Friday's Miscellany 12-09-2022

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• African Biodiversity Loss Raises Risk to Human Security 

 Air University Press

• Air & Space Operations Review, Winter 2022, v. 1, no. 4  
• Combat Drones in Ukraine
• Remotely Piloted Aircraft C2 Latency during Air-to-Air Combat
• Refocusing Reapers Tangible Improvements Today That Prepare for the Future
• DoD Labs Back to the Future?
• Stars on Tombstones Honorary Promotions of Air Corps and Air Force Leaders
• Canada’s “Open Door” on 9/11 Adapting NORAD
• Hypersonics between Rhetoric and Reality
• Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, November-December 2022, v. 5, no. 7 
• Introduction: The Island States, Great Powers, and the Indo-Pacific
• Borneo: ASEAN's Once and Future Island Crucible
• Maintaining UC Credibility in the Pacific Islands
• Countering Unwelcome Strategic Competitors in the South Pacific: Canberra’s Perspective on the Role of Island States in the Indian and Pacific Islands in Realizing Australia’s Info-Pacific Interests
• The Partial Promise of Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific: A Case Study of the Chagos Archipelago
• The Way Forward in the US-Philippines Alliance and Air Force Relations 
• Japan's Strategic Approach toward Island States: Case of the Pacific Islands
• Info-Pacific Strategies for Singapore and Taiwan: Dealing with Major Powers
• Strategic Competition in the Pacific: A Case for Kiribati
• Shifting Security Narrative in Oceania: Pacific Island Countries and the "New Pacific Diplomacy"

 American Enterprise Institute

• Continuity of Government:  Presidential Succession 

 Amnesty International

• Older People’s Experience of War, Displacement, and Access to Housing in Ukraine 

 Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

• Hate Is No Game: Hate and Harassment in Online Games 2022 

 Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

• Where Dance Fights with the Devil: A Report from Inside the First Female Revolution in Iran 

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

• Track-2 and Track-1.5 US-China Strategic Nuclear Dialogues: Lessons Learned 

 Atlantic Council

• Improving Tax Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean:  A Balancing Act 
• Taiwan:  The Key to Containing China in the Indo-Pacific 

 Australian National University Press

• How Government Experts Self-Sabotage: The Language of the Rebuffed 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• How Arab-Chinese Cooperation Could Impact the Global Energy Transition 
• Natural Gas Balance in Europe: Germany as a Case Study 

 Blair Institute for Global Change

• Freedom Jobs: How Workers Perceive Platform Work and What Governments Should Do About It 

 Brookings Institution

• A More Equitable Distribution of the Positive Effects of Immigration 
• Renewing America, Revamping Immigration 
• Why Africa Matters to the United States:  Top Five Reasons 

 Bruegel

• A European Policy Mix to Address Food Insecurity Linked to Russia’s War 
• You’ll Never Talk Alone: What Media Narratives on European Reforms Reveal about a Polity in the Making 

 CATO Institute

• The Human Perils of Scaling Smart Technologies: Evidence from Field Experiments 

 Center for Global Security Research

• The Roles of Science in National Security Policymaking: A Case Study on Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse 

 Center for International Policy

• U.S. Security Partnerships and the Protection of Civilians 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Fair and Impartial Policing Assessment of the East Lansing Police Department 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Analyses in Security Policy
• No. 316: Russia’s Future as an Energy Power 
• No. 315: The Climate Change – Security Interface 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

• Bolstering Collective Resilience in Europe 
• Financing Small-Scale Agriculture in Honduras: A Case Study 
• Improved Export Controls Enforcement Technology Needed for U.S. National Security 
• A Model Comprehensive MSME Policy for Indian States 
• Understanding the Broader Transatlantic Security Implications of Greater Sino-Russian Military Alignment 

 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

• Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and Policies 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Judy Asks: Are France and Germany Wavering on Russia? 

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

• Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2022, v. 22, no. 2 
• Special Issue on the War in Ukraine
• ‘Now or Never’: The Immediate Origins of Putin’s Preventative War on Ukraine
• How likely is it that Vladimir Putin will be able to Claim some sort of Victory in Ukraine? An Assessment based on Events from February - early November 2022
• The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the (Un)Changing Character of War
• War in Ukraine: The Clash of Norms and Ontologies
• At War with the West: Russian Realism and the Conflict in Ukraine
• The Case for Neutrality: Understanding African Stances on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)        

• Conceptualising Protective Factors: Strengths-Based Approaches 
• Public-Facing Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communication Campaigns: Using ‘The STARS Framework’ To Map And Respond To Some Key Challenges 
• Situational Threat And Response Signals (STARS): Public-Facing Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communication Campaigns 
• Situational Threat And Response Signals (STARS): Public-Facing Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communication Campaigns 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• The Instrumentalization of Migration:  A Geopolitical Perspective and Toolbox 

 Conflict Armament Research

• Dating Newly Produced Russian Missiles Used in Kyiv Attacks 
• Missile Components used in Drone Attacks in Northeast Syria 
• Weapons Supplies Fuelling Terrorism the Lake Chad Crisis 

 Congress. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

• Historically Unprepared; Examination of the Federal Government’s Pandemic Preparedness and Initial COVID-19 Response [Majority Staff Report] 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume I: Larger Reductions 
• Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume II: Smaller Reductions 

 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

• Protecting Those Who Protect Us 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• Pathogen Early Warning: A Progress Report & Path Forward  

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Armed Actors and Environmental Peacebuilding: Lessons from Eastern DRC 
• The Sanctioning of Warfare: Early Lessons from the EU’s Geoeconomic Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Ukraine Fact Sheet - Dec 9 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2023-036 Audit of Vetting and Continuous Review of International Military Students Training in the United States 

 Department of the Air Force

• Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-27, Homeland Operations 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• Local Elections in Taiwan: The DPP’s China Card Backfires 

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

• Applying the Concept of Safe Countries in the Asylum Procedure 
• Practical Guide on Interviewing Applicants with Religion-based Asylum Claims 

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

• Chinese Economic Influence as a Potential Security threat: The Dutch Response 

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• Fragmentation Nation: How Europeans Can Help End the Conflict in Yemen 

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

• Lessons from the Past: Arms Control in Uncooperative Times 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• How the EU and the US Should Overcome Their Trade and Supply Chain Disputes 
• Making Sense of the Connecting Europe Network 

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• FBL Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 2022 
• The Fatal Five: Off-Duty Threats to Law Enforcement
• Employee Growth and Succession Planning
• Taking A.I.M. at Officer Safety
• Crime Data: 2021 Nationwide Crime Statistics

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

• Europe’s Lack of Leadership: Is It the Smaller States’ Time to hSine? 
• Shifting Alliance Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific:  Is the Taiwan Question Going Regional? 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• U.S.-Japan-Taiwan Dialogue: Deterrence, Defense, and Trilateral Cooperation 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Targeting Tiandy:  The Case for Blacklisting a Chinese Tech Firm Tied to Crackdowns on Uyghurs and Iranian Protestors 

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

• Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• After the Review Conference: The NPT Remains Robust 
• The Role of Nuclear Weapons in Russia’s Strategic Deterrence 
• Security in the Indo-Pacific: The Asianisation of the Regional Security Architecture 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Business as Usual?: Illegal Charcoal and Timber Trade in Eastern DRC 
• The Downsides of Digital Revolution: Confronting Africa’s Evolving Cyber Threats 
• Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2022, v. 4, no. 2 
• Why the Drug War Endures: Local and Transnational Linkages in the North and Central America Drug Trades
• A History of Opium Commodity Chains in Mexico, 1900–1950
• In the Name of Poppy: Eradication and Counterinsurgency in Southern Mexico
• Enablers of Cocaine Trafficking: Evidence of the State-Crime Nexus from Contemporary Honduras
• Acknowledging Cocaine Capital in Central American Development
• Selling the Priceless Mushroom: A History of Psilocybin Mushroom Trade in the Sierra Mazateca (Oaxaca)
• The ‘Real Man’ in the Global War on Drugs: Narco versus Militarised Masculinities
• Potency-Enhancing Synthetics in the Drug Overdose Epidemic: Xylazine (“Tranq”), Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and the Displacement of Heroin in Philadelphia and Tijuana
• Mexico’s Long War on Drugs: Past and Present Failures of a Punitive Approach to Drugs
• Terror and Taxes:  Inside al-Shabaab’s Revenue-Collection Machine 
• Trade and Transit: Dubai's Role in Illicit Environmental Supply Chains 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Arctic Maritime Infrastructure: Government-wide and Coast Guard Strategies Lack a Means to Measure Progress GAO-23-106411 
• Bureau of Prisons: Opportunities Exist to Better Assist Incarcerated People with Obtaining ID Documents Prior to Release GAO-23-105302 
• Military Readiness: Actions Needed to Further Implement Predictive Maintenance on Weapon Systems GAO-23-105556 
• National Security Space: Overview of Contracts for Commercial Satellite Imagery GAO-23-106042 
• Sudan Claims Resolution Act: State Verified Eligibility, Determined Compensation, and Distributed Payments GAO-23-105782 

 Heritage Foundation

• The Department of Veterans Affairs Has No Authority to Provide Taxpayer-Funded Abortions for Its Beneficiaries 

 Hudson Institute

• Software Defines Tactics: Structuring Military Software Acquisitions for Adaptability and Advantage in a Competitive Era 
• Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Dissolution of the Russian Federation 

 Human Rights Watch

• “So What If He Hit You?”: Addressing Domestic Violence in Tunisia 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Click Here for Adderall: Fixing Telehealth Advertising and Services To Prevent Stimulant Misuse 
• The Cost of Data Localization Policies in Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam 
• How Policymakers Can Prevent Gift Card Scams 
• The State of US Broadband in 2022: Reassessing the Whole Picture 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• No Money for Terror: Challenges and Way Ahead  

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Future Directions in Quantum Information Science:  A Joint Workshop Between the United States and Australia 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Iran Building Nuclear Weapons 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Finland-Taiwan Relations: An Overview and Changes after COVID-19 Pandemic 

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• Gulf Soft Power in the Horn: Competition vs Cooperation 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

• Hate in Plain Sight: Abuse Targeting Women Ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections on TikTok and Instagram 
• Monitoring Disinformation and Influence Campaigns in the 2022 French Elections: Lessons Learnt 
• Online Crisis Protocols: Expanding the Regulatory Toolbox to Safeguard Democracy During Crises 
• “Suggested for You”: Understanding How Algorithmic Ranking Practices Affect Online Discourses and Assessing Proposed Alternatives 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Iran Crisis Update
• December 5 
• December 6 
• December 7 
• December 8 
• December 9 
• December 10 
• December 11 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• December 5 
• December 6 
• December 7 
• December 8 
• December 9 
• December 10 
• December 11 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• The EU and Ukraine’s Public Opinion: Changing Dynamic 
• EU Foreign Policy Integration at Times of War 
• Time to Re-engage with Kosovo and Serbia 
• Walking out of the Woods: EU Industrial Policy between the Energy Crisis and Decarbonisation 

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

• Future of the IC Workforce 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• A Comparative Study of Non-State Violent Drone use in the Middle East 
• Germany Targets One of Its Largest Far-right Domestic Extremist Groups 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Putin’s Counterintelligence State 

 International Crisis Group

• Chad’s Transition: Easing Tensions Online 
• Haiti’s Last Resort: Gangs and the Prospect of Foreign Intervention 

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• Four Strategies to Improve Community Services for Unaccompanied Children in the United States 
• The Skills and Economic Outcomes of Immigrant and U.S.-Born College Graduates 

 Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

• Understanding the Role of Transportation in Human Trafficking in California 

 Mitchell Institute

• The Next Frontier: UAVs for Great Power Conflict | Part 1: Penetrating Strike 

 National Academies Press 

• Approaches to Identify Individuals, Populations, and Communities at High Risk for Suicide 
• Improving the Intelligence Community's Leveraging of the Full Science and Technology Ecosystem 
• Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care 

 National Bureau of Asian Research

• Meeting China's Emerging Capabilities: Countering Advances in Cyber, Space, and Autonomous Systems 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Mischaracterizing U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Policy: The Myth of Deliberate Civilian Targeting 

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• SP 1800-34 Validating the Integrity of Computing Devices 

 National Security Archive

• The U.S., Canada, and the Indian Nuclear Program, 1968-1974 

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• National Cybersecurity Organisation: REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
• NATO Cyberspace Exercises: Moving Ahead CyCon 2022 Workshop Summary 

 NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center

• NMIOTC Maritime Interdiction Operations Journal, 2022, no. 24 
• Plan, Organize, Defeat: Multilateral Maritime Counterterrorism Operations
• Robot Boats: Use of Autonomous 'Ships' in Law Enforcement, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• Reflections NMIOTC Conference on Cybersecurity in the Maritime Domain
• The Technical Landscape of Ransomware: Threat Models and Defense Models
• Securing the Open Source Software Supply Chain for Naval Warfare Systems
• The Security Value of Small and Medium Sized Ports in al Supply Chain Service
• A Holistic Approach to the Dependability Enforcement of Cyber & Power Systems on Future MVDC Ships
• Authentication Mechanisms for VHF Data Exchange Systems (VDES)

 Naval War College

• International Law Studies, 2022, v. 99, issue 1 
• Assessing the Legal Framework for Potential U.S. Conflict with China Over Taiwan 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Better Together:  How the Quad Countries Can Operationalize 5G Security 
• Can Economic Sanctions Replace Armed Forces in Modern Warfare? 
• India’s Agnipath Scheme and the Impact on Ties with Nepal 
• Purpose, Platform, and Power: Advancing Trade Under India’s G20 Presidency 
• Sanctions as a Weapon of War: The European Experience 
• Terrorist Resources, Proclivity for Attacks, and an Effective Counterterrorism Framework 

 Office of Justice Programs

• Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads: Final Report 

 Our World in Data

• The Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: The World Has Changed Fast – What Might Be Next? 

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

• The “Clubs of Heads of State” from Below. Local perceptions of the African Union, ECOWAS and their 2014/15 Interventions in Burkina Faso 

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• How to Save the WTO with More Flexible Trading Rules 
• The World Bank, the IMF, and the GATT/WTO: Which Institution Most Supported Trade Reform in Developing Economies? 

 Pew Research Center

• Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy Across Many Nations, But U.S. is a Major Outlier 

 Policy Exchange (UK)

• Brits in High Places: How Well Represented is the United Kingdom at the Top of International Institutions? 
• A Fresh Shot: The Future for Vaccines Policy in England 
• From the Channel to Rwanda: Three Essays on the Morality of Asylum 
• How and Why to Constrain Interveners and Depoliticise Our Courts 
• The Trojan Horse Affair 

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• The Emirati Lobby in America 
• A Restraint Recipe for America’s Asian Alliances and Security Partnerships 
• The Threat of New Wars in the Caucasus: A Good Case for U.S. Restraint 

 Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence

• Manual for Responses to Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Their Families (2nd ed) 

 RAND Corporation

• Authorities and Permissions to Conduct Army Special Operations Activities Abroad 
• China's Global Basing Ambitions:  Defense Implications for the United States 
• Countering Chinese Coercion: Multilateral Responses to PRC Economic Pressure Campaigns 
• An Enterprise Cost-Effectiveness Approach to Decisionmaking:  Improving Analytic Support to Senior Defense Leaders  
• Evaluation of Flexible Spending Accounts for Active-Duty Service Members 
• Expanding Japan-Europe Defense Cooperation:  Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Summary of a November 2021 Conference 
• The Future of Space Cooperation between the U.S. and Japan 
• Implications of a Global People's Liberation Army:  Historical Lessons for Responding to China's Long-Term Global Basing Ambitions 
• Improving Precommissioning Assignments and Readiness on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter 
• Mapping Chinese and Russian Military and Security Exports to Africa 
• Operational Feasibility of Adversarial Attacks Against Artificial Intelligence 
• People's Liberation Army's Search for Overseas Basing and Access:  A Framework to Assess Potential Host Nations 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Euro SIFMANet: Berlin Report 
• Japan Shows Its Colors on Next-Generation Combat Aircraft Collaboration 
• The New Boyars?   Russia’s Governors Facilitate Mobilization 

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• The Maritime Security Roles of Coast Guards in Southeast Asia 

 Safeguard Defenders

• Patrol and Persuade:  A Follow Up on 110 Overseas Investigation 

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 23-06-FA USAID’s Survey of the Afghan People Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by The Asia Foundation 
• SIGAR 23-07-FA State’s Weapons Removal and Abatement Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Mine Clearance Planning Agency 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Adapting the Missile Technology Control Regime for Current and Future Challenges 
• Arms Transfer and SALW Control-Related Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: Identifying Needs and Bridging Gaps 
• Conflict, Governance and Organized Crime: Complex Challenges for UN Stabilization Operations 
• Considering the Future of Gender and Peace Operations: Strategic Debates and Operational Challenges 
• Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in Sub-Saharan Africa: Using UN Reports on Arms Embargoes to Identify Sources, Challenges and Policy Measures 
• The Role of Development Actors in Responding to Environment and Security Links 
• The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2021 

 Taylor & Francis

• Conflict, Security & Development, 2022
• Youth Inclusion in Peace Processes: The Case of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority in Mindanao, Philippines [open access article] 
• Defense & Security Analysis, 2022, v. 38, no, 4
• The Strategic Vulnerability of NATO Blood Supply Logistics: A Case Study of Estonian National Defence [open access article] 
• Ethics & Global Politics, 2022, v. 15, no. 4
• Citizenship as Strict Liability: A Review of Avia Pasternak’s Responsible Citizens, Irresponsible States [open access article] 
• Refugees, Membership, and State System Legitimacy [open access article] 
• Military Behavioral Health, 2022
• An Expert and Veteran User Assessment of the Usability of an Alcohol Reduction App for Military Veterans, Drinks, Ration: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study  [open access article] 
• Gender-based Analysis of the Correlates of Hazardous and Binge Drinking among Canadian Active Duty Military Personnel [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2022
• Algorithmic Policing: An Exploratory Study of the Algorithmically Mediated Construction of Individual Risk in a UK Police Force [open access article] 
• Building Relational Peace: Police-Community Relations in Post-Accord Colombia [open access article] 
• Collaboration, Risk and ‘Just’ Outcomes: Challenges and Opportunities in Policing HBA  [open access article] 
• Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2022
• Council in War: Civilocracy, Order and Local Organisation in Daraya during the Syrian War  [open access article] 

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

• AJP-3.4.2 Allied Joint Doctrine for Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations 
• AJP-3.4.5 Allied Joint Doctrine for the Military Contribution to Stabilization and Reconstruction 
• JDN 1/15 Defence Engagement 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Child Recruitment in the Lake Chad Basin 
• How Information Ecosystems Affect Conflict Transitions: Experiences from Al Hol and Iraq 

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

• China’s Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Coastal West Africa Senior Study Group Final Report 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Middle East: Ideas for Advancing Both Governance and Democracy 

 World Economic Forum

• The Business Imperative of Cyber Information Sharing for Our Collective Defence 
• Unlocking Value from Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing