Friday's Miscellany 11-20-2015

38 North

·         Laudable? Lawdy, No! How South Korea’s Spurious Self-Effacement Messes Up North Korea’s Trade Data 

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2015, v. 9, no. 4 

o    An Aerospace Nation

o    America’s Machiavelli Problem:  Restoring Prudent Leadership in U.S. Strategy

o    Deterrence Stability in the Cyber Age

o    A Homeland Security Net Assessment Needed Now!

o    Resiliency in Future Cyber Combat

o    China-India Regional Dimensions of the Bilateral Relationship

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Germany’s Efforts to Resolve the Refugee Crisis 

American Enterprise Institute

·         North Korea’s ‘Epic Economic Fail’ in International Perspective 

·         The Terrorist Threat Now 

Amnesty International

·         Bangladesh: Two Prisoners At Risk of Imminent Execution 

·         China: No End in Sight-Torture and Forced Confessions in China 

·         Fear and Fences: Europe's Approach to Keeping Refugees at Bay 

·         Stateless People in the Dominican Republic 

Asia Foundation

·         Afghanistan in 2015: A Survey of the Afghan People 

·         Mapping Barriers to Trade in South Asia 

Atlantic Council

·         Atlantic Council Poll Finds Bipartisan Support for Wider Cuba Opening 

·         Developing a Western Energy Strategy for the Black Sea Region and Beyond 

·         Iran's Energy Policy after the Nuclear Deal 

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

·         The A Word: An Accomodationist Strategy for US-China Relations 

·         Australia 1944–45: Victory in the Pacific 

·         Australia's Nuclear Policy: Reconciling Strategic, Economic and Normative Interests 

·         CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2016 

·         The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963-1975 

·         The Tools of Owatatsumi 

·         Trends in Southeast Asia: Strategic Possibilities and Limitations for Abe's Japan in Southeast Asia 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         ADF capability snapshot 2015: Part 3—Army 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Entrepreneurial Migration Factors 

·         A Strategy Toward Defeating ISIS 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Global Insurance Regulatory Issues: Implications for U.S. Policy and Regulation 

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Crime in 2015: A Preliminary Analysis 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Tactical Nuclear Weapons, NATO and Deterrence 

Brookings

·         Avoiding Another Big Financial Crisis

·         Five Things to Know about the Paris Attack 

·         The Greatness Scale: America's Political Dynasties 

·         Modeled on Mumbai? Why the 2008 India Attack is the Best Way to Understand Paris 

·         The News Today: 7 Trends in Old and New Media 

·         Restoring Regular Order in Congressional Appropriations 

·         South Korea's Demographic Changes and Their Political Impact 

·         U.S. Defense Strategy and the Defense Budget 

·         Why the Federal Debt Must be a Top Priority for the 2016 Presidential Candidates 

Bruegel

·         Squaring the Cycle: Financial Cycles, Capital Flows and Macro-Prudential Policy in the Euro Area 

Center for a New American Security

·         Diminishing Returns? The Future of Economic Coercion 

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

·         The Clean Power Plan's Clean Energy Incentive Program 

·         Key Insights on Business State and City Collaboration for Climate Resilience 

Center for Climate Security

·         Information Warfare: What Is it and How to Win It? 

·         The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security and Climate Change 

Center for European Policy Analysis

·         Beyond the "Tipping Point":Anti-Corruption Works. Governance Works Better 

Center for Global Development

·         Changes in Funding Patterns by Latin American Banking Systems: How Large? How Risky? 

·         Comparing Emissions Mitigation Efforts across Countries 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Retirement Choice 2015 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 175: Russia and the Conflict in Syria 

·         Searching for an Energy Union 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Deploying Beyond Their Means: America’s Navy and Marine Corps At a Tipping Point 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         2016 Global Forecast 

o    Reconnecting of Asia

o    America’s Changing Role in the World

o    Seeking the Right Strategy for Our Time

o    The Challenge to U.S. Leadership

o    Isis (Re)Writes History

o    Wanted: A U.S. Strategy for Syria and Iraq

o    Iran After the Agreement

o    U.S.-Israel Ties After the Agreement

o    Putin’s Europe

o    Inside the Kremlin

o    A NATO Strategy for the Eastern Flank

o    Sino-Russian Cooperation

o    Reform Cold, Politics Hot: President Xi Jinping at Mid-Term

o    Economic Consequences of China’s Slowdown

o    Geopolitical Consequences of China’s Slowdown

o    Beyond TPP: Shaping an Economic Strategy in Asia

o    Interested in India’s Geopolitical Future? Look to its States

o    North Korean Vulnerability?

o    Rising Africa Faces a Critical Test

o    Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa

o    Fiscal Futures, U.S. Forces, and Strategic Choices

o    The Battle over How to Save Defense Acquisition

o    Space and Security

o    Nuclear Deterrence in a Disordered World

o    The Need for Global Zero

o    Missile Defense and Deterrence

o    Disrupting the Cyber Status Quo

o    Implications of Sustained Low Oil Prices

o    Implications of a Low-Carbon Future

o    Efficacy of Sanctions on Energy-Producing Countries

o    Responding to the Closing of Democratic Space

o    Soft Power and Security

o    After the Ebola Catastrophe

o    Food Insecurity, Conflict, and Stability

o    Normalization and Human Rights in Cuba

o    Winning the War of Ideas

·         Africa's Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking Crisis 

·         Energy 101: Climate 

·         Key Populations and the Next Global Fund Strategy 

·         PacNet #79 - China and Rebalancing the World Order: A View from Southeast Asia 

Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

·         Constitutional Democracy and the Rule of Law in South Africa 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Recent Developments in the World and Chinese Coal Markets and Implications for Turkey 

·         Turkish Position in the UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Merkel after Paris 

·         Terrorism in Paris: Aux Armes, Citoyens? 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         D-10 Strategy Forum: Meeting Report 

Chatham House

·         Heat, Light and Power for Refugees: Saving Lives, Reducing Costs 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         European Strategy, European Defence and the CSDP 

·         Gender, Peace and Security 

·         Paris: 11/13/15 - Analysis and Policy Options 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Advancing the Science and Acceptance of Autonomy for Future Defense Systems 

·         Outside Views on the Strategy for Iraq and Syria 

Congress. House. Energy  & Commerce Committee

·         The Disrupter Series: The Fast-Evolving Uses and Economic Impacts of Drones 

·         U.S. Public Health Preparedness for Seasonal Influenza: Has the Response Improved? 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Charting the Arctic: Security, Economic, and Resource Opportunities 

·         The Goldman Act to Return Abducted American Children: Ensuring Administration Action 

·         The Rise of Radicalism: Growing Terrorist Sanctuaries and the Threat to the U.S. Homeland 

·         Terrorist Financing: Kidnapping, Antiquities Trafficking, and Private Donations 

·         Women and Technology: Increasing Opportunity and Driving International Development 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Assessing TSA’s Management and Implementation of the Screening Partnership Program 

·         Examining Ongoing Challenges at the U.S.Secret Service and their Government-Wide Implications 

·         The Rise of Radicalism: Growing Terrorist Sanctuaries and the Threat to the U.S. Homeland 

·         Syrian Refugee Flows: Security Risks and Counterterrorism Challenges: Preliminary Findings of a House Homeland Security Committee Review   

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on the Security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         The Internet of Cars 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         30 Years of Goldwater-Nichols Reform 

·         Department of Defense Reform – Overcoming Obstacles to Effective Management 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Democratic Transitions in Southeast Asia 

·         Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Assessment of the Economic Outlook Over the Next Decade 

·         How CBO Estimates the Automatic Stabilizers 

·         The Uncertainty of Long-Term Budget Projections 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         A China-Vietnam Military Clash 

·         Developing a Proportionate Response to a Cyber Incident 

·         Improving Supply-Chain Policy for U.S.Government Procurement of Technology 

·         The Islamic State 

·         Working With a Rising India 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

·         Body-Worn Camera Feasibility Study Report 

Department of State

·         Coalition Efforts Against ISIL 

·         Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border and Oversight of U.S. Counterdrug Assistance to Mexico 

·         Iraq: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Efforts Save Lives and Build Capacity 

East-West Center

·         Mongolia Reassesses Foreign Policy Strategies After 25 Years of Democracy 

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Socio-political Attitudes across the World:To What Extent Are They Affected by One’s Religion, Its Importance, Majority Status and Relative Income? 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Libya Country Analysis Brief - November 2015 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Did Egypt's Parliamentary Election Just Trump Citizens’ Rights? 

·         Seeing the Bigger Picture: The Refugee Crisis and the Link to CFSP 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2014 Hate Crime Statistics 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Terrorist Financing: FATF Report to G20Leaders - Actions Being Taken by the FATF 

FireEye

·         Pinpointing Targets: Exploiting Web Analytics to Ensnare Victims 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         After Paris: Back to Basics 

·         Religious Minorities in the Modern Middle East 

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

·         Monumental Fight: Combatting Islamic State’s Antiquities Trafficking 

·         Strengthening the Verification and Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Power-Sharing in Bahrain: A Still-Absent Debate 

Global Ecco

·         Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), November 2015, v. 5, no. 4 

o    Disaster Response: A Not-So-Sexy Kind of Job 

o    The Phantom Raid

o    Seymour Hersh Reignites the Bin Laden Raid Controversy

o    The Sri Lankan Civil War: A Personal Reminiscence

o    The Use and Misuse of Influence in Counterinsurgency

o    The Dark Side of Drones: Implications for Terrorism

o    Countering Extremist Groups in Cyberspace: Applying Old Solutions to a New Problem

o    The Comprehensive Approach: A Silver Bullet or the Loch Ness Monster?

o    CTAP Interview: David Kilcullen, Caerus Global Solutions

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Bulk Fuel Pricing: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Establish a More Reliable Methodology. GAO-16-78R 

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector-Specific Agencies Need to Better Measure Cybersecurity Progress. GAO-16-79 

·         Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Key Factors Drive Transition of Technologies, but Better Training and Data Dissemination Can Increase Success. GAO-16-5 

·         DOD Inventory of Contracted Services: Actions Needed to Help Ensure Inventory Data Are Complete and Accurate. GAO-16-46 

·         DOD Manufacturing Arsenals: Actions Needed to Identify and Sustain Critical Capabilities. GAO-16-86 

·         Highlights of a Forum: Preparing for Climate-Related Risks: Lessons from the Private Sector. GAO-16-126SP 

·         Information Security: Department of Education and Other Federal Agencies Need to Better Implement Controls. GAO-16-228T [testimony] 

·         Information Security: Federal Agencies Need to Better Protect Sensitive Data. GAO-16-194T [testimony] 

·         Military Recruiting: Army National Guard Needs to Continue Monitoring, Collect Better Data, and Assess Incentives Programs. GAO-16-36 

·         National Security Personnel: Committed Leadership Is Needed for Implementation of Interagency Rotation Program. GAO-16-57 

·         Screening Partnership Program: TSA Can Benefit from Improved Cost Estimates. GAO-16-19 

·         Screening Partnership Program: Improved Cost Estimates Can Enhance Program Decision Making. GAO-16-115T [testimony] 

·         Small Business: Action Needed to Determine Whether DOD's Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program Should Be Made Permanent. GAO-16-27 

·         Wildland Fire Management: Agencies' Efforts to Assess Program Effectiveness and Modernize the Firefighting Aviation Fleet. GAO-16-217T [testimony] 

Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal, Summer 2015, v. 6, no. 3 

o    Suppressing the Growth of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: An Examination of the Resurgence of AQAP in Yemen and Policies the United States Can Employ to Mitigate the Threat

o    Transnational Human Trafficking

o    Iran's Foothold in Latin America: Striking Back at the United States

Heritage Foundation

·         Continued Federal Cyber Breaches in 2015 

·         Cyber Attacks on U.S. Companies Since November 2014 

·         Fixing the Dodd–Frank Derivatives Mess:Repeal Titles VII and VIII 

·         Instead of Raiding the Assets Forfeiture Fund, Congress Should Simply Discontinue It 

·         Turning the Rule of Lenity Into a Rule of Lenity 

Hudson Institute

·         Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: An Evolving Challenge

o    v. 1 

o    v. 2 

Human Rights Watch

·         The Blood of People Who Don’t Cooperate: Continuing Torture and Mistreatment of Detainees in Bahrain 

·         “What Are You Doing Here?”: Police Abuses Against Afghans in Pakistan 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch: November 19,2015 

o    Timing is Everything: Elections and Conflict in Car

o    "Corruption is Undermining Kenya's Future"

o    Uganda Sets Election Dates Amid Increasing Opposition to President Museveni

·         Obsolescence Considerations for Materials in the Lower Sub-Tiers of the Supply Chain 

·         Obsolescence Management for Structural,Mechanical, and Electrical Items in Conjunction with Electronics 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report for November 2015 

·         Civil Plutonium Stocks Worldwide: End of2014  

·         Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories in South Africa 

·         Israel's Military Plutonium Inventory 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Threats to Senegal's Fishing Sector: A Case Study from the Ziguinchor Region 

·         The Zimbabwe Torture Docket Decision and Proactive Complementarity 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Dabiq—The Strategic Messaging of the Islamic State 

·         Iraq Situation Report: November 10 - 19, 2015 

·         The Islamic State's Trap for Europe: November 15, 2015 

·         Russia Security Update: November 11-18, 2015 

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: November 4 - November 15, 2015 

·         Russian Strikes in Syria:

o    November 6 -November 17, 2015 

o    November 9 -November 19, 2015 

·         What to do and to don’t in response to the Paris attacks 

Institute of Economics & Peace

·         Global Terrorism Index 2015 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         BJP gets a Drubbing in Bihar 

·         India’s Light Combat Aircraft Programme: A Costly Delay 

International Crisis Group

·         Kenya’s Somali North East: Devolution and Security 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Future of Peace Operations: Maintaining Momentum 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, November 18,2015, v. 15, no. 22 

o    In A Fortnight: After the Tour: Xi Jinping’s Southeast Asian Diplomacy

o    China’s Turn Toward Regional Restructuring, Counter-Intervention: A Review of Authoritative Sources

o    Ensuring Comprehensive State Security in the “Ideological Battleground” Online

o    China and the Quiet Kingdom: An Assessment of China-Oman Relations

o    Sino-Nepalese Relations: Handshake Across the Himalayas

Joint Special Operations University

·         Maskirovka 2.0: Hybrid Threat, Hybrid Response 

·         Sun Tzu and Machiavelli in Syria: Attacking Alliances 

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

·         Report on Smartphone Encryption and Public Safety 

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies (MES)

·         The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran Religion, Expediency, and Soft Power in an Era of Disruptive Change (2nd ed.)  

McAfee Labs

·         2016 Threats Predictions 

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

·         US Bomber Force: Sized to Sustain an Asymmetric Advantage for America 

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

·         American Deaths in Terrorist Attacks 

·         Mass-Fatality, Coordinated Attacks Worldwide,and Terrorism in France 

·         Terrorism in Mali 

National Counterintelligence and Security Center

·         National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2016 

National Security Archive

·         DIA Declassified: A Sourcebook 

New America Foundation

·         ISIS in the West: The New Faces of Extremism 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan for October 2015 

·         Monitor on Knowing Your Right to Information:October 2015 

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, but Opposition to Some Forms of Speech  

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S. 

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Searching for Work in the Digital Era 

Physicians for Human Rights

·         Aleppo Abandoned: A Case Study on Health Care in Syria 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Russia under Sanctions: Assessing the Damage, Scrutinizing Adaptation and Evasion 

Quilliam Foundation

·         Caliphettes: Women and the Appeal of Islamic State 

Rand

·         Assessing the Quality and Value of Psychological Health Care in Civilian Health Plans: Lessons and Implications for the Military Health System 

·         Cybersecurity in the European Union and Beyond: Exploring the Threats and Policy Responses 

·         The Dynamics of the Conflicts in Syria and Iraq and the Threat Posed by Homegrown Terrorists and Returning Western Fighters 

·         The Implications of the Paris Terrorist Attack for American Strategy in Syria and Homeland Security 

·         Improving Standoff Bombing Capacity in the Face of Anti-Access Area Denial Threats 

·         Improving Utilization of and Adherence to Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans 

·         The Syrian Refugee Crisis and U.S. National Security 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Anti-Corruption Reform and Business Security in Ukraine: Glass Half Full? 

·         Beyond the Whole Force: The Concept of the Defense Extended Enterprise and its Implications for the Ministry of Defense 

·         Inherently Unresolved: The Military Operation against ISIS 

·         Strengthening Britain’s Voice in the World 

·         UK Air Strikes in Syria: Time for a Decision? 

·         Understanding the Investigatory Powers Bill 

Small Arms Survey

·         Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS) Excess Stockpiles as Liabilities 

Small Wars Journal

·         Complexity, Psychology, and Modern War 

·         Cultural Frictions: Mentoring the Afghan Armyat ‘Sandhurst in the Sand’ 

·         Friday the 13th in Paris 

·         The Peace of Westphalia and its 4 Principles for Interstate Relations Isn't Failing 

·         SF Green Beret Advisor Killed in Action in Syria, by a Russian Airstrike 

·         The Starfish Caliphate: How ISIL Exploits the Power of a Decentralized Organization 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Managing Conflict and Integration in the South Caucasus: A Challenge for the European Union 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         From Assistance to Partnership: Morocco and Its Foreign Policy in West Africa 

U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         2015 Annual Report to Congress 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy 

·         After Paris: French Voices on the Challenge of ISIS, Syria, Iraq, and Islamist Terrorism 

·         Mobilizing Against a 'Preeminent Challenge of the Twenty-First Century': Countering Violent Extremism 

·         The Paris Response: Answering Urgent Questions in the Anti-ISIS Fight 

·         Putin Visits Iran 

·         Targeting Europe's Refugees Is Not the Answer 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Advancing the Rebalance to Asia and the Pacific 

·         FACT SHEET: The 2015 G-20 Summit in Antalya,Turkey 

·         FACT SHEET: US-ASEAN Economic Engagement 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-ASEAN Relations 

·         FACT SHEET: The U.S. Commitment to the Global Health Security Agenda 

·         How We're Welcoming Syrian Refugees While Ensuring Our Safety 

·         Joint Statement on the ASEAN-U.S. Strategic Partnership 

Wilson Center

·         A Long Road to Asylum: Syrian Refugees in Russia 

World Economic Forum

·         Global Gender Gap Report 2015 

·         National Strategy Day on India: Delivering Growth in the New Context