Friday's Miscellany 01-24-2014

38 North

·         North Korea's French Connection 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Oman, Iranian Rapprochement and a GCC Union 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Russia's Precarious Olympics  

Army War College Library

·         U.S. National Security: Selected Bibliography 

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         IAE 14-01W Understanding Environmental Security and Climate Change 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Issues for Renminbi Internationalization: An Overview 

·         Will History Repeat Itself? Lessons for the Yuan 

Atlantic Council

·         Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt 

·         Negotiating Libya's Constitution  

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Threat of the “Salafi Crescent” 

Brookings

·         Big Bets & Black Swans: A Presidential Briefing Book 

·         Federal Reserve Independence in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis: Should We Be Worried? 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Prioritizing Defence Industry Capabilities:Lessons for Canada from Australia 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Tehran Calling: Understanding a New Iranian Leadership  

Carter-Ruck and Co., Inc.

·         Report into the Credibility of Certain Evidence with Regard to Torture and Execution of Persons Incarcerated by the Current Syrian Regime  [marked confidential but it is not a US Government security marking]

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         20YY: Preparing for War in the Robotic Age 

·         Zone Defense: A Case for Distinct Service Roles and Missions 

Center for American Progress

·         5 Growing Threats to America’s Cities:Federal Investments in Resiliency Needed in the Face of Extreme Weather 

Center for International Policy (CIP)

·         Promising the Sky: Pork Barrel Politics and the F-35 Combat Aircraft 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The 2014 Sochi Olympics: A Patchwork of Challenges 

·         CSIS European Trilateral Track II Nuclear Dialogue: 2013 Consensus Statement 

·         Costs of Corruption: Strategies for Ending a Tax on Private-Sector Growth  

·         FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness, January 2014,  Issue 3 

o    The Pressing Need for Improved Disaster Resilience

o    Beyond Walls: Security in the Coming Urban Age

o    The Next NATO Summit: Setting Up for Disappointment

·         History Flows: déjà vu of Koguryo’s downfall in North Korea? 

·         Iraq in Crisis 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, v. 2, no. 1 - January 9 - January 22, 2014 

·         PacNet #5R - Response to PacNet #5 “The Yasukuni Puzzle” 

·         PacNet #9 -- Nuclear-security lessons from Australia 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         After the Vilnius fiasco: Who is to Blame?What is to be Done? 

·         Bilateral Disputes – A Dark Cloud over the Balkans 

·         The Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership Four Years On: Progress, Challenges and Prospects 

·         Yes, It’s the Economy, Stupid, but is it Demand or Supply? 

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Canadian-Australian Opportunities for Defence Procurement and Industry Cooperation 

·         Getting Treatment and Care to the Last Mile:Analyzing the Health Surveillance Assistant Cadre in Malawi 

·         The Local Livelihood Implications of Biofuel Development and Land Acquisitions in Zimbabwe 

·         Promoting the International Use of Emerging Country Currencies: The Case of Local Currency Debt Issuance for Latin America and the Caribbean 

Chatham House

·         The UK and the World: British Foreign Policy in the 21st Century 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Internal and External Dilemmas of Peacebuilding in Africa 

College of Europe

·         Climate Conundrums at High Altitude 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Approaches to Reducing Federal Spending on Military Health Care 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Quarterly Update: Foreign Ownership of U.S.Assets 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 7730.47, Defense Incident-Based Reporting System (DIBRS), January 23, 2014 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Afghanistan: The View from India 

·         EUFOR RCA Bangui: 'Defence Matters' 

·         Horizon 2014: The Arab World 

·         Horizon 2014: Sub-Saharan Africa 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Citizenship in Post-awakening Egypt: Power Shifts and Conflicting Perceptions 

·         Freedom of Religion in Turkey - The Alevi Issue 

·         The Future of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - Addressing Mobility, Protection and Effectiveness in the Long Run 

·         Stigmatisation of EU Mobile Citizens: A Ticking Time Bomb for the European Project 

·         The TTIP Negotiations - A Pirandello Play 

European Union, Directorate-General for External Policies

·         North Korea—Kim Jong-un's Great Purge  

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Geopolitics of Sochi 

FRIDE

·         China’s Economic Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa 

·         Ukraine: protests Without Leadership 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Is the Fethullah Gülen Movement Overstretching Itself? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army Corps of Engineers: Cost Increases in Flood Control Projects and Improving Communication with Nonfederal Sponsors. GAO-14-35 

·         Defense Management: DOD's Conference Policy Is Generally Consistent with OMB's Requirements. GAO-14-150 

·         Flood Insurance: Strategies for Increasing Private Sector Involvement. GAO-14-127 

·         Recovery Act: Grant Implementation Experiences Offer Lessons for Accountability and Transparency. GAO-14-219 

Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

·         Can Negotiating a Uniform Carbon Price Help to Internalize the Global Warming Externality? 

·         Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations 

·         The Optimal Energy Mix in Power Generation and the Contribution from Natural Gas in Reducing Carbon Emissions to 2030 and Beyond 

Heritage Foundation

·         Meeting the Challenge of Chinese Expansionism on the East Asian Littoral 

·         Most Minimum-Wage Jobs Lead to Better-Paying Opportunities 

·         Ukraine’s Anti-Protest Laws: A Step Backwards in Time 

·         The United States Should Be More Assertive in South Sudan 

Human Rights Watch

·         Priorities for Legislative Reform: A Human Rights Roadmap for a New Libya  

·         World Report for 2014: Events of 2013  

IJ Infinity Group

·         Journal of Military Operations, Winter 2014, v. 2, no. 1 

o    Does Operational Art Exist? Space, Time and a Theory of Operational Art

o    Out of Balance: Rebalancing Access and Overcoming Denial

o    The Edge of Glory: The Western Way of Combat and the Seach for the Elusive Decisve Battle in an Age of Terror

o    The Tactics Gap: Why We Wrestle with the Basics

o    Training Obversations

o    The Killing of an Unknown Afghan Fighter in September 2011: A Breakdown in Battlefield Discipline

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, January 23, 2014 

o    China-Japan Tensions Play Out in Africa

o    Police Vetting in Kenya Illustrates Both Progress and Challenges to Reform

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Arthasastra: Lesson for the Contemporary Security Environment with South Asia as a Case Study 

·         INS Vikramaditya—Deployment Options for India  

·         Internal Security Trends in 2013 and a Prognosis 

·         Political Crisis in Thailand and Its Effects on Foreign Relations  

Institute for Inclusive Security

·         Perspectives on the Peace Process: A Survey of Syrian Women 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Defining Iranian Nuclear Programs in a Comprehensive Solution under the Joint Plan of Action 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Debates in Post-conflict Development in Africa 

·         Internal and External Dilemmas of Peacebuilding in Africa 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The Threat of Contemporary Piracy and the Role of the International Community 

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

·         Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore [Chinese] Money Maze 

International Crisis Group

·         Policing Urban Violence in Pakistan 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Effectiveness of Capital Outflow Restrictions 

·         Exchange Rate Management and Crisis Susceptibility: A Reassessment 

·         Global Liquidity through the Lens of Monetary Aggregates 

·         Mapping the Shadow Banking System Through a Global Flow of Funds Analysis 

·         Thin Capitalization Rules and Multinational Firm Capital Structure 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Assessing the Threat, Preparing the Response 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 14, no. 2, January 24, 2014 

o    Hainan Revises Fishing Regulations in South China Sea: New Language, Old Ambiguities

o    Lunar Rover Marks Another Advance in China’s Space Programs

o    Beijing Copes with a Weakened Ma Administration: Increased Demands, and a Search for Alternatives

o    The China Factor in India-Japan Relations

·         Terrorism Monitor, v. 13, no. 2, January 24, 2014 

o    Al-Qaeda Leader al-Zawahiri Urges Jihad Against the “Anti-Islamic” Government of Bangladesh

o    The Struggle for Arabistan: Tensions and Militancy in Iran’s Khuzestan Province

o    Tripoli Battles Shadowy Qaddafists While Tribal Rivals Fight Over Southern Libya

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2014 [updated January24, 2014] 

National Academics Press

·         Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change 

National Security Archive

·         Kissinger to Ford: "Smash" Rumsfeld 

·         USS Pueblo: LBJ Considered Nuclear Weapons, Naval Blockade, Ground Attacks in Response to 1968 North Korean Seizure of Navy Vessel 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         ADIZ: A Four Letter Word 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Central African Republic – a History of a Collapse Foretold? 

·         What is Pushing Tax Reform in Pakistan? 

Oxfam International

·         Riding the Wave of Reform: Fast-Tracking Myanmar's Future with Good Quality Aid  

·         Working for the Few: Political Capture and Economic Inequality  

Oxford Research Group

·         Iranian Foreign Policy After a Nuclear Agreement 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Christie’s Image Turns More Negative: Most Don’t Believe His Assertions on Highway Controversy 

·         Most See Inequality Growing, but Partisans Differ over Solutions: 54% Favor Taxing the Wealthy to Expand Aid to Poor 

·         Obama’s NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public: Most Say U.S. Should Pursue Criminal Case Against Snowden 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Germany and the Future of the Eurozone 

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

·         Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 

Project on Government Oversight

·         What Did the Appropriators Really Do To Defense Spending?  

Quilliam

·         The Limitations of Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures 

Rand

·         Evaluating the "Keep Your Health Plan Fix": Implications for the Affordable Care Act Compared to Legislative Alternatives   

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Indonesia’s Political Outlook: Towards GE2014: Some Trends and Observations 

Securing America’s Future Energy

·         Oil Security 2025: U.S. National Security Policy in an Era of Domestic Oil Abundance  

Small Wars Journal

·         Counterinsurgencies and Deterrence 

·         Continuing the Fight: How New Joint Doctrine Advances the Counterinsurgency Debate 

·         Giving Advising its Due 

·         Karzai's Great Game Gamble 

·         Lessons From Previous Competitive Strategies:Interview with Thomas G. Mahnken 

·         Mega Cities, Ungoverned Areas, and the Challenge of Army Urban Combat Operations in 2030-2040 

·         More than Weather: The Strategic Importance of Remote Environmental Monitoring Capabilities to DOD 

·         NATO’s Post ISAF Challenges and the Danger of a Hollow Alliance 

·         Patton as a Counterinsurgent?: Lessons from an Unlikely COIN-danista 

·         Saving the Kiowa: A Case for Augmenting the Reconnaissance and Security Brigade with the Aviation it Needs 

·         U.S.-Iran Rapprochement: A Counterintuitive Alternative to Thirty-five Years of Distrust 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assad's Indispensable Foreign Legions 

·         Avoiding Assad's Forced Solution to the Syria Crisis 

·         Trials and Tribulations in Lebanon 

Wilson Center

·         Jihadist Violence: The Indian Threat 

World Bank

·         Global Economic Prospects 2014