Friday's Miscellany 03-17-2017

38 North

·         A Familiar Story: The New UN Report on North Korean Sanctions Implementation

·         Insurgency in the DPRK? Post-regime Insurgency in Comparative Perspective

·         North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Scud-ER Launch Site Visible; Activity at Vertical Engine Test Stand

·         One More Time With Feeling: Clarification on Analysis of the Next Nuclear Test

·         Paper Tigers: DPRK POE Report Shows Deep Problems with Enforcement

Air University Press

·         Shaping Air Mobility Forces for Future Relevance

American Enterprise Institute

·         US-Saudi Relations: A New Footing for an Old Relationship

Asia Foundation

·         Labour Migration and the Remittance Economy

Asian Development Bank

·         Earth Observation for a Transforming Asia and Pacific

Atlantic Council

·         Strategy of "Constrainment"

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Australia–US Cyber Security Dialogue

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Carter Doctrine 3.0? Military Protection of Gulf Oil & Gas Supplies

·         "The Miracle Man"

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Liquid Alliances in the Middle East

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Low-Carbon Revolution in China

·         OPEC’s Misleading Narrative About World Oil Supply

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Becoming Part of Jordan and Egypt: A Palestinian Economic Imperative

·         Lessons of the 1967 Deterioration

·         President Trump, North Korea, and Israel's Nuclear Strategy

·         Russian Air Defense Architecture … for NATO Member Turkey?

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Peaceful Coexistence? ‘Traditional’ and ‘Non-traditional’ Conflict Resolution Mechanism

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Financial Regulators Struggling with Longer Vacancies at the Top

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Countering Violent Extremism

Brookings

·         A Closer Look at Trade Costs in the Americas

·         Trump’s Revised Refugee and Visas Order

·         Where Have All the Revolutionaries Gone?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         2017 Defence Budget Primer

·         Growing the Defence Budget: What Would Two Percent of GDP Look Like?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game

·         Legislating Authoritarianism: Egypt’s New Era of Repression

CATO Institute

·         Criminal Immigrants: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin

Center for New American Security

·         Is the U.S. Military Getting Smaller and Older?: And How Much Should We Care?

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Avoiding a Strategy of Bluff: The Crisis of American Military Primacy

·         Contain, Degrade, and Defeat: A Defense Strategy for a Troubled Middle East

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Assessing the Third Offset Strategy

·         Before You Cut Foreign Aid to Fund Defense, Consider Where it Goes and What it Does for U.S. Troops and National Security

·         Cyber Disrupt 2017: Keynote: Next Steps for Cybersecurity After a Decade of Lessons Learned

·         Foreign Assistance Directly in the National Interest: A Primer for Policymakers

·         Growing the Agriculture Sector in Nigeria

·         The Modus Operandi and Toolbox of Russia and Other Autocracies for Undermining Democracies Throughout the World

·         The Other Side of the World: China, the United States, and the Struggle for Middle East Security

·         PacNet #23 - Japan's Five Futures

·         PacNet #22 - North Korea’s Weak Nuclear C2 Challenges Korean Crisis Stability

·         PacNet #21 - Dealing with Pyongyang

·         Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism

·         Hate Crime Increases 22% in Major Metro Areas in 2016

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Berlin to the Rescue? A Closer Look at Germany's Position on Brexit

·         The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union and One Belt, One Road: Can They Work Together?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Blockchains and the G20: Building an Inclusive, Transparent and Accountable Digital Economy

·         Optimal Patent Regimes in a Globalized World: Lessons for Canada

·         Strategy of “Constrainment”: Countering Russia’s Challenge to the Democratic Order

Chatham House

·         Western Policy Towards Syria: Applying Lessons Learned

College of Europe

·         EU Region-Building in the Neighbourhood:The Eastern Partnership’s Contribution in the South Caucasus

·         Europe’s Enabling Power: An EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations

·         European and International Criminal Cooperation: A Matter of Trust?

·         Sink or Swim? UK Trade Arrangements after Brexit

·         Towards a European Pillar of Social Rights: Upgrading the EU Social Acquis

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, March 2017, v. 10, no. 3

o    Australian Jihadism in the Age of the Islamic State

o    The Reina Nightclub Attack and the Islamic State Threat to Turkey

o    The Taliban Stones Commission and the Insurgent Windfall from Illegal Mining

o    German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: The Updated Data and its Implications

o    The Threat to the United States from the Islamic State’s Virtual Entrepreneurs

Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

·         Report of Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Critical National Infrastructures

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Crafting an Information Warfare and Counter-Propaganda Strategy for the Emerging Security Environment

·         Current State of the U.S. Navy

·         The Effect of Sequestration and Continuing Resolutions on Army Modernization and Readiness

·         Oversight Review of Infrastructure Needs and Projects Ready for Immediate Implementation in the Nuclear Security Enterprise

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production

·         Disrupter Series: Smart Communities

·         Modernizing Energy Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities to Expanding Hydropower Generation

·         Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Safe Drinking Water Delivery Systems

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Immigration Benefits Vetting: Examining Critical Weaknesses in USCIS Systems

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Combating Crimes Against Children: Assessing the Legal Landscape

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: The National Preparedness System

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         All Arms Warfare in the 21st Century

·         Inquiry Into U.S. Costs and Allied Contributions to Support the U.S. Military Presence Overseas

·         Inquiry Into Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the Department of Defense Supply Chain

·         Inquiry Into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan  

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Continuing to Improve Truck Safety on our Nation’s Highways

·         Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovation, Integration, Successes, and Challenges

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Opportunities to Improve American Energy Infrastructure

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Six Years of War in Syria: The Human Toll

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Modus Operandi and Toolbox of Russia and Other Autocracies for Undermining Democracies Throughout the World

·         Supreme Court Nomination and Questionnaire Materials for Neil M.Gorsuch

·         Vows for Visas: Investigating K-1 Fiancé Fraud

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         American Health Care Act

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Engaging with Business as a Partner for Development

·         Killer Robots: The Future of War?

Defense Innovation Marketplace

·         ATIP - Advanced Technology Investment Plan 2017 - Volume III/ PEOLS 2017 Advanced Technology Investment Plan (ATIP)  

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the United States Military Service Academies for Academic Program Year (APY) 2015 – 2016

Department of Justice (DOJ)

·         U.S. Charges Russian FSB Officers and Their Criminal Conspirators for Hacking Yahoo and Millions of Email Accounts

EAB Royall & Company

·         Effect of the Current Political Environment on International Student Enrollment

East West Center

·         Cost of Aging

·         Saudi King Salman's Visit to Indonesia: Bound by Ties of Islam

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         A Dublin IV Recast: A New and Improved System?

Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies

·         Reasons for Rejecting Globalisation: Beyond Inequality and Xenophobia

·         Running Out of Steam? Brexit and the Future of EU Energy Policy

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

·         Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices and In the Cloud

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The 2017 Elections Across Europe: Facts, Expectations and Consequences

·         European Parliament Mid-term Election: What Impact on Migration Policy?

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         No Trump Cards for Moscow

·         World Trade and Trump

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Consolidated Processes and Procedures for Mutual Evaluations and Follow-Up (Universal Procedures)

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         A More Powerful European Council: Old and New Trends

FireEye

·         M-Trends 2017: Trends from the Year’s Breaches and Cyber Attacks

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Counterinsurgency From the Bottom Up: Colonel H.R. McMaster and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tel Afar, Spring-Fall 2005

·         Donald Trump is No Friend of Taiwan

·         Making NATO Less “Obsolete”

Freedom House

·         The Battle for China’s Spirit: Religious Revival, Repression, and Resistance under Xi Jinping

German Development Institute

·         Accountability for Development Cooperation Under the 2030 Agenda

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         European Energy Security Reimagined

·         Nord Stream 2 – A Political and Economic Contextualisation

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Logistics: Improved Performance Measures and Information Needed for Assessing Asset Visibility Initiatives. GAO-17-183

·         Electricity: Status of Residential Deployment of Solar and Other Technologies and Potential Benefits and Challenges. GAO-17-142

·         Embassy Construction: State Needs to Better Measure Performance of Its New Approach. GAO-17-296

·         Government Procurement: United States Reported Opening More Opportunities to Foreign Firms Than Other Countries, but Better Data Are Needed. GAO-17-168

·         Immigration Benefits System: Significant Risks in USCIS's Efforts to Develop its Adjudication and Case Management System.  GAO-17-486T [Testimony]

·         Research and Development: DOE Activities and Costs to Oversee Investments. GAO-17-261

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, March 16, 2017

o    Burundi: A Deepening Political Impasse

o    In South Sudan a Man-made Crisis Repeats Itself

·         Influences on the Timing and Frequency of Cancellations and Truncations of Major Defense Acquisition Programs

·         Post-Milestone B Funding Climate and Cost Growth in Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)

·         The Decade of Adjustment: A Review of Austerity Trends 2010-2020in 187 Countries

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         How to Crush the Health Sector’s Ransomware Pandemic: The Machine Learning Based Artificial Intelligence Revolution Starts Now!

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         How Nagas Perceive the Creation of Seven Additional Districts in Manipur

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         India-Japan Strategic Cooperation and Implications for U.S.Strategy in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region

Institute for Science and International Security

·         North Korea's Lithium 6 Production for Nuclear Weapons

Institute for the Study of War

·         America's Way Ahead in Syria

·         America's Way Ahead in Syria: One Pager

·         The Campaign for Mosul: March 9-16, 2017

·         A New Strategy Against ISIS and al Qaeda

·         Syria Situation Report: March 9 - 17, 2017

·         U.S. Grand Strategy: Destroying ISIS and al Qaeda

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         The Contribution of Digital Technologies to Service Delivery: An Evidence Review

Institute of International Affairs  (Instituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Assessing North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Programmes: Implications for Seoul and Washington

·         Differentiated Integration: A Way Forward for Europe

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Demonetization – Evaluating the Costs and Benefits

·         Uttar Pradesh Sweep Boosts BJP and Modi

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         IS Propaganda: Should We Counter the Narrative?

·         Mental Health and the Foreign Fighter Phenomenon: A Case Study from the Netherlands

·         The Trump Immigration Ban: Does it Make America Safer?

·         The Use of Deportation in Counter-Terrorism: Insights from the Italian Case

International Crisis Group

·         Hizbollah’s Syria Conundrum

·         Uzbekistan: The Hundred Days

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Aftershocks of Monetary Unification : Hysteresis with a Financial Twist

·         Direct and Spillover Effects of Unconventional Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies

·         Exchange Rates and Trade : A Disconnect?

·         Labor Force Participation in Chile : Recent Trends, Drivers, and Prospects

·         Pension Reform Options in Chile : Some Tradeoffs

·         Public Debt Sustainability Under Uncertainty : An Invariant Set Approach

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Peace Operations and Prevention for Sustaining Peace: The Restoration and Extension of State Authority

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         Solar Power in Saudi Arabia: Plans vs Potential

·         Solar vs Nuclear : Which is Cheaper for Water Desalination?

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 14, 2107, v. 17, no. 4

o    Snapshot: China’s Eastern Theater Command

o    China’s Navy Gets a New Helmsman (Part 2): Remaining Uncertainties

o    Renewable Energy and the PLA’s Next Generation of Self-Sufficiency (Part 2):

o    The Evolution of the PLA’s Red-Blue Exercises

o    Xinjiang’s Rapidly Evolving Security Stat

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·         Special Warfare, January -March 2017, v. 30. no.1   

o    “Will the Real Revisionist Please Stand Up?”

o    Special Operations Command in Africa

o    Q&A with the SOCAFRICA  Commander, Brigadier General Donald C. Bolduc

o    Threat Overview - Africa

o    In Africa It’s All Relative

o    Flintlock 2016: Joint Multinational Headquarters

o    The Last Tactical 11 Million Miles

o    Special Operations Command Forward - North and West Africa

o    Return to Africa: Lessons Learned from the 3rd Special Forces Group's Return to Africa

o    Operational Culture in an Open , Permissive Environment: Airfield Operations Observations from Exercise Flintlock

o    18D: The Lifeline: The Importance of the 18 Delta in SOCFWD-NWA

o    The Loss of the Golden Hour: Medical Support for the Next Generation of Military Operations

o    Senegal Command: Men of Courage

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, March 2017

Long War Journal

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated March 19,2017]

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Brexit. Brexit?

·         Security Policy IN FOCUS: The Case for a Postmodern EU Defence Architecture

Migration Policy Institute

·         The Long Road Ahead: Status Report on the Implementation of the ASEAN MRAs on Professional Services

·         Rebuilding after Crisis: Embedding Refugee Integration in Migration Management Systems

Mitchell Institute

·         Order In Chaos: The Future of Informed Battle Management and Command and Control

National Security Archive

·         Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev 1921-2017

NATO Secretary General

·         Secretary General's Annual Report 2016

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Differentiated Integration in the EU: A Variable Geometry Legitimacy

·         Living Together Facing Fears: the French Political Dilemma

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again

·         Fiscal Year 2016 - Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Annual Report to Congress  

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         PILDAT Policy Brief : Revival of Military Courts in Pakistan

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute

·         Past is Prologue: Abroad in Syria with the Ghosts of Iraq

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Supply-Side Policies in the Depression: Evidence from France

·         Will the Proposed US Border Tax Provoke WTO Retaliation from Trading Partners?

Pew Research Center Fact Tank

·         China Outpaces India in Internet Access, Smartphone Ownership

·         European Asylum Applications Remained Near Record Levels in 2016

·         Immigrants Don’t Make Up a Majority of Workers in any U.S.Industry

·         In Trump Presidency, Nearly 2,500 Refugees have Entered U.S. from Six Travel-restricted Countries

·         Many Smartphone Owners Don’t Take Steps to Secure Their Devices

Rand

·         China's Evolving Nuclear Deterrent: Major Drivers and Issues for the United States

·         Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism

·         Improving Outcomes for Children Exposed to Violence: Safe Start Promising Approaches

·         Needle Acupuncture for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review

·         Reimagining the Character of Urban Operations for the U.S. Army:How the Past Can Inform the Present and Future

·         The Role of Think Tanks in Modern Governance: Remarks at the China Development Forum 2016

·         Three Essays on Growth Econometrics

Real Clear Defense

·         The U.S. Navy’s Role in Ensuring 21st Century American Security and Prosperity

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Disrupting Human Trafficking: The Role of Financial Institutions 

Small Wars Journal

·         Countering the Daesh Narrative

·         Honor in Hijrah as Expressed by the Islamic State

·         The Importance of Cross-Cultural Capabilities to Win Armed Conflicts

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #30: Marijuana Kettlebells and Catapult and Air Cannon Projectiles

·         Strengthening Ties with Vietnam as a ‘South China Sea Ally’

·         Viral Conflict: Proposing the Information Warfighting Function

·         Winning Indefinite Conflicts: Achieving Strategic Success Against Ideologically-Motivated Violent Non-State Actors

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Lessons From Rwanda: Female Political Representation and Women’s Rights

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         China’s Engagement of North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities for Europe

Strategic Studies Institute  (SSI)

·         Indian and Chinese Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Assessment

Transatlantic Academy

·         Can Germany Make Globalization Work?

Transnational Institute

·         Cannabis in Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Enclosing the Oceans and Our Aquatic Resources

·         Human Rights and Drug Policy

·         Morocco and Cannabis

US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

·         Declaration and Formal Claim of State Secrets and Statutory Privileges by Michael Pompeo, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Libya’s Religious Sector and Peacebuilding Efforts

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Defeating Ideologically Inspired Violent Extremism

·         Politicized Forces and the Issue of an Independent Kurdish State

·         Saudi Arabia's Future Meets the Trump Administration

·         The Syrian Revolution: "Safe Zones" and Considerations for the Future

World Bank

·         2017 Global Outlooks: Weak Investment in Uncertain Times

·         Better Neighbors: Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America