Friday's Miscellany 03-13-2015

38 North

·         Where’s That North Korean ICBM Everyone Was Talking About? 

Al Jazeera

·         Nigerian Presidential Elections, What’s at Stake? 

·         Qatar and the U.S.: Towards a New Partnership 

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         U.S. Force Sizing for Both War and Peace 

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Energy Security in the Caribbean: Unique Challenges  

Amnesty International

·         You Shall Procreate: Attacks on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Iran 

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         IAS-004 (March 2015) Economics in Counterinsurgency Operations 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         U.S. Army Regionally Aligned Forces: An Effective Way to Compensate for a Strategy/Resources Mismatch 

Atlantic Council

·         Morocco's Gradual Political and Economic Transition 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         ASEAN Ascending: Achieving 'Centrality' in the Emerging Asian Order 

·         Nuclear Latency and the Future Strategic Environment 

Banyan Analytics

·         U.S. Military Assistance to International Health Emergency Response: Examining Frameworks for an Ebola-like Disaster in the Asia-Pacific 

Brookings

·         China's Security and Foreign Policies:Comparing American and Japanese Perspectives 

·         From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State 

·         Using Mobile Technology to Improve Maternal Health and Fight Ebola: A Case Study of Mobile Innovation in Nigeria 

Bruegel

·         Mapping Competitiveness with European Data 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Playing It Safe: Malaysia's Approach to the South China Sea and Implications for the United States 

Center For Global Development

·         Trade, Migration, and the Place Premium:Mexico and the United States 

Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC)

·         A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: CIMSEC Review of New US Maritime Strategy  

Center for International Policy

·         Fighting for Peace: The Tricky Business of Using Greater Force in UN Peace Operations 

·         Honduras: A Government Failing to Protect its People 

Center for Naval Analyses

·         Impacts of EPA’s Clean Power Plan onElectricity Generation and Water Use in Texas: Additional Analysis 

·         Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Boko Haram:The Case for a Regional Strategy 

·         Using International Law to Defuse Current Controversies in the South and East China Seas 

Center for Policy Analysis & Research

·         AL-Shabaab and Boko Haram: Comparative Analysis and Policy Approaches 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         China under Xi Jinping: Alternative Futures for U.S.-China Relations 

·         Cyber Threat Information Sharing:Recommendations for Congress and the Administration 

·         Egypt in the Region 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, February 26 - March 11, 2015, v. 3, no.  5 

·         A New Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle:Best Practices for Security, Nonproliferation, and Sustainable Nuclear Energy 

·         PacNet #16 - China’s AIIB Challenges 

·         The Real Strategic Goal in Iraq and Syria:How Do You Bring Lasting Stability? 

·         The State of African Resilience:Understanding Dimensions of Vulnerability and Adaptation 

·         U.S. Navy Deploying New Measures to Counter Russian Cruise Missile Threat 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Growing Nuclear Capabilities in the Middle East and Their Implications for U.S. Security (testimony) 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Nuclear Security: A Turkish Perspective 

Centre for European Policy Studies

·         Transatlantic Mutual Recognition Agreement:Lessons for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Germany Rebalancing: Waiting for Godot? 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Emerging Countries and Basel III: Why Is Engagement Still Low? 

·         Emerging Countries and Implementation:Brazil’s Experience with Basel’s Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme 

·         Procedural Governance of Field Experiments in Solar Radiation Management 

·         The Pursuit of Global Rule of Law for Sovereign Debt Restructuring 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Marine Corps Ground Modernization 

·         Military Construction, Environmental, Energy,and Base Closure Programs 

·         Posture of the Department of the Navy 

·         U.S. Northern Command and U.S Southern Command 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The President's Request for Authorization to Use Force Against ISIS: Military and Diplomatic Efforts 

·         U.S. Policy In Ukraine: Countering Russia and Driving Reform 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Visa Waiver Program: Implications for U.S.National Security 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of the President's 2016 Budget 

·         Federal Contracts and the Contracted Workforce 

·         Preserving the Navy's Forward Presence With a Smaller Fleet 

·         Updated Budget Projections: 2015 to 2025 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         What Are Economic Sanctions? 

Department of the Navy/ US Coast Guard/US Marine Corps

·         A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower 

·         Factsheet 

Department of State

·         2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 

East Asia Institute

·         Policy Recommendation for South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy: Maritime Security Policy 

·         Policy Recommendation for South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy: Trade 

East West Institute

·         Changing the Script: A Report from the 2014 Nuclear Discussion Forum 

Egmont Institute

·         Smart Electricity Grids: A Very Slow Deployment in the EU 

·         What Drives Europeans to Syria, and to IS? Insights from the Belgian Case 

·         Who is leading the European Union? 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Arctic Matters: In from the Cold? 

·         Asia: Disasters as Opportunities? 

·         EUFOR RCA: Tough Start, Smooth End 

European Leadership Network

·         Dangerous Brinkmanship: Close Military Encounters Between Russia and the West in 2014 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Federalist Rhetoric or Political Tactics? The What, Where, Who, When and Why of Juncker’s Call for a Common European Army 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2015 

o    Emergency Medical Response in Active-Threat Situations: Training Standards for Law Enforcement

o    Parental Kidnapping: Using Social Media to Assist in Apprehending Suspects and Recovering Victims

o    Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race

o    Overestimating Yourself

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Best of FPRI’s Essays on the Middle East,2005-2015 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Measuring Conflicts of Interest: A Revolving Door Indicator 

FRIDE

·         The EU's Geopolitical Crossroads in the Middle East 

·         Fragile States: An Urgent Challenge for EU Foreign Policy 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

·         Cyber Jihad: Understanding and Countering Islamic State Propaganda 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Plasticity of Regions: A Social Sciences–Cultural Studies Dialogue on Asia-Related Area Studies 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs. GAO-15-342SP 

·         Egypt: U.S. Government Should Examine Options for Using Unobligated Funds and Evaluating Security Assistance Programs. GAO-15-259 

·         Government Publishing Office: Production of Secure Credentials for the Department of State and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. GAO-15-326R 

·         Public Safety Communications: Preliminary Information on FirstNet's Efforts to Establish a Nationwide Broadband Network. GAO-15-380T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         7 Priorities for the 2016 Congressional Budget Resolution 

·         A Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking:A Step in the Right Direction 

·         Congress Should Protect Religious Freedom in the District of Columbia 

·         King v. Burwell and the Mandates: What Happens If the Supreme Court Rules Against the Administration? 

·         King v. Burwell: An Opportunity for Congress and the States to Clear Away Obamacare’s Failed Policies 

·         Stagnant Wages: Fact or Fiction? 

Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)

·         HDIAC Journal, March 2015, v. 1, no. 3 

o    WMD: Countering WMD (CWMD) Threats—Critical Step in Emergency Preparedness Against WMD

o    CBRN Defense: U.S. Homeland CBRN Emergency Preparedness Enterprise—a Retrospective Review

o    Biometrics: Applications of Biometrics for Immigration Management and Enforcement

o    Alternative Energy: The Electric Microgrid— An Economically-Viable Architecture for Energy Surety and Renewable Integration

Human Rights Watch

·         "Work Faster or Get Out”: Labor Rights Abuses in Cambodia’s Garment Industry 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, March 12, 2015 

o    Will Change of Government in Lesotho End Political Crisis?

o    Opting Out: Tanzanian Constitutional Referendum Boycott

Institute of Development Studies

·         Does War Empower Women? Evidence from Timor Leste 

·         Tracking Research and Policy Conversations in Online Spaces 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Human Rights in North Korea: Pressure and Engagement  

Institute for Security Studies

·         Sahel Strategies: Why Coordination is Imperative 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Control of Terrain in Iraq

o    March 12, 2015 

o    March 8, 2015 

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    March 12-13, 2015 

o    March 10-11, 2015 

o    March 9, 2015 

o    March 7-8, 2015 

·         ISIS vs. the Iraqi Security Forces: Can the State of Iraq Survive?  [webcast] 

·         Syria Situation Report: March 2-10, 2015 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: March 12, 2015 

·         Wilayat Sinai Likely Preparing for Car Bomb Campaign 

International Crisis Group

·         Sudan: The Prospects for “National Dialogue” 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         How Inclusive Is Abenomics? 

·         Pressing the Indian Growth Accelerator:Policy Imperatives 

International Rescue Committee [and others]

·         Failing Syria: Assessing the Impact of the UN Security Council Resolutions in Protecting and Assisting Civilians in Syria                

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

·         EU Elections - Where Are the Voters? 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         2015 North Korea’s Policy towards South Korea and the Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations 

·         A Year after the UN COI Report and the Tasks to Improve North Korean Human Rights

Migration Policy Institute

·         Profile of Immigrants in Houston, the Nation's Most Diverse Metropolitan Area  

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

·         Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative: Identifying Suspicious Activities from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) and the American Terrorism Study (ATS) 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         2014 China Security Report 

·         Briefing memo - The Significance and Lessons of the Dispatch of Minesweepers Units to the Persian Gulf: Considerations from the History of the Minesweeper Force and the Transition of Maritime Defense Capability Building Up 

National Security Archive

·         Perestroika in the Soviet Union: 30 Years On 

Naval War College

·         Global Shipping Game: Game Report 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Red Lines and Al-Shabaab: Negotiating Humanitarian Access in Somalia 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Modi in Mauritius: Renewing a Special Relationship 

Overseas Development Institute

·         UK Humanitarian Aid in the Age of Counter-terrorism:Perceptions and Reality 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Management: A Legal Perspective 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Far More Interest Among Republicans Than Democrats in Clinton Emails, Netanyahu 

Rand

·         Emerging Trends in China's Development of Unmanned Systems 

·         Estimating the Value of Mobile Telephony in Mobile Network Not-spots 

·         Federal Funding and Academic Productivity:Assessing Policy Levers for Sustainable Energy Researchers 

·         Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention: A Theoretical Model and Review of the Empirical Literature 

·         Making and Breaking Barriers: Assessing the Value of Mounted Police Units in the UK 

·         Making and Breaking Barriers: Assessing the Value of Mounted Police Units in the UK: Appendices 

·         There Will Be Battles in the Heart of Your Abode: The Threat Posed by Foreign Fighters Returning From Syria and Iraq 

·         United States Service Academy Admissions: Selecting for Success at the Military Academy/West Point and as an Officer 

Reporters Without Borders

·         World Press Freedom 2015 

Royal United Service Institute (RUSI)

·         Mind the Gap: The MoD's Emerging Budgetary Challenge 

·         Out of Reach? The Role of Community Policing in Preventing Terrorism in Canada 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Brazil-China Relations 

·         National Security Implications of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies (Part 1)—Defining Autonomy, Military and Cyber-related Implications 

·         Legal Ambiguity, Challenges in Controlling This Space, Public/Private Sector Dynamics and Ethical Concerns (Part 2) 

Secret Service

·         Incident Response and Planning Strategies When Notifying Law Enforcement 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Future Fallacy: A Conversation about the “Certainty Principle” 

·         Mexican Cartels as Vicious Firms 

·         A Military Practitioner’s Guide to Jordan 

·         The Strategy is Working in Iraq…for Iran 

·         Teaching Conflict Resolution: Building on the Strengths of Special Operations Forces 

Stimson Center

·         Japan’s Global Diplomacy 

·         Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Operational Myths and Realities 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2014 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Army War College Review, 2015, v. 1, no.1 

o    Learning Trust: A Leadership Lesson

o    Conflict Prevention: A Cautionary Analysis

o    On Theory: War and Warfare Reconsidered

o    RAF Enhanced: Civil-Military Engagement Teams

o    Thinking about Strategic Landpower

·         Carlisle Compendia of Collaborative Research 

o    Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF): Concept Viability and Implementation

o    RAF and Mission Command

o    RAF Movement and Maneuver Warfighting Function

o    RAF and Intelligence Warfighting Function

o    RAF and Fires Warfighting Function

o    RAF and Sustainment Warfighting Function

o    RAF and Protection Warfighting Function

o    RAF and SOF Integration

o    RAF and ARFORGEN

o    RAF and JTF Capable HQs

o    RAF and Authorities

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

·         Homeland & National Security Law Review, Winter 2015, v. 3 no. 1

·         Behavioral Economics and Free Market Solutions: The Case of Airline Security

·         Jacson's Zone of Twilight:  How the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is Adjudicated in Front of the Federal Courts

Transnational Institute (TNI)

·         Building Peace in Permanent War: Terrorist Listing & Conflict Transformation 

·         International Investment Agreements Under Scrutiny: Bilateral Investment Treaties, EU Investment Policy and International Development  

UN Human Rights Office

·         Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine 

UNICEF

·         Syria Crisis Four Years On: 14 Million Children and Adolescents in the Region Affected 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Wind and Solar Sectors: Trends in Deployment, Manufacturing, and Energy Policy 

·         March 2015 Trade Bulletin 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Political Parties in Afghanistan 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Turkey's Kurdish Path 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Wind Vision Report Highlights Long Term Benefits of Investing in America's Wind Energy Industry 

·         Review: Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition 

Wilson Center

·         Expansion or Contraction? Women’s Rights in the MENA Region in 2015 

·         Kennan Cable No.5: Euromaidan Revisited: Causes of Regime Change in Ukraine One Year On 

·         Kennan Cable No.6: Peace and Energy in Ukraine… and Russia 

·         Not at the Cost of China: New Evidence Regarding US Proposals to Nehru for Joining the United Nations Security Council 

World Bank

·         The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 6.Improving Delivery in Development : The Role of Voice, Social Contract, and Accountability 

World Public Opinion.org

·         Ukraine Poll: Majorities Do Not Want to Move Closer to EU or Russia