Friday's Miscellany 12-16-2022 & 12-23-2022

  38 North

• The Drive Toward Larger and More Powerful Launch Vehicles at Sohae 
• Inspector O and the Days of Our Lives 
• The Next Big Thing? North Korea Ground Tests ICBM-sized Solid Rocket Motor 
• A North Korean Rail Yard Near Russia Springs to Life 
• Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Rolling Out Economic Development Zones 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Deepening a Culture of Military Professionalism in Africa 

 AidData

• Exporting the Tools of Dictatorship: The Politics of China’s Technology Transfers to Africa 

 American Security Project (ASP)

• Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing:  Gulf of Mexico  

 Amnesty International

• Iran:  List of Individuals at Risk of Execution in Connection with Nationwide Protests 
• Libya:  “We Are Your Masters”—Rampant Crimes by the Tariq Ben Zeyad Armed Group 
• Killings of Children During Youthful Anti-establishment Protests 
• “They Beat him in the Head, to Check If He was Dead”: Evidence of Crimes under International Law by Morocco and Spain at the Melilla Border 
• Violence against Women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Protect Women from Violence during Crisis and Beyond 

 Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

• The European Media Campaign against the Qatar World Cup: Under Scrutiny 
• Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and Prospects for Relations with China 

 Army War College Press

• Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2) 

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• “Korean Three Pillars Strategy”: An Assessment from an International Legal Perspective 
• Xi Jinping’s Third Term, the Outlook for China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy, and South Korea’s Response 

 Asia Foundation

• India’s Disaster Risk Reduction Journey: Opportunities for Strengthening Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific 

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

• Ensuring Nuclear Stability in the New Nuclear Age 
• External and Domestic Drivers of Nuclear Trilemma in Southern Asia: China, India, and Pakistan 
• Understanding the Nuclear Landscape in Southern Asia 

 Asia Society Policy Institute

• The Explosive Rise of Psychotherapy in China  
• Reimagining the TPP:  Revisions that Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: Insights for Multi-Domain Operations 

 Atlantic Council

• Arms Racing Under Nuclear Tripolarity:  Evidence for an Action-Reaction Cycle? 
• Global China in Africa: Documenting Indian Perspectives from Ghana 
• An Introduction to the Freedom Online Coalition 
• A Next-Generation Agenda for U.S.-ROK-Japan Cooperation 
• Securing Alternative Gas Supplies and Addressing Critical Infrastructure Gaps in Europe 
• Taiwan’s Engagement with the World:  Evaluating Past Hurdles, Present Complications, and Future Prospects 
• Wargaming to Find a Safe Port in a Cyber Storm 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• ‘Impactful Projection’: Long-Range Strike Options for Australia 
• State-Sponsored Economic Cyber-Espionage for Commercial Purposes: Tackling an Invisible but Persistent Risk to Prosperity 
• The Strategist
• Achieving ‘Deterrence by Denial’ Will Be a Major Challenge for Australia 
• AUSMIN 2022 Delivered the U.S. and Australia a Major Strategic Reset 
• AUSMIN’s Big Stick Lets Australia Soften Talk about China 
• China Driving Closer Australia–India Security Ties 
• Taking AUSMIN to the Third Dimension 
• The Tough Security Outlook for the Indo-Pacific 
• Time for a ‘Radford–Collins’ Agreement for the Quad? 
• Washington’s Semiconductor Sanctions Won’t Slow China’s Military Build-up 
• Will the Headwinds Facing China Force Xi to Rethink His Plans to Take Taiwan? 
• Wong’s Visit is Welcome But Challenges Posed by China Remain 
• Xi’s Saudi Visit a Sign of China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• Blockchain Not Bitcoin: Agriculture and Health Care Companies Thrive on New Technology 
• Of Chinese Behemoths: What China’s Rare Earths Dominance Means for the US 
• Paying Your Taxes in Bitcoin? Maybe Not So Fast 

 Blair Institute for Global Change

• Ending the Vicious Cycle: The Global Repercussions of the Food Crisis in the Sahel and Horn of Africa 
• How Not to Lose Friends and Influence in the Middle East: The Narratives Advancing Russia and China’s Soft Power 

 Brookings 

• China’s Relations with Russia, India, and Europe 
• Climate Policy Curves: Linking Policy Choices to Climate Outcomes 
• Creating a Better Environment for Development as an Objective of US Policy 
• The External Wealth of Nations Database 
• Going Digital: How Learning and Employment Records Shape Access to Quality Education and Jobs 
• Seizing the U.S. Infrastructure Opportunity: Investing in Current and Future Workers 
• Working the Western Hemisphere:  How Russia Spreads Propaganda About Ukraine in Latin America and the Impact of Platform Responses 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Africa’s Infrastructure-Led Growth Experiment Is Faltering. It Is Time to Focus on Agriculture 
• Cyber Operations in Ukraine:  Russia’s Unmet Expectations 
• A Historical Evaluation of China’s India Policy:  Lessons for India-China Relations 
• How Climate Change Helps Violent Nonstate Actors 
• Russia’s Wartime Cyber Operations in Ukraine: Military Impacts, Influences, and Implications 

 CATO Institute

• Behavioral Responses to Supply‐Side Drug Policy during the Opioid Epidemic 
• Cops Practicing Medicine 
• Fintech Fraud or Federal Failure?: How the PPP Became a Source of Confusion and Crime 
• Regulatory Clarity for Crypto Marketplaces 
• A Shaky Foundation: The Myth of Authoritarian Stability in the Middle East 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• No I in Team:  Integrated Deterrence with Allies and Partners 

 Center for Global Development

• Climate Finance Effectiveness: Six Challenging Trends 
• Economic Integration of Venezuelan Immigrants in Colombia: A Policy Roadmap 
• Estimating Canada’s Return on Investment from an Ambitious Program to Incentivize New Antibiotics 
• Estimating the EU's Return on Investment from an Ambitious Program to Incentivize New Antibiotics 
• Estimating Japan’s Return on Investment from an Ambitious Program to Incentivize New Antibiotics 
• Estimating the UK's Return on Investment from an Ambitious Program to Incentivize New Antibiotics 

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) 

• Fighting SLAPPs: What Can Media, Lawyers, and Funders Do? 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Banned in D.C.:  Examining Government Approaches to Foreign Technology Threats 
• Translation:  Russian AI Policies 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Russian Analytical Digest No. 290: Wagner Group 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Advancing U.S. Nearshoring Priorities in Central America with Special Economic Zones 
• Arms Control after Ukraine: Integrated Arms Control and Deterring Two Peer Competitors 
• Building a U.S.-Australia-Philippines Triad  
• CCP Inc. in Malaysia: How State Capitalism Supports and Constrains China’s Tech Giants 
• Hydrogen Development in Latin America: Varying Scenarios for Chile and Paraguay 
• Low Orbit, High Stakes:  All-in on the LEO Broadband Competition  
• New Engine Test Stand and Construction Progress at Sohae Satellite Launching Station 
• A Roadmap for World Bank Evolution 
• Russia’s Adaptation Game:  Deciphering the Kremlin’s “Humanitarian Policy”  
• A Small Mystery Solved at the Panghyon Aircraft Factory 
• TRACKED: Stories at the Intersection of Migration, Technology, and Human Rights 
• Ukraine: The Human Price of War Episode 6 
• Vietnam’s Major Spratly Expansion  
• A World in Crisis:  The “Winter Wars” of 2022–2023  

 Center on Global Energy Policy

• Energy and Water for Sovereignty: South Sudan’s Regional Diplomacy and the Geopolitics of the Nile Basin 
• Thematic Bonds: Financing Net-Zero Transition in Emerging Market and Developing Economies 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Europe's Central Bankers Should Cherish Their Disagreements  
• A New Era of Finnish Foreign Policy Begins  

 Centre for Independent Studies

• Chinese Whispers: China’s Media Influence and Pushback in Australia and Asia 
• No End of a Lesson: The Imitation Thatcherism of Liz Truss 

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

• Launch of the new 'Eyes on Russia map' 
• No Choice But to Flee:  Starvation in Central Equatoria, South Sudan 
• Targeting Severodonetsk [Urkaine]: The Relentless Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure through Six Case Studies 

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

• Bias In Emerging Biometric Systems: A Scoping Review 

 Chatham House 

• Building Global Prosperity: Proposals for Sustainable Growth 
• The Response to Debt Distress in Africa and the Role of China 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Many Russians Support Ukraine Peace Talks but Not Letting Territory Go 
• Most Russians Oppose Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• China Toolkit 

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Expert Insights: Russia and Ukraine 
• Open Strategic Autonomy in European Defense 
• Realising the EU Hybrid Toolbox: Opportunities and Pitfalls 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• CTC Sentinel, November/December 2022, v. 15, no. 11 
• The Terrorist Threats and Trends to Watch Out for in 2023 and Beyond
• A View from the CT Foxhole: Harun Maruf, Senior Editor, Voice of America Somali
• How the Wagner Group Is Aggravating the Jihadi Threat in the Sahel
• The 2022 Somali Offensive Against al-Shabaab: Making Enduring Gains Will Require Learning from Previous Failures

 Congress. House Intelligence Committee

• COVID-19 Report [declassified and redacted] 

 Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 

• Final Report 
• Hearings 
• Introductory Material to the Final Report of the Select Committee 
• Release of Select Committee Materials 
• Republican minority report - Report of Investigation: Security Failures at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 

 Congress. House. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

• Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis, Final Report 

 Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging

• Unlocking the Virtual Front Door: An Examination of Federal Technology’s Accessibility for People with Disabilities, Older Adults and Veterans 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• The Welfare Effects of Debt: Crowding Out and Risk Shifting 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• Nuclear Decision-Making and Risk Reduction in an Era of Technological Complexity 

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

• Security Nexus, 2022, v. 23 
• Mongolian Sand and Dust Storms’ Impacts on Asia-Pacific Environmental Security 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Armed Actors and Environmental Peacebuilding: Lessons from Eastern DRC 
• Devolution of Donor Funded Climate Change Adaptation Finance 
• Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst: How the European Union Can Address China's Economic Coercion 
• Mapping Climate Adaptation Finance in Kenya's Devolved Governance System: A Case of Makueni County 
• The Sanctioning of Warfare: Early Lessons from the EU’s Geoeconomic Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 

 Defense Priorities

• Don’t Fear Vacuums:  It’s Safe to Go Home [from the Middle East] 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• 2021 Demographics Profile 
• Ukraine Fact Sheet - Dec. 21 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG‑2023‑040 Management Advisory: DoD Restoration Costs to Repair Facilities After Supporting Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome 

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Update on Southwest Border Security and Preparedness Ahead of Court-Ordered Lifting of Title 42 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-23-04 DHS Did Not Always Promptly Revoke PIV Card Access and Withdraw Security Clearances for Separated Individuals 
• OIG-23-03  El Centro and San Diego Facilities Generally Met CBP's TEDS Standards but Struggled with Prolonged Detention and Data Integrity 

 Department of Justice Inspector General

• Report 23-012 Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Security Undercover Operations 

 Economic Research Forum

• Drivers of Inequality in Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan 
• The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage 
• Gender and Corruption in MENA Countries: New Evidence from the ARDL Approach 
• The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reform in Arab Societies 
• The Role of the Financial Sector and Governance in Promoting Formal Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• EU-Uganda Relations: Friction, Change, or Business as Usual? 
• Outspokenly Unspoken: The Chinese People’s ‘White Paper Revolution 

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

• Should Turkmenistan use the Caspian Sea to Quench Its Thirst? A Feasibility Assessment of Building a Desalination Plant on the Caspian Shore 

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• Broken Dream: The Oligarch, Russia, and Georgia’s Drift from Europe 
• The Old is Dying and the New Cannot be Born: A Power Audit of EU-Russia Relations 

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

• Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, and Strategic Stability: Chinese Literature Review 
• Workshop Report: Getting the JCPOA through 2022 and the US and Europe Effectively Engaged with Iran 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• Intentions to Stay and Employment Prospects of Refugees from Ukraine 

 European Parliament Think Tank

• Addressing the Challenges of the Policies for the Next Generation, Children and the Youth, Such as Education and Skills in National Recovery and Resilience Plans 
• Assessment of the EU Fiscal Framework: Updating Estimates of the Cost of Non Europe 
• Digital Public Services in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans 
• Economic Repercussions of Russia’s War on Ukraine – Weekly Digest 20 December 2022 
• EU Migration and Asylum Funds for Third Countries 
• EU Cyber-Resilience Act 
• Financial Support for the Treatment and Accompanying of Ukrainian Refugees 
• Impact of COVID-19 Measures on Democracy and Fundamental Rights - Best Practices and Lessons Learned in the Member States and Third Countries 
• Implementation of the Strategic Compass: Opportunities, Challenges and Timelines 
• The Netherlands' National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Latest State of Play 
• Reaching the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: First Reactions to Executive Order 14086 
• Setting the Table: More Than Half a Century of US EU Relations 
• Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine - a Legal Assessment 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• The European Pillar of Social Rights: Five 

 European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

• Kazakhstan at the Crossroads  

 European Union (EU)

• EU-China 2030: European Expert Consultation on Future Relations with China 
• Peace and Security in 2022: Overview of EU Action and Outlook for the Future 
• Portraits of Law Enforcement through the Lens of AI 

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

• Cyber Europe 2022: After Action Report 
• Cybersecurity Education Initiatives in the EU Member States 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUJSS)

• The Summit of Arab States:  Merely a Forum for Collective Legitimization? 
• Unlocking Afghanistan’s connectivity potential - Opportunities for the EU? 
• Yearbook of European Security 2022 

 European Values

• Strengthening the Czech-Polish Policy Coordination with Regard to the Eastern Partnership, Especially to the Assistance to Ukraine  /

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• 2021 FBI Hate Crime Statistics 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Finland as a NATO Ally: First Insights into Finnish Alliance Policy 
• Finland in Afghanistan 2001–2021: From Stabilization to Advancing Foreign and Security Policy Relations 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)    

• Article 5 for the Next Decade of NATO      
• Iran and the United Nations:  Breaking New Ground at the Human Rights Council, Is the Commission for the Status of Women Next? 
• A Poetic Conviction? Turkish Courts Sentence Istanbul Mayor for Speech Crime 
• US-Africa Leaders Summit: New Beginning or Old Wine in a New Bottle? 
• Will Russia Survive Until 2084? 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review 
• Neither Here Nor There:  Jordan and the Abraham Accords 
• Protecting and Securing Data from the Quantum Threat 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

• Are Nuclear Weapons Ineffective in Deterring Non-Nuclear Weapon States? The Paradox of Russia’s War on Ukraine 
• The New Age of Armed Groups in the Middle East 

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

• Attention to the Periphery? Germany and the Pacific Island States 
• Connectivity in Central Asia at the Crossroads of International Crises: Transport, Energy and Water from Interdependence to New Cooperation Ways 

 French Military School Strategic Research Institute (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire)

• "South Korea and the Indopacific: A Strategic Coming of Age?" 

 George Mason University

• Execution Flexibility and Bridging the Valley of Death:  An Acquisition Next Report 

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

• Gas and Energy Security in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• The Attack on Ukraine and the Militarisation of Russian Foreign and Domestic Policy 
• Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin: The Bakura Faction and its Resistance to the Rationalisation of Jihad  
• The Berlin Process in the Western Balkans: Big Ideas, Difficult Implementation 
• Loans for the President:  External Debt and Power Consolidation in Egypt

 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

• Economic Effects of FDI: How Important is Rising Market Concentration? 
• International Democracy Promotion in Times of Autocratization: From Supporting to Protecting Democracy 
• Learning from Each Other: The Multifaceted Potential for Partnership between the Republic of Korea and Germany  
• Policy Responses to COVID-19: Why Social Cohesion and Social Protection Matter in Africa 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Black Sea Security and Development:  The Need for a Regional Strategy 
• Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation ttps://www.gmfus.org/news/governing-global-commons-challenges-and-opportunities-us-japan-cooperation

 Global Financial Integrity

• Financial Fraud in the Caribbean 
• Private Investment Funds in Latin America: Money Laundering and Corruption Risks 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Brazil's Gun Control Challenge: Ending the Firearms Boom 
• North-West Passage: The Resurgence of Maritime Irregular Migration to the Canary Islands 
• A Powder Storm: The Cocaine Markets of East and Southern Africa 
• Journal of Illicit Economics, 2022, v. 4, no. 3 
• Illicit City-Making and Its Materialities. Introduction to the Special Issue
• The Pandemic and Organized Crime in Urban Latin America: New Sovereignty Arrangements or Business as Usual?
• The Expansion of Milícias in Rio de Janeiro. Political and Economic Advantages
• What’s the Value of a House: Wait, Struggle, and Improvement in a Militia-Controlled(?) Area in Rio de Janeiro
• Agency in Contexts of Violence and Crime: Coping Strategies of Women Community Leaders vis-à-vis Criminal Groups in Medellín, Colombia
• Coping with Extortion: On Violence, Parasites, and Water Infrastructures in Buenaventura, Colombia
• Legalized Extortion: A State-led Governance Regime to Control Informal Street Vending at Lima’s Gamarra Market, Peru
• The Shifting Face of the Enemy: ‘Less than Lethal’ Weaponry and the Criminalised Protestor
• (Un)Making the Insurrectional City: Illicit Infrastructures of Care and Repression in the 2018 Nicaraguan Protests
• Urban Insecurity, Contested Governance, and Civic Resistance at the Colombia-Venezuela Border
• Walled in, Out of Sight: The Contested Urban Environment of Baghdad
• On the ‘Global Sand Crisis’: From Capital Accumulation to Ecological Planning
• Housing Security: Placing Brazil’s Social Housing Program in a Violent Context

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Rage Clicks, Hatebomb and the New World Order: How Hard-Right Politics and Conspiracy Theories Overlapped to Undermine Malaysia’s Elections 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• CARES Act: Structural Characteristics That Can Help Insulate HHS Agencies against Potential Political Interference GAO-23-105415 
• Chief Data Officer Council: Progress in Strengthening Federal Evidence-Based Policymaking GAO-23-105514 
• COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: Outbreak Duration Averaged 4 Weeks and Was Strongly Associated with Community Spread GAO-23-104291 
• COVID-19 Relief Funds: Lessons Learned Could Improve Future Distribution of Federal Emergency Relief to Tribal Recipients GAO-23-105473 
• Disaster Recovery: Better Information Is Needed on the Progress of Block Grant Funds GAO-23-105295 
• Federal Protective Service: More Collaboration on Hiring and Additional Performance Information Needed GAO-23-105361 
• GPS Disruptions: DOT Could Improve Efforts to Identify Interference Incidents and Strengthen Resilience GAO-23-105335 
• Information Technology and Cybersecurity: Evolving the Scorecard Remains Important for Monitoring Agencies' Progress GAO-23-106414 
• Military Cyber Personnel: Opportunities Exist to Improve Service Obligation Guidance and Data Tracking GAO-23-105423 
• Military Correctional Facilities: Consistent Application of Standards and Improved Oversight Could Enhance Health and Safety GAO-23-105082 
• Online Exploitation of Children: Department of Justice Leadership and Updated National Strategy Needed to Address Challenges GAO-23-105260 
• President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: State Has Taken Actions to Address Coordination Challenges, but Staffing Challenges Persist GAO-23-105347 
• Servicemembers Transitioning to Civilian Life: DOD Can Better Leverage Performance Information to Improve Participation in Counseling Pathways GAO-23-104538 
• Tactical Aircraft Investments: DOD Needs Additional Portfolio Analysis to Inform Future Budget Decisions GAO-23-106375 
• Women in Special Operations: Improvements to Policy, Data, and Assessments Needed to Better Understand and Address Career Barriers GAO-23-105168 
• Women in the Workforce: The Gender Pay Gap Is Greater for Certain Racial and Ethnic Groups and Varies by Education Level GAO-23-106041 

 Globsec

• Analysing Political Acceptability of Reforms among National Policymakers 
• EU Climate Policy amid Russia’s War in Ukraine: A Critical Overview of Key REPowerEU Challenges and Trajectories Towards Net-Zero 
• Five Security Scenarios on Russian War in Ukraine for 2022–2023: Implications and Policy Recommendations to Western Partners 
• Priorities and Mechanisms of Industrial Recovery of Ukraine 
• The Resilience of Local Rural Communities Facing the Destruction of Centralised Energy Infrastructure 
• Solving the Double Taxation of Ukrainian Refugees as a Part of Support Measures 
• Ukraine’s Energy Sector as the Subject of Russian Attacks 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Maritime Road to 2030: EU’s Indo-Pacific Footprint and India 

 Helena Kennedy Centre

• Driving Force: Automotive Supply Chain and Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region 

 Henry Jackson Society

• The Disinformation Threat in Modern-Day Britain 

 Heritage Foundation

• New Adaptive Engine Needed to Preserve Dominant Qualities of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter 
• The Radicalization of Race: Philanthropy and DEI 
• Rapidly Depleting Munitions Stockpiles Point to Necessary Changes in Policy 
• “Woke” Public Diplomacy Undermines the State Department’s Core Mission and Weakens U.S. Foreign Policy 

 Hudson Institute

• Fentanyl Is a Public Health and National Security Threat 
• Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation 
• Software Defines Tactics: Structuring Military Software Acquisitions for Adaptability and Advantage in a Competitive Era 
• Targeting Financial Entities Outside Iran to Counter Tehran’s Economic Strategy 

