Friday's Miscellany 06-18-2021

38 North

• Turning Waste into Treasure: North Korea’s Recycling Push
  

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• 32 Million Africans Forcibly Displaced by Conflict and Repression
  
• Chinese Security Firms Spread along the African Belt and Road
  

 AidData

• Discourse Wars and ‘Mask Diplomacy’: China’s Global Image Management in Times of Crisis
  
• Mask Wars: China's Exports of Medical Goods in Times of COVID-19
  

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• The Conservative Case for the Constitution, Part V: Why the Union Depends on Consensus
  
• Employment and Safety Net Survey, Wave II: Perceptions of Government Spending, Program Expansions, and Dependency
  
• The First Congress Establishes the Unitary Executive
  
• Pandas: China’s Most Popular Diplomats
  
• Securing Supplies: How to Prevent Another COVID-19 Breakdown
  

 American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)

• Clarifying the Planetary Defense Mission
  

 Amnesty International

• ‘Like We Were Enemies in a War’: China’s Mass Internment, Torture, and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang
  
• Needs Improvement: A Progress Report on the Biden Administration’s Record on Making the United States a Safe Refuge
  
• Pushed into Harm’s Way: Forced Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children to Danger by the USA and Mexico
  

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), May 2021, v. 28, no. 5
  
• Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Hospitalizations, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Ambulatory visits, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Surveillance snapshot: Illness and injury burdens, reserve component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Surveillance snapshot: Illness and injury burdens, recruit trainees, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Medical evacuations out of the U.S. Central Command, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, deployed active and reserve component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020
• Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2020

 Army University Press

• Maintaining the High Ground: The Profession and Ethic in Large-Scale Combat Operations
  

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• North Korea’s Climate Change Policy in the Kyoto Protocol System
  

 Atlantic Council

• Are Dual-Capable Weapon Systems Destabilizing? Questioning Nuclear-Conventional Entanglement and Inadvertent Escalation
  
• The Case for a Comprehensive Approach 2.0: How NATO Can Combat Chinese and Russian Political Warfare
  
• China-US Competition: Measuring Global Influence
  
• Colombia’s National Strike: Overview of the Situation and Strategies Moving Forward
  
• Financing the Future: Measuring and Reporting Climate-Related Risks
  
• Shifting Gears: Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition 
  
• What Choices Remain for the United States in Syria?
  
• When Sanctions Violate Human Rights
  

 Australian National University Press

• Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice: Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna
  

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Mapping China's Tech Giants: Reining in China’s Technology Giants
  
• Mapping China's Tech Giants: Supply Chains & the Global Data Collection Ecosystem
  

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

• China's Engagement in Central and Eastern European Countries
  
• The South China Sea
  
• The Three Seas Initiative
  

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• The CLEAN Future Act and Oilfield-Produced Water Regulation: Potential Consequences for the U.S. and Global Energy Transition
  
• High Hopes for a Major Project in Mexico
  
• Macroeconomic Effects of a 10-Year Fiscal Plan               
• Strengthening Mexico's Asylum System
  

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• Concessions to Hamas Lead to Violence. Holding Firm Leads to Calm
  
• Erdoğan’s Eastern Med Repentance: Too Little, Too Late
  
• Imagining a World Without US Primacy
  
• Middle East Futures: Defiance and Dissent
  

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Building a 21st Century Congress: A Playbook for Modern Technology Assessment 
• Reforming the Arctic Narrative
  
• US-Russian Contention in Cyberspace: Are Rules of the Road Necessary or Possible?
  

 Blair Institute for Global Change

• Defending the Free and Open Internet in an Age of Authoritarianism
  
• The Fundamentals of Tech Transformation: Cloud Policy
  
• The Hidden Pandemic: Long Covid
  
• Understanding the Covid-19 Variants of Concern
  
• What Is the State of Debate on Digital Democracy?  

 Brennan Center for Justice

• Equity for the People
  

 Brookings  

• Moving Up: Promoting Workers’ Upward Mobility Using Network Analysis
  
• Policy and institutional Responses to COVID-19: South Korea
  
• What Investors and the SEC Can Learn from the Texas Power Crises
  

 Bruegel

• Blending the Physical and Virtual: A Hybrid Model for the Future of Work
  
• What Are the Effects of the ECB’s Negative Interest Rate Policy?
  

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

• Advancing Trade with the Indo-Pacific: Canada’s Role in Welcoming New Members to the CPTPP
  
• The Biden Administration’s North Korea Policy: A New Direction or Back to the Future?
  
• Canadian Primer to the NATO Summit in Brussels June 14, 2021
  
• How Canada Can Prepare for the Quantum Threat
  

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• How Duterte Strong-Armed Chinese Dam-Builders But Weakened Philippine Institutions
  
• Social Realities of Indian Americans: Results From the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey
  
• Yemeni Border Markets: From Economic Incubator to Military Frontline
  

 CATO Institute

• Questioning Industrial Policy: Why Government Manufacturing Plans Are Ineffective and Unnecessary
  

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• A People-First U.S. Assistance Strategy for the Middle East
  

 Center for American Progress

• Redefining Homeland Security: A New Framework for DHS To Meet Today’s Challenges
  

 Center for Global Development

• Can Africa Help Europe Avoid Its Looming Aging Crisis?
  
• From Displacement to Development: How Ethiopia Can Create Shared Growth by Facilitating Economic Inclusion for Refugees
  
• Texts Don’t Nudge: An Adaptive Trial to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in India
  

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

• US-Russian Contention in Cyberspace: Are Rules of the Road Necessary or Possible?
  

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

• United by Challenge: Regional Opportunities to Drive Media Reform in Southeast Europe
  

 Center for International Policy

• Israel’s Exceptional Security Partnership with Washington  

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

• Global Value Chains in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Opportunities to Increase Euro-Mediterranean Integration
  
• Thriving on Uncertainty: COVID-19-Related Opportunities for Terrorist Groups
  

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Creating a Map of Science and Measuring the Role of AI In It 
  
• Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
  
• U.S. Demand for AI Certifications 
  

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 121: Local Dimensions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
• NATO’s Strategic Concept: Three Do’s and Don’ts
  

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Boko Haram’s Leader Is Dead: What Are the Humanitarian and Security Implications?
  
• Reading the Nuclear Tea Leaves: Policy and Posture in the Biden Administration
  
• The Return of Geopolitics: Latin America and the Caribbean in an Era of Strategic Competition
  
• Sharp Focus: A Unique View of North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard
  

 Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

• Hard Fighting In The Caucasus: The Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ Combat Performance and Military Strategy In The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War
  
• Possible Revamp in Turkey-EU Relations in the Post Covid-19 Era: Opportunities and Challenges
  
• The World after COVID-19: Cooperation or Competition?
  
• Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Autumn-Winter 2020, v. 25, no. 2
  
• Debating Turkey’s Grand Strategy
• Turkey’s Grand Strategy as the Third Power: A Realist Proposal
• Turkey’s Grand Strategy in the Context of Global and Regional Challenges
• Grand Strategizing in and for Turkish Foreign Policy: Lessons Learned from History, Geography and Practice
• Neither Ideological nor Geopolitical: Turkey Needs a ‘Growth’-Based Grand Strategy
• Turkey’s Grand Strategy in the Post-Liberal Era: Democratic Assertiveness

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Non-Consensual Intimate Image Distribution: The Legal Landscape in Kenya, Chile and South Africa
  
• An Emerging Opportunity for Recovery: “Modern Markets for All”
  

Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

• Understanding the Problem of Explanation When Using AI In Intelligence Analysis
  

 Chatham House

• Politically Sanctioned Corruption and Barriers to Reform in Iraq
  

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs 

• 2020 Public Attitudes on US Intelligence
  
• Serving the Citizens—Not the Bureaucracy
  

 Congress. House Armed Services Committee

• Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces
  

 Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

• Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health through Vaccine Legislation
  

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

• The Biden Administration’s Priorities for Engagement with the United Nations
  

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

• A Review of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security
  

 Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

• Potential Remedies for Unlawful Evictions in Federal Emergency Areas
  
• Undoing the Damage of the War on Drugs: A Renewed Call for Sentencing Reform
  

 Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

• The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays and Unanswered Questions (Part II)
  
• Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth Back to Forgotten America  

 Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

• Selected Documents: President Trump Pressure Campaign on Department of Justice
  

 Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

• Impacts of Shipping Container Shortages, Delays, and Increased Demand on the North American Supply Chain
  
• Starships and Stripes Forever – An Examination of the FAA’s Role in the Future of Spaceflight
  

 Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

• Army Modernization in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2022
  
• United States Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Strategy
  

 Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

• Strength through Partnership: Building the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship
  

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Addressing Emerging Cybersecurity Threats to State and Local Government
  
• Improving Security, Trade, and Travel at Land Ports of Entry at the Southwest Border
  

 Council on Strategic Risks

• Security and Climate Risk in the Arctic: Temperatures and Tensions Rise
  

Day One Project

• Strengthening U.S. Engagement in International Standards Bodies 
  

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, June 16, 2021
  

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2021-093 Audit of the Department of Defense’s Sea Transportation and Storage of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives
  

 Department of the Army

• FM 7-0 Training
  

 Egmont Institute

• ‘Greening’ EU’s Cultural Diplomacy: Uncovering the Potential of the Culture-Climate Nexus
  

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

• Reclaiming Historical Past and Collective Public Memory: The Case of Valikhanov in Kazakhstan
  

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Brazil Country Analysis Brief
  

 EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Droughts in Europe and Worldwide 2019-2020
  
• Regional Measures Under Risk Preparedness in the Electricity Sector
  

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

• China as a Hybrid Influencer: Non-State Actors as State Proxies
  

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

• New Technologies, Complexity, Nuclear Decision Making and Arms Control: Workshop Report
  

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• The Future of Conflict Prevention: Preparing for a Hotter, Increasingly Digital and Fragmented 2030
  

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Mexico's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
  

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Recognizing ‘Geoeconomic Risk’: Rethinking Corporate Risk Management for the Era of Great-Power Competition  

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• ASEAN’s Search for a Third Way: Southeast Asia’s Relations with China and the United States
  
• Assessing the Biden Administration’s Interim Syria Strategy
  

 Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

• Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Private Investment in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Crowding-In or Out?
  

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

• Can the Biggest Emitters Set Up a Climate Club? A Review of International Carbon Pricing Debates
  
• Ituri : Resurgence of Conflict and Failure of Peacebuilding Policy
  

 Friends of Europe

• Connecting the Dots: An Africa-Europe Partnership for Transportation and Infrastructure
  
• Unifying an Intelligent Digital Ecosystem: A Joint Initiative  for Africa-Europe Unicorn Factories
  

 Future Directions International

• Pakistan-US Relations and the Geopolitics of South Asia

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• An Example of the Entanglement of Politics and the Judiciary, and a Bad Omen for a Peaceful Solution to the Kurdish Conflict
  

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Criminals or Vigilantes?: The Kuluna Gangs of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Crime, Cryptocurrency, and El Salvador’s Big Bet on Bitcoin
  
• The Darker Side of Social: QAnon Instagram Comments Before the Capitol Riots
  
• QAnon and the Great Awakening: How the Deep Web Rewrites Ideologies and Beliefs
  
• Stopping Terrorist Violence, One Cellphone Shutdown at a Time
  

 Globsec

• Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Redesigning Public Health Systems in the EU and Central Europe
  

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Capitol Police: Applying Effective Practices to Address Recommendations Will Improve Oversight and Management GAO-21-105288
• Commercial Space Transportation: FAA Continues to Update Regulations and Faces Challenges to Overseeing an Evolving Industry GAO-21-105268
  
• Contractor Oversight: Information on the National Nuclear Security Administration's Report on Burdensome Regulatory Requirements GAO-21-496R
  
• COVID-19: TSA Could Better Monitor Its Efforts to Reduce Infectious Disease Spread at Checkpoints GAO-21-364
  
• Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Define and Sustain Wartime Medical Skills for Enlisted Personnel GAO-21-337
  
• Financial Services Industry: Factors Affecting Careers for Women with STEM Degrees GAO-21-490
  
• Management Report: Preliminary Information on Potential Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic GAO-21-599R
  
• Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Evaluate and Improve Surface Warfare Officer Career Path GAO-21-168
  
• Southwest Border: Schedule Considerations Drove Army Corps of Engineers' Approaches to Awarding Construction Contracts through 2020 GAO-21-372
  
• VA COVID-19 Procurements: Pandemic Underscores Urgent Need to Modernize Supply Chain GAO-21-280
  

 Henry Jackson Society

• The Future National Cyber Security Strategy: Defending Values in Cyber
  

 Heritage Foundation

• The Biden Administration Signs America on to a Global Tax Cartel
  
• Citizen’s Arrest After Ahmaud Arbery: Reasonable Reform of a Valuable Doctrine
  
• Civics Studies: Why They Matter, What Parents and Teachers Think, and How They Can Reclaim Truth
  
• The European Union’s Biocidal Products Regulation Benefits Only Bureaucrats
  
• NATO Summit 2021: Reinforcing Collective Defense in the Baltics
  
• Scaling up the U.S. Response to the Coup in Burma
  
• The Top 5 Issues President Biden Should Discuss with Putin at the Geneva Summit
  
• Trade and Prosperity in the States in the Time of COVID-19: The Case of Arizona
  

 Hudson Institute

• Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development Sites Requiring IAEA Inspections
  

 Human Rights Watch

• “I Didn’t Feel Like a Human in There”: Immigration Detention in Canada and its Impact on Mental Health
  
• “My Life is Not Your Porn”: Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea
  

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Clean and Competitive: Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing Leadership in the Global-Low Carbon Economy
  
• Why the United States Needs a National Advanced Industry and Technology Agency
  

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Building End-to-End Sustainment Models for Weapon Systems
  

 Institute for Science and International Security

• The International Inspectors Hold the Key to Truly Bringing Iran into Compliance with the Nuclear Deal’s Key Peaceful Pledge
  
• Just What is Going on at Sanjarian?
  
• Reflections on Iran’s Production of 60% Enriched Uranium[1]
  

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

• Effective Participation in Political and Peace Negotiations
  

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

• National Strategic Communications: Lessons from Operation Guardian of the Walls
  

 Institute for the Study of War

• Iraq 2021-2022: A Forecast
  

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Development Finance in Challenging Times
  
• Emerging Disruptive Technologies: The Achilles’ Heel for EU Strategic Autonomy?
  
• Global Governance at a Turning Point
  
• Managing Expectations from Iran's Upcoming Presidential Vote
  
• Towards COP26: Detangling the Knots of Climate Negotiations
  

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• India’s Industrial Raw Material and Food Exports: Emergence of China as Important and Distinct Market
  

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Beyond the Dutch Election Manifestos: What Kind of Policy Can We Expect in The Netherlands to Counter Terrorism and Radicalisation in the Coming Four Years?
  
• Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness
  
• Chapter 35: Terrorism Prevention – The UN Plan of Action (2015) and Beyond
• General Bibliography on Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

 International Energy Administration (IEA)

• Energy Technology RD&D Budget Database
  

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Missile Developments in Southern Asia: A Perspective from India
  

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

• Human Fraternity and Inclusive Citizenship: Interreligious Engagement in the Mediterranean
  

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, June 18, 2021, v. 21, no. 12  
• Special Issue on the Chinese Communist Party at 100
• The 2021 Party History Study Campaign Stresses Revolution and Sacrifice
• Looking Back on Short Flashes of Liberalization in the Chinese Communist Party’s 100 Years
• Military Political Work at the CCP’s Centennial
• Globalizing Leninist Institutions: Trends in Overseas Party Building
• Post-Reform Developments in Village and Neighborhood Party Building
• Terrorism Monitor, June 18, 2021, v. 19, no. 12   
• Pakistan's TTP Mounts Comeback Under New Leadership of Wali Mehsud
• Somaliland Elections Disrupt al-Shabaab's Regional Expansion
• How Nordic Countries are Handling the Question of Repatriating Islamic State Women

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• National Cyber Defense Center: A Key Next Step toward a Whole-of-Nation Approach to Cybersecurity
  

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI)

• COVID Misery Index
  

 Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

• European Security Seminar EU – NATO Cooperation: Seminar Report
  

 Martens Centre for European Studies

• Climate of the Middle: Understanding Climate Change as a Common Challenge
  

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

• The CCP's Next Century: Expanding Economic Control, Digital Governance and National Security
  
• Chinese FDI in Europe: 2020 Update
  

 Mitchell Institute

• Building a Force That Wins: Recommendations for the 2022 National Defense Strategy
  

 MITRE

• 6G and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  
• Safety Building Blocks of Highly Automated Vehicles
  
• The Social Equity Data Challenge
  

 Modern War Institute (MWI)

• America the Undefended: The Flawed Assumption at the Heart of US Homeland Defense
  
• Competition and Conflict: Implications for Maneuver Brigades
  
• Winning the Future with Artificial Intelligence
  

 National Academies Press

• COVID-19 and the Present and Future of Black Communities: The Role of Black Physicians, Engineers, and Scientists
  
• Looking Ahead at the Cybersecurity Workforce at the Federal Aviation Administration
  

 National Defense University Press

• Russia and Saudi Arabia: Old Disenchantments, New Challenges  

 National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

• A Full-Spectrum Response to Sharp Power: The Vulnerabilities and Strengths of Open Societies
  

 National Security Archive

• U.S. Ambassadors to Russia Interviewed
  

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Recent Cyber Events No 11/ June 2021
  
• Tallinn Paper: Russia´s Cyber Policy Efforts in the United Nations
  

 NATO Defense College

• Regional Powers and Post-NATO Afghanistan
  
• Towards New Transatlantic Relations?
  

 Naval War College

• International Law Studies 2021, v. 97, issue 1
  
• China’s Revised Maritime Traffic Safety Law
  
• Naval War College Review, Spring 2021, v. 74, no. 2
  
• The Transformation of the Israel Defense Forces
• Cultural Challenges for Israeli Sea Power in the Eastern Mediterranean
• The 1988 Blues—Admirals, Activists, and the Development of the Chinese Maritime Identity
• The Middle Kingdom Returns to the Sea, While America Turns Its Back—How China Came to Dominate the Global Maritime Industry, and the Implications for the World
• One Approach, Two Results—The French Army, the U.S. Marines, and the Frontal Assault during the World Wars
• London and Washington—Maintaining Naval Cooperation despite Strategic Differences during Operation EARNEST WILL
• Reflections on Reading

 New America

• America’s Counterterrorism Wars: Tracking the United States’s [sic] Drone Strikes and Other Operations in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya
  

 NSI's Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) program

• Assessments of Operations in the Information Environment for the Eastern Mediterranean and South China Sea
  
• Escalation Management in 21st Century Operations in the Information Environment
  
• On Education and Training for Operations in the Information Environment
  

 Observer Research Foundation

• China’s 2021 White Paper on Tibet: Implications for India’s China Strategy
  
• The Dynamics of Vaccine Diplomacy in India’s Neighbourhood  
  
• Eastern Ladakh, the Longer Perspective
  
• Enhancing Trade and Development in India’s Northeast
  
• Envisioning the Post-Pandemic Metropolis: Perspectives and Learnings from Mumbai and Tel Aviv  
• In Search of the Sea: Opening India’s Northeast to the Bay of Bengal
  
• Winning the COVID-19 Battle in Rural India: A Blueprint for Action
  

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

• Family Matters: Executive Guide for Developing Family-Friendly Policies, Procedures, and Culture
  

 Operations and Policy Center (OPC)

• The Economics of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
  
• Living in Damascus After a Decade of War: Employment, Income, and Consumption
  

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

• Model Guidance on Individual Needs Assessments of Hate Crime Victims
  

 Overseas Development Institute

• Lessons Learned from PERL and Partners' Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
  

 Palm Center

• New VA Policy For Transgender Veterans: Myths and Facts
  

 Pew Research Center

• Experts Doubt Ethical AI Design Will Be Broadly Adopted as the Norm Within the Next Decade
  
• Facebook Posts in Early Days of Biden Administration Reflect Ideological Divide
  

Polish Institute of International Affairs

• Bulgaria Prepares for New Elections
  
• “Decoupling” in Chinese: Challenges for China’s Economy
  
• Dilemmas in South Korea’s Security Policy: The Need for Alliances and the Ambition for Autonomy
  
• EU Proposes Artificial Intelligence Regulation
  
• The Future of French Nuclear Energy
  
• Not Only Donbas: Ukraine in German Foreign Policy
  
• Online Warfare: Russian Policy on International Information Security
  
• Strengthening the EU’s Role in Cybersecurity
  

 Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

• The Economic Effects of Investing in Quality Care Jobs and Paid Family and Medical Leave
  

 RAND

• Adapting to Adversity amid a Global Pandemic: Stakeholder Insights About Progress and Next Steps for Taking Integrative Action to Build Resilient Systems
  
• Exiting Extremism: What Binds People to Extremist Groups and How Organizations Help Them Leave
  
• Improving the Availability and Affordability of Pandemic Risk Insurance: Projected Performance of Proposed Programs
  
• Measuring Strategic Readiness: Identifying Metrics for Core Dimensions
  
• Organizational Characteristics Associated with Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Army
  
• Russia's Global Interests and Actions: Growing Reach to Match Rejuvenated Capabilities
  
• Securing Gains in Fragile States: Using U.S. Leverage in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond
  
• Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Army: Where Cases are Highest and Why
  
• A Strong Ally Stretched Thin: An Overview of France's Defense Capabilities from a Burdensharing Perspective
  
• Using U.S. Leverage to Limit Instability in Fragile States: Executive Summary
  

 Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

• Pathway to the Stars
  

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Assessing the Financial Action Task Force’s Impact on Digital Financial Inclusion  
• Walk the Talk: How the Financial Action Task Force Can Prioritise Financial Inclusion
  

 Royal United Services Institute & Center for Advanced Defense Studies

• Project Sandstone Special Report: Black Gold: Exposing North Korea's Oil Procurement Networks
  

 Small Wars Journal

• An “Area Study:” North Korea in A Nutshell
  
• The Changing of the Guard: The British Army Since 9/11   
• Lessons from American Counterinsurgency Operations During the Occupation of Haiti
  
• Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces Teaming for Great Power Competition
  
• Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #51: Gunmen Attack Cancún Beach from Jet Skis, Killing Two People
  
• Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 39: Five Killed in Prison Battle between Barrio 18 and MS-13 in La Tolva Prison, Honduras
  
• This is What the Army is All About
  

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• Estimating the Economic Impact of Chinese BRI Investment in Africa
  

 Southern Poverty Law Center

• Why Does the U.S. Military Still Glorify the Confederacy? A Conversation With Professor Matthew Delmont
  

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law: Identifying Limits and the Required Type and Degree of Human–Machine Interaction
  

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

• Refuge No More: The Danger of Forced Return to Syria
  

 Taylor & Francis

• Contemporary Politics, 2021, v. 27, no. 3
• How Population Size Affects Power-Sharing: A Comparison of Nigeria and Suriname [open access article]
  
• Illusion of Control: How Internet Use Generates Anti-Regime Sentiment in Authoritarian Regimes [open access article]
  
• Policing and Society, 2021
• The Perverse Impact of Performance Measures on Policing: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Out of Court Disposals [open access article]
  

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

• Asia and the Pacific’s Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7
  
• Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries: A Review of Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action and Way Forward  
• Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Commercial Contracts Covering the Transportation of Goods in the Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond
  
• Proposals for Crisis-Response Provisions in Regional and Bilateral Transport Agreements of the ESCAP Member States
  

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Exploring Science and Technology Review Mechanisms under the Biological Weapons Convention
  
• Nuclear Escalation Strategies and Perceptions: The United States, the Russian Federation, and China
  

 US Bomb Data Center

• 2020 Arson Incident Report
  
• 2020 Explosives Incident Report
  

 Visual Capitalist

• Slices of the Pie: Mapping Territorial Claims in Antarctica
  

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Promoting Sovereignty and Accountability in Iraq: Guidelines for the Biden Administration
  

 White House

• Building Resilient Supply Chains., Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth: 100-Day Reviews under Executive Order 14017
  

 Wilson Center

• The Potential for Low-Cost and Open Source Hardware Solutions to Scale
  
• Regional Notebook Series 2 - The Culiacán Valley: A Divided Workforce
  

 World Bank

• Global Economic Prospects - June 2021  
• Global Productivity : Trends, Drivers, and Policies