Friday's Miscellany 04-08-2016

38 North

·         The 2016 North Korean Budget Report: 12Observations 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Media Coverage of the Paris and Brussels Attacks : What was Different? 

American Action Forum

·         The Personnel and Infrastructure Needed to Remove All Undocumented Immigrants in Two Years 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Iran's Evolving Way of War: How the IRGC Fights in Syria 

American Foreign Policy Council

·         Cyber Threats in the Space Domain 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 47, April 2016: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence 

Asian Development Bank

·         Demographic Change and Fiscal Sustainability in Asia 

·         People's Republic of China: A Model Project Development Fund for Public-Private Partnerships 

Atlantic Council

·         Building a Transatlantic Digital Marketplace: Twenty Steps Toward 2020 

·         Distract, Deceive, Destroy: Putin at War in Syria 

·         An Innovator’s Journey: The Makings of Mexico’s Knowledge Economy 

·         A Maritime Framework for the Baltic Sea Region 

·         Securing Ukraine’s Energy Sector 

·         Ukraine v. Russia and the Kleptocrats 

Australia Parliament

·         Defense White Paper 2016: The Strategist Decides 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Global LNG Pricing Terms and Revisions 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Atlantic Future Shaping a New Hemisphere for the 21st century: Africa, Europe and the Americas 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The ABCs of Judea and Samaria: Towards Breakdown? 

·         The Syrian Civil War: An Interim Balance Sheet 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Cybersecurity: Are We Ready in Latin America and the Caribbean? 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated March 31, 2016] 

·         Are the Russians actually behind the Panama Papers? 

·         Can the Fed Stay Independent in a Polarized Era? 

·         Muslim Brotherhood’s Social Outreach After the Egyptian Coup 

·         Politics or Piety? Why the Muslim Brotherhood Engages in Social Service Provision 

·         Rethinking Language: “Islamism” as a Dirty Word 

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         A Way Ahead With Russia 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Autonomous Weapons and Human Control 

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

·         Plotting the Course of Ebola Vaccines:Challenges and Unanswered Questions 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Retirement Choice 2016 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Bosnia: Standstill despite New Strategic Significance 

·         Nordic Security: Moving towards NATO? 

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 181: Corporate Social Responsibility 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Australia-Japan-U.S. Maritime Cooperation 

·         Barriers to Bankable Infrastructure:Incentivizing Private Investment to Fill the Global Infrastructure Gap 

·         Global Health Programs and Partnerships 

·         JLENS [Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System] Future Bleak, But Need for Capability Remains 

·         Korea Monitor, March 24 - April 6, 2016, v.4, no. 6 

·         Missile Defense: Getting to the Elusive “Right Side of the Cost Curve” 

·         PacNet #34 - China to Enhance Its Role in Myanmar’s Peace Process 

·         PacNet #33 - Japan’s Security Policy Under Abe: Much Ado About Almost Nothing 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The Reckless Return of Migrants to Turkey is a Dangerous Time for Europe 

·         Shaping 21st Century Trade: TTIP, Global Standards and Multilateralism 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Does the Level of Public Debt Matter? 

·         Responding to Security Challenges in East Asia: Three Perspectives 

Chatham House

·         Can Ukraine Achieve a Reform Breakthrough? 

Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS)

·         Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the Local Public Safety Environment: A Review 

Clingendael  - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         The Parliamentary Dimension of Defense Cooperation 

·         Who is Afraid of European Economic Diplomacy? 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Cyber Preparedness and Response at the Local Level 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Army Modernization 

·         Navy Shipbuilding Programs 

·         Posture of the Department of the Army 

·         State of Public Shipyards to Meet Current Mission Needs and Investment Strategies to Support Future National Security Requirements 

·         United States Cyber Command 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee

·         Transportation Security: Protecting Passengers and Freight 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         A Progress Report on the West Africa Ebola Epidemic 

·         Recent Iranian Actions and Implementation of the Nuclear Deal 

·         The Strategic Implications of the U.S. Debt 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Terror in Europe: Safeguarding U.S. Citizens at Home and Abroad 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Debate Over 'Brexit' 

·         Nuclear Security Summit Statements 

Department of Defense (DOD)

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

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on Afghanistan 

·         Background Briefing on Manama and Baghdad 

·         ISP-I-16-10 - Evaluation of Embassy Baghdad’s Implementation of Line of Effort 6 in the President’s Strategy to Counter ISIL: Exposing ISIL’s True Nature (redacted) 

·         North Korea: How to Approach the Nuclear Threat 

Department of the Army

·         Shaping the Army Network: 2025-2040 

East-West Center

·         Can the US-ASEAN Connect Initiative Create Stronger US-ASEAN Economic Relations? 

·         US Economic Ties to ASEAN Demand a New Agility 

·         Water Resources in American Samoa: Law and Policy Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Why Belgium needs a Special Operations Command 

Enough Project

·         Modernized Sanctions for Sudan: Unfinished Business for the Obama Administration 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Russian Futures: Horizon 2025 

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Russia on Brexit: The Real Costs and Benefits 

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

·         2016 EU Drug Markets Report 

European Parliament

·         Cross Border Acquisitions of Residential Property in the EU 

·         Future of EU Defense Research

·         Proposal for a European Border and Coast Guard—Evolution or Revolution in External Border Management? 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Cutting the Gordian Knot? - Assessing the Outcomes of the March EU-India Summit 

·         The EU Cannot Remain a Passive Observer of the Karabakh conflict 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 2016 

o    Using Human Sources in Counterterrorism Operations: Understanding the Motivations and Political Impact

o    Identifying Warning Behaviors of the Individual Terrorist

o    The 4,000-Pound Bullet

o    The Responsibilities of Command: Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         How do Earmarked Funds Change the Geographical Allocation of Multilateral Assistance? 

·         Insights from a Multi-level Analysis of Bribe Prevalence in Developing Countries 

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

·         Last-ditch Attempt to Build the Energy Union 

·         Return of Geopolitical Risk - Russia, China and the United States 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Defending a Fraying Order: The Imperative of Closer U.S.-Europe-Japan Cooperation 

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         A Man's World? Exploring the Roles of Women in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Civil Support: DOD Needs to Clarify Its Roles and Responsibilities for Defense Support of Civil Authorities during Cyber Incidents. GAO-16-332 

·         Cloud Computing: Agencies Need to Incorporate Key Practices to Ensure Effective Performance. GAO-16-325 

·         State Marijuana Legalization: DOJ Should Document Its Approach to Monitoring the Effects of Legalization. GAO-16-419T [Testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         2015 Report of the Military Justice Review Group: Reasonable Next Steps in the Ongoing Professionalization of the Military Justice System 

·         How to Remove Remaining Barriers to Economic Freedom in Spain 

·         ICANN Transition Proposal: The U.S. Should Proceed with Caution 

·         A Manual Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems 

·         Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: U.S. Vigilance Required 

·         Next Steps for Addressing ISIS Genocide 

·         Pivotal Time for Ukraine: The U.S. Should Redouble Its Support 

·         Strengthening the End Modern Slavery Initiative (EMSI) 

Households in Conflict Network

·         The Unintended Long-term Consequences of Mao’s Mass Send-Down Movement: Marriage, Social Network, and Happiness 

Human Rights Watch

·         Double Punishment - Inadequate Conditions for Prisoners with Psychosocial Disabilities in France 

·         Nepotism and Neglect: The Failing Response to Arsenic in the Drinking Water of Bangladesh’s Rural Poor 

·         Unchecked Power: Police and Military Raids in Low-Income and Immigrant Communities in Venezuela 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Clarion Call from the Atolls: Marshall Islands Puts the Nuclear Powers on Notice 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, April 7, 2016 

o    Tunisia battles the Islamic State – Tactical Win But Strategic Loss?

o    Kenya’s Political Environment Ahead of 2017 Vote

·         The Full Cost of Military Personnel 

·         Role of Inflation and Price Escalation Adjustments in Properly Estimating Program Costs: F-35 Case Study 

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         Mexico Peace Index 2016 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational Reforms 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Aleppo Warning Update: April 7, 2016 

·         Iraq Situation Report: March 29 - April 4, 2016 

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence

·         International Journal of Conflict and Violence IJCV, 2016, v. 9, no. 1 

o    Xenophobic Violence and the Manufacture of Difference in Africa: Introduction to the Focus Section

o    “Go Back and Tell Them Who the Real Men Are!” Gendering Our Understanding of Kibera’s Post-election Violence

o    A reappraisal of the expulsion of illegal immigrants from Nigeria in 1983

o    Collective Mobilization and the Struggle for Squatter Citizenship: Rereading “Xenophobic” Violence in a South African Settlement

o    Protecting the “Most Vulnerable”? The Management of a Disaster and the Making/Unmaking of Victims after the 2008 Xenophobic Violence in South Africa

o    The Domestic Democratic Peace in the Middle East

o    Group-based Compunction and Anger: Their Antecedents and Consequences in Relation to Colonial Conflicts

o    The Secret Society of Torturers: The Social Shaping of Extremely Violent Behaviour

o    Validation of the Greek Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression (AMMSA) Scale: Examining Its Relationships with Sexist and Conservative Political Beliefs

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Government Official Raises Concern about Plutonium Separation at Yongbyon 

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Addressing and Mitigating Violence: Uptake Strategy, Year Four Update 

·         Beyond Borders: The End of the Mano River War(s)? 

·         China as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Final Nuclear Security Summit: Some Implications for South Asia

·         Make in India – Why It Will Succeed 

·         The Security of Nuclear Weapons Challenges for South Asia and the Muslim World 

·         Structure and Resilience in India-Nepal Relations 

International Crisis Group

·         How to Preserve the Fragile Calm at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade 

·         Nepal’s Divisive New Constitution: An Existential Crisis 

·         Steps Toward Stabilising Syria’s Northern Border 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 

·         The Cost of Foreign Exchange Intervention :Concepts and Measurement 

·         Mitigating the Deadly Embrace in Financial Cycles : Countercyclical Buffers and Loan-to-Value Limits 

·         Post-crisis International Banking : An Analysis with New Regulatory Survey Data 

·         Power It Up : Strengthening the Electricity Sector to Improve Efficiency and Support Economic Activity 

·         Structural Reform and Growth : What Really Matters? Evidence from the Caribbean 

·         Understanding Corporate Vulnerabilities in Latin America 

Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy

·         Mitigating the Strategic Consequences of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         Dirty Entanglements: Global Terrorism and Organized Crime 

·         Jihad instead of Democracy? 

·         Return of the Terror Tourists 

National Academies Press

·         Analytic Research Foundations for the Next-Generation Electric Grid 

·         Next Generation Earth System Prediction:   Strategies for Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts 

·         Veterans and Agent Orange:  Update 2014 

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

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

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

·         Victims of Ideological Homicides, 1990-2014 

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

·         Grid Security Exercise: GridEx III Report 

Oxford Research Group

·         Remote Control Project: Remote-Control Warfare Briefing #14  

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Monitor on Knowing your Right to Information 

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Libraries and Learning 

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Capital Controls in a Time of Crisis 

·         Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice: The Radical Potential of Human Rights 

Project 2049 Institute

·         Strategic Standoff: The U.S.-China Rivalry and Taiwan 

Rand

·         Air Defense Options for Taiwan: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Operational Benefits 

·         China's Evolving Approach to "Integrated Strategic Deterrence" 

·         The Deployment Life Study: Longitudinal Analysis of Military Families Across the Deployment Cycle 

·         Evaluation of EPIM [European Programme for Integration and Migration] III: 2012-2015 

·         Improving Decisionmaking in a Turbulent World 

·         Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Evaluating Estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study 

·         U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001–2014 

·         Water Management, Partnerships, Rights, and Market Trends: An Overview for Army Installation Managers 

Small Arms Survey

·         Online Trade of Light Weapons in Libya 

Small Wars Journal

·         Hacking for Defense (H4D) @ Stanford – Week 1 

·         Integrating Tactical Deception Planning at the Brigade Level 

·         Latvia in the Crosshairs: Russian Information Warfare and Appropriate Countermeasures 

·         Research and Vision for Intelligent Systems for 2025 and Beyond 

·         Stability Operations: Current Options for Engaging IS 

·         Strategic Depth & America’s Security Future 

·         Understanding the Wilaya AlForat: Heart of Daesh’s Homeland 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Afghan Air Force University: Contract Requirements Were Generally Met, but Instances of Non-Compliance, Poor Workmanship, and Inadequate Maintenance Need to Be Addressed 

Stanley Foundation

·         2015 Latin American Network Annual Report 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Trends in World Military Expenditure,2015  

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Operating in the Gray Zone: An Alternative Paradigm for U.S. Military Strategy 

·         Starting Strong: Talent-Based Branching of Newly Commissioned U.S. Army Officers  

Transatlantic Academy

·         The West’s Response to the Ukraine Conflict:A Transatlantic Success Story 

Transparency International

·         National Integrity System Assessment: Turkey 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Islamic State in Afghanistan: Assessing the Threat 

·         Pakistan After the Lahore Bombing: Shaping the Security Response 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After the 'Pullout': Putin's Military Options in Syria 

·         Amman's Showdown with the Muslim Brotherhood 

·         Ascent of the PYD and the SDF 

·         Combating Genocide: Reassessing the Fight Against the Islamic State 

·         Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy 

·         Fighting in the Caucasus: Implications for the Wider Region 

·         Iran Locks Itself Out of the International Financial System While Blaming Washington 

·         Is Armenia the Next Turkish-Russian Flashpoint? 

·         Potential U.S. Clarification of Financial Sanctions Regulations 

·         U.S. Military Engagement in the Broader Middle East 

White House

·         Remarks by the President in Meeting with Combatant Commanders and Joint Chiefs of Staff 

·         Remarks by the President on the Economy 

·         Weekly Address: Securing the World from Nuclear Terrorism 

Wilson Center

·         Researching the History of the People’s Republic of China 

World Health Organization (WHO)

·         Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A Global Assessment of the Burden of Disease from Environmental Risks