Friday's Miscellany 09-26-2014

38 North

·         The Passing of the Nuclear Torch: The Next Generation of WMD Scientists 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Despair or Hope: Rural Livelihoods and Opium Poppy Dynamics in Afghanistan 

·         Gender, Youth and Urban Labour Market Participation: Evidence from the Tailoring Sector in Kabul, Afghanistan 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Interpreting Russian foreign Policy and Islam 

·         Yemen’s Houthi Movement: Limiting Military Operations Via Political Participation 

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change 

Amnesty International

·         China’s Trade in Tools of Torture and Repression 

·         Mining in Guatemala: Rights at Risk 

·         Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Nigeria 

Army War College Library

·         Military Sexual Assault and Harassment 

·         Mission Command 

·         Parameters, Summer 2014,v. 44, no. 2  

o    Insights from the Army's Drawdowns

o    Rebalancing the Rebalance

o    Strategy Versus Statecraft in Crimea

o    Eisenhower and US Grand Strategy

o    Military Professionalism & Private Military Contractors

o    Special Operations Forces & Private Security Companies

o    Private Military & Security Companies: A Review Essay

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         InterAgency Journal 5-3, Fall 2014 

o    Insights to Effective Interorganizational Coordination

o    Improving Interagency Coordination in Africa

o    There is No Silver Bullet and Other Lessons from Colombia

o    After Benghazi: Security Operations for Transformational Diplomats

o    Evolving Band-Aids to Global Crisis: For Want of U.S. Leadership

o    Pacific Command: Attacking the Nexus of Emerging Threats

Asian Development Bank

·         20th by 2020: Bhutan’s Drive for Improved Governance 

·         Asian Development Outlook 2014 Update: Asia in Global Value Chains 

·         Asian Development Review: 2014, v. 31, no. 2 

o    Trade Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for ASEAN and Other Asian Countries

o    The More Divergent, the Better? Lessons on Trilemma Policies and Crises for Asia

o    Wage Differentials between Foreign Multinationals and Local Plants and Worker Quality in Malaysian Manufacturing

o    Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the People’s Republic of China: A Nuanced View

o    The Dragon Is Flying West: Micro-level Evidence of Chinese Outward Direct Investment

o    Global Production Sharing and Wage Premiums: Evidence from the Thai Manufacturing Sector

o    Afghanistan: Balancing Social and Security Spending in the Context of a Shrinking Resource Envelope

·         A Review of Governance e-Solution Investments, 2004-2012 

·         Urban Metabolism of Six Asian Cities 

Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN)

·         The Urgent Need for Nuclear Risk Reduction in Asia 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia: A Bangladesh Country Study 

Aspen Institute

·         Responding to Trends in the U.S. Electricity Sector 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Profile of the U.S. Army—A Reference Handbook (2014/2015 Edition) 

·         Strategic Landpower in NATO: Vital for U.S.Security 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Joko Widodo’s Indonesia: Possible Future Paths 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Global LNG Pricing Terms and Revisions: An Empirical Analysis 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         2014 Jihadist Terrorism and Other Unconventional Threats 

·         Natural Gas Infrastructure and Methane Emissions 

Brookings

·         Incorporating Unmanned Aerial Systems Into The Japan Air Self-Defense Force 

·         Investing in English Skills: The Limited English Proficient Workforce in U.S. Metropolitan Areas 

·         A Ripple Beneath the Surface: Trends in Salafi Political Thought  What They Mean for Egypt and U.S.-Egyptian Relations 

·         Transforming the Electricity Portfolio:Lessons from Germany and Japan in Deploying Renewable Energy 

Bruegel

·         Elements of Europe's Energy Union 

Carnegie Endowment of International Peace

·         China’s Debt Dilemma: Deleveraging While Generating Growth 

·         Ending Libya’s Civil War: Reconciling Politics, Rebuilding Security 

·         Qatar and the Arab Spring: Policy Drivers and Regional Implications 

CATO Institute

·         Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles 

·         Public Attitudes toward Federalism: The Public’s Preference for Renewed Federalism 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Dr. Dafna Rand before House Select Intelligence Committee on ISIS 

·         Nonmilitary Approaches to Countering Chinese Coercion—A Code of Practice for the Asia-Pacific 

·         Seizing the Modi Moment: Reenergizing U.S.-India Ties on the Eve of the Prime Minister’s Visit 

Center for American Progress

·         Understanding Authorizations for the Use of Military Force 

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

·         CIP Report, September2014, v. 13, no. 9 

o    Risk and Risk Management

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Japan-U.S. Alliance Management 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies

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

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Civil Transition in Afghanistan:2014-2016 

·         The Forces Shaping Transition in Afghanistan:2014-2016 

·         Global Economics Monthly, September 2014, v. 3, no. 9 : Making Womenomics Work 

