Friday's Miscellany 03-21-2014

38 North

·         North Korea's Nuclear and Rocket Test Sites: Activity Continues but No Sign of Test Preparations 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Some Things Got Better: How Much Got Good?  A Review of 12 Years of International Intervention in Afghanistan 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Regional Trade in Afghanistan 

Air Force Inspector General (USAF IG)

·         USAF Inspector General Disenrollment Process Report 

·         USAF Inspector General Report of Inquiry Concerning Office of Special Investigations’ Use of Cadets as Confidential Informants at the Air Force Academy 

Air University Library

·         Iran - Options for US Strategy  

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Han Nationalism in China 

·         Turmoil in Ukraine 

American Security Project

·         American Security Quarterly, March 2014, v. 3, no. 1 

Amnesty International

·         We Can't Endure Any More: The Impact of Inter-Communal Violence on Civilians in Central Darfur 

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

·         Homegrown Islamic Extremism in 2013: The Perils of Online Recruitment & Self-Radicalization 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Income Distributions, Inequality, and Poverty in Asia, 1992-2010 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Essential and Underappreciated—The Contribution of Law Enforcement to National Security 

Baker Institute

·         The Eurocrisis Minefield 

·         Qatar ‘Rises Above’ Its Region—Geopolitics and the Rejection of the GCC Gas Market 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Advancing Nuclear Security: Evaluating Progress and Setting New Goals 

·         Securing China's Nuclear Future 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Interior Immigration Enforcement by the Numbers 

·         Turkey’s Local Elections—Actors, Factors, and Implications 

Brookings

·         Economic Promise of Wireless Spectrum 

·         Forgotten But Not Gone: The Long-Term Fiscal Imbalance 

·         A High-Carbon Partnership? Chinese-Latin American Relations in a Carbon-Constrained World 

·         Mitigating Extreme Partisanship in an Era of Networked Parties: An Examination of Various Reform Strategies 

·         Personnel Change or Personal Change? Rethinking Libya’s Political Isolation Law 

·         Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership:Preparing the Way 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

·         Employment Situation of Veterans - 2013 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         From Transformation to Mediation: The Arab Spring Reframed 

·         The India-Australia Strategic Relationship:Defining Realistic Expectations 

CATO Institute

·         Obama Administration’s Trade Agenda Is Crumbling 

·         Paths to Mortgage Finance Reform and Their Budgetary Implications 

·         Review of the Panama City Metro Project 

·         State Education Trends 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Tailored Coercion: Competition and Risk in Maritime Asia 

·         Why a Melting Arctic Could Sink the Global Economy 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Envisioning Strategic Options: Comparing Alternative Marine Corps Structures 

Center for Energy Governance and Security

·         Geopolitics of Shale Gas/Shale Oil Revolution  

·         Renewable Energy Burst in Japan 

·         An Updated Summary of Energy Supply and Demand in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)

·         The CIP Report., March 2014, v. 12, no. 9  

o    Emergency Management.

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Arming University Police Departments 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Kosovo between Stagnation and Transformation 

·         More Responsibility? German Foreign Policy in2014 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The FY2015 Defense Budget and the QDR: KeyTrends and Data Points 

·         FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness , March 2014, Issue 5 

·         Iraq in Crisis 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, March 6 - March 19, 2014, v. 2, no. 5 

·         PacNet #21 -- The Cold War on the Korean Peninsula: Finding the Off Button 

·         PacNet #20R -- Response to PacNet #20 "Understand Abe, but Focus on Japan" 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Early Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia:More of the Same or New Beginnings? 

·         On Ukrainian Gas Transit and South Stream -There May be More than Meets the Eye 

·         Shifting EU Institutional Reform into High Gear: Report of the CEPS High-Level Group 

·         What makes Greece Special?  

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Central Bank Independence in North Africa 

·         The IMF’s Preferred Creditor Status: Does It Still Make Sense After the Euro Crisis? 

Chatham House

·         Fiscal Space for Domestic Funding of Health and Other Social Services 

·         The Power of Political Voice: How Women in Politics Can Help Tackle Gender Crime 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Strategic Behaviour and Crisis-Driven Change in Regulation and Governance of the European Financial and Economic System From Networks to Hybrids 

Combat Studies Institute

·         Training for Decisive Action: Stories of Mission Command 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Combating Human Trafficking in Our Major Cities 

·         The Federal Emergency Management Agency’sFY2015 Budget Request: Ensuring Effective Preparedness, Response, and Communications 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Re Iran Negotiations 

·         Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Community Solutions to Breaking the Cycle of Heroin and Opioid Addiction 

Department of Defense

·         Review of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting

o    Secretary of Defense's Recommendations on Washington Navy Yard Review 

o    DOD Internal Review of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting 

o    Independent Review of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting 

o    Navy Investigation into the Washington Navy Yard Shooting - Final Report 

o    Navy Secretary Releases Report on Washington Navy Yard Tragedy 

o    Navy Secretary's Endorsement - Washington Navy Yard - Navy Judge Advocate General Review 

o    Washington Navy Yard - Navy Judge Advocate General List of Actions 

o    Defense Department Press Briefing on Implementation Plans as a Result of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting Investigations and Reviews by Secretary Hagel and Navy Secretary Mabus in the Pentagon Briefing Room 

o    Washington Navy Yard Review Announcement 

Department of State

·         Joint Statement on the Contributions of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Enhancing Nuclear Security 

Department of the Army

·         TC 7-100.3 Irregular Opposing Forces 

East West Center

·         The New Vietnamese Vocabulary for Foreign and Defense Relations 

Enough Project

·         Looming Crisis: Open Wounds in Abyei Increase Risk of New War 

European Union, Directorate-General for External Policies

·         Mediterranean Flows into Europe: Migration and the EU's Foreign Policy 

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         Arab Armies: Agents of Change? Before and After 2011 

·         East Asia’s Security Architecture – Track Two 

·         The Eurasian Customs Union: The Economics and the Politics 

·         No TTIP-ing Point for European Defence? 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         EU’s Sanctions Against Russia – The Need for Clear Goals 

·         Russian Belligerence and Europe’s Energy Security 

·         Sharing the Same Vision - The Cornerstone of a New Industrial Policy for Europe 

Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research

·         Iranian Foreign Policy on the 35th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution 

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         Great Unfulfilled Expectations: Russia’s Security Dialogue with Europe 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Playing With Fire: The Showdown in Egypt between the General and the Islamist President 

·         The Russian Invasion of Ukraine 

·         Ukraine: And the Winner Is . . . China 

FRIDE

·         Yemen’s Creaky Compromise 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         From Sochi to Euromaidan: Where is Turkey along Europe’s Eastern Fault-Lines? 

·         What is at Stake in Ukraine 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         General Services Administration: GSA Should Clarify Its Reporting Exemption and Collect Additional Data on Executives' Use of Aircraft for Nonmission Purposes. GAO-14-151 

·         Military Housing: Information on the Privatization of Unaccompanied Personnel Housing. GAO-14-313 

·         Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications: Review of DOD's Current Modernization Efforts. GAO-14-414R 

Heritage Foundation

·         12 Issues for Congress in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act 

·         Important Work to Be Done Before the U.S.Relinquishes Stewardship of ICANN 

·         Taiwan’s Maritime Security: A Critical American Interest 

·         Ukraine, NATO, Trade, and Afghanistan Should Dominate Obama’s Visit to Europe 

·         U.S. Missile Defense Policy After Russia’s Actions in Ukraine 

Human Rights Watch

·         The Crisis in Buenaventura : Disappearances,Dismemberment, and Displacement in Colombia’s Main Pacific Port 

·         Exploitation in the Name of Education: Uneven Progress in Ending Forced Child Begging in Senegal 

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         Development of the Northern Sea Route: How Great is the Need for Satellite Observation? 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, March 20, 2014 

o    Who Will Succeed Angola’s dos Santos?

o    Zimbabwe’s Economy—Heading For New Trouble

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         China at Your Doorstep: Looking East From India’s Northeast 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         IAEA Report: Status of Iran's Nuclear Program under the JPA 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Tallying the Hidden Environmental Costs of Drug Production 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Africa's Engagement with the International Nuclear Security Framework 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalisation Era:What Do We Learn from Village Studies? 

·         South Asia’s Economic Changes and Diaspora Groups 

·         South Asian Diaspora: A Changing Landscape 

·         State of Injustice: The Indian State and Poverty 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The Turkey-Azerbaijan Energy Partnership in the Context of the Southern Corridor 

·         Turkey's Potential Role in the Emerging South-Eastern Mediterranean Energy Corridor 

International Crisis Group

·         Côte d’Ivoire’s Great West: Key to Reconciliation

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 21, 2014, v. 14, no. 6 

o    Newest Small Leading Group to ‘Deepen Reform of National Defense and the Military’

o    The Military Dimensions of NPC 2014

o    Malaysia Walks Tightrope on China and the South China Sea

o    Fleshing out the Third Plenum: the Direction of China’s Legal Reform

o    Old Wine in an Ancient Bottle: Changes in Chinese State Ideology

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 20, 2104, v. 12, no. 6 

o    Iran’s Sunni Baloch Extremists Operating from Bases in Pakistan

o    Assad's Hurricane:  A Profile of the Paramilitary Wing of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party

o    Congolese Forces Take the Offensive Against Uganda’s ADF-NALU Militants

               

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-31, Command and Control of Joint Land Operations, 24 February 2014 

·         Joint Pub 4-05, Joint Mobilization Planning, 21 February 2014 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The Attraction of Korean Unification: Inter-Korean and International Costs and Benefits 

Lawfare

·         Mr. Wemmick’s Condition; Or, Privacy as a Disposition, Complete with Skeptical Observations Regarding Various Regulatory Enthusiasms 

National Academies Press

·         Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Gulf War Veterans:  Case Definitions Reexamined 

·         Developing a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research 

·         Laser Radar: Progress and Opportunities in Active Electro-Optical Sensing 

National Security Archive

·         The Rwandian Crisis Seen Through the Eyes of France: Part One: Leadup to the Genocide 

New America Foundation

·         Rebalancing the Scales: The 2015 Assets Budget 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Brazil's Growing Relevance to Peace and Security in Africa 

·        Creating an Environment that Counteracts Militant Ideologies and Radicalism in Pakistan 

·         Oman’s Mediatory Efforts in Regional Crises 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         The Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa’s Water Sector: A Review and a Way Forward 

Oxfam International

·         A Tale of Two Britains: Inequality in the UK 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Conflict & Peace Studies, Spring 2013, v. 5, no. 1 

o    Afghanistan and Pakistan: A Common Security Perspective  

o    Pak-Iran Relations: Views of Political and Religious Parties and Militant Groups

o    Anti-Americanism Deconstructed

o    Culture of Violence versus Culture of Silence

o    The Role of Religious Scholars in Counter-Radicalization

o    Evolution of Militant Groups in Pakistan (3)

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Keystone XL Pipeline Divides Democrats:Proposal Retains 2-to-1 Support among Public 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Emerging and Developing Nations Want Freedom on the Internet: Young Especially Opposed to Censorship 

Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project

·         The Rise of Federal Immigration Crimes: Unlawful Reentry Drives Growth 

Ponemon Institute

·         Cyber Catastrophes: Understanding the Risk and Exposure 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Bruno Oliveira Martins, "Europe on the Edge: NATO and the EU in the Ukraine Crisis" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 140, March 2014) 

·         Gustavo Plácido dos Santos, "Elections in Guinea-Bissau: A Roadmap for Restoration of Constitutional Order" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 139, March 2014) 

Rand

·         Analysis to Inform Defense Planning Despite Austerity 

·         Assessing Security Cooperation as a Preventive Tool 

·         The Future of Public Health: A Horizon Scan 

·         Improving Interagency Information Sharing Using Technology Demonstrations: The Legal Basis for Using New Sensor Technologies for Counterdrug Operations Along the U.S. Border 

·         Libya After Qaddafi: Lessons and Implications for the Future 

·         Soldier-Portable Battery Supply: Foreign Dependence and Policy Options 

Refugees International

·         Myanmar—Act Immediately to Protect Displaced People's Rights 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute in the Context of China-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Dynamics 

Secure World Foundation

·         Through a Glass, Darkly: Chinese, American,and Russian Anti-satellite Testing in Space 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Art of Tailoring Competitive Strategies 

·         The Dynamics and Value of “Trust” in the Military 

·         A Genealogy of Egyptian Islamic Radicalism 

·         The “Hidden” Power of Illegally Armed Groups in Latin America : Mexico a Case Study 

·         Man, The State and War Against Drug Cartels: A Typology of Drug-Related Violence in Mexico 

·         The Trusted Shadow and Trojan Horse of the United States Government: Human Behavior and the Insider Threat 

·         Understanding the Sea: The Practical Application of Census Operations as a Primary Tool for the Platoon-Level Counterinsurgent 

South Asian Strategic Stability Institute

·         National Conference on Prospects of Nuclear Energy in Pakistan: Vision 2025 

Stimson Center

·         “Strategic Agility” Assessment of the President’s FY2015 Defense Budget 

·         Southern Flows: Weapons Of Mass Destruction & The Developing World 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2013 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Defense Planning for National Security: Navigation Aids for the Mystery Tour 

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·         Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic 

United Nations Security Council

·         Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Navy Extends its Combat Reach to the Indian Ocean 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Last Chance: The International Community and the 2014 Afghan Elections 

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Journal of International Commerce and Economics, December 2013, v. 5, no. 1 

o    The Boom in Brazilians Traveling to the United States

o    Korea’s Demand for U.S. Beef

o    Feeding the Dragon and the Elephant: How Agricultural Policies and Trading Regimes Influence Consumption in China and India

o    The USITC’s Roundtable on the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Discussion Summary

o    Geographically Disaggregated Import Data and Consumer Gains from Trade

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Iranian Suspicions About the IAEA 

·         West Bank Violence and Gaza Rockets Could Spark Wider Conflict 

White House

·         Fact Sheet: The President’s Climate Data Initiative:  Empowering America’s Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change 

·         Suitability and Security Processes Review:Report to the President