Monday, March 25, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 03-15-2024 & 03-22-2024

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, March-April 2024, v. 7, no. 2 
    • Addressing the Diversity of Water Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: Need for Broad Cooperative Approaches
    • Democratic Deficiencies and the Price of Security: Diplomacy, Environmental Justice, and Genuine Security for Guam and the Mariana Islands
    • Competition and Collaboration in the Environmental Security Domain
    • Women Parliamentarians' Impact in Indo-Pacific Gender-Responsive and Climate-Compatible Security Policy Making
    • Future of Maritime Security: Navigating Complex Waters in the Indo-Pacific
    • Blue Economy in the Info-Pacific: The Need to Create a Cooperative Framework
    • Securing the Seas: Fishery Security is Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility
    • The Rise of Great Mineral Powers
    • Intersecting Tides: Climate Change and Maritime Trade in Info-Pacific 2040
    • Climate Change and Food Security in the Info-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities
    • China's Weaponization of Water in Tibet: A Lesson for the Lower Riparian States
    • Safeguarding the Indo-Pacific: Navigating the Nonkinetic Battlefield of Environmental Security
    • Transforming Defense and Community Climate Action and Resilience

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 American Security Project (ASP)

 Amnesty International

 Andrew Marshall Foundation 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), February 2024, v. 31, no. 2 
    • A Summary of the U.S. Marine Recruit Assessment Program (RAP) Procedures and Survey from 2003 to 2021
    • Incidence and Health Care Burden of Uterine Fibroids among Female Service Members in the Active Component of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2011–2022
    • Demographics of the Space Force Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, November 2023
    • TRADOC Policy Does Not List Sickle Cell Trait as a Risk Factor for Cold Injury
    • Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 1, Ending January 6, 2024

 Army Center of Military History

  • Army History Magazine, Winter 2024, no. 130 
    • History, Heritage, and the Army Profession
    • “Our Flag Will Wave Over All of Okinawa”: Simon Bolivar Buckner's Pacific War
    • “Sufficient Glory”: Emmor B. Cope and the Creation of the Gettysburg National Military Park

 Army University Press

 Asan Institute for Policy Studies

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN)

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

 Atlantic Council

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 Brookings Institution

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

 Center for Global Security Research

 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 for the Study of Intelligence (CIS)

  • Studies in Intelligence, March 2024, v. 68, no. 1 
    • Future of Intelligence: “The Incalculable Element”: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
    • Revisiting a Question Asked in 2009: What Are We Talking About Now, When We Talk About Counterintelligence?
    • An Early Influence Operation: The Albert Briefcase Affair-A 100-Year Cover-up of a British Propaganda Coup

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Independent Studies

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chatham House

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, March 2024, v. 17, no. 3 
    • On the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Mitchell D. Silber, Executive Director, Community Security Initiative
    • Media Matters: How Operation Shujaa Degraded the Islamic State’s Congolese Propaganda Output

 Conference of Defense Associations

 Counter Extremism Program (CEP)

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)

 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

 Defense Priorities

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG-2023-119 Audit of Enhanced EndUse Monitoring of Sensitive Equipment Given to the Government of Iraq 
  • DODIG-2024-061 Audit of Military Services’ Processing of Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccination Exemptions and Discharges for Active Duty Service Members 
  • DODIG-2024-062 Audit of the Management of Organs Retained for Forensic Examination by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner 
  • DODIG-2024-063 Audit of Munitions Storage at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar 
  • DODIG-2024-064 Audit of Munitions Storage at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)                                                                                                                            

 Department of State & European Union

Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations

 Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

 EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

 European Council on Foreign Relations                 

 European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research (EconPol)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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

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

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA) 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Advanced Air Mobility: Legal Authorities and Issues to Consider for Operations GAO-24-106451 
  • Anti-Money Laundering: Better Information Needed on Effectiveness of Federal Efforts GAO-24-106301 
  • Army Modernization: Production Challenges for Stryker Upgrade Reinforce Need to Follow Acquisition Leading Practices in Future Efforts GAO-24-106590 
  • Border Security: Border Patrol's Missing Migrant Program GAO-24-107051 
  • Central America: USAID Should Strengthen Staffing and Fraud Risk Management for Initiative Addressing Migration to the U.S. GAO-24-106232 
  • Civilian Harm: DOD Should Take Actions to Enhance Its Plan for Mitigation and Response Efforts GAO-24-106257 
  • Commercial Aviation: Key Lessons from COVID-19 Preparedness and Emergency Financial Assistance to the Industry GAO-24-106754 
  • Defense Contracts: Better Monitoring Could Improve DOD's Management of Award Lead Times GAO-24-106528 
  • FEMA: Opportunities Exist to Address Mission Challenges and Increased Workload GAO-24-107351 
  • Freedom of Information Act: Additional Guidance and Reliable Data Can Help Address Agency Backlogs GAO-24-106535 
  • Intellectual Property: Stronger Fraud Risk Management Could Improve the Integrity of the Trademark System GAO-24-106533 
  • Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: DHS Has Strengthened the Securing the Cities Program, but Actions Are Needed to Address Key Remaining Challenges GAO-24-106922 
  • Port Infrastructure: U.S. Ports Have Adopted Some Automation Technologies and Report Varied Effects GAO-24-106498 
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Combating Deepfakes GAO-24-107292 
  • Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life: Agencies Can Improve Warm Handovers for Additional Assistance GAO-24-106248 
  • Spectrum IT Modernization: Incorporating Leading Practices Could Improve Planning Effort GAO-24-106634 
  • Ukraine: DOD Should Improve Data for Both Defense Article Delivery and End-Use Monitoring GAO-24-106289 
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction: DHS Has Made Progress in Some Areas, but Additional Improvements Are Needed GAO-24-107426 
  • Wildfire Disasters: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Efforts GAO-24-107382 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Heritage Foundation

 Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

  • China Leadership Monitor, Spring 2024, no. 79 
    • Getting to World Class: Can China’s Military Persevere?
    • China’s Attempts to Reduce Its Strategic Vulnerabilities to Financial Sanctions
    • What Taiwan’s 2024 Election Means for China, the US, and the Future of Taiwan
    • Piercing the Veil of Secrecy: The Surveillance Role of China’s MSS and MPS
    • Xi Jinping’s Self-Defeating Governance: Policy Implications and Power Politics with the Rise of Military-Industrial Leaders

 Hoover Institution

  • Strategika, no. 91 Drones 
    • Drone Warfare in Ukraine: Historical Context and Implications for the Future
    • The Advantages And Limitations Of Drones In The Ukraine War
    • A Legal Framework for the Use of Drones in War

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

 Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of Warfare

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

 International Crisis Group

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 International Peace Institute (IPI)

 Italian Institute for International Political Studies

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, March 15, 2024, v. 24, no. 6 
    • New Quality Combat Forces: More Than Meets The Eye
    • National Defense Mobilization: Toward A Clear Division of Labor between the PLA and Civilian Bureaucracies
    • ‘From Chancay to Shanghai’: Peru’s Strategic Role in PRC Maritime Strategy
    • PRC Pursues EDA Software Dominance
    • The National People’s Congress Exposes Xi Jinping’s Problems
  • Terrorism Monitor, March 22, 2024, v. 22, no. 5 
    • Brief: East Africa More Likely Than West Africa to Emerge as Jihadist Foreign Fighter Hotspot
    • Brief: Nigerian Bandits and Former Shekau Faction Likely Behind Recent Abductions
    • Terror Financing Tricks in Bangladesh: Self-Donations, Expatriate Remittances, and Robbery
    • Jabhat Ansar al-Mahdi Khorasan Emerges as Prominent Faction of Hafiz Gul Bahadur in Pakistan
    • Indian and Manipuri Governments Reach Fraught Peace Agreement with UNLF’s Pambei Group

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Press

 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

 Marine Corps University Press

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI) 

 MITRE

 National Academies Press 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

  • Conversations on National Security: Michael Rühle 
  • Journal of Policy & Strategy, 2024, v. 4, no. 1  
    • The Challenges in Estimating the Number of Russian Nuclear Weapons
    • From Pacifism to Nuclear Deterrence: Norman Angell and the Founding of NATO
    • Morality, Ethics, and National Power
    • Two Theaters but One War: Why We Should Support Ukraine and Israel
    • Hon. Franklin C. Miller, Principal, the Scowcroft Group, and a Commissioner on the congressionally
    • mandated 2023 Strategic Posture Commission [interview]
    • Dr. Nadia Schadlow, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy [interview]
    • The Size and Characteristics of the Russian Nuclear Stockpile, September 2023
    • The Rejection of Intentional Population Targeting for ‘Tripolar’ Deterrence, November 2023
  • The Leaked Russian Nuclear Documents and Russian First Use of Nuclear Weapons 

 NATO Defense College

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

 Naval War College

 New America

 Observer Research Foundation

 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Our World in Data

 Oxford University Press

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Pew Research Center

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

 RAND Corporation

 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

 

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

  • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), March 2024, v. 16, no. 2 
    • Establishment and Evolution of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
    • Twenty Years of ICPVTR at RSIS: A Continually Evolving - and Still Relevant - Research Agenda
    • From Gates to Grids: Future of Terrorism Research
    • Evolving Global Geopolitics and Terrorism in South and Southeast Asia: Past, Present, and Future

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 Soufan Center

 South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

  • SIGAR 24-14-FA USAID’s Agriculture Marketing Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Roots of Peace 
  • SIGAR 24-15-FA USAID’s Grain Research and Innovation Program in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by Michigan State University 
  • SIGAR 24-16-FA Department of State’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Miracle Systems LLC 

 Springer

 Stanford Internet Observatory

  • Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2024, v. 2, no. 2 
    • Securing Federated Platforms: Collective Risks and Responses
    • Content Modeling in Multi-Platform Multilingual Social Media Data
    • Fingerprints of Conspiracy Theories: Identifying Signature Information Sources of a Misleading Narrative and Their Roles in Shaping Message Content and Dissemination
    • Effects of Browsing Conditions and Visual Alert Design on Human Susceptibility to Deepfakes
    • Burden of Proof: Lessons Learned for Regulators from the Oversight Board’s Implementation Work
    • Assuming Good Faith Online
    • Should Politicians Be Exempt from Fact-Checking?
    • Bridging Theory & Practice: Examining the State of Scholarship Using the History of Trust and Safety Archive

 Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies (SCEES)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Takshashila Institution

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 UK Ministry of Defence

 UK Parliament

 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

 United States Studies Centre (USSC) 

 US Bomb Data Center

 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

 V-Dem Institute

 Violence Prevention Project Research Center (VPPRC)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

 Wilson Center

 World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS)   

  • Cadmus Journal March 2024, v. 5,  no. 3, part 1 
    • How the Human Spirit, Pope Francis, UN Networks, and Enlightened Partners Can Secure Human Flourishing, Environmental Stewardship, and Upgrade World Politics Quickly
    • Successful Development of Global Education within Ian Donald School of Ultrasound
    • Problems, Problem Solving, and Education: An Inquiry into “Convention” as a Problem and What We Might Do About It
    • Reflections on Education and Employment: Relevance to Sustainability
    • Global System Change: A Whole System, Nature-Based Framework for Sustainability, System Change and Responsible Investing
    • Five Times Five: Reinventing Education for the 21st Century
    • ICT & Generative Artificial Intelligence Powered Hybrid Model for Future Education
    • Empowering the Future of Health: Leadership and Human Security in Global Healthcare
    • Human Security Starts at Home: The Case for SDG Localisation
    • Technology for Good Spotlights Human Security at the Consumer Electronics Show
    • Origins and Pathways for the Future of the World Academy of Art & Science Strategic Perspectives and Opportunities

 World Bank