Friday's Miscellany 12-13-2024 & 12-20-2024

 38 North

• Sinpho South Shipyard: The Sinpo-C SSB Repositioned in Drydock During Extended Stay 
• Using Forecasting Methodologies to Look to the Future of the North Korean Nuclear Program 

 ACLED

• Non-State Armed Groups and Illicit Economies in West Africa: Building Armed Group Legitimacy 
• Syria: Which Groups Have Been Fighting Each Other and Where? 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Africa’s 2024 Security Trends in 10 Graphics 
• Record Levels of Flooding in Africa Compounds Stress on Fragile Countries 

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

• Is War with Iran Inevitable?  The U.S. Military's Re-Engagement in the Middle East 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• A Guide to Re-Constituting Good Government 
• Where’s the Indian Economy Headed? 

 Amnesty International

• Brutal Crackdown on Protestors and Journalists in Georgia: “They May Have Broken Our Bones, but They Won’t Break Our Spirits 
• “A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society in Serbia 
• “The Sky Rained Missiles”: Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Must be Investigated as War Crimes 

 Army War College Press

• China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army:  A New Reserve Service System 

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• The 2024 U.S. Elections and Outlook for U.S. Allies 
• Should South Korea Join AUKUS Pillar 2? 
• South Korea-Japan Relations: Navigating the ‘Minority Party’ Ishiba’s Second Cabinet and the Post-Sado Mine Memorial Ceremony Disruption 

 Asia Foundation

• Initial Evidence on the Relevance of ‘Development Entrepreneurship’ Outside of the Philippines 
• The State of Bangladesh’s Political Governance, Development, and Society: According to its Citizens 2024 

 Atlantic Council

• Europe and the United States Need to Revolutionize Their Defense Industrial Bases—and How They Cooperate 
• Even in Authoritarian Countries, Democracy Advocates Are Worth Investing In 
• How a New Global Defense Bank—the ‘Defense, Security, and Resilience Bank’—Can Solve Us and Allied Funding Problems 
• The Reluctant Consensus:  War and Russia’s Public Opinion 
• Threats Posed By the Global Shadow Fleet—and How to Stop It 

 Australian Army Research Center

• Spontaneous Volunteers: The Applied History of Domestic Operations 

 Australian National University Press

• China: Regaining Growth Momentum after the Pandemic 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Australia and South Korea:  Leveraging the Strategic Potential of Cooperation in Critical Technologies 
• Cyclone Tracy: 50 Years On 
• The Implications of Emerging Changes in Land Warfare for the Focused All-Domain Defence Force 

 Brookings Institution

• Which Places Would Be Most Affected by the Trump Administration’s Immigrant Deportation Proposals? 

 Bruegel

• How the European Union Should Respond to Trump’s Tariffs 
• Incorporating Political Risk into Analysis of Sovereign Debt Sustainability 
• It’s Time for the European Union to Rethink Personal Social Networking 
• Long-Term Care Policies In Practice: A European Perspective 

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

• Canada’s CUSMA [Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement] Conundrum 
• Countering Foreign Interference in Canada: Transnational Linkages, Diaspora Mobilisation and Grey Zone Conflict 
• Independence of the Canadian Military Judiciary:  Much to be Desired? 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The AI Export Dilemma: Three Competing Visions for U.S. Strategy 
• Alliance Future: Rewiring Australia and the United States 
• Civic Activism in an Intensifying Climate Crisis 
• Negotiating the India-China Standoff:  2020–2024 
• Securing Europe’s Subsea Data Cables 
• A Sketch of Potential Tripwire Capabilities for AI 
• Subsea Communication Cables in Southeast Asia: A Comprehensive Approach Is Needed 

 Cato Institute

• Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Technology to Secure the AI Chip Supply Chain:  A Working Paper 

 Center for Climate & Security (CCS)

• Establishing an Ecological Security Framework for Southeast Asia 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• Up North: Confronting Arctic Insecurity Implications for the United States and NATO 

 Center for Global Development

• Avoiding Another Lost Decade on Malaria Vaccines 
• Banks in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Overview of Key Policy, Financial, and Operational Issues 
• Multilateral Development Banks in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Overview of Key Policy, Financial, and Operational Issues 

 Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

• Pracademic Affairs, December 2024, v. 4 
• A Bipartisan Perspective: Integration of Equity into Emergency Management 
• Emergency Management: A Practitioner-Based Evaluation of the 2017 Core Competencies 
• Importance of Hand Hygiene Compliance in Reducing Occupationally Acquired Infections for Emergency Departments and Emergency Medical Services 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• AI and the Future of Workforce Training 
• Anticipating Biological Risk:  A Toolkit for Strategic Biosecurity Policy 
• Four Chinese Industry Associations Issue Statements Condemning U.S. Sanctions [translation] 
• Identifying Emerging Technologies in Research 
• Ministry of Commerce Notice 2024 No. 46:  Notice Concerning Strengthening Controls on Exports of Relevant Dual-Use Items to the United States [translation] 
• National Standard of the People’s Republic of China:  Cybersecurity Technology – Basic Safety Requirements for Generative Artificial Intelligence Services [translation] 
• RFI Response:  Safety Considerations for Chemical and/or Biological AI Models 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Analyses in Security Policy
• No. 352: A Taxonomy of Hybrid Threats 
• No. 353: Blackout: Challenges and Preparedness 
• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 322: Russia and the South Caucasus 
• Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
• No. 10: Relations with Ukraine's Neighbors 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• The Aftermath of October 7: Regional Conflict in the Middle East 
• The Arsenal of Instability: How Expanding Western Defense Production Impacts Negotiations in Ukraine 
• China Makes Progress on Its Fifth Antarctic Research Station 
• Competition in the Shadow of Technology 
• The Demographic Dilemma: Why Military Support Must Consider Population Trends 
• Does Ukraine Already Have Functional CJADC2 Technology? 
• Farming Frontlines: How Food and Agriculture Will Impact Negotiations in Ukraine 
• Global Development Recommendations for the Next Administration 
• How to Support Ukraine: Peace Will Require Ukrainian Strength 
• The Joint Expeditionary Force: From Northern Europe to Ukraine 
• The New Russia-DPRK Economic Axis: Expansion of Tumangang and Khasan Railway Crossing 
• On the Horizon Vol. 7: A Collection of Papers from the Next Generation 
• Putin Thinks He Can Win: Why Would He Negotiate? 
• Strengthening Resilience in Taiwan 
• Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: What Was Old Is New Again 
• Thinking Outside the Toolbox: Equipping U.S. Development Assistance for Modern Times 
• To Promote U.S. Investment in Ukraine’s Reconstruction, Appoint a Special Presidential Envoy to Coordinate U.S. Efforts 
• Ukraine’s Narrative War: Combating Russian Disinformation in Latin America and the Caribbean 
• Understanding the Biden Administration’s Updated Export Controls 
• The United States Needs to Step Up Its Response to Bird Flu 
• Updating Augustine’s Law: Fighter Aircraft Cost Growth in the Age of AI and Autonomy 
• Wargaming Nuclear Deterrence and Its Failures in a U.S.–China Conflict over Taiwan 

 Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)

• Navigating Sanctions: Laundered Russian Oil Finds Its Way Back to Europe from India 

 Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

• Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, November 2024, v. 35 
• The Taliban’s Political Theory: ‘Abd al-Hakim al-Haqqani’s Vision for the Islamic Emirate
• Salafism and Pragmatic Politics in India
• Embracing Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq: Pragmatism or Naiveté?
• Political Transition in Post-Raisi Iran
• IS Khurasan’s Multipolar War: Propaganda and Operations Against the Great Powers
• Remaining, Waiting for Expansion (Again): The Islamic State’s Operations in Iraq and Syria

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

• Russia’s Assessment of Turkey’s Policy in the South Caucasus: Implications for the EU 
• The UNDP’s Proposal for a ‘Türkiye Compact’: Is it Politically Feasible? 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• The Difficulties of Restoring Democracy in Poland 
• The Gap between the 'Brexit Reset' Rhetoric and the Reality 
• The UK Can Ride Trump Out on Trade 

 Centre for Independent Studies

• Syria Upheaval a Plus for Israel, But the State is Still in Trouble 

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

• Russia Escalates Drone-Dropped Munitions Use in Kherson, Ukraine 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Developing a Framework for Collective Data Rights 
• Preparing for Next-Generation Information Warfare with Generative AI 
• Why Global South Countries Need to Care About Highly Capable AI 

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

• Nepal’s Diplomatic Misstep- Oli’s China Moves Stir Domestic and International Discontent 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Americans Now Favor Strengthening US-Japan Alliance to Deal with China’s Rise 
• US Opinion Leaders Endorse Alliances and Security Guarantees 
• US Opinion Leaders Support Continued Aid to Ukraine 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• Sichuan Tengden Technology Develops UAVs for Possible ASW Mission and Expands Production 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• The EU Budget and the National Capacity to Investment 
• Shifts in Arctic Security:  Ripples of Russia’s War against Ukraine 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• CTC Sentinel, December 2024, v. 17, no. 11 
• Evaluating ‘Transnationalism’ as an Analytical Lens for Understanding REMVE Terrorism
• A View from the CT Foxhole: Marshall Miller, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Looking West: The Houthis’ Expanding Footprint in the Horn of Africa
• Africa Corps: Has Russia Hit a Ceiling in Africa?

 Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Oversight

• Interim Report on the Failures and Politicization of the January 6th Select Committee 

 Congress. House. Select Committee on Competition with the Chinese Communist Party

• Critical Minerals Policy Working Group Final Report:  Creating Resilient Critical Mineral Supply Chains 

 Congress. Senate. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

• The U.S. Technology Fueling Russia’s War in Ukraine: Examining the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Enforcement of Semiconductor Export Controls 

 Congress. Senate. Senator Roger Wicker

• Restoring Freedom’s Forge: American Innovation Unleashed 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Artificial Intelligence and Its Potential Effects on the Economy and the Federal Budget 
• CBO’s Current View of the Economy From 2025 to 2027 
• CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts: 2025 to 2034 
• Effects of Illustrative Policies That Would Increase Tariffs 
• Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2025 to 2034 
• Revisiting the Relationship Between Debt and Long-Term Interest Rates 
• The Risks of Climate Change to the United States in the 21st Century 

 Costs of War Project Brown University

• Return to Afghanistan: Re-Migration and the Failed Reintegration of Millions of Afghans 

 Council on Foreign Relations

• A Big Year for Asian Elections, but Not Necessarily for Democracy 
• No Limits?  The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy 
• Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Exploring Far Right Utopias in Practice 

 Department of Commerce

• The Decisive Decade: Advancing National Security at the Department of Commerce 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• 2023 Demographics Profile of the Military Community 
• Prior Years 
• Chemical and Biological Defense Program Enterprise Strategy 2024 
• Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2024 (CMPR)
• China Military Power Report (CMPR) Fact Sheet 
• Ukraine Fact Sheet - December 12 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2025-050 Follow up Evaluation of Enhanced End Use Monitoring of Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine 
• DODIG-2025-051 Unclassified Summary of the Evaluation of the Accountability Controls for Seaports of Debarkation in the U.S. European Command Area of Responsibility 
• DODIG-2025-052 Audit of the Navy’s Accelerated Promotion Programs 
• DODIG-2025-053 Audit of Cybersecurity of DoD Classified Mobile Devices 
• DODIG-2025-054 Management Advisory: Review of the DoD’s Roles and Responsibilities for Facilitating the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Through the Maritime Corridor 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-25-06 DHS Initiated Efforts to Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Intelligence Collection and Analysis 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• A Break with the Past: The End of French Military Presence in Chad and Senegal 
• What’s Wrong with the DRC Constitution? 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• India to Surpass China as the Top Source of Global Oil Consumption Growth in 2024 and 2025 

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)            

• Pakistan - Country Focus 

 European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)

• Cross-Cutting Technologies in Chinese Space Activities: Raising the Risk of Hybrid Threats 

 European Council on Foreign Relations                 

• The Cross-Channel Reset: Trump, Putin, and Shifting EU-UK Opinion 
• Dealing with Trump, Israel, and Hamas: The Path to Peace in the Middle East 
• Rules of Entry: Cooperative Pathways for Europe and Africa on Critical Minerals 

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

• Stop the Bleeding: How to Protect Existing NPT Disarmament Agreements and Commitments 

 EUROPOL

• Online Jihadist Propaganda - 2023 in Review 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Argentina's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• The Marshall Islands' Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• Nauru's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• Oman's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• Papua New Guinea's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 
• Timor Leste's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• China’s Global Initiatives:  Common Security in the Service of National Interest 
• Energy Justice through Policy: A Comparison of US and EU Approaches 
• Ukraine’s Relations with Its Regional Neighbors:  Partnerships That Don’t Come Easy 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Czech Republic Faces an Uncertain Political Future 
• The Impact of Russia Sanctions on Central Asia 
• The New ‘Baltic Way’: Assessing the Baltic Defensive Line Concept 
• Romania’s Electoral Crisis: A Blueprint for Defending Democracy Romania’s Electoral Crisis: A Blueprint for Defending Democracy 
• What’s At Stake in Ukraine:  European Security in a Broader Context 
• Women in Baltic Politics and Political Leadership 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections 
• The Near Enemy:  China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States 

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

• Lessons to Be Learned:  Germany’s Crisis Management in Mali (2013–2023) 
• The Russian Economy at a Turning Point 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• On Target? How Effective are Sanctions in the Western Balkans? 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Anime and the Extreme-Right: Otaku Culture and Aesthetics in Extremist Digital Propaganda 
• Dark Signals: The Growing Threat of Satellite Internet in Extremist Networks 
• The Drones of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: The Development and Use of UAS in Syria 
• Improving the Quality of Violent Extremism Research: Why CVE Researchers Should Play More Games 
• Melodies of Malice: Understanding How AI Fuels the Creation and Spread of Extremist Music 
• Soliciting Terror: ISKP Digital Communications and Financing Tactics Through Voice of Khurasan 
• The Targeting of Ethnic Tajiks by Online Extremists: A Global Problem 
• Telegram Homeschooling: Maintaining A Salafi-Jihadist Oriented Echo Chamber 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Air Traffic Control: Urgent FAA Actions Are Needed to Modernize Aging Systems GAO-25-107917 
• Artificial Intelligence: DHS Needs to Improve Risk Assessment Guidance for Critical Infrastructure Sectors GAO-25-107435 
• Bridge Investment Program: DOT Should Refine Processes to Improve Consistency GAO-25-107227 
• Campaign Finance: Observations on Public Financing Programs in Selected States and Localities GAO-25-106650 
• Coast Guard Acquisitions: Further Cost and Affordability Analysis of Polar Fleet Needed GAO-25-106822 
• Climate Change: Improved Data and Performance Management Would Strengthen U.S. Support to the Indo-Pacific GAO-25-106236 
• Cloud Seeding Technology: Assessing Effectiveness and Other Challenges GAO-25-107328 
• COVID-19: Information on HHS's Medical Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program GAO-25-107368 
• Currency Transaction Reports: Improvements Could Reduce Filer Burden While Still Providing Useful Information to Law Enforcement GAO-25-106500 
• Debt Limit: Statutory Changes Could Avert the Risk of a Government Default and Its Potentially Severe Consequences GAO-25-107089 
• DOD Acquisition Reform: Military Departments Should Take Steps to Facilitate Speed and Innovation GAO-25-107003 
• Elections: Observations on State Laws and Perspectives on Holding Special Elections to Fill House Vacancies GAO-25-107428 
• Federal Vehicle Fleet: Efforts are Underway to Facilitate the Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles GAO-25-106972 
• Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Address Acquisition Workforce Challenges and Data GAO-25-107075 
• Illicit Finance: Treasury Should Monitor Partnerships and Trusts for Future Risks GAO-25-106955 
• Immigration Courts: Actions Needed to Track and Report Noncitizens' Hearing Appearances GAO-25-106867 
• International Trade: Agencies Should Improve Oversight of Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements GAO-25-106936 
• National Nuclear Security Administration: Assessments of Nuclear Weapon Acquisitions GAO-25-106048 
• Naval Reactors: Independent Analyses of Cost, Schedule, and Quality of Work Needed for Spent Fuel Handling Facility Project GAO-25-106997 
• Navy Ship Modernization: Poor Cruiser Outcomes Demonstrate Need for Better Planning and Quality Oversight in Future Efforts GAO-25-106749 
• Nuclear Waste Cleanup: NNSA Should Improve Its Strategy for Managing Anticipated Waste from Defense Activities GAO-25-107636 
• Opioid Use Disorder Grants: Opportunities Exist to Improve Data Collection, Share Information, and Ease Reporting Burden GAO-25-106944 
• Public Health Preparedness: Exploring HHS Interagency Agreements GAO-25-107633 
• State Department: Spending on Pay, Benefits, and Allowances for Overseas Employees GAO-25-107098 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Actions Taken to Develop Water Resources Research Prototypes GAO-25-107449 
• Wildfires: Additional Actions Needed to Address FEMA Assistance Challenges GAO-25-106862 

 Grid Strategies

• Strategic Industries Surging: Driving US Power Demand 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba in International Networks: Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Development 
• Economic Security Risks to Dutch and European Competitiveness – Parliamentary Expert Testimony 
• Maritime Security for Resilient Global Supply Chains in the Wider Indo-Pacific 

 Henry L. Stimson Center

• An Assessment of the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect 
• Cratering Effects:  Chinese Missile Threats to US Air Bases in the Indo-Pacific 
• The Ugly Truth About the Permanent War Economy 

 Heritage Foundation

• Derailing the Tren de Aragua 
• Leveraging U.S. Foreign Assistance in Southeast Asia 
• Occupying Washington: How to Staff the New Administration Without Delay 
• Resurrection or Surrender?:  The Crisis of Purpose in the West 
• Securing Critical Mineral Supply Chains Is a Defense Priority 

 Hudson Institute

• The Real Deal for US Steel:  A Comprehensive Analysis of the Nippon Steel–US Steel Purchase 
• A Strategy to Free Political Prisoners in China 

 Human Rights Watch

• Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water 
• “We Need to Take Away Children”: Zero Accountability Six Years After “Zero Tolerance” 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• COVID Lessons Identified for NATO Bio-Responsiveness Capability 
• National Security Issues in Cyberspace and Space 
• Nature-Based Solutions:  Evidence for Hazard Risk Reduction and Ecosystem Services 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Russian Decoy Drones that Depend on Western Parts Pose a Great Challenge to Ukrainian Defenses 
• Update on Iranian Pharmaceutical Based Agents and the OPCW 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

• China’s Himalayan Hustle: Revisionism Resistance Must be the Order of the Region 
• Martial Law and Political Polarization: What’s in Store for South Korea? 
• “Yizhou 夷洲” and “Liuqiu 流求” in Historical Chinese Texts: International Relations on the Northeast Asian Seas (3rd-17th Centuries) 

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• AU and REC Challenges in Supporting Post-Coup Transitions 
• Block by Block: Unpuzzling Africa’s Migration Governance Landscape 
• Under the Influence? Online Mis/Disinformation in South Africa’s May 2024 Election 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• December 12, 2024: Kremlin Pivot to Libya or Sudan Post-Syria; Turkey Mediates Ethiopia-Somalia Deal 
• December 19, 2024: Russia Reinforces Libya amid Syria Withdrawal; DRC-Rwanda Talks Collapse; Ethiopia’s Counter-Fano Campaign; ISSP Strangles Roadways in Niger; Ankara Declaration 
• Special Edition: Ankara Declaration Reduces Ethiopia-Somalia Tensions but Leaves Unresolved Gaps 
• China-Taiwan
• December 12 
• December 20 
• Iran Update
• December 9 
• December 10 
• December 11 
• December 12 
• December 13 
• December 14 
• December 15 
• December 16 
• December 17 
• December 18 
• December 19 
• December 20 
• December 21 
• December 22 
• Russian Efforts to Centralize Drone Units May Degrade Russian Drone Operations 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• December 9 
• December 10 
• December 11 
• December 12 
• December 13 
• December 14 
• December 15 
• December 16 
• December 17 
• December 18 
• December 19 
• December 20
• December 21 
• December 22 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• European Space Governance and Its Implications for Italy 
• The G7 and AI Governance: Towards a Deeper and Broader Agenda 
• Navigating New Geostrategic Challenges 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

• Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2024, v. 18, no. 4 
• Foreign and Familiar: Recruitment Pathways of Young People Engaged with Extremism in Australia
• The Extreme Far-Right Ecosystem in Ireland: History and Contemporary Trends
• Putting Legal Research on Trial. A Reflection of Challenges Investigating Terrorism Prosecutions in England and Wales
• Sentencing Outcomes for Extremist Actors in the United Kingdom, 2001-2022
• Playing to the Gallery: The Impact of Courtroom Performance on the Sentences Received by Convicted Terrorists in the UK and France
• Sentencing Inconsistencies in Terrorism Cases in Indonesia: Issues of Enforcement and Fairness
• Sentencing and Post-Sentence Decisions under Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Laws: Risk-Averse not Risk-Based
• Terrorism, Extremism and the 'Grey Area' in Between: Towards a Strategic Conceptual Model of Response in the UK
• Critical Perspectives on Anti-Government Extremism: A Research Note
• Bibliography on Terrorism and Justice Systems, Courts, and Detention

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• China’s New Information Support Force: Military Lessons from Ukraine 
• The Iron Leviathan: Russia’s Rail Network in its War against Ukraine 

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

• Blood Diamonds and Bloodshed: The Psychological Drivers of Violence in Sierra Leone’s Civil War 
• Israel’s Bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s Sectarian Wounds 

 International Crisis Group

• Restoring Nigeria’s Leadership for Regional Peace and Security 
• Ukraine War Map: Tracking the Frontlines 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Ballistic-Missile Proliferation and the Rise of Middle Eastern Space Programs 
• Collaborative Platforms and Contested MALE UAVs 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

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

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

• Nuclear Verification’s Holy Grail: Verifying Nuclear Warheads — a new approach 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, December 20, 2024, v. 24, no. 24  
• Innovation Without Borders: The PRC’s Use of Offshore Bases
• Instead of Joint Sword-2024C, PLA Intensifies Winter Naval Training
• PLA Steps up Security Cooperation With Russia in 2024
• PRC Gray Zone Activities Against Taiwan: Civilian Drone Incursions
• State Goals, Private Tools: Digital Sovereignty and Surveillance Along the Belt and Road
• Terrorism Monitor, December 11, 2024, v. 22, no. 11 
• Brief: Wagner Massacre in Mali and Ukraine’s Kursk Operation Appears to Have Led to PMC’s Partial Withdrawal
• Brief: JNIM Attacks in Benin Represented Group’s Growing Operational Strength in Periphery
• Countering the High-Denomination Currency Funding Militancy in Pakistan
• Jihadist Threats and Propaganda Campaigns Target Indian Elections
• Iran’s Red Sea Strategy Amid the RSF–SAF Fratricidal War in Sudan

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

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

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• Exploring Refugees’ Intentions to Return to Ukraine: Data Insights and Policy Responses 
• Language Access in Colorado State Agencies: Existing Efforts and Opportunities for Expansion 

 Monmouth University, Department of Criminal Justice

• Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education, 2024, v.18 
• Bridging Theory and Practice: Applied Research Methods In Security And Emergency Services
• Intelligence by the Numbers: Data Analytics Training for Undergraduate Intelligence Students
• Student Engagement With Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation Through Observational Research
• Building Regional Resilience: Research-to-Practice Partnerships in a Rural Border Area
• Bridging Theory and Practice: Teaching Qualitative Field Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology
• AI Tools for Accelerated Learning
• Standardization of the Intelligence Analyst Workforce and Education: Are We There Yet?
• From the Classroom to the Farm: A Collaborative Academic-Practitioner Disaster Resilience Program

 National Academies Press 

• Adult Learning in the Military Context  
• Developing a Strategy to Evaluate the National Climate Assessment 
• Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 

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

• Civilian Resilience and Resistance: Integrating Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives with a Focus on Ukraine 

 National Institute (NIJ)

• Practices for Law Enforcement Interviews of Potential Human Trafficking Victims: A Scoping Review 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• “America First”:  Neither Cosmopolitan Nor Isolationist 

 National Security Archive

• 1960 Intelligence Report Said Israeli Nuclear Site Was for Weapons 
• Fifty Years of Silence: Mexico Faces the Legacy of its Dirty War 
• The Long Telegram of the 1990s: “Whose Russia Is It Anyway? Toward a Policy of Benign Respect” 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• CMSI Translations #11: Mid-Life Overhaul and Upgrade of the Type 052C Guided Missile Destroyer 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• INSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias 
• Killing With Applause: Emergent Permission Structures for Murder in the Digital Age 
• Praise for United Healthcare CEO Assassination Goes Viral 

 Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

• Lessons from China:  How Soon Could Iran Get the Bomb? 

 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

• The Cyber Dimension of Space Systems – An Analysis of Offensive Cyber Operations Targeting Space Infrastructure 
• Multinational Search and Rescue in the Arctic – Findings from a Concept Development Assessment Game 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Africa’s Imperatives 
• Building Resilient Cities: Adapting to the Health Impacts of Climate Change 
• The Case for Tech-Based Wargaming in the Indian Armed Forces 
• Energy Transition in India’s Transport Sector: Current Policies, Key Challenges, and Potential Pathways 
• Financing Climate Adaptation in Africa 
• A Framework for Effective Risk Assessment of AI-Biotechnology Convergence 
• Global Dynamics in a Year of Domestic Contestation and Political Shifts 
• Leaving No One Behind: Strategies for Disability Inclusion in India 
• Multilateral Cooperation in India-Russia Ties: A Decadal Review of BRICS and SCO 
• Towards ‘Agenda 2063’: Africa’s Digitalisation Imperatives 
• UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance: A Turning Point in Global Health Governance 

 Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO)

• 2024 OFCIO Impact Report 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )

• Building More Resilient Cross-Border Regions 
• OECD Toolkit to Combat Homelessness 

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

• Guidelines, Training Manual, and Training Program Curriculum for K9 Units in Law Enforcement Agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
• Protecting Women, Strengthening Laws and Institutional Response: The Role of the Parliament of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Combating Domestic and Gender-Based Violence 

 Our World in Data

• Most International Migrants Don’t Move Very Far from Their Home Countries 

 Pew Research Center

• Global Elections in 2024: What We Learned in a Year of Political Disruption 
• Government Restrictions on Religion Stayed at Peak Levels Globally in 2022 
• How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue 
• Most Americans Feel Good About Their Job Security but Not Their Pay 
• Religious Restrictions Around the World 
• Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 
• What U.S. Latinos Say About ‘Machismo’ 

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies                    

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy Studies (STEPS) December 2024, no. 10 
• The Wicked Problem that Confronts the US Space Force
• Technology Opportunities for National Prosperity
• The Detrimental US Tax Policy on Research and Development
• Mitigating Algorithm Targeting in Social Media Platforms
• Approaching Orbital Overload
• Government Opportunities for AI Technologies

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• Bridging the Divide:  It Is Time for a New Science Agreement With China 
• Jordan on the Edge: Pressures from the War in Gaza and the Incoming Trump Administration 
• A New Era:  Responding to a Post–Assad Syria 
• Trump 2.0: Restraint Foreign Policy Recommendations for Trump’s Second Term 

 RAND Corporation

• Advancing Transparency in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:  Defining the Office of Homeland Security Statistics 
• Corruption and Russia's Illicit Gold Trade 
• Evaluation of the Use and Impact of Body-Worn Cameras in the NHS England Ambulance Sector 
• A Historical Analysis of a True Invasion of Taiwan 
• How Do Alternative Strategies for Army Installation Unaccompanied Housing Compare? 
• Managing Industry Influence in U.S. AI Policy 
• Methods of Assessing Duplication of Benefits with Patient Care Revenue: As Applied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Health Care Providers' Public Assistance Claims During the COVID-19 Emergency 
• Mentorship Efforts within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Incident Workforce 
• Military Spouse Employment in the Technology Sector 
• Organizing for Army Financial Audit Success 
• Perceptions of Mental Health Confidentiality Policies and Practices in the U.S. Military  
• Policy Recommendations to Improve Transition Support for Those Leaving the Military
• Promotions in Law Enforcement: High-Priority Needs for Improving the Process to Identify and Select the Next Generation of Police Leaders 
• Setting Higher Close Combat Standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test: Evidence and Recommendations 
• State-of-Play and Future Trends on the Development of Oversight Frameworks for Emerging Technologies
• Part 1: Global Landscape Review of Emerging Technology Areas 
• Part 2: Technology Oversight Report 
• Stronger by Design: Understanding and Applying Design Thinking in Talent Pipeline Management 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Crypto-Asset Recovery: Challenges, Observed Practices and Strategies 
• Navigating Clean Energy Industries and Rivalry in Decarbonisation 
• Optimising the Royal Netherlands Navy for its Role within NATO 
• The Other Bitcoin Boom: Crypto Mining in Russia’s Shadow Territories 
• Radicalisation through Gaming: The Role of Gendered Social Identity 
• RUSI Maritime Sanctions Taskforce: First Meeting Report 
• Summary: Navigating Clean Energy Industries and Rivalry in Decarbonisation 

 SAGE Journals

• Journal of Peace Research, 2024
• Extreme Weather and Contentious Elections [open access article] 
• The Role of Subgroup Leaders in Combatant Socialization and Resocialization: The British Re-Education Program for German POWs (1946–1948) [open access article] 
• To Compete or Strategically Retreat? The Global Diffusion of Reconnaissance Strike [open access article] 
• Words to Unite Nations: The Complete United Nations General Debate Corpus, 1946–Present [open access article] 

 The Sentry

• Corruption Threatens Libya’s Derna Again 

 Small Arms Survey

• Balancing Control and Awareness: Firearms and Safety in Ukraine 

 Springer Journals

• International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2024
• Bidirectional Evacuation in Subway Fires Considering the Number of Retrograders and Proactive Avoidance Behavior Based on Experiments and Simulations [open access article] 
• The Impact of Tornadoes and Damaging Winds on County-Level Income Growth in the United States [open access article] 
• Understanding Risk Communication Through a Postcolonial Theory Perspective: Lessons from Three Studies on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy [open access article] 
• Improving Complex Problem-Solving in Emergency Response: A Study of the Fire and Rescue Service in Sweden [open access article] 

 Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)

• What Makes a Good AI Benchmark? 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Bias in Military Artificial Intelligence 

 Strauss Center

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

 Taylor & Francis

• African Security, 2024
• Trailblazers in a Warming World? The Agency of African Actors in Climate, Peace, and Security [open access article] 
• Conflict, Security & Development, 2024
• Potential Tensions and Synergies between DDR and Transitional Justice In Relation to Pro-Government Militias: The Case of the PMF in Post-IS Iraq [open access article] 
• Defence and Peace Economics, 2024
• The Impact of Military Expenditures on Economic Growth: A New Instrumental Variables Approach [open access article] 
• Defense & Security Analysis, 2024
• Nuclear Chess on the Korean Peninsula: Analysing North Korea’s “Second Mission” and Strategic Implications [open access article] 
• Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2024
• The Blame Game: A Thematic Analysis of Islamophobic Tweets during the COVID-19 Pandemic [open access article] 
• The Racialization of Muslim Family Life [open access article] 
• Valuing Women’s Spaces and Communities: Refugee Integration in Hostile Environments [open access article] 
• Geopolitics, 2024
• The Effects of Externalised Border Control Management by Germany on Marriage Migrants from Third Countries  [open access article] 
• Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2024
• 2023 Cyberbiosecurity Summit Underscores Challenges Associated with Cybersecurity and the Rapidly Growing Bioeconomy  [open access article] 
• Biosecurity Infectious Diseases of the Returning Indonesian Migrant Workers  [open access article] 
• How Virtual Relationality Enables the Incel Collective, Its Narrative and Violence  [open access article] 
• Intelligence and National Security, 2024
• Cyber Intelligence and International Security: Breaking the Legal and Diplomatic Silence? [open access article] 
• Knowledge Gives Strength to the Arm: An Agenda for Studying Combat Intelligence as a Discrete Function within Military Intelligence [open access article] 
• ‘Profiles in Intelligence’: An Interview with 8th Mossad Chief Danny Yatom [open access article] 
• Unravelling Effectiveness in Intelligence: A Systematic Review [open access article] 
• Journal of Cyber Policy, 2024
• Back to the Territorial State: China and Russia’s Use of UN Cybercrime Negotiations to Challenge the Liberal Cyber Order  [open access article] 
• Data Free Flow with Trust: Current Landscape, Challenges and Opportunities  [open access article] 
• Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 2024
• Navigating the Interplay of Cognitive Warfare and Counterintelligence In African Security Strategies: Insights and Case Studies [open access article] 
• Journal of Risk Research, 2024
• The Mediated Amplification of Societal Risk and Risk Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Technological Risk Frames on YouTube and Their Impact before and after ChatGPT [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2024
• Contextualising the Investigation Work in China: The Facilitators and Barriers in Using Mobile Phone Evidence [open access article] 
• Exploring the Relationship between Shared Identity and Interoperability: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Discussion-Based Multi-Agency Emergency Response Exercises [open access article] 
• Police Misconduct Hearings as Legitimacy Dialogues  [open access article] 
• Police Officer Knowledge of and Attitudes to Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Administration: An Evaluation of Police Training in Scotland [open access article] 
• Sexual and Violent Police Perpetrators: The Institutional Response to Reporting Victims [open access article] 
• Towards a Suicide-Responsive Police Culture: Police Experiences of Working with Suicide [open access article] 
• Values? Camera? Action! An Ethnography of an AI Camera System used by the Netherlands Police [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• The Potentially Revolutionary Impact of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies and Strategic Conventional Weapons on Nuclear Deterrence 

 Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

• Judge-by-Judge Asylum Decisions in Immigration Courts FY 2019-2024 

 UK HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

• Financial Sanctions, Russia 

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

• Innovation for a Safer Future: DASA [Defence and Security Accelerator] Strategy 2024 - 2026 

 UK Parliament, House of Commons, Defense Committee

• Service Accommodation 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Banditry in Nigeria’s North West: Key Findings 
• Cloud Computing and International Security: Risks, Opportunities and Governance Challenges 
• The Current Needs of Former Boko Haram Associates and Their Communities of Return 
• Governance Implications of Synthetic Data in the Context of International Security 

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• Global Report on TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2024 
• Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 
• A Review of the Quality of Drug Treatment, Sustained Recovery and Related Support Services based on data submitted in the Annual Report Questionnaire collections in 2020 and 2021 

 U.S.-China Commission

• China's Remote Sensing 

 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

• Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report 

 US Government

• United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book), 2024 

 US Marine Corps

• Talent Management Update 

 University of Western Australia (UWA) Defence and Security Institute

• Bridging the Gap: How Innovation Will See Japan Become the First Nation Integrated into AUKUS Pillar II 
• On Its Own Two Feet: Advancing The Australia-Japan Defence Agenda [Black Swan Strategy Paper #13] 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Building a Post-Assad Syria: How to Ensure the Process Reflects the Will of the People 
• Houthi Shipping Attacks: Patterns and Expectations for 2025 
• Iraq's Militia-Led Communications Commission Clamps Down on Press Coverage of Security Issues 

 White House

• Letter to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Regarding the War Powers Report 

 Wilson Center

• Developing AI Ecosystems in the Global South 
• From Walled Gardens to Open Protocols: A Primer on Decentralized Social Networks 
• The Next President of the United States: Challenges and Recommendations for the US-Mexico Relationship 
• Report for the North American Leaders Summit: Ensuring Energy Security, Maintaining Competitiveness and Expanding Innovation in North America 
• Transatlantic Relations Under the New European Commission