Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 10-16-2026

 38 North 

 Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Centre

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Bruegel  

 Cambridge University Press

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Center for Global Development (CGD)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Chatham House

 College of Europe

 Conflict Armament Research 

 Congress. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

 Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Council on Geostrategy 

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

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

  • DOWIG-2027-004 Audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Invoice Reviews and Quality Assurance Procedures for the Hurricane Helene Debris Management Mission 
  • DOWIG-2027-003 Unclassified Summary “Audit of the DoW’s Capability and Capacity to Maintain Military Equipment in Powidz, Poland” 
  • DOWIG-2027-001 Audit of the Security over the DoW’s Unclassified Wireless Telecommunications Services Procured Through the Spiral 4 Contract 

 Department of the Army

 Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 ENSURED Project

 EU Non-Proliferation Consortium 

 European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 EUROPOL

 Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique) 

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • 2027-2032 Strategic Plan: Serving Congress and the Nation GAO-27-900655 
  • Artificial Intelligence: Actions and Opportunities to Implement Responsible Use in DOD GAO-27-107837 
  • Critical Minerals: BLM Should Ensure Individuals and Businesses Meet Citizenship Requirements for Hardrock Mining Claims GAO-27-108196 
  • Critical Minerals: Limited Available Information on the Full Extent of Foreign Investment in Mining on Federal Lands GAO-27-108094 
  • Federal Law Enforcement: CBP and ICE Should Improve Body-Worn Camera Program Management GAO-26-108157 
  • Federal Real Property: New Occupancy Data Help Agencies Shed Unneeded Office Space but Gaps Limit the Full Picture GAO-27-108503 
  • Geostationary Weather Satellites: Next Generation Program Challenges Put Vital Observations at Risk GAO-26-107739 
  • National Nuclear Security Administration: Reductions to Federal Workforce GAO-27-109127 
  • National Security: FBI Should Strengthen Partnerships to Combat Non-Traditional Intelligence Collectors GAO-27-109057 
  • Nuclear Waste: Future Land Use Planning at Selected DOE Cleanup Sites GAO-27-108063 
  • Quantum Computing: Federal Actions Needed to Prepare for Emerging Cyber Threat [Reissued with revisions on Oct. 14, 2026] GAO-27-108740 
  • Research Security: NIH Action Needed to Strengthen Foreign Interference Risk Management GAO-27-107848 
  • Service Member Records: DOD Needs to Address Improper and Delayed Releasing of Personnel and Health Information GAO-27-107784 

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for the Study of War

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 

 International Organization for Migration (IMO)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

  • Journal of Policy & Strategy, 2026, v. 6, no. 3 
    • Enduring Arms Control Myths: A Century of Experience
    • Ypres and the Collapse of Chemical Deterrence
    • Requirements and Challenges for U.S. Theater Nuclear Capabilities
    • Russia’s Nuclear Behavior in a Time of War
    • Toward a Free and Unified Korea—Resolving the Korea Challenge at Its Source, May 2026 [proceedings]
    • Assessing U.S. Nuclear Requirements for Deterrence, June 2026 [proceedings]
    • Germany’s New Military Strategy and Its Implications, July 2026 [proceedings]
    • The Honorable Mark T. Esper, former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army [interview]

 National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing

 Naval War College

  • Naval War College Review, Autumn 2026, v. 79, no. 4 
    • Perception Management—An Overlooked and Enduring Element of the 1980s Maritime Strategy
    • Interrelated Risk of the Maritime Choke-Point Network
    • Creating the Foundry—Organizational Learning and Technology Innovation Leadership in the United States Navy
    • What War Games Actually Teach—Threat Recognition, Not Prediction
    • A History of State Attacks on Submarine Cables
    • The Other Dunkirk—German-Romanian Preparations for the Evacuation of Crimea (1943–1944)
    • Research & Debate—Moral Injury Is a Readiness Problem: The Case for a Chaplain-Led, Peer-Intervention Model
    • Set & Drift—“Long before the Enemy Is Sighted”: Frank Marble, Cdr., USN
    • In My View
    • Special Feature—Twenty Years of the China Maritime Studies Institute

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

  • CMSI Note 25: Precluding the Powerful Enemy: A New PLA Concept for a Taiwan Conflict 

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

 North Atlantic Policy Forum

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Observer Research Foundation

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization
  • Summer 2026, no. 49 Special Issue on Antisemitism Part 2 
    • Antisemitism in Plain Sight: Introduction to the Special Issue, Part II
    • Visual Antisemitism Across Europe During the Gaza War
    • Why Many Americans Identify Jewish Americans with Israel: Suggestions for Reducing This Source of Antisemitism and for Better Measures of Antisemitism
    • Villains in the Middle East: A Moral Typecasting Theory of Antisemitic Attitudes and Perceptions of Israelis
    • Trauma-Informed Victim Support and Reporting of Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes: Bridging Deradicalization, Justice, and Community Resilience
    • Extremism and Antisemitism: Pathways to Disengagement and Recovery, A Program-Based Practice Report
    • Reducing Antisemitism and Other Prejudices: Can Biographical Intergroup Contact Help to Prevent Radicalization?
  • Fall 2026, no. 50 
    • Systematic Review of Trajectories Out of Violent Extremism: Toward a Model of Disengagement Based on Cumulative Disillusionment
    • Minds in Revolution: Radical Worldview Formation and Dissolution as Paradigmatic Shifts
    • What We Talk About When We Talk About Prevention: A Scoping Review of the Literature on Prevention-Oriented Strategic Communication
    • Understanding Radicalisation Vulnerability in a Prevent Channel Panel Cohort: A Mixed-Methods Study of 137 Individuals Known to Mental Health Services
    • Counter Extremism Care: The Dutch Approach
    • Nihilistic Violent Extremism and Youth CVE Practice: Emerging Challenges for Assessment, Intervention and Service Delivery

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)

 UK Ministry of Defence

  • AJP-5 Allied Joint Doctrine for the Planning of Operations 

 UK Parliament House of Commons Library

 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia

 University of Western Australia (UWA) Defence and Security Institute 

 Wiley

 World Bank

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 10-02-2026 & 10-09-2026

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 American Oversight

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), September 2026, v. 33, no. 9 
    • Health Outcomes of U.S. Active Component Service Members Working in High Risk Occupations for Blast Overpressure Exposure: A Retrospective Cohort Study
    • Public Health Practice: A Standardized Approach to Non-Infectious Disease Cluster Investigations in the U.S. Department of the Air Force
    • A New Era of Research in the U.S. Department of War Serum Repository: A Review of Published Studies, 2013–2024
    • Relevance and Comparability of Global Laboratory Molecular Detection of Influenza by the U.S. Department of War, 2025–2026

 Army Center of Military History

  • Army History Magazine, Summer 2026, no. 140 
    • Lost in the Alps: The Missing Scouts of the 551st Parachute Infantry
    • The Battle of Monocacy: How Soldiers' Pride, Leadership, and the B&O Railroad Saved Washington, D.C., and Abraham Lincoln in 1864
    • Verlin C. Blackwell: Soldier, Painter, and Quiet Chronicler of the Pacific War

 Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

  • Cyber Defense Review, 2026, v. 11, no. 3 
    • Rethinking Higher Education for Whole-of-Society Cybersecurity: The Georgia Cyber Center Model
    • Grand Challenges in Agentic AI for Cyber Operations: A Research Agenda
    • Re-Defining Defensive Cyber Operations: How Organizations Must Rewire for the Agentic Age
    • Securing the Autonomous Battlefield: Zero Trust Architectures at the Edge
    • From Centralized Control to Distributed Risk: Assessing the Fine-Tuning Challenge in Offensive AI Operations
    • AI, Decision Authority, and the Future of Cyber Defense in Critical Infrastructure
    • From Workforce to Warfighting: Why State Cyber Reserve Forces Fail
    • From Bytes to Satellites: Improving U.S. Joint Force All-Source Intelligence to Counter the PLA
    • Cyberspace Force Threat
    • Making Analytic Confidence Visible: An Operational Rubric for Cyber Analysis
    • The Western Technology Market as Russia’s Emerging “Field of Confrontation”: The Evolution of
    • Strategic Thinking, 2013–2023
    • When Cyber Pressure Outpaces Recovery: A National-Level Framework for Cumulative Cyber
    • Operational Attrition
    • Cyber Defense 2.0: AI, Readiness, and Resilience

 Army T2COM G2

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) 

 Aspen Digital

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Brookings

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 /Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS)  

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology  (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

 Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

 Congress. House. Select Committee on China

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense AI Observatory (DAIO)

 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

 Defense Priorities

 Department of the Army

  • AR 15-6: Investigation of the 29 January 2025 Collison of a UH-60 Black Hawk and Civilian Aircraft Near Ronald Reagon National Airport 

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

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

  • DOWIG-2027-002 Audit of the Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization of DoW Education Activity Schools and Educational Facilities in Japan 
  • DOWIG-2026-125 Independent Auditor’s Report on DoW OIG Assistance with OPM’s Agreed‑Upon Procedures for Reviewing FY 2026 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information 
  • DOWIG-2026-124 Evaluation of The Effectiveness of Department of War Policies and Procedures for Identifying and Evaluating Traumatic Brain Injury for Naval Special Warfare Personnel 
  • DOWIG-2026-123 Lack of Clarity in the Defense Transportation Regulation Creates Risk of Contractor Performance of Inherently Governmental Functions 
  • DOWIG-2026-122 Follow-up Audit of U.S. Special Operations Command Management of Special Operations-Peculiar Equipment 

 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General 

  • OIG-26-40 TSA's IT Access Control Deficiencies Increased Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Systems and Information - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-39 DHS Complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act and Took Steps to Prevent and Reduce Improper Payments in FY 2025 
  • OIG-26-38 In FY 2021 - FY 2024, ICE Took Limited Action on Nonimmigrant Overstays, Including Those Deemed High Risk to National Security 
  • OIG-26-37 ICE Did Not Adequately Plan, Procure, and Monitor Detention Space Contracts and Agreements 
  • OIG-26-36 Results of an Unannounced Inspection of Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico 
  • OIG-26-35 CBP and ICE Had Effective Processes for Issuing and Acting Upon Immigration Enforcement-Related Detainers in Del Rio, Texas 
  • OIG-26-34 FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants Face Delays and Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities 
  • OIG-26-33 CBP Did Not Consistently Document and Track Searches of Electronic Devices at U.S. Ports of Entry as Required - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-31 USCIS Allowed Employees Who Did Not Meet Security and Suitability Requirements to Occupy National Security Positions (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-32 Coast Guard: Fast Response Cutter Deficiencies Could Endanger Crew and Limit Mission Effectiveness - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-26 Adjudication Errors in Operation Allies Welcome Asylum Files Risked Missing Derogatory Information (REDACTED) 

 Department of State

 Department of State Inspector General

  • ISP-I-27-09 Evaluation of the U.S. Department of State’s Regional Bureaus’ Administration of Foreign Assistance Programs 

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 EUROPOL

 Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V.)

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Financial Integrity

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 GLOBSEC

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Army Corps of Engineers: Determinations That Projects Do Not Need Environmental Mitigation Should Be Clarified GAO-27-108551 
  • Child Labor: DOL Action Needed to Better Protect Working Children GAO-26-107722 
  • Coast Guard: Additional Action Needed to Address Marine Firefighting Challenges GAO-26-108533 
  • Combatting Illicit Drugs: DOJ and DHS Must Resolve Uncertainties Around Collaboration to Ensure Effective Counternarcotics Investigations GAO-26-107414 
  • Criminal Justice: Data on Noncitizen Incarcerations, Convictions, Removals, and Costs GAO-26-107448 
  • Cybersecurity Regulations: Industry Panelists Identify Duplication and Conflicts and Ways to Address Them GAO-26-109197 
  • Director of National Intelligence: Status of Open GAO Recommendations GAO-26-109273 
  • Disaster Assistance: FEMA Actions Needed to Better Support People with Disabilities in Disasters GAO-26-108057 
  • DOGE: Congress and the Public Lack Assurance That Systems and Data Were Protected at Multiple Agencies GAO-26-108192 
  • Firearms Trafficking to Mexico: Better Data and Performance Monitoring Would Help Agencies Direct Resources to Counter Cartels GAO-26-108061 
  • Flood Insurance: Congressional Action Could Help Increase Coverage for At-Risk Properties GAO-27-108012 
  • Foreign Assistance: Agencies Made Broad Changes, but State Lacked Guidance for Decisions GAO-26-108607 
  • Geothermal Energy: Bureau of Land Management Should Improve Permitting Process as Development Demand Grows on Federal Lands GAO-26-108040 
  • Innovation in Action: Getting You Up to Speed on Manufacturing GAO-27-109056 
  • Internet of Things: OMB Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Secure Their Networked Devices GAO-26-108937 
  • IT Systems Annual Assessment: DOD Should Improve IT Fraud Risk Management Practices GAO-26-108596 
  • Nonimmigrant Visas: State Should Consistently Conduct Global Staffing Needs Assessments to Help Balance Workloads and Address Long Wait Times GAO-26-107902 
  • Nuclear Power: Actions Needed to Improve NRC’s Assessment of Its Workforce Needs GAO-26-108737 
  • Precision Navigation Systems: Challenges Remain with Fielding New Capabilities GAO-27-107676 
  • Public Health Preparedness: Action Needed to Address National and Biosecurity Risks Associated with Disposal of Federal Laboratory Equipment GAO-26-107729 
  • Quantum Computing: Federal Actions Needed to Prepare for Emerging Cyber Threat GAO-27-108740 
  • State Department: Fly America Act’s Effects on Travel Costs and Personnel Experience GAO-27-108631 
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Federal Actions Needed to Help Veterans Access Benefits GAO-27-108111 
  • VA Health Care: Action Needed to Improve Fertility Care Communications and Eligibility Determination Process GAO-26-108492 
  • VA Health Care: Prevalence Information Needed to Better Understand and Address Harassment Involving Veterans GAO-26-109183 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry Jackson Society

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Center

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

  • Perspectives on Terrorism, 2026, v. 20, no. 3 
    • Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremist Financing in Canada
    • A Metadata Analysis of 55 Databases and Datasets on Terrorism
    • Understanding the User Dynamics that Underpin the Overlap Between Gore Sites and Ideological Extremist Content
    • Terrorist Exploitation of Artificial Intelligence
    • Bibliography: Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (CBRN)

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Law Reform Institute

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, October 2, 2026, v. 26, no. 19 
    • In the Online Age, PRC Foreign Intelligence Evolves
    • The PRC’s Compute Push Goes Global
    • Campaign Against ‘New Qing History’ Reinforces Ethnic Unity
    • Beijing’s London Embassy as an Integrated Threat
    • Beijing Makes Rapid Gains Toward Seed Self-Reliance
    • ‘We’re Coming for You’: PRC Influence in UN Rights Bodies
    • Party Blames Zhang Youxia’s Fall on Disloyalty, Factionalism
  • Terrorism Monitor, October 9, 2026, v. 24, no. 15 
    • Yemen Becomes the Islamic State’s Media Sanctuary
    • Iran to Deepen PRC Ties Despite Lack of Military Support
    • Türkiye Expands its Security Strategy in Libya
    • Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Rattled by Iranian Drones as Militant Dispute Resumes

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)           

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

 MITRE

 National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

 North Atlantic Policy Forum

 Observer Research Foundation

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

 Our World in Data

 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)

 Pew Research Center

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Arms Survey

 Stanford Internet Observatory

  • Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2026, v. 3, no. 4 
    • Regulating the “Unregulatable”: Why Policymakers Are in Paralysis When Regulating AI
    • Abuse Is Not Love: Failure to Recognize Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence
    • Mandating Data Interoperability as a Tool for Improving Youth Wellbeing on Social Media
    • The Far-Reaching Implications of Brazil’s Supreme Court Decision for Platform Governance
    • Beyond Content-Based Enforcement
    • Trust and Safety of Human- and AI-Powered Visual Description: A Case Study of Be My Eyes
    • AI and Agency: Benefiting Users by Understanding and Serving Explicit Aspirations
    • The Backbone of Abuse: How Infrastructure Providers Enable the Proliferation of AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery
    • “It Doesn’t Violate Our Community Standards”: Examining Social Media Platforms’ Moderation Practices for User-Reported Rule-Breaking Tobacco Content

 Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence 

 Swedish Defence Research Agency

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis 

 Toda Peace Institute

 UN Security Council

 UK Parliament House of Commons Library

 UK Parliament House of Lords Library

 United Nations

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia (Australia)

 White House

 World Bank