38 North
· New Alliance Dynamics in and Around Korea
· Goals, Delays and Mystery: International Football Coverage on Korean Central Television
· North Korea Leaving Maneuvering Room with the US While Preparing for Long-Term Confrontation
· North Korea’s Lethal Aid to Russia: Current State and Outlook
· Four Years After the 2021 Coup in Myanmar, Violence against Civilians is Still Increasing
· South Sudan’s Peace Process Stagnates as Violence Grips Greater Upper Nile Region
· Bot Automation Using Large Language Models (LLMs) and Plugins
· Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Test Harness for the Department of Defense (DoD)
· Systemic Factors Influencing Risk Aversion: Diagnosing Behaviors and Tailoring Interventions for Lasting Transformation
· African Migration Trends in 2025
· Reflections on 60 Years of Strengthening Military Professionalism in Kenya
· The Domestic Political Economy of China’s Foreign Aid
· Power Playbook: Beijing’s Bid to Secure Overseas Transition Minerals
· Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower and Spacepower, Winter 2024, v. 3, no. 4
o
Moving Beyond an
ASAT Testing Ban
o
Baikonur: Space
for Potential Cooperation amid Adversary Influence
o
Mitigating Cyber
Vulnerability: A Proposal for an Independent Cyber Force Within the DAF
o
The Concepts of
Mass and Surprise in Future Air Wars
o
Defending and
Dominating the Air Littoral
· Journal of the Americas, 2025, v. 7, no. 1
o
Space, the New
Geopolitical Arena: Satellites, Conflicts, and Space Situational Awareness
o
Airmen in the
Amazon: Partnership without Limits
o
China, the
Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strategic Response
o
Multinational
Joint Capabilities in the Americas: How the US Marine Corps Force Design 2030
Can Pave the Way for Collective Defense
o
Center of
Gravity—from Archimedes to Clausewitz
o
Twenty Years since
the Integration of the Uruguayan Air Force into the United Nations’s (UN) Air
Operations Service: Path to Africa
· U.S. Firms and China’s Data Regime
· Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), January 2025, v. 32, no. 1
o
The Association of
Deployment-Related Probable Traumatic Brain Injury with Subsequent Medical
Readiness Status
o
Use of Positive
Predictive Value to Evaluate the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
Brain Cancer Incidence Rules, Active Component Department of the Air Force
Pediatric
o
Dependent
Population, January 1, 2010–December 31, 2020
o
Ovarian
Dysfunction and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the U.S. Military Active
Component, 2014–2023
o
Reportable Medical
Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 48, ending November
30, 2024
· Strength in Knowledge: The Warrant Officer Journal, October - December 2024 v. 2 no. 4
o
Beer and Skittles:
Forrest Harding’s Warrant Officer
o
Make Aviation Fun
Again
o
US Department of
State Duty to Plan and Execute Evacuations
o
China’s War in the
South China Sea
o
Out of Time: The
Gap in Homeland Air Defense
o
The Role of US
Army Warrant Officers in Re-Establishing Trust in Army Processes
o
[Argument For]
Constructive or Equivalent Credit for Warrant Officer Professional Military
Education
o
Warrant Officers
and the Harding Project
· Analysis of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Results and Outlook for U.S. Foreign Policy
· Countering Malign Foreign Influence Operations: The Need for a Korean Version of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA)
· North Korea’s Military Behavior in 2024 and Choices for 2025
· Outlook for China’s Global South Strategy and Its Implications for South Korea
·
Prospects for the U.S. National Security Policies in Trump’s Second Term and the Realignment of the ROK-U.S. Alliance /
· China Coast Guard Patrols in 2024: An Exercise in Futility?
· The Rise of CCP Young Elites and Xi Jinping’s “Tsinghua New Army”
· Deterring Chinese Aggression Takes Real-Time Intelligence
· Freedom and Prosperity Around the World
· Global Foresight 2025: The Authoritative Forecast for the Decade Ahead
· Survey
· ‘Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions on Venezuela Help US Adversaries, Hurt Venezuelans
· To Secure Taiwan, the United States Must First Secure Ukraine
· Water Insecurity in Central Asia: The Imperative for Regional and International Cooperation
· Welcome to 2035:What the World Could Look Like in Ten Years, According to More Than 350 Experts
· The Future of U.S. Indo-Pacific Policy
· Pacific Cocaine Corridor: a Brazilian Cartel’s Pipeline to Australia
· With US Funding Freeze, China Nonprofits are Facing Extinction. They Need Emergency Assistance
· Bridging Continents: The Future Trajectory of India-EU Relations
· The Historical Roots of President Trump’s Gaza Relocation Plan
· Deficit Tracker [updated January 2025]
· From Meme to Machine: How the US DOGE Service Can Help Reimagine US Government for the Age of AI
· A Secure Future: The Price of Peace in Ukraine and Europe
· 2024 Military Family Lifestyle Survey
· A Federal Agenda to Promote Safety and Justice
· China’s Retaliatory Tariffs Will Hurt Trump-Voting Counties Most
· Future of Canadian Defense Involvement in the Indo-Pacific
· Preserving Canada’s Connected Battlespace Ambitions
· Assessing National Information Ecosystems
· Rocks vs. Chips: How the U.S.-China Competition is Playing out for High-Tech Advantage
· Technology Federalism: U.S. States at the Vanguard of AI Governance
· Does Democracy Enhance Economic Growth?
· The Health and Employment Effects of Employer Vaccination Mandates
· MiRCH Update: Military Responses to Climate Disasters Across the United States
· The Nuclear Future of the Middle East
· Impacts of Open Radio Access Networks for Operators, Policymakers, and Consumers
· Wartime Russian Civil-Military Relations: Dimensions, Tensions, and Disruptions
· Chinese Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export [testimony]
· Shaping the U.S. Space Launch Market: Extending America's Advantage
·
Moldovan
Analytical Digest
o No. 001: Presidential Election and EU Referendum
·
Russian
Analytical Digest
o No. 323: Siloviki
· The Lost Art of the Bargaining Chip? The Case for Gaining Negotiating Leverage for Nuclear Arms Control With Russia and China
· A Competitive ICT Sector Is Key to Mexico’s Nearshoring Attractiveness
· Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy
· DeepSeek: A Problem or an Opportunity for Europe?
· Fueling the Future: Recommendations for Strengthening U.S. Uranium Security
· Insights into the Mexican E-Commerce Competition Landscape
· Oh China
· Significant Cyber Incidents [updated January 2025]
· The Transatlantic Alliance in the Age of Trump: The Coming Collisions
· Ukraine’s Future Rests on Its People
· Where Is the Missing $100 Billion in U.S. Aid for Ukraine?
· It's Time to Upgrade the EU-India Relationship
· Trump is Back, Worse Than Last Time. Is Europe Ready?
· Applying International Human Rights Principles for AI Governance
· Digital Data and Advanced AI for Richer Global Intelligence
· Responsible AI and Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict
· Simple Steps Space Companies Can Take to Increase Transparency and Trust
· Measuring Progress in a CVE Program: A 3-Year Longitudinal Case Study
· How Migrant Smuggling Has Fuelled Conflict in Libya
· Despite Trump Withdrawal, Americans Back Paris Climate Agreement
· A New Transatlantic Bargain: The Case for Building a Strong European Pillar
· Republican Foreign Policy Experts Signal Strong Support for Taiwan
· Three in Four Russians Expect Military Victory over Ukraine
· 2025 PLA Pilot Recruitment Cycle
· Bleak with Some Silver Linings: Scenarios for EU-Iran Relations
· NATO and the Need to Strengthen Resilience - The Dutch Case
·
China Threat
Snapshot
· Securing Space: A Plan for U.S. Action
· Tariffs on Trading Partners: Can the President Actually Do That?
· Ukraine, NATO, and War Termination
· Baltic States’ Synchronization with the Continental Grid
· Europe's Migration Block Crumbles in Niger
· Russian Military Thinking about the Baltic Sea and the Arctic
· Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Report of Threats to Cleared Industry
· DODIG-2025-063 Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation 66th Force Support Squadron, 66th Air Base Group Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
· DODIG-2025-066 Joint Audit of Security Controls over Coast Guard Systems Operating on the Department of Defense Information Network
· DODIG-2025-067 Management Advisory: Naval Special Warfare Command Should Relocate, Reschedule, or Cancel Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Candidate Water Training When Water Bacteria Levels Exceed State Safety Standards
· DODIG-2025-068 Evaluation of DoD Efforts to Protect U.S. Personnel and Operations Supporting the Ukraine Conflict
· Unleashing the Golden Era of American Energy Dominance
· Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice: CP3 Prevention Resource
· OIG-25-16 DHS Followed Applicable Regulations for Awarding Grants and Contracts Awarded by Any Means Other Than Full and Open Competition During Fiscal Year 2024
· OIG-25-15 Joint Audit of Security Controls Over Coast Guard Systems Operating on the Department of Defense Information Network - (REDACTED)
· OIG-25-14 Results of May 2024 Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities in the Tucson Area (REDACTED)
· OIG-25-10 DHS Has Taken Steps to Develop and Govern Artificial Intelligence, But More Action is Needed to Ensure Appropriate Use
· Caspian Sea Regional Analysis Brief
· China’s Crude Oil Imports Decreased from a Record as Refinery Activity Slowed
· India Country Analysis Brief
· U.S. Movements of Crude Oil by Rail
· Countering State-Sponsored Proxies: Designing a Robust Policy
· Transatlantic Twilight: European Public Opinion and the Long Shadow of Trump
· Assessing the Implications of Integrating AI in Nuclear Decision-Making Systems
European Policy Centre (EPC)
· The Resistible Decline of the EU: Towards Unconventional Forms of Cooperation
· Resolving the Energy-Food-Nature Trilemma in Land Use: The Role of Digitalisation and EU Policies
· Thinking Outside the Multiannual Financial Framework: Financing Europe’s Security Priorities
· Between Ambition and Pragmatism: The Future of Cyber Capacity-Building in a Fragmented World
· Power Struggle in Belgrade and Pristina: What Does Domestic Turmoil Mean for EU Integration?
· Shifting Alliances in West Africa: Measuring Russian Engagement to Support Counter-FIMI Strategies
· Belize's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
· Germany’s “Perfect Storm”: A Structural Crisis for the EU’s Engine?
· Measuring Geoeconomic Power: An Index for 41 Major Economies
· Central Asian Migrants Face Harsh Treatment at Moscow’s Sakharovo Detention Center
· Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era
· Three Decades of Baltic Military Cooperation and the Way Ahead
· The Caspian Sea as an Emerging Energy Hub: Potentials and Limitations
· United Nations Mission in Congo or the Exemplary Uselessness of the United Nations Peacekeepers
· The European Union and Trump 2.0: Principled Pragmatism and Strategic Patience
· The European Union and Trump 2.0: Transatlantic Rupture and Strategic Autonomy
· Smart Power: Foreign Policy Signalling of Taiwan under the Tsai Administration
· Cyber Activity Balance 2024: The European Union in Focus
· A Foreign Policy Memo for the New U.S. Administration
· Opportunities and Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: A Next-Generation Perspective
· A Reconstruction Law for Ukraine: From Band-Aids to Lasting Solutions
· Russia’s Recent Emigrants: Mobility and Engagement
· The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations
· Mercenaries and Illicit Markets: Russia’s Africa Corps and the Business of Conflict
· 3D2A: The Second Amendment, 3D Printed Guns and Memed Accelerationism
· Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks
· Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Third-Party Organizations That Help Certify U.S.-Flagged Vessels GAO-25-107139
· Coast Guard: Additional Efforts Needed to Address Cybersecurity Risks to the Maritime Transportation System GAO-25-107244
· Defense Health Care: DOD Should Improve Monitoring of TRICARE Beneficiaries' Access to Prescription Drugs GAO-25-107187
· Disaster Contracting: Opportunities Exist for FEMA to Improve Oversight GAO-25-107136
· Export Controls: Improvements Needed in Licensing and Monitoring of Firearms GAO-25-106849
· Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. GAO-25-107606
· Maritime Administration: Actions Needed to Help Address Workforce Challenges GAO-25-107460
· The Nation's Fiscal Health: Strategy Needed as Debt Levels Accelerate GAO-25-107714
· National Nuclear Security Administration: Fully Incorporating Leading Practices for Agency Reform Would Benefit Enhanced Mission Delivery Initiative GAO-25-106675
· United Nations: Information on Independent Human Rights Experts and Their Work GAO-25-107361
· Veterans Health Care: Opportunities to Improve Access to Care Through the Veterans Community Care Program GAO-25-108101
· Veterans Health Care: Referral Coordination Initiative for Specialty Care Needs Improved Program Direction and Guidance GAO-25-106678
· Lessons for Taiwan from the Russo-Ukrainian War
· Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine Applicable to Taiwan: Airpower
· Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine Applicable to Taiwan: The Land Domain
· The Maritime War in Ukraine: The Limits of Russian Sea Control?
· Harnessing The Power of the Atom
· Backwards Thinking on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Trafficking
· Beyond the Nuclear Balance: A Strategic Forces Net Assessment
· “Kids You Throw Away”: New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults
· Wings of War: Analysing the Western Parts in Russian Fighter Jets
· Assessing the Effectiveness of China’s Military Exercises in Restraining Taiwan’s Leadership
· Taiwan’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry and Its Role in the International Supply Chain
· No, Israel Did Not Use a Nuclear Weapon in Syria: Institute Fact Check
· Recommending Hate: How TikTok’s Search Engine Algorithms Reproduce Societal Bias
· Toxic Tips: Misogynistic Narratives on TikTok in Hungary
·
Africa File
o February 13, 2025: SAF Announces Government Plan and Russian Naval Base; DRC Concedes to Direct Talks with M23; Turkey’s Growing Defense Partnerships in Africa
·
China-Taiwan
Weekly Update
·
Iran Update
· Lessons of the Minsk Deal: Breaking the Cycle of Russia's War in Ukraine
·
Russian
Offensive Campaign Assessment
· Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment
· The European Screening Mechanism and Its Implications for Chinese FDI
· Italy’s Foreign Policy in the ‘Super-election Year’ 2024
· Trump’s Call with Putin Raises Great Concerns, Few Hopes
· The Enemy Within: Russians in Ukrainian Army Ranks and the Fracturing of Post-Soviet Identity
· A Mountain to Climb: Russia’s Influence in the South Caucasus and EU Policy Options
· A New but Ambiguous Momentum in EU Enlargement
· The Role of Russia In the Political Transition of the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood
· Eight Priorities for the African Union in 2025
· Finding a Way Out of Festering Conflict in India’s Manipur
· Ukraine and Beyond: Shaping Europe’s Security Future
· China’s Taiwan-related Legal Initiatives: Actors and Strategic Implications
· China Brief, February 14, 2025, v. 25, no. 3
o
Military Content
Restrictions Could Indicate Trouble Ahead
o
Europe Could Be
Supporting Russia’s War via ‘Seven Sons’ Partnerships
o
Five Key Factors
Behind Irregular Leadership Changes in the People’s Liberation Army
o
Strangers on a
Seabed: Sino-Russian Collaboration on Undersea Cable Sabotage Operations
o
DeepSeek’s
Background Raises Multiple Concerns
· International Arms Transfers to Israel
· Wizard Warfare: Ukrainian Technological Developments Overview
· The Nuclear Future of the Middle East
· China Versus America on Global Trade
· From Trade Wars to Trade Wins: Securing Canada’s Economic Security in the Trump Era
· The BadPilot Campaign: Seashell Blizzard Subgroup Conducts Multiyear Global Access Operation
· Norway: Rising Immigration in a Welfare State
· Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States
· Building Institutional Capacity for Engaged Research: Proceedings of a Workshop
· Deterrence and Arms Control: Ending the Deceptive “Holiday from History”
· Next Steps in Homeland Missile Defense
· Terrible Idea: Buying From Our Adversaries
· Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites
· The Panama Canal Treaty Declassified
· A Standalone OSINT Agency for Stronger National Security
· Securing the "Space Canal" to the Moon and Mars
· Space Systems and the "Iron Dome for America"
· Playing the Long Game - Russia in the Mediterranean
· China Maritime Report No. 45: The PLA Navy's Hospital Ship Fleet: Concerns, Developments, and Future Prospects
· CMSI Translations#14: Manual for Developing Ship Captains
· International Law Studies, 2025, v. 106, issue 1
o Options for Sustainable High Seas Fisheries Management in the Southwest Atlantic
Navy League
· Senseless Secrecy: Controlled Unclassified Information
· Charting a Course for Deeper India-Taiwan Cooperation
· A Comparative Study of the Shipbuilding Industries of South Korea and Japan
· Creating Effective Sustainable Finance Taxonomies
· A Decadal Review of Russia-China Economic Relations
· A Decade of‘ Neighbourhood First’: Perspectives from South Asia
· Facilitating India-Myanmar Trade Through Sittwe Port: Opportunities and Challenges
· The India-U.S. Story: Biden’s Legacy and Trump 2.0
· Tracing the Origins of India’s Special Frontier Force
· Roads and Conflicts in North and West Africa
· Making Vulnerability Analysis Useful for Humanitarian Response: Lessons from Somalia and Ukraine
· Defense Reformation: A Blueprint for the Resurrection of the American Industrial Base
· 5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19
· Americans’ Views of the War in Ukraine Continue to Differ by Party
· Most Americans Say It Would Be ‘Too Risky’ to Give Presidents, Including Trump, More Power
· Public Anticipates Changes With Trump but Is Split Over Whether They Will Be Good or Bad
· What Americans Think about Trump’s Immigration Actions Early in His Second Term
· Debating American Primacy in the Middle East
· Big Ideas and Big Money: Think Tank Funding in America
· Defending Without Provoking: The United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea
· An Analysis of the U.S. Department of Defense's Military Health Readiness Assessments
· Artificial General Intelligence's Five Hard National Security Problems
· Hate and Dehumanization in Russia's Narrative on Ukraine
·
How Might the United States Engage with China on AI Security Without Diffusing Technology?
· Improving the Efficiency of the Military Compensation System: Insights from the Literature
· Specialist or Technical Career Track Officers in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy
· Toward Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Biological Knowledge of Frontier Large Language Models
· Extremism in Gaming Spaces: Policy for Prevention and Moderation
· Implementing Positive Gaming Interventions: A Toolkit for Practitioners
· RUSI European Economic Security Taskforce Meeting 2: Systems and Structures
· Securing Cyberspace Conference 2024: Responsible Cyber Behavior in Practice
· Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo–Ukrainian War
· Wagner’s Business Model in Syria and Africa: Profit and Patronage
·
BRICS Expansion: Redefining Global Structural Power in a Changing World Order
· Memos to the President: National Robotics Strategy
· Are We in a Pentagon Wars 2.0?
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)
· The Farce of the2025 Belarusian Elections: Power, Repression, and the Struggle for Legitimacy
· The Hard Security of EU Enlargement
· A Redynamised EU Enlargement Process, but Hovering Between Accession and the Alternatives
· Addressing Fragility through Integrated Peacebuilding
· Solar Power and Environmental Peacebuilding in South-central Somalia
· China first for the US Marine Corps: Fast-Paced Adaptation and Reform
· Ukraine's Law on Mobilisation: Positive Effects and Remaining Dilemmas
·
Civil Wars, 2025
o Intimacy, Progressive Politics and Maoist Insurgencies in South Asia [open access article]
o When Separatists Secure the Homeland: The Neglected Role of Securitisation in Ethnonationalist Violence in Southeastern Nigeria [open access article]
·
Contemporary
Politics, 2025
o Actors and Structures in International Relations. The US, the EU, and West Africa: From Indifference and Development to Promotion of Security [open access article]
o ‘Civic’ vs.‘Non-Civic’: A Comparison of Individual-Level Support for the UK’s Pro-Brexit and Scotland’s Pro-Independence Nationalism [open access article]
o International Organisations as Policy Bricoleurs: An Analysis of the World Bank's Healthcare Financing Recommendations for Argentina and Croatia [open access article]
o It’s the State, Indeed! How State Capacity Facilitates Social Equality in Authoritarian Regimes [open access article]
·
Conflict,
Security & Development, 2025
o The Conjugal Order and Long-Term Reintegration in Northern Uganda: How Ideas of Sexuality and Patrilineality Shape Reintegration Processes of Men, Women and Children Born in Captivity [open access article]
o Potential Tensions and Synergies between DDR and Transitional Justice in Relation to Pro-Government Militias: The Case of the PMF in Post-IS Iraq [open access article]
o Testing the Boundaries of Conflict Systems: The Case of La Frutera, Philippines and the Possibilities and Limitations of Localised Peace-Positive Action [open access article]
o ‘We are Creating Peace’: Everyday Peace Practices of Displaced Women in Kenya and Germany [open access article]
·
Critical
Studies on Terrorism, 2025
o The Middle East: Terrorism, International Law, and the Cosmopolitan Myth [open access article]
·
Defence and
Peace Economics, 2025
o Forecasting Costs of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Against a Major Nuclear Strike [open access article]
o Relative Power and Costly Signals of Civilian Loyalty: Protest Behavior Against Armed Actors in the Colombian Civil War, 1990–2004 [open access article]
·
Defense &
Security Analysis, 2025
o Nuclear Chess on the Korean Peninsula: Analysing North Korea’s “Second Mission” and Strategic Implications [open access article]
o Reassessing NATO’s Deterrence and Defence Posture in the Baltics: Rebalancing Strategic Priorities to Counter Russian Hybrid Aggression [open access article]
·
Ethnic and
Racial Studies, 2025
o Navigating Racist Encounters in the Workplace: Experiences of Young People in Birmingham,Melbourne and Toronto [open access article]
·
Ethics &
Global Politics, 2025
o The Ethics and Politics of Military Withdrawal [open access article]
·
Geopolitics, 2025
o Geopoliticisation of Belonging: The Russo-Ukrainian War and Spatial Narratives of Finnish Researchers Studying Russian Literature [open access article]
o ‘It Is Not Down on Any Map’: Sovereignty, Territory, and Jurisdiction on an Arctic Ice Island[open access article]
o Self-Care, Experiences of Protection and Continuous Crisis in the Everyday of Refugees in Norway and Switzerland [open access article]
·
Studies in
Conflict & Terrorism, 2025
o Capitalizing on Cleavages: Transnational Jihadist Conflicts, Local Fault Lines and Cumulative Extremism [open access article]
o Redefining Global Jihad and Its Termination: The Subjugation of al-Qaeda by Its Former Franchise in Syria [open access article]
· China’s Rhetoricon Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality
· I2U2: India’s Diplomatic Tool for a Changing World Order
· A Pivotal Partner: Renewing the US Role in Global Peacemaking
· Peacemaking in Crisis: Amid More Wars, Fewer Peace Agreements
· 2025 Marine CorpsAviation Plan
· Building onMomentum in U.S.-Turkey Relations
· Make Your Mark (On“Deepfakes”)
· “No Shortcut to Freedom”: India, the UNFICYP, and the Cyprus Question, 1960-1974
· Workers in Mexico’s Export Agriculture: From Research to Action Agreements and Recommendations
· The Journey Ahead: Supporting Successful Migration in Europe and Central Asia
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