Monday, October 17, 2022

Friday's Miscellany 09/30/2022 & 10/7/2022

38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air University Press 

  • Air & Space Operations Review (formerly Air & Space Power Journal), Fall 2022, v. 1, no. 3 
    • Antifragile Air Force: Building Talent for the High-End Fight
    • Incentivizing Innovation: Promoting Technical Competency to Win Future Wars
    • Air Mobility Intelligence: Survivability in the Contested Environment
    • Forged at the Edge of Chaos: Emergent Function Weapons
    • Contested Agile Combat Employment: A Site- Selection Methodology
  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, September-October 2022, v. 5, no. 5 
    • Campaigning at the Top of the World: Arctic Security and Homeland Defense
    • Arctic Strategy: Deterrence and Détente
    • Forging the Arctic Warrior: Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center–Alaska
    • Landpower and Security in the European Arctic
    • Special Operations Command North: Leading Special Operations Forces into the North
    • American Arctic
    • Alaska’s Strategic Importance
    • The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Freezes Moscow’s Arctic Ambitions
    • Securing a Blue Arctic Century Assessing Multilateral Institutions in Great-Power Competition
    • Why China Is Not a Peer Competitor in the Arctic
    • Melting a Chinese Iceberg
    • Above the Arctic: Increased Security in the Arctic through Cooperation in Space
    • The Unconventional Approach to Arctic Security: Increasing Domain Awareness through the US Army Special Operations Forces’ Indigenous Approach
    • Special Operations Forces and Arctic Indigenous People: Partnering to Defend the North American Arctic Homeland
    • Polar Nights, White Nights, and Normal Days and Nights: Arctic Ground Target Identification and Engagement
    • The Three-Fold Path of the Snow Dragon: China’s Influence Operations in the Arctic

 Air University Press Reports

 Amnesty International

 Arctic Institute        

  • Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #2.1 – Marine and Maritime Issues 1 
    • The Burgeoning Threat of Naval Mines in the Arctic
    • Linking UNCLOS and UNDRIP - A Way to Make Ocean Governance of Arctic Marine Spaces
    • Inclusive?
    • Emergence of Indigenous-Led Commercial Fisheries in The Arctic
    • The Impact of Anthropogenic Noise on Arctic Cetaceans and the Need for Action
    • Arctic Marine Conservation: High Time to Prepare for The Coming Melt

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Blair Institute for Global Change

 British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

 Brookings Institution

 Bruegel

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

  • PRISM, v. 10, no. 1, September 2022 
    • The 21st Century's Great Military Rivalry
    • The BRI and Its Rivals: The Building and Rebuilding of Eurasia in the 21st Century
    • Panda Power? Chinese Soft Power in the Era of COVID-19
    • The Limits of Victory: Evaluating the Employment of Military Power
    • China, the West, and the Future Global Order By Julian Lindley-French and Franco Algieri
    • Defining and Achieving Success in Ukraine
    • Great Power Competition: Understanding the Role of Leaders in French Joint Forces
    • Interview with Kevin Rudd [Prime Minister of Australia from 2007-2010 and 2013]

 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)

 Center on Global Energy Policy 

 Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

 College of Europe

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, September 2022, v. 15, no. 9 
    • The Islamic State Crime-Terror Nexus in the United States: Developments and Wider Relevance
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Robert Hannigan, Former Director, GCHQ
    • Poland’s Evolving Violent Far-Right Landscape

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

 Council on Foreign Relations

 Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC) 

  • PERSEREC-PA-21-13 Counter-Insider Threat (C-InT) Analyst Professionalization Road Map 
  • PERSEREC-PA-21-14 Fundamental Skills for the Counter-Insider Threat (C-InT) Analyst 
  • PERSEREC-PA-21-35 Insider Threat Prevention and Mitigation - A Problem-Based Learning Experience for Organizational  
  • PERSEREC-PA-22-12 Counter-Insider Threat Professionalization Road Map Video 
  • PERSEREC-PA-22-16 Digital Discernment Graphic Novel 
  • PERSEREC-RN-21-13 Teaching Organizational Risk Prevention and Mitigation Using Problem-Based Learning  

 Defense Priorities

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2022-144 Evaluation of the DoD’s Implementation of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s 2011 Report Recommendations and the DoD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2017 
  • DODIG-2022-142 Special Report: Lessons Learned From Security Cooperation Activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa 
  • DODIG-2022-141 Audit of the DoD Component Insider Threat Reporting to the DoD Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center 
  • DODIG-2022-138 Audit of U.S. Southern Command’s Execution of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Funding 
  • FY 2023 Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-22-80 Del Rio Area Struggled with Prolonged Detention, Consistent Compliance with CBP's TEDS Standards, and Data Integrity
  • OIG-22-79 The Unified Coordination Group Struggled to Track Afghan Evacuees Independently Departing U.S. Military Bases 
  • OIG-22-78 The DHS Unified Coordination Group for Operation Allies Welcome Coordinated Afghan Resettlement but Faced Challenges in Funding and Authority
  • OIG-22-77 FEMA Did Not Effectively Manage Disaster Case Management Program Funds in Support of Hurricane Maria Recovery Services 
  • OIG-22-76 FEMA’s Management of Mission Assignments to Other Federal Agencies Needs Improvement 
  • OIG-22-75 Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Torrance County Detention Facility 
  • OIG-22-74 FEMA Made Efforts to Address Inequities in Disadvantaged Communities Related to COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center Locations and Also Plans to Address Inequity in Future Operations 

 Department of State Office of the Inspector General

 Department of the Air Force

 Department of the Army

 Economic Research Forum

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

 European Council on Foreign Relations

 European Leadership Network (ELN)

 European Policy Centre (EPC)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

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

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  • FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 2022 
    • Domestic Murder-Suicide: A Compound Tragedy
    • Implementing a Drone Program
    • Managing Leadership Burnout
    • Solving Homicides with Trading Cards

 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

 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) 

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA) 

 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Globsec

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Aviation Security Programs: TSA Should Clarify Compliance Program Guidance and Address User Concerns with Its Data Systems GAO-22-105063  
  • Base Realignment and Closure: DOD Should Provide Congress More Complete and Transparent Information GAO-22-105207 
  • Civil Service: Agency Responses and Perspectives on Former Executive Order to Create a New Schedule F Category of Federal Positions GAO-22-105504 
  • Climate Change: Oversight of Federal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Efforts GAO-22-106062 
  • Cloud Computing: Federal Agencies Face Four Challenges GAO-22-106195 
  • Coast Guard: Workforce Planning Actions Needed to Address Growing Cyberspace Mission Demands GAO-22-105208 
  • Customs and Border Protection: Innovation Team Has Opportunities to Mature Operations and Improve Performance GAO-22-105984 
  • Cybersecurity Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Program GAO-22-106146 
  • Decarbonization: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage GAO-22-105274 
  • Defense Logistics: DOD Can Better Manage Demilitarization Coding and Disposition Decisions GAO-22-105251 
  • Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle: Navy Needs to Employ Better Management Practices to Ensure Swift Delivery to the Fleet GAO-22-105974 
  • Federal Research: Information on Funding for U.S.-China Research Collaboration and Other International Activities GAO-22-105313 
  • Large Constellations of Satellites: Mitigating Environmental and Other Effects GAO-22-105166 
  • Military Inspectors General: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Processes for Administrative Investigations and Training GAO-22-105316  
  • Nuclear Waste: DOE Needs to Improve Transparency in Planning for Disposal of Certain Low-Level Waste GAO-22-105636 
  • Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Actions Needed to Determine Whether DOE's New Contracting Approach is Achieving Desired Results GAO-22-105417 
  • Public Health Emergencies: Data Management Challenges Impact National Response GAO-22-106175 
  • Ransomware: Federal Agencies Provide Useful Assistance but Can Improve Collaboration GAO-22-104767 
  • Southwest Border: CBP Oversees Short-Term Custody Standards, but Border Patrol Could Better Monitor Care of At-Risk Individuals GAO-22-105321 
  • Special Operations Forces: Better Data Necessary to Improve Oversight and Address Command and Control Challenges GAO-23-105163 
  • Tracking the Funds: Specific Fiscal Year 2022 Provisions for Department of Defense GAO-23-105914 
  • Tracking the Funds: Specific Fiscal Year 2022 Provisions for Department of Justice GAO-23-105893 
  • VA Acquisition Management: Actions Needed to Better Manage the Acquisition Workforce GAO-22-105031 
  • Workforce Diversity: Hispanic Workers Are Underrepresented in the Media, and More Data Are Needed for Federal Enforcement Efforts GAO-22-104669 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS) 

 Henry Jackson Society

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover Institution

  • Strategika, no. 81 U.S. Military Readiness 
    • Send in the Marines? Rethink Major Interventions Abroad, especially on the Ground and in the Middle East
    • U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Realism
    • Rethinking Major Interventions Abroad

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Indian Council of World Affairs

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

 Institute for Security and Development Policy

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 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 Crisis Group/

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, October 4, 2022, v. 22, no. 18 
    • Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy: Roadmap to Global Leadership?
    • Exploring the Domestic Foundations of Chinese Economic Sanctions: The Case of Australia
    • The PLA’s Military Diplomacy in Advance of the 20th Party Congress (Part Two)
    • The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis: What did the August Exercises Around Taiwan Accomplish?
    • China’s Interests in Afghanistan One Year After the U.S. Withdrawal
  • Terrorism Monitor, October 7, 2022, v. 22, no. 1 
    • The Assassination of Shinzo Abe in Japan and the Threat from Primitive Homemade Weapons
    • The Pakistani Taliban’s Quest for a Sharia State by Demerging FATA from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Promises and Pitfalls of Tajikistan’s Latest Repatriation Program for Islamic State Families from Syria

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Middle East Institute (MEI)

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 MITRE Corporation

 Modern Warfare Institute (MWI)

 National Academies Press   

 National Security Archive

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence 

 NDIA

 NISOS

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Sentry

 Small Wars Journal

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)  

  • SIGAR 23-02-IP Afghan Civil Society: The Taliban’s Takeover Risks Undoing 20 Years of Reconstruction Accomplishments 
  • SIGAR 23-01-AR Department of State Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program in Afghanistan: Security Concerns Prevented State from Fully Monitoring and Evaluating the Program, And Up to $32 Million in Assets May Be in the Taliban’s Possession 
  • SIGAR 22-42-FA Department of the Army’s Security Ministries of Afghanistan Advisory Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Amentum Services Inc. 
  • SIGAR 22-41-AR Contracting in Afghanistan: USAID Generally Met Requirements for Noncompetitive Awards, But Did Not Complete or Did Not Maintain Some Required Documents 
  • SIGAR 22-40-FA USAID’s Goldozi Project: Audit of Costs Incurred by FHI 360 

 Stanford Internet Observatory

  • Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2022, v. 1, no. 4 
    • The Misinformation Paradox: Older Adults are Cynical about News Media, but Engage with It Anyway
    • Promoting Online Civility Through Platform Architecture
    • American Parents’ Perceptions of Child Explicit Image Sharing
    • Auditing Google's Search Headlines as a Potential Gateway to Misleading Content: Evidence from the 2020 US Election
    • Creating, Using, Misusing, and Detecting Deep Fakes
    • The Demographics of an International Influence Operation Affecting Facebook Users in the United States
    • How to Build a Trust and Safety Team In a Year: A Practical Guide From Lessons Learned (So Far) At Zoom
    • Researcher Access to Platform Data: European Developments
    • How Can Platform Engagement with Academics and Civil Society Representatives Inform the Development of Content Policies? A Look at Meta’s COVID-19 Misinformation Policies

 Stanley Center

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 White House

 Wilson Center