Friday's Miscellany 09-05-2014

38 North

·         North Korea: Northeast Asia’s New TourismHub? 

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, September/October 2014, v. 27, no.5 

o    Using Concept Maps to Introduce Software Security Assurance Cases

o    Evaluating Software Assurance Knowledge and Competency of Acquisition Professionals

o    Evaluating Security Risks Using Mission Threads

o    The Necessity of Intended Use Specification for Successful Modeling and Simulation of a System-of-Systems

o    Software Assurance, Trustworthiness, and Rigor

o    N-Version Architectural Framework for Application Security Automation (NVASA)

o    Acquisition Anonymous

o    Forecasting from Defect Signals

o    Agile Surveillance Points: An Alternative to Milestone Reviews

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Elections 2014 (47): Audit Enters Its Final Precarious Phase 

·         Taleban Closing in on the City: The Next Round of the Tug-of-war over Kunduz 

Air University Press

·         Intelligence and Design: Thinking about Operational Art 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Davutoglu as Turkey's PM and Future Challenges 

·         Lessons Not Learned: Trading Democracy for ‘Neoliberal Militarism’ in Egypt 

American Enterprise Institute

·         If West Cannot Live With Islamic State It Must Do All That's Needed To Defeat It On The Ground 

·         Pakistani Government’s Survival in Question Following Violent Clashes with Protesters 

American Security Project

·         Russian State Media—How is Russia’s State Media Structured?  How Has it Grown?  Is it Effective? 

Amnesty International

·         Ethnic Cleansing on a Historic Scale: Islamic State’s systematic Targeting of Minorities in Northern Iraq 

·         Excessive and Deadly: The Use of Force, Arbitrary Detention and Torture Against Protesters in Sudan 

·         The Wait for Truth, Remedy and Accountability Continues as Redaction Issue Delays Release of Senate Report on CIA Detentions 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 30, September 2014: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, September/October 2014, v. 94, no. 5 

o    Noncommissioned Officers and Mission Command

o    U.S. Army Physical Readiness Training Protocols

o    Building Partnership Capacity 101: The New Jordan Armed Forces Noncommissioned Officer Corps

o    NCO 2020: A Concept for Self-Paced Learning in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System

o    The Role of Character in Effective Leadership

o    Afghanistan Endgame: Lessons from Cambodia 1973-1975

o    Transformational Stories: How the Weekend Safety Briefing can be a Forum for the Professional Military Ethic

o    The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education

o    Macro-Ethics and Tactical Decision Making

o    The Human Domain: The Army's Necessary Push Toward Squishiness

o    Retaining the Warrior Spirit

o    The Morality on Intervention by Waging Irregular Warfare

o    Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War

Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

·         Mainstreaming the Responsibility to Protect in Southeast Asia: Pathway Towards a Caring ASEAN Community 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Can ISIS be Stopped? Options for the U.S. 

·         Is Resource Nationalism Fading in Latin America?  The Case of the Oil Industry 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Hamas was Defeated, Until the Next Time 

·         Misplaced Frustration 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         BPC Discussion Series: The New Geopolitics of Petroleum and Natural Gas 

·         Responding to Systemic Risk: Restoring the Balance 

Brookings

·         An Army to Defeat Assad: How to Turn Syria's Opposition Into a Real Fighting Force 

·         Keeping the South China Sea in Perspective 

·         “Laws of the Profit”: Language, Religion, and Money in the Founding Fathers’ Diplomacy with a Muslim Kingdom 

·         Liberia: Links between Peacebuilding,Conflict Prevention and Durable Solutions to Displacement 

·         Linking Peace, Security and Durable Solutions in a Multi-Ethnic Society: The Case of Kosovo 

·         Timor-Leste: Links between Peacebuilding,Conflict Prevention and Durable Solutions to Displacement 

·         Washington's Marijuana Legalization Grows Knowledge, Not Just Pot 

·         What's the Catch? Challenges and Opportunities of the U.S. Fishing Industry 

·         Vital Statistics on Congress 

·         Why Trade Matters in Four Maps 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Primer to the Wales NATO Summit: NATO, Summit Agenda, Likely Results, Canadian Interest 

·         Russia and Ukraine: The Zero-Sum Fallacy   

CATO Institute

·         Math Gone Mad: Regulatory Risk Modeling by the Federal Reserve 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Autonomous Power? Securing Singapore’s Interests in the 21st Century 

·         The Challenge of Responding to Maritime Coercion 

·         Charting the Course: Directions for the New NATO Secretary General 

·         Report Preview - Robotics on the Battlefield Part II: The Coming Swarm 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Are We Winning? 

·         Using Data to Inform Decisions: How Teachers Use Data to Inform Practice and Improve Student Performance in Mathematics 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The EU's Policy to Secure Gas Supply 

·         Separatism in Europe 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Issues & Insights, v. 14, no. 12, Substantial Progress, But Still Further To Go 

·         Kurdish Push for Independence Derailed by ISIS? 

·         PacNet #71 - SEACAT2014: Toward an Enhanced US-ASEAN Maritime Security Partnership 

·         PacNet #70 - Revision of Article 9 and Its Implications 

·         Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Jokowi's Opportunity to Write a New Chapter on Papua 

·         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 Budgetary Assessment (CSBA)

·         Analysis of the FY 2015 Defense Budget 

·         FY2015 Weapons Systems Factbook 

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC)

·         Strengthening Multilateral Policies and Practices to Counter Violent Extremism: The Role of the Security Council 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         How Should the EU Respond to Russia's War in Ukraine? 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The Challenge to the West: Restoring European Deterrence 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Crisis Management Mechanisms: Pathologies and Pitfalls 

Chatham House

·         Georgia and European Security in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis 

·         Nigeria’s Interminable Insurgency? Addressing the Boko Haram Crisis 

·         Retrench or Rebalance?  America’s Evolving Defense 

·         Scotland's Place in the World 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Backgrounder - Al-Shabab 

·         Backgrounder - The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) 

·         Background - Governance in India: Corruption 

·         Backgrounder - The U.S. Child Migrant Influx 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DOD Recovering Warrior Task Force 2013-2014 Annual Report 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2014-104  Global Combat Support System–Army Did Not Comply With Treasury and DoD Financial Reporting Requirements 

Department of State

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

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Sudan and South Sudan Country Analysis Brief - September 2014 

Energy Policy International Center

·         The Growing Connection between Oil and Terror 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         The Arab Summer: Searing Heat, Soaring Violence? 

·         Mare Europaeum? Tackling Mediterranean Migration 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         After “AfPak”: Reframing Europe’s Pakistan Policy 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         EU Integration and Party Politics in the Balkans 

·         Scotland and the EU: What Impact of the Potential In-out UK Referendum on the Independence Debate? 

Federal Reserve Board

·         The Role of Oil Price Shocks in Causing U.S.Recessions 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Islamic State’s Electronic Outreach 

·         The Third Chechen War? The Islamic State’s Imagined Qoqaz Caliphate and Russia’s Fractious Ciscaucasia  

·         U.S. Influence Drip-Dripping Away  

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         Military Strategic Rationale of Turkey’s T-Loramids Project and the Eurosam Offer 

FRIDE

·         The China-EU Strategic Partnership on Development:Unfulfilled Potential 

·         Our Collective Interest: Why Europe’s Problems Need Global Solutions and Global Problems Need European Action 

German Development Institute

·         Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion: Avoiding Blueprint Traps and Incomplete Democratic Transitions 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Russia: A Euro-Pacific Power? 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         An Anglo-French “Pivot”? The Future Drivers of Europe-Asia Cooperation 

·         Developing a Future Partnership between Japan and South Korea for Regional Stability in East Asia 

·         A Modi-Fication of the India-Japan Relationship? 

·         A New Strategy for Europe’s Neighborhood 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         A Democratic Rentier State? Taxation, Aid Dependency, and Political Representation in Benin 

Heritage Foundation

·         2014 NATO Summit: Understanding the Key Issues 

·         Congress Should Link U.N. General Assembly Voting and Foreign Aid 

·         Senate Cyber Information-Sharing Bill on the Right Track but Improvements Needed 

·         What Contributes to Gas Prices and Solutions to Help 

Human Rights Watch

·         Staying Strong: Key Components and Positive Precedent for Convention on Cluster Munitions Legislation 

·         Two Years With No Moon: Immigration Detention of Children in Thailand 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

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

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, September 5, 2014 

o    Zimbabwe's Mugabe at 90—Busy as Ever

o    Conflict in Central African Republic—Prospects for Peace

·         The New OMB Circular A-131—Revitalizing Value Engineering and Expanding Opportunities for Its Use 

·         State-of-the-Art Resources (SOAR) for Software Vulnerability Detection, Test, and Evaluation 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Centrifuge Research and Development Limitations in Iran 

·         Update on Parchin: A Necessary Piece of a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Eurasian Union versus Silk Road Economic Belt? 

·         Mitigating Militancy in Northwest Pakistan 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         The Drug Trade and Governance in Cape Town 

·         Elections in Mozambique: A Smooth Journey, or a Hurdle to Skip? 

·         Radicalisation in Kenya Recruitment to al-Shabaab and the Mombasa Republican Council 

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Control of Terrain in Iraq: September 2, 2014 

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    August 29-31,2014 

o    September 1-2,2014 

o    September 3-4,2014 

o    September 5-7,2014 

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

·         Syria Update: August 30-September 4, 2014 

International Crisis Group

·         Cameroon: Prevention Is Better than Cure 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, September 5, 2015, v. 12, no, 17 

o    Coming to Grips with Terrorism in Egypt a Year after the Raba’a Square Massacre

o    The Islamic State Eyes Expansion and Recruitment in India

o    Egypt, the UAE and Arab Military Intervention in Libya

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Debate on South Korea´s Nuclear Armament and the Narrow-minded Thought 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Lessons from Negotiations 

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 Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

·         Remarks by Matthew G. Olsen, Director, NCTC at the Brookings Institute 

·         Comments and Video 

National Security Archive

·         Iran-Contra Revisited 

Naval War College

·         Irregular Challenges 2010 Game - War Game Report 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Turkey’s New Focus on Africa: Causes and Challenges 

Oxford Research Group

·         Remote Control Warfare Monthly Briefing #05 

·         US Special Operations Command Contracting:Data-Mining the Public Record 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         The 'Chinese Way'? The Evolution of Chinese Humanitarianism 

·         Histories of Humanitarian Action in the Middle East and North Africa 

·         Improving Access to International Climate Finance within Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         Responsibility, Legitimacy, Morality: Chinese Humanitarianism in Historical Perspective 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         USAID & DoD: Analysis and Recommendations to Enhance Development-Military Cooperation 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         More Prioritize Border Security in Immigration Debate 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Origins and Destinations of the World’s Migrants, from 1990-2013 

Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project

·         As Growth Stalls, Unauthorized Immigrant Population Becomes More Settled 

RAND Corporation

·         Developing a U.S. Strategy for Dealing with China: Now and into the Future 

·         Future of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act 

·         Living Room Connected Devices: Opportunities,Security Challenges and Privacy Implications for Users and Industry 

·         Portfolio Assessment of the Department of State Internet Freedom Program 

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

·         U.S. Army in Asia, 2030-2040 

Refugee Studies Centre

·         Protection in Europe for Refugees from Syria 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Anti-Imperialism in the 19th Century: A Contemporary Critique of the British Invasion of Java in 1811 

·         Assessing the Progress of AEC Projects: A New Approach Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit 

Small Arms Survey

·         Firearm Suicides 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Army’s Next Mission: Stability is the Best Offense 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Arms Trade Treaty: Challenges for the First Conference of States Parties 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         A New Type of Great Power Relationship between the United States and China: The Military Dimension 

·         The U.S.-India Relationship: Cross-Sector Collaboration To Promote Sustainable Development 

TRAC

·         Decline in Prosecutions for National Internal Security and Terrorism 

Transnational Institute

·         Brazil: From Cursed Legacy to Compromised Hope? 

·         BRICS: A Global Trade Power in a Multipolar World 

·         The Brics and Global Capitalism 

·         China Rising 

·         The Emerging Economies and Climate Change 

·         Emerging Powers: Rise of the South or a Reconfiguration of Elites 

·         The Global Ocean Grab: A Primer 

·         India in the Emerging World Order 

·         Land Grabbing under the Cover of Law 

·         Shifting Power Reader 

·         South Africa and the BRICS Alliance 

TransWorld

·         Attitudes Towards Environmental Issues: Empirical Evidence in Europe and the United States 

·         Attitudes Towards Human Rights and Democracy: Empirical Evidence in Europe and the United States 

·         How Do the Others See Us? An Analysis of Public Opinion Perceptions of the EU and USA in Third Countries 

·         International Security Across the Atlantic: A Longitudinal Comparison of Public Opinion in Europe and the United States 

·         The Meaning of Economy: US and EU Attitudes Towards Economy in Time of Crisis 

·         To Agree or Disagree? Elite Opinion and Future Prospects of the Transatlantic Partnership 

UNICEF

·         Ebola Virus Disease: Personal Protective Equipment and Other Ebola-Related Supply Update 

UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)

·         Overview of Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law During the Ongoing Violence in Libya 

US Central Command

·         Friendly Fire Airstrike in the Vicinity of Arghandab, Afghanistan, 9 Jun 14 [redacted] 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Gaza and Beyond: The Arab-Israeli Arena in the Wake of the Hamas War 

·         Jordan's Energy Decision: Go with Israel 

·         Ten Things You Need to Know about ISIS 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: NATO and U.S. Efforts in Support of NATO Partners, Including Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S. Support and Reassurance Initiatives for the Baltics and Central Europe 

·         FACT SHEET: The United States and Estonia -NATO Allies and Global Partners 

·         FACT SHEET: The United States and Latvia -NATO Allies and Global Partners 

·         FACT SHEET: The United States and Lithuania -NATO Allies and Global Partners 

·         FACT SHEET: Wales Summit – NATO’s Changing Role in Afghanistan 

·         Letter from the President -- War Powers Resolution Regarding Iraq 

·         National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy

·         Remarks by President Obama at NATO Summit Press Conference 

·         Statement by the Press Secretary on Iraq 

World Bank

·         Egypt: Inequality of Opportunity in Education 

·         The Opportunities of Digitizing Payments