Friday's Miscellany 06-12-2020

Air University

• Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Spring 2020, v. 3, no. 2 
• Terrorism in the Indo-Pacific
• Comparing Space Sectors Down Under
• Chasing the Chimera of the Indigenous Jet Fighter
• A Footprint of Unfreedom
• China’s Rising Missile and Naval Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific Region
• Caught in the Middle
• Exporting Nuclear Norms
• Chinese Communist Party Information Warfare
• Kashmir

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

• The Lingering Stalemate: Qatar’s Blockade Awaits a Mediation Exit

 Amnesty International

• Human Rights Violations By Security Forces in the Sahel

 Army University Press 

• On Strategy: A Primer

 Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

• Security Nexus, v. 21, 2020
• 2019-NCOV Political Framing and Blame-Gaming
• A Health Security Pandemic Checklist for Developing Nations and Donors in the Pacific (and Elsewhere)
• China’s Salami Slicing Tactics and the Latest India-China Border Standoff
• COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: 70% are Women
• Five Coronavirus Success Stories: Different, But the Same
• The Nexus Between the COVID-19 Pandemic, International Relations, and International Security
• Oceania’s Potential Role in Space Governance Development?
• The Post-COVID19 World: Globalization with Different Characteristics 
• Resumption of Work After the COVID-19 Lockdown Period and an Approach to Attaining Herd Immunity While Suppressing the EPI Curve – in the Philippines 
• Right-Wing Terrorism: An Interview with Retired FBI Special Agent Tom O’Connor
• Structuring ASEAN Military Involvement in Disaster Management and the ASEAN Militaries Ready Group
• Urgent Policies Required to Grant Public Access to Protected Health Information during Emergency Disease Outbreaks and Pandemics
• Why is China on a Hyper-Aggressive Streak during a Global Pandemic?

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• A Pacific Disaster Prevention Review
• The Party Speaks for You: Foreign Interference and the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front System
• Retweeting through the Great Firewall: A Persistent and Undeterred Threat Actor

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Mission Command and Armed Robotic Systems Command and Control: A Human and Machine Assessment

 Baker Institute

• Pandemic Spurs Google Searches for 'Mental Health'
• Will Renewable Energy Prevail in Mexico?

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) 

• Athens and Jerusalem Have a Diplomatic Opportunity 
• Iran’s Anti-Israel Bill: Desperation Masquerading as Legislation
• Netanyahu’s Complex Dilemma
• Religious and Cultural Obstacles to China’s BRI in the Middle East
• Thinking Beyond the EastMed Pipeline 
• Turkey: Are the Anni di Piombo Making a Return?
• Whitewashing Achille Mbembe’s Antisemitism

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Cooperation, Competition, or Both? Options for U.S. Land Forces vis-à-vis Chinese Interests in Africa
• Ethical Imperatives for Lethal Autonomous Weapons
• Should Regulators Make Electric Utilities Pay Customers for Poor Reliability?

 Brookings 

• Mapping COVID-19’s Spread from Blue to Red America
• Optimizing Assessment for All: Developing 21st Century Skills-Embedded Curriculum Tasks
• To Protect Frontline Workers During and After COVID-19, We Must Define Who They Are
• The U.S. Needs Multilateral Initiatives to Counter Chinese Tech Transfer 
• You Can’t Fight Pandemics without Power—Electric Power 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The Challenges of Countering Influence Operations
• The Egypt-Sudan Border: A Story of Unfulfilled Promise 

 CATO Institute

• How U.S. Travel Restrictions on China Affected the Spread of COVID-19 in the United States
• Incorporating Scenario Analysis into the Federal Reserve’s Policy Strategy & Communications

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Called to Lead: Discovering the Connections Between Military Service and Higher Education Leadership

 Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

• Prism, v. 8, no. 4, June 2020
• Who Wants to Be a Great Power?
• ROC(K) Solid Preparedness: Resistance Operations Concept in the Shadow of Russia
• AI Singularity and the Growing Risk of Surprise: Lessons from the IDF’s Strategic and Operational Learning Processes, 2014-2019
• China’s Private Military and Security Companies: “Chinese Muscle” and the Reasons for U.S. Engagement
• COVID-19: The Pandemic and its Impact on Security Policy
• No Such Thing as a Perfect Partner: The Challenges of “By, With, and Through”
• Elite Incentives and Power Dynamics in Fragile States
• Foreign Aid in an Era of Great Power Competition
• Perspectives for a China Strategy

Center for Global Development

• Predicted COVID-19 Fatality Rates Based on Age, Sex, Comorbidities, and Health System Capacity
• Tax Revenue Reforms and Income Distribution in Developing Countries

Center for International Policy

• Fact Sheet: Special Interests or the National Interest?

Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

• Effects of High-Volume Production (HVP) on Space Systems

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• The Missile War in Yemen
• The OECD Faces a Decision Point in 2021
• Powers, Norms, and Institutions: The Future of the Indo-Pacific from a Southeast Asia Perspective
• Significant Cyber Incidents [updated May 2020]  
• Strategic Dialogue: Shaping a U.S. Strategy for the “Ghosts” of Iraq
• Taking Stock of Government Involvement in Research and Development
• The U.S. Government and Antimicrobial Resistance 

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

• Finding Shared Values in Unexpected Places: The Military and Higher Education

 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Serologic Responses from a Sample of U.S. Navy Service Members — USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 2020

Chatham House

• Europe After Coronavirus: The EU and a New Political Economy
• Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Bridging the Research Gap: A Toolkit on Inclusive Research and Development Practices

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Decentralisation amidst hybrid governance: Case of Northern Mali 
• State Fragility in Mali

 College of Europe

• Disinformation in Times of COVID-19: Reinforcing the Responses of the European Union and the United States

 Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

• Threats to U.S. Networks: Oversight of Chinese Government-Owned Carriers
• Threats to the U.S. Research Enterprise: China’s Talent Recruitment Plans

 Congress. Senate. Senator Lamar Alexander

• Preparing for the Next Pandemic: A White Paper 

The Conversation

• Was the Coronavirus Outbreak an Intelligence Failure?

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• What Next for UN Peace Operations? Global Crisis Management in a Post-Covid19 World  

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• 2020 Defense Space Strategy Summary
• Factsheet
• Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 11)
• Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 10)
• Women Peace and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan

 Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2020-087 Audit of Training of Mobile Medical Teams in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Africa Command Areas of Responsibility
• DODIG-2020-086 Followup Audit on Department of Defense and Military Department Corrective Actions Taken in Response to Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Reports on Military Housing

 Department of State

• 2019 International Religious Freedom Report

 East West Center

• The New in the “New Normal” for the Post-COVID Pacific Islands
• The Pandemic in North Korea: Lessons from the 1990s Famine

 Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)

• The Energy Progress Report

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

• COVID-19 Emergency Measures in Asylum and Reception Systems
• EASO Special Report: Asylum Trends and COVID-19 - Issue 2

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• Bad Company: How Dark Money Threatens Sudan’s Transition
• European Solidarity Tracker

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

• Ensuring Water Security in the Middle East: Policy Implications

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• From Bad to Worse? The Impact(s) of Covid-19 on Conflict Dynamics

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, June 2020
• Free and Low-Cost Strategies to Help Address Human Trafficking
• Investigating Scam Phone Calls
• Connecting Kids and Police Through Video Games
• Appreciating Others’ Burdens

Feinstein International Center

• The Politics of Information and Analysis in Famines and Extreme Emergencies: Synthesis of Findings from Six Case Studies
• Briefing Paper 
• Full Report

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Climate Change and Populism: Comparing the Populist Parties’ Climate Policies in Denmark, Finland and Sweden
• Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens US Elections: The Pandemic Adds Significantly to the Risk of a Contested Result and a Constitutional Crisis

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Colin Gray: The Strategist’s Strategist 
• The Geopolitics of Post-Brexit Britain

Future Directions International

• The Failure of India’s “Strategic Autonomy”

German Development Institute

• Food Security in Times of Crisis: Poor Developing Countries are Different

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Attack on the Open Skies Treaty 
• EU Border Security in a Time of Pandemic: Restoring the Schengen Regime in the Face of Old Conflicts and New Requirements for Public Health
• Friends in Need: The Corona Pandemic Changes the Landscape of Groups and Coalitions in the EU
• German and International Crisis Management in the Sahel: Why Discussions about Sahel Policy Are Going around in Circles
• The Great Carve-Up: Libya’s Internationalised Conflicts after Tripoli
• Internal Displacement: Political and Institutional Challenges
• Risking Another Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the Andaman Sea

German Marshall Fund of the United States

• China’s Charm Offensive Meets Italy’s Euro-Atlantic Resilience
• The Long View on Turkish-Russian Rivalry and Cooperation
• Turkey and the West: Keep the Flame Burning

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• 2019 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements [Reissued with revisions on Jun. 9, 2020.] GAO-20-449
• 2020 Census: COVID-19 Presents Delays and Risks to Census Count GAO-20-551R
• Civil Monetary Penalties: Review of Federal Agencies' Compliance with the 2019 Annual Inflation Adjustment Requirements GAO-20-538R
• Disability Employment: Hiring Has Increased but Actions Needed to Assess Retention, Training, and Reasonable Accommodation Efforts GAO-20-384
• Domestic Violence: Improved Data Needed to Identify the Prevalence of Brain Injuries among Victims  GAO-20-534
• Inspectors General: Independence Principles and Considerations for Reform GAO-20-639R 
• Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Incorporate Additional Management Controls Over Its Microelectronics Activities GAO-20-357
• Rule of Law Assistance: Agency Efforts Are Guided by Various Strategies, and Overseas Missions Should Ensure that Programming Is Fully Coordinated GAO-20-393 
• VA Acquisition Management: Supply Chain Management and COVID-19 Response [testimony] GAO-20-638T

Globsec

• Drivers of Disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe and Their Utilization During the Pandemic

Govini

• The 2020 Federal Scorecard

Harvard Humanitarian Institute

• Never Forget: Views on Peace and Justice Within Conflict-Affected Communities in Northern Iraq

Heritage Foundation

• Reducing U.S. Troops in Europe Would Harm America’s National Interests

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Freedom Is Not Free License: Freedom House’s Flawed Measurement of “Internet Freedom”

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• Refining Draft Defence Offset Guidelines 2020 
• Trends of Radicalisation in Indonesia

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

• Apolitical Normalization: A New Approach to Jews in Arab States
• Foreign Involvement in Strategic Infrastructures Requires Clear Guidelines
• Turkey Turns the Tide in Libya – For Now

Institute for Science and International Security

• The Alleged Nuclear Weapons Development Site near Abadeh, Iran
• Analysis of the IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
• Iran Defies the International Atomic Energy Agency: The IAEA’s Latest Iran Safeguards Report 

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Religion and the Secular State in Kyrgyzstan
• Religion and the Secular State in Turkmenistan

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• How Civil Society Can Contribute to Effective Prosecutions

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

• COVID-19 Disinformation Briefing No.4.
• The First 100 Days: Coronavirus and Crisis Management on Social Media Platforms 

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

• An Introduction to the Geopolitics of Central Asia
• Why China Is Winning

Institute for the Study of War

• Iraq Situation Report: June 3-9, 2020
• Syria Situation Report: May 27 - June 9, 2020

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

• Leaving No One Behind: An Individual-Level Approach to Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Botswana

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• European Defence in the Post-COVID World
• Geopolitical Shifts and the Post-COVID World: Europe and the Multipolar System
• Russia's Foreign and Security Policy in the Middle East: Entering the 2020s 
• Youth and Africa

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• Attracting Foreign Investment into India: Key Initiatives by the Government
• The Diamer-Bhasha Project: A Continuing Challenge for Pakistan
• India-Nepal Tensions: The Issue of Lipulekh
• Liberalisation of Indian Agriculture: Creating Efficient Farm Markets
• Of Insects and Insecticides: Locust attacks in South Asia
• Pillar of Changed Relationship? Australia’s New Indian Diaspora
• Strengthened Global Partnership: Crucial to Bangladesh’s Economy and Development Goals

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• The Death of Droukdel: Implications for AQIM and the Sahel
• The Future of the Islamic State’s Women: Assessing Their Potential Threat

International Crisis Group

• An Avoidable War: Politics and Armed Conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
• Pulling Lebanon out of the Pit

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• Who will Bear the Brunt of Lockdown Policies? Evidence from Tele-workability Measures Across Countries

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

• Infrastructure in a Changing World: Trends and Challenges

Korea Institute for National Unification

• Analysis of China’s Two Sessions and Their Implications on the Korean Peninsula

Macro Polo

• The Global AI Talent Tracker

Marine Corps University Press

• Journal of Advanced Military Studies [was Marine Corps University Journal], Summer 2020, v. 11, no. 1
• Think Tank, Do Tank: The Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity
• Future War, from the Tip of a Pen
• History as an Enemy and an Instructor: Lessons Learned from Haiti, 1915-34
• Slot Machine Warfare: China's Campaign to Undermine American Military Plans in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Political Warfare: The People's Republic of China's Strategy "to Win without Fighting"
• MEF Innovation Team (MIT): Discovering and Solving the MEFs Complex Problems
• Seeking Alpha in the Security Cooperation Enterprise: A New Approach to Assessments and Evaluations
• Automation and the Future of Command and Control: The End of Auftragstaktik?
• Exploring Predictability in Armed Conflict
• Protectors without Prerogative: The Challenge of Military Defense against Information Warfare
• Fit for Future Conflict: American Strategic Culture in the Context of Great Power Competition

Martens Centre for European Studies

• Putting Women at the Heart of Europe’s Recovery

Migration Policy Institute

• Using Evidence to Improve Refugee Resettlement: A Monitoring and Evaluation Road Map

Mitchell Institute

• Acquiring the Air Force We Need 

National Academies Press

• Advancing Urban Sustainability in China and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop
• Commercial Space Operations Noise and Sonic Boom Measurements
• Weapons System Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle 

National Security Archive

• The Walter Rodney Murder Mystery in Guyana 40 Years Later

NATO Defense College

• Recalibrating NATO Nuclear Policy

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Online Influence and Hostile Narratives in Eastern Asia

New America

• 10 Ways To Hack DC: The Future of Cybersecurity and Cyberthreats
• Inquiry into the Murder of Hamdi Bouta and Wagner Group Operations at the Al-Shaer Gas Plant, Homs, Syria 2017

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

• Multilateral Cooperation and Climate-related Security and Development Risks
• Norwegians Adapting to a Changing World

Observer Research Foundation

• Developing an Effective Anti-Drone System for India’s Armed Forces
• A Green Investment Architecture for India: Building a Bridge for Global Capital
• Regulatory Changes in India in the Time of COVID19: Lessons and Recommendations
• Strengthening the C4ISR capabilities of India’s Armed Forces: The Role of Small Satellites 
• US and China: Decoupling in the Era of COVID19
• What China Wants in South Asia

Our World in Data

• Is the World Making Progress Against the Pandemic? We Built the Chart to Answer This Question 

Oxford Research Group

• Writing on the Wall? The UK and the Early Warning Signs of COVID-19

People's Republic of China

• Fighting COVID-19: China in Action [white paper]

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• A New Policy Toolkit is Needed as Countries Exit COVID-19 Lockdowns
• US-China Phase One Tracker: China’s Purchases of US Goods
• The US Unemployment Rate is Higher Than it Looks—and Is Still High If All Furloughed Workers Returned

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

• Attitudes Toward Diversity in 11 Emerging Economies

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

• Majorities of Americans Say News Coverage of George Floyd Protests Has Been Good, Trump’s Public Message Wrong

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

• Amid Protests, Majorities Across Racial and Ethnic Groups Express Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement

Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

• President Trump’s FY21 Budget: Examining U.S. Assistance to the Middle East and North Africa in the Shadow of COVID-19

Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

• Africa and the Middle East: Beyond the Divides

RAND Corporation

• COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: COVID-19 Cases in China Were Likely 37 Times Higher Than Reported in January 2020
• Limb Salvage and Recovery After Blast-Related Injury: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting
• Understanding and Using Research on Gun Policy in America: An Interdisciplinary Unit Plan Based on RAND's Gun Policy in America Website, Suggested Grades 10–12

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

• Pathfinder
• #354 Air Power in Effects-Based Warfare: Part 3 - Challenges to Effectiveness
• #353 Air Power in Effects-Based Warfare: Part 2 - Evolving Application

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Performing Information Manoeuvre Through Persistent Engagement

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• The Asia Pacific’s “Age of Uncertainty”: Great Power Competition, Globalisation and the Economic-Security Nexus
• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), June 2020, v. 12, no. 4
• Diffused, Chronic and Evolving Global Threat Landscape
• The White Supremacist Terrorist Threat to Asia: A Preliminary Assessment
• The US-Taliban Deal and Expected US Exit from Afghanistan: Impact on South Asian Militant Landscape
• Hindutva Violence in India: Trends and Implications
• Women in Jihad: An Indonesian Context
• Key Drivers of Female Radicalisation in Bangladesh
• COVID-19 and Food Security in Asia: How Prepared are We? 

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

• Japan-U.S. Public Diplomacy: Built on Mutual Trust and Shared Values

Small Arms Survey

• Diaspora in Despair: Darfurian Mobility at a Time of International Disengagement

Small Wars Journal

• What You Need to Know About Private Military Contractors Backing Libya’s Rebels 

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• Futures Literacy in Mining: Empowering the African Mining Vision

Sudd Institute

• The Boiling Frustrations in South Sudan

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

• Sanctions, the Caesar Act, and COVID-19 in Syria

Taylor & Francis

• Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, v. 12, no. 3, August 2020
• How Can the Literature Inform Counter-Terrorism Practice? Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges

US  Institute of Peace (USIP)

• The Challenges Facing the Philippines’ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region at One Year

Vision of Humanity

• COVID-19 and Peace
• Global Peace Index 2020: Measuring Peace in a Complex World
• Peace Indexes

Washington Institute for Near East Policy 

• Bumped Crops: Iran’s Grain Imports and Geopolitical Shocks 
• The Caesar Act Comes Into Force (Part 1): Increasing the Assad Regime’s Isolation 
• The Caesar Act Comes Into Force (Part 2): Pressuring Hezbollah in Lebanon
• Hashd Reforms in Iraq Conceal More Than They Reveal
• Iran's Asymmetric Naval Response to 'Maximum Pressure'
• Is Regime Collapse on Syria's Horizon? Evaluating Assad's Grip on Power
• Israeli Annexation in the West Bank? Scenarios and Implications
• Lebanon's Bumpy Road to an IMF Deal: Implications for U.S. Policy 
• Middle East Mega-Trends, COVID-19, and Beyond: Views from France
• The New U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue: Expert Views from Both Sides
• Shifting Tides in Libya Require More Active U.S. Involvement
• Wrestling with Annexation: The Elusive Search for a Policy Rationale

White House

• Executive Order on Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Associated With The International Criminal Court
• Memorandum on Safeguarding U.S. National Interests in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions

World Bank

• Analyzing Banking Risk: A Framework for Assessing Corporate Governance and Risk Management [4th ed.]
• Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Governments' Response to COVID-19 : Emergency and Post Emergency Phases

World Economic Forum

• AI Procurement in a Box
• Bridging the Gap in European Scale-up Funding: The Green Imperative in an Unprecedented Time
• Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT): Paths towards Free and Trusted Data Flows
• A Roadmap for Cross Border Data Flows: Future-Proofing Readiness and Cooperation in the New Data Economy