Friday's Miscellany 05-15-2020

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·         Can Kim Jong Un Use the Pandemic to Restore State Control Over the Economy?

·         North Korea, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Instability: Strategic Issues for Managing Crisis and Reducing Risks

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Lessons from the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic in Africa

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Libya’s Zero-Sum Politics and Defiance of Legitimacy – Part 1

·         Into Orbit: Iran’s Nour 1 Satellite and the Two-Wing Doctrine

Amnesty International

·         ‘Nowhere Is Safe for Us’: Unlawful Attacks and Mass Displacement In North-West Syria

·         Substance Abuses: The Human Cost Of Cambodia’s Anti-Drug Campaign

Army University Press

·         Military Review, May-June  2020, v. 100, no. 3

o    To Change an Army—Winning Tomorrow

o    Working to Master Large-Scale Combat Operations: Recommendations for Commanders to Consider during Home-Station Training

o    Connecting the Dots: Developing Leaders Who Can Turn Threats into Opportunities

o    Medical Changes Needed for Large-Scale Combat Operations: Observations from Mission Command Training Program Warfighter Exercises

o    Preventable Casualties: Rommel’s Flaw, Slim’s Edge

o    Higher Command in War

o    Training the Shield Arm: How U.S. Army Air Defense Forces Are Embracing Field Manual 3-0 and Preparing for Large-Scale Ground Combat

o    Keep Your Eye on the Prize: The Importance of Stability Operations

o    The People’s Protection Units’ Branding Problem: Syrian Kurds and Potential Destabilization in Northeastern Syria

o    The Integrated Tactical Network: Pivoting Back to Communications Superiority

o    Competing Below the Threshold: Harnessing Nonviolent Action

o    The President’s Pardon Power

o    Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say—and What You Don’t

o    National Guard Contributes to COVID-19 Fight

Army War College

·         Parameters, Summer 2020, v. 50, no.2

o    The Compound Security Dilemma: Threats at the Nexus of War and Peace

o    The United States and the Transatlantic Relationship

o    INDOPACOM through 2030

o    Future Warfare: Weaponizing Critical Infrastructure

o    The Politics of Oath-Taking

o    Designing Effective Military Strategies under Uncertainty

o    The Future of Strategic Leadership

o    Military Ethics below the Threshold of War

o    Army Modernization in the 21st Century

o    Winning the Narrative War

o    Integrated Campaigning in the Pacific, 1918–1948

o    Origins of US Army Strategic Landpower

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

·         Security Nexus, v. 21, 2020

o    2019-NCOV Political Framing and Blame-Gaming

o    The Coronavirus and its Likely Impact on North Korea

o    COVID-19 and the ASEAN Chair Agenda: Vietnam’s Lost Year? and Brunei’s, Too?

o    COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: 70% are Women

o    Five Coronavirus Success Stories: Different, But the Same

o    How to Improve SecurityOutcomes During a Pandemic? Start with a Gender Lens

o    Making the Most of It,Part II: Xi Jinping Leverages Coronavirus ‘War Without Smoke’ to Spur Digital Transformation, Test National Defense Mobilization

o    Oceania’s Potential Role in Space Governance Development?

o    Resumption of Work Afterthe COVID-19 Lockdown Period and an Approach to Attaining Herd Immunity While Suppressing the EPI Curve – in the Philippines

o    Ships Become Dangerous PlacesDuring a Pandemic

Atlantic Council

·         Counting The Cost: Avoiding Another War Between Israel and Hezbollah

·         Downstream Oil Theft: Countermeasures and Good Practices

·         Trump’s JCPOA Withdrawal Two Years On: Maximum Pressure, Minimum Outcomes

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Terrorism is Terrorism: The Christchurch Terror Attack from an Israeli CT Perspective

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

·         The Dragonbear: An Axis of Convenience or a New Mode of Shaping the Global System?

Baker Institute

·         Important New Features in the USMCA

·         The Petrochemical Arm of Pemex

·         A Practical Roadmap for 'Deal of the Century'?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The American Public and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2000-2020

·         Are the Kurds the Next Kingmakers in Turkey?

·         The Battle of the Coronavirus Narratives

·         The Chinese View of Western-Russia Competition

·         A Golden Opportunity to Develop the West Bank Communities

·         How Can We Help Foreign Journalists Understand Israel?

