Friday's Miscellany 03-04-2016

38 North

·         UNSCR 2270: A Conundrum for Russia 

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  March/April  2016, v. 29, no.2  

o    Addressing Narrowing Cyber Workforce Gaps with Intrusion Detection and Response Automation

o    People-driven Process-enabled Software Development: A 21st Century Imperative

o    Developer Training: Recognizing the Problems and Closing the Gaps

o    Building and Operating a Software Security Awareness and Role-Based Training Program

o    Strategic Human Resource Management of Government Defense R&D Organizations

o    PixelCAPTCHA: A Unicode Based CAPTCHA Scheme

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Impact of the South Africa-Iran Relations on the African Union 

Armament Research Services

·         A Tale of Two Rifles: The Proliferation ofF2000 and AK-103 Self-loading Rifles Exported to Libya in 2004 – 2009 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 46, March 2016: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, February 2016, v. 23, no. 2 

o    Editorial: What's old is new again: syphilis in the U.S. Army

o    Use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine and the prevalence of antibodies to vaccine-targeted strains among female service members before and after vaccination

o    Brief report: Human papillomavirus (HPV) 6, 11, 16, and 18 seroprevalence among males and females entering military service during 2011-2012

o    Sexually transmitted infections in U.S. Air Force recruits in basic military training

o    Incident and recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010-2014

o    Incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections and screening compliance, U.S. Army active duty females under 25 years of age, 2011-2014

o    Brief report: Associations between antecedent bacterial vaginosis and incident chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnoses, U.S. Army females, 2006-2012

Asian Development Bank

·         In Search of a Better Match: Qualification Mismatches in Developing Asia 

Atlantic Council

·         A US Strategy for Sustainable Energy Security 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Defeating ISIS: An Interview with Amb. Djerejian 

·         Ethical Considerations for the Creation a National NTD Policy 

·         Zika Virus in the United States and Mexico 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Afghanistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers. Report 1  

·         Pakistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers.Report 1 

·         Violence: Central America’s Achilles Heel 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Libya: The Next Frontier? 

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Transitional Justice. Lessons from the Western Balkans 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         The Inescapable Net: Unmanned Systems in Anti-Submarine Warfare 

Brookings Institution

·         How Will We Know? The Case for Opportunity Indicators 

·         USAID's Public-private Partnerships: A Data Picture and Review of Business Engagement 

·         What Are the Presidential Candidates Saying About Poverty and Opportunity? 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk 

Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

·         Prism, 2016, v. 6, no. 1 

o    All the Elements of National Power

o    Inclusive Security: NATO Adapts and Adopts

o    Inclusive Security and Peaceful Societies: Exploring the Evidence

o    Integrating Gender Perspectives within the Department of Defense

o    Female Citizen Soldiers and Airmen: Key Contributors to Worldwide Peace and Security

o    Inclusive Security for the Muslim World

o    Gender Perspectives and Military Effectiveness: Implementing UNSCR 1325 and the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

o    Women Warriors: Why the Robotics Revolution Changes the Combat Equation

o    Women as Symbols and Swords in Boko Haram’s Terror

o    We Are Not Helpless: Addressing Structural Gender Inequality in Post-Conflict Societies

o    The Secret Driving Force Behind Mongolia’s Successful Democracy

o    Engendering Responses to Complex Emergencies: Lessons from South Sudan

o    Innovation in the Prevention of the Use of Child Soldiers: Women in the Security Sector

o    Brazil and UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Progress and Challenges of the Implementation Process

o    Inclusive Political Settlements New Insights from Yemen’s National Dialogue

Center for Global Development

·         Assessing the US Feed the Future Initiative: A New Approach to Food Security? 

·         Statement of the Honorable Clay Lowery Before the Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing on “Helping the Developing World Fight Terror Finance” 

Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security

·         CIP Report, January/February 2016 

·         Successes in Public-Private Partnerships Contribute to Private Sector Resilience

Center for International Policy

·         Don’t Get Fooled Again: Pentagon Waste and Congressional Oversight 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Managing Conflict: Examining Recent PLA Writings on Escalation Control 

·         Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         A Nuclear Deal for Pakistan? 

·         The Legacy of Obama’s Foreign Policy 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Rethinking Armageddon: Scenario Planning in the Second Nuclear Age 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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

·         Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in 2015 

·         Comparative Metrics of ISIS and "Failed State Wars" in Syria and Iraq 

·         Integrated Development: Strategic Harmonization of Foreign Assistance 

·         PacNet #23 - Australia’s 2016 Defense White Paper: Forward Funded Defense 

·         Saudi Arabia and the United States: Common Interests and Continuing Sources of Tension 

·         State and Market in Contemporary China 

·         Sustaining Improvements to Public Health in Ethiopia 

·         The US-Japan Alliance to 2030: Power and Principle 

Center for the Study of the Drones

·         Drone Spending in the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Budget 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         The Correlation between Turkey’s Nuclear Power Pursuit and Foreign Policy 

Centre for Conflict Resolution

·         Region-Building and Peacebuilding in Southern Africa 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Growth, Innovation and COP 21: The Case for New Investment In Innovation Infrastructure 

Chatham House

·         Cost of an Emerging National Oil Company   

College of Europe

·         A New Settlement for the UK: A “Leap in the Dark” 

Congress. House Armed Services Committee

·         Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for Fiscal Year 2017 

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear Forces 

·         Ground Force Modernization Budget Request 

·         The Marine Corps 2017 Budget Request and Readiness 

·         Member Day - National Defense Priorities from Members for the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act 

·         Special Operations Forces in an Evolving Threat Environment: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for U.S.Special Operations Command  

·         World Wide Threats 

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Disrupter Series: Wearable Devices 

·         Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Growing Threat of Cholera and Other Diseases in the Middle East 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Transparency, Trust and Verification:Measuring Effectiveness and Situational Awareness along the Border 

·         The Transportation Security Administration’s FY2017 Budget Request 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We’ve Drifted From It 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Firearms Lost: GSA's Administration of the Surplus Firearm Donation Program 

·         Geolocation Technology and Privacy 

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Smart Health: Empowering the Future of Mobile Apps 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Posture of the Department of the Air Force 

·         United States European Command 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission 

Congress. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Low Oil and Gas Prices 

·         The Path Forward in Libya 

·         A Review of the FY 2017 State and USAID Budget Request 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Dogs of HDS: How Canine Programs Contribute to Homeland Security 

Council of Economic Advisers

·         2016 Economic Report of the President 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Director, Operational Test and Evaluation FY2015 Annual Report [large file] 

Department of State

·         Countering Violent Extremism: How Human Rights and Good Governance Help Prevent Terrorism 

·         Keynote Speech to the 2016 Deterrence and Assurance Conference 

·         Taiwan's International Role and the GCTF 

·         Using Diplomacy to Advance the Long-Term Sustainability and Security of the Outer Space Environment 

Egmont Institute

·         Facing the Fourth Foreign Fighters Wave 

Enough Project

·         Dodd-Frank 1502: Impact Update 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         For EU Eyes Only? Intelligence and European Security 

·         New Kids on the CFSP Block: the JHA Agencies 

European Parliamentary Research Service

·         Europe’s Migration Crisis [What Think Tanks are Thinking] 

European Policy Centre

·         Advancing the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership in a Transforming Global Environment: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects 

·         Green Diplomacy Network – What is in a Name? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Russia’s Role in the North Korea Conundrum: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? 

·         What Georgia Needs to Do to Join the West 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Addressing Vulnerabilities by Financing Sustainable Development Lessons for the LDCs  

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

·         The Islamic State in 214 Seconds [video] 

·         Synthetic Biology and ‘Amateur Science’: Dual-use and Challenges of Regulation 

German Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Kremlin’s Influence in Hungary 

German Development Institute

·         Behaviour Matters: Improving Energy Efficiency in Informal Settlements 

·         Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: Why the EU Must Do More to Implement the 2030 Agenda 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The Paris Agreement 2015 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies

·         Institutionalising Civilian Control of the Military in New Democracies: Theory and Evidence from South Korea 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Emerging Infectious Diseases: Preliminary Observations on the Zika Virus Outbreak. GAO-16-470T [testimony] 

·         Explosives Detection Canines: TSA Has Enhanced Its Canine Program, but Opportunities May Exist to Reduce Costs. GAO-16-444T [testimony]  

·         Federal Health Care Center: VA and DOD Need to Address Ongoing Difficulties and Better Prepare for Future Integrations. GAO-16-280 

·         Immigration Detention: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and Oversight of Detainee Medical Care. GAO-16-231 

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Budget Estimates Increased but May Not Align with All Anticipated Costs. GAO-16-290  

·         Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding: Navy Should Reconsider Approach to Warranties for Correcting Construction Defects. GAO-16-71 

·         Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Updated Medicaid Guidance Could Help States. GAO-16-238  

·         Southwest Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Assess Resource Deployment and Progress. GAO-16-465T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         Fuel Economy Standards Are a Costly Mistake 

·         A Primer on Disaster and Emergency Appropriations 

·         The U.S. Needs to Get Its Baltic Force Posture Right 

Hoover Institution

·         China Leadership Monitor, Winter 2016, no. 49  

o    Chinese Views on Global Governance Since 2008–9: Not Much New

o    The “1992 Consensus” – Adapting to the Future?

o    China’s “Goldwater-Nichols”? The Long-Awaited PLA Reorganization Has Finally Arrived

o    Promoting “Young Guards”: The Recent High Turnover in the PLA Leadership (Part II: Expansion and Escalation)

o    Supply-side Structural Reform: Policy-makers Look For a Way Out

o    Projecting the Next Politburo Standing Committee

Hudson Institute

·         Inclusive Security for the Muslim World   

·         The Main Street Tax Plan  

·         Pakistan and the Threat of Global Jihadism:Implications for Regional Security 

Infinity Journal

·         The Journal of Military Operations, Winter 2016, v. 3, no. 2 

o    The Precision Engagement Gap

o    Making the Big Headquarters Better

o    The Operational: As Valid and as Dangerous as any Other Abstraction

o    International Law and the Counterinsurgent's Nightmare: A Sir Lankan Case Study

o    The Green Mountain Boys: Mentoring an Army from the Ground Up! The British Army & Afghan National Army (ANA) Experience 2006-2015

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         All About Pay and Perks: India’s Defence Budget 2016-17 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Khushab Reactors Operational While New Construction Progresses 

·         Monitoring Developments at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Site 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Taking Back the Seas: Prospects for Africa's Blue Economy 

Institute for the Study of War

·         American Security is at Risk in Aleppo: Why Syria's Second Largest City Matters to the US 

·         How Russia Controls American Policy 

·         Iraq Euphrates River Valley Activity: December 22, 2015 - March 2, 2016 

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 23 - 29, 2016 

·         ISIS in Southeast Asia: January 1- March 2, 2016 

·         ISIS Sanctuary Map: March 3, 2016 

·         ISIS's Regional Campaign: February 2016 

·         Russia Security Update: February 24-March 3, 2016 

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria from February 17- 28, 2016: Pre and Post Cessation of Hostilities 

·         Why the Most Dangerous Group in Syria Isn’t ISIS 

Institute of Development Studies

·         Bridging the Gap: Synthesizing Evidence from Secondary Quantitative and Primary Qualitative Data 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India Budget 2016: Old Economics, New Politics 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Moving Beyond Security vs. the Duty to Protect 

·         Tangled Connections between Migration and Security in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: A European Perspective 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Personal Characteristics of Lone-Actor Terrorists 

International Centre for Defence and Security

·         The European Union Global Strategy: How Best to Adapt to New Challenges? 

International Crisis Group

·         Zimbabwe: Stranded in Stasis 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         How Do Fiscal and Labor Policies in France Affect Inequality? 

·         Improving Public Infrastructure in the Philippines 

·         Islamic Finance and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) 

·         Macroeconomic Impact of Product and Labor Market Reforms on Informality and Unemployment in India 

·         Separate Identification of the Chinese Renminbi in the COFER Survey 

·         Sharing the Growth Dividend : Analysis of Inequality in Asia 

·         Sustainability and Equity Challenges : Some Arithmetic on Lebanon’s Pension System 

·         What’s Different about Monetary Policy Transmission in Remittance-Dependent Countries? 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         UN Peace Operations in Violent and Asymmetric Threat Environments 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 4, 2016, v. 15, no. 5 

o    Pakistan: Militant Sympathies Among the Middle Class

o    Philippines: MILF Stays Clear of Security Forces During Mindanao Raid

o    Wilayat Khorasan Stumbles in Afghanistan

o    AQIM’s Resurgence: Responding to Islamic State

Kaspersky Lab, Inc.

·         Global IT Security Risks Survey 2015 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula Continues 

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Islamic State Propaganda and the Mainstream Media 

·         Nuclear-Armed Submarines in Indo-Pacific Asia:  Stabiliser or Menance? 

Mandiant

·         M-Trends® 2015: A View from the Front Lines 

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Seeking Safety, Jobs, and More: Afghanistan’s Mixed Flows Test Migration Policies 

·         South American Immigrants in the United States 

Mitchell Institute

·         Hypersonic Weapons and US National Security: A 21st Century Breakthrough 

·         Preserving Our C2 Edge: A Near-Term Flight Plan For The Air Operations Center Weapon System 

National Academies Press

·         Privacy Research and Best Practices:   Summary of a Workshop for the Intelligence Community 

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

·         Twenty-Five Years of Ideological Homicide Victimization in the United States of America 

·         Victims of Ideological Homicides, 1990-2014 

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         China Security Report 2016 

National Security Archive

·         The Gorbachev File 

NATO Defense College

·         How to Respond to Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)? Towards a NATO Counter-A2/AD Strategy 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainment

·         The Off-Ramp with North Korea 

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·         Gender Based Violence and Access to Justice:the Case of Ganta, Liberia 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Bin Laden's Bookshelf 

Oxford Research Group

·         Remote Control Project: Remote-Control Warfare Briefing #13 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Provincial Rule of Law Index of Pakistan 2016 

·         Role of Media in India Pakistan Relations 

·         Role of Pakistani Media in Pakistan-India Relations 

·         The System of Policing in Independent India 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         China's Belt and Road Initiative Motives, Scope, and Challenges 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Global Outlook of the Top Five Candidates in the U.S. Presidential Election 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent 

Project on Middle East Political Science

·         Evolving Methodologies in the Study of Islamism 

RAND Corporation

·         Analysis to Support Louisiana's Flood Risk and Resilience Program and Application to the National Disaster Resilience Competition 

·         Attitudes Toward Local and National Government Expressed over Chinese Social Media: A Case Study of Food Safety 

·         Designing Adaptable Ships: Modularity and Flexibility in Future Ship Designs 

·         From Patchwork to Framework: A Review of Title 10 Authorities for Security Cooperation 

·         The Power to Coerce: Countering Adversaries Without Going to War 

·         Using Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements to manage and supervise terrorist offenders: Findings from an exploratory study 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         China’s One Belt One Road: Has the European Union Missed the Train? 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Coalition, Scarcity and the Afghan Army Logistics System 

·         Confessions of a Hybrid Warfare Skeptic: What Might Really Be Interesting but Hidden Within the Various Conceptions of Gray Zone Conflict, Ambiguous Warfare, Political Warfare, and Their Ilk 

·         From Maneuver to Attrition: The Transformation of the Israel Defense Forces’ Approach to Warfare 

·         Future Conflicts: The Risks and Rewards of Coalition Operations 

·         It’s in There: Rethinking(?) Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield in Megacities/Dense Urban Areas 

·         The Matryoshka is Empty: Why Russia Doesn’t Really Matter 

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #27: Sicarios Use a Jet Ski for Beach Front Targeted Killing in Acapulco 

Transatlantic Academy

·         Russia’s Military: On the Rise? 

Transportation Research Board

·         Impact of United States Coast Guard Regulations on United States Flag Registry 

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

·         The Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategy to Prevent Violent Extremism 

·         Muslim American Involvement in Violent Extremism in 2015 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         ADIZ Update: Enforcement in the East China Sea, Prospects for the South China Sea, and Implications for the United States 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Internet Security and Privacy in the Age of the Islamic State 

·         Iran's Long Road to Reintegrating With the World Financial System 

·         The State(s) of Ideology in Iran 

·         Third Time the Charm for Reform in Iran? 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: The Affordable Care Act: Healthy Communities Six Years Later 

·         Remarks by the First Lady at Women's History Month Event Honoring Women Veterans For Their Service To Our Country 

·         Remarks by the President on the Economy 

·         Statement by the President on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 

·         WEEKLY ADDRESS: Degrading and Destroying ISIL 

Wilson Center

·         For Turkey which is the Lesser Evil: ISIS or the Kurds?