Friday's Miscellany 05-15-2015

38 North

·        Revisiting the Agreed Framework 

Air University Press

·        Attitudes Aren't Free: Thinking Deeply about Diversity in the US Armed Forces 

Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

·        Airport Emergency Post-Event Recovery Practices 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·        Can Kenya Avoid a Sectarian Conflict? 

American Enterprise Institute

·        Iran’s Strategic Thinking: Origins and Evolution 

·        Putin’s Russia: How it Rose, How it is Maintained, and How it Might End 

Amnesty International

·        Libya: Stories of Abduction, Sexual Violence and Abuse from Migrants and Refugees 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·        American Landpower and the Two-war Construct 

Atlantic Council

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

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·        Reassessing Malcolm Fraser, Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·        Gulf States & the Global Economy 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·        Misunderstandings and Tensions, a New Normality in EU-Russia Relations? 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·        German Boat Deal: Everybody Wins 

Brookings

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

·        Off to a Shaky Start: Ukrainian Government Responses to Internally Displace Persons 

·        Racing Ahead or Falling Behind? 6 Economic Facts about Transportation Infrastructure in the United States 

·        Reforming Shadow Banking in China 

Bureau of Justice Statistics

·        Local Police Departments, 2013: Personnel,Policies, and Practices 

CATO Institute

·        Pros and Cons of a Guaranteed National Income 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·        Crude Oil Export & U.S. National Security 

Center for Global Development

·        New Estimates of Global Poverty and Inequality: How Much Difference Do Price Data Really Make? 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·        CNA Corporation Out Front: Engaging Communities of Color in Positive Policing 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·        Global Disaster Politics Post Sendai No. 173 

·        NATO’s “Spearhead Force” No. 174 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·        Arab-U.S. Strategic Partnership and the Changing Security Balance in the Gulf 

·        Budgets and Bullets: Taking Stock of Afghanistan’s Security Forces 

·        Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia: U.S.Policy Interests and Recommendations 

·        PacNet #29 - Comparative Connections Summaries 

·        US Strategic Partnership with the Arab Gulf States: Threats and Capabilities 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·        Cameron's EU Reforms: You Can't Always Get What You Want 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·        Conducting Global Climate Change Negotiations 

·        Domestic Sources and RMB Internationalization: A Unique Journey to a Major Global Currency 

Chatham House

·        Beyond the UNFCCC: Rethinking the Global Politics of Climate Change [transcript] 

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·        Beyond the Scorecard: Understanding Global City Rankings 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·        New Ban on Nuclear Weapons and Implications for the Netherlands 

College of Europe

·        State Aid to Infrastructure: Do Competitively Selected Operators Obtain an Undue Advantage?  

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·        Advancing U.S. Economic Interests in Asia 

·        Ancient Communities Under Attack: ISIS’s War on Religious Minorities 

·        Energy Revolution in the Western Hemisphere:Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S. 

·        A Pathway to Freedom: Rescue and Refuge for Sex Trafficking Victims 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·        Oversight of the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies 

·        Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet’s Operation 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·        The EMP Threat: The State of Preparedness Against the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse Event 

·        Transportation Security: Are Our Airports Safe? 

·        U.S. Secret Service: Accountability for March 4, 2015 Incident 

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·        Coast Guard Major Acquisitions  

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·        The Civil Nuclear Agreement With China: Balancing The Potential Risks and Rewards 

·        Cybersecurity: Setting The Rules for Responsible Global Cyber Behavior 

·        Safeguarding American Interests in the East and South China Seas 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·        Securing the Border: Fencing, Infrastructure,Technology Force Multipliers 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·        Peace Operations in Africa 

·        U.S.-Saudi Relations 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·        DoD Directive 7050.06, Military Whistleblower Protection, April 17, 2015 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·        DODIG-2015-119 Investigative Results of a Possible Questionable Intelligence Activity 

·        Lead Inspector General for Operation United Assistance - Quarterly Report on U.S. Government’s Activities:  International Ebola Response and Preparedness 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·        Body-Worn Video Cameras for Law Enforcement Assessment Report 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·        Investigation of Events at White House Involving Suspicious Package Investigation on March 4, 2015 

Department of State

·        Advancing U.S. Economic Engagement in Asia 

·        Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia 

·        Promoting Space Security and Sustainability  

Department of Veterans Affairs

·        2015 Veterans Economic Opportunity Report 

Dudley Knox Library

·        Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG): A Brief Bibliography 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·        Identity and Euroscepticism as a Substitute for Political Agency: A Few Lessons from the British Elections 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·        China Country Analysis Brief [updated May 14,2015] 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·        Germany in the 21st Century, Part III: Who is a German? 

·        Reforming the Israeli Electoral System:What’s Needed? What’s Possible? 

·        A Tale of Two Exceptionalisms: The Future of the UK and its EU Membership after the Election  

Geneva Declaration

·        Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·        Fulfilling NATO’s Missions: The Need for New Structures and Instruments 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·        Countering Violent Extremism and Promoting Community Resilience in the Greater Horn of Africa 

·        Policing and (in)security in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings: A Review of Perspectives on Policing in Sub-Saharan Africa 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·        Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Oversight of Key Programs, but Additional Actions Are Needed. GAO-15-559T [testimony] 

·        Border Security: Progress and Challenges in DHS's Efforts to Implement and Assess Infrastructure and Technology. GAO-15-595T [testimony] 

·        Coast Guard Acquisitions: As Major Assets are Fielded, Overall Portfolio Remains Unaffordable. GAO-15-620T [testimony]

·        Information Management: Additional Actions Are Needed to Meet Requirements of the Managing Government Records Directive. GAO-15-339 

·        International Education Assistance: USAID Has Implemented Primary Grade Reading Programs but Has Not Yet Measured Progress toward Its Strategic Goal. GAO-15-479 

·        Military Personnel: Visibility over Junior Enlisted Servicemember Access to Services on Bases Could Be Enhanced. GAO-15-488 

·        North Korea Sanctions: United States Has Increased Flexibility to Impose Sanctions, but United Nations Is Impeded by a Lack of Member State Reports. GAO-15-485 

·        United Nations Renovations: Original Scope Reduced and Project Over Budget, but Lessons Learned Could Improve Future Projects. GAO-15-414 

·        Unmanned Aerial Systems: Actions Needed to Improve DOD Pilot Training. GAO-15-461 

Heritage Foundation

·        68th Terrorist Plot Calls for Major Counterterrorism Reforms 

·        The Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide: Respect Human Dignity and Offer True Compassion 

·        At U.N., Radicals Regret Lack of “Progress” and Seek to Feminize Post-2015 Development Agenda 

·        Congress Should Recognize the Dynamic Benefits of Imports 

·        Physician-Assisted Suicide Betrays Human Dignity and Violates Equality Before the Law 

·        Preparing for the Approaching Syrian Endgame 

·        Red Tape Rising: Six Years of Escalating Regulation Under Obama 

Human Rights Watch

·        Callous and Cruel: Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in U.S. Jails and Prisons 

·        Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses: Police Torture of Criminal Suspects in China 

Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)

·        Towards a Multilateral Framework for Recovery from Sovereign Insolvency  

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·        India’s Renewed Interest in Chabahar: Need to Stay the Course 

·        Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping: Different Yet Same? 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·        Africa Watch:  May 14, 2015 

o   Angola: Uptick in Protests

o   Togo President Reelected in Peaceful but Disputed Election

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·        ASEAN and Conflict Management: The Need for a High Council 

Institute for the Study of War

·        Iraq Situation Report

o   May 9-11, 2015 

o   May 12-13, 2015 

o   May 14-15, 2015 

·        ISIS Global Intelligence Summary 

·        Syria Situation Report: May 5-12, 2015 

·        Ukraine Crisis Update: May 14, 2015 

Institute of Development Studies  (IDS)

·        Making Sanitation and Hygiene Safer: Reducing Vulnerabilities to Violence 

·        Who Drives Climate-Relevant Policy Implementation in China? 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·        From ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’—PM Modi’s Visit to China, S. Korea and Mongolia  

·        India, and the High Note in China-Pakistan Symphony 

·        Strengthening Rule of Law Responses to Counter Violent Extremism  

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·        Actors of Accountability in Africa: ICC,African Union and Nation-States 

·        Migrations Through and From Libya 

International Crisis Group

·        Arming Iraq’s Kurds: Fighting IS, Inviting Conflict 

·        Stress Tests for Kazakhstan   

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·        Domestic and Foreign Mutual Funds in Mexico: Do They Behave Differently? 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·        The Arab Spring - Pathways of Repression and Reform [video] 

·        State Formation, Humanitarianism, and Institutional Capabilities in South Sudan 

Jamestown Foundation

·        China Brief, May 15, 2015,v. 15, no. 10 

o   Chinese Provinces Aim to Find Their Place Along New Silk Road

o   “One Belt, One Road” Enhances Xi Jinping’s Control Over the Economy

o   Curing China’s Elephantiasis of the Fleet

o   China and Sri Lanka: In Choppy Waters

o   China’s Two-Track Approach to Christianity: Vatican vs. Wenzhou

·        Terrorism Monitor, May 15, 2015, v. 13, no. 10 

o   Ethnic Albanian Foreign Fighters and the Islamic State

o   Kurdish-Shi’a Tensions in Iraq Amid the Struggle Against the Islamic State

o   Iran’s Changing Regional Strategy and Its Implications for the Region

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·        Joint Concept for Command and Control of the Joint Aerial Layer Network, March 2015 

Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Center

·        Treatment of Foreign Fighters in Selected Jurisdictions 

Long War Journal

·        Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2015 [updated May 17, 2015] 

                   

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·        2015 Lowy Institute Polling: Indonesia and the Death Penalty 

·        Divining the Fluid Element: From Cooperation to Conflict in Japan-China Maritime Relations 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

·        Future Postponed: Why Declining Investment in Basic Research Threatens a U.S. Innovation Deficit 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·        Pakistan’s Relations with Afghanistan and Implications for Regional Politics 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·        East Asian Strategic Review 2015 

·        Quality of Decision-Making: Implications from British Political-Military Relations 

National Security Archive

·        US: Mexico Mass Graves Raise "Alarming Questions" about Government "Complicity" in September 2014Cartel Killing 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·        “Decisive Storm”: Saudi Arabia’s Attack on the Houthis in Yemen 

Observer Research Foundation

·        ORF Cyber Monitor: April 2015 

o   Think…Before Connecting Things to the Internet

o   Shreya Singhal and Intermediary Liability in India

o   India Takes on Net Neutrality

o   Lessons from the New Threat Environment

o   Documentary Ban: Using the Law to Hide the Truth

·        Swine Flu—Challenges and Impact on the Indian Economy 

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·        Cambodia Impact Report: The World Citizens Panel 

·        Somalia Impact Report: The World Citizens Panel 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

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

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·        Capital Markets Union: A Long-Term Vision 

·        From Rapid Recovery to Slowdown: Why Recent Economic Growth in Latin America Has Been Slow 

·        Quantity Theory of Money Redux? Will Inflation Be the Legacy of Quantitative Easing? 

Pew Research Center

·        From Telephone to the Web: The Challenge of Mode of Interview Effects in Public Opinion Polls 

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·        America’s Changing Religious Landscape 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·        How the Crimean Tatars Spoil Putin’s Annexation Myth 

·        Prospects for Polish–U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation 

·        Turkey’s Rise as a Reluctant Ally Faced with the Russian Threat 

Project 2049 Institute

·        China's Military Developments and the U.S.-Japan Alliance 

·        Chinese Activities in the South China Sea: Implications for the American Pivot to Asia 

Rand

·        Adults Newly Exposed to "Know the Signs" Campaign Report Greater Gains in Confidence to Intervene with Those Who Might Be at Risk for Suicide Than Those Unexposed to the Campaign 

·        Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of CalMHSA's Investment in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) 

·        Changes in Mental Illness Stigma in California During the Statewide Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Initiative 

·        Comparing U.S. Army Systems with Foreign Counterparts: Identifying Possible Capability Gaps and Insights from Other Armies 

·        Critical Materials, U.S. Import Dependence, and Recommended Actions 

·        Workplace Wellness Programs: Services Offered, Participation, and Incentives 

Refugees International

·        Aid Inside Syria: A Step in the Right Direction? 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·        The Future of Research and Development in the UK’s Security and Intelligence Sector 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·        India and Japan: A Nascent Strategic Bonding 

Second Line of Defense

·        Integrating Innovative Air Power: Facing 21stCentury Strategic Challenges 

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE)

·        Q1 2015 Energy Security Fact Pack 

Small Arms Survey

·        Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts 

·        Interactive Maps and Charts of Armed Violence Indicators 

Small Wars Journal

·        The Accidental Counterinsurgent 

·        The Human Dimension: Taking Innovation to the Individual and Leader Level 

Stanley Foundation

·        Mobilizing Climate Action: To Paris and Beyond 

·        Nuclear Security: A View From Moscow 

·        Protecting U.S. Security by Minimizing the Role of Nuclear Weapons: A New U.S. Nuclear Policy 

·        The Responsibility to Protect in the Next Decade 

·        Taking Stock of the Responsibility to Protect in Africa: Challenges, Prospects, and Priorities for the Next Decade 

·        Ten Years Since the World Summit: Developing Civil Society’s Strategy for the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia-Pacific Region 

Strategic Studies Institute

·        From Frozen Ties to Strategic Engagement: U.S.-Iranian Relationship in 2030 

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

·        A Step Towards Justice: Current Accountability Options for Crimes Under International Law Committed in Syria 

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

·        Afghanistan's Continuing Fiscal Crisis: No End In Sight 

·        Border Security Challenges in the Grand Maghreb   

·        Charting Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy 

·        China’s Relations with Burma 

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

·        Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports, Annual Compilation 2014 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·        Between the Islamic State and al-Qaeda in Tunisia 

·        The Implosion of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood 

·        Managing the U.S.-Gulf Disconnect at Camp David 

·        Money Flow in the Age of ISIS 

·        Status Report on Countering Terrorist Financing 

Wilson Center

·        Police that We Deserve: A Discussion for the Future 

·        Situational Approaches to Crime and Violence: A Case Study of Latin America