·         The Islamic State: The Case for Expanding the Air War 

·         Keeping in Touch with the World: Why the BBC Could Give a Real Choice to North Koreans 

·         Lessons for the 2014 QDDR 

·         Losing the "Forgotten War" The U.S.Strategic Vacuum in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia 

·         Repurposing Global Polio Eradication’s Tool Kit: “Polio Legacy” Activities in India 

·         Security Transition in Afghanistan 

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC)

·         Growing an Economy: Impact of Foreign Exchange and Remittances on Ethiopian Development 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

·         Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic - Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014-1015 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Declassified Articles from Studies in Intelligence: The IC’s Journal for the Intelligence Professional 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Fighting the Caliphate: What are the Military Options? 

·         A Turkish Perspective on the Rise of the Islamic Caliphate 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Juncker’s Mission to the New Energy Team:Avoiding the Hard Choices 

·         The New Juncker Commission: The Digital Agenda 

·         A New Start for the EU’s Area of Freedom,Security and Justice? Setting of Priorities for the New European Commission 

·         Russia’s Punitive Trade Policy Measures towards Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         African Perspectives on Sovereign Debt Restructuring 

·         China's Engagement with an Evolving International Monetary System: A Payments Perspective 

·         Reforming the Global Architecture of Financial Regulation: The G20, the IMF and the FSB 

Chatham House

·         Does Britain Matter in East Asia? 

·         The Threat of Islamic State 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Upgrading Peacekeeping to Counter Transnational Conflict Drivers 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Backgrounder - Media Censorship in China 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Background Information on the Humanitarian Assistance Operation Near Sinjar, Iraq 

·         Oil Refinery Strikes 

·         Strikes in Syria and Iraq 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Refugees and Asylees 2013 

Department of State

·         Afghanistan's Triumph of Statesmanship and Compromise 

·         Background Briefing on Afghanistan 

·         Background Briefing on African Issues 

·         Background Briefing on P5+1 Trilateral Meeting With EU High Representative Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif 

·         Background Briefing on UNAIDS Event and PEPFAR 

·         Remarks at a High-Level Dialogue on Combating Violence Targeting LGBT 

·         Remarks at the Global Counterterrorism Forum 

·         Under U.S. Leadership, World Will Defeat ISIS 

·         Update on Afghanistan Elections 

·         U.S. Priorities in Africa 

·         U.S. Priorities in Sudan and South Sudan 

Disabled American Veterans

·         Women Veterans: the Long Journey Home 

East-West Center

·         ISIL, a Growing Threat in Indonesia? 

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Energy Policy Options for the Rasht Valley[Tajikistan] 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Yemen Country Analysis Brief - September 2014 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         China on Asia’s Mind 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Better Use of Resources is the Means to Growth, Prosperity and Welfare - But Will the EU Jump on the Opportunity? 

·         The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - A Long Hard Road to Multilateralism? 

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         European Security and Defence #CSDP basics 

Eurostat

·         EU in the World 2014 

·         Taxation Trends in the European Union - Data for the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         China’s Military: What's New? And What's Next? 

·         Winning the War of Ideas in the Arab World: A View from the UAE 

FRIDE

·         Rethinking Relationships to Europe's South 

·         Turkey’s Russia Conundrum: To Court or to Curb? 

·         What Role for the European Parliament in Central Asia? 

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

·         Russian Economic Developments No. 9 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Amending the Regulatory Framework for Handling Palestinian Citizens’ Complaints 

George Mason University School of Law

·         National Security Law Journal, Spring/Summer 2014, v. 2, no. 2 

o    The Real Meaning of Zivotofsky and Its Impact on Targeted Killings Cases

o    Online Terrorism Advocacy: How AEDPA and Inchoate Crime Statutes Can Simultaneously Protect America’s Safety and Free Speech

o    Improving Scrutiny of Applicants for Top Secret/SCI Clearances by Adding Psychological Assessments

o    Clemency Power: An Alternative to the Enacted Legislation

German Development Institute

·         Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in Peru: A Challenge to Social Inclusion and Multi-level Governance 

·         United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for Global Development: Perspectives from China and Europe 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Geographical Patterns of Analysis in IR Research: Representative Cross-Regional Comparison as a Way Forward 

Global Political Trends Center

·         Turkey-Egypt Relations: Incentives to Normalize 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army Corps of Engineers: The Corps Needs to Take Steps to Identify All Projects and Studies Eligible for Deauthorization. GAO-14-699 

·         Aviation: Impact of Fuel Price Increases on the Aviation Industry. GAO-14-331   

·         Freight Transportation: Developing National Strategy Would Benefit from Added Focus on Community Congestion Impacts. GAO-14-740 

·         Cloud Computing: Additional Opportunities and Savings Need to Be Pursued. GAO-14-753 

·         Drinking Water: Characterization of Injected Fluids Associated with Oil and Gas Production. GAO-14-857R 

·         F-35 Sustainment: Need for Affordable Strategy, Greater Attention to Risks, and Improved Cost Estimates. GAO-14-778 

·         Identity Theft: Additional Actions Could Help IRS Combat the Large, Evolving Threat of Refund Fraud. GAO-14-633 

·         Littoral Combat Ship: Navy Complied with Regulations in Accepting Two Lead Ships, but Quality Problems Persisted after Delivery. GAO-14-827 

·         Managing for Results: Agencies' Trends in the Use of Performance Information to Make Decisions. GAO-14-747 

·         Oil and Gas Transportation: Department of Transportation Is Taking Actions to Address Rail Safety, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Pipeline Safety. GAO-14-667 

·         Surface Transportation: Department of Transportation Should Measure the Overall Performance and Outcomes of the TIGER Discretionary Grant Program. GAO-14-766 

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Should Stop Implementation of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty 

·         Economic and Fiscal Effects of Eliminating the Federal Death Tax 

·         A Framework for an Authorization for Use of Military Force Against ISIS 

·         Freedom from the EU: Why Britain and the U.S.Should Pursue a U.S.–U.K. Free Trade Area 

·         Obama Should Push Modi on Trade Facilitation 

·         A Primer on “Motor Voter”: Corrupted Voter Rolls and the Justice Department’s Selective Failure to Enforce Federal Mandates 

·         Priorities for Prime Minister Modi’s Visit:U.S. and India Must Cooperate for Asian Stability 

·         A U.S. Agenda for the 69th Session of the U.N.General Assembly 

Human Rights Watch

·         "I’m Scared to Be a Woman": Human Rights Abuses Against Transgender People in Malaysia 

·         Silenced and Forgotten: Survivors of Nepal’s Conflict-Era Sexual Violence 

·         "Until the Very End": Politically Motivated Imprisonment in Uzbekistan 

Information sharing Environment (ISE)

·         ISE Annual Report 2014 

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         Japan's Energy Policy in a Post-3/11 World:Juggling Safety, Sustainability and Economics 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         2014 General Elections in Kashmir Valley: Incidents of Violence and its Impact 

·         A Primer on the Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 

·         India and Bhutan: The Strategic Imperative 

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         The Evolution of ISIS in Indonesia 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Technical Note: Making Sense out of Iran’s Offers to Cut its SWUs 

·         Technical Note: Making Sense out of the IR-8Centrifuge 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Towards a "Reset" in U.S.-North Korea Relations? 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Lining up for the Presidency in the Central African Republic 

·         Malawi's 2014 Tripartite Elections: Electoral Governance Tested 

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 62 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Europe and Pakistan: A Partnership in Progress 

·         A New Defining Moment in India-China Dialogue 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    September20-22, 2014 

o    September23-24, 2014 

o    September25-26, 2014 

·         ISIS Ramps Up Activity in Northwestern Baghdad 

·         A Strategy to Defeat The Islamic State 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Competitive Multipolarity in the Middle East 

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

·         Compendium of ISIS’s Reports and Recommendations on the P5+1/Iran Long-Term Deal Negotiations 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Developing Effective Counter-Narrative Frameworks for Countering Violent Extremism 

International Crisis Group

·         Kenya: Al-Shabaab – Closer to Home 

·         Venezuela: Dangerous Inertia 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         In Light of the Intellectuals: The Role of Novelists in the Arab Uprisings 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 25, 2014, v. 14, no. 18 

o    The Rise of the Military-Space Faction

o    Community Corrections and Stability Maintenance

o    Chinese Designs on the Arctic? Chill Out

o    Xi and Putin in Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia’s Balancing Act

·         Terrorism Monitor, September 26, 2014, v. 12,no. 18 

o    Boko Haram’s Emerging Caliphate in Nigeria: Will Maiduguri Fall?

o    Kurdish Stronghold in Eastern Syria Defies Assaults by Islamic State

o    Taliban Devise New Strategy in Afghanistan: Territorial Control and War on Afghan Intelligence Headquarters

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         North Korea’s Strategy for Educational Reform Seen through Kim Jong-un’s Remarks at the National Meeting of Educators 

Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA)

·         Security of the Broader Baltic Sea Region:Afterthoughts from the Riga Seminar 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2014 [updated September 28, 2014] 

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2014 [updated September 27, 2014] 

National Academies Press

·         Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 18 

·         Gulf Research Program: A Strategic Vision  

·         Investing in Global Health Systems:   Sustaining Gains, Transforming Lives 

National Defense University Press

·         “Not an Idea We Have to Shun”: Chinese Overseas Basing Requirements in the 21st Century 

·         The Rising Terrorist Threat in Tanzania:Domestic Islamist Militancy and Regional Threats 

National Security Archive

·         THE YELLOW BOOK: Secret Salvadoran military document from the civil war era catalogued “enemies,” many killed or disappeared /

Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Article 5 Revisited: Is NATO Up to It? 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Taking Stock of German Energy Policy in a European Context 

·         What Language(s) for the European Union? 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Discursive Articulation of the Concept of the “Rising Power”: Perceptions, Stances and Interests in Brazil, Russia and Turkey 

·         A New Development Era? The Private Sector Moves to the Centre 

Overseas Development Institute

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

Oxfam

·         Sign of Things to Come?  Examining Four Major Climate-Related Disasters, 2010-2013, and Their Impacts on Food Security 

·         UN Climate Summit's Public–Private Action Announcements: Sorting the promising From the Greenwash 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Performance of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan 

·         Performance of the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 

·         Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan 

·         Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

·         Performance of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Should Korea Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership? 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Neither Party Gets Good Marks from Its Base for Handling Illegal Immigration 

Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project

·         Public Sees Religion’s Influence Waning 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Remuneration in Banking: Two Lessons from History and Current Policy 

Project 2049 Institute

·         Able Archers:Taiwan Defense Strategy in an Age of Precision Strike 

RAND Corporation

·         Closing the Strategy-Policy Gap in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 

·         Developing a Research Strategy for Suicide Prevention in the Department of Defense 

·         Identifying and Eliminating Barriers Faced by Nontraditional Department of Defense Suppliers  

·         Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems: Challenges Assessing Their Payoff 

·         Strategy-Policy Mismatch: How the U.S. Army Can Help Close Gaps in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Backgrounder:Airstrikes against ISIS 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Examining China’s Assertiveness through the Eyes of Chinese IR Scholars 

Securing America's Future Energy

·         Consumer Gasoline Spending Near All-Time High in 2013 Despite Domestic Oil Boom 

Small Wars Journal

·         Challenging Army Force Design 

·         Employing Armor Against the Islamic State:The Inevitable Urban Combined Arms Fight 

·         Sheriff and State Advisor Border Summits:Mexican Cartel, Gang, and Criminal Alien Security Issues 

·         Sufism in Asymmetric Warfare: Human Networks of the Somali Qadiriyya tariqa 

·         Thoughts for Units Conducting Military Engagement in the New Normal 

·         Unpacking the Anatomy of the Mpeketoni Attacks in Kenya 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Consensus on Mali and International Conflict Management in a Multipolar World 

·         Russia’s Evolving Arctic Strategy: Drivers,Challenges and New Opportunities 

Transatlantic Academy

·         D-10 Strategy Forum Meeting Report  

UK Parliament. House of Commons

·         Defence Personnel Statistics

·         Iraq, Syria and ISIS – Recent Developments 

·         Parliamentary Approval for Deploying the Armed Forces: An Update 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         RMB’s [Renminbi’s] Long Road to Internationalization 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Licensing Afghan Opium for Medicinal Use 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Abbas at the UN: A Listener's Guide 

·         Defeating ISIS: From Strategy to Implementation 

·         President Obama Should Meet with Sisi 

·         Protests Greet Bahrain's Latest Political Plan 

White House

·         Background Conference Call on Airstrikes in Syria 

·         FACT SHEET: Changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy 

·         FACT SHEET: Comprehensive U.S. Government Approach to Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Syria and the Broader Region 

·         FACT SHEET: Global Health Security Agenda:Getting Ahead of the Curve on Epidemic Threats 

·         FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Actions To Strengthen Global Resilience To Climate Change And Launches Partnerships To Cut Carbon Pollution 

·         FACT SHEET: Summit on UN Peacekeeping 

·         FACT SHEET: The U.S. Global Anticorruption Agenda 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Civil Society 

·         Joint Statement on Support for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations   

·         Letter from the President -- Designating Funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

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

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

·         Opening Remarks by the Vice President at the UN Summit on Peacekeeping Operations 

·         Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by President Barack Obama, Address to the United Nations General Assembly 

·         Remarks by National Security Advisor Susan E.Rice on Southeast Asia at the Brookings Institution 

·         Remarks by the President at Global Health Security Agenda Summit 

·         Remarks by the President at U.N. Climate Change Summit 

·         Remarks by the President at U.N. Security Council Summit on Foreign Terrorist Fighters 

·         Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly 

·         Statement by the President on Airstrikes in Syria 

·         Weekly Address: The World Is United in the Fight Against ISIL 

Wilson Center

·         Now for the Hard Part: Renewing Regional Cooperation on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience