Friday's Miscellany 10-02-2026 & 10-09-2026

 38 North

• The Dangers of North Korea’s Nuclear Status Quo 
• Land Clearance Could Signal Drone Base Expansion 
• Quick Take: A Shift in US Messaging Amid North Korea’s Nuclear Signaling 
• Several Naval Construction Projects Underway 
• What Seoul and Kyiv Should Learn from the North Korean POW Dispute 

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• The Raging Information Battle in Nigeria  
• Transforming Africa’s Economic Corridors for a New Era 

 American Oversight

• ICE Records Reveal Military Report Showing Shock Gloves Force Compliance Through Pain, Did Not Evaluate Safety 

 Amnesty International

• Changing Tides: Reform and Resistance on the Death Penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 
• “No One is Spared” War Crimes Committed by the Malian Army and Foreign Allied Forces along the Mauritanian Border 
• “We Start with the Verdict”: Inside Morocco’s Surveillance Machine 

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

• Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), September 2026, v. 33, no. 9 
• Health Outcomes of U.S. Active Component Service Members Working in High Risk Occupations for Blast Overpressure Exposure: A Retrospective Cohort Study
• Public Health Practice: A Standardized Approach to Non-Infectious Disease Cluster Investigations in the U.S. Department of the Air Force
• A New Era of Research in the U.S. Department of War Serum Repository: A Review of Published Studies, 2013–2024
• Relevance and Comparability of Global Laboratory Molecular Detection of Influenza by the U.S. Department of War, 2025–2026

 Army Center of Military History

• Army History Magazine, Summer 2026, no. 140 
• Lost in the Alps: The Missing Scouts of the 551st Parachute Infantry
• The Battle of Monocacy: How Soldiers' Pride, Leadership, and the B&O Railroad Saved Washington, D.C., and Abraham Lincoln in 1864
• Verlin C. Blackwell: Soldier, Painter, and Quiet Chronicler of the Pacific War

 Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

• Cyber Defense Review, 2026, v. 11, no. 3 
• Rethinking Higher Education for Whole-of-Society Cybersecurity: The Georgia Cyber Center Model
• Grand Challenges in Agentic AI for Cyber Operations: A Research Agenda
• Re-Defining Defensive Cyber Operations: How Organizations Must Rewire for the Agentic Age
• Securing the Autonomous Battlefield: Zero Trust Architectures at the Edge
• From Centralized Control to Distributed Risk: Assessing the Fine-Tuning Challenge in Offensive AI Operations
• AI, Decision Authority, and the Future of Cyber Defense in Critical Infrastructure
• From Workforce to Warfighting: Why State Cyber Reserve Forces Fail
• From Bytes to Satellites: Improving U.S. Joint Force All-Source Intelligence to Counter the PLA
• Cyberspace Force Threat
• Making Analytic Confidence Visible: An Operational Rubric for Cyber Analysis
• The Western Technology Market as Russia’s Emerging “Field of Confrontation”: The Evolution of
• Strategic Thinking, 2013–2023
• When Cyber Pressure Outpaces Recovery: A National-Level Framework for Cumulative Cyber
• Operational Attrition
• Cyber Defense 2.0: AI, Readiness, and Resilience

 Army T2COM G2

• OE Watch: Global Operational Environment 30 Sep 2026 
• T2COM G-2 FY27 Program of Analysis 

 Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) 

• Beyond Collectivist China: What Kind of Individual Is Chinese Modernization Producing? 
• What Actually Happened at the Xi-Trump Summit 

 Aspen Digital

• 2026 Consumer Cyber Readiness Report 

 ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

• Built for the Test of Combat: Revisiting the Purpose of the National Training Center 
• Institutional Organization and Military Adaptation 
• Roots of Radicalization: Abdullah Öcalan’s Political Development 
• Profile of the United States Army (2026) 
• Strategic Decoupling: Ending Indian Non-Alignment to Counter Russian and Chinese Expansionism 
• We Call It Soccer: American Soft Power and the 2026 World Cup 

 Atlantic Council

• How Europe and the Gulf Can Unite Behind an Energy-Transition Agenda 
• The New Geoeconomics of Bretton Woods 
• The Strategic Rationale for Closer Investment Ties between Europe and the Gulf 
• Technology and the Global South: A U.S. Strategy for Competitiveness 
• Trade and Connectivity in the Europe-Gulf Strategic Partnership 
• Three Principles to Guide European-Gulf Defense Cooperation 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

• Making the Littoral Force Operational: The Logistics of Australia’s Northern Theatre 

 Brookings

• AI Below the Waterline: Limits and Opportunities as AI Shapes Undersea Warfare 
• Briefer: Where Does U.S. Foreign Assistance Go from Here? 
• Nuclear Credibility in Theory and in Practice: What 81 Years of Nuclear Crises Reveal About Arsenal Size, Posture, and Deterrence  
• The Paradox of Unhappy Growth: Is the US an Outlier? 
• Reduced Immigration and Net Out-Migration Are Slowing Growth in the DMV Region 
• Tracking Regulatory Changes in the Second Trump Administration 
• Tracking Trump’s Tariffs and Other Trade Actions 

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

• Aligning Canadian, Japanese and South Korean Maritime Defence 
• The Case for Canada-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Cybersecurity Cooperation 
• From Climate Science to Climate Governance 

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• AI Breakout Capacity: A Middle-Power Path Between Racing and Dependence 
• Battery Ecosystems: A Comparative Analysis of Lithium-Ion Tech Policy 
• California’s Middle Power Moment 
• Governance Compared: Autocracy and Democracy in Africa 
• Squandering Attraction: How the Second Trump Administration is Undermining American Soft Power  
• What Canada Knows About American Power 

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Behind the Front Line: Integrating AI Agents into Joint Force Support Functions 
• Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget: Three Conditions for Munitions Acceleration 
• The Russia Stability Tracker 

 /Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS)  

• Monitoring the Frontier: Chinese Digital Surveillance Projects in Tibet, the Uyghur Region, Inner Mongolia, and Hong Kong 

 Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• Forging a Transatlantic Biotechnology Partnership to Confront the China Challenge 

 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

• Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Governance Landscape: Turning Regulatory Lessons into Readiness Strategies for Law Enforcement Agencies 

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology  (CSET)

• How Global Talent Pathways Shape U.S. STEM Award Achievement 
• Tracking AI Chips: Assessing Location Verification as an Export Control Enforcement Tool 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• AI Export Dilemma 
• Behind the Headlines: What Motivates and Moves Japanese Elite Opinion on Nuclear Weapons Acquisition 
• China’s Weaponization of Dual-Use Research Vessels for Undersea Data Dominance 
• The Economic Engine of Enduring Space Power 
• Is an Energy Truce Viable in the Ukraine War? 
• Learning Without Bleeding: China’s Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine Drone War 
• Moving the Texas Semiconductor Ecosystem to the Next Level 
• The New Sanctioning Russia Act: Optics for Now, Leverage for Later 
• The Postwar Threat to Gulf Energy Infrastructure 
• Restoring the Economics of Copper Processing 
• Russia’s Turn to China Under Sanctions: Sanctions Decay, Substitution Elasticity, and the Challenge of Sustaining Pressure 
• The Self-Reliance Dividend: The Imperative of Syrian Refugees’ Economic Inclusion 
• Space Intelligence: The Foundation of Space Superiority 
• The State of AI Global Governance and Its Implications for the U.S.-China Summit 
• Terrorism Threat to the 2026 Midterm Elections: What the Data Tells Us 
• Time to Confront Escalating Russia-Iran Intelligence Cooperation 
• Trump’s Greenland Deal: Modest Gains, Lasting Costs 
• U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Needs a Quarterback 
• Understanding the Chinese-Language Media Landscape in Southeast Asia 
• What Does the Greenland Deal Mean for North American Security? 
• What Should the U.S. Government Do in Response to the FBI Hack? 

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

• Turkey’s Authoritarian Ecological Governance: Resource Extraction and Gendered Resilience 

 Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS)

• AUKUS Renewed: Confronting Resilience Failures and Reframing the Narrative 
• Lebanese Hostages’ Families, Moral Injury and the Legacy of the Arsal Kidnappings 

 Chatham House

• ‘China Shock 2.0’ and Europe’s Industrial Future 

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

• American Favorability of Israel Drops to Record Low 
• Americans, Foreign Policy, and the 2026 Midterms 

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

• Chinese Presence and Geopolitical Resilience in the Caribbean Parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 
• Effects of Hybrid Conflict on Escalation Management 
• Israel’s 2026 Elections: The Growing Price Tag of Militarism 
• Syria’s Transition by Mid-2026: In Need of a Course Change 

 Congress. House. Select Committee on China

• Free Trades, Hidden Ties: Exposing Webull’s China Links 

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• How Spending for Flood Adaptations Affects the Federal Budget 
• Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Two Scenarios with Higher Interest Rates 

 Council on Foreign Relations

• The Cyber Gap: How to Counter China’s Threat to America’s Critical Networks 

 Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

• Vehicle Inspection Guide 

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• Building Networked UN Peace Operations 

 Defense AI Observatory (DAIO)

• Between Innovation and Supervision: Defense AI in Belarus 

 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

• Analyzing Will to Fight 
• Press Release 

 Defense Priorities

• The Proliferation of Accuracy and Vulnerability of Military Bases 

 Department of the Army

• AR 15-6: Investigation of the 29 January 2025 Collison of a UH-60 Black Hawk and Civilian Aircraft Near Ronald Reagon National Airport 

 Department of Defense/War (DOD/DOW)

• Accelerating Employment of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Protect American Airspace Sovereignty 
• Department of War Executes White House Strategy for a New Golden Age of Science 
• Military Voting Stand Down 
• Refocusing the Military Service Academies on Warfighter Education 
• Update on Implementation of the 2026 National Defense Strategy as Submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee 

 Department of Defense/War, Inspector General (DODIG/DODIW)

• DOWIG-2027-002 Audit of the Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization of DoW Education Activity Schools and Educational Facilities in Japan 
• DOWIG-2026-125 Independent Auditor’s Report on DoW OIG Assistance with OPM’s Agreed‑Upon Procedures for Reviewing FY 2026 Civilian Payroll Withholding Data and Enrollment Information 
• DOWIG-2026-124 Evaluation of The Effectiveness of Department of War Policies and Procedures for Identifying and Evaluating Traumatic Brain Injury for Naval Special Warfare Personnel 
• DOWIG-2026-123 Lack of Clarity in the Defense Transportation Regulation Creates Risk of Contractor Performance of Inherently Governmental Functions 
• DOWIG-2026-122 Follow-up Audit of U.S. Special Operations Command Management of Special Operations-Peculiar Equipment 

 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General 

• OIG-26-40 TSA's IT Access Control Deficiencies Increased Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Systems and Information - (REDACTED) 
• OIG-26-39 DHS Complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act and Took Steps to Prevent and Reduce Improper Payments in FY 2025 
• OIG-26-38 In FY 2021 - FY 2024, ICE Took Limited Action on Nonimmigrant Overstays, Including Those Deemed High Risk to National Security 
• OIG-26-37 ICE Did Not Adequately Plan, Procure, and Monitor Detention Space Contracts and Agreements 
• OIG-26-36 Results of an Unannounced Inspection of Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico 
• OIG-26-35 CBP and ICE Had Effective Processes for Issuing and Acting Upon Immigration Enforcement-Related Detainers in Del Rio, Texas 
• OIG-26-34 FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants Face Delays and Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities 
• OIG-26-33 CBP Did Not Consistently Document and Track Searches of Electronic Devices at U.S. Ports of Entry as Required - (REDACTED) 
• OIG-26-31 USCIS Allowed Employees Who Did Not Meet Security and Suitability Requirements to Occupy National Security Positions (REDACTED) 
• OIG-26-32 Coast Guard: Fast Response Cutter Deficiencies Could Endanger Crew and Limit Mission Effectiveness - (REDACTED) 
• OIG-26-26 Adjudication Errors in Operation Allies Welcome Asylum Files Risked Missing Derogatory Information (REDACTED) 

 Department of State

• 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report 
• Operation Economic Outcast Sanctions on Iran’s Shadow Fleet Network  
• Factsheet 

 Department of State Inspector General

• ISP-I-27-09 Evaluation of the U.S. Department of State’s Regional Bureaus’ Administration of Foreign Assistance Programs 

 Egmont—The Royal Institute for International Relations 

• A Decade of EU Support to the G5 Sahel: A Critical Assessment of the EU’s Security Assistance Toolkit 
• Rethinking EU Enlargement as Grand Strategy in the Western Balkans 

 Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Historical State Data 
• Mixed Outlook for Energy Expenditures This Winter 
• U.S. Electricity Use for Electric Vehicles Increasing at a Slower Pace in 2026 

 European Council on Foreign Relations

• Bewitched Sleep: Russians’ Views on Ukraine and the World 

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Building Together: How Europe and Ukraine Should Deepen Their Defence Industrial Partnership 
• Feeding the Beast: Energy Security as a Precondition for the EU's AI Power 

 EUROPOL

• Harvest Now, Decrypt Later 

 Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre

• Quantum Computing and Cryptocurrencies – Bridging Technical Expertise and Decision-Making 

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

• FATF/APG Mutual Evaluation Report of Canada 2026 

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

• Climate Change and Finland’s Security of Supply: The Significance of Cascading and Transition Effects for Finnish Supply Chains and Preparedness 
• European Middle Powers: Germany, France and Italy as International Actors 
• Helsinki Security Forum 2026 Report 

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• House of GUGI: A Historical Imagery Analysis of Olenya Guba 

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• FDD Exposes Network of Fake Watchdog and News Websites Advancing Qatari Interest  
• Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy in Post-Assad Syria 
• Strengthening NATO Through Military Mobility and Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity 

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

• The Revenue Side of the Next EU Budget 

 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

• Multilateral Cooperation and Confidence-Building in Cyberspace: The OSCE as a Laboratory for Cooperative Cybersecurity 

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

• China and the EU: The Imminent Choice Between a Trade Deal and a Trade War 

 Global Financial Integrity

• The Enablers Gap: Assessment of the Shadowy Craftsmen of Illicit Wealth. The Case of Kenya, Uganda and Ghana 
• Global Patterns in Trade-Related Value Gaps (2013–2022) 

 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 

• Ballots and Bullets: Targeted Killings and South Africa’s 2026 Local Government Elections 
• Caught in Transit: Corruption and Organized Crime in Moldova 
• The Mekong Meth Business: Myanmar-Linked Supply Chains and Risks for New Zealand and Australia 
• Violence for Sale: The Outsourcing of Security in the M23 Conflict in the DRC 

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

• Crime-Terror Nexus in Latin America: From Kyiv to Culiacán: How Mexican Cartels Are Adapting Drone Warfare Lessons from Ukraine 
• Crime-Terror Nexus in Latin America: Neither Terrorist nor Criminal: How Hybrid Actors Fall Through Platform Moderators 
• No More Edits: The Fagersta Attack and The True Crime Community in Scandinavia 
• Reconceptualising Makarenko’s Continuum in the Digital Age: The Case of Hezbollah

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

• Building Narratives: A Guide for Strategic Communications in Global Governance 
• European Exposure to Chinese Power: The China Exposure Index (2013−2025), Europe Edition 
• Fixing Europe-Africa Critical Raw Materials Cooperation 
• A New Chance for a Wider EU: What the Emerging Enlargement Debate Reveals about Europe's Future 
• Playing the Narrative Game: A Roadmap to Better European Policy Stories 

 GLOBSEC

• Encryption and Cybersecurity: Navigating the Debate on Exceptional Access 
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Physical and Hybrid Threats 

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Army Corps of Engineers: Determinations That Projects Do Not Need Environmental Mitigation Should Be Clarified GAO-27-108551 
• Child Labor: DOL Action Needed to Better Protect Working Children GAO-26-107722 
• Coast Guard: Additional Action Needed to Address Marine Firefighting Challenges GAO-26-108533 
• Combatting Illicit Drugs: DOJ and DHS Must Resolve Uncertainties Around Collaboration to Ensure Effective Counternarcotics Investigations GAO-26-107414 
• Criminal Justice: Data on Noncitizen Incarcerations, Convictions, Removals, and Costs GAO-26-107448 
• Cybersecurity Regulations: Industry Panelists Identify Duplication and Conflicts and Ways to Address Them GAO-26-109197 
• Director of National Intelligence: Status of Open GAO Recommendations GAO-26-109273 
• Disaster Assistance: FEMA Actions Needed to Better Support People with Disabilities in Disasters GAO-26-108057 
• DOGE: Congress and the Public Lack Assurance That Systems and Data Were Protected at Multiple Agencies GAO-26-108192 
• Firearms Trafficking to Mexico: Better Data and Performance Monitoring Would Help Agencies Direct Resources to Counter Cartels GAO-26-108061 
• Flood Insurance: Congressional Action Could Help Increase Coverage for At-Risk Properties GAO-27-108012 
• Foreign Assistance: Agencies Made Broad Changes, but State Lacked Guidance for Decisions GAO-26-108607 
• Geothermal Energy: Bureau of Land Management Should Improve Permitting Process as Development Demand Grows on Federal Lands GAO-26-108040 
• Innovation in Action: Getting You Up to Speed on Manufacturing GAO-27-109056 
• Internet of Things: OMB Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Secure Their Networked Devices GAO-26-108937 
• IT Systems Annual Assessment: DOD Should Improve IT Fraud Risk Management Practices GAO-26-108596 
• Nonimmigrant Visas: State Should Consistently Conduct Global Staffing Needs Assessments to Help Balance Workloads and Address Long Wait Times GAO-26-107902 
• Nuclear Power: Actions Needed to Improve NRC’s Assessment of Its Workforce Needs GAO-26-108737 
• Precision Navigation Systems: Challenges Remain with Fielding New Capabilities GAO-27-107676 
• Public Health Preparedness: Action Needed to Address National and Biosecurity Risks Associated with Disposal of Federal Laboratory Equipment GAO-26-107729 
• Quantum Computing: Federal Actions Needed to Prepare for Emerging Cyber Threat GAO-27-108740 
• State Department: Fly America Act’s Effects on Travel Costs and Personnel Experience GAO-27-108631 
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Federal Actions Needed to Help Veterans Access Benefits GAO-27-108111 
• VA Health Care: Action Needed to Improve Fertility Care Communications and Eligibility Determination Process GAO-26-108492 
• VA Health Care: Prevalence Information Needed to Better Understand and Address Harassment Involving Veterans GAO-26-109183 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

• How Europe Can Act When NATO Cannot: From NATO 3.0 to a European Plan B 
• Leverage Without Independence: The Netherlands and the Geopolitics of Semiconductor Chokepoints 
• The Silicon Economy: Polysilicon Supply Chains in Times of Geoeconomic Transition 

 Henry Jackson Society

• U.S. Defence Acquisition in an Era of Rapid Adaptation: Lessons from Israel and Ukraine 

 Henry L. Stimson Center

• Achieving AI Sovereignty: A North-South Coalition for an Alternative AI Stack 
• Advancing the Protection of Civilians Through UN Special Political Missions 
• Closing Gaps from the Bottom Up: Rural Adoption [of AI] Drives Growth Across the Global South 
• Democratized Learning: AI Drives Inclusion and Education for All 
• Measuring the True Cost: Affected Communities Demand AI Accountability 

 HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies

• From the Sicarii to the Islamic State: A Five-Generation Framework for the Evolution of Terrorism 
• The Return of War in Tigray: Why the Pretoria Agreement Collapsed and What Can Be Salvaged 

 Hudson Institute

• Beyond Hormuz: Yemen’s Saudi-Backed Campaign Against Iran’s Houthi Proxies Intensifies 
• Chinese AI Ambition and False Promises in Southeast Asia 

 Human Rights Center

• ‘To Scare People’: US Expulsions of Third-Country Nationals to Countries in Africa 
• Under Attack: Targeting of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Mexico 

 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

• Building and Keeping the Cyber Force: The Human Infrastructure of National Security 

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 

• AfD’s Strategic Worldview 
• Assessing Five Years of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan 
• Assessing PRAHAAR: India’s First Counter-Terror Policy 
• The Evolution of China’s Science and Technology Policy 
• Lethal Autonomy in the Age of AI: Intersection of History, Technology and International Law 
• Neither Open nor Free: Emerging Bifurcation of Global AI Access Infrastructure 
• The Political Chaos and Prevailing Uncertainty in Pakistan 
• Rethinking India’s Defence Offsets Policy 

 Institute for Science and International Security

• Significant Activity Identified at Minzadayi, an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development Site 

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) 

• China-Russia Relations: Where Is the Partnership Limit Between the Two Powers? 
• From Silk Cage to Silk Noose-II: The Bay of Bengal Nexus: China’s Corridor Statecraft from BCIM (CMBC) to the Indochina Peninsula 
• Two Dependencies, Two Logics: Europe’s Economic Exposure to the United States and China 

 Institute for the Study of War

• Africa File
• October 1, 2026 Ethiopian Counteroffensive into Tigray; Internal Tensions Within M23  
• October 8, 2026 Ethiopia and Eritrea Near Conflict; Egypt Forms anti-Ethiopia Coalition; Mali Retakes Kidal 
• China & Taiwan Update
• September 29, 2026  
• October 2, 2026 
• October 6, 2026 
• Iran Update
• September 28, 2026 
• September 29, 2026 
• September 30, 2026 
• October 1, 2026 
• October 2, 2026 
• October 3, 2026 
• October 4, 2026 
• October 5, 2026 
• October 6, 2026 
• October 7, 2026 
• October 8, 2026 
• October 9, 2026 
• October 10, 2026 
• October 11, 2026 
• Korean Peninsula Update
• September 30, 2026 
• October 7, 2026 
• Oleshky: How Russia Governs Through Humanitarian Decline 
• Russian Inexpensive Quasi-Cruise Missiles: An Emerging Threat for Ukraine’s Air Defenses 
• Russian Occupation Update
• October 1, 2026 
• October 8, 2026 
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
• September 28, 2026 
• September 29, 2026 
• September 30, 2026 
• October 1, 2026 
• October 2, 2026 
• October 3, 2026 
• October 4, 2026 
• October 5, 2026 
• October 6, 2026  
• October 7, 2026 
• October 8, 2026 
• October 9, 2026 
• October 10, 2026 
• October 11, 2026 
• Ukraine Disrupts Russia’s Donetsk Offensive 

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• A European Industrial Policy for Strategic Autonomy 
• The House That Giorgia Built: Meloni’s Chameleonic Middle East Policy 
• Politics over Geopolitics: The Domestic Roots of Transatlantic Relations 
• The Quiet Repatriation of Sovereign Gold from the US 
• The Russian Way to Military Recruitment and the Spectre of Mobilisation 
• Why Europe May Pay the Price of the Trump-Xi Summit 

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Perspectives on Terrorism, 2026, v. 20, no. 3 
• Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremist Financing in Canada
• A Metadata Analysis of 55 Databases and Datasets on Terrorism
• Understanding the User Dynamics that Underpin the Overlap Between Gore Sites and Ideological Extremist Content
• Terrorist Exploitation of Artificial Intelligence
• Bibliography: Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (CBRN)

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

• Butler 2.0: Intelligence Analysis and Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 

 Law Reform Institute

• Export Controls and Open-Weight AI: A Framework for Weights, Outputs, and Downstream Conduct 

 Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

• The Cyber War Is Going Autonomous: Can Human Control Keep Up? 

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

• Partners in Rivalry: U.S.-China Civil Nuclear Ties in Historical Perspective 

 Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, October 2, 2026, v. 26, no. 19 
• In the Online Age, PRC Foreign Intelligence Evolves
• The PRC’s Compute Push Goes Global
• Campaign Against ‘New Qing History’ Reinforces Ethnic Unity
• Beijing’s London Embassy as an Integrated Threat
• Beijing Makes Rapid Gains Toward Seed Self-Reliance
• ‘We’re Coming for You’: PRC Influence in UN Rights Bodies
• Party Blames Zhang Youxia’s Fall on Disloyalty, Factionalism
• Terrorism Monitor, October 9, 2026, v. 24, no. 15 
• Yemen Becomes the Islamic State’s Media Sanctuary
• Iran to Deepen PRC Ties Despite Lack of Military Support
• Türkiye Expands its Security Strategy in Libya
• Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Rattled by Iranian Drones as Militant Dispute Resumes

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

• Can ASEAN Agree on a Playbook for Indo-Pacific Security? 
• Can the Middle Hold? Australian Middle Power Diplomacy in a Ruptured World Order 
• External Shocks Intensifying Pressure on Southeast Asia’s Development Model 
• Overhaul: How Australia Can Adapt to a Changing World Economy 

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)           

• From Afterthought to Asset: Leveraging Integration Policy to Attract and Retain Talent 
• Physicians in an Era of Changing Immigration Policy: The Case of Nephrology 

 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

• Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence in Military Operations: The Imperative of Human Judgment 
• War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications 

 MITRE

• Accelerating the Fielding of Capabilities for Combatant Commands 

 National Bureau of Asian Research

• China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor: Politically Endorsed, Practically Stuck 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

• The Coming War in America:  Iranian Threats to the U.S. Homeland 

 NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

• Coping Amid Disruption: Lessons on Resilience from Crisis and War 

 Naval War College Stockton Center for International Law

• International Law Studies, 2026, v. 109, no. 1 The Second Tanker War 
• Chapter 3: Blockade, Prize, and Targeting: The Revival of Economic Warfare in Operation Epic Fury 
• Chapter 4: Untangling the “Legal Vortex”: Transit, Tolls, and Truce in the Strait of Hormuz 

 North Atlantic Policy Forum

• How Iran Could Shape the US Midterms 
• The United Kingdom and Its Involvement in Cyprus: Sovereignty, Security, and the Search for Settlement 

 Observer Research Foundation

• AI Handler Doctrine: A Framework for Operational AI Accountability 
• Absorption Frontier 
• Domestic Refining of Critical Minerals: India’s Next Petroleum Story 
• Green Steel and the Future of the Japan–Australia Resource Partnership 
• The Maldives’ Defense Reforms Under President Muizzu: India’s Dilemmas 
• Mapping Hydrogen Pathways: Progress and Potential for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman 
• Oceans of Alignment: India–South Korea Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific 
• Overcoming the Absorption Dilemma: The Need for Deployment Sustainability Analysis in an Era of Aid Contraction 
• Tech, Law, and the Hardware Beneath: The Case for a Unified Deep Stack 
• When Silicon Meets the Soil: India’s AI Revolution 
• Whither a New European Security Architecture? 

 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Better Borders for Trade, Traceability and Enforcement 
• Economic Valuation of Chemicals‑Related Health Effects: A Practical Guide to Quantifying Morbidity Effects in Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis 
• Government Unstuck: The Next Frontier of Government Transformation 
• Securing the Livelihoods of Informal Economy Workers in Times of Global Changes 

 Our World in Data

• What Impact Will Climate Change Have on Malaria? 

 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)

• Electricity Tariff Design in the Energy Transition: Reallocating Costs, Risks, and Technological Advantage 

 Pew Research Center

• Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy 
• Can AI Stand in for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really 

 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

• Follow the Money: Countering Narcofinance in Latin America  
• From Disclosure to Prohibition: The Expanding US Research-Security Regime, 2020–26 

 RAND 

• AI Data Center Siting on Federal Lands: An Energy View 
• Assessing Chinese and U.S. Technology Diffusion Capacity   
• Cocaine Trafficking Through Seaports: The Port of Rotterdam in a Comparative Perspective with Le Havre     
• The Emerging Digital Battleground: The Critical Factors That Produce Advantage in the U.S.-China Competition for Digital Networks 
• Healing Moral Injury Among Veterans: A Landscape Analysis of Community Organizations Providing Faith-Based Support 
• Infinite Potential—Insights from the European Games: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises 
• Infinite Potential—Insights on Artificial Intelligence Loss of Control Across Five Scenarios: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises 
• Infinite Potential—Insights from the Societal Warfare Games: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises 
• Mapping AI Ecosystems in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: Opportunities for Bilateral Collaboration and Action 
• Mapping Complex Legislation: Applying the RAND U.S. Code Analysis Tool to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 
• Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Coast Guard: Holistic Study and Analysis 
• Veterans Support to Self-Reliance Pilot Program: Final Evaluation Report 

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• China is Not Just Claiming the South China Sea. It is Learning to Govern It 
• Could Stablecoins be the Future of Payments and Financial Integrity? 
• Development Aid will be Critical to Securing Ukraine 
• High-Risk ICT Vendors and Critical Infrastructure: European Approaches 
• In Helping Ukraine, We Protect Ourselves 
• The Putin Tax and the Cost of Russian Hostility to Britain 
• Russia’s Nuclear Deterrent and Its Weapons Procurement 
• Sanctions are a National Priority but Where is the Data to Prove It? 
• Talk of Russian Regime Change Could Inspire a New European Peace Strategy 
• Testing Europe's Resolve: The Growing Threat Against European Energy 
• Why Serbia’s Election Matters to Israel’s Arsenal 

 Small Arms Survey

• Sudan and the Emerging World Order: From US Unipolarity to Multipolarity 

 Stanford Internet Observatory

• Journal of Online Trust and Safety, 2026, v. 3, no. 4 
• Regulating the “Unregulatable”: Why Policymakers Are in Paralysis When Regulating AI
• Abuse Is Not Love: Failure to Recognize Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence
• Mandating Data Interoperability as a Tool for Improving Youth Wellbeing on Social Media
• The Far-Reaching Implications of Brazil’s Supreme Court Decision for Platform Governance
• Beyond Content-Based Enforcement
• Trust and Safety of Human- and AI-Powered Visual Description: A Case Study of Be My Eyes
• AI and Agency: Benefiting Users by Understanding and Serving Explicit Aspirations
• The Backbone of Abuse: How Infrastructure Providers Enable the Proliferation of AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery
• “It Doesn’t Violate Our Community Standards”: Examining Social Media Platforms’ Moderation Practices for User-Reported Rule-Breaking Tobacco Content

 Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence 

• The 2026 US Talent Report: Benchmarking America’s STEM Pipeline Amid the Great Talent Competition 
• Can AI Be Slowed Down? Stanford HAI Experts Weigh the Risks, Rules and Race Ahead 

 Swedish Defence Research Agency

• Beyond Wagner: Russia's Military Engagement in Africa in the 2020s 

 Takshashila Institution

• Report: Why and How India Should Accelerate AI Diffusion 

 Taylor & Francis 

• Conflict, Security & Development
• Can Local Elections Strengthen Peace? Insights from Post-Conflict Nepal [open access articles] 
• Climate Fragility at the Margins: Using Community-Based Research to Explore Bangladesh-India Borderlands [open access articles] 
• Ethics & Global Politics
• A Bourdieusian Study of International Students’ Lifeworlds: Multiplicity in a “Twisted Space” [open access articles] 
• Mobilizing Lived Experience in the Fight Against Racism: The Case of the Amsterdam Municipality [open access articles] 
• Unbounded Inclusiveness and the Ethics of Bordering: Domination, Responsibility, and Epistemic Justice Beyond the Open/Closed Divide [open access articles] 
• Geopolitics
• The Art of No Deal: Collective Procrastination in Nigeria-EU Return Diplomacy [open access articles] 
• Global Security: Health, Science and Policy
• A Nuclear Terrorism Scenario: Improvised Nuclear Weapons with 60%-Enriched Uranium [open access articles] 
• Global Change, Peace & Security
• Peace and the Debacles of Afghanistan and Iraq: Lessons for Future Peacemaking and Peacebuilding Scholarship [open access articles] 
• Journal of Strategic Studies
• Don’t Judge Islands by Their Sizes: The Role of Remote Japanese Islands in the Regional Military Balance [open access articles] 
• The Evolution of China’s Ballistic Missile Defense [open access articles] 
• When Competition Becomes Contagious: Strategic Arms Racing Spillovers, Alliance Politics, and the Sino-American Nuclear Competition [open access articles] 
• Policing and Society
• Policing the Crowd: Event-Specific Patterns of Stop and Search During Major Public Events in London [open access articles] 

 Toda Peace Institute

• The Appeal and Futile Quest for Escalation Dominance 
• Breaking the Cycle: Making Somaliland’s Rural Water Systems Climate Resilient 

 UN Security Council

• CTED Trends: Beyond Messaging: Terrorist Propaganda as Operational Infrastructure 

 UK Parliament House of Commons Library

• Inflation International Comparisons: Economic Indicators 
• Israel–Hezbollah Conflict 2026 and UK Response 
• The New US–Denmark–Greenland Agreement 
• North Sea Oil and Gas 

 UK Parliament House of Lords Library

• UK-Poland Defence and Security Treaty 

 United Nations

• Innovations Dialogue 2025: Neurotechnologies and Their Implications for International Peace and Security: Conference Summary Report 

 UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Electronic Warfare and Innovations in Uncrewed Aerial Systems: Arms Control and Disarmament Implications 
• Faith-Based Perspectives on AI, Security and Ethics: Reflections from an Interfaith Dialogue 

 UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

• Guide to Voluntary National Reporting under the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management 
• Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare, and New and Emerging Technologies: A Strategic Mapping for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons 

 United States Studies Center—University of Sydney, Australia (Australia)

• The Missing Market: Why U.S. and Allies’ RareEarth Derisking Needs a Demand-Side Strategy 

 White House

• Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence 
• Fact Sheet 

 World Bank

• Small Governments, Big Ambitions: Fiscal Policy in East Asia and Pacific