Friday, September 5, 2025

Friday's Miscellany 08-29-2025

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), August 2025, v. 32, no. 8 
    • Venomous Animal Bites and Stings in Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2008–2023
    • Potential High Arbovirus Exposure in INDOPACOM During U.S. Service Member Deployment or Exercises in Papua New Guinea 
    • Historical Perspective: Early U.S. Military Immunization Against Tetanus and Diphtheria: Historical Context and Current Importance
    • Surveillance Snapshot: Trends in Hypertension and Hypertensive Disease Among Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2018–2023
    • Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 22, Ending May 31, 2025

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Priorities

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • 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-25-33 CBP Continues to Evaluate Cross-Border Tunnel Detection Technologies - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-25-34 DHS Has Met Nearly All Geospatial Data Act Responsibilities 
  • OIG-25-35 Evaluation of DHS' Compliance with Federal Information Security Modernization Act Requirements for Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2024 
  • OIG-25-36 Results of November 2024 Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities in Southern Arizona and California 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed to Address Staffing Concerns GAO-25-108597 
  • Federal Budget: Authorization and Appropriation Information for Selected Agencies GAO-25-107294 

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

 Institute for Science & International Security

 Institute for the Study of Warfare

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, August 10, 2025, v. 25, no. 15 
    • Experts Reminded of Central Mission at Summer Retreat
    • Smart Device Empire, Part 2: Policy Underpins PRC’s Global IoT Ambitions
    • Inroads in Algeria: The Promise and Perils of Beijing’s Localization Strategy
    • Embodied Intelligence: The PRC’s Whole-of-Nation Push into Robotics
    • Hong Kong’s Crypto Bet Is Starting to Pay Off
    • Straits Forum Institutionalizes Cross-Strait ‘Integration’ as Strategic Posturing
    • The PLA Navy’s Evolving Posture Beyond the First Island Chain
    • Evolving Blue Economy Propels PRC Maritime Ambitions

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

 National Academies Press 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 Observer Research Foundation

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

 Pew Research Center

 Public Safety Canada

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 The Sentry

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Swedish Defense Research Agency

 Taylor & Francis, 2025

 Toda Peace Institute

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 World Bank