stake: How Students Debate Today Affects Tomorrow (In-person)

Wed, Mar 11 · 10:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) EducationIn person

Transparency and Trust: Exposing Malign Foreign Influence in Higher Education — Testimony/ Hearing Live Mar 12, 2026 10:00am ET

Thu, Mar 12 · 10:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesIn person

Countering AI Disinformation: Implications for the US-ROK Alliance (Online)

Fri, Mar 13 · 9:00 AM EDT·Stimson CenterVirtual

Finance

3 events

Financing the Energy Transition: An Energy Policy Seminar with Anne Finucane (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramHybrid

Caught Between Giants: Is Europe’s Economy at Risk from the U.S. and China? (Geneva Security Debate, Hybrid)

Wed, Mar 11 · 1:00 PM EDT·GCSPHybrid

250 Years of The Wealth of Nations — Webinar: Ross Levine & Sandra Peart (Mar 12, 2026)

Thu, Mar 12 · time TBA·Hoover InstitutionVirtual

Supply Chain Security

3 events

The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook? (Trade Winds webinar — Mar 11, 2026, 09:00–10:00 ET)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook?

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum — Tokyo (Mar 14–15, 2026)

Fri, Mar 13 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesIn person

Cybersecurity

2 events

Cyber Chase: Unpacking the AI-Enabled Tools Supporting the Scam Industry (Webinar)

Tue, Mar 10 · 10:00 AM EDT·C4ADSVirtual

Online: Cyber Monitoring Centre – The 2025 Year in Review (16 March 2026, Online)

Mon, Mar 16 · time TBA·RUSIVirtual

Elections

2 events

Inauguration of José Antonio Kast as president of Chile — Mar 11, 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · 11:00 PM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

Appeal hearings in Paris for Nicolas Sarkozy case (16 Mar–2 Jun 2026)

Sun, Mar 15 · 7:00 PM EDT·Transparency InternationalIn person

Space Policy

1 event

Schriever Spacepower Series: Lt. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood

Fri, Mar 13 · time TBA·Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesVirtual

United States

54 events

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) — United Nations Headquarters, New York, 9-19 March 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·European ParliamentIn person

Building National Security Capacity and Policy: A Conversation With Christine Wormuth — In-person DC Roundtable (2026-03-09)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

Special Event: New Media, New Politics (Conversation with Emily Jashinsky)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsIn person

Financing the Energy Transition: An Energy Policy Seminar with Anne Finucane (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 PM EDT·Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard Kennedy School) - Environment and Natural Resources ProgramHybrid

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

49 more in United States

Global

23 events

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) — United Nations Headquarters, New York, 9-19 March 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:00 AM EDT·European ParliamentIn person

Event: Kenya’s expanding foreign policy interests in a changed world order (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 9:00 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

Book Event — Deployed: A Physician on the Front Lines of Global Health (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 4:00 PM EDT·CSIS Global Health Policy CenterHybrid

Nuclear energy summit (Rafael Grossi speaking) — Paris — Mar 10, 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:00 PM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

18 more in Global

Europe

18 events

Nuclear energy summit (Rafael Grossi speaking) — Paris — Mar 10, 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:00 PM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

WTO General Council meeting — Geneva — 10–12 Mar 2026

Mon, Mar 9 · 7:00 PM EDT·World Trade Organization (WTO)In person

Veldheren Conference with Bob Deen (extra performance) — 10 March 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · time TBA·Clingendael InstituteIn person

Virtual Event: Europe's Nuclear Future: Rethinking Transatlantic Deterrence (March 10, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM)

Tue, Mar 10 · 7:00 AM EDT·Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)Virtual

Veldheren Conference with Bob Deen — 11 Mar 2026

Wed, Mar 11 · time TBA·Clingendael InstituteIn person

13 more in Europe

Middle East

16 events

Is the U.S. Running Out of Munitions? | All About the Base (March 10, 2026)

Tue, Mar 10 · 5:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Missile Defense ProjectVirtual

Iran, Trump's Middle East Doctrine, and the Road Ahead (In-person)

Tue, Mar 10 · 6:00 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy School Institute of PoliticsHybrid

Iran’s Internal Dynamics and U.S. Objectives (March 11, 2026)

Wed, Mar 11 · time TBA·Council on Foreign RelationsVirtual

After the Most Intense Day of Strikes on Iran: What Comes Next? — Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:00 AM ET (Webinar)

Wed, Mar 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Middle East InstituteVirtual

Enlightenment Evening: Crude Calculations — Book launch with Dr Oliver McPherson-Smith (11 Mar 2026, 18:00–20:00 GMT)

Wed, Mar 11 · 2:00 PM EDT·Adam Smith InstituteIn person

11 more in Middle East

Asia-Pacific

9 events

Cyber Chase: Unpacking the AI-Enabled Tools Supporting the Scam Industry (Webinar)

Tue, Mar 10 · 10:00 AM EDT·C4ADSVirtual

Lecture: "Assessing the Economic Effects of Climate Policies" — Niven Winchester

Wed, Mar 11 · 1:30 AM EDT·Observer Research FoundationIn person

Taiwanese Views of the United States and China: Evidence from the 2026 American Portrait Survey — Mar 11, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM ET (Virtual)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·CSIS Freeman Chair in China StudiesVirtual

Taiwanese Views of the United States and China: Evidence from the 2026 American Portrait Survey (Virtual Livestream)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Freeman Chair in China StudiesVirtual

Webinar: Hong Kong's Judiciary in the Security Era: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Live via Zoom)

Thu, Mar 12 · 6:00 PM EDT·East-West CenterVirtual

4 more in Asia-Pacific

China

8 events

Cyber Chase: Unpacking the AI-Enabled Tools Supporting the Scam Industry (Webinar)

Tue, Mar 10 · 10:00 AM EDT·C4ADSVirtual

The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook? (Trade Winds webinar — Mar 11, 2026, 09:00–10:00 ET)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Trade Winds with Cecilia Malmström: The new age of Western industrial policy: Is there a new playbook?

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Virtual

Taiwanese Views of the United States and China: Evidence from the 2026 American Portrait Survey — Mar 11, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM ET (Virtual)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·CSIS Freeman Chair in China StudiesVirtual

Taiwanese Views of the United States and China: Evidence from the 2026 American Portrait Survey (Virtual Livestream)

Wed, Mar 11 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Freeman Chair in China StudiesVirtual

3 more in China

Africa

7 events

Event: Kenya’s expanding foreign policy interests in a changed world order (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 9:00 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

How can West Africa strengthen its collective security against violent extremism? (Hybrid)

Mon, Mar 9 · 12:30 PM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid

The instrumentalisation of migration (Seminar) — 11 March 2026, 16:00–17:30 (Copenhagen)

Wed, Mar 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Danish Institute for International StudiesIn person

Enlightenment Evening: Crude Calculations — Book launch with Dr Oliver McPherson-Smith (11 Mar 2026, 18:00–20:00 GMT)

Wed, Mar 11 · 2:00 PM EDT·Adam Smith InstituteIn person

CEEG Seminar Series — 'When (not) to target social programs: the simple arithmetic of the effectiveness of scale-up' — Sam Jones (opening seminar) — 12 March 2026

Wed, Mar 11 · 6:00 PM EDT·UNU-WIDERIn person

2 more in Africa

Russia

4 events

Atomic Advice: Leaders, Advisers, and Nuclear Decision-Making (Talk by Spencer Warren)

Mon, Mar 9 · 2:30 PM EDT·Harvard Kennedy SchoolVirtual

The instrumentalisation of migration (Seminar) — 11 March 2026, 16:00–17:30 (Copenhagen)

Wed, Mar 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·Danish Institute for International StudiesIn person

The Long View: The State of Ukrainian Studies (Live on Zoom)

Wed, Mar 11 · 11:00 AM EDT·The Kennan InstituteVirtual

Origins of the War: A Conversation with Michael Kofman (Live on Zoom)

Fri, Mar 13 · 11:00 AM EDT·The Kennan InstituteVirtual

South America

2 events

Inauguration of José Antonio Kast as president of Chile — Mar 11, 2026

Tue, Mar 10 · 11:00 PM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person

DAL Webinar Series: Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela: Transforming the Security Sector

Fri, Mar 13 · 3:00 PM EDT·Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Stanford University)Virtual

Outer Space

1 event

Schriever Spacepower Series: Lt. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood

Fri, Mar 13 · time TBA·Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesVirtual

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