Friday's Miscellany 06-26-2020

38  North

·         Kim Jong Un Puts Anti-South Korea Military Operation on Hold. What Now?

·         Pyongyang General Hospital: The Two Towers Reach Full Height

·         Rethinking South Korea’s Unification Policy: Deregulate People-to-People Exchanges

·         Trucks Lined Up at Sinuiju

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Record 29 Million Africans Are Forcibly Displaced

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, Summer 2020, v. 34, no. 2

o    The AETF Today: Enabling Mission Command of Airpower

o    More Cowbell: A Case Study in System Dynamics for Information Operations

o    Personality and Leadership: The Potential Impact to Future Strategic Thinking

o    Aiming for Squadron Success: The Tailored Command Philosophy

o    Developing and Mentoring “In Extremis” Leaders: Lessons Learned from Special Operations

o    Addressing Counterspace Doctrine through Naval Composite Warfare

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Pandemic Makes Politics Worse: The Unites States as a Case Study

American Enterprise Institute

·         Policing the Pandemic: Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Covid-19 Measures in Europe

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), June 2020, v. 27, no. 6

o    Letter to the Editor: G6PD Deficiency in the Tafenoquine Era

o    Summary of the 2018–2019 Influenza Season among Department of Defense Service Members and Other Beneficiaries

o    Brief Report: Direct Care Cost of Heat Illness to the Army, 2016–2018

o    Animal-Related Injuries in Veterinary Services Personnel, U.S. Army, 2001–2018

Asia Society

·         Dealing with the Dragon: China as a Transatlantic Challenge

Atlantic Council

·         The European Union and the Search for Digital Sovereignty: Building “Fortress Europe” or Preparing for a New World?

Australian National University, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis

·         Global Macroeconomic Scenarios of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Covid-19 Disinformation & Social Media Manipulation

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

·         Deceive and Disrupt: Disinformation as an Emerging Cybersecurity Challenge

Baker Institute

·         The USMCA's Future in Context

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Cities on the Frontline: Managing the Coronavirus Crisis

·         Coronationalism’ vs a Geopolitical Europe? EU External Solidarity at the Time of Covid-19

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         A Stand Must Be Taken Against the Promotion of Murder

·         As US-China Competition Unfolds, Russia Watches Closely

·         Delhi Must Help Taipei Get Into the WHO

·         Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program: Approaching Breakout

·         Israel Shines in the Gulf Where Big Powers Falter—and That Could BeTricky

·         The “Floyd Crisis” and How to Resolve It

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Considerations for Digital Contact Tracing Tools for COVID-19 Mitigation: Recommendations for Stakeholders and Policymakers

·         Crisis, Issues, and Risk: An Issues Management Model for Businesses

·         A Sense of Purpose: The Bedrock of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent

Blair Institute for Global Change

·         Resetting the West's Relationship With China

·         Towards a Global Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Security Dynamics in Conservancies in Kenya: The Case of Isiolo County

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Advancing Strategic Risk Reduction in Europe

Brookings

·         100 Years On, Politics is Where the U.S. Lags Most on Gender Equality

·         Black Essential Workers’ Lives Matter. They Deserve Real Change, not Just Lip Service

·         Facebook’s Libra 2.0: Why You Might Like It Even If We Can't Trust Facebook

·         The Gender Revolution is Stalling —What Would Reinvigorate It?

·         How Does Vote-by-Mail Work and Does It Increase Election Fraud?

·         Mandated and Voluntary Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Epidemic

·         The Role of Technology in Online Misinformation

·         Stabilization and Human Development in a Disordered Middle East andNorth Africa

·         The TAP-Plus Approach to Anti-Corruption in the Natural Resource ValueChain

·         Well-Being and Mental Health Amid COVID-19: Differences in Resilience Across Minorities and Whites

Bruegel

·         A New Policy Toolkit is Needed as Countries Exit COVID-19 Lockdowns

·         Political Assessment of Possible Reactions of EU Main Trading Partners to EU Border Carbon Measures

·         Should Denmark and Sweden Join the Banking Union?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Back to Business: NATO’s June Defence Ministerial Meeting

·         Security First in a Post-Pandemic World? Grey-Zone Conflict and Shifting Alliances

·         What to Do About China: A Menu of Options

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Collaborative Models for Understanding Influence Operations: Lessons from Defense Research

·         The Sunni Religious Establishment of Damascus: When Unification Creates Division

·         U.S.-Russian Relations in 2030

CATO Institute

·         Nuclear Anti‐Proliferation Policy and the Korea Conundrum: Some Policy Proposals

·         Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States

Center for Global Development

·         Commitment to Development Index 2020

·         COVID-19 & Violence against Women and Children: What Have WeLearned So Far?

·         Labor Mobility Partnerships: Expanding Opportunity with a Globally Mobile Workforce

·         Not a Centaur but Better: Building FCDO into a Powerful Force for Good and Not for Chaos

Center for International Policy

·         Factsheet: U.S. Aid to Africa in Response to COVID-19  

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

·         A New Era for Credit Scoring: Financial Inclusion, Data Security, and Privacy Protection in the Age of Digital Lending

Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

·         The “13th Five-Year” Special Plan for S&T Military-Civil Fusion Development

·         Assessing Chinese Reactions to New U.S. Visa Policies on Chinese Students and Researchers

·         Career Preferences of AI Talent

·         Global R&D and a New Era of Alliances

·         Immigration Policy and the Global Competition for AI Talent

Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

·         Mapping Methane Super-Emitters in Oil And Gas Fields: A Tiered Remote Sensing Strategy

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Covid-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

·         Covid-19 Response Update: June 19-June 26

·         Just Transition Concepts and Relevance for Climate Action

·         Online Event: U.S. Grand Strategy in the Middle East

·         The Role of the Strategic National Stockpile in Pandemic Response

·         Significant Cyber Incidents [updated June 2020]  

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Pandemic Must Transform Global Agriculture

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         Pandemics, National Security & Re-Balancing Health Care

China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe

·         China’s Sticks and Carrots in Central Europe: The Logic and Power of Chinese Influence

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         COVID-19 Impact on the Value Chain

·         COVID-19 in Asia: Impact on the Value Chain

·         COVID-19 in West Africa: Impact on the Value Chains

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, June 2020, v. 13, no.6  

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: A Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 and Counterterrorism with Audrey Kurth Cronin, Lieutenant General (Ret) Michael Nagata, Magnus Ranstorp, Ali Soufan, and Juan Zarate

o    The Security Threat COVID-19 Poses to the Northern Syria Detention Camps Holding Islamic State Members

o    Pandemic Narratives: Pro-Islamic State Media and the Coronavirus

o    The Limits of ‘Shabaab-CARE’: Militant Governance amid COVID-19

o    Iran’s COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign

o    Pandemic Preparedness: A U.K. Perspective on Overlaps with Countering Terrorism

·         Homecoming: Considerations for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Islamic State-Affiliated Minors

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         A Country in Crisis: How Disinformation Online is Dividing the Nation

·         Oversight of the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee Minority Report

·         The Origins of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Including the Roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Examining the Threat from ISIS and Al Qaeda

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Federal Courts During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Opportunities for Innovation, and Lessons for the Future

·         Oversight of the Department of Justice: Political Interference and Threats to Prosecutorial Independence

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Frontline Feds: Serving the Public During a Pandemic

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology

·         R&D to Support Healthy Air Travel in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources

·         Impact of COVID-19 on Mineral Supply Chains

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         CBP Oversight: Examining the Evolving Challenges Facing the Agency

·         Improving Public Service: A Review of Recommendations Made by the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service

·         The Role of the Strategic National Stockpile in Pandemic Response

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Federal Reinsurance for Terrorism Risk and Its Effects on the Budget

Cyberspace Solarium Commission

·         White Paper #1: Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Actions for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the DOD

·         Feedback on Diversity and Inclusion in the Military

·         Interim Regulations for Condolence or Sympathy Payments to Friendly Civilians for Injury or Loss That is Incident to Military Operations

·         Layered Homeland Missile Defense

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-096 Audit of Coalition Partner Reimbursement of Dining Facility Services at Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan

Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General

·         OEI-06-20-00300 Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic:  Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-20-41 Inadequate Management and Oversight Jeopardized $187.3 Million in FEMA Grant Funds Expended by Joplin Schools, Missouri

·         OIG-20-42 Early Experiences with COVID-19 at ICE Detention Facilities

Department of State

·         2019 Country Reports on Terrorism

o    Prior years

·         2020 Trafficking in Persons Report  

East-West Center

·         Taking Stock of United States-Vietnam Relations 45 Years After the Fall of Saigon

