Friday's Miscellany 09-16-2016

38 North

·        Post Test Activity at Punggye-ri

·        What to Make of North Korea’s Latest Nuclear Test?

American Enterprise Institute

·        Does Italy Pose a Threat to the Global Economy?

·        Life Cycle Model, Replacement Rates, and Retirement Income Adequacy

·        Our Ability to Detect and to Stop Lone Wolf and Small Cell Terrorists Will Depend on Enhancing the Role of Local Law Enforcement

Asian Development Bank

·        Finding Balance 2016: Benchmarking the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in Island Countries

·        Fiscal Equalization Schemes and Subcentral Government Borrowing

·        Urbanization and Rural Development in the People’s Republic of China

Atlantic Council

·        Iraqi Kurdistan Oil and Gas Outlook

·        Precision Fire: A Strategic Assessment of Iran's Conventional Missile Program

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·        Air Warfare Destroyers Combat System: An Upgrade for the Aegis

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·        Discordant Egyptian and Saudi Visions 2030

·        The Vital Role of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the New Administration

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·        The Turks in Syria and the Kurds in “Rojava”:Prelude to Tragedy or Reasonable Compromise?

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·        Transformation of the Security Sector in South Sudan Needs a Critical Re-think

Brookings

·        De-Risking, Renminbi Internationalization,and Regional Integration: Trends in African Payment Flows

·        Split the Difference in Congress’s Defense-budget Fight

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

·        Why the Federal Government Should Stop Spending Billions on Private Sports Stadiums

Bruegel

·        The Future of Financial Services in the UK Following the Brexit Vote

·        New Network Neutrality Rules in Europe: Comparisons To Those in the US

·        What are the Prerequisites for a Euro-Area Fiscal Capacity?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·        Canada’s Greatest Threat: How to Mitigate Dangers of Free-Riding

CATO Institute

·        Dose of Reality: The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations

·        Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Next Generation’s Attitudes toward Foreign Policy and War (and Why They Matter)

·        Should Free Traders Support the Trans-Pacific Partnership? An Assessment of America’s Largest Preferential Trade Agreement

·        Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis

Center for Climate & Security

·        Military Expert Panel Report: Sea Level Rise and the U.S. Military’s Mission

Center for Global Development

·        Unauthorized Mexican Workers in the United States: Recent Inflows and Possible Future Scenarios

·        Shared Border, Shared Future: A Blueprint to Regulate US-Mexico Labor Mobility

Center for International Policy (CIP)

·        Afghanistan Lessons Identified 2001-2014: Part II, Development Cooperation in Afghanistan

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·        Hybrid Threats and NATO’s Forward Presence

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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

·        Armed Forces and Democratization in Myanmar:Why the U.S. Military Should Engage the Tatmadaw

·        Domestic Resource Mobilization and Public Financial Management

·        Federal Research and Development Contract Trends and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000–2015

·        PacNet #69 - Toward a US-China Strategic Partnership on Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security?

·        PacNet #70 - The challenges of building an Australia-India-US partnership in the Indo-Pacific

·        PacNet #71 - Comparative Connections summaries

·        The Promise and Limits of Domestic Resource Mobilization

·        Saudi Arabia and the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·        Addressing a Gap in Canada's Global Innovation Strategy

·        Leveraging University-Generated Intellectual Property to Benefit Canadian Industry

·        Preparing New Teachers to Work with Refugee Students: Proposal for a Bachelor of Humanitarian Education Program

Centre for Security Governance (CSG)

·        Assessing the Impact of Orthodox Security Sector Reform in El Salvador

Chatham House

·        Kurdish Self-governance in Syria—Survival and Ambition

·        Moving Target: UK–GCC Relations and the Politics of ‘Extremism’

·        Syria's War: Why Kurdish Local Governance is Key to Long-Term Peace

Conciliation Resources

·        Making Peace with the Past: Transforming Broken Relationships

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·        Next Generation Air Space Control—Ensuring Air Force Compliance by January 1, 2020

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·        Eritrea: A Neglected Regional Threat

·        Nicaragua’s Democratic Collapse

·        North Korea’s Perpetual Provocations: Another Dangerous, Escalatory Nuclear Test

·        Turkey After the July Coup Attempt

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·        Moving the Line of Scrimmage: Re-examining the Defense-in-Depth Strategy

·        Shutting Down Terrorist Pathways into America

Congress. House Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·        Classifications and Redactions in FBI’s Investigative File

·        Examining the Affordable Care Act’s Premium Increase

·        Examining Preservation of State Department Records

·        Radicalization in the U.S. and the Rise of Terrorism

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·        Affirming Congress’ Constitutional Oversight Responsibilities: Subpoena Authority and Recourse for Failure to Comply with Lawfully Issued Subpoenas

·        Protecting the 2016 Elections from Cyber and Voting Machine Attacks

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·        A Review of Recently Completed United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports

Congress. House. Permanent Intelligence Committee

·        Executive Summary of Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden

·        Letter to the President urging him not to pardon Edward Snowden

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·        Encryption and Cyber Matters

·        Long-term Budgetary Challenges Facing the Military Services and Innovative Solutions for Maintaining our Military Superiority

Congress. House. Foreign Relations Committee

·        Afghanistan: U.S. Policy and International Commitments

·        NATO Expansion: Examining the Accession of Montenegro

·        Protecting Girls: Global Efforts to End Child Marriage

·        Reviewing the Civil Nuclear Agreement with Norway

Defense Business Board (DSB)

·        Focusing a Transition: Challenges Facing the New Administration

Department of Justice

·        Follow-up Audit of the Department of Justice’s Implementation of and Compliance with Certain Classification Requirements

Department of State

·        Remarks on Women and Countering Violent Extremism

East Asia Institute

·        Territorial Disputes and Social Activism in Northeast Asia: The Quest for Ontological Security in Japan, Korea and Taiwan 

East West Center

·        Expanded CUES: A Worthwhile Idea but Challenging Exercise?

·        Fiscal Deficit and Fiscal Reform in Japan

·        International Criminal Justice and Southeast Asia: Approaches To Ending Impunity for Mass Atrocities

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·        Putting the Paris Agreement at the Centre of Europe’s Climate and Energy Map

Electronic Frontier Foundation

·        Crime of Speech: How Arab Governments Use the Law to Silence Expression Online

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

·        2016 Climate Change Indicators

EURPOL

·        Latest Trends in Migrant Smuggling: EPMT One Year Anniversary Infographic

Feinstein International Center

·        Forced Displacement, Go Figure! Shaking the Box of Profiling IDP Situations

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·        Austria's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·        Canada's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·        Uganda's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·        How Does the Syrian Civil War End for Hezbollah?

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

·        Covering the Bases:  Reassessing U.S. Military Deployments in Turkey After the July 2016 Attempted Coup d’État

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

·        The Future Middle East Strategic Balance

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·        Legislative Guidance Tool for States to Regulate Private Military and Security Companies

German Development Institute

·        Wood energy in sub-Saharan Africa: How to Make a Shadow Business Sustainable

Global Center on Cooperative Security

·        Blue Sky III: Taking UN Counterterrorism Efforts in the Next Decade from Plans to Action

·        Implementing the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s Hague Memorandum

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·        Bulk Fuel: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Fuel Consumption Budget Data. GAO-16-644

·        Digital Service Programs: Assessing Results and Coordinating with Chief Information Officers Can Improve Delivery of Federal Projects. GAO-16-602

·        Federal Air Marshal Service: Additional Actions Needed to Ensure Air Marshals' Mission Readiness. GAO-16-764

·        Federal Chief Information Security Officers: Opportunities Exist to Improve Roles and Address Challenges to Authority. GAO-16-686

·        Federal Employees' Compensation Act: DOD Access to DOL Data Is Generally Sufficient, but Monitoring Timelines Could Help Return-to-Work Efforts. GAO-16-793

·        Fire Grants: FEMA Could Enhance Program Administration and Performance Assessment. GAO-16-744

·        Homeland Security: DHS's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Program Consolidation Proposal Could Better Consider Benefits and Limitations. GAO-16-603

·        Immigrant Investor Program: Progress Made to Detect and Prevent Fraud, but Additional Actions Could Further Agency Efforts. GAO-16-828  

·        Information Technology Reform: Agencies Need to Increase Their Use of Incremental Development Practices. GAO-16-469

·        Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Should Evaluate the Role of the Enhanced Surveillance Program in Assessing the Condition of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile. GAO-16-549

·        U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Review of the Pay Assignment Continuity Plan. GAO-16-825R

Henley Putnam University

·        Journal of Strategic Security, 2016, Summer 2016, v. 9, no. 3

o   Drugs & Thugs: Funding Terrorism through Narcotics Trafficking

o   Secular States in a “Security Community”: The Migration-Terrorism Nexus?

o   Britain’s Approach to Balancing Counter-Terrorism Laws with Human Rights

o   Social Media: Insight on the Internal Dynamics of Mexican DTOs

o   The Hidden Face of Terrorism: An Analysis of the Women in Islamic State

Heritage Foundation

·        Caspian Sea Ownership: Not an Issue the U.S.Should Ignore

·        Fixing the Regulatory Framework for Derivatives

·        President Obama’s Missile Defense Policy: A Misguided Legacy

·        The U.S. Steel Market Needs Free Trade, Not Favoritism

·        Understanding Russia’s Concept for Total War in Europe

Households in Conflict Network

·        Violence Begets Violence: Armed Conflict and Domestic Sexual Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Human Rights Watch

·        Democratic Republic of Congo at a Precipice:Ending Repression and Promoting Democratic Rule

·        Shut Out: Restrictions on Bathroom and Locker Room Access for Transgender Youth in US Schools

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·        2015 Review on the Extension of theAMedP-8(C) Methodology to New Agents, Materials, and Conditions

·        Bayesian Reliability: Combining Information

·        Casualty Estimation for Nuclear and Radiological Weapons

·        Federation for a Secure Enterprise

·        Review of Radioisotopes as Radiological Weapons

·        Staffing for Cyberspace Operations: Summary of Analysis

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

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·        The Dynamics of Youth Radicalisation in Africa: Reviewing the Current Evidence

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

·        Counter-terrorism and the Importance of Intelligence

·        Hybrid Threats – And How to Counter Them

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·        Delivering Social Protection that Nourishes: Lessons from the Food Price Crisis

·        Precarious Lives: Food, Work and Care After the Global Food Crisis

·        Unlocking Community Capability: Key to More Responsive, Resilient and Equitable Health Systems

Institute of International Affairs 

·        Negotiating the European Union's Dilemmas: Proposals on Governing Europe 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·        The Turner Legacy: The Storied Origins and Enduring Impact of White Nationalism’s Deadly Bible

Jamestown Foundation

·        Terrorism Monitor, September 16, 2016, v. 14, no. 18

o   Syria’s Conflict: Managing Turkey’s Intervention

o   Pakistan’s Jamaat-ul-Ahrar: A Violent Domestic Threat

o   Nigeria Expands Its ‘War on Terrorism’ to the Niger Delta

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·        Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: The Day After

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies

·        Stopping North Korea, Inc.: Sanctions Effectiveness and Unintended Consequences

Mitchell Institute

·        Aim Higher: It’s Time to Boost The Air Force’s Recruiting Enterprise

·        Evolving Technologies and Warfare in the 21st Century: Introducing the “Combat Cloud”

National Academies Press

·        Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

National Security Archive

·        Did Nixon Even Read the CIA’s Daily Briefs?

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

·        National Cyber Security Organisation Spain

New America Foundation

·        Autonomous Vehicles Ethics & Law: Toward an Overlapping Consensus

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·        Lebanon on the Brink

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·        Making Maize Markets Work For All in Southern Africa

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes &Trends

·        Hostile Neighbors: China vs. Japan: View Each Other as Arrogant, Violent; Disagree on WWII Legacy

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·        The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart: Trends in Voter Party Identification 1992-2016

Rand

·        Assessment of the Consolidation of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)

·        Capabilities for Joint Analysis in the Department of Defense: Rethinking Support for Strategic Analysis

·        Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Assessing the Campaign Against Al Shabaab

·        Education of migrant children: Education policy responses for the inclusion of migrant children in Europe

·        Identifying Future Disease Hot Spots: Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index

·        Options for Educating Students Attending Department of Defense Schools in the United States

·        Promotion Benchmarks for Senior Officers with Joint and Acquisition Service

Small Wars Journal

·        The Army’s Moral Recruiting Problem

·        Developing Cybersecurity Proficiency in an Era of Accelerating Change: Utilizing a Bachelor Degree Foundation for Emerging Professionals

·        The Extraordinary Life of David Galula

·        The Moral Component of Mali and Mosul

·        Non-Technical Military Innovation: The Prussian General Staff and Professional Military Education

·        Red Team: Regime Counterinsurgency in Syria

·        A Response to “Cyber Proficient Force 2015 & Beyond”: Why We Will Continue to Lose the Cyber War

·        The Roots of Terrorism: Political Freedom and Other Determinants

·        Strategic Broadening for Mid-Career Cyber Leaders

·        Treating Islamic Violent Extremism as a Pandemic Super-infection

Special Inspector General for  Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·        Corruption in Conflict: Lessons from the U.S.Experience in Afghanistan

Transnational Institute

·        Food Safety, Agriculture and Regulatory Cooperation in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

·        The Implosion of Venezuela's Rentier State

·        Revisiting the Lessons of the Battle of Seattle and Its Aftermath

UK Parliament House of Commons

·        Libya: Examination of Intervention and Collapse and the UK’s Future Policy Option

·        Russia: Implications for UK Defence and Security

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·        Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·        Deterring Iranian Provocations at Sea

·        Iran Cannot Be a Partner in the Struggle Against ISIS

·        Iran's Ideological Exploitation of the Hajj

·        Israel's New MOU: The Money and the Message

·        Judging Kerry's 'Secret' Syria Agreement with Russia

·        The Military Campaign Against the Islamic State: An Assessment

·        U.S.-Iran Competition: Prospects and Limits of Cooperation

·        What Will Year Two of Russia's Syria Intervention Bring?

White House

·        Fact Sheet: New Progress and Momentum in Support of President Obama’s Computer Science for All Initiative

·        FACT SHEET: Memorandum of Understanding Reached with Israel

·        Statement by the President on the Memorandum of Understanding Reached with Israel

Wilson Center

·        From Tribe to Nation: Iraqi Kurdistan on the Cusp of Statehood

World Bank

·        Forcibly Displaced : Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts