Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Friday's Miscellany 03-31-2023

 38 North 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, March 2023, v. 6, no. 2 
    • Elevating the US–Vietnam Economic Relationship
    • From Foe to Friend: Explaining the Development of US–Vietnam Relations
    • US–Vietnam Trade Ties: Challenge Ahead
    • Friendship in the Shadow of the Dragon: The Challenge of Upgrading US–Vietnam Ties amid Tensions with China
    • Strengthening US–Vietnam Relations in the Context of Human Rights
    • From Bitter Enemies to Strategic Partners: The Remarkable Transformation of US–Vietnam Relations Since the 1973 Withdrawal
    • A US–India–Vietnam Trilateral: More Than the Sum of Its Parts

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 American Enterprise Institute

 Amnesty International

 Army University Press

  • Journal of Military Learning, 2023 Conference ed
    • Leader Presence and Its Impact on Organizational Climate
    • Modernizing the U.S. Army’s Captains Career Course
    • iFEST 2022 Summary
    • Investigating the Impact of Mobile Microlearning and Self-Regulated Learning Support on Soldiers’ Self-Efficacy and Retention within an Army Schoolhouse
    • Learning Engineering at a Glance: Based on the iFEST Poster
    • Learning Ecosystems: Forging Stakeholder Partnerships to Fuel Optimal Advanced Distributed Learning Practices
    • The Holy Grail of Developing Partnerships for DL in Military Education: The Keys to Success

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 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)

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) 

 Blue Star Families

 British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace    

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Climate Security (CCS)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Information Resilience

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

 Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for European Reform (CER) 

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Counter Extremism Project

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

  • PERSEREC-TR-23-01 An Examination of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in DON's Personnel Security Program  

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2023-061 Audit of Military Department Climate Change Assessments and Adaptation Plans in the Southeastern Continental United States 
  • DODIG-2023-059 Evaluation of the DoD’s Management of Traumatic Brain Injury 
  • DODIG-2023-057 Audit of DoD Actions Taken to Implement Cybersecurity Protections Over Remote Access Software in the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Telework Environment 
  • Joint Oversight of the Ukraine Response 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-23-20  FEMA Should Increase Oversight to Prevent Misuse of Humanitarian Relief Funds 

 Department of State

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 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 Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies  (FDD)

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Fusion Energy: Potentially Transformative Technology Still Faces Fundamental Challenges GAO-23-105813 
  • Immigrant Investor Program: Opportunities Exist to Improve Fraud and National Security Risk Monitoring GAO-23-10645
  • National Security Snapshot: DOD Active-Duty Recruitment and Retention Challenges GAO-23-10655
  • Overseas Nuclear Material Security: A Comprehensive National Strategy Could Help Address Risks of Theft and Sabotage GAO-23-106486 
  • Power Marketing Administrations: Additional Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks GAO-23-106224 
  • Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Agencies Should Track Progress Toward Ambitious Federal Goals GAO-23-105300 
  • Tactical Aircraft: Technical, Delivery, and Affordability Challenges Complicate DOD's Ability to Upgrade Its Aging Fleet GAO-23-106694 
  • Utility-Scale Energy Storage: Technologies and Challenges for an Evolving Grid GAO-23-105583 
  • Weapon System Sustainment: The Army and Air Force Conducted Reviews and the Army Identified Operating and Support Cost Growth GAO-23-106341 

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover Institute

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Irregular Warfare Center

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, March 31, 2023, v. 23, no. 6 
    • Central African Republic Mine Attack: Can China Protect its Overseas Nationals?
    • Xi Jinping Thought and The End of (Chinese) History
    • CCP Narratives on Taiwan at the Two Sessions: Maintaining a “Measured
    • Hardline”
    • Wang Yi’s European Tour: China Seeks a Trans-Atlantic Wedge
    • Beyond Arms and Ammunition: China, Russia and the Iran Back Channel
  • Terrorism Monitor, March 31,  2023, v. 23, no. 7 
    • Brief: Without French Presence in the Sahel, the Window for Negotiation Closes
    • Brief: National Resistance Front (NRF) Fails to Foment Unrest Against the Taliban
    • India Bans Ghaznavi Force, the Jammu and Kashmir-based Terrorist Group
    • Bilal al-Sudani’s Death Weakens Islamic State Influence in Somalia
    • Marcos Presidency Reinvigorates Communist Insurgency in the Philippines

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

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Mass Casualty Commission

 MITRE

 National Defence University (Pakistan)

  • ISSRA  Papers v. 14, 2022 
    • Job Strain And Turnover Intentions: Evaluating Impact of Emotional Exhaustion and Perceived Supervisor Support in the Construction Industry of Pakistan
    • Common Environmental Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation Between Pakistan and India
    • Investing in Blue Economy: Parallel Options for Economic Growth
    • Contemporary Western Thought and Pakistani Women: Challenges and Response
    • Nanotechnology and its Potential Applications for Enhancing Pakistan's Economic Security
    • Role of Peaceful Nuclear Technology in the Agriculture and Food Sector of Pakistan
    • Role of Small-Scale Industries and Policies in Development: A Comparison between Pakistan and Japan
    • Security Framework Analysis: Evidence from Badra and Sangan Villages in Balochistan

 National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 NATO Defense College

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

 Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC)

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)  

 Observer Research Foundation

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence

 Rand Corporation

 Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Spring 2023, no. 34 
    • Being Capable, Yet Helpless, in an Egalitarian Society: Are More Educated Individuals Always Less Likely to Support Political Violence?
    • Differentiating Violent and Non-Violent Extremists: Lessons from 70 Years of Social Control Theory
    • See No Evil, Fear No Evil: Adolescents’ Extremism-related Media Literacies of Islamist Propaganda on Instagram
    • Belonging and Conflict Avoidance: Towards Understanding the Resilience of the Romani against Radicalisation
    • Key Dilemmas in the Prevention of Radicalization and Violent Extremism
    • Criminalising (Hateful) Extremism in the UK: Critical Reflections From Free Speech
    • Radicalization in Correctional Systems: A Scoping Review of the Literature Evaluating the Effectiveness of Preventing and Countering Interventions

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 23-18-FA State’s Afghanistan Legal Education Project: Audit of Costs Incurred by Stanford University 

 Stimson Center

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

  • AJP-10 Allied Joint Doctrine for Strategic Communications 

 UK Ministry of Defense

 UK Parliament House of Lords International Relations and Defense Committee

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (US)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS)

  • Cadmus Journal, March 2023, v. 5,  no. 1 
    • Global Movement to Promote Human Security for All
    • Enhancing Human Security by Transforming Education Through Science, Technology, and Innovations
    • Human Security, Culture and Protection of Humanity’s Heritage
    • Human Security: Virtuous, Practical, Urgent, and Necessary
    • Human Security For All
    • Key Findings Regarding a Comprehensive Human Security: Envisioning and Building a Better Future
    • The Health and Economic Burdens Inflicted by Human Security Destruction
    • Human Security & Global Understanding: Towards New World Relations
    • Basic Sciences and Human Security
    • Moving from Reason of Force to Force of Reason
    • Ensuring Human Security by Creating Abundance through Mindshift, Conscious Capital, and Technology
    • Human Security, Individualism and Collectivism
    • Securing Our Commons: New Forms of Financial Engineering to Secure Our (Global) Commons and Mobilise Trillions of Private Sector Liquidity
    • Report on COP27 and its Implications for Human Security
    • Communicating Human Security & Capturing Perspectives

 World Bank