Friday's Miscellany 01-10-2014

38 North

·         The Dainty Minuet Phase: In Which Our Characters Circle Each Other Warily 

Air Force Research Institute

·         Air & Space Power Journal, January-February 2014, v. 28, no. 1  

o    Strengthening Understanding and Engagement with China's Air Force

o    NATO Air Command–Afghanistan: The Continuing Evolution of Airpower Command and Control

o    Employing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Organizing, Training, and Equipping to Get It Right

o    You Can't Win If You Don't Play: Communication—Engage Early, Engage Often

o    Maintaining Space Superiority

o    Revitalizing Nuclear Operations in the Joint Environment

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Armed Struggle for Power in South Sudan 

Army War College Library

·         Impact of Accelerating Technology - USAWC Library Selected Bibliography 

Asian Development Bank

·         Results-Based Management Framework in the Philippines 

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Which Countries does South Korea Share Commonality with on the Environment? 

·         Why North Korea 2013 Is Not East Germany 1989 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Gulf States and the Rebalancing of Regional and Global Power 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Jordan Valley—Israel’s Security Belt 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Iran Matters - Belfer Iran Brief [new weekly summary] 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated January 10, 2014] 

·         Do Trends in U.S. Inequality Matter for Norms of Global Governance? Concepts and Empirics for Debate 

·         Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2014 

·         The Wisdom of Crowd-Funders: What Motivates Cross-Border Private Development Aid? 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         The Trillion Dollar Nuclear Triad 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         2014 as the Year of Encryption: A (Very) Brief History of Encryption Policy 

·         Cybersecurity and Stability in the Gulf  

·         Global Action toward Universal Health Coverage 

·         Global Health within a Domestic Agency: The Transformation of the Office of Global Affairs at HHS  

·         Iraq in Crisis  

·         Nuclear Scholars Initiative 

·         PacNet #3 - A Thai Response to the Tyranny of Global Commentary 

·         PacNet #2 - Does Abe’s Rightward Shift Threaten His Legacy? 

·         PacNet #1 - Rebalancing, China and Asian Dynamics – Obama’s Good Fit 

·         Responsible Nuclear Suppliers: India, South Korea and China 

·         Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Crackdown in Cambodia: What Options for the United States? 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         After the Awakening: Future Security Trends in the Middle East 

·         The Enduring Need for Electronic Attack in Air Operations 

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         The Fractured Jihadi Movement in the Sahara 

·         Islamism, Post-Islamism and Civil Islam 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         European Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A Chicken and Egg Dilemma 

·         The New EU Climate and Energy Package:Passing the Test? 

·         Many Worlds of the ‘Low-Skilled’, but Only One Generic Policy 

·         What Direction for Reforms in China? 

·         What Does the UK Want from an EU Renegotiation, and What Terms Can It Expect? 

·         Who Will Monitor the Spies? 

·         Why So Few Students Do Maths and Science 

Chatham House

·         Western Policy Towards Syria: Ten Recommendations 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Will there be an African Economic Community? 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Waste in Government: What’s Being Done? 

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Private Sector Programs that Engage Students in STEM 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Situation in South Sudan 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Syrian Refugee Crisis 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Approaches to Reducing Federal Spending  on National Defense 

·         Presentation on the Projected Costs of U.S.Nuclear Forces, 2014 to 2023 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) 

·         Global Economics Monthly: January 2014 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 3160.01, Homeland Defense Activities Conducted by the National Guard, August 25, 2008; Incorporating Change 1, Effective December 18, 2013 

·         DoD Instruction 1320.04, Military Officer Actions Requiring Presidential, Secretary of Defense, or Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Approval or Senate Confirmation, January 3, 2014 

Department of Defense SARP

·         DoD Annual Report on Sexual Harassment andViolence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2012-2013 

Department of State

·         New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms 

Department of the Navy

·         OPNAV 5721.1G - Release of Information on Nuclear Weapons and on Nuclear Capabilities of U.S. Navy Forces 

East-West Center

·         Creating Korea's Future Economy: Innovation,Growth, and Korea-US Economic Relations 

·         Innovation, the “Third Arrow” and US-Japan Relations 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Colombia Country Analysis Brief - January 2014 

·         International Energy Statistics  [quarterly update added] 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Afghanistan: The View from India 

·         Bangladeshi Elections: The Last Woman Standing 

·         Quenching India’s Thirst for Energy 

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Export of Dual-Use Chemicals to Syria: An Assessment of European Union Export Controls 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Egypt’s Unsustainable Crackdown 

·         A New Constitution Will Not Solve Egypt's Problems 

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, January 2014 

o    Active Shooter Events from 2000 to 2012

o    Legal Digest: Supreme Court Cases: 2012 to 2013 Term

o    Notable Speech: Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity

o    Officer Survival Spotlight: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

o    Leadership Spotlight: Valuable Moments

o    Cyber Crime Update: Revamped Cyber’s Most Wanted List

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Principle and Prudence in American Foreign Policy  

Foundation for Strategic Research

·         German Police Project Team and the “Capacity to do Capacity Building” 

FRIDE

·         Challenges for European Foreign Policy in2014: The EU’s Extended Neighbourhood 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         China’s Trade Policy 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Connecting the Dots for Urban Revitalization:Lessons from Dortmund, Germany 

·         The Rule of Law is the Casualty 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security: DHS's Efforts to Modernize Key Enforcement Systems Could be Strengthened. GAO-14-62 

·         Compacts of Free Association: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight and Accountability of U.S. Assistance to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. GAO-14-243T [testimony] 

·         Defense Infrastructure: Army Brigade Combat Team Inactivations Informed by Analyses, but Actions Needed to Improve Stationing Process. GAO-14-76 

·         Information Security: Agency Responses to Breaches of Personally Identifiable Information Need to Be More Consistent. GAO-14-34 

·         Iranian Commercial Activities: Foreign Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Certain Activities Involving Iran's Energy or Communications Sectors. GAO-14-218R 

·         James Webb Space Telescope: Project Meeting Commitments but Current Technical, Cost, and Schedule Challenges Could Affect Continued Progress. GAO-14-72   

·         Telecommunications: GSA Needs to Share and Prioritize Lessons Learned to Avoid Future Transition Delays. GAO-14-63 

Heritage Foundation

·         “The Best of Disinfectants”: Using Publicity to Fight Overcriminalization 

·         EPA and the Corps Ignoring Sound Science on Critical Clean Water Act Regulations 

·         Sochi: Security and Counterterrorism at the2014 Winter Olympics 

·         Trade Adjustment Assistance: Let the Ineffective and Wasteful Job-Training Program Expire 

·         Why U.S. Citizens Should Not Be Branded as U.S. Criminals for Violating Foreign Law 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Conflict and the Formation of Political Beliefs in Africa 

·         War and the Destruction of Human Capital 

Human Impact Partners

·         Family Unity, Family Health: How Family-Focused Immigration Reform Will Mean Better Health for Children and Families  

IBM Center for the Business of Government

·         Incident Reporting Systems: Lessons from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, January 8, 2014 

o    Education Reform--A Key to South Africa's Future

o    Contested Presidential Election in Madagascar

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Update 2014 #7: Iraqi Army Recruits Volunteers for Anbar Operations  

·         Iraq Update 2014 #6: Sunni Tribal Dynamics in Fallujah and Ramadi 

·         Iraq Update 2014 #5: “The Time to Harvest is Coming” – ISIS Statement  

·         Iraq Update 2014 #4: Anbaris Weigh Negotiations with Maliki 

·         Iraq Update 2014 #3: Update on Situation in Fallujah 

·         Iraq Update 2014 #2: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Patrols Fallujah; Aims for Ramadi, Mosul,Baghdad 

·         Iraq Update 2014 #1: Showdown in Anbar 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Employment in India – Latest Data and Implications 

·         Painful Polls and Dhaka’s Dilemmas 

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch, no. 125, January 2, 2014 

·         Mali: Reform or Relapse [full report is in French] 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January 10,2014, v. 14, no. 1 

o    Brief: Xi Evokes “New Left” Vision of China’s Future

o    Xi Invokes Mao’s Image to Boost his own Authority 

o    Tiananmen Attack: Islamist Terror or Chinese Protest?

o    The Language of Terrorism in China: Balancing Foreign and Domestic Policy Imperatives

o    China-US WMD Cooperation: Progress within Limits

·         Terrorism Monitor, January 10, 2014, v. 12, no. 1 

o    Ansar al-Shari’a: Transforming Libya into a Land of Jihad

o    Tunisian Extremists Expand Beyond Their Bases in Jebel Chaambi

o    Northern Cameroon under Threat from Boko Haram and Séléka Militants

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2014 [updated January 8, 2014] 

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Tensions in the East China Sea  

Meir Amit Intelligence and Study Center

·         Foreign Fighters in Syria 

National Academies Press

·         Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change:  Anticipating Surprises 

·         Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support Peacebuilding:  Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding 

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

·         Legal Definitions of First Responder 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No.14 (December 2013) 

o    ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM Plus:  A Japanese Perspective

o    Is China's Social Unrest the Source of Its Foreign Policy?  A Preliminary Study on the Impact of Domestic  Instability on External Relations

o    Debates over the Military Value of Outer Space in the Past,  Present and the Future: Drawing on Space Power  Theory in the U.S.

o    Future Outlook for Arms Control / Disarmament Talks  on Non-Strategic Nuclear Forces

o    The Revitalisation of Japan's Submarine Industry:  From Defeat to Oyashio

National Institute of Justice

·         NIJ Journal, 2014, no. 283 

o    'Cultural Shift' Is Among Findings of Second Chance Act Evaluation

National Security Archive

·         The Rwanda "Genocide Fax": What We Know Now 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The Role of Arctic Hydrocarbons for Future Energy Security 

Naval Studies Board (NSB)

·         Responding to Capability Surprise: A Strategy for U.S. Naval Forces (2013) 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Great Power Conflict in the Western Pacific: Reprise of the First World War Scenario? 

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         2014 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         3D Cyberspace Spillover: Where Virtual Games Get Real  

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Monitor On Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         SOLLIMS Sampler, 2014, v. 5, no. 1 

o    Improving Host Nation Security through Police Forces

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Making Labor Market Reforms Work for Everyone: Lessons from Germany 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Endogenous Finance of Global Dollar-Based Financial in the 2000s: A Minskian Approach 

Rand

·         Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers   

·         Getting To Outcomes with Developmental Assets (AGTO): An E-Learning Module   

·         A Methodology for Determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) Advanced Academic Degree (AAD) Requirements 

·         The RAND Toolkit

o    Volume 1 - The Development and Application of the RAND Program Classification Tool 

o    Volume 2 - The RAND Online Measure Repository for Evaluating Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Programs 

o    Volume 3 - A Systematic Process to Facilitate Evidence-Informed Decisionmaking Regarding Program Expansion 

o    Volume 4 - A Program Manager's Guide for Program Improvement in Ongoing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Programs 

·         The U.S. Army in Southeast Asia: Near-Term and Long-Term Roles   

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Malaysia’s Past Successes and Uncertain Future—Graduating from the Middle or Caught in the Middle?  

Small Wars Journal

·         The Energy Reform: A Re-appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe? 

·         Peña Nieto’s First Year: Iraq on Our Southern Border 

·         Peña Nieto’s Security Strategy: We Need to Talk 

·         U.S. Options in Anbar as Sunnis Continue Pattern of Shifting Alliances 

·         Vandals or Complex Criminal Networks in Mexico? 

·         The Weakness of the Responsibility to Protect as an International Norm 

·         The Year of Living Dangerously: Peña Nieto’s Presidency of Shadows 

Stimson Center

·         Killing Animals, Buying Arms—Setting the Stage for Collaborative Solutions to Poaching + Wildlife Crime  

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         New Realities: Energy Security in the 2010sand Implications for the U.S. Military - Executive Summaries

United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons Defense Committee

·         Towards the Next Defense and Security Review, Part One

o    Volume I [report, minutes, oral evidence] 

o    Volume II [written evidence]  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Crisis and Opportunity in South Sudan 

·         Media and Conflict in Myanmar: Opportunities for Media to Advance Peace 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Ariel Sharon: From Warrior to Man of Peace at Last 

·         President Rouhani and the IRGC 

·         Turkey's 2014 Political Transition: From Erdogan to Erdogan? 

White House

·         Statement by the President on the Implementation of the First Step Agreement on Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program 

·         The War on Poverty 50 Years Later:  A Progress Report 

Wilson Center

·         Can the Iran Nuclear Issue be Resolved? 

·         Crisis and Opportunity in South Sudan 

World Bank

·         Global Financial Development Report 2014:Financial Inclusion