Sunday, December 5, 2021

Friday's Miscellany 11-19-2021 & 11-25-2021

 38 North 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

  • Air & Space Power Journal, Winter 2021, v. 35, v. 4 
    • The Underdog’s Model: A Theory of Asymmetric Airpower
    • Department of Defense Laboratories: Recalibrating the Culture
    • Integrating Cost as a Decision Variable in Wargames
    • Cost-of-Delay: A Framework for Air Force Software Factories
    • Theorist, Prophet, or Ideologue? : Review of “False Gospel for Airpower Strategy? A Fresh Look at Giulio Douhet’s Command of the Air”
    • Opportunity Realized: Review of “Ten Propositions Regarding Space Power: The Dawn of a Space Force” 
    • Lost in Translation: Innovating to Failure: Review of “The Use and Abuse of Technology: In Insurgent Warfare”
  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Special 2021, v. 4, no. 8  
    • Competing or Colluding Commercial Interests? Ports and Free Zones along China's Maritime Silk Road in Africa
    • Comparing the Strategic Worldviews of the United States and China: Implications for Strategy and Engagement with Africa
    • Djibouti: The Organizing Principle of the Indo-Pacific
    • Regional Security Complexes and African Foreign Polities
    • Africa, America, and China: Estimation or Underestimation
    • Counterbalancing Chinese Influence in the Horn of Africa: A Strategy for Security and Stability
    • China's Military and Economic Prowess in Djibouti: A Security Challenge for the Indo-Pacific
    • Peacekeeping Operations to Address Counterinsurgency and Criminal Deviance in Mozambique

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

 American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

 American Security Project

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), September 2021, v. 28, no. 9 
    • Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Association between Perceived Barriers to Behavioral Health Care and Intentions to Leave the U.S. Army                 
    • Is Suicide a Social Phenomenon during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Differences by Birth Cohort on Suicide among Active Component Army Soldiers, 1 January 2000–4 June 2021
    • Brief Report: Gender Differences and Diagnostic Correlates of Aggressive Behaviors among Active Component Sailors
    • Surveillance Snapshot: A Simple Model Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Lost Duty Days among U.S. Service Members
    • Update: Routine Screening for Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Civilian Applicants for U.S. Military Service and U.S. Armed Forces, Active and Reserve Components, January 2016–June 2021

 Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

  • Cyber Defense Review, Fall 2021, v. 6, no. 4
    • Military Authorizations in a Connected World
    • Causal Reasoning with Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Machine Applications
    • Toward a Zero Trust Architecture Implementation in a University Environment
    • What Every Leader Needs Now
    • Practical Cyber Risk Management for Tactical Commanders
    • DoD Has Over 3.5 Million Insiders – Now What?
    • Information Advantage Activities
    • Lessons for the DoD when Planning for the Future of S&T

 Army War College

  • Parameters, Winter 2021, no. 51, no. 4 
    • Broken Nest:  Deterring China from Invading Taiwan
    • Defeat Mechanisms in Modern Warfare
    • Grand Strategic Thought of Colin S. Gray
    • On “The U.S. Army and the Pacific:  Challenges and Legacies”
    • Sino-Indian Border Disputes in an Era of Strategic Expansions
    • Sherman and His Historians:  An End to the Outsized Destroyer Myth?
    • The Air Littoral:  Another Look
    • What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Institute of Criminology

  • Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2021, no. 640  
    • Attrition of Human Trafficking and Slavery Cases through the Australian Criminal Justice System

 Australian National University Press

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Beyond the Parallel

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)            

 Booz Allen Hamilton

 Brennan Center for Justice

 British Army

 Brookings

 Bruegel

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy [Harvard]

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

 Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

  • Prism, v. 9, no. 3, November 2021 
    • AI is Shaping the Future of War
    • China’s “New Generation” AI-Brain Project
    • Countering Aggression in the Gray Zone
    • Modern Electromagnetic Spectrum Battlefield
    • New Geopolitics of Human Rights
    • Origins of Russian Conduct
    • Pentagon’s First Financial War
    • Pride of Place:  Reconceptualizing Disinformation as the United States’ Greatest National Security Challenge
    • Project Governance for Defense Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    • Rebuilding Total Defense in a Globalized Deregulated Economy the Case of Sweden

 Center for Data Innovation

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for International Policy

 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 of Military History (CMH)

  • Modern War in an Ancient Land: The United States Army in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

Center on Global Energy Policy

 Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 College of Europe

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, November 2021, v. 14, no. 9 
    • An Assessment of Taliban Rule at Three Months
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: General Richard D. Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command 
    • Commentary: Placing Terrorism in a Violent Non-State Actor Framework for the Great Power Competition Era
    • “Without Us, There Would Be No Islamic State:” The Role of Civilian Employees in the Caliphate

 Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

 Council on Foreign Relations 

 Cybereason

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Innovation Unit

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2022-036 Audit of the Department of Defense Strategic Planning for Overseas Civilian Positions 
  • DODIG-2022-038 Evaluation of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command Implementation of the Administrative Requirements Related to the Department of Defense’s Law of War Policies 

 Department of Energy, Inspector General

  • DOE-OIG-22-04 Allegations Related to the Y-12 National Security Complex Fire Department 

 Department of State

 Department of State Inspector General

 Department of the Navy

 Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General

  • #21-02969-20 Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Facilities’ COVID-19 Pandemic Readiness and Response in Veterans Integrated Service Networks 1 and 8
  • #21-00235-13 Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Veterans Integrated Service Network 1:  VA New England Healthcare System in Bedford, Massachusetts
  • #20-02899-22 Descriptive Analysis of Select Performance Indicators at Two Healthcare Facilities in the Same Veterans Integrated Service Network

 East-West Center

 Egmont Institute

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

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

 European Institute of the Mediterranean

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union  (EU)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (Institut Etude Sécurité Union Européenne)

 Europol 

 Federal Ministry Republic of Austria

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

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

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

 German Development Institute

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

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

  • How Has Organised Crime in Africa Changed Since 2019? 
  • Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021, v. 3, no. 2 
    • Cybercrime as an Essential Element in Transnational Counterfeiting Schemes
    • Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Western Balkans – Regional Vulnerabilities and Legal Responses
    • Modern Slavery Made in Italy—Causes and Consequences of Labour Exploitation in the Italian Agricultural Sector
    • Hazy Borders: Legality and Illegality across the US-Mexico Border
    • Colombia, the Drug Wars and the Politics of Drug Policy Displacement – from La Violencia to UNGASS 2016
    • Irregular War in Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: A Macro-Micro Approach
    • Temporary Autonomous Zones, Control and Security Simulations: With Regard to the Aguas Blancas (Argentina) – Bermejo (Bolivia) Border
    • Tourists, Shoppers, and Smugglers: Brazilian Re- configurations of Circuits of Imported Goods
    • Vehicle Consumption, Theft and Smuggling in the Texas-Mexico Border, 1930–1960
    • The ‘Arrangement’ as Form of Life on the Mexico-Texas borderline: A Perspective on Smuggling
  • Killing in Silence: New Research Uncovers Sheer Magnitude of Assassinations Linked to Organized Crime 
  • Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe 

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Border Security Metrics: Progress Made, but DHS Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Information Quality GAO-22-104651 
  • Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Better Manage Shore Infrastructure GAO-22-105513 
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection: CISA Should Assess the Effectiveness of its Actions to Support the Communications Sector GAO-22-104462 
  • Digital Services: Considerations for a Federal Academy to Develop a Pipeline of Digital Staff GAO-22-105388 
  • DOD and VA Health Care: Suicide Prevention Efforts and Recommendations for Improvement GAO-22-105522 
  • Emergency Watershed Protection: Assistance Program Helps Meet Post-Disaster Needs and Could Be Improved with Additional Guidance GAO-22-104326 
  • Homelessness: HUD Should Help Communities Better Leverage Data to Estimate Homelessness GAO-22-104445 
  • K-12 Education: Students' Experiences with Bullying, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Victimization in Schools GAO-22-104341 
  • U.S. International Development Finance Corporation: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Defense Production Act Loan Program GAO-22-104511 
  • VA Acquisition Management: Fundamental Challenges Could Hinder Supply Chain Modernization Efforts if Not Addressed GAO-22-105483 
  • Vaccine Development: Capabilities and Challenges for Addressing Infectious Diseases GAO-22-104371

Govini

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

 Henley Putnam University

  • Journal of Strategic Security, 2021, v. 14, no. 4
    • Improving the Civil-Military Relationship: Diversity and the U.S. Army
    • New Under the Sun? Reframing the Gray Zone in International Security
    • The Gray Legion: Information Warfare Within Our Gates
    • What is the Role of Cyber Operations in Information Warfare?
    • Winning the Digital War: Cyber Ideology and the Spectrum of Conflict

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for China-America Studies

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

  • Strategic Assessment, November 2021, v. 24, no. 4  
    • The Beginning of the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
    • European Funding for Palestinian NGOs as Political Subcontracting 
    • The Securitization of the Bi-National State: The Oslo Accords 1993-1995
    • Israel-Indonesia: Nurturing People-to-People Ties without Diplomatic Relations
    • Aberrations in Civil-Military Relations in Times of Political Instability
    • Is Ethiopia Collapsing? Implications for Israel and the Region from the Tigray War
    • Here to Stay: Iranian Involvement in Syria, 2011-2021

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

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

 Institute for the Study of War 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, November 19, 2021, v. 21, no. 22 
    • Australia-China Tensions Simmer Amid Trade War and AUKUS
    • Early Warning Brief:  Did Xi Jinping Secure “Leader for Life” Status at the Sixth Plenum?
    • Evolving Missions and Capabilities of the PLA Rocket Force: Implications for Taiwan and Beyond
    • Geopolitical Challenges Cloud Next Chapter in Xi’s Triumphalist History
    • Development in Tibet and its Implications for India
  • Terrorism Monitor, November 19, 2021, v. 19, no. 22 
    • Assassination Attempt against Prime Minister Al-Khadimi Highlights Intra-Shia Divisions in Iraq
    • Emerging Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats from Europe’s ‘Garage Extremists’
    • Pakistan’s Deal with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan: Statesmanship or Surrender?

 Jewish Institute for National Security of America

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 MacDonald-Laurier Institute

 Marine Corps University Press

 Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

 MITRE

 Modern Warfare Institute

 National Academies Press 

 National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • NISTIR 8286A Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management 
  • SP 800-213 IoT Device Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government: Establishing IoT Device Cybersecurity Requirements 
  • SP 800-213A IoT Device Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government: IoT Device Cybersecurity Requirement Catalog 

 National Security Archive

 NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 New America

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

 NSI's Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Program

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)   

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services  (COPS)

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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

 Our World in Data

 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 Policy Exchange (UK)  

 Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

 Potomac Institute for Policy Studies      

 Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence

 RAND Corporation

 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

 The Sentry

 Sheffield Hallam University

 Simon Fraser University

  • Journal for Deradicalization, Fall 2021, no. 28   
    • One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploring the Characteristics of Exit Programmes in Europe
    • The French (non)Connection: A Closer Look at the Role of Secularism and Socio-Educational Disparities on Domestic Islamist Radicalization in France.
    • Centralising Women in P/CVE and Peacebuilding Programme Design
    • The Use of a Scenario-Based Nominal Group Technique to Assess P/CVE Programs: Development and Pilot Testing of a Toolkit
    • When Healing Turns to Activism: Formers and Family Members’ Motivation to Engage in P/CVE
    • Conference Note: The Challenges of Researching Extremism Today

 Small Wars Journal

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Stanford Cyber Policy Center

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

 Taylor & Francis

 Transnational Institute (TNI)

 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

 UNICEF

 US Bomb Data Center (USBDC)

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute for Peace (USIP)

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 Vienna Center for Disarmament and NonProliferation

 VMWare

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

 Woodrow Wilson Center

 World Bank

 World Economic Forum