Friday's Miscellany 08-19-2016

Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center

·         Air Land Sea Bulletin, Summer 2016

o    Consider Adaptive Networks to Foster Understanding Relationships in Complex Operational Environments

o    Joint Equities in Aerial Lodgment

o    Joint Entry in the Urban Littorals: Freedom of Access Does Not Equal Freedom of Action

o    Ignoring the Inevitable: Urban Close Air Support Problems

o    Female Service Members Model Gender Integration among Partner Nations

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Jabhat Al-Nusraa And The End Of Al-Qaeda?

Amnesty International

·         'It Breaks the Human': Torture, Disease and Death in Syria's Prisons

Army War College

·         Parameters, Summer 2016, v. 46, no. 2

o    Prospects for Peace: The View from Beijing

o    Russian Special Operations Forces in Crimea and Donbas

o    Why Russia is Reviving its Conventional Military Power

o    Preparing for North Korea's Collapse: Key Stabilization Tasks

o    China, India, and War over Water

o    The "Practice" Problem: Peacebuilding and Doctrine

o    Capturing the Character of Future War

o    Victory in Today's Wars: New Insights on the Role of Communications

Asian Development Bank

·         Promoting Inland Waterway Transport in the People's Republic of China

·         Safety and Intelligent Transport Systems Development in the People’s Republic of China

·         Tajikistan: Promoting Export Diversification and Growth

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Deterring Terror: How Israel Confronts the Next Generation of Threats

Brookings

·         Building Smart Cities in India: Allahabad, Ajmer, and Visakhapatnam

·         U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Choices for the Future: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         India and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

·         In Search of an EU Role in the Syrian War

CATO Institute

·         Fiscal Sentiment and the Weak Recovery from the Great Recession: A Quantitative Exploration

Center for a New American Security

·         Laos in the World Spotlight: The East Asian Summit and Next Steps in U.S.-Lao Relations

Center for Global Development

·         Biometric Elections in Poor Countries:Wasteful or a Worthwhile Investment?

·         Should Countries Be More Like Shopping Malls? A Proposal for Service Performance Guarantees

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         The United Nations Approach to the Libyan Crisis

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Afghan War: Reshaping American Strategy and Finding Ways to Win

·         China Space Strategy and Developments

·         Domestic Resource Mobilization: Tax System Reform

·         PacNet #62 - Trans-boundary water resource management cooperation between the two Koreas: challenges and opportunities

Centre for Conflict Resolution

·         The African Union: Regional and Global Challenges

Chatham House

·         US Election Note: Defense Policy After 2016

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Trends in Family Wealth, 1989 to 2013

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Emergence of Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan

·         On Taxes and Suspicion: Ambivalences of Rule and the Politically Possible in Contemporary Hargeisa, Somaliland

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DODM 3025.01 v. 1  Defense Support of Civil Authorities: Overview  

·         DODM 3025.01 v. 2  Defense Support of Civil Authorities: DOD Incident Response

·         DODM 3025.01 v. 3 Defense Support of Civil Authorities: Pre-Planned DoD Support of Law Enforcement Agencies, Special Events, Community Engagement, and Other Non-DoD Entities

·         Information Technology Environment:  Way Forward to Tomorrow's Strategic Landscape

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2016-124 DoD Freedom of Information Act Policies Need Improvement

Department of Justice

·         Findings of Fraud and Other Irregularities Related to the  Manufacture and Sale of Combat Helmets by the Federal Prison Industries and ArmorSource, LLC,  to the Department of Defense

Department of State

·         U.S. Air Force International Engagement

Department of Veterans Affairs

·         Suicide Among Veterans and  Other Americans  2001–2014

East Asia Institute

·         Raising Islands, Rising Tensions: Perceptions from Washington on the South China Sea Dispute

East West Center

·         National Transfer Accounts: Data Sheet 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Counter-Terrorist Financing Summit 2016:Regional Risk Assessment on Terrorism Financing

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Armenia’s Everlasting Protest and Its Resonance in Post-Soviet States

·         Why Is Russia Blowing Smoke (Literally)? The Military Uses of Artificial Fog

German Development Institute

·         Ecuador’s Fiscal Policies in the Context of the Citizens’ Revolution: A ‘Virtuous Cycle’ and Its Limits

·         Reforming the UN Development System: Can North and South Overcome Their Political Differences in Making the UN Fit for Purpose?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: CBP Action Needed to Reduce Duty Processing Errors and Mitigate Nonpayment Risk. GAO-16-542

·         Army Training: Efforts to Adjust Training Requirements Should Consider the Use of Virtual Training Devices. GAO-16-636

·         Cultural Property: Protection of Iraqi and Syrian Antiquities. GAO-16-673

·         Defense Budget: DOD Needs to Improve Reporting of Operation and Maintenance Base Obligations. GAO-16-537

·         DOD Financial Management: Improvements Needed in the Navy's Audit Readiness Efforts for Fund Balance with Treasury. GAO-16-47  

·         Emergency Communications: Effectiveness of the Post-Katrina Interagency Coordination Group Could Be Enhanced. GAO-16-681

·         Federal Workforce: Opportunities Exist to Improve Data on Selected Groups of Special Government Employees. GAO-16-548

·         Sexual Violence Data: Actions Needed to Improve Clarity and Address Differences Across Federal Data Collection Efforts. GAO-16-546

Heritage Foundation

·         Did Welfare Reform Increase Extreme Poverty in the United States?

·         The Energy Efficiency Free Market Act: A Step Toward Real Energy Efficiency

·         The Goals the U.S. Should Pursue at the 2016 Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

·         How $15-per-Hour Minimum Starting Wages Would Affect Each State

·         Somalia’s Milestone Electoral Process Requires U.S. Scrutiny

Hoover Institute

·         Blueprint for America

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘All Five Fingers Are Not the Same’:Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Sri Lanka

·         Education on the Front Lines: Military Use of Schools in Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province

·         Syria/Russia: Incendiary Weapons Burn in Aleppo, Idlib: Increasing Attacks on Civilian Areas Since Joint Operation Began

·         ‘We’re Afraid For Their Future’: Barriers to Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         The Energy Sector Hacker Report:  Profiling the Hacker Groups that Threaten our Nation’s Energy Sector

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Developments in PoK and the Kashmir Valley: An Analysis

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, August 18, 2016, v. 12  

o    In the Fight Against Boko Haram, What’s the Role of the Multi-National Joint Task Force?

o    Shifting Allegiances in Zimbabwe’s Powerful Security Sector?

o    Tanzania: Growing Concern Over Governance Reform

·         Current and Potential Use of Technology Forecasting Tools in the Federal Government

·         Military Health System (MHS) Reform: The Options Under Consideration (Presentation)

·         The United States and Africa: Looking Toward the Next Decade—Symposium Report

Institute for National Strategic Studies

·         Frontier Security: The Case of Brazil

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         American Muslims and Free Health Services to Underserved Populations: The Huda Clinic

·         Understanding Effective Civic Engagement: The Muslim Community Association

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)

·         China, Central Asian States Watch as US Legitimizes Al Qaeda in Syria

·         Social Media and its Influence on Democratization in Africa

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: August 9-15, 2016  

·         ISIS Sanctuary Map: August 19, 2016

·         Syria Situation Report: August 12 - 18, 2016

Institute of Development Studies

·         Domestic Violence in Ghana: Incidence, Attitudes, Determinants and Consequences

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Nepal: Caught Between Expectations and Anxieties

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         More Than “Jihadi Brides” and “Eye Candy”:How Dabiq Appeals to Western Women

·         Promoting Disengagement from Violent Extremism

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)

·         Lone Wolf Terrorism and Open Source Jihad: An Explanation and Assessment

·         Trends in Aviation Terrorism

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 19, 2016, v. 14, no. 17

o    Al-Shabaab Aims for ‘Hearts and Minds’ With Establishment of Islamic Police Force

o    Political Turmoil in KRG Risks Hindering Kurdish Efforts Against Islamic State

o    Boko Haram: Abu Musab al-Barnawi’s Leadership Coup and Offensive in Niger

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         The Knife and the Message: The Roots of the New Palestinian Uprising

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         JDN 2-16, Identity Activities, 03 August 2016

·         JP 1-04, Legal Support to Military Operations, 02 August 2016

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Multidimensional Review is Required on Trade between North Korea and China after Enforcement of Sanctions against the North

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         G20 Monitor: Towards Hangzhou and Hamburg

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Understanding and Addressing Public Anxiety About Immigration

Mineta Transportation Institute

·         Trains, Concert Halls, Airports, and Restaurants - All Soft Targets: What the Terrorist Campaign in France and Belgium Tells Us About the Future of Jihadist Terrorism in Europe

National Defense University Press

·         Frontier Security: The Case of Brazil

National League of Cities (NLC)

·         Cities and Drones; What Cities Need to Know About Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

National Security Archive

·         U.S. Government Debated Secret Nuclear Deployments in Iceland

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         ICD 701 - Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information

Omega Research Foundation

·         Tools of Torture and Repression in South America: Use, Manufacture and Trade

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Monitor on Political Parties’ Internal Democracy, July 2016

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·         Diversification and Diffusion

·         Violence and Non-Violence in Anti-Government Mobilization

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Social Media Conversations About Race

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Clinton, Trump Supporters Have Starkly Different Views of a Changing Nation

Rand

·         Can We Explain Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression?

·         Examining ISIS Support and Opposition Networks on Twitter

·         Worldwide C-17 Availability to Support 82ndAirborne Operations from Fort Bragg/Pope Field

Refugees International

·         From Bad To Worse: Deepening Impacts of Zimbabwe's Drought

Small Wars Journal

·         Countering the Narrative: Understanding Terrorist’s Influence and Tactics, Analyzing Opportunities for Intervention, and Delegitimizing the Attraction to Extremism

·         From Counter-Insurgents to Right Wing Terrorists: French Military Politicization in Algeria, 1955-1961

·         The Gray Zone and Intelligence Preparation of the Battle Space

·         Political/Military Autism

·         Precision and the Consequences for the Modern Battlefield

·         The Real Captain America: Bioengineering the Super Soldiers of Tomorrow

Stimson Center

·         B61 Life Extension Program: Costs and Policy Considerations

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Arms Trade Treaty Project

o    Activity Database

o    Document Database

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Investigating the Benefits and Drawbacks of Realigning the National Guard Under the Department of Homeland Security

Threat Connect

·         Guccifer 2.0: All Roads Lead to Russia

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Israeli Defense Minister Surprises by Announcing West Bank Projects in Key Area

·         Russia Uses an Iranian Air Base: Two Essays

·         Should Iraq's ISCI Forces Really Be Considered 'Good Militias'?