Friday's Miscellany 05-20-2022

 38 North

• North Korean COVID-19/Fever Data Tracker 
• Rethinking Sanctions Against North Korea: Strategic Shifts and their Implications 

 American Enterprise Institute

• The Next Salafi-Jihadi Wave:  Capabilities, Resources, and Opportunity 

 Amnesty International

• Armenia:  Last to Flee—Older People’s Experience of War Crimes and Displacement in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict 
• Azerbaijan:  “Life in a Box”—Older People’s Experiences of Displacement and Prospects for Return in Azerbaijan 
• South Sudan:  “If You Don’t Cooperate, I’ll Gun You Down”:  Conflict-related Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Sudan 

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

• The Russia-Ukraine War and North Korea: South Korean and Allied Responses 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• National Commission on the Future of the Army after Six Years 

 Atlantic Council

• Afghanistan:  Where U.S.-Iranian Interests May Yet Intersect 
• Squaring the Energy Transition Circle in Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• China’s Maritime Deal with Solomon Islands Hints at Dual-Use Facilities 
• Now More Than Ever, Diversity in National Security Thinking Matters 
• Recalibrating Australia’s Foreign Policy for a More Dangerous World 
• The Transnational Element of a “Domestic” Problem:  Policy Solutions to Countering Right-Wing Violent Extremism in Australia 
• Ukraine’s Path Towards an Inadequate Peace 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy 

• UK, Texas should Proceed Carefully with Trade Deal 

 Bank of Finland

• Russia’s War Hits Its Economy on Many Fronts 

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Bridging-Based Ranking: How Platform Recommendation Systems Might Reduce Division and Strengthen Democracy 
• Congress and Crises: Technology, Digital Information, and the Future of Governance 
• Countering Terrorism With "Blue Sky" Thinking 
• Deep Tech Entrepreneurship: From Lab to Impact 
• The Economic Consequences and Generational Impact of the Digital Divide 
• New Risks in Ransomware: Supply Chain Attacks and Cryptocurrency 
• Towards Urban Data Commons? On the Origins and Significance of Platform Data Sharing Mandates 

 Brookings Institution 

• A Bad Deal for Development: Assessing the Impacts of the New Inclusive Framework Tax Deal on Low- and Middle-Income Countries 
• Learning and Working in the Digital Age: Advancing Opportunities and Identifying the Risks 
• Strengthening Digital Infrastructure:  A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software 

 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

• National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment: Firearms in Commerce 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Long Shadows: Deterrence in a Multipolar Nuclear Age 

 Center for Advance Defense Studies (C4ADS)

• Everybody's Business:  The Xinjiang Goods Entering Global Supply Chains 

 Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

• Homeland Security Affairs, 2022, v. 18  
• Comparative Analysis of CT/CVE Policies: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, and North Macedonia 
• Saves? High Discount Rates Undermine FEMA's Efforts to Promote National Resilience 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 2022 Annual Budget  [translation] 
• Ministry of Science and Technology 2022 Annual Budget [translation] 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• The Challenge of European Political Will 
• Economic Security in Emerging Markets:  A Look at India, Vietnam, and Indonesia 
• How China’s Human Capital Impacts Its National Competitiveness 
• The Pillars Necessary for a Strong Domestic Semiconductor Industry 
• Punggye-ri Update:  Ongoing Activity [Interactive] 
• Pushed to Extremes:  Domestic Terrorism Amid Polarization and Protest 
• Sanctions, SWIFT, and China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payments System 
• U.S. Defense Posture in the Middle East 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Turbulence ahead for Turkey and the West 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• The First Space-Cyber War and the Need for New Regimes and Policies 

 Chatham House

• A Deal on State Spending Can Kickstart Libya’s Political Process 
• Conflict, China and Conspiracy Theories 

 Check Point

• Twisted Panda: Chinese APT Espionage Operation against Russian’s State-Owned Defense Institutes 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Review of UN Peace Operations Support to Security Sector Reform 
• A Stubborn Threat:  Islamic State in Iraq in Early 2022 

