Thursday, November 30, 2023

Friday's Miscellany 11-17-2023 & 11-24-2023

 38 North

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, November-December 2023, v. 6, no. 8 
    • Secretary Anthony Blinken at the 8th Annual CSIS Republic of Korea-United States Strategic Forum, 25 September 2023
    • Kim's Nukes, Yoon's Qualms: Strengthening the US Nuclear Umbrella over South Korea
    • Irregular Influence: Combating Malign Chinese Communist Party Actions in Southeast Asia
    • China's Increasing Space Power and India-China Orbital Competitions: Implications in the Indo-Pacific with a Focus on South Asia
    • Securing the Digital Seabed: Countering China's Underwater Ambitions
    • China's Authoritarian Grip: How China Reinforces Social Control, Cultivates a Climate of Feat and Minimizes Dissent
    • China's Security Agreement with the Solomon Islands: Wider Implications for Geopolitics in the South Pacific
    • The Nuclear Revolution: Fact or Fiction?

 Amnesty International

 Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

 Army University Press

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Signals Directorate 

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Brookings Institution

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Chatham House

 Congress. House.  Committee on Homeland Security

 Congress. House. Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Costello College of Business (George Mason University)

 Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)

 Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of the Navy (DON)

 Duke Sanford School of Public Policy

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)            

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

 European Defence Agency

 European Union (EU)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

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

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

 Global Financial Integrity

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Google

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Coast Guard: Asset, Workforce, and Technology Challenges Continue to Affect Law Enforcement Missions GAO-24-107144 
  • COVID-19: Insights from Fraud Schemes and Federal Response Efforts GAO-24-106353 
  • Coast Guard: Issues and Policies Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity of Service Members GAO-24-106436 
  • COVID-19: Insights and Actions for Fraud Prevention GAO-24-107157 
  • COVID-19 Relief Funds: State Experiences Could Inform Future Federal Relief Funding GAO-24-106152 
  • Department of Homeland Security: Reporting on Border Security Metrics Could Be Improved GAO-24-106277 
  • Federal Grants: Numerous Programs Provide Cybersecurity Support to State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments GAO-24-106223 
  • Federal Real Property: Agencies Should Provide More Information About Increases in Deferred Maintenance and Repair GAO-24-105485 
  • Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities Exist to Improve COVID-19 and Other Grant Subaward Data on USAspending.gov GAO-24-106237 
  • Federal Workforce: Data Reveal Minor Demographic Changes 2011-2021 GAO-24-105924 
  • National Guard Youth Challenge Program: Actions Needed to Enhance Oversight and Assess Performance GAO-24-106172 
  • National Nuclear Security Administration: Update on Actions to Manage Production Challenges at the Kansas City Site GAO-24-105858 
  • Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Are Implementing Programs to Manage Foreign Risks and Plan Further Refinement GAO-24-106400 
  • Student Loans: Education Should Proactively Manage Fraud Risks in Any Future Debt Relief Efforts GAO-24-107142 
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Use of Other Transaction Agreements in Water Development Projects GAO-24-106746 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Human Rights Watch

 Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

 Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

 Institute for Science, and International Security

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)    

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Center for Counter Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Ireland Department of Defence

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • Terrorism Monitor, November 17,  2023, v. 21, no. 22 
    • Brief: Western Far-Right Aligns with Pro-Palestinian Activists After Hamas’ 10/7 Attacks
    • Brief: Window of Opportunity for Peace Between ISGS and JNIM Closes
    • Hezbollah’s Calculations in the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza
    • TPNPB Rebels Adopt New Tactics in Indonesia’s West Papua Province

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Mitchell Institute

 MITRE 

 National Academies Press 

 National Intelligence Council (NIC)

 National Security Archive

 Naval War College

 Pacific Forum

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

 RAND

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Defence and Security Exports

 UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

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

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia

 Uyghur Human Rights Project

 White House

 Wilson Center