Monday, November 1, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 10-22-2021 & 10-28-2021

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Special 2021, v. 4, no. 7 
    • Arctic Strategy
    • "Securing the Northern Flank" Reflections toward Establishing the Department of Defense's Newest Regional Center: The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
    • NORAD-USNORTHCOM Commander's House Armed Services Committee Statement
    • The Arctic in an Age of Strategic Competition
    • The Polar Trap: China, Russia, and American Power in the Arctic and Antarctica
    • China's Polar Silk Road: Implications for the Arctic Region
    • Preparing for an Arctic on the Move: Developing Integrated, International Partnerships for the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
    • The Indo-Pacific Dimensions in US Arctic Strategy
    • What Makes an Arctic Nation? Looking within at American Arctic Narrative

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 American Enterprise Institute

 American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

 Amnesty International

 Army Center of Military History

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Foundation

 Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI)

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australia Department of Defence

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center 

 Blair Institute for Global Change 

 Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

 Brookings 

 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 Global Development

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

 Center for International Policy

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for Independent Studies

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, October 2021, v. 14, no. 8
    • Commentary: Data, AI, and the Future of U.S. Counterterrorism: Building an Action Plan
    • Discordance in the Iran Threat Network in Iraq: Militia Competition and Rivalry
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Lieutenant General (Ret) H.R. McMaster, Former National Security Advisor
    • Lessons from the Collapse of Afghanistan’s Security Forces

 Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

 Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

 Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

 Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

 Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governance Committee

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

 Cyber Security & Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC)

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

 Department of the Army

 Department of the Navy

 Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

 Economic Research Forum 

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

 EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Parliament Think Tank

 European Union (EU)

 European Union CT MORSE

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

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

 Friends of Europe

 Future Directions International

 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Alternatives to Radioactive Materials: A National Strategy to Support Alternative Technologies May Reduce Risks of a Dirty Bomb GAO-22-104113 
  • COVID-19: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Accountability and Program Effectiveness of Federal Response GAO-22-105051 
  • COVID-19: Federal Agencies' Initial Reentry and Workplace Safety Planning GAO-22-104295 
  • COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Interior and Treasury's Administration of CARES Act Funds Could Improve Federal Emergency Relief to Tribes GAO-22-104349 
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations on the Ongoing Recovery of the Aviation Industry GAO-22-104429 
  • Department of Energy Contracting: NNSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Its Work Authorization Process, but Challenges Remain GAO-22-103948 
  • Disaster Recovery: Efforts to Identify and Address Barriers to Receiving Federal Recovery Assistance GAO-22-105488 
  • Federal Hiring: OPM Should Collect and Share COVID-19 Lessons Learned to Inform Hiring During Future Emergencies GAO-22-104297 
  • FEMA Flood Maps: Better Planning and Analysis Needed to Address Current and Future Flood Hazards GAO-22-104079 
  • Northern Triangle of Central America: The 2019 Suspension and Reprogramming of U.S. Funding Adversely Affected Assistance Projects GAO-21-104366 
  • Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Needs to Better Coordinate and Prioritize Its Research and Development Efforts GAO-22-104490 
  • Quantum Computing and Communications: Status and Prospects GAO-22-104422 
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Broadcasting Networks GAO-22-104017 
  • Weapon System Requirements: Joint Staff Lacks Reliable Data on the Effectiveness of Its Revised Joint Approval Process GAO-22-104432 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry Jackson Society 

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Integrated Translations (IFIT)

 Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 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) 

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) 

 International Crisis Group

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

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, October 22, 2021, v. 21, no. 20 
    • As “New Cold War” Fears Rise, China Touts Ties to Southeast Asia
    • Factional Strife Intensifies as Xi Strives to Consolidate Power
    • A Chinese Starlink? PRC Views on Building a Satellite Internet Megaconstellation
    • Russia and China: A Mutually Exaggerated Strategic Partnership?
    • The US-China Hong Kong Sanctions Face Off
  • Terrorism Monitor, October , 212021, v. 19, no. 20 
    • Hijrah to Arakan? The Stunted Start of Rohingya Jihadism in Myanmar
    • Pakistan’s Peace Talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan: Ten Times a Failure?
    • Norway and England Bow-and-Arrow and Political Assassination Attacks Reveal Lone Actor Jihadist Terrorism Trend in Europe

 Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

  • Joint Pub 3-32, Joint Maritime Operations, 08 June 2018, Incorporating Change 1, 20 September 2021 

 Lawfare

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 MacDonald-Laurier Institute

 Manhattan Institute

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

  • MES Insights, October 2021, v. 12, no. 5 
    • Specters of the Past, Prospects for the Future? Russian Engagement in the Horn of Africa

 Migration Policy Institute

 Mitchell Institute

 MITRE Corporation

 Modern Warfare Institute (MWI)

 National Academies Press

 National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCTC)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Council

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Naval War College

  • International Law Studies 2021, v. 97, issue 1 
  • Naval War College Review, Summer 2021, v. 74, no. 3    
    • The British and the Limitations of Maritime Maneuver
    • Water under the Bridge?—The Revival of New Zealand-United States Maritime Cooperation
    • “An Object Lesson to the Country”—The 1915 Atlantic Fleet Summer Exercise and the U.S. Navy on the Eve of World War I
    • Redeployment of the German Brest Group through the English Channel, 11–13 February 1942 (Operation CERBERUS)
    • Review Essay—Back to the Future? History, Energy, Climate, and the Fate of Nations: "The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations"

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

Observer Research Foundation

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

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

 Peterson Institute of International Economics (PIIE) 

 Pew Research Center

Polish Institute of International Affairs

 Project 2049 Institute

 Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

 RAND Corporation 

 Reform for Resilience Commission

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) 

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies 

 The Sentry 

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

 Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis 

  • Conflict, Security & Development, 2021

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

  • Perspectives on Terrorism, October 2021, v.15, no. 5 
    • Stochastic Terrorism and Incitement to Violence: A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis
    • Who Attacks America? Islamist Attacks on the American Homeland
    • Female ISIS Returnees to the Western Balkan Countries
    • Ansaru Resurgent: The Rebirth of Al-Qaeda’s Nigerian Franchise
    • Crime and Punishment: Jihadist Financing and Criminal Responsibility in Finland
    • Preventing Violent Extremism the Lebanese Way: A Critical Analysis of the Lebanese PVE Strategy
    • The Role of Beliefs in Motivating Involvement in Terrorism: A Response to Lorne Dawson’s Article - ‘Critical Reflection on the Explanation of Western Homegrown Religious Terrorism’
    • Counter-Terrorism Bookshelf: 5 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
    • Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, The Aftermath: Meaning-Making after Terrorist Attacks in Western Europe
    • Bibliography: Al-Qaeda and its Affiliated Organizations (Part 2)
    • Bibliography: Rebel Governance 
    • Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

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

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 UN Women

 University of Texas, Austin

  • Texas National Security Review, 4, no. 4, Fall 2021 
    • Moral Choices Without Moral Language: 1950s Political-Military Wargaming at the RAND Corporation
    • Better Monitoring and Better Spying: The Implications of Emerging Technology for Arms Control
    • Nuclear Operations and Counter-Homeland Conventional Warfare: Navigating Between Nuclear Restraint and Escalation Risk
    • The Standstill Conundrum: The Advent of Second-Strike Vulnerability and Options to Address It
    • Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Dilemma of a Conflicted Civil Servant

 US Studies Centre (USSC)

 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 Woodrow Wilson Center  

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum 

 World Justice Project