Sunday, July 26, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 07-17-2026

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Centre

  • Australian Army Journal, 2026, v. 22 no. 1 
    • Solutions for Scalable Situational Awareness in Remote Autonomous Systems
    • Resilient Supply Chains for Defence Energy Security in the Era of Sustainable Energy Transition
    • The Profession of Arms in an AI-Enabled World
    • Subterranean Information from Gravity
    • The Book That Never Was
    • Examining the Importance of Political Activities of Defence Members to Civil–Military Relations
    • Game Theory for Human–Machine Teaming
    • State of the Army Profession - A Reserve Infantry Perspective
  • The Influence of Vision AI on Ethical Decision-Making in Military Contexts 

 Australian Institute of Criminology

  • Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
    • No. 731: Victim Decision-Making During Ransomware Attacks 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel  

 Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • CSS Policy Briefs
    • No. 7: Coherence in Swiss Foreign and Security Policy: Four Areas of Action 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Congress. Senate. Democrats

 Congress. Senate. Jon Ossoff

 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA) and International Partners 

 Department of Defense/War

 Department of Defense/War Inspector General

  • DOWIG-2026-100 Evaluation of the DoW Air Traffic Control Workforce 
  • DOWIG-2026-098 Complaints Related to the Armed Forces Retirement Home Need Independent Review 
  • DOWIG-2026-096 Follow-up Evaluation of Open Ukraine-Related DoW OIG Recommendations for the U.S. Army Europe and Africa and Subordinate Commands 

 Department of the Navy (DON)

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

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

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aviation Cybersecurity: FAA and TSA Are Collaborating on Cybersecurity but Need to Address Key Shortfalls GAO-26-107693 
  • Biotechnology: Applications, Challenges, and Policy Options for Engineered Microbes for Waste Cleanup GAO-26-108175 
  • Cyber Workforce: Agencies Did Not Widely Adopt Rotational Program GAO-26-108736 
  • Department of Energy: Efforts to Streamline Project Management at National Laboratories and Nuclear Sites [Reissued with revisions on Jul. 17, 2026] GAO-26-108520 
  • Federal Real Property: Further Consolidating DOT Office Space Could Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars GAO-26-108089 
  • Identity Verification: GSA Needs to Address Fraud Threats and Technical Issues GAO-26-109261 
  • Immigration Courts: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Use of Remote Hearings GAO-26-108110 
  • National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Actions Needed to Plan for Science, Technology, and Engineering Facilities and Workforce Investments GAO-26-107904
  • Environmental Liabilities: Coast Guard Should Give Congress More Information on Millions of Dollars in Potential Costs GAO-26-108173 
  • Human Capital: A Guide for Developing and Assessing Strategic Training and Development Efforts in the Federal Government GAO-26-108218 
  • Military Health Care: Clinical Quality Management in Operational Settings Like Field Hospitals GAO-26-107979 
  • Navy Ship Modernization: DOD Needs Comprehensive Strategy to Field Hypersonic Missile Capability GAO-26-107974 
  • Nuclear Waste: DOE’s Plans to Complete Cleanup and Transfer of Moab Mill Site GAO-26-108654 
  • SBA Disaster Loans: Assistance for Businesses Affected by Low Snowfall or Warm Winters GAO-26-109126 
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Microplastics in the Body and Environment GAO-26-109098 
  • Southern Border Security: DOD Used Multiple Strategies to Fund Operations GAO-26-108437 
  • Space Force: Additional Actions Needed to Address Workforce Challenges GAO-26-107868 
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Actions Needed to Ensure Complete Reports to Congress on Unidentified Remains and Rescue Beacons GAO-26-108818 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

  • China Leadership Monitor, Summer 2026, no. 88 
    • Why Xi’s Pro-Natalist Turn is Failing: Legibility, Marketized Neo-Familism, and Micropolitical Refusal in China
    • Trump 2.0: Is China Filling the Void?
    • China's Dual Economy: When Strategic Ambition Hollows Out the Foundation
    • “China Will Always Be a Developing Country”: Beijing and the Global South
    • Changes of Factional Dynamics under Xi Jinping
    • CLM Insights Interview with Logan Wright

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Crisis Group 

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Joint Interagency Task Force 401

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mitchell Institute

 Observer Research Foundation

 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)

 Oxford University Press (OUP)

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Pew Research Center

 Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center

 Pew Research Center

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

 RAND Corporation

 Restoration of America Foundation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

  • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), July 2026, v. 18, no. 4 
    • Can AI Systems Radicalise Users? Insights from a Qualitative Survey
    • Youths in the Digital Crossfire: Vulnerability to Violent Extremism and Policy Responses in Indonesia
    • When AI Agents Recruit the Future of Extremist Radicalisation Online
    • Women in Indonesia’s New RAN PE: Gender Mainstreaming, State Ibuism, and the Limits of Inclusion
    • The Wound is Where the Heart is: Political Sadomasochism in Extremist Masculinities
    • The Evolution and Implications of Militant Drones’ Diffusion into Pakistan’s Threat Landscape

 Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

 Sudd Institute

 Swedish Defence Research Agency

 Swedish National China Centre

 Swisspeace

 Takshashila Institution 

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC)

 UK Parliament House of Commons Library

 UK Parliament House of Lords Library

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia 

 White House

Friday, July 17, 2026

Friday's Miscellany 07-10-2026

 38 North

 ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data)

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 American Enterprise Institute

 Amnesty International

 Army T2COM G2

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Government Defence

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Baltic Defence College

  • Journal on Baltic Security June 2026, v. 12, no.1  
    • Situational Awareness for Proactive Rerouting: Enhancing Resilience in Submarine Communication Cables
    • Securing Offshore Wind Farms in Poland: Legal Responsibilities, Institutional Gaps, and Hybrid Threat Resilience in the Baltic Sea: Towards an Integrated Model of Protection and Resilience
    • From Vulnerability to Resilience: Critical Infrastructure and Logistics Preparedness in Sweden
    • A Research Agenda for Contemporary Total Defence: The Multilevel Governance Perspective

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

 Brookings

 Canada. Department of National Defence

  • Canadian Military Journal, Winter 2026,  v. 26, no. 1 
    • Over-the-Horizon Radar: Overcoming the “Aurora Challenge”
    • How Canada’s Aviation Past in the Indo-Pacific can Shape its Future
    • Antifragility at the Canadian Military Colleges: The Resilience Plus Program
    • Schrödinger’s Soldiers: Reviewing How and Why the Military Colleges Create “Experts” in the Profession of Arms
    • Innovation by Design: A Design-Thinking Strategy for the Canadian Armed Forces
    • Measuring the Performance of Canada’s Military Personnel System
    • Quantum Technologies in Defence and Intelligence Security
    • The Second War Without Battles: Canadian Army Deterrence in Germany (1951-1993) and Latvia (2017-Present)

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • CSS Policy Briefs
    • No. 6: Blind Spots in the Grey Zone: Contextualising Hybrid Threat Assessments 
    • No 5: Europe’s Changing Nuclear Landscape: French Forward Deterrence 
  • Ukrainian Analytical Digest (UAD)
    • No. 20: Ukraine's Energy and Climate Policy 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Geostrategy 

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

  • Defense Acquisition, v. 55, no. 3, May-June 2026 
    • Integrated Product Team Readiness Levels–Is Your IPT Ready to Roll?
    • Support the Mission—Grow the Force
    • Agile Principles as Framework for Warfighting Acquisition Reform
    • Contracting Concepts—Publicizing Contract Actions
    • The Pathway Is Not the Problem
    • A National Guard-Industry Alliance for Accelerated Innovation
    • Evolving at the Speed of Conflict—Logisticians and the Next Fight
    • Foreign Military Sales Shape Strategy and Operations

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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

 Future of Life

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

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

 Global Financial Integrity

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Hoover Institution

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Science & International Security

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, July 10, 2026, v. 26, no. 14 
    • Beijing Tightens Control Over Outbound Investment
    • Maritime Pressure Expands to Pratas and Taiping
    • Xi’s Leninist Selectocracy has Cemented Party Dictatorship
    • CNP Part IV: Calculation Holds Keys to Strategic Competition
  • Cyber Lessons from Russia’s War in Ukraine 
  • Terrorism Monitor, July 3, 2026, v. 24, no. 11 
    • Iranian Kurds to Face More Pressure If U.S.–Iran Deal Reached
    • Syria’s Jihadist Crackdown Could Lead to Islamic State Defections
    • The Legal Machinery Behind India’s Campaign Against Maoist Insurgents
    • IS-Sahel’s Nigeria Claims Signal a New Jihadist Frontier

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

  • Special Warfare, v. 39, no. 1, Winter 2026 
    • Supporting the Army Special Operations Forces-Space-Cyberspace Triad: Selection Criteria for Army Space
    • Officers Supporting U.S. Special Operations Command
    • The Lethality of Relationships: Understanding Culture is a Necessary Skill
    • Modern Warfare and Risk
    • Perspectives: Parachute and Jumper Recovery (and Why the Army Should Care)
    • Artificial Intelligence: The New Force Mul􀆟plier in Training Exercises
    • Perspectives: 21st Century Hedgerow Problems
    • Beyond Words: Rethinking Language's Role in Special Operations
    • The Impact of Digital Media on U.S. Special Operations Forces: Challenges, Perceptions, and Cultural Shifts
    • Perspectives: The Weight of War and Reclaiming Combat Agility
    • Resistance in Total Defense: The Role of Citizens in LSCO
    • Proficient at Irregular Warfare? Time to Emphasize ‘Method of Instruction’ in the U.S. Army Special Forces Regiment

 Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

 Korean Institute for Maritime Strategy

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 MITRE

 National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 Naval War College

  • Naval War College Review, Summer 2026, v. 79, no. 3 
    • The Acquisition Lessons of the 1980s and Their Continuing Relevance
    • The Cognitive Dimension of Mobilization—Reconsidering American War Preparation in an Age of Persistent Cognitive Warfare
    • Narrowing Seas—The Littoral Strike Complex and the Future of Naval Warfare
    • “A True Sailor-Statesman”—The Ethical Quandary of Ambassador Raymond A. Spruance in the Philippines
    • Fighting without Mastery—Italian Naval Strategy and the Defeat of the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943
    • Research & Debate—Forms of Military Strategy: Historical Parallels between the American Confederacy and Imperial Japan, and a Way Forward

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Observer Research Foundation

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)