Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 03-12-2021 & 03-19-2021

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Alliance for Securing Democracy

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

 Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

  • Cyber Defense Review, Winter 2021, v. 6, no. 1
    • Fifth Generation Wireless Development in Great Power Competition: Department of Defense Implications and Policy Recommendations
    • Towards the Development of a Rationalist  Cyber Conflict Theory
    • Microtargeting as Information Warfare
    • Information  Influence  Operations: The Future of Information Dominance
    • The Promise of Strategic Gain in the Digital Information Age: What Happened?
    • Digital  Authoritarianism  and  Implications for US National Security
    • The Dr. House Approach  to Information Warfare

 Army University Press

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Atlantic Council

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for Climate Security (CCS)

 Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

  • PRISM, v. 9, no. 2, March 2021
    • Natural Hazards and National Security: The COVID-19 Lessons
    • The Military in the Time of COVID-19: Versatile, Vulnerable, and Vindicating
    • China and America: A New Game in a New Era
    • China and America: From Trade War to Race and Culture Confrontation
    • Time for a New National Innovation System for Security and Prosperity
    • Iran’s Gray Zone Strategy: Cornerstone of its Asymmetric Way of War
    • A Friend to All is a Friend to None: Analysis of Russian Strategy in the Middle East
    • Negotiating [Im]plausible Deniability: Strategic Guidelines for U.S. Engagement in Modern Indirect Warfare
    • “GeoEconomics and the Emerging World Order: The Power of the U.S. Dollar”: Interview with the Honorable Jacob J. Lew

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

 Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 College of Europe

 Congress. House. Appropriations Committee

 Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

 Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

 Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

 Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

 Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

 Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

 Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

 Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

 Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

 Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Connecticut Veterans Legal Center

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Counter Extremism Project

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2021-060 System Review Report on the External Peer Review of the Air Force Audit Agency’s Special Access Program Audits

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-21-25  Success of Future Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts Depends on FEMA Addressing Current Vulnerabilities
  • OIG-21-26 FEMA’s Procurement and Cost Reimbursement Review Process Needs Improvement
  • OIG-21-27 CBP Faced Challenges in Its Inspection Processes and Physical Security at the JFK International Mail Facility (REDACTED)
  • OIG-21-28  FEMA Needs Revised Policies and Procedures to Better Manage Recovery of Disallowed Grant Funds

 Department of Justice  & Department of Homeland Security

 Department of State

  • AUD-MERO-21-22  (U) Information Report: Review of Department of State Preparations to Return Personnel to Federal Offices During the Global Coronavirus Pandemic (redacted)

 Department of the Army

 Department of the Navy

 Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General

  • ZA2021021 Vulnerabilities in MARAD’s NSMV [National Security Multi-Mission Vessels] Program May Hinder Effective Achievement of Program Goals

 Dudley Knox Library

 Economic Research Forum

 Egmont Institute

Elliot School of International Affairs

  • International Affairs Review, Winter 2021, v. 29, no. 1
    • Economic Recovery from Coronavirus as a Response to the Climate Change Crisis
    • Frontier Urbanization: Potential for Development or Violence on the Periphery?
    • The Tale of Two Countries: Parallel Societies, the Clash of Civilizations, and Jihad in France
    • The Indo-Pacific Stability-Instability Paradox
    • A Changing Security Landscape: NATO and Russia in the Arctic

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

 European Parliament

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 European Values

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2021
    • Perspective: A Roadmap for Leadership
    • Tactical Respect and Tactical Empathy
    • Focus on Training: A Budget-Friendly, Reality-Based Solution
    • Leadership Spotlight: Facing the Pandemic

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

 Future Directions International

 George Washington University Program on Extremism

 German Development Institute

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Actions Needed to Ensure Organizational Changes Result in More Effective Cybersecurity for Our Nation GAO-21-236
  • Army Corps of Engineers Provides Guidance on Wage Requirements, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Monitoring GAO-21-203R
  • Burden Sharing: Benefits and Costs Associated with the U.S. Military Presence in Japan and South Korea GAO-21-270
  • Climate Change Is Expected to Have Far-reaching Effects and DOE and FERC Should Take Actions GAO-21-346
  • Climate Change Is Expected to Have Far-reaching Effects and DOE and FERC Should Take Actions GAO-21-423T [testimony]
  • Covid-19 Housing Protections: Moratoriums Have Helped Limit Evictions, but Further Outreach Is Needed GAO-21-370
  • Covid-19 In Nursing Homes: HHS Has Taken Steps in Response to Pandemic, but Several GAO Recommendations Have Not Been Implemented GAO-21-402T [testimony]
  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: Actions Needed to Ensure Organizational Changes Result in More Effective Cybersecurity for Our Nation GAO-21-236
  • Davis-Bacon Act: Army Corps of Engineers Provides Guidance on Wage Requirements, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Monitoring GAO-21-203R
  • Defined Contribution Plans: Federal Guidance Could Help Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks in 401(k) and Other Retirement Plans GAO-21-25
  • Electricity Grid Cybersecurity: DOE Needs to Ensure Its Plans Fully Address Risks to Distribution Systems GAO-21-81
  • Electricity Grid Resilience: Climate Change Is Expected to Have Far-reaching Effects and DOE and FERC Should Take Actions GAO-21-346
  • Electricity Grid Resilience: Climate Change Is Expected to Have Far-reaching Effects and DOE and FERC Should Take Actions
  • GAO-21-423T [testimony]
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations: DOD Needs to Take Action to Help Ensure Superiority GAO-21-440T [testimony]
  • F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: DOD Needs to Update Modernization Schedule and Improve Data on Software Development GAO-21-226
  • Financial Services Industry: Using Data to Promote Greater Diversity and Inclusion GAO-21-448T [testimony]
  • Information on How Intermodal Chassis Are Made Available and the Federal Government's Oversight Role GAO-21-315R
  • Science and Technology: Strengthening and Sustaining the Federal Science and Technology Workforce GAO-21-461T [testimony]
  • U.S. Military Families Generally Have the Same Schooling Options as Other Families and Consider Multiple Factors When Selecting Schools GAO-21-80

 Henley Putnam University

  • Journal of Strategic Security, 2021, v. 14, no. 1
    • International Competition Below the Threshold of War: Toward a Theory of Gray Zone Conflict
    • Psychological Casualties as a Source of Friction During War and a Mediator of Coerced Peace Efforts
    • Training Foreign Militaries for Peace – U.S. IMET and Militarized Interstate Disputes 1976-2007
    • Major or Minor?: For What Audiences are Intelligence Studies Programs Best Suited
    • Strategic Security in Northern Europe: The Implications of Russian Anti-Access/Area Denial Strategies in Developing Complex Threat Environments
    • A Flying Threat Coming to Sahel and East Africa? A Brief Review
    • Analytical Standards in the Intelligence Community: Are Standards Professionalized Enough?

 Henry Jackson Society

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

  • Addressing Antisemitism Within and Through the Educational Systems in the United States
  • The Next War in the North: Scenarios, Strategic Alternatives, and Recommendations for Israel
  • Strategic Assessment, April 2021, v. 24, no. 1   
    • In Search of a Regional Order: The Struggle over the Shape of the Middle East
    • “Hollow Sovereignty”: Changes in the Status of the Arab Nation States One Decade after the Upheaval
    • Toward a New “Solution”? Islamic Ideologies in the Middle East a Decade after the Uprisings
    • Iran, the Shia, and the Arab Upheaval: The Ideological Response
    • Demographic and Economic Developments in the Arab World, 2010-2020
    • US Engagement and Disengagement in the Middle East: Paradox and Perception
    • Salafi-Jihadism in the Decade following the Arab Spring: Down and Up and Down Again
    • The Arab Spring Then and Now, through the Prism of Public Opinion
    • The Civil State vs. the Secular State in Arab Discourse: Egypt as a Case Study
    • Political Trends in the Middle East: A Glimpse into the Future?
    • China’s Evolving Approach to the Middle East: A Decade of Change
    • Roundtable: Israel and the Middle East, One Decade after the Arab Upheaval

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, March 15, 2021, v. 21, no. 5
    • Directions Forward for Chinese Rare Earths After the Two Sessions
    • China’s NPC and CPPCC: Xi Defies the West by Boosting Technological Self-Sufficiency And Crushing Hong Kong’s Freedoms
    • A New Step Forward in PLA Professionalization
    • China’s Xinjiang Propaganda and United Front Work in Turkey: Part Two
    • Is the Growth of Sino-Nepal Relations Reducing Nepal’s Autonomy?
  • Terrorism Monitor, March 12, 2021, v. 19, no. 5
    • U.S. Withdrawal or Disengagement from Somalia? Assessing Somalia’s and Kenya’s Concerns
    • Iran’s Fuel Smuggling Paranoia in the Baluchistan Border Region
    • The Syrian National Army and The Future of Turkey’s Frontier Land Force

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

 Korea Institute for National Unification

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 MITRE

 National Academies Press

 National Bureau of Asian Research

 National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

  • Canadian Military Journal, Spring  2021, v. 21, no. 2
    • Canada, the Freeloader, Rather Than Vested Defence Partner in NORAD and the Defence of North America
    • Russia’s Private Military Contractors: Cause for Worry?
    • The Lockheed CP-140M Aurora, Canada’s Current Long Range Patrol Fleet
    • Making Moral Decisions Under Stress: A Revised Model for Defence
    • Counterinsurgency and Hybrid Warfare in Vietnam
    • Mentoring and Motivating Millennials and Post-Millennials at the Unit and Sub-Unit Levels

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

 New America

 Newslines Institute for Strategy and Policy

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 One Earth Future - Stable Seas Program

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Pew Research Center Science & Society

 Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

 Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

 Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

 RAND Corporation

 Small Wars Journal 

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 21-24-FA USAID’s Commercial Horticulture and Agricultural Marketing Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Roots of Peace
  • SIGAR 21-26-FA Department of the Army’s Operations and Maintenance Support and Networking Services for the Afghan National Police Network Operations Center: Audit of Costs Incurred by IAP Worldwide Services Inc.
  • SIGAR 21-27-FA  Department of the Army’s Operations and Maintenance Support and Networking Services for the Afghan National Army Network Operations Center: Audit of Costs Incurred by IAP Worldwide Services Inc.

 Stimson Center

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Sudd Institute

 Swisspeace

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor and Francis

 UK Government

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 UN Women

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Violence Project

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

 Wilson Center

 World Economic Forum