greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 08-01-2014

o Relationships between diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections and urinary tract infections among male service members diagnosed with urethritis, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2013

o Surveillance snapshot: cases of service member meningococcal disease reported to the Naval Health Research Center Laboratory-based Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Program, 2006-2014

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

· Science and Technology to Prevent and Respond to CBRN Disasters: ROK and US Perspectives

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

· ASEAN 2030: Toward a Borderless Economic Community

· Local Public Finance Management in the People’s Republic of China: Challenges and Opportunities

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

· Three Arrows of "Abenomics" and the Structural Reform of Japan: Inflation Targeting Policy of the Central Bank,Fiscal Consolidation, and Growth Strategy

Atlantic Council

· A Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreement: Who Could Benefit?

Australian Government. Department of Defence

· 2014 Defence Issues White Paper

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (APSI)

· Strategy and Its Discontents: The Place of Strategy in National Policymaking

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· Hamas Underground Warfare

· No Economic Aid to Hamas-Ruled Gaza

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

· Cutting Too Deep: The Obama Administration's Proposals for Nuclear Security Spending Reductions

Brookings

· Gendered Approach To Countering Violent Extremism

· How Humans Respond to Robots: Building Public Policy through Good Design

· How the Private Sector Can Improve Public Transportation Infrastructure

· Implementing the New Deal for Fragile States

· Kurdistan Rising: To Acknowledge or Ignore the Unraveling of Iraq

· Part of the Solution: Pre-Baccalaureate Healthcare Workers in a Time of Health System Change

· Will Immigration Spark a White Backlash in America?

CATO Institute

· Case against Child Labor Prohibitions

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

· Capturing Synergies Between Water Conservation and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Power Sector

· Clash of Competing Necessities: Water Adequacy and Electric Reliability in China, India, France, and Texas

· Reviving the Caliphate: Fad, or the Future?

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Economic Statecraft Redux: Improving the U.S.State Department’s Effectiveness in International Economic Policy

· Forces Shaping Transition in Afghanistan:2014-2016

· FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness, July 2014, no. 9

· Global Economics Monthly: Europe's Trade Strategy at a TTIP-ing Point

· In India, Election Season Is Never Over

· PacNet #62 - Indonesia’s "John Adams Moment"

· PacNet #61 - Why are American investors struggling in Mongolia?

· Recent Trends in the South China Sea and U.S.Policy

Centre for Eastern Studies

· The Crisis in Iraq and the Twists and Turns of Turkish Middle East Policy

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

· Is the ‘American lake’ Drying Up in the China Sea?

· Political Crossroads Ahead in Sweden: The Signs are Red-Green

· Reflections on Quasi-Loss of Nationality in Comparative, International and European Perspective

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

· Education in Emergencies: The Case of the Dadaab Refugee Camps

· What Drove the Mid-2000s' Explosiveness in Alternative Energy Stock Prices? Evidence from US, European and Global Indices

Centre for Security Governance

· The Afghan National Security Forces Beyond 2014: Will They Be Ready?

Chatham House

· Rebooting a Political Settlement: Engagement and Mediation after the Afghan Elections

· Who Wants What: Mapping the Parties’ Interests in the Afghanistan Conflict

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

· The Digital Diplomacy Bibliography 2014

· PinPoints: Processes of International Negotiation, 2014, no. 40

o Will Putin's Strategy on Ukraine Disintegrate the European Negotiation Web?

o Winning at Nuclear Negotiations

o Mandela's Legacy of Negotiation

o The South-Chin Sea: Options for Negotiation

o The Sino-Russian Pivot and American Power

o To Verify or Not to Verify: A Major Issue in the Development of WMD Arms Control Regimes

o The Mediation Craze

o Visit to the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council

o Focal Points in Theory and Negotiation: Prospectus of a Conference

o The Netherlands Negotiation Network (NNN) Symposium About Negotiating the Future

Combatting Terrorism Center (CTC)

· CTC Sentinel, July 2014, v.7. No. 7

o Boko Haram, the Chibok Abductions and Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Strategy

o Dutch Foreign Fighters Continue to Travel to Syria

o Swiss Foreign Fighters Active in Syria

o The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s Role in Attacks in Pakistan

o Contrasting the Leadership of Mullah Fazlullah and Khan Said Sajna in Pakistan

o Recent Highlights in Political Violence

o The ISIL’s Theft of WMD Components in Iraq

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

· Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements and Force Structure Assessment

· Risks to Stability in Afghanistan: Politics,Security, and International Commitment

· Security Situation in Iraq and Syria: U.S.Policy Options and Implications for the Region

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

· Nanotechnology: Understanding How Small Solutions Drive Big Innovation

· Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts and Plan Cancellations Under the President’s Health Care Law

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Building Prosperity in Latin America: Investor Confidence in the Rule of Law

· Iran Nuclear Negotiations: From Extension to Final Agreement?

· The Shootdown of Malaysian Flight 17 and the Escalating Crisis in Ukraine

· Twenty-Years of U.S. Policy on North Korea: From Agreed Framework to Strategic Patience

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Examining TSA’s Management of the Screening Partnership Program

· Protecting the Homeland from Nuclear and Radiological Threats

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

· The IRS Targeting Scandal: The Need for a Special Counsel

· Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

· The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: The America Invents Act and Beyond, Domestic and International Policy Goals

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

· Examining Allegations of Corruption at the Export-Import Bank

· IRS Abuses: Ensuring that Targeting Never Happens Again

· Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Operating While Stoned

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)

· White Paper on Satellite Production Pace

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

· EPA’s Carbon Plan: Failure by Design

· A Review of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

· Technology Needed to Secure America’s Border

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

· Cramming on Wireless Phone Bills: A Review of Consumer Protection Practices and Gaps

· Domestic Challenges and Global Competition in Aviation Manufacturing

· Revisiting the RESTORE Act: Progress and Challenges in Gulf Restoration Post-Deepwater Horizon

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

· Iran: Status of the P-5+1

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

· VAWA Next Steps: Protecting Women from Gun Violence

Council on Foreign Relations

· Bringing India Inside the Asian Trade Tent

· Child Brides, Global Consequences

· Curtailing the Subsidy War Within the United States

· Hamas

· Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK)

· Renewed Conflict in Lebanon

· Southeast Asia's Regression From Democracy and Its Implications

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

· DODIG-2014-097 Audit of the Transfer of DoD Service Treatment Records to the Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG 14-113 - Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Has Taken Steps To Address Insider Threat, but Challenges Remain

· Oversight of Unaccompanied Alien Children

Department of State

· International Religious Freedom Report for 2013

Department of the Air Force

· America’s Air Force: A Call to the Future

East-West Center

· Jokowi’s Rise and Indonesia’s Second Democratic Transition

Energy Information Agency (EIA)

· Azerbaijan Country Analysis Brief - August 2014

Energy Policy Information Center

· Hurricanes Pose Continued Threat to Gulf of Mexico Fuel Production

European Council on Foreign Relations

· Algeria - An Unsteady Partner for Europe

· Protecting the European Choice

European Interagency Security Forum (EISF)

· Security Risk Management and Religion: Faith and Secularism in Humanitarian Assistance

European Leadership Network (ELN)

· Crisis Management in Europe in the Context of Events in Ukraine [report in various languages]

European Policy Centre (EPC)

· It Has Only Just Begun: EU and Anticorruption Institutions in Moldova

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

· Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report,January-June 2013

Feinstein International Center

· Community-based Animal Health Workers in the Horn of Africa

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· “Dirty Bombs:” Reason to Worry?

· Jordan: Between Stability and Spillover

FRIDE

· The Politics of Regionalism and Decentralisation in Ukraine

German Development Institute

· Foreign Aid and the Domestic Politics of European Budget Support

· Scenarios for Increased EU Donor Coordination: What is the Right Level of Aid Coordination?

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

· Margins, Gravity, and Causality: Export Diversification and Income Levels Reconsidered

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Active and Reserve Unit Costs: DOD Report to Congress Generally Addressed the Statutory Requirements but Lacks Detail. GAO-14-711R

· Air Force Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Manage Cash Balances to Required Levels. GAO-14-480

· Budget Issues: Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposures Through Greater Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather. GAO-14-504T [testimony]

· Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Past Work and Preliminary Observations on Research and Development at the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. GAO-14-783T [testimony]

· Defense Contracting: Factors DOD Considers When Choosing Best Value Processes Are Consistent with Guidance for Selected Acquisitions. GAO-14-584

· Defense Health Care: US Family Health Plan is Duplicative and Should be Eliminated. GAO-14-684

· Defense Health Care Reform: Actions Needed to Help Realize Potential Cost Savings from Medical Education and Training. GAO-14-630

· Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Future Assessments of Roles and Missions. GAO-14-668

· Department of Homeland Security: Continued Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Coordination of Research and Development. GAO-14-813T [testimony]

· Healthcare.gov: Contract Planning and Oversight Practices Were Ineffective Given the Challenges and Risks. GAO-14-824T [testimony]

· Healthcare.gov: Ineffective Planning and Oversight Practices Underscore the Need for Improved Contract Management. GAO-14-694

· Littoral Combat Ship: Additional Testing and Improved Weight Management Needed Prior to Further Investments. GAO-14-749

· National Flood Insurance Program: Additional Guidance on Building Requirements to Mitigate Agricultural Structures' Damage in High-Risk Areas Is Needed. GAO-14-583

· Screening Partnership Program: TSA Has Improved Application Guidance and Monitoring of Screener Performance, and Continues to Improve Cost Comparison Methods. GAO-14-787T [testimony]

· Security Clearances: Tax Debts Owed by DOD Employees and Contractors. GAO-14-686R

Henley Putnam University

· Journal of Strategic Security, Summer 2014, v. 7, no. 2 [The Global SOF Network]

o The Global SOF Network: Posturing Special Operations Forces to Ensure Global Security in the 21st Century

o Global SOF and Interagency Collaboration

o Forces of Habit: Global SOF's Role in Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking

o Enabling Local Solutions to Global Problems: The Role of Cultural Intelligence in Building Global SOF Networks

o From the Ground Up: The Importance of Preserving SOF Capacity Building Skills

o Redefining the Indirect Approach, Defining Special Operations Forces (SOF) Power, and the Global Networking of SOF

Heritage Foundation

· Congress Should Fund Wildfire Suppression Without Creating a New Spending Loophole

· Congress Should Upgrade the African Growth and Opportunity Act

· Immigration Working Group Recommendations Fall Short

· Market Solutions Should Be Central to U.S.’s Taiwan Policy

· National Defense Panel Provides Congress an Honest Path Forward

· New Obamacare Enrollment Data: Employer-Based Coverage Declines

Hoover Institution

· China Leadership Monitor, Summer 2014, Issue 44

o Chinese Views and Commentary on Periphery Diplomacy

o ‘Deepening Reform’—The Organization and the Emerging Strategy

o Groupthink? PLA Leading Small Groups and the Prospect for Real Reform and Change in the Chinese Military

o More Already on the Central Committee’s Leading Small Groups

o Sunshine Heats Up Taiwan Politics, Affects PRC Tactics

o Xi Jinping’sInner Circle (Part 2—Friends from Xi’s Formative Years)

o (Part 1—The Shaanxi Gang)

Human Right Watch

· Syria: Barrage of Barrel Bombs - Attacks on Civilians Defy UN Resolution

· With Liberty to Monitor All: How Large-Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism, Law, and American Democracy

IASC Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations Steering Group

· Syria Crisis Common Context Analysis

IJ Infinity Group

· Journal of Military Operations, Summer 2014, v. 2, no. 3

o Operation ‘Defensive Pillar’ or The Second Gaza War: A Year Later

o The Commander’s Toolbox - Use and Abuse of Battlefield Control Measures

o Norwegian Swarm: How Unique National Doctrines Contribute to a More Flexible NATO

o Jihadist Use Of Technology

o Storming Back to the Future: Why We Wrestle With The Basics

o The Three Step Estimate

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

· Ballot Box Distress and Future of Afghanistan

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Case Study: OpenSSL 2012 Validation

· Parallel Compilation on Virtual Machines in a Development Cloud Environment

· Use of Biometrics within Sub-Saharan Refugee Communities

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

· Iran’s Near 20 Percent Stock: Status and Needto Reduce Size

· Time is Short for Iran to Address IAEA’s Nuclear Weapon Concerns

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

· Biological Weapons Convention: Confidence, the Prohibition and Learning from the Past

· Limits to Supporting Security Sector Interventions in the DRC

· Status and Dynamics of the Political Situation in Burundi

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

· Control of Terrain in Iraq: July 29, 2014

· Echoes of Syria: Hezbollah reemerges in Iraq

· Iraq Situation Report

o August 2, 2014

o August 1, 2014

o July 31, 2014

o July 30, 2014

o July 29, 2014

o July 28, 2014

· Islamic State: A Counter-Strategy for a Counter-State

· ISIS Governance in Syria

· Life Under ISIS in Mosul

· Rebel Operations in Idlib Province during the Spring of 2014

· Taliban Summer Offensive Shows Increasing Capability

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

· Afghanistan Today: Politics of Drawdown

· Modi’s India in the WTO: Politics Trumps Economics

· A Possible Paradigm for Afghanistan’s Future

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence

· Palestinians, the PLO, and Political Representation: The Search for Palestinian Self-Determination

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

· Long Term Planning Framework Southern Africa 2012-2015

Jamestown Foundation

· China Brief, July 31, 2014, v. 14, no. 15

o ‘The No. 1 is Key’: Xi Jinping Holds Forth on the Art of Leadership

o A ‘New Situation’: China’s Evolving Assessment of its Security Environment

o Is China’s Charm Offensive Dead?

o Beijing Expands its Multinational Toolkit at CICA Summit

Library of Congress

· Regulation of Bitcoin in Selected Jurisdictions

o June 2014Updates

Lowy Institute for International Policy

· China’s Climate Change Policies: Actors and Drivers

National Academies Press

· Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants

· Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts

National Bureau of Asian Research

· Myanmar's Financial Integration

· Strengthening the U.S.-India Relationship

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

· Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States: Research Highlight

· Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

· A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events

· Strategic Issues Facing Transportation

o Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment

o Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report

o Volume 3: Expediting Future Technologies for Enhancing Transportation System Performance

o Volume 4: Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies

o Volume 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future

National Defense Panel

· Ensuring a Strong Defense for the Future: The National Defense Panel Review of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review

NATO Defense College

· Assisting Host Country Militaries - Assessing Lessons from NATO, EU, and Member State Experience

· NATO's Post-2014 Strategic Narrative

New America Foundation

· Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

· EU Immigration and Asylum: Are We Up to the Challenge?

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

· Trapped Outside Politics: Egyptian Independent Unions’ Democratising Dilemma

Oxford Economics

· Cloud: The New Engine of Business

· Path to Value in the Cloud

Oxford Research Group

· Gaza: Context and Consequences

Overseas Development Institute

· Humanitarian Trends and Trajectories to 2030:North and South-East Asia

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

· Far More Continue to View Russia as a ‘Serious Problem’ Than as an ‘Adversary’

· Hamas Seen as More to Blame Than Israel for Current Violence

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

· Turks Divided on Erdogan and the Country’s Direction

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

· Inflation is Dead, but Not German Angst: How the Monetary Policy of the ECB Undermines the Culture of Stability

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

· Gustavo Plácido dos Santos, "Angola:Towards Supremacy in Sub-Saharan Africa?" (Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, No. 8, Spring/Summer 2014): 23-32.

· Sean Goforth, "Coming to Terms with the BRICS Bank" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 148, July 2014).

RAND Corporation

· Building Toward an Unmanned Aircraft System Training Strategy

· China: The Reluctant Partner

· The Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviation Manufacturing

· More Americans May Be Adequately Prepared for Retirement Than Previously Thought

· Strategic Planning for Border Security

· Toward Improved Management of Officer Retention: A New Capability for Assessing Policy Options

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

· China’s Domestic Insurgency

· The Gaza War: Mission Creep and Tunnel Vision

· Illicit Wildlife Crime: Entrenched in the Crime, Conflict, and Terror Nexus