Friday's Miscellany 02-10-2017

38 North

·         Uncertain Futures: China, Trump and the Two Koreas

Amnesty International

·         Human Slaughterhouse: Mass Hangings and Extermination at Saydnaya Prison, Syria

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         A Targeted Approach to Increasing Fertility: Which Age Groups Hold Key to Solving the Low Fertility Problem?

Asia Foundation

·         Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia: The Future of the Rebalance  

Asia Society

·         A Clear Opportunity: U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Air

·         U.S. Policy Toward China: Recommendations for a New Administration

Asian Development Bank

·         Sources of Income Inequality: A Comparison of Japan and the United States

·         Sustainable Land Management in Asia: Introducing the Landscape Approach

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Facing Addiction in America

·         Mexico’s Oil & Gas Supply Chain

·         Oilfield Produced Water Ownership in Texas: Balancing Surface Owners' Rights and Mineral Owners' Commercial Objectives

·         Transparency & The Rule of Law

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Dispelling the Myth that Israel Is the Largest Beneficiary of US Military Aid

·         The Libyan Tragedy and Its Meaning: The Wages of Indecision

·         North Korea and the Middle East

·         Trump, China, and the Middle East

·         Trump, the Mideast Conflict, and the Jordanian Option

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Hitting the Target But Missing the Point?

Brookings

·         Could Caucuses Help Rebuild Bipartisanship on Capitol Hill?

·         Don’t recklessly reverse Americans’ progress in Iraq

·         If You Build It: A Guide to the Economics of Infrastructure Investment

·         The Trump “Unhappiness” Effect Nears the Great Recession for Many

·         Why Trump Can’t Undo the Regulatory State So Easily

Bruegel

·         Brexit and the European Financial System: Mapping Markets, Players and Jobs

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Fugitives from Justice

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada-US relations on the Eve of Prime Minister Trudeau’s Visit to Washington

·         Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities: A Conversation on the Future of Cyber Security (Part 1) [podcast]

·         A Primer to the Trump-Trudeau Meeting 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Going to the People—and Back Again: The Changing Shape of the Russian Regime

·         Illusions vs Reality: Twenty-Five Years of U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia

·         Reducing All Violent Deaths, Everywhere: Why the Data Must Improve

CATO Institute

·         Into the Abyss: Is a U.S.-China Trade War Inevitable?

·         Uncertainty and the Geography of the Great Recession

Center for Naval Analyses (CNS)

·         American Naval Policy, Strategy, Plans and Operations in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

·         2015 Population Representation in the Military Services

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Climate Policy after Paris: Inconvenient Truths

·         The OSCE and the Future of European Security

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 197: Media

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA)

·         Restoring American Seapower: A New Fleet Architecture for the United States Navy  

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues

·         Effect of Encryption on Lawful Access to Communications and Data

·         Iraq: The View from the GCC

·         NATO and the Delicate Balance of Deterrence: Strategy versus Burden Sharing

·         PacNet #12 - To Test or Not to Test: The Question for North Korea

·         PacNet #14 - Hanging Up, Not Disconnected: The Australia-US Alliance Can Handle an Angry Call

Center for the Study of the Drones

·         Loitering Munitions In Focus

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Turkey at the Gates of al-Bab

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The €60 Billion Brexit Bill: How to Disentangle Britain from the EU Budget

·         The Year of Brexit and Trump: Annual Report 2016

Chatham House

·         Devolved External Affairs: The Impact of Brexit

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         At the Gate: Civil and Military Protection of Europe's Borders

College of Europe

·         The EU Advisory Mission Ukraine: Normative or Strategic Objectives?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         "The State of the Military"

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Countering the North Korean Threat: New Steps in U.S. Policy

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         America’s Airports: The Threat from Within

·         Ending the Crisis: America’s Borders and the Path to Security

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Making EPA Great Again

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Current Readiness of U.S. Forces

·         Situation in Afghanistan

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         A Look Ahead: Inspector General Recommendations for Improving Federal Agencies

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Plan to Defeat ISIS: Key Decisions and Considerations

·         The United States, The Russian Federation and the Challenges Ahead

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Empowering Managers: Ideas for a More Effective Federal Workforce

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook 

·         Updated Budget Infographics

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Abenomics and the Japanese Economy

·         How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?

·         The Korean Pivot: Seoul’s Strategic Choices and Rising Rivalries in Northeast Asia

·         What Are Economic Sanctions?

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Tanzania’s Oil and Gas Contract Regime, Investments and Markets

·         The Trouble with Counter-narratives

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Critical Infrastructure Threat Information Sharing Framework: A Reference Guide for the Critical Infrastructure Community

·         Terror Threat Snapshot [February 2017]

Department of the Navy (DoN)

·         Department of the Navy Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap

East West Center

·         The State of Asia Pacific Free Trade

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         The EU’s CBRN Centers of Excellence Initiative After Six Years

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: The Launch of Article 50

·         EU External Migration Policy: In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-eyed Man is King

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         The EU Visa Suspension Mechanism

·         The Refugee-development Nexus

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Export Promotion: What Works?

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

·         NPT and the Origins of NATO’s Nuclear Sharing Arrangements

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Tool 8: Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform and Governance

German Development Institute

·         Decentralisation in Togo: The Contribution of ICT-based Participatory Development Approaches to Strengthening Local Governance

·         The Developmental State in the 21st Century: Calling for a New Social Contract

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Ambivalent Role of Religion for Sustainable Development: A Review of the Empirical Evidence  

German Marshal Fund of the United States

·         Syrians and Labor Market Integration: Dynamics in Turkey and Germany

Global ECCO

·         Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), November 2016, v. 6, no. 4

o    Introduction: The Theory, History, and Current State of Hybrid Warfare

o    Countering Russian Hybrid Warfare: Acknowledging the Character of Modern Conflict

o    Russian Aggression Toward Ukraine: A Long-Term Example Of Hybrid Warfare

o    The Strategic Utility Of The Russian Spetsnaz In Crimea

o    Is It All Just A Bad Habit? Explaining NATO's Difficulty In Deterring Russian Aggression

o    From Tactical Champions To Grand Strategy Enablers: The Future Of Small-Nation Sof In Counter–Hybrid Warfare

o    To Change Or Not To Change?

o    Sharpening The Spear Of NATO SOF: Deterring Russian Hybrid Aggression Through Network Targeting

o    Maj Brian W. James, US Naval Postgraduate School

o    NATO Needs To Better Integrate Conventional And Special Operations Forces

o    NATO SOF Military Assistance to Support Deterrence and Reassure Russia

Global Political Trends Center

·         The Israel-Turkey Deal Could Benefit the Palestinians

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Bioforensics: DHS Needs to Conduct a Formal Capability Gap Analysis to Better Identify and Address Gaps. GAO-17-177  

·         Capitol Police Board: Fully Incorporating Leading Governance Practices Would Help Enhance Accountability, Transparency, and External Communication. GAO-17-112

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions by DHS Could Help Identify Opportunities to Harmonize Access Control Efforts. GAO-17-182

·         Defense Civil Support: DOD, HHS, and DHS Should Use Existing Coordination Mechanisms to Improve Their Pandemic Preparedness. GAO-17-150

·         DOD Financial Management: Significant Efforts Still Needed for Remediating Audit Readiness Deficiencies. GAO-17-85

·         Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Agencies Have Strengthened Collaboration but Could Enhance Grantee Compliance and Performance Monitoring. GAO-17-120

·         Federal Disaster Assistance: FEMA's Progress in Aiding Individuals with Disabilities Could Be Further Enhanced. GAO-17-200

·         Supply Chain Security: Providing Guidance and Resolving Data Problems Could Improve Management of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program. GAO-17-84

Heritage Foundation

·         President Trump’s First 100 Days: Steps Toward Financial Services Reform

Households in Conflict Network

·         A Model of Protests, Revolution, and Information

·         We Don’t Need No Education: Reconstruction and Conflict across Afghanistan

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Between Hope and Despair: Trump and the Future of the United Nations

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Managing Military Readiness

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iranian Proxies Fire Rockets at Green Zone in Baghdad, Saturday, February 11, 2017

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 2-10, 2017

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: January 12 - February 7, 2017

·         Warning Update: Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency Begins as ISIS Loses Ground in Mosul

Institute of International Affairs  (Instituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Gender, Intersectionality and Youth Civic and Political Engagement

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Indian Budget—2017-18

·         Indian Parliament: The House Needs to be More Credible on Penalising Errant Members

·         Pakistan at Davos: World Economic Forum 2017

·         Sri Lanka’s Ethnicized Experience of Democracy: A reading from the Sri Lankan Survey results of State of Democracy in South Asia

·         The States of South Asia: A Politico-Strategic Reality Check

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, February 2017, v.8, no. 1

o    Continuity, Change, and the Islamic Republic of Iran

Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

·         Reinventing Mutual Recognition Agreements: Lessons from International Experiences and Insights for the ASEAN Region

·         Trump Executive Order on Refugees and Travel Ban: A Brief Review

National Academies Press

·         Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2016 Symposium

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

National Center for the Middle Market

·         Cybersecurity and the Middle Market

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

·         Islamist and Far-Right Homicides in the United States: Infographic

·         Jihadist Plots in the United States: Interim Findings Infographic

·         Origin-group Differences in the 2007 and 2011 Pew Polls of U.S.Muslims: Reactions to the War on Terrorism

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NIMO)

·         NMIO Technical Bulletin, October 2016,  v. 11

·         Operational Aspects of Maritime Domain Awareness

·         Technology Recommendations for Ocean Protection

·         Space Cooperation Among Order-Building Power

·         Integrated Communication Extension Capability (ICE-CAP)

·         Project Interoperability in Puget Sound (PIPS)

·         Towards Real-Time Under-Ice Acoustic Navigation at Mesoscale Ranges

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Russian Information Campaign Against the Ukrainian State and Defence Forces

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Narrating Social Europe: the Search for progress in the "Age of Delors"

Open the Books Oversight Report

·         Federal Funding of America's Sanctuary Cities

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Global Competition and the Rise of China

Pew Research Center Fact Tank

·         20 Metro Areas are Home to Six-in-ten Unauthorized Immigrants in U.S.

·         A Closer Look at Police Officers Who Have Fired Their Weapon on Duty

·         Countries Affected by Trump Travel Rules Accounted for More than 900,000 U.S. Entries Since 2006

·         Most Refugees Who Enter the U.S. as Religious Minorities are Christians

RAND

·         An Agenda to Advance Integrative Resilience Research and Practice:Key Themes From a Resilience Roundtable

·         Assessing the Need for Supercomputing Resources Within the Pacific Area of Responsibility

·         Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

·         A Peace Plan for Syria III: Agreed Zones of Control, Decentralization, and International Administration

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Impacts of Hydropower Development on Natural Resource Accessibility and the Livelihoods of Local People: The Case of Quang Nam Province in Vietnam

·         River Activism, Policy Entrepreneurship and Transboundary Water Disputes in Asia

·         Waiting for Disruption?! Undersea Autonomy and the Challenging Nature of Naval Innovation

Small Wars Journal

·         Adapting Towed Artillery Today to Meet a Near Peer Competitor Tomorrow

·         The Costs of Too Much

·         Dangerous Diasporas: How the Trump Administration’s Visa and Immigration Regulations Leave the United States Vulnerable to Foreign Intelligence Exploitation

·         Deconstructing Society: Clausewitz vs. Machiavelli

·         Plutocratic Insurgency Note No. 1: Eight Individuals are Now as Wealthy as the Poorest Half of the World

·         “Remote Controlled” Terrorism and its Implications for Counter-Terrorism Efforts

·         Stability in Latin America: A Theater Army Approach

·         Truth, Reconciliation and the Laws of War in Colombia

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Silk Road Economic Belt and EU-China Security Cooperation

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Al-Qaeda Organization and the Islamic State Organization:History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi, and U.S. Policy to Degrade and Defeat Terrorism Conducted in the Name of Sunni Islam

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         Why a Third Homeland Missile Defense Site Doesn't Make Sense

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

·         Afghanistan Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: 2016

University of Pennsylvania

·         2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         As Chinese Pressure on Taiwan Grows Beijing Turns Away from Cross-Strait Diplomatic Truce

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

·         Constitutional and Legal Challenges Faced by Religious Minorities in India

·         Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Assessing the Country of Particular Concern Designation 10 Years After its Removal

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China’s Kashmir Policies and Crisis Management in South Asia

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After the Ayatollahs: The Middle East Post-Khamenei

·         Amona's Last Gasps

·         The Campaign to Retake Raqqa Is Accelerating

·         The Future of Leadership in the Shiite Community

·         Iran's Warming Relations with the PKK Could Destabilize the KRG

·         The Plan to Defeat ISIS: Key Decisions and Considerations

·         Trump-Netanyahu Meeting: A Reset for U.S.-Israel Relations?

·         The Trump-Netanyahu Meeting in the Context of Emerging U.S. Middle East Policy

·         What Will Netanyahu Discuss with Trump?

Wilson Center

·         Evolving Merida Initiative and the Policy of Shared Responsibility in U.S.-Mexico Security Relations

·         A New Migration Agenda Between the United States and Mexico

·         Optimizing Governance of US International Media in Historical and International Context

·         Political Finance-Related Corruption and Its Implications for Governance and Peacebuilding in Nigeria

Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

·         Emergency Preparedness CMS Conditions of Participation & Accreditation Organizations Crosswalk

World Bank

·         Africa’s Cities: Opening Doors to the World