·         How Coronavirus Policy and Environmental Policy Intersect

·         The Ineffectiveness of the FATF

·         The Jordan Valley Annexation Dilemma: A Realistic Approach

·         Turkey: Post-Coronavirus Challenges Are Likely to Hurt

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Blundering Toward Nuclear Chaos

·         If There was Ever a Time for Data Science, This Is It

·         Syria Redux: Preventing the Spread of Violent Extremism ThroughWeaponized Populations and Mobile Safehavens

·         The Trump Administration on Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Blair Institute for Global Change

·         The Architecture of Containment: Getting to Gold

·         Smart Exit: A Covid-19 Early-Warning Model

Brookings

·         As COVID-19 Spreads in ICE Detention, Oversight is More Critical than Ever

·         Exposure on the Job: Who are the Essential Workers Who Likely Cannot Work from Home?

·         A Modern Tragedy? COVID-19 and US-China Relations  

·         Reopening the Coronavirus-Closed Economy

·         Women’s Work Boosts Middle-Class Incomes but Creates a Family Time Squeeze That Needs to be Eased

Bruegel

·         The European Union’s Post-Brexit Reckoning with Financial Markets

·         Rebooting Europe: A Framework for a Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Europe Needs a Regional Strategy on Iran

CATO Institute

·         12 New Immigration Ideas for the 21st Century

·         Political Dynasties, Term Limits, and Female Political Empowerment: Evidence from the Philippines

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Reforming the Department of Homeland Security Through Enhanced Oversight & Accountability

Center for Global Development 

·         Coordinating for Impact: Ideas to Advance DFC’s Interagency Engagement

·         The IMF’s Growth Forecasts for Poor Countries Don’t Match Its COVID Narrative

Center for International Policy

·         The Qatar Lobby in Washington

Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

·         Antitrust and Artificial Intelligence: How Breaking Up Big Tech Could Affect the Pentagon’s Access to AI

·         A National Security Research Agenda for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Obstacles Ahead: Preserving the JCPOA

·         Russian Analytical Digest no. 252: Russian Orthodoxy

Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

·         Japan’s Gradual Shift Toward Space Security

·         The Value of Space

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Dragon Against the Sun: Chinese Views of Japanese Seapower

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Arms Procurement and Corruption in the Gulf Monarchies

·         Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing the Electric Power Sector

·         Criteria for Security and Trust in Telecommunications Networks and Services

·         Evolving the U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy and Posture

·         How Robust is China’s Health Security?

·         Moscow’s War in Syria

·         Out of Sight: Northeast Nigeria's Humanitarian Crisis

·         Philanthropy & the Humanitarian Crisis in Northeast Nigeria

·         Stepping Up Trade Leadership

·         U.S. Foreign Assistance in the Age of Strategic Competition

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         Guest Post: “Using Digital Surveillance To Combat COVID-19: What the 9/11 Era Can (and Cannot) Teach Us”

·         Your 2020 summer reading and listening list

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         A Proposed Frame for a New Strategic Concept for NATO

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Coronavirus is Pushing the EU in New and Undesirable Directions

·         How to Implement the Northern Ireland Protocol

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         New Directions in Mining Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Chatham House

·         Meeting the Promise of the 2010 Constitution: Devolution, Gender and Equality in Kenya

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

·         Burkina Faso: The Role of Vigilante Groups in the 2020 Elections

·         Corona and the Sahel: Lessons from Ebola

·         Digital Connectivity Going Global

·         The Politics of Covid-19 in the Sahel

·         Russia’s Arms In The Syrian Conflict

·         The Spies Who Came In from the Cold War

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         General Honoré Warns “We Are Not Winning” The War Against the Virus

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO's Oil Price Forecasting Record

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Military Confrontation in the South China Sea

Counter Extremism Project

·         U.S. White Supremacy Groups

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Danish Civil-Society Organizations Need to Sharpen Their Innovation Focus: Maturing ‘Techvelopment’

·         Forgotten Ground Zeros: Local Populations Exposed to Radiation from Former Nuclear Test Sites

·         Protection of Civilians from the Perspective of the Soldiers Who Protect: Ghana and India in United Nations Peacekeeping

·         Three Steps to Integrate Climate Change Adaptation and Development: Addressing Resilience in Danish Development Policy

Data Explorer

·         Coronavirus Pandemic

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-084 Audit of Military Department Management of Undefinitized Contract Action  

·         Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I January 1, 2020 - Mach 31, 2020

·         Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-20-31 Department of Homeland Security’s FY 2019 Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and Executive Order 13520, Reducing Improper Payments

·         OIG-20-33 TSA Needs to Improve Monitoring of the Deployed Advanced Imaging Technology System

·         OIG-20-34 CBP’s ACAS Program Did Not Always Prevent Air Carriers from Transporting High-Risk Cargo into the United States

Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

·         2019 Report to Congress on Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations to Foreign Countries and International Orgs (Section 655 Report)

o    Introduction

o    Report  

o    Prior Report

Department of State, Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the U.S. Coast Guard

·         Guidance to Address Illicit Shipping and Sanctions Evasion Practices

Department of State Inspector General

·         AUD-MERO-20-32 Follow-Up Audit of Department of State Efforts To Measure, Evaluate, and Sustain Antiterrorism Assistance Objectives in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs 

·         ISP-I-20-13 Inspection of the Bureau of Counterterrorism

·         Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve | QuarterlyReport to the United States Congress | January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

·         Lead Inspector General for Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines |Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2020 – March 31,2020

East-West Center

·         Same Game, No Winners: COVID-19, U.S.-China Rivalry, and Southeast Asian Geopolitics

Edelman

·         2020 Edelman Trust Barometer

·         2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Spring Update: Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic

·         Edelman Trust Barometer Archive

Egmont Institute

·         COVID-19 and the Climate – Energy Nexus

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         EASO Practical Recommendations on Conducting the Personal Interview Remotely

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

·         COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol: Guidance for the Management of Airline Passengers in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         COVID-19 and the Future of Security and Defence  

European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC)

·         2019 European Migrant Smuggling Centre Annual Report

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Doing Business the Right Way: Pushing for Green and Social CorporateGovernance

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Who’s First Wins? International Crisis Response to Covid-19

European Values

·         Lessons Learned from Operational Security of Civil Society Organisations in Georgia

·         Russian Battles Over Historical Narratives: The Case of Prague’s Konev Statue

EUROPOL

·         Beyond the Pandemic - How COVID-19 Will Shape the Serious and Organised Crime Landscape in the EU

·         A Safety Guide for the ‘New Normal’ after COVID-19

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, May 2020

o    Identifying Serial Sexual Offenders Through Cold Cases

o    Need for Critical Thinking in Police Training

o    Delivering Bad News to Employees –

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

·         Disasters Everywhere: The Costs of Business Cycles Reconsidered

·         The Effect of Bank Monitoring on Loan Repayment

·         How Did China’s COVID-19 Shutdown Affect U.S. Supply Chains?

·         Modigliani Meets Minsky: Inequality, Debt, and Financial Fragility inAmerica, 1950-2016

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Covid-19 Calls for European Strategic Autonomy: The EU Needs to Manage Global Dependencies without Pulling Up the Drawbridges

·         Rebuilding Sweden’s Crisis Preparedness: Lack of Clarity Impedes Implementation

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         COVID-19: Something New Under the Sun?

·         Our Foreign Policy: A New American Plan for Competitive Engagement in Arab Lands

·         Pursuing Politics through Legal Means: U.S. Efforts to Hold China Responsible for COVID-19

·         Social Distancing: Australia’s Relations with China

·         The Swiss Model vs. Swedish Model in Dealing with China

·         Taiwan and the WHO in 2020: A Novel Virus and Viral Politics

·         Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen Begins Her Second Term amid a Pandemic

·         Winston Churchill and the Finest Hour: Looking Back 80 Years

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

·         Pushing the EU to a Hamiltonian Moment

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Implementing and Enforcing UN Arms Embargoes

·         New Political Parties and the Reconfigu­ration of Turkey’s Political Landscape

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Coronavirus Pandemic Shows the Need to Finally Take Cyber Resilience Seriously

·         Europe’s Differing Leadership Styles in the Coronavirus Crisis

·         Europe’s Political Oppositions in the Coronavirus Crisis

·         How to Ensure the EU’s Rule-of-Law Monitoring Does Not Legitimize Autocracies in the Making

·         In Belarus, the Coronavirus Rains on Lukashenko’s Parade

·         Taiwan’s Coronavirus Lesson—Technology with Transparency

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Tackling Serious and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Actions Needed to Enhance DHS Oversight of Cybersecurity at High-Risk Chemical Facilities GAO-20-453

·         Environmental Liabilities: DOE Needs to Better Plan for Post-Cleanup Challenges Facing Sites GAO-20-373

·         Export Controls: State and Commerce Should Improve Guidance and Outreach to Address University-Specific Compliance Issues GAO-20-394

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Actions Needed to Address Manufacturing and Modernization Risks GAO-20-339

·         Forensic Technology: Algorithms Used in Federal Law Enforcement GAO-20-479SP

·         Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: DOE Is Pursuing Pretreatment Alternatives, but Its Strategy Is Unclear While Costs Continue to Rise GAO-20-363

·         Homeless Veterans: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Interagency Collaboration and Performance Measurement Procedures GAO-20-428

·         Navy Ship Maintenance: Evaluating Pilot Program Outcomes Could Inform Decisions to Address Persistent Schedule Challenges GAO-20-370

·         Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense GAO-20-446PR

·         Science & Tech Spotlight: Social Distancing During Pandemics GAO-20-545SP

·         U.S. Assistance to Mexico: State Department Could Improve Its Monitoring of Mérida Initiative Projects GAO-20-388

Heritage Foundation

·         Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Its Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

·         The Quad Should Promote Economic Freedom for a Quick COVID-19 Recovery

Human Rights Watch

·         Deportation with a Layover: Failure of Protection under the US-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         Monopoly Myths: Is Concentration Leading to Higher Profits?

·         More and Better: Building and Managing a Federal Energy Demonstration Project Portfolio

·         Policy Recommendations to Stimulate U.S. Manufacturing Innovation

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Aerial Drones in Future Wars: A Conceptual Perspective

·         Climate Change and State Responses

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Civilian Resilience in Israel and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of a CBS Survey

·         The Implications of Unilateral Annexation for Israel’s Relations with Egypt

·         Iran and the United States: Breaking the Rules of the Game?

·         Israel’s Foreign Policy in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Religious "Super-Spreaders" in Indonesia: Managing the Risk of Stigmatisation

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

·         China’s Cybersecurity Legislation: A Paper Tiger or an Institutionalized Theft?

·         Close Partners or Hesitant Dreamers? The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)

·         Partners in a Post Covid-19 International Order? The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         COVID-19 and Political Stability in Ethiopia

·         Shielding Elections from Presidential Influence: Lessons from Cabo Verde, Comoros and Madagascar

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

·         Responding Successfully to COVID-19: A Case Study of Taiwan’s Strategy

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: May 6-12, 2020

·         Russia in Review: Russian Security Cooperation Post-2014

·         Syria Situation Report: April 29 - May 12, 2020

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         After Emergency: Social Protection Responses to Zika Virus in Brazil

·         Best Practices in Strengthening Evidence Use by Government in Education Policy and Beyond

·         Considerations and Principles for Shielding People at High Risk of Severe Outcomes from COVID-19

·         Impacts of Covid-19 on Inclusive Economic Growth in Middle-income Countries

·         K4D COVID-19 Demography Evidence Summaries

·         Key Considerations: COVID-19 in the Context of Conflict and Displacement – Myanmar

·         Mitigating the Economic Impacts of Epidemics and Financial Crises: Focus on Middle-income Countries

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Burkina Faso and the Sahel Crisis: What Options for Italian Foreign Policy?

·         Challenges to Internationally Mediated Peace in Libya

·         G20 in the Spotlight: The Fight Against COVID-19

·         The Impact of the Oil Crisis on the MENA Region

·         Treacherous Mirror: Misinterpreting Italian Euroscepticism

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) 

·         AarogyaSetu: Containing Disease or Violating Privacy?

·         Bangladesh and Bhutan: Fostering Win-Win Bilateral Relations

·         COVID-19 and India: Economic Imperative Drives New Strategy

·         COVID-19 and South Asian Tourism: Challenging Times Ahead

·         Goa Tourism: Under the Shadow of COVID-19

·         India Rethinks the Non-Aligned Movement

·         Indian Government’s Stimulus Package: Opportunity for Widespread Reforms

·         Pandemic Politics in India

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

·         The Last Frontier: Prisons and Violent Extremism in Mali

·         Male Supremacism and the Hanau Terrorist Attack: Between Online Misogyny and Far-Right Violence

·         Rise O Muwahhid, Wherever You May Be: An Analysis of the Democratization of the Terrorist Threat in the West

·         The Threat of Jihadist Terrorism in Germany

International Crisis Group

·         Conflict, Health Cooperation and COVID-19 in Myanmar

·         COVID-19 in Somalia: A Public Health Emergency in an Electoral Minefield

·         Silencing the Guns in Syria’s Idlib

·         Violence in Nigeria’s North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         The GIUK Gap’s Strategic Significance

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Measuring Economic Welfare: What and How?

·         Stress Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa : Practices, Communications, and Capacity Development

·         World Seaborne Trade in Real Time: A Proof of Concept for Building AIS-based Nowcasts from Scratch

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         The Gendered Dimension of COVID-19 in Lebanon

·         Investment Plans in the Water Management Structure of a Post-War Country: The Case of Lebanon Challenges

·         Lebanon's Water Laws: Bridging Policy Frameworks to Address New Challenges

·         Outcomes of the 2nd Lebanon Water Forum: In Support of Water Governance in Lebanon

·         Urban Insights through Machine Learning in Data-Scarce Environments

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         The Balkans: Old, New Instabilities

·         Between Politics and Finance: Hong Kong's "Infinity War"?

·         Forward to the Past? New/Old Theatres of Russia’s International Projection

·         Learning Whilst Migrating: The Case for Education in Emergency

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, May 15, 2020, v. 20, no.9

o    China’s Long March Rocket Program Sees Both Dramatic Successes and Failures in Spring 2020

o    Examining China’s Organ Transplantation System: The Nexus of Security, Medicine, and Predation Part 2: Evidence for the Harvesting of Organs from Prisoners of Conscience

o    “Land Apart, Shared Sky”: Sino-Japanese Relations Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

o    Chinese Private Security Contractors: New Trends and Future Prospects

o    AI-Powered Propaganda and the CCP’s Plans for Next-Generation “Thought Management”

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

·         Operational Toolkit for Businesses Considering Reopening or Expanding Operations in COVID-19

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Officer Professional Military Education Policy, 15 May 2020

Library of Congress

·         Coronavirus Resource Guide [includes US legislation and presidential actions]

Library of Congress Law Library

·         Israel: Scope and Duration of Amendments Regulating the Tenure and Operation of a Rotating Government

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Assessing the Quad: Prospects and Limitations of Quadrilateral Cooperation for Advancing Australia’s Interests

·         COVIDpoll: Lowy Institute Polling on Australian Attitudes to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Manhattan Institute

·         Homelessness and Covid-19: Assessing the Response and Planning for the Reopening

Migration Policy Institute

·         Barriers to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment: Immigrants without Health Coverage in the United States

·         Under Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Europe Feels the Pinch from Slowed Intra-EU Labor Mobility

·         Vulnerable to COVID-19 and in Frontline Jobs, Immigrants Are Mostly Shut Out of U.S. Relief

MITRE

·         How can Ethics Make Better AI Products?

National Academies Press

·         Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System

National Bureau of Asian Research 

·         Covid-19 Knocks on American Hegemony

·         Energy Dynamics in a Post-Pandemic World: The Short and Long View

·         Networked Benefits: Realizing the Potential of 5G in South Korea

·         Profound Forces: The Pandemic as Catalyst

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         Evidence-Based Policing in 45 Small Bytes

National Security Archive

·         OMB’s Proposed FOIA Fee Guideline Revisions Don’t Go Far Enough

·         Top Secret Chernobyl: The Nuclear Disaster through the Eyes of the Soviet Politburo, KGB, and U.S. Intelligence. Volume 2

·         USCYBERCOM Documents Timeline

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence 

·         12th International Conference on Cyber Conflict. 20/20 Vision: The Next Decade. Proceedings 2020

·         Data as a Weapon: Refined Cyber Capabilities Under Weapon Reviews and International Human Rights Law

·         Italy - Strategic Concept of the General Staff Chief of Defence [in Italian]

NATO Defense College

·         COVID-19: NATO in the Age of Pandemics

·         Projecting Stability to the South: NATO’s Other Challenge

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         How East Asian Governments Responded to the COVID-19

·         Mitigating Disinformation in Southeast Asian Elections

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         The IAEA’s Safeguards System as the Non-Proliferation Treaty’s Verification Mechanism

Naval War College

·         International Law Studies, 2020, v. 26, no. 1

o    DPRK Maritime Sanctions Enforcement  

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Drones: A Report on the Use of Drones by Public Safety Agencies—and a Wake-Up Call about the Threat of Malicious Drone Attacks

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

·         Gender made Easy: A Guide for Border Security and Management Officials

Our World in Data

·         Testing Early, Testing Late: Four Countries’ Approaches to COVID-19 Testing Compared  [Italy, South Korea, US, and UK]

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)

·         Legislation

·         Lessons Learned

·         Oversight Reports

·         Track the Money

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute  (PKSOI)

·         Death by a Thousand Cuts: Weakening an Insurgency through a National Reconciliation Program Three Case Studies: Malaya, Vietnam, and Iraq

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Americans Give Higher Ratings to South Korea and Germany Than U.S. for Dealing with Coronavirus

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         Americans Who Rely Most on White House for COVID-19 News More Likely to Downplay the Pandemic              

Pew Research Center Science & Society

·         Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among Democrats

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         COVID-19 Comparative Data Among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

·         Financing Needs of Developing Countries in the Wake of Covid-19: The Role of  Special Drawing Rights

·         Three Ways to Finance the COVID-19 Policy Response

RAND Corporation

·         Face Recognition Technologies: Designing Systems that Protect Privacy and Prevent Bias

·         The Future of Warfare in 2030 Project Overview and Conclusions

·         Environment, Geography, and the Future of Warfare The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force  

·         Geopolitical Trends and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force

·         Global Economic Trends and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force

·         Military Trends and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force

·         Operating Low-Cost, Reusable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Contested Environments: Preliminary Evaluation of Operational Concepts

·         Peering into the Crystal Ball Holistically Assessing the Future of Warfare

·         Planning Hospital Needs for Ventilators and Respiratory Therapists in the COVID-19 Crisis

·         Restraint and the Future of Warfare The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force

·         The Risk-Mitigation Value of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential: A Comprehensive Security Assessment of the TWIC Program

·         Tracking and Disrupting the Illicit Antiquities Trade with Open Source Data

·         Writing Instruction in U.S. Classrooms: Diverging Perspectives for Teachers Across Content Areas

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         Diversifying Air Power: Broadening Air Force’s Value Proposition in an Age of High Contest

Small Arms Survey

·         Conflict and Cooperation: Transitions in Modern Ethiopian–Sudanese Relations

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Key African Priorities for a Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Stanley Foundation

·         Coming Together: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Peacebuilding

·         Double the Risk: The Exponential Rise of Threats to Human Rights by Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

·         Ethics in the Age of OSINT Innocence

Stimson Center

·         Match or Mismatch?: Comparing Formal Requests and Offers for Assistance in Border and Export Controls

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Impact of the Malian Crisis on the Group of Five Sahel Countries: Balancing Security and Development Priorities

·         Towards Greater Nuclear Restraint: Raising the Threshold for Nuclear Weapon Use

Sudd Institute

·         The COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerability Factors in South Sudan

Taylor & Francis

·         Defence Studies, 2020, v. 20, no. 2

o    Exploring Military Victory in Battle: A Qualitative Study on Contemporary Tactics [open access article]  

·         Intelligence & National Security, 2020, v. 35, no. 4

o    Towards Understanding Cybersecurity Capability in Australian Healthcare Organisations: A Systematic Review of Recent Trends, Threats and Mitigation [open access article]  

·         Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2020, v. 43, no. 7

o    Radicalization Trajectories: An Evidence-Based Computational Approach to Dynamic Risk Assessment of “Homegrown” Jihadists [open access article]

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

·         Insider Threat Roadmap 2020

UN Institute  for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Alternative Approaches and Indicators for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space

UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

·         2019 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Beijing’s Deadly Game: Consequences of Excluding Taiwan from the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 Pandemic

·         China’s Space and Counterspace Activities

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China’s Periphery Diplomacy: Implications for Peace and Security in Asia

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Green Without Borders: The Operational Benefits of Hezbollah's Environmental NGO

·         Iraq’s New Dawn: A New Government and A New Political Reality

·         Marib, Last Hope for Restoring the State in Yemen

·         Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward the Fractured GCC

·         Securitization of the Coronavirus Crisis in Jordan: Successes and Limitations

·         A U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue: A Question of Interests and Expectations

·         Violence Targeting Palestinian Banks Comes at a Sensitive Time

World Bank

·         Adaptive Social Protection : Building Resilience to Shocks

·         Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program

World Data Lab

·         World Poverty Clock

World Economic Forum

·         Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-COVID-19 World

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