Friday's Miscellany 06-17-2022

 38 North

• Inspector O and the Friendly Suggestion 
• North Korea’s Science and Technology Journals: Getting to Know the Scholars (Part 2) 
• North Korean COVID-19/Fever Data Tracker 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Cycles of Escalating Threats Facing Africa from Global Warming 
• “Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity Walk in Tandem”: President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Keynote Address 

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

• The War in Ukraine:  From the Roots to the Future 

 Alliance for Securing Democracy

• China and the Digital Information Stack in the Global South 

 Amnesty International

• Ukraine: “Anyone Can Die at Any Time”: Indiscriminate Attacks by Russian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine 

 Asia Foundation

• Conflict and Development in the Myanmar-China Border Region 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Army Readiness and Modernization in 2022 

 Atlantic Council

• Attacks on Hospitals from Syria to Ukraine:  Improving Prevention and Accountability Mechanisms
• The Marshall Plan and the Belt and Road Initiative:  More Differences Than Similarities
• Missing Key:  The Challenge of Cybersecurity and Central Bank Digital Currency
• NATO Priorities:  Initial Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War
• Toward a Democratic Technology Alliance:  An Innovation Edge That Favors Freedom
• Victory Reimagined:  Toward a More Cohesive U.S. Cyber Strategy

 Australian Institute of Criminology

• Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2022
• no. 652 Regulatory Approaches to Preventing Organised Crime among Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• Can Immigrants Fix the U.S. Labor Shortage? 

 Bipartisan Policy Center

• Debt Limit ”X Date” Further Out Than Expected, But Still Looms Ahead 

 Brookings 

• The Audacity Deficit in Natural Resource Governance: Insights from a Survey and Implications Ahead 
• How Innovation Affects Labor Markets: An Impact Assessment 
• Today’s Suburbs are Symbolic of America’s Rising Diversity: A 2020 Census Portrait 

 Bruegel

• COVID-19 and the Shift to Remote Work
• How to Make the EU Energy Platform an Effective Emergency Tool
• Raising EU Productivity through Innovation: Lessons from Improved Micro Data

 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

• Federal Justice Statistics, 2020
• Immigration, Citizenship, and the Federal Justice System, 2000–2020 – Supplemental Tables

 CATO Institute

• Unfair Trade or Unfair Protection? The Evolution and Abuse of Section 301

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Dangerous Straits: Wargaming a Future Conflict over Taiwan
• Sanctions by the Numbers: Economic Measures against Russia Following Its 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• European Energy Security Post-Russia
• TRACKING TECH POLICY: Transatlantic Efforts to Regulate the Net

 Center for Global Development

• Let Them Eat Carbon

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Artificial Intelligence White Paper (2022)
• China’s State Key Laboratory System:  A View into China’s Innovation System
• Map of China’s State Key Laboratory System
• Ministry of Education 2022 Budget [translation]
• Ministry of Public Security 2022 Budget [translation]

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Assessing Russia’s War in Ukraine [testimony] 
• The Collapse of One China
• Cyber War and Ukraine
• The Hidden War in Ukraine and Spotlight on Damage to Ukraine’s Agricultural Infrastructure since Russia’s Invasion
• Lessons of the Afghan War That No One Will Want to Learn
• “Never Trust, Always Verify”:  Federal Migration to ZTA and Endpoint Security
• New Activity at Punggye-ri Tunnel No. 4
• Pariah or Partner?  Clarifying the U.S. Approach to Cambodia

 Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

• Drone Warfare: Drone Wars, Defense Economics and Turkey’s Way

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Deciding on a Digital Dollar: The Necessary Steps for Canada

 Chatham House

• China and the Transatlantic Relationship 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• The Case for Inclusive Agricultural Development
• Memo on an "Economic Article 5" to Counter Authoritarian Coercion

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• PLA Air Force:  Bomber Force Training

 Clingendael  Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Europe Cannot Wait for Unity:  Teaming Up to Improve the EU’s Foreign Policy Effectiveness
• Expert Insights: Russia and Ukraine
• Russia’s Growing Presence in Africa & Implication for EU Policy

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Wildfires

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

• The Threat of Transnational Repression from China and the U.S. Response

 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

• Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Department of Defense Microelectronics Vision

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2022-103 Audit of the Department of Defense’s Implementation of Predictive Maintenance Strategies to Support Weapon System Sustainment

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China  

 Department of Justice Inspector General

• 22-082  Audit of the United States Marshals Service’s Management of Seized Cryptocurrency

 East-West Center

• Philippine Perspectives on the 75th Anniversary of US-Philippines Bilateral Relations

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• The EU as a Soft Power Superpower: Why a Green Marshall Plan for the Sahel Is Imperative

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

• Country Guidance: Somalia
• Overview of Asylum Case Law
• Surveys of Arriving Migrants from Ukraine Factsheet 14 June 2022

 European Council on Foreign Relations                 

• Partnership for Enlargement: A New Way to Integrate Ukraine and the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood
• Peace versus Justice: The Coming European Split over the War in Ukraine

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

• Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: A Comparative Perspective on Maghreb Countries Migration Cooperation with their West African Neighbours

 European Parliament Think Tank

• 10 Years after “Whatever It Takes”: Fragmentation Risk in the Current Context
• Artificial Intelligence Act and Regulatory Sandboxes
• Economic Repercussions of Russia’s War on Ukraine – Weekly Digest 17 June 2022
• The EU's Global Approach to Research and Innovation
• The NIS2 Directive: A High Common Level of Cybersecurity in the EU
• Outcome of a Survey on the Role of National Parliaments in the Implementation of the RRF [Recovery and Resilience Facility]
• Possible Solutions for Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud
• Russia's War on Ukraine: Timeline of Cyber-Attacks
• Slovenia's National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Latest State of Play
• Russia's War on Ukraine: Implications for Transport
• War in Ukraine: Implications for the ECB [European Central Bank]
• Workshop Proceedings: The EU Borrowing Strategy for Next Generation EU: Design, Challenges and Opportunities

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• Post-Brexit EU–UK Cooperation on Migration and Asylum: How to Live Apart, Together

 European Union CT MORSE

• Masculinities and Violent Extremist

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• 2021 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

 Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Combatting Online Harms Through Innovation, Report to Congress

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Autonomy Through Digital Resilience:  The Importance of Upholding the National Tech Stack
• Southeast Asian Democracy:  Democratic Regression or Autocratic Hardening?

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Security Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean
• The Shifting Political Hierarchy in the North Caucasus
• Sinn Féin’s Victory in Northern Ireland:  Has Their Day Come?

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Across Party Lines, Senators Tell Biden to Get Tough on Assad
• Iran Further Inhibits IAEA Monitoring in Possible ‘Fatal Blow’ to the Nuclear Deal

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

• China’s Global Vision Vacuum: An Opportunity and Challenge for Europe

 German Development Institute

• Addressing Human Mobility in National Climate Policy: Insights from Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in South America
• Germany and the UK: Perspectives for Deepening the Bilateral Dialogue on Development Policy
• Is Foreign Direct Investment Losing Clout in Development?

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Carbon Dioxide Removal As an Integral Building Block of the European Green Deal
• No Time to Lose as Tunisia’s President Consolidates Authoritarian Turn

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• A Sense of Purpose:  Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship on the 75th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime 

• Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Crypto, Crime and Control: Cryptocurrencies as an Enabler of Organized Crime
• Monitoring the Evolution of the Illicit Economy in Afghanistan

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET) 

• Islamic State Audacity of Hope/Facebook’s Islamic State Problem
• ‘Mujahideen in the West’: Al-Qaeda’s Newest Attack-Inciting Magazine
• Nazis, Conspiracists, and the Australian Federal Election
• The Rise of Narco-Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
• ‘Victims of Feminism’: Exploring Networked Misogyny and #MeToo in the Manosphere

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Air Force and Navy Aviation: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Sustainment Risks GAO-22-104533
• Business Systems: DOD Needs to Improve Performance Reporting and Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Planning GAO-22-105330
• Coastal Navigation: Authorized Purposes of Jetties, Breakwaters, and Other Structures Can Impact Corps' Maintenance and Repair GAO-22-104304
• Critical Minerals: Building on Federal Efforts to Advance Recovery and Substitution Could Help Address Supply Risks GAO-22-104824
• Drug Policy: Preliminary Observations on the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy GAO-22-106087
• Environmental Liabilities: Improvements Needed to Measure Progress of Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Sites GAO-22-104744
• Export Controls: Enforcement Agencies Should Better Leverage Information to Target Efforts Involving U.S. Universities GAO-22-105727
• Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits GAO-22-106064
• Hanford Cleanup: DOE Has Opportunities to Better Ensure Effective Startup and Sustained Low-Activity Waste Operations GAO-22-104772
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Contractor Improving in Safety and Other Areas but Still Faces Challenges GAO-22-105412
• Missile Defense: Better Oversight and Coordination Needed for Counter-Hypersonic Development GAO-22-105075
• Public Health Preparedness: Medical Countermeasure Development for Certain Serious or Life-Threatening Conditions GAO-22-105248
• Science & Tech Spotlight: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) GAO-22-105990
• Water Quality: Agencies Should Take More Actions to Manage Risks from Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia GAO-22-104449
• Yemen: State and DOD Need Better Information on Civilian Impacts of U.S. Military Support to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates GAO-22-105988

 Henry Jackson Society

• Backing our Police: How Parliament Can Give Police Forces the Tools to Combat Disruptive Protesters
• Russia’s Hybrid War Against the UK: Time to Fight Back against the Kremlin

 Henry L. Stimson Center

• Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue Summary Report on Connectivity
• Resilience, Human Security, and the Protection of Civilians:  A Critical Approach for Future Urban Conflict

 Heritage Foundation

• Best Practices and Standards for Election Audits
• How to Improve DOD’s Management of Inflation
• Meeting China’s Space Challenge

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Assessment of Global Norms of Behavior and Legal Regimes Related to On-Orbit Activities
• Evaluation of SMART Program 2.0:  Process Evaluation

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - June 2022 [1]

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Rethinking Greater Central Asia: New American and Western Approaches to Continental Trade and Afghanistan
• Ukraine-Russia War: A Prelude to a Post-Western International Order?

 Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

• American Muslim Poll 2022 - Early Releases

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

• Under-Moderated, Unhinged and Ubiquitous: Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State Networks on Facebook 

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

• The World after Ukraine

 Institute for the Study of War

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• June 13
• June 14
• June 15
• June 16
• June 17
• June 18
• June 19

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• The Geopolitics of Clean Hydrogen – Opportunities and Challenges for Italy
• Inventory of EUFSP-related Public and Elite Opinion Surveys
• Italy and the Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Hesitant Opening?
• Legislation as a Tool for Expanding the Power of the State and Limiting Political and Civil Rights in Modern Russia
• Reconciling EU Energy Security with Climate Policies: Rethinking European Gas Markets

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Ted Kaczynski, Anti-Technology Radicalism and Eco-Fascism

 International Crisis Group

• Brazil’s True Believers:  Bolsonaro and the Risks of an Election Year
• Considering Political Engagement with Al-Shabaab in Somalia
• Kenya’s 2022 Election:  High Stakes

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Russia’s Status as an Energy Superpower is Waning

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, June 17, 2022, v. 22, no. 11
• Xi Seeks to Accelerate China's Drive for Self-sufficiency
• Unemployment Monitoring and Early Warning: New Trends in Xinjiang’s Coercive Labor Placement Systems
• Beijing’s Propaganda Support for Russian Biological Warfare Disinformation, Part 1: Accusations Concerning the War in Ukraine
• Who Will Hold "The Barrel of a Gun" in Xi's Third Term? Recent PLA Promotions and the Outlook for the Next Central Military Commission
• The Enemy of My Friend Remains My Friend: China’s Ukraine Dilemma
• Terrorism Monitor, June 16, 2022, v. 20, no. 12
• Islamic Propaganda State Khorasan Targets New Audience with Release of Pashto Magazine Khurasan Ghag
• Islamic State’s Threat to Foreign Commercial Activity in Afghanistan
• The Islamic State’s “Economic Warfare” and the ISKP Campaign in Afghanistan

 Kiel Institute for the World Economy

• Which Countries Are Helping Ukraine, and How?

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Frontier Rules 

 Manhattan Institute

• Mental Health First Aid: Assessing the Evidence for a Public Health Approach to Mental Illness
• Psychology, Not Circumstances: Understanding Crime as Entitlement

 Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

• The Evolving Illicit Drug Market During the Covid-19 Pandemic

 Martens Centre for European Studies

• NATO’s New Strategic Concept: What Should We Expect?

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

• Iraq Once Again Leaps into the Void, But Not Before Political Elites Secure Funding
• Morocco Counters Russia’s Weaponization of the Food-Energy Nexus
• Pakistan’s Political Crisis and the Imperatives of Economic Reform

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• Temporary Worker Programs in Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica:  Promising Pathways for Managing Central American Migration?

 MITRE

• Arming the Eagle, Outpacing the Dragon: Understanding and Out Competing China's Defense Acquisition and Innovation System

 Modern Warfare Institute

• Adapting the Mold:  Preparing Leaders for Complexity
• From Complicated to Complex:  The Changing Context of War
• “Mowing the Grass” in Somalia:  The Only Option for the al-Shabaab Problem?
• The Paradoxical Trinity of Leadership

 National Academies Press  

• Building Resilience into the Nation's Medical Product Supply Chains
• Caring for People with Serious Illness: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop
• Civic Engagement and Civic Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity: Proceedings of a Workshop
• Evolving Crisis Standards of Care and Ongoing Lessons from COVID-19: Proceedings of a Workshop Series
• Lessons Learned in Health Professions Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 2: Proceedings of a Workshop

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Building Partnerships against Chinese Revisionism: A “Latticework Strategy” for the Indo-Pacific
• Deterrence in Contemporary U.S.-Russian Relations
• Russia’s War in Ukraine and Implications for Its Influence Operations in the West
• Russian Nuclear Strategy in the Ukraine War: An Interim Report

 NATO Defense College 

• Strategic Shifts and NATO’s New Strategic Concept
• Rethinking NATO Engagement in the Western Balkans

 NYU Center for Business and Human Rights

• A Platform ‘Weaponized’: How YouTube Spreads Harmful Content – And What Can Be Done About It

 Observer Research Foundation 

• Jammu and Kashmir: On the Cusp of Change, But Challenges Remain
• Promoting Child Safety Online in the Time of COVID-19: The Indian and Australian Responses
• Takeaways for India from IPCC’s Assessment of Global Mitigation Efforts
• Understanding the Economic Issues in Sri Lanka’s Current Debacle

 Operations and Policy Center (OPC)

• Syrian Youth and the Public Sphere after a Decade of War

 Our World in Data

• How Does the Land Use of Different Electricity Sources Compare?

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

• The Economic Case for UK Investment in the Covid-19 Pandemic Response in 2022
• The Grand Bargain in 2021: An Independent Review
• Social Protection Responses to Forced Displacement in Colombia

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chains and the Defense Production Act

 Pew Research Center

• Hispanic Americans’ Trust in and Engagement with Science
• International Attitudes Toward the U.S., NATO and Russia in a Time of Crisis
• Journalists Sense Turmoil in Their Industry Amid Continued Passion for Their Work
• Politics on Twitter: One-Third of Tweets From U.S. Adults Are Political
• Spotlight on Poland: Negative Views of Russia Surge, but Ratings for U.S., NATO, EU Improve
• What Do Journalists Think the News Industry Does Best and Worst?

 Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) 

• COVID-19 in the MENA: Two Years On

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• Active Denial: A Roadmap to a More Effective, Stabilizing, and Sustainable U.S. Defense Strategy in Asia

 RAND Corporation

• Determining the Military Capabilities Most Needed to Counter China and Russia: A Strategy-Driven Approach 
• End-of-Pilot Assessment of the U.S. Army's Consolidated Recruiting Program 
• Exploring Research Engagement with China: Opportunities and Challenges
• Getting To Outcomes® Handbook for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military
• Guidance on When to Estimate a Future Price Factor: Development of Criteria and Thresholds
• Human Security and the 2022 NATO Strategic Concept:  Knowledge, Insights and Lessons Learned
• Improving Defense Acquisition: Insights from Three Decades of RAND Research
• Is the National Nuclear Enterprise Workforce Postured to Modernize the Triad?  Insights and Options from a Quick-turn Assessment
• The Societal Foundations of National Competitiveness
• What Is JADC2, and How Does It Relate to Training?  An Air Force Perspective on Joint All Domain Command and Control

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• From Competition to Cooperation: The Global Palm Oil “Sustainability Turn” as a Turning Point for the Malaysia-Indonesia “Special Relationship”
• Provocation without Escalation: Coping with a Darker Grey Zone
• Shangri-La Dialogue 2022 and the Future of Asia

 Scottish Government

• Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland?

 Small Wars Journal

• Do Not Believe Putin’s Propaganda, There Are Far More Neo-Nazis among the Pro-Russians
• How can Multilateral and Bilateral Security Partnerships Coexist, While Advancing U.S. Strategic Goals?
• Options for Small NATO Countries to Prepare for Multi-Domain Operations
• Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 50: Criminal Car Bombings, Explosives, Drones, and Organizational Adaptation in Ecuador
• UKRAINE NEEDS MORE ARTILLERY SUPPORT: Congress Was Right to Defend Ukraine – Please Do More
• What the “Bad Guys” Teach Us About Contemporary Conflict—An Opinion Essay

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• New Video Series: Towards a New Civilian CSDP Compact

 Sudd Institute

• To Dredge or Not to Dredge the White Nile’s Tributaries: is the Cart before the Horse?

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

• The Asian Barometer 2022: Measuring the Swedish Public’s Views of China, India and Japan

 Swisspeace

• Countering Dynamics of Violence – The Vital Role of Emotions in Individual Conflict Transformation

 Taylor & Francis 

• Contemporary Politics, 2022, v. 28, no. 3
• Special Issue Introduction: What Is the New State Capitalism? [open access article]        
• Illiberal Capitalist Development: Chinese State-Owned Capital Investment in Serbia [open access article]
• Locating New ‘State Capitalism’ in Advanced Economies: An International Comparison of Government Ownership in Economic Entities [open access article]
• The State in Global Capitalism before and after the Covid-19 Crisis [open access article]
• Defence and Peace Economics, 2022, v. 33, no. 5
• Gender-Specific Call of Duty: A Note on the Neglect of Conscription in Gender Equality Indices [open access article]
• Journal of Military Ethics, 2022, v. 21, no. 1
• Reporting, Reflecting, Participating: Media Intervention in the Balkan War in Welcome to Sarajevo, No Man’s Land, and The Hunting Party [open access article]
• Policing & Society, 2022
• Performing Politics at the Israeli Security Fair [open access article]
• Security Studies, 2022
• Rebel Mobilization through Pandering: Insincere Leaders, Framing, and Exploitation of Popular Grievances [open source access]

 UK Ministry of Defense

• Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Exploring the Use of Technology for Remote Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification
• Verifying Disarmament in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• UNODC Drugs Monitoring Platform Brief: Latest Patterns and Trends in Drug Trafficking Modi Operandi of Heroin and Methamphetamine Originating in Afghanistan

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Global Trends and Challenges to Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

• Strategic Shifts and NATO’s New Strategic Concept

 World Economic Forum

• Unlocking the Shared Value of Smart City Data: A Protocol for Action