greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 09-25-2015

o The HuMOCC: Typhoon Haiyan, Cyclone Pam and Nepal Earthquake: Observations and Lessons Identified in Humanitarian-Military-Police Coordination and the Use of Foreign Military Asset

o The Use and Coordination of Civil-Military and Defense Assets in Nepal

o Early Considerations on Civil-Military Responses to Emerging Diseases: Ebola

o Civil-Military Team Building

o Interview with Josef Reiterer

Center for Global Development

· SkyShares: Modelling the Economic Implications of a Future Global Emissions Budget

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

· Russian Analytical Digest, No. 172: Russian Arctic Sustainability

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Keeping the Technological Edge

· PacNet #62 -- China's Preferred World Order: What Does China Want?

· Rethinking the Wars Against ISIS and the U.S.Strategy for Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency

· Tuberculosis in the Age of Drug Resistance and HIV

· Women in Senate Confirmed Department of Defense PAS Positions Since 1947

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

· Act of Desperation or Game Changer? Russian Deployments in Syria

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

· Investor-State Arbitration Between Developed Democratic Countries

Chatham House

· The Asia-Pacific Power Balance: Beyond the US–China Narrative

· Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Governance Gap

· Rethinking the Global Health System

· Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Confronting Difficult Truths

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

· The BRICS as an EU Security Challenge

College of Europe

· The Impact of the ECB's Asset Purchase Programmes on Sovereign Bond Spreads in the Euro Area

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

· Report on the National Summit on Empowering Communities to Prevent Violent Extremism

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Americas

· Major Beneficiaries of the Iran Deal: IRGC and Hezbollah

Congress. House. Oversight & Governmental Reform Committee

· The State of the Cloud

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

· Testimony on United States Middle East Policy

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

· Examining the Use of Agency Regulatory Guidance

· Improving VA Accountability: Examining First-Hand Accounts of Department of Veteran Affairs Whistleblowers

Congressional Budget Office

· Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· A China-Vietnam Military Clash

· Europe's Migration Crisis

· Rebuilding Economic and Political Stability in Ukraine

· Sustainable Development Goals

Department of Defense (DOD)

· 8th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue

· Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy

· DSD Memo Addressing Potential for Government Shutdown

· Lean In Circles Fact Sheet

· Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Rules of Behavior for Safety of Air and Maritime Encounters

· U.S.-China Air Encounters Annex Sept. 2015

· Memorandum of Understanding on Notification of Major Military Activities

· U.S.-China Crisis Communications Annex Sept.2015

Department of State

· Background Briefing on High-Level Event on Afghanistan

· Remarks at the Afghan Narcotics Rollout of the National Drug Action Plan

· The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism

East-West Center

· The ASEAN Economic Community: What Stands in the Way?

· China’s Non-Military Maritime Assets as a Force Multiplier for Security

· From Catching Up to Forging Ahead: China's Policies for Semiconductors

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

· The Migration Crisis: A Stress Test for European Values

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

· Mexico Country Analysis Brief - September2015

EU Institute for Security Studies

· On Target? EU Sanctions as Security Policy Tools

· Towards an EU Global Strategy – Background, Process, References

European Parliament

· EU Rural Development Policy

European Policy Centre (EPC)

· The Refugee Crisis: Schengen’s Slippery Slope

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center

· Migrant Crisis Triggers Fears over Increase of Terrorism Threat in Western Europe

European Union Agency for Network AND Information Security (ENISA)

· Cyber Europe 2014 (CE2014)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· It’s Old Versus New in Taiwan’s Presidential and Legislative Elections

FRIDE

· Australia as a Middle Power: Fighting or Fanning the Flames of Asia?

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

· Mapping Study: Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces in the OSCE Region

German Development Institute

· Translating an Ambitious Vision into Global Transformation: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

German Marshall Fund of the United States

· Next Generation Perspectives on the Future of Asian Security

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Biosurveillance: Challenges and Options for the National Biosurveillance Integration Center. GAO-15-793

· Defense Cybersecurity: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Share Cybersecurity Resources with Small Businesses. GAO-15-777

· Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Air Force's F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) Program. GAO-15-800R

· Foreign Aid: U.S. Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza for Fiscal Years 2012-2014. GAO-15-823

· International Food Assistance: Cargo Preference Increases Food Aid Shipping Costs, and Benefits Are Unclear. GAO-15-666

· Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE Made Progress to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials Worldwide, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Efforts. GAO-15-799

Heritage Foundation

· Meager Ground Forces, Extensive Global Challenges: A Primer for the U.S. President in 2017

· Obama’s Plan to Avoid Senate Review of the Paris Protocol

Human Rights Watch

· As Though We Are Not Human Beings: Police Brutality against Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Macedonia

· Australia at the Human Rights Council: Ready for a Leadership Role?

· Look for Another Homeland: Forced Evictions in Egypt's Rafah

· Ruinous Aftermath: Militias Abuses Following Iraq’s Recapture of Tikrit

· Why Not Call This Place a Prison?: Unlawful Detention and Ill-Treatment in Rwanda’s Gikondo Transit Center

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Africa Watch, September 23,2015

o Kenyan Government Struggles with Response to Extremist Threat