Monday, November 25, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 11-15-2024 & 11-22-2024

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, November-December 2024, v. 7, no. 7 
    • “Strategically Secure but Economically Insecure”: Economic Security and New Zealand’s Grand Strategy
    • Smart Power or Strategic Apathy?: The New Zealand Defence Force and the Politics of Capability Building and Deployment in the Indo-Pacific
    • Retooling New Zealand’s Independent Foreign Policy for the AUKUS Era: Mission Impossible or Mission for a New Era?
    • Hurting, Not Helping: New Zealand’s Values-based Foreign Policy and its ASEAN Relationship
    • The End of New Zealand’s “Asymmetrical Hedge”?: Assessing New Zealand’s Indo-Pacific Outlook Post-Ardern
  • Subregionalism, the Pacific Islands Forum, and Regional Security 

 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

 Amnesty International

 Army Center of Military History

  • Army History Magazine, Fall 2024, no. 133 
    • A Bold Experiment” The U.S. Zone Constabulary in occupied Germany, 1946–1952
    • Army Artist Coverage of the Eightieth Anniversary of D-Day
    • Opening the Vault: Treasures of the Fort Liberty Museums
    • The General Survey Act

 Army Science Board

 Army University Press

  • The Final Days of Empire France’s Bloodied Exit from Indochina 
  • Journal of Military Learning, October 2024 
    • Leveraging Formative Assessments to Improve Student Outcomes: Lessons Learned
    • Analysis of Demographic and Experiential Interactions in Quantitative General Education: USAFA Courses and their Impact on STEM Attrition
    • Large Animal Training for U.S. Army Veterinary Services Soldiers in Europe: An Experiential and Collaborative Approach
    • Force Design 2030 and the Challenge of Transformational Learning in the United States Marine Corps
  • Military Review, November-December 2024, v. 104, no. 6 
    • Irregular Warfare: Defining the Debate
    • Testimony of Ronald E. Neumann for the Afghanistan War Commission, July 19, 2024
    • Unconventional Warfare on the Conventional Battlefield
    • Change the Incentives: An Information Theory of Victory
    • Democratization of Irregular Warfare: Emerging Technology and the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Cunning Tools of War: Moving Beyond a Technology-Driven Understanding of sUAS Infiltration
    • Confronting Irregular Warfare in the South China Sea: Lessons Learned from Vietnam
    • Clash in the Gray Zone: China’s System to Win Without Fighting
    • Redefining Irregular Warfare: Partnerships and Political Action
    • Refilling the Suwar Canal: An Irregular Warfare Case Study in Infrastructure Effects
    • Health Security in the Indo-Pacific: A Modern Approach to Irregular Warfare
    • Pursuing Global Impact: Special Operations Forces’ Vital Role in Achieving Objectives Through Global Health Engagement Initiatives
    • The Strategic Imperative: USASOC’s Role in Advancing Civil Resistance Movements during Irregular Warfare
    • Civil Resistance and Irregular Warfare Education
    • Lessons from the Underground: How the Joint Multinational Readiness Center Trains Resistance to Occupation
    • Escalation and Irregular Warfare: We Need to Be Irregular Warfare Hustlers, Not Just Irregular Warfare World Champions

 Army War College Press

  • Parameters, Winter 2024, no. 54, no. 4 
    • The American Way of Studying War: What Is It Good For?
    • Korea: The Enduring Policy Blindspot
    • Weapons of Influence: Unpacking China’s Global Arms Strategy
    • The Philippines’ Security in the Face of China's Rising Threats
    • Reforming and Enhancing Partnerships to Strengthen NATO’s Strategic Posture
    • US Relations with Africa and the New Cold War
    • Korea, Germany, and the Arsenal of Democracy
    • Allies, Partners, or Puppets?: American and Chilean Armies, 1961–69
    • The Military and Democratic Transition: Paradoxes of the Democratic Ethos

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Army Research Center

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Russian Analytical Digest
    • No. 319: Russian Imperialism and Decolonisation 
    • No. 320: Tidal Waves of War: How Russia's War on Ukraine Is Affecting Lives, Borders, and Mobility 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Grand Strategy

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, November 2024, v. 17, no, 10 
    • Smart Pressure: Conceptualizing Counterterrorism for a New Era
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: General Bryan Fenton, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
    • Show and Tell: Expert Perspectives on Indicators and Warning Approaches for External Terror Ops
    • Convergence and the CT Return on Investment: A Framework
    • Go Big or Stay Home? A Framework for Understanding Terrorist Group Expansion
    • Feature Commentary: Organizing for Innovation: Lessons from Digital Counterterrorism

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

 Congress Senate. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Minority Staff

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Conference of Defense Associations Institute

 Council on Geostrategy

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 European Union

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 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.)

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

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Ghent University

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Caribbean Firearms: Agencies Have Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Place, But State Could Better Assess Activities GAO-25-107007  
  • Coast Guard: Arctic Risks Assessed, but Information Gaps and Numerous Challenges Threaten Operations GAO-25-107910 
  • Cloud Computing: Selected Agencies Need to Implement Updated Guidance for Managing Restrictive Licenses GAO-25-107114 
  • Coast Guard: Better Feedback Collection and Monitoring Could Improve Support for Duty Station Rotations GAO-25-107238 
  • COVID-19 Relief: SBA and DOL Should Improve Processes to Identify and Recover Overpayments GAO-25-106199 
  • Department of Energy Contracting: Actions Needed to Strengthen Certain Acquisition Planning Processes GAO-25-106207 
  • Drug Safety: FDA Should Implement Strategies to Retain Its Inspection Workforce GAO-25-106775 
  • Embassy Management: Increasing Costs and Natural Hazards Threaten State’s Efforts GAO-25-107582 
  • Federal Courthouse Construction: New Design Standards Will Result in Significant Size and Cost Increases GAO-25-106724 
  • Federal Telework: Selected Agencies Need to Evaluate the Potential Effects on Agency Performance GAO-25-106316 
  • Future of Cybersecurity: Leadership Needed to Fully Define Quantum Threat Mitigation Strategy GAO-25-107703 
  • Grants Management: Approaches and Insights from Other Countries' Reform Efforts GAO-25-106920 
  • H-2A Visa Program: Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Oversight and Enforcement GAO-25-106389 
  • Hazardous Waste: EPA Should Take Additional Actions to Encourage Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities to Manage Climate Risks GAO-25-10625
  • Healthcare Cybersecurity: HHS Continues to Have Challenges as Lead Agency GAO-25-107755 
  • Information Technology: Government-Wide Guidance on Handling Data Could Improve Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protections GAO-25-106057 
  • IT Modernization: SBA Urgently Needs to Address Risks on Newly Deployed System GAO-25-106963 
  • IT Portfolio Management: OMB and Agencies Are Not Fully Addressing Selected Statutory Requirements GAO-25-107041 
  • Military Officer Performance: Actions Needed to Fully Incorporate Performance Evaluation Key Practices GAO-25-106618 
  • Military Recruiting: Actions Needed to Address Digital Marketing Challenges GAO-25-106719 
  • Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Should Use Available Information to Measure the Effectiveness of Its Groundwater Efforts GAO-25-106938 
  • On the Horizon: Three Science and Technology Trends that Could Affect Society GAO-25-107542 
  • Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Identified Foreign Risks, but Some Due Diligence Programs Lack Clear Procedures GAO-25-107402 
  • Special Operations Forces: Additional Oversight Could Help Mitigate High-Risk Training Accidents GAO-25-106321 
  • Surface Transportation: TSA Is Taking Steps to Enhance Cybersecurity, but Additional Actions Are Needed GAO-25-107947 
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Update on Planning for Unit of Native American Law Enforcement Personnel GAO-25-107644 
  • Unaccompanied Children: Efforts by the Office of Refugee Resettlement to Address GAO Recommendations GAO-25-107840 
  • VA Vet Centers: Opportunities Exist to Improve Asset Management and Identification of Future Counseling Locations GAO-25-106781 
  • Veterans Health Care: Information on Agency Efforts to Provide and Study Prosthetics for Female Veterans GAO-25-107702 
  • Whistleblower Protection: Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Needs to Improve Awareness of FBI Employee Rights GAO-25-107794 
  • Whistleblower Protection: DOJ and FBI Need to Improve Employees' Awareness of Rights GAO-25-106547 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover Institution

  • Strategika, no. 95 
    • Declarations of War and Surrender

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 

 Intelligence Community (IC)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Crisis Group

 International Forum for Democratic Studies

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, November 15, 2024, v. 24, no. 22 
    • PRC Sees Opportunities in US Election Results
    • The Power Vertical: Centralization in the PRC’s State Security System
    • Diplomatic Data Signals Shifts over the Xi Era
    • Tibet-Aid Program at 30: Driving Tibet’s Development in Xi’s ‘New Era’

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA)

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Macdonald-Laurier Institute

 Medusa

 MIT Press

 MITRE

 National Academies Press 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST)

  • NIST IR 8517  Hardware Security Failure Scenarios: Potential Hardware Weaknesses  

 National Security Archive

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 New America

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Refugees International

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 The Sentry

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 Sol Foundation

  • White Papers of the Sol Foundation, v. 1, no. 6, November 2024 
    • The Prospect of Executive Branch Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Secrecy: The Harm to Congress and Potential Remedies

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 25-02-FA USAID’s Engineering Support Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Tetra Tech Inc. 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Ministry of Defense

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 V-Dem Institute

 Wilson Center