Friday's Miscellany 12-02-2016

38 North

·         Satellite Imagery of Pyongyang: What is Missing in this Analysis?

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2016, v. 10, no. 4

o    NASA in the Second Space Age: Exploration, Partnering, and Security

o    Why Washington Doesn’t Debate Grand Strategy

o    Liberating Cyber Offense

o    Does China Have a Monroe Doctrine? Evidence for Regional Exclusion

o    Prohibiting Interference with Space-Based Position, Navigation, and Timing

o    Managing Decentralized Cyber Governance: The Responsibility to Troubleshoot

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, Winter 2017, v. 30, no. 4

o    The Fifth-Generation Fighter Pilot Force

o    Mission Assurance through Integrated Cyber Defense

o    Operational Assessment: So How Are We Doing?

o    Nuclear Deterrence as a Stabilizing Force: Modernizing American B61s in Europe

o    Suborbital Strike! The Use of Commercial Suborbital Spacecraft for Strike Missions

o    Selecting Qualified Airmen for the Cyber Mission Force: The Pitfalls of Hiring Operational

o    The Trilateral Strategic Initiative: A Primer for Developing Future Airpower Cooperation

o    C4ISR via Dark Webs: An Alternative Concept for Protecting Critical Information in Contested Cyberspace Environments

o    Forging Tomorrow's Air, Space, and Cyber War Fighters: Recommendations for Integration and Development

o    The Changing Face of the War Fighter 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Indian Muslims between Exclusion and Political Populism

·         President-elect Donald Trump and Latin America

Amnesty International

·         Bullets Were Raining Everywhere: Deadly Repression of Pro-Biafra Activists

·         Great Palm Oil Scandal: Labour Abuses Behind Big Brand Names

Assessment Capacities Project

·         Crisis Overview 2016: Humanitarian Trends and Risks for 2017

Atlantic Council

·         Latin America and the Caribbean 2030: Future Scenarios

·         Middle East Strategy Task Force: Final Report of the Co-Chairs

Australian Defence College (ADC)

·         ‘Nothing to Do with Islam’: The Historical Origins, Ideology and Strategic Threat of Global Salafi-jihadism

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Delivering ‘Joined-up’ Government: Achieving the Integrated Approach to Offshore Crisis Management

·         For the Right Reasons, in the Right Ways Part 1: A Four-Nation Survey of Information Sharing About Organized Crime

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Energy Integration in North America

·         HPV Vaccine: A Public Health Opportunity

·         Women's Representation Across National and Local Office in Turkey

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         America and Russia: Towards a New Partnership?

·         Implications of the Emergent Russian-Hezbollah Coordination in Syria

·         Reassessing American Interests in the Middle East

·         Trump’s Ambivalence Towards NATO Could Backfire

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Fixing Fiscal Myopia: Why and How We Should Emphasize the Long Term in Federal Budgeting

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Judicial Recusal Reform: Toward Independent Consideration of Disqualification

Brookings

·         Achieving Sustainability in a 5G World

·         A Framework for Building Resilience to Climate Change Through Girls’ Education Programming

·         Mentoring for Kenya’s Marginalized Girls: Benefits, Challenges,and Policies

·         Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Monetary Policy Transparency in Divisive Times

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada in Africa: Finding our Footing?

Center for Cyber and Homeland Security (CCHS)

·         Cruel Intentions: Female Jihadists in America

Center for Global Development

·         Fiscal Devolution and Health Financing Reform: Lessons for India from Brazil, China, and Mexico

·         A Global Offer for Learning (GOL): Based on Experiences with Paying for Results

·         Internationally Comparable Mathematics Scores for Fourteen African Countries

·         Learning Data for Better Policy: A Global Agenda

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         How Much is Enough? Alternative Defense Strategies

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Herding Livestock Programs toward Nutrition

·         Uncertain Trends and Metrics of Terrorism in 2016

Center of Military History (CMH)

·         The Civil War in the West, 1863

Center on Global Energy Policy 

·         Cuba: U.S. Sanctions Policy After the Embargo

·         If You Build It, Will They Come? The Competitiveness of US LNG in Overseas Markets

Centre for Conflict Resolution

·         The Peacebuilding Role of Civil Society in South Sudan

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Managing the Risks of Nuclear Energy: The Turkish Case

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Italy's Referendum: Much Ado About Little

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Trade Agreements as Vectors for the Nagoya Protocol's Implementation

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

·         Energy Security and Green Growth in Indonesia

·         EU Strategy and European Defence - What Level of Ambition?

·         The Geopolitical Relevance of Piraeus and China's New Silk Road

·         Kenya: A Green Growth Utopia?

·         Promoting Green Growth in Colombia: A Post-conflict Opportunity?

·         Towards a Global Resilience Agenda - Action on Climate Fragility Risks

College of Europe

·         To Give or to Grab: The Principle of Full, Crippled and Split Conferral of Powers Post-Lisbon

·         Net Neutrality: Smart Cables or Dumb Pipes? An Overview on the Regulatory Debate About How to Govern the Network

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, November/December 2016, v. 9, no.11

o    The Global Terror Threat and Counterterrorism Challenges Facing the Next Administration

o    The Islamic State’s External Operations and the French-Belgian Nexus

o    The Age of Selfie Jihad: How Evolving Media Technology is Changing Terrorism

o    The Consequences of Russia’s ‘Counterterrorism’ Campaign in Syria

o    The Mosul Campaign: From Here to the Horizon

Conflict Armament Research

·         Investigating Cross-Border Weapons Transfers in the Sahel

·         Maritime Interdictions of Weapon Supplies to Somalia and Yemen

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Force Management Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan; Readiness and Strategic Considerations

·         National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 - Conference Report  and summary

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Examining the United States Preventive Services Task Force

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Libya Five Years After Ghadafi

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program: Examining Premium Increases

·         Oversight of DEA’s Confidential Source Program

·         Restoring the Power of the Purse: Legislative Options

·         A Safe Track?: Oversight of WMATA’s Safety and Maintenance

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of Defense Actions Concerning Voluntary Education Programs

·         Oversight, Acquisition, Testing, and Employment of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and LCS Mission Module Programs

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science &Transportation Committee

·         The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Examining Two GAO Reports Regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard

·         Initial Observations of the New Leadership at the U.S. Border Patrol

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Creating a Federally Sponsored Cyber Insurance Program

·         Ending South Sudan’s Civil War

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Rights to Land and Extractive Resources in Tanzania (1/2)

·         Rights to Land and Extractive Resources in Tanzania (2/2)

Deloitte

·         The Next Era of Aerospace and Defense: How to Outperform in an Environment of Innovative Disruption

Department of Defense

·         Applying the Law of Targeting to the Modern Battlefield

·         Joint Statement of Intent between the U.S. and France

·         Principles Related to the Protection of Medical Care Provided by Impartial Humanitarian Organizations During Armed Conflict

Department of State

·         2017 Political-Military Transitions and the Evolution of U.S.Military Relations Abroad

·         The Struggle Against Terrorism: Lessons Learned & Next Steps

East Asia Institute

·         The Current State of South Korea’s Democracy

·         Empowering Think Tanks and Encouraging Democratization

Egmont Institute

·         Slow Demise of the ANC: Political Change, Economic Decline, and State Corruption in South Africa

European Leadership Network (ELN)

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

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Lost in Transition? US Foreign Policy from Obama to Trump

Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC)

·         Changes in Modus Operandi of (IS) Revisited

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorist Financing Measures:United States

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         The Future of US-Europe Relations: Institutional Constraints and Public Opinion May Render Changes Smaller than Expected

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Cooperation in WTO’s Tariff Waters?

·         Fragile States and International Support

·         Trade, Infrastructure and Development

George W. Bush Institute

·         Education and Employment Among U.S.-Based North Koreans:Challenges & Opportunities

·         Toward a New Policy and Strategy for North Korea

German Council on Foreign Relations

·         Challenges and Perspectives for the Eastern Partnership

·         Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Spain

German Development Institute

·         Green Finance: Actors, Challenges and Policy Recommendations

·         Private Finance for Climate-change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities for Kenya

Global Political Trends Center

·         The Path to Normalization between Israel and Turkey

·         Turkish-Israeli Relations: Crises and Cooperation

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Confidential Informants: Status of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Efforts to Address a GAO Recommendation. GAO-17-265R

·         Depot Maintenance: Improvements to DOD's Biennial Core Report Could Better Inform Oversight and Funding Decisions. GAO-17-81

·         Food Safety: FDA's Efforts to Evaluate and Respond to Business Concerns Regarding the Produce Rule. GAO-17-98R

·         Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments: A Review of Emergency Response Information in Selected Train Documents. GAO-17-130

·         Radiation Portal Monitors: DHS's Fleet Is Lasting Longer than Expected, and Future Acquisitions Focus on Operational Efficiencies. GAO-17-57

·         Renewable Fuel Standard: Low Expected Production Volumes Make It Unlikely That Advanced Biofuels Can Meet Increasing Targets. GAO-17-108   

·         Renewable Fuel Standard: Program Unlikely to Meet Its Targets for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. GAO-17-94

·         VA Health Care: Improved Monitoring Needed for Effective Oversight of Care for Women Veterans. GAO-17-52

·         Whistleblower Protection: Additional Actions Would Improve Recording and Reporting of Appeals Data. GAO-17-110

Govini

·         Autonomous Capabilities Standard Market Taxonomy [free but registration required]

Hate Speech International-Investigating Extremism

·         Continuity and Change: The Evolution and Resilience of Al-Shabab's Media Insurgency, 2006–2016

·         The Islamic State Propaganda Machine

Heritage Foundation

·         Cyber Attacks on U.S. Companies in 2016

·         South Korean Political Crisis Poses Challenge for Trump Administration

·         The Ongoing Lack of EPA Accountability for the Gold King Mine Spill: The EPA’s New “Responder” Theory

·         Trump Administration’s Nuclear Weapons Policy: First Steps

·         A U.S. Army Role in Countering China’s A2/AD Efforts: The Expeditionary Coastal Artillery Brigade

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         Rise of the Machines:  The Dyn Attack Was Just a Practice Run

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, December 1, 2016

o    Zimbabwe: Warning Lights Flashing

o    Migrant Flows and Migrant Smuggling: Niger’s Next Internal Threat?

o    Ghana Elections: Electoral Commission Hopes for Better

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Case Study: Four Turkish Nationals Indicted for Making Illicit U.S.Financial Transactions

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Myanmar’s Evolving Relations: The NLD in Government

·         Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict: 2015-Present

Institute for Security Studies

·         Beyond the ICC Exit Crisis

·         Africa Uprising? The Protests, the Drivers, the Outcomes

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         The Counter-Narrative Monitoring & Evaluation Handbook

Institute for Study of War

·         Afghanistan Threat Assessment: The Taliban and ISIS as of November 22, 2016

·         Aleppo Campaign Update: Pro-Regime Forces Advance in Eastern Aleppo City

·         Anticipating Iraq’s Next Sunni Insurgency

·         The Campaign for Mosul: November 22-28, 2016

·         Iraq Situation Report: November 18-30, 2016

·         Putin Sets the Stage for the Incoming U.S. Administration

·         Syria Situation Report: November 19 - December 2, 2016

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Procedures, Personnel and Technologies for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

·         Recent Developments in Italy's Security and Defence Policy

Institute of National Strategic Studies

·         China's Future SSBN Command and Control Structure

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Pakistan Appoints a New Army Chief

Integrity Watch Afghanistan

·         Community Scorecard of Kabul Municipality 2016

·         Fighting Corruption in Afghanistan: Solving the Institutional Puzzle

·         Religious Leaders Fight Against Corruption in Afghanistan

·         Senior Appointments and Corruption within Kabul City Police

International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC)

·         Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Crime Observation and Criminal Analysis

International Crisis Group

·         Israel/Palestine: Parameters for a Two-State Settlement

·         Turkey’s Refugee Crisis: The Politics of Permanence

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Financing for Development: Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries---Further Considerations

·         The Influence of Gender Budgeting in Indian States on Gender Inequality and Fiscal Spending

·         Taking Stock of Monetary and Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Europe

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Has UN Peacekeeping Become More Deadly? Analyzing Trends in UN Fatalities

·         Lost in Transition: UN Mediation in Libya, Syria, and Yemen 

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

·         Leaving the Storm Behind: Ideas for a New Mediterranean - MED Report

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 1, 2106, v. 14, no. 23

o    Egypt’s Policies Entrench the Islamist Threat

o    Kenya Struggles to Combat Al-Shabaab’s Cross-Border Attacks

o    Algeria’s Role in Libya: Seeking Influence Without Interference

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Indonesia in the South China Sea: Going It Alone

Marine Corps University Press

·         MCU Journal, Fall 2016, v. 7, no. 2

o    Pressure Dilemma in International Politics

o    Political Culture and Risk Analysis: An Outline of Somalia, Tunisia, and Libya

o    Command and Irregular Indigenous Combat Forces in the Middle East and Africa: A Historical Perspective on a Current Reality

o    Asking the Right Questions:  A Framework for Assessing Counterterrorism Actions

o    Mali and Islamic Extremism: Applying Lessons Learned from Afghanistan

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, November  2016, v. 7, no, 6

o    Russian Foreign Policy in the Middle East 2015-2016: Pushing on an Open Door

Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

·         Towards a Whole-of-Society Approach to Receiving and Settling Newcomers in Europe

Mitchell Institute

·         Building Better Pilots: Considerations to Ensure T-X Success

·         The Parabolic Curve: Creating Operational Agility in the Third Offset Strategy

MITRE

·         Presentation: Detecting the Adversary Post-Compromise with Threat Models and Behavioral Analytics

New America Foundation

·         Out Today: Past is Prologue: State and Local Funding for Higher Education in the Next Recession

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Building Common Ground: Towards Strategic Migration and Refugee Policies in Europe

·         EU External Action and Brexit: Relaunch and Reconnect 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

·         States of Fragility 2016: Understanding Violence

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Closed Borders: The Impact of Border Closures on People on the Move

·         Peace and Stability in Niger: Support to Peace and Security through Youth Employment

Oxford Research Group

·         President Trump: Successor to the Nuclear Throne

·         So Much Hot Air: Climate Change After the US Election

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Argentina’s Beef Exports: The WTO’s US–Animals Dispute

·         US–COOL Retaliation: The WTO’s Article 22.6 Arbitration

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         The New Food Fights: U.S. Public Divides Over Food Science

Rand

·         Building a More Sustainable U.S. Blood System

·         The Effects of Military Change-of-Station Moves on Spousal Earnings

·         Whither Hong Kong?

·         Why Sleep Matters — The Economic Costs of Insufficient Sleep: A Cross-country Comparative Analysis

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Post-Daesh Challenges to Stabilisation in Iraq

Small Wars Journal

·         Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis, (General, USMC, Retired):Can He Be A Civilian Leader?

Statistics Canada

·         Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Deterring Cybertrespass and Securing Cyberspace: Lessons from United States Border Control Strategies

TRACE Matrix

·         The Global Business Bribery Risk Index for Compliance Professionals

Transnational Institute

·         Land Grabbing and Land Concentration in Europe

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

·         United States Attorneys’ Community Outreach and Engagement Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghan Women and Violent Extremism: Colluding, Perpetrating or Preventing?

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Beginning of the End for East Aleppo

·         Fatah's General Conference: Clarifying Succession and Managing Dissent

·         From Security Solutions to Political Resolution: The Innovative Algerian Counter-Terrorism Approach

·         Hezbollah's 'Diplomats' Go Operational

·         Iraq Can't Commit to OPEC's Oil Output Deal

·         Kuwait's Snap Election Revives Parliamentary Opposition, But Not Reform

·         Responding to Iran's Arms Smuggling in Yemen

·         Trump and the Middle East: Between Hope and Apprehension

·         Would an Oil Production Freeze Save Algeria?

White House

·         Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy

·         Statement by the President on the Report of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

·         How Trade with Mexico Impacts Employment in the United States