Friday's Miscellany 10-28-2016

38 North

·         North Korea’s Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground: Caretaker Status

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         A Balancing Act for Extractive Sector Governance

·         Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Afghanistan: A Work in Progress

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  November/December  2016, v. 29, no. 6

o    The Heart of Agile

o    From the Trenches: Improving the Scrum Daily Standup Meeting

o    The ORDERED Process for Improving Agile Engineering Outcomes

o    A Comparison of Commercial and Defense Software

o    A New Agile Paradigm for Mission Critical Software Development

o    Beyond the Agile Manifesto: Epoch of the Team

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Corruption and Medicine Quality in Latin America: A Pilot Study

·         Political Institutions and the Governmental Burden on Business

·         Private Participation in US Infrastructure: The Role of PPP Units

·         Terrorism and the Bill of Rights: Suicide Pact or Not?

·         Rare Events and Long-Run Risks

·         Reforming America’s Immigration System Once and for All

Amnesty International

·         For Your Eyes Only? Ranking 11 Technology Companies on Encryption and Human Rights

·         South Sudan: "We did not believe we would survive":Killings, rape and lootings in Juba

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, November-December 2016, v. 96, no. 6

o    The Crisis of National Identity

o    Migration as a Weapon in Theory and in Practice

o    Bridging the Gap between Policing and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan

o    Transformative Staff Training in Ukraine

o    Operational Contract Support: The Missing Ingredient in the Army Operating Concept

o    New Business Practices for Army Acquisition

o    Conceptions of Leadership: U.S. and African Models

o    Operation Sangaris: A Case Study in Limited Military Intervention

o    The Area Under the Curve: Developing Strategic Leaders to Win in a Complex World

o    A Call for Research on the Impact of Dogs Deployed in Units to Reduce Posttraumatic Stress

o    Transforming Unit Training with the Science of Learning   

o    Pathways: A Division Commander’s Observations in the Pacific

o    Lenin’s Formula for Agenda Setting

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, October 2016, v.23, no. 10

o    Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Associated Attrition, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2004–May 2016

o    Update: Cold Weather Injuries, Active and Reserve Components, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2011–June 2016

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza Immunization Among U.S. Armed Forces Healthcare Workers, August 2011–April 2016

o    Deployment-related Conditions of Special Surveillance Interest

o    Atlantic Council

o    Enhancing the US-Swedish Defense Relationship http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/enhancing-the-us-swedish-defense-relationship

Asia Foundation

·         Understanding Social Exclusion in Indonesia

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Looking Beyond Conventional Intergovernmental Fiscal Frameworks:Principles, Realities, and Neglected Issues

·         Structural Change and Income Distribution: Accounting for Regional Inequality in the People’s Republic of China and Its Changes during 1952–2012

Atlantic Council

·         Enhancing the US-Swedish Defense Relationship

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Counterterrorism Action: Bankstown, 12 October 2016

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Extortion Cycle in Mexico

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         China Moors in the Mediterranean: A Sea of Opportunities for Europe?

·         US Presidential Election. What Scenarios for the World afterObama?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         BDS, Political Religion, and the Crisis of the Global Left

·         Jerusalem is More Important than Amona

·         Medium-Intensity Threats: The Case for Beefed-Up IDF Ground Forces

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         China’s Carbon Emissions Report 2016

·         Living Mitigation Plans: The Co-Evolution of Mitigation Pledge and Review

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Developing Empirical Evidence for Campaign Finance Cases

·         Election 2016 Spending: Just Three Interests Dominate, Shadow Parties Continue to Rise

Brookings

·         Expert Opinion on AMISOM Contributing Countries Continued Provision of Troops

·         A Glass Half Full: The Rebalance, Reassurance, and Resolve in theU.S.-China Strategic Relationship

·         Japan’s Future Defense  Equipment Policy

·         Nuclear Modernization, Arms Control, and U.S.-Russia Relations

·         Twelve Facts About Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry

·         What do Financial Markets Think of the 2016 Election?

CATO Institute

·         “Does “Ban the Box” Help or Hurt Low-Skilled Workers?: Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes When Criminal Histories Are Hidden

·         Twenty-Five Years of Indian Economic Reform

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Transatlantic Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific:Recommendations for the Next U.S. Administration

Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

·         Beyond Convergence:  World Without Order

Center for Global Development

·         First Hundred Days for Global Health

·         Grading Power Africa: A Preliminary Report Card on President Obama's Signature Electrification Initiative

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         CNA Out Front: The Impact of Policing Reforms on Local Government

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Emerging Political Economy of OBOR: The Challenges of Promoting Connectivity in Central Asia and Beyond

·         Issues & Insights Vol. 16 - No. 17 - Responding to China's Strategic Use of Combined Effects

·         The Myth of U.S. Energy Independence and the Realities of Burden Sharing: U.S. Strategic Partnerships with the Arab Gulf States Remain a Vital National Security Interest

·         PacNet #79 - China is Behind Our Economic Ills, But Not Because of Trade

·         PacNet #78 - Outmatching Chinese Strategy Requires Bold New US Thinking

·         The PLA Navy

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, October 2016, v. 10, no. 5

o    Patterns of Collective Desistance from Terrorism: Fundamental Measurement Challenges

o    Involvement Mechanisms of Jihadist Networks

o    Classification and Collection of Terrorism Incident Data in Canada

o    ‘Criminalised’ Islamic State Veterans – A Future Major Threat in Organised Crime Development?

o    A Communitarian Justification for Measures to Prevent Terrorism in the UK

o    Poverty and “Economic Deprivation Theory”: Street Children, Qur’anic Schools/almajirai and the Dispossessed as a Source of Recruitment for Boko Haram and other Religious, Political and Criminal Groups in Northern Nigeria

o    IS and its Predecessors: Violent Extremism in Historical Perspective

o    Watchlisting

o    Nobody Born a Terrorist, but Early Childhood Matters: Explaining the Jihadis’ Lack of Empathy

o    Bibliography: Terrorism and the Media (including the Internet) (Part 3)

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Adopting a Carbon Tax in Turkey: Main Considerations

·         Design Options for Employing a Carbon Tax in Turkey

·         Managing the Risks of Nuclear Energy: The Turkish Case

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels in Canada

·         Making the Most of CETA: A Complete and Effective Implementation Is Key to Realizing the Agreement's Full Potential

·         The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need For a Human-rights Based Component

·         A Transatlantic Perspective on CETA

Centre for Security Governance

·         Picking Leaders for Professional Military Education

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Defence Industrial Policy in Belgium and the Netherlands

College of Europe

·         The EU Climate and Energy Package and E.ON: A Two-step Response toa Disruptive Policy

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, October 2016, v. 9, no. 10

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with LTG(R) Charles T. Cleveland, former Commanding General, USASOC

o    Revising the History of al-Qa`ida’s Original Meeting with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

o    Lessons from the Fifteen-Year Counterterrorism Campaign

o    Losing Mosul, Regenerating in Diyala: How the Islamic State Could Exploit Iraq’s Sectarian Tinderbox

o    Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Supplemental Appropriations: 2000—Present 

Danish Institute for International Studies (Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier)

·         Political Solutions Needed to Improve Security in the Congo:Support to Local Non-state Security Actors is not Enough

·         Stabilizing Niger: The Challenges of Bridging Local, National and Global Security Interests

Defense Business Board (DBB)

·         Best Practices for the Business of Test and Evaluation

·         Focusing a Transition: Challenges Facing the New Administration

·         Logistics as a  Competitive Warfighting Advantage

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Performance of the Defense Acquisition System - 2016 Annual Report

Department of Energy

·         DOE-OIG-17-01 Evaluation Report on “The Department of Energy’s Unclassified Cybersecurity Program – 2016”

Department of the Army

·         ATP 3-01.8 Techniques for Combined Arms for Air Defense

·         ATP 4-02.85 Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Treatment of Chemical Warfare Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries

East West Center

·         Land Tenure Security and Policy Tensions in Myanmar (Burma)

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Counterterrorism in Belgium: Key Challenges and Policy Options

·         The Juncker Plan 2.0 : The Belgian View

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Russia Country Analysis Brief - October 2016

Enough Project

·         Activist Brief: A New Policy Approach to the Democratic Republic of Congo

·         A Criminal State: Understanding and Countering Institutionalized Corruption and Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

·         2016 Climate Change Indicators in the United States

European Policy Centre

·         The Bumpy Road from Bratislava to Rome: The Results of a (Un)spectacular Summit | Post-Summit Analysis

·         The Presidential Campaign and the Future of US Trade Policy: Implications for Transatlantic Relations

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         Symbolic Loss of Dabiq Prompts Adapted Propaganda Strategy for Islamic State

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Terrorist Financing in West and Central Africa

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         Brexit's Impact on the EU Institutions: Immediate Implications and Possibilities for Reform 

·         Election Hacking in Democracies: The Example of the U.S. 2016 Elections

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Pinpricks: Russia Pursues Hegemony in the Balkans

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Improving EU Market Access for Jordanian Exports

German Development Institute

·         Financing Options for Loss and Damage: A Review and Roadmap

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Enhancing a Continental Policy on Energy Access in Africa

·         In It For the Long Run: Integration Lessons From a Changing Germany

·         A Tale of Three Cities: New Migration and Integration Realities in Istanbul, Offenbach and Tangier

Global Political Trends Center

·         Turkey as a Development Partner in Africa

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Homeland Security Acquisitions: Joint Requirements Council's Initial Approach Is Generally Sound and It Is Developing a Process to Inform Investment Priorities. GAO-17-171

·         Military Personnel: Performance Measures Needed to Determine How Well DOD's Credentialing Program Helps Servicemembers [Reissued on October 21, 2016]. GAO-17-133

·         Nuclear Material: Agencies Have Sound Procedures for Managing Exchanges but Could Improve Inventory Monitoring. GAO-16-713

Heritage Foundation

·         Al-Qaeda Still Threatens Europe: How the U.S. Can—and Should—Help

·         The Colombian–FARC Peace Deal: Why It Failed, and How the U.S. Can Support a Responsible Renegotiation

·         Countering Chinese Inroads into Micronesia

·         The Federal Government’s Appropriate Role in Internet Privacy Regulation

Human Rights Watch

·         A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         Operation Sangaris: A Case Study in Limited Military Intervention

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Enterprise Considerations for Ports and Protocols

·         A Framework for Evidence-Based Licensure of Adaptive Autonomous Systems: Technical Area

·         Review of CBRN Medical and Operational Terminologies in NATO CBRN Publications

·         Software Container Architecture for Distributed Mission Processes

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Pro-ISIS Groups in Mindanao and Their Links to Indonesia and Malaysia

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         Civic Approaches to Confronting Violent Extremism:  Sector Recommendations and Best Practices

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Campaign for Mosul: ISIS Counterattacks in Kirkuk, October 21,2016

·         The Campaign for Mosul: October 25-28, 2016

·         ISIS’s Capable Defense of Mosul: Counteroffensives in Kirkuk, Rutbah, and Sinjar

·         Moldova Update: Contested Elections Threaten to Destabilize Eastern Europe

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: September 20 - October 25, 2016

·         Syria Situation Report: October 20 - 27, 2016

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Deconstructing the EU's Discourse on the Mediterranean

·         Energy Resources and Regional Cooperation in the East Mediterranean

·         Moats, Walls, and the Future of Iraqi National Identity

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         BRICS – Making Haste (Too) Slowly?

·         China-India Talks: Some Signals to Pakistan

·         India’s Neighbourhood Policy, and its Perception of China: The Case of Sri Lanka

·         The United States and the State of World Politics: Some Implications for South Asia

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, October 26, 2016, v. 16, no. 16 

o    Chinese Military Aviation in the East China Sea

o    The Stable Door and Chollima: Chinese Computers and North Korean IT

o    Taiwan-Japan Ties Deepen Amid Chinese Assertiveness

o    Holding Up Half the Sky? (Part 2): The Evolution of Women’s Roles in the PLA

o    Downsizing the PLA, Part 1: Military Discharge and Resettlement Policy, Past and Present

·         Terrorism Monitor, October 14, 2016, v. 14, no. 20

o    Our Kind of Warlord: Afghanistan’s Deal With Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

o    The Niger Delta: Will Restarting Amnesty Payments Ease the Conflict?

o    AQAP in Southern Yemen: Learning, Adapting and Growing

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         China´s Neighborhood Diplomacy and Policies on North Korea: Cases and Application

·         The Costs and Benefits of Unification on the Korean Peninsula: in the Political, Social, and Economic Areas

·         Development of Unification Diplomacy Contents

·         Identifying Driving Forces for Changes and Policy Challenges on the Korean Peninsula (2015-2030)

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2016 [updated October 27,  2016]

Marine Corps University Press

·         Marines at War: Stories from Afghanistan and Iraq

·         MCU Journal, 2016 Special Issue Climate Change & Policy

o    Climate Change and the Department of Defense: An Introduction

o    Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, and the Road to American Climate Change Policy

o    Warmly Argued: A Brief Historical Look at Two Centuries of Climate Change Findings in Public Dialogue

o    Tooth-to-Tail Greening: Energy and Climate Leadership and Policy Change at the Department of Defense

o    Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Military Operations in the Western Pacific

o    Examining Long-Term Climate-Related Security Risks through the Use of Gaming and Scenario Plannin

Migration Policy Institute

·         New Approaches to Refugee Crises in the 21st Century: The Role of the International Community

Modern War Institute (MWI)

·         Countering Gray-Zone Hybrid Threats: An Analysis of Russia’s ‘New Generation Warfare’ and Implications for the US Army

·         Guerrillas in the Boardroom: What COIN Theory Teaches Leaders About Organizational Change, and How Corporate Change Models Could Transform Military Doctrine

·         How COIN Theory Explains Organizational Change

National Academies Press

·         Strengthening Data Science Methods for Department of Defense Personnel and Readiness Missions

New America Foundation

·         The Case for Open Use Policies: Realizing the Full Value of Publicly Funded Information

·         The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education: A Landscape Analysis

·         War and Tweets: Terrorism in America in the Digital Age

Oxford Research Group

·         Remote Control Project Briefing: What British War on Terror?

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Public Opinion on Quality of Governance in Pakistan

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Even in Era of Disillusionment, Many Around the World Say Ordinary Citizens Can Influence Government

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         The Political Environment on Social Media

Project 2049 Institute

·         Challenges Facing Taiwan in the South China Sea

Rand

·         Assessment of the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program

·         Can Smartphones and Privacy Coexist? Assessing Technologies and Regulations Protecting Personal Data on Android and iOS Devices

·         Towards a Universal Arms Trade Treaty: Understanding Barriers and Challenges in South-East Asia

·         The Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and Their Families: Documenting Structure, Process, and Outcomes of Care

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         The Art of the Covenant: The Armed Forces Covenant and the Role of the Commercial Sector

Small Wars Journal

·         Bespredel and the Conduct of Russian “Hybrid Operations”

·         Chinese Defense Contracts in Argentina

·         ISIS: An Adaptive Hybrid Threat in Transition

·         Standing Firmly on a Precipice?: The Commitment of the United States to the NATO Alliance and the Fate of the Baltics

·         Twilight Zone Conflicts: Employing Gray Tactics in Cyber Operations

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Climate-Related Security Risks: Towards an Integrated Approach

·         Greater Horn of Africa Dialogue

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Quest for Military Cooperation in North Africa: Prospects and Challenges

Transnational Institute

·         The Global Forum of Producers of Prohibited Plants (GFPPP)

·         Storify: Stop Corporate Abuse with a Binding Treaty

Trend Micro

·         Leaking  Beeps: Unencrypted Paper Messages in Industrial Environments

US-China Economic & Security Review Commission

·         China’s Industrial and Military Robotics Development

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Counter-Error: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Middle East

·         Gulf Succession: Qatar's Model Could Be a Way Forward

·         Iran Faces Challenges in Implementing Its FATF Action Plan

·         Is Turkey Pivoting to China?

·         Post 'Caliphate': The Future of the Salafi-Jihadi Movement

Wilson Center

·         Growing Together: Cross-Border Investments Lay the Foundation for Shared Regional Prosperity

·         A Look at the Future of the Mexican Petroleum Industry after Energy Reform