38 North
- The January 2025 Session of the North Korean Parliament: An Unusual Oath and the Absence of a "Russia-Effect"
- Kim Jong Un Welcomes Donald J. Trump to Second Term
- Mt. Kumgang Tourist Area: A Slow Shedding of South Korean Influence
- Signs Point to Continued Expansion of Nampho Port
- Trump in Pyongyang?
- 2025 Defense Authorization Priority Signals
- $2.5 Trillion: 20 Years of China’s Global Investment and Construction
- China Global Investment Tracker (dataset)
- Dysfunction in Federal Budgeting: Structural Factors and Selected Reforms
- DOGE for Defense: How to Ensure Success in Pentagon Reform
- The Russia-Iran Coalition Deepens
- After the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh’s Economy and Government Need Major Reforms
- Could Ankara and Cairo Develop a More Effective Diplomatic Approach to Sudan’s Civil War?
- From Russia’s Shadow Fleet to China’s Maritime Claims: The Freedom of the Seas Is Under Threat
- Georgia Protests Highlight Urgent Need for Government Reforms
- In the Horn of Africa, Turkey and Egypt Unfold a Strategic Alignment—or Potential Rivalry
- On Prosperity, Taiwan Ranks High—But Its Future Hinges on Chinese Power Plays
- Peru’s Economy Needs to Unlock Its Green Potential
- Will Rapprochement Unlock the Full Potential of the Eastern Mediterranean’s Natural Gas Wealth?
- Adverse Consequences of US Threats to Retake the Panama Canal
- An Effective US-Mexico Security Framework Requires Cooperation
- Exploring the Future
of the Middle East Energy Transition
- Quantifying Investments in Mexico by China-Linked Entities
Brookings Institution
- Crisis Policymaking in the EU: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Refugee Crisis 2015-16 Compared [open access book]
- Partnerships in Policing: How Third Parties Help Police to Reduce Crime and Disorder [open access book]
- Performance and Postsocialism in Postmillennial China [open access book]
- Persistence of Misinformation: Biased Cognitive Processing and Polarization [free online download through Feb. 19, 2025]
- Policy Entrepreneurs, Crises, and Policy Change [open access book]
- Sustaining Development in Small Islands: Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order [open access book]
- A Constabulary Role for the Canadian Coast Guard?
- The Co-Evolution of the Canada-U.S. Oil Industry and Possible Implications of Donald Trump’s Re-Election
- Cyber Defence Cooperation to Deter North Korea
- International Crimes Accountability Matters in Post-Assad Syria
- Managing the Risks of China’s Access to U.S. Data and Control of Software and Connected Technology
- The World According to Generative Artificial Intelligence
- AI Incidents: Key Components for a Mandatory Reporting Regime
- Chinese Critiques of Large Language Models: Finding the Path to General Artificial Intelligence
- Song-Chun Zhu: The Race to General Purpose Artificial Intelligence is not Merely About Technological Competition; Even More So, it is a Struggle to Control the Narrative [translation]
- Belarus Analytical
Digest
- No. 001: Transformation of the Political System of Belarus after 2020
- Caucasus Analytical
Digest
- No. 140: Forced Displacement: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the South Caucasus
- Electronic and Cyber Operations Against Space Systems
- Bringing the Private Sector to Space: Operationalizing Commercial Space for U.S. National Security
- China Dominates Global Manufacturing
- CSIS Commission on U.S. Quantum Leadership
- Deterring Russia: U.S. Military Posture in Europe
- Improving U.S. Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners
- The Tech Revolution and Irregular Warfare: Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Great Power Competition
- The United Arab Emirates’ AI Ambitions: Key Implications for Maintaining U.S. AI Leadership
- Europe and the Global Economic Order
- How German Industry Can Survive the Second China Shock
- Towards an EU 'Defence Union'?
- Why Tech Firms Should Not Stoke Transatlantic Tensions
- Canada at Economic War: Setting the Scene
- Counterspace Capabilities: Renewed Hope for Cooperative Governance?
- Final Submission to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Canada
- Space Citizen: The Gap Between You, Me and the Governance of Space
- Through a Glass, Darkly: Transparency and Military AI Systems
- Belarus on Thin Ice
- Central Asia Emerging from the Shadows: European Union – Central Asia Relations In Evolving Eurasian Geopolitics
- From Dissent to Action: Understanding Lebanon’s Political Mobilization in a Sectarian Context
- The GCC between Competition and Coordination Amid Regional Instability
- CTC Sentinel, January 2025, v. 18, no. 1
- Journey to Damascus:
An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24
- The August 2024
Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Plot
- Answers from the
Sahel: Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24, on His Interview with Deputy
JNIM Leader Mohamed (Amadou) Koufa
- Terror Threat
Snapshot
- Anti-Americanism Will Remain the Foundation of the PRC’s Foreign Policy
- Empowering Britain’s Maritime-Industrial Base
- EU Foreign Policy in the Next Political Cycle: Beyond Geopolitical Europe
- Europe's Teenage Jihadists: A Growing Security Challenge
Department of Defense (DOD)
- OIG-25-11 Review of United States Coast Guard's Fiscal Year 2024 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds
- OIG-25-12 Review of United States Coast Guard's Fiscal Year 2024 Drug Control Budget Formulation Compliance Report
- OIG-25-13 FEMA's Insufficient Oversight of COVID-19 Emergency Protective Measures Grants Led to Over $8.1 Billion in Questioned Costs and $1.5 Billion in Over-Obligated Funds
- OIG-25-09 FEMA Followed Applicable Laws and Reporting Requirements for Transferring Disaster Relief Funds
- OIG-25-08 Cybersecurity System Review of a Selected High Value Asset at CISA
- Congo Crisis Extends beyond ‘Conflict Minerals’
- From Report to Reality: Moving Beyond Draghi’s Vision
- The Manned-Unmanned Warfare of Tomorrow
- Space & Defense Journal, Fall 2024, v. 15, no. 2
- Nuclear Regimes in
the 21st Century
- A Premature Obituary
for Conventional Deterrence
- Drone-based,
Boost-Phase Intercept of North Korean ICBMs
- Arms Control
Optimism and Great Power Competition
- Strategic Space
Cooperation: U.S. Space Command and the National Guard’s State
Partnership Program
- The German
Zeitenwende: Turning Point or Blind Alley?
- Earth to Orbit:
Three Models for Strengthening Space Deterrence
- Atomic Assurance:
Funding a Modern U.S. Test Readiness Program
- U.S. 5G Technology
Policy: Competition or Boycott?
- AI, American
Politics, and Modern Warfare
- Artificial Intelligence, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: A Compendium on the State of the Art
- Subregional Arms Control and Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans
- Hybrid CoE Research Report 13: Strings Attached: China’s Narrative Influence in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Deep Waters: The Maritime Security Landscape in the Gulf of Guinea
- Funding Weapons Together (or not): How to Pay for European Defence
- The Geopolitics of Multipolarity: How to Counter Europe’s Waning Relevance in Southeast Asia
- Common Challenges in Cybercrime
- EFIPPP Practical Guide for Operational Cooperation between Investigative Authorities and Financial Institutions
- EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2025 (EU-SOCTA)
- Belize's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Bolivia's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Djibouti's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Estonia's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Follow-Up Report to Tajikistan's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures
- Iraq's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Myanmar's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Samoa's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- The Slovak Republic's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- A Deal with Russia at Ukraine’s Expense Will Not Bring Peace
- The Fight Against Disinformation: A Persistent Challenge for Democracy
- Pacific Island Affairs and US Diplomatic Relations
- Post-Assad Syria: Challenges, Opportunities, and the US Role in Shaping its Future
- Reflecting on Turkish-American Relations in a Second Trump Term
- Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces
- Setting the Stage: An Overview of Chinese and Russian Interests and Influence in the Indo-Pacific
- Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2025?
- US-Baltic Defense Partnerships: A Return on Investment
- Mapping the Realm of the Unknown: How to Harness Nuclear Deterrence in a Perilous World
- Megatrends and the Future of Democracy in Africa. How Do the Youth Bulge, Urbanization and Digitalization Shape African Politics?
- South Korea’s Ever-Closer Relations with NATO
- The Digital Asset Ecosystem in El Salvador: Challenges and Risks to Countercheck Financial Crime
- Uganda’s Mining Legal Regime: Addressing Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) Risks and Revenue Loss in the Mineral Supply Chain
- After the Fall: Russian Modes of Influence in Africa Post-Wagner
- Last Chance? Breaking Haiti's Political and Criminal Impasse
- Monitoring Online Illegal Wildlife Trade: With Insights into Ivory and Plants
- AI or Aryan Ideals? A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI
- AI Tools and the Alt-Right: A Double-Edged Sword for P/CVE
- Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement
- Droning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent Extremists
- E-Commerce and Extremism: Dropshipping and the Continued Sale of White Supremacist Merchandise on Amazon
- "Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all domestic terrorists”: Incels on the Bondi Attack
- Levering AI-Driven Tools: Enhancing Moderation and Crisis Management on Smaller Digital Platforms in Africa
- The New Orleans Attack: The Technology Behind IS-Inspired Plots
- Scouting Uneven Terrain: Challenges for Prevention and Counter-Extremism Practitioners in Digital Gaming Spaces
- Army Corps of Engineers: Expedited Permitting Process Would Benefit from More Transparency GAO-25-107637
- Maritime Cargo Security: Additional Efforts Needed to Assess the Effectiveness of DHS's Approach GAO-25-106953
- Navy Surface Ships: Maintenance Funds and Actions Needed to Address Ongoing Challenges GAO-25-106990
- New Chemicals Program: EPA Needs a Systematic Process to Better Manage and Assess Performance GAO-25-106839
- Public Health Preparedness: HHS and Jurisdictions Have Taken Some Steps to Address Challenging Workforce Gaps GAO-25-107002
- Ukraine: DOD Can Take Additional Steps to Improve Its Security Assistance Training GAO-25-107923
- Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems GAO-25-106931
- Dirty Deals, Done Dirt Cheap? Implications of a Trump-Brokered Deal to End the Russia-Ukraine War
- Protecting European AI-Related Innovations: Preventing Their Use in China’s Military Advancements
- Raw Material and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in the Dutch Defence Sector: An Analysis of the Air Defence & Command Frigate
- An Agenda for the U.S.–South Korea Strategic Economic Partnership in 2025 and Beyond
- How the President Can Use the U.S. Military to Confront the Catastrophic Threat at the Border with Mexico
- Japan’s Election Foibles Undermine Its Security Role in the Indo–Pacific
- Responding to Crimes Committed by Aliens
- Strategika, no. 96
- Key Takeaways: President Trump’s Iron Dome for America
- Prioritizing Human Rights in United States Policy Toward China: A Guide for the Trump Administration
- Military Strategy Magazine, Winter 2025, v. 10, no. 1
- Theory to Reality:
Defensive Operations Confirm Clausewitz’s Theory
- Military Strategy
and the Political Dynamics of War
- Beyond the Rifleman:
A Case for Change Regarding the Management of Military Personnel
- The Problem with
Strategy as Problem-Solving
- Virtù and the War on
Hamas: A Machiavellian Reading of the Strategies Around the 2023
Israel-Hamas War
- How can Strategic
Theory Provide Insights into the M23 and the Broader Instability in
Eastern DRC?
- About ITIF’s Aegis Project for Defending U.S. Technology Leadership
- Mend It, Don’t End It: It’s Time to Reset Clean Energy Policy by Focusing on Price/Performance Parity (P3)
- Energy Security in Europe More Than Two Years Into Russian Invasion on Ukraine
- Review of Entitlements for Deployed Members
- Climate Crisis in Tibet
- China, Russia and Undersea Cable Vulnerability: Shoring Up Protection
- Chinese Water Projects in Tibet: A “Continental Challenge”
- Forecasting European Security in 2025: Will Transatlantic Ties Test Europe’s Indo-Pacific Limits?
- Justice for the Rohingya: How Bangladesh and the International Community Can Uphold Human Rights
- Repurposing the United Nations to Address the Climate Crisis on the Tibetan Plateau
- Behind the Curtain: Unveiling Pro-Kremlin Ecosystems in Europe
- Conflict Amplified: Disinformation and Hate in the Israel-Hamas War
- Countering Holocaust Denial and Distortion: A Guide for Teachers
- ISD Written Evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Inquiry, on Social Media, Misinformation and Harmful Algorithms
- Mainstreaming Digital Human Rights: A pan-European Policy Roadmap to Combat Online Antisemitism
- Monitoring Online Hate Speech in British Columbia
- Off-Limits: Sexual Violence on TikTok
- When Hoaxes Make the Headlines: The Spread of ‘National Rape Day’ on TikTok
- Africa File
- January 30, 2025: Rwandan-Backed M23 Captures Goma; SAF Breakthroughs in Khartoum; IS Sahel Linked to Angola Plot Targeting Biden Visit; IS Calls for Jihad in Sudan; Somalia Agrees with Egypt in AUSSOM
- January 31, 2025: M23 March Threatens Expanded Conflict in DR Congo and Regional War in the Great Lakes
- China-Taiwan Weekly
Update
- Iran Update
- January 20
- January 21
- January 22
- January 23
- January 24
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
- February 1
- February 2
- The Russia-Iran Coalition Deepens
- Russian Offensive
Campaign Assessment
- January 20
- January 21
- January 22
- January 23
- January 24
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
- February 1
- February 2
- Israel’s Operational Success and Strategic Shortcomings in the Gaza Strip
- AI Governance and Geopolitical Challenges: What’s Next after Italy’s G7 Presidency?
- The Mattei Plan One Year On
- The New Syria and the Regional Balance of Power
- Sudan’s Calamitous War: Finding a Path toward Peace
- Ukraine and Beyond: Shaping Europe’s Security Future
- Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Sanctions Evasion: What Is To Be Done?
- Space Capabilities to Support Military Operations in the European Theatre
- China Brief, January 31, 2025, v. 25, no. 2
- Beijing Woos
Washington While Advancing New International Order
- Star Hostage: TSMC,
China’s Drive to Conquer Taiwan, and the Race to Win AI Superiority
- Roiling in the Deep:
PRC Pushes New Deep-Sea Order
- Harnessing
Hydropower, Sparking Tensions: PRC Mega-Dam and India's Water Security
Fears
- New Year’s Gala
Celebrates Tech and International Outlook
- Marine Corps History Magazine, Winter 2024/2025, v. 10, no. 2
- The Eagle, Fouled
Anchor, and 13 Stars: A History of the Marine Corps’ Oldest Emblem
- The Legacy of World
War II Cryptologist Alva B. Lasswell
- The Atomic Crucible:
Forging Tactics in the Shadow of the Bomb
- A Call for a New NSC-68 and Goldwater Nichols Reform
- Want Combat Airpower? Then Fix the Air Force Pilot Crisis
- Intelligence After Next: 2025 Presidential Transition Special Edition Series
- Intelligence After Next: Quantum Computing–Quantifying the Current State of the Art to Assess Cybersecurity Threats
- A Study on Real-world Effectiveness of Model Year 2015–2023 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
- Domestic Fentanyl Crisis in Strategic Context, Part I: From Prescription to National Security Epidemic
- Domestic Fentanyl Crisis in Strategic Context, Part II: China and the Fentanyl Supply Chain
- Deterrence is Integrated in Theory, but not in Practice: The Problem and (Partial) Solution
- The Implications of Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine
- International Law Studies, 2025, v. 106, issue 1
- Annual Outlook 2025: Back to the Future?
- Digital Futures: A New Era in India-UAE Partnership
- From Galápagos to Global: Leveraging Debt-for-Nature Swaps for Debt Relief and Environmental Protection
- Forging Synergy: UAE –India Defence Industrial Cooperation
- Redefining Horizons: ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Obligations
RAND Corporation
- AI’s Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness
- China’s Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?
- Chinese Military's Doubtful Combat Readiness: The People’s Liberation Army Remains Focused on Upholding Chinese Communist Party Rule, Not Preparing for War
- Decarbonizing Aviation with Electrochemical Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide-Based Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel
- Expanding the Scope of End-Use Monitoring Policies to Address Operational Use of U.S.-Origin Weapons
- Factors Shaping the Future of China’s Military
- Local Geography of Housing Cost Burden: Advantages and Disadvantages among Veterans
- Maritime Skills on the Clyde: Demand, Supply and Options for Supporting Skills Growth
- Mitigating Risks at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Chemical and Biological Weapons
- An Operational Reserve for New Domains: Designing a Selected Reserve Augmentee System for the 21st Century
- Pathways to a Durable Israeli-Palestinian Peace
- A Proactive, Network-Based Approach to Defense Supply Chain Capacity
- Reassessing the Basic Allowance for Housing for Army Personnel in a Rapidly Changing Housing Market
- Strengthening School Violence Prevention
- Underperforming Software and Information Technology in the Department of Defense
- Competitive Electronic Warfare in Modern Land Operations
- The Humble Brag: China’s Recent Wargame and Its Implications
- Journal for Deradicalization, Winter 2024/2025, no. 41
- A Systematic Review
of Risk and Protective Factors among Female Violent Extremists
- A Case Series of a
Client-Led, Non-Confrontational, Conversational Method to Address
Radicalization
- Principles for
Community Development Programming to Address Violent and Hateful
Extremism
- Social Work Methods
and Prevention of Radicalization
- Polarization
Surpassed: Perspectives of Portuguese Gatekeepers on Immigration and
Cultural Relativism Across the Political Spectrum
- January 30, 2025 Quarterly Report to Congress
- SIGAR 25-12-FA State’s Justice Sector Support Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Tetra Tech Inc
- Artificial Intelligence, Non-proliferation and Disarmament: A Compendium on the State of the Art
- Subregional Arms Control and Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans
- Assessing the Effectiveness of U.S. Army Campaigning in the Indo-Pacific
- Rethinking Denial: The People’s Liberation Army’s Laser Systems and the Future Challenges for Hellscape
- African Security, 2025
- Countering Terrorism in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin: Reassessing the Role of Vigilantism as a Counterterrorism Initiative [open access article]
- Maps, Flags, and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Reframing China’s Influence in Africa [open access article]
- Trailblazers in a Warming World? The Agency of African Actors in Climate, Peace, and Security [open access article]
- Ethnic and Racial
Studies.
2025
- Immigration Bureaucracies and State-Created Categories Across the Globe [open access article]
- Who Counts as a Stateless Person? Nation-Statist Logics and the Liabilities of Potential Citizenship Elsewhere [open access article]
- Who is a Minor? Age Assessments of Refugees in Germany and the Classificatory Multiplicity of the State [open access article]
- Geopolitics, 2025
- Arms Race or Innovation Race? Geopolitical AI Development [open access article]
- Beyond National Boundaries: Unpacking Türkiye’s Role in the Sahel and Beyond Through Geopolitical Imagination [open access article]
- Global Security:
Health, Science and Policy, 2025
- Reconstructing the Medical Intelligence Framework: An Integration of the Health-Risk Approach into the Process of Intelligence Analysis [open access article]
- Journal of Military
Ethics,
2025
- Clothing the Naked Soldier: Virtuous Conduct on the Augmented Reality Battlefield [open access article]
- A Framework to Integrate Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects (ELSA) in the Development and Deployment of Human Performance Enhancement (HPE) Technologies and Applications in Military Contexts [open access article]
- Just War Theory for Morale and Moral Injury: Beyond Individual Resilience [open access article]
- There Is No Ethical Automation: Stanislav Petrov’s Ordeal by Protocol [open access article]
- Journal of Strategic
Studies,
2025
- The End of MAD? Technological Innovation and the Future of Nuclear Retaliatory Capabilities [open access article]
- Policing and Society, 2025
- Restoring Trust in Mexico’s Police: Do Officer Gender and Work Experience Matter? [open access article]
- Climate Change, International Migration and Self-Determination: Lessons from Tuvalu
- When Is Enough, Enough? The Security Dilemma in Europe
- 2024 Outer Space Security Conference Report
- No Man’s Land? Focusing on Men to Reduce Global Armed Violence
- Nuclear Risks: Perceptions and Pathways
- UNIDIR Roundup and Outlook 2025
- Universalization and Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in Africa Lessons learned from the 2024 Monrovia Workshop
- Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securitization Dynamics under Climatic Thaw and Geopolitical Freeze [open access book]
- Netanyahu Visits Washington: Implications for Regional Diplomacy and Security
- Policy Steps to Prevent a Nuclear Iran
- Convocation 4.0 Report
- Kennan Cable 97: How to Engage Local Patronage Networks in Central Asia
- Rays of Optimism: Bright Spots in Foreign Policy
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