Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 06-04-2021 & 06-11-2021

 38 North

 AidData

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Special  2021, v. 4, no. 4
    • Hindsight 20/20
    • Reflecting on the Past and Future of the Premier Scholarly Event for Department of Defense Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Scholars
    • Multinational Business Organizational Models and the US Air Force: An Interview with Brig Gen Leonard J. Kosinski
    • Erga Omnes Securitas: International Security and Reliance on Sustainable Partnerships
    • Opening the Door to Cultural Understanding and Mutual Cooperation: Multinational Military Partnerships and Educational Outreach
    • Strengthening Interoperability through the Language Enabled Airman Program: Perspectives from the 2018 to 2019 US-Philippine ISR-MTT Mission
    • Expanding Cultural Competencies: Exposing All Outside Continental United States Airmen to the Local Populous
    • What Would a North Korean Do? Washington Must See Issues from Adversaries' Perspectives in Order to Move Past Outmoded Policies

Air University Press

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 Amnesty International

 Army War College

  • Parameters, Summer 2021, no. 51, no. 2
    • Matthew Ridgway and the Value of Persistent Dissent
    • COIN Doctrine Is Wrong
    • Toward Successful COIN: Shining Path’s Decline
    • Europe: A Strategy for a Regional and Middle Power
    • Greater Security Cooperation: US Allies in Europe and East Asia
    • The Coercive Logic of Militant Drone Use
    • JDN 2-19: Hitting the Target but Missing the Mark
    • Integrated Planning and Campaigning for Complex Problems
    • On “The Politics of Oath-Taking”

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian National University Press

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

 CATO Institute

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

  • CER Bulletin issue 138 - June/July 2021
    • Macron's Europe
    • Hurrah for the Conference on the Future of Europe!
    • Can the EU Set a Global Rulebook for Big Tech?

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Clingendael Institute

 College of Europe

 Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

 Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

 Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

 Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

 Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and Rules & Administration Committees

 Congress. Senate.  Judiciary Committee

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Department of Defense (DOD) 

 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2021-091 Audit of the Reimbursement for Department of Defense Mission Assignments for Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic Response in the U.S. Northern Command Area of Responsibility

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-21-38 DHS Has Made Limited Progress Implementing the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program
  • OIG-21-39 TSA Needs to Improve Its Oversight for Human Capital Contracts 
  • OIG-21-40 ICE Faces Challenges in Its Efforts to Assist Human Trafficking Victims

 Department of the Interior Inspector General

 East West Center

 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 Council on Foreign Relations

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • Active Shooter Incidents 20-Year Review, 2000-2019
  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, June 2021
    • Focus on Media Relations: Earning Positive Press
    • Compelled Internal Affairs Interviews and Fifth Amendment Rights
    • Overcoming Investigative Assumptions
    • Leadership Spotlight: Feedback and Emotional Intelligence

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Freedom House

 French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

 Future Directions International

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • COVID-19: DOD Has Focused on Strategy and Oversight to Protect Military Servicemember Health GAO-21-321
  • DHS Office of Inspector General: Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management Weaknesses GAO-21-316
  • Federal Protective Service: Better Documented Cost Estimates Could Help Stakeholders Make Security Decisions GAO-21-464  
  • Homeland Security: DHS Needs to Fully Implement Key Practices in Acquiring Biometric Identity Management System GAO-21-386
  • Imported Agriculture: Updated Planning and Communication Could Enhance Agency Coordination of Inspections GAO-21-471
  • Military Lodging: DOD Should Provide Congress with More Information on Army's Privatization and Better Guidance to the Military Services GAO-21-214
  • Navy Ships: Timely Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Develop Capabilities for Battle Damage Repair GAO-21-246
  • Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA Should Use Portfolio Management Leading Practices to Support Modernization Efforts GAO-21-398
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Digital Vaccine Credentials GAO-21-534SP
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Renewable Ocean Energy GAO-21-533SP
  • Small Business Administration: Use of Supplemental Funds for Administering COVID-19-Related Programs GAO-21-489
  • VA Health Care: Additional Data Needed to Inform the COVID- 19 Response in Community Living Centers GAO-21-369R
  • Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Updated Program Oversight Approach Needed GAO-21-222

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

 Henley Putnam University

  • Journal of Strategic Security, 2021, v. 14, no. 2
    • Strategic Relationships, Risk, and Proxy War
    • The Magnitude of Warfare Revisited – System Polarity and War Duration
    • National Security as a Public Interest Consideration in UK Merger Control
    • Suboptimal Selective Service: An Analysis of the Obstacles to Selective Service Reform in American Political Institutions
    • Involuntary Celibates’ Experiences of and Grievance over Sexual Exclusion and the Potential Threat of Violence Among Those Active in an Online Incel Forum

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

 Institute for National Strategic Studies

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

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

 Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Crisis Group

 International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS)

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, June 7, 2021, v. 21, no. 11  
    • Chinese Leaders Project Confidence in Self-Sufficiency Amid Post-Pandemic Food Security Concerns
    • What I Learned From the PLA’s Latest Strategy Textbook
    • Automation and Digitalization of Justice in China’s Smart Court Systems
    • Beijing Boosts its Position as a “Himalayan Hegemon” Through Hydropower
    • Suez Closure Brightens the Future of China’s New Silk Road
  • Terrorism Monitor, June 4, 2021, v. 19, no. 11  
    • Burkan al-Ghadab Militants’ Display of Force Highlights Deepening Turkish Influence in Libya
    • Islamic State’s Pakistan Province Launches New Jihadist Magazine
    • ISWAP Launches Hearts and Minds Strategy to Counter Nigerian Army Offensive

 Korea Economic Institute of America

 Korea Institute for National Unification

 Migration Policy Institute

 Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) 

 MITRE

 National Academies Press

 National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Security Archive

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 New America

 NSI's Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) program

 Nuclear Threat Initiative

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

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

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

 Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

 Second Line of Defense

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 21-35-FA USAID’s Conflict Mitigation Assistance for Civilians Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Blumont Global Development Inc.
  • SIGAR 21-36-FA USAID’s Afghan Civic Engagement Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Counterpart International Inc.
  • SIGAR 21-37-IP USAID’s Goldozi Project in Afghanistan: Project Has Not Achieved Its Goals and COVID-19 Further Curtailed Project Implementation
  • SIGAR 21-38-FA Department of State’s Cluster Munitions Clearance Projects: Audit of Costs Incurred by the Demining Agency for Afghanistan

 Sudd Institute

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 Taylor & Francis

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

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Warsaw Institute

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 Wilson Center

 World Economic Forum