Friday's Miscellany 08-14-2015

38 North

·         North Korea’s New Propagandist? 

Air Combat Command (ACC)

·         2015 Command Strategy - Securing the High Ground 

Amnesty International

·         Escape from Hell: Torture, Sexual Slavery in Islamic State Captivity in Iraq 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Morocco's Progress is Slow, Shaky but Real 

·         Scenarios of Macro-economic Development for Catalonia on Horizon 2030 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         The Crisis of the Arab State 

·         Iran and the Arab World after the Nuclear Deal: Rivalry and Engagement in a New Era 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Designing Successful Governance Groups: Lessons for Leaders from Real-World Examples 

Brookings

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

·         Returning Foreign Fighters: Criminalization or Reintegration? 

·         Why is China investing in Africa? Evidencefrom the Firm Level 

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Middle East Realities and Western Responses 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         China’s Fishing Industry: Current Status,Government Policies, and Future Prospects 

·         China’s Maritime Rights and Interests: Organizing To Become A Maritime Power 

·         China’s Merchant Marine 

·         CNA Out Front: Policing in the 21st Century –The Changing Role of Police in Our Democratic Society 

·         From Words to Actions: The Creation of the China Coast Guard 

·         Laying a Foundation for Ambition at Sea: The Role of the PLA (N) in China’s Goal of Becoming a Maritime Power 

·         Potential Environmental Impacts of Fracking in the Delaware River Basin 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Grappling with the South China Sea Policy Challenge 

·         Iraqi Stability and the “ISIS War” 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, 2015, v. 3, no. 16 

·         PacNet #47 - Australia’s New Defense White Paper Likely to Highlight Regional Challenges and a Stiffened Security Resolve 

·         PacNet #48 - A Joint Strategy for Pacifying the South China Sea 

·         PacNet #49 - Kim Jong Un Planting Landmines 

·         What Youth Want: A Pocket Guide for Policymakers 

Centre for Conflict Resolution

·         Security and Governance in the Great Lakes Region [Africa] 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         A Review of Turkey’s Nuclear Policies and Practices 

Centre for Security Governance

·         Is Peacebuilding Dying? 

·         The Role of Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration in Countering Violent Extremism  

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         EU and Colombia: Climate Partnership Beyond Aid and Trade 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Dynamic Scoring at CBO 

·         Sequestration Update Report: August 2015 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Global Efforts to Eradicate Polio 

Danish Institute for International Studies (Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier)

·         European Defense Cooperation After the Lisbon Treaty 

Department of State

·         On-the-Record Briefing on the 19th U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue 

·         Remarks at Flag Raising Ceremony [US Embassy, Havana, Cuba] 

Department of the Army

·         ATP 3-11.41, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical , Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Consequence Management Operations 

·         ATP 4-32.16, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Explosive Ordnance Disposal 

East-West Center

·         Misinformation Hinders Debate on THAAD Deployment in Korea 

Enough Project

·         Beyond Deadlock: Recommendations for Obama’s Plan B on South Sudan 

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Anatomy of a NATO Exercise 

·         Anatomy of a Russian Exercise 

·         Preparing for the Worst: Are Russian and NATO Military Exercises Making War in Europe More Likely? 

European Parliamentary Research Service

·         Google Antitrust Proceedings: Digital Business and Competition 

German Development Institute

·         Towers of Strength in Turbulent Times?Assessing the Effectiveness of International Support to Peace and Democracy in Kenya and Kyrgyzstan in the Aftermath of Interethnic Violence 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         How Do Non-Democratic Regimes Claim Legitimacy? Comparative Insights from Post-Soviet Countries 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Contracts: DOD's Requests for Information from Contractors to Assess Prices. GAO-15-680 

·         Electronic Health Records: Outcome-Oriented Metrics and Goals Needed to Gauge DOD's and VA's Progress in Achieving Interoperability. GAO-15-530 

·         Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: The Air Force Needs to Adopt an Incremental Approach to Future Acquisition Planning to Enable Incorporation of Lessons Learned. GAO-15-623 

·         Immigrant Investor Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Assess Fraud Risks and Report Economic Benefits. GAO-15-696 

·         Southeast Asia: Trends in U.S. and Chinese Economic Engagement. GAO-15-724 

Heritage Foundation

·         A Call to Review Evaluation Methods in the Trafficking in Persons Report 

·         Four Big Problems with the Obama Administration’s Climate Change Regulations 

·         The Perfect Opportunity to Advance the U.S.–Georgian Defense Relationship 

Human Rights Watch

·         Iraq: ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape 

·         Making Justice Count: Lessons from the ICC’s Work in Côte d’Ivoire  

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Defence Research and Development:International Approaches for Analysing the Indian Programme 

·         Yemen in Meltdown: Domestic and Regional Competitions and the Destruction of Nationhood 

Information Sharing Environment (ISE)

·         Framework of Considerations for Streamlining Information Sharing Agreements 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Construction Continues at Pakistan's Khushab Site 

·         Flawed Analysis by Robert Kelley in IHS Janes360 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Happily Ever After: How UN Member States can Ensure Sustainable Peace 

·         South African Futures 2035: Can Bafana Bafana Still Score? 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report:

·         August 7 - 11, 2015 

·         August 12 - 13, 2015 

·         Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Fights to Control Government 

·         ISIS Sanctuary: August 13, 2015 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: August 12, 2015 

Institute of International Relations

·         A Looming Crisis of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty: Sources and Consequences 

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

·         Towards the Closure of Guantanamo 

International Crisis Group

·         Sri Lanka Between Elections 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Monitoring and Managing Fiscal Risks in the East African Community 

·         Systemic Risk Assessment in Low Income Countries : Balancing Financial Stability and Development 

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Analyzing North Korea’s Criticism Rhetoric against the South Korean President 

·         Iran Nuclear Deal Reached, What are the Implications for Solving North Korean Nuclear Issue? 

Lexington Institute

·         Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Can Represent an Innovative Solution for America’s Shifting Energy Sector 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2015 [updated August 14, 2015] 

Manhattan Institute

·         Defined-Contribution Pensions Are Cost-Effective 

Migration Policy Institute

·         In-Country Processing in Central America: A Piece of the Puzzle 

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

·         A Surveillance Banner on Compromised Computer Systems Reduces Hackers’ Active Engagement 

National Security Agency Inspector General

·         Report on the Assessment of Management Controls for Implementing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Order:Telephony Business Records [redacted] 

National Security Network (NSN)

·         Thunder without Lightning: The High Costs and Limited Benefits of the F-35 Program 

NATO Defense College

·         Vox Collegli Magazine, 2015,  v. 11 

o    'Support and In¬fluence': A Strategy of Choice for the 21st century

o    Alarming for Neighbours and Domestic Opposition: The New Russian Military Doctrine

o    Civil-military Interaction — a Bridge Too Far for NATO?

o    NATO and New Ways of Warfare: Defeating Hybrid Threats

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Crossing Borders: a feminist history of Women Cross DMZ 

·         The Militarisation of Pine Gap: Organisations and Personnel 

Oxford Research Group

·         Islamic State and Revolts from the Margins 

·         Libya: Between the Sahel-Sahara and the Islamic State Crisis 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Score Card: Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, The Second Parliamentary Year, June 01, 2014 to May 31, 2015 

·         Score Card: Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Second Parliamentary Year, May 28, 2014 to May 27, 2015 

·         Score Card: 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, The Second Parliamentary Year, June, 01 2014 to May 31, 2015 

·         Score Card: Provincial Assembly of Sindh, The Second Parliamentary Year, May 29, 2014 to May 28, 2015 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Continued Bipartisan Support for Expanded Background Checks on Gun Sales: More Polarized Views of the NRA’s Influence 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Changing Dynamics of the Fight against IS 

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

·         Report to the President and Congress -Ensuring Leadership in Federally Funded Research and Development in Information Technology 

Project 2049 Institute

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

Rand

·         Advising the Command: Best Practices from the Special Operation's Advisory Experience in Afghanistan 

·         A Commander's Guide to Hazing Prevention 

·         Developing a Repeatable Methodology to Calculate Retrograde Planning Factors 

·         Hazing in the U.S. Armed Forces:Recommendations for Hazing Prevention Policy and Practice 

·         War by What Means, According to Whose Rules?The Challenge for Democracies Facing Asymmetric Conflicts: Proceedings of a RAND–Israel Democracy Institute Workshop, December 3–4, 2014 

Research and Fatwa Department of the Islamic State

·         Questions and Answers on Taking Captives and Slaves [English translation] 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Partners for Global Security: New Directions for the UK–Japan Defence and Security Relationship 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Freedom News: The Untold Story of the Communist Underground Publication 

Small Wars Journal

·         Effectiveness of Threat Assessment Models for Lone Terrorists 

·         The European Union, Greek Debt, and the Global Refugee Crisis 

·         Interview: Thinking About ISIS in Strategic Terms 

·         ISIS and the Sex Factor 

·         It is Time to Reassess How the US Conducts Detention Operations in the Current Fight and the Need to Incorporate our Regional Partners in the Future - Insurgents are Not Traditional Enemy Prisoners of War 

·         Less Money + Fewer People = Creative Adaptation 

·         Limits to U.S.-China Mil-to-Mil Engagements Under the 2000 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 

·         Non-Linear Warfare in Ukraine: The Critical Role of Information Operations and Special Operations 

·         Old and New Governmental-Criminal Relationships In Mexico: A Historical Analysis of the Illicit Political Economy and Effects On State Sovereignty 

·         Phreaker, Maker, Hacker, Ranger: One Vision for Cyber Support to Corps and Below in 2025 

·         Shift: How A Small War in 1982 Changed the Nature of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 

·         Strategic Development and Irregular Warfare: Lessons from the High Water Mark of Full-Spectrum COIN 

·         We Had to Burn Out the Entire County:Irregular Warfare in the American Civil War and its Modern Implications 

Stanley Foundation

·         Economic Drivers of Mass Atrocities: Implications for Policy and Prevention 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Duffer’s Shoal: A Strategic Dream of the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility 

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         Workshop on the Future of the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghanistan’s Fourth Estate: Independent Media 

·         Promoting Rule of Law: Myth Versus Reality 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Clarifying a 'No' Vote on the Iran Nuclear Agreement 

·         Hamas Ramps Up Its Quest for International Recognition 

·         Implications of Turkey's War Against the PKK 

·         Iran's Shifting Nuclear Narratives 

·         Iran Debates the IAEA Roadmap 

·         Iraq's Political Crises Could Stall the Anti-ISIS Campaign 

·         The New Syrian Force: Down but Not Necessarily Out 

·         The Regional Impact of a Post-Sanctions Windfall for Iran 

·         The Saudi-UAE War Effort in Yemen (Part 1):Operation Golden Arrow in Aden 

·         The Saudi-UAE War Effort in Yemen (Part 2):The Air Campaign 

Wilson Center

·         Prelude to the Euromissile Crisis 

·         Ukraine and Soviet Nuclear History 

·         Youth and Civil Society: The Missing Powers in Yemen