Friday's Miscellany 07-18-2014

38 North

·         North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Facility: Problems Continue with Reactor Operations 

AEI Critical Threats

·         The al Houthi Victory in Amran 

·         AQAP's Campaign against the Yemeni Military 

·         Yemen's Counter-Terrorism Quandary 

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

·         Acquisition Rebalancing: Recommendations for Smart, Efficient & Effective Defense Procurement 

Air University Press

·         Thinking about Deterrence 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Arab Political Systems Beyond 2014 

·         Contemporary Japanese-North Korean Relations:A History 

·         The Power of Politics and the Future of the Ballot Box 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Chinese Global Investment Growth Pauses 

American Foreign Policy Council

·         A Stalled War On Terror Finance 

American Security Project

·         Fusion White Paper 2014 – 10 Year Plan for American Energy Security  

Amnesty International

·         Crying for Justice: Victims’ Perspectives on Justice for the Post-Election Violence in Kenya 

·         Entombed : Isolation in the US Federal Prison System 

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

·         Northern Iraq: Civilians in the Line of Fire  

·         Ukraine: Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine 

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         InterAgency Journal 5-2, Summer 2014 

o    Losing Lessons at the Water’s Edge: Applying FEMA’s  Interagency Coordination Doctrine to International Stabilization  and Reconstruction Operations

o    Deep Analysis: Designing Complexity Into Our Understanding of Conflict

o    Why We Can’t All Just Get Along: Overcoming Personal Barriers to  Inter-organizational Effectiveness

o    Interagency Areas of Responsibility: It Shouldn’t Take a Genius  to Make Geography Simple

o    Understanding the Human Dimension for Unified Action: An Approach to  Scholarship, Complexity and Military Advice

o    Cyberdefense: Is Outsourcing the Answer?

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         One Bed, Two Dreams: Assessing Xi Jinping’s Visit to Seoul 

·         Unknown Horror or Deliberate Indifference? 

Asian Development Bank

·         Asian Development Outlook 2014 Supplement: Stable Growth Outlook for Developing Asia 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         ASEAN 2030: Toward a Borderless Economic Community 

Atlantic Council

·         Uncertain Energy: The Caribbean's Gamble with Venezuela 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Crisis in Gaza - interview with Edward P. Djerejian 

·         Women in Politics: Jordan 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         British Exit from Europe is Unlikely 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Gaza Ceasefire Now Would Be a Strategic Miss 

·         Israeli-Palestinian Diplomacy: Whereto? 

Brookings

·         A Cascade of Failures: Why Government Fails,and How to Stop It 

·         Government's Most Visible Failures, 2001-2014 [interactive] 

·         It’s the Family, Stupid? Not Quite...How Traditional Gender Roles Do Not Affect Women’s Political Ambition 

·         Party Polarization and Campaign Finance 

·         Retrofitting Coal-Fired Power Plants in Middle-Income Countries: What Role for the World Bank? 

·         What in the World Is India Able to Do?India’s State Capacity for Multilateralism 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Egypt’s Media in the Midst of Revolution 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Removing the Barriers: Prospects for Sanctions Relief Under a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran 

Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

·         Post-Apartheid South Africa's Foreign Policy After Two Decades 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         2008 Trafficking Law Largely Inapplicable to Current Border Crisis 

·         Marginal Schools for Migrants: Exploring the Lesser Institutions for Foreign Students 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) Requirements Assessment 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan and the Growing Risks in Transition [updated] 

·         Brazil’s Economic Identity: Motivations and Expectations  

·         Impact Player: Choi Kyung-hwan 

·         Integrating Nuclear Security Policy &Technology: Asian Centers of Excellence 

·         Iraq: The Enemy of My Enemy is Not My Friend 

·         Issues and Insights, 2014, v. 14, no. 10 - Japan-Korea: Working Together in East Asia and Beyond Japan 

·         PacNet #55 - Indonesia's Presidential Election: Will Democracy Survive? 

·         PacNet #56 - Will Japan and North Korea Be Able to Solve the Abduction Issue? 

