Friday's Miscellany 11-28-2014

38 North

·        Pyongyang’s Perpetual Power Problems 

·        Reading Pyongyang’s Intentions with Japan 

Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center

·        Air Land Sea Bulletin, November 2014 

o   The Weighted Sword: Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future of Joint Training in Constrained Environments

o   UK Joint Training in a Resource Constrained Environment

o   Improving Joint Fires Performance with Distributed Live/Virtual Environments

o   Advancing Distributed and Blended Learning for Increased Access and Efficiencies in Joint Training

o   Warfighter Readiness through Flag-level Exercises

o   Understanding C2 in the Joint Environment

o   Communicating within the Information Environment

Air University

·        Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2014, v. 8, no. 4 

o   Eroding Foundation of National Security

o   Limits of the Chinese Antisatellite Threat to the United States

o   Sino-Russian Relations in a Changing World Order

o   Motivated Reasoning in US-China Deterrence and Reassurance: Past, Present, and Future

o   Cold War and Ayatollah Residues:  Syria as a Chessboard for Russia, Iran, and the United States

o   Structural Causes and Cyber Effects:  Why International Order is Inevitable in Cyberspace

o   Europe’s Twentieth Century Wars [book essay]

Amnesty International

·        Algeria: Comprehensive Reforms Needed to End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls 

·        Bulldozed: How a Mining Company Buried the Truth About Forced Evictions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

·        Prosecuting Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws 

·        Silencing Dissent in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·        Hometown Investment Trust Funds: An Analysis of Credit Risk 

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·        Death Reserved for the Poor 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·        Another Century, Another Long War 

·        China's Cyberpower: International and Domestic Priorities 

·        Joko Widodo’s Indonesia: Possible Future Paths 

·        Waves of Opportunity: Enhancing Australia-Indonesia Maritime Security Cooperation 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·        Climate Change and the ‘Big Three’: Preparing the Ground for a Post-2020 Global Climate Regime? 

·        Juncker's Dilemmas: What Will Determine the New EC President’s Success or Failure? 

·        The Re-Emergence of Algeria 

·        The Single European Supervisor, a Solution for the Future 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·        An Assessment of the Energy-Efficiency Gap and its Implications for Climate-Change Policy  

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

·        A Pre-Lima Scorecard for Evaluating which Countries are Doing Their Fair Share in Pledged Carbon Cuts 

·        The Sino-Russian Gas Partnership: Explaining the 2014 Breakthrough 

·        Unconventional Gas: Lessons Learned from Around the World 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·        Iran Nuclear Negotiations Crash Course 

·        President Erdogan: Prospects for a Strong Presidency 

 

Brookings

·        Munich: A Globally Fluent Metropolitan Economy 

·        Strengthening Regional and National Capacity for Disaster Risk Management: The Case of ASEAN 

·        Why Critics of Transparency Are Wrong 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·        Future of Big Business in the New Egypt 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·        The Mission Continues: A Case Study of the Well After Service Model 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·        The "Most Favored Nation" Approach in America’s Immigration Policy 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·        Afghan Forces on the Edge of Transition II—Sharply Contradictory Data on Levels of Violence (Updated 11/21) 

·        FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness, November 2014, no. 13 

·        Global Economics Monthly: Reading China's Reforms One Year On 

·        International Shifts and Their Security Impact on the Gulf: Quantifying Key Trends 

·        Iran's Nuclear Missile Delivery Capability 

·        Korea Chair Monitor, November 13 - November 25, 2014, v. 2, no. 20 

·        PacNet #82 - Obama’s Rebalance to Asia in His Own Words: Where Does It Stand? 

·        PacNet #83 - Hastening the fall of the Korean Wall 

·        Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Jokowi Spells Out Vision for Indonesia’s “Global Maritime Nexus” 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·        Disclosure-based Governance for Climate Engineering Research 

·        Legal Mechanisms for Governing the Transition of Key Domain Name Functions to the Global Multi-stakeholder Community 

Chatham House

·        Abdullah Gul on Challenges for Turkey and the Wider Region [video] 

·        How Powerful is Rouhani in the Islamic Republic? 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·        Iraqi Imbroglio: The Islamic State and Beyond 

College of Europe

·        The Border Management Programme in Central Asia: Explaining the European Union’s Choice of Implementing Partners  

Department of State

·        Promoting Space Security and Sustainability 

Department of the Navy

·        CNO’s Position Report, 2014 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·        Beyond Russia’s ‘Versailles Syndrome’ 

·        South Korea and the European Union: A Promising Partnership for Development Cooperation? 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·        Libya Country Analysis Brief - November 2014 

Enough Project

·        Enough Forum: Life Under Siege - South Kordofan Needs Assessment 

·        Extermination By Design: The Case for Crimes Against Humanity In Sudan's Nuba Mountains 

·        Going for Gold: Engaging the Jewelry Industry in Responsible Gold Sourcing in Africa’s Great Lakes Region 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·        Gender in Conflict 

·        US Defence after the Mid-term Elections 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·        After Tusk: Poland in Europe 

·        The New European Disorder 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·        Elections in Moldova [Essential Reading] 

·        Juncker’s Investment Package: Essential Background Reading 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·        The Evolution of the Executive and Executive Power in the American Republic  

FRIDE

·        South Korea and the European Union: A Promising Partnership for Development Cooperation? 

Fundación Real Instituto Elcano

·        Elcano Global Presence Report 2014 

German Development Institute

·        A Global Framework for Climate Action:Orchestrating Non-state and Subnational Initiatives for More Effective Global Climate Governance 

·        Proposal for a Global Framework for Climate Action to Engage Non-state and Subnational Stakeholders in the Future Climate Regime 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·        Russia: A Euro-Pacific Power? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·        ASEAN Civil Society under the Myanmar Chairmanship 

·        Demands for Media Democratisation and the Latin American 'New Left': Government Strategies in Argentina and Brazil in Comparative Perspective 

·        Interim Governments: Short-Lived Institutions for Long-Lasting Peace 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·        Center Right, Conservatism, Islamism, and Turkey’s European Vocation 

Heritage Foundation

·        Beyond Hypothetical: How FCC Internet Regulation Would Hurt Consumers 

·        National Security Priorities for the Next Secretary of Defense 

·        Russia and the South Caucasus: A Situation the U.S. Cannot Ignore 

·        Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: The U.S. Needs a Strategy 

·        U.S. Election Should Energize Asia Policies 

Households in Conflict Network

·        Do Criminally Accused Politicians Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from India 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·        Analysis of Status of Iran’s Compliance with the Joint Plan of Action 

·        Update on Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·        Implications of the African Union's Immunity for African Leaders 

·        Network of Violence—Mapping a Criminal Gang Network in Cape Town 

·        SADC 2014 - 2015—Are South Africa and Zimbabwe Shaping the Organisation? 

Institute for the Study of War

·        Control of Terrain in Iraq: November 24, 2014 

·        Iraq Situation Report:

o   November 22-23,2014 

o   November 24, 2014 

o   November 26, 2014 

o   November 27-30,2014 

·        ISIS in the Southwest Baghdad Belts 

·        Syria Update: November 18 -25, 2014  

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·        Impact of Demographic Changes on Inflation and the Macroeconomy 

·        Playing by the Rules: Reforming Fiscal Governance in Europe 

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·        Joint Pub 3-13, Information Operations, Change 1, 20 November 2014 

·        Joint Pub 3-52, Joint Airspace Control, 13 November 2014 

·        Joint Pub 3-63, Detainee Operations, 13 November 2014 

·        Joint Pub 3-10, Joint Security Operations in Theater, 13 November 2014 

Long War Journal

·        Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2014 [updated November 26, 2014] 

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

·        The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction 

National Security Archive

·        Frank Mankiewicz: Secret Intermediary to Cuba 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·        Euroscepticism or Europhobia: Voice vs. Exit? 

Oxfam

·        Behind Closed Doors: The Risk of Denying Women a Voice in Determining Afghanistan’s Future 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·        Stability Operations Lessons Learned and Information Management System (SOLLIMS) Sampler, November 2014, v. 5, no. 4  

o   Reconstruction and Development

·        Sustainable Transportation: Strategy for Security, Prosperity and Peace 

Pew Research Internet Project

·        What Internet Users Know about Technology and the Web 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·        Disrupting Organised Crime 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·        ASEAN-Canada Forum 2014: Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Growth 

·        Fixing Global Finance: Unfinished Business 

Small Wars Journal

·        Adapting Army Aviation for Irregular Warfare: Developing Leadership and Trust in a COIN Fight 

·        Country Civil-Military Guidelines: REHASH, REFOCUS, or SHRED? 

·        Foreign Culture and its Effect on US Department of Defense Efforts to Train and Advise Foreign Security Forces 

·        Reflections on the Third Anniversary of the Death of Qaddafi 

Stanley Foundation

·        Advancing Transatlantic Linkages on Responsibility to Protect and Mass Atrocity Prevention 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·        Re-examining the Roles of Land power in the21st Century and Their Implications 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·        Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·        2014 Annual Report to Congress 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·        Friday's Islamist 'Uprising' in Egypt Could Be Bloody 

·        What Difference Would an Iran Deal Make? 

White House

·        Background on the Pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey 

·        Remarks by the President After Announcement of the Decision by the Grand Jury in Ferguson, Missouri 

·        Remarks by the President on the Resignation of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel 

·        Remarks by the President at Pardoning of the National Turkey 

·        Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden on European Energy Security to the Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit 

·        Weekly Address: Happy Thanksgiving from the Obama Family 

Wilson Center

·        The FARC and Colombia’s Illegal Drug Trade 

·        What Next For Iran and the P5+1 

World Bank

·        The Economic Impact of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic : Short and Medium Term Estimates for West Africa 

·        Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal 

o   v. 1: Executive Summary [English] 

o   v. 2: Main Report [English]