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 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)

 Army T2COM G2

 Army War College Press

  • Parameters, Autumn 2026, v. 56, no. 3 
    • From Reliability to Fit: Trust, Adaptation, and Distributed Cognition in AI-Enabled Mission Command
    • Can AI Pass the US Army War College?
    • Constraint Breeds Lethality: Three Models of Military AI Adoption
    • Russia’s Attritional Theory of Victory in Ukraine
    • Innovation and Adaptation: Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War, 2024
    • Maximize Your Returns: The Critical Need for Red-Team Capabilities at All Echelons of Command
    • Transforming the US Army Reserve for Protracted War
    • Intellectual Interoperability: Lessons from Afghanistan for Security Cooperation
    • Getting There First: Strategic Competition Requires a Proactive Mindset

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Centre

  • Australian Army Journal, 2026, v. 22 no. 2 
    • Do AI-Enabled Decision-Support Systems Improve Ethical Choices on the Battlefield?
    • Military Virtue in Practice
    • Tactically Adaptable Robotic Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (RASAI) as a Capability
    • Quantum RAS Planning
    • Mission Command in a Multi-Domain Littoral Environment
    • Civil–Military Relations in Democracy
    • Plans, Pedagogy, and Paper Wars
    • The Theory of Asymmetry
    • Optomechanical Sensors Using Squeezed States
    • How Well Suited Is the British Army for Large-Scale Combat Operations and How Can It Best Prepare for These in the Future?
    • What Is the Difference Between Confidence and Arrogance, and How Can the Latter Be Mitigated Within Military Decision-Making?
    • Does the Operational Level Exist?

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Brookings Institution

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Cybercrime Investigations & Cybersecurity

  • International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence and Cybercrime, 2026, v. 9, no. 2 
    • Analyzing Modern Scam Typologies: From Pig-Butchering and Nigerian Advance-Fee Fraud to Crypto Airdrop Schemes
    • Three-Tier On-Chain Transaction Architecture in a Sanctions-Linked Pig-Butchering Network: A Blockchain-Forensics Case Study
    • Attribution Post ‘Aura’ Loss: A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of the Nigerian Scam Label and Fraud Attribution
    • From Authorization to Loss: A Blockchain Forensic Analysis of Transaction-Level Mechanisms in Cryptocurrency Airdrop Scams
    • Technique-Level Normalization for Cybersecurity Intelligence: An Empirical Evaluation of ATT&CK Attribution from HIDS Alerts Using Fine-Tuned Transformers and Metadata Re-Ranking

 Center for Gun Violence Solutions

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

 Center for International Policy (CIP)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

 Center for the Study of Intelligence

  • Studies in Intelligence, June 2026, v. 70, no. 2 
    • We Have Been Here Before: Joseph Becker’s Computer and the AI Question
    • The Quiet Cognitive Coup of Generative AI: Rewriting the Rules
    • Three Pillars of Identity Intelligence: A Brief History
    • The Enigma of Ernst Rudolf Fischer: Nazi Germany’s Oil Expert

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, August 2026, v. 19, no. 8 
    • Managing the Muhajirin: The Future of Syria’s Foreign Fighters
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Gary Greco, Former Office Chief, Joint Intelligence Task Force Counterterrorism, Defense Intelligence Agency
    • The Case for Exit Comms: Raising Disengagement Rates from Violent Extremism

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Council on Geostrategy

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense AI Observatory (DAIO)

 Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

Defense Acquisition

  • v. 55, no. 4, July-August 2026 
    • From Blockbuster to Netflix: Acquisition Education and Training Must Learn About Disruption in the Age of AI
    • Stop Digitally Paving Cow Paths
    • In Forward Gear with Critical Thinking
    • Compliance Paradox: Fixed-Price Contracts vs. Cost-Based Demands
    • 2026 Innovation in Action Awards
    • Breaking the Mold: Accelerating Kill Chain Capabilities Through the Valley of Death the Joint Fires Network (JFN) as a Model for Rapid Joint Acquisition
    • From Friction to Velocity: Building the Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS)
    • Just in Time Kit: Transforming Army Cryptographic Logistics Through Critical Thinking
    • Innovation in Overcoming Obstacles: Ensuring Mission Continuity Through Acquisition Agility
    • Forging the Future
    • Breaking the Bureaucracy Barrier: Full Throttle on B-52 Re-Engine Through Innovative Acquisition
  • v. 55, no. 5, September-October 2026 
    • Digital Acquisition Leadership Unchained: The Problem and the Core Solution
    • The Missing Link: Acquisition Reference Architecture
    • Validating IPT Use of a Technical Management Stack for Engineering Work and Data
    • A WarU Workshop Bridges Digital Engineering and Acquisition
    • Test Case: Leveraging Copilot to Assist in Data Ingestion and Analysis (Caveat Emptor)
    • Securing AI-Enabled Systems Through Digital, Model-Based Systems, and Loss-Based Engineering
    • Leveraging AI to Fight Complexity and Unlock Digital Acquisition 
    • Digital Acquisition: A Catalyst for Acquisition Transformation

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

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

 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General

  • OIG-26-24 Border Patrol's Small Drone Program Enhanced Operational Capabilities, but Faced Challenges (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-26-21 FEMA Disaster Response Crew Violated Law and Policy by Skipping Homes with Political Signage 

 Department of State Security Office of Inspector General

 Department of the Treasury

 Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense

  • Space & Defense Journal, Summer 2026, v. 17, no. 1 
    • Golden Dome: Seeking Space Security
    • Space-Based Missile Defense with Early Interceptor Launch Strategies
    • Planetary Defense as the Ethico-Legal Gateway for International Space Security
    • The Global Chessboard: Strategic Deterrence in a New Era of Great Power Competition
    • Critical Strategic Deterrence Questions for Today
    • Autonomous Navigation in Cislunar Satellites
    • A Cislunar Economic Forecast under Public-Private Partnership
    • The Baltic Bear Trap Wargame
    • Death of Battlefield Hide-and-Seek

 Energy information Administration (EIA)

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

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • DOE Contracting: Risk-Informed Oversight and Clearer Expectations for Assurance Systems Would Improve Accountability GAO-26-107850 
  • Federal Social Safety Net Programs: Millions of Workers, Including Many Employed by Large Employers, Continue to Rely on Medicaid and SNAP [Reissued with revisions on Aug. 24, 2026] GAO-26-108703 
  • National Security Space: DOD Has Opportunities to Improve Its Use of Commercial Data and Related Services GAO-26-107959 
  • Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Costly Attack Submarine Maintenance Challenges GAO-26-109256  
  • Opportunity Zones: Effects of Original Tax Incentive Mostly Unknown and Revised Incentive May Offer Improvements GAO-26-108132 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henley Putnam University

  • Journal of Strategic Security, 2026, v. 19, no. 3 
    • Was the US Invasion of Iraq a Mistake, or Are We Missing the Emergence of a Promising Democracy?
    • Parallel Failures: The Recurring Logic of Interventionist Blunders from Ukraine to Mexico
    • Between Markets and Maritime Might: India’s Engagements in the Indo-Pacific’s Emerging Order
    • Structural Dependency: NATO, Defense Industry Politics, and Europe’s Stagnation
    • Reinterpreting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Dispute in the Nile Basin through the Game Theories of Attrition and Bargaining
    • Complex Adaptive Resilience and Asymmetrical Balancing: Russia and the 2022 Sanctions Regime
    • Teaching Strategic Intelligence in Political Transition
    • Algorithms in Battle: AI, International Relations, and Future Warfare
    • Transitional Terrorism in South Asia: Understanding the Kuki-Chin National Front Using the Crime-Terror Nexus

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

                Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 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)

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mitchell Institute

 National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Defence University Helsinki

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)

  • CMSI Note 24: Crossing a Hellscape: PLA Views on New U.S. Military Concepts to Defend Taiwan 
  • CMSI Translations #35: How to Leverage the "Butterfly Effect" to Cause the Collapse of "Taiwan Independence" Elements? 

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

 North Atlantic Policy Forum

 Observer Research Foundation

 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)

Oxford University Press (OUP)

 Pew Research Center

 Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

  • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), September 2026, v. 18, no. 5 
    • True Crime Community and the Rise of Nihilistic Violent Extremism in Indonesia
    • The Philippines Twenty-Five Years after 9/11: Declining Terrorism, Diffusing Violence
    • A High-Stakes Alliance: JNIM–FLA Tactical Convergence and Mali’s Shifting Security Balance

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

               Swedish Institute of International Affairs

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

 US Marine Corps (USMC)

 White House

 UK Defence and Armed Forces

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

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

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

 US Space Command (USSPACECOM)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC) 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy