International Processes

"Chips Science Implementation and Act Oversight" U.S. Congress. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Washington, DC: GPO, 2025

"Section 301 and China: Mature Node Semiconductors" by Karen M. Sutter

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2025

"Combating the PRC's Strategy to Dominate Semiconductors, Shipbuilding, and Drones" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Strategic Competition With the Chinese Communist Party

2024

"U.S. technology fueling Russia’s war in Ukraine : examining semiconductor manufacturers’ compliance with export controls" U.S. Congress. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Washington, DC: GPO, 2024

"Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence" by Manpreet Singh

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2023

"Building resilient supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, and fostering broad-based growth : 100-day reviews under Executive Order 14017"

Washington, DC: The White House, 2021

"Accelerating Federal Use of AI Through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust" Office of Management and Budget

Washington, DC: OMB, 2025

"Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence"

This document follows up Presidential Executive Order 14179 - January 23, 2025

"AI in manufacturing : securing American leadership in manufacturing and the next generation of technologies" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Energy & Commerce. Subcommittee on Manufacturing & Trade

Washington, DC: GPO, 2025

"Artificial Intelligence (AI) Taxonomy" by Laurie Harris & Nora Wells

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2025

"DeepSeek unmasked : exposing the CCP’s latest tool for spying, stealing, and subverting U.S. export control restrictions" U.S. Congress. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

2025

"National Strategy on Microelectronics Research" White House. National Science and Technology Council

Washington, DC: Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2024 amended 2025

"The Technology and AI Fight for 21st Century Technology Operations" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation

Washington, DC: GPO, 2024

"Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy: Accelerating Decision Advantage" Department of Defense

Washington, DC: DOD, 2023

"Artificial Intelligence Strategy" United States Marine Corps

Quantico, VA: U.S. Marine Corps, 2024

OUSD A&S - Industrial Base Policy - Assistant Secretary of Defense Industrial Base Policy (U.S.)

"National Semiconductor Strategy" Great Britain. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology

2023

"Semiconductor Sector Study" Great Britain. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology

2023

"National AI Strategy" Great Britain. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology

2021

Government Digital Service. Guidance: Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government - Great Britain. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology

2025

"Strategic Defence Review Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad" Great Britain. Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology

2025

"The semiconductor industry in the UK Fifth Report of Session 2022–23" House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

2022

Govt. Response The semiconductor industry in the UK: : further Government response to the BEIS Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2022-23

May 2023

"Policy Artificial Intelligence" Parliament. House of Commons, House of Lords Libraries and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

"Growing Challenges for the Semiconductor Design Industry: The United States Cannot Take Leadership for Granted" by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell

Washington, DC: CSIS, 2025

"No AI Without Power: Why the Quad Must Secure Power Equipment Supply Chains" by Shashwat Kumar

Washington, DC: CSIS, 2025

"Ukraine's Future Vision and Current Capabilities for Waging AI-Enabled Autonomous Warfare" by Katernya Bondar

Washington, DC: CSIS, 2025

Drones and AI on the Battlefields of Ukraine with Kate Bondar and Sam Bendett | Russian Roulette | CSIS Podcasts

April 3, 2025

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U.S. Geological Survey National Minerals Information Center

Contains statistics and analysis on U.S. and international mineral resources and trends and developments in U.S. mineral industries

U.S. Dept. of Energy Critical Minerals and Materials

"Materials of Interest" U.S. Dept. of Defense. Defense Logistics Agency

"Securing Defense Critical Supply Chains: An Action Plan Developed in Response to President Biden's Executive Order 14017" U.S. Dept. of Defense

2022

"A federal strategy to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals" U.S. Dept. of Commerce

2019

"Reclaiming Leadership: Australia and the Global Critical Minerals Race" by Ian Satchwell

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) 2024

"Minerals" Geoscience Australia

"Introducing Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy" Energy and Natural Resources Canada

2024

"Critical Raw Materials" European Commission

"Resilience for the Future: The United Kingdom's Critical Minerals Strategy" United Kingdom. Dept. for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy

2022

"A Rock and a Hard Place: Building Critical Mineral Resilience: First Report of Session 2023-24" United Kingdom. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

2023

Government Response to "A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience" – Response to the Committee’s First Report

Feb. 27, 2024

"What if America's Mineral Intensive Military Runs Out of Materials?" by Macdonald Amoah et. Al.

2023. U.S. Military Academy Modern War Institute at West Point

"Mineral Supply Chains and Space Assets: Mitigating Manufacturing Dependencies." by Gregory Wischer et. al.

Aether: A Journal of Strategic Air and Space Power, 3 (2), (Summer 2024): 11-24

"The Rise of Great Mineral Powers." by Gregory Wischer and Morgan Bazilian

Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 7 (2)(March/April 2024): 162-184

"Recent U.S. Government Literature on Critical and Strategic Minerals." by Bert Chapman

Journal of Advanced Military Studies (JAMS), 16 (1)(2025): 43-71

"The Geopolitics of Rare Earth Elements: Emerging Challenge for U.S. National Security and Economics." by Bert Chapman

Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics, 6 (2)(2018): 50-91

"The Elements We Might Mine on the Moon." by Rebecca Boyle

Popular Science, (June 4, 2019)

"Operational Data Sharing Capability Report to Congress" U.S. Coast Guard

Washington, DC: Dept. of Homeland Security, 2025

"Smart investments : technology’s role in a multi-layered border security strategy" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement

Washington, DC: GPO, 2025

"Examining CBP One : functions, features, expansion, and risks" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement

Washington, DC: GPO, 2025

"Fact Sheet: Update on the U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in Central America" White House

Washington, DC: The White House, 2024

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

"Primer on U.S. Immigration Policy" by Holly Straut-Eppsteiner

Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2025

"Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy" by Claire Rebondo Seelke

Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2025

U.S. Office of Homeland Security Statistics

"Yearbook of Immigration Statistics" U.S. Office of Homeland Security Statistics

U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of Consular Affairs. U.S. Visa and Law Policy

Center for Immigration Studies

Independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States

Heritage Foundation immigration

"Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration" Canada. Citizenship and Immigration Canada

2002-present

"Canada's Immigration System" Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Ottawa, 2025

"Asylum Seekers at Canada's Borders" Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Ottawa; Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration, 2023

Government Response to "Asylum Seekers at Canada's Borders."

"HillNotes: Immigration Detention in Canada"

Ottawa: Library of Parliament, 2025

"Preliminary Version. Legislative Summary of Bill C-2: An Act Respecting Certain Measures Relating to the Security of the Border Between Canada and the United States and Respecting Other Related Security Measures" by Dominique Valiquet

Ottawa: Library of Parliament, 2025

"Migration Research and Analysis" Great Britain. Home Office

"Migration and Asylum Inquiry" Great Britain. Parliament. Home Affairs Committee

2022-2024

"Immigration" Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library

A description of the resource being shared. Just a couple of sentences should be just right.

"Migration and Home Affairs" European Commission

"Immigration and Citizenship" Australia. Dept. of Home Affairs

"Joint Standing Committee on Migration" Australia. Parliament

"Issues and Insights: Migration" Australia. Parliament Library

India. Bureau of Immigration Ministry of Home Affairs

"Immigration and Checkpoints Authority" Singapore

South Korea. Ministry of Justice Immigration Service

Japan Immigration Services Agency

International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

"Executive Order 14285 - Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources" by President Donald Trump

Federal Register, 90 (81) (April 29, 2025): 17735-17738

"Trump's Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order: The Race for Critical Minerals Enters Uncharted Waters." by Gracelin Baskaran & Meredith Schwartz

Center for Strategic & International Studies (April 25,2025)

"Breakthrough Solutions for the Sustainable Exploration and Extraction of Deep Sea Resources" by the European Commission

2018

International Hydrographic Organisation

International Seabed Authority

European Parliament. Committee on Fisheries

"Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union" European Parliament

"Finalisation of Offshore Exploration Rounds" Australia Minister for Resources and Northern Australia

Canberra: Ministry of Industry, 2024

"Offshore Acreage Release" Geoscience Australia

Canberra: Geoscience Australia, 2023

"Offshore Oil and Gas" Australia. Dept. of Industry, Science, and Resources

Canberra, 2024

"Equipping the Royal Australian Navy With Next Generation Autonomous Undersea Vehicles." Australia. Minister for Defence

(Sept. 10, 2025)

"Sustainable Ocean Plan" Australia. Dept. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water

2025

"Shallow Promises: How Australia’s Involvement in Deep-Sea Mining is Undermining its Stated Commitments. Deakin, ACT" by Eva Maximova

Australian Institute of International Affairs, 2024

"The Blue Economy in Australia: Conceptualising the Blue Economy, its Relationship with Maritime Security, and its Role in Australian Oceans Governance."

Canberra: Royal Australian Navy Seapower Centre, 2017

"South Korea Set to Revive Effort to Enact Deep-Sea Mining Law After 7 Years." by Michael Herh

Business Korea, (January 20, 2025)

South Korea. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

"Ocean Exploration" Taiwan. National Institutes of Applied Research

Taiwan. Ocean Affairs Council

"Japan Plans 'World First' Deep Sea Mineral Extraction" The Japan Times

July 3, 2025

"JOGMEC Conducts World’s First Successful Excavation of Cobalt-Rich Seabed in the Deep Ocean; Excavation Test Seeks to Identify Best Practices to Access Essential Green Technology Ingredients While Minimizing Environmental Impact" Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation

2020

International Energy Agency

"An Underwater Ice Station Zebra Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule From 16,400 Feet Below the Pacific Ocean" Central Intelligence Agency

(1972-2018)

"Discovering earth’s final frontier : a U.S. strategy for ocean exploration : the report of the President’s Panel on Ocean Exploration" U.S. President's Panel on Ocean Exploration

Washington, DC: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 2000

"Exploration Variables Identified by NOAA Ocean Exploration" National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Silver Spring, MD: NOAA, 2021

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration

"Offshore resources" U.S. Energy Information Administration

"The traffickers’ roadmap : how bad actors exploit financial systems to facilitate the illicit trade in people, animals, drugs, and weapons" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Financial Services

Subcommittee on National Security. Washington, DC: GPO, 2021

"The Arms Trade Treaty" by Paul K. Kerr

Congressional Research Service, 2023

"Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements" by Anya Fink et. Al.

Congressional Research Service, 2025

"The Nexus of Extremism and Trafficking: Scourge of the World or So Much Hype" by Howard D. Russell

Macdill Air Force Base, FL: Joint Special Operations (JSOU) Press, 2013

"The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)" U.S. Department of State. Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

Covering Title 22 Parts 120-130 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) which are the regulations this U.S. government agency uses to enforce U.S. arms trafficking laws

U.S. Department of State. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Databases

Contain databases on various topics including the Arms Transfers Database beginning in 1950

"PEACE AND PROLIFERATION The Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade" by Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutyunyan

Geneva: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, 2023

"Emerging threats: The intersection of criminal and technological innovation in the use of automation and artificial intelligence in the cybercrime landscapeof Southeast Asia" United Nations Bangkok

Office of Drugs and Crime, Sept. 2025.

"External Non-State Actors as a Source of Instability in West Africa: Hezbollah and Wagner/Africa Corps" by Matthew Levitt and John Lechner

Berlin: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2025

" Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon: Can a Security Experiment Evolve into Sovereign Policy?" by Souhayb Jawhar

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2025

"Arms and Munitions" Global Affairs Canada. Treaty Series

2019

"STUDY ON GUN CONTROL, ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFICKING, AND GUN CRIMES Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security" Canada. National Police Federation

Ottawa: House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, 2022

"UK Sanctions Inquiry" Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

2024-2025

"Trafficking in Firearms" European Commission. Migration and Home Affairs

Brussels: February 3, 2025

"Conventional Weapons and Missiles" Australia. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Canberra: DFAT, n.d.

"Prohibited Goods: Weapons Subject to Sanctions" Australian Border Force

"Guidance Note - Import, purchase or transport of firearms and other ‘arms or related matériel’ from sanctioned countries" Australia Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Australian Sanctions Office

2024-2025

"The Alien Enemy Act : history and potential use to remove members of international criminal cartels" by Jennifer Elsea

Congressional Research Service, 2025

"Country Reports on Terrorism" U.S. Dept. of State

"Maximum Impact: Assessing the Effectiveness of the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism and Charting the Path Forward" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. 2025

"A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iran Regime's Malign Activities" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs

2025

"Recalibrating Coastal West Africa's Response to Violent Extremism" by Daniel Eizenga

Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 2024

"Protection of Religious Sites During Armed Conflict" by Luke Wilson

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2024

"Instruction 5240.26 Countering Espionage, International Terrorism, and the Counterintelligence (CI) Insider Threat" U.S. Department of Defense

2020

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) National Counterterrorism Center

"Office of Foreign Assets Control" U.S. Dept. of the Treasury

This office enforces administrative economic and trade sanctions against terrorists, international drug traffickers, and targeted foreign countries and regimes

"Homeland Threat Assessment" U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Office of Intelligence and Analysis

2025

"Yemen: Houthi Attacks Placing Pressure on International Trade" Defense Intelligence Agency

2024

" Iran's Involvement in the International Terrorism Arena" by Yoram Schweitzer and Anal Shapira

Tel Aviv: Institute for International Security Studies, 2025

"China's International Terrorist Problem" by Raffaelo Pantucci

Singapore: RSIS Commentary National Technological University, 2023

"Global Terrorism Threat Assessment 2025" by Alexander Palmer et. Al.

Washington, DC: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2025

"Evaluating Programs That Counter Violent Extremism"

Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, various dates. Links to reports on this subject for Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Philippines.

"Evaluation of the Anti-Crime and Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Programs, 2015-16 to 2021-22" Global Affairs Canada

2023

"Canada's International Terrorism Threat Levels" Public Safety Canada

"Terrorism and Violent Extremism" Royal Canadian Mounted Police

"Mobilization to Violence (Terrorism) Research: Key Findings" Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

"Confronting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Moving Canada Forward" Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

2018

"Terrorism and National Emergencies" Great Britain

"Proscribed Terrorist Groups or Organisations" Great Britain. Home Office

2025

"Guidance: Trade Sanctions, Arms Embargos, and Other Trade Restrictions" Great Britain. Dept. for Business & Trade and Export Control Joint Unit

2025

"Guidance: Counterterrorism Financial Sanctions: List of Asset Freeze Targets" Great Britain. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation and HM Treasury

2025

"The Terrorism Acts in 2023: Report of the Independent Reviewer for Terrorism Legislation" Great Britain. Independent Reviewer for Terrorism Legislation

2025

"Terrorism in Great Britain: The Statistics" by Grahame Allen et.al.

House of Commons Library, 2022

"Combating New Forms of Extremism: Inquiry" Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Ongoing, 2025

"Overview: Home Office: Departmental Overview 2022-23" Great Britain. National Audit Office

2023

Australian National Security

Includes terrorism threat information

"Annual Reports" Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)

Australia. Department of Home Affairs

"Counterterrorism" Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Australia. Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

NSLM independently reviews the operation, effectiveness and implications of national security and counter-terrorism laws; and considers whether the laws contain appropriate protections for individual rights, remain proportionate to terrorism or national security threats, and remain necessary.

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