Friday's Miscellany 05-05-2023

38 North

• North Korea’s Energy Sector: Solar in Manufacturing 
• Sohae Satellite Launching Station: New Construction Appears Along Coast 
• Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Expansion Work Continues 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Sudan Conflict Straining Fragility of its Neighbors 

 AidData 

• Albania: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Armenia: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Azerbaijan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Georgia: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Kazakhstan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Kosovo: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Kyrgyzstan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Montenegro: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• North Macedonia: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Occupied Territories Supplement: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Serbia: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Tajikistan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Turkmenistan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 
• Uzbekistan: Measuring Civic Space Risk, Resilience, and Russian Influence 

 Air University Press

• The Future of Strategic Competition in the Sahel Region: Placing Partnership First  

 Al Jazeera Center for Studies

• Sudan’s Crisis and the Implications for Its Neighbors 

 Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies

• Negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis to End the War in Yemen 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), March 2032, v. 30, no. 3  
• Update: Sexually transmitted infections among active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2014–2022
• Update: Malaria among members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2013–2022
• Surveillance snapshot: Zika among active duty service members and beneficiaries, 2013–2022
• Notice to readers: Vector-borne Disease Branch detects Borrelia miyamotoi in human tick submission

 Army University Press

• Military Review, May-June 2023, v. 103, no. 3 
• The Graveyard of Command Posts: What Chornobaivka Should Teach Us about Command and Control in Large-Scale Combat Operations
• Decided among the Cities: The Past, Present, and Future of War in Urban Environments
• Analysis of Land Army Maintenance Techniques in the War in Ukraine 
• Fighting with Agility: The 162nd Armored Division in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War
• A Sad and Bloody Business: Land Force Lessons from the Falklands, Forty Years On
• Culture Change and People First: Creating a Culture that Acts as the Antibody to the Corrosive Elements
• Toward a Vernacular of Risk: Unmiring Mission Command through Risk Education
• Furthering the Discussion on METT-TC
• Nanoenergetic Materials for Microscale Tactical Applications
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa: Finding Success in Failure?
• Peace Games: Preparing U.S. Officials for Challenges and Opportunities Abroad
• Upon the Fields of Friendly Strife: An “Athletic Charter” to Reform the Army’s Sports Culture and Build Better Leaders
• On Killing Remotely: The Psychology of Killing with Drones
• I Miss You [poem]
• Strength in Knowledge: The Warrant Officer Journal, April-June 2023, v. 1, no. 2  
• Embracing Change and Identity
• Precision or Utility
• Road Map to Success
• I, Warrant: Looking Through a New Lens Toward the Future of the Cohort
• Learning Requirements for Multi-Domain Operations
• Irregular Warfare: The Application of Military Capability Across the Competition Continuum
• No Integration Without Acculturation
• The Evolution of Russian Information Warfare
• Documenting Vietnam War Experience: The 1st Infantry Division Band at Thunder Road
• US Army Warrant Officers in the Joint Force

 Asia Society Policy Institute

• Strengthening Regional Supply Chain Resiliency Through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) 

 Atlantic Council

• China Pathfinder:  Q1 2023 Update 
• Digital Identities and Border Cultures: The Limits of Technosolutionism in the Management of Human Mobility 
• Harnessing Allied Space Capabilities 
• India’s Personal Data Protection Act and the Politics of Digital Governance 
• Kazakhstan Could Lead Central Asia in Mitigating the World’s Energy and Food Shortages 
• U.S. Strategy and Force Posture for an Era of Nuclear Tripolarity 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• The Strategist
• Australia Needs to be Economically as Well as Strategically Likeminded on Critical Minerals 
• China’s Defence Spending Growth Continues Apace 
• Understanding the Building Blocks for Australia’s Quantum Future 
• Why France and Germany Will Not ‘Decouple’ from China 

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

• A Lesser-Known Pandemic Relief Program Inspires Widespread Fraud 
• Paving the Road for Competitive Green Hydrogen Hubs: Does Chile Have a Chance? 

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

• Tech and Public Policy to Save the Brain 
• When URL Meets IRL in Web3:  Lessons for Decentralized Trust-Building Technologies in Democratic Governance 

 Brookings Institution

• CHIPS and Science Act Won’t Build Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems On Its Own 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Disruptions and Dynamism in the Arab World 

 Cato Institute

• Economic Freedom, Development and Casualties in Interstate Conflict 

 Center for Global Development

• Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes toward Refugees in Uganda 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Russian Combat Air Strengths and Limitations: Lessons from Ukraine 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

• Volunteer Force:  U.S. Tech Companies and Their Contributions in Ukraine 
• The Main Resource is the Human:  A Survey of AI Researchers on the Importance of Compute 
• Reform Plan for Party and State Institutions [translation] 

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Analyses in Security Policy
• No. 323: Reaching for the Stars: China's Space Ambitions 
• No. 324: NATO and Article 5 in Cyberspace 

 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) 

• Big Centralization, Small Bets, and the Warfighting Implications of Middling Progress:  Three Concerns about JADC2’s Trajectory 
• Speeding toward Instability? Hypersonic Weapons and the Risks of Nuclear Use 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• China’s New Strategy for Waging the Microchip Tech War 
• Putin’s Missile War: Russia’s Strike Campaign in Ukraine 

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Can the European Political Community Bring the UK and EU Closer? 
• Can the European Political Community be a Bridge between the UK and the EU? 
• Clean Energy and Decarbonization in Southeast Asia: Overview, Obstacles, and Opportunities 
• EU Fiscal Rule Reform has Become a Defensive Fight 

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

• Incitement to Kill: Tracking hate speech targeting Ukrainians during Russia’s war in Ukraine 

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• The Future of Standardized Sustainability Reporting 

 China Aerospace Studies Institute

• Hypersonic Research Collaboration Between the United Kingdom and People’s Republic of China

 Commonwealth Fund

• The Health Costs of Gun Violence: How the U.S. Compares to Other Countries 

 Conference of Defense Associations Institute

• Thoughts on Canada’s “Old” Horizon of Opportunity in the Indo-Pacific Region 

 Department of Defense (DOD)

• Ukraine Fact Sheet – May 3 

 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

• The Surgeon General’s Advisory on Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-23-24 Intensifying Conditions at the Southwest Border Are Negatively Impacting CBP and ICE Employees’ Health and Morale 

 Department of State

• 2023 Annual Report on International Parental Child Abduction 
• Prior years 

 Department of State Inspector General

• AUD-MERO-23-17 The Department of State Humanitarian Assistance Response To Support Ukraine 
• Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I January 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023 

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

• The Migration Ticking Clock 
• Russia’s Hybrid Wars Come to Sudan 

 European Union (EU)

• Digital Resilience 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Security risks emanating from Afghanistan 

 EUROPOL

• ChatGPT: Impact of Large Language Models on Law Enforcement 
• Criminal Networks in EU Ports: Risks and challenges for Law Enforcement
• Procedure Manual on Handling Misleading Communication for Intellectual Property System Users 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti) (publications) (Finland)

• Europe’s Policies for a Green Transition: The European Commission’s Geopolitical Turn and Its Pitfalls 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• In Sierra Leone’s Elections, the Economy Is the Key Issue 
• Sustaining the Chinese Navy’s Operations at Sea: Bigger Fists, Growing Legs 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now 

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

• Charles III's United Kingdom and Africa. A Temptation to Withdraw 
• Political Coalitions in Turkey in the Run-Up to the 2023 Elections 

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

• Leveraging Islam and Internal Conflict: Strategies and Consequences in Russia’s War against Ukraine 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• United States and China on a Collision Course:  The Importance of Domestic Politics for the Bilateral Relationship 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• Alliances in a Shifting Global Order: Rethinking Transatlantic Engagement with Global Swing States 

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

• Gang Control and Security Vacuum: Assessing Gender-Based Violence in Cité Soleil, Haiti  

 Globsec 

• Consequences of the Russian War in Ukraine: What Policies for Temporary Displaced Ukrainian Women in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia? 
• Recommendations towards Sustained Inclusive Democratic Participation and Civic Engagement 
• Walking on Fire: Demining in Ukraine 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• FEMA Disaster Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Hiring Data and Address Staffing Gaps GAO-23-105663  
• Grants Management: Observations on Challenges with Access, Use, and Oversight GAO-23-106797 
• Military Readiness: Improvement in Some Areas, but Sustainment and Other Challenges Persist GAO-23-106673 
• National Institutes of Health: Better Data Will Improve Understanding of Federal Contributions to Drug Development GAO-23-105656 
• VA Whistleblowers: Resolution Process for Retaliation Claims GAO-23-106111 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• A Man-of-War is the Best Ambassador: European Naval Deployments as Costly and Useful Diplomatic Signals 

 Hoover Institute

• Global Data Dominance 

 Human Rights Watch

• “Like We Were Just Animals”: Pushbacks of People Seeking Protection from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina 

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• The Digital Inclusion Outlook: What It Looks Like and Where It’s Lacking 
• The Internet Isn’t Destroying Journalism; It’s Restructuring the News Business 
• Tech Panics, Generative AI, and the Need for Regulatory Caution 
• Why Merger Guidelines Must Do More to Support Productivity, Innovation, and Global Competitiveness 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)  

• Hundred Days after Anti-Zero COVID Protests in China 
• Towards an Epistemic Understanding of Radicalism, Extremism and Terrorism 

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

• Forecasting Demand for Air National Guard Enlisted Initial and Technical Schooling 
• Schedule and Cost Estimating Analysis for LEO Satellite Constellations (Conference Paper) 

 Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

• The Peace and Security Implications of Cybercrime 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• The Future of the ADMM-Plus in the Indo-Pacific 
• Korea Looks to Europe: Its Growing Military-Strategic Cooperation with NATO 

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

• Access to Social Media Data for Public Interest Research: Lessons Learnt & Recommendations for Strengthening Initiatives in the EU and Beyond 

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

• Energy Weapons are Double-edged Swords 

 Institute for the Study of War 

• China-Taiwan Weekly Update
• May 5, 2023 
• Iran Update
• May 1 
• May 2 
• May 3 
• May 4 
• May 5 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• May 1 
• May 2 
• May 3 
• May 4 
• May 5 
• May 6 
• May 7 
• Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update
• May 4, 2023 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Europe’s Evolving Order and the War in Ukraine 

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• War and Energy Security: Lessons for The Future 

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Beyond New START: Two Forecasts For Future Russian–US Arms Control 
• Watching Iran: the ISR Gulf 

 Irregular Warfare Center

• A “Post-Like-Share” Revolution: Strategic Messaging and Social Media as a Tool of Irregular Warfare 

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

• The EU Indo-Pacific Bid: Sailing Through Economic and Security Competition 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, May 5, 2023, v. 23, no. 8 
• Editor’s Note: Taiwan Under Siege
• Taiwan’s Dwindling Diplomatic Allies  
• Can Beijing Seize the “Opportunity of the Century”?
• “Joint Sword” Exercises Around Taiwan Suggest a Shift in PLA Operational Doctrine
• Sword out of Sheath?: Assessing the Strategic Implications of the PLA’s April Exercises around Taiwan
• China's Emerging Approach to Taiwan: Blockade and Disinformation

 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• Nuclear Winter, Nuclear Strategy, Nuclear Risk 

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Deterring a Nuclear-Armed North Korea  

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Countering Chinese Economic Coercion: Enhanced Cooperation between Australia and Europe 

 Middle East Institute

• Turkish Elections and the Future of Northwest Syria:  Scenarios and Policy Implications 

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

• Scale, Scope, Speed & Survivability:  Winning the Kill Chain Competition 

 MITRE Corporation

• The Modern Defense Budgeting System 

 National Defense University Press

• Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  109, (2nd Quarter, April 2023)  
• A More Perfect Union: Black Soldiers and the Promise of America
• Intermediate Force Capabilities: Nonlethal Weapons and Related Military Capabilities
• The New “Cyber” Space Race: Integrating the Private Sector Into U.S. Cyber Strategy
• General George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, First in National Security Strategy
• Cyber Deterrence Is Dead! Long Live “Integrated Deterrence”!
• A Mission Assurance Assessment of Threats to Missions and Force Protection Planning
• Napoleon Revisited
• When Dragons Watch Bears: Information Warfare Trends and Implications for the Joint Force
• Mind the Gap: Space Resiliency Advantages of High-Altitude Capabilities
• Echoes of the Past: The Burma Campaign and Future Operational Design in the Indo-Pacific Region
• A Framework for Mission Analysis in the Space Planning Process

 National Endowment for Democracy

• The Digitalization of Democracy: How Technology is Changing Government Accountability 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• Continuity and Change in Nuclear Modernization: Ensuring an Effective Future Nuclear Deterrent 

 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)

• Reckoning with Reconquista: A Spanish, Alt-right Network Glorifying Historical Crusader Memes to Amplify Incitement Against Muslims and Immigrants 

 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

• The Use of Chemicals as Agents of War 

 Observer Research Foundation

• China and Russia Navigate Shared Threat of Terrorism from Afghanistan 
• Driving the G20’s Climate Agenda: Priorities for India’s Presidency 
• Harnessing the G20’s Potential for Global Counter-Ransomware Efforts 
• The Merits and Demerits of Skyscrapers: Learnings for India 

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

• Community Policing Through Sport: An Outside Approach for Effective Community Engagement - The Dream Courts Project 

 Pew Research Center

• Nearly a Year After Roe’s Demise, Americans’ Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live 

 RAND Corporation

• The Backbone of U.S. Joint Operations: Army Roles in the Indo-Pacific 
• Coherence to Choices: Informing Decisions on Public-Private Partnerships in the Space Sector 
• Decision Aid Framework Development to Inform the Application of Federal Assistance:  Improving Sharing of Criminal History Record Information for Personnel Vetting 
• Demographic Diversity of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce in the U.S. Department of Defense: Analysis of Compensation and Employment Outcomes 
• Gaining the Edge:  Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition 
• Mass Atrocity Prevention Open Educational Resource (OER) 
• Supporting the U.S. Space Force Single-Component Structure: Impediments for Members Transitioning Between Full-Time and Part-Time Participation 
• Terrorism Net Assessment 
• Trade-Offs of Ukraine's Recovery:  Fighting for the Future 

 Safeguard Defenders

• Trapped - China’s Expanding Use of Exit Bans 

 Small Wars Journal

• Organized Crime in Chile: The Challenge Ahead 
• Raider Without a Cause: Why is America Buying the B-21? 
• This is Not Your Father’s Cold War - It’s Irregular 

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)  

• Geopolitical Turmoil: BRICS Economic Windfall? 
• The M23 Crisis – An Opportunity to Bring Sustainable Peace to the Great Lakes Region? 

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

• April 30, 2023 Quarterly Report to Congress 

 Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)

• Ukraine’s Alarming Demographics 

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

• Enhancing the Conflict Sensitivity of National Adaptation Plans 

 Taylor & Francis

• Policing and Society, 2023
• Police and Procedural Justice: Perceptions of Young People with Mental Illness [open access article] 
• Security Studies, 2023
• Madman or Mad Genius? The International Benefits and Domestic Costs of the Madman Strategy [open access article] 
• Terrorism and Political Violence, 2023, v. 35, no. 4
• Escalate or Negotiate? Constraint and Rebel Strategic Choices towards Rivals in the Syrian Civil War [open access article] 
• The Evaluation of Case-managed Programs Targeting Individuals at Risk of Radicalisation  [open access article] 
• Inequality and Radicalisation: Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies [open access article] 
• Provocation and Attrition Strategies in Transnational Terrorism: The Case of Al-Shabaab [open access article] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• Digital Warfare and Peace: Learning from Ukraine’s Response to the Russian Invasion 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• The 2022 Innovations Dialogue: AI Disruption, Peace and Security 
• Examining Modalities for Nuclear Disarmament in the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Treaty 
• The Prospects for Remote Assessment: A Comparison of Phone vs In-Person Interviews in Nigeria 

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

• The Global Reported Arms Trade: Transparency in Armaments through the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms 

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Saudi Normalization with Israel, Domestic “Transformation,” and U.S. Policy