Friday's Miscellany 08-07-2015

38 North

·         North Korea’s July 19 Local Elections Dispel ROK Allegations of Public Unrest 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Organized Crime in the Americas: A Call to Action 

Amnesty International

·         Don’t We Matter?  Four Years of Unrelenting Attacks Against Civilians of Sudan’s South Kordofan State 

·         You Killed My Son: Killings by Military Police in Rio de Janeiro 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 40, August 2015: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Asia Foundation

·         Conceptualizing Public Sector Reform in Myanmar 

Atlantic Council

·         Human Rights Abuses in Russia-Occupied Crimea 

·         To Vote or Not to Vote: Examining the Disenfranchised in Egypt's Political Landscape 

Australian National University

·         Asia’s Strategic Challenge: Maneuvering Between the U.S. and China 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Creative Tension: Parliament and National Security 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Improving Ties between India and Israel 

·         Syria’s Chemical Weapon Obfuscations 

·         The Vienna Accord Only Postpones Confrontation with Iran 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation 

·         Iran Nuclear Deal: A Definitive Guide 

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Shadow Campaigns: The Shift in Presidential Campaign Funding to Outside Groups 

Brookings Institution

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated July 31, 2015] 

·         Controlling Carbon Emissions From U.S. Power Plants: How a Tradable Performance Standard Compares to a Carbon Tax 

·         The Cost of Democracy: Campaign Finance Regulation in Latin America 

·         Spectrum Policy in India 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         An Intensified Approach to Combatting the Islamic State 

·         Security Cooperation and Assistance: Rethinking the Return on Investment 

Center for Global Development

·         Food Security Post-2015: What Countries Need to Do So That Regional Collaboration Can Be Effective 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond 

·         Examining the Iran Deal and the Military Balance in the Middle East 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Advancing U.S.-Australian Combined Amphibious Capabilities 

·         The Afghan War and the Quarterly Report on Freedom’s Sentinel 

·         The Iran Nuclear Agreement and Iranian Energy Exports 

·         PacNet #45 - US-Japan Defense Guidelines – Well Done, but Only Half Done 

·         PacNet #46 - Purging the Military Corps of Its Rotten Core 

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, August 2015, v. 9, no. 4  

o    A Long Way from Success: Assessing the War on the Islamic State

o    Assessing the Islamic State's Commitment to Attacking the West

o    Understanding Jihadi Proto-States

o    Is ISIS a Revolutionary Group and if Yes, What Are the Implications?

o    Heirs of Zarqawi or Saddam? The Relationship between al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State

o    The Metronome of Apocalyptic Time: Social Media as Carrier Wave for Millenarian Contagion

o    The Dreams of the Islamic State

o    Picture Or It Didn't Happen: A Snapshot of the Islamic State's Official Media Output

o    The Concept of Bay'a in the Islamic State's Ideology

o    Social Media, Recruitment, Allegiance and the Islamic State

o    The Evolution in Islamic State Administration: The Documentary Evidence

o    The Islamic State's Eastern Frontier: Ramadi and Fallujah as Theaters of Sectarian Conflict

o    Understanding the Daesh Economy

o    Let Them Rot: The Challenges and Opportunities of Containing rather than Countering the Islamic State

o    Bibliography: The Islamic State (ISIS)

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Turkey Joins the Anti-ISIS Coalition:Safe-Zone Plan Revisited 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Cameron’s Renegotiation Plans: The View from Warsaw 

·         Chasing the Dragon: Russia's Courtship of China 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Enhancing Women Migrant Workers' Rights and Mainstreaming Gender in Global Migration Governance 

Chatham House

·         The Resource Curse Revisited 

College of Europe

·         Brussels and Reykjavík: Drifting Further Apart? Explaining the Icelandic Public Opposition towards EU Membership 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Modernizing the U.S. Energy Grid 

·         U.S.-Cuba Relations 

East West Center

·         Opening Australia's "Black Box": The Domestic Debate over Submarine Production 

·         Papua's Insecurity: State Failure in the Indonesian Periphery 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, August 2015 

o    Using Canines to Address School Violence

o    Improving Motivation and Productivity of Police Officers

o    Advanced Degrees for Law Enforcement Personnel: The Ideal Time to Enter a Higher Education Program   

o    Value of Compassion

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Between the Fall and the Second Coming:Radiological Weapons & Iran's Un-Constrained Missile Program 

·         Iran: The Big Sell 

·         Where the Lions Are -- Gazprom’s “Energetic Pliers” and Aspirations of a Eurasian Archipelago: The Geopolitics of Russia’s Networked Energy Infrastructure 

Global ECCO

·         Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), August 2015, v. 5, no. 3 

o    Characteristics of Terrorism Hotspots

o    The Blue-Green-Red Metaphor in the Context of Counterterrorism: Clarifications and Anthropological Emendations

o    The Ecosystem of Dark Networks: A Biological Perspective

o    America: Imagined Community, Imagined Kinship

o    One Arm Tied behind Our Backs? Assessing the Power of the United States to Combat Global Threats

o    The Weather of Violence: Metaphors and Models, Predictions and Surprises

o    Trapped by the Paradigm: Why Net Assessment May Not Contribute to Countering Terrorism

o    CTAP INTERVIEW: Dr. Cécile Fabre, Oxford University

o    ETHICS AND INSIGHTS: Making Decisions, Taking Ethical Responsibility, Part 2: Recalibrating the Job, Reconsidering the Tool

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         African Growth and Opportunity Act: Insights from Other Countries' Preference Programs and Participation in Trade Negotiations. GAO-15-701   

·         DOD Financial Management: Actions Are Needed on Audit Issues Related to the Marine Corps' 2012 Schedule of Budgetary Activity. GAO-15-198 

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA Increased Its Budget Estimates, but Estimates for Key Stockpile and Infrastructure Programs Need Improvement. GAO-15-499 

Heritage Foundation

·         2016 National Defense Authorization Act: Stuck on Compensation and Retirement Reform 

·         Election Reform in North Carolina and the Myth of Voter Suppression 

·         Fooled Again: The Nuclear Waste Administration Act Preserves Futile Status Quo 

·         New Generation of Tax Reform Offers Greater Potential for Growth 

·         Revisiting the Lessons from the Voter ID Experience in Texas: 2015 

·         Terror in Paradise: 73rd Terrorist Plot Highlights Need to Act 

Hudson Institute

·         Modi One Year On 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         JCPOA and the IAEA: Challenges Ahead 

·         The Rajapakse ‘Coup’ and Upcoming Parliamentary Election in Sri Lanka 

·         US-Cuba Relations: From Breakdown to Breakthrough 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, August 6, 2015 

o    Sovereign Debt: A Threat to the African Growth Story?

o    Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters Party Turns 2

·         Statistical Approach to the Operational Testing of Space Fence 

Institute for International Political Studies

·         Not Only on the Sinai: Islamic Extremism in Egypt 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Renewed Activity at the Parchin Site in Iran 

·         Satellite Imagery Does Not Support Iranian Road Work Claim at Parchin 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 72 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung)

·         After “The Iranian Agreement” 

·         Syrian Buffer Zone: Turkey-Qatar Pipeline 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    July 31-August 3, 2015 

o    August 4 - 6,2015 

·         ISIS in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia: July 2015 

·         Near Abroad Map: July 2015 

·         Tracking ISIS Since (Before) The Islamic State 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: August 5, 2015 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Integrated Ownership and Control in the GCC Corporate Sector 

·         On the Drivers of Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Deploying Combined Teams: Lessons Learned from Operational Partnerships in UN Peacekeeping  

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 31,2015, v. 15, no. 15 

o    Brief: Exercises Highlight PLA Amphibious Capability

o    Why Has Sea Level Rise Not Been Securitized by the PLA?

o    China, the EU and the One Belt, One Road Strategy

o    China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Road to Riches?

o    China-Ukraine Relations After Crimea

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 7, 2015, v. 13, no. 16 

o    Nuclear Agreement Overshadows Arab Unrest in Iranian Khuzestan

o    A Profile of Bangladesh’s Ansarullah Bangla Team

o    Wilayat al-Yemen: The Islamic State’s New Front

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2015 [updated August 7, 2015] 

National Academies Press

·         Brazil-U.S. Workshop on Strengthening the Culture of Nuclear Safety and Security:  Summary of a Workshop 

National Security Archive

·         The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Japan’s Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Ground Stations: A Visual Guide 

·         An Updated Estimate of Energy Use in the Armed Forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 

Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen Clingendael)

·         Going Around in Circles: Peacekeeping and Stabilization in Congo 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Net Neutrality and Antitrust: Options for India 

·         Prospects for the Asia Pacific Region 

Oxford Research Group

·         Beyond Deterrence: Rethinking UK Security Doctrine 

Peacekeeping Stability Operations Institute (PKOSI)

·         Climate Change: Considerations for Geographic Combatant Commands 

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes &Trends

·         Russia, Putin Held in Low Regard around the World: Russia’s Image Trails U.S. across All Regions  

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         The YPG and the Changing Dynamics of the Fight against IS 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         An Egalitarian Green Growth Program for India 

·         An Egalitarian Clean Energy Investment Program for Spain 

·         Financing Domestic Investment in African Countries: Does the Source of Financing Matter? 

·         Global Green Growth: Clean Energy Industrial Investments and Expanding Job Opportunities 

·         What Does Inequality Have to Do With Human Rights? 

Project 2049 Institute

·         Extending Domestic Governance Over the Seas:China’s State Oceanic Administration 

·         The PLA General Staff Department Third Department Second Bureau: An Organizational Overview of Unit 61398 

Rand

·         Strategies for Defending U.S. Government Networks in Cyberspace: Addendum 

Small Arms Survey

·         Violent Deaths due to Legal Interventions 

Small Wars Journal

·         Aligned Interests or Conflicting Agendas: Stabilization, Reconstruction and Religion 

·         Can We Recreate the Battle of Midway’s“Luck”? 

·         “Channeling”: The United Kingdom’s Approach to CVE-A Plan Americans Deserve But Will Never Receive 

·         City As a System Analytical Framework: A Structured Analytical Approach to Understanding and Acting in Urban Environments 

·         Cultural Heritage Preservation and Its Role for Paving the Way Toward Peace 

·         Maintaining the Razor’s Edge: An Argument for Army-wide Cultural Change 

·         Putin’s Gordian Knot: The Changing Face of Russian Intervention 

·         Strategy Is Not Enough 

·         Support to Korean Resistance: Has the Time Come? 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         2015-16 Key Strategic Issues List 

·         A Shared Burden: The Military and Civilian Consequences of Army Pain Management Since 2001 

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Afghanistan Midyear 2015 Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghan Youth and Extremists 

·         An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act 

·         Reconciliation in Practice 

U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University

·         North Korea’s Development of a Nuclear Weapons Strategy 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing the Iran Nuclear Agreement and The Washington Institute’s Iran Study Group June 24 Policy Statement 

·         Battling ISIS and Beyond in the Gulf 

·         Hezbollah and Israel Are Upping the Ante 

·         The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement 

·         Implications of the JCPOA for U.S. Policy in the Middle East 

·         Iran's Security Concerns and Legal Controversies Over the Nuclear Deal 

·         The Islamic State's Burgeoning Capital in Sirte, Libya 

·         Nuclear Deal or More? A Survey of Official U.S. Statements on the Iran Agreement  

·         Resumption of U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue 

·         Shiite Combat Casualties Show the Depth of Iran's Involvement in Syria 

White House

·         Remarks by the President on the Iran Nuclear Deal 

Wilson Center

·         Saudi Arabia’s “Terrorist” Allies in Yemen