Friday's Miscellany 06-03-2016

38 North

·         The Death of a Diplomat: Kang Sok Ju 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         A Balancing Act for Extractive Sector Governance 

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

·         Hezbollah in Syria: Gains, Losses and Changes 

·         Palestine and the Scandal of Liberal Democracy 

·         Tensions Continue to Boil in South China Sea 

Amnesty International

·         Afghanistan: “My Children Will Die This Winter” Afghanistan’s Broken Promise to the Displaced 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, May 2016, v. 23, no. 4 

o    Post-refractive surgery complications and eye disease, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2005-2014

o    Update: Urinary stones, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011-2015

o    Surveillance snapshot: Zika virus infection among Military Health System beneficiaries following introduction of the virus into the Western Hemisphere, 20 May 2016

o    Surveillance snapshot: Department of Defense Global, Laboratory-Based Influenza Surveillance Program, 2014-2015 season

Army War College

·         Parameters, Spring 2016, v. 46, no. 1 

o    Making Sense of the "Long Wars" – Advice to the US Army

o    Balancing Priorities in America's European Strategy

o    Revisiting the Principles of NATO Burden-Sharing

o    Modifying America's Forward Presence in Eastern Europe

o    The United States as the Reluctant Ally

o    State-Building: America's Foreign Policy Challenge

o    Nation-Building is an Oxymoron

o    Lessons from the Air Campaigns over Libya, Syria, and Yemen

o    Does Russia Have a Gerasimov Doctrine?

o    Measuring the Effectiveness of America's War on Terror

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Impact of Infrastructure Investment on Tax:Estimating Spillover Effects of the Kyushu High-Speed Rail Line in Japan on Regional Tax Revenue 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Delivering Materiel Readiness 

Atlantic Council

·         Countering Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe 

·         Shape, Steer, and Sustain: A US Strategy for the New Global Economic Order 

·         A Transatlantic Strategy for a Democratic Tunisia 

·         A US Strategy for Building Defense and Deterrence in the Baltic States 

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

·         Australia and the Challenges of Weapons of Mass Destruction 

·         Indonesia's ‘Great Power’ Aspirations: A Critical View 

·         Mexican Drug Cartels and Dark-Networks: An Emerging Threat to Australia's National Security 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Aus-Africa Dialogue 2015: Cooperating to Build Peace, Security and Prosperity 

·         Cyberspace and Armed Forces: The Rationale for Offensive Cyber Capabilities 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Economic Reform in the Arab Gulf 

·         Mexican Armed Forces & Security 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Dossier CIDOB: Brexit Scenarios and Perspectives 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Between Paris and Cairo: Balancing Security and Diplomacy 

·         Why Israel Should Not Adopt Unilateral Initiatives 

Brookings

·         Blood and Faith in Afghanistan: A June 2016 Update 

·         A Congressional Oversight Office: A Proposed Early Warning System for the United States Congress 

·         The “glocal” Effect: Rethinking Religious Nationalism and Radicalization 

·         India's Energy and Climate Policy 

·         Managing Natural Resources for Development in East Africa: Examining Key Issues with the Region’s Oil and Natural Gas Discoveries 

Bureau of Justice Statistics

·         State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Protection Order Submissions 

Cato Institute

·         Hate Speech Laws: Ratifying the Assassin’s Veto 

·         Voice, Exit, and Liberty: The Effect of Emigration on Origin Country Institutions 

·         A Walk Through the JOBS Act of 2012:Deregulation in the Wake of Financial Crisis 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Advancing the Dialogue: A Security System for the Two-State Solution 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security

·         Homeland Security Affairs. May 2016 

·         Opportunities in Crisis and Catastrophe: The Issue-Attention Cycle and Political Reality 

·         The Ultra-Marathoners of Human Smuggling: How to Combat the Dark Networks that Can Move Terrorists over American Land Borders 

·         Questioning the Criticality of Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study Analysis 

·         Applying the Economic, Homeland and National Security Analysis Framework 

·         What is NORAD's Role in Military Cyber Attack Warning? 

·         The Fortress Problem 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         New Data: Immigration Surged in 2014 and 2015 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Libya – in the Eye of the Storm 

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 184: Russian Food Policy 

·         Why Security Sector Reform has to be Negotiated 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Extended Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Changing Security Structure in the Middle East 

·         Issues & Insights Vol. 16 - No. 10 - China’s “New Silk Road” and US-Japan Alliance Geostrategy: Challenges and Opportunities 

·         PacNet #48 - The Bilateral and Regional Significance of Obama’s visit in Vietnam 

·         Project on Nuclear Issues: A Collection of Papers from the 2015 Conference Series 

·         Sound Policy, Uneven Performance: Assessing Nigeria’s Agricultural Strategy 

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Cross-Border Data Transfers and Data Localization 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Closing the Gap between Canadian Emissions Targets and Performance: The Role of a National Carbon Tax 

·         A Framework for Understanding Internet Openness 

·         The Impact of Green Banking Guidelines on the Sustainability Performance of Banks: The Chinese Case 

·         Internet Openness and Fragmentation: Toward Measuring the Economic Effects 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         European Defence: From Strategy to Delivery 

Congress. House. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Systematic Failures and Preventable Tragedies at the Tomah  VA Medical Center [large file] 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Approach to Estimating Expected Hurricane Damage 

·         Potential Increases in Hurricane Damage in the United States: Implications for the Federal Budget 

·         Scanning and Imaging Shipping Containers Overseas: Costs and Alternatives 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         China’s G20 Challenge 

·         New Framework for Cross-Border Data Flows 

Deep Cuts Project

·         Anticipatory Arms Control 

Department of State

·         2015 Country Reports on Terrorism     

Department of the Air Force

·         Air Superiority 2030 Flight Plan: Enterprise Capability Collaboration Plan 

·         Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Flight Plan: 2016-2036 - Bridging the Gap Between Tactical and Strategic 

Department of the Navy

·         OPNAV 3440.16E Navy Defense Support of Civil Authorities Program 

Dudley Knox Library

·         Lone Wolf Terrorism - A Brief Bibliography [Updated May 30, 2016] 

East-West Center

·         The 2016 Philippine Elections: Local Power as National Authority 

·         At the Crossroads: The TPP, AIIB, and Japan's Foreign Economic Strategy   

·         The Logic and Wisdom of Lifting the US Arms Embargo on Vietnam   

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Exploring the Determinants of Welfare Distribution in Tunisia and Egypt Using a Welfare Generation Model 

·         Upward or Downward: Occupational Mobility and Return Migration 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         ‘All Radicalisation is Local’. The Genesis and Drawbacks of an Elusive Concept 

·         Belgium and Its Foreign and External Policies (2010-15) 

·         The European Union and the China-led Transformation of Global Economic Governance 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         U.S. Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2015 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         China’s Rise and Central Asia’s Security 

·         Effective Minilateralism for the EU – What, When and How 

·         Sense and Sensibility – Addressing the South China Sea Disputes 

European Parliament

·         EU Strategy for LNG and Gas Storage 

·         Violence Against Women in the EU State of Play 

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security  (ENISA)

·         Exploring Cloud Incidents 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         2016 National Preparedness Report 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Industrialization and Structural Change: Can Sub-Saharan Africa Develop without Factories? 

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

·         EU Security of Gas Supplies: Solidarity Runs Through the Pipeline 

·         Japan and its Alliance with the U.S.: Structure, Dynamics and Evolution to 2030 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         If You Can’t Include Them, Exclude Them: Countering the Arab Uprisings in Algeria and Jordan  

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Violent Extremism and Instability in the Greater Horn of Africa 

Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change

·         Climate Change & Security in South Asia 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security: Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Would Benefit from Risk Assessment and Strategy Updates. GAO-16-632 

·         Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Needed to Better Incorporate Risk in Deployment Strategy. GAO-16-582 

·         IT Dashboard: Agencies Need to Fully Consider Risks When Rating Their Major Investments. GAO-16-494 

·         Midway Atoll: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Faces Many Competing Priorities. GAO-16-382 

Heritage Foundation

·         The “Judicial Holy Grail”: Why the Supreme Court Should Not Revisit the Privileges or Immunities Clause 

·         Section 337 of the Tariff Act: Fighting Distortionary Import Trade and Strengthening American Intellectual Property Rights 

·         U.S. Goals at the 2016 Meeting of the U.N.’s Small-Arms Process 

Human Rights Watch

·         Human Rights in Supply Chains: A Call for a Binding Global Standard on Due Diligence 

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         The NATO Warsaw Summit: How to Strengthen Alliance Cohesion 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         IAEA’s Second JCPOA Report:  Key Information Still Missing 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Fallujah Control of Terrain Map: May 31, 2016 

·         Fallujah Control of Terrain Map (animated ): May 23-31, 2016 

·         Iraq Situation Report: May 24 - June 1, 2016 

·         ISIS Collapses Opposition Frontline in Northern Aleppo Province 

·         ISIS Forecast: Ramadan 2016 

·         ISIS's Regional Campaign: May 2016 

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: May 13 - June 2, 2016 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Defining the India-China Relationship : A Continuing Quest 

·         India’s Interests in South China Sea: Implications for Regional and Global Security and Stability 

·         The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: India’s New Safety Net for Farmers 

·         Singapore-Sri Lanka Trade: A Brief Overview 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         A Brief History of Propaganda During Conflict: Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications 

International Crisis Group

·         Pakistan’s Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Learning from the Canaries: Lessons from the“Cayucos” Crisis 

Lawfare

·         International Signals Intelligence Law:Provisions and History 

·         Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2016 [updated June3, 2016] 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, June 2, 2016, v. 16, no. 9 

o    Team Tsai Ing-wen: a Who’s Who of the New Cabinet

o    The Courage to Fight and Win: The PLA Cultivates Xuexing for the Wars of the Future

o    China Dictates Terms for Sino-Japanese Relations During First Japanese Foreign Minister Visit in Four Years

o    Growing Overlap Between Counter-Terrorism and Overseas Interest Protection Acts As New Driver of Chinese Strategy

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Shifting Waters: China’s New Passive Assertiveness in Asian Maritime Security 

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, March 2016,v. 7, no. 3 

o    Democracy, Autocracy, and US Policy in the Arab World: The Return of Realism?"

MITRE

·         November 2015 Federal Internet of Everything Summit Report 

National Academies Press

·         Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box 

·         Commercial Aircraft Propulsion and Energy Systems Research: Reducing Global Carbon Emissions 

·         Effects of the Deletion of Chemical Agent Washout on Operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant 

National Alliance on Mental Illness

·         Preparing for the Unimaginable 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Can Europe and the U.S. Disengage from the Middle East? 

·         Changing the Status Quo: What Directions for Palestinians? 

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

·         Investigative Dashboard search 

Open Society Foundation

·         Tackling Corruption in Uzbekistan 

Oxford Research Group

·         Climate Change: Prospects for Effective Future Action 

Quilliam

·         The EU and Terrorism: Is Britain Safer In or Out? 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Green Growth Path to Climate Stabilization 

Rand

·         Russia, China and Iran Use Measures Short of War to Further Strategic Ends Against the U.S. 

·         Stretching and Exploiting Thresholds for High-Order War: How Russia, China, and Iran Are Eroding American Influence Using Time-Tested Measures Short of War 

·         Sustaining Service Members and Their Families: Exploring Opportunities for Efficiency and Joint Provision of Services Using Nonappropriated Funds 

·         Technological Lessons from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Would a New SDSR Be Needed After a Brexit Vote? 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Identifying Stakeholders in the Land Use Management Process and Related Critical Factors in ASEAN 

Small Arms Survey

·         Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: SDG Target 16.4 

·         A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide 

Small Wars Journal

·         The National Intelligence Council: The Upcoming Global Trends 2035 Report 

·         The Security Challenges of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics 

Transnational Institute

·         The Involvement of European Corporate and Financial Entities in Land Grabbing Outside the European Union 

·         Military Spending, Tax Evasion and the Netherlands 

·         Tax Evasion and Weapon Production 

Walk Free Foundation

·         2015 Global Slavery Index 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing the New AKP Cabinet 

·         Bahrain's Game of Detainee Diplomacy with Washington 

·         Iraq's Imperiled Democracy 

·         Losing by Winning: The Rupture of the Israeli Center 

·         Raqqa Will Not Fall Until Arab Tribes Fight the Islamic State 

·         Russian Views on the Middle East: A Trip Report 

White House

·         Remarks by the President in Commencement Address to the United States Air Force Academy 

·         Remarks by the President on the Economy 

·         Remarks by the President on Memorial Day,2016