Friday's Miscellany 03-18-2016

38 North

·         North Korea’s Punggye-ri Facility Appears Ready to Support New Nuclear Tests 

Air Force Research Institute

·         Innate Insurgent Advantage: Can Training and Planning Bridge the Gap? 

Air University Press

·         Guilt-Free War: Post-Traumatic Stress and an Ethical Framework  

·         The Innate Insurgent Advantage: Can Training and Planning Bridge the Gap?  

·         Instantly Basing Locust Swarms: New Options for Future Air Operations  

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Hotels in Africa as Terrorist Targets 

·         Kashmiri Youth: Redefining the Movement for Self-determination 

·         What Erdogan really wants for education in Turkey: Islamization or Pluralisation? 

American Foreign Policy Council

·         Shale 3.0—The Revolution Reshaping America and the World 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Impact of the People’s Republic of China’s Growth Slowdown on Emerging Asia: A General Equilibrium Analysis 

·         Openness and Urbanization: The Case of the People’s Republic of China 

Atlantic Council

·         Autocracies Failed and Unfailed: Limited Strategies for State Building 

·         Fact Sheet: Changes in Cuba 

·         Why the Congo Matters 

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

·         Deterrence Campaigns: Lessons from IDF Operations in Gaza 

·         The Mediterranean as a Strategic Environment:Learning a New Geopolitical Language 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Mobilization for Change: The Role of the Networked Public Sphere in Advancing Civic Participation and Collective Action in the Arab Region 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Mechanisms of Control: How Turkey is Criminalizing Dissent and Muzzling the Press 

·         U.S. Energy R&D Architecture: Discreet Roles of Major Innovation Institutions 

Brennan Center

·         Overseas Surveillance in an Interconnected World 

Brookings

·         Public Pensions in Flux: Can the Federal Government's Experiences Inform State Responses? 

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         Enduring Allies: Building Better Defense-Industrial Cooperation 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Strengthening the ROK-US Nuclear Partnership 

·         Treatment not Terror: Strategies to Enhance External Beam Cancer Therapy in Developing Countries While Permanently Reducing the Risk of Radiological Terrorism 

               

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan: Shift to a “Conditions–Based”Strategy or Lose the “Forgotten War” 

·         Army Modernization Challenge 

·         An Arctic Redesign: Recommendations to Rejuvenate the Arctic Council 

·         Defense Reform in the 21st Century Emerging Survey Results 

·         PacNet #28 - Philippines v. China arbitration: Be Careful What You Wish For 

·         PacNet #27 - Principles for Planning a US Alliance with a Unified Korea 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Making Sense of the Russian Withdrawal: ATactical Assessment 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Future of Canada's Oil Sands in a Decarbonizing Global Economy 

Centre for Security Governance

·         Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Afghanistan 

Chatham House

·         Improving Legality Among Small-Scale Forest Enterprises: The Role of National-Level Indicators Within the SDGs 

·         Politics and Development in Tanzania:Shifting the Status Quo 

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

·         Syria and Its Neighbors 

·         Salvaging Syria’s Economy 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Eastern Economic Integration Projects and the EU Periphery 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, March 2016, v. 9, no. 3 

o    How Realistic Is Libya as an Islamic State "Fallback"?

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: John J. Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, NYPD, with Ambassador Michael Sheehan

o    The Islamic State in the Philippines: A Looming Shadow in Southeast Asia?

o    Losing Territory and Lashing Out: The Islamic State and International Terror

o    The Islamic State Threat to Britain: Evidence from Recent Terror Trials

o    The Last Hope for the al-Qa`ida Old Guard? A Profile of Saif al-`Adl

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Department of the Navy 2017 Operations and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness Posture 

·         DOD Rotorcraft Modernization Budget Request 

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for National Security Space 

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for U.S.Cyber Command: Preparing for Operations in the Cyber Domain 

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

·         The U.S. Transportation Command 2017Readiness Posture 

Congress. House. Budget Committee

·         A Balanced Budget for a Stronger America Plan 

·         Summary & Key Facts 

·         Charts & Graphs 

·         Summary Tables 

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Disrupter Series: Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology 

·         Privatizing the Internet Assigned Number Authority 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget: Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency 

·         Trade with Cuba: Growth and Opportunities 

·         U.S.-India Relations: Democratic Partners of Economic Opportunity 

·         U.S. Policy Toward National Self-Determination Movements 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         DHS in Today’s Dangerous World: Examining the Department’s Budget and Readiness to Counter Homeland Threats 

·         State of Emergency: The Disaster of Cutting Preparedness Grants 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies 

·         Executive Overreach in Domestic Affairs Part I – Health Care and Immigration 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Examining Federal Administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint, Michigan, Part 3 

·         Examining Federal Administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint, Michigan, Part 2 

·         Examining the Renewable Fuel Standard 

·         Rebuilding Afghanistan: Oversight of Defense Department Infrastructure Projects 

·         VA Cybersecurity and IT Oversight  

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         The President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Army Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle and Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft Enterprises 

·         Current State of Readiness of U.S. Forces 

·         Department of Defense Budget Posture 

·         Posture of the Department of the Navy 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Hands Off: The Future of Self-Driving Cars 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Reviewing the Administration's Nuclear Agenda 

·         Ukrainian Reforms Two Years After The Maidan Revolution and the Russian Invasion 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         DHS Management and Acquisition Reform 

·         Examining Agency Use of Deterrence, Part II 

·         The Security of U.S. Visa Programs 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Impact of High Levels of Immigration on U.S. Workers 

·         Preventing America's Looming Fiscal Crisis:the Need for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution             

Congressional Budget Office  (CBO)

·         Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—March 2016 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Anticipating and Avoiding Global Food Price Crises 

·         Renewed Confrontation in Georgia 

·         U.S.-Cuba Relations 

·         The U.S. Supreme Court and Obama’s Immigration Actions 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2017 Defense Posture Statement: Taking the Long View, Investing in the Future 

·         DoD Instruction 8530.01 - Cybersecurity Activities Support to DoD Information Network Operations 

Department of Justice

·         Understanding Firearms Assaults against Law Enforcement Officers in the United States 

Department of State

·         Atrocities Prevention Report 

·         Combating Global Anti-Semitism in 2016 

·         Sec. Kerry - Remarks on Daesh and Genocide 

East Asia Institute

·         Identity Politics and the US Rebalance to Asia—American and Northeast Asian Perspectives 

Economist Intelligence Unit

·         Worldwide Cost of Living 2016 

Egmont Institute

·         Geopolitics with European Characteristics: An Essay on Pragmatic Idealism, Equality, and Strategy 

·         The Rise of Single Motherhood in the EU: Analysis and Propositions 

Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

·         Industry Study—Shipbuilding 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         European Defence Spending 2015: The Force Awakens 

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         The Dual-use Export Control Policy Review: Balancing Security, Trade and Academic Freedom in a Changing World 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Russia's Quiet Military Revolution, and What It Means for Europe 

European Parliament

·         Organized Crime and  Corruption: Cost of Non-Europe

o    Report   

o    Annex II 

o    Annex III 

·         Poverty in the European Union 

·         Scrutiny in Horizon 2020: Focusing on the European Parliament’s Priorities 

European Parliament Think Tank

·         Research in the European Treaties 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Turkey Makes a Mockery of Europe's Claim to Uphold Democratic Values 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         China’s Military Reorganization – and America’s Window of Opportunity 

·         Divining a “Trump Doctrine”: Finding the Contours of Donald Trump’s Foreign & National Security Policy 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         The Retrospective Economic Vulnerability Index, 2015 Update 

French Institute of International Relations (Institut Français des Relations Internationales)

·         Illusion of Convergence: Russia, China, and the BRICS 

German Council on Foreign Relations

·         Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 2016 

German Development Institute

·         Non-economic Loss and Damage in the Context of Climate Change: Understanding the Challenges 

·         Self-differentiation of Countries’ Responsibilities: Addressing Climate Change Through Intended Nationally Determined Contributions 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         NATO in a World of Disorder: Making the Alliance Ready for Warsaw 

·         Solidarity Under Stress in the Transatlantic Realm 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Development and Countering Violent Extremism 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Forecasting: FAA Should Implement Additional Risk-Management Practices in Forecasting Aviation Activity. GAO-16-210 

·         Critical Defense Materials: Government Collected Data Are Sufficiently Reliable to Assess Tantalum Availability. GAO-16-335   

·         Defense Infrastructure: More Accurate Data Would Allow DOD to Improve the Tracking, Management, and Security of Its Leased Facilities. GAO-16-101  

·         Department of Homeland Security: Progress Made, but Work Remains in Strengthening Acquisition and Other Management Functions. GAO-16-507T [testimony] 

·         Unmanned Aerial Systems: Further Actions Needed to Fully Address Air Force and Army Pilot Workforce Challenges. GAO-16-527T [Testimony] 

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2016, v. 9, no. 1 

o    Designing Danger: Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors - Special Issue

o    The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Development of Mortars

o    Aum Shinrikyo’s Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Development Efforts

o    The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Development of Narco-Submarines

o    Los Zetas and Proprietary Radio Network Development

o    Digging Into Israel: The Sophisticated Tunneling Network of Hamas

o    A.Q. Khan Nuclear Smuggling Network

o    Comparative Analysis of VNSA Complex Engineering Efforts

Heritage Foundation

·         Appeals Court Ruling Could Threaten the Second Amendment Rights of American Citizens 

·         Encryption Commission: Making Sense of Critical Policy Options 

·         How Economic Freedom Can Be Restored in Argentina 

·         The Paris Agreement Is a Treaty and Should Be Submitted to the Senate 

·         President Obama’s Visit to Cuba—An Opportunity to Refocus on Human Rights 

·         Top Four Homeland Security Priorities for the Next Administration 

Heritage Institute

·         Exit Strategy Challenges for the AU Mission in Somalia  

Homeland Security Advisory Council

·         Final Report of the CBP Integrity Advisory Panel 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Adverse Rainfall Shocks and Civil War: Myth or Reality? 

Human Rights Watch

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

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

·         China’s Maritime Silk Road – An Ambitious Undertaking: A View from Europe 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Garo National Liberation Army: An Emerging Threat in Meghalaya 

·         Myanmar in China’s Push into the Indian Ocean 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Assessing Weapon System Acquisition Cycle Times: Setting Program Schedules 

Institute for International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         EU and Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean Neighborhood—Tackling New Realities through Old Means? 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         China's Evolving Middle East Role 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Engagement in Parenting Programmes: Exploring Facilitators of and Barriers to Participation 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         American Muslim Poll:  Politics, Priorities and Prejudice in 2016 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: March 8 - 14, 2016 

·         Russia Security Update: March 3-17, 2016 

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: February 29 - March 15, 2016 

·         Syrian Armed Opposition Powerbrokers 

·         Ukraine Crisis Update: March 18, 2016 

Institute of Development Studies

·         Real-time Monitoring in Disease Outbreaks—Strengths, Weaknesses and Future Potential 

·         Who Drives Climate-relevant Policies in the Rising Powers? 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         A Case for China’s Security Role in South Asia 

·         Elections in Four Indian States: A Test for the BJP and Modi 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The EU and Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean Neighbourhood  

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Organization of American States (OAS)

·         Cybersecurity: Are we ready in Latin America and the Caribbean? 

International Crisis Group

·         Exploiting Disorder: al-Qaeda and the Islamic State 

·         Human Cost of the PKK Conflict in Turkey: The Case of Sur 

·         North Caucasus Insurgency and Syria: An Exported Jihad? 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Bank Solvency and Funding Cost 

·         China's Slowdown and Global Financial Market Volatility : Is World Growth Losing Out? 

·         Foreign Exchange Intervention under Policy Uncertainty 

·         Implications of Food Subsistence for Monetary Policy and Inflation 

·         Natural Disasters and Food Crises in Low-Income Countries : Macroeconomic Dimensions 

·         Serial Sovereign Defaults and Debt Restructurings 

·         Tax Administration Reform in China : Achievements,Challenges, and Reform Priorities 

·         When Do Structural Reforms Work? On the Role of the Business Cycle and Macroeconomic Policies 

·         Winning the Oil Lottery : The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Rule of Law and the Laws of War 

Joint Special Operations University

·         2016 Special Operations Essays 

o    Daydreams of an Operational Planner: Reimagining the Counterterrorism Task Force

o    Bringing the Alliance Back to SOF: The Role of NATO Special Operations Headquarters in Countering Russian Hybrid Warfare

o    Collaborative Warfare: Countering Hybrid Threats through Convergence

o    An Analysis of the Influence of Clausewitz’s Friction, From Nonmilitary Fields Over the Frictions in the Military During the Chavin de Huantar Hostage Rescue

o    Measuring the Immeasurable: Assessing the Effectiveness of Engineering Civic Assistance Projects

o    Seizing the Initiative through Violence: The Hybrid Warfare Counteroffensive

Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians

·         Genocide against Christians in the Middle East 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Implications of the North Korean Human Rights Act and Future Challenges 

Mercatus Center

·         Do Consumer Drones Endanger the National Airspace?  Evidence from Wildlife Strike Data 

Migration Policy Institute

·         Canadian Expression of Interest System: A Model to Manage Skilled Migration to the European Union? 

National Academies Press

·         Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change 

·         Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2014 

National Defense University Press

·         Violating Reality:  The Lavelle Affair, Nixon, and the Parsing of the Truth 

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Tallinn

·         Economic Aspects of National Cyber Security Strategies 

·         International Cyber Norms: Legal, Policy& Industry Perspectives 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         ATOMIC SPIES IN SOUTHERN SKIES: Operation Crowflight–United States high altitude radiological sampling in Australia1960-1966 

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Spring 2016, v. 69, no. 2 

o    The Effect of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 on Naval Strategy, 1987–1994

o    The 1974 Paracels Sea Battle: A Campaign Appraisal

o    WHO IS AT THE HELM The Past Present and Future Leaders of Chinas Navy

o    The Battle of Quemoy: The Amphibious Assault That Held the Postwar Military Balance in the Taiwan Strait

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Role of Ex-rebel Parties in Building Peace 

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Fueling the Fire: How the UN Security Council’s Permanent Members Are Undermining Their Own Commitments on Syria 

Oxford Research Group

·         New Tactics, Old Strategy: Remote Warfare and the War on Drugs 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Adjustment and Income Distribution Impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership 

Project on Middle East Political Science

·         Iran’s 2016 Election 

RAND

·         Building the Future: Summary of Four Studies to Develop the Private Sector, Education, Health Care, and Data for Decisionmaking for the Kurdistan Region — Iraq 

·         Directed International Technological Change and Climate Policy: New Methods for Identifying Robust Policies Under Conditions of Deep Uncertainty 

·         Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 4. Investigations of Potential Bias in Estimates from the2014 RAND Military Workplace Study 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         China’s Approach to Soft Power: Seeking a Balance between Nationalism, Legitimacy and International Influence 

·         Upgrading to a New, Rigorous System: Recent Developments in China’s Export Controls 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         China and the Middle East: Venturing into the Maelstrom 

Small Arms Survey

·         Dribs and Drabs: The Mechanics of Small Arms Trafficking from the United States 

Small Wars Journal

·         Assessing Physiological Response to Toxic Industrial Chemical Exposure in Megacities 

·         Could Iran and the US Overcome Their Mutual Animosity to Eradicate Daesh? 

·         Intelligence Planning and Methods Employed: Operation Red Dawn - The Capture of Saddam Hussein 

South African Institute of International Affairs  (SAIIA)

·         Building Freedom?  Securing Constitutionalism and Civil Liberties in Africa 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 16-22 - Department of Defense Reconstruction Projects: Summary of SIGAR Inspection Reports Issued from July 2009 through September 2015 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         New Geopolitics of Peace Operations in Africa: Regional Dialogues 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Old and New Insurgency Forms 

Syrian American Medical Society

·         A New Normal: Ongoing Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria [this may be blocked by some organizagtions] 

Transatlantic Academy

·         Germany’s Russia Policy: From Sanctions to Nord Stream 2? 

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·         Assessment mission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve human rights,accountability, reconciliation and capacity in South Sudan: detailed findings 

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Afghanistan Opium Survey 2015 -Socio-economic Analysis 

·         The Afghan Opiate Trade and Africa - A Baseline Assessment 

UNICEF

·         The Impact of Five Years of War: On Syria’s Children and Their Childhoods 

United Nations University

·         Risk Communication Program after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Comparison of Epistemic Cultures 

U.S. Army Command & General Staff College

·         Initiative Within the Philosophy of Auftragstaktik: Determining Factors of the Understanding of Initiative in the German Army, 1806-1955 

US-China Economic and Security Review

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

·         China’s Efforts to Counter U.S. Forward Presence in the Asia Pacific 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Establishing and Securing Safe Zones in Syria: Historical Lessons 

·         How Would Palestinians React to a UNSC Parameters Resolution? 

·         Mashhad Appointments Show Tightened Hardliner Grip 

·         Putin's Middle East Policy: Causes and Consequences 

·         Russia's Withdrawal Is Another Façade 

·         The Syrian Kurds: Whose Ally? 

·         Using International Financial Aid to Improve Baghdad-KRG Relations 

·         U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Debating an Increase 

White House

·         Statement by White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on the Publication of New Regulatory Changes for Cuba Sanctions 

Wilson Center

·         China Environment, Series 13 

World Bank            

·         Poverty in a Rising Africa