Friday's Miscellany 12-18-2015

38 North

·         Thanks to the Banks: Counter-Proliferation Finance and the Chinpo Shipping Case 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Nidaa Tounes Rift Exacerbates Government Crisis 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 44, December 2015: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Atlantic Council

·         Diversifying African Trade: The Road to Progress 

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

·         Australia 1944–45: Victory in the Pacific 

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

·         A Strategy towards Indonesia 

·         Stretcher-bearers: Saving Australians from Gallipoli to Kokoda 

·         The Tools of Owatatsumi: Japan's Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Capabilities 

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

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Black Flag Rising: ISIL in Southeast Asia and Australia 

·         Implementing the Defense First Principles Review: Two Key Opportunities to Achieve Best Practice in Capability Development 

·         Mission Command and C3 Modernization in the Australian Army: Digitization a Critical Enabler 

·         Revising the UN Peacekeeping Mandate in South Sudan: Maintaining Focus on the Protection of Civilians 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Mosquito-Transmitted Epidemics in the United States and Mexico 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Implications of the Iran Nuclear Deal on Israeli Security 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Improving and Expanding Health Insurance Coverage through State Flexibility 

Bruegel

·         Global Economic Governance: Italy’s Role in the G7 and G20 

CATO Institute

·         Climate Models and Climate Reality: A Closer Look at a Lukewarming World 

Center for a New American Security

·         Charting the Sea of Goodwill 

·         Solving Long Division: The Geopolitical Implications of Korean Unification 

·         While We Can: Arresting the Erosion of America’s Military Edge 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Rethinking the Civilian Surge: Lessons from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan 

Center for Cyber & Homeland Security

·         Paris Insights 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, December 2015  

o    Assessing Homeland Security Risks: A Comparative Risk Assessment of 10 Hazards 

Center for Immigration Studies

·         A Brief Analysis of H.R. 158, the "Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015" 

Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security

·         CIP Report, November/December 2015, v. 14, no. 12 - Resilience 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Early Warning Systems: What's New? What's Working? 

·         Proceedings and Observations from a Climate Risk Event (March 19-20, 2015) 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) No. 177: Information Warfare 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Avoiding Terminations, Single-Offer Competition,and Costly Changes with Fixed-Price Contracts 

·         CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues: 2015 Consensus Statement 

·         Issues and Insights Vol. 15, No. 14 - The Abe Restoration 

·         Korea Chair Monitor, v. 3, no. 22, December 3- December 16, 2015 

·         PacNet #86 - Reassessing Abenomics 

·         PacNet #85 - Understanding PLA Reforms 

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2015, v. 9, no. 6  

o    The Evolution of Al Qaeda’s Global Network and Al Qaeda Core’s Position Within it: A Network Analysis

o    Radical Groups’ Social Pressure Towards Defectors: The Case of Right-Wing Extremist Groups

o    Religion, Democracy and Terrorism

o    20 Years Later: A Look Back at the Unabomber Manifesto

o    Re-Examining the Involvement of Converts in Islamist Terrorism: A Comparison of the U.S. and U.K.

o    Terrorist Practices: Sketching a New Research Agenda

o    Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State: Why They Joined, What They Saw, Why They Quit

o    Bibliography: Homegrown Terrorism and Radicalisation

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 40 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects

Center for the Study of the Drone

·         Drone Sightings and Close Encounters: An Analysis 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Cameron's EU Reforms: Will Europe Buy Them? 

·         Cameron's Security Gamble: Is Brexit a Strategic Risk? 

Centre for European Studies

·         Strategic Partnership as an Instrument of EU Foreign Policy: Workshop Report 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Humanitarian Assistance and the Politics of Self-reliance: Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement   

Centre on Religion & Geopolitics

·         Inside the Jihadi Mind: Understanding Ideology and Propaganda 

Chatham House

·         Regional Implications of Afghanistan’s Transitions 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         China and Liberal Values in International Relations 

·         An Element of Stability: UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 

·         Flexibility in the EU Budget - Are There Limits? 

·         ‘One Belt, One Road’: An Opportunity for the EU’s Security Strategy  

·         Signaling as a Foreign Policy Instrument to Deter cyber Aggression by State Actors  

College of Europe

·         The Limited Influence of the European Union in Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Domestic Explanation  

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, v. 8, no. 11, November/December 2015 

o    The Islamic State Goes Global

o    The Paris Attacks and the Evolving Islamic State Threat to France

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Zainab N. Ahmad, Asst. U.S. Attorney

o    A Frontline Report: The Ground War Against the Islamic State

o    Wilayat Sinai Risks Backlash After 
Metrojet Bombing

o    The Islamic State in Southern Syria

o    Profile: Paris Attack Ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud

o    San Bernardino and the Islamic State 
Footprint in America

o    The Beirut Bombings and the Islamic State’s Threat to Lebanon

·         Held Hostage: Analyses of Kidnapping Across Time and Among Jihadist Organizations 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Egypt Two Years After Morsi (Part II) 

·         The Future of U.S.-Pakistan Relations 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Terrorist Travel: Vetting for National Security Concerns 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Administration's Strategy in Afghanistan 

·         The Status of JCPOA Implementation and Related Issues 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Preventive Priorities Survey: 2016 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Planning and Response to an Active Shooter: An Interagency Security Committee Policy and Best Practices Guide 

Department of State

·         The New Normal: Countering Violent Extremism at Home and Abroad 

·         Religious Pluralism in U.S. Foreign Policy 

·         Remarks at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies 

·         Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Syria 

Department of the Army

·         ADRP 1-02 - Terms and Military Symbols 

East West Center

·         El Niño Strengthens in the Pacific: Preparing for the Impacts of Drought 

·         Obama Doubles-down on Maritime Capacity Building in Southeast Asia 

Enough Project

·         Deadly Enterprise: Dismantling South Sudan's War Economy and Countering Potential Spoilers 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         The EU Neighbours 1995-2015: Shades of Grey 

·         Mali: An Endangered Peace 

·         Mutual Defence – One Month On 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         ‘Blue Gold’ - The Forgotten Rationale for Climate Action 

·         EUSpring | Shall Tunisia Succeed in Becoming a Strong Democratic State? 

·         Nord Stream II – Testing EU Unity and Credibility 

·         Towards Better Health Outcomes - What Role for Pharmaceutical Innovation? 

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         San Bernardino Shooting Highlights Security Challenges Posed by 'Lone Wolf' Attacks 

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

·         Analysis of ICS-SCADA Cyber Security Maturity Levels in Critical Sectors 

·         Privacy by Design in Big Data: An Overview of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in the Era of Big Data Analytics 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Domestic Resiliency is a Key Source of Baltic Security 

·         The Significance of the Venezuelan National Assembly Elections 

·         Taiwan's Elections in the Home Stretch 

·         Turkey, Russia, and NATO Enter the Danger Zone 

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Next Steps in the Implementation of the JCPOA 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Caught in the Middle? The Economics of Middle-Income Traps 

·         Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance: Issues and Results 

·         How the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Help Reduce Trade Costs for LDCs 

French Institute of International Relations

·         BJP and State Politics in India—A Crashing Wave? 

·         Exploring the Strengths and Weaknesses of European Innovation Capacity Within the Strategic Energy Technologies (SET) Plan 

FRIDE

·         Searching for a New Identity: South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         The Crisis of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in the Global Context 

·         Culture: An Underrated Element in Security Policy 

·         Democratic Transitions and Internal Political Conflict in Southeast Asia 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Effective Management of External Support to Security Sector Reform 

German Development Institute

·         Trade Flows in Developing Countries: What is the Role of Trade Finance? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Provincial Autonomy: The Territorial Dimension of Peace in Mozambique 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Fallacies of Treating Turkey as Europe’s Gatekeeper 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Travel and Communicable Diseases: Comprehensive Federal Plan Needed for U.S. Aviation System's Preparedness.  GAO-16-127 

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Measures Needed to Assess Agencies’ Promotion of the Cybersecurity Framework. GAO-16-152 

·         Defense Acquisition Workforce: Actions Needed to Guide Planning Efforts and Improve Workforce Capability. GAO-16-80 

·         Defense Health Care: Research on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. GAO-16-154 

·         DOD Financial Management: Improved Documentation Needed to Support the Air Force’s Military Payroll and Meet Audit Readiness Goals. GAO-16-68 

·         Internet Protocol Transition: FCC Should Strengthen Its Data Collection Efforts to Assess the Transition's Effects. GAO-16-167 

·         Littoral Combat Ship: Knowledge of Survivability and Lethality Capabilities Needed Prior to Making Major Funding Decisions. GAO-16-201 

·         Operational Contract Support: Additional Actions Needed To Manage, Account for, and Vet Defense Contractors in Africa. GAO-16-105 

·         State and Local Governments’ Fiscal Outlook: 2015 Update. GAO-16-260SP 

·         TSA Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Improve Efficiency of Screening Technology Test and Evaluation. GAO-16-117 

Heritage Foundation

·         China’s Pivot to the Sea: The Modernizing PLA Navy 

·         Defense Reform Bill Is Biggest in Decades,But More Remains to Be Done 

·         An Environmental Policy Primer for the Next President 

·         Fascination with Interest Rates Hides the Fed’s Policy Blunders 

·         The Obama Administration’s Defiance of Inspectors General—A Faulty Opinion from the Justice Department 

·         Omnibus a Missed Opportunity to Rein in Wasteful Spending 

·         Reducing Taxpayer Subsidies to Wealthy Medicare Recipients Is Sound Policy 

·         Solar’s Future Is Brighter Without Investment Tax Credit 

Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute (HSSAI)

·         Unmanned Systems in Homeland Security 

Hudson Institute

·         An Alternative to Obamacare 

Human Rights Watch

·         If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities 

·         We Can Die Too: Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in South Sudan 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, December 17, 2015 

o    Peace at a Price: Nigeria's Presidential Amnesty Plan

o    Military Integration in Africa

·         Accelerating Development of Expertise: A Digital Tutor for Navy Technical Training 

·         Global Trends in Space

o    Volume 1:Background and Overall Findings 

o    Volume 2:Trends by Subsector and Factors that Could Disrupt Them 

·         Global Trends in Civil and Commercial Space (Presentation) 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Naga Peace Accord: Manipur Connections 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Taking Stock of Iran's Near 20 Percent LEU 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 76 

·         South African Crime Quarterly, December 2015,no. 54 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: December 8 - 14, 2015 

·         Meet ISIL’s Most Dangerous Affiliates 

·         The Myth of Partnering with Assad, Russia, and Iran against ISIS  

·         Russia Security Update: December 9-15, 2015 

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: December 7-17, 2015 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: December 14, 2015 

Institute of Development Studies  (IDS)

·         Big Data and International Development: Impacts, Scenarios and Policy Options 

·         Ensuring Developing Countries Benefit from Big Data 

International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC)

·         100 Promising Practices on Safer Cities 

·         Report on the Prevention of Drug-related Crime 

International Crisis Group

·         Iran After the Nuclear Deal 

·         Mali: Peace from Below? 

·         A Sisyphean Task? Resuming Turkey-PKK Peace Talks 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 17, 2015, v. 13, no., 24 

o    Russian Intervention in Syria

o    Rebel Reaction to Russian Intervention

o    Turkey’s Reaction to the War in Syria

o    The Kurdish Periphery

o    Caliphate at War: Islamic State Ideology, War Fighting and State Formation

o    ISIS and al-Qaeda: Tactical Twins, Strategic Enemies

o    Europe’s Jihadist Pipeline to Syria

o    Islamic State and West Africa

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Innocence and War: Searching for Europe’s Strategy in Syria 

·         Russia's Downfall: The Worst Economic Crisis Since the Collapse of the USSR 

Migration Policy Institute

·         The Changing Face of Emigration: Harnessing the Potential of the New Greek Diaspora 

·         Immigrants and WIOA Services: Comparison of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Native- and Foreign-Born Adults in the United States 

·         Shortage Amid Surplus: Emigration and Human Capital Development in the Philippines 

Military Cyber Professionals Association

·         Military Cyber Affairs, 2015, v. 1, no. 1 

o    A Challenge for the Military Cyber Workforce

o    Cybersoace Operations Planning: Operating a Technical Military Force Beyond the Kinetic Domains

o    The Islamic State’s Use of Online Social Media

o    Reliable Presence Detection through Passive IEEE 802.11 Management Frame Sniffing

o    Data to Decisions for Cyberspace Operations

o    Brandishing the Cybered Bear: Information War and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

National Academies Press

·         Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines: Compliance with Standards 

·         Peer Review and Design Competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

·         Arctic Report Card: Update for 2015 

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

·         Insider Threat Detection Study 

NATO Defense College

·         Hybrid or Not: Deterring and Defeating Russia's Ways of Warfare in the Baltics - the Case of Estonia 

·         Hybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of "Little Green Men" and Contemporary Conflict  

·         NATO’s Response to Hybrid Threats 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Anticipating Complex Northeast Asian Futures 

New America’s International Security Program

·         International Security Data Site 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Rise of Buddhist-Muslim Conflict in Asia and Possibilities for Transformation 

Observer Research Foundation

·         India and the United States: New Directions in Defense Partnership 

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Lebanon Looking Ahead in Times of Crisis 

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)

·         The Russian Navy: A Historic Transition 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Anti-Corruption Mechanisms and Institutions to Address the Problem of Corruption in India 

·         Anti-Corruption Mechanisms and Institutions to Address the Problem of Corruption in Pakistan 

·         Local Government System in India 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Views of Government’s Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         EU Communication Policy in Its Neighborhood in Light of Third-Party Propaganda 

Rand

·         Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in the U.S. Special Operations Forces 

·         Improving the Cost Efficiency and Readiness of MC-130 Aircrew Training: A Case Study 

·         National Security Implications of Virtual Currency: Examining the Potential for Non-state Actor Deployment 

·         A Peace Plan for Syria 

·         TACTICS: Policy and Strategic Impacts, Implications and Recommendations 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Lone-Actor Terrorism: Literature Review 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Russian Arms Transfers and Asian Military Modernization 

·         To Shoot or not to Shoot? Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern Militaries Respond Differently 

Small Arms Journal

·         Basing Stabilisation Efforts on Evidence of What Works: Lessons from Afghanistan 

·         The Coming Anarchy in the Levant 

·         Game Review: Fire in the Lake, the Vietnam War, 1964-75 

·         No Thanksgiving Without Turkey 

·         Rethinking Western COIN: Lessons from Post-Colonial Conflicts 

·         What is the Value of the Away Game? 

Small Wars Survey

·         Recoilless Weapons 

·         Voicing Concern: Surveying People’s Priorities in Violent Settings 

Stimson Center

·         Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War in the Nordic/Baltic Region 

·         Revising the UN Peacekeeping Mandate in South Sudan 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         SIPRI Top 100 Arms-Producing and Military Services Companies, 2014 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Brief Survey of Developmental, Operational, Legal, and Ethical Issues 

·         Enabling Others to Win in a Complex World:Maximizing Security Force Assistance Potential in the Regionally Aligned Brigade Combat Team 

·         Lethal and Legal? The Ethics of Drone Strikes 

Symantec

·         Popularity of Apple Devices Prompts Surge of New Threats 

Transparency International

·         Together Against Corruption: Transparency International Strategy 2020 

United Kingdom House of Commons

·         The 2015 UK National Security Strategy 

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Afghanistan Human Rights and Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Special Report on Kunduz Province 

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

·         New Steps for Disaster Risk Awareness   

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Afghanistan Opium Survey 2015: Cultivation and Production 

·         Southeast Asia Opium Survey, 2015 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Development Finance: Outbound, Inbound, and Future Trends in Financial Statecraft 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Security and Social Developments in Kunduz 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Hamas and the Islamic State: Growing Cooperation in the Sinai 

·         Is There a 'Moderate' Islam? 

·         The Islamic State: New Inside Views 

·         Riding the Egyptian-Israeli Roller Coaster2011-2015 

·         The Turkish-Russian Military Balance 

·         The Vienna Process: Transitioning Toward a Transition? 

·         Yemen Missile Strike Jeopardizes Peace Talks 

White House

·         Remarks by the President After Meeting the Families of the Victims of the San Bernardino Shooting 

·         Remarks by the President on the Military Campaign to Destroy ISIL 

·         Weekly Address: Top 10 Things that Happened in 2015 

Wilson Center

·         Foreign Electoral Assistance as a Strategy for Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Societies 

·         Why Democracy Promoters Must Pay Close Attention to Ghana and Africa’s Other Growing Democracies 

World Bank

·         2016 International Debt Statistics 

·         Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia:Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability 

·         The Welfare of Syrian Refugees: Evidence fromJordan and Lebanon