Regional Analysis for Syria: The Onset of Winter in Syria, Iraq, and the Region, 3 October 2014 http://acaps.org/img/reports/t-the-onset-of-winter-in-syria-iraq-and-the-region-2-oct-2014.pdf

Conventional Forces and Special Operations Forces: Interoperability and Interdependence http://www.ausa.org/publications/ilw/DigitalPublications/Documents/lpe14-2/index.html

· Creating a Total Army Cyber Force: How to Integrate the Reserve Component into the Cyber Fight http://www.ausa.org/publications/ilw/DigitalPublications/Documents/lwp103w/index.html

· Professional Soldier Athlete: The Cornerstone of Strategic Landpower's Human Dimension http://www.ausa.org/publications/ilw/DigitalPublications/Documents/lwp104/index.html

Future of U.S. Extended Deterrence in Asia to 2025 http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/images/publications/Future_US_Ext_Det_in_Asia.pdf

Shale Gas and Tight Oil http://bakerinstitute.org/research/shale-gas-and-tight-oil/

Russia, Ukraine, and the West : Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2014/euromaidan

Game Changers: Disruptive Technology and U.S. Defense Strategy http://www.cnas.org/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/CNAS_Gamechangers_BrimleyFitzGeraldSayler.pdf

Defibrillating the Vertikal? Putin and Russian Grand Strategy http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/field/field_document/20141007DefibrillatingtheVertikal.pdf

· The London Conference 2014: Globalization and World Order http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/field/field_publication_docs/20141007LondonConf.pdf

· The Threat of Islamic State http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/regions/middle-east-and-north-africa/islamic-state

Boko Haram - Backgrounder http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/boko-haram/p25739

Why This Winter Will Bring a New Gas Crisis in Ukraine (and Europe) http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_why_this_winter_will_bring_a_new_gas_crisis_in_ukraine_and_europ

Beyond The Islamic State: Iraq's Sunni Insurgency http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Sunni%20Insurgency%20in%20Iraq.pdf

China Brief, October 10, 2014, v. 14, no. 19 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/China_Brief_Vol_14_Issue_19_2.pdf

o Testing the Limits: China’s Expanding Role in the South Sudanese Civil War

o An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq

o China’s Silk Road Strategy: A Foothold in the Suez, But Looking To Israel

o Political Factions and Spicy Ginger: Elder Networks in PRC Politics Part 1: The Patronage Network of Jiang Zemin

The Grand Strategy of the United States http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/Books/grand-strategy-us.pdf

Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine: 16 September 2014 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/OHCHR_sixth_report_on_Ukraine.pdf

The Islamic State and Its Potential http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/sites/default/files/ORGOctEn14.pdf

Weapons Are Not the Answer to Ukraine’s Military Woes http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/weapons-are-not-the-answer-to-ukraine%E2%80%99s-military-woes

Hamas Searches for a New Strategy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/PolicyNote19_Yaari4.pdf

ISIS: The Military Response in Iraq and Syria http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06995.pdf

The Threat of ISIS to the UK: RUSI Threat Assessment https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/102014_ISIS_Threat_Assessment.pdf