Friday's Miscellany 08-14-2020 & 08-21-2020

 

38 North

• North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Significant Flooding of the Kuryong River 
• The North Korean Economy: Interpreting North Korea’s Puzzling Price Stability 
• Pyongyang Construction Update: Two Months to Deadline 
• The Right Question, the Right to Question: Thae Yong-ho Versus Lee In-young
  

AidData

• Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries 

Air University Press

• Sharing the Journey: A Military Spouse Perspective
  

Arms Control Association

• The Limits of Breakout Estimates in Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Program 

 Army University Press

• To the Last Man: A National Guard Regiment in the Great War, 1917-1919 

 Army War College

• Parameters, Autumn 2020, no. 50, no. 3 https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol50/iss3/
• Disintegrating the Enemy: The PLA’s Info-Messaging
• Enduring Information Vigilance: Government after COVID-19
• The COVID-19 Enemy is Still Advancing
• Two Worlds: African American Servicemembers, WWII and Today
• Toward a Racially Inclusive Military
• Technology and Strategic Surprise: Adapting to an Era of Open Innovation
• A Bizarre Pair: Counterinsurgency Lessons for Cyber Conflict
• Training Better Arab Armies
• The US Army and the Pacific: Legacies and Challenges
• On “Military Anthropology”
• On “Social Media Warriors: Leveraging a New Battlespace”

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Expanding Multi-Domain Operations to Win Moral Competition https://www.ausa.org/publications/expanding-multi-domain-operations-win-moral-competition

Atlantic Council

• Emerging Defense Technologies in the Indo-Pacific and the Future of US-Japan Cooperation 
• Evolving News Media Landscapes in India and Pakistan: Implications for Regional Peace and Stability 
• Future of DHS Project: Key Findings and Recommendations 
• The Maduro Regime’s Illicit Activities: A Threat to Democracy in Venezuela and Security in Latin America 
• Primer on Hypersonic Weapons in the Indo-Pacific Region
  
• What’s at Stake for Energy in the 2020 Election: An Update 

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

• China’s Military Engagement with Pacific Island Countries
  

Australian National University Press

• Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Asia Pacific 
• On the Frontiers of History: Rethinking East Asian Borders 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• The Cost of Defence. 2020-21 Part 1: ASPI 2020 Defence Strategic Update brief 
• The Cost of Defence Public Database 
• Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party’s Global Search for Technology and Talent
  
• Working Smarter, Not Harder 

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

• The EU’s Eastern Partnership between a Rock and a Hard Place 

Baker Institute

• Global Impact of Chinese Oil Demand Slowdown 
• In Mexico, Stranded Migrants in Limbo 
• Mexico’s Disregard for the Law in Renewable Energy Policy 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• After the Beirut Explosion, Hezbollah Remains In Charge
  
• Baron Rothschild, Baron Hirsch, and Extending Sovereignty in the Jordan Valley 
• Can Israel, Greece, and Turkey Cooperate? 
• China’s Effect: A Global NATO 
• IDF Budget Uncertainty and the Momentum Plan 
• In the Wake of the Israel-UAE Deal, Whither the Arab and Muslim World? 
• Iran and the Israel-UAE Deal
  
• The Iranian Nuclear Program as a Catalyst for the Israel-UAE Peace Agreement 
• The Israel-UAE Peace Deal: A Master Stroke
  
• Lebanon’s Lessons for Israel 
• A New Reality for the Eastern Mediterranean 
• Second Explosion Expected in Lebanon Later This Month 
• Turkey’s Generation Z: A Youth Challenge to Erdoğan
  
• Will Erdoğan’s God Stop the Turkish Lira’s Slide?
  

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• The Case for Increased Transatlantic Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence 
• Increasing Access to Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Promoting Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region 
• Testing for the Pathogen During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Ones
  

Bipartisan Policy Center

• Deficit Tracker 

Blair Institute for Global Change

• The New Progressive Agenda: Turbulent Times Require a Radical Policy Response 
• Pandemic Populism: An Analysis of Populist Leaders’ Responses to Covid-19  
• Taking the UK’s Testing Strategy to the Next Level 

Brookings

• Counterterrorism in a Time of COVID  
• The COVID-19 Public Health and Economic Crises Leave Vulnerable Populations Exposed  
• Democracy after Coronavirus: Five Challenges for the 2020s  
• Development of Student and Teacher Measures of Happiness Curriculum Factors  
• Disinformation as a Wicked Problem: Why We Need Co-Regulatory Frameworks  
• Emergency Rulemaking in Response to COVID-19
  
• How “Excited Delirium” is Misused to Justify Police Brutality  
• Lost Art: Measuring COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on America’s Creative Economy  
• Neighbourhood First Responder: India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  
• The Perils and Promise of America’s Legacy Cities in the Pandemic Era  
• Policies to Broaden Participation in the Innovation Process  
• Racial economic inequality amid the COVID-19 Crisis 
  
• Squeezing the Middle Class: Income Trajectories from 1967 to 2016 
  
• Sustainable Development Finance Proposals for the Global COVID-19 Response  
• Utilities for Democracy: Why and How the Algorithmic Infrastructure of Facebook and Google Must be Regulated 
• When Land Comes in the Way: India’s Connectivity Infrastructure in Nepal 
  
• Who Thought It was a Good Idea to Have Facial Recognition Software? 

 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2019  
• State and Local Government Expenditures on Police Protection in the U.S., 2000-2017  

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The Army in Indian Military Strategy: Rethink Doctrine or Risk Irrelevance 
  
• At a Crossroads? China-India Nuclear Relations After the Border Clash 
  
• Land Title Insurance in India: Lessons from U.S. Regulatory Approaches 
  
• Political Polarization in South and Southeast Asia: Old Divisions, New Dangers  

 CATO Institute

• Democrats and Trade 2021: A Pro‐Trade Policy for the Democratic Party  
• Measuring the Cost of Regulation: A Text‐Based Approach  

 Center for a New American Security

• United Kingdom Veteran Landscape 
  

 Center for Global Development

• Are Teachers in Africa Poorly Paid? Evidence from 15 Countries  
• Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?  
• The Emigration Life Cycle: How Development Shapes Emigration from Poor Countries 
  
• Malawi’s Journey Towards Transformation: Lessons from its National ID Project  
• Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity, and Simpson’s Paradox  
• The UK as an Effective Altruist  
• Social Protection Amidst Social Upheaval: Examining the Impact of a Multi-Faceted Program for Ultra-Poor Households in Yemen  
• Using COVID-19 Test, Trace, and Isolate Systems Effectively in Middle-Income Countries  
• Using Innovative Finance to Increase Refugee Resettlement  
• Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?  

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

• Homeland Security Affairs, August 2020, v. 16 
• The Case for Adaptive SOPs in Complex Crises and Unpredictable Operating Environments  
• Assessing the Impact of the Boston CVE Pilot Program: A Developmental Evaluation Approach  

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

• The Common Ground of the American People: Policy Positions Supported by Both Democrats and Republicans 

 Center for International Policy

• Situation Tracker: Mozambique 
• Situation Tracker: Nigeria: Boko Haram  

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

• The Flight to Safety-Critical AI: Lessons in AI Safety from the Aviation Industry”  

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Artificial Intelligence in Russia, Issue 7, July 31, 2020 
  
• Black and White and Red All Over: China’s Improving Foreign-Directed Media  

Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• The AI Triad and What It Means for National Security Strategy 
• Mainframes: A Provisional Analysis of Rhetorical Frames in AI  
• The Youth Thousand Talents Plan and China’s Military  

 Center for Security Policy

• Stolen Nuclear Documents Confirm Iran Cheated on the JCPOA  

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Agriculture under Pressure: Implications for Agricultural Development in U.S. Foreign Assistance  
• Burnt by the Digital Sun: How the Information Environment Is Testing the Mettle of Liberal Democracies  
• Allied Economic Forum: Lessons Learned  
• Analysis of the FY 2021 Defense Budget  
• Chinese Power Projection Capabilities in the South China Sea  
• Elevating Women Peacebuilders amidst Covid-19  
• Filled to the Brim: The Importance of Flexible and Innovative Storage in Commodities Markets  
• A Frozen Line in the Himalayas  
• Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?  
• A New U.S. Policy Framework for the African Century  
• Strengthening the CCP’s “Ideological Work”  
• The UK Integrated Security and Defense Review: Opportunity amid Chaos?   
• U.S. Competition with China and Russia: The Crisis-Driven Need to Change U.S. Strategy 
  

Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

• Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Spring-Summer 2020, v. 25, no. 1 
• Mixed Migration Flows and the Changing Dynamics of Migration Research
• Conducting Comparative Migration Research in MENA: Are the Regional Countries too Unique or too Similar for Comparisons of Refugee Policies?
• Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Social Transformations in the MENA Region
• Compatibility of the Safe Third Country Concept with International Refugee Law and its Application to Turkey
• Continuity and Change: Comparing the Securitization of Migration under the Obama and Trump Administrations
• Media Portrayals of Refugees and their Effects on Social Conflict and Social Cohesion
• “Who Shall Return us the Children?” Picturing Home(lessness) and Postcolonial Childhoods in Immigrant Children’s Literature

 Center on Global Energy Policy

• A Near-Term to Net Zero Alternative to the Social Cost of Carbon for Setting Carbon Prices 

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

• Civil Suits by Public Entities to Enforce Public Laws: Some Cautionary Notes 

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

• Cybersecurity Risks of Digital Hoarding Behaviours  

Chatham House

• Debunking the Myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy’: How Recipient Countries Shape China’s Belt and Road Initiative 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• From an Urban-Suburban-Rural “Divide” to Convergence? 
• Troop Withdrawal Likely to Undermine South Korean Public Support for Alliance with United States 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Climate and Security in the Indo-Asia Pacific 
• Syria’s Constitutional Committee in Review 

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

• Ten Essential Actions to Improve School Safety  
• Unique Needs and Challenges of Border Law Enforcement and Promising Practices for Establishing a Criminal Interdiction Unit 

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

• Briefing on "China’s Oppression of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang" 

 Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

• Diplomacy in Crisis:  The Trump Administration’s Decimation of the State Department [staff report] 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

• Examining the Finances and Operations of the United States Postal Service During COVID-19 and Upcoming Elections 

Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

• Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections
• Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities
  
• Prior reports 
• Volume I: Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure 
• Volume II: Russia’s Use of Social Media 
• Volume III: U.S. Government Response to Russian Activities 
• Volume IV: Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment 
• Additional declassifications of “Volume IV: Review of Intelligence Community Assessment 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• An Evaluation of CBO’s Past Revenue Projections 
• Effects of Recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Through Administrative Actions
  
• Sequestration Update Report: August 2020 
• The Statutory Pay-As-You Go Act and the Role of the Congress 

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

• Security Nexus, v. 21  https://apcss.org/security-nexus/
• An International Biodefense Shield Alliance against Pathogens from China  
• Before it’s Too Late: U.S. Maritime Grand Strategy in the Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean 
  
• China’s Global Security Aspirations with Afghanistan and the Taliban 
  

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Post-Liberal Visions: Memory, Virility, and Geopolitics on the French New Right  
• The Role of Power in Emanuel Adler’s  Evolutionary Theory of World Ordering  
• Shock Mobility: Long-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lock-Down  

Department of Defense (DOD)

• COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, August 19, 2020  
• COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, August 12, 2020  
• Guidance for Implementing Section 343 of the FY2020 NDAA Regarding Water Uncontaminated with PFAS for Agricultural Purposes  
• Report of Investigation Concerning RC-26B Operations 1-4 June 2020  

 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

• Investigative Summary - Substantiated Findings of Misconduct by a Former DoD Senior Official for Sexually Harassing Subordinate Employees 
  
• DODIG-2020-111 Audit of U.S. Special Operations Command Testing and Evaluation  
• DODIG-2020-112 Evaluation of Access to Mental Health Care in the Department of Defense  
• DODIG-2020-114 Audit of Department of Defense Use of Security Assistance Funds and Asset Accountability  
• DODIG-2020-115 Evaluation of the United States Military Support of Department of Homeland Security Southern Border Security Operations Under Title 10 Authority 
• Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I April 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-20-44 Pre-Disaster Debris Removal Contracts in Florida
  
• OIG-20-59 HSI Effectively Contributes to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, But Partnering Agreements Could Be Improved (REDACTED) 
• OIG-20-61 Progress and Challenges in Modernizing DHS’ IT Systems and Infrastructure 
• OIG-20-62 DHS Has Made Progress in Meeting DATA Act Requirements, But Challenges Remain
  

Department of State

• ISP-I-20-12 Inspection of Embassy London and Constituent Posts, United Kingdom 
• ISP-I-20-19 Review of the Department of State’s Role in Arms Transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [redacted]
  
• Second Review of the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy 

Department of the Army

• ATP 7-100.2 North Korean Tactics 

 Department of the Treasury

• Long-Term Care Insurance: Recommendations for Improvement of Regulation - Report of the Federal Interagency Task Force on Long-Term Care Insurance

 East-West Center

• Are America’s East Asia Allies Willing and Able to Host U.S. Intermediate-Range Missiles?
  

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• The Brexit Parenthesis: Three Ways the Pandemic is Changing UK Politics 

 European Union

• Are We More Accurate? Revisiting the European Commission’s Macroeconomic Forecasts
  
• De-escalating the Iran Crisis: Is There a Role for Europe?
  
• Monitoring Media Pluralism in the Digital Era: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania and Turkey in the Years 2018-2019
• Country Report Albania
  
• Country Report Belgium 
• Country Report Bulgaria 
• Country Report Czech Republic 
• Country Report Denmark 
• Country Report France 
• Country Report Germany
  
• Country Report Ireland  
• Country Report Italy  
• Country Report Lithuania  
• Country Report Luxembourg  
• Country Report Malta  
• Country Report Poland  
• Country Report Portugal  
• Country Report Romania  
• Country Report Slovakia  
• Country Report Slovenia 
• Country Report Spain 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Unboxing the Future: Finding the Futures Hidden in Plain Sight  

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and others

• Advisory on the Application of Federal Laws to the Acquisition and Use of Technology to Detect and Mitigate Unmanned Aircraft Systems  

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• President Zelensky’s First Year Leading Ukraine: A Case of déjà vu  

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• The Idlib Model: Securing American Counter-Terrorism Interests in Syria  
• The Legacy of Taiwan’s Lee Teng-hui 
  
• The Role of Russian Private Military Contractors in Africa  
• Russia’s Transition to 5G: Stuck in a Regulatory Tug-of-War  

Future Directions International

• Iraqi Food Security at Risk in a Year of Mounting Disasters  
• The United Arab Emirates and Israel Normalise Ties – And Divide the Middle East  

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

• The Cracks In Belarus’s Regime Are Multiplying The Cracks In Belarus’s Regime Are Multiplying 
  
• Lukashenko’s Ceauşescu Moment?  

German Development Institute

• Bridging the Gaps: An Integrated Approach to Assessing Aid Effectiveness  

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Covert Foreign Money: Financial Loopholes Exploited by Authoritarians to Fund Political Interference in Democracies 
• Digital Media Has Fueled an Unprecedented Challenge to the Regime in Belarus 
• The EU Is Hoist with Its Own Data-Protection Petard
  
• Framing Russia’s Mediterranean Return: Stages, Roots, and Logics 
• Lessons from Northern Ireland: Policing, Polarization, and Moving Forward 
• Lukashenka’s War on the Belarusian People Calls for a Strong EU Response 
• Six to-Do’s for the EU Summit on Belarus
  
• Staying the Course on Belarus Is Not an Option for the United States 
• Understanding Turkey’s Coercive Diplomacy 
• The Wheel May Be About to Turn (Again) in U.S.-Belarus Relations 

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• Gilded Aspirations: Illicit Gold Flows to India 

Global Public Policy Institute

• A European Approach to the Indo-Pacific? 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Aircraft Noise: Information on a Potential Mandated Transition to Quieter Airplanes GAO-20-661 
• Anti-Money Laundering: FinCEN Should Enhance Procedures for Implementing and Evaluating Geographic Targeting Orders GAO-20-546 
• Aviation Safety: Actions Needed to Evaluate Changes to FAA's Enforcement Policy on Safety Standards GAO-20-642 
• Cybersecurity: DHS and Selected Agencies Need to Address Shortcomings in Implementation of Network Monitoring Program GAO-20-598 
• Department of Defense: Eating Disorders in the Military GAO-20-611R 
• Facial Recognition Technology: Privacy and Accuracy Issues Related to Commercial Uses GAO-20-522 
• Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Comparisons of Benefits in Retirement and Actions Needed to Help Injured Workers Choose Best Option GAO-20-523 
• GAO Audits Involving DOD: Status of Efforts to Schedule and Hold Timely Entrance Conferences GAO-20-690R
• Homelessness: Better HUD Oversight of Data Collection Could Improve Estimates of Homeless Population GAO-20-433 
• Immigration Detention: ICE Should Enhance Its Use of Facility Oversight Data and Management of Detainee Complaints GAO-20-596 
• Interagency Council on Homelessness: Governance Responsibilities Need Further Clarification GAO-20-602 
• National Bio and Agro-defense Facility: DHS and USDA Are Working to Transfer Ownership and Prepare for Operations, but Critical Steps Remain GAO-20-331 
• Navy Shipyards: Actions Needed to Address the Main Factors Causing Maintenance Delays for Aircraft Carriers and Submarines GAO-20-588 
• Transportation Research: Additional Actions Could Improve DOT's Internal Collaboration and Reliability of Information on Research Activities GAO-20-622 
• Veteran Federal Employment: OPM and Agencies Could Better Leverage Data to Help Improve Veteran Retention Rates GAO-20-592 

 Govini

• The Challenge of Reshoring the Defense Department Supply Chain 

Graphika

• Spamouflage Dragon Goes to America 

Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Interprovincial Water Challenges in Iraq: Initial Analysis of an Urgent and Under-Researched Crisis 

Heritage Foundation

• China, Open-Source Information, and Transparency  
• Chinese-Made Drones: A Direct Threat Whose Use Should Be Curtailed  
• Cybersecurity: Five “Keepers” in the Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report  
• Developing a Clear Path for Homeland Missile Defense  
• How the U.S. Government Should Respond to the Protests in Belarus 
  
• NATO in the 21st Century: Preparing the Alliance for the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow  
• Secretary Pompeo’s Four-Country Trip an Opportunity to Build on Renewed U.S. Ties to Central Europe  
• The W93/Mk7 Program: Ensuring the Future of U.S. Nuclear Deterrence  
• What the World Health Organization Must Do to Earn Back U.S. Support  

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• Rewiring Japan’s National Security Strategy in Post-COVID Indo-Pacific 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Improving Munitions Readiness in DoD  

 Institute for National Strategic Studies

• The Micromanagement Myth and Mission Command: Making the Case for Oversight of Military Operations

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

• Another Step Forward in the Saudi Nuclear Program
  
• The Ban on TikTok: The US Struggle against China Spreads to Apps
  
• Between a Cyber Clash with Iran and a Window of Opportunity to Attack its Nuclear Program: Discussion of a Strategic Scenario
  
• The Democrats on China, and the Significance for Israel
  
• Following the Calamity in Beirut: Might the Situation in Lebanon Change?
• France in the Eastern Mediterranean: Rushing to Save Beirut, Losing in Libya, and Standing Alone against Erdogan
  
• Israel-UAE Normalization of Relations: At the Expense of the Palestinians? 
  
• Jordan in Face of Three, and Perhaps Four, Challenges 
  
• Mt. Dov–Beirut–New York, on the Eve of the UNIFIL Mandate Renewal 
  
• Report on British Intelligence in Face of Russian Influence: The Significance for Israel 
  
• The UAE and Israel: Normalization over Annexation, and Denial of a Palestinian Veto 
  
• The United Arab Emirates: Proactive in War and Peace 
• United States vs. Iran: The Failure to Extend the Arms Embargo
  

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

• The 101 of Disinformation Detection
  
• Developing a Civil Society Response to Online Manipulation
  
• Hosting the ‘Holohoax’: A Snapshot of Holocaust Denial Across Social Media
  

Institute for the Study of War

• Anti-ISIS Coalition Begins Losing Tribal Support in Syria 
  
• Iraq Situation Report: August 5-11, 2020 
  
• Iraq Situation Report: August 12-18, 2020  
  
• ISW-CTP Synthetic Updates April-July 2020 
  
• The Kremlin Leverages Cyber Cooperation Deals
  
• New Iraqi Prime Minister Pushes Ambitious Agenda amid Grave Threats and Possibility of US Troop Withdrawal
  
• Russia in Review: Turmoil in Belarus Benefits the Kremlin 
  
• Syria Situation Report: August 5-18, 2020 
  
• Warning: Belarusian Opposition Reaches out to Kremlin 
  
• Warning: Belarusian President Lukashenko Reaches Agreement with the Kremlin for Russian Intervention
  
• Warning: Kremlin Begins Security Forces Support for Lukashenko Following Regional Security Service Defection
  
• Warning: Lukashenko Seems to Lack Strategy as Peaceful Protests Grow
  
• Warning: Lukashenko Mobilizes Military to Western Border as Local Protest Organization Emerges
  
• Warning: Lukashenko’s Kremlin-Backed Media Campaign
  
• Warning: Moscow Sets Conditions for Kinetic Intervention in Belarus Through New Information Operation
  
• Warning: Russia and Belarus Launch Military Exercises
  
• Warning: Russia May Send “Little Green Men” to Belarus
  
• Warning: Russian Hybrid Intervention into Belarus is Likely Imminent 
  

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Framing Russia's Mediterranean Return: Stages, Roots and Logic

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• Challenging Times for Bangladesh’s Economy 
  
• India’s Direct Tax Reforms: Transparent Taxation and Taxpayers’ Charter
  
• Language Barriers: Inequalities of India’s National Education Policy  
  
• Presidential Powers in Pakistan: Accountability Concerns  
  

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

• COVID-19 Impact on Acquisition Across the IC  
  

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

• Deradicalisation in Singapore: Past, Present and Future

International Crisis Group

• Iran: The U.S. Brings Maximum Pressure to the UN
  
• Taking Stock of the Taliban’s Perspectives on Peace
  

 International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS)

• Climate and Security in the Indo-Asia Pacific 
  

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, August 14, 2020, v. 20, no. 14 
  
• The CCP’s Official Journal Falls in Line with Xi Jinping’s Cult of Personality
• The CCP’s Economic Plans in the Lead-Up to the Fifth Party Plenum
• The Security Component of the BRI in Central Asia, Part Two: China’s (Para)Military Efforts to Promote Security in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
• The Sino-Russian Disinformation Axis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Integrating the PLA Rocket Force into Conventional Theater Operations
• Terrorism Monitor, August 14, 2020, v. 18, no. 16  
  
• Motivations and Roadblocks for South African Intervention in Mozambique
• What Does the Future Hold for Libya’s GNA Militias?
• No Foothold for al-Shabaab in Somaliland

 John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

• South China Sea Military Capabilities Series 
  
• Introduction to South China Sea Military Capability Studies  
  
• Air and Surface Radar 
  
• Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence 
  
• High-Frequency Communications 
  
• In Depth: Subi Reef Counter-Stealth Radar 
  
• Inter-Island Communications  
  
• Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable and Satellite Communications 
  

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

• Special Operations Forces Civil Affairs in Great Power Competition 
  

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• The Costs of COVID: Australia's Economic Prospects in a Wounded World 
  
• Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia 
  

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

• MES Insights, August 2020, v. 11, no. 3
  
• Turkish Ambitions in the Mediterranean: Towards an Acceleration of Naval Frictions with Europe?

Middle East Institute

• The Impact of Middle East Regional Competition on Security and Stability in the Horn of Africa  
  

Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN)

• Military Family Support Programming Survey 2019 Results  
  

MITRE

• Experience-Based Recommendations for Face Recognition 
  
• Planning for On-Campus K-12 Education During COVID-19 
  
• Threat Assessment and Remediation Analysis (TARA) 
  

Modern War Institute (MWI)

• Dangerous Myths, Ukraine, and the Future of Great Power Competition  
  

National Academies Press

• Health-Focused Public–Private Partnerships in the Urban Context: Proceedings of a Workshop 
  
• Models to Inform Planning for the Future of Electric Power in the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop 
  
• A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute 
  

National Bureau of Asian Research

• Balancing the Costs of Covid-19: New Normal or Old Normal? 
  

 National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

• Feasibility of the “One Plus” Force Construct in the US Defense Strategy 
  
• Future Directions for the Iran Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA) and the Possibility of Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East 
  

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

• NIJ Journal, 2020, no. 282 
  
• Understanding Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism: A National Issue Within a Global Context  
  
• Advancing Mass Shooting Research To Inform Practice 
  
• Functional Family Therapy–Gangs: Adapting an Evidence-Based Program To Reduce Gang Involvement
  
• Gaps in Reporting Human Trafficking Incidents Result in Significant Undercounting 
  

National Security Archive

• COUP 53: New Documentary on Overthrow of Iran's Mosaddeq 
  

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)

• National Vital Statistics Reports, v. 69, no. 8, August 7, 2020 
  
• U.S. Decennial Life Tables for 2009–2011, United States Life Tables 
  

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Teaming Up in Cyber Command: The Preparation Process 
  

 Naval War College

• China Maritime Report No. 7: Gwadar: China's Potential Strategic Strongpoint in Pakistan 
  

 New America

• Privacy’s Best Friend: The Importance of Encryption in Protecting Consumer Privacy 
  

 New Center

• America’s 5G Moment of Truth: How did America Fall so far Behind and How Do We Catch Up to China? 
  
• Policing in America: Closing the Data Gap 
  

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

• China’s EU Policy in the Pandemic Era: A New Normal? 
  

 Observer Research Foundation

• The Australia-India-Japan-US Quadrilateral: Dissecting the China Factor 
  
• Beyond Current Nuclear Doctrine Debates: Addressing India’s Two-Front Challenge 
  
• The Blue Economy: Charting a New Development Path in the Seychelles 
  
• Bridging Water Demand and Supply in Delhi: The Potential of Rainwater Harvesting 
  
• India’s Malabar Dilemma 
  
• Invest, Indebt, Incapacitate: Is China Replicating Its ‘Xinjiang Model’ In BRI Countries?  
  
• Resolving Bottlenecks in the Adoption of Digital Payments
• Russia’s Relations in Southeast Asia since 2014: Continuity and Change 
  
• Rules-Based Maritime Security in Asia: A View from New Delhi 
  
• Understanding the Impact of GSP Withdrawal on India’s Top Exports to the US 
  

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

• ODNI Implements Organizational Realignment to Increase Effectiveness 
  

Our World in Data

• CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
  

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• CFIUS Declarations Have Risen under Trump, but Investigations Have Declined since 2017 
  
• Cutting Off Federal COVID-19 Aid Threatens US Employment, Especially for Black Households  
  
• The High Taxpayer Cost of "Saving" US Jobs through "Made in America" 
  
• Public Procurement in Law and Practice  
  
• Trump's Stumble Disrupts His Love Affair with US-made Steel 
  
• Trump’s Trade War Timeline: An Up-to-Date Guide 
  
• US-China Phase One Tracker: China’s Purchases of US Goods 
  
• US Failure to Renew COVID-19 Stimulus Threatens Further Economic Decline and Unemployment 
  
• US Unemployment Rate Falls Again but Still Little Progress for People Who Have Not Been Temporarily Furloughed from Their Jobs 
  

 Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends 

• About One-in-Four U.S. Hispanics Have Heard of Latinx, but Just 3% Use It  
  
• Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2018  
  

 Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

• Most Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints 
  

 Pew Research Center Methods

• A Resource for State Preelection Polling 
  

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

• Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Say Dating Has Gotten Harder for Most People in the Last 10 Years 
  
• Prior to COVID-19, Urban Core Counties in the U.S. Were Gaining Vitality on Key Measures 
  

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

• Election 2020: Voters Are Highly Engaged, but Nearly Half Expect To Have Difficulties Voting 
  

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

• Post-American Moments in Global Financial Governance in the New Millennium 
  

Potomac Institute

• 5G Promises and Risks for US National Security 
  

 President's Working Group on Financial Markets

• Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies 
  

 RAND Corporation

• Determining Staffing Needs for Administrative, Professional, and Technical Workers in the U.S. Secret Service
  
• Determining Staffing Needs for Administrative, Professional, and Technical Workers in the U.S. Secret Service: A User Guide for Workforce Staffing Models 
  
• Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams 
  
• Health Service Utilization and Costs at the Outset of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program: Baseline Evaluation Report
  
• North Korean Decisionmaking Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdown, and Nuclear Use 
  
• Raising the Flag: Implications of U.S. Military Approaches to General and Flag Officer Development 
  
• Would Law Enforcement Leaders Support Defunding the Police? Probably — If Communities Ask Police to Solve Fewer Problems 
  

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Sino–Russian Interests in Serbia: Competitive, Coordinated or Complementary? 
  

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• The Route to Radicalisation for Malay-Muslim Women: Tracing the Nexus between Universals and Particulars in Malaysia
  

 Second Line of Defense

• Visiting Jax Navy and Mayport, June 2020 
  

Small Wars Journal

• Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 30: “El Marro” – José Antonio Yépez Ortiz Leader of the Cártel Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) Arrested in Guanajuato  
  

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• COVID-19 and Regional Integration in Southern Africa: South Africa’s Moment of Truth 
  
• The Law of the Sea and Landlocked States  
  
• Local Procurement Regulations for Extractive Industries in the SADC Region 
  
• Mombasa: Stepping Stones to a Climate-Resilient Future? 
  
• Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change in Coastal Cities 
  
• Technology for Development and Inclusion in Africa 
  

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR-20-50-SP Kabul Carpet Export Center: Progress Made Toward Self Sufficiency But Critical Sales, Revenue And Job Creation Targets Have Not Been Met 
  

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• European Non-proliferation Diplomacy in the Shadow of Secondary Sanctions 
  
• Preventing Violent Extremism in Germany: Coherence and Cooperation in a Decentralized System 
  
• Reporting on Conventional Arms Transfers and Transfer Controls: Improving Coordination and Increasing Engagement
  
• Trust and Coercion in Times of Emergency: COVID-19 and Structures of Authority in North Africa 
  

Taylor & Francis

• Policing and Society, 2020
• Policing Corporate Bribery: Negotiated Settlements and Bundling [open access]

The Sentry

• Overt Affairs: How North Korean Businessmen Busted Sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo 
  

 UN  Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)

• Advances in Science and Technology in the Life Sciences
  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• The Current Situation in Pakistan: A USIP Fact Sheet
  
• Preparing the Global Counterterrorism Forum for the Next Decade
• Water Conflict Pathways and Peacebuilding Strategies
  

 US Space Force

• Spacepower (SCP) Doctrine for Space Forces 
  

Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

• Uyghurs to China: "Return Our Relatives’ Passports"
  

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• The Beirut Disaster: Implications for Lebanon and U.S. Policy
  
• Immunity through Impunity: Hypocrisy and Systemic Racism in Iran’s Legal System 
  
• Iran Applies Maximum Power to Annual IRGC Naval Exercises
• Iran’s Cautious Response to Washington’s Snapback Threat 
  
• Iraq-U.S. Strategic Dialogue: Finding Agreement within Contention  
  
• Kadhimi Visits Washington: Broadening the U.S.-Iraq Relationship 
  
• Lessons of the UAE Breakthrough: How We Got Here, and Why the U.S. Role Remains Central
  
• New Egyptian Legislation Aims to Reduce Al-Azhar’s Authority
• The Normalization Deal Splits the Gulf States—for Now 
  
• Normalization Is Making Cairo Uncomfortable 
  
• Oman’s Sultan Devolves Some of His Powers to New Cabinet  
  
• Saudi-Pakistan Rift Develops Over India 
  

 World Bank

• Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
  
• CPIA Africa, August 2020 : Safeguarding Human Capital during and beyond COVID-19
  
• Estimates of COVID-19 Impacts on Learning and Earning in Indonesia : How to Turn the Tide
  
• Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda : Innovation, Integration, Agglomeration, and Competition 
  
• Youth Employment Programs in Ghana : Options for Effective Policy Making and Implementation
  

World Economic Forum

• Human Capital as an Asset: An Accounting Framework to Reset the Value of Talent in the New World of Work