Friday's Miscellany 08-29-2014

38 North

·         The Incheon Asiad: Playing Games, Or a Game-Changer? 

Afghanistan News Network

·         Elections 2014 (45): Solving Audit Problems by Creating New Ones 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Afghanistan's Constitution Ten Years On: What Are the Issues? 

Air Force Research Institute

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Fall 2014, v. 8, no. 3 

o    Austere Defense: Challenges and Opportunities,

o    Measuring Military Power

o    Strategy and Force Planning in a Time of Austerity

o    Pensive Sword: Educating Officers in Austere Times

o    Revisiting Readiness

o    Budgeting for Austere Defense

o    Politics and Defense Capabilities

Air Force University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, September-October 2014, v. 28, no. 5 

o    Forward Arming and Refueling Points for Fighter Aircraft: Power Projection in an Antiaccess Environment

o    Remotely Piloted Aircraft and War in the Public Relations Domain

o    Have Adversary Missiles Become a Revolution in Military Affairs?

o    Leadership Development: A Senior Leader Case Study

o    Aviation Security Cooperation: Advancing Global Vigilance, Global Reach, and Global Power in a Dynamic

o    World

o    Theory, Implementation, and the Future of Airpower

o    US Military Innovation: Fostering Creativity in a Culture of Compliance

Air University Press

·         US Interagency Regional Foreign Policy Implementation 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Japanese Hard Power: Rising to the Challenge 

Amnesty International

·         Mali—All Parties to the Conflict Must Put an End to Ongoing Human Rights Violations 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), August 2014, v. 21, no. 8 

o    Spread of vaccinia virus through shaving during military training, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX, June 2014

o    Gynecologic disorders diagnosed during deployment to Southwest/Central Asia, active component females, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008-2013

o    Vaginal yeast infections while deployed in Southwest/Central Asia, active component females, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008-2013

o    Update: routine screening for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, January 2009-June 2014- Article one

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Davutoglu as Turkey's PM and Future Challenges 

·         Libya: The Politics of Revenge 

·         New Turkey: 2014 Presidential Elections and Future Implications 

Asian Development Bank

·         Customized Risk Management Framework 

·         Institutional Strengthening Framework: A Guidance Note 

·         Practical Guide to Fragility Assessment 

Atlantic Council

·         Mexico's Energy Reform: Ready to Launch 

·         NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Towards Inclusion: Language Use in the Department of Defence 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Education and Energy Reform in Mexico 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         British Exit from Europe is Unlikely 

·         Seven Clues to Interpreting the Presidential Elections in Turkey 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Conduct of Operations in Limited Scale Conflicts 

·         Playing with Terror: How to Stop Qatar’s Support for Hamas 

·         Wise Tactical Choices in Gaza 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Access to Federal Health Data: A Key Imperative for Improving Health and Health Care 

Brookings

·         The Geography of Foreign Students in U.S.Higher Education: Origins and Destinations 

·         Happy Neighbors Are Good For You, Wealthy Ones Are Not: Some Insights From a First Study of Well-Being in Mongolia 

·         Institutional Changes of Cuba’s Economic Social Reforms: State and Market Roles, Progress, Hurdles, Comparisons,Monitoring and Effects 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Impact of Asian Investment on Africa’s Textile Industries 

CATO Institute

·         Dead Hand of Socialism: State Ownership in the Arab World  

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Bringing the Fight Back Home: Western Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria 

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

·         The CIP Report, August 2014, v. 13, no. 2 

o    Water and Water Infrastructure

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Mind the Gap: The Role of Liability and Insurance Regimes in Strengthening Radiological Security 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Global Economics Monthly: China's Water Woes 

·         The Islamic State Campaign: Key Strategic and Tactical Challenges 

·         Kurdish Push for Independence Derailed by ISIS? 

·         Pacific Partners Outlook: AUSMIN Takes the Long View of U.S.-Australia Security Cooperation 

·         PacNet #69 - Dueling dinosaurs? Demographics in South Korea and Japan 

·         The U.S. Strategic Vacuum in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia 

·         Winning the Campaign Against the Islamic State: Key Strategic and Tactical Challenges 

Center for Strategic Budget Assessment (CSBA)

·         Rethinking Readiness 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China's Goals in the G20: Expectation,Strategy and Agenda 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Article 5 Revisited – Is NATO Up to It? 

·         EU Governance of the Threat of Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia 

·         'The Cavalry has Arrived': EU in The Hague and at OPCW 

College of Europe

·         Discretion and Accountability: The ESMA Judgment and the Meroni Doctrine  

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, August 2014, v. 7, no. 8 

o    ISIL’s Political-Military Power in Iraq

o    A Deeper Look at Syria-Related Jihadist Activity in Turkey

o    Stories of Foreign Fighter Migration to Syria

o    Brazil’s Police Struggle to Pacify Gang-Run Slums

o    The Pakistani Taliban’s Campaign Against Polio Vaccination

o    The Death Knell for Foreign Fighters in Pakistan?

o    Recent Highlights in Political Violence

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook:2014 to 2024 

·         CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts 

·         The Economic Outlook for 2014 to 2024 in 15Slides 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Ukraine in Crisis-Backgrounder Report 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 3000.07, Irregular Warfare (IW), August 28, 2014 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2014-100 Assessment of DoD Wounded Warrior Matters: Selection and Training of Warrior Transition Unit and Wounded Warrior Battalion Leaders and Cadre 

·         DODIG-2014-102  Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Needs to Provide Better Accountability and Transparency Over Direct Contributions   

·         DODIG-2014-103  Evaluation of DoD Compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 

Department of Energy

·         Manhattan District History [history of the atom bomb] 

Department of State

·         Additional Sanctions Imposed by the Department of State Targeting Iranian Proliferators 

·         To Defeat Terror, We Need the World's Help 

Department of Veterans Affairs

·         14-02603-267 - Veterans Health Administration: Review of Alleged Patient Deaths, Patient Wait Times, and Scheduling Practices at the Phoenix VA Health Care System 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Australia Country Analysis Brief 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Strategy Matters - EU Key Documents 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Islamic State Effect: Lebanon’s New Security Symbiosis 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Can Afghanistan Survive its Presidential Election? 

·         More Faith, Less Fear: Islam, Islamism, and the Future of the West  

FRIDE

·         NATO’s Twin Tensions 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         ISIS and the Deceptive Rebooting of Al Qaeda 

Global Security Studies

·         Global Security Studies Journal, Summer 2014, v. 5, no. 3 

o    The War Against Public Enemy Number One: U.S. Miscalculations in Mexico's War on Drugs

o    China's Navy and Conflict in the South China Sea

o    Los Cartels de la Droga: Mexican Drug Cartels and the U.S.-Mexico Security Relationship

o    The National and International Threat of Drug Trafficking Organizations

o    Cybersecurity and United States Policy Issues

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Export-Import Bank: Monitoring of Dual-Use Exports Should Be Improved. GAO-14-719 

Heritage Foundation

·         America Is Ill-Served by Its Government-Funded Area Studies and Foreign Policy Programs 

·         Beating the Middle-Income Trap in Southeast Asia 

·         Local Governments Can Increase Job Growth and Choices by Passing Right-to-Work Laws  

·         NATO Summit 2014: U.S. Should Support Macedonia 

·         Obama’s Trip to Estonia:  The Right Visit at the Right Time 

Human Rights Watch

·         Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Egypt's Uneasy Transition: Internal and External Dynamics and Challenges for India 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, August 28,2014 

o    Developments In and Prospects for Ghana's Petroleum Sector

o    Botswana's 2014 Elections—Conspiracy Theories and a Long-Suffering Opposition: Recipe for Disaster?

·         An Assessment of the Challenges Associated with Individual Battlefield Power: Addressing the Power Budget Burdens of the Warfighter and Squad 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Centrifuge Research and Development Limitations in Iran 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 61 

·         Reducing poverty in Africa: Realistic targets for the post-2015 MDGs and Agenda 2063 

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    August 29-31,2014 

o    August 27-28,2014 

o    August 26, 2014 

o    August 25, 2014 

·         ISIS’s Offensive in Syria Shows that U.S.Airstrikes Have Not Blunted Momentum 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Is Imran Khan Losing Political Traction 

·         Pakistan: Moving Towards a Solution 

·         What India’s By-Elections tell Us 

International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC)

·         Cluster Munition Monitor 2014 

International Crisis Group

·         Iran and the P5+1: Getting to “Yes” 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Conventional and Insidious Macroeconomic Balance-Sheet Crises 

International Republication Institute (IRI)

·         Survey of Tunisian Public Opinion - June22-July 1, 2014 

Kiel Institute for World Economy

·         Deterrence Works for Criminals 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Significance of the 69th Liberation Day Address and Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations 

Muslim Public Affairs Council

·         Domestic Drones: Implications for Privacy and Due Process in the United States 

National Academies Press

·         An All-of-Government Approach to Increase Resilience for International Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events 

·         Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors:  Workshop Summary 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Diminishing Returns to High-Tech Standards Wars: China’s Strategies in Mobile Communications Technology 

New America Foundation

·         Militancy in Pakistan and Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: 2015 and Beyond 

·         Humanitarian Law and Operation Protective Edge: A Survey of Violations and Remedies 

·         Israel's “Big Fears-big Stick” Syndrome 

·         Israel’s “Operation Status Quo”: A Preliminary Assessment 

·         The Israeli Public and the Gaza War:Supporting the Armed Effort, Doubting the Strategic Outcome 

·         Russia’s Development Assistance, with a Focus on Africa 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         Sequestration Update Report for FY 2015   

Oxfam

·         Cease Failure: Rethinking Seven Years of Failing Policies in Gaza 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         As New Dangers Loom, More Think the U.S. Does‘Too Little’ to Solve World Problems 

·         Few Say Police Forces Nationally Do Well in Treating Races Equally 

·         More Express Sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians: Many Have Some Sympathy for Both Sides in Mideast Conflict 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         A Less Gloomy Mood in Pakistan: Sharif Gets High Marks, while Khan’s Ratings Drop 

·         Mexican President Peña Nieto’s Ratings Slip with Economic Reform 

Pew Global Internet Project

·         Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Social Hierarchies and Public Distribution of Food in Rural India 

Portuguese Institute for International Relations and Security

·         Rajaram Panda, "ARF Summit Meeting at Naypyidaw: An Assessment" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 151, August 2014) 

·         Sandra Fernandes, "Beyond Ukraine: How to Handle Russia Right?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 152, August 2014) 

Rand

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

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

·         DoD and Commercial Advanced Waveform Developments and Programs with Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 5 

·         Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Social and Psychological Well-Being in the Air Force: A 2012 Survey of Airmen 

·         Ramifications of DARPA's Programming Computation on Encrypted Data Program 

·         The Role of Health Care Transformation for the Chinese Dream: Powering Economic Growth, Promoting a Harmonious Society 

·         Small Business and Strategic Sourcing:Lessons from Past Research and Current Data 

·         Spillover from the Conflict in Syria: An Assessment of the Factors that Aid and Impede the Spread of Violence 

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)

·         Europe's Air Transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling Capability: Examining the Collaborative Imperative 

·         The P5 Nuclear Dialogue: Five Years On 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         John Anderson’s Data Mining Mission to Sumatra in 1823: When Method Creates the Object 

Security Council Report

·         UN Documents for Syria 

Small Arms Survey

·         Fire and Forget: The Proliferation of Man-portable Air Defence Systems in Syria 

Small Wars Journal

·         Chaos in Iraq: Are the Kurds Truly Set to Win? 

·         Defeating Baghdadi: The War We Don’t Want But Will Have to Fight 

·         From the Guy Next Door to the Fighter Overseas: A Look at Four Foreign Fighters who Joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

·         An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) First Strategy 

·         No More Land Wars? 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Protecting China’s Overseas Interests: The Slow Shift away from Non-interference 

·         Stockholm Forum on Security Development - 2014 

·         Stockholm Forum on Security Development 2014  Report 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         2014-15 Key Strategic Issues List 

·         Russia and the Caspian Sea: Projecting Power or Competing for Influence? 

Transnational Institute

·         EU-Myanmar Bilateral Investment Treaty 

UN General Assembly

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

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         Syria Crisis 

·         Syrian Arab Republic Governorates Profiles June 2014 

·         Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Humanitarian Response 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghanistan’s Looming Fiscal Crisis: What Can Be Done? 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Algeria's Role in Solving the Libya Crisis 

·         Military Implications of the Syrian Regime's Defeat in Raqqa 

·         Saudi Arabia Ups Pressure on Qatar 

·         U.S. Allies Bombing Islamists: The UAE Airstrikes on Libya 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Executive Actions to Fulfill our Promises to Service Members, Veterans, andTheir Families 

World Health Organization (WHO)

·         Ebola Response Roadmap 

Wilson Center

·         Caught in the Split: Chinese Students in the Soviet Union, 1960-1965 

·         How to Address Child Migration From Central America 

World Bank

·         The Brasília Experiment: Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-Term Local Development in Brazil 

·         The Domestic Segment of Global Supply Chains in China under State Capitalism 

·         Money or Ideas? A Field Experiment on Constraints to Entrepreneurship in Rural Pakistan 

·         Services, Inequality, and the Dutch Disease