Monday, January 29, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 1-19-2023 & 1-26-2023

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Army War College Press

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian National University Press

 Australian Signals Directorate

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canada. Department of National Defence

  • Canadian Military Journal, Summer 2023,  v. 23, no. 3 
    • Editorial: Transforming Military Cultures
    • Getting to the Root of the Problem: Understanding and Changing Canadian Military Culture
    • “I’m Not Your Typical White Soldier”: Interrogating Whiteness and Power in the Canadian Armed Forces
    • Supporting Military Families: Challenging or Reinforcing Patriarchy?
    • Understanding and Addressing Opposition to Transforming Military Cultures: Moving from Technical and Humanist to Critical Learning
    • Trauma and Military Cultures: Transformation Through Community
    • Anticipating Future Culture Struggles Over Contested Military Identities
    • Gender Identity, Professional Identity, and Military Culture: Challenges in the Implementation of Gender Policies in the Argentinian Armed Forces
    • Women’s Deployment Experiences: Safety, Barriers, and CAF Culture Change
    • Hidden in Plain Sight: Ritual Items as Inhibitors to Culture Change
    • Feminism and the Military: Misconceptions and Possibilities
    • What We Mean by Culture – Reflections from the Chief Professional Conduct and Culture
    • Youth Perspectives on Military Culture Change

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Independent Studies

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)          

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, January 2024, v. 17, no. 1 
    • Taliban Rule at 2.5 Years
    • Generating Terror: The Risks of Generative AI Exploitation
    • The Online Frontline: Decoding al-Shabaab’s Social Media Strategy
    • Is Left-Wing Terrorism Making a Comeback in Germany? Analyzing the “Engel – Guntermann Network”

 Conflict Armament Research

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Costs of War Project

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG) 

  • DODIG-2024-043 Evaluation of the DoD’s Enhanced End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine 
  • DODIG-2024-045 Audit of DoD Use of the Government Purchase Card in Response to the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic 
  • DODIG-2024-046  Management Advisory: Leahy Vetting of DoD-Trained Ukrainian Armed Forces 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-24-09 CISA Needs to Improve Collaboration to Enhance Cyber Resiliency in the Water and Wastewater Sector   
  • OIG-24-11 Summary of Selected DHS Components that Did Not Consistently Restrict Access to Systems and Information 
  • OIG-24-16 ICE Major Surgeries Were Not Always Properly Reviewed and Approved for Medical Necessity 

 Department of State

 Department of the Navy

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)              

 European Council on Foreign Relations                 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

European Union (EU)

 European Union CT MORSE  

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)                

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Cloud Security: Federal Authorization Program Usage Increasing, but Challenges Need to Be Fully Addressed GAO-24-106591 
  • Coast Guard: Improved Reporting on Domestic Icebreaking Performance Could Clarify Resource Needs and Tradeoffs GAO-24-106619 
  • Federal Regulation: Selected Emerging Technologies Highlight the Need for Legislative Analysis and Enhanced Coordination GAO-24-106122   
  • Federal Telework: Interior Can Benefit from Strategic Workforce Planning and Following Key Practices GAO-24-107162 
  • Federal Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve the Transfer of Personnel Security Clearances and Other Vetting Determinations GAO-24-105669 
  • Food Safety: FDA Should Finalize Plans to Implement Its Rule to Help Trace Source of Outbreaks GAO-24-106563 
  • Foreign Assistance: Agencies Allocated $8.4 Billion Congressionally Directed Funds to Advance U.S. Goals in the Indo-Pacific Region GAO-24-106371 
  • Foreign Investments in U.S. Agricultural Land: Enhancing Efforts to Collect, Track, and Share Key Information Could Better Identify National Security Risks GAO-24-106337 
  • Forensic Technology: Algorithms Offer Benefits for Criminal Investigations, but a Range of Factors Can Affect Outcomes GAO-24-107206 
  • National Nuclear Security Administration: Better Performance Tracking and Documentation Needed for Minor Construction Projects GAO-24-105848 
  • Public Health Preparedness: HHS Emergency Agency Needs to Strengthen Workforce Planning GAO-24-106108 
  • U.S. Ports of Entry: Update on CBP Public-Private Partnerships GAO-24-107058 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 IJ Infinity Group

  • Military Strategy Magazine, Winter 2024, v. 9, no. 2  
    • Deterring War without Threatening War: Rehabilitating the West’s Risk-averse Approach to Deterrence
    • Erich Ludendorff: Failed Strategist or War Visionary? Rereading Ludendorff in Light of the War in Ukraine
    • How France's Lack of a Strategy in West Africa Indirectly Led to the Coups D’états
    • Principles and Pitfalls for the Budding Strategist
    • Making Sound Strategy: Back to the Basics of Ends, Ways, and Means
    • Rule Guided Behavior and Violence – A Cultural Evolutionary Strategy to Foster Peaceful Cultural Entities

 IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)  

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

 Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)

 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 Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, January 19, 2024, v. 24, no. 2 
    • ‘Self-Revolution’ Suggests Stronger CCDI Mandate
    • Admiral Hu Zhongming: The Chinese Navy’s ‘Multi-Faceted’ New Leader
    • A Greater Bay Area: China’s Initiative To Build A New Silicon Valley
    • China’s Universal Periodic Review Tracks Its Influence At The UN
    • GM Soybeans And China’s Food Security Dilemma
  • Terrorism Monitor, January 12, 2024, v. 22, no. 1 
    • Brief: Is Boko Haram Bracing for Another ‘Quiet’ Year in 2024?
    • Brief: Indonesian Counter-Terrorism Forces on Edge Ahead of Elections
    • European Sting Operations Target Suspected Hamas Operatives
    • Pakistani Army Chief Faces Uphill Battle in Effort to Reset Relations with Washington
    • Rising Anti-China Sentiment in Balochistan Threatens Increased Attacks on Chinese Interests in Pakistan

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

  • Special Warfare, January 2024, v. 36, no. 2 
    • Useful Fiction: Operation Black Ditch
    • USAJKSDCS Continuous Transformation and Modernization, Visualizing SWCS 2030 with Voices of ARSOF
    • RUSIC: Empowering the Army's Special Operations Soldier with Unmanned Systems
    • PSYWAR School: For the Range of Military Operations
    • Improving the "U" in ARSOF
    • FM 3-53: Transforming Army Influence Activities
    • Master Sgt. David K. Thuma Noncommissioned Officer Academy: Professional Military Education for our Next Enlisted Leaders
    • The Special Forces Warrant Officer Institute: Army Excellence Personified
    • Irregular Warfare Academy: Origins

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)

 Marine Corps History Division

  • Marine Corps History Magazine, Winter 2023, v. 9, no. 2 
    • An Odyssey through “Satan’s Kingdom”: Marines at the 1863 Night Attack on Fort Sumter and Their Experiences as Prisoners of War
    • From Mascot to Marine:  The Long Walk to the American Military Dog Program
    • An “Entirely Different Ballgame”: The Marine Corps and NATO Exercises in Arctic Norway, 1978–86
    • The Landing and Liberation: A Historiography of the Korean War’s Operation Chromite, September 1950
    • Corporal Daniel Clay Arnold, 15 July 1925–5 March 2023 [In Memoriam]

 Marine Corps University Press

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mitchell Institute

 MITRE

 Monmouth University, Department of Criminal Justice

  • Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education, 2023, v.17    
    • A Complex Adaptive Systems Theory of Homeland Security
    • From Practice to Theory
    • Theoretical Pathways to Terrorism, Crime, and Mass Shootings
    • Integrating Theory into Emergency Management Courses
    • Studying Learning in Action: A Scoping Review and Cross-Disciplinary Discussion of Conceptualizing Learning in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Education
    • Teaching Intersectionality: Conceptualizing Layered Vulnerability to Advance Social Equity and Resilience
    • Cooperation Theory in National Security
    • Turning Concept into Practice: Preparing Undergraduate Students to Manage Crises Utilizing a Virtual Tabletop Exercise
    • Biological Security and Bioterrorism: Infectious Disease-Related Risk, Theory, Practice, and Education
    • From New Knowledge to Community Outcomes: A Translational Research Model for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
    • Straighten Up and Fly Right: Organizational Theory and the Federal Air Marshal Service

 National Academies Press  

 National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

  • Canadian Military Journal, Summer 2023, v. 23, no. 3 
    • Getting to the Root of the Problem: Understanding and Changing Canadian Military Culture
    • “I’m Not Your Typical White Soldier”: Interrogating Whiteness and Power in the Canadian Armed Forces
    • Supporting Military Families: Challenging or Reinforcing Patriarchy?
    • Understanding and Addressing Opposition to Transforming Military Cultures: Moving from Technical and Humanist to Critical Learning 
    • Trauma and Military Cultures: Transformation Through Community
    • Anticipating Future Culture Struggles Over Contested Military Identities
    • Gender Identity, Professional Identity, and Military Culture: Challenges in the Implementation of Gender Policies in the Argentinian Armed Forces
    • Women’s Deployment Experiences: Safety, Barriers, and CAF Culture Change
    • Hidden in Plain Sight: Ritual Items as Inhibitors to Culture Change 
    • Feminism and the Military: Misconceptions and Possibilities
    • What We Mean by Culture – Reflections from the Chief Professional Conduct and Culture
    • Youth Perspectives on Military Culture Change

 National Defence University (Pakistan)

  • ISSRA Papers (Journal of Governance and Public Policy) v. 15, 2023 
    • Criminal Justice System of Pakistan
    • Analysing the Role of Religion in Political Structure of Pakistan
    • Role of Social Media in COVID-19: Evidence From Pakistan
    • Racism and Global Governance in the Era of Globalisation
    • Re-Visiting the Traditional Conflict: Analysis of Kashmir Dispute Using Constructivist Framework
    • Under the Spectre of Insecurity Making Sense of the Formation of Pakistan’s National Narrative: A Realist Perspective
    • Critical Issues of Governance in Pakistan: Strategies And Solutions
    • Civil Services Reforms: A Road to Comprehensive National Security of Pakistan
    • Role of Media in Inciting Violence in the Society: The Case Study of Aurat March
    • Pakistan Air Lines (PIA) – A Case Study
  • Margalla Papers 2023, 27, v. no. 2 
    • Ramifications of India’s Naval Build-Up in Nuclear Realms
    • Strategic Transformations: India's Pursuit of Counterforce Targeting and Regional Stability
    • Potential Impact of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia
    • South China Sea: The Chinese Approach
    • Unveiling Dualities: US Rhetoric and Reality in Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation under Trump and Biden Administrations
    • Integrated Deterrence: Relevance & Implications for South Asia
    • Dynamics of Regional Integration in South Asia: Lessons from the European Union
    • Unraveling Pakistan-Afghanistan Strategic Relations in the Post-US Withdrawal Era
    • Role of Maritime Strategy in Russian Foreign Policy: A Case Study of Black Sea

 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

 National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 NATO

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 New America

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS)

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

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Pacific Forum

  • Comparative Connections, v. 25, no. 3, September-December 2023 
    • The “Year of Elections” is Upon Us!
    • As Good as it Gets?
    • Biden-Xi Woodside Summit and the Slow Rehabilitation of US-PRC Ties
    • Calm in the Storm
    • One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
    • Washington Doubles Down on Key Partners
    • Beijing Moderates Criticisms Selectively
    • Taiwan Voters Choose Independence
    • Both Koreas Ditch Their Border Accord
    • A Subdued Environment and Missed Opportunities
    • The Sparring Continues
    • The Year 2023—Major Turning Point and Blossoming Cooperation
    • From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics
    • A Year of India Everything Everywhere All at Once

 Pew Center

 Policy Studies Organization

  • Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Fall 2023,  v. 4, no. 1 
    • Revolutionizing the Global Electricity System through Multi-Day Battery Storage
    • Editorial: Artificial Intelligence – A Perspective
    • Cybersecurity Preparedness of Critical Infrastructure: A National Review
    • PJM: Charting the Path to the Grid of the Future
    • In the Polycrisis Era, Infrastructure Defenders Need to Broaden, Not Tighten, Their Focus
    • New SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Protocols: Enhanced Transparency, Short Deadlines
    • National Infrastructure Bank: A Permanent Solution and Timely Budget Workaround
    • Archival Section: Overview
    • Progress toward Resilient Infrastructures: Are we falling behind the pace of events and changing threats?
    • Energy Supply Changes and Change
    • Electromagnetic Pulse Resilience of United States Critical Infrastructure: Progress and Prognosis
    • The 2021 Texas Electric Grid Failure: Causes, Consequences and Cures
    • Nuclear Policy in the States: A National Review
    • Incentivizing Good Governance Beyond Regulatory Minimums: The Civil Nuclear Sector
    • Evolution and Trends of Industrial Control System Cyber Incidents since 2017

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 Rand 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) 

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

  • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), January 2024, v. 16, no. 1 
    • Annual Threat Assessment
    • Global Threat Assessment
    • Southeast Asia
    • South Asia
    • Central Asia
    • The Middle East
    • Digital Shadows: Key Trends in Online Extremist Narratives and Activities
    • Extreme Right in the West

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Winter 2023/24, no. 37  
    • Religious Mobilisation to Terrorism and Implications for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Abdullah Azzam
    • Outsider Women: Understanding Women’s Roles in White Supremacist Deradicalization
    • Social Cohesion. A Basis for the Primary Prevention of Radicalisation in Cities
    • When Terrorist Disengagement Processes Are Consistent with Previous Violent Radicalization: Two Case Studies
    • Gender Constructions in the Prevention of and Deradicalization from Islamism in Germany

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 24-10-FA USAID’s Afghanistan Measure for Accountability and Transparency Project: Audit of Costs Incurred by Management Systems International Inc. 
  • SIGAR 24-11-AR Implementing Partner Vetting in Afghanistan: The USAID Mission to Afghanistan Complied with Vetting Requirements but USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Did Not 

 Stimson Center

 Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Strategic Trade Research Institute (STRI)

  • Strategic Trade Review, Winter/Spring 2023, no. 10  
    • The Devolution of Export Controls: Rethinking their Use in Technological Competition
    • The 1540 Nonproliferation Regime and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2663 (2022): What’s Been Achieved and What Lies Ahead
    • Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition: Implications for the Existing Landscape and the Need for a New Multilateral Trade Review Regime
    • Assessing Intangible Technology Transfer in North Korea’s Nuclear International Collaboration Networks
    • Building A Resilient Strategic Trade Control System in the Kyrgyz Republic
    • To Share or Not to Share?: The Challenge of Controlled Technologies in Research and Development (R&D)

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

 UN Ukraine

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum

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