Friday's Miscellany 07-10-2020 & 07-17-2020

38 North

• North Korea’s Chemical and Coal Liquefaction Industries: The Difficult Path Ahead to Self-Reliance
• North Korea’s Foreign Propaganda Takes a Step Towards Modernity 
• North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Minor Caretaking Activities Continue 
• Pyongyang Construction Update: Work Continues on Several Large Projects 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Africa’s Varied COVID Landscapes

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes

• 2020 Review of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture African Regional Consultation Report

AidData

• Do WHO Epidemic Declarations Matter? Evidence from the Meningitis Belt
• Evaluating Water- and Health Related Development Projects: A Cross-Project and Microbased Approach
• When Does Transparency Improve Institutional Performance? Evidence from 20,000 Aid Projects in 183 Countries

Air University Press

• The Secret Sauce for Organizational Success: Communications and Leadership on the Same Page

American Enterprise Institute

• Partial Decoupling From China: A Brief Guide

Amnesty International

• Poland: Shadow Report on Aspects of Implementation of the Istanbul Convention

Army Heritage and Education Center

• "A Little-known Bill of Great National Significance": The Uses and Evolution of the Defense Production Act, 1950-2020

Army University Press

• Forging the 10th Mountain Division for War, 1940–45: How Innovation Created a Highly Adaptive Formation
• Military Review, July-August  2020, v. 100, no. 4 
• Preparing for the Unexpected: Enhancing Army Readiness in the Arctic
• Lethal Weapon: Combatives and Mental Skills Training to Ensure Overmatch in the Close-Combat Fight
• Larger War, Smaller Hospitals?
• A Russian Military Framework for Understanding Influence in the Competition Period
• Operationalizing Artificial Intelligence for Algorithmic Warfare
• Ensuring the Political Loyalty of the Russian Soldier
• The People’s Bank of China’s: Monetary Armament Capabilities and Limitations of Evolving Institutional Power
• The National Liberation Army (ELN), Early 2020
• The Strategic Relevance of Tic-Tac-Toe
• Punching Above Our Weight: The New Infantry Tactics of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment
• Tactical Data Science
• The Battlefield Development Plan: A Holistic Campaign Assessment to Inform the Army Modernization Enterprise
• Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
• Death of Democracy in Hong Kong: Harbinger of the Future in East Asia

Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Curbing State-Driven Trade Policies: How to Craft New & Effective Approaches to Counter Distortive Practices

Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)

• AFIO's Guide to the Study of Intelligence

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• The Army on Point: A Detailed Summary of Current Operations and Responsibilities

Atlantic Council

• Economic Might, National Security, and the Future of American Statecraft 
• II. The convergence of national security and economics
• III. A new policy agenda
• IV. Process and personnel reforms
• Emerging Technologies: New Challenges to Global Stability
• I. The emerging tech revolution
• Will AI and robots kill jobs?
• National security impact
• II. The governance conundrum
• AI: preventing the coming storm
• Global and Regional Trade Systems
• A Global Strategy for Shaping the Post-COVID-19 World
• The International Financial System
• Israel’s Growing Ties with the Arab Gulf States
• Past, Present, and Prospective: The Demographic Dividend Opportunity in Arab Youth
• A Strategic Concept for Countering Russian and Chinese Hybrid Threats
• Strategies for Reforming Afghanistan’s Illicit Networks
• Technology Trends are Reshaping Trade
• Trade and Financial Fragmentation: New Challenges to Global Stability
• Turkey’s Refugee Resilience: Expanding and Improving Solutions for the Economic Inclusion of Syrians in Turkey
• The United States, China, and Economic Fragmentation
• Unchallenged Currencies and the IMF
• United G20 Must Pave the Way for Robust Post-COVID-19 Recovery

Australian Government Department of Defence

• 2020 Defence Strategic Update and 2020 Force Structure Plan

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

• Circumventing the Tender Process: Why PNG Should Be Cautious with the Administration of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funds
• How to Mobilise Australia
• Mentoring to Support Women’s Leadership

Australian National University Press

• Designing Governance Structures for Performance and Accountability: Developments in Australia and Greater China
• Morrison's Miracle: The 2019 Australian Federal Election

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

• Morocco's Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor

Baker Institute

• China Energy Map [Graphic] 
• Health Challenges for Undocumented Immigrants 
• How Mexican Cartels are Exploiting Covid-19 
• Mapping China's Existing Coal and Nuclear Power Plants, and EV Battery Factories [interactive map 1982-present]  
• The Impact of Covid-19 on Vulnerable Families

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

• Building a Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with, not for, Cities
• Deliberation in the Process of Constitutional Reform: Cuba in Comparative Context
• “Neither Plan Nor Market”. Problems and Coherence of the Gradualist Reform Approach

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• The Attacks on the Uniqueness of the Holocaust 
• The Chinese Application of the Security Law in Hong Kong—Why Now? 
• The Chinese Media’s Take on US Unrest
• COVID-19 and the Anti-Racism Movement Are Challenging Liberal Democracy
• Erdoğan’s “Holy Wisdom”—Why He Is Converting Hagia Sophia into a Mosque
• Five Reasons Why the West Will Lose Turkey
• Freedom of Speech in Saudi Arabia  
• Hamas Views Application of Sovereignty as a Potential Opportunity 
• Iran’s Lawfare in Europe Normalizes Its Geopolitical Strategy  
• Is Yemen the Next Frontier for the Turkey-Russia Conflict? 
• Israeli Sovereignty and Its Unlikely Benefactors 
• The Mysterious Explosions at Iran’s Nuclear Facilities 
• Palestinians See Major Threat in UAE Aid Shipment Via Israel 
• The Rise of the Indo-Pacific 
• The Sovereignty Debate Has Changed Israeli Discourse  
• Sovereignty in the Face of International Pressure
• Syria Is Tempting, But Will China Bite?
• Turkey’s Demographics Defy Erdoğan’s Designs
• UAE Targets Turkey and Qatar in the Mediterranean

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• COVID-19 and the Preexisting Weaknesses and Tensions Within Our Emergency Management Regime
• Database on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Budgets for Energy Research, Development, & Demonstration (1978–2021R)
• Made in the USA: Revitalizing the Domestic Semiconductor Industry

Blair Institute for Global Change

• Covid-19 and Africa: Interactive Data Dashboard
• Pandemic-Proofing Travel
• A Path to Brexit Agreement: Finding a Landing Zone for a Compromise
• Planning for the Worst and Hoping for the Best: Forecasting Covid-19 for Sub-Saharan Africa
• Scaling Up Investment for Covid-19 Economic Recovery and Jobs in Africa

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

• Syrian War at the Crossroads. Curbing Arms Flow, Imposing a No-Fly Zone and Opening al-Yarubiyah Border Crossing

Brookings

• Across Metro Areas, COVID-19 Relief Loans are Helping Some Places More Than Others 
• Are American Elections Pandemic-Proof? A State-by-State Scorecard 
• ASEAN Economic Prospects Amid Emerging Turbulence  
• Bankruptcy and the Coronavirus: Part II  
• New ICE Guidelines Jeopardize International Students Like Me 
• Europe Changes Its Mind on China 
• From the George Floyd Moment to Black Lives Matter Movement, in Tweets
• How the Pandemic Is Changing the Economy
• The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Trade: Recent Evidence from East Africa 
• Learning from the Best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 Responses 
• The Metro Recovery Index: Tracking Metropolitan Economies through the COVID-19 Crisis 
• The Nature of Work after the COVID Crisis: Too Few Low-Wage Jobs
• Optimizing Assessment for All: Assessment as a Stimulus for Scaling 21st Century Skills in Education Systems
• Reducing Bias in AI-Based Financial Services 
• A Roaring Sun Belt Surge has Inverted the Demographics and Politics of COVID-19 [updated] 
• Social Capital: Why We Need It and How We Can Create More of It
• Taking a Broader View of “Junk Insurance”
• The TAP-Plus Approach to Anti-Corruption in the Natural Resource Value Chain
• Three Million More Guns: The Spring 2020 Spike in Firearm Sales
• What happens if President Trump contracts COVID-19
• What’s the Fed Doing in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis? What more could it do?
• Working Parents are Key to COVID-19 Recovery

Bruegel

• Greening the Recovery by Greening the Fiscal Consolidation
• The Impact Economy: Balancing Profit and Impact

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Deepfakes and Synthetic Media in the Financial System: Assessing Threat Scenarios
• Dubai’s Role in Facilitating Corruption and Global Illicit Financial Flows
• The EU’s Role in Fighting Disinformation: Taking Back the Initiative 
• Europe and AI: Leading, Lagging Behind, or Carving Its Own Way? 
• How Southern Syria Has Been Transformed Into a Regional Powder Keg 
• Unmasking the Truth: Public Health Experts, the Coronavirus, and the Raucous Marketplace of Ideas

CATO Institute

• Tariffs by Fiat: The Widening Chasm between U.S. Antidumping Policy and the Rule of Law
• Testing the “China Shock”: Was Normalizing Trade with China a Mistake?

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Investing in Great-Power Competition: Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Budget Request

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

• Staying Afloat: Shipping  Networks  in the  Wake of U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela

Center for Global Development

• China’s Aid from the Bottom Up: Recipient Country Reporting on Chinese Development Cooperation Flows
• China’s Foreign Aid: A Primer for Recipient Countries, Donors, and Aid Providers
• COVID-19 and Budgetary Space for Health in Developing Economies
• Locked Down and Left Behind: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees’ Economic Inclusion
• Trade Liberalization and Chinese Students in US Higher Education

Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

• Artificial Intelligence and Strategic Trade Controls
• Increasing Nuclear Threats through Strategic Missile Defense
• Innovation and Its Discontents: National Models of Military Innovation and the Dual-Use Conundrum
• Missile Wars in the Asia Pacific: The Threat of Chinese Regional Missiles and U.S.-Allied Missile Defense Response

Center for International Policy

• Situation Tracker: Libya

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

• How to Improve Water Resources Management in the Middle East? The Call for a Locally-Based Water Security

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Keeping the Skies Open over Europe
• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 254: Social Issues 
• No. 255: Countering Violent Extremism

Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University

• Rethinking the Traditional US National Security Agenda: Part One

Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

• Quantum Key Distribution in Space

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Afghanistan: The Prospects for a Real Peace
• China and Russia: Economic Unequals
• Chronology of Possible Chinese Gray Area and Hybrid Warfare Operations
• The Collection Edge: Harnessing Emerging Technologies for Intelligence Collection 
• Countering Russian & Chinese Influence Activities 
• Covid-19 Response Update: July 10–July 17 
• Hidden Harbors: China’s State-backed Shipping Industry
• How Japan Can Forge Resiliency and Defense Capacity Building in the Indo-Pacific in the Era of Covid-19
• NC3: Challenges Facing the Future System 
• The New Strategic Dialogue: Shaping the Iraqi-U.S. Relationship  
• Offense–Defense Integration for Missile Defeat 
• Race to the Top: The Case for a New U.S. International Energy Policy
• South Korea’s Growing 5G Dilemma
• The Sunnylands Principles on Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific Region

Center on Global Energy Policy

• The Post-Pandemic Economy Could Be Green and Clean—but Not With These Plan  

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

• “Calling Forth” the Cajun Navy? Legal Frameworks for Ad Hoc Disaster Relief  
• Were Confederate Soldiers Tried for Treason

Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

• A Farce at the Ballot Box The Constitutional Vote in Russia

Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Rethinking the EU's Approach Towards Its Southern Neighbours   

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Assessing Digitalization and Data Governance Issues in Africa
• Environmental Provisions in CUSMA: A New Approach
• Standards for Cybersecure IoT Devices: A Way Forward 
• Sustainable Energy through Green Bonds in India

Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

• Phishing Your Staff: A Double-Edged Sword?

Chatham House

• The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition 
• Understanding US Policy in Somalia: Current Challenges and Future Options 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• COVID-19 Impact on the Value Chain in Latin America 
• The European Commission on the Brink of a Green Recovery 
• Pandemic Meets Poverty: Pandemonium for Pastoralists in the Sahel 
• Sentinel of the Caribbean: US Foreign Policy towards Venezuela 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

• Department of Defense Authorities and Roles Related to Civilian Law Enforcement 

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

• Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities 
• Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
• Oversight of DOE During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

• The End of One Country, Two Systems?: Implications of Beijing’s National Security Law in Hong Kong
• Exposing and Demanding Accountability for Kremlin Crimes Abroad
• The Importance of Transatlantic Cooperation During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
• Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops: Why Hasn’t the Administration Responded? 
• The Trump Administration's Response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean 
• With American Lives on the Line, Lessons for Managing the Russia Threat 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

• Assessing the Threat from Accelerationists and Militia Extremists
• Children in CBP Custody: Examining Deaths, Medical Care Procedures, and Improper Spending
• Defending Against Future Cyberattacks: Evaluating the Cyberspace Solarium Commission Recommendations
• Examining the National Response to the Worsening Coronavirus Pandemic
• Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities: Examining ICE Contractors’ Response to COVID-19
• Pandemic Response: Confronting the Unequal Impacts of COVID-19
• Reviewing Federal and State Pandemic Supply Preparedness and Response

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

• Hearing on U.S. Cybersecurity Preparedness and H.R. 7331, the National Cyber Director Act 

Congress. House. Science. Space, and Technology Committee

• From Lab to Market: Accelerating our Progress toward Economic Recovery and a Clean Energy Future
• Sweltering in Place: COVID-19, Extreme Heat, and Environmental Justice

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Trends in the Internal Revenue Service’s Funding and Enforcement

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

• Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative FY2019-2023

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Reframing Islamic State: Trends and Themes in Contemporary Messaging

Department of Defense (DOD)

• Actions for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Defense 
• COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, July 15, 2020 
• COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, July 8, 2020  
• Lead Inspector General for East Africa And North And West Africa Counterterrorism Operations 
• NDS Implementation: First Year Accomplishments
• Public Display or Depiction of Flags in the Department of Defense  

Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2020-095 Audit of Purchases of Ammonium Perchlorate Through Subcontracts With a Single Department of Defense-Approved Domestic Supplier 
• DODIG-2020-103 Audit of the Department of Defense’s Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization of Military Medical Treatment Facilities
• DODIG-2020-104 Audit of Combined Security Transition Command–Afghanistan’s Implementation of the Core Inventory Management System Within the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-20-45 Capping Report: Observations of Unannounced Inspections of ICE Facilities in 2019 
• OIG-20-49 Houston, Texas Has Adequate Policies, Procedures, and Business Practices to Manage Its FEMA Grant
• OIG-20-52 CBP Has Not Demonstrated Acquisition Capabilities Needed to Secure the Southern Border

East West Center

• Challenges and Responses to COVID-19: Experience from Asia 
• Tracking COVID-19 in the Age of AI and Tech Wars 

EastWest Institute (EWI)

• Terrorism in Afghanistan: A Joint Threat Assessment

Egmont Institute

• COVID-19 and the Climate – Energy Nexus
• Rethinking EU Institutions’ Rules of Procedure after COVID-19

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

• COVID-19 Emergency Measures in Asylum and Reception Systems - Issue 2 

European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

• One China Under Media Heaven: How Beijing Hones Its Skills in Information Operations
• Trends in China’s Power Politics

European Commission

• Are We More Accurate? Revisiting the European Commission’s Macroeconomic Forecasts
• Facing the Digital Transformation: Are Digital Skills Enough?

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• In Sickness and In Health: European Cooperation during the Coronavirus Crisis
• The Big Engine that Might: How France and Germany Can Build a Geopolitical Europe

European Policy Centre (EPC)

• From Reaction to Action: How the EU Can Step Up Its Role in Global Pandemics

European Union

• A Comprehensive EU Strategy for Africa

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

• Trust Services Security Incidents 2019 Annual Analysis Report

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Uncharted Territory? Towards a Common Threat Analysis and a Strategic Compass for EU Security and Defence
• Under Pressure: Can Belarus Resist Russian Coercion?  

European Values

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

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, July 2020
• Importance of Vulnerability in Law Enforcement
• National Data Exchange Success Story of the Year
• Preparation for Crisis

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Cash-Forward Arbitrage and Dealer Capital in MBS Markets: COVID-19 and Beyond 
• Oil Price Dynamics Report [updated] 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• FATF Report to G20 on So-called Stablecoins 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• COVID-19 and Pandemics: The Greatest National Security Threat of 2020 and Beyond
• Egypt’s Military Limitations: Cairo’s Options to Defend Eastern Libya
• India in the Balance
• Rising Tides of Terrorism
• Still The One: Great Power Competition and Special Operations Forces
• What the Russian Bounties Story Says About the National Security Process of the Trump Administration
• Whither Hong Kong: Beijing Imposes a “National Security Law” 
• William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and the American Founding: The Philadelphia Factor

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

• The European Equation of Nuclear Deterrence, Variables and Possible Solutions
• Japan’s Space Program: Shifting Away from “Non-Offensive” Purposes?

Future Directions International

• Chinese Intentions Towards the Mekong River and Mainland South-East Asia
• Does the Chinese Communist Party Need Military Confrontation?
• IA-CEPA Enters Into Force: Poor Timing for Indonesia?
• Nepal Faces an Unenviable Situation as COVID-19 Precautions Deal a Blow to Food Security
• Trump or Biden? The Potential Impact of the US Election on India

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

• COVID-19 and the Informal Sector: What It Means for Women Now and in the Future

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

• Germany’s Corona Presidency: Germany’s Leadership Role and European Partners’ Expectations

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Migration and the 2030 Agenda: Making Everyone Count
• Regional Power United Arab Emirates

German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Boosting Party Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe
• The EU’s Lessons for Supporting Civil Society in Member States
• Masks Off: Chinese Coronavirus Assistance in Europe
• The Twilight of the Extroverts—and Other Unlikely Facets of the Post-Pandemic Order

Global Disinformation Index

• GDI
• Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech 

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Protecting Communities: Responding to the Impact of Urban Drug Markets

Government Accountability Office 

• 2018 Pacific Disasters: Preliminary Observations on FEMA’s Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts [testimony] GAO-20-614T
• Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Ensure Investments in Key Data System Meet Mission and User Needs GAO-20-562
• COVID-19: FEMA's Role in the Response and Related Challenges [testimony] GAO-20-685T  
• DATA Act: OIGs Reported That Quality of Agency-Submitted Data Varied, and Most Recommended Improvements GAO-20-540  
• Military and Veteran Support: Performance Goals Could Strengthen Programs that Help Servicemembers Obtain Civilian Employment GAO-20-416
• Military Depots: Army and Marine Corps Need to Improve Efforts to Address Challenges in Measuring Performance and Planning Maintenance Work GAO-20-401
• Military Parachutes: Observations on Army and Marine Corps Acquisition Programs GAO-20-524
• Science & Tech Spotlight: Herd Immunity For COVID-19 GAO-20-646SP  
• Sexual Harassment: Inconsistent and Incomplete Policies and Information Hinder VA's Efforts to Protect Employees GAO-20-387 
• Social Cost of Carbon: Identifying a Federal Entity to Address the National Academies' Recommendations Could Strengthen Regulatory Analysis GAO-20-254
• Southwest Border: CBP Needs to Increase Oversight of Funds, Medical Care, and Reporting of Deaths GAO-20-536
• Southwest Border: CBP Should Improve Oversight of Funds, Medical Care, and Reporting of Deaths [testimony] GAO-20-680T
• Targeting Federal Funds: Information on Funding to Areas with Persistent or High Poverty GAO-20-518
• VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Graduate Medical Education Reimbursement GAO-20-553

Heritage Foundation

• Challenging China’s “Wolf Warrior” Diplomats
• U.S.–Mexico White House Meeting: An Opportunity to Develop a North American Economic Reconstruction Strategy

HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies

• COVID-19 in Kenya: Containment, Mitigation, Recovery and Reopening Report
• Horn of Africa and COVID-19: Peace and Security Implications and Possible Policy Options
• Open-Ended Conscription in Eritrea’s National Military Service: Here is How to Improve the Policy
• Perceptions of Kenyans on Government Responses to COVID-19 

Hoover Institution

• A Pro-Growth Fiscal Consolidation Plan for the United States 

Human Rights Watch

• “It Wasn’t Really Safety, It Was Shame”: Young People, Sexual Health Education, and HPV in Alabama

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Beyond the Energy Techlash: The Real Climate Impacts of Information Technology  
• Ensuring U.S. Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness  
• Lessons From the Pandemic: Broadband Policy After COVID-19 
• Why New Calls to Subvert Commercial Encryption Are Unjustified  

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• Bang for Buck: India’s Defence Expenditure in Wider Perspective 
• The Cartographic Route to Deeper Strategic Partnerships 
• Is Northeast Poised for Lasting Peace? 
• Sri Lanka Headed for Elections: Democracy in Distress? 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Africa Symposium 2020: Advancing Africa’s Peace, Security, and Governance—Summary 
• Africa Symposium 2020: Advancing Africa’s Peace, Security, and Governance—Major Themes 
• A Preliminary Concept for a Model of Federal Technology Transfer 
• Is the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program Effective? 
• Update to Current Policies for Use of Radiation Therapy Drugs 

Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

• Armament and Transatlantic Relationships: The Danish Perspective  
• The (R)evolution of Defence Innovation Models: Rationales and Consequences

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

• The 5G Tender in Israel and the Global Struggle against Huawei 
• "Alliance of Survivors": Iran and Syria and their Military-Technology Agreement 
• An IDF Multi-Year Plan for the Ground Forces 
• Hezbollah Embroiled in Challenges, at Home and Abroad  
• Influence in the Covid-19 Era 
• INSS War Game: The Annexation Trap and the Emergency Exit 
• Iran: Embroiled in Dilemmas, Poised at a Watershed 
• Regulating Israel’s Electricity Sector: A Model for Limiting Foreign Influence in Strategic Infrastructure

Institute for Science and International Security 

• Damage to the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC) at Natanz Is Far More Severe and Extensive Than Previously Reported
• Update on Assessing the Detonation at the Natanz Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center: New High Resolution Satellite Imagery Refines Details on the Explosion and Fire 

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Towards a New Conflict Management System on the Korean Peninsula: A Military Perspective

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• Making Sense of Resilience in the Boko Haram Crisis  
• Women in Africa’s Maritime Space 

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

• The Propaganda Pipeline: The ISIS Fuouaris Upload Network on Facebook 
• Profit and Protest: How Facebook is Struggling to Enforce Limits on Ads Spreading Hate, Lies and Scams about the Black Lives Matter Protests 

Institute for the Study of War

• Iraq Situation Report
• July 1-7, 2020
• July 8-14, 2020 
• Lost Ground and New Opportunities amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Russia and Aligned Former Opposition Fighters Leverage Growing Anti-Assad Sentiment to Expand Control in Southern Syria
• Syria Situation Report: June 24-July 6, 2020

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

• COVID-19 Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa
• Operational Considerations: COVID-19 and Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Framing an EU Response to Israel's Annexation of the West Bank
• The Impact of COVID-19 on State-Society Relations in North Africa
• Italy and the Libyan Crisis: What Lessons for Foreign Policy?
• The New Turn in Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Regional and Domestic Insecurities 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• India’s Critical Medical Imports and the China Dependency
• Pakistan’s Sugar Scandal Report: Political Manoeuvre or Real Accountability
• SAARC-ASEAN: Post-COVID-19 Relationship
• Tik-Tok-ed: India’s Ban on Chinese Apps
• Will Nepali Remittance Bounce Back?
• Women Empowerment in India: More Needs to be Done

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Shamima Begum, Citizenship Revocation and the Question of Due Process  
• Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Trafficking, Smuggling, and Use for Criminality by Terrorists and Insurgents: A Brief Historical Overview

International Crisis Group

• Ending the Dangerous Standoff in Southern Somalia
• Miracle or Mirage? Gangs and Plunging Violence in El Salvador
• What Role for the Multinational Joint Task Force in Fighting Boko Haram?

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• COVID-19 and Emerging Markets: An Epidemiological Model with International Production Networks and Capital Flows

International Peace Institute (IPI)

• UN Peacekeeping Operations and Pastoralism-Related Insecurity: Adopting a Coordinated Approach for the Sahel

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

• Turkey and Russia’s Libyan Adventure Is a European Problem

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

• Transparency and Reporting on Arms Exports within and from the EU

Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, July 15, 2020, v. 20, no. 12
• The Beidou Satellite Network and the “Space Silk Road” in Eurasia
• Sterilizations, IUDs, and Mandatory Birth Control: The CCP’s Campaign to Suppress Uyghur Birth Rates in Xinjian
• Beijing Asserts a More Aggressive Posture in Its Border Dispute with India
• The Security Component of the BRI in Central Asia, Part One: Chinese and Regional Perspectives on Security in Central Asia
• Mongolia and the Belt and Road Initiative: The Prospects for the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
• Terrorism Monitor, July 15, 2020, v. 18, no. 14  
• How Will Khadimi Confront Kata’ib Hezbollah?x
• Libyan War Upsets Fragile Tunisian Government
• Gateway to Yemen: The Battle for the Tihama

Japan Ministry of Defense

• 2020 Defense of Japan White Paper [digest version]

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• Responding to North Korean Nuclear First Use: So Many Imperatives, So Little Time 

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

• Informal Governance as a Force Multiplier in Counterterrorism: Evidence for Burkina Faso 

Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Demanding the Future: Navigating the Pacific's Youth Bulge 

Marine Corps University Press

• Information Warfare: Forging Communication Strategies for Twenty-first Century Operational Environments

Martens Centre for European Studies

• A Europe That Protects Its Heritage
• Towards a Sovereign Europe - A Centre-Right Approach

McCrary Institute/Air University

• A Multi-Layered Air Defense Model to Protect Shared Air in Critical Infrastructure Sectors

Middle East Institute

• Recommendations for a Sustainable Bilateral Relationship
• Rethinking US Counterterrorism Strategy

Migration Policy Institute

• COVID-19 Pandemic Profoundly Affects Bangladeshi Workers Abroad with Consequences for Origin Communities 
• Filipino Immigrants in the United States in 2018
• A Rockier Road to U.S. Citizenship? Findings of a Survey on Changing Naturalization Procedures

Military Housing Advocacy Network (MHAN)

• Accessibility of ADA Homes and Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Individuals in Privatized Military Housing

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

• The RAF Eighty Years on from the Battle of Britain
• Resolving America’s Defense Strategy-Resource Mismatch: The Case for Cost-Per-Effect Analysis

National Academies Press

• Advancing Aerial Mobility: A National Blueprint
• Air Force Software Sustainment and Maintenance of Weapons Systems
• Communications, Cyber Resilience, and the Future of the U.S. Electric Power System: Proceedings of a Workshop

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

• Global Terrorism Overview: Terrorism in 2019

National Cyber Security Centre

• Advisory: APT29 Targets COVID-19 Vaccine Development

National Defense University Press

• Latin America 2020: Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests

National Security Archive

• Justice for the Jesuits

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Recent Cyber Events and Possible Implications for Armed Forces #4

NATO Defense College

• NATO and 5G: What Strategic Lessons?

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation as Strategic Allies

Naval War College

• International Law Studies 2020, v. 96, issue 1, no. 8  
• An International Attribution Mechanism for Hostile Cyber Operations
• Naval War College Review, Summer 2020, v. 73, no. 3
• The Return of Great-Power Competition—Cold War Lessons about Strategic Antisubmarine Warfare and Defense of Sea Lines of Communication
• Twenty-First-Century Innovation Pathways for the U.S. Navy in the Age of Competition
• The Law of Military Operations and Self-Defense in the U.S.-Japan Alliance
• Conditional Surrender—Conflict Termination in the Pacific, 1945
• Research & Debate—It’s a Gray, Gray World
• Reflections on Reading
• Education for Seapower Strategy 2020
• Ten Takeaways: The Education for Seapower Report

New America

• The 5.9 GHz Band: Removing the Roadblock to Gigabit Wi-Fi  
• Building and Reusing Open Source Tools for Government 
• The Cost of Connectivity 2020 

Observer Research Foundation

• China’s Military Modernisation: Recent Trend
• Harnessing Indian Sea Power Post-Galwan: Considerations of Time, Space and Force  
• India–Africa Partnership for Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World 
• Kashmir After Article 370: India’s Diplomatic Challenge  

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

• Analysis of Data Obtained from Monitoring Court Proceedings within the Field of Organized Crime and Corruption in 2019
• Book of Legal Issues from the Practice of the Basic Criminal Court Skopje (2013-2019) 
• Donbas Tailings Storage Facilities 
• A Typology of Child Trafficking in Albania

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• COVID-19 has Preempted Much of the Effect of Trump's Immigration Bans 
• Currency Manipulation Remained Low in 2019 
• Despite the Rhetoric, US-China Financial Decoupling Is Not Happening 
• US-China Phase One Tracker: China’s Purchases of US Goods
• US Unemployment Rate Falls Again but Little Progress after Accounting for Recalls from Temporary Layoffs
• US Unemployment is Driven by a Lack of Employer Demand, not an Unwillingness to Work 
• US Unemployment Insurance in the Pandemic and Beyond

Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

• Congress Soars to New Heights on Social Media

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

• A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality
• Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

• Majority of Public Favors Giving Civilians the Power to Sue Police Officers for Misconduct

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

• A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Turkey’s Economy and a Policy Alternative to Protect Labor Incomes

Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

• Israel/Palestine: Exploring A One-State Reality

RAND Corporation

• An Analysis of Education and Training Programs in Advanced Manufacturing Using Robotics
• Autonomous Road Vehicles and Law Enforcement: Identifying High-Priority Needs for Law Enforcement Interactions With Autonomous Vehicles Within the Next Five Years 
• Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah? Iranian Proxy Development in Yemen and the Future of the Houthi Movement
• Economic Competition in the 21st Century
• A Framework for Assessing Models of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Inform Policymaking in Virginia
• How Is COVID-19 Changing Americans' Online Shopping Habits?
• How Small Businesses are Coping with the Impact of COVID-19: Results from a Survey in Turkey and the Middle East
• Improving Acquisition to Support the Space Enterprise Vision
• Limb Salvage and Recovery After Severe Blast Injury: Eighth Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting on Blast Injury Research
• Maintaining the Competitive Advantage in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Teachers' Civics Instructional Materials: Civic Development in the Era of Truth Decay

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• By Parity and Presence: Deterring Russia with Conventional Land Forces 
• Coronavirus: Financial Inclusion Considerations for Risk-Based Supervision and the Virus’s Impact on the Risk-Based Approach 
• Through the Looking Glass: Assessing the Evidence Base for P/CVE Communications 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• Building Critical Supply Chain Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19  
• Hindu Fundamentalism in Singapore 
• Living with Uncertainty: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Pandemics 

Secretariat of the Genocide Network

• Cumulative Prosecution of Foreign Terrorist Fighters for Core International Crimes and Terrorism Related Offences  

The Sentry

• Looted Funds Used to Buy African Real Estate

Small Arms Survey

• A Missing Mandate? Casualty Recording in UN Peace Operations

Small Wars Journal

• The Battle of Debaltseve: a Hybrid Army in a Classic Battle of Encirclement 
• Building Enduring Partnerships in Africa: How the IMET Program Helps the United States Counter China in Africa
• Militarised Criminal Networks in Mexico and the Challenges They Present to the Military and Police
• Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 28: PCC Exploits Medical and Dental Clinics to sustain Criminal Governance in Greater São Paulo 
• Venezuela’s Missions: Mechanisms of Corruption 

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• How Can Zimbabwe Successfully Reintegrate Into the International Community?  

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 20-42-FA Department of the Army’s U H-60A Afghanistan Enhanced Phase Maintenance Inspection Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Support Systems Associates Inc.
• SIGAR 20-43-FA Department of State’s Humanitarian Mine Action, Conventional Weapons Destruction, and Technical Assistance in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Janus Global Operations LLC
• SIGAR 20-44-AR Afghan National Army: DOD Did Not Conduct Required Oversight or Assess the Performance and Sustainability of the $174 Million ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System Program
• SIGAR 20-45-IP Afghan Ministry of Interior Security Upgrades: Project Was Generally Completed According to Contract Requirements, But Construction and Maintenance Problems Exist
• SIGAR 20-46-IP  U.S. Agency for International Development Implemented More than 80 Percent of Recommendations from SIGAR Audits and Inspections

Stimson Center

• Complementing the Padlock: The Prospect of Blockchain for Strengthening Nuclear Security 
• UN 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance 75 Years beyond San Francisco 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

• An Army Transformed: USINDOPACOM Hypercompetition and US Army Theater Design

Taylor & Francis

• Policing and Society, 2020
• Understanding the Concept of ‘Demand’ in Policing: A Scoping Review and Resulting Implications for Demand Management [open access]

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)

• Weapon and Ammunition Management in Africa: Online Meeting Summary

UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

• The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism
• Member States Concerned by the Growing and Increasingly Transnational Threat of Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism

US Customs and Border Protection (USCBP)

• Southwest Border Migration FY 2020 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Legislature and Legislative Elections in Afghanistan: An Analysis 
• Understanding Russia’s Interest in Conflict Zones 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Another Painful Compromise on Humanitarian Assistance in Syria 
• East Mediterranean Energy Rivalries Face Harsh Economic Realities 
• How the Contest to Succeed Abbas Is Shaping Palestinian Options 
• Palestinians and the Two-State Solution: Hard Data on the Hardest Questions 
• Political Instability Deepens in Tunisia 
• Strengthening the Kadhimi Government (Part 1): Protection and Security Issues 
• Strengthening the Kadhimi Government (Part 2): Countering Militia Media 
• Sudan on Edge: An Inevitable Fall or a Better Way Ahead? 
• The UN's Role in Responding to the Global Terrorist Threat 

West Point Graduates

• Policy Proposal: An Anti-Racist West Point 

William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

• Human Trafficking Trends in the Western Hemisphere 

World Bank

• Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies
• Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements

World Economic Forum

• 5G Outlook Series: The Impact of Mobile Technology on the Response to COVID-19
• Building Back Better: An Action Plan for the Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry  
• Building Resilience in Manufacturing and Supply Systems in the COVID-19 Context and Beyond: Latin America Perspectives
• China Asset Management at an Inflection Point 
• The Future of Nature and Business Policy Companion 
• Digital Transformation: Powering the Great Reset 
• Emerging Pathways towards a Post-COVID-19 Reset and Recovery 
• Latin America and Caribbean Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Landscape Report: Assessing Regional Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of COVID-19 
• New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Business

World Health Organization (WHO)

• WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard