Friday's Miscellany 11-04-2016

38 North

·         A US Election Surprise? Possible but Unlikely

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Kafka in Cuba: The Afghan Experience in Guantánamo        

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Time to Move on: Developing an Informed Development Response to Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Split in ISIS-Aligned Boko Haram Group

·         Why Does Turkey Insist on Joining the Mosul Operation?

American Action Forum

·         Burden-Sharing with Allies: Examining the Budgetary Realities

American Enterprise Institute

·         Delivering on Computer Science for All

Amnesty International

·         Hotspot Italy: How EU’s Flagship Approach Leads to Violations of Refugee and Migrant Rights

·         Out of Sight Out of Mind

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         A Poverty Line Contingent on Reference Groups: Implications for the Extent of Poverty in some Asian Countries

Atlantic Council

·         Aftermath of the Arab Spring in North Africa

·         EU’s Capital Markets Union

·         NATO’s New Frontlines

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Wattle and the Olive: A New Chapter in Australia and Israel Working Together

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Extortion Cycle in Mexico

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Lessons of the UNESCO Vote

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         2015 Military Reform in the People’s Republic of China: Defense, Foreign and Domestic Policy Issues

·         Hacking Chads: The Motivations, Threats, and Effects of Electoral Insecurity

Berghof Conflict Research

·         “Undeclared Wars”– Exploring a Peacebuilding Approach to Armed Social Violence

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated October 31, 2016]

·         Are the US and China Ready, Willing, and Able to Achieve Their Paris Agreement Goals?

·         China’s Global Rise: Can the EU and U.S. Pursue a Coordinated Strategy?

·         Diversification or Specialization: What is the Path to Growth and Development?

·         Nuclear Arms Control Choices for the Next Administration

·         Poverty Crosses Party Lines

Bureau of Justice Assistance

·         Understanding Digital Footprints; Steps to Protect Personal Information

Bureau of Justice Statistics

·         State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Fingerprint Processing Advances Improve Background Checks

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Clinton or Trump: Canada’s Energy Relations with the US

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada –US Climate, Energy, and Environment Relations after the Election

·         Who Lost the Caribbean?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Egypt’s Pragmatic Salafis: The Politics of Hizb al-Nour

Center for Cyber & Homeland Security (CCHS)

·         Into the Gray Zone: The Private Sector and Active Defense against Cyber Threats

Center for Global Development

·         Aligning to 2020: How the FP2020 Core Partners Can Work Better,Together

·         Aligning to 2020: How FP2020 Donors Can Work Better, Together

·         Revisiting What Works: Women, Economic Empowerment and Smart Design

·         Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Advice from SOF [Special Operations Forces] on the Use of SOF for the Next Administration

Center for Security Policy

·         Putin's Reset: The Bear is Back and How America Must Respond

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Evolving U.S. Nuclear Narrative: Communicating the Rationale for the Role and Value of U.S. Nuclear Weapons, 1989 to Today  

·         Imperiling Progress: How Ethiopia’s Response to Political Unrest Could Undermine Its Health Gains

·         Next Steps for Japan-U.S. Cooperation in Space

·         PacNet #82 - Australia May Need a Post-America Foreign Policy Plan B

·         Real Challenges of Security Cooperation with Our Arab Partners for the Next Administration

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Railroads, Utilities and Free Parking: What the Evolution of Transport Monopolies Tells Us About the Power Network of the Future

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Did the Paris Agreement Fail to Incorporate Human Rights in Operative Provisions?

·         Investor-State Arbitration and Its Discontents: Options for the Government of Canada

·         We Are Stuck In Vicious Circle on NAFTA Investor Rows: The Impact of the NAFTA Experience on Canadian Policy Concerning Investor-State Arbitration

Chatham House

·         Ruling Families and Business Elites in the Gulf Monarchies: Ever Closer?

Clingendael  - Netherlands Institute of International Relations 

·         Green or Grey Growth for Colombia?

·         Nearing the Brink? Political Instability in Tajikistan

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Understanding the 2016 Budget Outlook 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The Trans-Pacific Partnership and U.S. Trade Policy

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Deportation Puts Migrants and Rejected Asylum Seekers at Risk

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2016 Australia Japan U.S. Trilateral Information Sharing Arrangement Signing

·         Force of the Future

o    Fact Sheet: The Fifth and Sixth Links to the Force of the Future

o    Fact Sheet: The Next Two Links to the Force of the Future

o    Fact Sheet: Building the First Link to the Force of the Future

o    Fact Sheet: Building the Second Link to the Force of the Future

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Department of Homeland Security Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism

Department of State

·         Perspectives on U.S. Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific

·         Taking Stock of U.S. Policy on Ballistic Missile Defense

East West Center

·         Reforming China’s Arms Procurement System: An Effort to be Closely Watched

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Kuwait Country Analysis Brief - November 2016

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         The Implications of the Ukraine Conflict for National Nuclear Security Policy  

·         Increasing Transparency in Biodefence: A 2016 Visit to a  German Military Medical Biodefence Facility

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Managing Hazardous Incidents in the Euro-Atlantic Area: A New Plan of Action

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         What Kind of Brexit?

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Honduras' Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Remarks at Network AML/CFT Institute International Scientific and Research Conference "Threats and Risks to Global Economy”

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         Neighbouring an Unpredictable Russia: Implications for Finland

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Moldova’s Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff

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

·         Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: Means of Pressure and Channels of Influence

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Regional Power Transitions: Lessons from the Southern Cone  

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         U.S. Domestic Politics and the Future of Primacy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Intelligence: Additional Steps Could Better Integrate Intelligence Input into DOD's Acquisition of Major Weapon Systems. GAO-17-10 

·         DOD Inventory of Contracted Services: Timely Decisions and Further Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Issues. GAO-17-17

·         Emergency Funding for Ebola Response: Some USAID Reimbursements Did Not Comply with Legislative Requirements and Need to Be Reversed. GAO-17-35

·         Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex: DOD Partially Used Best Practices for Analyzing Alternatives and Should Do So Fully for Future Military Construction Decisions. GAO-16-853

·         Reported Inventory, Use, and Cost of Federally Owned Aircraft. GAO-17-73R

·         Troubled Asset Relief Program: New Effort to Wind Down the Community Development Capital Initiative. GAO-17-96

·         West Coast Ports: Better Supply Chain Information Could Improve DOT's Freight Efforts. GAO-17-23

Heritage Foundation

·         2015 Health Insurance Enrollment: Net Increase of 4.8 Million,Trends Slowing

·         Analyses of 2016 Candidates’ Tax Plans Demonstrate That Dynamic Scoring Is Now Mainstream

·         Blueprint for a New Administration: Priorities for the President

·         Seven State Criminal Justice Reform Measures for Congress to Consider

Households in Conflict Network

·         Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts

·         Determinants of Former Combatants’ Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice

·         Extending a Lifeline or Cutting Losses? Conflict and Household Receipts of Remittances in Pakistan

·         Resilience to Violent Extremism: The Rural Livelihood Coping Strategies in the Lake Chad Basin

Human Rights Watch

·         'The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State

·         Grounds for Concern: Belgium’s Counterterror Responses to the Paris and Brussels Attacks

·         More Fear Than Fair: Gambia’s 2016 Presidential Election

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         2017 Conference to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons: Time Ripe for a Stand-Alone Disarmament Instrument?

·         ICANN57: A Backgrounder

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         THAAD in the Korean Peninsula

Institute for Security Studies

·         After the EU Global Strategy: Consulting the Experts

·         Cybersecurity and Democracy: Hacking, Leaking and Voting

·         Russia: History as Myth?

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

·         China, Israel, and a Return to the Cloverleaf World

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Campaign for Mosul: November 1-3, 2016

·         Syria Situation Report: October 27 - November 4, 2016

·         Warning Update: Russia Prepares to Escalate Military Intervention in Syria

Institute of International Affairs  (Instituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Energy Relations between Turkey and Israel

·         The EU's Struggle with Normative Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa

·         NATO Defence Planning After the Warsaw Summit

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Economic Aspects of India’s North-East: Opportunities for Trade Through Greater Connectivity

·         India-Myanmar Relations – A Fine Balance

·         India’s Foreign Policy and the ‘Modi Doctrine’

·         Terror in Balochistan: New Lessons to Learn

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Should Governments Offer Amnesty to Returning Foreign Fighters?

International Crisis Group

·         The Libyan Political Agreement: Time for a Reset

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Women, Peace, and Security

Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale)

·         South Africa: The Need for Change

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 16 October 2016

·         JDN 3-16, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, 20 October 2016

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         Germany’s Presidency in the G20

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Fifth Nuclear Test, in Line with Strategy for Pro-longed Ruling of Kim Jong-un Regime

·         Implication and Repercussion of North Korea’s Fifth Nuclear Test

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: The Day After

·         Reforming the International Protection Regime: Responsibilities, Roles and Policy Options for Australia

Migration Policy Institute

·         Beyond Care and Maintenance: Rebuilding Hope and Opportunity for Refugees

·         Mental Health Risks and Resilience among Somali and Bhutanese Refugee Parents

·         Nutritional Health of Young Refugee Children Resettling in Washington State

MITRE

·         Cybersecurity: It’s About the Mission

·         Federal Improper Payments: A Trillion-Dollar Drain on Government Programs

·         Prevention: An Enhanced Approach to Cybersecurity

·         Slow Defense Acquisitions Cost Lives

National Academies Press

·         Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         New Worlds, New Horizons: A Midterm Assessment

·         Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force

National Defense University Press

·         The Return of Foreign Fighters to Central Asia: Implications for U.S. Counterterrorism Policy

National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence

·         Domain Name Systems-Based Electronic Mail Security - draft

NATO Defense College

·         The Determinants of Recent Russian Behaviour: What do these Mean for NATO Decision Makers?

Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC)

·         The Nuclear Terrorism Threat: How Real Is It?

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The Struggle Against Islamist Terrorism: Franco-German and European Responses

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Climate Finance Shadow Report 2016

Oxford Research Group

·         Jungle Justice: European Migration Policy Seen from the South

·         Ripe, Ready or Strategic?: The Timing of Peace Initiatives

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Apple’s Tax Dispute with Europe and the Need for Reform

·         Protectionism in the 2016 Election: Causes and Consequences, Truths and Fictions

·         Systemic Implications of Problems at a Major European Bank

·         Uneven Progress on Sovereign Wealth Fund Transparency and Accountability

·         What Does Measured FDI Actually Measure?

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Japanese Back Global Engagement Despite Concern About Domestic Economy

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Size of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Workforce Stable After the Great Recession

Small Wars Journal

·         ADP 3-0: A Theory of War Disconnected from Operational Art

·         Developing a Learning Institution: Entrenched Culture, Building the Foundation, and Asking the Right Questions

·         Obama’s Military Policy, International Order, and the Next Administration

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Quarterly Report to Congress, October 2016

·         SIGAR 17-11 Afghanistan’s Road Infrastructure: Sustainment Challenges and Lack of Repairs Put U.S. Investment at Risk

Stanley Foundation

·         A Necessary Good: U.S. Leadership on Preventing Mass Atrocities

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         U.S.-China Competition: Asia-Pacific Land Force Implications AU.S. Army War College Integrated Research Project in Support of U.S. Army Pacific Command and Headquarters, Department of the Army, Directorate of Strategy and Policy (HQDA G-35)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

·         Spouses and Children of U.S. Military Personnel: Substance Use and Mental Health Profile from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Transnational Institute (TNI)

·         Building a UN Treaty on Human Rights and TNCs: A Way Forward to Stop Corporate Impunity

·         Drone: Robot Imperium

United Kingdom

·         National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Gender and the Role of Women in Colombia's Peace Process

·         The Rise and Stall of the Islamic State in Afghanistan

·         Violent Extremism And Clan Dynamics In Kenya

USAID

·         U.S. Government Global Food Security Strategy FY 2017-2021

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt and Israel's Growing Economic Cooperation

·         The Futile Quest for “Moderate Islam”

·         A New President and the Middle East

·         A New President for Lebanon

·         The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now

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

·         Will Sunni Regional Players Turn Mosul into Ashes for the Islamic State?

White House

·         Obama Administration Announces New Actions To Accelerate The Deployment of Electrical Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure

·         Opportunities to Enhance the Nation’s Resilience to Climate Change

Wilson Center

·         Growing Together: How Trade with Mexico Impacts Employment in the United States

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

·         Iranian Arms Shipments to Yemen Violate U.N. Resolutions