Monday, May 9, 2022

Friday's Miscellany 04-22-2022 & 4-29-2022

 38 North

 AidData

 Air University Press

  • Air & Space Operations Review (formerly Air & Space Power Journal), Spring 2022, v. 1, v. 1 
    • Dealing with Disinformation: The Barriers to Success and a Path Forward
    • Taking the Brakes Off Uniformed Scientists and Engineers
    • Commercial SATCOM: A Risk Mitigation Strategy
    • One Team, One Fight: The Department of the Air and Space Forces
    • POWs in the Age of the Internet
    • The Joint Targeting Enterprise and the DOD Digital Transformation
    • Nuclear War Avoidance: Why It Is Time to Start Worrying, Again

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 American Enterprise Institute

 American Security Project

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), March 2022, v. 29, no. 03 
    • Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces, 2021
    • Obesity prevalence among active component service members prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, January 2018–July 2021
    • Brief report: Refractive surgery trends at tri-service refractive surgery centers and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, fiscal years 2000–2020
    • Brief report: Using syndromic surveillance to monitor MIS-C associated with COVID-19 in Military Health System beneficiaries
    • Surveillance snapshot: Medical separation from service among incident cases of osteoarthritis and spondylosis, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2016–2020

 Army University Press

  • Military Review, May-June 2022, v. 102, no. 3 
    • Building the Russian Concept of Operations in the Baltic Sea Region: An Experimental Approach
    • Multi-Domain Warfighting in NATO: The 1 German-Netherlands Corps View
    • On Biological War
    • A Mission of Mercy amidst Terror, Death, and Despair: The Story of the National Relief Boat in the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
    • Protection of Civilians in Robust Peacekeeping Operations: The Role of United Nations Special Operations Units
    • The Strategic Competition for Partnership: Inside Views from the Backbench: An Aide’s Observations of Senior Leader Engagements
    • Assessing Mars: A Holistic Framework for Land Forces Analysis
    • The Theater Army’s Central Role in Integrated Deterrence
    • Kicking the Beehive: Reimagining Manned-Unmanned Teaming in Multi-Domain Operations
    • How to Keep Changing an Army: Adjusting Modernization in the Age of Loitering Munitions
    • The Tactical Considerations of Augmented and Mixed Reality Implementation
    • History While It’s Hot: How a Group of U.S. Army Combat Historians Helped Preserve the GI’s Perspective in Europe during World War II
    • The Other Face of Battle: America’s Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat
    • Zelensky Echoes Churchill in Speech to U.K.’s Parliament

 Army War College

  • Parameters, Summer 2022, no. 52, no. 2 
    • Dysfunctional Warfare: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022
    • Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Implications for Strategic Studies
    • SRAD Director's Corner: Russia’s Strategy and Its War on Ukraine

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security  (CNAS)

 Center for Data Innovation

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center for the Study of Intelligence

  • Studies in Intelligence, v. 66, no. 1 (March 2022)  
    • An Allied Perspective on Cyber: Shape or Deter? Managing Cyber-Espionage Threats to National Security Interests
    • President Eisenhower and CIA Prisoners in China
    • Running SOLO: FBI Case of Morris and Jack Childs, 1952–77
    • Intelligence History–Explosive Coal: Bombs Hiding in Plain Sight
    • Early Imagery: Battlefield Photography as Military Intelligence
    • A Foreshadowing of Modern Intelligence Analysis: Intelligence Analysis in 10th Century Byzantium

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

 Congress. House. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-22-36 Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses 
  • OIG-22-37 ICE Spent Funds on Unused Beds, Missed COVID-19 Protocols and Detention Standards while Housing Migrant Families in Hotels 
  • OIG-22-38 Yuma Sector Border Patrol Struggled to Meet TEDS Standards for Single Adult Men but Generally Met TEDS Standards for Other Populations 
  • OIG-22-40 Violations of ICE Detention Standards at South Texas ICE Processing Center 

 Department of the Navy

 East-West Center

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

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

 European Council on Foreign Relations 

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol) 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

European Union CT MORSE

 Foreign Policy Research Institute

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Freedom House

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

 George Washington University Program on Extremism

 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

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

 German Development Institute

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Civil Monetary Penalties: Federal Agencies' Compliance with the 2021 Annual Inflation Adjustment Requirements GAO-22-105596 
  • Consular Affairs: State May Be Unable to Cover Projected Costs if Revenues Do Not Quickly Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Levels GAO-22-104424 
  • Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: DHS Could Improve Its Acquisition of Key Technology and Coordination with Partners GAO-22-104498
  • Evidence-Based Policy Making: USDA's Decision to Relocate Research Agencies to Kansas City Was Not Fully Consistent with an Evidence-Based Approach GAO-22-104540 
  • F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Cost Growth and Schedule Delays Continue GAO-22-105128
  • Nutrition Assistance Programs: Federal Agencies Should Improve Oversight and Better Collaborate on Efforts to Support Veterans with Food Insecurity GAO-22-104740 
  • Scientific Integrity: HHS Agencies Need to Develop Procedures and Train Staff on Reporting and Addressing Political Interference GAO-22-104613
  • Southwest Border: CBP Should Improve Data Collection, Reporting, and Evaluation for the Missing Migrant Program GAO-22-105053 
  • Scientific Integrity: HHS Agencies Need to Develop Procedures and Train Staff on Reporting and Addressing Political Interference GAO-22-104613
  • Surface Transportation: TSA Implementation of Security Training Requirement  GAO-22-105315  

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

  • Strategic Assessment, March 2022, v. 25, no. 1 
    • The Many Faces of Normalization: Models of Arab-Israeli Relations
    • The Legitimacy Crisis of the Conscription Model
    • The Evolution of Russian Strategy toward Israel: From Non-Recognition to Pragmatic Engagement
    • The United States Withdrawal from Afghanistan after Two Decades of a Global War on Terrorism
    • Russian Energy Cooperation with North African Countries
    • From Delegitimizing to Harming a Reputation: What Should Israel Do?
    • At the End of the Day, Bashar al-Assad
    • The Struggle over Communications: The United States vs. China in the Biden Era
    • India Looks West, the Middle East Looks East: India, the Gulf States, and Israel
    • Opening All Combat Positions in the IDF to Women

 Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

 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)

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, April 29, 2022, v. 22, no. 8 
    • The Storms to Come: China and Natural Disasters
    • China’s 2022 Defense Budget: Behind the Numbers
    • Why China Funds Renewable Energy at Home, but Invests in Fossil Fuel Projects Overseas
    • Tonga, Fiji, and Kiribati: U.S.-China Competition Heats Up in the Pacific
    • Shifting China-NATO Relations: From Selective Cooperation to Strategic Rivalry?
  • Terrorism Monitor, April 22, 2022, v. 20, no. 8 
    • Pakistani Taliban Launches Spring Offensive amid Political Turmoil in Islamabad
    • Germany Continues Crackdown on Kurdish PKK Leaders
    • Islamic State Strategies and Propaganda in Iraq Raise Prospects for Resurgence

 Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - China-Africa Research Initiative

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

 Marine Corps University Press

  • Journal of Advanced Military Studies, 2022, v. 31, no. 1 
    • A Tale of Two Storms: U.S. Army Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico and Texas, 1899–1900
    • Nature’s Tragic Role at the Alpine Front during World War I: The Consequences
    • Counterinsurgency, Emergency, and Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia
    • Civil-Military Cooperation in Disaster and Emergency Response: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
    • PLAN E: A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-first Century Era of Entangled Security and Hyperthreats
    • Implications from the Guard’s Extensive Use: A Cautionary Tale of 2020
    • Operation Warp Speed and the Countermeasures Acceleration Group—A Twenty-first Century Manhattan Project:
    • Preliminary Observations on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Role in the Supply, Production, and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines
    • and Therapeutics
    • The Psychological Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S. Military
    • Guided by Experience: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Military Responses to Natural Disasters in Haiti (2010 and 2021)
    • Staying First to Fight: Reaffirming the Marine Corps’ Role in Foreign Humanitarian Assistance Missions
    • The German Military Response to National Disasters and Emergencies: A Case Study of the Flooding in the Summer of 2021
    • Forecasting Iranian Government Responses to Cyberattacks
    • Three Voices on Leadership in the Twenty-First Century: James N. Mattis, Craig B. Whelden, and Moura Quayle
    • Reflections on “Opportunity Lost”
    • Understanding Transnational, Regional, and Local Jihadisms: The Continuing Challenge of Islamist Nonstate Armed Groups to International Security

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

 MITRE

 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

 National Academies Press 

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

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 NATO Defense College 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College 

 Niskanen Center

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Observer Research Foundation  

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Oryx

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 Sandia National Laboratory

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 22-20-IP  Status of U.S. Funding and Activities for Afghanistan Reconstruction: On-budget Assistance Has Ended, Off-budget Assistance Continues, and Opportunities May Exist for U.S. Agencies to Recover Some Unliquidated Funds 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis 

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

  • Perspectives on Terrorism, April 2022, v.16, no. 2 
    • Repertoires of Terrorism in Mexico’s Criminal War
    • India’s Counterterrorism Cooperation with Israel 
    • Targeted Violence: A Review of the Literature on Radicalization and Mobilization
    • Counter-Terrorism Bookshelf: 8 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
    • Bibliography: The Kurds and Security in the Middle East
    • 40+ Full-Text Academic Theses (M.A. and Ph.D.) on Victims of Terrorism, Written in English Between 2003 and 2021
    • Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

 UK Parliament. House of Commons

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 Wilson Center for International Scholars

 World Economic Forum