Monday, December 27, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 12-17-2021 & 12-24-2021

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

  • Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2021, v. 15, no. 4  
    • Graham Allison and the Thucydides Trap Myth
    • More Is Not Always Better: Oversight of the Military
    • North America’s Imperative: Strengthening Deterrence by Denial
    • Will Emerging Technology Cause Nuclear War?: Bringing Geopolitics Back In
    • Sophons, Wallfacers, Swordholders, and the Cosmic Safety Notice: Strategic Thought in Chinese Science Fiction
    • Six Steps to the Effective Use of Airpower: On "The Drawdown Asymmetry: Why Ground Forces Will Depart Iraq but Air Forces Will Stay"
    • Cultivating Future Airpower Strategists: On "Developing Twenty-First-Century Airpower Strategists"
    • A Case for Strategic Design: On "A Diplomatic Surge in Afghanistan"
    • Leveraging Regional Partners: On "US Grand Strategy, the Rise of China, and US National Security for East Asia"
    • Outline of Strategic Aerial Culture

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Winter 2021, v. 4, no. 9 
    • Asymmetric Competition in the Arctic: Implications for North American Defense and Security
    • Thailand’s Maritime Strategy National Resilience and Regional Cooperation
    • The US–Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership and the Key Role of Air Force Relations
    • Building Resilience: A New US Approach to East Asia
    • Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Projection of French Airpower in Afghanistan
    • Confluence of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific : How Japan's Strengths Can Shore Up American Weakness in the Pacific
    • The Coming of Quad and the Balance of Power in the Indo-Pacific
    • Why China Cannot Challenge the US Military Primacy
    • Australia's Role in the Quad and Its Crumbling Ties with China
    • Sieze the Data Initiative
    • Direct Military Conflict with China May Not Happen - and Why There are Worse Outcomes

 American Enterprise Institute

 Amnesty International

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) 

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian National Audit Office

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brookings

 Brown University, Costs of War Project

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Development 

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Global Energy Policy 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Clingendael  Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, December 2021, v. 14, no. 10 
    • The Oath Keepers and Their Role in the January 6 Insurrection
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Brigadier Rob Stephenson, Deputy Commander, NATO Special Operations Headquarters
    • The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the “Skull Mask” Neo-Fascist Network
    • Holding Women Accountable: Prosecuting Female Returnees in Germany

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of State

 Department of the Air Force

 Department of the Navy

 Department of the Treasury

  • 2022-20-007 Cybersecurity and Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Inspector General

  • REPORT #21-01524-43 Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Summary Report: Evaluation of Leadership and Organizational Risks in Veterans Health Administration Facilities, Fiscal Year 2020
  • REPORT #20-04219-07 Follow-Up Review of the Accuracy of Special Monthly Compensation Housebound Benefits 
  • REPORT #19-09592-262  Improvements Needed to Ensure Final Disposition of Unclaimed Veterans’ Remains 
  • REPORT #19-07812-29 Inadequate Oversight of VHA’s Home Oxygen Program 
  • MEMO # 21-01526-48 Review of SES Reassignments in the Veterans Benefits Administration 

 Egmont Institute

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

 European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)

 European Commission 

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Union (EU)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union CT MORSE

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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

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

 German Development Institute

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Bank Secrecy Act: Views on Proposals to Improve Banking Access for Entities Transferring Funds to High-Risk Countries GAO-22-104792 
  • COVID-19: Agencies Are Taking Steps to Improve Future Use of Defense Production Act Authorities GAO-22-105380  
  • COVID-19: Selected States Modified Meal Provision and Other Older Americans Act Services to Prioritize Safety GAO-22-104425
  • Countering Illicit Finance and Trade: Better Information Sharing and Collaboration Needed to Combat Trade-Based Money Laundering GAO-22-447 
  • DHS Privacy: Selected Component Agencies Generally Provided Oversight of Contractors, but Further Actions Are Needed to Address Gaps GAO-22-104144 
  • Disaster Recovery: Additional Actions Needed to Identify and Address Potential Recovery Barriers GAO-22-104039 
  • Economic and Commercial Diplomacy: State and Commerce Implement a Range of Activities, but State Should Enhance Its Training Efforts GAO-22-104181 
  • Law Enforcement: Federal Agencies Should Improve Reporting and Review of Less-Lethal Force GAO-22-104470 
  • Maritime Infrastructure: Public Ports Engage in an Extensive Range of Activities beyond Freight Movement GAO-22-104630 
  • Military Air Support: DOD Has Increased Its Use of Contracts to Meet Training Requirements GAO-22-104475 
  • Military Child Care: Potential Costs and Impacts of Expanding Off-Base Child Care Assistance for Children of Deceased Servicemembers GAO-22-105186 
  • Military Hazing: DOD Should Address Data Reporting Deficiencies, Training Limitations, and Personnel Shortfalls GAO-22-104066  
  • Offshore Oil Spills: Additional Information is Needed to Better Understand the Environmental Tradeoffs of Using Chemical Dispersants GAO-22-104153 
  • Securities Regulation: SEC Could Take Further Actions to Help Achieve Its FINRA Oversight Goals GAO-22-105367 
  • Space Command and Control: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Annual Reporting GAO-22-104685 
  • Special Operations Forces: Additional Actions Needed to Effectively Manage the Preservation of the Force and Family Program GAO-22-104486
  • Trafficking and Money Laundering: Strategies Used by Criminal Groups and Terrorists and Federal Efforts to Combat Them GAO-22-104807 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

 Institute for the Study of War 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Institute for Strategic Studies

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale)

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, December 17, 2021, v. 21, no. 24
    • China in 2022: Xi’s Time is Only Beginning, But Where Will it Lead?
    • All-Out Defense of “Chinese-Style Democracy” Exposes Cracks in Xi Jinping’s Armor
    • Foreseeing the China-India Boundary Dispute: 2022 and Beyond
    • Xi Jinping and “Common Prosperity”: New Governance Paradigm or Tool to Consolidate Power?
    • U.S.-EU Green Steel Alliance Confronts China’s Excess Steel Production
  • Terrorism Monitor, December 16, 2021, v. 19, no. 24
    • Islamic State in Khorasan Province’s Propaganda Offensive in Afghanistan: Assessing Three New Anti-Taliban Books
    • Islamic State Province’s Media in Africa: Comparing Trends in West and Central Africa 
    • India’s Dilemmas in Engaging the Taliban in Afghanistan: Too Little, Too Late?

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • Joint Pub 3-31, Joint Land Operations, 03 October 2019, Incorporating Change 1, 16 November 2021 

 Manhattan Institute

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

 Modern Warfare Institute

 National Academies Press

 National Endowment for Democracy

 National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 New America

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

 Observer Research Foundation

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )

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

 Our World in Data

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 PAX for Peace

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

 RAND Corporation

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Stimson Center

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

  • Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2021, v.15, no. 6
    • A New Wave of Terrorism? A Comparative Analysis on the Rise of Far-Right Extremism
    • Extremist Exploitation of the Context Created by COVID-19 and the Implications for Australian Security
    • CBRN Terrorism Interdictions (1990-2016) and Areas for Future Inquiry
    • Myanmar’s Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA): An Analysis of a New Muslim Militant Group and its Strategic Communications
    • Linking the August 2017 Attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils to Islamic State External Security Apparatus Through Foreign Fighters
    • Granting Efficacy to the Religious Motives of Terrorists: A Reply to Schuurman’s Response to “Bringing Religiosity Back In, Parts I & II”
    • Counter-Terrorism Bookshelf: 8 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
    • Nina Käsehage (Ed.). Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Münster: Transcript, 2021
    • Bibliography: Hostage Takings and Extrajudicial Executions (Part 1)
    • Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

 Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)

 United Kingdom, Ministry of Defense

 UK Parliament House of Commons Defence Committee

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

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum