Thursday, March 16, 2023

Friday's Miscellany 03-3-2028 & 03-10-2023

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Air University Press

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

 Army War College Press

  • Parameters, Spring 2023, no. 53, no. 1 
    • Defeat in Afghanistan: An Autopsy
    • Enhancing US Global Competitiveness through Women, Peace, and Security
    • Factoring Gender into Kinetic Operations
    • Climate Change: An Opportunity for INDOPACOM
    • Daoism and Design: Mapping the Conflict in Syria
    • The Case for an Army Stability Professional
    • Minotaurs, Not Centaurs: The Future of Manned-Unmanned Teaming
    • SRAD Director's Corner: Afghanistan: The Logic of Failing, Fast and Slow
    • Review and Reply: On “Why America’s Army Can’t Win America’s Wars” (part 1)
    • Review and Reply: On “Why America’s Army Can’t Win America’s Wars” (part 2)

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 Asia Society Policy Institute

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Institute of Criminology

 Australian National University Press

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 CATO Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Climate Security (CCS)

 Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

  • PRISM, v. 10, no. 2, March 2023 
    • If You Want Peace...
    • The Baltic Sea Region at an Inflection Point
    • Estonia: Size Matters
    • Latvia: From Total Defense to Comprehensive Defense
    • Lithuania’s Total Defense Review
    • Finnish Defense "Left of Bang"
    • Societal Security and Total Defense: The Swedish Way
    • Norway Between the "High North" and the Baltic Sea
    • Poland's Threat Assessment: Deepened, Not Changed
    • Germany and the Baltic Sea Region
    • Denmark's Security Starts in the Baltic States

 Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Independent Studies

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST)

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, February 2023, v. 16, no. 2 
    • The Combating Terrorism Center Turns 20: Reflections from its Directors
    • CTC-ICT Focus on Israel: A View from the CT Foxhole: Omer Bar Lev, Former Minister of Public Security of Israel
    • Jihadi ‘Counterterrorism:’ Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Versus the Islamic State
    • The Growing Concern over Older Far-Right Terrorists: Data from the United Kingdom

 Conflict Armament Research

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Foreign Relations 

 Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

 Crowdstrike

 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-23-17 Secret Service and ICE Did Not Always Adhere to Statute and Policies Governing Use of Cell-Site Simulators (REDACTED) 
  • OIG-23-19 CISA Made Progress but Resources, Staffing, and Technology Challenges Hinder Cyber Threat Detection and Mitigation 

 Department of State

 Department of the Navy (DON)

 Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

 Eurasian States in Transition Research Center

 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 (EUISS)

 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

 Federation for American Immigration Reform

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) 

 French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Biodefense: Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Challenges GAO-23-106476 
  • Bureau of Prisons: Assessment of Health Care Reentry Policies and Procedures Needed GAO-23-105610 
  • Capitol Attack: Federal Agencies Identified Some Threats, but Did Not Fully Process and Share Information Prior to January 6, 2021 GAO-23-106625 
  • COVID-19 Relief: Funding and Spending as of Jan. 31, 2023 GAO-23-106647 
  • DHS Financial Management: Actions Needed to Improve Systems Modernization and Address Coast Guard Audit Issues GAO-23-105194 
  • Domestic Terrorism: Further Actions Needed to Strengthen FBI and DHS Collaboration to Counter Threats GAO-23-104720 
  • Federal Rulemaking: Trends at the End of Presidents' Terms Remained Generally Consistent across Administrations GAO-23-105510 
  • Federal Workforce: OPM Advances Efforts to Close Government-wide Skills Gaps but Needs a Plan to Improve Its Own Capacity GAO-23-105528 
  • Financial Management: DOD Needs to Improve System Oversight GAO-23-104539 
  • Global Cybercrime: Federal Agency Efforts to Address International Partners' Capacity to Combat Crime GAO-23-104768 
  • Nuclear Weapons: Technical Exceptions and Limitations Do Not Constrain DOD's Planning and Operations GAO-23-105671 
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Securing Data for a Post-Quantum World GAO-23-106559 
  • Veterans Affairs: Addressing Longstanding Management Challenges Requires Sustained Leadership GAO-23-106636 
  • Weapon Systems Sustainment: DOD Needs to Improve Its Reporting for Warehousing Pilot Program GAO-23-105929 

 Henry Jackson Society

 Henry L. Stimson Center

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

  • China Leadership Monitor, Spring 2023, no. 75 
    • The Sudden End of Zero-Covid: An Investigation
    • The A4 Movement: Mapping its Background and Impact
    • China’s Balance Sheet Challenge
    • China’s Struggle for Common Prosperity Measuring China’s Technological Self-Reliance Drive
    • The Patriotic Education Campaign in Xi Jinping’s China: The Emergence of a New Generation of Nationalists

 Hoover Institution

  • Strategika, no. 84 
    • The Tactical and Strategic Value of Tanks
    • Still King of the Killing Zone
    • Mobile Protected Firepower: An Essential Element of Close Combat Overmatch
    • Are Tanks a Weapon of the Past?

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS)

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

 International Crisis Group

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, March 3, 2023, v. 23, no. 4 
    • The Global Security Initiative: China Outlines a New Security Architecture
    • The DPP’s 2024 Presidential Candidate-in-Waiting: William Lai
    • Russia-Ukraine War Compels Japan to Reassess China Challenge, Shift Course on Security
    • Ten Years On, How is the Belt and Road Initiative Faring in Indonesia?
    • The CCTV Spring Festival Gala: A Cultural Showcase Loses its Luster
  • Terrorism Monitor, March 3, 2023, v. 23, no. 5 
    • South African Military Counters IS at Home and in Mozambique With One Hand And Reaches out to Russia With the Other
    • ISWAP Condemns Nigerian Elections Before Tinubu’s Disputed Victory
    • Ricin’s Round Two: Germany Prevents Another Islamic State-Motivated Bioterrorism Attack
    • Islamic State in India: All Talk and No Action
    • Mass Civilian Defense Force Recruitment Raises Jihadist Threat to Civilians in Burkina Faso

 Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - China-Africa Research Initiative

 Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

 Kiel Institute for the World Economy

 Manhattan Institute

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

 Marine Corps University Press

 Mercator Institute for China Studies

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 National Academies Press 

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

 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 Observer Research Foundation 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

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

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Wars Journal

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis

 Transparency International 

 UK Parliament, House of Commons, Defense Committee

 UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

 Union of Concerned Scientists

 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 Uyghur Human Rights Project

 Veterans and Citizens Initiative

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 White House