Friday's Miscellany 03-25-2016

38 North

·         Location of KN-08 Reentry Vehicle Nosecone Test Identified 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Analysis: Continued Marginalization of Syrians is Key Problem 

·         Hotels in Africa as Terrorist Targets 

American Enterprise Institute

·         The Race Thus Far 

·         Surveillance Versus Privacy, with International Companies Caught in Between 

Amnesty International

·         New Expression Meets Old Repression: Ending the Cycle of Political Arrests and Imprisonment in Myanmar 

Atlantic Council

·         Democracy Rebooted: The Future of Technology in Elections Report 

·         The Kremlin's Actions in Syria: Origins,Timing, and Prospects 

·         Saudi Energy Changes: The End of the Rentier State 

·         Train, Hone, Deter 

·         What’s Left of Europe If the Far Right Has Its Way? 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Can Europe Really Give Up on Schengen? 

·         The EU and the Western Balkans: Do They Share a Future? 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Putin's "Sacred Mission" in Syria 

·         The Russians Are Leaving Syria. Why the Surprise? 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Continuous Improvement or Dangerous Decline? 

·         What Price Nuclear Governance? Funding the International Atomic Energy Agency 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Cyber Insurance: A Guide for Policymakers 

Brookings

·         Ennahda from Within: Islamists or “Muslim Democrats”? 

·         A Framework for U.S. Policy Toward China 

·         Is the Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Pushing the Group Toward Violence? 

·         Islamists on Islamism Today 

·         Rethinking Political Islam Working Paper Series 

·         Where Does the World’s Food Grow? 

·         Will the Technology Disruption Widen or Close the Skills Gap in the Middle East and North Africa? 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: How Did We Get to Where We are Now 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Russian Elite Opinion After Crimea 

CATO Institute

·         Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Networked Transparency: Constructing a Common Operational Picture of the South China Sea 

·         Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         As Ethiopia Moves toward Tuberculosis Elimination, Success Requires Higher Investment 

·         Key Trends in the Uncertain Metrics of Terrorism 

·         PacNet #30 - A Pragmatic Public: Observations of Japan’s 2016 Public Opinion Survey on Diplomacy 

·         PacNet #29 - Obama’s Recent China Policy – More Resolve, Rising Tension 

·         Shifting Political Economy of Russian Oil and Gas 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Developing the Blue Economy in Caribbean and Other Small States 

·         Spotlight on Yemen's Forgotten War and Humanitarian Disaster 

·         A Threat to Stability? Islamic Extremism and Fundamentalism in Indonesia 

Chatham House

·         Russia’s ‘New’ Tools for Confronting the West: Continuity and Innovation in Moscow’s Exercise of Power

·         Towards a More Effective G20 in 2016: Chinese and UK Perspectives

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Communicating TTIP: Challenges for the European Union 

·         Iraq at War (Again) 

College of Europe

·         SME Financing in the EU: Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Information Technology and Cyber Programs: Foundations for a Secure Warfighting Network 

·         The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense 

·         Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements 

·         Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Administration’s Plan to Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility: At What Foreign Policy and National Security Cost? 

·         Get It Right This Time: A Victims-Centered Trafficking in Persons Report 

·         Hezbollah's Growing Threat Against U.S.National Security Interests in the Middle East 

·         Potential Terrorist Threats: Border Security Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean 

·         Women Fighting for Peace: Lessons for Today’s Conflicts 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         The Role of Cyber Insurance in Risk Management 

·         Terror Threat Snapshot: March 2016 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         America's Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic 

·         National Security: Threats at Our Borders 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Updated Budget Projections: 2016 to 2026 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Securing a Democratic Future for Myanmar 

·         Understanding Myanmar 

Department of the Army

·         Health of the Force: Create a Healthier Force for Tomorrow 

Department of State

·         2015 Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Initiative 

·         Looking East - Trend Lines in the Asia Pacific 

Department of the Navy

·         Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Requirement for2025 

East West Center

·         Mega-FTAs and the Trade-Security Nexus: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)   

East Asia Institute

·         The Co-evolution of Korea and Japan for a New Era 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         The Global Strategy – Reinvigorating the EU’s Multilateral Agenda? 

·         The Reform of the EU Courts (II) 

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Mapping the Debate on Laws at the CCW: Taking Stock and Moving Forward 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016 

·         Five Years On: A New European Agenda for North Africa 

·         Return to Instability: How Migration and Great Power Politics Threaten the Western Balkans 

European Policy Centre

·         Elements of a Complex but Still Incomplete Puzzle: An Assessment of the EU(-Turkey) Summit 

·         EU-Turkey Summit on the Refugee Crisis - Law and (dis)order? 

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security

·         Impact Evaluation on the Implementation of Article 13a Incident Reporting Scheme Within EU 

·         Strategies for Incident Response and Cyber Crisis Cooperation 

Federation Of American Scientists

·         Suggestions about Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Recycling Policy Based on U.S. Concerns 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Detached Primacy: Further Musings on the“Trump Doctrine” /

·         Obama and Trudeau: Bromance for the Ages…or at Least for the Next 10 Months 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Impact of Hard and Soft Infrastructure:Evidence from the EU Partners, North Africa and CEECs 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         International Alignment between Interests and Ideology: The Case of China’s Partnership Diplomacy 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         2015 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements. GAO-16-320 

·         Administrative Leave: Evaluation of DHS's New Policy Can Help Identify Progress toward Reducing Leave Use. GAO-16-342 

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Preliminary Observations on Program Progress. GAO-16-489T  [Testimony] 

·         Federal Protective Service: Enhancements to Performance Measures and Data Quality Processes Could Improve Human Capital Planning. GAO-16-384 

·         Healthcare.gov: Actions Needed to Enhance Information Security and Privacy Controls. GAO-16-265 

·         Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft System: Debate over System's Role Led to Focus on Aerial Refueling. GAO-16-389R 

·         Vehicle Safety: Enhanced Project Management of New Information Technology Could Help Improve NHTSA's Oversight of Safety Defects. GAO-16-312 

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Should Not Give Puerto Rico Federal Tax Subsidies 

·         Real Consent for Nuclear Waste Management Starts with a Free Market 

·         Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court:Little Sisters of the Poor Take on Obamacare Mandate 

Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)

·         HDIAC Journal, March 2016, v. 3, no. 1 

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Safety Culture in the U.S. Pipeline Industry

o    EPA and DHS Partner in Radiation Decontamination Project

o    Megacities through the Lens of Social Media

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Military Water Filtration Systems

o    Sprayable Foam: Limiting Blood Loss on the Battlefield

o    Special Operations: Leveraging Innovation to Improve Battlefield Performance

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Hydrogels in Biomedical Applications

o    Unfamiliar Face Recognition: Security, Surveillance and Smartphones

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?’:Abuse against Transgender Women in US Immigration Detention 

·         ‘Good Girls Don’t Protest’: Repression and Abuse of Women Human Rights Defenders, Activists, and Protesters in Sudan 

·         Justice Reestablishes Balance: Delivering Credible Accountability for Serious Abuses in Côte d’Ivoire 

·         Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Pychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, March 24, 2016 

o    Ethiopia Moves Forward on Hydropower Dams

o    Leaving Nothing to Chance: Social Media and the 2016 Republic of Congo

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania:Examples of Decentralized Rural Energy Approaches from India 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Movement at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Site 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Parched Prospects II: A Revised Long-term Water Supply and Demand Forecast for South Africa 

·         Peace and Security Council Report, 2016, No 78 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: March 15 - 21, 2016 

·         ISIS's Campaign in Europe: March 2016 

·         ISIS Global Strategy: March 2016 

·         Warning: Iraq’s Shi’a Parties Split Over Cabinet Reshuffle Amidst Protests 

Institute of Development Studies  (IDA)

·         Report of a High-level Roundtable on Rising Powers and Global Development, and Launch of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development  

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

·         Roots of the Syrian Crisis, IPCS Special Report 

International Crisis Group

·         Sudan’s Islamists: From Salvation to Survival 

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism

·         The Brussels Attacks 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Credit, Securitization and Monetary Policy: Watch Out for Unintended Consequences 

·         Macroeconomic Dimensions of Public-Private Partnerships 

·         Macroprudential and Monetary Policy Interactions in a DSGE Model for Sweden 

·         Monetary Policy in the Presence of Islamic Banking 

·         Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization 

·         Trilemm a or Dilemma : Inspecting the Heterogeneous Response of Local Currency Interest Rates to Foreign Rates 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         UN Mediation in the Syrian Crisis: From Kofi Annan to Lakhdar Brahimi 

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Turkey and the EU: A New Path Toward a Shared Security Policy 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 18, 2016, v. 15, no. 6 

o    Cote d’Ivoire: AQIM Expands Its Reach in West Africa

o    Tanzania: Suspected al-Shabaab Militants killedin Arusha

o    Pakistan Battles a Resurgent Hizb ut Tahrir

o    The Ben Guerdane Attack and Tunisia’s Tackling of Terrorism

o    Retaking Palymyra: The Slow Campaign Against Islamic State in Syria

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Inter-Korean Relations and the Unification Process in Regional and Global Contexts 

Lexington Institute

·         Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem in the Eastern Mediterranean 

Médecins Sans Frontières

·         MSF-OCB Supported Research on Ebola 

National Academies Press

·         Gulf War and Health: Volume 10: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, 2016 

·         The Integration of Immigrants into American Society 

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

·         Surveying CVE Metrics in Prevention, Disengagement and De-Radicalization Programs 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Meeting the Challenge of China's Rise: A New Agenda for the Japan-U.S. Alliance 

·         Three Level Factors of the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine 

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities: Building an Effective Global Nuclear Security System 

·         Radiological Security Progress Report 

Office of Director National Intelligence

·         2016 Annotated Worldwide Threat Assessment 

Oxfam Policy & Practice  

·         Yemen's Invisible Food Crisis 

Oxford Research Group

·         The UK’s Nuclear Future: Options between Rearmament and Disarmament 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Landing the Story : A Guide to Using RTI in Investigative Journalism 

·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan for February 2016 

Peace Research Institute

·         Options for Measuring Conflict Deaths in Goal 16 

·         Regional Responses to Radicalization in Afghanistan 

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Lifelong Learning and Technology 

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Brazil’s Perception of the Visegrad Group: Not a Strategic but a Prospective Partnership 

·         V4 Goes Global: Exploring Opportunities and Obstacles in the Visegrad Countries’ Cooperation with Brazil, India, China and South Africa 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Assessing the jobs-environment Relationship with matched data from US EEOC and US EPA 

Rand

·         Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers 

·         Calculating the Gross Regional Product of the Kurdistan Region — Iraq 

·         Contestability Frameworks: An International Horizon Scan 

·         The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised Crime and Corruption: Annex II - Corruption 

·         Employment Assistance for Reserve Component Members 

·         Getting to Yes with China in Cyberspace 

·         Review of the Provision of Job Placement Assistance and Related Employment Services to Members of the Reserve Components 

·         Will the Iran Deal Survive? Iran, Regional Crises, and U.S. Policy  

Small Wars Journal

·         Assailing IC ITE: Exposing the Limitations on Combinational Information Designations 

·         Atmospheric Impacts and Effects Predictions and Applications for Future Megacity and Dense Urban Area Operations 

·         Complex IPB [Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield] 

·         The DAESH Health System: An Open Source Intel Report 

·         Human Insecurity in Mali: Overcoming Obstacles to Economic Solvency and Democratic Governance through External Intervention 

·         Identity and Biometrics Enabled Intelligence (BEI) Sharing for Transnational Threat Actors 

·         Nine Lessons of Russian Propaganda 

Soufan Group

·         Foreign Fighters: An Updated Assessment of the Flow of Foreign Fighters into Syria and Iraq 

UK Secretary of State for Defence

·         Iraq Fatalities Investigations: Report into the Death of Muhammad Abdul Ridha Salim 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Anomalies in Iran's Assembly of Experts Election 

·         Egypt Renews Its Crackdown on NGOs 

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 1):The Ground War 

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 2):The Air War 

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 3):Maritime and Aerial Blockade 

·         Khamenei Intensifies His Anti-Americanism to Weaken President Rouhani 

·         Putin's Middle East Policy: Causes and Consequences 

·         Terror in Europe: Combating Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Networks 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Health Care Accomplishments 

·         FACT SHEET: United States-Cuba Relationship 

·         FACT SHEET: Working Together to Build a Sustainable Water Future 

·         Remarks by President Obama to the People of Cuba 

Wilson Center

·         After a Year of War, Saudis and Houthis Explore Peace in Yemen 

·         Ukraine: What’s a Language For?