Friday's Miscellany 09-11-2015

38 North

·         China Ponders: Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Mean North Korea is Next? 

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         A Taleb Lost in a Polish Forest and More: Afghanistan in Western Films (part 2), 2001 to 2015 

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  September/October 2015, v. 28, no. 5  

o    Towards Supply Chain Information Integrity Preservation

o    Software and Hardware Assurance

o    Premature Allocation of Program Requirements to Suppliers

o    From DIACAP to RMF: A Clear Path to a New Framework

o    Model-Based Engineering for Supply Chain Risk Management

o    NASA's Approach to Software Assurance

o    Software Security Assurance: SOUP to NUTS

o    They Know Your Weaknesses – Do You?: Reintroducing Common Weakness Enumeration

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Is Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process on the Brink? 

American Enterprise Institute

·         A New Model for Defeating al Qaeda in Yemen 

Amnesty International

·         A Union of Protection: Amnesty International’s Agenda for Refugee Protection in Europe

·         Use of Force: Guidelines for Implementation of the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials

Atlantic Council

·         Energy Sanctions and Russia: What Comes Next?

·         Risk Nexus: Overcome by Cyber Risks?  Economic Benefits and Costs of Alternate Cyber Futures

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         How Dangerous is ISIS to Israel?

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Divide and Conquer: Voting Patterns and Erdogan’s Campaign Strategy Ahead of Turkey’s Snap Election

Brookings

·         Action Implications of Focusing Now on Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda

·         The Fiscal Problem: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow

·         G20: From Crisis Management to Policies for Growth

·         Hillary Clinton Addresses the Iran Nuclear Deal

CATO Institute

·         Islam and the Spread of Individual Freedoms: The Case of Morocco

·         Kingpin Approaches to Fighting Crime and Community Violence: Evidence from Mexico’s Drug War

·         On the Desirability of Nominal GDP Targeting

Center for Global Development

·         Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Welfare Use by Legal and Illegal Immigrant Households: An Analysis of Medicaid, Cash, Food, and Housing Programs

Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security

·         CIP report, August/September 2015, v. 14, no. 10

o    The Climate Issue

o    Utilizing Computer Simulation to Ensure the Continuity of Critical infrastructure Services on a Dynamically Changing Planet

o    From the 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment

o    Critical Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation

o    Closing the Gap between Climate Science and Critical Infrastructure Adaptation

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Constructing a New Syria: Dealing with the Real Outcome of the “ISIS War”

·         Energy101: Coal

·         Energy101: Natural Gas

·         Energy101: Nuclear

·         Energy101: Oil

·         Energy101: Renewables

·         PacNet #56 - America’s ‘Own Goals’ in Asia

·         PacNet #57 - China Recreating the American “Hub-and-Spoke” System

·         PacNet #58 - China’s Enron Moment?

·         Trends in Iraqi Violence, Casualties and Impact of War: 2003-2015

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Director's Advisory Group Implementation: Year Two Report to the Workforce

Centre for European Policy Studies  (CEPS)

·         The 2015 Refugee Crisis in the European Union

·         Europe’s Double Refugee Crisis

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Centre for Security Governance

·         Civil Military Cooperation and Security Sector Reform in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Chatham House

·         Turkey’s Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Shifting Alliances and Strategic Diversification

Clingendael  - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Multi-year Defense Agreements: A Model for Modern Defense?

College of Europe

·         Paper Tiger or Game-Changer? Challenges of and Opportunities for EU Engagement with the Eurasian Economic Union

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Future of Air Force Long-Range Strike—Capabilities and Employment Concepts

·         The Obama Administration’s Deal with Iran: Implications for Missile Defense and Nonproliferation

·         Optimized Fleet Response Plan

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Agricultural Trade with Cuba

·         China’s Advance in Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Part IV)

·         The Role of Water in Avoiding Conflict and Building Prosperity

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Beyond Bin Laden's Caves and Couriers to A New Generation of Terrorists: Confronting the Challenges in a Post 9/11 World

·         Committee Print: PREPARE Act

·         Making DHS More Efficient: Industry Recommendations to Improve Homeland Security

·         Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act

·         Safeguarding our Nation’s Surface Transportation Systems Against Evolving Terrorist Threats

·         September ‘Terror Threat Snapshot’

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         GSA: Army Fee Assistance

·         Violence on the Border: Keeping U.S. Personnel Safe

Congress. House. Science, Space &Technology

·         Examining Vulnerabilities of America’s Power Supply

·         Holding EPA Accountable for Polluting Western Waters

·         NEON Warning Signs: Examining the Management of the National Ecological Observatory Network

·         State Perspectives: How EPA’s Power Plan Will Shut Down Power Plants

Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee

·         A Review of Licensing and Credentialing Standards for Servicemembers and Veterans: Do Barriers Still Remain?

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Economic Projections

·         CBO’s Updated Projections for the Federal Budget and the Economy

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Europe's Migration Crisis

·         The Role of the UN General Assembly

·         Southern Asia's Nuclear Powers

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Beyond the Build: Delivering Outcomes through Cyberspace; The Commander’s Vision and Guidance for US Cyber Command

The Dialogue

·         Natural Gas Market Outlook: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Benefit from the US Shale Boom

East West Center

·         A Long Way from Sharing a Mountain: Japan-China Relations and the Creation of the AIIB

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Inequality of Opportunity in Individuals’ Wages and Households’ Assets in Egypt

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         EU Home Affairs Diplomacy: Why, What, Where –and How

·         The European Union's External Action #CFSPbasics

European Investment Bank

·         Investing in Smart Cities

European Policy Centre

·         Citizenship in the Discourse of Egyptian Political Parties

·         Inauguration Address on the State of the Union and Official Opening of the New EPC Premises

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, September 2015

o    Virtual Currency: Investigative Challenges and Opportunities 

o    Addressing Officer Crisis and Suicide: Improving Officer Wellness 

o    A Recipe for Success with News Outlets

o    I Should Have Eaten More Ice Cream!

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Countering Russian Disinformation: Europe Dusts Off "The Mighty Wurlitzer"

FRIDE

·         Japan’s Defense Policy – A New ‘Normal’?

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from Across Europe and the Atlantic

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Health Care Reform: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Defense Health Agency Maintains Implementation Progress. GAO-15-759

·         Defense Infrastructure: In-Kind Construction and Renovation Projects Initiated by DOD during Fiscal Year 2013. GAO-15-649

·         Emergency Management: FEMA Collaborates Effectively with Logistics Partners but Could Strengthen Implementation of Its Capabilities Assessment Tool. GAO-15-781

·         GPS: Actions Needed to Address Ground System Development Problems and User Equipment Production Readiness. GAO-15-657

·         Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Numbers of Contaminated Federal Sites, Estimated Costs, and EPA's Oversight Role. GAO-15-830T [testimony]

·         International Food Assistance: USAID Should Systematically Assess the Effectiveness of Key Conditional Food Aid Activities. GAO-15-732

·         Military Compensation: DOD Needs More Complete and Consistent Data to Assess the Costs and Policies of Relocating Personnel. GAO-15-713

·         Pay for Success: Collaboration among Federal Agencies Would be Helpful as Governments Explore New Financing Mechanisms. GAO-15-646

·         Technology Assessment: Water in the energy sector: Reducing freshwater use in hydraulic fracturing and thermoelectric power plant cooling. GAO-15-545

Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force

·         Marine Corps Gender Integration Research Executive Summary

Heritage Foundation

·         Energy Policy Agenda for the Next Administration and Congress

·         One Person, One Vote: Advancing Electoral Equality, Not Equality of Representation

·         “Sauce for the Goose Should Be Sauce for the Gander”: Should EPA Officials Be Criminally Liable for the Negligent Discharge of Toxic Waste into the Animas River?

·         U.S. Should Condemn Spain’s Military Support to the Russian Navy

Hoover Institute

·         China Leadership Monitor, Fall 2015

o    Xi Jinping On Chinese Foreign Relations: The Governance Of China And Chinese Commentary

o    Consolidating Positions

o    So Crooked They Have to Screw Their Pants On: Part 3—The Guo Boxiong Edition

o    Promoting “Young Guards”:
The Recent High Turnover in the PLA Leadership(Part I—Purges and Reshuffles)

o    Reform Agendain Turmoil: Can Policy-makers Regain the Initiative?

o    The 18thCentral Committee Leadership With Comrade Xi Jinping As General Secretary

Hudson Institute

·         In Defense of the East Asian Regional Order: Explaining Japan's Newfound Interest in Southeast Asia

Human Rights Watch

·         Men With No Mercy: Rapid Support Forces Attacks against Civilians in Darfur, Sudan 

Institut Français des Relations Internationales

·         Water and Energy in the GCC: Securing Scarce Water in Oil-Rich Countries

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, September 10,2015

o    South Africa on the Edge: Political Paralysis and Economic Stagnation

o    Constitutional Reform and Conflict in Africa

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Parchin Site Update and Debate

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 73

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         One to One Online Interventions: A Pilot CVE Methodology

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Control of Terrain Map:  September 11, 2015

·         Iraq Situation Report

o    September 4 -8, 2015

o    September 9 - 10,2015

·         Kata'ib Hezbollah and Iranian Proxies Challenge Iraq's Proposed National Guard Law

·         Regional Conflict between Iran and Turkey Manifests in Iraq

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: September 9, 2015

Institute of Development Studies

·         Financing Universal Access to Electricity

·         Towards Conflict-sensitive Regional Integration in East Africa

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Global and Operational: A New Strategy for EU Foreign and Security Policy

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         China and South Asia – IV: A Changing Trade Landscape?

·         China and South Asia – V: A Connectivity Stimulus for Mutual Benefit

·         China and South Asia – VI: Implications of Sino-Russian Ties for the Region

·         Technology, Development and the Role of the State

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         On the Road to Paris: How Can the EU Avoid Failure at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21)?

·         Who's Afraid of … Migration? A New European Narrative of Migration

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         “But we are different!” : 12 Common Weaknesses in Banking Laws, and What to Do About Them

·         Demand for Value Added and Value-Added Exchange Rates

·         Is There a Debt-threshold Effect on Output Growth?

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         Nicaragua’s Dream to Build its Own Canal

·         Positives and Negatives: Dayton Peace Agreement 20 Years On

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Evaluation of August 25 Inter-Korean Agreement and Future Prospects

·         Implications of China’s Strategy on the Korean Peninsula

·         Is the Era of Pax Sinica Arriving?

·         The Significance of September 2 ROK-China Summit and Prospective Tasks

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Nuclear Armed Submarines in Indo-Pacific Asia: Stabilizer or Menace?

McAfee, Inc.

·         McAfee Labs Threats Report, August 2015: A Look Back Over the Past Five Years

Migration Policy Institute

·         The Impact of Discrimination on the Early Schooling Experiences of Children from Immigrant Families

National Science Foundation (NSF)

·         Immigrants' Growing Presence in the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Education and Employment Characteristics in2013

·         U.S. R&D Increased in 2013, Well Ahead of the Pace of Gross Domestic Product

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Response to Infectious Diseases as an International Security Agenda: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

NATO Defense College

·         Efficacy, not Efficiency: Adjusting NATO's Military Integration

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Sunni Tribes in Iraq: Between Local Power, the International Coalition and the Islamic State

Observer Research Foundation

·         Challenges in Designing Counterinsurgency Policy: An Institutionalist Perspective

·         India in the Missile Technology Control Regime: Prospects and Implications

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·         Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 May to 15 August 2015

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         China’s Economic Transformation: Lessons, Impact, and the Path Forward

·         Enhancing Financial Stability in Developing Asia

·         Fiscal Tightening and Economic Growth: Exploring Cross-Country Correlations

 

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Americans’ Concerns about China: Economics, Cyberattacks, Human Rights Top the List

Pew Research Center U.S. Policy & Policy

·         Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement Falls

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The EU’s New Climate Target: Contribution to a Successful Deal in Paris

Rand

·         Chinese Attacks on U.S. Air Bases in Asia: An Assessment of Relative Capabilities, 1996–2017

·         Chinese Threats to U.S. Surface Ships: An Assessment of Relative Capabilities, 1996–2017

·         The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

·         Cyber Practices: What Can the U.S. Air Force Learn from the Commercial Sector?

·         RAND's Silent Monitoring Protocol for Assessing Suicide Crisis Line Call Content and Quality

·         Tallying the U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Relative Capabilities and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017

·         The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017

·         U.S. and Chinese Air Superiority Capabilities: An Assessment of Relative Advantage, 1996–2017

Rethink Institute

·         Eurasian Integration: Effects on Central Asia

Small Wars Journal

·         Citizen Security as an Informal Institution: A Mexican Case Study

·         Examining the Base Space: Regressing to Reveal Flaws in Biological Analytics

·         Finding Meaning Inside the Box: Understanding RPA Crew Resilience

·         India’s Gateway to the East and the Need for a New Policy Perspective

·         Islamism, Islamofascism, and Islam?

·         Land of the Morning Calm

·         Operation Jalisco: The Rise of The Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Peña Nieto’s Militarised Security Strategy

·         Operational Art and the Operational Level of War, are they Synonymous? Well It Depends

·         Protraction: A 21st Century Flavor ofDeterrence

·         SOF Mediators: The Application of Understanding-Based Mediation as a Nonlethal Effect

·         Too Much From Too Few

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Future Security Environment: Why the U.S.A rmy Must Differentiate and Grow Millennial Officer Talent

UK Parliament

·         Overview of military drones used by the UK Armed Forces

Veracode

·         The Business and Economic Consequences of Inadequate Cybersecurity   

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Beyond the Vote: Implications of the Iran Nuclear Agreement

·         Russia in Syria (Part 1): Declining Military Capabilities Won't Hold Moscow Back

Wilson Center  

·         Iran's Nuclear Chess: After the Deal

·         Making Africa Less Corrupt

World Bank

·         Women, Business and the Law 2016: Getting to Equal

·         Planning Africa’s Infrastructure in An Uncertain Climate Future

World Economic Forum

·         Deep Shift: Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact