38 North
- Construction Projects Making Headway as Part of Five-Year Plan
- Quick Take: North Korea’s Sinpo-B Class Submarine Drydocked
- With Little Incentive to Engage the US, North Korea Deepens Russia and China Ties
- Building Trust to Buttress Senegal Against the Growing Threat of Violent Extremism
- Reciprocal and Resilient Mineral Supply Chains: Lessons from the Nacala Corridor
- The Widening Scope of Africa’s Militant Islamist Threat
- Anchoring Global Ambitions: Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance
- Framing Foreign Aid: Chinese Propaganda and Domestic Support for Checkbook Diplomacy
- Public Support for Environmental Aid: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in India
- Balancing Power: Establishing the Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization as a Political and Nuclear Alliance
- Learning from the Best: Dispersed Basing Operations of the Finnish and Swedish Air Forces
- AI Ambitions in a Thirsty Region: Water, Data Centers, and South Asia’s Digital Future
- Designing Metrics to Enable Trusted AI Ecosystems in Asia
- Positioning the KMT
in the U.S.–China–Taiwan Triangle:
Cheng Li-wun’s Early Tenure
- Unpacking China’s 2025 Retail Data: Provincial Divergence and Three Structural Challenges
- Fusion on Paper or in Practice? Making the Cloud Work for ISR and NATO
- Institutional Architecture and Prosperity: What Lies Beneath the Aggregate Score
- Making Aid Work in the New Geopolitical Era Will Be an Uphill Battle
- Navigating the European Union’s AI and Health Data Framework
- Redefining Power Systems: Turkish Electric-Sector Engagement in Africa
- The Shadow Fleet is Undermining the Maritime Order More Brazenly Than Ever
- Transatlantic Cooperation on AI and National Security
- A U.S. Strategy for Energy Competition with China in Emerging Markets
- Using the USMCA Review to Strengthen Regional Integration
- Light Speed Weapons? Directed Energy and the Future of the ADF
- Taiwan Matters: How the Status Quo Underpins Indo-Pacific Peace and Prosperity
- Disaster Medicine and
Public Health Preparedness
- The Beirut Pager Explosions of 2024: A Systematic Review of an Unprecedented Mass Casualty Event [open access article]
- Civilian Shelter Guidance in Armed Conflict Zones: A Qualitative Study of International Humanitarian Practitioners [open access article]
- Establishment of Rapid Response Teams for Emergencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Cross-sectional Qualitative Study [open access article] .
- Preparing Local Professional Community Emergency Response Teams for Mass Casualty Incidents: Lessons Learned from Israel Since October 7, 2023 [open access
article]
- Aligning Canada’s Policy Architecture with the Defence Industrial Strategy
- Defence Procurement in Ukraine: Key Lessons for Canada and Allies
- Certain Policy Measures to Accelerate the Construction of the Science and Technology Finance System and Strongly Support a High Level of Self-Reliance in Science and Technology (translation)
- Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (translation)
- Expand Financing Support to Science and Technology Enterprises (translation)
- Full-Spectrum Propaganda in the Social Media Era
- Operationalizing AI
Guidance: A Reference Guide for
Translating High-Level Goals into Practical Implementation
- Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on Export Controls for Dual-Use Items
(translation)
- AI and the Future of Mediation: Exploring the Art of Algorithmic Conflict Resolution
- Delays and Uncertainty in the Export Licensing Process: Findings from a CSIS Survey of U.S. Technology Exporters
- Expanding India’s Role in the International Semiconductor Ecosystem
- How Russia Is Building a Sovereign Drone Ecosystem for AI-Driven Autonomy
- Japan’s Pacific
Moment: Recalibrating Japan’s
Pacific Islands Engagement
- Last Rounds? Status of Key Munitions at the Iran War Ceasefire
- Minerals Diplomacy
Meets Market Reality: The Case of
Pakistan
- New Rhythms in GEO: A Quantitative Analysis of Unusual Behavior in Geosynchronous Orbit by Chinese Satellites, 2016–2025
- Resilience Through
Linkage: Russia, Iran, and
Aspirations for North–South Trade
- Saving Subic: Strategic Infrastructure, Development
Finance, and the Limits of U.S. Economic Statecraft
- Beyond Recognition: Research Insights to Address Future Challenges in Palestine and Israel
- Exploring the Role of Identity in Reconciliation and Radicalisation
- A Farewell to Arms? Challenges and Preconditions for Hezbollah’s Demilitarisation
- One Thousand and One Interviews: Lessons from Qualitative Research in the Middle East
- Psychological Intergroup Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Why They Matter, What Works, What Doesn’t and How to Deploy Safely
- The Psychology of Peaceful and Violent Protest: Research Insights from Iraq and Beyond
- “Strategic Warning Time”: Britain’s Taiwan Challenge
- Mitigating Biological Threats Through Clean Indoor Air
- Respiratory PPE as Day-Zero Defense Against Biothreats
- FAA and DOW Sign Landmark Safety Agreement to Protect Southern Border
- Implementation Instructions for the Termination of Certain Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Termination of
Certain Collective Bargaining Agreements in Accordance With Executive
Order 14251, 'Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs'
- Evaluation of Frustrated Air Cargo Supply and Transportation Discrepancy Reporting at Aerial Ports of Embarkation Intended for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Area of Responsibility
- DOWIG-2026-075
Evaluation of the Military Sealift Command’s Support to the U.S. Navy in
the Western Pacific Ocean
- Artificial
Intelligence Acquisitions: Agencies Should Collect and Apply Lessons
Learned to Improve Future Procurements GAO-26-107859
- Combating Fraud:
Challenges in Managing Fraud Risks in Federally Funded, State-Administered
Programs GAO-26-109093
- Combating Illicit
Substances: DOJ Enforcement of Unauthorized E-Cigarettes GAO-26-107991
- DOD Financial
Management: Navy Needs to Fully Address Strategic Planning and Systems
Migration Leading Practices GAO-26-107119
- Grants Management:
Efforts to Address Challenges Through Government-wide Collaboration
GAO-26-108283
- Guam: Considerations
for Evaluating Alternative Customs Models and Potential Economic Effects
GAO-26-107811
- Navy Contracting: Sea
Systems Command Actively Manages Labor Cost Increases for Professional
Support Services GAO-26-107889
- STEM: Additional Data
Needed on Graduate Researcher and Postdoctoral Scholar Compensation
GAO-26-107757
- Technology Transfer:
Funding Recipients Keep Most Federally Funded Inventions, but Some Cited
Reporting Challenges GAO-26-107971
- Telework and Changing
Travel Patterns: Department of Transportation Should Develop Guidance to
Help Communities Prioritize Investments GAO-26-107532
- VA Health Care:
Efforts to Assess Mental Health Support for Veteran Caregiver Program Need
Strengthening: GAO-26-108070
- Veterans Community
Care Program: Information on Behavioral Health Referrals, Fiscal Years
2021 Through 2024 GAO-26-108799
- How Much 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Does Iran Possess?
- Monthly Analysis of Russian Shahed 136 Deployment Against Ukraine
- Africa File
- April 9, 2026: Now;
Ethiopia Announces New Dams on Nile; Russia Establishing New Foothold in
Madagascar
- April 16, 2026: Turkey Expands Influence in Africa
- Applying US Air Warfare Theory and Doctrine to Evaluate the Campaign Against Iran, Part I
- China & Taiwan
Update
- The Importance of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt: Geospatial Intelligence Terrain Analysis
- Iran Update
- April 6, 2026
- April 7, 2026
- April 8, 2026
- April 9, 2026
- April 10, 2026
- April 11, 2026
- April 12, 2026
- April 13, 2026
- April 14, 2026
- April 15, 2026
- April 16, 2026
- April 17, 2026
- April 18, 2026
- April 19. 2026
- Korean Peninsula
Update
- The Kremlin’s Expanding Media Conglomerate
- Lessons-learned with Chinese Characteristics: Understanding the Limits of PLA Efforts to Adapt to Contemporary Warfare
- Russian Occupation
Update
- Russian Offensive
Campaign Assessment
- April 6, 2026
- April 7, 2026
- April 8, 2026
- April 9, 2026 https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-9-2026/
- April 10, 2026
- April 11, 2026
- April 12, 2026
- April 13, 2026
- April 14, 2026 https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-14-2026/
- April 15, 2026 https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-15-2026/
- April 16, 2026
- April 17, 2026 https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-17-2026/
- April 18, 2026
- April 19. 2026
- Civil Defence in Europe: An Initial Assessment
- Salvific User
Error: A Classical Take on AI and
Nuclear Deterrence
- Strange Days: AI and the Next Industrial Revolution
- Covert Nuclear Testing and the Enormous Increase in Chinese Nuclear Weapons Capability
- Critical Strategic Deterrence Questions for Today
- Expert Commentary of the 2025 National Defense Strategy
- Toward a Free and Unified Korea—Resolving the Korea Challenge at Its Source
- China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA
Amphibious Exercises
- CMSI Translations #29: Can “Armchair Strategizing” Secure Victory from a Thousand Miles
Away?
- Journal of Conflict
& Security Law
- Annexation: A Threat That Never Fades [open access article]
- From Emergency Relief to Development Holds: The Developmental Shift in the ICRC’s Humanitarian Assistance in Protracted Conflict [open access article]
- Gas Prices Are Americans’ Top Concern in Iran War
- Teens’ Experiences on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat
- Community Guidelines for Smart Openness in U.S. Research Collaboration
- Trump’s $1.5 Trillion
Defense Budget Request: Unhinged,
Unaffordable, and Unnecessary
- US—Africa Trade and the National Interest: Why AGOA Is a Sound Long-Term Bet
- AI Implications for
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Policy and
Programs: A Strategic Analytic
Research Agenda
- Building the
Knowledge and Skills the U.S. Air Force Needs for Strategic Competition
with China: Sharpening the Sword
and Burnishing the Shield
- Fiscal Year 2025 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project
- A Formal Model of How Artificial Intelligence Erodes Human Agency
- Landelijke aansturing en coördinatie aanpak mensenhandel: Eindverslag van kennistafels: [National governance and coordination of the response to human trafficking in the Netherlands: Expert roundtables on challenges and the possible role of a national coordinator]
- Simpler Is Better for Autograders: Toward Cost-Effective LLM Evaluations for Open-Ended Tasks
- Instability in the Kenya–Somalia–Ethiopia Borderlands
- Mobilisation and Training for War: Preparing to Break Glass
- African Security
- The Logic of Intervention in West Africa: A Case Study on Gambia’s Political Crisis
[open access article]
- Behavioral Sciences
of Terrorism and Political Aggression
- The 2019 Christchurch Terror Attack: An Assessment of Proximal Warning Behaviors
[open access article]
- To What Extent Did the Terrorist Attack in Stockholm 2017 Instill Fear in the Swedish Population? [open access article]
- Towards a Resentment-Driven Model of Intergroup Conflict: Using the Incel Phenomenon to Conceptualize Resentment as the Driving Factor for Ideologically Motivated Extremism [open access article]
- Critical Studies on
Terrorism
- Building the Fascist Body: Combat Sports, Violence and Masculinity in Far-Right Extremism
[open access article]
- Defence Studies
- Beyond Kinetic Strikes: Opportunities for UAV-Borne Directed Energy in Disrupting Asymmetric Extremist Networks [open access article]
- Neither Soldier, Nor Civilian: Forever in Between? Identification Processes of Dutch Veterans
[open access article]
- Nordic Strategic Culture(s) of Civil Defence? [open access article]
- Ethics & Global
Politics
- Antiracism for the Present: A Rejoinder [open access article]
- Beyond “Platitudes of Support or Denouncement”: Researching Antiracism at a Time of Monsters
[open access article]
- Climate Cosmopolitanism: Broadening and Deepening Citizenship in Response to the Climate Crisis [open access article]
- The Contemporary Left, Racialised Capitalism and Ending Racism [open access article]
- “It’s Okay to Be White”: Anatomy of a White Supremacist Trolling Campaign [open access
article]
- Living with Political Difference: A Mutualist Ethos for Antiracisms [open access
article]
- The Muslim Vote or “Trap of the Surface”? Placing Muslim Political Participation on the Changing landscape of Electoral Politics in the UK [open access article]
- Respectability, Resistance or Refuge? How Muslim Elites in Norway Respond to Domination
[open access article]
- Seeing Like a Muslim
[open access article]
- Geopolitics
- Decolonising Civil War: Warscapes as Relational Conjunctures in Post-Coup Myanmar [open
access article]
- Green Windows or Old Traps? Geopoliticization, Extractivism, and Policy Challenges in the Global South [open access article]
- Intelligence and
National Security
- Navigating Incompatible Imperatives in Intelligence Affairs: Bureaucracy, Flexibility and Pragmatism [open access article]
- Profiles in Intelligence: An Interview with 11th Mossad Director Tamir Pardo [open
access article]
- The Value of Engaged Critique: Civic Intelligence Oversight and the Freedom of Information in the Netherlands [open access article]
- Veiled Intentions: Hamas’s Strategic Deception and Intelligence Success on 7 October 2023
[open access article]
- Journal of Applied
Security Research
- Public Support for the Use of Facial Recognition Technology to Prevent Credit Card Fraud
[open access article]
- Journal of Strategic
Studies
- The Effectiveness of Coercive Intelligence Disclosure: The Case of Israel and the German Scientists in Egypt [open access article]
- Small Wars &
Insurgencies
- Anti-Partisan War in Spain, 1936–1952: The First and Longest Fascist Counterinsurgency in Europe [open access article]
- Ibrahim Traore: Burkina Faso’s Saviour, Dictator or Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist [open
access article]
- Operation Lafiya Dole and the Paradox of Peace by Force: Rethinking Counterinsurgency and Human Security in Northeast Nigeria [open access article]
- Terrorism and
Political Violence
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