Friday's Miscellany 07-18-2025

 38 North

• One Year In: Contextualizing 20×10 Policy for Regional Development 
• What North Korea’s Health App Reveals About Domestic and Imported Pharmaceuticals 
• Wonsan Kalma Beach Resort Hosts a High-Level Visit 

 ACLED

• Political Competition and Infighting among Tripoli’s Armed Groups Reach Beyond Libya’s Capital 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Overcoming Challenges to Reforming the African Union 

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• China Global Investment Tracker 
• China’s Continental Conundrum:  Nuclear Geopolitics and American Strategy in the Western Pacific 
• China Global Investment Tracker 
• Importance of Defense Spending in the Budget Reconciliation Bill 
• Tariff Hiccup Slows China’s Outbound Investment, but Construction Gains 

 Amnesty International

• “If We Had Money and a Lawyer, Maybe My Brother Would Be Alive”: Saudi Arabia’s Execution Crisis 
• South Korea: Right of the People, Duty of the State: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in South Korea 

 Army War College Press

• Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies into Common Operating Picture and Course of Action Development 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Contested Logistics in the Indo-Pacific: Joint Sustainment Through Positional Advantage 

 Atlantic Council

• Collective Security in the Indo-Pacific:  Rethinking the United Nations Command 
• Developing and Emerging Economies Should Double Down on Trade Liberalization 
• Digital Occupation: Pro-Russian Bot Networks Target Ukraine’s Occupied Territories on Telegram 
• The Next Generation: Russia’s Future Rulers 
• South Korea is the Ideal Anchor for the First Island Chain 

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• Analysis and Recommendations for Israel’s New National Cyber Strategy 

 Brookings Institution

• Mapping the AI Economy:  Which Regions Are Ready for the Next Technology Leap 
• What to Do While Pursuing the Promise of Quantum Computing  

 Bruegel

• A Smart European Strategy for Electric Vehicle Investment from China 
• Why Russia’s Economic Model No Longer Delivers 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• BRICS Expansion and the Future of World Order: Perspectives from Member States, Partners, and Aspirants 
• Can Critical Mineral Deals Benefit Local Communities? Insights From Ghana’s Lithium Project 
• China’s AI Policy at the Crossroads: Balancing Development and Control in the DeepSeek Era 
• Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape 
• Geoengineering:  Assessing Risks in the Era of Planetary Security 
• Global Energy Competition in the Arctic: A Reassessment 
• The Life of the Party: Past and Present Constraints on the Future of the Chinese Communist Party 
• Local Governance in Post-Assad Syria:  A Hybrid State Model for the Future? 
• Major Power Rivalry and Domestic Politics in South Asia 
• Views From Taipei: Essays by Young Indian Scholars on China 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• Sanctions Crunch Time: Russia’s Wish List vs. Transatlantic Resolve 

 Center for Global Development (CGD)

• The Economic Returns to Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from Indonesia 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Race for Sixth-Generation Fighter Supremacy:  Pilots Aren’t Going Away 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Analyses in Security Policy
• No. 364: China’s Vision for Science and Technology 
• No. 365: Syria in Transition: Recovery, Security, Rights 
• Belarus Analytical Digest
• No. 003: Belarus in U.S. Foreign Policy 
• Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
• No. 13: Solidarity and Social Justice 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

• Beyond Rare Earths: China’s Growing Threat to Gallium Supply Chains 
• High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions:  Myths and Reality 
• How the United States Can Overcome Icebreaker Construction Woes and Grow the Maritime Industrial Base 
• Making the U.S.-UK Special Relationship Fit for Purpose 
• Rethinking the Napoleonic Staff: Agentic Warfare and the Future of Military Operations 
• Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance: What the United States Can Learn from Ukraine 

 Center on Global Energy Policy

• Community Insights on Weather-Induced Energy Insecurity: A Case Study of Extreme Heat and Power Outages in North Lawndale, Chicago 
• Five Key Decisions to Revitalize US Critical Mineral Stockpiles 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• In Transatlantic Trade Talks, the EU Must Keep Digital Policy Off the Table 
• Towards a Decarbonised Energy System in a Larger EU 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Digital Assets and the Potential for Global Systemic Risk 
• Digital Assets Regulation: Lessons from Mainland China and Hong Kong 

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)         

• Individual-Level Perspectives on Mobilisation, Protest and Radicalisation: A Rapid Evidence Assessment 

 Chatham House

• Understanding and Improving Sanctions Today: Why and How Many Sanctions Fail, and What To Do About It 

 China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE)

• Green Synergies: Sustainability, Security and Taiwan-Europe Collaboration 

 Conference of Defense Associations Institute

• From China’s Transnational Repression to Foreign Interference in Canada:  A National Security Threat 

 Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Minority Report

• The Price of Retreat: America Cedes Global Leadership to China 

 Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

• One Year Later: The U.S. Secret Service's Failures Surrounding the July 13, 2024 Assassination Attempt: Final Report 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• How Changes to Funding for the NIH and Changes in the FDA's Review Times Would Affect the Development of New Drugs 

 Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

• Defense Acquisition, v. 54, no. 4, July-August 2025 
• Interview With Lt. Gen. William Mark Faulkner, USMC (Ret.), President of the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB)
• Contracting Concepts: Prompt Payment Act
• Rise of the Coast Guard’s Foreign Military Sales Program
• Lessons From Space on Digital Transformation
• Program Management Through Digital Engineering Updated
• Systemic Underestimation of Weapons Development
• Cost, Schedule, and Scope in Engineering Execution

 Defense Priorities

• Aligning Global Military Posture with U.S. Interests 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Annual Report on Civilian Casualties in Connection with United States Military Operations in 2024 

 Department of Energy (DOE)

• Report on Evaluating U.S. Grid Reliability and Security: Evaluating the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid 

 Department of State Inspector General

• ESP-25-02 Evaluation of the Department’s 2023 Evacuation of Embassy Khartoum 

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

• Military Retention Crisis Undermines Europe’s Defence Surge 
• The Spitzenkandidat: Time to Rethink a Failing Democratic Experiment 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• China's Turn Towards the 'Global South': Europe is not Beijing's Priority 
• Digital Echoes: Countering Adversarial Narratives in Georgia and Armenia 

 EUROPOL

• Policing in an Online World - Relevance in the 21st Century 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risks 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

• Fighting Irregular Wars: Is it Time to Rethink the Laws of Perfidy? 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Reversing Previous Restrictions, Washington Allows NVIDIA To Sell Advanced Chips to China 

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

• Russia’s Fight Against “Foreign Agents” and How to Prevent Its Spread 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Protecting Civilians in Sudan 
• Workforce Transition in South Africa's Just Energy Transition 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Central and Eastern Europe’s Role in Ukraine’s Reconstruction: Shared Opportunities, Benefits, and Challenges 

Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Meaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism 

 Global Taiwan Institute

• Global Taiwan Brief, 2025, v. 10, no. 14 
• Advancing Cyber Resilience: Taiwan’s Strategic Shift in the Seventh Phase of Its National Cybersecurity Program
• Building Digital Resilience: Taiwan’s Urgent Need for Robust Social Media Literacy Education
• How is Taiwan Combating Climate Change: Government and Businesses
• Language as a Soft Power Tool: Taiwan’s Mandarin Diplomacy in Vietnam
• Taiwan’s Potential for Defense Cooperation with Middle Eastern Nations

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• FAA Enforcement: Waivers of Rights to Recover Attorney's Fees in Settlements GAO-25-107675 
• Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: OPM Should Take Timely Action to Mitigate Persistent Fraud Risks GAO-25-106885 
• Homeland Security: Office of Intelligence and Analysis Should Improve Strategic Oversight of Intelligence Enterprise GAO-25-107540 
• Information Technology: Agencies Need to Plan for Modernizing Critical Decades-Old Legacy Systems GAO-25-107795 
• Military Compensation: Clearer Guidance Needed for Timely Reimbursement of Moving Expenses GAO-25-107062 
• Puerto Rico: Fiscal Conditions Have Improved but Risks Remain GAO-25-108629 
• STEM Education: Selected Federal Initiatives, Challenges, and Approaches to Supporting Rural Populations GAO-25-107371 
• Watershed Dams: Better Program Management Would Improve Safety GAO-25-107404 

 Henry Jackson Society

• The Gullible Brain: How Social Neuroscience Can Help Us Combat Racism and Antisemitism 
• How to Proscribe the IRGC: Learning Comparative Lessons From Our Allies 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

• The Quad, Africa, and Competition for Critical Minerals 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Significance of the Targeted Nuclear Scientists in the 12-Day War 

 Institute for Security and Development Policy

• China’s Military-Civil Fusion in Space:  Strategic Transformations and Implications for Europe 
• Safeguarding the Indo-Pacific Region:  Insights from Australia on Maritime Security 
• Safeguarding the Global Chip Supply:  Lessons from PRC’s Technology Acquisition Tactics in Taiwan 

 Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire)

• Chinese Cloud Seeding Practices on the Tibetan Plateau 

 Institute for the Study of Warfare

• Adversary Entente Task Force Update
• July 16 
• Iran Update
• July 14 
• July 15 
• July 16 
• July 17 
• July 18 
• July 19 
• July 20 
• Russian Occupation Update
• July 14  
• July 17 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• July 14 
• July 15 
• July 16 
• July 17 
• July 18 
• July 19 
• July 20 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Cryptoassets and the Lack of International Regulatory Coordination 
• Italy’s Limited Engagement in Syria, and How to Boost It 
• A Shifting European Paradigm in FDI Screening: From Market Protection to Economic Security 
• Trump v. Birthright Citizenship: Another Mark on the US Legal System 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• The Islamic State in 2025: an Evolving Threat Facing a Waning Global Response 
• Justifications, (Dis)Advantages and Implications of Designating Proxy Actors: The Case of the Wagner Group/Africa Corps 
• The (Over)Criminalisation of Terrorism Offences in Malaysia and Indonesia

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• China Learns from the Kinmen Model to Adapt its Strategy for a Naval Campaign Against Taiwan 
• China’s Dual-Use Space Sector Goes Global 
• From [U.S.] National Security to Strategic Leverage [Over China] 
• Space:  China’s TT&C Capabilities and Space Diplomacy 

 Irregular Warfare Center

• Today’s Opium Wars: The Unrestricted Warfare Playbook in the U.S. Illicit Drug Market 

 Japan Ministry of Defense

• Defense of Japan 2025 [Digest version - full version coming soon] 

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America

• Not Over:  Ensuring Iran Does Not Rebuild 

 Kiel Institute for the World Economy

• Fit for War by 2030?  European Rearmament Efforts Vis-à-Vis Russia 

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• Crisis of Conformity: The Urgent Need to Restore Open Inquiry and Free Expression in Canada's Universities 

 MIT Books

• The Nuclear-Water Nexus [open access book] 
• The World According to Military Targeting [open access book] 

 MITRE

• Breaking Barriers to Accelerate Defense Acquisition with Allies and Partners 

 Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)

• Unlawful Military Cooperation Including Arms Transfer between North Korea and Russia [various languages] 

 National Academies Press 

• Implementation of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Operational Capabilities: A Guide 
• Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Operational Capabilities  

 National Security Space Association (NSSA)

• Contested Space: Ensuring Effective U.S. National Security Space Capabilities in an Increasingly Contested Environment 

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Addressing State-Linked Cyber Threats to Critical Maritime Port Infrastructure 

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

• China Maritime Report #48: Great Inspectations: PRC Maritime Law Enforcement Operations in the Taiwan Strait 

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

• Hybrid Frontlines: Russian Threats and the Future of Maritime Infrastructure in the Black Sea and the North Sea 
• Securing the Frontlines: Experimentalist Governance for Critical Maritime Infrastructure in the Black Sea and North Sea 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Between Diplomacy and Displacement: The Contradictions of the Rohingya Repatriation Discourse 
• Cognitive Digital Twins in Strategic Anti-Submarine Warfare: A Scoping Review 
• The European Union A.I. Act 2024: Understanding the Context and Exploring its Future 
• Reflections on the First Decade of ‘Startup India’ 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• MonitoringExposure to Future Climate-Related Hazards: Forward-Looking Indicator Resultsand Methods Using Climate Scenarios  
• StrategicIntelligence Tools for Emerging Technology Governance: A Policy Primer 

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

• China's Private Sector Gained Ground Again Among Country's Top Corporations In First Half of 2025 
• Global Climate Cooperation After 2024: A Proposal for a Heavy Industry Climate Coalition 
• Limits to Trade Quantities Are Making a Comeback 
• The US Trade Deficit and Foreign Borrowing: How Long Can It Continue? 

 Pew Research Center

• International Views of China Turn Slightly More Positive 
• People in Many Countries Consider the U.S. an Important Ally; Others See It as a Top Threat 

 RAND Corporation

• Building Taiwan’s Resilience:  Insights into Taiwan’s Civilian Resilience Against Acts of War 
• Chinese Engagement with Africa:  A RAND Research Primer 
• Evaluating the Benefits of the UK’s Investments in the European Space Agency 
• Rebuilding Infrastructure in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Exploring Options to Accelerate the Recovery Supply Chain and Sustain Economic Gains 
• United States Navy Force Structure:  The Challenge of Global Crisis Response 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Raw Materials for Potential Chemical Warfare Agents:  Technical Assessment 1 

 Russian Military and Security Research Group  (RUSMILSEC)

• 'I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride.' : Examining US, German and British Military Support for Ukraine during the Russian Full-Scale Invasion (2022-2024) 

 Strauss Center

• Clandestine Migration and Migrant Risk in Arizona (2024-2025) 
• Clandestine Migration and Migrant Risk in California (2024-2025) 
• Clandestine Migration and Migrant Risk in South Texas (2024-2025) 
• Clandestine Migration and Migrant Risk in West Texas and New Mexico (2024-2025) 

 Swisspeace

• Preserving Access to Records of Temporary UN International Criminal Courts and Investigative Bodies 
• Transitional Justice in Syria at the Crossroads: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities 

 Taylor & Francis

• African Security, 2025
• Foreign Policy Instrument, Actor, or Infrastructure? Conceptualizing the Wagner Group in Sudan [open access article] 
• Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2025
• Examining the relevance of ‘EVIL DONE’ to the current terrorist threat landscape in the United Kingdom [open access article] 
• Conflict, Security & Development, 2025
• Mine Clearance in Aid of Post Conflict Peacebuilding; The Role of Humanitarian Mine Clearance Pioneer Corps (HMCPC) in Somaliland (1991–1994) [open access article] 
• Ethics & Global Politics, 2025
• The Ethics and Politics of Military Withdrawal [open access article] 
• Is Conscription Morally Justified Today? [open access article] 
• Why Grateful Refugees Are Epistemically Harmed [open access article] 
• Global Change, Peace & Security, 2025
• UN Peacekeepers and the Humanitarian Community: A Strained Relationship? [open access article] 
• Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2025
• Legacy Electronic Health Record Systems as Culprit Behind Cybersecurity Risks in Public Healthcare Facilities of South Africa [open access article] 
• Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 2025
• Countering Violent Extremism Research and Practice in a Time of Upheaval: The FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook [open access article] 
• Rebuilding Epistemic Authority: Strategic Transparency and Digital Ethnography in Policing and Intelligence [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2025
• The Columbus Model: Crowd Psychology, Dialogue Policing and Protest Management in the U.S.A. [open access article] 
• Dare to Share: Information and Intelligence Sharing within the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime [open access article] 
• Factors Associated with Encounter-Specific Police Procedural Justice Perceptions among Dutch Detainees [open access article] 
• A Study of Police Personnel Wellbeing in England and Wales Whilst Working During the Covid-19 Pandemic [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• From Backsliding to Recalibration? Trump 2.0 and Democracy in the Philippines 
• The Gutting of Palestine 

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

• Exporting Borders: Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa  

 UK Ministry of Defence

• Chief of the Air Staff speech at Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2025 
• Minister for the Armed Forces speech at Global Air & Space Chiefs’ Conference 2025 

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• Global Prison Population and Trends: A Focus on Rehabilitative Environments 
• UKRAINE: Organized Crime Dynamics in the Context of War 

 U.S.-China Commission

• China’s Exploitation of Scam Centers in Southeast Asia 

 US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• National Farm Security Action Plan 
• New USDA Program Ties Food Security to National Defense [with graphic showing Chinese-owned farmland] 

 US Marine Corps (USMC)

• Expeditions with UCUP, JULY 2025
• Integration and Innovation Challenges in U.S. Navy Logistics 

 University of Pennsylvania

• University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, 2025, v. 20, no. 2 
• Dollars at War: Unraveling the Paradox of China's Military Procurement
• International Legal Ordering to Achieve International Goals: A Discourse Through the U.S. and China's Foreign Relations Law
• The Rare Earth Leverage? China's Export Control Law and "Xi Jinping's Thought on Law-Based Governance
• Othering with Chinese Characteristics: Discrimination in Classical Chinese Thought and Modern-Day Repression of Uyghurs

 Violence Prevention Project Research Center

• House of Worship Homicides [database] 
• Minnesota's Extreme Risk Protection Order Law: Implementation Guide 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Lethal Attacks Show Strengthened Houthi Control over Red Sea Transit 

 World Economic Forum

• Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for Financial Services Leaders 
• Top Ten Emerging Technologies for 2025