Friday's Miscellany 06-12-2026 & 06-19-2026

 38 North

• North Korea Rebuilds Anti-American Rhetoric and Education 
• On a Mission from General Affairs Department 
• Why North Korea Got the Bomb (And Iran Did Not, for Now) 
• Xi Jinping’s Visit to Pyongyang: Regional Roundup 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Beyond Ports: China Embeds Itself in Africa’s Maritime Networks 

 AidData

• Authoritarian Propaganda and Domestic Support for Foreign Aid: Evidence from China 
• Thematic Evaluation of the UK's Influence on Development Leaders, 2014-2024 

 Air University Press

• Engineering the Future: Maj Gen Osmond Ritland, Problem Solving, and the Challenge of Technical Leadership 
• Preparing USAF Operational Planners For The Ethical Fielding Of Tactical AI Technologies 
• Scanning the Presence and Resolving the Future: How Minisatellites Can Contribute to Maritime Surveillance in the Arctic 
• Strategic Horizons Fall 2025, v. 1, no. 1 
• Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies, Great-Power Competition, and the Struggle for Influence in Africa
• Seychelles at a Crossroads: Democracy, Development, and the Geopolitical Chessboard
• The Vajra Doctrine: America’s Thunderbolt Strategy in the South Asian Chess Match
• Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Role Conceptions: Self-Image of Independence in the Face of a Powerful Russia
• Articulating Smart Power: The Strategic Information Environment of the Northern Sea Route
• The Battle for Wake Island 2025: A Critical Assessment of Pacific Basing Strategy
• The Tenth Man: Japan Is the United States’ Next Asian Competitor
• China and “Deep Bench” Diplomatic Power
• Geoengineering and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Risks, Governance, and Strategic Imperatives
• Anticipatory Defense in the Arctic
• The Cost of Arctic Succession: Russia’s Militarization Demands a NATO Response
• Proposal for US–Greenland Integration: A Path to the Future
• Guatemala’s Security Challenges and the Government’s Response
• Optimizing Drone Selection for Initial Remote Piloting Training: A Multicriteria Decision Analysis Using the SWARA-MOORA-3NAG Method
• Proposal for the Creation of a Brazilian Space Force
• Jihad in the Jungle: An Examination of Hezbollah’s Financial Network in the Tri-Border Area
• The Strategic Importance of an Unlikely Relationship: Paraguay and Taiwan
• Integrated Deterrence and US Defense Strategy in NATO and AUKUS: An Analysis of Advanced Technologies and Multi-Domain Operations in Alliance Systems
• A Nuclear Economy: Proliferation Financing and the Fight to Stop Bad Actors
• Strategic Horizons 2026, v. 2, no. 1 
• A Vacuum of Strategy: America’s African Retreat and the New Great-Power Contest
• Will Libya Ever Be Whole Again? Prospects for Unity and Stability in a Fragmented State
• Suppression of Enemy Air Defense: SEAD in Iran’s Defense Doctrine
• Reforging the Arsenal of Democracy: The Ukraine Wake-Up Call
• China’s Expanding Airpower in the Western Indian Ocean
• US–Mongolia Defense Relations: A Strategic Partnership in the Heart of Asia
• Missile Defense Reimagined: A Theoretical Examination of the “Golden Dome” Proposal
• Continental Defense at a Crossroads: US Strategic Contingency Planning for an Independent Alberta
• The Dragon, the Jaguar, and the Eagle: The Rise of China in Mexico and Brazil, a Historical-Comparative Analysis
• A Dragon in the Backyard: The People’s Republic of China’s Posture Plans Threaten Atlantic Security
• An Officer of the Argentine Air Force in Vietnam

 Amnesty International 

• Anatomy of Repression - Georgia: 500 Days of Protest, Crackdown and Resilience 
• Automating Suspicion: Risk Profiling as a Smokescreen for Structural Discrimination and Inequality 
• Erasing Anything Palestinian: Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and Herding Communities 
• Falling Through the Cracks: Cambodia’s “Crackdown” on Scamming Compounds and the Victims It Has Failed 
• Indoctrination in the Russian Educational System 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), May 2026, v. 33, no. 5 
• Update: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
• Update: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
• Update: Exertional Hyponatremia Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
• Update: Malaria Among Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
• Annual Review of Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities, January 1, 2025–December 31, 2025

 Army T2COM G2

• Arctic Irregular Operations Enhanced by Integrating Indigenous Capabilities 
• Chinese Counter-SOF Doctrine Shaped by Legacy and Augmented by Robust Security Services 
• Chinese Security Companies Expanding Operational Reach Beyond Party Limits 
• Great Power Competition and Conflict in the Age of Authoritarian Collusion 
• OE Watch: Foreign News & Perspectives of the Operational Environment, 2026, no. 4 

 Army University Press

• Journal of Military Learning, v. 10, June 2026 
• Studying the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Undergraduate Research at the U.S. Military Academy
• Dunning-Kruger Effect: An Adult Learning Framework for Enhancing Metacognitive Aptitude and Reducing Cognitive Bias in the U.S. Army Special Forces
• Lariat Advance: Insights from the Cold War for the Twenty-First Century 

 Army War College - Strategic Studies Institute

• Ukraine’s War Effort in Mid-2026: International Opportunities and Domestic Challenges 

 Army War College Press

• Academic Year 2026–27 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment 

 Asia Society Policy Institute

• Beyond the Biotech Race — Right-Sizing U.S.-China Competition in a Human-Centered Industry 
• An Overview of U.S.-China Life Sciences Competition and Cooperation 
• Russia–North Korea Military Cooperation in Response to China’s Tactical Ambiguity 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Cyberwarfare in Iran: Proxy Hacking 

 Atlantic Council

• The Case for a US Northeast Asia Command 
• Financing the End of the Digital Divide 
• From Diversification to Integration: A Market-Based LNG Coordination Mechanism in Europe 
• Future of NATO’s Deterrence in the Air Domain 
• The Global Energy Crisis and Its Impacts on Asian Emerging Economies 
• How Global Authoritarians Sustain Inequality 
• A Renewed Security and Cooperation Agenda for Colombia’s Next Government 
• To Stop Chinese Dual-Use Battery Dominance, the United States and South Korea Need to Team Up 
• Updating the Democratic Transition Framework to Chart a Way Forward in Venezuela 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• From Exposure to Endurance: Competitive Architecture for High-ESG Mineral-Specific Supply Chains 
• Make Stuff Here…Or Else: A Framework for Deciding What Australia Must Produce, Repair or Regenerate Domestically 
• North of 26 South and the Security of Australia: Views from The Strategist Volume 13 
• Pressure Points Part 3: China in the Pacific and Indian Oceans 
• Reading the Room: Redesigning Intelligence Product for the AI Age 
• Synergies for the Future: Australia–South Korea Pathways in Strategic Defence Technology Cooperation 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• AI Investment Reshapes US Import Patterns 
• How Declining Oil Production Could Weaken Russia’s Geopolitical Power 
• Refugee Numbers Dropped in 2025 — But Aid Cuts and Other Trends Suggest Little to Celebrate 
• Sustainability in a Fragmented Global Economy: Managing Trade-Offs Across Interconnected Systems 

 Brookings Institution

• Political Geography of AI Exposure 
• Tracking Federal Expenditures in Real Time 
• Tracking Trump’s Tariffs and Other Trade Actions 
• Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction? 

 Brown University, Costs of War Project

• Lethal Precision Without Accountability: Israeli Government "Quadcopter" Use in Gaza 

 Bruegel  

• Planning for the Rising Fiscal Costs of Climate Disasters 
• The Right Balance: How to Fix European Union Artificial Intelligence Regulation 
• Stack Battles: The US-China Artificial-Intelligence Rivalry is Moving Beyond Chips Alone 
• When Oil is Scarce and Debt is Binding: Policy Sequencing Under a Severe Energy Supply Shock 

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Institut Canadien Des Affaires Mondiales) (CGAI)

• Bill C-11 and Reforming the Military Justice System 
• Canada’s Role in Trade and Standards 
• The Republic of Korea and Canada's Defence Industrial Future 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The Compute Coalition: How to Build the Future of AI in the Free World 
• From Trade Dependence to Geopolitical Leverage: The EU in an Era of Weaponized Interdependence
• Global Governance in the Twenty-First Century: Sustain, Reform, Transform  
• A Grand Strategy for Europe’s Clean Industrial Future 
• Loyal but Powerless: The Downgrading of Russia’s Elite 
• Orbán, Fidesz, and Hungary’s Populist Foreign Policy 
• Post-U.S. International Democracy Support: Aspiration in Search of Substance 
• Retreat, Rebel, Replace, or Reform? Making Sense of Multilateralism Under Trump 2.0 
• State Capacity and American Power 

 Cato Institute

• Federal Government Spending Is a Leaky Bucket 
• From Oil Wells to Citizens’ Wealth: The Alaska Dividend at 50 and Why it Matters Far Beyond Alaska 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Red Lines: Understanding the National Security Risks of China’s Advanced AI 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• The China-Russia Meta-Threat: The Architecture of Authoritarian Power 
• Dissent Across Borders: Russian Human Rights Organizations in Exile 
• An Ecosystem of Truth: Russian Independent Media in Exile 
• Russian Civil Society in Exile 
• Sowing the Seeds of Renewal: Russian Higher Education in Exile 

 Center for Global Security Research

• Second Centers of Nuclear Decisionmaking: The History and Growing Relevance of Independent Nuclear Forces 

 Center for International Policy

• Arming the Cartels – and So Many Others 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Identifying the AI Development Workforce 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• CSS Policy Brief
• No. 4: Cognitive Warfare: The Case for Disaggregation 
• No. 3: Playing a ‘Weak Hand’: Russia’s Middle East Policy 
• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 344: Cultural Consumption in Wartime Russia 
• No. 343: Russia's Hard Right (Part 2) 
• No. 342: Russia's Hard Right (Part 1) 
• Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
• No. 19: Mobilisation 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CBSA)

• Rising Stars Over the Pacific? Cultivating Indo-Pacific Expertise in the U.S. Armed Forces 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Accelerating the EV Transition in the Global South Through India-Africa Partnership 
• Defining Autonomy: Why Software, Not Drones, Will Decide the Next War 
• Friendly Proliferation: Assessing U.S. Perceptions on Proliferation Among Allies and Partners 
• The New Carbon Order: China’s Response to Europe’s CBAM 
• Preventing Iran’s Military Reconstitution: What Tehran Lost, What It Will Need, and Opportunities to Disrupt Procurement 
• Solid Rocket Motors for Missile Defense: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding the Industrial Base 
• The War May Be Ending. What Did Epic Fury Cost? 
• Wartime Footing: A Two-Front Strategy to Confront China and Russia 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• The Cost of Brexit, Ten Years On: The Impact of Leaving the Customs Union and Single Market on UK Trade 
• Rearming Europe for Deterrence: Short-Term Priorities and Policy Options 
• Ten Years After the Brexit Referendum 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Beyond Harmony, Beyond Rhetoric: Politicizing Ubuntu for AI Governance 
• China’s Economy: Ambition and Challenges 
• The Macroeconomics of Canadian Space 

 Centre for Statecraft & National Security (CSNS)

• Building Syria’s New Ministry of Interior 

 Chatham House

• Addressing the Crisis of Medical Care in Armed Conflict  
• The U.S. Plan for Venezuela Won’t Work Without the Rule of Law. Here’s How to Make Progress 

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

• How Long-Term National Planning Created a Scientific, Technological and Industrial Powerhouse 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• China's SEAD Tactics & Doctrine 
• Chinese Perceptions of Stealth: Shaping Defense Against U.S. Capabilities and Indigenous Developments 
• "SHOCK WAVE" - a Useful Fiction About the Future of Hypersonics 
• Thoughts from the Chairman: The Next Battlefield is Within 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Chinese Investment in EU-Seaports: In Search of Tipping Points 
• Post-War Security Sector Reform in Ukraine: Insights from Finland, South Korea and Taiwan 

 Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS)

• Law Enforcement Elder Justice Resource Guide 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 
• Estimated Budgetary Effects of S. 2, the Secure America Act 
• How CBO Estimated the Effects of the 2025 Reconciliation Act on the Labor Supply

 Council on Foreign Relations

• Pharma Choke Point: How to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Chinese Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Supply Chains 
• Russian Annexation of Belarus: Contingency Planning Memorandum 

 CrowdStrike

• CrowdStrike 2026 Technology Threat Landscape Report 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Checkpoints, Conflict and Scam Logistics: Mobile Control and the Politics of Circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand Borderlands 
• Checkpoints, Not Territory: Rethinking Conflict 
• Checkpoints, Transport Networks, and Armed Conflicts: Towards a Relational Approach 
• The Nordics and Russia Before and After Maidan: Reflections on the 'Iron Law' of European Russia-Profiles 
• Strategic Autonomy and Europe's New Logic of Intervention 

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

• Entities Identified as Chinese Military Companies Operating in the United States in Accordance with Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283, Section 1260H, as amended (codified at 10 U.S.C. § 113, note))
• Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for [Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena] UAP Encounters (PURSUE) [release of 3rd tranche] 

 Department of Defense/War, Inspector General (DODIG/DODIW)

• DOWIG-2026-091 Evaluation of the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Cold Case Murder Investigations 
• DOWIG-2026-089 U.S. Marine Corps Hospital Corpsman Assault Packs and Medical Material Reporting 
• DOWIG-2026-088 Audit of DoW Support for the Care and Safety of Detainees in Response to the National Emergency at the Southern Border 

 Department of Energy (DOE)

• Fusion Science and Technology (FS&T) Roadmap 
• Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act [SHIP Act] 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• Administered Heroes: How Russia Governs Its Veterans 
• Angola between China, Russia and the West: Elections, Critical Minerals and Regional Realignment 
• The End of “Returning to the Past”: Trump in China and Lessons for Europe 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Largest Wind Farm in the United States slated to Begin Commercial Operations 

 European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

• The Art of the Swarm: Systemic Rivalry with China on European Terms 
• The Bear with the Bomb: Russian Nuclear Coercion and the Future of European Deterrence 
• Brexit Isn’t Working: British Voters Are Ready for a European Future  
• Home Alone: Europeans Are Ready to Defend Themselves 
• If Bardella Wins: Scenarios for a Far-Right Presidency in France 
• Mitigate, Deter, Escalate: Europe’s Options Against US Economic Coercion 
• Sliding Doors: One Trump Crisis, Two Possible Futures for Europe 

 French Institute of International Relations (Institut Français des Relations Internationales) (IFRI)

• Between Russia and Europe, Between War and Peace: What is at Stake in Armenia’s Upcoming Elections? 
• Strategic Shift in NATO’s Support for Ukraine: A Study of NSATU and PURL Initiatives 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Build Back Better, Build Back Greener: Green and Circular Pathways for Ukraine’s Municipal Recovery 
• Endangered Watchdogs: The Uncertain Future of Citizen Election Observation in Georgia 
• Financing Ukraine’s Local Recovery; Targeted Measures Can Help Smaller Cities Access Needed Capital 
• Neighbors in Arms: The Prospects for EU-Ukraine Defense-Industrial Integration 
• Start With One Street: An Emerging Framework for Regenerating Small and Medium-Sized Ukrainian Cities   

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Aerial Refueling Tankers: Air Force Needs More Focused Metrics and a Risk-Based Mitigation Plan to Improve Sustainment GAO-26-109154 
• Behavioral Health: HHS and DOJ Offer Grants to Help Human Trafficking Survivors GAO-26-107901 
• Countering China: Agencies Provided Over $1 Billion but Have Not Assessed Overall Results of Projects GAO-26-107822 
• DHS Annual Assessment: Dynamic Environment Affects Efforts to Manage Acquisition Risks GAO-26-108118 
• Disaster Contracting: Actions Needed to Encourage Advance Contract Use and Improve Information Sharing and Oversight GAO-26-108121 
• Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Actions Needed to Enhance Performance Data and Oversight GAO-26-106949 
• F-35 Sustainment: Actions Needed to Ensure Updated Strategy Improves Persistent Readiness Challenges GAO-26-108113 
• Federal Agency Workforce Changes: Update for July 2025 to January 2026 GAO-26-108583 
• Federal Data: Congressional Action Needed to Improve Interoperability of Award and Payment Eligibility Data GAO-26-107466 
• Federal Workforce: Executive Actions Reshaped Probationary Employment Rules and Reduced Staff Levels at Selected Agencies GAO-26-108557 
• Freedom of Information Act: National Guard Bureau Should Verify Data and Address Reported Challenges GAO-26-108472 
• Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities GAO-26-108886 
• Inspectors General Integrity Committee: Strengthened Oversight and Policy Needed to Ensure Consistent Investigations GAO-26-107922 
• Low-Earth Orbit: NASA Faces Impending Decisions for Replacing International Space Station with Commercial Stations GAO-26-107805 
• Military Child Care: DOD Should Communicate More Clearly with Providers in the Fee Assistance Program GAO-26-107827 
• Military Child Care: Services’ Use of Worker Recruitment and Retention Incentives GAO-26-107831 
• The Nation's Fiscal Health: Urgent and Sustained Action Needed to Improve the Fiscal Outlook GAO-26-108610 
• Robotic Autonomous Systems: Navy Needs to Address Leadership and Organizational Challenges to Meet Urgent Needs GAO-26-109014 
• Service Member Reemployment Rights: Enhanced Education and Additional Training Could Improve Investigations GAO-26-108197 
• Special Operations Forces: Actions Needed to Improve Monitoring of Acquisitions GAO-26-108036 
• Veterans Health Care: Scheduling Systems and Related Challenges GAO-26-109213 
• Veterans Health Care: Training and Improved Oversight Needed for Reviewing and Reporting Providers with Clinical Care Concerns GAO-26-107528 
• Weapon Systems Acquisition: Beyond Business as Usual—Using Leading Practices to Curb Waste and Save Billions GAO-26-109135 

 Heritage Foundation

• America’s Farms Are a Front in the New Cold War 
• President Trump’s FY 2027 Defense Budget Request: A Generational Investment 

 Hudson Institute

• From Dependency to Partnership: The Czech Example for Europe 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• The Case for Using Section 301 to Retaliate Against Discriminatory EU Policies 
• COMAC: China’s Looming Threat to the Global Aviation Industry 
• How Innovative Is China’s Space Industry? 
• Korea’s STEM Talent Challenge: Fixing Incentives for Deployability 

 Institute for Policy Studies

• The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring and NPT Safeguards Reports — June 2026 
• Comprehensive Imagery Report on Nuclear Enrichment Related Sites, Post-April Ceasefire 
• A Peddling Peril Index 2025/2026 Teaser: Countries with Rare Earth Element Reserves 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• June 11, 2026 Shootout in Mogadishu; Tanzania Warms to the Kremlin; Sudanese Political Dialogue  
• June 18, 2026 RSF Mobilizes Around SAF’s Central Sudan Stronghold; Tshisekedi’s Power Grab 
• China & Taiwan Update
• June 12, 2026 
• June 18, 2026 
• Iran Update
• June 8, 2026 
• June 9, 2026 
• June 10, 2026 
• June 11, 2026 
• June 12, 2026 
• June 13, 2026 
• June 14, 2026 
• June 15, 2026 
• June 16, 2026 
• June 17, 2026 
• June 18, 2026 
• June 19, 2026 
• June 20, 2026 
• June 21, 2026 
• Korean Peninsula Update
• June 9, 2026 
• June 16, 2026 
• North Korea’s Constitutional Amendments Cement the Regime’s Strategic Posture 
• Russian Occupation Update
• June 18, 2026 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• June 8, 2026 
• June 9, 2026 
• June 10, 2026 
• June 11, 2026 
• June 12, 2026 
• June 13, 2026 
• June 14, 2026 
• June 15, 2026 
• June 16, 2026 
• June 17, 2026 
• June 18, 2026 
• June 19, 2026 
• June 20, 2026 
• June 21, 2026 

 International Crisis Group

• Myanmar’s New Administration: Military Consolidation, Not Transition 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Impact of a Taiwan Strait Crisis or Conflict on the Malaysian Economy: Possible Scenarios 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

• The Algorithm and the Bomb: How AI Is Reshaping Nuclear Risk Across a Multipolar World 
• Following the Money: Allegations of Cross-Border Networks in Northern Syria 
• The Human Bombs: The Untold Industrial History of Suicide Bombing 

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

• Fighting Without Fighting: Wu Wei and Strategic Conduct in Special Operations 
• The Warrior vs. The Algorithm: How Technological Adoption May Fracture the SOF Culture 

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Modern War and the Systemic Learning Deficit in Western Military Institutions  
• Understanding the Chinese Military Threat to Australia 

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• The Economics of Terror: Why Canada Should Explicitly Criminalize Pay-For-Slay Programs 

 Modern War Institute

• False Targets, Real Survivability: Here’s What’s Keeping the Army from Borrowing Ukraine’s Air Defense Decoy Techniques 

 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

• Munitions Dashboard 

 National Intelligence University (NIU)

• Tackling Today’s Intelligence Challenges: Insights from Analytic Innovations in the 1970s 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• China Maritime Report #55: Loading the Well Deck: The PLA Navy's Maturing Role in Projecting Joint Ground Forces 
• CMSI Translations #31: Joint Air and Missile Defense Operations in the Maritime Domain Must Emphasize and Strengthen the “Four Joint Functions” 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Exploring Myanmar’s Role in India’s Rare-Earth Elements Security 

 OpenAI

• PRC-linked Influence Operations Are Targeting AI Debates in the U.S. 

 Our World in Data

• Where Do Migrants Live, and Where Were They Born? 

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

• Digital Peacebuilding? The Socio-Technicality of Transforming Armed Conflict [open access book] 
• Institutional Legacies of Violent Conflict: Development and State-Building in the Shadow of Wartime Institutional Change [open access book] 

 Pew Research Center

• Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact 
• Americans Are More Dissatisfied with How Their Democracy is Working Than People in Other High-Income Countries 
• Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology 
• How the Political Typology Groups Compare 
• Israelis, Palestinians, Americans See War in Iran Differently 
• More Countries Had Elevated Levels of Social Hostilities Involving Religion in 2023 
• On the Country’s 250th Anniversary, the American People Are in a Sour Mood 
• Religious Restrictions Around the World 
• Trump Gets Negative Reviews Internationally as Fewer Say U.S. Is a Reliable Partner 

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• Cooperation without Oversight: The United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative 
• Demilitarizing Counternarcotics: 25 Years of Evidence from Colombia 
• Workarounding While the International Order Fractures 

 RAND Corporation

• Advancing U.S.–UK Cooperation to Secure Frontier Artificial Intelligence 
• AI Agents Put Offensive Cyber Within Reach of Novices: Comparing the Performance of AI Agents to Humans in Offensive Cyber Operations 
• Can LLM Agents Select and Engage with Biological Tools?: An Initial Biosecurity Assessment 
• China’s Techno-Industrial Strategy in the Xi Era: Producing Under Pressure 
• Combating Chinese Fentanyl Trafficking: Policy Considerations for Supply Reduction and International Coordination 
• Cultivating a Warrior Ethos in the Air Force: Strategies for Developing Airminded Warriors in Initial Training 
• Flagpole to Front Lines: A Warfighter-driven Requirements Process 
• How China Misperceives Itself 
• Looking Beyond the Government’s Regulatory Toolkit: Early Findings on How Business and Civil Society Actors Can Help Manage and Mitigate Transformative Artificial Intelligence Risks and Impacts 
• Navigating Duality in Space: Establishing a Foundational Understand of Dual-Use Space Activities 
• The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Approach to Maintenance Management: Cooking Dumplings in a Teapot 
• Personnel Vetting 101 Applicant Toolkit: Frequently Asked Questions and Common Misperceptions 
• Public Trust in Science and Scientific Trustworthiness 
• Quality and Patient Safety Review Processes in Military Treatment Facilities and Operational Clinical Services 
• Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity 
• Setting Special and Incentive Pay Policy in the U.S. Military: An Analytic Framework 
• Supply Chain, Energy, and AI Nexus: Evaluating AI Energy Supply Chain Vulnerabilities 
• U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences 
• Understanding Partner Preferences in the Selection of Defense Capabilities: Case Studies Exploring the Selection of Alternatives to U.S. Solutions 
• What is Blocking U.S. Power Expansion for AI—and What Could Unlock it by 2030? 
• Will We Know if AI Takes Over? 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• China and Rare Earth Supply Chains 
• The Colombia–Ecuador Organised Crime and Security Nexus 
• FATF Greylisting and Financial Inclusion 
• Gender-Responsive Approaches to Countering State Threats: A Policy Brief 
• Integrating Gender into State Threat Analysis: A Practical Toolkit 
• Masculinities and Violence in the Horn of Africa Borderlands 

