Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Friday's Miscellany 04-21-2023 & 04-28-2023

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

  • Air & Space Operations Review, Spring 2023, v. 2, no. 1 
    • Uncertainty Quantification: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Military Systems
    • Deep Neural Networks: Enriching Leadership Screening and Selection
    • Restrategizing Digitalization in the Military
    • JADC2 Culture at the Operational Level of War
    • Empathy in the Foundations of Warfare
  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, March-April 2023, v. 6, no. 3 
    • Finding the Right Model: The Joint Force, the People’s Liberation Army, and Information Warfare
    • Accelerating Change to Survive
    • The Ambitious Dragon: Beijing’s Calculus for Invading Taiwan by 2030
    • The US–Indonesian Strategic Partnership and Air Force Relations
    • Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Cementing US Global Preeminence
    • Limited Hard Balancing: Explaining India’s Counter Response to Chinese Encirclement
    • Indo-Pacific Strategies: What Do They Entail for India?
    • Challenges in Transforming Airpower in the Twenty-first Century
    • Denying Command of the Air: The Future of Taiwan’s Air Defense Strategy
    • The People’s Liberation Army’s Command and Control Affects the Future of Out-of-Area Operations
    • Inducing New Bilateral Oil Interdependencies: The Unintended Impact of 2014 US-led Sanctions on Russia
    • Optimizing India’s Smart-Power Matrix in Maldives: Making a Case for Cricket Diplomacy to Balance New Delhi’s
    • Hard-Power Presence on the Island
    • India’s G20 Presidency and the Death of Democracy in Myanmar 
    • Seize the Technological High Ground for Success in Great-Power Competition

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 American Security Project (ASP)

 Amnesty International

 Anti-Defamation League and Tel Aviv University

 Arctic Institute

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), February 2032, v. 30, no. 2 
    • Changing of the Guard: MSMR’s Second Editor-in-Chief Retires
    • Brief Report: Hospitalizations Among Active Duty Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Fiscal Year 2021
    • Historical Perspective: The Critical Role of Disease and Non-Battle Injuries in Soldiers Isolated on Pacific Islands During the Second World War

 Army University Press

  • Journal of Military Learning, April 2023 
    • Beyond STEM Attrition: Quantifying the Flow of U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets between Academic Majors to Improve STEM Persistence
    • Good Governance Introduction Course: A Dutch Example of Online Constructivist Officer Education
    • A Combined Project Management and Operations Management Course: Integrating the Two Disciplines to Better Teach Officers and Officer Candidates
    • The Army University Research Program

 Army War College Press

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australia. Office of the Prime Minister

 Australian National University Press

 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)

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

 Brookings Institution

 Brown University Watson Institute

 Bruegel

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Security Research

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

 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)

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

  • Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2023, v. 22, no. 3
    • Public Health, Politics and National Security: Covid-19 in Alberta and Canada, 2022
    • Introduction: Conflict in Contemporary Africa
    • A Force for the Right Purpose? Rethinking Western COIN Interventions in Africa’s Sahel
    • “Too late and inadequate:” The Southern African Development Community’s Response to the Conflict in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
    • Hybrid Maritime Security Governance and Limited Statehood in the Gulf of Guinea: A Nigerian Case Study
    • When Mao Misfires: A Military Appreciation of the Tigray Conflict
    • Afghanistan: A failed Grand Strategy
    • Call Sign “C-MERT”: The development of the Canadian Medical Emergency Response Team
    • Piercing the Veil of Darkness? Deception and Intelligence in Warfare

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)        

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, April 2023, v. 16, no. 4 
    • Commentary: “Who Thinks Wins”: How Smarter U.S. Counterterrorism in the Sahel Can Pay Dividends for Great Power Competition
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Catalan Police – Mossos d’Esquadra with Lluis Paradell Fernandez, Head of the Central Analysis Unit, Intelligence and Counterterrorism Service; Xavier Cortés Camacho, Head of the Counterterrorism Central Area
    • The Islamic State Somalia Propaganda Coalition’s Regional Language Push
    • The Digital Terror Financing of Central Asian Jihadis

 Conflict Armament Research

 Conference of Defense Associations Institute (Canada)

 Congress. Senate. Bob Mendendez

 Congress. Senate. Elizabeth Warren

 Congress. Senate. Roger Marshal

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General DODIG)

  • DODIG-2023-066  Audit of the Oversight of Operation Allies Welcome Global Contingency Services Contract at Marine Corps Base Quantico 
  • DODIG-2023-065 External Peer Review of Naval Audit Service Special Access Program Audits 

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

 Department of the Navy

 Economic Research Forum

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

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

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

 European Parliament

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union (EU)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

 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 Initiative

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

 Gallup

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

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

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

 Global Financial Integrity

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Airline Passenger Protections: Observations on Flight Delays and Cancellations, and DOT's Efforts to Address Them GAO-23-105524 
  • Antibiotic Resistance: Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Combat the Threat, but Additional Actions Needed GAO-23-106776 
  • Aviation Workforce: Supply of Airline Pilots and Aircraft Mechanics GAO-23-106769 
  • Coast Guard: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Foreign Port Security Assessment Program GAO-23-105385 
  • Cybersecurity: VA Needs to Address Privacy and Security Challenges GAO-23-106412 
  • DHS Annual Assessment: Major Acquisition Programs Are Generally Meeting Goals, but Cybersecurity Policy Needs Clarification GAO-23-106701 
  • Directed Energy Weapons: DOD Should Focus on Transition Planning GAO-23-105868  
  • Future Vertical Lift Aircraft: Army Should Implement Leading Practices to Mitigate Acquisition Risk GAO-23-105554 
  • High-Risk Series: Efforts Made to Achieve Progress Need to Be Maintained and Expanded to Fully Address All Areas GAO-23-106203 
  • Human Trafficking: Department of State Collaborates with Partner Governments on Child Protection Compacts but Should Strengthen Oversight GAO-23-105390 
  • Installation Management: DOD Needs Better Data, Stronger Oversight, and Increased Transparency to Address Significant Infrastructure and Environmental Challenges GAO-23-106725 
  • Military Housing: DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program [Reissued with Revisions Apr. 20, 2023] GAO-23-105377 
  • Navy Ship Fires: Ongoing Efforts to Improve Safety Should Be Enhanced GAO-23-10548
  • Personnel Practices: OPM Can Improve Oversight and Transparency of Agencies' Hiring of Political Appointees into Career Federal Positions GAO-23-105066 
  • Special Operations Forces: Actions Needed to Assess Performance of the Preservation of the Force and Family Program GAO-23-105644 
  • Southwest Border: DHS Coordinates with and Funds Nonprofits Serving Noncitizens GAO-23-106147 
  • Veterans Affairs: Observations for Proposed Legislation GAO-23-106765 

 Greenpeace International

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Henry Jackson Society

 Hoover Institution

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

 Institute for the Study of War  

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE)

 International Crisis Group

 International Organization for Migration (IOM)

 Irregular Warfare Center

 Jamestown Foundation

  • Terrorism Monitor, April 28,  2023, v. 21, no. 9 
    • Brief: ISGS on Verge of Victory in Menaka, Mali
    • Brief: Al-Qaeda Affiliates AQIM and AQAP Show Unity with Eid Statement
    • Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Top-Down Disassociation from al-Qaeda in Syria
    • Can Somalia’s New President Finally Stop al-Shabaab?
    • Gold, Arms, and Islam: Understanding the Conflict in Sudan

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Manhattan Institute 

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

 McCrary Institute

 McKinsey & Company

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 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

 Naval War College

 Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal  

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

 Stanford Internet Observatory

  • Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2023, v. 1, no. 5 
    • Displaying News Source Trustworthiness Ratings Reduces Sharing Intentions for False News Posts
    • Content Moderators’ Strategies for Coping with the Stress of Moderating Content Online
    • Listen to What They Say: Better Understand and Detect Online Misinformation with User Feedback
    • Transparency Reporting: The UK Regulatory Perspective
    • Misinformation in Virtual Reality
    • Addressing Hateful and Misleading Content in the Metaverse

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

 UK Ministry of Defense

 UK Parliament

 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 Wilson Center

 World Bank