Friday, February 11, 2022

Friday's Miscellany 01-28-2022 & 02-04-2022

 38 North

 AidData

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 Amnesty International

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian National University Press

 Australian Space Agency

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute  (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brennan Center for Justice

 Brookings

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS) 

 Center for European Policy Analysis

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Analyses in Security Policy
    • No. 298: Understanding Capability-Based Planning
    • No. 297: National Approaches to Ransomware Protection

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)

 Center on Global Energy Policy 

 Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Independent Studies

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

  • Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2022, v. 21, no. 3
    • Planning an Arctic Dieppe: A Consideration of Recent Concepts for a Future UK Amphibous Force Structure
    • Intelligence Acquisition in Early China
    • Colouring in the Grey Zone: Illumination and Deterrence: An Australian Case Study of Counter Interference Operations
    • Does Raising the Combat Exclusion Lead to Equality? Measuring the Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Women in Canada and New Zealand’s Defence Forces
    • r/CanadianForces as a “Free Place” for “Underlife” in the Canadian Military “Total Institution”
    • The Truth is Mostly Right Here: The Security Dilemma and the Earthly Logic of an Extraterrestrial Threat

 Chatham House

 Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 CNN Poll

 College of Europe

 Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Agriculture - Forest Service

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

  • AUD-2021-002-U Unclassified Joint Report on the Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015
  • DODIG-2022-057 Audit of the Office of Net Assessment’s Contract Administration Procedures
  • DODIG-2022-058 Audit of DoD Implementation of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccine Distribution Plan
  • DODIG-2022-059 Management Advisory: DoD Support for the Relocation of Afghan Nationals at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey

 Department of Homeland Security, Inspector General

  • OIG-22-16 Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Fiscal Year 2021 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds
  • OIG-22-17 Review of Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers’ Fiscal Year 2021 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds
  • OIG-22-18 Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Fiscal Year 2021 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds

 East West Center

 Economic Research Forum

 Egmont Institute

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

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

 European Parliament Think Tank

 European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union CT MORSE

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 EUROPOL

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

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

 Friends of Europe

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

 German Development Institute

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Biomedical Research: Observations on DOD's Management of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs GAO-22-105107
  • COVID-19: Better USAID Documentation and More-Frequent Reporting Could Enhance Monitoring of Humanitarian Efforts GAO-22-104431
  • COVID-19: Significant Improvements Are Needed for Overseeing Relief Funds and Leading Responses to Public Health Emergencies GAO-22-105291
  • Defense Infrastructure:  DOD Should Better Manage Risks Posed by Deferred Facility Maintenance GAO-22-104481
  • Freedom of Information Act: Selected Agencies Adapted to the COVID-19 Pandemic but Face Ongoing Challenges and Backlogs GAO-22-105040
  • K-12 Education: Students in DOD Schools Generally Score Higher Than Public School Students on National Assessments GAO-22-105058
  • KC-46 Tanker: Air Force Needs to Mature Critical Technologies in New Aerial Refueling System Design GAO-22-104530
  • Personnel Mobility Program: Improved Guidance Could Help Federal Agencies Address Skills Gaps and Maximize Other Benefits GAO-22-104414
  • Pipeline Safety: Manufacturing Defects in Pipeline Components Rarely Contribute to Accidents GAO-22-105140
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Extended Reality Technologies GAO-22-105541
  • U.S. Ports of Entry: Update on CBP Public-Private Partnership Programs GAO-22-105421
  • U.S. Secret Service: Further Progress Made Implementing the Protective Mission Panel Recommendations GAO-22-105100

 Harvard Law School

  • National Security Journal, 2022 v. 13, no. 1
    • CFIUS Preemption
    • Reverse Distinction: A U.S. Violation of the Law of Armed Conflict in Space
    • Iron Dome and Jus Ad Bellum Proportionality
    • 401–Forbidden: An Empirical Study of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Notices, 1990–2020

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Human Rights Watch 

 Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel) 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

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

 Institute for the Study of War 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, January 28, 2022, v. 22, no. 2
    • Vladimir Putin’s Mission to Beijing
    • As Rival Factions Gain Traction, Xi Seeks to Secure Support from the Military
    • China-Lithuania Tensions Boil Over Taiwan
    • The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Hits Bottom in Balochistan
    • Warnings from PLA Ships in the Western Pacific Ocean
  • Terrorism Monitor, January 28, 2022, v. 20, no. 2
    • Is Afghanistan Still a Safe Haven for the Pakistani Taliban? Assessing the Mysterious Assassination of Mohammad Khorasani
    • India’s Armed Forces Special Powers Act Comes Under Scrutiny After Nagaland Killings
    • Direct Action Cells: Greece’s Fourth Generation of Post-Junta Urban Guerrillas

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

  • Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, v. 36, no. 1, 2022
    • Maximum Likelihood Reliability Estimation from Subsystem and Full-System Tests: Method Overview and Illustrative Examples
    • Modern Neural Networks
    • APL Achievement Awards and Prizes: The Lab’s Top Inventions, Discoveries, and Accomplishments in 2019 and 2020

 Kingdom of Belgium

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Migration Policy Institute

 Mitchell Institute 

 MITRE Corporation

 Modern Warfare Institute

 National Academies Press 

 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP) 

 National Security Archive

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

 Observer Research Foundation 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

  • AUD-2021-002-U Unclassified Joint Report on the Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

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

 Pew Research

 Project On Government Oversight (POGO)

 RAND Corporation

 Royal Society

  • The Online Information Environment
    • The Online Information Environment [report]
    • Literature Review: Vaccine Misinformation in the C20th
    • Literature Review: The Information Environment and Its Effects on Individuals and Groups
    • Do Content Warnings Help People Spot a Deepfake? Evidence from Two Experiments

 Small Wars Journal

 Soufan Center

 South African Institute of International Affairs (South Africa)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Parliament, House of Commons, Defense Committee

 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

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 University of Texas, Austin

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and NonProliferation

 Warsaw Institute

 White House

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum