Friday's Miscellany 05-30-2025 & 06-06-2025

 38 North 

• 20×10 Factories: Different Locations, Similar Products 
• How Should the Ukranian Government Deal with Captured North Korean Soldiers? 
• Preparatory Work on Road to New Russia-North Korea Bridge Underway 
• Quick Take: Chongjin Destroyer Returned Upright 
• Quick Take: Chongjin Destroyer Recovery Efforts Continue 
• Quick Take: Chongjin Destroyer Returned Upright 
• Quick Take: Chongjin’s Sunam Market Suffered Collapsed Roof Under Heavy Snow 
• Quick Take: North Korean Warship Has Finally Launched 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Expanding Al Shabaab–Houthi Ties Escalate Security Threats to Red Sea Region 

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

• Digital Occupation:  Pixelated Propaganda, Censored Platforms and the Battle for Narrative in Gaza 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• America’s Immigration Mess:  An Illustrated Guide 
• Apple’s Supply Chain:  Economic and Geopolitical Implications 
• Prioritizing the Nation’s Defense 

 Amnesty International

• Lives at Risk: Chaotic and Abrupt Cuts to Foreign Aid Put Millions of Lives at Risk 

 Andrew Marshall Foundation 

• The New Gap in America’s R&D Funding Landscape 
• When Efficiency Harms the Mission 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), May 2025, v. 32, no. 5 
• Trends of Sepsis Hospitalizations Among Female Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2011–2022
• Trends in Cervical Cancer Screening Modality in the Active Component U.S. Military, 2013–2023
• Infertility Among Active Component Service Women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2019–2023
• Association Between Recurring Headache and Selected Women’s Health Issues Among U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Women: Cross-Sectional Results of the Annual Periodic Health Assessment, 2021
• Long-Acting Reversible Contraception and Unintended Pregnancy Among U.S. Active Duty Service Members, 2017–2018
• Contraceptive Use Trends from the Periodic Health Assessment Among Female Active Duty U.S. Sailors and Marines, 2018–2023
• Optimizing Female Warfighter Health and Performance in Environmental Extremes
• Enhancing Military Women’s Health and Readiness Through Targeted Research Initiatives
• Mid-Season Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates for Influenza: The Department of Defense Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program, 2024-2025 Season
• Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 9, Ending February 1, 2025

 Army University Press

• Lessons from the British Regimental System 1868–1919: Recruiting, Retention, and Reconstitution 

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

• Europe’s Shifting Security Landscape and Implications for South Korea 
• Worth the Squeeze: A Conditions-based Analysis of South Korean Public Support for Nuclear Deterrence 

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Defense or Diffusion? Open Source AI in U.S.-China Competition 
• The Sources of Southeast Asian Discontent Over Gaza 

 Atlantic Council

• The Fall of Assad Has Opened a Door.  But Can Syria Seize the Moment? 
• The Frontier is the Front Line: On Climate Resilience for Infrastructure and Supplies in Canada’s Arctic 
• NATO 2027:  European Leadership Will Be Key to Deterrence Against Russia 
• New Presidents and New Nuclear Developments Test the United States–Republic of Korea Alliance 
• Why Latin America and the Caribbean Matter for OECD Countries 

 Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)

• Maximising Australian Industry Participation through Defence Contracting 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• The Cost of Defense:  ASPI Defense Budget Brief 2025-2026 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• AI and US-Mexico Relations: The Future(s) of Work 
• Mental Health and Immigration Policy: A Conversation With Germán Cadenas 
• Workforce Transitions in Gulf Economies Amid Global Energy Shifts 

 Belfer Center

• Critical and Emerging Technologies Index 

 Beyond Parallel

• Database: North Korean Provocations 
• Timeline of North Korea-Russia Cooperation Since 2022 

 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

• Chinese Banks' Dollar Lending Decline 

 Brookings Institution

• A New U.S.-Africa Blueprint for Trump Amid China’s Rise 
• Why Should America Negotiate with China? 

 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

• Guns N’ Roses  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Memorandum on Reducing the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict in Maritime East Asia 
• Transformation of South Korean Progressive Foreign Policy 

 Cato Institute

• Air Interdiction, Drug-Trafficking Displacement, and Violence in the Brazilian Amazon 
• What Happens If the United States Leaves the WTO? 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Atomic Advantage:  Accelerating U.S. Quantum Sensing for Next-Generation Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 

 Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

• Airborne Axis:  Inside the Deal That Brought Iranian Drone Production to Russia 
• Bullion for Bullets: The Role of Mining in Sudan’s Conflict Economy 
• Keeping the Lights On: Uncovering the Networks Enabling the Distant Water Squid Fleet 

 Center for Climate & Security (CCS)

• The Devil is in the Details: Minerals, Batteries, and US Dependence on Chinese Imports 
• State-Level Climate Security Education: South Carolina 

 Center for Global Security Research

• Thinking Strategically About Risk Reduction: What Role Should It Play in a Two-Peer Security Environment? 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Deterring China's Use of Force in the Space Domain 
• Quantity Has a Quality All of Its Own 
• Race for Sixth-Generation Fighter Supremacy:  Pilots Aren’t Going Away 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Policy Perspectives, June 2025, v. 14, no. 4 
• Post-War Ukraine: Healing a Traumatized Nation
• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 327: Environmental Protests 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Notice of the Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Organizing and Launching the Computing Power Infrastructure Enhancement Challenge Campaign [translation] 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

• Arsenal of Democracy:  Myth or Model? Lessons for 21st-Century Industrial Mobilization Planning 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Blueprint for an Agricultural Recovery Plan for Ukraine 
• China’s Gray-Zone Infrastructure Strategy on the Tibetan Plateau: Roads, Dams, and Digital Domination 
• Combating State Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention 
• Form Follows Function: Options for Changing U.S. Strategy 
• The Golden Dome as a Service:  Pushing the Envelope on DOD Use of Commercial 
• Relative Superiority in the Drone Age: McRaven’s Playbook Meets Ukraine’s Airfield Assaults 
• Russia’s Battlefield Woes in Ukraine 
• Russian Wartime Economy:  From Sugar High to Hangover 

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

• Taking Stock: Geotech and Economic Security Policy Developments in the First Months of the Trump Administration 

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

• Omnipresent Yet Overlooked? The Role of Turkey in German Thinking about European Security 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• NATO Summit 2025: Time to Build a Proper European Pillar? 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Digital Transformation of the Canadian Financial Services Industry 
• The Quadripolar World: Understanding Twenty-First-Century Geopolitics 

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)         

• Social Movement Theory Perspectives on Group Mobilisation, Radicalisation, and Violent Extremism 

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

• The Dragon and the Elephant: Navigating the Fragile Tango of Rivalry and Rapprochement 
• Strategic Stalemate: A Game Theoretic Analysis of India-China Relations amidst Border Tensions 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• Checking in on Modernization and Reforms in the People’s Liberation Army 
• Tiananmen Square: The Declassified History - w/ postscript 2025 

 China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE)

• From Awareness to Action: Research Security in Czech and European Academia 

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• A Critical Friendship Needs No Courtship: Alignments and Misalignments in EU-UAE Relations 
• The Recovery and Resilience Facility: Success Model or Democratic Deficiency? 
• Saudi and Emirati Engagement in Iraq: From Sectarianism to Investment 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• CTC Sentinel, May 2025, v. 18, no. 5 
• Somalia at a Crossroads: Resurgent Insurgents, Fragmented Politics, and the Uncertain Future of AUSSOM
• A View from the CT Foxhole: Christine Abizaid, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
• Hurras al-Din: The Rise, Fall, and Dissolution of al-Qa`ida’s Loyalist Group in Syria
• Leaders, Fighters, and Suicide Attackers: Insights on TTP Militant Mobility Through Commemorative Records, 2006-2025
• The Evolution of the Islamist Terror Threat Landscape in Germany Since 2020

 Congress. Senator Elizabeth Warren

• Special Interests over the Public Interest: Elon Musk's 130 Days in the Trump Administration 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Budgetary and Economic Effects of Increases in Tariffs Implemented Between January 6 and May 13, 2025 
• Debt-Service Effects Derived from H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 
• Effects of the Surge in Immigration on State and Local Budgets in 2023 
• Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 
• The Long-Term Budget Outlook Under Alternative Scenarios for the Economy and the Budget 

 Council on Geostrategy

• Rethinking Britain’s Defense Space Posture 
• The People’s Republic of China’s Economic Coercion in the Indo-Pacific 

 Cyber Policy Center

• AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: Insights from Educators, Platforms, Law Enforcement, Legislators, and Victims 
• How to Fix the Online Child Exploitation Reporting System 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Detailing of Department of Defense Civilian Employees to Support the Department of Homeland Security 
• Fact Sheet:  Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience  
• Homeschooling Support for Military-Connected Families 
• Memorandum Directing Implementation of Executive Order 14222 - Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative 
• Memorandum Directing Implementation of Executive Order 14222 - Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative: Contract Guidance 
• Memorandum Directing Reorganization of the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation 
• Memorandum of Understanding Between the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs – Strengthening Our Partnership in Service to Those Who Serve 
• Memorandum on Use of Executive Assistants Within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Military Departments, Defense Agencies, and DoD Field Activities 
• Permanent Change of Station Targeted Reductions Review and Personnel Policy Changes 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2025-103 Audit of U.S. European Command Force Protection Measures At Installations In Poland That Support Operation Atlantic Resolve 
• DODIG-2025-105 Audit of the Department of Defense’s FY 2024 Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements 
• DODIG-2025-106 External Peer Review of the Defense Contract Management Agency Office of Internal Audit and Inspector General 
• DODIG-2025-107 External Peer Review of the National Guard Bureau Internal Review Office 
• DODIG-2025-108 Audit of the DoD’s Actions to Mitigate Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure Vulnerabilities 
• Operation Enduring Sentinel and Other U.S. Government Activities Related to Afghanistan (OES) 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-25-24 Results of an Unannounced Inspection of ICE's Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York 

 Department of State Inspector General

• AUD-FM-25-22 Audit of the Department of State’s Administration of the Shipment and Storage of Personal Effects During Post Assignment Travel 
• AUD-GEER-25-20 Evaluation of the Department of State’s Approach to Realign U.S. Agency for International Development Functions 
• Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel | Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Algeria Country Analysis Brief [updated June 5, 2025] 
• Hybrid Vehicle Sales Continue to Rise as Electric and Plug-In Vehicle Shares Remain Flat 

 European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)

• Country of Origin Information
• Somalia: Security Situation 
• Somalia: Country Focus 

 European Council on Foreign Relations               

• The Bear Beneath the Ice: Russia’s Ambitions in the Arctic 
• Markets, Migrants, Microchips: European Power in a World of Demographic Change 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

DirectedEnergy Weapons and the Future of European Defence 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Fit for Purpose? Reforming NATO in the Age of Trump 2.0 

 European Values

• Simulations Report: Chinese Quarantine of Taiwan Resulting in European Paralysis 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Indonesia's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Can France Lead? European Security in Times of Transatlantic Crisis 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• India’s Evolved Convoluted Deterrence 
• Prometheism:  A Polish Covert Action Program 
• Reimagining Irregular Warfare: The Case for a Modernized OSS 2.0 
• Secretary Hegseth’s First Shangri-La Dialogue Speech: Why It Matters—and What to Watch For 
• Which Alternative Future Should Sánchez and Trump Pursue for US-Spain Relations? 
• Why Trump Won’t Sacrifice Taiwan 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique) 

• Europe’s Digital Frontlines 

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

• The “Huawei Saga” in Europe Revisited: German Lessons for the Rollout of 6G 
• The Strategic Dimension of Power System Flexibility:  Opportunities in Europe 

 George Washington University Program on Extremism

• The Unraveling 

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

• Connectivity Policy – A Strategic Tool for the EU in its Eastern Neighborhood 
• The Influence Evolution: Harnessing AI Innovation While Preserving Human Connection in Social Media 

 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

• Public Expenditure Efficiency and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries 

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

• Mexico:  From a Short Nearshoring Boom to U.S. “Security-shoring” 
• Russian Nuclear Weapons in Space?  Potential Destructive Consequences in Space, Escalation on Earth, and Damage to Arms Control 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Deep Down in the Stack:  China’s Entrenchment in Serbia’s Technology Landscape 
• Japan as a New Strategic Partner in the Three Seas Initiative:  Opportunities and Challenges Ahead 
• Russia and China in Central Asia’s Technology Stack:  An Analysis of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan 

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• Compound Crime: Cyber Scam Operations in Southeast Asia 
• Mapping Ghana's Expanding Gold Sector 
• Neighbours of Conflict: Arms Trafficking in Türkiye, Bulgaria and Greece 
• A Plastic Problem: European Waste Destined for Türkiye 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Critical World Events: Extremist Misinformation Networks and Narratives in Times of Crisis   
• Guns by Drone: The Rise of Drone-Assisted Firearm Smuggling on Israel’s Southern Border 
• Inside Boko Haram’s Wallet: Digital Pathways to Terrorist Financing in Nigeria 
• Inside the Philippine Falangist Front: Online Communities as Enablers of Far-Right Extremism in Southeast Asia 

 Globsec

• From Assurance to Resilience - Adapting NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence Policy 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Advanced Manufacturing: Aligning Strategies and Improving Agency Reviews Could Help Institutes Achieve National Goals GAO-25-107369 
• Army Modernization: Leading Practices Could Better Support Delivery of Artillery and Missiles GAO-25-107263 
• Chief Information Officer Open Recommendations: Department of Defense GAO-25-108211 
• Chief Information Officer Open Recommendations: Department of Energy GAO-25-108404 
• Disaster Loan Program: Enhanced Procedures and Data Needed to Address Duplication of Benefits GAO-25-107608 
• DOD Fraud Risk Management: DOD Should Expeditiously and Effectively Implement Fraud Risk Management Leading Practices GAO-25-108500 
• Identity Verification: GSA Should Demonstrate Its Implementation of Policies for Testing Data Backups on Login.gov GAO-25-107000 
• Military to Civilian Transition: Actions Needed to Ensure Effective Mental Health Screening at Separation GAO-25-107205 
• National Institutes of Health: Monitoring of External Research Can Be Improved GAO-25-107362 
• Nuclear Waste: An Integrated Disposal Plan Could Help DOE Complete Its Cleanup Mission and Save Billions GAO-25-107109 
• Payment Cards: Costs and Benefits for Federal Entities GAO-25-107298 
• Public Health Preparedness: HHS Needs a Coordinated National Approach for Diagnostic Testing for Pandemic Threats GAO-25-106980 
• Science & Tech Spotlight: Universal Vaccines GAO-25-108286 
• U.S. Space Command: Air Force's Reevaluation of Headquarters Location and Status of Operations GAO-25-107092 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Appraising the State of Play of C4ISR Infrastructure within NATO: Gaps, Deficiencies and Steps Forward 
• Deterrence Warning Messages: A Short Guide for NATO 
• How Ukraine’s War is Reshaping C4ISR for the Modern Battlefield 
• NATO’s Digital Modernisation: The Case of Cloud Computing 

 Henry L. Stimson Center

• Four Days in May:  The India-Pakistan Crisis of 2025 

 Heritage Foundation

• Countering the Drone Threat:  Steps for the U.S. Military 

 Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

• China Leadership Monitor, Summer 2025, no. 84 
• Local Fiscal Constraints and Grassroots Stability: Enhancing Party Control and Supervising Law Enforcement
• “Going Xianzhong Mode”: Can Local Governments Stop “Revenge Against Society” Attacks?
• Broke But Not (Yet) Bankrupt: Local Government Finance in the Age of Economic Stagnation
• The U.S.-China Trade War: Implications for Central and Local Budgets
• Local Cadres’ Inaction versus Central Control in Xi Jinping’s China
• CLM Insights Interview with Joseph Torigian

 Hudson Institute

• Assessing Trump’s Trade and Tariff Policies:  The Basics 
• Concrete Sky: Air Base Hardening in the Western Pacific 
• Engaging Pakistan in a New Era of US Foreign Policy 
• The US Steel Deal’s Implications for Tariff Policy 

 Human Rights Watch

• Hunted From Above: Russia’s Use of Drones to Attack Civilians in Kherson, Ukraine 
• Injustice By Design: Need for Comprehensive Justice Reform in Libya 
• ‘They’re Ruining People’s Lives’: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US 

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

• How to Build a Compelling Business Case for a Software Security Program 
• Securing AI: Addressing the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

• Taiwanese Assessments and Responses to ‘United Front’ Threats 
• US Funding Cuts and the Future of Africa’s Public Health 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• May 2025 Updated Analysis of Russian Shahed 136 Deployment Against Ukraine 
• Analysis of the IAEA’s Comprehensive Iran NPT Safeguards Report May 2025 

 Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

• Proxy Wars and Silent Partners:  The Pahalgam Attack a Stress Test for India–China Stability 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• May 29, 2025: M23 Rebels Escalate Offensive and Arrest Campaign in North Kivu 
• June 5, 2025: JNIM Offensive Across the Sahel; IS Somalia Down but Not Out; IS Central Africa Targets Uganda; IS Mozambique Threatens US and Western LNG Projects 
• The Battlefield AI Revolution Is Not Here Yet: The Status of Current Russian and Ukrainian AI Drone Efforts 
• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• May 30, 2025 
• June 6, 2025 
• Iran Update
• May 26 
• May 27 
• May 28 
• May 29 
• May 30 
• June 2 
• June 3 
• June 4 
• June 5 
• June 6 
• Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update
• May 30  
• June 6 
• Russian Occupation Update
• June 3 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• May 26 
• May 27 
• May 28 
• May 29 
• May 30 
• May 31 
• June 1 
• June 2 
• June 3 
• June 4 
• June 5 
• June 6 
• June 7 
• June 8 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• European Competitiveness at Stake: Industrial and Technological Challenges 
• The Siege of the Soul: Ukrainian Culture in Wartime 
• The Troubled Water Resources of Central Asia Need Better Management 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Francophonie: A Subtle Response to Revisionist Powers 
• Returning Ukrainians Home: Mission Possible? 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• The Maritime Economy and 21st Century Confrontation 

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America

• Poisoned Chalice:  President Trump’s Opportunity with Iran 

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

• Tip of the Spear, Edge of the Mind: Neurotechnology’s Roles in the Future of Special Operations 

 Lowry Institute for International Relations

• The World According to Xi Jinping 

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

• Chinese Investment Rebounds Despite Growing Frictions—Chinese FDI in Europe:  2024 Update  

 MITRE

• Legacy IT Modernization with AI 

 Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)

• Unlawful Military Cooperation including Arms Transfers between North Korea and Russia 

 National Academies Press 

• Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Eighth Edition .

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Deterrence Requirements and Low-Cost Nuclear Upload Options 
• Re-Examining National Missile Defense Strategy: Defending Against China 

 National Security Archives

• The United States and Greenland, Part I: Episodes in Nuclear History 1947-1968 

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Cyber Commanders’ Handbook 2 
• Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Defence Strategic Communications, Spring 2025, v. 15 
• The Future Is More Than What Happens Next: Strategic Communications and the Twenty-First Century
• State of Disrepair: Technological Ambition, Global Fragmentation, and the End of the Postwar Order / A Review Essay
• Terror as a Postmodern Game: Unexpected Conclusions about Russian Propaganda from Two Art Exhibitions / A Review Essay
• Germany’s Democracy between ‘Battlesome’ and Embattled / A Review Essa
• How Difficult It Is to Recover a Future Once Stolen: The Case of Latvia / A Review Essay
• Change through Resonance in Classical Ballet / A Review Essay
• Leadership Lessons from the Limelight and Shadows / A Review Essay
• The Tyranny of Hope / A Review Essay
• How China Uses Fentanyl and Mexico’s Cartels to Subvert the USA: A Study in Strategic Communications / A Review Essay
• Virtual Manipulation Brief 2025: From War and Fear to Confusion and Uncertainty 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• China Maritime Report No. 47: The People of China's Navy and Other Maritime Forces: Extended Summary of Conference Findings 
• CMSI Translations #19: Lessons and Thoughts from the Struggle for Command of the Sea in the Red Sea 

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

• International Law Studies 2025, v. 106, issue 1  
• Houthi Maritime Terrorism: Severing the Iranian Lifeline 

 New America

• The Future of Deception in War: Lessons from Ukraine 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Air Defence Mechanisms: A Primer on India and Pakistan 
• Charting a Path to Controlled Growth for India’s ‘Sunrise’ Space Economy 
• India’s Journey in Open Banking: Consent, Control, and Connectivity 
• Red-Teaming for India’s Military Establishment: Concepts, Contexts, and Consequences 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Introducing the OECD AI Capability Indicators 
• OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review: Navigating Risks 

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• How Export Restrictions Threaten Economic Security 

 Pew Research Center

• Americans’ Views on How to Address the Impacts of Extreme Weather 
• The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today 

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• China Science and Technology Relations 2.0: Time for a Reset 
• The Economic Dimensions of a Better Iran Deal 

 RAND Corporation

• Assessing Progress on Air Base Defense; Past Investments and Future Options 
• The Challenges of China's Supply Chain Dominance: Posturing the Defense Industrial Base 
• A Framework for Examining Global Posture to Enable Agile and Responsive [Air Force] Operations 
• An Integrated Model of Recruiting Resources:  Optimal Resource Allocation for Regular Army and Army Reserve Recruiting 
• Health Services for Coast Guard Beneficiaries:  Improving Access to Care for Active Duty Service Members, Reservists, Dependents, and Retirees 
• Littoral Crisis and Conflict:  A Scenario for the Information Warfighter Exercise Wargame 
• Measuring the Reach of Russia’s Propaganda in the Russia-Ukraine War 
• One Team, One Fight Volume I, Insights on Human-Machine Integration for the U.S. Army 
• Polish Armed Forces Modernization:  A New Cornerstone of European Security? 
• Promoting Gender Equality in South Korea: Seeking Transformational Policies 
• Seabed Safety, Security, and Stewardship:  Future Implications for U.S. Coast Guard Strategy, Policy, and Operations 
• Should U.S. Air Force Warrant Officers Attend Professional Military Education? An Assessment of Programmatic Objectives and Options 
• Sustaining U.S. Army Operations in the Indo-Pacific: Potential Roles of Allies and Partners 
• Theater Air Base Resiliency Optimization Model (TAB-ROM):  Analyst Guide for Version 2.0 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Online Hate Speech and Discrimination in the Age of AI 

 Soufan Center

• TSC Insights: The Legacy and Evolution of Foreign Fighters in Syria 

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• SIGAR 25-24-FA USAID's Afghanistan Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus (SHOPS+) Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Abt Global 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Autonomous Weapon Systems and AI-enabled Decision Support Systems in Military Targeting: A Comparison and Recommended Policy Responses 
• Infographic:  SIPRI Map of Multilateral Peace Operations, 2025 
• Cloud Labs and Other New Actors in the Biotechnology Ecosystem: Export Control Challenges and Good Practices in Outreach 
• Developments and Trends in Multilateral Peace Operations, 2024 
• Lessons from the EU on Confidence-building Measures Around Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain 

 Taylor & Francis

• African Security, 2025
• Security Cooperations and Human Rights Violations: The African Israeli Case [open access article] 
• Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2025
• Masking and Countering Racialisation: Dutch Counter Radicalisation Through Policymakers’ Eyes [open access article] 
• Defense & Security Analysis, 2025
• Between Idealism and Pragmatism: Iran’s Approach Towards the Russian Aggression against Ukraine in 2022 [open access article] 
• The Fall Crisis of 2022: Why Did Russia Not Use Nuclear Arms? [open access article] 
• Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2025
• Beyond Puzzlement: Rethinking Latino Conservatives’ Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the Trump Era [open access article] 
• On the Limits of Antiracism: How Antiracist Opposition is Connected to Racism Denial in Germany [open access article] 
• Geopolitics, 2025
• From Supporting States to Steering their Actions: The UN Network on Migration and the Global Compact for Migration’s Implementation [open access article] 
• Global Crime, 2025
• Subcontracted Violence amongst London’s Drug Gangs [open access article] 
• Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 2025
• Violent Extremism, Gender and Power: Women's Experience under Kahar Muzakar's Darul Islam [open access article] 
• Journal of Risk Research, 2025
• An Error Management Approach to the Human Alarm System for Correct and Incorrect News Content Involving Direct Life-Threatening Risks [open access article] 
• From Climate Facts to Climate Risks. How the IPCC Treats Risk and Uncertainty  [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2025
• Apathy, Resistance, and Disengagement: A Social Media Analysis Exploring Anti-Police Sentiment Through Motivational Postures  [open access article] 
• The ‘Police Progression Paradox’? Why are Women Under-Represented Across the Middle Ranks of the Police? [open access article] 
• School Psychology Review, 2025
• Do Teachers Feel Active Shooter Drills Work? A Study of Effectiveness, Safety, and Decisions to Transfer or Quit [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2025
• Iran’s Proxy War Paradox: Strategic Gains, Control Issues, and Operational Constraints  [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• Democracy in the Digital Age: Reclaiming Governance in an Algorithmic World 

 UK Ministry of Defence

• The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: Secure at Home, Strong Abroad 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: The Role of the WMD-Free Zone Initiative 
• Community Perspectives on Return and Reintegration in Cameroon and Chad 
• Update on the Situation of Iraqi Returnees in Al-Amal Rehabilitation Centre (Formerly Jeddah-1 Centre) 

 UN Women

• At a Breaking Point: The Impact of Foreign Aid Cuts on Women’s Organizations in Humanitarian Crises Worldwide 
• Women’s Agency Amid Shocks: A Gendered Analysis of Poverty Dynamics and the Implications for Social Protection in Bangladesh, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania 

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

• China’s Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine [timeline] 

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia

• Allied Extended Deterrence:  Towards a Collective Framework in the Indo-Pacific 

 White House

• Executive Orders
• Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security   
• Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
• Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy 
• Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base 
• Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty 
• Restoring Gold Standard Science 
• Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144 
• Unleashing American Drone Dominance 
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• President Donald J. Trump Directs Review of Certain Presidential Actions 
• President Donald J. Trump Restricts the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats 
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• Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University 
• Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions 
• Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats 
• Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2026 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended