Friday's Miscellany 09-23-2016

38 North

·         North Korea-Iran Missile Cooperation

Air University Press

·         The Green Eyeshades of War: An Examination of Financial Management during War

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The 15th Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey: Structural Roots  

·         Muslim Minorities In Peril: The Rise Of Buddhist Violence In Asia

American Enterprise Institute

·         Education and the 2016 Election: What the Public Thinks

Amnesty International

·         Nigeria: You Have Signed Your Death Warrant

·         Greece: "Our Hope is Broken": European Paralysis Leaves Thousands of Refugees Stranded in Greece

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         In China’s Shadow: Exposing North Korean Overseas Networks

Asian Development Bank

·         A Comparative Analysis of Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific: 2016

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Spatial Estimation of the Nexus between the PRC’s Foreign Direct Investment and ASEAN’s Growth

Atlantic Council

·         The Future of the Army

·         Global Risks 2035:  The Search for a New Normal

·         Middle East Strategy Task Force: Religion, Identity, and Countering Violent Extremism Report

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         A Shifting Asian Nuclear Order

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Improved ties between Israel, GCC

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Poland: the “Good Change”

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Game of Camps: Ideological Fault Lines in the Wreckage of the Arab State System

·         A Wealth of Friendship

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Military Compensation Conundrum: Rising Costs, Declining Budgets,and a Stressed Force Caught in the Middle

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Crime in 2016: A Preliminary Analysis

Brookings

·         Declining Business Dynamism: Implications for Productivity?

·         Financing Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Infrastructure: The Role of Climate Finance and Green Financial Systems

·         Links In the Chain of Sustainable Finance : Accelerating Private Investments for the SDGs, Including Climate Action  

·         Order at Risk: Japan, Korea, and the Northeast Asian Paradox

·         The Refugee and Migration Crisis: Proposals for Action, U.N.Summit 2016

·         Visualizing the Breadth of Skills Movement Across Education Systems

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Can Canadian Mining Companies make a Difference in Africa?

·         How Should Canada Promote Democracy and Good Governance Internationally?

CATO Institute

·         Accounting for Rising Corporate Profits: Intangibles or Regulatory Rents?

·         Dose of Reality: The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

·         Achieving the United States' Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

·         Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Clean Power Plan Modeling

Center for Global Development

·         Maximizing USAID's Impact under the Next Administration

·         Results Through Transparency: Does Publicity Lead to Better Procurement?

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         An Agenda for Integration: Climate Change and Transboundary Water Issues in the Middle East

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Improving the Security of All Nuclear Materials

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Korean Peninsula Military Modernization Trends

·         The “OPEC Disease”: Assessing the Impact of Lower Oil Export Revenues

·         PacNet #72 - The US-India Logistics Agreement and Its Implications for Asia's Strategic Balance

·         PacNet #73 - Why ASEAN is Here to Stay and What that Means for the US

·         PacNet #74 - Japan-South Korea Relations in 2016: A Return to the Old Normal

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         CIGI Essays on International Finance: Volume 3 — The Design and Governance of Financial Stability Regimes: A Common-resource Problem That Challenges Technical Know-How, Democratic Accountability and International Coordination

·         New Canadian Entrepreneurs: An Underappreciated Contribution to Canadian Prosperity?

·         The WTO and the Spaghetti Bowl of Free Trade Agreements: Four Proposals for Moving Forward

Chatham House

·         Space, the Final Frontier for Cybersecurity?

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

·         A Conflict Sensitive Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

·         Perpetuating Power: Politics and Security in Ethiopia

·         Political Economy of Green Growth and Energy Security

·         Social Europe at a Crossroads

College of Europe

·         Between Sisyphus and the Danaïdes? The European Union’s Efforts to Promote and Protect the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in its Eastern Neighbourhood

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         15 Years after 9-11: The State of the Fight Against Islamic Terrorism

·         Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Diplomacy and Security in the South China Sea: After the Tribunal

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Identifying the Enemy: Radical Islamist Terror

·         Stopping the Next Attack: How to Keep Our City Streets from Becoming the Battleground

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

·         Treating the Opioid Epidemic: The State of Competition in the Markets for Addiction Medicine

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         An Examination of FEMA's Limited Role in Local Land Use Development Decisions

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         U.S. National Security Challenges and Ongoing Military Operations

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         South Sudan: Options in Crisis

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Assessment of the Economic Outlook

Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Future of U.S. Trade Policy

·         The Rohingya Migrant Crisis

·         A Sharper Choice on North Korea : Engaging China for a Stable Northeast Asia

·         The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy

·         Using Incentives to Shape the Zero-Day Market

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The South China Sea: A Breeding Ground for Geopolitical Rivalry

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Report to Congress on Resourcing the Arctic Strategy

·         Joint Statement on United States - Pakistan Defense Consultative Group Meeting

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on Syria

·         Remarks at the Global Counterterrorism Forum Ministerial

East West Center

·         America's 2016 Election Debate on Asia Policy and Asian Reactions

·         Democracy and the Legitimacy of Indonesia’s Counter-terrorism Policy

·         Indonesian Islam: Neither White Knight nor Damsel in Distress

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Are Export Sanctions Effective?  

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

·         Unreliable Informants: IP Addresses, Digital Tips and Police Raids

European Parliamentary Research Service

·         The Role of Altiero Spinelli on the Path Towards European Union

·         Turkey Since the Failed July 2016 Coup

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Addressing the Crisis of Tomorrow: The Sustainability of European Health Systems

·         Russian Parliamentary Elections 2016: A Lifeline is Needed for the Non-systemic Opposition

·         Towards a Europeanisation of Youth Employment Policies? A Comparative Analysis of Regional Youth Guarantee Policy Designs

Federal Bureau of Instruction (FBI)

·         HIG [High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group] Interrogation Best Practices Report

Feinstein International Center

·         Building Livelihood Opportunities for Refugee Populations: Lessons from Past Practice

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         International Law under Pressure: Continued Relevance in Times of Hardship

·         Key Actors in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood: Competing Perspectives on Geostrategic Tensions

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The FARC-Colombian Peace Deal: No Better Option

·         Foresight into 21st Century Conflict: End of the Greatest Illusion?

·         Islamists and Autocrats: What the Next Administration Needs to Know about Egypt

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

·         E-mobility: European Energy and Transport Policies at Cross-roads

German Development Institute

·         The Missing Link: Values and the Effectiveness of International Democracy Promotion

German Federal Ministry of Defence

·         2016 White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr

·         Video: The 2016 White Paper explained

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Shifting Dynamics: Next Generation Assessments on Asian Security

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Force Training: Further Analysis and Planning Needed to Improve Effectiveness. GAO-16-864

·         Combating Wildlife Trafficking: Agencies Are Taking a Range of Actions, but the Task Force Lacks Performance Targets for Assessing Progress. GAO-16-717

·         Community Relations: DOD's Approach for Using Resources Reflects Sound Management Principles. GAO-16-794

·         Defense Health Care Reform: DOD Needs Further Analysis of the Size, Readiness, and Efficiency of the Medical Force. GAO-16-820

·         Earthquakes: Additional Actions Needed to Identify and Mitigate Risks to Federal Buildings and Implement an Early Warning System. GAO-16-680   

·         Federal Disaster Assistance: Federal Departments and Agencies Obligated at Least $277.6 Billion during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2014. GAO-16-797

·         Federal Information Security: Actions Needed to Address Challenges. GAO-16-885T  [Testimony]

·         High-Containment Laboratories: Improved Oversight of Dangerous Pathogens Needed to Mitigate Risk. GAO-16-642

·         High-Containment Laboratories: Actions Needed to Mitigate Risk of Potential Exposure and Release of Dangerous Pathogens. GAO-16-871T [testimony]

·         Highlights of a Forum: Data and Analytics Innovation: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges. GAO-16-659SP

·         International Cash-Based Food Assistance: USAID Has Established Processes to Monitor Cash and Voucher Projects, but Data Limitations Impede Evaluation. GAO-16-819

·         Nuclear Weapons: DOD Assessed the Need for Each Leg of the Strategic Triad and Considered Other Reductions to Nuclear Forces. GAO-16-740  

·         Veterans Affairs Contracting: Improvements in Policies and Processes Could Yield Cost Savings and Efficiency. GAO-16-867T [Testimony]

·         Veterans' Health Care: Improved Oversight of Community Care Physicians' Credentials Needed. GAO-16-795

Heritage Foundation

·         After Attack on Indian Army, U.S. Response to Crisis Must Focus on Pakistani Support of Terror

·         Farms and Free Enterprise: A Blueprint for Agricultural Policy

·         Financial Privacy in a Free Society

·         Miranda at 50

·         Overview of the Supreme Court’s October 2016 Term

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘This Crooked System’: Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Warheads and India’s Nuclear Doctrine

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, September 22, 2016

o    Is ISIS Making Inroads in East Africa?

o    Drug Trafficking in Africa: From Transit Zone to Consumer Market?

o    The Obstacles to Consolidating Democracy in Gabon Are Shared Throughout Region

·         Defense Science Study Group: 30th Anniversary Proceedings  

·         Food Security in India, China, and the World

·         Predicting the Significance of Injuries Potentially Caused by Non-Lethal Weapons—Tympanic Membrane Rupture (TMR), Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS), and Photothermal Retinal Lesions

·         Review of the FY15 Defense Environmental International Cooperation (DEIC) Program

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: September 7-19, 2016

·         Russian Airstrikes in Aleppo Province: September 20 - 22, 2016

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: September 30, 2015-September 19, 2016

·         Syria Situation Report: September 8 - 22, 2016

Institute for 21st Century Energy

·         International Index of Energy Security Risk 2016 Edition

Institute for Security Studies

·         Peace and Security Council Report no. 84

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         Understanding Effective Social Service: SHARE Center Lexington

·         Understanding Inclusivity Practices at "Third Spaces":  MakeSpace

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

·         Building Resilience Readiness against Hybrid Threats – A Cooperative European Union / NATO Perspective

·         Terrorism and Counter-terrorism Update: A View from Europe

Institute of Development Studies

·         Explaining the Effectiveness of Community-Based Crime Prevention Practices in Ibadan, Nigeria

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Andhra Pradesh High Court Judgment on Amaravati Development

·         China-India Talks: Elusive ‘Strategic’ Consensus

·         The Coming Test of Civil-Military Ties in Pakistan

·         G20, Trade and Steel: Shaping New Alignments

·         India-Vietnam Ties: The Stamp of ‘Modi Doctrine’

·         Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia: Some Preliminary Considerations

·         Ten Challenges for the New RBI Governor

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         An Assessment of the Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Angola and Nigeria

·         The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in Small Open Economies : An Empirical Investigation

·         Fragmented Politics and Public Debt

·         Regulating Local Government Financing Vehicles and Public-Private Partnerships in China

International Peace Institute

·         Pulling Together - The Multilateral System and Its Future

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         SOF and a Theory of Modern Terrorism

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         The Tsar and His Business Serfs

McAfee Labs

·         McAfee Labs Treats Report, September 2016

Migration Policy Institute

·         Building Livelihood Opportunities for Refugee Populations: Lessons from Past Practice

MITRE

·         From Incentive Prize and Challenge Competitions to Procurement

National Academies Press 

·         Advancing Concepts and Models for Measuring Innovation:Proceedings of a Workshop

·         A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury

·         Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

National Association of State Chief Information Officers NASCIO

·         2016 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study - State Governments at Risk: Turning Strategy and Awareness into Progress

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

·         American Deaths in Terrorist Attacks, 1995-2015

·         Understanding Tornado Warnings, False Alarms, and Complacency

National Information Standards Organization

·         NISO RP-25-2016, Outputs of the NISO Alternative Assessment Project

National Security Archives

·         CIA: “Pinochet Personally Ordered” Letelier Bombing

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Backdating the Blame. How Russia Made NATO a Party to the Ukraine Conflict

New America Foundation

·         A Brief History of Law Enforcement Hacking in the United States

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Automatic Stabilizers for the Euro Area and the European Social Model

·         Repair and Prepare: Growth and the Euro After Brexit

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Implications for US National Security of Anticipated Climate Change

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Stability Operations in East Timor 1999-2000: A Case Study

PEN America

·         Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Assessing Trade Agendas in the US Presidential Campaign

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Overall Number of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrants Holds Steady Since2009

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Digital Readiness Gaps

Rand

·         Applying Best Practices to Military Commercial-Derivative Aircraft Engine Sustainment: Assessment of Using Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) Parts and Designated Engineering Representative (DER) Repairs

·         Considering Cultural Integration in the United States: Empirical Essays on Immigrants' Arts Participation

·         Economic Benefits of U.S. Overseas Security Commitments Could Far Outweigh Costs

·         Estimating the Value of Overseas Security Commitments

·         Estimating the Value of Overseas Security Commitments: An Interactive Visualization

·         Evaluation of the Emergency Education Response for Syrian Refugee Children and Host Communities in Jordan

·         Fifteen Years After 9/11: A Preliminary Balance Sheet

·         From Theory to Practice: People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Training at the Operational Unit

·         Mid-Term Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 and Final Evaluation of the Action Plan on Drugs 2013-2016: Public Consultation on the Evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy: Report of results

·         Ongoing Survey Research on Post-9/11 Veterans

·         Organising for Peace Operations: Lessons Learned from Bougainville, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Community Policing to Counter Violent Extremism: Evident Potential and Challenging Realities

Small Wars Journal

·         Civil Information: CA is Missing the Moment

·         The Innovation Insurgency Scales - Hacking For Defense (H4D)

·         Iran and Victimization

·         The Need to Outsource Information Operations: Gramsci and the Ideological Defeat of Islamic Terrorism

·         The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995: An Assessment of the War’s Historical Context and Typology

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR-16-60-SP Afghanistan's High Office of Oversight: Personal Asset Declarations of High Ranking Afghan Government Officials Are Not Consistently Registered and Verified

Stimson Center

·         South Asian Voices (SAV) [website]

Transnational Institute

·         Making sense of CETA (2nd Edition)

Undersea Warfare Chief Technology Office

·         Navy Undersea Warfare Science & Technology Objectives 2016

·         Navy Undersea Warfare Science & Technology Strategy 2016

UK Parliament House of Commons

·         UK Military Operations in Syria and Iraq

US  Department of Transportation

·         Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: Accelerating the Next Revolution In Roadway Safety

US Fleet Cyber Command/Tenth Fleet

·         Strategic Plan 2015-2020

US Institute of Peace

·         Building Regional Border Security Cooperation: Lessons from the Maghreb

·         Colombia’s Peace Accord on the Missing (Spanish)

·         Corruption and State Fragility

·         Fragility and Resilience

·         Islamic State In Pakistan

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Probable Economic Effect of Certain Modifications to the U.S.-Chile FTA Rules of Origin  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         America's Anxious Allies: Trip Report from Saudi Arabia, Turkey,and Israel

·         Clinton vs. Trump on Key Middle East Issues: Prepping for the Debate

·         Egypt's Occasional Non-Islamist Reformists

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

·         An Inside Look at Israeli National Security Strategy

·         Jordan Goes to the Polls: A Comeback for the Muslim Brotherhood?

·         The Road to Mosul: Reports from the Field

·         Russia and the Syria Ceasefire Deal

·         The U.S. Strike in Deir al-Zour: Implications on the Ground

White House

·         The Economic Record of the Obama Administration: Addressing Climate Change

·         FACT SHEET: President Obama Takes A Historic Step To Address The National Security Implications Of Climate Change

·         Fact Sheet: White House Announces Commitments to the Call to Action for Private Sector Engagement on the Global Refugee Crisis

Wilson Center

·         Committed: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia and Completing the Rebalance

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

·         Quietly, U.N. Signals Violation by Iran of New Resolution