Saturday, January 3, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 12-26=2025 & 1-2-2026

 Arctic Institute

 Arizona State University

  • Inter Populum: The Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations, v. 3, no. 2 Fall 2025 
    • Tactical Gains, Strategic Costs: A Strategic, Ethical, and Normative Evaluation of Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza
    • The SOCOM Rorschach: Identity, Technology, and the Future Hidden in a List
    • Securitizing Kinmen: China’s Gray Zone Strategy and the Evolution of the Kinmen Model
    • Unconquerable by Force Alone: Ottoman Campaigns in the Highlands of Yemen, 1569-71
    • Frogmen and Fast Boats: The Future of Irregular Warfare in the Maritime Domain
    • Crisis Response as Deterrence: Strategizing the Use of Elite Capabilities to Deter Adversary Aggression

 Atlantic Council

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Brookings

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

 Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World    

  • Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, December 2025, v. 37 
    • Following the “Syria Model”? Assessing the Impact of the HTS Success on the African Jihadist Landscape
    • Beyond Counterterrorism: A Legitimacy-Centered Framework for Pakistan’s Security Crisis
    • The Syrian Civil War and the Shia Villages of al-Fua and Kafariya
    • The Lasting Influence of Sheikh Aboud Rogo on the African Jihad
    • Shades of Islamism: A Critical Analysis
    • Islam as an Instrument of Russia’s Colonial Policy

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

  • Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2025, v. 24, no. 2 
    • Russia First: Putin’s Evolving Westphalian Conceptualization of State Sovereignty
    • Threats IN, TO, and THROUGH East of Greenland
    • Algorithmic Sovereignty in South Asia: India’s Use of AI in the 2025 Border Conflict
    • China's Strategic Manoeuvring in the Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Power Transition Theory
    • Bridging Histories: Lessons for the US Department of Defense from New Zealand Defence Forces’ Integration of Indigenous Cultures
    • Zeitenwende in Germany – a New Realistic Worldview and Its Implications

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2026-039 Audit of the DoD’s Oversight of Contractor Performance for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Sustainment Contracts 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 ENSURED Project

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Values

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Future of Free Speech

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

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)

 Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

 Human Rights Watch

 IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 

 Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA)

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

  • MES Insights, June 2025, v. 16, no. 3 
    • A Brief Overview of Iranian and Israeli Strategies following Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer

 McCrary Institute Task Force on National Security and Law Enforcement

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

 National Academies Press 

 National Defence University (Helsinki)

 National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

  • Naval War College Review, Summer/Autumn 2025, v. 78, no. 2 
    • Mission and Weapon Drive Fleet Design
    • Floating Fortresses—American Carriers’ Extraordinary Resilience to Battle Damage
    • Neither Confirm nor Deny—The U.S. Navy’s Declaratory Policy on Nuclear Weapons
    • At the Dawn of a Naval Renaissance—India Takes a Relook at Mahan
    • SG Radar in the Solomon Islands Campaign—Assumptions, Perceptions, Reality
    • From the Archives: Bringing Air to the Sea: Four Competing Paths to Developing U.S. Naval Aviation and Their Lessons

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

 Niskanen Center

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (ODCFO)

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

 RAND Corporation

 Royal Australian Air Force - Air Space Power Centre

  • Contemporary Issues in Air & Space Power, 2025, v. 3, no. 1 
    • Redefining Recruitment in the Royal Australian Air Force
    • Innovation Management: Embracing the Fantastic to Get the Military Moving in New Directions
    • Securing Malaysia’s Maritime Environment Using Space-Derived Services
    • Space Traffic Management Is Critical for National Security
    • Air Defence Insights from the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
    • Building an Air Force for a Long, Big War
    • Organising Military Innovation: Collaborative Opportunities for Organisational and Military Innovation Scholars
  • Australian Defence Technologies Amidst Shifting Global Economic Dynamics 

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies 

 The Sentry

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Winter 2025/2026, no. 45 
    • Prevention of radicalization among youths with mental disorders in a schooling context
    • ‘The Guilt Complex’: Assessing How Perceptions of Guilt Impact Reintegration Experiences of Young Returnees from the FARC Across Colombia
    • Countering Religious Radicalism: A Systematic Review of Faith-Based Institutional Strategies and Challenges
    • Violent Radicalisation Prevention in Northern Nigeria: The Socio-Economic Roles of Religious Leaders

 Soufan Center

 Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR)

 Stanley Center

 Stimson Center

 Strauss Center

 Sudd Institute

 Taylor & Francis

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

 UK Counter-Terrorism

 UK Parliament House of Commons

 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 US Central Command (CENTCOM)       

  • Unipath, Fall 2025, v. 13 no. 3 
    • Enhancing Collective Defense
    • Securing the Seas
    • Protecting the Red Sea
    • A Multinational Medical Mission
    • Multinational Carrier Strike Group Acts as a Force for Stability
    • Many Countries, One Mission
    • Cohesion in a Crisis
    • The Power of the U.S. Department of War Rewards Program
    • Merging Manned and Unmanned Operations
    • Kuwait Launches Unmanned Surface Vessels
    • A Victory over Extremism
    • Terrorists Exploit Artificial Intelligence
    • Building Bridges Between Central Asia and the Arabian Gulf
    • Special Soldiers for Special Missions

 US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

  • The Watch, v. 6, 2025 
    • Partners of Choice: Mexico and U.S. Military Cooperation
    • Enduring Caribbean-U.S. Alliance: Fourth Island Chain is Vital to Homeland Defense
    • Operational Readiness
    • The Golden Dome and Implications for the North
    • Defending the North American Arctic: Canada’s New Arctic Foreign Policy
    • Countering CCP Presence: Leveraging Canada's New Arctic Maritime Capabilities
    • Nordic Vision 2030: Defense Cooperation among NATO Partners
    • Strengthening the Sweden-U.S. Partnership
    • Maritime Muscle: Canada, Mexico, U.S. Collaborate on Security Issues with NAMSI Exercises
    • Advancing Arctic Collaboration: Anchorage Security and Defense Conference 
    • WHINSEC Supports Homeland Defense
    • Guardians of the Arctic
    • Operation Global Guardian: U.S. and Allies Conduct Integrated Arctic Air Operations
    • Operation Polar Dagger:  U.S. Navy and Special Operations Forces Train for Arctic Campaigns
    • Joint Expeditionary Force: A Decade of Strategic Excellence
    • Safeguarding the Arctic: Operation Nanook-Nunalivut
    • Operation Amalgam Eagle: DEFENSA, AFNORTH Conduct Live-Fly Air Defense Exercise
    • Fuerzas Amigas: DEFENSA and U.S. Military Conduct Joint Disaster Response Exercise
    • Operation Fenix: MARINA, MARFORNORTH Conduct Amphibious Training Operation
    • Mexico’s Cyber Force: Armed Forces Expand AI Use in Military Operations

 University of Texas, Austin

  • Texas National Security Review, 9, no. 1, Winter 2025/2026 
    • The Changing Face of War—And of Our Work
    • Wars of the Greater Middle East, 1945–92
    • Threading the Needle: The Logic of Conventional Coercion in Nuclear Crises
    • Bombs, Bots, and the Principle of Distinction: The Law of Armed Conflict and Contemporary Warfare
    • A New World Order? Careful What You Wish For
    • How a US “Suez Moment” Could Hollow the US Alliance System
    • The Arsenal of Democracy: Keeping China Deterred in an Age of Hard Choices
    • National Security Elites: Shaping Policy in Times of Crisis
    • Shaping National Security Decisions: An Insider’s View of The Insiders’ Game
    • Would a China War Scenario Break the Insiders’ Hold?

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 World Bank