Friday's Miscellany 09-08-2017

38 North

·         North Korea’s Sixth Nuclear Test: A First Look

·         What if Sanctions Brought North Korea to the Brink? “Well, in1941…”

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Europe and the Gulf Crisis

·         Rwanda and President Kagame

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Nikki Haley Address on Iran and the JCPOA

·         State Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Supermajority Requirements: New and Updated Data

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation:Giving Voice to Diversity

·         Transatlantic Dialogue on China : Perceptions, Conflicts, and Potentials

American Technology Council

·         Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization

Amnesty International

·         ‘No One Can Protect You’: Bahrain’s Year of Crushing Dissent Documents

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 61, September 2017

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, August 2017, v. 4, no. 8

o    Multiple sclerosis among service members of the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces and among other beneficiaries of the

o    Military Health System, 2007-2016

o    Challenges with diagnosing and investigating suspected active tuberculosis disease in military trainees

o    Brief report: Mid-season influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates for the 2016-2017 influenza season

Atlantic Council

·         Capturing the African Consumer Market

·         Escaping China’s Shadow

·         Spotlight: How Can NAFTA Revolutionize North American Energy?

·         State Department Reform Report

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         2017 Independent Review of Intelligence: Views from the Strategist

Australian National University

·         Some Global Effects of President Trump’s Economic Program

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Energy and Economic Diversification Policy Roundtable

·         Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey: Policy Perspectives

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Challenging the State in the Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Identities

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         A Different Perspective on the Temple Mount Crisis

·         Is It Zero Hour? Pyongyang’s Nuclear Power Is Developing at a Dizzying Pace

·         Israel Is Real

·         Palestinian Settler-Colonialism

·         The North Korean Threat: Rationality, Intentionality, and Nuclear War

·         Tokyo’s North Korean Dilemma

·         What’s On a Muslim Refugee’s Mind? 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Safeguarding Water Affordability

·         U.S. Counterterrorism Policy from 9/11 to ISIS

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Crime in 2017: A Preliminary Analysis

Brookings

·         Democracy and Security Dialogue Research Project (includes the following)

o    Democracy and Civil War

o    Democracy and Cybersecurity

o    Democracy, Gender Equality, and Security

o    Democracy, Gender Equality, and Women’s Physical Security

o    Democracy and Human Security

o    Democracy and Human Security in Developing Countries

o    Democracy and Terrorism

o    Democracy and Violent Crime

·         The European Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism

·         How the Opioid Epidemic has Affected the U.S. Labor Force,County-by-County

·         The Mind-boggling Cost of DACA Repeal

·         Rural Dreams: Upward Mobility in America’s Countryside

·         Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry Into the Decline ofthe U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate

Bruegel

·         Remaking Europe: The New Manufacturing as an Engine for Growth

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         The Border/Perimeter Security Agenda in the Age of Trump: A Coping Strategy for Canada

·         Keeping the Americans In

·         NATO’s Challenge: The Economic Dimension

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         India in Maritime Asia

·         Palestinian Nationalism: Regional Perspectives

·         Transformation Through Cyber Innovation: The Great Indian Technological Leap

CATO Institute

·         An Alternative to the H-1B Lottery

Center for Global Development

·         Can a Public-Private Partnership Improve Liberia’s Schools?

·         Can Outsourcing Improve Liberia’s Schools?  

·         The Commitment to Development Index 2017

·         The Electricity Situation in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Nuclear Governance and Legislation in Four Nuclear-Armed Democracies 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         NATO: Pushing Boundaries for Resilience

·         Trump and the Future of  US Grand Strategy

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Harnessing the Data Revolution to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

·         Innovation-Led Economic Growth: Transforming Tomorrow’s Developing Economies through Technology and Innovation

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Rise of China's Independent Refineries

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Could Germany End Up with a Minority Government?

·         European Policy in Asia: Getting Past Mercatorism and Mercantilism

Centre for International Governance Innovation

·         Getting beyond Norms: New Approaches to International Cyber Security Challenges

·         New Great Leap Forward: Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics

·         Shining the Light on Climate Action: The Role of Non-party Institutions 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Navy Readiness – Underlying Problems Associated with the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         EPA Oversight: Unimplemented Inspector General and GAO Recommendations

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Maintaining U.S. Influence in South Asia: The FY 2018 Budget

·         U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Bureau: The FY 2018Budget

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining a Cybersecurity Workforce

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Examining the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of EPA’s IRIS Program

·         Private Sector Lunar Exploration

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, &Transportation Committee

·         Addressing the Risk of Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline Program

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Priorities and Challenges in the U.S.-Turkey Relationship 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Cutting Through the Red Tape: Oversight of Federal Infrastructure Permitting and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

·         The History and Current Reality of the U.S. Health Care System 

Congress. Senate. Senator Gillibrand

·         Snapshot Review of Sexual Assault Report Files; At the Four Largest Military Bases in the United States

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Cost Estimate - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017

·         Cost Estimate - Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018

Council on Foreign Relations

·         How Anonymous Shell Companies Finance Insurgents, Criminals, and Dictators

·         Priorities and Challenges in the U.S.-Turkey Relationship

Counter Extremism Project

·         Afghanistan: Extremism & Counter-Extremism

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Evolution of the EU's and Turkey's Security Interests, Threat Perceptions and Discourse

Department of State

·         9/11 to ISIS and Beyond: The Future of Terrorism (And What we can do About it)

·         U.S. Engagement in the Pacific

East-West Center

·         Opportunities and Challenges of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Implications for US Policy and Pakistan

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Are Export Sanctions Effective?

·         The Case for Improving Water Efficiency in MENA Countries

European Policy Centre

·         Brexit: Dealing with Withdrawal Symptoms

European Parliament

·         Global Trendometer: Essays on Medium- and Long-Term Global Trends,Summer 2017

Europol

·         From Suspicion to Action - Converting Financial Intelligence into Greater Operational Impact

Feinstein International Center

·         Tracking change in livelihoods, service delivery and governance:evidence from a 2013-2015 panel survey in Uganda

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Ireland's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation  

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         ISIS Recruiting: It’s Not (Just) Ideological

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

·         How Germany Should Change Its Approach to Arms Control

·         Trump’s Non-Governmental Organization: Behind the Apparent Chaos Lies a Careful Strategy of Dismantling the State

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Better Migration Management

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Secondary Powers vis-à-vis South Africa: Hard Balancing, Soft Balancing, Rejection of Followership, and Disregard of Leadership

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Resilience in Sinaloa: Community Responses to Organized Crime

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Traffic Control Modernization: Progress and Challenges in Implementing NextGen GAO-17-450

·         Anti-Money Laundering: U.S. Efforts to Combat Narcotics-Related Money Laundering in the Western Hemisphere GAO-17-684

·         Aviation Security: TSA Has Made Progress Implementing Requirements in the Aviation Security Act of 2016 GAO-17-662

·         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Use of Special Interest Projects to Fund Prevention Research Centers GAO-17-693

·         Diplomatic Security: Key Oversight Issues GAO-17-681SP

·         Federal Telework: Improved Guidance and Communication on Recording Telework Hours Needed at Veterans Benefits Administration GAO-17-621R

·         Foreign Military Sales: Kenyan Request for Armed Aircraft GAO-17-713R

·         International Mail Security: CBP and USPS Should Assess Costs and Benefits of Using Electronic Advance Data GAO-17-796T [Testimony]

·         International Mail Security: Costs and Benefits of Using Electronic Data to Screen Mail Need to Be Assessed GAO-17-606

·         Managing for Results: Selected Agencies' Experiences in Implementing Strategic Reviews GAO-17-740R

·         Military Training: DOD Met Annual Reporting Requirements in Its 2017 Sustainable Ranges Report GAO-17-769

·         Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Maintenance, Training, and Other Challenges Facing the Fleet GAO-17-798T [Testimony]

·         Navy Unmanned Aerial Refueling System: Acquisition Addresses Validated Requirements and Reflects a Knowledge-Based Approach GAO-17-647

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: A Complete Scope of Work Is Needed to Develop Timely Cost and Schedule Information for the Uranium Program GAO-17-577

·         Nonviolent Drug Convictions: Stakeholders' Views on Potential Actions to Address Collateral Consequences GAO-17-691

·         Plutonium Disposition: Proposed Dilute and Dispose Approach Highlights Need for More Work at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant GAO-17-390

·         Public Health Information Technology: HHS Has Made Little Progress toward Implementing Enhanced Situational Awareness Network Capabilities GAO-17-377

·         VA Health Care: Opportunities Exist for Improving Implementation and Oversight of Enrollment Processes for Veterans GAO-17-709

Heritage Foundation

·         Overview of the Supreme Court’s 2017–2018 Term

·         Why Congress Should Not Pursue Normalization of Military Ties with Burma

Hoover

·         Nobody But Us: The Rise And Fall of the Golden Age of Signals Intelligence 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Food Security, Peacebuilding and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions

·         Welfare Spending and Political Conflict

Human Rights Watch

·         Costs of International Advocacy: China’s Interference in United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms

·         Implicating Humala: Evidence of Atrocities and Cover-Up of Abuses Committed during Peru’s Armed Conflict

·         “We Do Unreasonable Things Here”: Torture and National Security inal-Sisi’s Egypt

Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

·         Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Advance Edited Version)

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         FATA’s Merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

·         India’s Membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Appraisal

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Multi-Domain Battle: Time for a Campaign of Joint Experimentation

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Case Study: United States Levies Civil Suits Against Chinese and Russian Entities for Helping North Korea Bust Financial and Nonproliferation Sanctions

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Containing Crisis on the Korean Peninsula

·         Iran’s Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Kremlin’s Irregular Army: Ukrainian Separatist Order of Battle

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Challenging the State in the Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Identities

·         The EU and Geopolitics in the Mediterranean

·         The Key Powers' Construction of the Mediterranean

·         Myanmar's Rocky Road to Democracy

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Donald Trump’s Afghanistan Policy Statement – Economic Implications for India

·         Governance in India: Political Order, Accountability and Public Service Delivery

·         GST Collections in India: Beyond the Government’s Projection

·         Regional Governance in a Changed Context: A Preliminary Analysis of Bihar, Tripura and West Bengal

·         Sino-Indian De-escalation of the Doklam Crisis: Nuances of the Geopolitical Context

·         Tamil Nadu in a Muddle: The Politics of Admissions to Medical Colleges

·         Triple Talaq in India: Religious versus Gender Issues

·         The Triple Talaq Judgement: A Balancing Act by the Indian Supreme Court

International Crisis Group

·         Buddhism and State Power in Myanmar

·         Double-edged Sword: Vigilantes in African Counter-insurgencies

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Benchmarking Social Spending Using Efficiency Frontiers

·         Fiscal Stabilization and Growth : Evidence from Industry-level Data for Advanced and Developing Economies

·         Oil Prices and Inflation Dynamics: Evidence from Advanced and Developing Economies

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor

·         Cluster Munition Monitor 2017 

Migration Policy Institute

·         Tracing the Channels Refugees Use to Seek Protection in Europe

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

·         U.S. Muslims with Radical Opinions Feel More Alienated and Depressed

National Institute of Justice

·         A Blueprint for Interagency and Cross-Jurisdictional Data Sharing

NATO Defense College

·         Evolution of the Hybrid Threat, and Resilience as a Countermeasure

Nautilus Institute

·         Sanctions on North Korean Oil Imports: Impacts and Efficacy

Panetta Institute for Public Policy

·         The Case for National Service

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         "Buy American" Is Bad for Taxpayers and Worse for Exports

·         Has Global Trade Fueled US Wage Inequality? A Survey of Experts

·         Of Major Economies, Only the US Faces Sizable Rise in Public Debt Burden

·         Scrapping NAFTA Will Sink the Peso and Expand Trade Deficit

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2017

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         China as an “Engine” of Globalization: More Words than Deeds

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Preventing WMD Terrorism: Ten Perspectives

Rand

·         Economic Value of Advanced Transfemoral Prosthetics

·         Landscape Survey to Support Flood Apex National Flood Decision Support Toolbox: Definitions and Existing Tools

·         Measuring the Health of the Liberal International Order

·         Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program

·         Wearable Technologies for Law Enforcement: Multifunctional Vest System Options

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Big Data and Policing: An Assessment of Law Enforcement Requirements, Expectations and Priorities

·         Limiting the Use of Cash for Big Purchases: Assessing the Case for Uniform Cash Thresholds

Second Line of Defense

·         The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

Small Arms Survey

·         Beyond the Battlefield: Towards a Better Assessment of the Human Cost of Armed Conflict

Small Wars Journal

·         7 Important Weapons Used By the United States in the Vietnam War

·         Iranian Unconventional Warfare in Yemen

·         Iraq, the Islamic State, and War Termination

·         Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?

·         A Movie and a Book: All Quiet on the Dunkirk Front

·         NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Land) 2017: An Analysis

·         The Sri Lankan Civil War: Turning COIN on Its Head and Learning to Adapt

·         The Terrorist Diaspora, its Returnees, and Disrupting the Rise of Homegrown Violent Extremists

Transnational Institute

·         Human Rights as a Key Issue in the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

United Kingdom Ministry of Defense

·         National Shipbuilding Strategy: The Future of Naval Shipbuilding in the UK with Factsheet

United States Institute of Peace

·         Preventing Election Violence in Liberia

Urban Institute

·         A Century of Wildland Fire Research:  Contributions to Long-term Approaches for Wildland Fire Management: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation:Proceedings of a Workshop

Walden University

·         Analytic Tradecraft in the U.S. Intelligence Community [PhD)

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Dealing with Hate Sermons

·         How to Untie the Syrian Kurdish Knot with Turkey

·         Jerusalem Palestinian Poll Shows How Events Shift Attitudes Sharply, Pro and Con

·         The Kuwaiti Emir Visits Washington

·         Low Cost, High Impact: Combatting the Financing of Lone-Wolf and Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks

World Bank

·         East Asia and Pacific Cities: Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor