Monday, May 13, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 05-10-2024

38 North

 Air University Press

  • Air & Space Operations Review, Spring 2024, v. 3, no. 1 
    • The B-21 and Tactical Creativity
    • The Airfield as a System
    • Analytic Standards in the Context of Military Intelligence
    • Operational Art: A Necessary Framework for Modern Military Planning
    • Decision Advantage and Initiative: Completing Joint All-Domain Command and Control
    • The Other Side of the Deterrence Moon: Elevating “Deterrence from Space” in Strategic Competition
  • Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, May-June 2024, v. 7, no. 3 
    • Convergence of the Indo- Pacific with the Indian Ocean—Is a Maritime- Centric Approach Enough? An Indian Perspective
    • Inoculating Society against Authoritarian Influence in the Digital Age: Fortifying the Barracks against Authoritarian Cognitive Warfare
    • Why Do Many Taiwanese Resist Unification with the People’s Republic of China? An Overview of Explanations
    • A Free and Open Indo-Pacific in 2040? Democracy, Autocracy, and What Is in between
    • Everything Everywhere All at Once Wars, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Coups, and Economic Collapse
    • Strategic Alliances and Educational Empowerment US Security Cooperation through the Regional Defense Fellowship and International Military Education and Training Programs
    • The Church of the Periphery and the Catholic Pivot to the Indo-Pacific
    • Countering China’s Malign Influence in Southeast Asia: A Revised Strategy for the United States
    • Covert Connections: The LinkedIn Recruitment Ruse Targeting Defense Insiders
    • Disentangling from Nuclear Superiority- Brinkmanship Theory: Combating a Legacy of Bootstrapping toward Armageddon
    • Tip of the Iceberg: Okinawa 1945 and Lessons for Island Battles
    • Charting Thailand’s Course: Leveraging Small Navy Strategies to Secure Thailand amid Great-Power Maritime Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific
    • From Mahan to Corbett: An Inquiry into the Development of Chinese Naval Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region
    • The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’s Path to Institutionalization: A He and Feng Perspective
    • Fueling a Superpower: Reprioritizing the US Air Refueling Fleet for Great-Power Conflict
    • Echoes of War: Deciphering Chinese Military Strategy through the Lens of US Intelligence History
    • Fear and Anxiety of China’s Rise: Understanding Response of the Indo-Pacific
    • Countering China Starts with the Philippines
    • Protecting the Hemisphere: Safeguarding US Interests and Prioritizing Partnerships for a Stable Hemisphere
    • Navigating the Power: Tides Singapore’s Diplomatic Dance with the United States and China

 American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

 Amnesty International

 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

  • Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), April 2024, v. 31, no. 4 
    • The Military Relevance of Heat Illnesses and Their Sequelae
    • Update: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2019–2023
    • Update: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2019–2023
    • Update: Exertional Hyponatremia among Active Component Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2008–2023
    • Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities through Week 9, Ending March 2, 2024

 Asia Society Policy Institute

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

 Bipartisan Policy Center

 Brookings Institution

 Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)

 Center for Security Studies (CSS)

  • Analyses in Security Policy
    • No. 341: Comparing Critical Infrastructure Policy Updates 

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry/Anti-Defamation League

 Center on Global Energy Policy

 Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Congress. Waltz, Kelly, Rubio and Garamendi

 Council on Geostrategy

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Defense Priorities

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

  • DODIG2024079 Evaluation of the DoD’s Handling of Operational Data from Afghanistan 
  • DODIG-2024-080 Evaluation of the Air Force’s Nuclear Certification of the F15E, B2, and F35A Aircraft to Carry the B6112 Nuclear Bomb [redacted] 

 Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

  • OIG-24-24 DHS Has a Fragmented Process for Identifying and Resolving Derogatory Information for Operation Allies Welcome Parolees 

 Department of State

 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Ulkopoliittinen instituutti)

 Forescout Research

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)              

 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique) 

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

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

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

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Coast Guard Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve Shipbuilding Outcomes GAO-24-107488 
  • DOJ Grants Management: Further Steps Could Improve Efforts Taken to Address Early Grants IT Modernization Challenges GAO-24-106501 
  • GAOverview: Understanding Waste in Federal Programs GAO-24-107198 
  • Military Spouse Employment: Part-Time Workforce Characteristics and Perspectives [Reissued with revisions on May 9, 2024] GAO-24-106263 
  • U.S. Territories: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Address Data Gaps GAO-24-106574 

 Heritage Foundation

 Human Rights Watch

 Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

 Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

  • Strategic Assessment, March 2024, v. 27, no. 1 
    • From Ideological Animosity to Strategic Rivalry: The Evolution of Iran’s Perception of Israel
    • Russia Struggles for a New World Order—Where Are Israel and the Muslim World Positioned?
    • China–UAE Space Cooperation: Risk or Opportunity for Israel?
    • Africa and the War in Gaza: Analyzing Israel’s Current Standing and Future Prospects in Africa
    • South Africa and the Claim Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) 

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) 

 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • China Brief, May 10, 2024, v. 24, no. 10 
  • Foreign Fixations at the Heart of Chinese-style Modernization
  • Comac’s Homegrown Aircraft Goes Global
  • Open-Source Technology and PRC National Strategy: Part I
  • Graphene among New Materials Intended to Unlock New Productive Forces
  • Article 23 Legislation and the Export of Hong Kong’s Human Rights Violations

 JFK Special Warfare Center and School

  • Special Warfare, Spring 2024, v. 37, no. 1 
    • Useful Fiction: Operation Black Ditch (Part Two)
    • The Three Pillars of Irregular Warfare Education
    • Strategic Disruption: An Operational Framework for Irregular Warfare
    • Revisiting the Special Operations Imperatives for Future Irregular Warfare Conflicts
    • Misconceptions about Irregular Warfare have Wasted U.S. Influence in the Sahel Echelon of Automation: The Future of Army Security Assistance
    • Just War and Irregular Warfare: Jus Tumultuarium Bellum The Right to Irregular War
    • Shortening the “Competition Kill Chain” Integrated Irregular Warfare Campaigning
    • ARSOF’s MAROPS (Maritime Operations)
    • Special Operations and Counter-Occupation
    • FM 3-05: Army Special Operations
    • Voices of ARSOF

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 MITRE

 National Academies Press  

 National Science & Technology Council

 New America

 Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

 NSI's Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Program

 Observer Research Foundation

 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center

 RAND Corporation

 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

 Taylor & Francis

 Toda Peace Institute

 US Institute of Peace (USIP)

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 Wilson Center

 World Bank

Friday, May 10, 2024

Friday's Miscellany 05-03-2024

 38 North

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

 Air University Press

 American Enterprise Institute

 Amnesty International

 American Security Project (ASP)

 Andrew Marshall Foundation 

 Army University Press

  • Military Review, May- June 2024, v. 104, no. 3 
    • The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of NATO and the Rules of Relevance
    • Lessons from D-Day: The Importance of Combined and Joint Operations
    • “An Incredible Degree of Rugged and Realistic Training”: The 4th Infantry Division’s Preparation for D-Day
    • “Will to Fight”: Twenty-First-Century Insights from the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Information Advantage: A Combined Arms Approach
    • Goldilocks Kill Chains and the Just Right Data
    • International Force East Timor: A Case Study in Multinational Mission Command
    • 3D Printing Solutions for Contested Medical Logistics
    • The Coming Military AI Revolution
    • Advancing the U.S. Army’s Counter-UAS Mission Command Systems to Keep Pace with Modern Warfare
    • Artificial Intelligence and Agile Combat Employment
    • Automating the Survival Chain and Revolutionizing Combat Casualty Care: Human-Technology Teaming on the Future Battlefield
    • Army Medicine and Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the Future Battlefield
    • Using Open Access AI to Create Military Training from POW Experiences
  • Strength in Knowledge: The Warrant Officer Journal, January-March 2024 v. 2 no. 1 
    • The Warrant Officer Museum
    • Missing the “Walk” Phase in Aviation Training Leads to Accidents
    • Irregular Warfare: A Case for Parity in Priority
    • Digital Literacy and the Importance to the Warrant Officer
    • Retiring the Signal Corps Flags
    • Should Receive Intelligence Equipment and Upgrades in Parity to the Active Component
    • National Guard and Reserve Pre-Test for Warrant Officer Basic and Advance Course
    • Equipment Modernization and Training in the National Guard
    • Beyond the Weekend: Unraveling the Reality of National Guard Member
    • Force Structure Modernization to Support the Defense of Guam and the Marianas
    • Inventory Management

 Army War College Press

 Australian Army Research Center

 Australian Government

 Australian Institute of Criminology

  • Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, 2024,
    • no. 693 - Grievances and Conspiracy Theories as Motivators of Anti-Authority Protests 
    • no. 685 Motives and Pathways for Joining Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 

 Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

 Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

 Baker Institute for Public Policy

 Brookings Institution

 Canada. Department of National Defence

  • Canadian Military Journal, Fall 2023,  v. 23, no. 4
    • An Indigenous Warrior Code of Honour
    • Forward Surgical Teams: Critical Assets for Future Land Operations
    • An AOPS That Can Fight? Patrol Ships for an Increasingly Dangerous World
    • So Warm a Reception: Hybrid Warfare and the Naval Encounter at Tatamagouche
    • Distance Learning within the Canadian Armed Forces: Potential Effects on Quality of Life
    • Some Personal Reflections on Teaching through the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Canadian Forces College
    • Finding Character Strengths in How Military Leaders Talk about Resilience 
    • Is it Time for the CAF to Focus on Mindfulness?
    • Governed Engagement: Why the Department of National Defence Would Benefit From Increased Governance of its Defence Capacity and Institution Building Efforts

 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Cato Institute

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

 Chatham House

 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

 Centre for European Reform (CER)

 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

 China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

 Clingendael Institute - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

 Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

  • CTC Sentinel, April 2024, v. 17, no. 4 
    • Assessing the Houthi War Effort Since October 2023
    • A View from the CT Foxhole: Colonel (Ret.) Miri Eisin, Director, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)
    • The State of al-Qa`ida Central
    • The Somali National Army Versus al-Shabaab: A Net Assessment

 Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

 Council on Geostrategy

 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

 Department of Defense (DOD)

 Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

 Department of Energy (DOE)

 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

 Department of State Inspector General

 East-West Center

 Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations

 European Council on Foreign Relations                   

 European Union (EU)

 European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

 European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

 Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)                

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

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

 German Marshall Fund of the United States

 Global ECCO

  • Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), Spring 2024, v. 14, no. 1 
    • A Mutually Reinforcing Relationship
    • Developing Mongolia’s Resiliency Through Sports, Games, and Play
    • CTX Interview: MAJ Mareks Runts, Latvian Special Forces
    • Social Capital | Women, Peace, and Security in the International Community
    • Ethics and Insights | Stoicism: The Best Philosophy

 Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

 Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • China: Managing the Economic Relationship Requires Balancing Benefits and Risks GAO-24-107189 
  • Foreign Assistance: USAID Should Strengthen Risk Management in Conflict Zones GAO-24-106192 
  • Military Justice: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms GAO-24-106165 
  • Military Readiness: Actions Needed for DOD to Address Challenges across the Air, Sea, Ground, and Space Domains GAO-24-107463 
  • NASA Cybersecurity: Plan Needed to Update Spacecraft Acquisition Policies and Standards GAO-24-106624 
  • Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability and Management of Ship Crewing Data GAO-24-105811 
  • Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of Deliveries GAO-24-105503 
  • Public Health Preparedness: HHS Should Address Strategic National Stockpile Coordination Challenges GAO-24-106260 
  • Ukraine: Lessons from Other Conflicts Can Improve the Results of U.S. Recovery Assistance GAO-24-107180 
  • Ukraine: Status and Challenges of DOD Weapon Replacement Efforts GAO-24-106649 
  • U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund: Options for Increasing Deposits and Their Potential Impacts GAO-24-106863 

 Hague Centre for Strategic Studies  (HCSS)

 Hudson Institute

 Human Rights Watch

 Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 Institute for Science and International Security

 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

 Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)  

 Institute for the Study of War

 Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

 Jamestown Foundation

  • How Russia Loses:  Hubris and Miscalculation in Putin’s Kremlin 
  • Terrorism Monitor, May 6, 2024, v. 22, no. 7 
    • Brief: Islamic State Spokesman Emphasizes African Focus
    • Brief: Questions Around Terrorism in Tajikistan and Central Asia Abound After Crocus City Hall Massacre
    • Anti-Junta Rebels Resort to 3D-Printed Weapons in Myanmar
    • Hezbollah Took Advantage of Crisis in Lebanon to Build Gold Reserve, Popularity in Preparation for War with Israel
    • Baloch Separatists Continue to Launch More Sophisticated, Coordinated Attacks Against Pakistan

 Lowy Institute for International Relations

 Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

 MITRE

 National Academies Press 

 National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP)

 National Security Archive

 Naval War College

 Observer Research Foundation 

 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

 Oxford University Press

 Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

 Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

 Pew Research Center 

 RAND Corporation

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

 Small Arms Survey

 Small Wars Journal

 Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

 Taylor & Francis

 UK Cabinet

 United States Studies Centre (USSC)

 White House

 Wilson Center

 World Bank