Friday's Miscellany 01-09-2015

38 North

·         North Korea’s SINPO-class Sub: New Evidence of Possible Vertical Missile Launch Tubes; Sinpo Shipyard Prepares for Significant Naval Construction Program 

Air Force STSC

·         Cross Talk, January/February 2015, v. 28, no. 1  

o    Missed Expectations: Where CS Students Fall Short in the Software Industry

o    Challenges in Academia in Producing Prepared IT Workforce

o    Seeking Balance in Cyber Education

o    Training the DoD Software Acquisition Professional

o    A Thinking Framework to Power Software Development Team Performance

o    Training Software Project Managers

o    Increase Team Cohesion by Playing Cooperative Video Games

o    Open Forum: Risk Management for Dummies

Air University Press

·         Airpower in Afghanistan 2005–10: The Air Commanders’ Perspectives 

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, January-February 2015, v. 29, no. 1 

o    A Rebalance Strategy for Pacific Air Forces Flight Plan to Runways and Relationships

o    Operationalizing Air-Sea Battle in the Pacific

o    Pacific Air Forces' Power Projection Sustaining Peace, Prosperity, and Freedom

o    Back to the Future: Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the Pacific

o    To Enable and Sustain: Pacific Air Forces Theater Security Cooperation as a Line of Operation'

o    Empowered Commanders: The Cornerstone to Agile, Flexible Command and Control

o    Resilient Airmen: Pacific Air Forces' Critical Enabler

o    Leading Millennials: An Approach That Works

American Enterprise Institute

·         China’s Outward Investment Healthy, Puzzling 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

·         (Re-)Building Coalitions: The Role and Potential of Member States in Shaping the Future of the EU 

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         Arbitrary On All Counts: Consideration of Mercy Pleas by President of India 

Asian Development Bank

·         Building Local Capacity for Peace-Sensitive Development in Nepal 

·         Emerging Issues in Finance Sector Inclusion,Deepening, and Development in the People’s Republic of China 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Terrorists, Insurgents and the Lessons of History 

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         IAP 15W (January 2015) Embracing the Interagency Implications of a Changing National Security Strategy 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Afghanistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers. Report 4 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Turkey – America’s Unacknowledged Problem 

CATO Institute

·         High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide 

Center for Global Development

·         The Future of Aid: Building Knowledge Collectively 

Center for Security Policy

·         Shariah in American Courts: The Expanding Incursion of Islamic Law in the U.S. Legal System 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         European Defense Trends: Briefing Update 

·         Institutional Foundations of Federated Defense 

·         PacNet #1 - The Security Outlook in Asia and the Pacific – Growing Turbulence or a Gathering Storm? 

·         PacNet #2 - 2014: A Pivotal Year for the Global Economic Order 

·         PacNet #3 - Historic Fishing Rights and the Nine-dash Line (A response to PacNet #88) 

·         Pivot 2.0: How the Administration and Congress Can Work Together to Sustain American Engagement in Asia to 2016 

·         South Korea 2014 Defense White Paper Highlights DPRK Nuclear Threats 

·         Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Time for Closer Naval Ties between the United States and Vietnam 

·         Transition in Afghanistan: Losing the Forgotten War? 

·         The War Against the Islamic State: The Challenge of Civilian Casualties 

·         What 2015 May Hold for U.S.-India Relations 

Chatham House

·         Obama's National Security Strategy:Predicting US Policy in the Context of Changing Worldviews 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Federal Reinsurance for Terrorism Risk: An Update 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Documents of U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue 

·         Global Economics Monthly, January 2015  

Customs and Border Protection

·         Holding the Line in the 21st Century: 2012-2016 U.S. Border Patrol Strategy 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Report to Congress: Department of Defense Progress on Design and Implementation of the New DoD Personnel Management System and Appointment Procedures 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2015-059  Military Construction in a Contingency Environment: Summary of Weaknesses Identified in Reports Issued From January 1, 2008, Through March 31, 2014 

·         DODIG-2015-063  United States Air Forces Central Command Complied With the Economy Act  

Department of Defense Office of the Actuary

·         2013 Valuation Report 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG 15-14 - Annual Report to Congress on States’ and Urban Areas’ Management of Homeland Security Grant Programs Fiscal Year 2014 

·         OIG 15-17  - U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Unmanned Aircraft System Program Does Not Achieve Intended Results or Recognize All Costs of Operations 

Department of State

·         Remarks on the Terrorist Attack in Paris [Sec Kerry] 

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Kazakhstan's Evolving Counter-Terrorist Strategy: Domestic Roots 

·         US Policy Toward Kyrgyzstan and the Closing of Manas Transit Center 

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

·         An Evaluation Framework for Cyber Security Strategies 

·         National Cyber Security Strategies in the World 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, January 2015 

o    Memory Puzzle: What Every Investigator Should Know

o    Paint and Plastic Evidence Analysis in a Drug Possession Case

o    Serve with Courage and Respect

o    Foundations of Leadership and Followership

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The History of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process 

·         ISIS and Oil: Iraq's Perfect Storm 

·         Origins and Evolution of Zionism 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         How to Take into Account Vulnerability in Aid Allocation Criteria and Lack of Human Capital as Well: Improving the Performance Based Allocation 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Base Act Insurance: State Department Should Evaluate Its Open Market System and Incorporate Leading Practices into Any Future Single Insurer Solicitation. GAO-15-194 

·         Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Continues to Wind down Most Programs, but Housing Programs Remain Active. GAO-15-197 

Heritage Foundation

·         More than Six Years Later, Keystone XL Is Still a Good Idea 

Impassion Afghanistan

·         100-Day Performance Report: National Unity Government 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Control of Terrain in Iraq: January 7, 2015 

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    January 8-9, 2015 

o    January 4-7, 2015 

o    January 2-4, 2015 

·         Syria Situation Report: December 30, 2014- January 6, 2015 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Assessment of the DoD Embedded Media Program 

·         DoD's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program—Impact and Highlights from 25 Years of Basic Research 

·         Enhancing and Managing Regionally Oriented Individuals and Organizations 

·         Evidence on the Effect of DoD Acquisition Policy and Process on Cost Growth of Major Defense Acquisition Programs 

·         Implications of DOD Funds Execution Policy for Acquisition Program Management 

·         Track 1.5/2 Security Dialogues with China: Nuclear Lessons Learned 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Divided Verdict in Jammu & Kashmir 

·         Presidential Stakes and Sri Lanka’s Future 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Chinese Investments in Italy: Facing Risks and Grasping Opportunities 

International Crisis Group

·         South Sudan: Jonglei – “We Have Always Been at War” 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Crisis Watch Interactive Map  

·         Shedding Light on Shadow Banking

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January 9, 2015, v. 15, no. 1 

o    Chinese Public Opinion and North Korea: Will Anger Lead to Policy Change?

o    Xi Jinping Consolidates Power by Promoting Alumni of the Nanjing Military Region

o    Jinglue Haiyang: The Naval Implications of Xi Jinping’s New Strategic Concept

o    China’s New Silk Road Takes Shape in Central and Eastern Europe

o    Maritime Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: A Greater Role for China?

·         Terrorism Monitor, January 9, 2015, v. 13, no. 1 

o    The Pakistani Taliban after the Peshawar School Attack

o    The Rise of ADF-NALU in Central Africa and Its Connections with al-Shabaab

o    Operation Inherent Resolve: The War against Islamic State's Oil Network

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-09, Joint Fire Support, 12 December 2014 

·         Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 76, January 2015 

o    Where Do We Find Such Men and Women?

o    Navy Perspective on Joint Force Interdependence

o    Bringing Space Crisis Stability Down to Earth

o    Debunking Technical Competency as the Sole Source of Innovation

o    Should Military Officers Study Policy Analysis?

o    Assessing Causality in a Complex Security Environment

o    Next Steps for Transforming Education at National             Defense University

o    A Strong Fighting Force is a Diverse Fighting Force

o    Revisioning Strategic Communication Through Rhetoric and Discourse Analysis

o    A Theater-Level Perspective on Cyber

o    Refocusing the U.S. Strategic Security Perspective

o    Nonlethal Weapons: A Technological Gap or Misdefined Requirement?

o    Challenges to Improving Combat Casualty Survivability on the Battlefield

o    Mosquitoes: A Viable 21^st Century Soft Power Tool

o    Operation Cottage: A Cautionary Tale of Assumption and Perceptual Bias

o    Seeing 2020: America’s New Vision for Integrated Air and Missile Defense

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Theater for U.S. and Partner Nation Special Operations Forces 

·         Village Stability Operations and the Afghan Local Police 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         China’s Rise and the Changes in the Northeast Asian International Order– Analysis and Prospects 

·         North Korea’s Response to Its Human Rights Issue Addressed by the International Community and the Prospects for 2015 

·         Prospects for DPRK-Russia Relations in 2015 

National Academies Press

·         U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Analytic Capabilities:   An Assessment of Tools,Methods, and Approaches for the 21st Century Security Environment 

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The Reconsideration of the Seinan War History: From the Results of Excavations

National Institute of Justice

·         New Perspectives in Policing: Papers from the Harvard Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety Volume 1 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic: A Different Framework 

·         The Impact of the Islamic State on Pakistan 

Oxfam

·         Humanitarian Key Facts 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Changing Regional Context Beyond 2016: Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations 

·         The Performance of the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         The Politics of Financial Insecurity: A Democratic Tilt, Undercut by Low Participation 

Rand

·         Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S. 

·         Far from Care: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care for Remote Service Members and Their Families 

·         Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care for Remote Service Members and Their Families 

·         Improving DLA Supply Chain Agility: Lead Times, Order Quantities, and Information Flow  

·         Retention and Promotion of High-Quality Civil Service Workers in the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Confronting Cybersecurity Challenges:Israel’s Evolving Cyber Defence Strategy 

Small Wars Journal

·         Countering 21st Century Threats: The Need for an Increased Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) Approach to Irregular Warfare 

·         The Lesson of Russian Jihad 

·         The Long War: Four Views 

Stimson Center

·         Beyond Boundaries In Brazil—Innovating For Proliferation Prevention 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Effective Use of Reserve Personnel in the U.S. Military: Lessons from the United Kingdom Reserve Model 

U.S. Institute of Peace

·         Rhetoric, Ideology and Organizational Structure of the Taliban Movement 

·         Using Technology in Nonviolent Activism against Repression 

·         Violence, the Taliban, and Afghanistan’s 2014Elections 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Kataib al-Imam Ali: Portrait of an Iraqi Shiite Militant Group Fighting ISIS 

·         The Palestinians Go to the ICC: Policy Implications 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.–Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue 

·         Remarks by the President on the Ter rorist Attack in Paris