Monday, May 29, 2023

Friday's Miscellany 05-26-2023

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 AidData

 Amnesty International

 Army University Press

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) 

 Atlantic Council

 Australian National University Press

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

 CATO Institute

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

 Center for Global Development

 Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

 Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Russian Analytical Digest

 Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

 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 Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs  

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, May 2023, v. 16, no. 5 
    • Journey to Idlib: An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24
    • The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan After the Taliban’s Afghanistan Takeover
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Robin Simcox, Commissioner, U.K. Commission for Countering Extremism
    • The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right

 Congress. House Select Committee on the Communist Party

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Congressional-Executive Commission on China

 Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense AI Observatory (DAIO)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2023-072 Review of the Military Services' Policies and Procedures on the Medical Waiver Process for Recruiting       

 Department of Education (DoE)

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-23-26 Results of an Unannounced Inspection of Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington 
  • OIG-23-27 CBP Facilities in Vermont and New York Generally Met TEDS Standards, but Details to the Southwest Border Affected Morale, Recruitment, and Operations 
  • OIG-23-28 Results of Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities in the Rio Grande Valley Area 

 Department of State

 Department of the Navy (DoN)

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations 

 European Council on Foreign Relations                 

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 European Values

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) 

 French Military School Strategic Research Institute (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole Militaire)

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

 German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Bank Regulation: Preliminary Review of Agency Actions Related to March 2023 Bank Failures GAO-23-106857 
  • DNA Collections: CBP is Collecting Samples from Individuals in Custody, but Needs Better Data for Program Oversight GAO-23-106252 
  • F-35 Program: DOD Needs Better Accountability for Global Spare Parts and Reporting of Losses Worth Millions GAO-23-106098 
  • Government Performance Management: Leading Practices to Enhance Interagency Collaboration and Address Crosscutting Challenges GAO-23-105520 
  • Hanford Cleanup: DOE Should Validate Its Analysis of High-Level Waste Treatment Alternatives GAO-23-106093 
  • Nuclear Security: DOE Should Take Actions to Fully Implement Insider Threat Program GAO-23-105576 
  • Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Defense GAO-23-106305 
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Directed Energy Weapons GAO-23-106717 
  • Veterans Affairs: Observations on IT Contracting Trends and Management Oversight GAO-23-106845 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS) 

 Henry Jackson Society

 Heritage Foundation

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)  

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Crisis Group

 International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, May 19, 2023, v. 23, no. 9 
    • Party Ties: Vietnam, Cuba and China’s Relations with Other Marxist-Leninist States
    • PRC Influence Operations in the Philippines: Can Beijing Flip the South China Sea Script?
    • Serving the Real Economy: From De-dollarization to RMB Internationalization?
    • Can the Belt and Road Initiative Succeed in Afghanistan?
    • Xi Jinping and Taiwan: Change and Continuity with Past CCP Leaders
  • Terrorism Monitor, May 26,  2023, v. 21, no. 11 
    • Brief: JNIM Pursuing Localized Agenda in Mali
    • Brief: Abu Sayyaf Surrenders Indicate Growing Dysfunction
    • Narrative Battle Surrounds Killings of Communist Insurgent Couple in the Philippines
    • France Seeks Influence Reboot in Africa Amid Sahelian Military Withdrawal
    • Sudan’s Fratricidal Conflict: An Assessment of SAF and RSF Strategies and Tactics

 Manhattan Institute

 Martens Centre for European Studies

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 National Academies Press 

 National Defense University Press

 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • SP 800-216 Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines 

 National Security Archive

 Naval War College

  • Naval War College Review, Winter 2023, v. 76, no. 1 
    • The Final Countdown?—Charting a New Course for Capital Ships in Pacific War Plans
    • Strategy, Uncertainty, and the China Challenge
    • Selective Engagements—Chinese Naval Diplomacy and U.S.-China Competition
    • Dilemmas Faced in Developing Small Navies
    • Tirpitz’s Trap
    • Mahan’s Theory and the Realities of the First World War—His Final Considerations on Sea Power
    • Reflections on Reading

 Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

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

 Our World in Data

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)  

 Russia Program at George Washington University

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 23-23-FA USAID’s Afghanistan Peace Support Initiative: Audit of Costs Incurred by DAI Global LLC 
  • SIGAR 23-24-AR Healthcare in Afghanistan: USAID Did Not Perform All Required Monitoring, But Efforts Reportedly Contributed to Progress in Vital Services 
  • SIGAR 23-25-FA Department of State’s Core Operations in Kabul and the Continuation of Partnerships with Several Historical and Cultural Institutions: Audit of Costs Incurred by the University of Chicago 

 Stimson Center

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Parliament

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

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

 UN Women

 US Secret Service (USSS)

 University of Texas, Austin

 White House