Friday's Miscellany 05-08-2015

38 North

·         North Korea Building New Transport Corridor and Border Crossing 

2005 World Summit, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

·         The Responsibility to Protect at 10:Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Asia Pacific [conference report] 

AEI Critical Threats

·         2015 Yemen Crisis Situation Report 

·         Desknote: The Growing Threat of ISIS in Yemen 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Separation of Powers Under the Afghan Constitution: A Case Study 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Anatomy of the Resource Curse: Predatory Investment in Africa’s Extractive Industries 

Air University Press

·         Deconstructing Afghanistan 

·         Strategy for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 

Amnesty International

·         War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Aleppo 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 37 May 2015: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Building Readiness to Sustain Global Responsiveness and Regional Engagement 

Atlantic Council

·         Beyond Camp David: A Gradualist Strategy to Upgrade the US-Gulf Security Partnership 

·         Harnessing Social Impact Investing 

·         NATO Transformation Seminar 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Making Strategic Policy: What's Involved? 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Political Economy of Arab Gulf States 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Redesigning European Monetary Union Governance in Light of the Eurozone Crisis 

·         Standing Up to Saudi: Pakistan´s Unprecedented New Pragmatism 

·         A Very European Election (Against All Odds) 

·         The World in Europe 

BEA [French air accident investigation agency]

·         Preliminary Report: Accident on 24 March 2015 at Prads-Haute-Bléone (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France) to the Airbus A320-211 registered D-AIPX operated by Germanwings

o    English

o    French 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Exaggerating the Chinese Cyber Threat 

Brookings Institution

·         Contextualizing Islam in Europe and North America: Challenges and Opportunities 

·         A Critical Disconnect: The Role of SAARC in Building the Disaster Risk Management Capacities of South Asian Countries 

·         Financing U.S. Transportation Infrastructure in the 21st Century 

·         Post-ISAF Afghanistan: The Early Months 

·         Responsible Innovation: A Primer for Policymakers 

·         Tides of Change: Taiwan’s Evolving Position in the South China Sea 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Defence Budget 2015: A Long-Term Funding Increase…Maybe 

Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society

·         Canadian Incident Database (CIDB) 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Understanding the Revitalization of Russian-Iranian Relations 

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

·         In Brief: Legal Options for U.S. Acceptance of a New Climate Change Agreement 

·         Legal Options for U.S. Acceptance of a New Climate Change Agreement 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Interactive Map: Immigration Enforcement Activity 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Planning Ahead: A Blueprint to Negotiate and Implement a Weapon-of-Mass-Destruction-Free Zone in the Middle East 

Center for Security Policy

·         Iran Truth Panel [video] 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         American Strategy and Critical Changes in the U.S. “Energy Import Dependence" 

·         Arab Gulf and the U.S. Strategic Partnership in Ballistic Missile Defense 

·         Arab-U.S. Strategic Partnership in the Gulf 

·         Europe Surrounded Not by a Ring of Friends –But by a Ring of Fire 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, April 23 -May 6, 2015, v. 3, no. 9 

·         PacNet #28 - Prime Minister Abe’s very good visit 

·         Private-Sector Development and China’s Foreign Policy 

·         Private-Sector Development and India’s Foreign Policy 

·         Targeting Big Results in Maternal, Neonatal,and Child Health 

·         The United States Should Take a Proactive Stance on Polio Eradication Legacy Planning 

·         Why Governments Target Civil Society and What Can Be Done in Response 

Center for Technology & National Security Policy (CTNSP)

·         Shifting Human Environment: How Trends in Human Geography Will Shape Future Military Operations 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         The Role of Turkey in the 2015 NPT Review Conference 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         A Five-point Plan for Cameron to Win an EU Referendum 

·         UK Elections: The Evil of Two Lesser 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Net Neutrality: Reflections on the Current Debate 

·         Solving the International Internet Policy Coordination Problem 

·         Strengthening the Multilateral Institutions: A G20 Priority 

Chatham House

·         Afghanistan and Its Neighbours: Forging Regional Engagement 

·         Market vs State in China [video] 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Elites, Power and Security 

·         The Role of the Military in the Prosecution of Terrorism Cases 

College of Europe

·         Turbulent Waters : Viking Line and the Accession of Estonia to the European Union  

·         What do Eurozone Academics Think About EMU Reform? On Broad Support and German Exceptionalism  

Combat Studies Institute Press

·         Art of War Papers: Perceptions of Airpower and Implications for the Leavenworth Schools: Interwar Student Papers 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Christianity in China 

·         Global Economics Monthly, May 2015 

Danish Institute for International Studies

·         Governing Uranium and Corporate Security 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2015 - Annual Report to Congress 

Department of the Navy

·         U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/TENTH Fleet Strategic Plan 2015-2020 

Department of State

·         Climate Change in the Arctic  

·         Remarks in Mogadishu, Somalia 

East West Center

·         The Third Way: Japan’s Policy on Nuclear Energy 

East Asia Institute

·         The ‘History Problem’, Domestic Audience Costs, and Public Support in Japan 

·         Middle Power in Action: The Evolving Nature of Diplomacy in the Age of Multilateralism 

Electronic Frontier Foundation

·         Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System 

Environmental Working Group

·         Toxic Stew: What’s in Fracking Wastewater 

European Parliament. Directorate-General for Internal Policies

·         U.S. Climate Change Policy 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, May 2015 

o    Policing in the Casino Gaming Environment: Methods, Risks, and Challenges

o    Developing Ethical Law Enforcement Leaders: A Plan of Action

o    Altered Fingerprints: A Challenge to Law Enforcement Identification Efforts

o    The Black Dot

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Dilemmas of Captivity 

·         Germany in the 21st Century, Part II: The View from the Netherlands 

FRIDE

·         Conflicting Aims, Limited Means: Russia in the Middle East 

Georgetown University Law Center

·         Journal of National Security Law & Policy, 2015, v. 8, no. 1 

o    The Wasp’s Nest: Intelligence Community Whistleblowing & Source Protection

o    Can Technology Prevent Leaks?

o    A New Paradigm of Classified Disclosures

o    Assessing the Leakers: Criminals or Heroes?

o    No Place in the Military: The Judiciary’s Failure to Compensate Victims of Military Sexual Assault and a Suggested Path Forward Using Lessons from the Prison Context

o    No Place in the Military: The Judiciary’s Failure to Compensate Victims of Military Sexual Assault and a Suggested Path Forward Using Lessons from the Prison Context

o    “Friend of Humans”: An Argument for Developing Autonomous Weapons Systems

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Electoral Rentierism? The Cross-National and Subnational Effect of Oil on Electoral Competitiveness in Multiparty Autocracies 

Global Initiative on Civil Society and Conflict

·         G.I. Analysis: Nigeria and Boko Haram Tracker, Issue 2: May 4, 2015 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Controlled Substances: DEA Needs to Better Manage Its Quota Process and Improve Coordination with FDA. GAO-15-494T, [testimony] 

·         Defense Inventory: DOD Needs Additional Information for Managing War Reserve Levels of Meals Ready to Eat. GAO-15-474 

·         DOD Rapid Innovation Program: Some Technologies Have Transitioned to Military Users, but Steps Can Be Taken to Improve Program Metrics and Outcomes. GAO-15-421 

·         Oil and Gas Resources: Interior's Production Verification Efforts and Royalty Data Have Improved, but Further Actions Needed. GAO-15-39 

·         Hanford Waste Treatment: DOE Needs to Evaluate Alternatives to Recently Proposed Projects and Address Technical and Management Challenges. GAO-15-354 

·         Missile Defense: Opportunities Exist to Reduce Acquisition Risk and Improve Reporting on System Capabilities. GAO-15-345 

·         Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft System: Navy Needs to Demonstrate Match between Its Requirements and Available Resources. GAO-15-374 

·         Whistleblower Protection: DOD Needs to Enhance Oversight of Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations. GAO-15-477 

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

·         Displaced Population Camps: Satellite Imagery Interpretation Guide 

Heritage Foundation

·         1,000 People a Day: Why Red States Are Getting Richer and Blue States Poorer 

·         How to Assess Human Trafficking in Asia 

·         Physician-Assisted Suicide Compromises the Family and Intergenerational Obligations 

·         Responding to King v. Burwell: Congress’s First Step Should Be to Remove Costly Mandates Driving Up Premiums 

·         U.S. International Broadcasting Still Needs Reform 

·         Who Will Regulate the Regulators?Administrative Agencies, the Separation of Powers, and Chevron Deference 

Human Rights Watch

·         Detained, Beaten, Deported: Saudi Abuses against Migrants during Mass Expulsions 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch: May 7, 2015 

o    Nigeria's State Elections: Less Visible, Just as Important

o    Meeting Africa's Electricity Needs—What will the Future Look Like?

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Crisis in Yemen: Imperatives for Region and Beyond 

·         Maldives Revisited 

·         Talking About a ‘Rising China’: An Analysis of Indian Official Discourse 1996- 2012 Talking About a ‘Rising China’: An Analysis of Indian Official Discourse 1996- 2012 

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         Peace and Corruption Report 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Case Study: Skilled Procurement Ring Charged in Illegally Obtaining Goods for Iran 

·         The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Parts: Iran’s Near 20% Low Enriched Uranium 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         After the Deal: The EU and Iran’s Energy Promise 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    May 1-4, 2015 

o    May 4-6, 2015 

o    May 7-8, 2015

·         Syria Situation Report: April 28 - May 5, 2015 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: May 7, 2015 

·         Warning Intelligence Update: Possible Upheaval in the Syrian Capital 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Pakistan in China’s Eyes: Pawn, Pivot or a Pointer to its World View? 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Azerbaijan and the Non-Aligned Movement: Institutionalizing the "Balanced Foreign Policy" Doctrine 

·         Between Appeasement and Rivalry: Turkey and Russia and their Neighborhoods 

·         The Geopolitical Impact of TTIP: A Transatlantic Fortress or an Open Platform? 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         The Role of the Military in Securing Suspects and Evidence in the Prosecution of Terrorism Cases before Civilian Courts:Legal and Practical Challenges 

International Crisis Group

·         Congo: Is Democratic Change Possible? 

·         Stirring up the South China Sea (III): A Fleeting Opportunity for Calm 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Are African Households Heterogeneous Agents?: Stylized Facts on Patterns of Consumption, Employment, Income and Earnings for Macroeconomic Modelers 

·         Does Basel Compliance Matter for Bank Performance? 

·         Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending: Theory and Evidence 

·         Fair Weather or Foul? The Macroeconomic Effects of El Niño 

·         From Natural Resource Boom to Sustainable Economic Growth: Lessons for Mongolia 

·         High Liquidity Creation and Bank Failures 

·         How Important are Debt and Growth Expectations for Interest Rates? 

·         How to Improve the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union 

·         The Potential Macroeconomic Impact of the Unconventional Oil and Gas Boom in the United States 

·         Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific:Stabilizing and Outperforming Other Regions 

·         Regional Economic Issues: Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe 

·         The Role of Productivity, Transportation Costs, and Barriers to Intersectoral Mobility in Structural Transformation 

·         Tax Policy in MENA Countries: Looking Back and Forward 

·         What has Capital Liberalization Meant for Economic and Financial Statistics 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Enhancing Partnership in Peace Operations Between UN and Regional Organizations 

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

·         Roadmap for Economic Growth of Pakistan 

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         CJCSI 3125.01D, Defense Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents in the Homeland, 07 May 2015 

Justice in Mexico Project

·         Drug Violence in Mexico: Data and Analysis Through 2014 

Kaspersky Labs

·         Carbanak Advanced Persistent Threat: The Great Bank Robbery 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         North Korea’s Economic Changes in the KimJong-un Era: A Comparison with China in the Late 1980s 

·         THAAD, Sino-U.S. Competition, and Korean Unification:Issue Linkage and Agenda-Setting 

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

Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations

·         Operation Inherent Resolve - Quarterly Report and Biannual Report to the US Congress, December 17, 2014-March 31, 2015 

Lexington Institute

·         What Can Be Learned from the Northeast’s Use of Microgrids 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2015 [updated May 7, 2015] 

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         From Dependence to Self-Reliance: Changing the Paradigm in Protracted Refugee Situations 

·         Rethinking Global Protection: New Channels, New Tools 

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission

·         Final report 

·         President’s message to Congress 

·         Statement 

·         Comments by the Secretary of Defense 

National Academies Press

·         Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science 

·         A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation System:   Implications and Importance of System Architecture   

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Reform of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration 

Naval War College

·         Beyond the Wall Chinese Far Seas Operations [China Maritime Study No. 13 - May 2015] 

·         Naval War College Review, Summer 2015, v. 68, no. 3 

o    Fighting the Naval Hegemon: Evolution in French, Soviet, and Chinese Naval Thought

o    Implications of Xi Jinping's "True Maritime Power": Its Context, Significance, and Impact on the Region

o    The JMSDF's Resilient Power for Civil Society: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake 

o    Mentoring in the U.S. Navy: Experiences and Attitudes of Senior Navy Personnel

o    "The Navy's Success Speaks for Itself"? The German Navy's Independent Energy Security Strategy, 1932-1940 

o    Frogmen against a Fleet: The Italian Attack on Alexandria 18/19 December 1941

o    Grand Strategy and World Order [review essay]

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         2014 European Elections: An Upsurge in Europhobia or Business as Usual? 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Role of Norms in International Peace Mediation 

·         A Solution for Syria 

Norwegian Refugee Council

·         Global Overview 2015 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Roadblocks to Air Revolution in Indian War-Fighting 

Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

·         Snapshot Review of Sexual Assault Report Files at the Four Largest US Military Bases in 2013 

Office of Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)

·         America’s Most Wasted: Time to Arrest Washington’s Out-of-Control Spending (includes military programs) 

Oxfam

·         A Fresh Analysis of the Humanitarian System in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: April 2015 

·         PILDAT Score Card Assessment of the Quality of Governance in Pakistan  

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

·         Back in Business? Diaspora Return to Somalia 

·         A Climate of Conflicts? 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Future of Worldwide Income Distribution 

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Germany and the United States: Reliable Allies 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Multiple Causes Seen for Baltimore Unrest 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Mobile EU Citizens or Migrants? Assessing the Polish Diaspora in Norway 

·         Poland’s Policy towards the Arctic: Key Areas and Priority Actions 

·         Russia’s Use of History as a Political Weapon 

Rand

·         An Assessment of Fiscal Year 2013 Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs  

·         Care Transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury 

·         Measuring and Managing Army Supply Chain Risk: A Quantitative Approach by Item Number and Commercial Entity Code 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         From Boko Haram to Ansaru: The Evolution of Nigerian Jihad 

·         A Force for Order: Strategic Underpinnings of the Next NSS and SDSR 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Gulf Moment: Arab Relations Since 2011 

Transnational Institute

·         The Current State of Counternarcotics Policy and Drug Reform Debates in Myanmar 

·         Improving Global Drug Policy: Comparative Perspectives and UNGASS 2016 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

·         2014 Palestine Human Development Report 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China's Great Legal Firewall:Extraterritoriality of Chinese Firms in the United States 

·         May 2015 Trade Bulletin   

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

·         2015 USCIRF Annual Report 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         An Alevi Tide Headed for Turkey's Parliament 

·         Assuring Uneasy Gulf Allies at Camp David:The Military Dimension 

·         The Camp David Conference Under the Shadow of Cuba 

·         Netanyahu Loses Leverage in Forming New Government 

·         Shift in Saudi Oil Leadership 

·         Wooing the Gulf States: From Riyadh to Paris to Camp David 

White House

·         Remarks by the President at Nomination of General Joe Dunford as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and General Paul Selva as Vice Chairman 

·         White House Report: Making College Affordable for Millions of Americans 

Wilson Center

·         America's New Foreign Policy Frontier 

·         Continuing Cooperation Patterns with Russia in the Arctic Region 

·         Engage China & Russia with Issues, Not Scolding 

·         Watch out Washington, the Saudi Hawks are in Ascendancy