Friday's Miscellany 08-18-2023

 38 North

• North Korea’s Energy Sector: Unrealized Wind and Tidal Power Potential 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Africa’s Interests in Strengthening the United Nations System 
• Sudan Conflict Straining Fragility of Its Neighbors (updated on August 9, 2023) 

 Air University Press

• Beyond the Pale: Designing Military Decision-Making Anew 
• Improving Military Stability Operations: The Case for a Stabilization Command

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Defense Authorization Highlights and Conference Issues 

 American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

• New Strategies of Transnational European-U.S. Right-Wing Extremist Combat Sports Networks 

 Amnesty International

• Egypt’s “Decade of Shame”:  Unrelenting Assault on Human Rights Since Rabaa Massacre 
• “I Don’t Have a Future”: Stateless Kuwaitis and the Right to Education 

 Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

• The Sudanese Crisis: On the Field, Foreign Influences, and Projections 

 Army Center of Military History

• Army History Magazine, Spring 2023, no. 127 
• “Opening New Fields of Freedom”: The 9th United States Colored Infantry
• Toot Sweet: Three Different Pieces Converge To Tell One Story
• Engine of Desegregation: The European Theater of Operations Voluntary Transfer Program of 1945

 Atlantic Council

• Biases Blind Us to the Risk of Chinese Military Intervention in Korea 
• Digital Identities and Border Cultures:  The limits of Technosolutionism in the Management of Human Mobility 
• How Modern Militaries Are Leveraging AI 
• Protecting Point-to-Point Messaging Apps:  Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United States 
• United States and its Allies Must Be Ready to Deter a Two-Front War and Nuclear Attacks in East Asia 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Getting Regulation Right:  Approaches to Improving Australia’s Cybersecurity 
• Incels in Australia:  The Ideology, the Threat, and a Way Forward 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• From Neuroweapons to ‘Neuroshields’: Safeguarding Brain Capital for National Security 

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

• Democracy and the Liberal World Order Amid the Rise of Authoritarianism 
• The Future of Energy Value Chains in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: An Evaluation Framework of Integration and Segmentation Scenarios 

 Brookings Institution

• How to be a “Cheap Hawk” in the 2020s:  Limiting Defense Budgets to 1% Annual Real Growth 
• Return of the Enemy:  Putin’s War on Ukraine and a Cognitive Blockage in Western Security Policy 

 Canada. Department of National Defence

• Canadian Military Journal, Spring 2023,  v. 23, no. 2 
• Reflections on Leadership Training
• Whither Professional Military Education: Socialization, Learning, and Culture Change in the Canadian Armed Forces
• The Ethical Imperative: Truth, Reconciliation, and the Royal Military College Experience
• The Arbour Report and Beyond
• After Arbour — “Reimagining” RMC
• Whither RMC — RMC’s Brand Problem
• Ground Based Air Defence: Canada, Potential Threats and Allied Responses
• The NATO Field School and Simulation Program

 Cato Institute

• Corking Russian Gas:  Global Economic and Political Considerations 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• The Future of Civilians in National Security: Challenges and Opportunities 

 Center for Climate Security (CCS)

• Feeding Resilience: A Review of Policies at the Intersection of Climate Change, Food Security and National Security Policy 

 Center for Global Development

• Taking Stock of Organizations with Impact Evaluation Capacity Headquartered in sub-Saharan Africa: A New Database and Landscaping Analysis 

 Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

• Pracademic Affairs, August 2023, v. 3 
• Global Pandemics are Extinction-level Events and Should not be Coordinated Solely through National or Jurisdictional Emergency Management 
• Examining Trends, Impacts, Drivers, and Policy Implications of Active School Shooter Incidents: A Research Overview 
• Incorporating Disability, Accessibility, and Functional Needs Populations in Hospital Emergency Planning: A New York City Case Study 

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

• A Template for Voluntary Corporate Reporting on Data Governance, Cybersecurity, and AI 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Assessing South Korea’s AI Ecosystem 
• U.S. and Chinese Military AI Purchases:  An Assessment of Military Procurement Data between April and November 2020 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Caucasus Analytical Digest
• No. 134: Ramifications of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Rivalry beyond the Spotlight 

 Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University

• Georgetown Security Studies Review, August 2023, v. 11, no. 1 
• An Analysis of Israel’s Counter-Hezbollah Strategy
• Loyal Principles: The Logic of a French Return to NATO After the Cold War
• Reframing Proxy War Thinking: Temporal Advantage, Strategic Flexibility, and Attrition
• When an Intelligence Agency Loses Its Mind: An Analysis of the KGB’s Operation RYAN and What It Means for Russia’s War against Ukraine
• Turning Grievance and Vulnerability Into Violence: Lessons on Identity-Based Conflict from the United States and Overseas
• Gender Roles and Military Necessity: Women’s Inclusion in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
• Spies in the Skies: Analyzing the Development of the U.S. Commercial Satellite Industry vis-à-vis the Hermit Kingdom
• Alt-ternative Perspective: Can Gang Classification Mitigate the Threat of Violent Extremism?
• The Worst Menace to Society: Turkey’s Approach to Digital Censorship
• Lessons Learned and Neglected: Germany and the Viability of the Offensive Before World War I

 Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

• Best Practices for Generating Space Environment Specifications with Modern Tools 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

• Evaluate Like We Operate: Why the Department of Defense Should Evaluate Weapons Systems as Networked Force Packages, Not Individual Platforms 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• China’s Emergence as a Superpower 
• Cyberattack on Civilian Critical Infrastructures in a Taiwan Scenario 
• Quantum Can't Be Business as Usual:  Issues for the Reauthorization of the National Quantum Initiative 
• Russia Is Still Progressing in Africa.  What's the Limit? 

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

• Not Just Words: Grappling with the Doxing of Civilians in War 
• Point and Shoot’: How Technology Blurs the Lines between Civilians and Combatants 

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

• Myanmar on Fire: The Increased Use of Fires between September 2022 and January 2023 
• Two Years of Taliban Rule: Documenting Human Rights Abuses Using Open Source 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Aligning ESG and SDGs at the Urban Level 
• Encouraging Farmer Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the United States 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Russian influence in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro 

 Cold War and Internal Security (CWIS) Collection

• Congress and Countersubversion in the 20th Century: Aspects and Legacies 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• The Compound Era of U.S. Counterterrorism 

 Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform

• Interim Report 
• Summary 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Sequestration Update Report: August 2023 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• Feeding Resilience: A Review of Policies at the Intersection of Climate Change, Food Security and National Security Policy 

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

• Security Nexus, 2023, v. 24   
• Emerging New Military Technologies in Northeast Asia and Implications for South Korean Defense Strategy 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Bridging Adaptation Action and Research: Key Insights from Peer-to-Peer Learning across the Adaptation Research Alliance 
• Implementing the Global Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali 

 Defense Management Institute (DMI)

• Strengthening Defense Management: History and Lessons from the Department of Defense Deputy/Chief Management Officer 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• 2023 Biodefense Posture Review 
• 2023 Military Service Academies On-Site Installation Evaluation Report 
• Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
• August 14, 2023 
• Secretary of Defense Memorandum on Department Actions to Transform the Climate and Help Prevent Harmful Behaviors at the U.S. Military Service Academies 

 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2023-105 Management Advisory: U.S. European Command Security Classification Guidance for Ukraine Assistance 
• DODIG-2023-109 Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena 
• Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 /

 Department of State Inspector General

• Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 

 Department of the Air Force

• NDAA 2023 Mandated Independent Review of USD (R&E) Microelectronics Quantifiable Assurance Effort 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• A “Green Revolution” for Sub-Saharan Africa? Challenges and Opportunities 

 European Parliament Think Tank

• The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Two Years On: Unpacking Early Evidence - European Implementation Assessment 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• EU Lessons from the Evacuation of Kabul:
• Part 1 – What Went Wrong? The Decision-Making Moments 
• Part 2 – Critical Factors in the Failure to Prepare for Evacuation 
• Soldiers Out, Civilians Left Behind: EU Lessons from the Evacuation of Kabul 

 European Union (EU)

• Key Figures on Europe - 2023 Edition 
• Towards a Fair and Sustainable Europe 2050: Social and Economic Choices in Sustainability Transitions 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• The Role of Germany and Poland in European Defence: Tensions and Opportunities 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Wagner Group Licks its Wounds in Belarus 
• Zimbabwe at the Crossroads: 2023 Election Will Determine its Future 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

• China’s Use of Drones in the Sino-Indian Border Dispute: A Concrete Example of Civil-Military Integration 

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

• Ensuring Ukraine’s Security 
• Nuclear Rhetoric and Escalation Management in Russia’s War against Ukraine: A Chronology 
• Religious Policy in Uzbekistan 
• Russian Missiles and the European Sky Shield Initiative 
• UN Peacekeeping in Africa:  The End of a Cycle? 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Atlantic Connections: The PCC and the Brazil-West Africa Cocaine Trade 
• Closing Pandora's Box: UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations 
• Organized Crime in the Mekong 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Discrepancies Between Social Media Policy and User Experience: A Preliminary Study of Extremist Content 
• Examining Support for the 2023 Brazilian Coup Attempt: Gender Stereotypes and Occupational Trends in a Radicalised Digital Ecosystem 
• Meta Terror?: The Threats and Challenges of the Metaverse 
• A Move from Nazism to Nationalism: Changes in Far-Right Online Discourse Post-Ukraine Conflict 

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

• Building Peace, the Feminist Foreign Policy Way: Good Practices 

 Globsec

• Pre-election Monitoring of Facebook in Slovak Information Space (2nd ed)  

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Disaster Recovery: HUD Should Develop Data Collection Guidance to Support Analysis of Block Grant Fraud Risks GAO-23-104382 
• DOD Reviews and Responses to GAO Reports: First Semiannual Report Examining Delays GAO-23-106583 
• National Nuclear Security Administration: Assessments of Major Projects GAO-23-104402 
• National Transportation Safety Board: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management and Operations GAO-23-105853 
• Personnel Vetting: DOD Needs a Reliable Schedule and Cost Estimate for the National Background Investigation Services Program GAO-23-105670 
• Public Health Preparedness: HHS Reserve Funding for Emergencies GAO-23-106102 

 Henry Jackson Society

• Winter is Coming: How the UK Should Respond to Russia’s Weaponisation of Energy Sources This Winter 

 Heritage Foundation

• Political Discrimination Threatens U.S. Foreign Assistance 
• Rebuilding America’s Maritime Strength:  A Shipping Proof-of-Concept Demonstration 

 Hudson Institute

• Strength in Unity: A Sustainable US-Led Regional Security Construct in the Middle East 

 Human Rights Watch

• “Living a Nightmare”: Haiti Needs an Urgent Rights-Based Response to Escalating Crisis 
• “They Fired on Us Like Rain”: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Enabling Equity: Why Universal Broadband Access Rates Matter 
• Preserving US Biopharma Leadership: Why Small, Research-Intensive Firms Matter in the US Innovation Ecosystem 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

• India–Bangladesh Trade Settlement in Indian Rupee 
• The Irreligious, Inauthentic Narrative of ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ 
• Missile Defence and China 
• South America’s ‘Lithium Triangle Countries’ and Green Transition 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Assessing the Development of Taiwanese Identity 
• EU-U.S. Convergence on China Chip Sanctions: On Brittle Ground? 

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• More than Borders: Effects of EU Interventions on Migration in the Sahel 

 Institute for the Study of War

• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• August 18 
• Iran Update
• August 14 
• August 15 
• August 16 
• August 17 
• August 18 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• August 14 
• August 15 
• August 16 
• August 17 
• August 18 
• August 19 
• August 20 
• Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update
• August 16 

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

• What Do We Mean When We Talk about ‘Resilience’ to Violent Extremism?’ 

 International Crisis Group

• Iran’s Khuzestan: Thirst and Turmoil 
• Navigating Venezuela’s Political Deadlock: The Road to Elections 
• Transnational Crime and Geopolitical Contestation along the Mekong 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

• Full, Equal, Meaningful, and Safe: Creating Enabling Environments for Women’s Participation in Libya 

 Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

• The Impact of Technology on Governance: Towards an Effective Administrative Reform in Lebanon 
• Re-energizing Lebanon: 5 Steps to Rebuilding Lebanon's Collapsed Electricity Sector 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, August 18, 2023, v. 23, no. 15 
• China’s Floods and Party Priorities
• Xi’s Mismanagement Fuels Political Scandals and Exacerbates Economic Woes
• The PRC’s “One Family” Concept and Taiwanese Views of a Cross-Strait Familial
• The No Limits Partnership: PRC Weapons Support for Russia
• A Belt and Road to Nowhere? Italy on the Frontlines of Europe’s Changing Strategy Toward China

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

• Special Warfare, August 2023, v. 36, no. 1
• TRADOC's Training Revolution: TRADOC 50th Anniversary
• Army Special Operations Community Conducts First-Ever Heritage Week
• Distinguished & Honorary Members of the Regiments

 Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

• Resilience and Reciprocity: The Future of Partnership Amidst Strategic Simultaneity 

 MITRE

• MITRE’s Response to the DOT RFI on Advanced Air Mobility 

 National Academies Press 

• Realistic Timing Estimates for Automated Vehicle Implementation 

 National Defence University (Pakistan)               

• Margalla Papers 2023, 27, v. no. 1 
• Navigating the Path towards Geoeconomics: An Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for Pakistan
• EU Fast Track Membership: Can It Help Ukraine Resolve Its Real Problems?
• Hypersonic Weapon Systems – A New Wave of Arms Race in the Indian Ocean Region
• Strategic Considerations Overriding the Non-Proliferation Priorities: An Analysis of Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal
• Biden Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review and American Nuclear Policy: A Critical Overview
• Strategic Opportunity, Security Dilemma and the Interplay of Interests: Russia, China and the US in the Arctic Region since 2014
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Afghanistan: Interests and Limitations
• US’ Taiwan Strategy: An Instrument to Contain China
• The Charm Offensive of China: Assessing the Role of Digital Silk Road in Fostering Sino-EU Economic Integration
• Pakistan's Security Relations with Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis
• Revisiting Thailand's Paranoia: SEATO as a Safeguard against Vietnam Syndrome
• Pakistan-India Bilateral Relations and Application of Environmental Peacebuilding
• Conceptualising the Role of India iIn North Korea`s Denuclearisation
• Religiously Motivated Politics in Democratic India under the BJP Government
• Role of Pakistani Female Peacekeepers in Enhancing International Humanitarian Law: Opportunities and Challenges

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• How to Unsettle an Alliance:  Subordinate Extended Deterrence to Antiquated Arms Control Initiatives 

 National Security Archive

• The Romanian Section of the Comintern 

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Unnecessary Repetition: Russia’s Latest Attempt at a New UN Convention on Cyberspace 

 Naval War College

• China Maritime Report No. 30: A Brief Technical History of PLAN Nuclear Submarines 
• International Law Studies, 2023, v. 100, issue 1 
• Prisoner of War Status and Nationals of a Detaining Power 

 NYC Pandemic Response Institute

• Community Level Data on the Impact of COVID-19 in NYC 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Ending Africa’s Chronic Food Insecurity: What the G20 Can Do 
• Filling the Blanks: Putting Gender into Military A.I. 
• Giant Pandas and Puppies, Moon Rocks and Mangoes: Gift Giving in Diplomacy 
• A Kautilyan View of India’s Non-Zero-Sum Game in the Neighbourhood 
• Locating Sri Lanka in Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy 
• The Millennial Manifesto: Aspirations for a Sustainable India 

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

• Addressing Racially Motivated Crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: Towards Effective and Non-Discriminatory Policing 

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• Biden's New Outbound Investment Restrictions with China Are a Sensible Compromise, but Further Tightening Is Likely 
• CPTPP Countries Should Use Recent Momentum To Expand and Upgrade the Trade Agreement 

 Pew Research Center

• Growing Share of Americans Favor More Nuclear Power 
• Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy 60 Years After the March on Washington 
• What Americans Know About AI, Cybersecurity and Big Tech 

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy Studies (STEPS) 2023, no. 8 
• Values, Strategy, and America's Competitive Posture
• Want US Semiconductor Leadership? Fix the Tax Code
• Reinvigorating Innovation for National Security
• The Concept of an Economic Warfare Operations Capability (EWOC)
• Prospects for US Sources of Energy

 Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

• Politics of Sports in the Middle East 

 RAND Corporation

• A Brief Overview of Emerging Vaccine Technologies for Pandemic Preparedness 
• Conference Proceedings on Indian and U.S. Security Cooperation:  Defense Production, Indo-Pacific Region, and Afghanistan 
• Creating Readiness Metrics for the Army Civilian Workforce: A Way Ahead for Integrating Readiness into Civilian Workforce Planning 
• Deterring Russia and Iran:  Improving Effectiveness and Finding Efficiencies 
• Resisting Russia:  Insights into Ukraine's Civilian-Based Actions During the First Four Months of the War in 2022 
• Russian Military Personnel Policy and Proficiency: Reforms and Trends, 1991–2021 

 Small Arms Survey

• The Body Count: Controlling Populations in South Sudan’s Unity State 

 Small Wars Journal

• From Terrorist Organizations to Cocaine Groups in Colombia: Is ELN the Next? 
• Irregular Warfare Strategy Policy Friction: Perpetual Disruption is not Victory, or is It? 
• Saving Taxpayer Money and Bolstering Ukraine's Defense: The Case for Transferring HIMARS Rockets 
• Ukraine Demining Conference – American University in Kyiv – May 19, 2023 

 Swisspeace

• Accounting for Private Military and Security Actors: Three Considerations for the New Agenda for Peace 

 Taylor & Francis

• Defence Studies, 2023
• How can Systemic Perspectives on Defence Capability Development be Strengthened? [open access article] 
• The Impact of External Support on Coalition Efficiency: The Case of the G5 Sahel Joint Force [open access article] 
• Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: The Primacy of Logistics over Strategy [open access article] 
• The Strengthened Role of the European Union in Defence: The Case of the Military Mobility Project [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2023
• Doing Gender and Professional Identity: Inclusion and Exclusion of Female Civilians in Criminal Investigations [open access article] 
• Revisiting the Demeanour Effect: A Video-Observational Analysis of Encounters between Law Enforcement Officers and Citizens in Amsterdam [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• Climate Change and Health: A Security Challenge in the Pacific Islands 
• Power Competition, Stillborn Democracies and the Rise of Neo-Authoritarians: The Case of India 

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

• Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP)
• JDP 2-00, Intelligence, Counter-intelligence and Security Support to Joint Operations (4th ed.) 
• JDP 3-51, Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (3rd ed. version 2) 

 UN Women

• Men, masculinities and humanitarian settings: A Mapping of the State of Research and Practice-Based Evidence 

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

• Achieving Climate Security 

 V-Dem Institute

• Chains in Episodes of Democratization 
• Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding 
• Education Policies and Systems across Modern History: A Global Dataset 
• How Lower Levels of Corruption in Democracies Prevented COVID Deaths 
• Quality Assessment of the Academic Freedom Index: Strengths, Weaknesses, and How Best to Use It 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Closing Washington’s China Gap with Middle East Partners 

 World Bank

• Assessment and Options Analysis of Climate and Nature Financing Instruments and Opportunities: Summary Note on Financing for Climate and Nature 
• Built to Include: Reimagining Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa 

 World Resources Institute (WRI)

• Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators