Monday, July 8, 2019

Friday's Miscellany 06-28-2019 & 07-05-2019


38 North

Action on Armed Violence

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)



Air Power Development Centre (APDC)

Air University Press

AidData

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) 

American Foreign Policy Council

Amnesty International

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), June 2019, v. 6, no. 6
o    Offspring Sex Ratio of Male Active Duty U.S. Navy Submariners, 2001–2015
o    Norovirus Outbreak in Army Service Members, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 2018
o    Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis in a U.S. Air Force Training Population, Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, TX, 2018
o    Surveillance Snapshot: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among U.S. Active Component Service Members in the Millennium Cohort Study, 2006–2017
o    Female Infertility, Active Component Service Women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013–2018

Army Center of Military History
·         Army History Magazine, Summer 2019, no. 112
o    "Nothing Daunted" Andrew A. Humphreys, the Union II Corps, and the Appomattox Campaign
o    Musing of a Staff-Ride Facilitator

Army University Press
·         Military Review, July-August 2019, v. 99, no. 4
o    Reinvigorating the Army’s Approach to Command and Control: Leading by Mission Command (Part II)
o    Risky Business: Commercial Support for Large-Scale Ground Combat Operations
o    Putting the Fight Back in the Staff
o    Multi-Domain Information Operations and the Brigade Combat Team: Lessons from Cyber Blitz 2018
o    Return of Ground-Based Electronic Warfare Platforms and Force Structure
o    Of Strong Men and Straw Men: Appraising Post-Coup Political Developments
o    The Cost of Tolerating Toxic Behaviors in the Department of Defense Workplace
o    A Constructive Leader Training Program Designed to Rapidly Increase Unit Training Readiness
o    Practical Advice to Thinking above the Tactical Level: The Six-Step Process
o    How the Russian Media Portrays the U.S. Military
o    Incompatibility and Divorce of Institutions: Civil-Military Conflict in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps’ Departure from Yale during the Vietnam War
o    Seeking the Elephant: Improving Leader Visualization Skills through Simple War Games
o    The Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is the Support Area Command Post
o    Information War 2022: Musings of a Senior Officer on Russian Information Warfare and Recent Events
o    Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon
o    Vets in Action

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

Atlantic Council
·         Russia's Energy Strategy

Australian Centre on China in the World

Australian National University

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Baker Institute for Public Policy

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) 
·         The Hong Kong Demonstrations

Belfer Center

Bipartisan Policy Center

Blair Institute for Global Change

Brennan Center

Brookings Institute

Bruegel
·         Preparing for Uncertainty

CACI International Inc

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

CATO Institute

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Center for Army Lessons Learned

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

Center for Global Development

Center for International Governance Innovation

Center for Naval Analysis (CNA)

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 237 - Security Issues 


Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Polio Labs
·         Space Force or Space Corps?

Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies
·         Perspectives on Terrorism, June 2019, v. 13, no. 3
o    Global Jihadism after the Syria War
o    Call of Duty Jihad: How the Video Game Motif has Migrated Downstream from Islamic State Propaganda Videos
o    A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes? Daesh after its Territorial Losses in Iraq and Syria
o    Knowing What to Do: Academic and Practitioner Understanding of How to Counter Violent
o    Blurred Lines: The New ‘Domestic’ Terrorism
o    The Utility of Disabled Fighters in the Islamic State
o    Bibliography: Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) (Part 5)
o    Bibliography: Boko Haram
o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
o    115+ Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on the Role of the Internet in Facilitating and Combating Radicalization, Extremism, Terrorism and Cyber-Terrorism, written in English between 1995 and 2019

Center on Global Energy Policy

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Chatham House

Clingendael Institute
·         Migration: Returns At What Cost

Congress. House. Foreign Relations Committee

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

Congress. House. Science. Space, & Technology Committee

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Counter Extremism Project

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)
·         DODIG-2019-096 Audit of the Training of the Army’s Regionally Aligned Forces in the U.S. Africa Command

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
·         OIG-19-49  CBP's Global Entry Program Is Vulnerable to Exploitation (REDACTED)
·         OIG-19-51 Management Alert – DHS Needs to Address Dangerous Overcrowding and Prolonged Detention of Children and Adults in the Rio Grande Valley (Redacted)

Department of State
·         AUD-MERO-19-27 Audit of the Department of State Implementation of Policies Intended To Counter Violent Extremism

East-West Center

Electronic Frontier Foundation

European Council on Foreign Relations
·         Libya’s Global Civil War
·         Rescuing Multilateralism

European Leadership Network (ELN)

European Policy Centre (EPC)
·         EPIM Policy Update July 2019

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
·         Russia in the Western Balkans

EUROPOL

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Finite State
·         Huawei Supply Chain Assessment

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Fletcher School
·         Fletcher Security Review, Summer 2019
o    The Rise of Russia’s Hi-Tech Military
o    Challenges Technologies Pose to U.S.-Russia Arms Control
o    The Intelligence Cycle of Targeted Killing in the United States
o    Sino-Indian Nuclear Dynamics: Taking the Global Lead
o    Re-thinking Biological Arms Control for the 21st Century

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Foundation for Strategic Research
·         The End Of ArmsControl? 


French Institute of International Relations

Future Directions International

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

German Development Institute

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         2017 Disaster Relief Oversight: Strategy Needed to Ensure Agencies’ Internal Control Plans Provide Sufficient Information GAO-19-479
·         Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Conduct More Risk-Informed Covert Tests and Address Vulnerabilities [testimony] GAO-19-633T
·         Biodefense: The Nation Faces Long-Standing Challenges Related to Defending Against Biological Threats [testimony] GAO-19-635T
·         Coast Guard: Stakeholders' Views on Issues and Options for Managing the Great Lakes Pilotage Program GAO-19-493
·         Contract Financing: DOD Should Comprehensively Assess How Its Policies Affect the Defense Industry GAO-19-406
·         Emergency Management: FEMA Has Made Progress, but Challenges and Future Risks Highlight Imperative for Further Improvements [testimony] GAO-19-617T
·         Defense Business Transformation: Cross-Enterprise Activities of Selected DOD Inspector General Offices GAO-19-559R
·         Federal Construction: Army Corps of Engineers and GSA Need to Improve Data on Contract Changes GAO-19-500
·         Information Technology: Implementation of GAO Recommendations Would Strengthen Federal Agencies' Acquisitions, Operations, and Cybersecurity Efforts [testimony] GAO-19-641T
·         International Trade: Foreign Sourcing in Government Procurement GAO-19-414
·         Military Personnel: Factors Affecting Approval Time for Officer Appointments GAO-19-527R
·         The Nation's Fiscal Health: Actions Needed to Achieve Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability [testimony] GAO-19-611T
·         Northern Border Security: CBP Identified Resource Challenges but Needs Performance Measures to Assess Security Between Ports of Entry GAO-19-470
·         Rail Safety: Freight Trains Are Getting Longer, and Additional Information Is Needed to Assess Their Impact GAO-19-443
·         U.S. Airlines: Information on DOT's Oversight of and Stakeholders' Perspectives on Foreign Ownership GAO-19-540R
·         U.S. Territories: Public Debt Outlook – 2019 Update GAO-19-525
·         Voter Registration: Information on Federal Enforcement Efforts and State and Local List Management GAO-19-485  

Henry Jackson Society 

Heritage Foundation

Households in Conflict Network

Human Rights Watch

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)
·         Cyber Threat Hunting

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel) 

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)

Institute for the Study of War
·         Russia in Review: June 24, 2019 - July 2, 2019
·         Russia in Review: North Korean Denuclearization
·         Russia in Review: Opportunity in Moldova
·         Syria Situation Report: June 10 - 25, 2019
·         Syria Situation Report Map

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

International Crisis Group

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
·         Fintech : The Experience So Far

International Peace Institute (IPI)

Italian Institute for International Political Studies
·         G20 Japan: Bridging the Divide?
·         The Islamic State in the West
·         The Islamic State in Khorasan

Jamestown Foundation
·         China Brief, June 26, 2019, v. 19, no. 12
o    China Explores Economic Outreach to U.S. States Via United Front Entities
o    Hong Kong’s Crisis and Prospects for the Pro-Democracy Movement
o    Latvia and the Baltic States Seek Closer Coordination on Relations with China
o    A Preliminary Survey of CCP Influence Efforts in Japan
o    Chinese Nuclear Weapons Strategy—Leaning Towards a More Proactive Posture?  Part I: Legacy Policy and Strategy, and the Drivers of Potential Change
·         Terrorism Monitor, July 3, 2019, v. 17, no. 13
o    Two New IS Wilayat in South Asia: IS Reinvigorates Itself in Pakistan and India
o    A Neighbor’s Dilemma: The Implications of the Libyan Crisis on Tunisia
o    US-Iran Tensions Overshadow Houthi Agenda in War in Yemen

Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

Justice Technology Information Center (JTIC)

Lowy Institute

Middle East Institute

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

National Institute for Science & Technology (NIST)
·         NISTIR 8228 Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks

National Security Archive

NATO Defense College

New America

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Observer Research Foundation

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
·         AMBER Alert Best Practices (2nd ed.)

Omega Research Foundation

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
·         PIPS Research Journal Conflict & Security Studies, Spring 2019, v. 11, no. 1
o    Pakistan Security Report
o    Overview of security in 2018: critical challenges and recommendation
o    Security Landscape of Pakistan in 2018
o    Militant landscape of Pakistan in 2018
o    State responses: anti-militant operation
o    National Action Plan (NAP): progress, impediments and way forward
o    The gap between theory and practice of “Fourth Schedule”
o    Competing with each other: AQIS and IS-K in 2018
o    CPEC security in 2018
o    Karachi operations: five years on
o    Military courts: sunset and beyond
o    Reviving India-Pakistan Relations and Kashmir in 2018
o    The troubled Pakistan-Iran border
o    Annexures
o    Timelines

Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media
·         State of the News Media
·         Cable News Fact Sheet
·         Local TV News Fact Sheet
·         Network News Fact Sheet

Policy Exchange
·         Protecting Those Who Serve

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

Potomac Institute

Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

RAND

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
·         Strike: From Concept to Force

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Small Wars Journal 
·         Why Doctrine Matters

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Stimson

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

UK Ministry of Justice

UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR)

US Central Command (CENTCOM)
·         Unipath, 2019, v. 9, no. 1
o    Correcting Religious Misconceptions
o    Iranian Interference in Yemen
o    Terror by Tweet
o    Marines on a Mission
o    Oman's Cyber Security Leadership
o    Central Asia versus Online Extremism
o    Countering the Information Invasion
o    A Strategy for Victory in Afghanistan
o    Coastal Defense
o    The Tribal Contribution
o    Cyber Defenders
o    Shaping Social Media

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

White House

Wilson Center

World Bank

World Economic Forum