greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 08-13-2021

· DODIG-2021-111 Management Advisory: Handling of Equipment With Sensitive Information and Records Retention Requirements Related to the Withdrawal From Afghanistan

· DODIG-2021-112 Special Report: The Defense Logistics Agency’s Access to Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic

· DODIG-2021-113 Special Report: The Missile Defense Agency’s Access to Information Technology and Communications During the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic

· Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I April 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG-21-52 TSA Did Not Assess Its Explosives Detection Canine Team Program for Surface Transportation Security

European Parliament Think Tank

· Euro Area Fiscal Policies and Capacity in Post-Pandemic Times

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

· An Integrated Approach to Deterrence Posture: Reviewing Conventional and Nuclear Forces in a National Defense Strategy

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

· Egypt's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

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

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

· Follow-up report to Myanmar's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

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

· The Holy See's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

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

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

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

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

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· The Effect of Zuma’s Imprisonment on South Africa’s Institutions and Rule of Law

· Islamists as Partners in World War II

Future Directions International

· Mohammed bin Salman – The Great Reformer?

Georgian Institute of Politics

· Right-wing Populism in Associated Countries: A Challenge for Democracy

German Development Institute

· Local Governments and the Sustainable Integration of Refugees in Ethiopia

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

· The “Axis of Resistance”

· Canal Istanbul: Turkey’s Controversial Megaproject

· Challenges to Iran’s Role in Iraq in the Post-Soleimani Era

· Erdoğan the Builder in Northern Cyprus

· Nord Stream 2 and the Energy Security Dilemma

· Normalisation and Realignment in the Middle East

· The Rush for the North Pole

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

· African Elephant Ivory

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Capitol Attack: Special Event Designations Could Have Been Requested for January 6, 2021, but Not All DHS Guidance is Clear [Reissued with revisions on Aug. 09, 2021.] GAO-21-105255

· Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Improve Management of NNSA's Lithium Activities GAO-21-244

· Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense GAO-21-522PR

· Private Health Coverage: Results of Covert Testing for Selected Sales Representatives Listed on Healthcare.gov GAO-21-568R

· U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Estimated Lump Sum Catch-Up Payments GAO-21-105306

Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)

· The EU Strategic Compass’ Three Principles: Inclusivity, Integration, and Implementation

· European Defence and the Demands of Strategic Autonomy

· Russia’s Challenge to European Security

Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

· Psychological Resilience to Extremism and Violent Extremism

Henry Jackson Society

· The British Army’s Ajax: Fit for Purpose?

Human Rights Watch

· Underwater: Human Rights Impacts of a China Belt and Road Project in Cambodia

· “Where No Sun Can Enter”: A Decade of Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

· Attracting Foreign Direct Investments Through Augmented and Virtual Reality

· Climate-Tech to Watch: Floating Wind Farms

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

· Build Back Better World Initiative: A Partnership Against or Beyond China?

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

· Gaming and Extremism: The Extreme Right on Steam

· Gamers Who Hate: An Introduction to ISD’s Gaming and Extremism Series

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

· “The Quad Has Come of Age” – The Quadrilateral Security Cooperation as the Guardian of the Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific?

Institute for the Study of War

· The Iranian Proxy Response To The Us-Iraq Strategic Dialogue

· Russian Military Begins Month-Long Combined Arms Exercises Across Southern Russia

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

· Addressing Religious Inequalities as a Means of Preventing Atrocity Crimes: The Case of the Uyghur Genocide

· Demanding Power: Struggles over Fuel Access in Nigeria

· The Right to Protection of Forcibly Displaced Persons During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

· Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Capital Allocation Strategies

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

· The Afghan Taliban and the Fall of Kabul: Rhetoric, Realities and a Restive Afghanistan

· Direct Action and Emancipation: The Politics of the Shiv Sena Women’s Wing

· Nepal’s Common Minimum Programme: Falling Short on Foreign Policy Expectations

· Retrospective Tax Withdrawn: The Indian Government Bites the Bullet

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

· Cashing in on Guns: An Interactive Infographic on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Terrorist Financing

International Crisis Group

· Beyond Business as Usual in Israel-Palestine

· Building on Somaliland’s Successful Elections

Jamestown Foundation

· China Brief, August 17, 2021, v. 21, no. 16

o Xinhua Infiltrates Western Electronic Media, Part 2: Relationships with News Agencies and Distribution Services

o Expanding China’s Central Asia Playbook to Afghanistan

o ‘Lips and Teeth’: The Enduring China-North Korea Relationship

o China’s New Biosecurity Law Gives Limited Insight into Government Priorities and Next Steps

· Terrorism Monitor, August 13, 2021, v. 19, no.16

o Tunisia’s Tense Political Situation and Consequences for Counterterrorism

o Pakistan PM Imran Khan Offers Talks to Baluch Insurgents: Will it Work?

o Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Latest Merger Enables Renewed Attacks in Pakistan

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

· Defeating Coercive Information Operations in Future Crises

Middle East Institute

· Irregular Warfare: A Case Study in CIA and US Army Special Forces Operations in Northern Iraq,2002-03

MITRE

· Five AI Fails and How We Can Learn from Them

National Academies Press

· Data Analytics and What It Means to the Materials Community

· Policing to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population: An Evidence-based Approach

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

· IG-21-025 NASA's Development of Next-Generation Spacesuits

National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

· The “Action-Reaction” Arms Race Narrative vs. Historical Realities

· Congress’ Role in National Security Decision Making and the Executive-Legislative Dynamic

· A Net Assessment of “No First Use” and “Sole Purpose” Nuclear Policies

· The PRC’s New Strategic Narrative as Political Warfare Causes Implications for the United States

· Redefining “Stability” for New Post-Cold War Era

· Russia’s Influence Operations in the Czech Republic During the Radar Debate and Beyond

· Safety in Diversity: The Strategic Value of ICBMs and the GBSD in the Nuclear Triad

· Space As a Warfighting Domain: Reshaping Policy to Execute 21st Century Spacepower

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

· Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women 1993-2020

· Roadmap to Violence against Women Research: The NIJ Compendium

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

· NISTIR 8170 Approaches for Federal Agencies to Use the Cybersecurity Framework

NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center

· NMIOTC Maritime Interdiction Operations Journal, 2021, no. 22

o 12th NMIOTC Annual Conference welcome address by Vice Admiral Ioannis Drymousis GRC (N)Deputy Chief of HNDGS

o Restructuring regional stakeholder’s response to secure Western Indian Ocean Region (IOR)

o Ireland and EU Common Security & Defence Policy: Operation Sophia as an Example of EU Contribution in the Maritime Environment

o Augmenting Maritime Command and Control over a Regional Common Information Sharing Environment Implementation: Montenegro Case

o Gender Perspectives in Maritime Security Seminar Report

Naval War College

· International Law Studies, 2021, v. 97, issue 1

o China’s Container Missile Deployments Could Violate the Law of Naval Warfare

o The Plea of Necessity: An Oft Overlooked Response Option to Hostile Cyber Operations

New America

· How Local Leaders are Using Data to Navigate the Eviction Crisis during the Pandemic

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

· Georgia’s Europeanization Challenged from Within: Domestic Foreign Policy Discourses and Increasing Polarization

NSI's Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Program

· Experimental Red Teaming to Support Integration of Information in Joint Operations

· Information Maneuver in Military Operations

Observer Research Foundation

· Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture: Concept and Assessment

· India’s Smart Cities Mission, 2015-2021: A Stocktaking

· The Limits of Military Coercion in Halting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

· The ORF Foreign Policy Survey 2021: Young India and The World

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

· Wellness Provider Vetting Guide

Pew Research Center

· Deep Divisions in Americans’ Views of Nation’s Racial History – and How To Address It

Polish Institute of International Affairs

· The Ukrainian Energy Sector at a Crossroads: Opportunities for Poland

Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence

· Between Extremism and Freedom of Expression: Dealing with Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremist Actors

· Reporting about Violent Extremism and P/CVE Challenges for Journalists – Recommendations from Practitioners

RAND Corporation

· Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs

· Can the U.S. Military Strengthen Deterrence by Becoming More Operationally Unpredictable?

· Engaging with North Korea: Lessons from Game Theory

· Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military

· Grounded: An Enterprise-Wide Look at Department of the Air Force Installation Exposure to Natural Hazards: Implications for Infrastructure Investment Decisionmaking and Continuity of Operations Planning

· Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members

· Increasing Fighter Pilot Retention with Improved Basing Decisions

· Operational Unpredictability and Deterrence: Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking

· Opportunities for the Brazilian Navy to Employ Additional Unmanned Systems

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

· Precision Strike in 21st-Century Multidomain Operations Conference Report

· Sea Power Conference Report 2021

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

· Disaster Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Future Pathways for South and Southeast Asia

Small Wars Journal

· FINESSING PRIMACY– Some Military Considerations before Subversion Does Us In Part One

· FINESSING PRIMACY– Some Military Considerations before Subversion Does Us In Part Two

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

· SIGAR 21-44-FA Department of State’s Supporting Access to Justice in Afghanistan Programs: Audit of Costs Incurred by the International Development Law Organization Identified $2.3 Million in Questioned Costs

· SIGAR-21-46-LL What We Need to Learn: Lessons from Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction

o Interactive

o Executive Summary

Swedish Defence University Centre for Society Security

· Hybrid Warfare: Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations [open access book]

Swisspeace

· Moving Towards Peace: Migration in Peacebuilding Policy and Practice

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

· Inside the Raslan Trial

o “It Is a State of Chaos! The Most Important Thing [to People] Is That They Stay in Power

o The People Were Monsters but the Cockroaches Were Kind

o Trauma, Justice, and Politics