Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Friday's Miscellany 08-14-2020 & 08-21-2020

 

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AidData

Air University Press

Arms Control Association

 Army University Press

 Army War College

  • Parameters, Autumn 2020, no. 50, no. 3 https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol50/iss3/
    • Disintegrating the Enemy: The PLA’s Info-Messaging
    • Enduring Information Vigilance: Government after COVID-19
    • The COVID-19 Enemy is Still Advancing
    • Two Worlds: African American Servicemembers, WWII and Today
    • Toward a Racially Inclusive Military
    • Technology and Strategic Surprise: Adapting to an Era of Open Innovation
    • A Bizarre Pair: Counterinsurgency Lessons for Cyber Conflict
    • Training Better Arab Armies
    • The US Army and the Pacific: Legacies and Challenges
    • On “Military Anthropology”
    • On “Social Media Warriors: Leveraging a New Battlespace”

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

Atlantic Council

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

Australian National University Press

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

Baker Institute

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Bipartisan Policy Center

Blair Institute for Global Change

Brookings

 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security

 Center for Global Development

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

 Center for International Policy

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Policy

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

  • Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Spring-Summer 2020, v. 25, no. 1 
    • Mixed Migration Flows and the Changing Dynamics of Migration Research
    • Conducting Comparative Migration Research in MENA: Are the Regional Countries too Unique or too Similar for Comparisons of Refugee Policies?
    • Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Social Transformations in the MENA Region
    • Compatibility of the Safe Third Country Concept with International Refugee Law and its Application to Turkey
    • Continuity and Change: Comparing the Securitization of Migration under the Obama and Trump Administrations
    • Media Portrayals of Refugees and their Effects on Social Conflict and Social Cohesion
    • “Who Shall Return us the Children?” Picturing Home(lessness) and Postcolonial Childhoods in Immigrant Children’s Literature

 Center on Global Energy Policy

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

 Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-20-44 Pre-Disaster Debris Removal Contracts in Florida
  • OIG-20-59 HSI Effectively Contributes to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, But Partnering Agreements Could Be Improved (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-20-61 Progress and Challenges in Modernizing DHS’ IT Systems and Infrastructure 
  • OIG-20-62 DHS Has Made Progress in Meeting DATA Act Requirements, But Challenges Remain

Department of State

Department of the Army

 Department of the Treasury

 East-West Center

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Union

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and others

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

Future Directions International

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

German Development Institute

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Global Public Policy Institute

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aircraft Noise: Information on a Potential Mandated Transition to Quieter Airplanes GAO-20-661 
  • Anti-Money Laundering: FinCEN Should Enhance Procedures for Implementing and Evaluating Geographic Targeting Orders GAO-20-546 
  • Aviation Safety: Actions Needed to Evaluate Changes to FAA's Enforcement Policy on Safety Standards GAO-20-642 
  • Cybersecurity: DHS and Selected Agencies Need to Address Shortcomings in Implementation of Network Monitoring Program GAO-20-598 
  • Department of Defense: Eating Disorders in the Military GAO-20-611R 
  • Facial Recognition Technology: Privacy and Accuracy Issues Related to Commercial Uses GAO-20-522 
  • Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Comparisons of Benefits in Retirement and Actions Needed to Help Injured Workers Choose Best Option GAO-20-523 
  • GAO Audits Involving DOD: Status of Efforts to Schedule and Hold Timely Entrance Conferences GAO-20-690R
  • Homelessness: Better HUD Oversight of Data Collection Could Improve Estimates of Homeless Population GAO-20-433 
  • Immigration Detention: ICE Should Enhance Its Use of Facility Oversight Data and Management of Detainee Complaints GAO-20-596 
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness: Governance Responsibilities Need Further Clarification GAO-20-602 
  • National Bio and Agro-defense Facility: DHS and USDA Are Working to Transfer Ownership and Prepare for Operations, but Critical Steps Remain GAO-20-331 
  • Navy Shipyards: Actions Needed to Address the Main Factors Causing Maintenance Delays for Aircraft Carriers and Submarines GAO-20-588 
  • Transportation Research: Additional Actions Could Improve DOT's Internal Collaboration and Reliability of Information on Research Activities GAO-20-622 
  • Veteran Federal Employment: OPM and Agencies Could Better Leverage Data to Help Improve Veteran Retention Rates GAO-20-592 

 Govini

Graphika

Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

Heritage Foundation

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for National Strategic Studies

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

International Crisis Group

 International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, August 14, 2020, v. 20, no. 14 
    • The CCP’s Official Journal Falls in Line with Xi Jinping’s Cult of Personality
    • The CCP’s Economic Plans in the Lead-Up to the Fifth Party Plenum
    • The Security Component of the BRI in Central Asia, Part Two: China’s (Para)Military Efforts to Promote Security in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
    • The Sino-Russian Disinformation Axis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Integrating the PLA Rocket Force into Conventional Theater Operations
  • Terrorism Monitor, August 14, 2020, v. 18, no. 16  
    • Motivations and Roadblocks for South African Intervention in Mozambique
    • What Does the Future Hold for Libya’s GNA Militias?
    • No Foothold for al-Shabaab in Somaliland

 John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

  • MES Insights, August 2020, v. 11, no. 3
    • Turkish Ambitions in the Mediterranean: Towards an Acceleration of Naval Frictions with Europe?

Middle East Institute

Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN)

MITRE

Modern War Institute (MWI)

National Academies Press

National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

National Security Archive

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 New America

 New Center

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Observer Research Foundation

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Our World in Data

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends 

 Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

 Pew Research Center Methods

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

Potomac Institute

 President's Working Group on Financial Markets

 RAND Corporation

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 Second Line of Defense

Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR-20-50-SP Kabul Carpet Export Center: Progress Made Toward Self Sufficiency But Critical Sales, Revenue And Job Creation Targets Have Not Been Met 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Taylor & Francis

The Sentry

 UN  Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 US Space Force

Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 World Bank

World Economic Forum