·         PacNet #57 - Fresh Opportunities for Japan-Korea Cooperation 

·         Post-Election Challenges to Afghan Transition: 2014-2015  

·         Power and Order in Asia: A Survey of Regional Expectations 

Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

·         Studies in Intelligence, June 2014, v. 58, no. 2 

o    The 2008 Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities

o    Recovery of the Last GAMBIT and HEXAGON Film Buckets from Space, August–October 1984

o    The British Capture of Washington, DC, 1814

Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress

·         Securing the U.S. Electrical Grid: Understanding the Threats to the Most Critical of Critical Infrastructure,While Securing a Changing Grid 

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         Crimean Tatars After Russia’s Annexation of the Crimean Peninsula 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The European Council’s Guidelines for theArea of Freedom, Security and Justice 2020: Subverting the ‘Lisbonisation’ of Justice and Home Affairs? 

·         Juncker Raises High Expectations with Ambitious Agenda 

·         Trade Policy Issues in the Wider Europe –That Led to War and Not Yet to Peace 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Will the Eurozone Gang Up on Britain? 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The African Union and the Post-2015 Development Agenda 

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

·         Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 

Chatham House

·         Safe and Secure Biomaterials: A Risk-Based Alternative Approach 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Strategy and Policy for Afghanistan 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2015 OCO Budget Request 

·         Government Accountability Office review of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) community and the restructuring of these agencies as proposed by the Department of Defense 

·         Russian Violations of the INF Treaty: After Detection—What?  

·         Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) Requirements Assessment 

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Review of CDC Anthrax Lab Incident 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Future of Turkish Democracy 

·         Iran’s Destabilizing Role in the Middle East 

·         The Rise of ISIL: Iraq and Beyond 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Affairs Committee

·         Examining the Justice Department’s Response to the IRS Targeting Scandal 

·         Is the Federal Government’s General Schedule(GS) a Viable Personnel System for the Future? 

·         White House Office of Political Affairs: Is Supporting Candidates and Campaign Fund-Raising an Appropriate Use of a Government Office? 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Testimony on Assured Access to Space 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Space & Transportation Committee

·         Options for Assuring Domestic Space Access 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Dangerous Passage: Central America In Crisis And the Exodus of Unaccompanied Minors 

·         Indispensable Partners - Reenergizing U.S.-India Ties 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Challenges at the Border: Examining and Addressing the Root Causes Behind the Rise in Apprehensions at the Southern Border 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Taking Down Botnets: Public and Private Efforts to Disrupt and Dismantle Cybercriminal Networks 

Congress. Senate. Veterans Affairs Committee

·         The State of VA Health Care 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook 

·         The 2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook in 26 Slides 

·         The Renewable Fuel Standard: Issues for 2014 and Beyond 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         China—The Long and Short of Economic Reform 

·         Global Conflict Tracker - Interactive Guide to U.S. Conflict Prevention Priorities in 2014 

·         Japan's New Politics and the U.S.-Japan Alliance  

·         Trends in U.S. Military Spending 

Dept of Defense Command and Control Research Program

·         19th ICCRTS Proceedings 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2014-082  Development and Implementation of Sexual Assault Evidence and Criminal Records Retention Policy 

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on Afghanistan Elections 

·         Briefing on Iran Nuclear Negotiations 

·         Interview With Bob Schieffer of CBS's Face the Nation 

·         Interview With Candy Crowley of CNN's State of the Union 

·         Interview With Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday 

·         Interview With David Gregory of NBC's Meet the Press 

·         Interview With George Stephanopoulos of ABC's This Week 

·         The President's Funding Request for Overseas Contingency Operations 

·         Re-energizing U.S.-India Ties 

Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General

·         VA-13-03699-209 - Review of the Special Initiative to Process Rating Claims Pending Over 2 Years 

East-West Center

·         Broadcasting Justice: Media Outreach at the Khmer Rouge Trials 

·         New Directions in Asia-Pacific Economic Integration 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         The EU and South Africa: Towards a New Partnership for Development 

Energy Policy Information Center

·         Iraq's Oil & Gas Infrastructure and Territory Occupied by ISIL/ISIS Forces [map]  

·         Oil Exports Hold Key to Kurdish Sovereignty 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Africa: The EU-US Security-Economy Nexus 

·         Exit Strategies: What's in a Name? 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Turkey’s Illiberal Turn 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         ISDS and TTIP - A Miracle Cure for a Systemic Challenge? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Lessons from the Cold War 

·         Mullah Dreams: Not Counting Sheep 

·         Ukraine's Struggle for Democracy: Severe Challenges Ahead 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (Ferdi)

·         Four Instruments to Strengthen Financial Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         Hot Money Flows, Cycles in Primary Commodity Prices, and Financial Control in Developing Countries 

Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA)

·         The Last Chance For a United Cyprus: Negotiations for a Federal Solution 

·         The Map of Insurgency in Iraq: The Armed Groups 

·         Politicization of Salafism in Egypt 

FRIDE

·         The EU and South Africa: Towards a New Partnership for Development 

German Development Institute

·         Managing Diversity: What Does It Mean? An Analysis of Different Approaches and Strategies 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned 

·         Turkey’s Longest Year Continues with Presidential Elections 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Evaluating Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Programming 

·         Preventing Violent Extremism in Burkina Faso:Toward National Resilience Amid Regional Insecurity 

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack

·         Protecting Education Personnel from Targeted Attack in Conflict-Affected Countries 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Federal Workforce: Human Capital Management Challenges and the Path to Reform. GAO-14-723T [testimony] 

·         High-Containment Laboratories: Recent Incidents of Biosafety Lapses. GAO-14-785T [testimony] 

·         Information Security: FDIC Made Progress in Securing Key Financial Systems, but Weaknesses Remain. GAO-14-674 

·         Military Training: Observations on Efforts to Prepare Personnel to Survive Helicopter Crashes into Water. GAO-14-615R 

·         Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provides Limited Insight on Improvements to Homeland Missile Defense and Acquisition Plans. GAO-14-626R 

·         National Nuclear Security Administration: Agency Expanded Use of Some Federal Oversight Reforms, but Is Still Determining Future Plans. GAO-14-588 

·         U.S. Launch Enterprise: Acquisition Best Practices Can Benefit Future Efforts. GAO-14-776T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         Border Crisis: Emergency Budget Request Misses the Mark 

·         Children Illegally Crossing the U.S. Border: Responding Requires Policy Changes 

·         Sugar Shakedown: How Politicians Conspire with the Sugar Lobby to Defraud America’s Families 

Human Rights Watch

·         “We Are Also Dying of AIDS”: Barriers to HIV Services and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia 

·         "Where Do You Want Us to Go?": Abuses against Street Children in Uganda 

IGARAPÉ Institute

·         Break Your Bones: Mortality and Morbidity Associated with Haiti’s Chikungunya Epidemic 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Current Issues in Climate Change 

·         Shanghai Cooperation Organization and India 

·         Synergising Quality Assurance for Speedy Defence Procurement and Ensuring Quality 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, July 17, 2014 

o    Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Mistrust, Traditional Customs, and Misconceptions Fuel the Fire

o    Women and Boko Haram: Targets and Operatives?

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         Emerging Markets and Migration Policy : China 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         The U.S. "Rebalance" and Europe:Convergent Strategies Open Doors to Improved Cooperation 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Improving Human Security in Africa - ISS Annual Review 2013 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Control of Terrain in Iraq: July 13, 2014 

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    July 20, 2014 

o    July 19, 2014 

o    July 18, 2014 

o    July 17, 2014 

o    July 16, 2014 

o    July 15, 2014 

o    July 14, 2014 

·         ISIS vs. the Iraqi Security Forces: Can the State of Iraq Survive? 

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

·         Deterrence, Second Strike and Credibility: Revisiting India’s Nuclear Strategy Debate 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Modi Government’s First Indian Budget 

International Crisis Group

·         Gaza and Israel: New Obstacles, New Solutions 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Debt, Growth and Natural Disasters A Caribbean Trilogy 

·         First-Time International Bond Issuance—New Opportunities and Emerging Risks 

·         Future of Asia’s Finance: How Can it Meet Challenges of Demographic Change and Infrastructure Needs? 

·         Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow 

·         Output Gap in Presence of Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Trade-offs  

·         What is Behind Latin America’s Declining Income Inequality? 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Responding to Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 17, 2014, v. 14, no. 14 

·         China Seeks to Strengthen Mongolian Trade Links During August Trilateral Summit

·         Quality Over Quantity: A New PLA Modernization Methodology?

·         China’s Strategic Rocket Force: Upgrading Hardware and Software (Part 2 of 2)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

·         Ten Myths Used to Justify Russian Policy in the Ukraine Crisis 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2014 [updated July18, 2014] 

National Academies Press

·         Surmounting the Barriers: Ethnic Diversity in Engineering Education 

National Iranian American Council (NIAC)

·         Losing Billions: The Cost of Iran Sanctions to the U.S. Economy 

National Security Archives

·         Soldiers, Spies and the Moon: Secret U.S. and Soviet Plans from the 1950s and 1960s 

NATO Defense College

·         Connected Forces through Connected Education- Harnessing NATO's & Partner Nations Strategic Educational Resources 

·         Semantics Matter - NATO, Cyberspace and Future Threats 

NATO HQ

·         Russia’s Accusations - Setting the Record Straight 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The Reality of Precaution 

Norwegian Peacebuidling Resource Centre

·         Trapped Outside Politics: Egyptian Independent Unions’ Democratising Dilemma 

·         Triangle of Change: The Situation of women in Saudi Arabia 

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         High Resolution B-Roll of Iranian, Other Nuclear and Missile Facilities Available 

·         Innovating Verification: Building Global Capacity 

·         Innovating Verification: New Tools & New Actors to Reduce Nuclear Risks 

·         Innovating Verification Overview 

·         Innovating Verification: Redefining Societal Verification 

·         Innovating Verification: Verifying Baseline Declarations of Nuclear Warheads and Materials 

Office Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         AFCEA Answers: The State of Intelligence, Two Part Interview with DNI James Clapper 

·         ICD-732 - Damage Assessments 

Oxfam International

·         Good Practice Guide: Local Disaster Risk Reduction planning in Ethiopia 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         SOLLIMS SAMPLER Special Student Lessons Edition 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         As Mideast Violence Continues, a Wide Partisan Gap in Israel-Palestinian Sympathies 

·         Most Think the U.S. Has No Responsibility To Act in Iraq 

·         Surge of Central American Children Roils U.S.Immigration Debate 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Global Opposition to U.S. Surveillance and Drones, but Limited Harm to America’s Image 

Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project

·         How Americans Feel About Religious Groups 

Pew Research Social & Demographic Trends

·         In Post-Recession Era, Young Adults Drive Continuing Rise in Multi-Generational Living 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Choosing our Geography: 12 Points to Restore Meaning to the Eastern Partnership 

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

·         Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 

Program for Public Consultation (PPC)

·         Americans on Negotiations with Iran: A Policymaking Simulation 

Project 2049 Institute

·         The Alliance: Toward a Stronger U.S.-Japan Partnership 

Rand

·         Getting to Negotiations in Syria: The Shadow of the Future in the Syrian Civil War 

·         Risks and Mitigation Options Regarding Use of Foreign Components in U.S. Launch Vehicles 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Collaboration under Anarchy: Functional Regionalism and the Security of East Asia 

·         Explaining the Trajectory of Golkar’s Splinters in Post-Suharto Indonesia 

·         ISIS’ Caliphate Utopia 

·         The Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) and Malaysia: Current Challenges and Future Impact 

·         Sino-Indian Border Dispute: Better Left Dormant 

Securing America's Future Energy

·         Iran Nuclear Deal: Scenarios for the Global Oil Market 

Small Wars Journal

·         After the Afghan Surge: Rapid Exit or Better Peace? 

·         Assessing Mombasa’s Credentials as a Battleground in Kenya’s War on Terror 

·         Factionalism of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan: Can the Pakistani Government Correct Past Deficiencies 

·         Intelligence Challenges in Urban Operations 

·         Looking to the Stars: Imagining a Constellation of Capabilities 

·         Raqqa: From Regime Overthrow to Inter-Rebel Fighting 

·         Small Wars and Non-Lethal Force at Sea: The Wave of the Future? 

Stimson Center

·         UN Global Focal Point For Police, Justice And Corrections 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         European Missile Defense and Russia 

Symantec, Inc.

·         Symantec Internal Threat Security Report—2014  

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Prison Labor Exports from China and Implications for U.S. Policy 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Women's Access to Justice in Afghanistan 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing the Three Scenarios for the Iran Nuclear Negotiations 

·         The Future of Turkish Democracy 

·         Gaza Public Rejects Hamas, Wants Ceasefire 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Building a 21st Century Infrastructure: Increasing Public and Private Collaboration with the Build America Investment Initiative 

·         FACT SHEET: Progress in Four Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 

·         FACT SHEET: Taking Action to Support State,Local, and Tribal Leaders as They Prepare Communities for the Impacts of Climate Change 

·         Remarks by the President at Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience Meeting 

·         Remarks by the President on Foreign Policy 

·         Statement by the President on Ukraine 

Wilson Center

·         Iran’s Nuclear Chess: Calculating America’s Moves 

·         The Jordanian Regime and the Muslim Brotherhood: A Tug of War