Friday's Miscellany 08-04-2017

38 North

·         Video Casts Doubt on North Korea’s Ability to Field an ICBM Re-entry Vehicle

·         What Next for North Korea’s ICBM?

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Saudi Vision 2030 and the Consequences of the Gulf Crisis

American Enterprise Institute

·         After the Eurozone Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons for European and US Policymakers

·         The Surprising New Political Battleground: The Midwest

American Hospital Association (AHA)

·         Cost of Community Violence to Hospitals and Health Systems

Amnesty International

·         Iran: Caught in a Web of Repression: Iran's Human Rights Defenders Under Attack

Atlantic Council

·         Left of Launch: Countering Theater Ballistic Missiles

·         A Next Generation Perspective on the Future of the Korea-US Relationship

·         Nuclear Geopolitics in the Baltic Sea Region

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Big Data in National Security

·         Coordination of Federal, State and Local Disaster Management Arrangements in Australia: Lessons from the UK and the US

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Eyes Forward: Modi’s Visit to Israel

·         Foreign Investment in Israel’s Strategic Industries

·         G20 2017: China and Germany Step Up

·         Israel Needs an Ecological Master Plan

·         Modi in Israel: Diplomacy and Development

·         North Korea: Sanctions Are Not Enough

·         Russian Strategic Logic

·         Sino-American Disagreements on North Korea

Brookings

·         How the Trump Administration Can Use Benefit Cost Analysis to Justify Deregulation

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Cyber-Security at a Frantic Time: A Rational Plan

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         New Russia Sanctions from Congress: Contents and Significance

Center for Global Development

·         Expanding Global Liquidity Insurance through Precautionary Lending: What the IMF Can Do

·         Middle Class: Winners or Losers in a Globalized World?

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Deportation vs. the Cost of Letting Illegal Immigrants Stay

Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies

·         How are 9/11-Era Veterans Faring in the Modern Economy? A Quantitative Study by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity 2005-2015

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         The Verification Clearinghouse: Debunking Websites and the Potential for Public Nonproliferation Monitoring

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah and the Race to Defeat ISIS

·         PacNet #55 - ASEAN Turns 50 and There is Much to Celebrate

·         PacNet #54 - A North Korean ICBM is a Danger, Not a Game Changer

·         Venezuela’s Postcrisis Recovery and Reform

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Collateral Damage: The Impact on Pakistan From U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Turkey's S-400 Dilemma  

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Toward a Free Trade Agreement with China: Opportunities,Challenges and Building Blocks for Canada

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         EU Labour Mobility: An EU That Protects?

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Terror Threat snapshot, August 2017

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Congressional Budget Office: Its Role, Long-Term Projections,and Use of Research

·         Cost Estimate: H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act,2018

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Southeast Asian Perspectives on U.S.–China Competition

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2016 Operational Energy Annual Report

·         Report to Congress Restructuring the Department of Defense  Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Organization and Chief Management Officer Organization

Department of Defense Office of the Actuary

·         2016 DoD Statistical Report on the Military Retirement System [under the military retirement tab]  

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Northern Border Threat Analysis Report to Congress - Public Summary

·         OIG-17-98-SR Special Report: Challenges Facing DHS in Its Attempt to Hire 15,000 Border Patrol Agents and Immigration Officers

Department of State

·         Secretary Tillerson Remarks

·         Update: Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS

Department of Veterans Affairs

·         Report No. 17-01846-31 - Healthcare Inspection: Opioid Prescribing to High-Risk Veterans Receiving VA Purchased Care

East West Center

·         Regional Order Reconfigured: China, Japan, and the United States in the Evolving Asia Pacific

Electronic Frontier Foundation

·         Which Internet Registries Offer the Best Protection for Domain Owners?

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Uncertain Continuity: Central Asia and the Trump Administration

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

·         Nuclear Dynamics In a Multipolar Strategic Ballistic Missile Defense World

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Economic Growth and Escaping the Poverty Trap: How Does Development Aid Work?

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

·         France and Japan in Africa: a Promising Partnership

·         Hashtag and Political Resistance Movements in Southern Africa

German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V.)

·         Foreign Policy and the Next German Government

German Development Institute

·         SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) in the context of the German Sustainable Development Strategy: Are We Leaving the Starving Behind?

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Customs Union an Anchor for Turkey–EU Relations

·         Hamilton 68 - A Dashboard Tracking Russian Propaganda on Twitter

·         The Renewal of the Russian Challenge in European Security: History as a Guide to Policy

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Captured by Captagon? Lebanon’s Evolving Illicit Drug Economy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Corps of Engineers: Extent and Status of Expedited Permit Processing for Public-Utility Companies, Natural Gas Companies, and Railroad Carriers. GAO-17-678R

·         Defense Cybersecurity: DOD's Monitoring of Progress in Implementing Cyber Strategies Can Be Strengthened. GAO-17-512

·         Federal Real Property: Status of FBI Headquarters Consolidation and Issues Related to Funding Other Future Projects. GAO-17-783T [testimony]

·         Information Security: OPM Has Improved Controls, but Further Efforts Are Needed. GAO-17-614

·         Pipeline Safety: Additional Actions Could Improve Federal Use of Data on Pipeline Materials and Corrosion. GAO-17-639

·         Prepositioned Stocks: DOD Needs to Develop a Department-Wide Vision and Goals to Guide Program Management. GAO-17-653

·         Refugees: Actions Needed by State Department and DHS to Further Strengthen Applicant Screening Process and Assess Fraud Risks. GAO-17-706 

·         Refugees: State and Its Partners Have Implemented Several Antifraud Measures but Could Further Reduce Staff Fraud Risks. GAO-17-737

Heritage Foundation

·         European Islamist Plots and Attacks Since 2014—and How the U.S.Can Help Prevent Them

Human Rights Watch

·         “Soldiers Assume We Are Rebels”: Escalating Violence and Abuses in South Sudan’s Equatorias

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Geopolitics of Gas: Common Problems, Disparate Strategies

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Strengthening the Contributions of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to DOD's Suicide Prevention Efforts

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iran and Al Qaeda Exploit Syria Ceasefire

·         Syria Situation Report: June 15-22, 2017

·         Syria Situation Report: June 29 - July 27, 2017

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Defence Budgets and Industry

·         Italy and France at Odds over Libya?

·         Making Sense of Rising German-Turkish Tensions

·         Macron's Africa "Problem"

·         The Time for European Defence Has Come: Rome Must Step Up to the Task

International Crisis Group

·         Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis at the Crossroads

·         How Libya’s Fezzan Became Europe’s New Border

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Calculating Trade in Value Added

·         The Financing of Ideas and the Great Deviation

·         Leaning Against Windy Bank Lending

·         Mining Spillovers in Chile

·         The Nonlinear Interaction Between Monetary Policy and Financial Stress

·         When Gambling for Resurrection is Too Risky

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Applying the HIPPO Recommendations to the DRC: Toward Strategic,Prioritized, and Sequenced Mandates

·         Dealing with Disgrace: Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Post-Vote Iran: Giving Engagement a Chance

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Insights and Best Practices Focus Paper, The Joint Command Senior Enlisted Leader, July 2017

·         Joint Pub 2-01, Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations, 05 July 2017

·         Joint Pub  4-01, The Defense Transportation System, 18 July 2017

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Southeast Asian Perspectives on US–China Competition

Manhattan Institute

·         The Energy Bottleneck: Why America Needs More Pipelines

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Strengthening Mexico’s Protection of Central American Unaccompanied Minors in Transit

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

·         An Operational Imperative: The Future of Air Superiority

·         Survivability in the Digital Age: The Imperative for Stealth

National Academies Press

·         Acquisition and Operation of Polar Icebreakers: Fulfilling the Nation’s Needs 

·         Foundational Cybersecurity Research: Improving Science,Engineering, and Institutions

·         Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Sixth Edition

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

·         The Jihadi Industry: Assessing the Organizational, Leadership, and Cyber Profiles

NATO Defense College

·         Projecting Stability in NATO's Southern Neighbourhood

Nautilus Institute

·         Excellent Korea Options for the Long Term

·         Would the Military Really Have to Obey a Trump Command to Fire a Nuclear Weapons?

New America Foundation

·         Deciphering the European Encryption Debate: France

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Annual Demographic Report: Hiring and Retention of Minorities,Women, and Persons with Disabilities in the United States Intelligence Community Fiscal Year 2016

Oxford Research Group

·         After the Fall: Views from the Ground of International Military Intervention in Post-Gadhafi Libya

·         Climate Change, Migration and Security

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Globally, People Point to ISIS and Climate Change as Leading Security Threats

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Partisan Shifts in Views of the Nation, but Overall Opinions Remain Negative

RAND Corporation

·         Can an Informative Letter Reduce Gun Crime and Be Cost-Effective?A Study of Los Angeles

·         Guide to the Resilience Dividend Valuation Model

·         Implications of the Security Cooperation Office Transition in Afghanistan for Special Operations Forces: An Abbreviated Report of the Study's Primary Findings

·         Resilience Dividend Valuation Model: Framework Development and Initial Case Studies

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Countering Proliferation Finance: Implementation Guide and Model Law for Governments

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         ASEAN and the Indian Ocean

Small Wars Journal

·         Can Johnny Read? - A Guide to Reading for Military Self-Development

·         In Praise of Failure

·         It’s Doctrine, But I Can’t Explain It

·         Plutocratic Insurgency Note No. 6: Privatizing Urban Public Spaces

·         Qatar in the Horn of Africa: Friend or Foe?

·         U.S. Army TRADOC Mad Scientist Sci-Fi Stories

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Improving Forest Governance in East Africa’s Eastern Arc Mountains

·         Low-Carbon Energy Transition in Africa: Insights from West Africa

·         The Nexus Between Prosperity in the African Maritime Domain and Maritime Security

·         Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance Through the APRM

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Thirty-sixth Quarterly Report to Congress (July 30, 2017)  

Swiss Re

·         Mexico Country Report

·         US Economic Outlook

US  Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Kashmir Line of Control and Grassroots Peacebuilding

·         Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Nepal: A Slow Path

·         South Sudan’s High Level Revitalization Forum

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         In the Warlords' Shadow: Embracing New Strategies to Fight the War on Terror

·         Iran's Space Program Emerges from Dormancy

·         U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon at Risk

World Bank

·         From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security: Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level