Friday, October 2, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 09-25-2026

 38 North 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air University Press

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)

 Amnesty International

 Army T2COM G2

 Army University Press

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Centre

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel  

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Institut Canadien Des Affaires Mondiales)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for American Progress

 Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law

 Center for International Policy (CIP)

 Center for North American Prosperity and Security (CNAPS)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
    • No. 21: Oligarchs in Ukrainian Politics and Society 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

 Center for the Study of Intelligence

  • Studies in intelligence, v. 70, no. 3 (Extracts, September 2026) 
    • Operation Goldenrod: The Capture of Terrorist Fawaz Yunis
    • The Mosaic of Homeland Security Intelligence
    • AI and Expertise: Intelligent Delegation for Intelligence Analysts
    • Judgment Under Tempo: Tradecraft in a Digital Intelligence Environment
    • Software-Defined Intelligence: Thinking About Tradecraft
    • Analogical Reasoning in Intelligence Analysis
    • Secrets and Secrecy: The Case for a Practitioner’s Dialogue

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

 Centre for Statecraft & National Security (CSNS)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, September 2026, v. 19, no. 9 
    • From Kandahar to Jalisco: Lessons Learned from the Global War on Terrorism for U.S. Efforts to Degrade Latin America’s Cartels
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Martha Crenshaw, Senior Fellow Emerita, Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University
    • Terrorists and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A History of Hype and the Possibility of a Dystopian Future
    • Pressure and Adaptation: Mexico’s Changing Criminal Landscape under Sheinbaum

 Conference of Defense Associations Institute 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Artificial Intelligence

 Council on Geostrategy

 Council on Strategic Risks

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense AI Observatory  (DAIO)

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General

  • OIG-26-30 CISA Enhanced Cloud Security for Federal Information but Lacks Authority to Enforce Implementation of All Necessary Protective Actions 
  • OIG-26-29 Results of an Unannounced Inspection of ICE's Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami, Florida 
  • OIG-26-27 Effectiveness of TSA's Identity Authentication and Biometric Technology in Enhancing Screening and Protecting Passenger Privacy 

 Department of State Office of Inspector General

 Department of State Office of the Historian

 Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Parliament Think Tank

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (Institut Etude Sécurité Union Européenne) [EUSISS]

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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

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

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aviation Cybersecurity: Enhanced Air Safety Requires FAA to Better Mitigate Threats to Aircraft Communications GAO-26-108439 
  • Compacts of Free Association: VA Is Pursuing Partial Implementation of Health Care Authorities in the Freely Associated States GAO-26-109152 
  • Drug Scheduling: While DEA Decisions Have Aligned with Recent HHS Recommendations, Both Need Comprehensive Policies GAO-26-108623 
  • Federal Real Property: Funding and Other Challenges Have Hindered Progress Under a Temporary Disposal Process GAO-26-108451
  • Federal Real Property: The Judiciary Should Measure the Utilization of Its Administrative Space GAO-26-108603 
  • FEMA: Billions in Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Subgrants Remain Unawarded GAO-26-107774 
  • Global Aging: Key Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy and Federal Agencies GAO-26-108732 
  • Immigration Detention: Urgent Planning Needed to Avoid Further Waste of Taxpayer Dollars GAO-26-108663 
  • Military Installations: Remote and Isolated Locations Face Challenges Delivering Critical Support Services GAO-26-108231 
  • National Nuclear Security Administration: Use of Line Items in Management and Operating Contracts Could Be Improved GAO-26-108409 
  • Naval Shipyards: Complete Information Needed for Decision-Making on Multibillion-Dollar, 50-Year Infrastructure Program GAO-26-107830 
  • Tax Fraud: The Federal Government Loses an Estimated $116 Billion to $304 Billion Annually GAO-26-107810 
  • Telecommunications: Better Information Sharing Needed to Ensure Compliance with Foreign-Sourced Equipment Prohibitions GAO-26-108630 
  • Tribal Water Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Assistance GAO-26-107178 
  • West Bank and Gaza: State Should Incorporate Leading Practices and Lessons Learned into Anti-Terrorism Oversight GAO-26-107939 
  • Veterans Health Care: Information on Eligibility for and Use of Dental Benefits GAO-26-108467 

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies 

 Hudson Institute

 IJ Infinity Group

  • Military Strategy Magazine, Fall 2026, v. 11, no. 2  
    • Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End
    • Outpacing: A Grand Strategy for Avoiding the Carthaginian Error
    • Tropical Bastions: It’s Time for a Pacific Bastion Strategy in the First Island Chain
    • Strategy and Contradiction: Towards a Theory of Strategic Judgement
    • The Fortified Disposition, Part I: Strategic Complexes, Historical Attenuation, and the Return of the Guarded City
    • The Golden Dome, Missile Defenses and Deterrence

 IEMed – European Institute of the Mediterranean

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

 Institute for Security and Development Policy

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS)

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) 

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, September 18, 2026, v. 26, no. 18 
    • Balancing Development and Security in Global AI Governance
    • ‘Development Interests’ Expand Mobilization State
    • Tibet Response Tests Joint Command, Military–Civil Fusion
    • The SCO Expands Security Beyond Its ‘Three Evils’ 
    • Low Trust Stymies Emergence of a ‘Chinese Palantir’
    • Russia’s Invasion Provides Lessons for Military Medical Care
    • Zhong Shaojun’s Removal Breaches Xi’s Innermost Circle
    • ‘China’s SpaceX’ Spins Off Amid Commercial Competition 
    • Beijing Legislates Mandatory Medical Insurance
  • Terrorism Monitor, September 17, 2026, v. 24, no. 14
    • Military-Backed Militias Reemerge in Myanmar’s Civil War
    • India’s ‘PRAHAAR’ Doctrine Addresses Evolving Terrorist Threat Landscape
    • TPNPB Expands West Papuan Insurgency to Foreign Targets
    • Shining Path Counter-Terrorism Operations Revive Peruvian Election-Year Security Discourses

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

  • Special Warfare, v. 39, no. 2, Spring 2026 
    • Historical Examples of Modern Warfighting Terms
    • The Impact of Synchronization vs. Scrutinization in TSOC Operations
    • Special Forces Deep Operations
    • Institutionalizing Artificial Intelligence Integration in Special Forces: The Case for a Group-Level AI Cell
    • General James Van Fleet: Lessons for Modern Special Operations Soldiers
    • The Relentless Pursuit of an Exceptional Experience
    • Masters of Chaos Theory: Why SOF Thrives in Ambiguity
    • Relationships Forged in Fire
    • The U.S. Army’s Bold New Approach to Psychological Operations and Cognitive Warfare
    • Perspective: Civil Affairs in the Civil-Military Coordination Center, Israel
    • The Joint Force in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Blueprint for Special Forces in Large Scale Combat Operations
    • What’s Old is New: Venezuela, Access, and the Structure of Hemispheric Competition
    • Perspective: SOF Sustainment for Denied Area Operations in LSCO

 Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

 Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC)

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Marine Corps University Press

  • Journal of Advanced Military Studies, Fall 2026, v. 17, no. 2 
    • The Domain-Based Approach to Warfare: Maximizing Warfighter Expertise
    • JADO-Plus: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
    • The Bankruptcy of Command Hubris: Financial Metrics, IPB Diagnostics, and Intelligence-to-Decision Failure in the 1944 European Theater
    • Unified Action in the Underground: The Joint Fight in the Subterranean Urban Domain
    • Defending the Seabed: Judge Advocate Authorities for Undersea Cable Protection in Hybrid Operations
    • Navigating without Satellites: A Monte Carlo Feasibility Study of Star Identification for GPS-Denied Ground Vehicle Navigation
    • Military‑Civil Fusion and the People’s Liberation Army’s Operational Capacity: Strengths and Vulnerabilities in Logistics, ISR, and Mobilization for a Taiwan Contingency
    • Warfighting at Orbital Velocities: The Case for Combatives in the Space Domain
    • Deterrence in Orbit: PLA Counterspace Doctrine, JADO, and the Vulnerability of Space-Based Nuclear Command and Control
    • The Evolution of Modern Warfare

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mitchell Institute

 MITRE

 Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)

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

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

  • China Maritime Report #58: Tightening the Institutional Cage: The PLA Navy's Discipline Inspection Commission 
  • CMSI Translations #36: The First Joint Underwater Patrol: Starting with the China-Russia "Joint Sea-2025" Exercise 

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

 New America

 North Atlantic Policy Forum

 Nuclear Threat Initiative

 Observer Research Foundation

 Our World in Data

 Peterson Institute for International Economics

 Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND

 The Sentry

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis  

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Ministry of Defence

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)

 U.S. Climate Collection

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 World Bank