Friday's Miscellany 07-11-2014

38 North

·         Hello Kitty, Hello Wonsan 

·         North Korea Drones On 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Advancing Military Professionalism in Africa   

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Qatari Foreign Policy: Carryover or Redirection 

·         Sudan: Security Crackdown Puts Dialogue at Risk 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Chinese Global Investment Growth Pauses 

·         UK Hard Power: Strategic Ambivalence 

Amnesty International

·         Exploited Dreams: Dispatches From Indian Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia 

·         The Human Cost of Fortress Europe: Human Rights Violations Against Migrants and Refugees at Europe’s Borders 

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, July/August2014, v. 94, no. 4 

o    Cadets in Strategic Landpower: Managing the Talent We Need

o    Our Strategic Understanding: Teaching Strategy from the Ground Up

o    Defining Force 2025

o    Strategic Leadership for Strategic Landpower: Make Explicit That Which is Implicit, and Do What Your Boss Needs You to Do

o    Hurtling Toward Failure: Complexity in Army Operations

o    Sustaining the Army National Guard as an Operational Force

o    The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum: Developing a Culture of Innovation

o    War as Political Work: Using Social Science for Strategic Success

o    Army Experimentation: Developing the Army of the Future - Army 2010

o    The Rise of Al Jazeera: The Need for Greater Engagement by the U.S. Department of Defense

o    You are Fired

o    America's Frontier Wars: Lessons for Asymmetric Conflicts

o    Rape in Wartime

Asian Development Bank

·         Challenges and Opportunities of Population Aging in the People's Republic of China 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Financial Stability and Financial Inclusion 

·         Policies to Enhance Trade Facilitation in South Asia and Southeast Asia 

·         The Role of Sri Lanka in Enhancing Connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia 

Atlantic Council

·         Inside Libya's Wild West 

Australian National University, National Security College

·         Indonesia at Home and Abroad: Economics, Politics and Security  

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Has Syria’s Chemical Weapons Arsenal Truly Been Dismantled? 

·         Hit Hamas Hard to Create a Different Strategic Balance Against Islamic Terrorism 

·         The Myth of Palestinian Centrality 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Overcoming the Great Recession: Lessons from China 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Hit Hamas Hard to Create a Different Strategic Balance Against Islamic Terrorism 

·         Myth of Palestinian Centrality 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Child Migration by the Numbers 

Brookings

·         Abenomics and Its Impact on the Asian Economy 

·         Financing for Development: International Financial Flows after 2015 

·         Interpreting and Dealing with the Ukraine Crisis: Some Implications and Lessons from History 

·         News Literacy: Teaching the Internet Generation to Make Reliable Information Choices 

·         Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan: Oversight or Overreach? 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         What makes the Middle East such a Difficult Place? 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry 

CATO Institute

·         Political Reform in China: Elections, Public Goods, and Income Distribution 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Central American Immigrants in the U.S. 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         “No Security Without Us”: Tribes and Tribalism in Al Anbar Province, Iraq  

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), No. 151: Law Enforcement 

Center for Security Studies

·         Indonesia—Challenges for the New Government 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan and the Growing Risks in Transition 

·         Building the 2021 Affordable Military 

·         Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: Chinese and Outside Perspectives 

·         Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: A Western Perspective 

·         Gaza: The Human Dimension 

·         Korea Monitor, June 26-July 9, 2014, v. 2, no. 13 

·         The Magical, Mystical “Budget” 

·         The New “Great Game” in the MiddleEast—Looking Beyond the “Islamic State” and Iraq  

·         PacNet #49 - Japan and collective self-defense: less than meets the eye 

·         PacNet #50 - Cautious optimism? What to expect from Modi's India 

·         PacNet #51 - Realizing change after the Sewol tragedy 

·         PacNet #52 - The great Eurasian rebalancing act 

·         PacNet #53 - Continuing and Expanding U.S.-China Cooperation on Nuclear Security 

·         PacNet #54 - Smart-Power Bounty of RIMPAC 2014 

·         Security Transition in Afghanistan 

·         Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Congress Should Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank to Level the Playing Field for U.S. Companies 

·         Space Exploration in a Changing International Environment--Pre-publication Version  

·         Thailand in Crisis: Scenarios and Policy Responses 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Lessons from the Great War –Failure of Leadership 

·         Renewables in the EU: Policy Performance,Drivers and Barriers 

·         Rounding Out a Satisfactory Trio Presidency:Greece Sets the Stage for Its Italian Successor 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The Eurozone's Real Interest Rate Problem 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         African Climate Change Negotiators Need a New Strategy 

·         China and Global Mega Trade Deals 

·         The IMF’s Lending Framework and Sovereign Debt Restructuring 

Chatham House

·         Who Speaks for the North?  Politics and Influence in Northern Nigeria  

College of Europe

·         Designing a Genuine EMU: Which"Unions" for EU and Eurozone?   

Combat Studies Institute Press

·         Hammer Down: The Battle for the Watapur Valley, 2011 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         “Al-Baghdadi’s Blitzkrieg, ISIL’s Psychological Warfare, and What It Means for Syria and Iraq” 

Congress. House. Armed Forces Committee

·         Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization and Large Surface Combatant Force Structure Assessment 

·         Defense Reform: Empowering Acquisition Success 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Future of International Civilian Nuclear Cooperation 

·         Human Rights Vetting: Nigeria and Beyond 

·         Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast Asia 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Crisis on the Texas Border: Surge of Unaccompanied Minors 

·         The Executive Proclamation Designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks a National Monument: Implications for Border Security 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Examining New Embassy Construction: Are New Administration Policies Putting Americans Overseas in Danger? 

·         Oversight of the Federal Workforce: The Viability of the Senior Executive Service 

Congress. Veterans Affairs Committee

·         Service Should not Lead to Suicide: Access to VA’s Mental Health Care 

·         VA Whistleblowers: Exposing Inadequate Service Provided to Veterans and Ensuring Appropriate Accountability 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Combating Forced Labor and Modern-Day Slavery in East Asia And The Pacific 

·         Renewed Focus on European Energy Security 

·         Russia and Developments in Ukraine 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Challenges at the Border: Examining the Causes, Consequences and Responses to the Rise in Apprehensions at the Southern Border 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Abenomics and the Japanese Economy 

·         Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria 

·         The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 

·         South China Sea Tensions 

·         Taliban in Afghanistan 

·         US-Japan Security Alliance 

Deloitte

·         Asia Pacific Economic Outlook 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         International S&T Engagement Strategy 

Department of Defense Response Systems Panel on Military Sexual Assault

·         Report  

·         Appendices 

Department of the Navy 

·         Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for FY2015 

East West Center

·         US Arms Sales to India 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Tackling terror in Africa: what local roles for insurgency groups? 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         How to Complete Europe’s Banking Union 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Turkey Votes: Part III – President Erdoğan –A Foregone Conclusion? 

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         Afghanistan: The Crisis After the Elections 

·         Article 346 and the Qualified Application of EU Law to Defence 

·         The Three Effects of Dual-use: Firms,Capabilities, and Governance 

·         Ukraine’s Impact on Russia 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, July 2014 

o    Criminal Investigative Analysis: Practitioner Perspectives (Part Two of Four)

o    Excited Delirium and the Dual Response: Preventing In-Custody Deaths

o    Perspective: To Protect and Serve: A Vision for Law Enforcement

o    Officer Survival Spotlight: Arrest Situations: Understanding the Dangers

o    Leadership Spotlight: Your Leadership is Your Life Story (Part One of Two)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Egypt’s New President: “I Will Not Sleep And Neither Will You. We Must Work, Night And Day, Without Rest.” 

·         A Question of Rebalancing: Malaysia’s Relations With China  

·         Russia’s Options, as Russians See Them 

·         Will Moldova Fracture? Considering the Case of Găgăuzia 

Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research

·         Neo al Qaeda: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) 

FRIDE

·         Emboldened Yet Vulnerable: The Changing Foreign Policies of Qatar and Saudi Arabia 

·         The EU-Brazil Partnership on Development: A Lukewarm Affair 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Japan’s Democracy Diplomacy 

·         (Re)Emerging Aid Donors in the Reshaping World Order 

·         Regional Repercussions of the Ukraine Crisis: Challenges for the Six Eastern Partnership Countries 

·         Transformation of Turkey’s Conservatism Under the AK Party 

·         Turkey Navigates Iraq in the New Middle East 

·         Turkey’s Iraq Policy: Problematic Policies Have Produced Problematic Outcomes 

·         Whither Global Economic Cooperation? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Afghanistan: Kabul Embassy Construction Costs Have Increased and Schedules Have Been Extended. GAO-14-661R 

·         Bulk Fuel Pricing: DOD Needs to Reevaluate Its Approach to Better Manage the Effect of Market Fluctuations. GAO-14-595 

·         Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: Enhancing Data Collection Could Improve Management of Investigations. GAO-14-553 

·         Export-Import Bank: Information on Export Credit Agency Financing for Wide-Body Jets. GAO-14-642R 

·         Fusion Energy: Observations on DOE's Cost and Schedule Estimates for U.S. Contributions to an International Experimental Reactor. GAO-14-750T [testimony] 

·         Human Capital: DOD Should Fully Develop Its Civilian Strategic Workforce Plan to Aid Decision Makers. GAO-14-565 

·         Improper Payments: Government-Wide Estimates and Reduction Strategies. GAO-14-737T [testimony] 

·         Littoral Combat Ship: Deployment of USS Freedom Revealed Risks in Implementing Operational Concepts and Uncertain Costs. GAO-14-447 

·         NOAA Aircraft: Aging Fleet and Future Challenges Underscore the Need for a Capital Asset Plan. GAO-14-566 

·         Security Force Assistance: The Army and Marine Corps Have Ongoing Efforts to Identify and Track Advisors, but the Army Needs a Plan to Capture Advising Experience. GAO-14-482 

·         Software Licenses: DOD's Plan to Collect Inventory Data Meets Statutory Requirements. GAO-14-625 

Heritage Foundation

·         The Centennial Monetary Commission Act of 2013: A Second Look at the Fed and the 2008 Financial Crisis 

·         Crisis at the Border: Throwing Money at the Problem Is Not the Solution 

·         IMF Is Following the Obama Administration’s Playbook on the Federal Budget 

·         Lessons in Foreign Policy and National Security 

·         U.S. Foreign Assistance to Mexico, Guatemala,Honduras, and El Salvador 

·         U.S. Must Fulfill Its Responsibility and Support Democracy in Hong Kong 

·         The U.S. Needs an Integrated Approach to Counter China’s Anti-Access/Area Denial Strategy 

Hoover Institute

·         Strategika: no. 15  Should More of Our European or Pacific Democratic Allies Possess Nuclear Weapons? 

o    A History of Nuclear Choices

o    The Scramble for Nuclear Deterrence

o    The Risks of Expanding the Nuclear Club’s Membership

Households in Conflict Network

·         Collective Action and Armed Group Presence in Colombia 

·         Money Can’t Buy Love but Can it Buy Peace?Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation 

Human Rights Watch

·         No Time to Waste: Evidence-Based Treatment for Drug Dependence at the United States Veterans Administration Department of Veterans Affairs 

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         Emerging Markets and Migration Policy : China 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         BRICS: An Effective Multilateral Forum in a Multi-polar International Order 

·         Nigeria’s Boko Haram 

Institute for Defense Analyses

·         Africa Watch, July 3, 2014 

o    Kenya—The Mystery behind the Lamu Attacks—Terrorism or Politics?

o    Enhancing Transparency or Increasing Administrative Burdens—Dodd-Frank in Africa

·         Africa Watch, July 10, 2014 

o    The Somali Charcoal Industry—Strange Bedfellows

o    Coalition Crisis Sparks Coup Rumors in Lesotho

·         Change Detection Using Down-Looking Ground-Penetrating Radar 

·         Cloud Forensics Issues 

·         Comparison of Rising Resonator Relative Permittivity Measurements to Ground Penetrating Radar Data 

·         Lessons in Adaptability and Preparing for Black Swan Risks from the Military and Hedge Funds 

·         Potential Savings from Substituting Civilians for Military Personnel 

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Iraq Situation Report

·         July 8, 2014 

·         July 9, 2014 

·         July 10, 2014 

·         July 11, 2014 

·         July 12, 2014 

·         July 13, 2014 

·         The Islamic State Announces Caliphate 

·         ISIS Advances in Deir ez-Zour 

·         ISIS Sanctuary Map 

·         ISW Warning Intelligence Update: RegimeOffensive in Aleppo 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India’s Current Macroeconomic Situation 

International Crisis Group

·         Bosnia’s Future 

International Foundation for Electoral Systems

·         Elections in Indonesia—2014 Presidential Elections FAQ 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Banks, Government Bonds, and Default: What do the Data Say? 

·         Fiscal Rules and the Procyclicality of Fiscal Policy in the Developing World 

·         Subsidy Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: Recent Progress and Challenges Ahead 

·         Why Complementarity Matters for Stability—Hong Kong SAR and Singapore as Asian Financial Centers 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Peacebuilding and Postconflict Recovery: What Works and What Does Not? 

International Security Advisory Board

·         Report on A Framework for International Cyber Stability 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 10, 2014, v. 12, no. 14

·         The Caliphate in South Asia: A Profile of Hizb-ut Tahrir in Pakistan

·         Oil Fuels the Kurdistan-ISIS Conflict

·         Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Iraq’s Security Breakdown

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms [updated 15 June 2014] 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2014 [updated July10, 2014] 

Marine Corps University Press

·         Case Studies in Operational Culture 

·         The Best-Laid Schemes: A Tale of Social Research and Bureaucracy 

National Academies Press

·         Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management [NPS & AFIT] 

·         Strategic Engagement in Global S&T:Opportunities for Defense Research 

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         Far-right Violence in the United States:1990-2013 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Holding Guidance of International Forum on War History 2014 

·         The Olympics and Terrorism 

National Security Archive

·         Brazil: Torture Techniques Revealed in Declassified U.S. Documents 

Naval War College

·         Strategic Plan 2014 - 2018 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The Commission Reform: Between Efficiency and Legitimacy 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         African Emerging Powers 

·         China Debates Its Future Role in the Middle East 

·         Saudi Arabia’s game of thrones: Muqrin named deputy crown prince 

·         Understanding the Islamic State (of Iraq and al-Sham) 

Office of Nonproliferation and International Security

·         2014 International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

·         Civil Liberties and Privacy Guidance for Intelligence Community Professionals 

·         Joint Statement From the ODNI and the DOJ on the Declassification of Renewal of Collection Under Section 501 of FISA 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

·         OECD Economic Surveys—Korea June 2014(Overview) 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKOSI)

·         Changing the Game : Human Security as Grand Strategy 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Labor Market Slack in the United Kingdom 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Russia’s Global Image Negative amid Crisis in Ukraine 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Russia’s Hidden Underbelly of Debt 

Ponemon Institute and Unisys

·         Critical Infrastructure: Security Preparedness and Maturity 

RAND Corporation

·         Applying Lessons Learned from Past Response Operations to Strengthening National Preparedness 

·         An Assessment of the Present and Future Labor Market in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq 

·         Balancing Agile Combat Support Manpower to Better Meet the Future Security Environment 

·         Building on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review to Improve the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Department of Homeland Security 

·         Changing the Army's Weapon Training Strategies to Meet Operational Requirements More Efficiently and Effectively 

·         Future of the Army’s Civilian Workforce 

·         Implementation Actions for Improving Air Force Command and Control Through Enhanced Agile Combat Support Planning,Execution, Monitoring, and Control Processes 

·         Iran's Influence in Afghanistan 

·         Why Is Veteran Unemployment So High? 

Refugees International

·         DR Congo—North Kivu’s Long, Rocky Road to Stability 

Securing America's Future Energy

·         Oil Security Index, Quarterly Update, July2014 

Security & Defense Agenda

·         Overhauling Transatlantic Security Thinking 

Scientific Vortex Foundation

·         Structure of a Transnational Criminal Network: “Los Zetas” and the Smuggling of Hydrocarbons 

Small Wars Journal

·         Breakdownistan: U.S. Concerns in Central Asia and Afghanistan Going Forward 

·         Criminal Groups: Multifarious Threats to State Security, Regional Stability and Individual Wellbeing 

·         Counterinsurgency and Community Policing:More Alike than Meets the Eye 

·         Evolution of the Immortals: The Future of Iranian Military Power 

·         A Framework for NGO-Military Collaboration 

·         Integration to Increase the Likelihood of Collaboration 

·         On the Disappearance and Reacquisition of Bowe Bergdahl 

·         Responses and Reactions to the Threat of Organized Criminality Across Levels of Analysis  

·         Threat Analysis and Spillover Effects of Organized Criminality 

·         Thucydides on Brasidas: The Most Athenian of Spartans 

Stanley Foundation

·         Reframing the Climate Debate 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Russia's Contribution as a Partner in the Waron Terrorism 

Symantec

·         Dragonfly: Cyberespionage Attacks Against Energy Supplies 

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan  (UNAMA)

·         2014 Mid-Year Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         Ukraine Situation Report No.1 

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

·         Woman Alone: the Fight for Survival by Syrian Refugee Women 

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

·         Assessment Report: Somalia Economic Growth Strategic Assessment 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         July 2014 Trade Bulletin 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         PA and Other Arab Reactions to the Gaza Crisis 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Emergency Supplemental Request to Address the Increase in Child and Adult Migration from Central America in the Rio Grande Valley Areas of the Southwest Border 

·         FACT SHEET on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Executive Order 

·         Letter from the President -- Regarding Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Request to Address the Increase in Child and Adult Migration from Central America in the Rio Grande Valley Areas of the Southwest Border; and Wildfire Suppression 

·         National Drug Control Strategy 2014 

·         Remarks as Prepared by White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region Philip Gordon at the Ha'aretz Israel Conference for Peace 

·         Remarks by the President on the Economy 

·         Year of Action - Progress Report 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

·         Lebanon without a President: Can Lebanon Weather the Neighborhood Storm? 

·         Mexico’s Southern Border Strategy: Programa Frontera Sur 

·         The New Geopolitics of European EnergySecurity