Friday's Miscellany 11-29-2024 & 12/6/2024

 ACLED

• Al-Shabaab Targets Civilians in Somalia in Retaliation for Installing CCTV Cameras 
• Between Cooperation and Competition: The Struggle of Resistance Groups in Myanmar 
• Syria: HTS-Led Rebel Forces Capture over 200 Locations, while Syrian and Russian Airstrikes Increase 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• The Growing Militarization of China’s Africa Policy 

 Air University Press

• Securitization in the Indo-Pacific: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of India’s and Japan’s Responses to the “China Threat” 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Immigration and the Macroeconomy in the Second Trump Administration 
• Knowledge and Skills in China’s K-12 Population:  An Inquiry into “Knowledge Capital” in the PRC 

 Amnesty International

• “The Country is Dissolving and No One Cares”:  Surging Need and Crashing Support for Social Security During Lebanon’s Economic Crisis 
• Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza 

 Arctic Institute       

• The Pentagon’s New (Upside Down) Arctic Map 

 Arizona State University

• Inter Populum: The Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations, v. 2, no. 1 Spring 2024 
• Synthesizing the Relationship Between Gendarmerie-type Forces and SOF
• Strategy For A New Era: USSOCOM Takes On Strategic Competition
• Want “Strategically Minded Warfighters?” Then Make “Intellectualism” a Military Value
• Proxy Power and Precious Minerals: Russia’s Growing Footprint in Africa through the Wagner Group – A Case Study of the Central African Republic and Mali

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), November 2024, v. 31, no. 11 
• Cold weather injuries among the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, July 2019–June 2024
• Trends of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease in active component female service members, 2014–2023
• Surveillance snapshot: percent of male and female cadets with radiographically-confirmed bone stress injuries during basic cadet training, U.S. Air Force Academy, 2022–2024
• Surveillance snapshot: incidence of dog bites among military working dog handlers, 2012–2023
• Reportable medical events at Military Health System facilities through week 40, ending October 5, 2024

 Army University Press

• Siren Songs: The Perils of Interwar Escapism 

 Army War College Press

• Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine 

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• Trump 2.0 and Southeast Asia: From Disengagement to Non-Confidence? 
• Trump’s Return and U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East in 2025 

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• China 2025: What To Watch 

 Atlantic Council

• Why NATO’s Reaction Force Needs to Be Rapid to Be Relevant 

 Australian Institute of Criminology

• Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2024,
• no. 705 Exposure to and Sharing of Fringe or Radical Content Online 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Persuasive Technologies in China:  Implications for the Future of National Security 

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

• Georgia’s Post-Election Turmoil: Scenarios for the Future and the Regional Consequences 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Climate Governance in Algeria: Analyzing Institutional Capacities, Challenges, and Strategic Pathways 
• The EU’s Triple-Nexus Challenge:  Climate, Conflict, Democracy 
• Russia in the Middle East and North Africa—Disrupting Washington’s Influence and Redefining Moscow’s Global Role 

 Cato Institute

• Neutral Countries’ Supply Chain Responses to Russian Sanctions 
• To Comply or Not to Comply:  Understanding Neutral Country Supply Chain Responses to Russian Sanctions 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Stress-Testing State Power: When Governors and Presidents Diverge on Matters of National Security 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Taiwan Lessons Learned from the Russia-Ukraine War 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Staying Current with Emerging Technology Trends: Using Big Data to Inform Planning 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 321: Contemporary Russian-Speaking Art and Culture in Exile 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

• Putting It All Together: The 2025 Defense Budget Request, Alternative Budget Proposals, and NATO Spending 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Building Digital Public Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from Kazakhstan 
• China’s Intelligence Footprint in Cuba: New Evidence and Implications for U.S. Security 
• Closing the Prevention Gap: Expanding Access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Options to Sustain the Global HIV Response 
• The Underdog Superpower: Embracing Tactics That Work in an Adversary’s Near Abroad 
• Europe, Beyond Its Southern Border (regarding the EU and the Sahel) 
• Immigration Policy Solutions to Shortages in Critical Sectors of the U.S. Economy 
• Moldova in the Digital Age: Building a Resilient Cyber Apparatus 
• Significant Cyber Incidents [updated October 2024] 
• Starvation Crimes and International Law:  A New Era 
• True Impact of Allied Export Controls on the U.S. and Chinese Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Industries 

 Center on Global Energy Policy

• Economic Performance in US Fossil Fuel Communities 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Enlargement and the Rule of Law: Diverging Realities 
• French Lessons for Britain's Economy 
• Implementing the AI Act: The Commission's First Big Test for Better Regulation 
• Is Investing in Public Health a No-Brainer? 
• Learning from CBAM's transitional phase: Early Impacts on Trade and Climate Efforts 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• The Cost of Transgression: Gender, Sexuality and Online Violence in India 
• The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data 
• United States-China Multilateralism in the Age of Military AI 
• Using AI for Better Space Governance 

 Chatham House

• Closing the Climate Finance Gap: How to Raise the Money the World Needs to Support Climate Action 
• North Korea and Russia’s Dangerous Partnership 
• State Capacity, Mining and Community Relations in Peru 

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

• IS-Khorasan and its Implications for India: By; Subramanyam Sridharan 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Americans and Taiwanese Favor the Status Quo 
• US Opinion Leaders Deeply Divided on Israel-Gaza War 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• China’s Different Approach to Space Situational Awareness 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Decoding ChatGPT’s Success: Takeaways for Europe’s AI Future 
• European Defence Industry: Towards Institutional Adaptation 
• Shifts in Arctic Security: Ripples of Russia’s War against Ukraine 

 College of Europe

• Reassessing Conditionality: The Impact of Geopolitics on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Progress towards EU Integration 
• Stepping Up the EU’s Green Diplomacy vis-à-vis Central Asia 

 Congress. House. Permanent Committee on Intelligence

• Investigating the Intelligence Community’s Conclusions on Anomalous Health Incidents:  Is the Intelligence Community Hiding the Real Reason for This Phenomenon? 

 Congress. House. Oversight Committee on Oversight and Accountability

• The Origins of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Including but Not Limited to the Federal Government’s Funding of Gain-of-Function Research 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Homeowner’s Insurance 
• An Evaluation of CBO’s Projections of Deficits and Debt From 1984 to 2023 

 Council on Geostrategy

• Sealift:  Commercial Shipping’s Potential in Military Logistics 
• The Value and Challenges of AUKUS 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• Nuclear Energy & American Leadership: A Blueprint for the Future 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Danish Development Cooperation Experiences in Contexts of Autocratisation 
• Stronger Humanitarian Engagement Requires Local Knowledge 
• A Taiwan Crisis is a China Crisis 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Fact Sheet: DoD Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems 
• Ukraine Fact Sheet - December 2 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2025-018 Audit of the Test and Evaluation for CH-53K Helicopter Survivability [Unclassified Summary] 
• DODIG-2025-043 Audit of Actions to Increase Diversity in DoD Funded Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Programs 
• DODIG-2025-045 Evaluation of the DoD’s Health, Safety, and Environmental Hazard Identification and Remediation in Military Housing
• DODIG-2025-047 Follow-up Evaluation of Management Advisory: Sufficiency of Staffing at Logistics Hubs in Poland for Conducting Inventories of Items Requiring Enhanced End-Use Monitoring 
• DODIG-2025-048 Annual Report to Congress Pursuant to FY 2021 NSAA, Section 554.
• Operation Enduring Sentinel and Other U.S. Government Activities Related to Afghanistan (OES) 
• Semiannual Report to the Congress – April 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024 

 Department of Justice, Inspector General

• 25-011 A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s  Handling of Its Confidential Human Sources and Intelligence Collection Efforts in the Lead Up to the January 6, 2021 Electoral Certification 

 Department of State

• 2023 Country Report on Terrorism 
• Prior Years [2016 forward] 
• Pre 2016 

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

• EU Strategy 2025-2029:  We Have the Instruments, Now Set the Objectives 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Libya Country Analysis Brief 

 EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)             

• Handbook of Economic Complexity for Policy 

 EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

• The Nexus of Non-traditional Security and Nuclear Risk: Implications for EU Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific 
• The Potentially Revolutionary Impact of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies and Strategic Conventional Weapons on the Nuclear Deterrence Debate 

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)            

• Guidance on Mental Health and Well-being of Applicants for International Protection
• Part I – For Senior Management 
• Part II – For Those Working in the First Line 
• Part III – Toolbox to Support Those Working In The First Line 
• Surveys of Arriving Migrants from Ukraine: Movements and Returns Report 

 European Defence Agency (EDA)

• 2024 Coordinated Annual Review of Defence [CARD] Report 

 European Council on Foreign Relations               

• Brazil: Europe’s Bridge to the Global South 

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

• Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in the Western Balkans 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• The Importance of Resilience and Integration for the Future European Financial System 

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

• 2024 Report on the State of the Cybersecurity in the Union 
• Cyber Europe 2024 - After Action Report 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Countering cyber-enabled hybrid interference in the Western Balkans  
• Trouble in Tbilisi: How the EU Should Respond to Georgia's Drift Towards Authoritarianism 

 EUROPOL

• SIRIUS EU Electronic Evidence Situation Report 2024 

 Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIRUS)

• Panama’s Darién Gap 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

• Peace Mediation in the Age of Geopolitical Contestation:  Navigating the New Reality 
• Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine: Yet Another Attempt to Pressure Ukraine’s Supporters 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• The Case for an IndoMed Quad: India, Italy, UAE, and US Cooperation 
• A New Arms Race in Europe: Euromissiles 2.0 
• The Rise of the “Gators” and Its Implications for the Indo-Pacific 
• Tajikistan’s Afghan Conundrum 
• Trade Corridor Wars: Escalating Competition Between China, Russia, Iran and the West 
• Turkey’s Evolving Geopolitical Strategy in the Black Sea 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Laser Focus:  Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems 

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

• Commanders of Putin's Long War: Purged, Reshuffled and Disgruntled 
• Russian Military Manpower After Two and a Half Years of War in Ukraine 

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

• Generative AI and its Influence on India's 2024 Elections 
• Generative AI and its Influence on Mexico's 2024 Elections 
• Generative AI and its Influence on South Africa's 2024 Elections 
• How Germany Can Improve Its Standing in Post-Quantum Cryptography 

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

• From Biden to Trump: Waning Turkish‑American Relationship Demands Greater European Engagement 
• India as a Partner of German Foreign Policy 
• Lessons to Be Learned: Germany’s Crisis Management in Mali (2013–2023) 
• The Russian Economy at a Turning Point 

 Global Financial Integrity

• Ghana’s Open Secret: Why Dirty Money in The Real Estate Sector is a Reality, Not a Myth 

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• Non-state Armed Groups and Illicit Economies in West Africa [series of reports] 

 Governance in Conflict Network

• Pursuing an Integrated Approach to TJ and DDR in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• 401(k) Plans: Industry Data Show Low Participant Use of Crypto Assets Although DOL's Data Limitations Persist GAO-25-106161 
• Air Force Readiness: Actions Needed to Improve New Process for Preparing Units to Deploy GAO-25-107017 
• Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines GAO-25-106728 
• Internet of Things: Federal Actions Needed to Address Legislative Requirements GAO-25-107179 
• Law Enforcement: DHS Could Better Address Bias Risk and Enhance Privacy Protections for Technologies Used in Public GAO-25-107302 
• Military Health Care: Departments Should Update Policies for Providers in Operational Settings Like Field Hospitals and Aircraft Carriers GAO-25-106445 

 Henley Putnam University

• Journal of Strategic Security, 2024, v. 17, no. 4 
• China’s Assertive Escalation in the Indo-Pacific Region and its Repercussions on India-US Relations
• Determining the Impact of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales Program on the Proliferation of Democracy
• Navigating the Nuclear Horizon: Japan’s Yin-Yang Duality in Threshold Statesmanship
• The Security Dilemma and Conflict in Space: Impossible or Inevitable?
• Asymmetry in the Digital Age: Cyber Deterrence Strategies for Small States
• Evaluation of Information Visualization in Digital Intelligence Product

 Henry Jackson Society

• Understanding Kazakhstan’s Strategic Importance: A Middle Power Partner for the UK in Central Asia 

 Heritage Foundation

• Reforming the President’s Daily Brief and Restoring Accountability in the Presentation of Intelligence 
• Restoring Equality in Employment:  Sinking the DEI Ship 
• Rising from the Ashes:  Principles and Policies for a New American Immigration System 

 Hudson Institute

• Georgia on the Brink: What the US Should Do Next 
• How Weakness in the Social Safety Net Undermines the Political Compact in China 
• The Value of Experimentation, Not Demonstration [in DOD] 

 Human Rights Watch

• “All She Did Was Help People”: Flawed Anti-Collaboration Legislation in Ukraine 
• “Die First, and I'll Pay You Later”: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses 
• “I Learned How to Say No”: Labor Abuses & Sexual Exploitation in Colombian Webcam Studios 
• “It Felt Like Everything in Life Stopped”: Legal Capacity Rights Violations Against People with Disabilities in Canada’s Immigration Detention System 
• Unchecked Injustice:  Kenya’s Suppression of the 2023 Anti-Government Protests 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Digital Transformation Should Be at the Heart of the UK’s Economic Agenda 
• Government-Owned Broadband Networks Are Not Competing on a Level Playing Field 
• Which US Allies Are Most Likely to Face Trump Tariffs—and How Can They Avoid the Wrath of an “America First” Doctrine? 
• Why South Korea Should Resist New Digital Platform Laws 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• The Islamic Republic’s Work on Pharmaceutical Based Agents 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• December 5, 2024: French Influence in Africa Erodes Further; Syria’s Impact on Russia in Africa and the Mediterranean; Somalia Political Dispute Turns Hot; DRC-Rwanda Peace Plans Move Ahead; Tuareg Setback 
• China-Taiwan
• December 5, 2024 
• Iran Update
• November 25   
• November 26   
• November 27  
• November 29 
• November 30 
• December 1 
• December 2 
• December 3 
• December 4 
• December 5 
• December 6 
• December 7 
• December 8 
• Likely Kremlin-Backed Election Interference Against Romania Threatens Bucharest's Continued Support for Ukraine and NATO 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• November 25  
• November 26  
• November 27  
• November 29 
• November 30 
• December 1 
• December 2 
• December 3 
• December 4 
• December 5 
• December 6 
• December 7 
• December 8 

 International Crisis Group

• Disputed Polls and Political Furies:  Handling Pakistan’s Deadlock 
• Fighting Climate Change in Somalia’s Conflict Zones 
• Managing Tensions between Algeria and Morocco 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Navigating Troubled Waters:  The Houthis’ Campaign in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

• Safeguarding Humanitarian Action from the Unintended Effects of Sanctions: Resolution 2664 and the 1267 ISIL/al-Qaida Regime 

 Irregular Warfare Center

• The Role of Non-State Actors as Proxies in Irregular Warfare and Malign State Influence 

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

• Generative AI and WMD Nonproliferation: Why Diplomats and Policymakers Need to Pay Attention Now and Develop AI Literacy 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, December 6, 2024, v. 24, no. 23 
• Winter is Coming: Beijing Tightens Public Security
• Xi Jinping Challenged Following Spate of Violent Attacks
• The Shapeshifting Evolution of Chinese Technology Acquisition
• Generally Unacceptable Accounting Principles: Lessons From PwC and AstraZeneca’s Contrasting Fates
• From Ambition to Anxiety: The Unraveling of Xi Jinping’s Vocational Education Policy

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• Balancing Act: Assessing Risks and Governance of Climate Intervention 

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

• Gender, Law, and Security: The Unseen Foundation of Global Stability 
• There is an Identity Crisis in Special Forces: Who are the Green Berets Supposed to Be? 

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Partnership of Convenience: Ream Naval Base and the Cambodia–China Convergence 

 Martens Centre for European Studies

• Confronting Europe’s Labour Shortage: A Strategic Blueprint to Attract Global Talent and Reverse Population Decline 

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

• New MERICS Index:  How Internationally Integrated is China’s Economy? 

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

• Role of the Middle East in the U.S.-China Race to AI Supremacy 

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• Complementary Pathways: Key Factors in Future Growth 
• Towards the More Effective Use of Irregular Migration Data in Policymaking 
• Understanding Obstacles to Foreign Qualification Recognition for Key U.S. Early Childhood Education and Care Positions 

 MITRE

• Rebooting America’s Deterrence Approach: Employing a United Deterrence Strategy with Allies and Partners 

 National Academies Press 

• Advancing Risk Communication with Decision-Makers for Extreme Tropical Cyclones and Other Atypical Climate Events: Proceedings of a Workshop 
• Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work 
• Chemical Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies in the Era of Great Power Competition  
• Flood Forecasting for Transportation Resilience: A Guide 
• Increasing the Utility of Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance for Public Health Action: A Phase 2 Report 
• Mitigating Arboviral Threat and Strengthening Public Health Preparedness: Proceedings of a Workshop  
• Nuclear Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction 
• Social-Ecological Consequences of Future Wildfires and Smoke in the West: Proceedings of a Workshop 
• Strategies to Enable Assured Access to Semiconductors for the Department of Defense  

 National Bureau of Asian Research

• The Health Silk Road: A Branch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative 
• Under the Microscope:  China’s Evolving Biotechnology Ecosystem 

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

• Russian Government’s Narratives on Twitter in the Context of Events in the Ukraine War 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• AI is for Allies 
• Coming Full Circle on Semiconductor Deterrence 
• Journal of Policy & Strategy, 2024, v. 4, no. 4 
• The Need for Our National Security Professionals to Refocus
• Protecting and Advancing U.S. National Interests in Outer Space
• Post-Truth and National Security: Background and Options for a New Administration
• Russia’s Second Front: The Balkans

 National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

• Introducing the NIJ Forensic Intelligence Framework: Pillars And Guiding Principles for Successful Implementation 

 National Security Archive

• Broken Promises: The Camisea Pipeline Project at 20 Years 
• The Budapest Memorandum 1994 After 30 Years: Non-Proliferation Success Overshadowed by NATO Blowup Then, Russian War on Ukraine Now  

 NATO Defense College

• Friends In Space - NATO and Japan Cooperation beyond the Skies 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Do(n't) Shoot the Messenger: Psychological Responses to Kremlin Narratives in Nordic - Baltic Audiences 
• Russia's Information Influence Operations in the Nordic - Baltic Region 

 Naval War College. China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• CMSI Translations #10: Transformation, How Significant is the Role of an Airfield Station? 
• CMSI Note #11: Admiral Miao Hua's Fall: Further Navy Fallout? 
• China Maritime Report No. 43: Shadow Force, A Look Inside the PLA Navy Reserve 

 Naval War College

• International Law Studies, 2024, v. 103, issue 1 
• What Next for Japan and the Republic of Korea in the East China Sea? The Law of the Sea Perspective 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• INSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias 

 New America

• A Glimpse of Stability: The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty 
• The Next Frontier in Spectrum Policy:  Indoor-Only Sharing of Federal Bands  

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)              

• Disincentivizing Bioweapons: Theory and Policy Approaches 

 Observer Research Foundation

• After the Great Fall:  Revival and Restoration in Africa 
• Creating A New Global Financial Architecture for ‘The Africa We Want 
• Dominance, Competition, and Adaptation: The U.S. Quest for a Strategic Trifecta in the Indian Ocean 
• From Engagement to Competitive Co-Existence: The U.S. and its China Challenge 
• The Geopolitical Aspects of the India-Armenia Partnership 
• Keynes’s ‘Vision 2030’:  Social Aspects of GenAI and the Future of Work 
• Powering Africa’s Digital Transformation: The Policy Landscape 
• The Role of AI and Digital Tools in Africa’s Development 
• Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom in Transition 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

• Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022—Assessment Regarding the Regional and Global Terrorism of the Islamic Republic of Iran- November 2024 
• Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022 - November 2024 

 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives 

 Pew Research Center

• How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue 
• Voters Broadly Positive About How Elections Were Conducted, in Sharp Contrast to 2020 

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• Mind the Gap:  U.S. Preferences and Israel’s War Conduct 

 RAND Corporation

• Applying Women, Peace, and Security Considerations to Cross-Border Disaster Response
• British Columbia Earthquake Case Study 
• A Mexico Case Study 
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Space Domain Awareness: Characterizing the Impact on Mission Effectiveness 
• Economic Stability in the Military:  A Look at Earnings Variability Among Army Personnel 
• Frameworks for a Common Operating Procedure for [U.S. Army] Supply Chain Risk Management Over the Acquisition Life Cycle 
• How Advanced Research Project Agencies Pick Their Programs:  The Benefits and Limits of Goldilocks Problems 
• Riding a Fine Line: Devising Sustainable and Healthy Operations for the Army Caisson Horses of Arlington National Cemetery 
• Supply Chain Uncertainty:  Building Resilience in the Face of Impending Threats 

 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute

• 2024 Reagan National Defense Survey 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• China's Strategic Options in the Euro-Atlantic 
• Guide to Conducting a National Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment: 2024 
• The Joint Expeditionary Force and its Contribution to European Security 
• Making a Sectoral Virtual Asset Risk Assessment: Challenges and Approaches 
• Meaning and Significance of North Korean Troops’ Deployment to Russia 
• Recommendations on the Future Response to Large-Scale Identity Fraud 

 Small Arms Survey

• Improving Point of Injury Trauma Care for IED Victims 
• Living with Lobong: Power, Gold, and the UPDF in Eastern Equatoria 
• Security over People: Tunisia’s Immigration Crisis 
• Supporting Ukraine in Addressing Small Arms and Light Weapons Proliferation Risks from the Russian War of Aggression 
• Trends in Trafficking: Comparing US-based Firearms Trafficking to the Caribbean and Latin America 
• Turkish Foreign Policy in Libya: Geopolitical Interests and Fragile Peace 

 Small Wars Journal

• The 2022 Invasion of Ukraine: A Missed Opportunity 
• Beyond Retribution: Unveiling Al Qaeda’s Strategic Power Logic for 9/11 
• Defining the Indefinable: A Critical Analysis of Current Irregular Warfare Doctrine 
• The Forgotten Crucibles: The Korean War and the Balkans Wars as Markers of Geopolitical Flux 
• From Hybrid to Conventional Warfare: Three Lessons for Taiwan from Ukraine 
• The Myth of Peace: Imperialism and Control of Occupied Lands from Ukraine to Gaza 
• Prosecuting Putin’s Proxies: How Prosecutions Are Reshaping the Fight Against Russian Irregular Forces 
• Taiwan Resilience and Resistance Operating Concept (T-RROC) 
• Turning West, Across the Gulf of Aden: The Houthis and al-Shabaab 

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 25-03-AR Combating Violence Against Women in Afghanistan: State and USAID Can’t Fully Determine Impacts of U.S. Efforts Without Developing Goals and Increasing Site Visits 
• SIGAR 25-04-FA Department of Defense’s Afghanistan Automated Biometric Identification System Maintenance, Operations, and Sustainment Support Services: Audit of Costs Incurred by Ideal Innovations Inc. 
• SIGAR-25-05-LL Staffing the Mission: Lessons from the U.S. Reconstruction of Afghanistan 

 Stimson Center

• To Counter China, U.S. Must Do More in Myanmar 

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

• Russian Information Influence Operations Towards Sweden 
• Threading the Needle: Boosting Armenia’s Resilience and Deepening EU Cooperation 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Community Dialogue as a Peacebuilding Tool: Insights From Environmental Dialogue in the Nineveh Plains of Iraq 
• Enhancing Cyber Risk Reduction and the Role of the European Union 
• The Potentially Revolutionary Impact of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies and Strategic Conventional Weapons on the Nuclear Deterrence Debate 
• SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2023 
• World’s Top Arms Producers See Revenues Rise on the Back of Wars and Regional Tensions 

 Strauss Center

• Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: November 2024 

 Swedish Defense Research Agency

• Putin's Patriotic Agenda at War: Guns, God, Sport, and Roubles 
• Western Military Capability in Northern Europe 2024. Part III: NATO's Strategy for Deterrence and Defence towards 2030 - Matching Ambition and Capabilities 

 Taylor & Francis

• Conflict, Security & Development, 2024
• The Fallacy of uti possidetis juris: Transboundary Fishing in Disputed Maritime Boundaries as a Threat to Africa’s Peace and Security  [open access article] 
• Tested by the COVID-19 Economic Shock: Peace-Positive Entrepreneurship and Intergroup Collaboration in Post-Conflict Business Recovery  [open access article] 
• ‘The End of the ‘Revolution’ (al-thawra) but not Revolutionaries (thuwwār)’*: Insights from Syrian Fighters 
• Contemporary Politics, 2024
• Identity-Policy Discrepancy: Crisis Perception, Third-Order Change and the Shifting Foreign Policy Trajectories of China and Japan Toward Northeast Asia [open access article] 
• Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2024
• A Case for the Abolition of “Terrorism” and Its Industry [open access article] 
• The Critical Terrorism Researcher: Identity, Positionality, and (De)Coloniality [open access article] 
• “Don’t Bring Race Into It”: White Ignorance, UK Counterterrorism and the Impact Agenda [open access article] 
• Instrumentalising Race: Why Critical Terrorism Studies Continues to have a Race Problem [open access article] 
• Violences of/In Critical Terrorism Studies [open access article] 
• Whiteness as Expertise in Studies of the Far Right  [open access article] 
• Defence Studies, 2024
• Fighting to Adapt: A Study of the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Cognitive Flexibility in Swedish Army Brigades [open access article] 
• Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2024
• British Children Associated with ISIS in Camps in North-East Syria: Counter-Terrorism, Security and Children’s Rights Concerns in Repatriation Decision-Making [open access article] 
• Global Change, Peace & Security, 2024
• Military Intervention and Its Impact on Governance, Peace and Security in the Kingdom of Lesotho [open access article] 
• Global Crime, 2024
• Radical Networks and Terrorist Action: The Importance of Social Relationships and Network Positions [open access article] 
• Journal of Political Ideologies, 2024
• The Morphology of Putinism: The Arrangement of Political Concepts into a Coherent Ideology [open access article] 
• Journal of Risk Research, 2024
• Procedural Fairness and Safety in the Acceptance of Nuclear Waste Disposal in Germany: An Empirical Study [open access article] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies, 2024
• China’s Defence Semiconductor Industrial Base in an Age of Globalisation: Cross-Strait Dynamics and Regional Security Implications  [open access article] 
• Evolving towards Military Innovation: AI and the Australian Army [open access article] 
• The Role of Defence Countertrade in Chinese Geoeconomic Diplomacy [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2024
• Dare to Share: Information and Intelligence Sharing within the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime [open access article] 
• Security Studies, 2024
• Unpacking Russia’s Cyber-Incident Response [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2024
• Advocating for rebellion – Rebel diplomacy and international advocacy in the Bougainville Crisis [open access article] 

 UK Ministry of Defense

• Defense Industrial Strategy:  Statement of Intent 
• UK Support to Ukraine:  Factsheet 

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

• Targeting transformative disaster risk resilience in South and South-West Asia : Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2024 for ESCAP Subregions 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Exploring the AI-ICT Security Nexus 
• The Focus and Function of BWC Verification 
• Possible Models of BWC Verification 
• Quantum Technology, Peace and Security: A Primer 
• Survival and Struggle: The Experience of Women and Girls With and After Boko Haram 
• Towards a Regular Institutional Dialogue on International ICT Security: Review of Current Proposals and Considerations for Effective Dialogue 
• Trust Matters: Community Perceptions Towards Aid Organizations in the North East of Nigeria 

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

• “Not Just Another Tool" Report on Public Perceptions of AI in Law Enforcement 

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• Afghanistan Drug Insights
• volume 1 - Opium poppy cultivation 2024 
• Volume 2 - 2024 opium production and rural development 
• Volume 3 - Mapping of facilities for treatment of substance use disorders 
• Assessment of the Response to Illicit Weapons Trafficking in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
• Arabic 
• English 
• Femicides in 2023: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides 
• UNODC Policymakers Training Package on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders 

 U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)

• China’s Global Security Initiative Takes Shape in Southeast and Central Asia 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• If Iran Gets the Bomb:  Weapons, Force Posture, Strategy 

 Wilson Center

• A Practical Guide to the USMCA 2026 Review: 3 Principles, 5 Rules for Success 

 World Bank

• Cybersecurity Economics for Emerging Markets 
• The Journey Ahead: Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia 

 Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL)

• Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children