Friday's Miscellany 09-09-2016

38 North

·         New Activity Near All Three Portals at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Afghan Exodus: Smuggling Networks, Migration and Settlement Patterns in Turkey

·         Afghanistan’s National Unity Government Rift (1): Crisis Averted (for now), Back to Appointing Commissions

·         Afghanistan’s National Unity Government Rift (2): The Problems That Will Not Go Away

American Enterprise Institute

·         AEI Public Opinion Study: Economic Insecurity– Americans’ Concerns About Their Jobs, Personal Finances, Retirement, Health Costs, Housing, and More

·         AEI Public Opinion Study: The State of the American Worker 2016

·         Warning from the Sahel: Al Qaeda’s Resurgent Threat

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 51, September  2016: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, August 2016, v.23, no. 8

o    Incidence of abdominal hernias in service members, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2005-2014

o    Incidence of hiatal hernia in service members, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2005-2014

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Migration in the People’s Republic of China

Atlantic Council

·         Exploring US Engagement in the Middle East

·         Reducing the Risks from Rapid Demographic Change

·         Water Dispute Escalating between Iran and Afghanistan

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Israel and the Arab Gulf States: Drivers and Directions of Change

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         China’s New Position on the Middle East

·         The Erdoğan-Gülen Rivalry

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Countering Armed Social Violence in Guinea-Bissau: The Case of the Model Police Station in Bairro Militar

Brookings Institute

·         Transportation Network Companies Present Challenges and Opportunities in Asia’s Booming Cities

·         What Makes This North Korean Nuclear Test Different

·         Why and How Might A New Measure of Development Cooperation Be Helpful?

Bruegel

·         China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Can Europe Expect Trade Gains?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada’s Global Refugee Policy: Opportunities for Leadership

CATO Institute

·         Five Myths about Economic Inequality in America

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The Next Generation of Sanctions: A Strategy of Coercive Economic Policy for the Next President

Center for Global Development

·         Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment through US Foreign and Development Policy

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs Journal, 2016, 15th Anniversary of 9/11 edition  

o    Adaptive Resilience Emerges From 9/11 and the 15-Years Following

o    Reflections of a Veteran Major City Police Chief

o    A Director of the Present? Nowcasting Homeland Security’s Challenges

Center for International Policy

·         U.S. Arms Transfers to Saudi Arabia and the War in Yemen

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         One Belt, One Road: China’s Vision of “Connectivity”

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Healthy Experiments: Innovative Approaches to U.S. Support for RMNCH in Ghana 

·         Myanmar’s New Dawn: Opportunities for Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S.-Myanmar Relations

·         PacNet #67 - Beijing's Baffling Bullying

·         Tracking Promises: Analyzing the Impact of Feed the Future Investments in Bangladesh

Center for the Study of the Drones

·         The Drone Revolution Revisited: An Assessment of Military Unmanned Systems in 2016

Centre for Conflict Resolution

·         South Africa, the ICC, and the UN Human Rights Council

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Energy in the G20 Finance Track: G20 Energy Transformation during the German Presidency

·         For the Agenda of the German G20 Presidency: A Global Sovereign Debt Restructuring Regime

Centre for Security Governance

·         Assessing the Impact of Orthodox Security Sector Reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina

·         Libya: A Post-Arab Spring Test for Security Sector Reform

·         Untapped Resources: The Extractive Industry in Conflict-Affected Countries

Chatham House

·         The Domestic and External Implications of Zimbabwe’s Economic Reform and Re-engagement Agenda

·         The Evolution of US and European Monetary Policy after Bretton Woods: A Historical Overview and Lessons for the Future 

·         How is the United States Viewed from Abroad?

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Actually, Americans Like Free Trade

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Always Look at the Bright Side

·         The Geopolitics of Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16

·         Global Health Challenges Require a More Coherent Dutch Response

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, September 2016, v. 9, no. 9

o    A Predictable Failure: The Political Economy of the Decline of the Islamic State

o    Al-Qa`ida’s Comeback in Afghanistan and its Implications

o    Fifteen Years On, Where Are We in the “War on Terror”?

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with John Brennan, Director, CIA

o    The Dawn of Mass Jihad: Success in Syria Fuels al-Qa`ida’s Evolution

Commission on Care

·         Commission on Care Final Report [looking at the Veteran's Health Care Delivery System]

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB)

·         How Much Would Trump's New Defense Plan Cost?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Deferred Maintenance in the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Safety and Mission Risks

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         An Examination of Federal Mental Health Parity Laws and Regulations

·         Examining Legislation to Improve Public Health

·         Federal Power Act: Historical Perspectives

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Asia’s Growing Hunger for Energy: U.S. Policy and Supply Opportunities

·         Eastern Mediterranean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regional Priorities

·         The Growing Crisis in South Sudan

·         Reforming the National Security Council: Efficiency and Accountability

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         State and Local Perspectives on Federal Information Sharing

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Judgment Fund: Iran, Big Settlements, and the Lack of Transparency

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Committee Investigation into the OPM Data Breach

o    Timeline of Key Events [OPM Data Breach]

·         Examining FOIA Compliance at the Department of State

·         Oversight of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations

·         Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Response to the Baton Rouge Flood Disaster

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating Innovation and Leadership

·         Eastern Mediterranean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regional Priorities

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Federal Maritime Navigation Programs: Interagency Cooperation and Technological Change

Congress. House. Veterans'  Affairs Committee

·         From Tumult to Transformation: The Commission on Care and the Future of the VA Healthcare System

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Administration's Proposal for a UN Resolution on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

·         Pakistan: Challenges for U.S. Interests

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Reviewing Independent Agency Rulemaking

Congress. Senate. Veterans'  Affairs Committee

·         VHA Best Practices: Exploring the Diffusion of Excellence Initiative

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Responding to AIIB: U.S. Leadership at the Multilateral Development Banks in a New Era

·         The Role of the UN General Assembly

·         U.S.-Cuba Relations

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Business of State Formation: From War Economy to Shareholder Firms in Somalia

·         Is It Really Time to Learn from Israel?

Department of State

·         Multilateral Diplomacy for a Modern World

·         Narrowing the Trust Gap: A Rights-Based Approach for CVE

·         Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura at a Press Availability

·         U.S. Government Engagement and Partnership With the Caribbean

East-West Center

·         Modernizing the AFP & Duterte’s Priorities

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Are Export Sanctions Effective?

·         The Case for Improving Water Efficiency in MENA Countries

Egmont Institute

·         All or Nothing?  European and British Strategic Autonomy After the Brexit

·         Fear Not: A Critical Perspective on the Terrorist Threat in Europe

·         The Reform of the EU Courts (III). The Brilliant Alternative Approach of the European Court of Human Rights

Enough Project

·         Targeted Sanctions and Beyond: Financial and Judicial Tools for the U.S. and Europe to Help Enable Timely Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Focus – Chemical Weapons in Syria

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, September 2016

o    Asset Seizure and Forfeiture: Ethical Issues

o    High-Risk Potential Victims’ DNA Database: Pilot Program

o    Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team Fellowship

o    Leadership Lessons from Mom

Feinstein International Center

·         Risk, Resilience, and Pastoralist Mobility

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         What Our Children Should Learn About 9/11/2001

German Development Institute

·         Addressing Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Cash Transfers

·         Economic Partnership Agreements: Implications for Regional Governance and EU-ACP Development Cooperation

·         From Protection to Reduction? The Impact of the Public Health Insurance Scheme on Child Labour in Ghana

·         Measuring Legitimacy: New Trends, Old Shortcomings?

·         Why We Need More and Better Biodiversity Aid

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·         Addressing Violent Extremism in Prisons and Probation

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security: TSA Should Ensure Testing Data Are Complete and Fully Used to Improve Screener Training and Operations. GAO-16-704  

·         Defense Civil Support: DOD Needs to Identify National Guard's Cyber Capabilities and Address Challenges in Its Exercises. GAO-16-574

·         Defense Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Enhance Oversight of Construction Projects Supporting Military Contingency Operations. GAO-16-406  

·         DOD Renewable Energy Projects: Improved Guidance Needed for Analyzing and Documenting Costs and Benefits. GAO-16-487

·         Foreign Assistance: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Quality of Data on ForeignAssistance.gov. GAO-16-768

·         Military Readiness: DOD's Readiness Rebuilding Efforts May Be at Risk without a Comprehensive Plan. GAO-16-841

·         Whistleblower Protection: DOD Has Improved Oversight for Reprisal Investigations but Can Take Additional Actions to Standardize Process and Reporting. GAO-16-860T [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         Addressing Risk in Agriculture

·         The Implications of Regular Lame-Duck Sessions in Congress for Representative Government

·         Improving Accuracy in Congressional Scorekeeping

·         The Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Land: Wyoming v. Department of the Interior

·         U.S. Must Plan Now for the Day Mosul Is Liberated

Households in Conflict Network

·         Economic Shocks and Rebel Tactics

·         Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa

Hudson Institute

·         Report of the Commission on the Eastern Mediterranean

Human Rights Voices

·         Report on UN NGO’s: Inciting Hatred, Antisemitism and Violence from the World Stage

Human Rights Watch

·         Our Time to Sing and Play’: Child Marriage in Nepal

·         Why Are You Keeping Me Here?’: Unaccompanied Children Detained in Greece

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

·         Clinton vs. Trump: Comparing the Candidates’ Positions on Technology and Innovation

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         Your Life, Repackaged and Resold: The Deep Web Exploitation of Health Sector Breach Victims

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Deciphering Pakistan’s Kashmir Lexicon

·         The Race for Leadership in Supercomputers –Does India Stand a Chance?

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, September 8,2016

o    Status of Boko Haram

o    Can the Upcoming CITES Conference Stop Elephant Poaching?

·         Operational Graphics for Cyberspace

·         Research Insight: Cyber Risk Response Framework

·         Research Insight: Terminate, Tolerate, Transfer, or Treat

Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)

·         Journal of National Security Law & Policy, 2016, v. 8, no. 3

o    Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders: The Evolving Security & Rights Issues

o    10 Standards for Oversight & Transparency of National Intelligence Services

o    The 2014 Sony Hack and the Role of International Law

o    How Technology Enhances the Right to Privacy: A Case Study on the Right to Hide Project of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

o    Deterring Financially Motivated Cybercrime

o    State Responsibility to Respect, Protect, & Fulfill Human Rights Obligations in Cyberspace

o    An Essay on Domestic Surveillance

o    Trends & Predictions in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: The FAA & Beyond

o    Spying & Fighting in Cyberspace: What is Which?

Institute for Science and International Security

·         In Response to Reactions over our JCPOA Exemptions Paper

·         IAEA's Third Iran Deal Report: Filling in Missing Details

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: August 31-September 6, 2016

·         Putin's Gambit in Ukraine: Strategic Implications

·         Syria Situation Report: September 1 - 7, 2016

Institute of Development Studies  (IDS)

·         Power of Maps: Bringing the Third Dimension to the Negotiation Table

·         Virtuous Circle: How the Circular Economy Can Create Jobs and Save Lives in Low and Middle-income Countries

Institute of International Affairs

·         Brazil as a Security and Development Provider in Africa

·         China's Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa

·         Security, Development, and Diplomacy: Solving the Puzzle of the US-Sub-Saharan Africa Strategy?

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         ICCT Research Report NATO Project: Transitioning from Military Interventions to Long-Term Counter-Terrorism Policy

International Crisis Group

·         Burkina Faso: Preserving the Religious Balance

·         Colombia’s Final Steps to the End of War

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Rebalancing in China: Progress and Prospects

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         UN 2030: Rebuilding Order in a Fragmenting World

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2016 [updated September 8,2016]

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Telecoms Investment IN FOCUS: 3 Steps to Create a Broadband Infrastructure for a Digital Europe

Mitchell Institute

·         Beyond JSTARS: Rethinking the Combined Airborne Battle Management and Ground Surveillance Mission

National Academies Press

·         National Security Space Defense and Protection:   Public Report

·         Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version

·         Refining the Concept of Scientific Inference When Working with Big Data:   Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

·         The Role of Experimentation Campaigns in the Air Force Innovation Life Cycle:  Proceedings of a Workshop

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

·         Another Look at Jujitsu Politics

·         Momin Khawaja: Mechanisms of Radicalization

·         Understanding Tornado Warnings, False Alarms, and Complacency

National Defense University

·         Fifty Shades of Friction Combat Climate, B-52Crews, and the Vietnam War

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Security Outlook of the Asia Pacific Countries and Its Implications for the Defense Sector - NIDS Joint Research Series No.14

National Security Archive

·         CIA Cover-Up on Chile

New America Foundation

·         Jihadist Terrorism 15 Years After 9/11

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Bringing Calm to Chaos: A Critical Incident Review of the San Bernardino Public Safety Response to the December 2, 2015,Terrorist Shooting Incident at the Inland Regional Center Critical Response Initiative

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Innovative Electronic Cash Transfer Programme for Emergencies—An Oxfam–Visa Case Study in the Philippines

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Alternate Dispute Resolution

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Brazil’s Post-Impeachment Economics

·         EU Looks for Bite of Apple's Irish Taxes

·         Europe’s Impending Fiscal Volte-Face

·         North Korea Ratchets Up Tensions

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         15 Years After 9/11, a Sharp Partisan Divide on Ability of Terrorists to Strike U.S.: Remembering Sept. 11

Police Foundation

·         Bringing Calm to Chaos: A Police Foundation Review of the San Bernardino Terrorist Attacks

Rand

·         Clarifying the Rules for Targeted Killing: An Analytical Framework for Policies Involving Long-Range Armed Drones

·         Families Support to Transition: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

·         The Military Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Program: Recommendations for an Internal Monitoring System

·         Supporting UK Service Leavers and Their Families in the Transition to Civilian Life

Royal United Services Institute

·         An EU Terrorist Finance Tracking System

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, August 2016, v. 8, no. 8

o    The Islamic State Wilayats & Global Expansion

o    An Overview of the Syrian Conflic

o    A Comparative Analysis of ‘Islamic State’ and Al Qaeda in Yemen

o    Terrorist Attacks: The Politics of Claiming Responsibility

Small Arms Survey

·         Gender-Based Violence Interventions: Opportunities for Innovation

Small Wars Journal

·         Maneuvering in an Intelligent Direction: Two Army Cyber Dilemma’s Which Need to be Addressed by the Mid-21st Century

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 1: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) 500 Man Commando Unit Planned For El Salvador

·         Training Future Cyber Officers: An Analysis of the US Army ROTC’s Efforts to Produce Quality Junior Cyber Officers

·         Unconventional Warfare Psychological Operations: An ODA’s Experience at JRTC

Strategic Studies Institute

·         An Arab NATO in the Making? Middle Eastern Military Cooperation Since 2011

Transnational Institute

·         The Implosion of Venezuela's Rentier State

Transparency International

·         National Integrity System Assessment: Albania 2016

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of ‘State Fragility’

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Holy War of Words: Growing Saudi-Iranian Tensions

·         How Technology Has Transformed the Terrorist Threat Fifteen Years after 9/11

·         Iran's 'Useful Syria' Is Practically Complete

·         Obama Team Makes Defensible Actions on Iran Look Suspicious

·         Obama's Meeting with Erdogan: 'Minor Uptick' in U.S.-Turkey Relations

White House

·         FACT SHEET: U.S. Efforts to Address Trafficking in Persons and Irregular Migration in East Asia and the Pacific

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-ASEAN Connect

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos

·         FACT SHEET: U.S.-Laos Relations

·         FACT SHEET: Young Southeast Asia Leaders Initiative - Summit in Luang Prabang, Laos

·         Remarks by President Obama and President Park of the Republic of Korea After Bilateral Meeting

·         Remarks of President Obama to the People of Laos

·         Remarks by President Obama at the 9/11 Memorial Observance Ceremony

·         Weekly Address: Upholding the Legacy of Those We Lost on September 11th

·         Statement by the President on North Korea's Nuclear Test

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

·         Trading Pains and Gains: Expanding Trade Alliances in Asia

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

·         The Real Problem with Iran’s Nuclear Exemptions is Secrecy

World Bank

·         The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic Case for Action

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