Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Friday's Miscellany 05-06-2022 & 05-13-2022

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Army War College Press

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Centre on China in the World

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brennan Center for Justice 

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

  • Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, Summer/Fall 2021, v. 10, no. 3 
    • Review of Existing Sustainment Solutions through the Sustainment-Business-Case-Analysis Lens
    • The Diversity Paradox: Counterintuitively Counterproductive 
    • They Serve that Men May Fly
    • "To Bring about the Ultimate Transition”: The USAAF’S 1944–45 Scheme to Re-Equip RCAF Bomber Squadrons for Service in the Pacific
    • A Canadian Kessel Run: Smuggling an Agile/DEVOPS Capability into the RCAF/CAF/DND

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Data Innovation

 Center for Global Development

 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. 304: European Defense Policy: Zeitenwende, Ltd. 
    • No. 303: Russia’s War in Ukraine: China’s Calculus 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe

 Clingdendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

 College of Europe

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General  (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-22-42  Lessons Learned from DHS’ Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Initiative 
  • OIG-22-43 FEMA's Waiver Authority under the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 

 Department of State

 East West Center

 Egmont Institute

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

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

 European Council on Foreign Relations               

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

 European Parliament Think Tank

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, May 2022 
    • Preventing Attacks Using Targeted Violence Manifestos
    • Community Outreach Spotlight: FBI Explorers
    • Perspective: Lights On!
    • Bulletin Reports: Causes of School Violence

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 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)

 Freedom Fund

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

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

 German Development Institute

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

  • Border Security: CBP Could Improve How It Categorizes Drug Seizure Data and Evaluates Training GAO-22-104725 
  • Capitol Attack: Federal Agencies' Use of Open Source Data and Related Threat Products Prior to January 6, 2021 GAO-22-105963  
  • COVID-19: FDA Took Steps to Help Make Tests Available; Policy for Future Public Health Emergencies Needed GAO-22-104266 
  • DHS Contracts: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight and Monitoring of Urgent Noncompetitive Awards GAO-22-105074 
  • DOD Animal Use: Objectives and Performance Measures Needed to Monitor Use of Alternatives for Trauma Training GAO-22-103992 
  • DOD Financial Management: Additional Actions Would Improve Reporting of Joint Strike Fighter Assets GAO-22-105002 
  • Earthquakes: Opportunities Exist to Further Assess Risk, Build Resilience, and Communicate Research GAO-22-105016 
  • Environmental Cleanup: Status of Major DOE Projects and Operations GAO-22-104662 
  • Federal Contracting: Opportunities Remain for Department of Labor to Improve Enforcement of Service Worker Wage Protections GAO-22-106013 
  • GPS Modernization: Better Information and Detailed Test Plans Needed for Timely Fielding of Military User Equipment GAO-22-105086 
  • Military Depots: DOD Strategy for Addressing Deteriorating Facilities and Equipment Is Incomplete [Reissued with revisions on May 10, 2022] GAO-22-105009 
  • Missile Defense: Acquisition Processes Are Improving, but Further Actions Are Needed to Address Standing Issues GAO-22-105925 
  • The Nation’s Fiscal Health: Federal Action Critical to Pivot toward Fiscal Sustainability GAO-22-105376 
  • Naval Shipyards: Ongoing Challenges Could Jeopardize Navy's Ability to Improve Shipyards GAO-22-105993 
  • Navy Ships: Applying Leading Practices and Transparent Reporting Could Help Reduce Risks Posed by Nearly $1.8 Billion Maintenance Backlog GAO-22-105032 
  • Nuclear Waste: DOE Needs Greater Leadership Stability and Commitment to Accomplish Cleanup Mission GAO-22-104805  
  • Pandemic Learning: As Students Struggled to Learn, Teachers Reported Few Strategies as Particularly Helpful to Mitigate Learning Loss GAO-22-104487 
  • Transforming Aviation: Stakeholders Identified Issues to Address for 'Advanced Air Mobility' GAO-22-105020 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry Jackson Society

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation 

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch            

 Humanity & Inclusion

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Science, International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Crisis Group 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

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

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, May 13, 2022, v. 22, no. 9 
    • China’s New Global Security Initiative: Power Play?
    • Xi Jinping Revives Pro-market Policies to Bolster Economy Ahead of 20th Party Congress 
    • Future Global Policeman? The Growing Extraterritorial Reach of PRC Law Enforcement
    • Powering the PLA Abroad: How the Chinese Military Might Fuel Its Overseas Presence
    • Another Potemkin Visit? Rethinking the UN Human Rights Chief’s Upcoming Trip to Xinjiang  
  • Terrorism Monitor, May 6, 2022, v. 20, no. 9  
    • Voice of Khorasan Magazine and the Internationalization of Islamic State’s Anti-Taliban Propaganda
    • Will Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Call for Indian Muslims to Join al-Qaeda Fall on Deaf Ears?
    • No End in Sight: Jihadist and Baluch Ethno Nationalist Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan Since the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

 La Strada International

 Lawfare Institute's Trusted Hardware and Software Working Group

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 MITRE

 Modern Warfare Institute (MWI)

 National Academies Press 

 National Bureau of Asian Research

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

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 New America

 Observer Research Foundation

 Pew Research Center

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies    

 Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute  (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Spring 2022, no. 30 
    • Why Wouldn't You Consult Us? Reflections on Preventing Radicalisation among Actors in Radical(ising) Milieus
    • Breaking up the Bubble: Improving Critical Thinking Skills and Tolerance of Ambiguity in Deradicalization Mentoring
    • Olivier Roy and the “Islamization of Radicalism”: Overview and Critique of a Theory of Western Jihadist Radicalization
    • Systematic Review on the Outcomes of Primary and Secondary Prevention Programs in the Field of Violent Radicalization
    • Evaluating an Interactive Film on the Prevention of Political Radicalization
    • Trial and Terror. Countering Violent Extremism and Promoting Disengagement in Belgium
    • Research Methods Brief: Anatomy of Process Evaluations for P/CVE

 Small Wars Journal 

 Soufan Center

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction  (SIGAR)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

 Sudd Institute

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 Taylor & Francis

 UN Women

 US Bomb Data Center (USBDC)

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 US Marine Corps (USMC)

 Warsaw Institute

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum