Monday, December 28, 2020

Friday's Miscellany 12/11/2020 thru 12/25/2020

 38 North

·         North Korean Party Congress Primer

·         People’s Groups and Patterns in Neighborhood Surveillance: Another Tool in State Control Over Daily Life

·         Priority Construction Projects Continue to Lose Steam

·         Something Is Odd in North Korea’s Foreign Exchange Markets

·         Twenty Years a-Stagnating—The Lost Opportunity of Britain’s Relationship with the DPRK

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         African Migration Trends to Watch in 2021

·         The Battle for the Soul of Uganda

·         Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa Target Nigeria’s Highways

·         The Spread of Surveillance Technology in Africa Stirs Security Concerns

 Air University Press

·         "An Honorable Place in American Air Power": Civil Air Patrol Coastal Patrol Operations, 1942–1943

·         Design Thinking in Commerce and War: Contrasting Civilian and Military Innovation Methodologies

·         Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Indo-Pacific Perspectives, December 2020

o    Introduction: A Rules-Based Order for the Indo-Pacific?

o    The Indian Ocean’s Key Role in the Indo-Pacific Rules-based International Order

o    Chinese Vision of a Rules-based Order: International Order with Chinese Characteristics

o    Do Regimes Matter?: Implications of the 2016 UNCLOS South China Sea Ruling for a Rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific

o    Next Priorities for Japan’s FOIP Vision: The Quad, ASEAN, and Institutional Linkages in the Indo-Pacific

o    India’s Indo-Pacific Reckoning

o    Challenges in Institutionalizing Rules-based Order in the Indo-Pacific: Defending or Reordering the Status Quo

o    A Rules-based Order in the Indo-Pacific: A View from Jakarta

 Amnesty International

·         Angola: The Police Are Not On The Ground to Distribute Sweets:Security Forces’ Violence in Angola

·         Ending the Torture Trade: The Path to Global Controls on the 'Tools of Torture'

·         Nigeria: “My Heart Is In Pain” - Older People’s Experience of Conflict, Displacement, and Detention in Northeast Nigeria

 Arctic Program

·         Arctic Report Card: Update for 2020

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Islam in Indonesian Foreign Policy: The Limits of Muslim Solidarity for the Rohingya and Uighurs

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Military Mobilization in Communist China

·         Modern Problems Require Ancient Solutions: Lessons From Roman Competitive Posture

·         The Synthetic Training Environment

 Atlantic Council

·         Countering Chinese Disinformation Reports

o    Chinese Discourse Power: China’s Use of Information Manipulation in Regional and Global Competition

o    Descendants of the Dragon: China Targets Its Citizens and Descendants beyond the Mainland

o    Chinese Messaging Across the Strait: China-Friendly Narratives and the 2020 Taiwan Presidential Election

o    Targeting the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement: China’s Hong Kong Messaging Proliferates on Social Media

·         China’s Disinformation Strategy: Its Dimensions and Future

·         Closing the Accountability Gap On Human Rights Violators In the Islamic Republic of Iran Through Global Litigation Strategies

·         Dealmaking with China Amid Global Economic Uncertainty: Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendations for Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Engaging Europe: A Transatlantic Digital Agenda for the Biden Administration

·         A Guide to Illicit Iranian Weapon Transfers: The Bahrain File

·         How Do You Fix a Flying Computer? Seeking Resilience in Software-Intensive Mission Systems

·         Iraq’s Energy Security Strategy: A Path to Diversity and Energy Independence

·         North Macedonia on the threshold of Europe

·         The Politics of Pandemics: Evolving Regime-Opposition Dynamics in the MENA Region

·         Spotlight: The Biden-Harris Administration and the Future of Supply Chains in the Americas

·         Trade Policy Priorities for a COVID-19 Era and Beyond

 Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         Australia’s Defence Policy after COVID-19

 Australian National University Press

·         Niche Wars: Australia in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001–2014

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute  (ASPI)

·         #WhatsHappeningInThailand: The Power Dynamics of Thailand’s Digital Activism

·         ASPI/KAS The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Extremism Dynamics: Towards National Resilience

·         Be'er Sheva Dialogue 2020 - Proceedings & Outcomes

·         Devolved Data Centre Decisions: Opportunities for Reform?

·         Indo-Pacific Election Pulse 2020: Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand, Myanmar and the United States: Views from The Strategist

·         The Influence Environment: A Survey of Chinese-Language Media in Australia

·         Mapping Pacific Contributions to UN Peacekeeping

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The “Arab Spring” a Decade On

·         Asia Is Waiting for Biden

·         Beyond the Rio Grande Water Debt

·         How Lockdowns & COVID-19 Death Rates are Linked

·         US Election 2020: Most American Jews Don’t Care About Israel

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Sayyid Ali Husayn Sistani: Revitalising the Najaf Marja’iyya in Post-2003 Iraq

·         The World in 2021: Ten Issues that Will Shape the International Agenda

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The Abraham Accords: The Strategic Aspect

·         Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan—Iran’s Next President?

·         Do Not Give Diaspora Jews a Formal Voice in Israel

·         Erdoğan’s “Please Sanction Me” Challenge

·         The Implications of a Military Figure as President of Iran

·         In Jordan’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections, the King Won Hands Down

·         Israel Needs a Caucasus Strategy

·         Politics, America, and Culture: Behind Saudi Arabia’s Hesitation

·         The Renewed Western Sahara Conflict and the Abraham Accords

·         The Roots of the COVID-19 Pandemic

·         Will the EU Develop a Serious Strategy to Combat Antisemitism?

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Stronger Together: A Strategy to Revitalize Transatlantic Power

 Blair Institute for Global Change

·         Combatting Vaccine Misinformation in the Age of the Internet

·         Insights from Africa’s Covid-19 Response

·         Our Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Equipping Leaders to Confront the Crisis

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Making Sure that the Emigration of Health-Care Personnel from Albania and BiH Works for All: What Germany Can Do

 Brookings

·         3 Steps to Improve Anti-Money Laundering Regulation

·         Achieving an Equitable National Health System for America

·         Blueprints to Advance Racial Justice and Worker Mobility

·         Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Requires Heavy, Progressive Taxation of Wealth

·         Coping with COVID-19’s Cost: The Example of Morocco

·         Four Steps to Undo the Harms of Legacy Infrastructure in the COVID-19 Recovery

·         Gender-Based Violence in Primary Schools: Kenya

·         How Misinformation is Distorting COVID Policies and Behaviors

·         How the Biden Administration Should Tackle AI Oversight

·         How Should Facebook and Twitter Handle Trump after He Leaves Office?

·         Israel in the Middle East: The Next Two Decades

·         A List of Specific, Actionable Foreign Policy Ideas for the Next President

·         Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Morocco

·         Prioritize People, not Projects: Addressing the Harms of Legacy Infrastructure in the COVID-19 Recovery

·         The ‘State-Plus’ Framework: A Confederal Solution for Israel-Palestine

·         What’s the Fed Doing in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis? What More Could It Do?

 Brown University Watson Institute Costs of War

·         Afghanistan's Rising Civilian Death Toll Due to Airstrikes, 2017-2020 

 Bruegel

·         A Green Industrial Policy for Europe

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Biological Risks in India: Perspectives and Analysis

·         Revamping Nuclear Arms Control: Five Near-Term Proposals

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

·         Are Rights and Religion Orthogonal?

·         Racial Discrimination: Reimaging Rights and Responsibilities in the United States

 CATO Institute

·         COVID-19 and the U.S. Fiscal Imbalance

·         Deregulating Legal Immigration: A Blueprint for Agency Action

·         An Unnecessary Proposal: A WTO Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights for COVID-19 Vaccines

·         What Are the Price Effects of Trade? Evidence from the United States and Implications for Quantitative Trade Models

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         America’s Use of Coercive Economic Statecraft

·         Democracy by Design: An Affirmative Response to the Illiberal Use of Technology for 2021

·         A New U.S. Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

·         Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological Landscape

·         War Powers: What Are They Good For? Four Legislative Strategies to Influence the Use of Force

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         How Religion and LGBTQ Rights Intersect in Media Coverage

·         No Time to Celebrate: Progressive Politics in the Pandemic’s Wake

·         TPS Can Promote Stability and Recovery for Central American Countries Hit by Recent Hurricanes

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         A China Strategy

·         Red Dragon on the Black Sea

·         A Transatlantic Effort to Take on China Starts with Technology

 Center for Global Development

·         The Education Impacts of Cash Transfers for Children with Multiple Indicators of Vulnerability

·         The Effect of COVID-19 on the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Peru

·         From Displacement to Development: How Peru Can Transform Venezuelan Displacement into Shared Growth

·         Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries

·         ODA in Turmoil: Why Aid Definitions and Targets Will Come Under Pressure in the Pandemic Age, and What Might be Done About It?

·         On the Political Economy Determinants of Tax Reforms: Evidence from Developing Countries

·         Rising Debt Burdens, The Impact on Public Spending, and the Coronavirus Crisis

·         Strengthening Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding at the UN and IFIs: Key Ideas and Recommendations

 Center for Global Security Research (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

·         Taking Stock—U.S.–China Track 1.5 Nuclear Dialogue

 Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, December 2020, v. 16

o    Warnings Unheeded, Again: What the Intelligence Lessons of 9/11 Tell Us about the Coronavirus Today

o    COVID-19 Effects and Russian Disinformation Campaigns

o    COVID-19: Public Health, Privacy, and Law Enforcement a Precarious Balancing Act

o    Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Response vs. Homeland Security Frameworks and Research: Masking the Whole Community

o    The Role of Elected Executives in Pandemic Response: Reflections from Salt Lake County

o    Toward a Science-Based Management Approach to Stealth Threats: A Case Study Using the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Policy and the Logistics of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination

o    Pandemic Policy and the Logistics of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination

o    Two Transformations In, USCIS Confronts Further Change in Post-Pandemic Future

o    Wearables: Useful Sentinels of Our Health?

o    How Should the National Guard Be Employed for The Next National Disaster?

o    Public Health Departments Face Formidable Issues During COVID19 Pandemic

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

·         Iranian Public Opinion during the COVID-19 Pandemic

·         Survey Shows Iranian Pessimism on Economy, Pride in Healthcare Response

 Center for International Policy

·         Priorities for Progress 2021: Foreign Policy

·         Somalia Situation Tracker

·         Sustainable Defense: A Pentagon Spending Plan for 2021 and Beyond

·         U.S. Arms Sales to Japan

·         U.S. Security Assistance to Kenya Amidst Controversy over Drones

·         U.S. Security Cooperation with Taiwan

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

·         Designing Risk Communications: A Roadmap for Digital Platforms

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 16, December 4, 2020

·         Estimating the Effect of a Single-Salary System on Marriage Rates and Retention

·         A Guidebook for Military Families: Eligibility Criteria for SNAP; Women, Infants, and Children; and the Subsidized School Lunch Program

·         How a Single-Salary Compensation System Could Affect Privatized Military Housing

·         Improving Knowledge about the Number and Characteristics of Servicemembers Receiving SNAP Benefits

·         Russian Forces in the Western Military District

·         The Single Salary System for Military Personnel: A Review of Existing Practices and Literature

·         The Single-Salary System for Military Personnel: An Analysis of Second- and Third-Order Effects

·         Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Military Families: Who Qualifies and Where?

·         Telling China's COVID-19 Story Well: Beijing's Efforts to Control Information and Shape Public Narratives Regarding the 2020 Global Pandemic  

·         Thrift Savings Plan Contributions under the Blended Retirement System

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

·         Hacking AI: A Primer for Policymakers on Machine Learning Cybersecurity

·         Mapping U.S. Multinationals’ Global AI R&D Activity

·         Research Report on the Status of China’s Information Security Professionals (2018-2019)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         China’s Rise Can Unite NATO  

·         Predictive Policing: Proceed, but with Care

·         Russian Analytical Digest No. 259: Russian Military Strategy

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Central Bank Digital Currency, Design Choices, and Impacts on Currency Internationalization

·         Chronology of Possible Russian Gray Area and Hybrid Warfare Operations

·         Civilian Protection through Civilian Control: An Overlooked Piece of Security Sector Assistance in the Sahel

·         Combatting Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang  

·         COVID-19 Demand Shock and Preparedness Response

·         Covid-19 Response Update: December 4-December 11

·         Covid-19 Response Update: December 11-December 18

·         Department of Defense Other Transaction Authority Trends: A New R&D Funding Paradigm?

·         Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies: What Success Looks Like and How to Replicate It

·         Five Types of International Cooperation for Missile Defense  

·         Global Security Forum 2020: A New Era for U.S. Alliances

·         The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime

·         Huawei, HONOR, and China’s Evolving State Capitalist Tool Kit

·         How Covid-19 Affected U.S.-China Military Signaling

·         How Globally Competitive Are China’s Cities?

·         Imagine Peace: Connecting Global Solutions on Reconciliation with an Afghanistan Ready for Peace

·         The Importance of Marginalized Communities in Lebanon

·         The Land of In-Between: Revitalizing America’s Small and Mid-sized Cities

·         The Latin America That Will Engage the New Administration

·         Lessons from the El Salvador Peace Process for Afghanistan

·         Managing Climate Change Information in the Next Administration

·         Rethinking Crisis Response in the Sahel

·         Securing U.S. Interests Across the Greater Mediterranean

·         The U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2020

 Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

·         Studies in Intelligence, December 2020, v. 64, no. 4

o    Rethinking Analytic Disciplines, Reordering the Profession

o    Intelligence Implications of Disease

o    Allen Dulles on Political Reporting, 1925: Nuts, Bolts, and Philosophy

o    Covert Action to Promote Democracy in China during the Cold War

o    Two New Contributions to “Putin Studies”: Putin’s People and Rigged

 Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Building a New Grid without New Legislation: A Path to Revitalizing Federal Transmission Authorities

·         How the US and China Could Renew Cooperation on Climate Change

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         Guest Post: “Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Fixing America’s Money Laundering Problem?”

·         Stop Treating Vets as Untrustworthy, Second-Class Citizens in the SecDef Debate

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Deadly Coronavirus, Domineering China and Divided America: What the New Geopolitics Means for Europe

·         European Strategic Autonomy and a New Transatlantic Bargain

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Data Is Divisive: A History of Public Communications on E-Commerce, 1998–2020

·         Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: An Overview

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

·         Memetic Irony and the Promotion of Violence within Chan Cultures

·         Understanding Moral Injury in Police Online Child Sex Crime Investigators

 CEPOL

·         European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, no.20, Autumn 2020

o    CORONAVIRUS, CRIME AND POLICING: Thoughts on the implications of the lockdown rollercoaster

o    Limitations in Cross-National Comparative Research

o    The European Code of Police Ethics 20 Years On

o    A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Policing

o    Council of Europe’s Strategies Regarding Human Rights Training Evaluation

o    The importance of a common definition of tax crime and its impact on criminal countermeasures in the EU: An explorative study

o    Image/Video Forensics

o    Intimate partner violence – findings and lessons from a national deterrence policy

o    European Legislation to Fight Domestic Violence

o    Why the integration of sex and gender aspects will improve Domestic Violence Risk Assessment

o    Strengthened Cooperation With Southern Partner Countries

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Republicans, Democrats Divided over Federal Spending Priorities

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

·         The Improvement of the PLA’s Close Air Support Capability

 Clingendael Institute

·         China & Geopolitical Considerations for Investment Screening

·         Dealing with China on High-Tech Issues

·         Economic Governance from Rules to Management

·         Europe's Options to Address Conflicts in the MENA Region

·         Iraq and Lebanon’s Tortuous Paths to Reform

·         Kosovo’s NATO Future

·         The Quest For European Strategic Autonomy

·         Sino–US Rivalry, The Covid-19 Crisis and Financial Markets

·         When Emerging Democracies Breed Violence: Sierra Leone

 College of Europe

·         Leading from Behind: The EU’s Normative Power in the Multilateral Promotion of Human Rights in Africa

·         Negotiating Privileged Partnerships: EU-Switzerland Relations and the Joined-Up Approach in Practice

·         Policy Recommendations for the Portuguese Council Presidency:Between Finishing Unfinished Business and Setting Its Own Mark

·         Towards a ‘Transatlantic Green Deal’? How the EU can Re-Engage the United States on Climate Change

 Conflict Armament Research

·         Procurement Networks Behind Islamic State Improvised Weapon Programmes

 Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Findings and Recommendations of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Balkans: Policy Recommendations for the Next Administration

·         Diplomacy or Dead End: An Evaluation of Syria Policy

·         International Human Rights and the Closing Civic Space

·         Taiwan and the United States: Enduring Bonds in the Face of Adversity

 Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

·         The Elements of Presidential Transitions

·         Pipelines Over People: How FERC Tramples Landowner Rights in Natural Gas Projects

·         The Role of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family in the Opioid Epidemic

 Congress. Senate. Commerce, & Transportation Committee

·         Betting on the Rest: Expanding American Entrepreneurship Outside Traditional Hubs

·         Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the Live Event Entertainment Industry

·         The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows

·         The Logistics of Transporting a COVID-19 Vaccine

·         U.S. Coast Guard Capabilities for Safeguarding National Interests and Promoting Economic Security in the Arctic

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Oversight of the Implementation of the STOP Act

·         Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution, Part II

·         Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election

·         Majority and Minority Staff Report - Oversight of HHS Shelter Grants for Unaccompanied Alien Children

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Accuracy of CBO’s Budget Projections for Fiscal Year 2020

·         Federal Net Interest Costs: A Primer

·         The Historical Decline in Real Interest Rates and Its Implications for CBO’s Projections

·         Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

·         Detention of 12 Hong Kong Residents in Mainland China Raises Human Rights and Procedural Concerns

 Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (OPCAST)

·         Ad Hoc Pandemic Response Group reports

 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

·         Cybersecurity Directives [Emergency & Binding Operational]

·         ED 21-01 - Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) 

·         From the Geography of Politics to the Politics of Geography

·         Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Revenue Generation in Poor African Countries

·         Internally Displaced People in Mali's Capital City

·         Outdated Lines of Communication Undermine Legitimacy: When Denmark Conducts Foreign Policy on Behalf of Greenland … and Vice Versa

·         The Political Economy of ‘Scarcity’ in East Africa: A Case Study of Sugar Production, Smuggling and Trade in Tanzania

·         Trends in Development Assistance to New Renewable Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa

·         War on the Virus: Military Responses to COVID-19

 Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Guidance

·         COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, December 9, 2020

·         COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, December 16, 2020

·         COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, December 23, 2020

·         Development of an Implementation Plan for a Direct Reporting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

·         DOD COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan and Population Schema

·         Organizational Role of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict

 Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion

·         Board Report: Recommendations to Improve  Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military

·         Memorandum : Actions to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military

 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2021-035 Special Report: Weaknesses in the Retrograde Process for Equipment From Afghanistan

·         DODIG-2021-036 Audit of the Disinfection of Department of Defense Facilities in Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019

·         Summary of Reports Issued Regarding Department of Defense Cybersecurity from July 1, 2019, Through June 30, 2020

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Resilient Positioning Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Conformance Framework

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-21-14  Ineffective Implementation of Corrective Actions Diminishes DHS’ Oversight of Its Pandemic Planning

 Department of Justice

·         President’s Commission  on Law Enforcement and  the Administration of Justice Final Report

 Department of State

·         U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability

 Department of State Inspector General

·         AUD-MERO-21-11 Review of the Department of State Compliance With Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping

 Department of the Air Force

·         CSAF Action Orders to Accelerate Change Across the Air Force

 Department of the Air Force Inspector General

·         Independent Racial Disparity Review

 Department of the Army

·         Army Installation Strategy: Supporting the Army in Multiple Domains

·         Report of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee

 Deloitte

·         2021 Aerospace and Defense Industry Outlook

 Economic Research Forum

·         Belgium Should Not Change Strategy on Her Contribution to NATO’s Nuclear Role Sharing

·         Biden’s World? Views from the United States, China, Russia and the European Union

·         From Emergency Remote Learning to a New Digital Education Action Plan: An EU Attempt to Mainstream Equality into Education

 Egmont Institute

·         Belgium Should Not Change Strategy On Her Contribution To NATO’s Nuclear Role Sharing

·         Biden’s World? Views from the United States, China, Russia and the European Union

·         From Emergency Remote Learning to a New Digital Education Action Plan: An EU Attempt to Mainstream Equality into Education

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Informing the Public about the Dangers of a Pandemic. Early COVID-19 Coverage by News Organizations in Kazakhstan

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         EASO Case Law Newsletter - Issue No 1/2020

·         Medical Country of Origin Information Report Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Crisis that Made the European Union: European Cohesion in the Age of Covid

·         The End of Oslo: A New European Strategy on Israel-Palestine

·         Gulf of Difference: How Europe Can Get the Gulf Monarchies to Pursue Peace with Iran

·         Russia’s Relative Resilience: Why Putin Feels Vindicated by the Pandemic

·         Viral Vulnerability: How the Pandemic is Making Democracy Sick in the Western Balkans

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Quantum Technology and Submarine Near-Invulnerability

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

·         Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and a Way Forward

·         The Deserving and the Undeserving: “Heuristics” or “Automatism”?

·         Government Spending Efficiency, Measurement and Applications: A Cross-Country Efficiency Dataset

·         Offshore Tax Evasion and Wealth Inequality: Evidence from a Tax Amnesty in the Netherlands

·         The Sovereign-Bank Nexus: the Role of Debt and Monetary Policy

·         Structural Tax Reforms and Public Spending Efficiency

 European Parliament

·         China's Economic Recovery and Dual Circulation Model

·         Critical Raw Materials for the EU: Enablers of the Green and Digital Recovery

·         EU Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic: Citizens' Views and Expectations

·         EU/EA Measures to Mitigate the Economic, Financial and Social Effects of Coronavirus State-of-Play 18 December 2020

·         EU-Turkey Customs Union: Modernisation or Suspension?

·         The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy

·         The Link between Biodiversity Loss and the Increasing Spread of Zoonotic Diseases

·         New Ethiopian Dam Sparks Controversy among Nile States

·         Next Generation or Lost Generation? Children, Young People and the Pandemic

·         Strengthening Digital Operational Resilience in the Financial Sector

·         Sudan: A Transition Under Pressure

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Public Opinion and Integration in the Western Balkans

·         Fostering Europe’s Strategic Autonomy - A Question of Purpose and Action

·         Fostering Europe’s Strategic Autonomy - Digital Sovereignty for Growth, Rules and Cooperation

·         On the Road to Sustainable Mobility: How to Ensure a Just Transition?

 European Union

·         Getting the Future Right: Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: Report

 European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         Conflicts to Come: 15 Scenarios for 2030

·         The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy

·         How Covid-19 Changed the Future Geopolitical Implications for Europe

·         Sovereignty Over Supply? The EU’s Ability to Manage Critical Dependences While Engaging with the World

·         Yearbook of European Security 2020

 European Values

·         Malign Foreign Influence in the Western Balkans: The EVC Review 2020

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 2020

o    Active Bystandership Can Be Taught and Learned

o    U.S. Supreme Court Cases, 2019-2020 Term

o    Loyalty, Oath of Office, and Public Trust

o    When to Let Go and When to Seek Input

o    From Addicted Person to Public Servant

o    2019 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         2020 National Preparedness Report

·         2020 National Preparedness Report Executive Summary   

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Follow-Up Report to Bangladesh's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

·         Follow-up Report to Sri Lanka's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

·         Mauritania's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Morocco's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Update: COVID-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         China’s Policy Towards Belarus and Ukraine: A Limited Challenge to Sino-Russian Relations

·         President Joe Biden and the Restoration of US Global Leadership: Turning the Tide?

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The China Challenge after 2020

·         Competing Power Schemes over Libya and the Challenge for Europe

·         Compromise or Double Down: U.S.-Turkey Relations after CAATSA Sanctions

·         Continuity and Change in Iraq’s Sunni Politics: Sunni Arab Political Trends, Factions, and Personalities Since 2014

·         The East Mediterranean and Regional Security: A Transatlantic Trialogue

·         How Belarus’ Soviet Past Led to its Modern-Day IT Success

·         Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors and Complicated Politics

·         Measuring Soft Power

·         No Exit: The Illusion of Leaving Afghanistan

·         The Russian Way of War in Syria: Implications for the West

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Defending Forward: Securing America by Projecting Military Power Abroad

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         China’s Challenging Year in Europe

·         French vs. Australian Nuclear Policies: Convergences, Divergences and Avenues for Cooperation

·         Looking Back on Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): The European Involvement

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

·         How the French Understand Immigrant Integration and Citizenship

·         Improving Economic Security: Proposals from Japan

·         Less Talk, More Action. Europe has to Move beyond Toxic Debates about “Autonomy” or “Sovereignty” toward Tangible Policies

·         The Outsider: Russia in the Race for Artificial Intelligence

·         South Africa’s Energy Policies: Are Changes Finally Coming?

·         Space as a Key Element of Europe's Digital Sovereignty

·         Uncertain Times Lie Ahead. The CDU at the End of the Merkel Era

 Friends of Europe

·         Same Storm – Different Boats: The Impact of COVID-19 on Europe’s Shadow Economy

·         Should the EU Deploy a Military Mission to Libya?

 Future Directions International

·         Conflict with China Is Not Inevitable … But the Chances of One Are Increasing  

·         Too Many Eggs in the Dragon’s Basket? Part Two: Diversifying Australia’s Export Base

 George Washington University

·         ISIS Files Digital Repository

·         My Beloved Brothers in God, This Is An Invitation: The Islamic State’s Dawa and Mosques Administration

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

·         Stronger Together: A Strategy to Revitalize Transatlantic Power

 German Development Institute

·         Community Effects of Cash-for-Work Programmes in Jordan: Supporting Social Cohesion, More Equitable Gender Roles and Local Economic Development in Contexts of Flight and Migration

·         How Sustainable is Recycling? Reconciling the Social, Ecological,and Economic Dimensions in Argentina

·         The LFDD – Human Mobility Nexus in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of National Policy and Legal Frameworks

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Covid-19 and the Securitization of National Crises in Israel’s Strategic Approach

·         Foresight*: Global Competition for Health Care Workers from Africa

·         A Gangster’s Paradise? Transnational Organised Crime in the Covid-19 Pandemic

·         The Haredim as a Challenge for the Jewish State

·         A More Robust Russia Policy for the EU

·         The Strategic Partnership between Georgia and the United States:Vision Wanted

·         Turkey, the EU and the Eastern Mediterranean Crisis

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Peacebuilding after War and Violence – Neighbourhood Matters

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         EU-ROK Consultations Resilience and Trust in Cyberspace

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Algeria's Migration Dilemma: Migration and Human Smuggling in Southern Algeria

·         Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

·         Gun Licenses for Sale: South Africa's Failing Firearms Control

·         The Promise of Palermo: A Political History of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Independent Review of Individual Donor Assessments in Humanitarian Operations

 Globsec

·         Growing the Transatlantic Digital Economy

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         2020 Census: The Bureau Concluded Field Work but Uncertainty about Data Quality, Accuracy, and Protection Remains GAO-21-206R

·         Air Pollution: Opportunities to Better Sustain and Modernize the National Air Quality Monitoring System GAO-21-38

·         Climate Resilience: DOD Coordinates with Communities, but Needs to Assess the Performance of Related Grant Programs GAO-21-46

·         Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Improve National Vessel Documentation Center Operations GAO-21-10

·         Commercial Space Transport: FAA Should Examine a Range of Options to Support U.S. Launch Infrastructure GAO-21-154

·         Data Governance: Agencies Made Progress in Establishing Governance, but Need to Address Key Milestones GAO-21-152

·         Defense Health Care: Efforts to Ensure Beneficiaries Access Specialty Care and Receive Timely and Effective Care GAO-21-143

·         Disaster Housing: Improved Cost Data and Guidance Would Aid FEMA Activation Decisions GAO-21-116

·         Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations: DOD Needs to Address Governance and Oversight Issues to Help Ensure Superiority GAO-21-64

·         Emergency Responder Safety: States and DOT Are Implementing Actions to Reduce Roadside Crashes GAO-21-166

·         Environmental Protection: Action Needed to Ensure EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Activities Support Its Strategic Goals GAO-21-82

·         Federal Research: Agencies Need to Enhance Policies to Address Foreign Influence GAO-21-130

·         Federal Reserve Lending Programs: Use of CARES Act-Supported Programs Has Been Limited and Flow of Credit Has Generally Improved GAO-21-180

·         Financial Stability: Agencies Have Not Found Leveraged Lending to Significantly Threaten Stability but Remain Cautious Amid Pandemic GAO-21-167

·         Financial Assistance: Lessons Learned from CARES Act Loan Program for Aviation and Other Eligible Businesses GAO-21-198

·         Information Technology: DOD Software Development Approaches and Cybersecurity Practices May Impact Cost and Schedule GAO-21-182

·         Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Take Urgent Action to Manage Supply Chain Risks GAO-21-171

·         Intelligence Community: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Workforce Diversity Planning and Oversight GAO-21-83

·         International Trade: Observations On Whether Women's Rights and Economic Interests Are Protected or Promoted by U.S. Trade Preference Programs GAO-21-190

·         The Nation's Fiscal Health: Information on the Spending and Revenue Implications of Potential Debt Targets GAO-21-211

·         Offshore Wind Energy: Planned Projects May Lead to Construction of New Vessels in the U.S., but Industry Has Made Few Decisions amid Uncertainties GAO-21-153

·         Oil and Gas: Onshore Competitive and Noncompetitive Lease Revenues GAO-21-138

·         Science & Tech Spotlight: Tracing the Source of Chemical Weapons GAO-21-271SP

·         Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Continues Winding Down Housing Programs GAO-21-39

·         Uranium Management: Actions to Mitigate Risks to Domestic Supply Chain Could Be Better Planned and Coordinated GAO-21-28

·         VA Disability Benefits: Process for Identifying Conditions Presumed to be Service Connected and Challenges in Processing Complex Gulf War Illness Claims GAO-21-253T [testimony]

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

·         Securing Critical Materials for Critical Sectors: Policy Options for the Netherlands and the European Union

·         The Security Implications of the Pandemic: COVID-19 and European Security

·         Standards for Critical Raw Materials: Strategic Standard Setting in China, the EU and the Netherlands

 Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

·         Blueprint of Rehabilitation and Reintegration Center: Guiding Principles for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Family Members

 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

·         Climate Justice and Migration: Mobility, Development, and Displacement in the Global South

 Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2020 v. 13, no. 4

o    The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Security

o    NATO and Collective Environmental Security in the MENA: From the Cold War to Covid-19

o    Climate Change and Hybrid Warfare Strategies

o    Climate Change, Environmental Terrorism, Eco-Terrorism and Emerging Threats

o    Climate Change, Drug Traffickers and La Sierra Tarahumara

o    Why Climate Change and State Subsidies Will Collide to Create Fishery Conflict

o    Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and the Potential for Interstate Conflict in South Asia

o    Dynamics of Resource Governance, Climate Change, and Security: Insights from Nigeria and Norway

o    Zombie Experts and Anarchy Imaginaries: Fantasies of 'Crises to Be' in Climate Change Futures

 Henry Jackson Society

·         Reconstructing North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities

 Heritage Foundation

·         F-35 Sale to UAE Advances U.S. Security Interests

·         Japan’s New Leader Should Maintain Security Policy in Order to Meet Enduring Threats

·         Lajes Field: Why This Airbase Is Important to U.S. Strategic Interests

·         U.S. Economic Engagement with the Black Sea Region Must Be a Priority for 2021

·         Why the U.K. Is an Ideal Free Trade Partner for the U.S.

 Hoover Institution

·         Enter The Dragon: China’s Growing Influence In The Middle East and North Africa

 Human Rights Watch

·         Insisting on Inclusion: Institutionalization and Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities in Kyrgyzstan

·         “It’s a Constant Fight”  School-Related Sexual Violence and Young Survivors’ Struggle for Justice in Ecuador  

·         “What Crime Was I Paying For?”: Abuses by South Sudan’s National Security Service

 

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         An Innovation Agenda for Advanced Renewable Energy Technologies

·         The Role and Value of Standard Contractual Clauses in EU-U.S.Digital Trade

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Hefajat-e-Islami and the Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh

·         Targeted Killings: How Precedents can Become Practice

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         The Assassination of Fakhrizadeh: Considerations and Consequences

·         "The Day After" Abu Mazen is Already Here

·         Islamic State Province in Sinai Changes Its Strategy: Are Israel and the Suez Canal in the Crosshairs?

·         Does the Cost of the Fakhrizadeh Assassination Outweigh the Benefits?

·         Israel Must Talk to Biden

·         The Next War Will Make No Allowances for Political or Covid Constraints

·         The Struggle for Control of Southern Syria: Where is Israel?

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Gender Reality in Bangladesh: Issues and Possibilities

·         The Question of Guam: A Pivotal Island’s Changing Realities

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya: Experiences and Innovations

·         Oil Spills in the Western Indian Ocean: National Contingency Plans Fall Short

·         Sudan’s Transition: What are the Chances of Success?

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

·         The Boom Before the Ban: QAnon and Facebook

·         Fostering Civic Responses to Online Harms: Learnings from the Online Civil Courage Initiative and the Online Civic Fund 

·         Responding to a Terror Attack: A Strong Cities Toolkit

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

·         China and the European Union: All that Glitters is Not Gold. Implications for Canada

 Institute for the Study of War

·         Belarus Warning Update:

o    Promised Major Opposition Protest March Fizzles

o    Putin Will Increase Pressure on Lukashenko to Integrate Belarus in 2021

·         Iraq is Fragile, Not Hopeless: How Iraq’s Fragility Undermines Regional Stability

·         New Moldovan President Presents Opportunity to Limit Kremlin Suzerainty in Moldova

·         People's Warfare against COVID-19: Testing China’s Military Medical and Defense Mobilization Capabilities

 Institute for Veterans and Military Families

·         Coronavirus (COVID-19) Climate Snapshot Poll: Top Resource Needs of Veterans and Active Duty Service Members

 Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Children’s Harmful Work in Ghana’s Lake Volta Fisheries: Research Needed to Move Beyond Discourses of Child Trafficking

·         Policy Pollination: A Brief History of Social Protection’s Brief History in Africa

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Broadening the Transatlantic Partnership to Address the China Challenge

·         Differentiation in EU Foreign and Security Policy: EU Lead Groups in the Iranian Nuclear Dispute and the Ukraine Crisis

·         Fostering a New Security Architecture in the Middle East

·         Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Africa-EU Partnership Agenda on Migration and Mobility: A Continental Perspective

·         Italy, Atlanticism and the Biden Administration: Greater Convergence to Defuse Ambiguity on China

·         NATO's Current and Future Support for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation

·         Nuclear Risk Reduction: Looking Back, Moving Forward, and the Role of NATO

·         The Quest for European Strategic Autonomy – A Collective Reflection

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Impact of the RCEP on South Asia

·         India and the World in Modi’s Second Term

·         Potential Joe Biden Administration and United States-Pakistan Relations

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Algeria in Mali: A Departure from the Military Non-Intervention Paradigm?

·         The Christchurch Attack Report: Key Takeaways on Tarrant’s Radicalization and Attack Planning

·         Handbook, Part II: Prevention of Radicalisation

o    Chapter 7: At the Crossroads: Rethinking the Role of Education in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

o    Chapter 8: Prevention of Radicalization to Terrorism in Prisons: A Practical Guide

o    Chapter 9: Prevention of Radicalization to Terrorism in Refugee Camps and Asylum Centers

o    Chapter 10: Preventing Terrorism from Students of Extremist Madrasahs: An Overview of Pakistan’s Efforts

o    Chapter 11: Prevention of Radicalization in Western Muslim Diasporas

o    Chapter 12: Prevention of Radicalization on Social Media and the Internet

o    Chapter 13: Prevention of Recruitment to Terrorism

·         Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism – Case Study of Government Communication during Westgate and DusitD2 Attacks

·         Prevention of Radicalization to Terrorism in Prisons: A Practical Guide

 International Crisis Group

·         A Course Correction for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

·         Disorder on the Border: Keeping the Peace between Colombia andVenezuela

·         How South Africa Can Nudge Zimbabwe toward Stability

·         Venezuela: What Lies Ahead after Election Clinches Maduro’s Clean Sweep

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         China's Rise as a Global Security Actor: Implications for NATO

·         Defeating Threat Air Defences: The Return of the DEAD

·         The Impact of COVID-19 on Organised Crime in the Western Balkans

·         Promoting and Projecting Stability: Challenges and Perspectives

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Accountability System for the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping

·         Community Engagement in UN Peacekeeping Operations: A People-Centered Approach to Protecting Civilians

·         Parallel Tracks or Connected Pieces?: UN Peace Operations, Local Mediation, and Peace Processes

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         After the Storm: Post-Pandemic Trends in the Southern Mediterranean

·         The Politics of Pandemics. Evolving Regime-Opposition Dynamics in the MENA Region

 Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, December 23, 2020, v. 20, no. 22

o    Behind Xi Jinping’s Declaration of Victory Over Poverty

o    Beijing’s Blunt Message to President-elect Joe Biden

o    The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Limited Role In Easing Tensions Between China and India

o    Understanding the Financial Picture Behind Ant’s IPO Suspension

o    Is the RCEP China’s Gain and India’s Loss?

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 17, 2020, v. 18, no. 23

o    How  War  in  Ethiopia  Impacts Red  Sea  and  Horn  of  Africa Power  Politics:  The  Battle  in Tigray and Beyond

o    Jihadism in Francophone Western Indian Ocean Is-lands: Cases from Comoros, Réunion, and Mauritius

o    The Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government’s Sinjar Agreement: Consequences for U.S., Turkish, and Iranian Influence and Rebel Rivalries

 Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 1-0 Joint Personnel Support

·         Joint Pub 5-0, Joint Planning, 01 December 2020  

 Library of Congress Law Library

·         Regulation of COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing

 Marine Corps University Press

·         Journal of Advanced Military Studies, Fall 2020, v. 11, no. 2

o    The Unity of the Operational Art: Napoleon and Naval Integration

o    Same Water, Different Dreams: Salient Lessons of the Sino-Japanese War for Future Naval Warfare

o    Sea Control:  Feasible, Acceptable, Suitable, or Simply Imperative

o    Naval Integration: An Old Approach for a New Era

o    The Joint Force Maritime Component Command and the  88Marine Corps: Integrate to Win the Black SeaFight

o    Carriers and Amphibs: Shibboleths of Sea Power

o    First to Fight: Advanced Force Operations and the Future of the Marine Corps

o    The Problems Facing United States Marine Corps Amphibious Assaults

o    Losing the Initiative in the First Island Chain: How Organizational Inefficiencies Can Yield Mismatched Arsenals

o    Marine Corps Force Design 2030 and Implications for Allies and Partners: Case Norway 

o    China and Japan: Past and Future

 Martens Centre for European Studies

·         The Strategic Compass: Charting a New Course for the EU’s Security and Defence Policy

 McAfee

·         The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

·         China in 2021: Agenda Setting, Anniversaries, and Potential for Conflict

·         China’s Rise as a Global Security Actor: Implications for NATO

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

·         An Emboldened Horn of Africa Axis and an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Await the Biden Administration

 Migration Policy Institute

·         The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis         

·         How Will International Migration Policy and Sustainable Development Affect Future Climate-Related Migration?

·         New Approaches to Climate Change and Migration: Building the Adaptive Capacity of Mobile Populations

·         Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States: Stable Numbers, Changing Origins

 Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

·         The Impact of the COVID-19 Recovery on California Transportation Revenue: A Scenario Analysis through 2040

 Mitchell Institute  

·         Aerospace Nation with General Jeffrey Harrigian

·         Air Force Persistent Logistics: Sustaining Combat Power during21st Century Competition and Conflict

 MITRE

·         Biometric Face Recognition: References for Policymakers

·         Management of Safety Risk In Automated Driving Systems

·         White House Policy Wonks: The Overlooked Keys to an Administration’s Success

 National Academies Press

·         Army Medical Research and Development Infrastructure Planning

·         Current Issues in the Assessment of Respiratory Protective Devices for Occupational and Non-Occupational Uses

·         Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety

·         A Framework for Assessing Mortality and Morbidity after Large-Scale Disasters

·         Introduction to Blockchain and Airport Operations in a COVID-19 Environment

 National Bureau of Asian Research

·         The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Power Rivalry in South Asia

·         Powering Southeast Asia Meeting the Region’s Electricity Needs

 National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Winter  2020, v. 21, no. 1

o    Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Dynamics in Mali

o    Naval Culture, Customs, and Traditions: Perspectives from Members of the Royal Canadian Navy

o    The Value of Intelligence Sharing for Canada: The ‘Five Eyes’ Case

o    Is Your Organization Truly Innovative?

o    Back to the Future? The Tale of Two Trudeaus and Their Defence Policies

o    Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight: Canadian Strategic Communications and Information Operations in Latvia, Operation Reassurance 2019-2020

o    Mindfulness: Building Resiliency in the Canadian Armed Forces 

o    The Canadian Way of Remembering War: Canada’s “Conflicted” and “Contested” Memory of the Second World War 

 National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

·         Commanding Ideas; Think Tank as Platforms for Authoritarian Influence

·         Deals in the Dark: Russian Corrosive Capital in Latin America

 National Institute for Defense Studies

·         International Symposium on Security Affairs 2019

·         NIDS ASEAN Workshop 2020 "How Can ASEAN Deal with the United States-China Strategic Competition?"

o    Between the Eagle and the Panda: Philippine Perceptions on the United States–China Strategic Competition

o    When Elephants Fight: Vietnam’s Responses to Intensifying US-China Strategic Competition

o    ASEAN in the United States–China Strategic Competition: An Indonesian Perspective

o    The United States-China Strategic Competition: A Thai Perspective

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

·         SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

·         SP 1800-24 Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector

·         SP 1800-25 Data Integrity: Identifying and Protecting Assets Against Ransomware and Other Destructive Events

·         SP 1800-26 Data Integrity: Detecting and Responding to Ransomware and Other Destructive Events

 National Security Archive

·         Intelligence and Vietnam (II) Return of the Top Secret 1969 State Department Study

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         Cyber Threats and NATO 2030: Horizon Scanning and Analysis

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Information Laundering in Germany

·         Robotrolling 2020/4

·         Social Media Manipulation Report 2020

 National Security Archive  

·         Anastas Mikoyan: Soviet First Responder and Smiling Diplomat

·         U.S. Prosecutions Bring Mexico Corruption into Focus

 Naval War College

·         International Law Studies 2020, v. 96, issue 1, no. 19-22  

o    Common Article 1 and the Duty to "Ensure Respect"

o    The Human Dimension of Peace and Aggression

o    Autonomous Cyber Weapons and Command Responsibility

o    Autonomy and Precautions in the Law of Armed Conflict

·         Sea Shepherd: The Evolution of an Eco-Vigilante to Legitimized Maritime Capacity Builder

·         Securing China's Lifelines across the Indian Ocean

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

·         Antisemitic Disinformation: A Study of the Online Dissemination of Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories

·         THE QANON CONSPIRACY: Destroying Families, Dividing Communities, Undermining Democracy

 New York City Department of Investigation

·         Investigation into NYPD Response to the George Floyd Protests

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         Russia’s View of Georgia: A NATO Proxy Yet Again?

·         In the Shadow of the Virus Varieties of Power in the COVID-19 Crisis in Venezuela

·         Thailand: Improving the Business Climate for Renewable Energy Investment

·         Vietnam: Six Ways to Keep Up the Renewable Energy Investment Success

 Nuclear Threat Initiative  (NTI)

·         Civilian HEU Reduction and Elimination Resource Collection

·         Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection

·         Submarine Proliferation Resource Collection

·         U.S. Nuclear Modernization: Security & Policy Implications of Integrating Digital Technology

 Observer Research Foundation

·         21st Century India’s Health Story in Graphs: Using NFHS-5 Data to Verify Worrying Child Mortality Trends from SRS

·         Air Pollution in Delhi: Filling the Policy Gaps

·         Between a Republic and an Emirate: The Future of Afghanistan

·         Five Lessons from 2020

·         The India-China Border Question: An Analysis of International Law and State Practices

·         The India-China Nuclear Dynamic: India’s Options

·         The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: Towards a Coherent Indo-Pacific Policy for India

·         IS Khorasan, the US–Taliban Deal, and the Future of South Asian Security

·         On the Cusp of Digital History: Nine Lessons for the Future

·         POSHAN Abhiyaan: Fighting Malnutrition in the Time of a Pandemic

·         Safeguarding Food Self-Sufficiency in the Time of COVID-19:Lessons from Bhutan

·         Xi’s China, China’s Xi: Current Political and Social Challenges

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Supporting a Safer Community in Charlotte: Secondary Victims and the Beginning of Homicide Support Groups

·         Supporting a Safer Community in Richmond: Secondary Victims and the Beginning of Homicide Support Groups

 Our World in Data

·         Do Workers in Richer Countries Work Longer Hours?

 Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         Global Fears of Disinformation: Perceived Internet and Social Media Harms in 142 Countries

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         China’s Financial Opening Accelerates

·         Using Purchasing Power Parities to Compare Countries: Strengths and Shortcomings

 Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era

·         Most Republicans Approve of Trump’s Post-election Messaging, but About a Third Say It Has Been Wrong

 Pew Research Center Science & Society

·         Biotechnology Research Viewed with Caution Globally, but Most Support Gene Editing for Babies To Treat Disease

 Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work

 Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         The Changing Geography of COVID-19 in the U.S.

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Devolution in the UK and the Combined Challenges of Pandemic and Brexit

·         European Council Breaks Stalemate over EU Multiannual Budget

·         French Authorities Playing a Risky Game with Security

·         Hoping for a Change: Germany and the U.S. after Biden’s Victory

·         Joint Crisis-Response: Towards a European Health Union

·         Lockdown for Christmas: Germany Bracing in the Fight against the Pandemic

·         Maduro Consolidates Power after Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela

·         Navalny’s Significance in Russian Domestic and Foreign Policy

·         Possible Scenarios of Russian-Belarusian Military Integration

·         The Prospects for Improved U.S.-China Relations under the Biden Administration

·         Prospects for U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control under the Biden Administration

·         Return to Multilateralism: The Biden Administration and the UN System

·         Romania’s Prime Minister Resigns after Surprising Results of Parliamentary Elections

·         Russia’s Use of Chemical Weapons: Consequences for NATO

·         U.S.-Ukraine Relations after Biden’s Victory

·         U.S. Sanctions Turkey

 RAND Corporation

·         Allies Growing Closer: Japan–Europe Security Ties in the Age of Strategic Competition

·         Analysis of a Time-in-Grade Pay Table for Military Personnel and Policy Alternatives

·         Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance

·         Benchmarks for Success: Expected Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Participants

·         Characteristics and Duty Limitations of Service Members Transferring between the Active and Reserve Components

·         Command and Control in U.S. Naval Competition with China

·         The Composition and Employment of Software Personnel in the U.S.Department of Defense: An Initial Analysis

·         Developing Operationally Relevant Metrics for Measuring and Tracking Readiness in the U.S. Air Force

·         The Future of Cybercrime in Light of Technology Developments

·         Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams: Content Area Module for Air Force Sexual Harassment Prevention

·        Heading into the Holidays, Americans' Financial Difficulties Continue

·         Intelligence Support for Operations in the Information Environment: Dividing Roles and Responsibilities Between Intelligence and Information Professionals

·         Japan's Potential Contributions in an East China Sea Contingency

·         Mitigating the Effects of Blast-Related Burn Injuries from Prolonged Field Care to Rehabilitation and Resilience: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting

·         A Model of the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic During a Hurricane in Virginia

·         Preparing Children and Youth for Civic Life in the Era of Truth Decay: Insights from the American Teacher Panel

·         Proposed Analytical Products for the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability: Developing and Presenting Options for Future Force Design and Capability Development

·         Regional Responses to U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand

·         Setting the Level and Annual Adjustment of Military Pay

·         The U.S. Coast Guard Is Building an Icebreaker Fleet: What Comes Next? Issues and Challenges

·         United States–Japan Research Exchange on Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings from a Pair of Conferences on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Work, Health, and Data Privacy and on Disaster Prediction, Resilience, and Recovery

 Rockafeller Foundation

·         Taking Back Control: A Resetting of America’s Response to Covid-19

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         A Template for the Global South? Understanding the Promises and Pitfalls of Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         AI Governance and Military Affairs – Neurotechnologies and Future Warfare

·         The Biden Presidency – Potential China-India Dilemma?

·         End of Al Qaeda Era?

·         EU Policies on Huawei and 5G Wireless Networks: Economic-Technological Opportunities vs Cybersecurity Risks

·         Jokowi’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Will It Beat COVID-19?

·         Russo-US Ties Under the Biden Presidency

·         Southeast Asia’s Maritime Security – Japan Sails Into New Territory

 Small Wars Journal

·         “America First” and Implications for US Strategy in the Horn of Africa

·         Bosnia between the Dayton's Peace Straightjacket, Development, and Power Centers' Moral Obligation; Solicitation to Biden

·         Developing an Experimental Joint Airborne Division for Hybrid Warfare and Great Power Competition

·         Ethics in Special Operations and the Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy

·         The Guardia Nacional (National Guard): Why a New Militarized Police in Mexico

·         Human Crisis in Mozambique in the age of Cyber-Diplomacy

·         Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Note No. 1: IRGC-Navy Unveils Naval Carrier, Shahid Roudaki and New Drones, Helicopters, and Speed Boats

·         LSCO [Large Scale Combat Operations] is a Lost Art…and it’s About Time

·         Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 32: Former Governor Assassinated in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #47: Anti-CJNG IAFV Trenches Dug in Michoacán

·         No End in Sight for the Conflict in Syria: Who are Winners and Losers?

·         The Perverse Political Logic of Genocide

·         Typhon’s Song: Examining Russia’s Employment of COVID-19 Disinformation to Generate Disruptive Effects

·         The Use of US Special Operation Forces in Great Power Competition: Imposing Costs on Chinese Gray Zone Operations

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Comparative Study of Policy Responses to COVID-19 in LICs in Africa

·         Digital Disruption in Africa – Mapping Innovations for the AfCFTA in Post COVID Times

·         Drivers of Disparity: How Policy Responses to COVID-19 Can Increase Inequalities

·         Green Finance Mechanisms in Developing Countries: Emerging Practice

·         Green Recovery and Green Jobs in Africa: The Case of Ghana

·         The Impact of Chinese Tech Provision on Civil Liberties in Africa

·         Latin America’s Uncoordinated Response in Tackling COVID-19

·         The Macroeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Africa

·         SADC e-Mobility Outlook: Accelerating the Battery Manufacturing Value Chain

·         Sustainable Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen Global Healthcare Interventions

·         US and Chinese COVID-19 Health Outreach to Africa and Latin America: A Comparison

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 21-11-AR Military Equipment Transferred to the Afghan Government: DOD Did Not Conduct Required Monitoring to Account for Sensitive Articles

 Stanley Center

·         Urban Atrocities: Exploring Identity-Based Mass Violence in Cities

 Stimson

·         Living with a Nuclear-Arming North Korea: Deterrence Decisions in a Deteriorating Threat Environment

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Emerging Suppliers in the Global Arms Trade

·         European Union Sanctions on North Korea: Balancing non-Proliferation with the Humanitarian Impact

·         Mapping the International Presence of the World’s Largest Arms Companies

·         The World Food Programme’s Contribution to Improving the Prospects for Peace in Colombia

 Taylor & Francis

·         Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2020, v. 13, no. 4

o    Community Reporting on Violent Extremism by “Intimates”: Emergent Findings from International Evidence [open access article]

o    Researching Race, Racialisation, and Racism in Critical Terrorism Studies: Clarifying Conceptual Ambiguities [open access article] 

·         Ethics & Global Politics, December 2020, v. 13, no. 4

o    Special Issue on Anna Elisabetta Galeotti’s book Political Self-Deception Anan [all articles are open access]

o    Pathologies of democratic deliberation: introduction to the symposium on A.E. Galeotti’s Political Self-Deception

o    Political self-deception and epistemic vice

o    Reality check: can impartial umpires solve the problem of political self-deception?

o    From political self-deception to self-deception in political theory

o    What is political about political self-deception?

o    Self-deception, war, and the quest for the appropriate prophylactic

o    Political Self-Deception revisited: reply to comments

·         Policing and Society, 2020, v. 30, no. 9

o    Legal Limits to Prioritisation in Policing – Challenging the Impact of Centralization [open access article]

o    Towards a Socio-Technical Understanding of Discretion: A Case Study of Taser and Police Use of Force [open access article]  

o    What Democratic Policing Is … and Is Not [open access article]

·         Policing and Society, 2020, v. 30, no. 10

o    European Police Recruits’ Views on Ideal Personal Characteristics of a Police Officer [open access article]

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2020, v.14, no. 6

o    Restraint in Terrorist Groups and Radical Milieus: Towards a Research Agenda

o    Non-Involvement in Terrorist Violence: Understanding the Most Common Outcome of Radicalization Processes

o    Learning from the Lack of Political Violence: Conceptual Issues and Research Designs

o    Why the Nordic Resistance Movement Restrains Its Use of Violence

o    The Internal Brakes on Violent Escalation within the British Extreme Right in the 1990s

o    On the Permissibility of Homicidal Violence: Perspectives from Former US White Supremacists

o    Internal Debates, Doubts and Discussions on the Scope of Jihadi Violence: The Case of the Turnup Terror Squad

o    A Downward Scale Shift? The Case of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham

o    Crossing the Rubicon: The Limits of Insurgent Violence in Kabardino-Balkaria

o    Violence and Restraint within Antifa: A View from the United States

o    From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution: The Narrative Restraints to Lethal Violence among Radical Left Organisations in Portugal

o    Reality Check: The Real IRA’s Tactical Adaptation and Restraint in the Aftermath of the Omagh Bombing

o    The Dynamics of Restraint in the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign

o    Understanding Peace and Restraint amidst Ethnic Violence: Evidence from Kenya and Kyrgyzstan

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 20 Books on Terrorism & Counter- Terrorism-Related Subjects

o    Bibliography: Defining and Conceptualizing Terrorism

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

 Trust for America's Health

·         Climate Change & Health;  Assessing State Preparedness

 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

·         Asia-Pacific Migration Report 2020

·         Energy Transition Pathways for the 2030 Agenda: SDG7 Roadmap for Georgia

 UN Environment Programme

·         2020 Emissions Gap Report

 UN  Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         The Role of International Organizations in WMD Compliance and Enforcement: Autonomy, Agency and Influence

·         Science and Technology for WMD Compliance Monitoring and Investigations

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

·         United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament at 40

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Measuring Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

 UN Women

·         COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Transport with and for Women and Girls

·         Universal Health Coverage, Gender Equality and Social Protection:A Health Systems Approach

·         Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean Rim: Progress and Challenges

 Upturn

·         Mass Extraction: The Widespread Power of U.S. Law Enforcement to Search Mobile Phones

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Corporate Social Credit System: Context, Competition, Technology and Geopolitics

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China’s Influence on Conflict Dynamics in South Asia

 US Marine Corps (USMC), US Navy and US Coast Guard (USCG)

·         Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and NonProliferation

·         A Lexical History of the State-Level Concept and Issues for Today

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Al-Qaeda’s External Operations One Year After the Pensacola Attack

·         The Evolving National Security Threat Landscape: Treasury's Expanding Toolkit

·         Hezbollah Has Created Parallel Financial and Welfare Systems to Manage the Current Crisis

·         Israel’s Political Churn Continues: Implications for Netanyahu and U.S. Policy

·         Khamenei Lays Out a Framework for Avenging Soleimani and Reentering Talks

·         Promoting Women's Economic Activity in Jordan

·         Reform, Not Violence, Will Ease Iraqi Kurdish Protests

·         A Short-Term Diplomatic Agenda for the Syrian Puzzle

 Watson Institute for Near East Policy

·         Turkey's Opposition vs. the AKP: Measuring Messaging

 Wilson Center

·         Bolivia's Lithium Future: A Second Chance?

·         An Evidence-Based Collaborative Framework for Improving Predictive Capabilities

·         Governing AI: Understanding the Limits, Possibilities, and Risks of AI in an Era of Intelligent Tools and Systems

·         Iconic Moments in Foreign Policy: Korean War

·         Kennan Cable No. 62: Moldova’s Presidential Election: A Real Turning Point?

·         The Status of Women in Russian Society: Conference Report

·         The Transfer of Soviet Prisoners of War from Afghanistan to Switzerland, 1982-1984

·         Venezuelan Migrants Under COVID-19: Managing South America’s Pandemic Amid a Migration Crisis

 World Economic Forum

·         Bridging the Governance Gap: Dispute Resolution for Blockchain-Based Transactions

·         Bridging the Governance Gap: Interoperability for Blockchain and Legacy Systems

·         Consequences of a Mobile Future: Creating an Environmentally Conscious Life Cycle for Lead-Acid Batteries

·         Ethics by Design: An Organizational Approach to Responsible Use of Technology

·         Global Competitiveness Report Special Edition 2020: How Countries are Performing on the Road to Recovery

·         Responsible Limits on Facial Recognition Use Case: Flow Management