Friday's Miscellany 09-30-2016

38 North

·         Is North Korea Building a New Submarine?

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Thematic Dossier XII: Background Reading for the 2016 Brussels Conference

American Enterprise Institute

·         Replacing Corporate Tax Revenues with a Mark-to-Market Tax on Shareholder Income

·         Smoking Out Illicit Trade: How Some Policies Intended to Limit Smoking Drive Illegal Trade

Amnesty International

·         Sudan: Scorched Earth, Poisoned Air: Sudanese Government Forces Ravage Jebel Marra

·         Stranded Hope: Hungary’s Sustained Attack on the Rights of Refugees and Migrants

·         Thailand: A Culture of Torture Under the Military

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, September 2016, v.23, no. 9

o    Update: Routine screening for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, January 2011-June 2016

o    Update: Diagnoses of overweight and obesity, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011-2015

o    Update: Osteoarthritis and spondylosis, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010-2015

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Case Study of Central and Local Government Finance in Japan

ASU Global Security Initiative

·         Survey of Autonomous Weapons Systems [dataset]

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         2016 Profile of the United States Army

Atlantic Council

·         Sino-Russian Strategic Energy Ties

Australian Defence College (ADC)

·         Brexit and Anglo-Australian Defence Policy: Back to the Future?

·         The Possibility of Power Sharing between China and the US:Implications for Japan's National Interest

·         The Struggle for Self-determination in Scotland and Bougainville

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         The South China Sea: Middle Power Perspectives

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Cyber Maturity 2016

·         New York and New Jersey Terrorist Attacks, 17 September 2016

·         Terrorist Attack in Minto, 10 September 2016

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         China's Evolving Oil Demand

·         External Financing to Latin America

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Khamenei’s Slant on WWII: Iran Must Not Go the Way of Germany and Japan

·         Separation is not the Answer

·         US-Israel Relations: Beyond the $38 Billion

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Change PolicyPost-2020

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Did Policymakers Get Post-Crisis Financial Regulation Right?

·         Moving Forward with Consent-Based Siting for Nuclear Waste Facilities Moving Forward with Consent-Based Siting for Nuclear Waste Facilities

Brookings

·         America’s Awesome Military

·         Financing Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit: From Development Banking to Long-term Investing

·         Global Productivity Slowdown, Technology Divergence, and Public Policy

Carbon Black

·         Democracy at Risk: More than 15 Million Voters May Stay Home on Election Day over Cyber-security Doubts  

CATO Institute

·         A Costly Commitment: Options for the Future of the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Relationship

Center for American Progress 

·         A Clean Energy Action Plan for the United States

·         Violent Words, Violent Crimes: Anti-Government Extremism and Gun Violence in Nevada

Center for Global Development

·         Glimpsing the End of Economic History? Unconditional Convergence and the Missing Middle Income Trap

·         To Control Migration Flows and Defeat Human Smuggling, Sell Visas

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs journal, 2016, v. 12  

o    Apples to Apples: RAMCAP and Emerging Threats to Lifeline Infrastructure

o    A History of Violence: A Quantitative Analysis of the History of Terrorism in New York City

o    More Options for Quantifying Deterrence and Reducing Critical Infrastructure Risk: Cognitive Biases

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         The Role of Power, Oil and Iran in Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s in-Fighting

·         Why Take The Risk? Understanding Gulenists’ Involvement in The Thwarted Coup in Turkey

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Estimates of Chinese Military Spending

·         Militancy and the Arc of Instability: Violent Extremism in the Sahel

·         PacNet #75 - The September 2016 North Korean Nuclear Test: Crying Wolf or Point of No Return?

·         Recommitting at Brussels to the Development of Afghanistan

               

Centre for European Reform

·         Brexit Britain: The Poor Man of Western Europe

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The European Commission Proposal for an Investment Court System:Out with the Old, In with the New?

·         Limiting the Participation of Developed States: Impacts on Investor-State Arbitration

·         North of 60: Toward a Renewed Canadian Arctic Agenda

·         The TPP and the New Intellectual Property Regime

Centre for Security Governance

·         Assessing the Impact of Orthodox Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone

·         Assessing the Impact of Orthodox Security Sector Reform in Timor-Leste

Chatham House

·         New Social Enterprises in Jordan: Redefining the Meaning of Civil Society

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         EU’s Joined-Up Approach to Security

·         Spearheading European Defence

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of Defense Laboratories: Innovation through Science and Engineering in Support of Military Operations

·         National Security Space: 21st Century Challenges, 20th Century Organization

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Bioresearch Labs and Inactivation of Dangerous Pathogens

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Libya’s Terrorist Descent: Causes and Solutions

·         The U.S.–Republic of Korea–Japan Trilateral Relationship: Promoting Mutual Interests in Asia

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Going Dark, Going Forward; A Primer on the Encryption Debate Version 2.0

·         A National Strategy to Win the War Against Islamist Terror

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         New Orleans: How the Crescent City Became a Sanctuary City

·         Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Cybersecurity: Ensuring the Integrity of the Ballot Box

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Academic Research Regulatory Relief: A Review of New Recommendations

·         Are We Losing the Space Race to China?

Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee

·         Investigating How VA Improperly Paid Millions to Incarcerated Veterans

·         VA Procurement: Identifying Obstacles to Reform

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Persistent Threat of North Korea and Developing an Effective U.S. Response

·         Regional Impact of the Syria Conflict: Syria, Turkey and Iraq

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security  Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Fifteen Years After 9/11: Threats to the Homeland

·         Understanding the Millennial Perspective in Deciding to Pursue and Remain in Federal Employment

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         How Preferential Trade Agreements Affect the U.S. Economy

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Can Malaria Be Eradicated?

·         Global Order and the New Regionalism

·         A Winning Trade Policy for the United States

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         China and the challenges in the Middle East

Department of State

·         Secretary Kerry - Remarks at The Atlantic and Aspen Institute

East-West Center

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

·         ASEAN Security Architecture: Tension between National Interests and Regional Institutions

·         The Strategic Significance of the US-India Logistics Agreement

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Enlightening EU Policy-Making: Evolving Scientific Advice

·         Nagorno-Karabakh: Is It Time to Bring Peacekeeping and Confidence Building Back on the Agenda?

Europol

·         The Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2016

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2015 Crime in the United States

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Damaging Democracy: The U.S., Fethullah Gülen, and Turkey’s Upheaval

·         Distinguishing the True from the False: Fakes & Forgeries in Russia’s Information War Against Ukraine

·         Keynote Address: Implications of the 2016 Elections for Economic and Security Issues

·         Shimon Peres (1923-2016): A Man of Contradictions?

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Review of Theories of Learning for Adopting

German Council on Foreign Relations

·         Russia’s Policy toward Conflicts in Post-Soviet States [audio interview in English]

German Development Institute

·         The Impact of Cash Transfers on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence, Design and Implementation

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Not Frozen!: The Unresolved Conflicts over Transnistria, Abkhazia,South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh in Light of the Crisis over Ukraine

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Adaptive Reuse Toolkit - How Cities Can Turn their Industrial Legacy into Infrastructure for Innovation and Growth

·         Conservative, Comprehensive, Ambitious, or Realistic? Assessing EU Defense Strategy Approaches

·         Russia’s Challenge to the European Security Order

·         Toward People-Centered Security Sectors In Africa: A Tale Of Missed Opportunities?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         China: U.S. Universities in China Emphasize Academic Freedom but Face Internet Censorship and Other Challenges. GAO-16-757

·         Climate Change: Information on NOAA's Support for States' Marine Coastal Ecosystem Resilience Efforts. GAO-16-834

·         Electronic Health Information: HHS Needs to Strengthen Security and Privacy Guidance and Oversight. GAO-16-771

·         Foreign Assistance: Selected Agencies' Monitoring and Evaluation Policies Generally Address Leading Practices. GAO-16-861R

·         International Trade: Government Procurement Agreements Contain Similar Provisions, but Market Access Commitments Vary. GAO-16-727

·         Office of Personnel Management: Actions Are Needed to Help Ensure the Completeness of Political Conversion Data and Adherence to Policy. GAO-16-859

·         Waste Management: DOD Has Generally Addressed Legislative Requirements on the Use of Burn Pits but Needs to Fully Assess Health Effects. GAO-16-781

Heritage Foundation

·         An Administration Worthy of Respect: Integrity, Competence, and Experience

·         Evidence-Based Fiscal Discipline: The Case for PART 2.0

·         Financial Privacy in a Free Society

·         Understanding the Data on Occupational Licensing

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘No Right to Live’: ‘Kneecapping’ and Maiming of Detainees by Bangladesh Security Forces

·         ‘They Destroyed Everything’: Mining and Human Rights in Malawi

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

·         ‘We Are in Tombs’: Abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         Hacking Elections is Easy! Part 2: Psst! Wanna Buy a National Voter Database? Hacking e-Voting was Just the Beginning

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, September 29, 2016

o    Democracy Delayed in Somalia

o    Can the Democratic Republic of the Congo Overcome Its Election Crisis Through Dialogue?

o    Can Natural Gas Rescue Mozambique’s Economy?

·         Staffing for Cyberspace Operations

Institute of International Relations

·         Czech Strategic Partnerships: A Practice in Need of a Vision

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation: Relevance to African States

·         More Than A Chip Off the Block: Strengthening IGAD-AU Peacebuilding Linkages

Institute for Security Studies

·         Strategy Matters: EU Key Documents 2015-2016

Institute of International Affairs  (Instituto Affari Internazionali)

·         The Geopolitical Promise of TTIP

·         The Student Movement in Egypt

·         Youth Activism in Morocco

·         Youth Civic and Political Engagement in Egypt

·         Youth Mobilization in Lebanon

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India - Overhaul of the Budget Process

·         India’s Construction Sector Gets a Boost

·         The State of Bangladesh-United States Relations: Before the Kerry Visit, and Beyond

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Deciphering the Siren Call of Militant Islamist Propaganda:Meaning, Credibility & Behavioural Change

·         Italy’s Jihadists in Syria: The Case of Maria Giulia Sergio (“Lady Jihad”)

·         The Use and Abuse of Administrative Measures against FTFs in France

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Central Banking in Latin America : The Way Forward

·         Fading Ricardian Equivalence in Ageing Japan http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=44302.0

·         Is Capping Executive Bonuses Useful?

·         U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         After the Uprisings: The Arab World in Freefall, Fragmentation or Reconfiguration?

·         Municipal Service Delivery, Stability, Social Cohesion and Legitimacy in Lebanon

·         Responding to the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon: Collaboration Between Aid Agencies and Local Governance Structures

·         Walk the Line: An Investigation of the Micro-processes of a UnPeacekeeping Mission

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-03, Joint Interdiction, 09 September 2016

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2016 [updated September 29, 2016]

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Tactical Nuclear Weapons in the Modern Nuclear Era

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, September 2016, v. 7, no. 5

o    El Camino and the Way Ahead in the Persian Gulf

Middle East Studies,  Marine Corps University

·         China in the Middle East:  A 'New Great Game' or 'Strategic Necessity'?

Migration Policy Institute

·         Resolving Policy Conundrums: Enhancing Humanitarian Protection in Southeast Asia

MITRE

·         Thinking Forward About Federal Civilian Cybersecurity: Bringing Mission Execution and Cybersecurity Closer Together

National Academies Press

·         The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration

·         Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases: Workshop Summary

National Security Archive

·         Unilateral U.S. Nuclear Pullback in 1991 Matched by Rapid Soviet Cuts

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         China and Cyber: Attitudes, Strategies, Organization 

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Defence Strategic Communication Information for Contributors

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Autumn  2016, v. 69, no. 4

o    Posture Versus Presence, The Relationship between Global Naval Engagement and Naval War-Fighting Posture

o    Distributed STOVL Operations and Air-Mobility Support, Addressing the Mismatch between Requirements and Capabilities

o    When Robots Rule the Waves?

o    A Thousand Splendid Guns, Chinese ASCMs in Competitive Control

o    Leadership and Ethics, Cultivating Sailor Ethical Fitness

o    Wars and Rumours of Wars, Japanese Plans to Invade the Philippines, 1593–1637

o    The U.S. Navy Won the Battle of Jutland

New America Foundation

·         Inclusion by Design: A New Vision of US Welfare Policy

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Brexit: Between British Europhobia and Continental Euroscepticisms

·         Innovation at the heart of the Energy Union

Oxford Research Group

·         Syria after the Ceasefire

·         Taking Back Control? The UK, Europe and NATO

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The IMF and Euro Area Crises: Review of a Report from the Independent Evaluation Office

·         Prospects for Taiwan’s Participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

·         Scoring the Trump Trade Plan: Magical Thinking

·         State of Advanced Economies and Related Policy Debates: A Fall2016 Assessment

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         The Racial Confidence Gap in Police Performance

Rand

·         Americans Are United … in Dissatisfaction with Their Choices:Analysis of the American Electorate at the Start of the 2016 General Election

·         Rethinking Russia's Threat to NATO

·         Scenario Development for the 2015 Quadrennial Energy Review:Assessing Stresses, Opportunities, and Resilience in the Transmission, Storage,and Distribution Systems for Oil and Refined-Oil Products, Electricity, and Natural Gas

·         Strengthening Prior Service–Civil Life Gains and Continuum of Service Accessions into the Army's Reserve Components

·         Using Future Broadband Communications Technologies to Strengthen Law Enforcement

Small Wars Journal 

·         Enabling Unconventional Warfare to Address Grey Zone Conflicts

·         Fighting Tigers With Sticks: Fehrenbach’s Lessons on Military Readiness  

·         Geographic Constraints of Narco-Tunnels Along the Southwest Border

·         The Last Shogun: General Douglas MacArthur and the Institution of the Dictator in the Transition of Japan to a Constitutional Democracy Post-WWII

·         Manpower and Counterinsurgency

·         Reassessing the Threat of Homegrown Violent Extremism in the United States: Overstated or Underestimated?

Stanley Foundation

·         Practice and Craft of Multistakeholder Governance

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Transnational Organized Crime in the Pacific: A Threat Assessment

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Adopting a Movement Mindset to Address the Challenge of Fragility

·         The Current Situation in Colombia

·         Current Situation in the Central African Republic

·         Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in War and Peace

·         Fragility and Security Sector Reform

·         Understanding and Extending the Marrakesh Declaration in Policy and Practice

·         Weak Ugandan Democracy, Strong Regional Influence

US Marine Corps (USMC)

·         2016 Marine Corps Operating Concept

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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

·         Arab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891Days

·         Jordan's Strategic Decision to Buy Israeli Gas

·         Trouble Brewing in Iraqi Kurdistan

·         Turkey's Rewarming Ties with Iran

·         What Trump and Clinton Said (and Didn't Say) About the Middle East

·         Will Arab Leaders Attend the Peres Funeral?

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Announcing Over $80 million in New Federal Investment and a Doubling of Participating Communities in the White House Smart Cities Initiative

·         FACT SHEET: Data by the People, for the People — Eight Years of Progress Opening Government Data to Spur Innovation, Opportunity, & Economic Growth

·         Joint Statement: 2016 United States-India Cyber Dialogue

·         United States of America Midterm Self-Assessment Report  for the Open Government Partnership - Third Open Government  National Action Plan  2015-2017

Wilson Center

·         Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking at the Rio Grande Valley: Ten Observations and Questions

World Bank

·         Impact Evaluation in Practice (2nd ed.)

·         Taking on Inequality (Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016)