Friday, October 22, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 10-15-2021

 38 North

 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Amnesty International

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Atlantic Council

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense 

 Brookings

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Climate and Security Advisory Group

 Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

 Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

 Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee

 CNA

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-22-01 ICE Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Segregation Use in Detention Facilities

 Department of State Inspector General

  • AUD-MERO-22-03 Audit of Noncompetitive Contracts in Support of Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq

 Department of the Navy

 East-West Center

 Egmont Institute

 Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

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

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Union (EU)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

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

 Future Directions International

 Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

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

 German Development Institute

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Challenges Foundation

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • COVID-19 Contracting: Indian Health Service Used Flexibilities to Meet Increased Medical Supply Needs GAO-22-104745
  • National Weather Service: Additional Actions Needed to Improve the Agency's Reform Efforts GAO-21-103792
  • National Weather Service: Reform Efforts Could Benefit from Additional Actions and Continued Attention GAO-22-105449
  • Small Business Contracting: Actions Needed to Implement and Monitor DOD's Small Business Strategy GAO-22-104621

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

 Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue  

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague

 International Crisis Group

 Manhattan Institute

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Middle East Institute

 MITRE

 National Defense University Press

  • Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  103, (4th Quarter, October 2021) 
    • Project Convergence: Achieving Overmatch by Solving Joint Problems
    • The Tactical Defense Becomes Dominant Again
    • The New Era of Great Power Competition and the Biden Administration: Emerging Patterns and Principles
    • Reading the Tea Leaves: Understanding Chinese Deterrence Signaling
    • Purpose-Built Antiarmor Teams: An Imperative for the Marine Corps Ground Combat Element
    • Degrading China’s Integrated Maritime Campaign
    • Realizing Energy Independence on U.S. Military Bases
    • Educating Senior Service College Students on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies
    • Specialized Analytic and Targeting Study: A Methodology and Approach for Conducting Faster Full-Spectrum Targeting
    • Understanding the Vulnerabilities in China’s New Joint Force
    • Green Fields of France: Mortuary Affairs in a Peer Conflict
    • History of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
    • Wartime Innovation and Learning
    • Read the Manual: Reversing the Trends of Failure in NATO Humanitarian Interventions with Airpower

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 Observer Research Foundation

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

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

  • PRAC-2022-01 Increasing Transparency into COVID-19 Spending  

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Project On Government Oversight (POGO)

 RAND Corporation

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 The Sentry

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) 

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR-22-03-AR Conditions on Afghanistan Security Forces Funding: The Combined Security Transition Command–Afghanistan Rarely Assessed Compliance With or Enforced Funding Conditions, Then Used an Undocumented Approach

 Stanley Center

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis

 Transportation Security Agency (TSA)

 UN Women

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and NonProliferation

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House 

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 10-08-2021

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), August 2021, v. 28, no. 8
    • Mental health disorders and mental health problems, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2016–2020
    • Brief report: Prevalence of screening positive for post-traumatic stress disorder among service members following combat-related injury
    • Mental health disorders, behavioral health problems, fatigue and sleep outcomes in remotely piloted aircraft/manned aircraft pilots, and remotely piloted aircraft crew, U.S. Air Force, Oct. 1, 2003–June 30, 2019
    • Surveillance of mental and behavioral health care utilization and use of telehealth, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, Jan. 1, 2019–Sept. 30, 2020

 Army University Press

 Atlantic Council

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

 Brookings

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for American Progress (CAP)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Analyses in Security Policy
    • No. 291: European Fighter Programs: A Preliminary Assessment
    • No. 292: From Robots to Warbots: Reality Meets Science Fiction

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

 CNA

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

  • Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2021, v. 21, no. 1 
    • The 3M Affair in Canada-China Relations, 10 December 2018 – 24 September 2021, and Why for Canada it May not be Over Yet
    • Changing Participation in War: Is a Paradigmatic Shift Underway?
    • Syria – A Hybrid War Case Study
    • Energy Intake, Weight, and Body Composition of Canadian Soldiers Participating in an Arctic Training
    • The Short Road from the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Information Warfare Pandemic

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

 Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

 Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

 Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

 Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

 Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

 Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 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)

  • DODIG-2021-131 Audit of Department of Defense Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Fielding Programs

 Department of Homeland Security

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-21-71 FEMA Must Take Additional Steps to Better Address Employee Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct
  • OIG-21-72 Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2020
  • OIG-21-73 FLETC’s Actions to Respond to and Manage COVID-19 at Its Glynco Training Center

 Department of State

 Department of the Navy

 Economic Research Forum

 Egmont Institute

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 

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

 European Union (EU)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 2021
    • Perspective: Enhancing Your Agency’s Image During Challenging Times
    • Implementing an Intelligence-Led Policing Process
    • Leadership Spotlight: Tribal Supervision
    • Trauma-Informed Policing and Building Trust

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

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

 Future Directions International

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime 

  • Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021, v. 3, no. 1
    • Synthetic Drug Production in Belgium – Environmental Harms as Collateral Damage?
    • Comparative Analysis of Illicit Supply Network Structure and Operations: Cocaine, Wildlife, and Sand
    • Forests, Coca, and Conflict: Grass Frontier Dynamics and Deforestation in the Amazon-Andes
    • Addressing Socio-Environmental Challenges and Unintended Consequences of Peruvian Drug Policy: An Analysis in Two Former Cocalero Valleys
    • Sanction Avoidance and the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Case Study of an Urban Wild Meat Supply Chain
    • Narcotrafficking and Land Control in Guatemala and Honduras
    • Addressing Coca-Related Deforestation in Colombia: A Call for Aligning Drug and Environmental Policies for Sustainable Development
    • Illicit Crop Cultivation in Colombia’s National Natural Parks: Dynamics, Drivers, and Policy Responses

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Federal Research: Agency Actions Needed to Address Foreign Influence GAO-22-105434

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Harvard Law School

 Heritage Foundation

 Human Rights Watch

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institut Montaigne

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

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

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 

 Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

 International Crisis Group

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, October 8, 2021, v. 21, no. 19
    • In China’s Shifting Historical Narrative, “War of Resistance" with Japan Retains Key Role
    • Far From a Panopticon, Social Credit Focuses on Legal Violations
    • China’s Development of Hypersonic Missiles and Thought on Hypersonic Defense
    • Win Some, Lose Some: China’s Campaign for Global Media Influence
    • Opportunities and Challenges for China's Plans in Afghanistan
  • Terrorism Monitor, October 7, 2021, v. 19, no. 19  
    • Islamic State’s Canadian ‘Voice’ Facing Terrorism Charges in the U.S.
    • Kyrgyzstan Opens Dialogue with the Taliban Amid Russian Military Maneuvers
    • TM Interview with Chairman of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations’ Erlan Karin
    • Houthi Militants in Ansar Allah Move Toward Marib in Yemen
    • India’s  Cautious  and  Calculated Approach  to  the  Taliban’s  Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Migration Policy Institute

 Monument Lab

 National Academies Press

 National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 Naval War College

 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

 Observer Research Foundation

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

Pew Research Center

 Policy Exchange (UK)

 Polish Institute of International Affairs

 Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence

 RAND Corporation

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 Small Wars Journal

 Soufan Center

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR-21-50-AR Post-Peace Planning in Afghanistan: State and USAID Were Awaiting Results of Peace Negotiations Before Developing Future Reconstruction Plans

 Stimson Center

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis

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

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 UN Women

 U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House

 White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

 William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum