Friday's Miscellany 11-27-2015

38 North

·         The Long Road to Reconciliation: Reflections on a Visit to the Sinchon Museum 

Air University Press

·         Military Payloads Hosted on Commercial Satellites: How Can the Space and Missile Systems Center Increase the Number of Commercially Hosted Military Payload Contract Awards? 

·         Nontraditional Intelligence, Surveillance,and Reconnaissance: Making the Most of Airborne Assets 

Asian Development Bank

·         Managing Capital Flows in Asia: An Overview of Key Issues 

Atlantic Council

·         The Korean Pivot and the Return of Great Power Politics in Northeast Asia 

·         Nordstream 2—Too Many Obstacles, Legal, Economic, and Political to be Delivered? 

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

·         Asia’s Strategic Challenge: Manoeuvring between the US and China 

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

·         Japan-China Relations 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Reversing the Trend in Domestic Energy Consumption in the GCC 

·         Syrian Refugee Resettlement 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiations between the EU and the USA 

·         Wise Cities: Modelling the Local Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Lies of Saeb Erekat: How Palestinian Propaganda Warps the Truth and Undermines Peace Efforts 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Lessons Learned from 70 years of Nuclear Weapons 

·         Trident: The Need for a Comprehensive Risk Assessment 

Brookings Institution

·         COP21 at Paris: What to Expect 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Science and Diplomacy After Canada’s Lost Decade: Counting the Costs, Looking Beyond 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         For Money or Liberty? The Political Economy of Military Desertion and Rebel Recruitment in the Syrian Civil War 

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

·         Essential Elements of a Paris Climate Agreement 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Executive Summary—North Korea's Cyber Operations—Strategy and Responses 

·         PacNet #81 - Japan, Korea and Reconciliation 

·         PacNet #80 - South China Sea Aftermath 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         China's European Charm Offensive: Silk Road or Silk Rope? 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Case for Intellectual Property Rights: Should Patents Be Strengthened, Weakened or Abolished Altogether? 

·         Climate Change and Human Rights: How? Where? When? 

·         Climate Change Solidarity and Resolve:Post-Paris Strategy, Policy and Law to Translate Ambition into Action 

·         The End of the Beginning: Paris COP 2015 

·         Global Patent Pledges: A Collaborative Mechanism for Climate Change Technology 

·         When CO2 Goes to Geneva: Taxing Carbon across Borders — Without Violating WTO Obligations 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Using the EU’s Trade Power as Leverage for a Climate deal in Paris 

East-West Center

·         Population Change and Economic Growth in Asia: New Findings from the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) Project   

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Economic Features of the Arab Spring 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Venezuela Country Analysis Brief - November 2015 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Climate and Power: Ending the Oil Age? 

·         Climate Change as a 'Wicked Problem' 

·         Gender Balancing in CSDP 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Don't Let Them Win 

·         The UK Renegotiation from an EU Perspective: The Dog that Hasn’t Yet Barked? 

European Union

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

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (EUNISA)

·         Leading the Way:  ENISA’s CSIRT-related Capacity Building Activities 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

·         Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force (RTF) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Guidance on AML/CFT-related Data and Statistics 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Religion and Secularism in the Middle East: A Primer 

·         Security Cooperation: A Key Pillar of Defense Policy 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance: Issues and Results 

·         Towards a Workable and Effective Climate Regime 

FRIDE

·         ‘Quietist’ and ‘firebrand’ Salafism in Algeria 

German Development Institute

·         EU Climate Leadership: Five Building Blocks for Ambitious Action 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Countering Violent Extremism: What Are the Key Challenges for the United Nations? 

·         Understanding Bank De-risking and Its Effects on Financial Inclusion 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Biosurveillance: DHS Should Not Pursue BioWatch Upgrades or Enhancements Until System Capabilities Are Established. GAO-16-99 

·         Electronic Monitoring: Draft National Standard for Offender Tracking Systems Addresses Common Stakeholder Needs. GAO-16-10 

Heritage Foundation

·         Costly Mistakes: How Bad Policies Raise the Cost of Living 

Human Rights Watch

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

·         What Military Target Was in My Brother’s House 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories, 2015 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Beaten Bad: The Life Stories of Violent Offenders 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Control of Terrain Map: November 25, 2015 

·         Russia Security Update: November 18-25, 2015 

·         Russo-Turkish Tensions Since the Start of the Russian Air Campaign 

·         Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet Supporting Syrian Regime Offensive 

Institute of Development Studies

·         Violence Against Women in the Gaza Strip:After the Israeli Military Operation Protective Edge 2014 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Italian Exports and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 

·         A Newly-Minted Old Relationship: Strategic Synergy between India and Singapore 

·         The Role of Women and Gender Policies in Addressing the Military Conflict in Ukraine 

·         A Tortured History : Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Italy and the Renegotiation of the UK's EU Membership 

·         Promoting Stability and Development in Africa: How to Foster Cooperation between Public and Private Sectors 

International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC)

·         Safety in Public Institutions 

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

·         Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean 

Migration Policy Institute

·         Profile of Syrian Immigrants in the United States 

·         The Re-Emergence of Emigration from Ireland:New Trends in An Old Story 

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

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

National Defense University Press

·         The People's Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in China 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

·         Federal R&D Funding, by Budget Function:Fiscal Years 2014–16 

National Security Archive

·         Road to Dayton Paved with Genocide 

NATO Defense College

·         Russia's Renewed Military Thinking:Non-Linear Warfare and Reflexive Control  

Nautilus Institute

·         Management of Operations at Pine Gap 

Norwegian Peacebuidling Resource Centre

·         Russia’s Policy in the Middle East Imperilled by the Syrian Intervention 

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·         Bluetooth Security and Threats 

·         Identification of Biological Warfare Agents -Recent Progress and Future Trends 

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Bridging the Military Nuclear Materials Gap 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Adaptation in a Global Climate Agreement 

Oxford Research Group

·         The 2015 SDSR: The Strategic Issues 

·         Islamic State’s Plan, and the West’s Trap 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, November 2015 

·         World on the Move: The Changing Global Income Distribution and Its Implications for Consumption Patterns and Public Policies 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Aid Coordination in Moldova: Politics Killing Policy 

Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)

·         2015 American Values Survey 

Rand

·         The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Executive Summary: (Arabic translation) 

·         The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Executive Summary: (Hebrew translation) 

·         Education of Syrian Refugee Children: Managing the Crisis in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan 

·         Improving Development Teams to Support Deliberate Development of Air Force Officers 

·         Improving Energy Security for Air Force Installations 

·         Reducing Air Force Fighter Pilot Shortages 

Small Arms Survey

·         Unheard and Uncounted: Violence against Women in India 

Small Wars Journal

·         Fast Rifles 

·         Small Farms and Small Wars: Planting The Garden in Village Stability Operations 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Hour of Truth: The Conflict in Ukraine–Implications for Europe’s Energy Security and the Lessons for the U.S.Army 

Transnational Institute

·         The Bioeconomy: A Primer 

·         ISDS: Courting Foreign Investors 

·         Lobby Planet Paris 

Transparency International

·         Transparency in Corporate Reporting:Assessing the World’s Largest Telecommunications Companies 2015 

·         Tax System: A Channel for Corruption or a Way to Fight It? 

United Kingdom Government

·         National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015: A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom 

United Kingdom Parliament

·         Prime Minister’s Response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015-16: The Extension of Offensive British Military Operations to Syria   

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         Southern Africa Humanitarian Outlook2015/2016—Special Focus on El Niño 

United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

·         The Human Cost of Weather Disasters 1995-2015 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Burundi Executive Order 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S. Assistance to the Western Balkans 

·         FACT SHEET: US-ASEAN Economic Engagement 

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-ASEAN Relations 

Wilson Center

·         An Overview of U.S.-Mexico Border Relations