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Policy Week Ahead

Jun 15 – 21, 2026

98 events · 23 topics · 53 organizations — think tank webinars, panels and conferences, grouped by policy topic. Times are US Eastern.

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Diplomacy
34 events
Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe — Webinar (Online) — June 15, 2026
Mon, Jun 15 · 9:00 AM EDT·German Marshall FundVirtual
Trump's Iran Deal: What Comes Next? | State of Play — June 15, 2026, 12:30–1:15 PM EDT (Livestream)
Mon, Jun 15 · 12:30 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Senior Leadership for Peace Seminar — 16–18 June 2026 (Geneva)
Mon, Jun 15 · 6:00 PM EDT·GCSPIn person
Book Launch: Peace Makers – Shaping The Modern World (16 June 2026) — Members event, London
Mon, Jun 15 · 7:00 PM EDT·RUSIIn person
Roundtable with Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra — 2026-06-16
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Chicago Council on Global AffairsIn person
29 more in Diplomacy
National Security
33 events
FDD Morning Brief — Jonathan Schanzer ft. Haviv Rettig Gur
Mon, Jun 15 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
All About the Base — Innovation to Deployment: Fixing the Pentagon’s Acquisition Gap (June 15, 2026 10:00 a.m. EDT)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM EDT·CSIS Center for the Industrial BaseVirtual
Whose rules, whose order? Southeast Asia and China's growing power — Watch online (16 June 2026, 12:30–13:30 AEST)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:30 PM EDT·Lowy InstituteHybrid
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — June 16, 2026 9:30-10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — Tue Jun 16, 2026 9:30–10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
28 more in National Security
Conflict
24 events
FDD Morning Brief — Jonathan Schanzer ft. Haviv Rettig Gur
Mon, Jun 15 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
Trump's Iran Deal: What Comes Next? | State of Play — June 15, 2026, 12:30–1:15 PM EDT (Livestream)
Mon, Jun 15 · 12:30 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Women, Peace & Security in Ukraine: Lessons Learned — June 16, 2026 (House of Lords, London)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·New Lines InstituteIn person
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — Tue Jun 16, 2026 9:30–10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Inclusion in the Middle East — Capitol Hill Conference (Keynotes: David Schenker; Rep. Darin LaHood)
Tue, Jun 16 · 11:00 AM EDT·Middle East Policy CouncilIn person
19 more in Conflict
Finance
12 events
The Future of International Tax Reform — Mon Jun 15 1:00 p.m. ET – Tue Jun 16 3:30 p.m. ET (In-person, two-day conference)
Mon, Jun 15 · 1:00 PM EDT·American Enterprise InstituteHybrid
CDFI Innovations in Improving Access to Small-Dollar Credit — Webinar (June 15, 2026, 3:00–4:00 PM ET)
Mon, Jun 15 · 3:00 PM EDT·Urban InstituteVirtual
CDFI Innovations in Improving Access to Small-Dollar Credit (Webinar)
Mon, Jun 15 · 3:00 PM EDT·Urban InstituteVirtual
Investing in Childcare at the Multilateral Development Banks: Progress, Lessons, and the Road Ahead — Virtual event (June 16, 2026)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Center for Global DevelopmentVirtual
Investing in Childcare at the Multilateral Development Banks: Progress, Lessons, and the Road Ahead (Virtual)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Global DevelopmentVirtual
7 more in Finance
Human Rights
11 events
New advocates and the future of international human rights — 15 June 2026, 16:00–17:00 BST (Hybrid)
Mon, Jun 15 · 11:00 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid
Investing in Childcare at the Multilateral Development Banks: Progress, Lessons, and the Road Ahead — Virtual event (June 16, 2026)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Center for Global DevelopmentVirtual
Women, Peace & Security in Ukraine: Lessons Learned — June 16, 2026 (House of Lords, London)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·New Lines InstituteIn person
23rd Acton Lecture — 'Covenantal Democracy: Maintaining Civil Society in an Age of Identity' — Dr Rachael Kohn (16 June 2026, 6:00pm AEST)
Tue, Jun 16 · 4:00 AM EDT·Centre for Independent StudiesIn person
Investing in Childcare at the Multilateral Development Banks: Progress, Lessons, and the Road Ahead (Virtual)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:00 AM EDT·Center for Global DevelopmentVirtual
6 more in Human Rights
Defense Technology
11 events
All About the Base — Innovation to Deployment: Fixing the Pentagon’s Acquisition Gap (June 15, 2026 10:00 a.m. EDT)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM EDT·CSIS Center for the Industrial BaseVirtual
Fireside Chat: Michael Cadenazzi on U.S. Munitions Production (Virtual) — June 16, 2026, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
Fireside Chat with Assistant Secretary of War Michael Cadenazzi on U.S. Munitions Production (June 16, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET, Virtual)
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
Border Security and Defense Cooperation in North America: Addressing Emerging Challenges — June 17, 2026, 9:30 AM–3:00 PM
Wed, Jun 17 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
Lessons in Military Deterrence from the Iran War: US Strategy in Contested Waters (Webinar)
Wed, Jun 17 · 12:00 PM EDT·Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftVirtual
6 more in Defense Technology
Energy
8 events
Dr. Harold & Bill Siebens Luncheon — Conversation with Bjørn Lomborg — June 16, 2026 (In-person)
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 AM EDT·Fraser InstituteIn person
Summit XI V: Ukraine’s Wartime Report Card — June 17, 2026 (Hybrid)
Wed, Jun 17 · 9:00 AM EDT·American Foreign Policy CouncilHybrid
Rebecca Dell: Making Stuff is Baking the Planet — Columbia Climate School Research Seminar — June 17, 2026, 11:00–12:30 EDT
Wed, Jun 17 · 11:00 AM EDT·Center on Global Energy PolicyIn person
How to catalyse global climate ambition? — 18 June 2026 (Public panel)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·BruegelIn person
World Economic Update — June 18, 2026 (Panel)
Thu, Jun 18 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person
3 more in Energy
Climate Change
7 events
Dr. Harold & Bill Siebens Luncheon — Conversation with Bjørn Lomborg — June 16, 2026 (In-person)
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 AM EDT·Fraser InstituteIn person
Climate Blueprint: Barbados screening - A small island's fight for international financial reform — 17 June 2026 (Edinburgh)
Wed, Jun 17 · time TBA·ODI GlobalIn person
Rebecca Dell: Making Stuff is Baking the Planet — Columbia Climate School Research Seminar — June 17, 2026, 11:00–12:30 EDT
Wed, Jun 17 · 11:00 AM EDT·Center on Global Energy PolicyIn person
How to catalyse global climate ambition? — 18 June 2026 (Public panel)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·BruegelIn person
A Decade of U.S.-Laos Comprehensive Partnership — June 18, 2026 (Hybrid)
Thu, Jun 18 · 10:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Hybrid
2 more in Climate Change
Trade Policy
6 events
Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe — Webinar (Online) — June 15, 2026
Mon, Jun 15 · 9:00 AM EDT·German Marshall FundVirtual
South Africa’s growth and reform agenda: implications for international economic engagement — 18 June 2026 (London and online)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·ODI GlobalHybrid
America at 250 Global Forum — Live stream / In-person on 2026-06-18
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·Chicago Council on Global AffairsHybrid
Enforcing, Accelerating, and Advancing Global Trade Through Supply Chain Traceability — June 18, 2026, 9:30–10:30 AM ET (Hybrid)
Thu, Jun 18 · 9:30 AM EDT·Stimson CenterHybrid
Remaking global trade governance: trade, climate and global cooperation in a fragmenting world — 22 June 2026 — London and online
Sun, Jun 21 · 7:00 PM EDT·ODI GlobalHybrid
1 more in Trade Policy
Supply Chain Security
5 events
How global rules can curb illicit gold trade flows — 15 June 2026, 12:30-13:30 BST (Hybrid)
Mon, Jun 15 · 7:30 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid
Fireside Chat: Michael Cadenazzi on U.S. Munitions Production (Virtual) — June 16, 2026, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
Fireside Chat with Assistant Secretary of War Michael Cadenazzi on U.S. Munitions Production (June 16, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET, Virtual)
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 PM EDT·Center for a New American SecurityVirtual
Report launch: Mapping Risk and Resilience in the Global Illicit Gold Economy — 17 June 2026
Wed, Jun 17 · time TBA·International Institute for Strategic StudiesHybrid
Enforcing, Accelerating, and Advancing Global Trade Through Supply Chain Traceability — June 18, 2026, 9:30–10:30 AM ET (Hybrid)
Thu, Jun 18 · 9:30 AM EDT·Stimson CenterHybrid
Artificial Intelligence
4 events
Shared Futures: The AI Forum 2026 — June 17, 2026 (New York City, NY)
Wed, Jun 17 · 12:00 AM EDT·Aspen InstituteIn person
World Economic Update — June 18, 2026 (Panel)
Thu, Jun 18 · 12:00 AM EDT·Council on Foreign RelationsIn person
AI and the Future of Society — June 18, 2026 (New York City, NY)
Thu, Jun 18 · 12:00 AM EDT·Aspen InstituteIn person
Europe’s policy options for AI in the midst of US-China strategic competition — Invitation-only (22 June 2026)
Sun, Jun 21 · 6:00 PM EDT·BruegelIn person
Cybersecurity
3 events
Annual Security Lecture 2026 by Richard Horne, CEO, NCSC (17 June 2026)
Tue, Jun 16 · 7:00 PM EDT·RUSIIn person
Scam Fighters Workshop — June 18, 2026 (Virtual)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·Aspen InstituteVirtual
25th EUMS–NATO IMS Directors-General Conference (June 22, 2026)
Sun, Jun 21 · 6:00 PM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesIn person
Commodities
3 events
How global rules can curb illicit gold trade flows — 15 June 2026, 12:30-13:30 BST (Hybrid)
Mon, Jun 15 · 7:30 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid
Report launch: Mapping Risk and Resilience in the Global Illicit Gold Economy — 17 June 2026
Wed, Jun 17 · time TBA·International Institute for Strategic StudiesHybrid
A Decade of U.S.-Laos Comprehensive Partnership — June 18, 2026 (Hybrid)
Thu, Jun 18 · 10:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Hybrid
Elections
3 events
Restoring Democratic Control of Immigration — Keynote by Rt Hon Chris Philp MP (Hybrid) — 16 June 2026 12:00 BST
Tue, Jun 16 · 7:00 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeHybrid
Summit XI V: Ukraine’s Wartime Report Card — June 17, 2026 (Hybrid)
Wed, Jun 17 · 9:00 AM EDT·American Foreign Policy CouncilHybrid
Whose Constitution Is It, Anyway? — Rethinking Judicial Supremacy in the Republic (Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 4:00–5:30 p.m. EDT)
Thu, Jun 18 · 4:00 PM EDT·American Enterprise InstituteIn person
Aerospace
2 events
Drones & the Future of Canadian and European Defence — 18 June 2026 (Virtual)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·Canadian Global Affairs InstituteVirtual
Nuclear Armed Hypersonic Missiles (HTK Series) — June 18, 2026, 3:30–4:30 pm EDT (Livestream)
Thu, Jun 18 · 3:30 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
United States
50 events
Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee Public Meeting (Jun 15, 2026) - Washington, DC & Virtual
Mon, Jun 15 · 12:00 AM EDT·NORC at the University of ChicagoHybrid
FDD Morning Brief — Jonathan Schanzer ft. Haviv Rettig Gur
Mon, Jun 15 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
All About the Base — Innovation to Deployment: Fixing the Pentagon’s Acquisition Gap (June 15, 2026 10:00 a.m. EDT)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:00 AM EDT·CSIS Center for the Industrial BaseVirtual
Trump's Iran Deal: What Comes Next? | State of Play — June 15, 2026, 12:30–1:15 PM EDT (Livestream)
Mon, Jun 15 · 12:30 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
The Future of International Tax Reform — Mon Jun 15 1:00 p.m. ET – Tue Jun 16 3:30 p.m. ET (In-person, two-day conference)
Mon, Jun 15 · 1:00 PM EDT·American Enterprise InstituteHybrid
45 more in United States
Europe
28 events
Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe — Webinar (Online) — June 15, 2026
Mon, Jun 15 · 9:00 AM EDT·German Marshall FundVirtual
Senior Leadership for Peace Seminar — 16–18 June 2026 (Geneva)
Mon, Jun 15 · 6:00 PM EDT·GCSPIn person
Book Launch: Peace Makers – Shaping The Modern World (16 June 2026) — Members event, London
Mon, Jun 15 · 7:00 PM EDT·RUSIIn person
Women, Peace & Security in Ukraine: Lessons Learned — June 16, 2026 (House of Lords, London)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·New Lines InstituteIn person
Restoring Democratic Control of Immigration — Keynote by Rt Hon Chris Philp MP (Hybrid) — 16 June 2026 12:00 BST
Tue, Jun 16 · 7:00 AM EDT·Policy ExchangeHybrid
23 more in Europe
Global
24 events
How global rules can curb illicit gold trade flows — 15 June 2026, 12:30-13:30 BST (Hybrid)
Mon, Jun 15 · 7:30 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid
New advocates and the future of international human rights — 15 June 2026, 16:00–17:00 BST (Hybrid)
Mon, Jun 15 · 11:00 AM EDT·Chatham HouseHybrid
Canada’s Prosperity Depends on Turning Innovation into Productivity — June 16, 2026 (Hybrid)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Centre for International Governance InnovationHybrid
Investing in Childcare at the Multilateral Development Banks: Progress, Lessons, and the Road Ahead — Virtual event (June 16, 2026)
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Center for Global DevelopmentVirtual
Dr. Harold & Bill Siebens Luncheon — Conversation with Bjørn Lomborg — June 16, 2026 (In-person)
Tue, Jun 16 · 2:00 AM EDT·Fraser InstituteIn person
19 more in Global
Asia-Pacific
13 events
Roundtable with Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra — 2026-06-16
Tue, Jun 16 · time TBA·Chicago Council on Global AffairsIn person
Whose rules, whose order? Southeast Asia and China's growing power — Watch online (16 June 2026, 12:30–13:30 AEST)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:30 PM EDT·Lowy InstituteHybrid
23rd Acton Lecture — 'Covenantal Democracy: Maintaining Civil Society in an Age of Identity' — Dr Rachael Kohn (16 June 2026, 6:00pm AEST)
Tue, Jun 16 · 4:00 AM EDT·Centre for Independent StudiesIn person
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — June 16, 2026 9:30-10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — Tue Jun 16, 2026 9:30–10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
8 more in Asia-Pacific
Middle East
10 events
FDD Morning Brief — Jonathan Schanzer ft. Haviv Rettig Gur
Mon, Jun 15 · 8:30 AM EDT·Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesVirtual
Trump's Iran Deal: What Comes Next? | State of Play — June 15, 2026, 12:30–1:15 PM EDT (Livestream)
Mon, Jun 15 · 12:30 PM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
Inclusion in the Middle East — Capitol Hill Conference (Keynotes: David Schenker; Rep. Darin LaHood)
Tue, Jun 16 · 11:00 AM EDT·Middle East Policy CouncilIn person
Private Roundtable with H.E. Dr. Fadi Makki (June 17, 2026)
Wed, Jun 17 · time TBA·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)In person
The U.S.-Israel War with Iran: Is There a Way Out? — June 17, 2026, 10:00–10:45 AM ET (Live Online)
Wed, Jun 17 · 10:00 AM EDT·Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceVirtual
5 more in Middle East
China
6 events
Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe — Webinar (Online) — June 15, 2026
Mon, Jun 15 · 9:00 AM EDT·German Marshall FundVirtual
Whose rules, whose order? Southeast Asia and China's growing power — Watch online (16 June 2026, 12:30–13:30 AEST)
Mon, Jun 15 · 10:30 PM EDT·Lowy InstituteHybrid
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — June 16, 2026 9:30-10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136 — Tue Jun 16, 2026 9:30–10:15 AM ET (Livestream)
Tue, Jun 16 · 9:30 AM EDT·Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Virtual
U.S.-China workshop on nuclear risk reduction (June 17–18, 2026, Shanghai)
Tue, Jun 16 · 12:00 PM EDT·Nuclear Threat InitiativeIn person
1 more in China
Africa
6 events
Strengthening Vaccine Production and Access to Routine Immunizations in Sub-Saharan Africa | The CommonHealth Live! — June 17, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM ET (Webcast)
Wed, Jun 17 · 9:00 AM EDT·CSIS Global Health Policy CenterVirtual
Report launch: Early Career Survey of University and Technical-Vocational Education Graduates in Mozambique — 18 June 2026
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·UNU-WIDERIn person
South Africa’s growth and reform agenda: implications for international economic engagement — 18 June 2026 (London and online)
Thu, Jun 18 · time TBA·ODI GlobalHybrid
Report launch: Report on the Early Career Survey of University and Technical‑Vocational Education Graduates in Mozambique (Hybrid) — 18 June 2026
Thu, Jun 18 · 3:00 AM EDT·IGM (Inclusive Growth in Mozambique) – UNU-WIDERHybrid
Beyond compliance: rebuilding South Africa’s skills development institutions — SA-TIED Seminar Series (18 June 2026, Online)
Thu, Jun 18 · 9:00 AM EDT·UNU-WIDERVirtual
1 more in Africa
Russia
3 events
The Cost of War: Assessing Russia's Strategic Decline — Virtual (June 16, 2026 11:00–12:00)
Tue, Jun 16 · 11:00 AM EDT·Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)Virtual
THE LONG VIEW: "Kievan Rus" Is Ours — Live on Zoom — June 17, 11am EST
Wed, Jun 17 · 11:00 AM EDT·The Kennan InstituteVirtual
Origins of the War — A Conversation with Dara Massicot — June 18, 2026 11:00 AM ET (Zoom)
Thu, Jun 18 · 11:00 AM EDT·The Kennan InstituteVirtual
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