 Small Arms Survey

• Arsenal Upgrades: MANPADS, the RSF, and the War in Sudan 
• Small Arms Survey 2025 Annual Report 

 Software Information Industry Association (SIIA)

• The Quantum Moment: What Policymakers Need to Know 

 Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)

• AI Coding Agents Fail at Teamwork 
• AI Hiring Tools Can Yield Racial Bias and Systemic Rejection 

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

• No Going Back Now? Armenia-EU Relations After the 2026 Parliamentary Elections 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Annual Review 2025 
• Building an Effective Infrastructure for Peace in Syria and Lebanon 

 Taylor & Francis

• Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
• Examining the Influence of Violent Extremist Group Membership on Online Behavior Among Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists [open access article] 
• Trauma and the Extremist Life Cycle: A Study of Former Fighters in Lebanon [open access article] 
• Civil Wars
• Education Provision in Rebel Governance: Comparative Insights from Yemen and Syria [open access article] 
• Post-Conflict Regimes and the Survival of Pro-Government Militias [open access article] 
• Cogent Social Sciences
• AI in Hybrid Conflicts: Towards A Legal Framework for Cognitive Warfare  [open access article] 
• Critical Studies on Terrorism
• From Lebanon to Gaza: The Colonial Gaze and Enemy-Making in Israeli Military Discourse [open access article] 
• ICE as Domestic State Terror: Operation Metro Surge and the Production of Fear in Minneapolis [open access article]  
• Defence Studies
• The Future of Military Doctrine: Lessons on AI and Autonomy from the 2020 Karabakh War [open access article] 
• The Military Use of AI and the Law of Armed Conflict: What Role for Government and Industry? [open access article] 
• Ethics & Global Politics
• Exilic Epistemic Displacement: External Actors Reproducing Forms of Epistemic Injustice in Global Public Discourse [open access article] 
• Geopolitics
• Armed ‘Green’ Disaster Capitalism: How the ‘Climate Conflict’ Narrative Sustains War and Socioecological Catastrophe [open access article] 
• Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
• Case and Risk Formulation for Violent Extremism: Practice Lessons from a Sample of Radicalised Individuals [open access article] 
• ‘We Work in the Shadows’: Re-Framing Respect and Recognition for the Invisible Public Safety Professionals at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service [open access article] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies
• How Dawn Turned into Dusk: Scoping and Closing Possible Nuclear Futures After the Cold War [open access article] 
• A Second Chance: The Unipolar Moment and the Creation of a UN Permanent Military [open access article] 
• Security Studies
• South Africa’s Disarmament and Its Ramifications: From the NPT to the Treaty of Pelindaba and MTCR Adherence, 1988–1995 [open access article] 
• Securitization Paradigm and Religion [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies
• Institutionalizing Revenge: State-Constructed Narratives in Azerbaijan’s Policy Toward Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh [open access article] 
• Winning Small Wars: Controlling Relational Movement and Limiting Escalation in Multiplex Conditions [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• The Criminal Underside of the Green Transition: How Critical Minerals Could Turn the Amazon into a Strategic Asset, or a Criminalized Supply Chain Frontier 
• Deliberative Technologies in Youth, Peace & Security: Promise, Practice, and the Uptake Gap 

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

• AJP-3.7 Allied Joint Doctrine for Recovery of Personnel in a Hostile Environment 
• AJP-5 Allied Joint Doctrine for the Planning of Operations 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Scenario Compendium for the Legal, Operational and Technical Analysis of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems 

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• Implementation Principles - Drug Use Disorder Treatment and Other Non-Custodial Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment for People Who Use Drugs and With Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System for Offences of a Minor Nature 

 UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

• The Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints 

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

• AI Technology Stack Glossary 
• China’s Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

• Redirected Risk: Uyghur Forced Labor and the Enforcement Gap in Australia and Japan 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Back to Bombs or Driving to a Deal? Assessing the U.S.-Iran State of Play 
• A Postwar Middle East? The U.S.-Iran Negotiations and the Region’s Future 
• Tracking the Islamic State: Activity Trends, African Shifts, and U.S. Dormancy 

 White House

• National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-12 
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Defends America’s Warfighters and Intelligence Officers Against Cyber Threats