Thursday, July 9, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 06-26-2026 & 07-03-2026

 38 North

 AidData

 Al Jazeera Center

 Amnesty International

 Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

  • Cyber Defense Review, 2026, v. 11, no.2 
    • A Decade of Cyber Defense Scholarship: The Cyber Defense Review, 2016–2026
    • The Missing Grammar of Cyber Operations: Toward a Theory of Cyber Operational Art
    • Seven Insights from a Cyber Operations Maneuverist
    • Initiative, Not Attrition: Reconceiving Cyber Operations as Maneuver
    • Exhaust, Don’t Deter: Ukraine’s Lessons for Allied Strategy Against Russia in Cyberspace
    • Playing the Future: Insights from Wargaming Cyber Conflict
    • Is Cyberwar War – and Why Might it Matter?
    • Cyber Persistence Theory Is Cyber Praxis
    • Cyber Defense in an Interdependent World: A Critique of Digital Decoupling
    • Seven Cyber Trends Shaping Modern Conflict: Twenty Years and Counting
    • Winning the War, Not Just the Cyber Fight
    • Cyber War Did Not Take Place
    • Accelerating with AI: Cyber Defense at Speed, Scope, Scale
    • Commanding Agentic Forces in Multi-Domain Operations: Mastering Cognitive Convergence and Decision Hand-Off
    • The Agentic Cyber Protection Team: Trading Mass for Mastery in the Algorithmic Battlespace
    • Defense in a Denser Fog of War
    • Forging the Digital Ecosystem for the Arsenal of Freedom
    • A New Era of Army Cyber Transformation
    • Forging Multi-Domain Advantage to Match the Speed of Conflict
    • Leadership Beyond the Easy No: Mastering the Basics and Breaking Constraints in Cyber Defense
    • Protect What Cannot Fail: Operational Resilience for America’s Most Consequential Critical Infrastructure
    • The Invisible Battlefield: Defending Key Terrain in Operational Technology by Leveraging National Laboratories
    • China’s Cyber Explosives are in Place. Where’s our Response?
    • Building Mission Assurance into the Space Defense Industrial Base
    • We Are the Attack Surface: Conway’s Law, the Sociotechnical Layer, and the Resilience the Next Decade Demands
    • Embracing a Whole-of-Nation Approach to the 2026 National Cybersecurity Strategy Inspired by the Manhattan Project
    • Wrong Players, Wrong Game: Rethinking Who Belongs in Cyber
    • A Blueprint for Military-Industrial Partnership: Shared Risk and Unified Cybersecurity as Instruments of National Power
    • Responsible Disclosure in the Age of AI: A Call for Urgent Action
    • 2036 Starts Today: A Call to Action for NATO’s Cyber Future
    • From Zero Trust to Full Trust: Toward the Cyber Defense Innovation Hub Initiative
    • A Decade of Insight, Driven by Necessity: From the Shoddy Cyber Substrate to Great Systems Conflict, and the Alliance That Must Defend What Remains
    • The Futures They See: Cyber Leaders’ Visions of the Next Decade

 Army T2COM G2

 Asia Society Policy Institute

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Centre

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Bitcoin Policy Institute

 Booz-Allen

 Brookings Institution

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

  • Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2026, v. 24, no. 4 
    • Counterintelligence for Hybrid Threats in Large-Scale Joint Operations: A Divisional Model from the Australian Defence Force
    • Navies and Underwater Cultural Heritage: Military Legacies, Operational Practice and Shared Responsibility
    • Frozen Fronts and Fragile Lines: Finland 1939–1944 Meets Ukraine 2022–2025
    • They Also Served: Jewish and Oppositional Émigré Neurologists and Psychiatrists in the Armed Forces of North America During & After WWII
    • Heterarchic Strategic Culture and the Resilience of Iran’s Nuclear Program (1957–2025)
    • Military Stalemate and the Sunk Cost Fallacy: How Prior Actions Biased Prospective Decision-making in the First World War

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, June 2026, v. 19, no. 6 
    • Standing With Iran: The Integrated Combat Performance of Iraqi Militias During Operation Epic Fury
    • A View from CT Foxhole: Brigadier General Matthew Ross, Director, JIATF-401
    • Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

 Council on Geostrategy

 Council on Strategic Risks

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Research Enterprise Review

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

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

  • DOWIG-2026-094 Evaluation of the DoW’s and Military Departments’ Administrative Review Process for Responding to Allegations of Abuse at Child Development Centers 
  • DOWIG-2026-092 Summary Report: Lessons Learned from DoW OIG Reports on Cyber Vulnerability and Patch Management 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-26-13 The Secret Service Missed Opportunities to Prevent and Disrupt the Attempted Assassination of President Trump on July 13, 2024 - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-12 Understaffing and Inadequate Planning Heighten Risk to Secret Service Protective Operations - (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-11 FEMA Pandemic Response: $13 Billion Wasted and Rife with Fraud Underscores Need for Stronger Controls in Future 
  • OIG-26-10 Evaluation of the U.S. Coast Guard's EEO/EO Programs 
  • OIG-26-09 Secret Service’s Deficient Mobile Device Management Increased the Risk to Protectees and Sensitive Information 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 EUROPOL

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti) (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) (GIISA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • 2025 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Compliance with Requirements GAO-26-108486 
  • Airline Competition: Indicators Suggest Increased Competition in the Past Two Decades, but Lower-Cost Airlines Face Challenges GAO-26-107740 
  • Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Effective Use of Billions in Funding for Modernization Efforts GAO-26-109215 
  • Cybersecurity: Selected Agencies Need to Better Protect Cloud Data GAO-26-108443 
  • Department of Homeland Security: Continued Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Border Security Metrics Reporting GAO-26-108715 
  • Economic Development Administration: Actions Needed to Assess Disaster Recovery Outcomes GAO-26-107742 
  • Energy Security: Congress and DOE Need a Unified Plan to Align Priorities and Investments for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve GAO-26-106918 
  • Federal Hazard Mitigation: FEMA Has Funded Small-Scale Renewable Energy Projects and Requires Applicants to Demonstrate Project Cost Effectiveness GAO-26-108470 
  • Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual GAO-26-108633 
  • Financial Audit Manual: Volume 1, June 2026 GAO-26-108577 
  • Financial Audit Manual: Volume 2, June 2026 GAO-26-107706 
  • Government Performance Management: Insights from Subject-Matter Specialists on Addressing Crosscutting Performance Challenges GAO-26-108601 
  • Government Performance Management: OMB and Selected Agencies Need to Fully Address New Requirements GAO-26-108516 
  • Illicit Finance: Status of Treasury’s Safeguards for Providing Access to Information on Corporate Ownership GAO-26-108182 
  • Innovation in Action: Bringing New Ideas to Life GAO-26-109055 
  • National Security Snapshot: DOD's Military Health System Reforms and Challenges GAO-26-109066 
  • Northern Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Ensure Sufficient CBP Staffing and Improve Performance Measurement GAO-26-109195 
  • Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Changes Needed to Ensure DOE Is Not Prematurely Excluding Less Expensive Options for Large Projects GAO-26-108193 
  • Puerto Rico Grid Recovery: Limited Progress Toward Stability and Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Assistance GAO-26-107772 
  • Suicide Prevention: Capacity and Federal Assessment of the 988 Lifeline GAO-26-108114 
  • Technology Release and Foreign Disclosure: DOD Is Taking Action to Help Improve Its Processes GAO-26-108435 
  • VA Medical Facility Security: Actions Needed to Address Longstanding Risks GAO-26-109190 
  • Veterans Health Administration: Further Improvements Needed to Manage Fraud Risks in Beneficiary Travel Program GAO-26-107596 
  • Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Requiring Mature Technologies Could Enable Shift to Rapid Delivery GAO-26-108457 
  • Weapon Systems Testing: Reorganization of DOD’s Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation GAO-26-108859 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Information Technology Industry Council

 Institute for Science & International Security

 Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Intelligence & National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Crisis Group 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America

 Kiel Institute for the World Economy

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Military Family Advisory Network

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

 National Bureau of Asian Research

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

 National Counterterrorism Center (NCC)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 NATO Defense College

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

 Observer Research Foundation 

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Ramp Economic Laboratory

 RAND Corporation

 Religious Liberty Commission [White House]

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Summer 2026, no. 47 
    • Affective Disengagement and Gendered Agency: Women’s Pathways Out of Jihadist Radicalization in Morocco
    • Assessing Youth Radicalisation with the VERA 2R: Implications for Intervention and Case Management
    • Identity Optionality and the Equal-Alternative Narrative Model: A Needs-Based Framework for Countering Violent Extremism
    • Enhancing Meaning in Life and Reducing Radicalization, Extremism, and Violence in War and Conflict-Affected Populations: A Controlled Feasibility Study of the Meaning-Making App
    • The Radicalisation of Masculinity: A Social Work Perspective on Understanding and Preventing Male Radicalization
    • Working to Prevent Violent Extremism: Readiness of Behavioral Health Professionals in New York State

 Sol Foundation

 Soufan Center

 Springer

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 Takshashila Institution 

 Taylor & Francis 

 UK Ministry of Defence

 UK Parliament House of Commons Library

 UK Parliament House of Lords

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia 

 U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Rhodium Group

 US Space Command (USSPACECOM)

  • Apogee, 2026, v. 3, no. 1 
    • The Silent War Above: Cyberattacks and AI Are Reshaping the Future of Space Conflict
    • Resilient and Reusable: Space Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Spends Years on Cutting-Edge Missions as the CCP Tries to Catch Up
    • Nearing the End: Aging Weather Satellites Making Way for New Spacecraft, International Partnership
    • What’s Next in Military Weather
    • Weapons in Space: Jammers, Lasers and the Contest for Superiority
    • No Surprises: As Space Maneuvers Evolve Into ‘Dogfighting,’ Keeping Track Gets Harder
    • The Physics of Space Warfighting, Hollywood Style with Conflicts Emerging on Orbit, And Accuracy Trending in Sci-Fi, Filmmakers Face a New Reality
    • Mega Moment: Starlink’s 2019 Debut Heralded a New Age of Worldwide Internet Access
    • Inviting Space Commerce into Space Security: A Discussion with the U.S. Space Force Front Door Director on Easing Industry Integration
    • Racing the Clock in Space: How Tactically Responsive Space is Reshaping the U.S. Military’s Strategy on Orbit
    • Counterpunch: More Spacefaring Militaries Work to Defend Assets, Prevent Attacks
    • Space Superiority: A Surge in U.S. Military Satellite Launches and Shift Toward Vast Constellations Signal a New Era of Competition on Orbit

 Wellcome Trust & RAND

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum (WEF)

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