Friday's Miscellany 10-15-2021

 38 North

• North Korea’s Participation in Multilateral Health Agreements: The Case of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  
• Six Takeaways from North Korea’s “Hypersonic Missile” Announcement
  

 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

• A Taxing Narrative: Miscalculating Revenues and Misunderstanding the Conflict in Afghanistan
  

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Conflict Drives Record Levels of Acute Food Insecurity in Africa
  

 Amnesty International

• Still No Safety: Venezuelans Denied Protection in Curaçao
  

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Catalyzing India’s Climate Ambition
  

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

• Comprehensive Security and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia
  

 Atlantic Council

• Designing Decentralized Finance for Financial Inclusion
  
• Standardizing the Future: How Can the United States Navigate the Geopolitics of International Technology Standards?
  

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

• City-Led Science Diplomacy: Building Urban Sustainability and Resilience at the Science-Policy Inter
• Preventing Violent Terrorism in Europe: Approaches, Methods and Strategies
  

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Advancing International Cooperation under the Paris Agreement: Issues and Options for Article 6
  
• Reinventing Climate Change Education
  

 Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense 

• Insidious Scourge: Critical Infrastructure at Biological Risk
  
• Saving Sisyphus: Advanced Biodetection for the 21st Century
  

 Brookings

• Amid the Pandemic, Black and Latino Men have Experienced the Largest Drop in Life Expectancy
  
• The New Geopolitics of Fragility: Russia, China, and the Mounting Challenge for Peacebuilding
  
• October 2021 Update to TIGER: The Global Economic Recovery is in Danger of Stalling
  
• A Roadmap to Developing Inclusive Regional Economic Indicators
  

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• China’s Influence in Southeastern, Central, and Eastern Europe: Vulnerabilities and Resilience in Four Countries
  
• China’s Influence in South Asia: Vulnerabilities and Resilience in Four Countries
  
• How Central Asians Pushed Chinese Firms to Localize
  

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

• Conflict, Militarization, and Exploitation of Indigenous Lands and Resources 
  

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

• Social and Economic Policies Can Help Reverse Americans’ Declining Health
  

 Center for Global Development

• Accounting Anomalies and Arbitrary Targets are Conspiring to Hurt the Poor: SDRs, the UK Aid Ceiling, and Fiscal Trickery
  
• Convergence, Development, and Energy-Intensive Infrastructure: Getting Africa to High-Income Status
  
• Gender Budgeting in the US Context: Models to Emulate and Pathways for Integration
  
• Labour Mobility with Vocational Skill: Australian Demand and Pacific Supply
  
• A Pacific Skills Visa: Improving Opportunities for Skilled Migration Throughout the Pacific Region
  
• Reallocating SDRs to Multilateral Development Banks or other Prescribed Holders of SDRs
  
• The Roots of Policy Incoherence: Domestic Policy, Global Public Goods, and International Development
  
• Strengthening the Global Care Economy: A Roadmap for the Biden-Harris Administration
  

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

• False Allegations of Biological-Weapons Use from Putin’s Russia
  

 Center for International Policy

• Factsheet: Egyptian Military Aid Suspension Turns Up Short
  

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• U.S. AI Workforce: Policy Recommendations
  

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Russian Analytical Digest No. 271: Duma and Regional Elections 2021
  

 Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

• Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites
  

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• China and SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Window of Opportunity for the United States
  
• Do CPTPP-Style Digital Trade Rules Add New Value?
  
• Iran’s Evolving Nuclear Program and Implications for U.S. Policy
  
• Toward a T12: Putting Allied Technology Cooperation into Practice
  
• The Role of the Oil Sector in Venezuela’s Environmental Degradation and Economic Rebuilding
  
• U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Peering into the Abyss—The Budget and Strategy Overview
  
• UPDATE: China Continues to Transform Ream Naval Base
  
• Violent Domestic Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans [testimony]
  

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Bridging the Channel: How Europeans and the UK Can Work Together on Defence Capability Development
  

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Climate Change Impacts on Canadian National Security
  

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• In Their Own Words: Lectures on Joint Campaign Information Operations
  

 Climate and Security Advisory Group

• Climate Security Risk Briefers
  

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

• Tunisia: Examining the State of Democracy and Next Steps for U.S. Policy
  

 Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

• Assessing the Election ‘Audit’ in Arizona and Threats to American Democracy
  

 Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

• The Future of Forecasting: Building a Weather-Ready Nation on All Fronts
  

 Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee

• Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans
  

 CNA

• AI and Autonomy in Russia Issue 23, October 8, 2021
  
• Preparing for Tomorrow's Threats: Overcoming Obstacles to Organize, Adapt, and Innovate 
  
• Reimagining Defense Strategy
  

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget
  

 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

• North Korea Military Power: A Growing Regional and Military Threat  

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Denmark's 'Techplomacy' Efforts Should Confront Inequalities
  

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

• DOD OIG COVID-19 Oversight Plan 2021 Q4 Update
  

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change
  

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-22-01 ICE Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Segregation Use in Detention Facilities
  

 Department of State Inspector General

• AUD-MERO-22-03 Audit of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
  

 Department of the Navy

• COVID-19 Consolidated Disposition Authority (CCDA)
  

 East-West Center

• Anti-Corruption Courts in Indonesia after 2009: Between Expectation and Reality
  
• China Is Not Conducting Debt Trap Diplomacy in the Pacific—At Least Not Yet
  

 Egmont Institute

• Seven steps to European Defence, Transatlantic Equilibrium, and Global Europe
  

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

• How South Korea Builds its Soft Power in Latin America, Learning Lessons From its Diaspora Outreach in Russia and Central Asia
  

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

• Cyber Deterrence: A Case Study on Estonia’s Policies and Practice
  

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• Burning Ambition: Egypt’s Return to Regional Leadership and How Europe Should Respond
  

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• 60%, -4% and 6%, a Tale of Thresholds for EU Fiscal and Current Account Developments
  

• HighPublic Debt in an Uncertain World: Post-Covid-19 Dangers for Public Finance
  

 European Union (EU)

• The Fight against Disinformation and the Right to Freedom of Expression
  
• Guidance Notes on Conflict Sensitivity in Development Cooperation 
  

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Finland Elected to the UN Human Rights Council: Hard Work and Responsibility are Key to a Successful Membership
  

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

• Developments in Japan’s Defense Strategies and Readiness: Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty? 
  
• The Missing Guest: Energy Efficiency in the Multilateral Energy Arena
  

 Future Directions International

• The Limits of Hard Power
  
• “New Africa-France Summit” Seeks to Re-Invent Relationship
  

 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

• Culture, Gender, and Women in the Military
  

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

• The Role of Space as a Global Common Good for Critical Infrastructure and Industry
  

 German Development Institute

• EU Development Policy as a Crisis-Response Tool? Prospects and Challenges for Linking the EU’s COVID-19 Response to the Green Transition
  

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Expeditionary Capital in the Eastern Mediterranean: Why Turkey Matters to China and Vice Versa
• International Sanctions: Improving Implementation through Better Interface Management
  

 Global Challenges Foundation

• Global Catastrophic Risks 2021: Navigating the Complex Intersections
  

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Criminal Governance in Cities during Covid-19
  
• Myanmar's Illicit Timber: Flows, Drivers and Actors
  

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• COVID-19 Contracting: Indian Health Service Used Flexibilities to Meet Increased Medical Supply Needs GAO-22-104745
  
• National Weather Service: Additional Actions Needed to Improve the Agency's Reform Efforts GAO-21-103792
  
• National Weather Service: Reform Efforts Could Benefit from Additional Actions and Continued Attention GAO-22-105449
  
• Small Business Contracting: Actions Needed to Implement and Monitor DOD's Small Business Strategy GAO-22-104621
  

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• We Lost - But Who Won the War In Afghanistan: Critical Lessons For Future Western Engagement
  

 Heritage Foundation

• AUKUS: U.S. Navy Nuclear-Powered Forward Presence Key to Australian Nuclear Submarine and China Deterrence
  
• Iran’s Nuclear Humpty Dumpty: The JCPOA Should Not Be Put Back Together Again
  
• Time for Action: The U.S. and NATO Cannot Afford to Ignore the Black Sea Region
  
• U.S. Must Lead International Efforts to Block Recognition of Taliban as Afghan Government
  

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• The 2021 Global Energy Innovation Index: National Contributions to the Global Clean Energy Innovation System
  
• Sectoral Policies to Drive Productivity Growth
  

 Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

• Two Decades After 9/11: The Liberal Security Community Lies in Tatters
  

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

• Media and Narrative: Managing Conflict in Polarised Societies
  

 Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

• Europe’s Strategic Autonomy: That Obscure Object of Desire
  
• A Necessary Measure against Extraterritorial Coercion: To Compensate Our Victims
  

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• Navigating beyond Gender in the Maritime Sector
  

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue  

• ‘Climate Lockdown’ and the Culture Wars: How COVID-19 Sparked a New Narrative Against Climate Action
  
• Inspiration and Influence: Discussions of the U.S. Military in Extreme Right-Wing Telegram Channels
  

 Institute for the Study of War

• Turkey in Review: September 27-October 12
  

 Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

• An Exploration of the Association between Fuel Subsidies and Fuel Riots
  

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Warfare and Geopolitics in Europe's Southern Neighbourhood: Implications for NATO
  

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague

• Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness [full version now available]
  

 International Crisis Group

• After al-Bayda, the Beginning of the Endgame for Northern Yemen?
  
• Relaunching Negotiations over Western Sahara
  

 Manhattan Institute

• Revitalizing Local Democracy: The Case for On-Cycle Local Elections
  

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

• Course Correction: China’s Shifting Approach to Economic Globalization
  

 Middle East Institute

• Cost of Conflict: An Analysis of the Costs of Russia’s Ongoing Hostilities in the Black Sea Region
  
• The Schism of Jihadism in the Sahel: How Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are Battling for Legitimacy in the Sahelian Context
  

 MITRE

• Accelerating Innovation for Better Health: A Mitre Framework Supporting The Proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency For Health (ARPA-H)
  

 National Defense University Press

• Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  103, (4th Quarter, October 2021) 
  
• Project Convergence: Achieving Overmatch by Solving Joint Problems
• The Tactical Defense Becomes Dominant Again
• The New Era of Great Power Competition and the Biden Administration: Emerging Patterns and Principles
• Reading the Tea Leaves: Understanding Chinese Deterrence Signaling
• Purpose-Built Antiarmor Teams: An Imperative for the Marine Corps Ground Combat Element
• Degrading China’s Integrated Maritime Campaign
• Realizing Energy Independence on U.S. Military Bases
• Educating Senior Service College Students on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies
• Specialized Analytic and Targeting Study: A Methodology and Approach for Conducting Faster Full-Spectrum Targeting
• Understanding the Vulnerabilities in China’s New Joint Force
• Green Fields of France: Mortuary Affairs in a Peer Conflict
• History of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
• Wartime Innovation and Learning
• Read the Manual: Reversing the Trends of Failure in NATO Humanitarian Interventions with Airpower

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• The Folly of Limiting U.S. Missile Defenses for Nuclear Arms Control
  

 National Security Archive

• "How Much is Enough?": The U.S. Navy and "Finite Deterrence"
  

 NATO Defense College

• Partners Across the Globe and NATO’s Strategic Concept
  

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Russian Media Landscape: Structures, Mechanisms, and Technologies of Information Operations
  

 Naval War College

• International Law Studies 2021, v. 97, issue 1  
• In Defense of Pure Sovereignty in Cyberspace
  
• The New Chinese Marine Corps: A "Strategic Dagger" in a Cross-Strait Invasion
  

 Observer Research Foundation

• Digital Debates [CyFy Journal 2021]
  
• The Enduring Link Between Conflict and Hunger in the 21st Century
  
• The Kashmir that India Lost: A Historical Analysis of India’s Miscalculations on Gilgit Baltistan  
• Regulating Cyberspace — Perspectives from the Private Sector in Asia
  
• Sovereignty in a ‘Datafied’ World
  

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

• Gender Matters! Manual for Members of Parliament and Parliamentary Staff on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
  

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

• Multilateral Finance in the Face of Global Crisis
  
• Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Face of Covid-19 and Displacement: Restoring Resilient Futures
  

 Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

• PRAC-2022-01 Increasing Transparency into COVID-19 Spending  

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• An Uneven Global Rebound Will Challenge Emerging-Market and Developing Economies
  

 Pew Research Center

• Diversity and Division in Advanced Economies
  
• Most Americans Who Go to Religious Services Say They Would Trust Their Clergy’s Advice on COVID-19 Vaccines
  

 Policy Exchange (UK)

• Rethinking Social Mobility for the Levelling Up Era
  

 Project On Government Oversight (POGO)

• An Oversight Agenda for Customs and Border Protection: America’s Largest, Least Accountable Law Enforcement Agency
  

 RAND Corporation

• Developing an Air Force Retention Early Warning System
  
• Global Mobility: Future Force Design 2040
  
• A Structured Elicitation Approach to Identify Technology-Based Challenges: With Application to Inform Force Planning for Technological Surprise 
  
• Survey for Assessing Racial/Ethnic Harassment and Discrimination in the U.S. Military
  
• Survey Instrument to Assess the Prevalence of Hazing and Bullying in the Active-Duty U.S. Military
  
• Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era
  

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• Malaysia Policies and Interests in the South China Sea
  

 The Sentry

• Sanctioned South Sudanese Businessmen Are Skirting US Sanctions
  

 Small Wars Journal

• Afghanistan and the Future of US Foreign Policy
  
• The American Way of Counterinsurgency: Lessons for Great Power Competition
  
• What Have We Learned From 20 Years In Afghanistan?
  

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) 

• Civil Society Submission to the APRM in Zimbabwe
  
• Why Regional Value Chains in Africa Need to go Digital
  

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR-22-03-AR Conditions on Afghanistan Security Forces Funding: The Combined Security Transition Command–Afghanistan Rarely Assessed Compliance With or Enforced Funding Conditions, Then Used an Undocumented Approach
  

 Stanley Center

• Climate Change and Systemic Environmental Racism
  

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

• Truth Beyond Prosecution: Reassessing Documentation for Truth in Syria and Beyond
  

 Taylor & Francis

• Ethics & Global Politics, 2021
• Are Human Rights Enough? On Human Rights and Inequality [open access article]
  

 Transportation Security Agency (TSA)

• Firearms Discovered at TSA Checkpoints in 2021 [infographic]
  

 UN Women

• Financing for Gender Equality in the HIV Response
  
• UN Women: A Decade of Daring  

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Disability-Inclusive Peacebuilding: State of the Field and the Way Forward
  

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation

• IAEA Safeguards, the Naval “Loophole” and the AUKUS Proposal
  

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• A Vanishing West in the Middle East: The Recent History of U.S.-Europe Cooperation in the Region
  

 White House 

• FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Roadmap to Build an Economy Resilient to Climate Change Impacts
  
• A Roadmap to Build a Climate-Resilient Economy
  

 Wilson Center

• Food Insecurity in the Northern Triangle: Leveraging Agricultural Policies and Programs for the Benefit of Smallholders
  
• The Fragile Antarctic Peninsula: Conserving Biodiversity through Marine Protected Areas
  
• Proceedings of the First Annual International Youth Symposium: The Arctic in 25 Years
  
• Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Eastern Africa in the COVID-19 Era
  

 World Bank

• The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital : Potential and Implications for South Asia
  

 World Economic Forum

• Accelerating the Transition to Digital Credentials for Travel: Lessons from KTDI – a Public-Private Collaboration for Secure and Seamless Travel
  
• ASEAN Digital Generation Report: Pathway to ASEAN’s inclusive digital transformation and recovery
  
• Financing Resilience in Post-COVID-19 Manufacturing and Supply Systems
  
• Financing the Transition to a Net-Zero Future
  
• Getting to Net Zero: Increasing Clean Electrification by Empowering Demand
  
• Global Future Council on Responsive Financial Systems: Three Ways to Accelerate a Digital-Led Recovery
  
• Road Freight Zero: Pathways to Faster Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks