Friday's Miscellany 04-25-2014

38 North

·         Update on North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Thematic Dossier IV: Afghanistan’s 2014 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Evolving Terrain: Opium Poppy Cultivation in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces in 2013 

Air University Library Bibliographies

·         Central and Eastern Europe - April 2014 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Al-Maliki Looks at a Third Term in Iraq 

American Security Project

·         Key Facts: Climate Change 

Amnesty International

·         Exploitation of Migrant Domestic Workers inQatar 

Asian Development Bank

·         Asian Economic Integration Monitor - April2014 

·         Assessing Impact in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An Analysis of Regional Cooperation Projects 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Dynamic Transition of the Exchange Rate Regime in the People's Republic of China 

Atlantic Council

·         India and Pakistan: The Opportunity Cost of Conflict 

·         Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Israel Cannot Accept the Emerging Accord between the US and Iran 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Governments and Cloud Computing Approaches,and Policy Considerations 

Brookings

·         Faith in Equality: Economic Justice and the Future of Religious Progressives 

·         Fueling a New Order? The New Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Energy 

·         Getting Smarter about Smart Cities 

·         Products Liability and Driverless Cars:Issues and Guiding Principles for Legislation 

·         Profitable Development Solutions: How the Private Sector Can Contribute to the Post-2015 Agenda 

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

·         Political Stability and Security in West and North Africa  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Extreme Violence and the Rule of Law: Lessons From Eastern Afghanistan  

·         Iraq’s Sectarian Crisis: A Legacy of Exclusion 

CATO Institute

·         The Government Debt Iceberg 

·         State-Based Visas: A Federalist Approach to Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy  

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Digital Theaters: Decentralizing Cyber Command and Control 

·         Opportunities for American Influence in a Changing Middle East 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Immigration's Impact on Republican Political Prospects, 1980 to 2012 

Center for National Policy

·         Connecting America: Building Resilience with Social Media 

·         Generating Security: Resilient, Renewable Power for U.S. Military Installations 

·         The Rebalance to Asia: Implications for U.S.Military Energy Use 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Persistent Engagement in the Era of Minimal Footprint 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 147: Legal Reform 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness, no. 6, April 2014 

o    Is Nuclear Weapons Modernization Affordable?

o    Localizing Development Assistance to Enhance Effectiveness

o    The End of Moore's Law...No Really This Time

o    Initial Analysis of the Impact of Sequestration on DoD Contracting

·         Exploring New Ways to Provide Enduring Strategic Effects for DOD  

·         Family Planning and Linkages with U.S. Health and Development Goals

·         PacNet #32 - Mr. Obama: Focus on Alliance Management, not Rebalancing Rhetoric 

·         PacNet #32A - Unintended Consequences of US Alliances in Asia 

·         Replenishing GAVI in 2014: Options for U.S.Engagement 

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, April 2014, v. 8, no. 2 

·         Survival of the Fittest: Why Terrorist Groups Endure

o    Hezbollah’s Man in Egypt

o    Locating Cyberterrorism: How Terrorism Researchers Use and View the Cyber Lexicon

o    Bibliography: Muslim Brotherhood (Part 1)

o    Bibliography: (Countering) Violent Extremism and Terrorism

o    “Counterterrorism Bookshelf” – 27 Books on Terrorism & Counterterrorism Related Subjects

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         How Much Does EU Citizenship Cost? The Maltese Citizenship-for-sale Affair: A Breakthrough for Sincere Cooperation in Citizenship of the Union? 

·         Supporting Access to Finance by SMEs: Mapping the Initiatives in Five EU Countries 

·         Ukraine and Security Disorder in Europe – A Defining Moment for the OSCE? 

Committee for Human Right in North Korea

·         Illicit: North Korea’s Evolving Operations to Earn Hard Currency 

Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

·         Investigations into Allegations of Misconduct by the Former Acting and Deputy Inspector General  of the Department of Homeland Security  

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Federal Budget in 2013: An Infographic 

·         Revenues in 2013: An Infographic 

               

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Venezuela’s Economic Fractures 

·         What Is Internet Governance? 

Delhi Policy Group

·         Afghanistan Task Force: What India Can Do 

·         Afghanistan Update: Preparations for ‘The Decade of Transformation’

·         Women's Political Participation and Representation in India 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Defense Suicide Prevention Office 

o    2012 Calendar year DoD Suicide Event Report (DoDSER)

o    Crisis Support Guide for Families

o    Reserve Component Suicide Postvention Plan: A Toolkit for Commanders

·         DoD Directive 4180.01, DoD Energy Policy, April 16, 2014 

·         DoD Instruction 5030.36, Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic (ESCAT), April 24, 2014 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         2012 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 

Department of State

·         Remarks at the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) Launch 

·         Remarks on Ukraine [Sec Kerry] 

East-West Center

·         Australia’s Gains in Northeast Asia Pave the Way for Obama’s Trip 

·         President Obama’s Visit to Malaysia: Looking Beyond Flight MH370 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         The European Elections: What is at Stake for the Citizens? An Analysis of the EU’s Legitimacy and Policy Challenges 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Mexico Country Analysis Brief - April 2014 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Crisis Rooms – Towards a Global Network? 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         EPC Special Collection: Ukraine 

·         Ukraine and the EU: Turning the Association Agreement Into a Success Story 

·         Ukraine on the Edge 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Perfect Storm Ahead? An Exploration of the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism  

FRIDE

·         Avoiding Iraq’s Fragmentation 

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (Russia)

·         Russian Economic Developments 

German Development Institute

·         The formation of a New Technological Trajectory of Electric Propulsion in the French Automobile Industry 

·         International Cooperation and Development: A Conceptual Overview 

·         Making Energy Efficiency Pro-poor: Insights from Behavioural Economics for Policy Design 

·         Turkey as a Donor Country and Potential Partner in Triangular Cooperation 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Blue Sky II: Progress and Opportunities in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program. GAO-14-521R 

·         Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Air Force's B-2 Defensive Management System Modernization Program. GAO-14-522R 

·         Telecommunications: Projects and Policies Related to Deploying Broadband in Unserved and Underserved Areas. GAO-14-409 

·         Warfighter Support: DOD Policy and Implementation Plan for Reconstitution of Forces. GAO-14-530R 

Heritage Foundation

·         Basel III Capital Standards Do Not Reduce the Too-Big-to-Fail Problem 

·         Congress Should Support the Marines’ New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Plan 

·         Crisis in Venezuela: UNASUR and U.S. Foreign Policy 

·         EEOC Loses Again on Background Checks 

·         Job Creation—Policies to Boost Employment and Economic Growth 

·         A National Strategy for the South China Sea 

·         Supreme Court 101: A Primer for Non-Lawyers 

·         Time to Reform U.S. International Broadcasting 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Civil Conflict, Sex Ratio and Intimate Partner Violence in Rwanda 

Human Rights Watch

·         "They Say We’re Dirty" : Denying an Education to India’s Marginalized  

·         "We Were Sent to Kill You" : Gang Attacks in Western Kenya and the Government’s Failed Response 

·         "We Stood, They Opened Fire":Killings and Arrests by Sudan’s Security Forces During the September Protests  

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch , April 24, 2014 

o    Ghana, The United States, and Iran: Balancing Alliances with Mutual Interests

o    Elections and the Autocratic Drift in Africa

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Case Study: Canada Prosecutes Company for Possible Nuclear Related Export to Iran 

·         Monitoring North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site 

·         Monitoring Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         People's Perspectives of Organised Crime in West Africa and the Sahel 

·         Strengthening Prosecutorial Accountability in South Africa 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan: 5,000 Troops are not Enough 

·         Iraq’s 2014 National Elections  

·         Iraq Update, April 25 -Major attack against AAH-affiliated Sadiqun rally in Baghdad 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Election Scene in Uttar Pradesh 

International Centre for Defense Studies (Estonia)

·         Lessons Identified in Crimea: Does Estonia’s National Defense Model Meet Our Needs? 

·         Russian Armed Forces in 2014: Short-term Prognosis  

International Centre for Policy Studies

·         Inside Ukraine, April 17, 2014 

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence

·         Measuring Importance and Influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks  

International Crisis Group

·         Myanmar’s Military: Back to the Barracks? 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Global Liquidity - Issues for Surveillance 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Beyond Haiti: Enhancing Latin American Military and Police Contributions to UN Peacekeeping 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, April 25, 2014, v. 14, no. 8 

o    China’s Penetration of the Canadian Energy Market

o    China Pursues Ambitious, but Risky, Financial Reforms

o    Chinese 3rd Generation Nuclear Technology Development

Kennedy Center for International Studies

·         Journal of International Organization Studies, Fall 2013, v. 5, no. 1 

o    Looking Inward: The Politics of Administering the International Public Sector

o    Internal Dynamics and Dysfunctions of International Organizations—An Introduction to the Special Issue

o    Spoilers from Within: Bureaucratic Spoiling in United Nations Peace Operations

o    How to Deal with Spoilers: Dissent-Shirking, Obstruction, and Coping Strategies with the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor

o    Proselytizing as Spoiling from Within? Comparing Proselytizing by UN Peacekeepers in the Sudan and the DR Congo

o    The Morality of Bureaucratic Politics: Allegations of “Spoiling” in a UN Inter-Agency War

o    Protectionism within the Organization of United Nations Peacekeeping: Assessing the Disconnection between Headquarters and Mission Perspectives

o    Multiple Actors and Centers of Agency? Examining the UN as a Competitive Arena for Norm Change

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2014 [updated April 21, 2014] 

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Southern Thailand: From Conflict to Negotiations?  

Mandiant

·         Beyond the Breach [2014 Threat Report] 

Middle East Studies (MES)

·         Middle East Studies In Review 2012-13 

National Academies Press

·         Gulf War and Health, Volume 9:  Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Asia-Pacific Perspectives on the Ukraine Crisis 

·         India in the United States: Economic Engagement in the 21st Century: An Interview with Vinod K. Jain 

·         Learning from China: A Blueprint for the Future of Coal in Asia? 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Food and Medical Care Assistance: For the Local Residents during the Siberian Intervention 

National Security Archive

·         Declassified Documents Show Henry Kissinger's Major Role in the 1974 Initiative That Created the Nuclear Suppliers Group 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Faces on Divides: The May 2014 European Elections 

·         Think Global, Act European IV: Thinking Strategically About the EU’s External Action 

Police Executive Research Forum

·         The Role of Local Law Enforcement Agencies In Preventing and Investigating Cybercrime 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Fueling Calorie Intake Decline: Household Level Evidence from Rural India 

·         A Puzzling Rise in Financial Profits and the Role of Capital Gain-Like Revenues 

Rand

·         An Assessment of Program Sustainability in Three Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal Justice Domains 

·         Brothers Killing Brothers: The Current Infighting Will Test al Qaeda's Brand 

·         Capacity Building at the Kurdistan Region Statistics Office Through Data Collection 

·         Evaluating the Impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies 

·         Improving Technical Vocational Education and Training in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq 

·         Recruiting Older Youths: Insights from a New Survey of Army Recruits 

·         Strategic Priorities for Improving Access to Quality Education in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq: Kurdish-language version 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         The Fate of the Pivot: U.S. Policy in East Asia 

·         India’s Nuclear Deterrent: The More Things Change… 

·         Is India a Responsible Nuclear Power? 

·         The Look East Policy and India’s Northeastern States 

·         Managing Tensions in the South China Sea: Comparing the China-Philippines and the China-Vietnam Approaches  

·         U.S. Military Assistance to India: Building Partner Capacity? 

Security Council Report

·         Cross-Cutting Report on Women, Peace and Security 

Small Wars Journal

·         Adding the Warrant to Your Quiver: Ten Tenets of Warrant Based Targeting 

·         The Continuing Irrelevance of William Lind 

·         Dueling With Clausewitz: Games of Preemption,Wars of Attrition, and Deconstructing a Classic Analogy for Understanding the Fundamental Nature of the First World War 

·         How the Military Intelligence Community Has Failed to Incorporate Sociocultural Understanding of their Operational Environment 

·         A Proposed Framework for Appreciating Megacities: A US Army Perspective 

·         Schizophrenic Doctrine: Why We Need to Separate Democratization Out of Stability and COIN Doctrine 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Assessing the People's Liberation Army in the Hu Jintao Era 

·         The Evolution of Los Zetas in Mexico and Central America: Sadism as an Instrument of Cartel Warfare 

Transatlantic Academy

·         On Power and Norms Libya, Syria, and the Responsibility to Protect 

Transparency International

·         The European Union Integrity System  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Dispute Resolution and Justice Provision in Yemen’s Transition 

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         AGOA: Trade and Investment Performance Overview 

Verizon

·         2014 Data Breach Investigation  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Agreement: Too Early to Judge 

·         Nabil Fahmy Visits Washington 

·         The Syrian Conflict: Where Strategic Interest and Humanitarian Urgency Intersect 

·         The U.S. Role in Iraq's Postelection Politics 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: The President’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S. Crisis Support Package for Ukraine 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-Japan Global and Regional Cooperation 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-Japan Bilateral Cooperation 

·         Joint Fact Sheet: The United States-Republic of Korea Alliance: A Global Partnership 

·         Remarks by President Obama to U.S. Troops and Personnel at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan 

·         U.S.-Japan Joint Statement: The United States and Japan: Shaping the Future of the Asia-Pacific and Beyond