Friday's Miscellany 10-03-2014

38 North

·         North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Major Upgrade Program Completed; Facility Operational Again 

AEI Critical Threats

·         Sana'a Under Siege: Yemen's Uncertain Future 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Iraq in Iran’s Strategy: Growing Security Preoccupation and Declining Opportunities 

·         Trends in the International Community’s War on IS 

·         Tunisia's First Legislative Elections Post-Revolution 

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change 

Amnesty International

·         On the Brink of Death: Violence Against Women and the Abortion Ban in El Salvador 

·         Refugees and Migrants in Peril in the Central Mediterranean 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 31, October 2014: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), September 2014, v.21 , no. 9 

o    Fractures among active component, recruit trainees, and deployed service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2003-2012

o    Diagnoses of eating disorders among active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2004-2013

o    Erectile dysfunction among male active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2004-2013

o    Deployment-related conditions of special surveillance interest

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         The Scottish Referendum: Whiskey, Democracy,and Korean Reunification 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Connecting South and Southeast Asia:Implementation Challenges and Coordination Arrangements 

Atlantic Council

·         Diplomacy for a Diffuse World 

·         ISIS War Game: The Coming Stalemate 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The New Frontiers of Islamist Extremism:Understanding the Threat that al-Qaeda Affiliates Pose to African Security 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         EU-Morocco Relations between “Success Story”and Hamster’s Wheel 

·         The No Vote Offers a Reprieve – No More 

·         Pakistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers.Report 3 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Regional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies Through a Future International Agreement 

Brookings

·         Civilian Drones, Privacy, and the Federal-State Balance 

·         The Fiscal Barometer 

·         Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound 

·         Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities in an Uncertain World: One Region, Three Latin Americas 

·         Understanding the Economic Effects of the2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa 

CATO Institute

·         One Year into the TTIP Negotiations: Getting to Yes 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The Coming Swarm: The Cost-Imposing Value of Mass (preview) 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         2014 Retirement Choices [briefing] 

·         The Enlisted Steady State-Simulation (ESS-SIM) Tool 

·         The “First War on Terrorism?” " U.S.Domestic Counterterrorism During the 1970s and Early 1980s

·         Improving Lethal Action 

·         Retirement Choice 2014 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

·         Estimating the Cost of Operations Against ISIL 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Abe’s Perilous Patriotism 

·         Brazil’s Presidential Elections: Expectations for Foreign Policy  

·         ISIL in Iraq: A Disease or Just the Symptoms?A Public Opinion Analysis 

·         Issues and Insights Vol. 14, No. 14 - Changes in Japan Push the Alliance Forward 

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

·         PacNet #73 - The Great Game in Central Asia 

·         Perspectives on the South China Sea 

·         The Real Center of Gravity in the War Against the Islamic State 

·         Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Singapore Is Changing and Why That Matters 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

·         Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) 

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC)

·         The Role of Public and Private Sector Banking in Ethiopia’s Future Economic Growth 

·         Strengthening Support to Victims of Terrorism 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Defending the Tomb of Suleyman Shah: Turkey's Options and Challenges 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Cities: The Juncker Commission Should Not Miss This Key to Growth, Jobs and the Environment 

·         Climate Change: Balancing Economic and Environmental Concerns 

·         A Financial Markets Policy for the Next 5Years 

·         The Framework for Various Approaches and the New Market Mechanism 

·         How Do Member States Handle Contributions to the EU Budget in Their National Budgets? 

·         Making the Institutions Work Better and More Effectively Together: Priorities for the New Commission 

·         The Market Stability Reserve in Perspective 

·         Priorities for the Next Legislature: EU External Action 

·         What Can the Better Regulation Commissioner Do for the EU? 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Ukraine, Russia and the EU 

·         Why Devaluing the Euro is not Mercantilism 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China and Sovereign Debt Restructuring 

·         Dual Citizenship: Reducing Governance and Protection Gaps 

·         The Effect of Index Futures Trading on Volatility: Three Markets for Chinese Stocks 

·         Ukraine: Stress at the IMF 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Trade Diplomacy in EU-Asia Relations: Time for a Rethink 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, September 2014, v. 7, no. 9 

o    Profiles of Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq

o    New Developments in Australian Foreign Fighter Activity

o    The Combat Performance of Hamas in the Gaza War of 2014

o    Iraq’s New Government and the Question of Sunni Inclusion

o    Ebola: Not an Effective Biological Weapon for Terrorists

o    The Life and Death of Al-Shabab Leader Ahmed Godane

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi: Our Marine in Mexican Custody 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Ebola in the Homeland: The Importance of Effective International, Federal, State and Local Coordination 

Congress. Senate.  Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Defense Acquisition Reform: Where Do We Go from Here? A Compendium of Views by Leading Experts 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Governance in India: Infrastructure - Backgrounder 

·         U.S. Energy Exports - Backgrounder 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Military Health System

o    Action Plan 

o    Executive Summary 

o    Fact Sheet:Overview   

o    Fact Sheet:Review 

·         Military Health System Review Final Report

o    Appendices 

o    Main Body 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2015-003 Independent Auditor’s Report on the Attestation of the Existence, Completeness, Rights and Obligations, and Presentation and Disclosure of the Department of the Navy’s Afloat Ordnance 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-14-151 FEMA's Logistics Supply Chain Management System May Not Be Effective During a Catastrophic Disaster 

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on the U.S.-Afghanistan Security and Defense Cooperation Agreement 

·         Keynote at the 2014 U.S.-Central Europe Strategy Forum 

·         New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms 

East-West Center

·         China’s Shifting Perceptions of India: The Context of Xi Jinping’s Visit to India 

Energy Information Agency (EIA)

·         Canada Country Analysis Brief - September 2014 

·         Malaysia Country Analysis Brief - September 2014 

Enough Project

·         Spoils of War, Spoilers of Peace: Changing the Calculus of South Sudan's Deadly Conflict 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Rebooting EU Foreign Policy 

European Parliament

·         Upcoming Issues of EU Law 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Challenge Europe Issue 22 - Challenges and New Beginnings: Priorities for the EU's New Leadership 

·         Energy and Climate - What is the New European Commission Thinking? 

·         EU Enlargement to the Balkans: Will the Leopard Change Its Spots? 

·         Opportunities and Challenges in the Area of Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility 

·         Policy Recommendations for the New European Commission: Priorities for Stabilising EMU 

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         CSDP’s New Partners: East Asia 

·         CSDP’s New Partners: South America 

Feinstein International Center

·         Inhumanity and Humanitarian Action:Protection Failures in Sri Lanka 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Debate Over Foreign Funding of U.S. Think Tanks 

·         International Relations in a Time of Accelerating Dynamic Instability 

·         World War I and the Transformation of the World 

Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research

·         ‘Energized’ Neighborliness: Relations between Turkey and the Kurdish Regional Government 

FRIDE

·         The EU and Its Partners on Development: How Strategic on the Ground? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Power Sharing in the Asia-Pacific 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Afghanistan Equipment Drawdown: Progress Made, but Improved Controls in Decision Making Could Reduce Risk of Unnecessary Expenditures. GAO-14-768 

·         Natural Gas: Federal Approval Process for Liquefied Natural Gas Exports. GAO-14-762 

·         Technology Transfer: Federal Laboratory Consortium Should Increase Communication with Potential Customers to Improve Initiatives. GAO-15-127 

·         Unmanned Aerial Systems: Department of Homeland Security's Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with Privacy and Civil Liberty Laws and Standards. GAO-14-849R 

Heritage Foundation

·         2014 Asia Update: What’s at Stake for America 

·         Another EPA and Army Corps Power Grab:Limiting Exemptions for Agriculture Under the CWA 

·         Why the U.S. Should Oppose the Creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court 

Households in Conflict Network

·         The Economic Costs of Civil War: Synthetic Counterfactual Evidence and the Effects of Ethnic Fractionalization 

·         Learning the Hard Way: The Effect of Violent Conflict on Student Academic Achievement 

·         Solidarity with a Sharp Edge: Communal Conflict and Local Collective Action in Rural Nigeria 

Human Rights Watch

·         Turkey’s Human Rights Rollback: Recommendations for Reform 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Yongbyon: Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Expands while 5 MWe Reactor is Possibly Shut Down 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Building the Capacity of the Malian Police 

·         Radicalisation and al-Shabaab Recruitment in Somalia 

·         South Africa's Peacebuilding and PCRD Activities 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Al-Qaeda in Iraq Resurgent: The Breaking the Walls Campaign, Part I 

·         AQI’s “Soldiers’ Harvest” Campaign 

·         Control of Terrain in Iraq

o    October 1, 2014 

o    October 2, 2014 

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    September27-28, 2014 

o    September 29,2014 

o    September30-October 1, 2014 

o     October 2-3, 2014 

·         ISIS Captures Anbar City in Coordinated Offensive 

·         Predicting the Rise of the Islamic State 

·         Syria Update: September 24-October 2, 2014 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Indian Bond Market 

·         Indian Economy Looks Up, In a New ‘Start’ 

·         Indo-US ‘Spirit’ Regained 

·         ‘Neighbourhood First’: Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra 

Inter-American Dialogue

·         Chinese Mining Activity in Latin America: A Review of Recent Findings 

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch N°134, October1, 2014 

·         Zimbabwe: Waiting for the Future 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         A Constrained Choice? Impact of Concessionality Requirements on Borrowing Behavior 

·         Does the Clarity of Inflation Reports Affect Volatility in Financial Markets? 

·         Food Inflation in India: The Role for Monetary Policy 

·         Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy 

·         The Great Cross-Border Bank Deleveraging:Supply Constraints and Intra-Group Frictions 

·         How Much is A Lot? Historical Evidence on the Size of Fiscal Adjustments 

·         Reforming the Corporate Governance of Italian Banks 

·         Review of the Financial Sector Assessment Program—Further Adaptation to the Post-Crisis Era 

·         Soaring of the Gulf Falcons: Diversification in the GCC Oil Exporters in Seven Propositions 

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), no. 75, 4th Quarterly 2014 

o    True and Steady, Inspection Ready

o    An Interview with Raymond T. Odierno

o    Theater Airlift Modernization: Options for Closing the Gap

o    The Afghanistan National Railway: A Plan of Opportunity

o    The USCENTCOM Train: The Deployment and Distribution Operations Center Turns 10

o    Deterrence with China: Avoiding Nuclear Miscalculation

o    The Limits of Cyberspace Deterrence

o    Opportunities in Understanding China's Approach to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

o    Cyber Security as a Field of Military Education and Study

o    Why Military Officers Should Study Political Economy

o    Low Cost, High Returns: Getting More from International Partnerships

o    Asymmetry Is Strategy, Strategy is Asymmetry

o    Is Military Science "Scientific"?

o    The Best Man for the Job? Combatant Commanders and the Politics of Jointness

o    A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments

o    Blurred Lines: Cultural Support Teams in Afghanistan

o    Determining Hostile Intent in Cyberspace

o    Understanding the Enemy: The Enduring Value of Technical and Forensic Exploitation

o    Challenges in Coalition Unconventional Warfare: The Allied Campaign in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945

o    Implementing Joint Operational Access: From Concept to Joint Force Development

o    Dealing with Corruption: Hard Lessons Learned in Afghanistan

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Lessons Learned from the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007-2013   

Korea Institute for National Unification

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

·         Fiscal Segmentation and Economic Changes in North Korea 

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

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Global Value Chains, Border Management and Australian Trade 

Middle East Studies (MES)

·         MES Insights, September2014, v. 5, no. 5 

o    A Third Inning Ending to the Game in Afghanistan

o    Limitations of the 'Yemen Model' to Counterterrorism

National Academies Press

·         Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification 

National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST)

·         Guidelines for Smart Grid Cybersecurity 

·         NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0 

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

·         NLM Information Resources for the 2014 Ebola Outbreak 

National Security Archive

·         Kissinger Considered Attack on Cuba Following Angola Incursion 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Brazil’s Involvement in Peacekeeping Operations: The New Defence-Security-Foreign Policy Nexus 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         “Disability as an Intelligence Community Mission Need” Remarks as delivered by PDDNI Stephanie O’Sullivan 

·         Federal Agency Data Mining Report 2013 

Oxfam

·         Trading Away Access to Medicines - Revisited:How the European Trade Agenda Continues to Undermine Access to Medicines 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Sterilized Interventions in an Inflation Targeting Regime: Two Instruments to Control Inflation. The Mexican experience,1996-2013 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Gustavo Plácido dos Santos, "The Bakassi Peninsula: A Discreet Problem with Major Implications" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 153, October 2014) 

Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

·         Syria and the Islamic State 

RAND

·         Cost Considerations in Cloud Computing 

·         The Federal Civil Service Workforce:Assessing the Effects on Retention of Pay Freezes, Unpaid Furloughs, and Other Federal-Employee Compensation Changes in the Department of Defense 

·         Mental Health Stigma in the Military 

·         The Other Quiet Professionals: Lessons for Future Cyber Forces from the Evolution of Special Forces 

·         The Political Sustainability of Carbon Control Policies in an Evolutionary Economics Setting 

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

·         Big Data for Security and Resilience 

·         The Financial Context for the 2015 SDSR: The End of UK Exceptionalism? 

·         Prospects for the European Defence Industrial Base 

·         RUSI Defence Systems, September, v. 16, no. 1 

o    Overweight Infantry: The Conflict between Equipment Capability and Personal Mobility

o    Of Energetic Bears and Dragonflies: Espionage and the Energy Sector

o    Rusted till the Last Bolt: Europe’s Future Main Battle Tank

o    Armoured Vehicles: The Future of Chinese Military Exports?

o    The Limits of Stealth

o    Integrating Typhoon and F-35: The Key to Future British Air Power

o    The Queen Elizabeth Class: How Innovative is the Design?

Small Wars Journal

·         The World is on Fire: Where is the U.S. Army?(Updated) 

Stanley Foundation

·         The Role of Human Rights, Development Assistance, and Peacekeeping: Building State Capacity for Atrocities Prevention 

Stimson Center

·         Perceptions Of Security Among Internally Displaced Persons In Juba, South Sudan 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         United States-Gulf Cooperation Council Security Cooperation in a Multipolar World 

Ubiquity Press

·         Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 2014, v. 3,no, 1 

o    A Case Study of Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) Programming: Lessons from OTI’s Kenya Transition Initiative 

o    Contestation and Reconstruction: Natural Capital and Post-Conflict Development in Borderland Regions 

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

·         Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Iraq: 6 July – 10 September 2014 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China Fiscal Policy Revamp Faces Hurdles 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Using Special Envoys In High-Stakes Conflict Diplomacy 

U.S. International Trade Commission

·         Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on U.S.Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution,2013, Sixteenth Report 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Back to the Future: The Latest Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal 

·         Elections in Tunisia: Steps Toward Democratic Consolidation 

·         The Evolution of U.S.-Israel Relations in the Sam Lewis Era 

·         Givat Hamatos: One Area, Two Prisms 

·         Keynote Address: Samuel W. Lewis Memorial Symposium 

·         Turkey to Vote on Syria Policy 

·         Yemen Crisis Spells Trouble in Saudi Arabia's Backyard 

White House

·         Weekly Address: America is Leading the World 

Wilson Center

·         The Breach: Ukraine's Territorial Integrity and the Budapest Memorandum 

·         Eliminating an Existential Threat: the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1916 

·         Fraternal Support: The East German ‘Stasi’ and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War 

·         How to Address Child Migration from Central America 

·         A New Chapter in the Tangled U.S.-Saudi Relationship 

·         We Bomb ISIL: Then What? 

World Food Programme (WFP)

·         South Senegal—Ebola Trade Impact - Rapid Assessment in Diaoube and Kedougou, Mission Report (WFP) 

World Health Organization (WHO)

·         WHO: Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report 

·         Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, v. 5, no. 38, September 24, 2014 

o    Disease early warning system and response in Pakistan