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

• Bright Minds Q&A Series: Crucial Consideration for Federal Government Cybersecurity Strategies 
• Changing the Perception: Using Digital Transformation to Increase Trust in Government Agencies 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• The 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 
• ADMM-Plus and India’s Act East Policy 
• India–Russia Cooperation in Indian Ocean Region, Arctic and Russian Far East 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Accessing Critical Skills in the Department of Defense 
• Close-Combat Ethical Lethality Development: A Need for the Rigorous Examination of Human Factors 
• Optimization of DOD Civilian Hiring Processes through the use of Cohort Hiring 

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

• Averting Escalation and Avoiding War: Lessons from the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis 
• Dangerous Alliances: Russia’s Strategic Inroads in Latin America 
• The Inevitable U.S. Return and the Future of Great Power Competition in South Asia 
• Lawfare in Ukraine: Weaponizing International Investment Law and the Law of Armed Conflict against Russia’s Invasion 
• Priorities for NATO Partnerships in an Era of Strategic Competition 

 Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

• Decline in Violence by the Abu Sayyaf Group and Ongoing Risks 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

• Profiting from Hate: Extremist Merchandise on Redbubble, Etsy, Teespring, Teerepublic and Zazzle 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Data Analysis of the Mahsa Amini Protest Movement 
• Iran Crisis Update
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• December 19 
• December 20 
• December 21 
• December 22 
• December 23 
• December 24 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• December 12 
• December 13 
• December 14 
• December 15 
• December 16 
• December 17 
• December 18 
• December 19 
• December 20 
• December 21 
• December 22 
• December 23 
• December 24 
• Target Russia’s Capability, Not Its Intent 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• The EU vis-à-vis Turmoil in Burkina Faso: Towards Europeanisation? 
• Europe’s Area of Maritime Interest in Northeast Asia 
• Palestinian Flags and Warm Embraces 
• Towards European “Smart Communities”? EU’s Energy Preoccupations and the Lesson of Post-Fukushima Japan 

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

• INSF Position Paper: Future of the IC Workforce 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Deadly Detours: Why Terrorists Do Not Attack US Bridges and Tunnels 
• Re-Calibrating Counter-Terrorism in Afghanistan to Preserve Long-Term Justice and Accountability 
• Repatriation of Child Returnees from Northeast Syria: A Child-Rights Approach to Their Management, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration 
• The Threat of Far-Right Extremism in Germany: A Matter of Child Protection 
• Towards a More Meaningful Transitional Justice Approach for the Yazidi Diaspora in Europe 

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Childrenof War: The Ukrainian Case 

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

• The Legacy of Trauma: Can Trauma be Transmitted Across Generations? 

 International Crisis Group

• Crowdfunding a War: The Money behind Myanmar’s Resistance 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Military Expenditure:  Transparency, Defense Inflation and Purchasing Power Parity 
• Northern Europe, The Arctic and The Baltic:  The ISR Gap 

 International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS)

• Military Expenditure: Transparency, Defence Inflation and Purchasing Power Parity 
• Northern Europe, The Arctic and The Baltic: The ISR Gap 

 International Organization for Migration )IOM)

• The 2030 Agenda and Data Disaggregation by Migratory Status: Availability, Gaps and Disparities in Asia and the Pacific 
• Access to Information and Health Care Services for Vietnamese Migrant Workers Overseas During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
• Air Pollution and Its Health Impacts on Internal Migrants in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Assessment Report 
• Case Studies Illustrating How Fair and Ethical Recruitment Considerations Can Be Integrated in the Procurement of Labour Recruiters’ Services 
• Identifying Employment-Specific Risks Facing Migrant Workers in the Cleaning Services, Logistics and Private Security Sectors from Asian Nations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic 
• Manual on Community-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement (2nd ed) 
• Protecting Migrant Workers in Indo-Pacific Supply Chains: A Good Practice Guide for Businesses and Bali Process Member States 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, December 22, 2022, v. 22, no. 23 
• History and Heritage: As COVID Misery Mounts, Xi Looks to the Past for Lessons and Legitimacy
• Will a Successor to Xi Jinping Emerge from the Party’s Seventh-Generation Leadership?
• PLA Blows Hot and Cold over U.S. Air Force’s Multirole Heavy Aircraft
• The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway and the Future of the Belt and Road Initiative
• An International Lifeline: Taiwan’s Parliamentary Outreach
• Terrorism Monitor, December 16, 2022, v. 22, no. 24 
• The Causes and Consequences of the Islamic State Caliph’s Killing in Deraa
• Baloch Liberation Army Kidnapping Fails to Lead to Negotiations With Islamabad
• The Arakan Army and Tatmadaw’s Tenuous Truces in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

 Manhattan Institute

• Improving U.S. Immigration: Employment-Based Visas Should Attract the World’s Best, Not Repel Them 
• Reducing the Immigration Backlog 
• Restoring Public Safety 

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

• MES Insights, December 2022, v. 13, no. 6 
• Possibilities for Human-Centric Sino-American Collaboration in Pakistan

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

• 2022 National Defense Strategy 
• 2022 National Security Strategy of Japan 

National Academies Press  

• Airfield Design for Large Unmanned Aircraft Systems—A Guide 
• Assessing the Feasibility of the Strategic Long Range Cannon: Unclassified Summary  
• Future Planning for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Enterprise: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop  
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Framework Going Forward  
• Oil in the Sea IV: Inputs, Fates, and Effects   
• Planning the Future Space Weather Operations and Research Infrastructure: Proceedings of the Phase II Workshop 
• Protecting U.S. Technological Advantage  
• Reassessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry  
• Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities: Proceedings of a Workshop  
• Understanding the Societal Challenges Facing Nuclear Power: Proceedings of a Workshop  
• Virtual Public Involvement: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

 National Defence University (Pakistan)

• Margalla Papers 2022, 26, v. no. 1 
• Comprehensive National Security: Contemporary Discourse
• Indian Political Doctrines: Understanding Internal Security Dynamics of India Impacting Pakistan
• Employing Nation Branding and Public Diplomacy: Strategies for Pakistan
• Conceptual Framework for Airpower To Counter Non-Traditional Security Threats
• Changing Global Order and Power Realignments In Southwest Asia (Eco Region)
• Indian Military Doctrine and Its Impact on South Asia’s Strategic Stability
• Power Realignment In South Asia – An Outcome of BRI (CPEC)
• Saudi-Iran Rapprochement And Challenges for Pakistan
• Regional Integration in South Asia: Utopia or Reality?
• Strategic Culture and Inter-State Relations: A Case of Pakistan And India

 National Security Agency

• NSA Cybersecurity:  2022 Year in Review 

 National Security Archive

• The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 POSTMORTEMS 
• Ukraine Cyber Project 

 NATO Defense College 

• NATO Allies’ geopolitical diversity and the cohesion of the Alliance 
• Nuclear Strategy in the 21st Century: Continuity or Change? 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence 

• Information Laundering via Baltnews on Telegram: How Russian State-Sponsored Media Evade Sanctions and Narrate the War 
• Trends in AI from Red and Blue Team Perspectives: Synthetic Data in a Data-Driven Society vs Sentiment Analysis 

 Naval War College

• International Law Studies 2022, v. 99, issue 1 
• Some Reflections on the “New Law of the Sea” 

 New America

• Revitalizing Civic Engagement through Collaborative Governance: Stories of Success From Around the United States 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Can Economic Sanctions Replace Armed Forces in Modern Warfare? 
• Purpose, Platform, and Power: Advancing Trade Under India’s G20 Presidency 
• Sanctions as a Weapon of War:  The European Experience 
• Understanding ASEAN’s Non-Linear Approach to the Russia-Ukraine War 
• The Xi Plan: The Political Factors Driving China’s COVID-19 Strategy 

 Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)

• China People's Liberation Army Navy (Plan), Coast Guard, and Government Maritime Forces 2022-2023 Recognition and Identification Guide 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

• Afghanistan: Implications of Taliban Rule 

 Our World in Data

• Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World — It Is On All of Us to Make Sure That It Goes Well 

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• Building Downstream Capacity for Critical Minerals in Africa:  Challenges and Opportunities 

 Pew Research Center

• In Their Own Words: Asian Immigrants’ Experiences Navigating Language Barriers in the United States 
• Teens and Cyberbullying 2022 

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

• Military-Technical Assistance to Ukraine: An Assessment of Its Short- and Medium-Term Needs 

 RAND Corporation

• Alternative Approaches for Expanding the Air Force's Task Force True North Program 
• China's Strategy and Activities in the Arctic: Implications for North American and Transatlantic Security 
• Ensuring Mission Assurance While Conducting Rapid Space Acquisition 
• Implementing Technology-Enabled Human Resources Capabilities in the U.S. Air Force: Insight from the Private Sector and Military Services 
• How the U.S. Air Force Can Incorporate New Data Technologies into Its Talent Management System: Framework and Use Cases for Technology-Enabled Talent Management 
• Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Considerations into the 2021 Department of the Air Force Developmental Education Selection Boards: Analysis of Outcomes 
• Improving U.S. Air Force Training Investments:  Putting Proficiency First 
• New Directions for Projecting Land Power in the Indo-Pacific: Contexts, Constraints, and Concepts 
• Psychedelics and Veterans' Mental Health: The Evolving Legal and Policy Landscape in the United States 
• Responding to a Limited Russian Attack on NATO During the Ukraine War 
• South Korea’s Policy Options in Asia:  Summary of a Webinar Hosted by the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy 
• Time for Resilient Critical Material Supply Chain Policies 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Assessing International Asset Recovery Mechanisms and the 'Freeze to Seize' Dilemma 
• Death of a Minister:  Where Next for Belarusian Foreign Policy? 
• Exploring Mechanisms to Recover the Proceeds of Kleptocracy 
• Interactive Summary: The Orlan Complex: Tracking the Supply Chains of Russia’s Most Successful UAV 
• Malign Interference in Southeast Asia 
• The Orlan Complex: Tracking the Supply Chains of Russia’s Most Successful UAV 

 Small Arms Survey

• 'And Everything Became War': Warrap State since the Signing of the R-ARCSS 

 Soufan Center

• How Far-Right Terrorists Choose Their Enemies 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Afghanistan and Its Neighbourhood: A Stocktaking of Regional Cooperation since the Taliban Takeover 
• Cyber Posture Trends in China, Russia, the United States and the European Union 
• Environment of Peace 
• Towards a Renewed Local Social and Political Covenant in Libya, Syria and Yemen 

 Sudd Institute

• Key Milestones on South Sudan’s Engagement with the International Monetary Fund 
• Re-thinking Approaches to the International Constitutional Assistance in South Sudan 

 Taylor & Francis 

• Conflict, Security & Development, 2022, v. 22, no. 6
• Youth Inclusion in Peace Processes: the Case of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority in Mindanao, Philippines [open access article] 
• Intelligence and National Security, 2023, v. 38, no. 1
• Profiles in intelligence: an interview with Tony Comer [open access article] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies, 2022 
• Is Empathy a Strategic Imperative? A Review Essay [open access article] 
• Security Studies, 2022
• Will the Drone Always Get through? Offensive Myths and Defensive Realities [open access article] 

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

• Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2022, v.16, no. 6 
• Anti-Government Extremism: A New Threat?
• What Is Anti-Government Extremism? 
• Strategies of Narrative Coherence: How Militias Justify Embracing State Power
• Uncharted Territory: Towards an Evidence-Based Criminology of Sovereign Citizens Through a Systematic Literature Review
• Driven by Conspiracies: The Justification of Violence among “Reichsbürger” and other Conspiracy-Ideological Sovereignists in Contemporary Germany
• The QAnon Security Threat: A Linguistic Fusion-Based Violence Risk Assessment
• Politically Motivated Extreme-Right Attacks Against Elected Representatives in Contemporary Germany
• Patterns and Consequences of Threats Towards Politicians: A Survey of National and Local Politicians in Norway
• Counter-Terrorism Bookshelf: Four Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
• Bibliography: Acceerationism
• Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

 UK Government

• National Cyber Strategy 2022 

 UN Women

• Energize. Exchange. Enhance: Advancing Gender Parity across the UN System 
• Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction: 2021 Annual Report 

 US Marine Corps (USMC)

• USMC Gender-Integrated Recruit Training Study 

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

• A New Age for Deterrence and the Australia-US Alliance 

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

• Decolonizing the Discussion of Uyghurs: Recommendations for Journalists and Researchers 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Middle East:  Ideas for Advancing Both Governance and Democracy 

 Watson Institute, Costs of War Project

• Uncompensated Allies: How Contracting Companies and U.S. Government Agencies Failed Third-Country Nationals in Afghanistan  

 World Economic Forum

• Preventing Global Deforestation: China's Actions and Opportunities