Monday, June 29, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 06-12-2026 & 06-19-2026

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air University Press

  • Engineering the Future: Maj Gen Osmond Ritland, Problem Solving, and the Challenge of Technical Leadership 
  • Preparing USAF Operational Planners For The Ethical Fielding Of Tactical AI Technologies 
  • Scanning the Presence and Resolving the Future: How Minisatellites Can Contribute to Maritime Surveillance in the Arctic 
  • Strategic Horizons Fall 2025, v. 1, no. 1 
    • Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies, Great-Power Competition, and the Struggle for Influence in Africa
    • Seychelles at a Crossroads: Democracy, Development, and the Geopolitical Chessboard
    • The Vajra Doctrine: America’s Thunderbolt Strategy in the South Asian Chess Match
    • Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Role Conceptions: Self-Image of Independence in the Face of a Powerful Russia
    • Articulating Smart Power: The Strategic Information Environment of the Northern Sea Route
    • The Battle for Wake Island 2025: A Critical Assessment of Pacific Basing Strategy
    • The Tenth Man: Japan Is the United States’ Next Asian Competitor
    • China and “Deep Bench” Diplomatic Power
    • Geoengineering and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Risks, Governance, and Strategic Imperatives
    • Anticipatory Defense in the Arctic
    • The Cost of Arctic Succession: Russia’s Militarization Demands a NATO Response
    • Proposal for US–Greenland Integration: A Path to the Future
    • Guatemala’s Security Challenges and the Government’s Response
    • Optimizing Drone Selection for Initial Remote Piloting Training: A Multicriteria Decision Analysis Using the SWARA-MOORA-3NAG Method
    • Proposal for the Creation of a Brazilian Space Force
    • Jihad in the Jungle: An Examination of Hezbollah’s Financial Network in the Tri-Border Area
    • The Strategic Importance of an Unlikely Relationship: Paraguay and Taiwan
    • Integrated Deterrence and US Defense Strategy in NATO and AUKUS: An Analysis of Advanced Technologies and Multi-Domain Operations in Alliance Systems
    • A Nuclear Economy: Proliferation Financing and the Fight to Stop Bad Actors
  • Strategic Horizons 2026, v. 2, no. 1 
    • A Vacuum of Strategy: America’s African Retreat and the New Great-Power Contest
    • Will Libya Ever Be Whole Again? Prospects for Unity and Stability in a Fragmented State
    • Suppression of Enemy Air Defense: SEAD in Iran’s Defense Doctrine
    • Reforging the Arsenal of Democracy: The Ukraine Wake-Up Call
    • China’s Expanding Airpower in the Western Indian Ocean
    • US–Mongolia Defense Relations: A Strategic Partnership in the Heart of Asia
    • Missile Defense Reimagined: A Theoretical Examination of the “Golden Dome” Proposal
    • Continental Defense at a Crossroads: US Strategic Contingency Planning for an Independent Alberta
    • The Dragon, the Jaguar, and the Eagle: The Rise of China in Mexico and Brazil, a Historical-Comparative Analysis
    • A Dragon in the Backyard: The People’s Republic of China’s Posture Plans Threaten Atlantic Security
    • An Officer of the Argentine Air Force in Vietnam

 Amnesty International 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), May 2026, v. 33, no. 5 
    • Update: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
    • Update: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
    • Update: Exertional Hyponatremia Among U.S. Active Component Service Members, 2021–2025
    • Update: Malaria Among Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2025
    • Annual Review of Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities, January 1, 2025–December 31, 2025

 Army T2COM G2

 Army University Press

 Army War College - Strategic Studies Institute

 Army War College Press

 Asia Society Policy Institute

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Brookings Institution

 Brown University, Costs of War Project

 Bruegel  

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Institut Canadien Des Affaires Mondiales) (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Security Research

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • CSS Policy Brief
    • No. 4: Cognitive Warfare: The Case for Disaggregation 
    • No. 3: Playing a ‘Weak Hand’: Russia’s Middle East Policy 
  • Russian Analytical Digest
    • No. 344: Cultural Consumption in Wartime Russia 
    • No. 343: Russia's Hard Right (Part 2) 
    • No. 342: Russia's Hard Right (Part 1) 
  • Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CBSA)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Statecraft & National Security (CSNS)

 Chatham House

 Chennai Centre For China Studies

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS)

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations

 CrowdStrike

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

 Department of Defense/War, Inspector General (DODIG/DODIW)

  • DOWIG-2026-091 Evaluation of the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Cold Case Murder Investigations 
  • DOWIG-2026-089 U.S. Marine Corps Hospital Corpsman Assault Packs and Medical Material Reporting 
  • DOWIG-2026-088 Audit of DoW Support for the Care and Safety of Detainees in Response to the National Emergency at the Southern Border 

 Department of Energy (DOE)

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

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

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aerial Refueling Tankers: Air Force Needs More Focused Metrics and a Risk-Based Mitigation Plan to Improve Sustainment GAO-26-109154 
  • Behavioral Health: HHS and DOJ Offer Grants to Help Human Trafficking Survivors GAO-26-107901 
  • Countering China: Agencies Provided Over $1 Billion but Have Not Assessed Overall Results of Projects GAO-26-107822 
  • DHS Annual Assessment: Dynamic Environment Affects Efforts to Manage Acquisition Risks GAO-26-108118 
  • Disaster Contracting: Actions Needed to Encourage Advance Contract Use and Improve Information Sharing and Oversight GAO-26-108121 
  • Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Actions Needed to Enhance Performance Data and Oversight GAO-26-106949 
  • F-35 Sustainment: Actions Needed to Ensure Updated Strategy Improves Persistent Readiness Challenges GAO-26-108113 
  • Federal Agency Workforce Changes: Update for July 2025 to January 2026 GAO-26-108583 
  • Federal Data: Congressional Action Needed to Improve Interoperability of Award and Payment Eligibility Data GAO-26-107466 
  • Federal Workforce: Executive Actions Reshaped Probationary Employment Rules and Reduced Staff Levels at Selected Agencies GAO-26-108557 
  • Freedom of Information Act: National Guard Bureau Should Verify Data and Address Reported Challenges GAO-26-108472 
  • Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities GAO-26-108886 
  • Inspectors General Integrity Committee: Strengthened Oversight and Policy Needed to Ensure Consistent Investigations GAO-26-107922 
  • Low-Earth Orbit: NASA Faces Impending Decisions for Replacing International Space Station with Commercial Stations GAO-26-107805 
  • Military Child Care: DOD Should Communicate More Clearly with Providers in the Fee Assistance Program GAO-26-107827 
  • Military Child Care: Services’ Use of Worker Recruitment and Retention Incentives GAO-26-107831 
  • The Nation's Fiscal Health: Urgent and Sustained Action Needed to Improve the Fiscal Outlook GAO-26-108610 
  • Robotic Autonomous Systems: Navy Needs to Address Leadership and Organizational Challenges to Meet Urgent Needs GAO-26-109014 
  • Service Member Reemployment Rights: Enhanced Education and Additional Training Could Improve Investigations GAO-26-108197 
  • Special Operations Forces: Actions Needed to Improve Monitoring of Acquisitions GAO-26-108036 
  • Veterans Health Care: Scheduling Systems and Related Challenges GAO-26-109213 
  • Veterans Health Care: Training and Improved Oversight Needed for Reviewing and Reporting Providers with Clinical Care Concerns GAO-26-107528 
  • Weapon Systems Acquisition: Beyond Business as Usual—Using Leading Practices to Curb Waste and Save Billions GAO-26-109135 

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Policy Studies

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for the Study of War

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Modern War Institute

 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

 National Intelligence University (NIU)

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

  • China Maritime Report #55: Loading the Well Deck: The PLA Navy's Maturing Role in Projecting Joint Ground Forces 
  • CMSI Translations #31: Joint Air and Missile Defense Operations in the Maritime Domain Must Emphasize and Strengthen the “Four Joint Functions” 

 Observer Research Foundation

 OpenAI

 Our World in Data

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

 Pew Research Center

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Arms Survey

 Software Information Industry Association (SIIA)

 Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

  • AJP-3.7 Allied Joint Doctrine for Recovery of Personnel in a Hostile Environment 
  • AJP-5 Allied Joint Doctrine for the Planning of Operations 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House