Friday's Miscellany 11-01-2024

 38 North

• North Korea Construction at the East and West Border Crossings 
• Quick Take: Large Trenches Across Former Border Links 
• Russia-DPRK Relations: Strategic Partnership or Opportunistic Alliance? 

 ACLED

• Controversy over Electoral Reform Sparks Debate in Somalia Amid al-Shabaab Operation 
• Q&A: Behind the Data on the Israel-Hezbollah War 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Black Axe—Nigeria’s Most Notorious Transnational Criminal Organization 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Official Acts and Presidential Immunity:  Reflections on Trump v. United States 

 American Immigration Council

• Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy 

 American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

• Transatlantic Cooperation in the Next U.S. Administration  

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), October 2024, v. 31, no. 10 
• Routine Screening for Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the U.S. Armed Forces, Active and Reserve Components, January 2019–June 2024
• Health Policy Analysis: Improving HIV PrEP Implementation to Help End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Military
• Prevalence of Hepatitis A and B Antibodies Among Enlisted Accessions, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, 2023
• Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 35, Ending August 31, 2024

 Army University Press

• Strength in Knowledge: The Warrant Officer Journal. July - September 2024 v. 2 no. 3 
• Resident Professional Military Education at the US Army Warrant Officer Career College
• Everything Old is New Again: Defeating Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems in the Next War
• The Impact of Emerging Technologies
• The Hydroponic Garden Experiment
• Transforming the Traditional Guard Routine
• GEOINT Production on the Unclassified Domain: Progression of the Tradecraft
• Trimming the Fat
• Addressing The Recruitment And Attrition Challenges In The U.S. Army: A Qualitative Study On Manning The Force
• Progress on the Evolution of the Warrant Officer Education System and an Uncertain Future

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• North Korea’s Troop Deployment to the Ukraine War and Fomenting Hostility Toward South Korea: Escaping the Dilemma of the ‘Relationship between two belligerent States’ Doctrine 
• South Korea’s Pacific Islands Strategy and Cooperation with Like-minded Partners 

 Asia Foundation

• Critical Issues for the United States in Southeast Asia in 2025 

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Building Sustainable Futures: Advancing Climate Resilience in South Asia 
• Who Briefs Xi Jinping?  How Politburo Study Sessions Help to Decode Chinese Politics 

 Atlantic Council

• The Economic and Social Costs of the War in Gaza 
• Finding Security in Digital Public Infrastructure 
• Global DPI Models: Lessons from India, Brazil, and Beyond 
• How Digital Public Infrastructure Can Support Financial Inclusion 

 Australian Institute of Criminology

• Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2024, no. 702
• An Experimental Study of Support for Protest Causes and Tactics and the Influence of Conspiratorial Beliefs 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• Restore Vaccine Confidence for US Public and Economic Health 
• The Struggle for a Just Energy Transition in a Turbulent World Order 

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• Increasing American Diplomatic Power 

 Center for Climate & Security (CCS)

• Climate Change & Crime: A Big, Bad, Largely Overlooked Nexus 
• Preparing for Ecological Disruption: Strategic Foresight and a Futures Approach to Ecological Security 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• Europe 2029: Eight Policy Priorities for the New European Commission 
• Lost in Translation: Western Misconceptions about Putin’s Russia 

 Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

• Foggy Bottom and the Border:  Harnessing the State Department to Lead U.S. a Foreign Policy That Fights Illegal Immigration and Promotes Border Security  

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

• Breaking Barriers: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Gender Equality in Media Development 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Cybersecurity Risks of AI-Generated Code 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• The AI Safety Institute International Network: Next Steps and Recommendations 
• The Burgeoning Regional Appeal of Mano Dura Crime-Fighting Strategies 
• Cockpit or Command Center?  C2 Options for Collaborative Combat Aircraft 
• Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon: The Maturing Synthetic Media Threat Landscape 
• Mali:  Untangling the Politico-Security Knot 
• Operationalizing Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and Resilience 
• Powering the Commanding Heights:  The Strategic Context of Emergent U.S. Electricity Demand Growth 
• Responding to China’s Growing Influence in Ports of the Global South 
• Staying Ahead in the Global Technology Race:  A Roadmap for Economic Security 
• U.S. Investment in the Philippines:  More Than Meets the Eye 
• U.S. Investment in the Philippines:  The Next Era of Economic Partnership & Opportunity 

 Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)

• U.S. Geotech Policy: Taking Stock and Looking Beyond 2024 

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

• Turkey’s Reconciliation Efforts in the Middle East: Ambitions and Constraints in a Changing Regional Order 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• The EU's Drive on China: What EV Tariffs Mean for Europe 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Bytes and Battles: Inclusion of Data Governance in Responsible Military AI 

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

• Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2024, v. 23, no. 3 
• Canada and Indo-Pacific cooperation: the Quadrilateral Military Dialogue (Quad)
• Making Sense of Multinational Cooperation
• The Exploratory Case Study of Improving the Nigerian Defence Academy Cadets’ Training Effectiveness
• Acts of State in the Grey Zone
• “No Sense in Military Terms:” Reconsidering the Surprising Use of Force in a Gray Zone Conflict
• Perspectives on Western and Russian Approaches to Counterinsurgency

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• America’s Foreign Policy Future: Public Opinion and the 2024 Election 
• Russians are Indifferent Toward 2024 US Presidential Election  

 Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST)

• Our Own Worst Enemies: The Violent Style in American Politics 

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, EU Reciprocity Standards in Agri-Food as a Solution for All? 

 College of Europe

• Quo Vadis EU Peace Mediation? Maintaining the Skill of Peaceful Intervention in the Era of Strategic Competition 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Information Sources for Policymakers: Congressional Budget Office 101 

 Council on Foreign Relations

• Foreign Influence and Democratic Governance:  Defining and Countering Malign Influence 

 Council on Geostrategy

• Crises and Challenges in the First Island Chain: A British Response 
• Why Should Britain Invest in Military Spacepower? 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• The Next Administration’s Nuclear Posture 
• Nuclear Energy and National Security: Emerging Technologies and Their Roles in a Nuclear Future 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• ‘Escaping Isn’t for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran 
• Power Moves East: Poland's Rise as a Strategic European Player 

 Deep Cuts Commission

• Deterrence, Reassurance and Military Self-Restraint 
• Inadvertent escalation risks of Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles 
• Nuclear Sharing in Europe 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan 
• Ukraine Fact Sheet 1 November 2024 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-25-01 FPS Protective Security Officers Did Not Always Have Knowledge, Equipment, and Authority to Respond to Physical Threats 
• OIG-25-02 DHS Did Not Justify Its Decision to Cancel Its Cost-Saving Talent Development and Training Acquisition Program 
• Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• Geopolitics and Geography: A Realigned EU Strategy for Stability in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean 

 European Council on Foreign Relations               

• Better firefighting: Readying Europe for an age between war and peace 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• Geoeconomics and Foreign Economic Policy – Quo Vadis EU? 
• Who’s Afraid of Trump in the White House? How German Firms View the US Election 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• Security and Eastern Enlargement: Bridging the Gap for Wartime EU Accession 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Back with a Vengeance? Trump, Brussels and the World: Five steps the EU Should Take to Deal with the New US Administration 
• The Changing Submarine Cables Landscape: Expanding the EU’s Role in the Indo-Pacific 
• From Washington to Brussels: The US Election and EU Foreign Policy 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Korea's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• South Africa's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Priorities of the New EU Commission: Struggling to Balance Long-Term Goals with Sort-Term Needs 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Foreign Malign Election Meddling Persists but Struggles to Gain Traction 

 French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

• China's Quest for a Quantum Leap  

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• TikTok Tactics:  2024 U.S. Candidates Dance Around Security Risks 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Coast Guard: Additional Actions Needed to Guide Training and Assessment Efforts GAO-25-107025 
• Federal Research Centers: DHS Actions Could Reduce the Potential for Unnecessary Overlap among Its R&D Projects GAO-25-106394 
• Military Housing: DOD Should Address Critical Supply and Affordability Challenges for Service Members GAO-25-106208 
• U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund: 1983 Beirut Barracks and 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing Claimants Due $614 Million GAO-25-107564 

 Heritage Foundation

• South Korea Cannot Afford to Sit Out Taiwan Contingencies 
• Strengthening the U.S.-Australian Alliance 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• October 31, 2024: Africa and BRICS; Sudan Fighting Fuels Humanitarian Disaster 
• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• October 30, 2024 
• A Defense of Taiwan with Ukrainian Characteristics: Lessons from the war in Ukraine for the Western Pacific 
• Iran Update
• October 28  
• October 29  
• October 30  
• October 31 
• November 1 
• November 2 
• November 3 
• North Korea Joins Russia's War Against Ukraine: Operational and Strategic Implications in Ukraine and Northeast Asia 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• October 28  
• October 29  
• October 30  
• October 31 
• November 1 
• November 2 
• November 3 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Reforming by Hope, Will or Necessity? 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• New Russian Immigration to the EU: The Case of the Baltic States, Finland, Germany & Poland 

 International Organization for Migration (IOM)

• Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Africa 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

• American Irregular Warfare in Latin America 
• Reframing the Term “Irregular Warfare” in Times of Peace into the Contemporary Idea of “Defense Support to Strategic Competition 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, November 1, 2024, v. 24, no. 21 
• The Art of War: PRC Weaponizes Culture to Galvanize the People
• Joint Sword-2024B: Quarantining Key Ports and Seizing Comprehensive Superiority
• The PRC’s Overcapacity Problem Depends on Who You Ask
• PRC Adapts Llama for Military and Security AI Applications
• PRC-Manufactured Weapons Abound Among African Militant Group

 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs

• By Itself, With U.S.:  The Case for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Treaty Post-10/7 

 Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

• Gun Violence in the United States 2022 
• Provisional Data 
• State by State Data 

MITRE

• Behavioral Economics in Space: Steering the Future of Space Governance for Security and Sustainability 
• Informing Threat Awareness at the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology 
• Innovating Spectrum Management for National Security and Economic Prosperity 
• Intelligence After Next: Open Source Intelligence for Counterterrorism 
• Leveraging a Circular Economy for Space Sustainability: Government Roles and Economic Impacts 

 National Academies Press  

• Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic Genotyping, Forensic DNA Phenotyping, and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Technologies: Proceedings of a Workshop 

 National AI Advisory Committee

• Website and Reports 

 National Security Archive

• Investigating the ClimateImpacts of Nuclear War 

 National Security Space Association (NSSA)

• Space Domain Awareness as a Foundational National Security Issue 

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Cybersecurity Governance and Normative Frameworks: Non-Western Countries and International Organizations Perspectives 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Climate- and Environmentally Based Information Activities by PRC and Russian Media 
• Social Media Manipulation for Sale: Experiment on Platform Capabilities to Detect and Counter Inauthentic Social Media Engagement 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• CMSI Translations #9: Mine Countermeasure Operations in a Cross-Strait Island Landing Campaign 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• The Botification of the American Mind 

 Observer Research Foundation

• The Case for a Quad Mineral Security Partnership 
• International Cyber Incidents: On the Question of Public Attribution 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

• The National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS): Enabling a Modernized Defense Industrial Ecosystem 

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

• Navigating Networks: A Roadmap for the Creation and Operation of Women- led Peacebuilding Networks in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus 
• New Frontiers: The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Trafficking in Persons 

 Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)

• Quantum Sensing for Position, Navigation, and Timing Use Cases 

 RAND Corporation

• Cost Trade-Offs Between Accessing and Retaining Uniformed Mental Health Providers 
• Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment 
• Understanding and Managing Global Catastrophic Risk 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Airborne Electromagnetic Warfare is Critical for NATO’s Airpower Edge 
• The UK's Role in Advancing Responsible Transition Minerals Supply Chains 

 Small Wars Journal

• Drones Are Not Artillery Yet 

 Stanley Center

• Disinformation and Identity-Based Violence 
• Through the Sands of Time: The Enduring Legacy of the India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Unveiling Challenges and Gaps in Climate Finance in Conflict Areas 

 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

• Moldova’s EU Integration and the Special Case of Transnistria 
• The Russian Economy in the Fog of War 

Swedish Defense Research Agency

• Security Policy in Moldova ahead of the Presidential Elections 
• When the People's Republic turns 100: Assessing China's development and relations with the United States towards 2050 [summary, main report in Swedish] 

 Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump

• Interim Staff Report: Investigating the Stunning Security Failures on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania 
• Task Force statement on the Secret Service Mission Assurance Review 

 Taylor & Francis

• Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2024
• Conflict Exposure and Expected Victimization in Nigeria [open access article] 
• Mobilizing Extremism: An Examination of the Travel Patterns of Right-Wing Extremists in the United States  [open access article] 
• Civil Wars, 2024
• Why Do Peasants Fight Rebels? The Cases of Civilian Defence Forces Against the FARC in Southern Tolima, Colombia  [open access article] 
• Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 2024
• A Gathering Storm: Offensive and Defensive Accelerationism in an Online Far-Right Community [open access article] 
• “If You Don’t Have Rapport, You Haven’t Got Anything Really”: Affective Intensities, Relationality and Rapport Building in the Work of CVE Intervention Practitioners  [open access article] 
• Global Change, Peace & Security, 2024
• When Religious Beliefs Become an Ideology to Motivate a War [open access article] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies, 2024
• Aligning Tactics with Strategy: Vertical Implementation of Military Doctrine [open access article] 
• Hidden hands: The failure of population-centric counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 2008-11 [open access article] 
• Unpacking the Varying Strategic Logics of Total Defence [open access article] 
• What We Disagree About When We Disagree about Doctrine [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2024 
• ‘A Clash of Cultures’: Varying Perspectives on the Rhodesian Incorporation Into the South African Special Forces [open access article] 
• Terrorism and Political Violence, 2024
• The Gangster and the Bride: The Media Representation of Masculinity and Femininity in News Coverage of Jihadi Terrorists [open access article] 

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

• Honduras against the Corporate Goliath: An Impoverished Country Resisting Foreign Investors’ Claims  

 UK Ministry of Defense

• UK-Germany Trinity House Agreement on Defense 
• UK Voluntary Report on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law at Domestic Level (Second Edition) 2024 

 U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

• United States Coast Guard Operational Posture 2024 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Egypt’s Economic Reforms Must Continue 
• Egypt’s Economy Amidst Regional Conflicts 
• How to End the Third Lebanon War—and Prevent the Fourth 
• How to Judge Iranian Response Options Against Israel 
• Iraqi Militias Try to Obfuscate Their Role in Anti-U.S. Attacks 

 Wilson Center

• Boosting US-Japan Cooperation with Latin America in Critical and Frontier Sectors 
• Executive Summary - Challenges and opportunities in water provision in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras 
• A Final Collective Push for Democratic Change in Venezuela 

 World Bank

• The Changing Wealth of Nations: Adding Water to the Changing Wealth of Nations 
• The Changing Wealth of Nations: Revisiting the Measurement of Comprehensive Wealth 
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 2024 Annual Report 
• The Journey Ahead: Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia 
• Paraguay Poverty and Equity Assessment: Strategies to Boost Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction 
• Poland Country Climate and Development Report 
• Senegal Country Climate and Development Report 
• Sierra Leone Economic Update: Unlocking the Potential of the Power Sector in Sierra Leone Breaking the Crisis Cycle