EastWest Institute

·         Terrorism in Afghanistan: A Joint Threat Assessment

·         Weathering TechNationalism: A Security and Trustworthiness Framework to Manage Cyber Supply Chain Risk

Egmont Institute

·         Remolding China’s ‘Empty’ Belt and Road Initiative – An Opportunity for the EU

Elliot School of International Affairs

·         Effects of Deteriorating Security on Prospects for Peace in Mali

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Nigeria Country Analysis Brief

Enough Project

·         Making a Killing: South Sudanese Military Leaders' Wealth, Explained

·         Targeted Network Sanctions in Africa and the COVID-19 Pandemic

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         EASO Asylum Report 2020

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

·         Communicable Disease Threats Report, 21-27 June 2020, Week 26

·         Today’s Data on the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 Cases Worldwide [updated daily]

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Europe’s Pandemic Politics: How the Virus has Changed the Public’sWorldview

·         Reform from Crisis: How Tunisia Can Use Covid-19 as an Opportunity

·         Reviving the Revolutionaries: How Trump’s Maximum Pressure is Shifting Iran’s Domestic Politics

·         Together in Trauma: Europeans and the World after Covid-19

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         The Nuclearisation of the Russian Arctic: New Reactors, New Risks

European Union (EU)

·         CORDIS Results Pack on Climate Neutrality: Pathways for Achieving theEuropean Green Deal Objectives

·         Enhanced Surveillance Report: Greece, May 2020

·         The EU in the World

·         Food Redistribution in the EU: Mapping and Analysis of ExistingRegulatory and Policy Measures Impacting Food Redistribution from EU MemberStates

o    Annexes

·         Future Electronic Communications Product and Service Markets Subject to Ex-Ante Regulation: Recommendation on Relevant Markets: Final Report

·         How to Search for Basic Chinese Company Information to Protect Your IP

·         The Likely Impact of COVID-19 on Education: Reflections Based on the Existing Literature and Recent International Datasets

·         Possible Avenues for Further Political Integration in Europe: APolitical Compact for a More Democratic and Effective Union?

·         Rising Protectionism and Global Value Chains: Quantifying the GeneralEquilibrium Effects

European Values

·         Russian Economic Interference in Europe: Case Studies of Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Austria and The Czech Republic

EUROPOL

·         European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report (TE-SAT) 2020

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         China’s Responsibility for the Covid-19 Pandemic: An International Law Perspective

·         The EU’s External Action on Counter-Terrorism: Development, Structures and Actions

·         Germany’s EU Council Presidency: Navigating the Post-Covid Political Landscape

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Massif Brawl: China and India Clash in the Himalayas

·         Political Upheaval in Belarus? Lukashenko Scrambles to Keep Power

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

·         Making Sense of India’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: Process, Politics, Protests

Future Directions International

·         China, India and the Galwan Valley Clashes: What Can India Do?

·         The Covid-19 Pandemic Draws Attention to Vulnerabilities in the Global Food System

German Development Institute

·         Never-Ending Reformism from Above and Dissatisfaction from Below: The Pradox of Moroccan Post-Spring Politics

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         A Corona Presidency in the Coronavirus Crisis?

·         Negative Sanctions and the EU’s External Migration Policy

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Beyond Justices The Legal Culture of Judges in Mexico

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Transatlantic Take 360: Poland’s Turbulent and Consequential Presidential Election

Globsec

·         External Solidarity is Important, but the Devil is in the Detail

·         Voices of Central and Eastern Europe: Perceptions of Democracy & Governance in 10 EU Countries

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Travel and Communicable Diseases: Status of Research Efforts and Action Still Needed to Develop Federal Preparedness Plan [testimony]  GAO-20-655T

·         COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts GAO-20-625

·         COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts [testimony] GAO-20-659T

·         Federal Prisons: Additional Analysis Needed to Determine Whether to Issue Pepper Spray to Minimum Security Prisons GAO-20-342

·         Federal Workforce: Key Considerations for Agencies Returning Employees to Workplaces during Pandemics [testimony]  GAO-20-650T

·         Independence Day Celebrations: Estimated Costs for Fourth of July Events on the National Mall for 2016 through 2019 GAO-20-470

·         Military Depots: The Navy Needs Improved Planning to Address Persistent Aircraft Maintenance Delays While Air Force Maintenance Has Generally Been Timely GAO-20-390

·         National Flood Insurance Program: Fiscal Exposure Persists Despite Property Acquisitions GAO-20-508

·         National Flood Insurance Program: Fiscal Exposure Persists Despite Property Acquisitions GAO-20-509  

·         National Nuclear Security Administration: Analyzing Cost Savings Program Could Result in Wider Use and Additional Contractor Efficiencies GAO-20-451

·         Unmanned Aerial Systems: Air Force Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Aircrew Staffing and Support GAO-20-320

·         USAID: Mixed Progress in Increasing Diversity, and Actions Needed to Consistently Meet EEO Requirements GAO-20-477

·         Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Additional DOL Actions Needed to Help States and Employers Address Substance Use Disorder GAO-20-337

Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal, 2020, v. 11, no. 3

o    Examining the Anomalies, Explaining the Value: Should the USA FREEDOM Act’s Metadata Program be Extended?

o    Defending Against the Military: The Posse Comitatus Act’s Exclusionary Rule

o    Unnamed & Uncharged: Next Friend Standing and the Anonymous Detainee

o    Bilateral Defense-Related Treaties and the Dilemma Posed by the Law of Neutrality

Heritage Foundation

·         As North Korea Resumes Provocations, the U.S. Should Stand Firmly with Its Allies

Hoover Institution

·         COVID-19 Is Also a Reallocation Shock

Human Rights Watch

·         "I Want to Continue to Study": Barriers to SecondaryEducation for Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan

·         “Once You Get Out, You Lose Everything”: Women and Matrimonial Property Rights in Kenya

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         How China’s Mercantilist Policies Have Undermined Global Innovation in the Telecom Equipment Industry

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         Secure Intelligent Automation for Mission Readiness

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Dichotomies in Pakistan’s Approach Towards Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

·         The Heavenly Land and the Land of the Rising Sun: Historical Linkages,Security Cooperation and Strategic Partnership

·         Navigating the Indian Cyberspace Maze: Guide for Policymakers

·         Time to Leverage the Strategic Potential of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         System Overload: Can China’s Military Be Distracted in a War overTaiwan?

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         China's Perspective on the Crisis with the United States

·         Illusion, Awakening, Rage, and Response: The United States Strategic Approach to China

·         Israel, the Gulf States, and Annexation

Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

·         A Climate for Change in the UNSC? Member States’ Approaches to theClimate-Security Nexus

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

·         Anatomy of a Disinformation Empire: Investigating NaturalNews

·         Click Here For Outrage: Disinformation in the European Parliamentary Elections 2019

·         Cracking the Code: An Evaluation of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

·         A Safe Space to Hate: White Supremacist Mobilisation on Telegram

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

·         Current Security Developments in Japan: Corona and Aegis Ashore

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report June 17-23, 2020

·         Syria Situation Report June 10-23, 2020

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Addressing Informal Labour Intermediaries in the Context of Child Labour: Evidence Review Across Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar

·         Evaluating CLARISSA: Innovation Driven by a Participatory LearningAgenda

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Differentiated Integration in the EMU: Impact on Policy Effectiveness and Political Unity

·         Emergency Powers, COVID-19 and the New Challenge for Human Rights

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Modi, the RSS and a Self-Reliant India

·         Should India Ban Imports from China?

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Framing in Times of Crisis: Responses to COVID-19 Amongst Far RightMovements and Organisations

International Crisis Group

·         Financing the Revival of Sudan’s Troubled Transition

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Impact of Monetary Policy Communication in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indonesia

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, June 24, 2020, v. 20, no. 11

o    The CCP Politburo Holds Its First Collective Study Session for 2020

o    Fighting the Battle for the Pandemic Narrative: The PRC White Paper on Its COVID-19 Response

o    The COVID-19 Pandemic Boosts Sino-Russian Cooperation

o    Chinese Views of the United States Amid Rising Sino-American Clashes

o    The India-U.S. Defense Relationship Grows Amid Rising Tensions with China

·         Terrorism Monitor, June 26, 2020, v. 18,no. 13

o    An Impending  Assault on Idlib

o    Wagner Group in Libya: Weapon of War or Geopolitical Tool?

o    Could Russia Lose the Syrian Arab Army to Iran or General Maher al-Assad?

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

·         Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, v. 35, no. 2, 2020  

o    Air and Missile Defense: Transformations for 21st-Century Warfighting

o    Overview of Platforms and Combat Systems

o    Integrated Air and Missile Defense Resource Management

o    Combat System Filter Engineering

o    Building the Combat Information Center of the Future

o    Sensors and Communications Systems

Library of Congress, Law Library

·         Regulating Electronic Means to Fight the Spread of COVID-19

Medical Health System

·         Special Report: Prevalence of Selected Underlying Health Conditions Among Active Component Army Service Members with Coronavirus Disease 2019, 11February–6 April 2020

Middle East Institute

·         Deradicalization Programs for SOSMA, POTA, and POCA Detainees in Malaysia

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Measuring Up? Using Monitoring and Evaluation to Make Good on the Promise of Refugee Sponsorship

Minority Rights Group International

·         2020 Peoples Under Threat Map

o    Briefing

National Academies Press

·         Guidelines to Incorporate the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change

·         Incorporating the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Measures in Preparation for Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change—Guidebook

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Summer 2020, v. 20, no.3

o    Canadian Armed Forces: A New Vision for the Reserves

o    Canada and South Sudan: Coming to Grips with “Juba Good”

o    By, With, and Through: The Value of Capacity Building Operations to the Canadian Armed Forces

o    Leveraging Allies Regarding Artificial Intelligence: The Critical Link between the Commercial and the Defence Industry

o    The Mental Health Risks Associated with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations

o    The Need for Intelligence Education

o    COVID-19: The Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Defence Policy

National Iranian American Council (NIAC)

·         A Maximum Pressure Exit Strategy: Returning to & Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         International Cyber Stability Framework at the United Nations Security Council

National Security Archive

·         Spying on Americans: Infamous 1970s White House Plan for Protest Surveillance Released

Naval War College

·         International Law Studies, 2020, v. 96 [issue 1,no. 7]

o    Beyond Human Shielding: Civilian Risk Exploitation and Indirect Civilian Targeting

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Latin America

·         Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Latin America (2015-2020): Trends, Challenges, and Prospects

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Is Brexit a Game Changer for EU External Differentiated Integration?

Observer Research Foundation

·         Air Power in Joint Operations: A Game Changer in a Limited Conflict with China

·         China’s State Responsibility for the Global Spread of COVID19: An International Law Perspective

·         Impact Investments in India: Towards Sustainable Development

·         Fast Data for Faster Decision-making: The Utility of High-frequency Economic Indicators

·         India and Africa: Charting a Post-COVID19 Future

·         India in the Final Frontier: Strategy, Policy and Industry

·         Life in Kashmir after Article 370

·         Uncharted Territory: Emerging World Order Post Covid19

Oxford Research Group

·         Compound Risks and Sustainable Security

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         As COVID-19 Emerged in U.S., Facebook Posts About It Appeared in a Wide Range of Public Pages, Groups

Pew Research Center Science & Society

·         Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Republicans, Democrats Move Even Further Apart in Coronavirus Concerns

Rand 

·         Air Force Manpower Determinants: Options for More-Responsive Processes

·         China's Health System Reform and Global Health Strategy in the Context of COVID-19: Addendum

·         Decoding Data Science: The U.S. Coast Guard's Evolving Needs and Their Implications

·         The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume I: The Old Regime: The Army, Militia, and Volunteers from Colonial Times to the Spanish-American War

·         The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume II: The Formative Years for U.S. Military Policy, 1898–1940

·         The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume III: Another World War and Cold War

·         The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume IV: The Total Force Policy Era, 1970–2015

·         A History of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present: A Path to Army Total Force Policy

·         Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Spring 2020

·         The Role of the United States Postal Service in the Age of COVID-19

·         The Strategic National Stockpile and COVID-19: Rethinking the Stockpile

·         Teaching and Leading Through a Pandemic: Key Findings from the American Educator Panels Spring 2020 COVID-19 Surveys

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

·         Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, Spring 2020, v. 9, no. 2

o    The Future of Artificial Intelligence in ISR Operations

o    Riggers and Fitters and Other Erks: An Air Force View on Logistics

o    Modern Counter-Insurgency Campaigns: Best Roles for Air Power

o    A Fifth-Generation Tactical Air Transport Platform, Part 2

o    An Unforeseen Enrichment: The Human Side of Lessons Learned

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Task Force

·         Report of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Task Force

Small Arms Survey

·         Hollow Promises: The Risks of Military Integration in Western Equatoria

Small Wars Journal

·         Reimagining Policing in America—A Complete Institutional Overhaul

·         Terrorism and COVID-19: Are We Over-Estimating the Threat?

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Africa’s ICT Infrastructure: Its Present and Prospects

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk

·         The Impact of COVID-19 on Critical Global Food Supply Chains and Food Security

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Striking the Balance: US Army Force Posture in Europe, 2028

Strategic Trade Research Institute

·         Artificial Intelligence and Strategic Trade Controls

·         Strategic Trade Review, v. 6, no. 9,Winter/Spring 2020

o    Used Goods, New Risks: Mitigating Proliferation Impacts of the Global Secondary Market

o    Disrupting Export Controls: “Emerging and Foundational Technologies” and Next Generation Controls

o    Emerging Technologies and Competition in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Need for New Approaches to Export Control

o    Leveraging Cheminformatics to Bolster the Control of Chemical Warfare Agents and their Precursors

o    An Institutional Blockchain as a Tool to Control the Export of Dual-Use and Military Goods

o    Emerging Technologies and Export Control Law: Challenges and Compliance Mechanisms for Research Institutions from a European Perspective

o    Emerging Technologies and the Challenges of Controlling Intangible Technology Exports

Sudd Institute

·         Remediating South Sudan’s War-induced Petroleum Environmental Damage: Environmental Baseline Conditions and Current Impacts

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

·         Inside the Raslan Trial: Details on Branch 251

Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, June 2020, v.14, no. 3

o    Idiosyncratic Terrorism: Disaggregating an Undertheorized Concept

o    Failed States and Terrorism: Justifiability of Transnational Interventions from a Counterterrorism Perspective

o    A Broad Spectrum of Signs of Islamic Radicalisation and Extremism in a Country without a Single Terrorist Attack: The Case of Slovenia

o    Suspect Community: A Product of the Prevention of Terrorism Acts or a Product of Conflict Dynamics?

o    COVID-19 and Terrorism

o    Countering Terrorist Acts Against Christian Places of Worship

o    Right-Wing Terror A Fifth Global Wave?

o    More Grist to the Mill? Reciprocal Radicalisation and Reactions to Terrorism in the Far-Right Digital

o    'Remodelling': The Need for More Robust Models and Metrics for Counterterrorism Threat Analysis

o    Bibliography: Children, Youth and Terrorism

o    Bibliography: Internet-Driven Right-Wing Terrorism

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 17 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism Related Subjects

o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

·         Administrator’s Intent 2.0

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Attacks on Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic

UN  Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)

·         The Arms Trade Treaty: Obligations to Prevent the Diversion of Conventional Arms

·         Counter-IED Capability Maturity Model and Self-Assessment Tool

US Central Command (CENTCOM)

·         Unipath, 2020, v. 10, no. 1

o    Partners with a Purpose

o    Empowering the Afghan Air Force

o    Unity on the Seas

o    No Haven for Daesh

o    Uzbekistan as Security Partner

o    A Coordinated Response

o    Weather's Role in Warfare

o    Operation Sentinel: A Global Partnership to Deter Maritime Aggression

o    Bolstering Regional Cooperation

o    Countering Terrorism

o    Brothers in Arms

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Current Situation in Iran: A USIP Fact Sheet

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egyptian Public Concerned About Internal Problems, Not Israel; Government Policies Rated Poorly, But Mixed Views on Protest

·         Is Regime Collapse on Syria's Horizon? Evaluating Assad's Grip on Power

·         Israeli Annexation in the West Bank? Scenarios and Implications

·         Merging Talks on Northeast Syria with a Whole-of-Country Approach

·         A Nation Divided: Palestinian Views on War and Peace with Israel

·         Testing Iraq’s Ability to Crack Down on Anti-U.S. Terrorism

·         U.S.-Turkish Cooperation Is Key for Lasting Stability Northern Syria

World Bank

·         The Future of Work in Africa : Harnessing the Potential of Digital Technologies for All

·         Scaling Up Disruptive Agricultural Technologies in Africa

·         Tackling the World's Fastest-Growing HIV Epidemic : More Efficient HIV Responses in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

·         Violence without Borders : The Internationalization of Crime and Conflict

World Economic Forum

·         Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 4.0: A Toolkit for Leaders to Accelerate Social Progress in the Future of Work

·         Incentivizing Responsible and Secure Innovation: A Framework for Entrepreneurs and Investors