Sunday, April 21, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 04-12-2024 & 04-19-2024

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), March 2024, v. 31, no. 3  
    • Tobacco and Nicotine Use among Active Component U.S. Military Service Members: A Comparison of 2018 Estimates from the Health Related Behaviors Survey and the Periodic Health Assessment  
    • Coverage of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) within the Active Duty U.S. Military, 2023
    • Surveillance Snapshot: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Prescriptions within the Active Component of the U.S. Military, 2023
    • Surveillance Snapshot: A Comparison of the Rate of HIV Incidence in the Active Component U.S. Military with the U.S. Population in 2021
    • Mid-Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates among DOD Populations: A Composite of Data Presented at VRBPAC—the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee—2024 Meeting on Influenza Vaccine Strain Selection for the 2024-2025 Influenza Season
    • Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities through Week 5, Ending February 3, 2024

 Army War College Press

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Defence Force

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace       

 Carnegie Europe

 Cato Institute

 Center for American Progress

 Center for Climate Security (CCS)

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
    • No. 5: Impact of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Agriculture 

 Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 College of Europe

 Congress. House Armed Services Committee

 Congress. Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Geostrategy

 CR2

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Innovation Unit

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2024-073 Evaluation of the DoD Agreements for the Industry Connections Initiative 
  • DODIG-2024-075 Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency Oversight of Defense Fuel Support Points 

 Department of State

 Department of the Navy

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

 EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)              

 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 Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)  

 French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

 George Washington University, The Russia Program

 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

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

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aviation Safety: Federal Efforts to Address Unauthorized Drone Flights Near Airports GAO-24-107195 
  • Coast Guard: Aircraft Fleet and Aviation Workforce Assessments Needed GAO-24-106374 
  • Coast Guard Health Care: Information on Telehealth Usage GAO-24-106784
  • Counternarcotics: DOD Should Improve Coordination and Assessment of Its Activities GAO-24-106281 
  • COVID-19 Relief: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of September 30, 2023 GAO-24-107472 
  • Cybersecurity: Implementation of Executive Order Requirements is Essential to Address Key Actions GAO-24-106343 
  • Economic Development: Additional Training Could Help Small Lenders Implement Technology GAO-24-106226 
  • Electronic Health Records: DOD Has Deployed New System but Challenges Remain GAO-24-106187 
  • Federal Research: Key Practices for Scientific Program Managers GAO-24-106297 
  • Foreign Investment in the U.S.: Efforts to Mitigate National Security Risks Can Be Strengthened GAO-24-107358 
  • Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments GAO-24-105833 
  • Homeland Security: DHS Internal Entities Facilitate Information Sharing in Key Areas and Collaborate as Needed GAO-24-106896 
  • Medicaid: COVID-19 Vaccination Data Access and Strategies Used to Improve Immunization Rates GAO-24-106526 
  • Military Health Care: DOD Should Improve Its Process for Clinical Adverse Actions against Providers GAO-24-106107 
  • Military Justice: Quality Data Needed to Improve Oversight of Navy and Marine Corps Disciplinary Measures GAO-24-106652 
  • Persistent Chemicals: Navy Efforts to Address PFAS at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam GAO-24-106812 
  • Public Health Preparedness: Mpox Response Highlights Need for HHS to Address Recurring Challenges GAO-24-106276 
  • Restrictive Housing: Actions Needed to Enhance BOP and ICE Management and Oversight GAO-24-107494 

 Government of Canada Department of National Defence

 Government of Norway Ministry of Defence

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Crisis Group

 International Organization for Migration (IOM)

 Jamestown Foundation 

  • China Brief, April 14, 2024, v. 24, no. 8 
    • PRC Support Underpins Russia’s War Against Ukraine
    • Xi Signals Firm Strategy but Flexible Tactics at China’s Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference
    • PRC Exploitation of Russian Intelligence Networks in Europe
    • Chinese Women from the Countryside: Views on Marriage
    • CCP Cyber Sovereignty Contains Lessons For AI’s Future

 Middle East Institute

 MITRE

 National Academies Press  

 National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

  • Canadian Military Journal, Fall 2023, v. 23, no. 4 
    • An Indigenous Warrior Code of Honour
    • Forward Surgical Teams: Critical Assets for Future Land Operations
    • An AOPS That Can Fight? Patrol Ships for an Increasingly Dangerous World
    • So Warm a Reception: Hybrid Warfare and the Naval Encounter at Tatamagouche
    • Distance Learning within the Canadian Armed Forces: Potential Effects on Quality of Life
    • Some Personal Reflections on Teaching Through the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Canadian Forces College
    • Finding Character Strengths in How Military Leaders Talk about Resilience
    • Is it Time for the CAF to Focus on Mindfulness?
    • Governed Engagement: Why the Department of National Defence Would Benefit From Increased Governance of its Defence Capacity and Institution Building Efforts

 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

 National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

  • NIJ Journal, 2024, no. 285 
    • Practitioner Perspectives on the Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Criminal and Violent Extremists
    • Comparing Terrorism to Mass Shootings, Gang Activities, Human Trafficking, and Lone Actor Attacks
    • Assessing the Effectiveness of Programs To Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
    • What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism
    • Advances in Detecting and Identifying Explosives After an Attack

 National Security Agency, et al

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 Naval War College

 New America

 Observer Research Foundation 

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

 Our World in Data

 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

 Sol Foundation

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 24-18-FA Department of State’s Flexible Implementation and Assessment Team (FIAT) II Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by TigerSwan LLC 
  • SIGAR 24-19-FA USAID’s INVEST Initiative in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by DAI Global LLC 

 Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Ministry of Defence

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

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

 UN Women

 US Central Command (CENTCOM)        

  • Unipath, 2023, v. 12 no. 3 
    • Partners in Training
    • Operation Breaking Barriers: Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service
    • Acting Together in the Arabian Gulf
    • Historic First: UAE Company Conducts Combat Training in U.S.
    • Saudi Hospitals Provide Medical Support to Yemenis
    • A Jordanian-U.S. Naval Partnership
    • A Multinational Mission for Peace
    • Building Peace through Better Policing
    • Securing Energy Supplies
    • Educator Targets Contemporary Threats
    • Women Make Strong Contributions to Saudi Armed Forces
    • Deterring Terrorists
    • Saudi Arabia Rehabilitates Yemeni Child Soldiers 
    • Fighting Instability in Yemen
    • Senior Leader Profile: Brig. Gen. Azzam Al-Rawahneh, Jordanian Armed Forces

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 US Space Force

 University of Texas, Austin

 Wilson Center

 World Bank