Friday's Miscellany 03-28-2025 & 04-04-2025

 38 North

• The 20×10 Project Begins: Songchon and Yonthan 
• North Korea’s Nuclear-Powered Missile Submarine: A Mystery Wrapped Around a Riddle and an Enigma 
• Quick Take: Construction Activity on North Korean Side of Sino-North Korea Bridge 
• Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Expansion of Road and Rail Infrastructure Continues 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Practical Lessons to Improve Stabilization Operations in Somalia 
• Rising Tensions in Tigray Risk Regional Conflict 

 AIDDATA

• Global Chinese Development Finance 
• Into the Breach: Will China Step Up as the U.S. Retreats on Global Development? 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Behind NATO’s 2 Percent:  Measuring the True Scope of Alliance Defense Investments and the NATO Defense Deficit 

 Amnesty International

• Niger:  “Threatened and Brought to Heel”:  Human Rights and Civic Space Under Pressure Since the 26 July Coup 

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• The Ishiba-Trump Summit: Japan’s U.S. Diplomacy and Implications for South Korea 

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• A New Triangle: The Interplay Between China and EU-India Relations 

 Atlantic Council

• Atlantic Council Commission on Software-Defined Warfare:  Final Report 
• Canada Needs an Economic Statecraft Strategy to Address Its Vulnerabilities 
• How Beijing Uses Inducements as a Tool of Economic Statecraft 
• Trade with Colombia is Big Business for US Exporters—Amid Growing Chinese influence in Latin America 
• Why NATO’s Defence Planning Process Will Transform the Alliance for Decades to Come 

 Australia Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

• Report of the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Pressure Points: China's Air and Maritime Coercion 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• Implications of Mexico’s Energy Reform on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 
• Policies to Prevent Gun Violence in Schools 
• Social and Economic Effects of Expanded Deportation Measures 

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• Disarming Syria Under the Al-Julani Regime – The Biological Weapons Dimension 

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Boosting Interoperability of Joint Forces with AI: A Unified Language for Joint Warfighting 
• In the Vortex of Great Power Competition: Climate, Trade, and Geostrategic Rivalry in U.S.–China–EU Relations 

 Bipartisan Policy Center

• Deficit Tracker [updated February 2025]  

 Blair Institute for Global Change

• Scaling Renewables in the AI Era: How Emerging Economies Can Accelerate the Energy Transition 

 Blue Triangle Campaign

• Witness at the Border 

 Brookings Institution

• Four Recent Trends in US Public Infrastructure Spending 
• Is South Korea Ready to Define Its Role in a Taiwan Strait Contingency? 
• Recovering from COVID 
• Strengthening Japan’s Defense in Response to Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine 
• Taming Cycles: China’s Growth Targets and Macroeconomic Management 
• The US Trade Deficit: Myths and Realities 
• Tracking Trade Amid Uncertain A=and Changing Tariff Policies 
• Will China’s Private Economy Promotion Law Reassure Its Private Sector? 

 Brown University Costs of War Project

• Lessons from Fallujah: War Returnees Face Long-Term Health Risks from Heavy Metal Exposure 
• News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World 

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

• What Implementation for Continuous Capability Sustainment? 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• BRICS Expansion and the Future of World Order: Perspectives from Member States, Partners, and Aspirants 
• Interpreting India’s Cyber Statecraft 
• Reconsidering Sovereignty Amid the Climate Crisis 
• Rethinking a Political Approach to Nuclear Abolition 

 Cato Institute

• The Effects of Immigration in Brazil 
• Risk Analysis of Mass Shootings Committed by Immigrants and Native-Born Americans 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• From Production Lines to Front Lines:  Revitalizing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base for Future Great Power Conflict  

 Center for Global Development

• A New Era for Global Health: Can African Countries Agree a New Compact with External Donors? 

 Center for International Policy

• Israel’s Invasion Seeks to Keep Syria Divided 
• Trump Resurrects Old Nuclear Nightmares, Destroying Agreements that Protect America 
• Trump’s Aid Freeze Could Leave Millions of Syrians in the Dark 

 Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM)

• Reshaping Gulf Security Dynamics Amid Recent Military Instabilities 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• AI for Military Decision-Making: Harnessing the Advantages and Avoiding the Risks 
• Guide to the 2025 Annual Projects for the Major Research Program on Explainable and Generalizable Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence Methods [translation] 
• Implementation Opinions of the National Development and Reform Commission and Other Ministries on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Data Labeling Industry [translation] 
• Measures for the Security Management of Facial Recognition Technology Applications [translation] 
• Opinions on Strengthening the Governance of Science and Technology Ethics [translation] 
• (Trial) Measures for Science and Technology Ethics Reviews [translation] 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

• Relook Playbook: Defense Budgeting Insights From a CSBA Rebalancing Exercise 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• After the Virginia AI Bill Was Vetoed, What’s Next for State-Level AI Legislation? 
• Assessing Guatemala as a Nearshoring Destination 
• Building Critical Minerals Cooperation Between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
• Could Allies Decide the Future of the Indo-Pacific? 
• Driving Diplomacy:  The Future of Europe’s Automotive Sector and EU-China Relations 
• Fighting with Allies:  Transforming Multinational Strategic Planning in the U.S. Department of Defense 
• Global Terrorism Threat Assessment 2025 
• “Liberation Day” Tariffs Explained 
• The Missing Link in the AI Stack: Why Digital Infrastructure Is Essential to U.S. Leadership 
• Murky Waters:  Navigating the Risks of China’s Dual-Use Shipyards 
• A Partnership for Progress: Expanding U.S.-Brazil Student Exchange 
• Protecting Intellectual Property for National Security:  A Transition Report for the New Administration 
• Streamlining Government Coordination for Rights-Conscious Supply Chains 
• Undercharged: Energy, Climate, and the Evolving Transatlantic Relationship 
• What Factors Drive U.S.-Israeli Differences on Iran’s Nuclear Challenge? 
• Why Are Destroyers Deploying to the Southern Border? 
• Why Does the United States Need a More Flexible Nuclear Force? 

 Center for the Study of Intelligence

• Studies in Intelligence, 69, no. 1 March 2025 
• Edwin Land’s Cold War Intelligence Legacy
• Decision Advantage: Intelligence Support for Presidential Visits: Historical Lessons from Africa Diplomacy
• Memory Techniques in the Intelligence Community: A Tool for Improving Analysis?

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

• The Gathering Storm: A Moonshot for National Defense Readiness 
• Integrated Deterrence in a Time of Upheaval 

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

• America’s Assessment of Turkey’s Policy in the South Caucasus: Implications for the EU 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Access Denied: The EU's Discriminatory Visa Regime Is Undermining Its Reputation in Africa 
• Donald Trump's Return to Office: Ten Consequences 
• The EU Budget In a Larger Union: Key Issues and Open Questions 
• One Step Forward for Europe's Defence 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Advancing Multi-stakeholderism for Global Governance of the Internet and AI 
• AI, Innovation and the Public Good: A New Policy Playbook 
• Geopolitical Ambitions and Rule Contestations in Space Governance 
• Ghana’s Pathway to AI Governance and Its Implications for Africa 

 Chatham House

• Conflict Minerals and Wars Over Natural Resources 
• Conflict Prevention Under Pressure: How Effective are the Most Common Interventions, and are They Fit for Future Conflicts? 
• Competing Visions of International Order:  Responses to U.S. Power in a Fracturing World 
• Gold and the War in Sudan:  How Regional Solutions Can Support an End to Conflict 
• Tackling Trade-Related Water Risks: How Importing Countries Can Address Water Stress from Global Commodity Production 

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

• Cambodia’s Growing Dependence on China: Strategic Leverage or Entrapment? 
• Ideology to Academia: The Role of Confucius Institutes in South Asia 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• Russians Feel Mixed Impacts from Kremlin's Foreign Policy Moves 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• Adapting to the PLA’s Near Constant Satellite Surveillance 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Cutting Through the Green Hype: The Political Economy of Renewable Energy in the United Arab Emirates and Oman 
• Exploring Economic Security Toolkits
• Neither Secure nor Co-Operative? The Potential Future of the OSCE 
• Sanctions, Governance and Reconstruction in Syria 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• CTC Sentinel, March 2025, v. 18, no. 3 
• On the Horizon: The Ukraine War and the Evolving Threat of Drone Terrorism
• A View from the CT Foxhole: Dr. Christian Klos, Director General of Public Security, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Interior and Community
• The New Syrian Government’s Fight Against the Islamic State, Hezbollah, and Captagon
• The Rising Threat of Non-State Actor Commercial Drone Use: Emerging Capabilities and Threats
• Into the Crowd: The Evolution of Vehicular Attacks and Prevention Efforts

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2025 
• The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2025 to 2055 

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• American Views on Economic Leadership 

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

• Japan Workshop Readout: Renewable Energy is National Security 

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

• The Indo-Pacific Mosaic: Comprehensive Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific 
• Manipur and the Myanmar Conflict: Challenge for India with Implications for Regional Security Competition 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Checkpoints, Transnational Trade and Conflict 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Combat Arms Standards 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2025-079 Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2024 
• DODIG-2025-080 Timeliness of Performance Evaluations for Contracts Supporting the DoD’s Building Partner Capacity Efforts 
• DODIG-2025-081 Audit of Storage of U.S. Army Prepositioned Stocks in Belgium and the Netherlands /

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-24-46 ICE Cannot Monitor All Unaccompanied Migrant Children Released from DHS and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Custody 

 Department of State

• Report to Congress on Conditions in Hong Kong of Interest to the United States Section 1256 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (PL 115-232) (22 U.S.C. 5731) 

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

• The EU Campaign against Gender Stereotypes: Ideas, Interests and Individual Freedom 
• From Integration to Inclusion: Empowering Immigrant Women in the EU 
• From Syria to the Black Sea: Containing Russia, Partnering with Turkey? 
• Will the New Government Safely Navigate Belgium through Turbulent International Waters? 

 Energy information Administration (EIA)

• U.S. Manufacturing Energy Consumption Has Continued to Increase Since 2010 Low 

 European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

• Transatlantic Twilight:  European Public Opinion and the Long Shadow of Trump 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

• US “Reciprocal” Tariffs and the Erosion of Global Trade Rules: Implications for Germany 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• The E-Commerce Challenge: Is Importing Low-Value Consignments Going to Become More Cumbersome in the EU and the US? 
• How to Spend It: European Defence for the Age of Mass Precision 

 European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)

• EU Drug Market: MDMA — In-Depth Analysis 

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

• ENISA Space Threat Landscape 2025 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Dawn or Doom? The New AU Mission in Somalia and the Fight for Stability 
• Doing Resilience Better, with Less: The Cornerstone of the EU’s Eastern Policy Needs Rethinking 

 EUROPOL

• The Changing DNA of Serious and Organised Crime  

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• The Boom and Crash of Cooperative Security in Europe: Four Scenarios for the Future 

 Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO)

• Armenia Struggles to Break Out of Russia’s Orbit 
• Russia’s Influence Waning in Former Soviet Republics, While Growing in the Global South 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• Fuel on the Fire: Information as a Weapon 
• Obscurity By Design: Competing Priorities for America’s China Policy 
• Russia-China-North Korea Relations:  Obstacles to a Trilateral Axis 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Hamas and Turkey:  Partners in Terror 
• Military Mobility Depends on Secure Critical Infrastructure 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique) 

• Chinese No-First-Use: A Strategic Signaling Device, Diplomatic Tool, and Dogmatic Reality 

 George Washington University Program on Extremism

• Where Did the White People Go? A Thematic Analysis of Terrorist Manifestos Inspired by Replacement Theory 

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

• What If the USA Closes Its Nuclear Umbrella Over Europe? 

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

• Political Transition in Syria:  Regional and International Interests 
• Resetting U.S. Africa Foreign Policy in Trump 2.0:  Technology as a Driver 
• United Arab Emirates Engagement in Ethiopia:  Implications for the Horn of Africa’s Geopolitical and Security Landscapes  

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• Cashing in on Conflict:  Illicit Economies and the Myanmar Civil War 
• Collateral Damage: Assessing Substance Use in Ukraine's Military 
• Cocaine Connections: Links between the Western Balkans and South America 
• Looking into the Future: Transnational Organized Crime and UN Peace Operations 
• Total Peace in Colombia:  Institutional Architecture and Challenges 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)         

• Anonymity, Performance, and Identity: An Analysis of the Antioch Shooting 
• Cryptocurrency and Extremism: How Social Network Analysis is Used to Track Extremist Cryptocurrency Donations 
• The Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote 
• When Grandpa Turns Extremist: Digital Immigrants,  Radicalisation and the German Reich Citizens Movement 

 Global Taiwan Institute

• Global Taiwan Brief, 2025, v. 10, no. 7 
• The Lai Administration Vows Renewed Efforts to Combat PRC Espionage and Subversion
• Taiwan is Losing—Will It Fight Back?
• The Metamorphosis of Kizuna: Increasing Japan-Taiwan Cooperation in the Maritime and Space Domains
• Taiwan’s Soft Power: Winning the World Through Students
• At the Brink of the Abyss: How the United States Should Answer China’s “Taiwan Question”

 Globsec

• Bridging Mutual Synergies of the Energy Transition and Energy Security in Albania 
• Guidelines for Social Media Platforms and Search Engines to Safeguard Elections 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• 2024 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Compliance with Requirements GAO-25-107523 
• Civilian Workforce: DOD Is Implementing Actions to Address Challenges with Accessing Health Care in Japan and Guam GAO-25-107453 
• Cloud Computing: Private Sector Leading Practices in Acquisition, Cybersecurity, and Workforce Development GAO-25-106369 
• Combatting Illicit Drugs: Improvements Needed for Coordinating Federal Investigations GAO-25-107839 
• COVID-19 Relief: Improved Controls Needed for Referring Likely Fraud in SBA's Pandemic Loan Programs GAO-25-107267 
• Disaster Assistance: Improving the Federal Approach GAO-25-108216 
• Federal Police Officers: Considerations on Retirement and Pay GAO-25-107099 
• Navy Shipbuilding: Enduring Challenges Call for Systemic Change GAO-25-108225 
• Passport Processing: State Department Should Identify Milestones and Resource Needs for Its Plans to Avoid Future Delays GAO-25-107164 
• Public Health Preparedness: Reliable Information Needed to Inform Situational Awareness of the Medical Reserve Corps GAO-25-106899 
• Small Business Pilot Program: SBA Has Opportunities to Evaluate Outcomes and Enhance Fraud Risk Mitigation GAO-25-107067 
• State Department: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Needs to Fully Address Prior GAO Recommendations GAO-25-108189 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Coping with Sabotage and Seabed Security Threats in the Baltic Sea: a Regional Maritime Security Policy 
• Dynamics of De-Risking: Towards Resilient Supply Chains for Antibiotics, Drones and the Electricity Grid in the Netherlands 
• From the Euronuke to a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: Europe’s Options in an Era of Eroding American Extended Deterrence 
• Strengthening Taiwan’s Sea Cable Security 
• Unconventional Legal Approaches to protecting Underwater Infrastructure 

 Heritage Foundation

• Arming for Peace:  Expanding the Defense Industrial Base and Arming Taiwan Faster 
• Extended Deterrence:  A Tool That Has Served American Interests Since 1945 
• NATO’s Underspending Problem:  America’s Allies Must Embrace Fair Burden Sharing 
• Next Steps for Germany’s National Security Zeitenwende 
• U.S. Must Redesign Asylum Law for 21st-Century Reality and Put America First 

 Hudson Institute

• Are Ethiopia and Eritrea Rolling Toward War? 
• Negotiating a U.S.-Japan Trade Deal That’s Good for America 
• Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty:  Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• A Policymaker’s Guide to Digital Antitrust Regulation 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (ISA)

• A National Strategic Computing Reserve to Aid Disaster Response 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• How China’s State-Backed E-Commerce Platforms Threaten American Consumers and U.S. Technology Leadership 
• Negotiating a New Iran Nuclear Deal 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

• The Future of Korean Research from a Nordic Perspective 
• India-Nordic Budding Dynamics: Sweden, a Vital Gateway? 
• India-Sweden Ties: Forging a Cohesive Partnership 
• PRC Mining in Tibet – a European Perspective 
• “Strategic Autonomy, Anyone?” Charting Europe’s Shifting Security Debates and 2024-2029 Priorities 
• Sweden and China: The Use of History and Mismatched Expectations 

 Institute for Security and Technology

• Navigating AI Compliance: Part 2: Risk Mitigation Strategies for Safeguarding Against Future Failures 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

• Crushing Comments: Gendered Harassment During the 2024 EU Parliament Elections on TikTok 
• Generative AI and the German Far Right: Narratives, Tactics and Digital Strategies 
• Votes and Vitriol: Online Abuse Targeting Women Candidates in the 2024 French Legislative Elections 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• March 27, 2025: SAF Liberates Khartoum; Burundi and Rwanda Tensions 
• April 3, 2025: Russia-Sahel Summit; Sahelian Juntas Target Chinese Mining; M23 Loses Walikale But Uganda Leaves Vacuum in North Kivu 
• Alawite Insurgents Seek to Use Sectarian Violence to Destabilize the Interim Government in Syria 
• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• March 27, 2025 
• April 4, 2025 
• Iran Update
• March 24 
• March 25  
• March 26 
• March 27 
• March 28 
• March 31 
• April 1 
• April 2 
• April 3 
• April 4 
• Putin is Still Stealing Ukrainian Children 
• Russian Occupation Update
• April 3, 2025 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• March 24 
• March 25 
• March 26 
• March 27 
• March 28 
• March 29 
• March 30 
• March 31 
• April 1 
• April 2 
• April 3 
• April 4 
• April 5 
• April 6 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• How to Deter Russia: More (Nuclear) May Be Better? 
• The Illusion of Containment 
• The Role of the Private Sector in the Global Health Agenda 
• Shadows on American Democracy 
• Tech vs Environmental Crimes 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Perspectives on Terrorism, 2025, v. 19, no. 1 
• Drones and the Hamas-led Attack of 7 October 2023: Innovation and Implications
• More is More: Scaling up Online Extremism and Terrorism Research with Computer Vision
• “I’m Not Super Familiar with Children’s Ecosystems Online”: Expert Assessments on the Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Extremism
• On Querdenken, Reichsbürger and the Patriotic Union: Exploring the Formation of an Anti-Government Extremist Network in Germany
• In the Trenches: A Hands-on Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Data Collection Skills in Terrorism Studies
• Bibliography: Critical Infrastructure Security – Prevention, Preparedness, and Response to Terrorist Attacks 
• Review Essay: The Psychology of Terrorism

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Russia’s Hybrid Attacks in Europe: From Deterrence to Attribution to Response 

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

• Beyond the Unity of Arenas: Understanding the Agency and Domestic Motivations of Iraq’s Shi’a Resistance Militants 

 International Crisis Group

• Calming the Red Sea’s Turbulent Waters 
• Disquiet on the Western Front:  A Divided Resistance in Myanmar’s Chin State 
• The New Syria:  Halting a Dangerous Drift 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Critical Raw Materials and European Defense 
• A European Reassurance Force for Ukraine: Options and Challenges 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

• UN Peace Operations and Unconstitutional Changes of Government 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

• Africa Conceptualization of IW Study 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, March 28, 2025, v. 25, no. 6 
• Autonomous Battlefield: PLA Lessons from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
• The Party’s One-Way Approach to People-to-People Exchanges
• PRC Deploys DeepSeek Across Local Governments
• Battling Nihilism: The PRC’s Quest for Autonomy
• Brain-Computer Interface Systems, Qiyuan Lab, and the PRC’s AI Push

 Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

• Safe Storage: Model Policy Guide 

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• Estimating Foreign Military Investment 
• Surfing the Wave: Resilience Strategies for the Decentralizing Grid 

 Knight  Georgetown Institute (KGI)

• Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First A How-To Guide for Platforms and Policymakers 

 Leuven University Press

• Futures for the Public Sector 

 Lowy Institute

• Emerging Leaders, Enduring Bonds:  Australia–Papua New Guinea Relations 
• Pacific Aid Map [showing growth in the aid provided by China to that region]  

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• The Inflating Balloon: Government Spending in Canada since 2015 

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

• MES Insights, February 2025, v. 16, no. 1
• Vladimir Putin as a Mediator between Iran and the United States: Russia’s Return to the Middle East through the Iranian Door 

 Martens Centre for European Studies

• Hedging Chaos: How the EU, Japan and South Korea Can Shape a New Type of Trading Power 
• Preventing Georgia from Sliding Away: Options for the European Union 

 Middle East Institute

• Roadmap for America’s Leadership in AI Action Plan 

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• International Student Mobility: A Post-Pandemic Reset or a Broader Challenge? 
• Sovereignty First: Reshaping International Cooperation in North Africa 

 Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies 

• Defending the Record on U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Rollout 
• Logistics While Under Attack:  Key to a CCA Force Design 
• On U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Rollout 

 National Academies Press  

• Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise 

 National Association of Evangelicals

• One Part of the Body Report: The Potential Impact of Deportations on American Christian Families 

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

• Climate Security and Russian Influence in North and West Africa 
• Global Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Data Suite 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Washington:  Declare Success and Lead 

 National Security Archive

• JFK Papers Reveal CIA “Family Jewels” Spying Operations in United States 

 NATO Defense College

• How China sees the future and what it means for NATO 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• CMSI Translations #16: Tracking Their Wake: How Strong Is the U.S. Navy Today? 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• Thy Name in Vain: How Online Extremists Hijacked ‘Christ is King’ 

 New America

• Rise of Neurotech and the Risks for Our Brain Data 

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

• The Maritime Zeitenwende: Germany in the Northern Waters 

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)              

• Rewriting the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons: A Research-Based Guide to Building a Safer Future 

 Observer Research Foundation

• AI in Space Operations: Opportunities and Challenges 
• American Aid and Regime Change in Bangladesh: A Primer 
• Balancing Development and Digital Harms: Assessing the BRICS Digital Agenda 
• Blue Horizons, Green Growth: ASEAN and BIMSTEC for a Prosperous Indo-Pacific 
• Extremist Propaganda on Social Media: Impact, Challenges, and Countermeasures 
• Fifty Years of Indian Microfinance: Challenges to Making a More Profound Impact 
• Making Climate Action Count: Gender in the Mainstream of Urban Climate Strategies 
• Re-thinking the Role of the Rajya Sabha in India’s Federal Democracy 

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

• Beyond Fake News - Advancing Media and Information Literacy for an Informed Society 
• From Risk to Resilience: The Role of Financial Literacy in Youth Crime Prevention 

 Our World in Data

• How Much Foreign Aid is Spent Domestically Rather Than Overseas? 

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

• Making Projects Work. Conflict and Participatory Processes in Wind Park Construction in La Guajira, Colombia 

 Pew Research Center 

• Americans’ Views of Deportations 
• Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions 
• Most Americans Say They Are Tuned In to News About the Trump Administration 

 RAND Corporation

• Applying History to Inform Anticipatory AI Governance: Using Foresight and Hindsight to Inform Policymaking 
• Defending American Interests Abroad: Early Detection of Foreign Malign Information Operations 
• From Camps to Communities:  Post-Conflict Shelter in Gaza 
• How Will Russia Reconstitute Its Military After the Ukraine Conflict? 
• The Impact of Drug-Related Law Enforcement Activity on Serious Violence and Homicide: A Systematic Review 
• Improving Sense-Making with Artificial Intelligence 
• Possible Options for Unlocking and Securing U.S. Energy for AI Production 
• Risk Management of Strategic Readiness:  Concepts, Practices, Data Analytics, and Next Steps 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Assessing UK Ransomware Policy: Workshop Report 
• European Digital Defense Priorities in an Uncertain World 
• Subnational Diplomacy Between the UK and China 
• Taiwan’s Evolving Response to China’s Grey Zone Actions 
• Winning the Industrial War:  Comparing Russia, Europe and Ukraine, 2022–24 

 Secure World Foundation (SWF)

• 2025 Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment 
• Prior years 

 Simon Fraser University

• Journal for Deradicalization, Spring 2025, no. 42 
• On the Role of Formers in Violent Extremism Tertiary Prevention Programs
• Evidence or Instinct? An Overview of International Exploration of the Impact Assessment Practices of Intervention Providers Supporting Leaving Extremism
• Impossible Justice and the Allure of the Absolute: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Radicalization
• Systematic Review on the Outcomes of Tertiary Prevention Programs in the Field of Violent Radicalization

 Small Arms Survey

• On The Brink: The Politics of Violence in South Sudan 

 Sol Foundation

• Sol Foundation White Papers, v. 2, no. 1, March 2025 
• Investment in UAP Technology and Ventures: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Way Forward

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 25-18-FA USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Chemonics International Inc.  
• SIGAR 25-19-FA USAID’s Reaching Impact, Saturation, and Epidemic Control Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Jhpiego Corporation 
• SIGAR 25-20-FA USAID’s Support to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Chemonics International Inc.

 Springer Nature

• Trends in Organized Crime, 2025
• The Dutch Judicial Approach to Various Types of Co-Offending among Members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs [open access article] 
• Understanding the Challenges to Investigating and Prosecuting Organ Trafficking: A Comparative  [open access article] 

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

• Dispelling Myths: The Social and Economic Implications of Ukraine’s Membership of the European Union 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Advancing Governance at the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons 
• Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: South Sudan (2025) 
• The EU Research Security Initiative: Implications for the Application of Export Controls in Academia and Research Institutes 

 Strategic Studies Institute—U.S. Army War College (SSI)

• North Korea in Ukraine:  Analyzing Authoritarian Cooperation 

 Taxpayers for Common Sense

• Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Pentagon Budget Increases for the Full-Year CR 

 Taylor & Francis

• African Security, 2025
• Countering Terrorism in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin: Reassessing the Role of Vigilantism as a Counterterrorism Initiative [open access article] 
• Rebel Cooperation with Vaccination Drives in Sub-Saharan Africa: The ‘Stationary’ v. ‘Roving’ Distinction and Health Security  [open access article] 
• Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2025
• Transcending Counterterrorism Discourse: Metaphors, Identity Politics and Ideological Security in Xinjiang  [open access article] 
• Unintended Consequences of Public-Facing Counter-Terrorism Training and Vigilance Campaigns on Minority Groups [open access article] 
• Geopolitics, 2025
• Local Engagement of Nigerians with Neocolonial EU Humanitarian Return Policies: Civic Policing and Awareness-Raising Activities [open access article] 
• Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2025
• The Health Silk Road in China’s Governance and Multilateralism: Towards a Role Adjustment [open access article] 
• Journal of Risk Research, 2025
• Examining the Effectiveness and Economic Benefits of Home Fire Safety Visits [open access article] 
• Fear During Crises: The Roles of Perceived Risk, Appraisal Support and Identity Resilience [open access article] 
• A Risk Science Perspective on Some Fundamental Issues in Climate Change Research  [open access article] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies, 2025
• Hidden Violence and Silenced Voices: Why have Lessons About Women in Counterinsurgency Not Endured? [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2025
• Sustaining Conflict: Identity, Ontological (in)Security, and Azerbaijan’s Policy Toward Armenia After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War [open access article] 
• War in the Black Sea: The revival of the Jeune École? [open access article] 
• What Lies Over the Horizon? Remoteness and the Evolution of American Global Counterterrorism [open access article] 
• Terrorism and Political Violence, 2025
• A Common Psychology of Male Violence? Assessing the Effects of Misogyny on Intentions to Engage in Violent Extremism, Interpersonal Violence and Support for Violence against Women [open access article] 
• The Gift of Gab: A Netnographic Examination of the Community Building Mechanisms in Far-Right Online Space [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• Mapping Tech Design Regulation in the Global South 
• US-China Reassurance: Theory and Practice 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• AI in the Military Domain: A Briefing Note for States 
• The Interpretation and Application of International Humanitarian Law in Relation to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems h

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

• Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’: Why the US is on a War Footing Over Tariffs and Mass Deportations 

 V-Dem Institute

• Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped? 
• Prior Years 
• Inexorable Force or Dying Wave? The Long Term Trends of Democratization and the Third Wave of Autocratization 
• Measuring and Analyzing the Rule of Law: A Practical Guide 
• U-turns – The Hope for Democratic Resilience 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Assessing the U.S. Military Campaign Against the Houthis 

 White House

• Executive Order
• Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports 
• Fact Sheets:
• President Donald J. Trump Closes De Minimis Exemptions to Combat China’s Role in America’s Synthetic Opioid Crisis 
• President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect Our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security 

 World Bank

• Climate Policies are Path-Dependent: Implications for Policy Sequencing and Feasibility
• Climate Risk and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa 
• Global Inequality and Economic Growth: The Three Decades before Covid-19 and Three Decades After 

 World Economic Forum

• The Intervention Journey: A Roadmap to Effective Digital Safety Measures