Friday, October 4, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 09-27-2024

 38 North

 ACLED

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 American Enterprise Institute

 Army University Press

 Army War College Press

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel

 Canada. Department of National Defence

  • Canadian Military Journal, Winter 2024,  v. 24, no. 1 
    • The Era of Climate Security
    • Human Security, Climate Change, and the Role of the Canadian Armed Forces: British Columbia, 2021
    • Climate Security and the French Armed Forces
    • Climate Security and the Indian Armed Forces
    • Climate Security and the European Union: Concept, Challenges, and Recommendations
    • Rethinking Firepower and Security Dilemmas in the Era of Climate Change
    • Canadian Military Meteorology and the Evolution of the Corresponding Military Occupational Group
    • The First Partnership for Peace Consortium Workshop on Women, Peace and Security in Professional Military Education: Reflections, Considerations, and the Way Ahead
    • Emotional Granularity and Antifragility: A Concept and Tool for Thriving in the Face of Adversity

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Caucasus Analytical Digest
    • No. 138: Generation Change in Georgia? Caucasus Barometer Results 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

  • Studies in Intelligence, September 2024, v. 68, no. 3 
    • Debating How the IC Should Approach Open Source Intelligence: A Roundtable Discussion
    • Debating Open Source: A Practitioner’s Perspective
    • The Case for Creating an Open-Source Intelligence Agency
    • Open Source at a Critical Point in History: The View from CIA’s Directorate of Digital Innovation
    • China’s Thickening Information Fog: Overcoming New Challenges in Analysis

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

 Congress. House. Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

 Council on Geostrategy

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

  • PERSEREC-TR-24-05 Evaluation of Demographic Data in DoD’s Personnel Security Program 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General 

  • OIG-24-58 CBP Needs to Improve Its Management of the Facility Condition Assessment Program 
  • OIG-24-59 Summary of Unannounced Inspections of ICE Facilities Conducted in Fiscal Years 2020-2023 
  • OIG-24-60 CISA Faces Challenges Sharing Cyber Threat Information as Required by the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 
  • OIG-24-61 ICE Did Not Always Manage and Secure Mobile Devices to Prevent Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Information 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense

  • Space & Defense Journal, Spring 2024, v. 15, no. 1 
    • Pushing Boundaries: Feminism, Female Leaders, and the Fate of Feminist Foreign iii Policy
    • American Sanctions on China’s Space Program: Effective Economic Statecraft?
    • Protecting the Cosmos: Defining Celestial Bodies in the Outer Space Treaty
    • Finding a North Star: Lessons in Space Law for the Nuclear Regime
    • The Unified Command Plan for a New Cold War
    • Operational Energy Solutions for a 21st Century Battlefield
    • Capability Gaps in Allied Space Deterrence
    • Revitalizing America’s Low-Yield Deterrent
    • Waging Peace on the Final Frontier

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Council on Foreign Relations               

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

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

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems GAO-24-107001 
  • Biomedical Research: Improvements Needed to the Quality of Information About DOD and VA Contributions to Drug Development GAO-24-107061 
  • Climate Resilience: Congressional Action Needed to Enhance Climate Economics Information and to Limit Federal Fiscal Exposure GAO-24-106937 
  • COVID-19 Relief: States' and Localities' Fiscal Recovery Funds Spending as of March 31, 2024 GAO-24-107301 
  • Cyber Resiliency: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Challenges GAO-24-107733 
  • Defense Health Agency: Improved Oversight of Contractors Needed to Better Ensure the Quality of TRICARE Network Providers GAO-24-106434 
  • Environmental Hazards: A Framework for Risk-Informed Decision-Making GAO-24-107595 
  • Federal Contractors: Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Performance and Integrity Data GAO-24-106911 
  • Foreign Disinformation: Defining and Detecting Threats GAO-24-107600 
  • Hanford Cleanup: Alternatives for Treating and Disposing of High-Level Waste Could Save Billions of Dollars and Reduce Certain Risks GAO-24-106989 
  • Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Leading Practices Would Help the Federal Transit Administration Evaluate Its Pilot Program GAO-24-106847 
  • Presidential Transitions: GSA's Reported Cost for the 2020–2021 Transition and Its Budget Request for the 2024–2025 Election Cycle GAO-24-107518 
  • Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: Transparency, Claims Assistance, and Program Management Improvements Needed GAO-24-105549  
  • Status of Open GAO Recommendations to the Director of National Intelligence GAO-24-107671 
  • Transition to Civilian Life: Additional Data Analysis and Reporting Would Improve Special Operations Forces Experiences GAO-24-106587 
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Efforts to Improve Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of Law Enforcement Personnel GAO-24-107029 
  • Ukraine: DOD Could Strengthen International Military Training Coordination by Improving Data Quality GAO-24-107776 
  • VA Acquisition Management: Additional Actions Needed in Serving Veterans with Sleep Apnea GAO-24-107010 
  • World Bank Procurement: Risk Monitoring Can be Enhanced as U.S. Businesses Face Challenges Competing GAO-24-106718 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Human Rights Watch

 IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)   

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad

  • Strategic Studies, Summer 2024, 44, no. 1 
    • From Traditional to Humane Security Challenges — Analysing Pakistan’s Response to the Poly Crisis of Covid 19
    • Chosenness-Myth-Trauma Syndrome and Hindutva’s Othering of Minorities in India
    • The U.S. Policy towards Post-Saddam Iraq: Implications for the Middle Eastern Regional Security
    • Dynamics of Pakistan-Türkiye Relationsin a Challenging Global Order
    • Harnessing AI for Educational Transformation: A Comparative Study of China, India and Pakistan

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) 

 International Crisis Group

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, September 20, 2024, v. 24, no. 18 
    • Beijing’s Soft Power Push with African Nations
    • PRC Expands De Facto Jurisdiction in the Taiwan Strait
    • PRC Partnership Diplomacy in the New Era
    • PRC Seeking to Boost Ties with Bangladesh After Hasina’s Demise
    • An Assessment of the Audit of Volkswagen’s Controversial Factory in Xinjiang

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

  • Special Warfare, Summer/Fall 2024, v. 37, no. 2 
    • SOF-Space-Cyber Triad: USASOC Commanding General Talks Triad, Dives into ARSOF Strategy
    • Leveraging Proximity: Why Special Operations Forces’ Physical Presence is the Most Underappreciated Component of the Triad
    • Meet 11th Cyber Battalion: Army Cyber’s Workhorse for the Triad
    • Army SOF-Space-Cyber Triad: Multidomain Cognizance
    • From Triangles to Circles: Reshaping the Cyber-Space-SOF Triad for Maximum Operational Impact
    • SOF-Space-Cyber Triad in Action: Reclaiming the Initiative in Ukraine
    • The Importance of Collaboration for Building Superior Mission Capabilities
    • The Six Events of the Army Cyber Fitness Test
    • Voices of ARSOF

 Joint Intelligence Agencies

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Mercatus Center

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 MITRE

 National Academies Press 

 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

 National Defence University (Pakistan)

  • ISSRA Papers (Journal of Governance and Public Policy) v. 16, 2024 
    • A Conflict of Prestige and Interests: ICJ,  South Asia and Middle East
    • Developing Digital Leadership Practices in Military: A Way Forward 
    • Installations of the Judicial Setup in the Newly Merged Areas of Erstwhile Fata: The Future of Jirga
    • Modernising Pakistan’s Shipping Regulations and Trade Facilitation Authorities Under Convention on the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 1965
    • Unveiling The Maritime Opportunities: Analysing the Blue Economy Potential within the Framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
    • Unravelling The Essence Of Islamic Art: Exploring Ilm Al-Jamal, Ihsan, and the Complex Dynamics of Constructivist Power Politics
    • Walloping Negative Trends In Pakistan’s Youth Through Sports: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Margalla Papers 2024, 28, v. no. 1 
    • Modi’s Hindutva Policy and Its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations
    • Saudi-Iran Peace Agreement: Regional Implications and Prospects for Pakistan
    • India’s Growing Strategic Behaviour in the Indian Ocean: Implications for Regional Strategic Environment
    • Iran’s Aerial Strikes: Motivations and Pakistan’s Measured Response
    • A Case for Enhancing the Franco-Australian Alliance in the Indo-Pacific
    • India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC): Rhetoric, Realities and Implications For Pakistan
    • China, Global Governance and Liberal International Order: A Neo-Gramscian Analysis
    • The Enigma of Pakistan's Nuclear Deterrence: An Alternate Perspective
    • Taiwan Dilemma: A Flashpoint for the Global Peace
    • Pakistan-Russia Emerging Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges
    • Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Rearrangement of Regional Powers and Implications for the Middle East
    • Economic and Social Development Through Special Economic Zones (SEZS): Workable Strategies for Pakistan
    • Post 2021 Changing Strategic Dynamics in Afghanistan: Implications For Pakistan
    • Treading Turbulent Waters: Pakistan’s Readiness to the Looming Threat of Maritime Terrorism

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 Naval War College - China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

  • CMSI Translations #7: Guarantee of Strategic Security: Expert Discusses China’s Strategic Nuclear Submarines Achieving Continuous Duty 

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

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

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Pew Research Center

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal Australian Air Force - Air Space Power Centre

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Science.gov

 The Sentry

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Springer

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Swedish Defense Research Agency

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 Swisspeace

 Taylor & Francis

 Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI)

  • Perspectives on Terrorism, 2024, v.18, no. 3 
    • Is Religious Terrorism More Dangerous? What Have We Learned and How Does It Matter?
    • Uncovering the Bias and Prejudice in Reporting on Islamist and Non-Islamist Terrorist Attacks in British and US Newspapers
    • Hybrid Ideologies in Clinical Settings: Implications for Intervention of the Changing Landscape in Violent Extremism
    • Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Violent Extremism: A Multilevel and Interdisciplinary Evidence-Based Approach
    • Far-Right Political Violence in Ukraine: Assessment of the Donbas War and the Odesa Massacre
    • The Deradicalisation and Disengagement of Women Convicted of Terrorism Offences in Spain
    • Grounds for Cooperation in the Radicalisation Governance Milieu? A Qualitative Exploration of Stakeholder Issue Frames of Online Radicalisation
    • Demographic Profile, Mapping, and Punishment of Terrorist Convicts in Indonesia: An Introduction to the Indonesian Terrorism Cases Database
    • Bibliography: Conflict in Syria (Part 5)
    • Online Radicalisation: A Contested and Contestable Term

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)