 Conflict Armament Research

• Illicit Weapons in Afghanistan 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• CBO’s Interactive Force Structure Tool 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) 

• Myanmar - China´s West Coast Dream: Understanding Beijing´s Interests in Myanmar 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• (U) Executive Summary: Review of the Civilian Casualty Incident that Occurred on 18 March 2019 in Baghuz, Syria 
• Timely and Thorough Assessments of Reported Civilian Harm Incidents 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2022-098 Audit of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding 
• DODIG-2022-097 Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation:  Colonel Yevgeny S. Vindman, U.S. Army 
• Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and Operation Enduring Sentinel I Quarterly Report 

 Department of State Inspector General

• Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and Operation Enduring Sentinel I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2021 

 East-West Center

• NATO’s Asia-Pacific Partners & Their Ukraine Response: Why Global Partnerships Matter for America 

 Economic Research Forum

• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Jordanian Households and Firms: Findings from the ERF COVID-19 

 Egmont Institute

• The Russian Soldiers’ Question Revisited 
• The Unprofessional Russian Soldier 

 EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

• Balancing the Three Pillars of the NPT: How Can Promoting Peaceful Uses Help? 
• Hypersonic Missile Proliferation: An Emerging European Problem? 
• Navigating Chinese–Russian Nuclear and Space Convergence and Divergence 

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

• Pakistan – Situation of Afghan Refugees 
• Private Accommodation for persons Displaced from Ukraine 

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

• Sanctions against Russia: The West Needs a Grand Strategy 

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• The Geopolitics of Technology: How the EU Can Become a Global Player 

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

• Research and Innovation Brief - Annual Report on Cybersecurity Research and Innovation Needs and Priorities 

 Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• France's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Understanding Non-State Armed Groups:  Forces for Good, Evil or Something In-Between? 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Northern Afghanistan and the New Threat to Central Asia 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• President Biden’s Missed Opportunities at U.S.-ASEAN Summit 
• The White House is Bending the Law on Syria Sanctions 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

• Two Months on in the Ukraine War: What Role for the Kadyrovtsy? 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA) 

• The Belt and Road Initiative and the Impacts on Turkey as a part of the Middle Corridor 
• Deciphering Turkey’s Geopolitical Balancing and Anti-Westernism in Its Relations with Russia 
• The G7 Summit: Advancing International Climate Cooperation? 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Criminality–Resilience Nexus 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Defense Cybersecurity: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information Systems GAO-22-105259 
• Disaster Resilience: Opportunities to Improve National Preparedness GAO-22-106046 
• Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA Could Enhance Its Evaluation of Manufacturing-Related R&D Performance GAO-22-104506 
• Oil and Gas: Federal Actions Needed to Address Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Development GAO-22-104759 
• Special Education: DOD Programs and Services for Military-Dependent Students with Disabilities GAO-22-105015 
• VA Vet Centers: Opportunities Exist to Help Better Ensure Veterans' and Servicemembers' Readjustment Counseling Needs Are Met GAO-22-105039 

 Government of Sweden

• Deterioration of the Security Environment – Implications for Sweden 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Reinvigorating NATO’s Edge: Military Innovation and the Strategic Concept 

 Henry Jackson Society

• The Prospective Foreign Policy of Sir Keir Starmer 

 Hudson Institute

• Immaterial Competition:  Rethinking the Roles of Economics and Technology in the U.S.-China Rivalry 

 Indian Council of World Affairs

• India and the Emerging Dynamics of the Indo-Pacific 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Further Energizing Innovation in Fiscal Year 2023 

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)  

• The State of Cybersecurity in K-12 & Higher Education 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• India’s Maritime Security: Five Concerns 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• DATAWorks 2022:  DebProp:  Orbital Debris Collision Effects Prediction Tool for Satellite Constellations 
• Framework for Organizational Needs of Innovation in the Department of Defense 
• The RAMF-SM Material Demand Computation Program:  Documentation and User’s Guide 
• “When Is it Feasible (or Desirable) to Use the Software Acquisition Pathway?” 
• When Strongmen Invade, They Bring Their Pathologies with Them 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Codifying Support for Nuclear Inspections 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• India and the Persian Gulf: Bilateralism, Regional Security and the China Factor 
• South Korea’s Foreign Policy in Changing Times: Reversing Course? 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
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 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• The Sporting Sanctions against Russia: Debunking the Myth of Sport's Neutrality 

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• Regional Security Architecture in the Andaman Sea: Perspectives from Southeast Asia, India, and Beyond 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• The Buffalo Attack – An Analysis of the Manifesto 
• Lessons from the Buffalo Shooting: Responses to Violent White Supremacy 
• Militia Violent Extremists in the United States: Understanding the Evolution of the Threat 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Geopolitics of Europe’s Hydrogen Aspirations: Creating Sustainable Equilibrium or a Combustible Mix? 

 International Crisis Group

• Risky Competition: Strengthening U.S.-China Crisis Management 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• The Urban Territory of the Donbass Will Not Easily Fall to the Russians 

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

• Greening the EU Neighbourhood: Climate Policies for the Eastern Partnership in Times of War 

 Jamestown Foundation

• Terrorism Monitor, May 20, 2022, v. 20, no. 10 
• The Female Suicide Bombing at Karachi’s Chinese Confucius Institute and the Paradigm Shift in Baluch Rebels’
• Strategy in Pakistan
• Nigerian al-Qaeda Affiliate Resumes Propaganda Campaign
• The United Arab Emirates’ Long-Term Goals in Syria: Managing Militant Proxies and Geopolitical Adversaries

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• How Do We Keep an Eye on Our Spies? 

 Mandiant

• The IO Offensive: Information Operations Surrounding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 

 Manhattan Institute

• Breaking Down the 2020 Homicide Spike 
• Fighting Fentanyl: The Biden Administration’s Failure of Leadership 

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

• Not “Business as Usual”:  The Chinese Military’s Visit to Iran 
• Russia is Violating the Spirit of Montreux by Using Civilian Ships for War 
• Will France’s MENA Policy Change in Macron’s Second Term? 

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• English Learner Testing during the Pandemic: An Early Readout and Look Ahead 
• Managing Mobility in the Pandemic Era Requires World to Buy in on Shared Principles 

 MITRE

• Enterprise Cloud Adoption Framework Briefing  

 National Academies Press 

• Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Missions 

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

• A Climate of Terror? Approaches to the Study of Climate Change and Terrorism 

 New America

• From Trauma to Development: A Policy Agenda for an Equitable Future for Young Children of Immigrants 
• Houston Muslim Study 

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

• Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) 

 Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

• Energy Sufficiency: The Missing Lever to Tackle the Energy Crisis 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Catalysing Cultural Entrepreneurship in India 
• The Pandemic at 24 Months: An Assessment 
• The Russia-Ukraine War: The Last Crisis to Break the UN Camel’s Back? 
• Swiping Right on Tech Policy: An Assessment of Young India’s Aspirations 

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

• Developing a Positive Climate for Business and Investment: A Best Practice Guide 
• Disaster Protection for All: A Gender-Responsive and Disability-Inclusive Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction  

 Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

• Lebanon Central Bank Governor’s Son Moved Millions Abroad While Lebanese Watched Blocked Savings Dwindle 

 Our World in Data

• What is the Lifetime Risk of Depression? 

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

• Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response 
• Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action – the Case of Refugees in Uganda 

 Policy Exchange (UK)

• Delegitimising Counter-Terrorism 

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

• Kim Jong Un's First Decade 

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy Studies (STEPS), 2022, no. 6  
• US National Security in a New Era of Intense Global Competition
• Standing Tall: Maintaining US Economic and Military Competitive Posture During Turbulent Time
• Microelectronics: Supply Chain Challenges with “The New Oil"
• Counting Things that Count: Assessing the Fundamental Missions of Research and Development Organizations
• Free of Charge: Escaping China’s Lithium-Ion Battery Dominance
• The Hypersonic Conundrum

 RAND Corporation

• Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: An Evaluation of the UNITE Initiative 
• Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: Executive Summary 
• Bridging the Gap:  Assessing U.S. Business Community Support for U.S.-China Competition 
• Contractor Risk and Performance Indicators:  Prototype Functional Specification and Developer Document 
• Police Killings: Road Map of Research Priorities for Change 
• Supporting a Royal Australian Navy Modelling and Simulation Strategy:  A Strategy-to-Task Framework 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• China’s Position on the Ukraine War Mirrors its Global Pursuits 
• Military Assistance to Ukraine:  Rediscovering the Virtue of Courage 
• Revolutionising Financial Supervision 
• A UK Joint Methodology for Assuring Theatre Access 
• Waterways Conference 2022: Obstacles and Opportunities for Manoeuvre Conference Report 

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• Challenges to Safeguarding China’s Food Security 
• China’s Grey Zone Strategy: Historical Trajectory, Recent Trends and Policy Options 
• Converging Humanitarian Risks in the Indo-Pacific 
• A Hard Sell: Russian Arms Exports to Asia Following the Invasion of Ukraine 
• Latin America: Extended Arena of Cross-Strait Rivalry 
• Space Security and Emerging Technologies in Small Space Nations: The Swiss Experience 

 Small Wars Journal

• Be the Chameleon: Leadership is a Personal Affair 
• Into the Gray Zone: China’s Paths Towards Reunification with Taiwan 
• Remembering the Late Ottoman Genocides 
• Review Essay: Peacekeeping & The Consolidation of Gains 
• Turns Out Afghanistan’s Fate is a Game-Changer - Part I 
• Turns Out Afghanistan’s Fate is a Game-Changer - Part II 

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• Leveraging the AfCFTA Under a Unified Industrial Policy for Africa 

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 22-25-FA USAID’s Agriculture Marketing Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Roots of Peace 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• China’s Evolving Approach to Foreign Aid 
• Chronic Crisis Financing?  Fifty Years of Humanitarian Aid and Future Prospects 
• Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk  
• European Union Training Mission in Mali:  An Assessment 
• The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Multilateral Peace Operations 

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

• Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy in a Time of Flux 

 Taylor & Francis

• Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2022, v. 15, no. 2
• Counter-Terrorism Training “At Your Kitchen Table”: The Promotion of “CT Citizens” and the Securitisation of Everyday Life in the UK [open access article] 
• Critical Terrorism Studies and Postcolonialism: Constructing Ungoverned Spaces in Counter-Terrorism Discourse in Nigeria [open access article] 
• Decolonialisation and the Terrorism Industry [open access article] 
• Fish Swimming in Denial: Non-State Armed Groups, “Propaganda Wars”, and “Performing” Peace Processes [open access article] 
• The Inclusion of Women in Jihad: Gendered Practices of Legitimation in Islamic State Recruitment Propaganda [open access article] 
• The U.S. Drone Programme, Imperial Air Power and Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2022, v. 33, no. 4-5
• Counterinsurgency, Community Participation, and the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Agenda in Kenya [open access article] 
• India’s Counterinsurgency Knowledge: Theorizing Global Position in Wars on Terror [open access article] 

 UK Ministry of Defence

• Land Industrial Strategy 

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

• Policy Guidebook for MSME Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2nd ed. 
• The War in Ukraine: Impacts, Exposure and Policy Issues in Asia and the Pacific 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• 2021 Cyber Stability Conference: Towards a More Secure Cyberspace 
• Ammunition Marking: Exploring the Technical Feasibility of Marking Small Ammunition 
• The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus Summary: Nuclear Risk Reduction Workshop Series 

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Enhancing Strategic Stability in Southern Asia 

 US Telecom

• International Standards & Specification Setting 

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation

• Balancing the Three Pillars of the NPT: How Can Promoting Peaceful Uses Help? 

 White House

• Fact Sheet:  U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Establishes Economic and Technology Policies & Initiatives 

 World Economic Forum

• Accelerating Digital Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean 
• Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics Initiative: Partner Case Studies