Friday's Miscellany 08-22-2025

 38 North

• Ethical Issues in North Korea Research 

Air University Press

• Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower and Spacepower, Summer 2025, v. 4, no. 1 
• Adapting the Hardware of NATO’s Forward-Deployed Nuclear Forces
• Joint Innovation: What Is and What Could Be 
• Optimizing Officer Retention in the US Space Force: A Strategy for Success
• Playing by the Rules: Norms During Armed Conflict in Space
• Ready, Fire, Aim: Tactical Autonomy in the Age of AI
• A Revived Commitment to Control of the Air

 Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)

• The Stick, the Carrot, and the Net: Policy Approaches for Addressing AI Agent Harms 

 Amnesty International

• A Decade of Impunity:  Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria /

 Army University Press

• Operation Serval:  A Memoir of War 

 Atlantic Council

• A Vision for U.S. Hypersonic Weapons 
• Why the Rule of Law is the Key to Prosperity:  Lessons from Thirty Years of Data 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• An Indo-Pacific Role for Britain’s Aircraft Carriers—A High-Value Escort 
• AUKUS Pillar II Can Deliver Fast—After We Fix It 
• China Will Keep the Quad Together.  Let’s Get Through This Rough Patch Quickly 
• Northern Australia: Securing a Developing Economy to Secure a Developed Nation 

 Brookings

• Explaining Mali’s Democratic Breakdown: Weak Institutions, Extra-Institutional Channels, and Insecurity as a Trigger 
• Resourcing Resilience and Prosperity: Philanthropic Investment in New Orleans’ Nonprofit Sector after Hurricane Katrina 
• An Update on the Efficacy of Sanctions against Russia 
• Why people mistrust AI advancements 

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Institut Canadien Des Affaires Mondiales)

• Carbon Borders: A Costly Misdirection Affecting Canadian Trade and Defence Interests 
• Equipping the Next Army with European and Asian Capabilities 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• India-China Economic Ties:  Determinants and Possibilities 
• Managing Climate Risk: Implications for Local Governments 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars 

 Center for American Progress

• The Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting:  Preventing a Surrender Summit 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• The Encryption Debate 
• Mapping the Brussels Effect: The GDPR Goes Global 
• Sino-Russian Alignment Stopping at the Nuclear Threshold 
• Sino-Russian Relations in Central Asia 

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

• A Path to Long-Term Cyber Resilience for Under-Resourced Organizations 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• The AUKUS Inflection: Seizing the Opportunity to Deliver Deterrence 
• Does the U.S.–Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Announcement Signal a New Front in Great Power Competition? 
• Guns and Oil: Continuity and Change in Russia-India Relations 
• The History and Evolution of North Korea’s Space Capabilities 
• How Can the U.S. Government Safeguard Commercial Satellites from Threats? 
• How to Defend Ukraine’s Skies During Peace Negotiations 
• Latin America’s Role in De-Risking Semiconductor Supply Chains 
• A Primer on Transshipment 
• Secret North Korea Missile Base: Sinpung-dong 
• The Strategic Future of Subsea Cables: Japan Case Study 
• USMCA Review 2026: Pathways, Risks, and Strategic Considerations for North America’s Economic Future 
• What Would Security Guarantees in Ukraine Look Like? 
• Why U.S. Junior Professionals in the UN Still Matter 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Modest Germinations: Toward Decoloniality in AI Governance in Africa 

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

• Transnational Dynamics in Violent Outcomes for Protest Movements: A Rapid Evidence Assessment 

 Chatham House

• Trump-Putin Meeting on Ukraine:  Early Expert Analysis  
• Trump’s Ukraine Summit Was a European Damage Control Operation.  It Succeeded – For Now 
• U.S. Intervention Opens New Page in Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Talks but Challenges Remain 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

• CASI Toolkit for China- PLA Personnel Presentation (24 slides) 
• Chinese Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export [July 2025] {translation] 

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Trilateral Imperatives: Japan-India-EU Cooperation on Economic Security 

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• CTC Sentinel, v. 18, no. 8, August 2025 
• Tehran’s Homeland Option: Terror Pathways for Iran to Strike in the United States
• A View from the CT Foxhole: James Stack, Director, Great Plains Diagnostic Network
• Commentary: The Dangers of Overreliance on Generative AI in the CT Fight
• Understanding China’s New Counterterrorism Ambitions in Africa

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the Agriculture Sector 
• An Update About CBO's Projections of the Budgetary Effects of Tariffs 

 Council on Foreign Relations

• China’s New Intervention Rule  

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Divided, They Rule? The Emerging Banditry Landscape in Northwest Nigeria 
• Okinawa and Thule US Military Bases: To Dialogue or Not to Dialogue? 
• Syria in Transition: Mapping the Local and Transnational Actors Shaping Politics in Syria 

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

• DODIG-2025-138 Audit of the Army’s Management of Force Provider Modules in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility 
• DODIG-2025-145 Audit of the Army’s Management of M88 Recovery Vehicle Spare Parts 
• DODIG-2025-147 Audit of Data License Rights in Air Force Weapon System Contracts 
• DODIG-2025-148 Audit of DoD Processes and Procedures for Addressing Information Requests from the Government Accountability Office 
• DODIG-2025-149 Evaluation of the DoD's Effectiveness in Negotiating Fair and Reasonable Prices with Contractors for Ukraine Security Assistance 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-25-32 TSA Policies Impede Effective Coordination and Investigation of Misconduct Allegations - (REDACTED) 

 Department of State

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Indonesia Country Analysis Brief 
• Transportation Fuel Demand Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels 
• U.S. Jet Fuel Consumption Growth Slows After Air Travel Recovers from Pandemic Slowdown 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• On a War Footing: Securing Critical Energy Infrastructure 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

• Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Submarine Warfare 
• Narrative Intelligence: Decoding Iran’s Influence Campaigns in Iraq 

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique) 

• Japan in Africa: A Discreet Yet Influential Partner Amid Growing International Competition 

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

• After the Alaska Summit: Ukraine Not Closer to Peace 

 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

• Economic Self-Interest in German Development Policy: What Might That Look Like? 

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

• Fragile Federation: Violent Conflict and Attitudes toward Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Leveraging the Joint Capacity of Arctic Allies and Industry Partners 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Spreading Fire: Arson, Social Media, and the Violent Extreme-Right in Ireland 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Aviation Workforce: Contributions and Characteristics of Selected Airport Workers GAO-25-107678 
• Criminal Investigators: Program-Wide Evaluations and Clear Oversight Responsibilities Could Enhance Training Programs GAO-25-107063 
• Export-Import Bank: Monitoring of Exports with Dual Military and Civilian Uses as of 2025 GAO-25-108524 
• Technology Business Management: Critical Go or No Go Action Required on Federal Agency Adoption of IT Spending Framework GAO-25-106488 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• Europe’s Strategic Access to Battery Minerals in a Changing Geoeconomic Landscape 
• The Four (Not So Noble) Truths about Nuclear Governance 

 Hudson Institute

• Resilience Is Deterrence: Why Taiwan’s Cyber Weakness Is a Strategic Risk 
• Security Guarantees for Ukraine:  A Layered Approach 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• How Chinese Online Marketplaces Fuel Counterfeits 
• A Shot at a Healthier Future: The Transformative Potential of GLP-1s 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program After the 12-Day War: A Diagram of the Destruction 

 Institute for the Study of Warfare

• Adversary Entente Task Force Update
• Aug 20 
• Africa File
• Aug 21 M23 Massacres Undermine DRC Peace Process 
• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• Aug 18   
• Aug 22 
• Iran Update
• Aug 18 
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• Aug 20  
• Aug 21  
• Aug 22  
• Russian Occupation Update
• Aug 21 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• Aug 18 
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• Aug 24 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Countering Identity-Based Disinformation Through Positive Narrative Expansion 
• Victims of Terrorism and Reparation in France: A Sui Generis System 

 International Crisis Group

• Riding Unruly Waves:  The Philippines’ Military Modernization Effort 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Alaska:  Moment of Truth? 

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• Force Multipliers: How Russia’s Governors Amplify Putin’s Polar Partnership with China 

 Marine Corps History Division

• Semper Fidelis: 250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps Honor, Courage, and Commitment 

 Marine Corps University Press

• China Military Studies Review, 2025, v. 1
• Understanding Weishe: China's System of Strategic Coercion 

 Mitchell Institute

• Air Force Under Fire: Time to Own Base Defense 

 National Academies Press 

• Exploring Military Exposures and Mental, Behavioral, and Neurologic Health Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans  
• Pathways for New Nuclear Development: Proceedings of a Workshop 

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

• Li Xuming and the Abdullah Family: The Risk of Student Lab Access Abuses 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Facilitating the Upload of Nuclear Weapons:  What Congress Must Do 
• A Responsive Nuclear Warhead Infrastructure: What Still Needs to Be Done? Why Is A Responsive Infrastructure More Urgent Now Than in the Past? 

 NATO Defense College

• What Foresight Does NATO Need? 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• Between Data and Agenda: Questioning the IPC’s Gaza Famine Projections 
• Democratic Socialists of America Endorse Summit Promoting DPRK-Aligned Revolutionary Rhetoric 
• A Narrative at Any Cost: Western Media’s Deceptive Framing of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable 

 Niskanen Center

• Unlocking HVDC [High Voltage Direct Current]: How Congress Can Enable a More Resilient Grid 

 Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC)

• No Accident: Countering Military Assaults of Nuclear Plants (NPS Presentation) 
• Proxy Wars in a Space-Serviced World:  A War Game After-Action Report 

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)              

• Global Nuclear Fail-Safe: Meeting Summaries and Related Documents 

 Observer Research Foundation

• Charting the Growth and Aspirations of India’s Fintech Regulatory Sandboxes 
• Conference Proceedings on U.S.-Indian Security and Defense Industrial Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific 
• Overlooked and Underutilised: Blue Carbon Credits in India’s Voluntary Carbon Market 
• US-South Korea-Japan Trilateral: Challenges to an Enduring Security Cooperation 

 Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

• Revolutionary FAR Overhaul 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

• ODNI 2.0 
• Factsheet 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• AI Openness: A Primer for Policymaker 
• Remedies in Digital Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean 

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

• Essays on Longtermism: Present Action for the Distant Future [open access book] 
• Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction [open access book] 
• The People That Never Were: Linguistic Scholarship and the Invention of the Aryans [open access book] 
• The Philosophy and Physics of Duality [open access book] 
• Space, Time, and Memory [open access book] 

 Pew Research Center

• Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, Voter ID 
• Republicans’ Views of Justice Department, FBI Rebound as Democrats’ Views Shift More Negative 

 RAND Corporation

• Understanding Russian Strategic Culture and the Low-Yield Nuclear Threat 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• Alaska Summit as Theater:  Moscow’s View Beyond Ukraine 
• The Pentagon’s Rare Earth Gamble:  Smart Strategy or State-Crafted Monopoly? 
• RUSI Experts Comment on the Trump-Putin Summit 

 Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs

• A Critical Review Of Covid-19 Origins: “Hidden in Plain Sight” 
• The Historical Legacies of Fascism
• Disease Outbreaks in Africa: Prioritising Prevention Over Control and Self-reliance Over Aid Dependency 
• The Relevance of the End of the Cold War to Contemporary US Foreign Policy 

 Taylor & Francis

• Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2025
• Climate Extreme: Radicalisation Tendencies in The German Climate Protest Movement [open access article] 
• Masking and Countering Racialisation: Dutch Counter Radicalisation Through Policymakers’ Eyes [open access article] 
• Defence Studies, 2025
• The Challenges and Opportunities for Academics in Professional Military Education  [open access article] 
• Evaluating Defence Projects – Success May Be a Multidimensional Measure. A Case Study of a Logistics Support Vessel [open access article] 
• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Officer Corps [open access article] 
• Looking Ahead: Imbalance, Dependency and NATO’s Uncertain Future  [open access article] 
• Moving Beyond a ‘Hollow Concept’: Realising Women, Peace and Security at NATO under a Trump Presidency [open access article] 
• NATO and China: A Mission Too Far? [open access article] 
• NATO and Climate Change [open access article] 
• NATO, Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in an Age of US Ambivalence [open access article] 
• Profound Discontinuities: Between Humans and Machines in the Warfighting Context [open access article] 
• “Taming the Storm” of Hybridity: The EU-NATO Relationship on Countering Hybrid Threats – From Functional Overlap to Functional Cooperation [open access article] 
• Defense & Security Analysis, 2025
• Infrequent but Serious: Severe Conventional Arms Control Agreement Violations [open access article] 
• Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2025
• Navigating Simultaneous Racisms: Intersecting Experiences of In/Visibility and Antiracist Strategies among Turkey-Originated Communities in Germany [open access article] 
• Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 2025
• Integrating Safety, Order and Duty of Care in Public Space Foot Patrols [open access article] 
• Journal of Risk Research, 2025
• Balancing the Art and Science of Risk: Case Study of Meteorology Experts’ Own Perceived Sense of Credibility for Risk Communication [open access article] 
• Expert and Non-Expert Perceptions of ‘Forever Chemicals’: Identifying Commonalties and Differences to Inform PFAS Risk Communication [open access article] 
• A Framework for Understanding and Dealing with Tensions in Risk Science [open access article] 
• Preferences for Risk Conversations in Everyday Life: A Conjoint Analysis [open access article] 
• Social Vulnerability Triage: A Dynamic Scenario-Based System for Disaster Planning and Response [open access article] 
• Policing and Society, 2025
• Public Confidence in the Police: Using Opinion Survey Data to Explore the Current ‘Moment’ in British Policing [open access article] 
• Responsive Policing for Cyberfraud Prevention: An Empirical Inquiry into the Regulatory Pyramid to Protect Cyberfraud Victims in China [open access article] 
• Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2025
• Iran’s Proxy War Paradox: Strategic Gains, Control Issues, And Operational Constraints [open access article] 
• Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2025
• The Role of Socioeconomic Marginalization in the Radicalization of Jihadi Foreign Fighters from Europe [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• Casting a Long Shadow: Trump 2.0’s Impact on Aotearoa New Zealand 

 UK Parliament House of Commons

• Evolution of Military Assistance to Ukraine 
• Peace in Ukraine: What Have the August 2025 Talks Achieved? 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• At the Margins: Gendered Barriers to Accessing Reintegration Programming in the Lake Chad Basin 
• New Directions for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Connecting Victim Assistance with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 

 US Bomb Data Center (USBDC)

• 2024 Explosives Incident Report 

 World Bank

• Digital Skills, Innovation, and Economic Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa
• Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities 
• The Labor Market Effects of Droughts in MENA