Friday's Miscellany 09-22-2017

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Counterterrorism and Neo-Machiavellism in International Relations

American Enterprise Institute

·         CFIUS, Chinese Investment, and How to Improve Both

Amnesty International

·         Courageous and Resilient: Activists in Sudan Speak Out

·         Mission Failed: Policing Assemblies in South Korea

·         Tackling the Trade in Tools of Torture and Execution Technologies

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         The State of Female Foeticide in Assam

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Afghanistan: A Historical Analysis of Mission Command and Its Effect on our Current Security Environment

Atlantic Council

·         Using Citizen-Based Observations to Plan for Climate Change

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Why China's Gasoline Mix May Affect Crude Prices

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Global Identities: Embedding the Middle East and North Africa Region in the Wider World

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         China and the Independent Kurdish State

·         The Undercurrents Fueling Terrorism

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Jihadi-Salafism in Afghanistan—Beyond Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Daesh:Options for German Foreign and Development Policy

Brookings

·         Democracy and Violent Crime: Democracy and Security Dialogue Policy Brief Series

·         Meeting U.S. Deterrence Requirements: Toward A Sustainable National Consensus

Bruegel

·         Europe’s Fourfold Union: Updating the 2012 Vision

·         The Role of International Institutions in Fostering Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electrification

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada and NATO can Nudge Afghanistan Back onto the Right Track

·         Closed for Repairs? Rebuilding the Transatlantic Bridge

·         NATO’s Challenge: The Economic Dimension   

 

CATO Institute

·         Incarceration, Recidivism, and Employment

·         Wall Street vs. The Regulators: Public Attitudes on Banks, Financial Regulation, Consumer Finance, and the Federal Reserve

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Gray Zones in the Middle East

·         A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability

Center for Complex Operations (CCO)

·         Prism, 2017, v. 7, no. 1

o    How to Prepare for State-Building

o    Is There a Path Out of the Yemen Conflict? Why it Matters

o    Leading the National Security Enterprise

o    21st Century Intelligence - The Need for a One-Team-One-Fight Approach

o    The Evolution of MS 13 in El Salvador and Honduras

o    The Curse of the Shiny Object

o    ISIL Radicalization, Recruitment, and Social Media Operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines

o    Fighting for Legitimacy in Afghanistan: the Creation of the Anti-Corruption Justice Center

o    Developing a Western Logistics Course for Kazakhstan

o    Learning from the Struggle to Assess Counterinsurgency and Stabilization Operations in Afghanistan

o    Reinventing Social Science in the Military: Lessons Learned from the United States and New Zealand

o    Reflections on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Center for Global Development

·         Global Business and Refugee Crises: A Framework for Sustainable Engagement

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest - No.206: Russian Relations With Belarus

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Roundtable

·         Issues & Insights, v. 17, no. 13 - Calm Before the Storm?

·         Issues & Insights, v. 17, no. 14 - Decoupling and Divergences Among Allies

·         Options for the Ground-Based Leg of the Nuclear Triad

·         PacNet #66 - Abe’s India Visit: Cementing Bilateral Ties and Defining the Indo-Pacific Order

·         Small Satellites, Big Missions: The Implications of the Growing Small Satellite Market for Launch and Key Applications 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Argentina: An Opportunity to Rethink the WTO's Working Practices

·         Flood Risk and Shared Responsibility in Canada: Operating on Flawed Assumptions?

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Looking Back to Look Forward: Lessons from the Immigration Histories of Midwestern Cities

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, September 2017, v. 10, no. 8

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Brian Fishman, Counterterrorism Policy Manager, Facebook

o    The Islamic State and the Kurds: The Documentary Evidence

o    The Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah’s Competing Summer Offensives Against Sunni Militants

o    Al-Qa`ida in Pakistan: A Metric Problem?

o    Hamza bin Ladin: From Steadfast Son to Al-Qa`ida’s Leader in Waiting

o    The Islamic State Long Game: A Tripartite Analysis of Youth Radicalization and Indoctrination

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Recent United States Navy Incidents at Sea

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Prudent Planning or Wasteful Binge? Another Look at End of Year Spending

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Cultural Discrepancies in Negotiation Contexts: Diverging Conceptions of Time, Space and Discourse

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Military Service by Transgender Individuals - Interim Guidance

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Efforts by DHS to Estimate Southwest Border Security between Ports of Entry

Department of the Navy (DoN)

·         COMNAVSURFPAC Instruction 3040.1 Significant Event/Near-Miss Reporting

East Asia Institute

·         Desirability and Feasibility of Nuclear Sharing in Northeast Asia:A South Korean Perspective

East-West Center

·         Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict-Driven Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

·         The Arctic in World Affairs: A North Pacific Dialogue on Arctic Futures: Emerging Issues and Policy Responses (2016 North Pacific Arctic Conference Proceedings)

·         Executive Summaries: North Pacific Arctic Conferences 2011-2016

·         Toward an Incremental Pathway to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

·         The United States Should Join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

European Policy Centre

·         Reversing Over the Cliff Edge?

·         Theresa May's Florence Speech: Much Ado About Nothing

European Parliament

·         Financing of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq

·         Global Trends to 2035: Geo-Politics and International Power

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Resilience in the Western Balkans

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Cambodia's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Consolidated Assessment Ratings

·         Mongolia's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Republican Government in the United States: Its Implications for US Foreign Policy

FINRA Investor Education Foundation

·         The Financial Welfare of Veteran Households

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Clock is Ticking: Why Congress Needs to Renew America’s Most Important Intelligence Collection Program, Part II

·         The Clock is Ticking: Why Congress Needs to Renew America’s MostImportant Intelligence Collection Program, Part I

·         The Pervasiveness of Anti-Semitism in Jordanian Media—and Prospects for Change

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Trade Related Institutions and Development

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         Indo-Japanese Strategic Partnership: Scope and Future Avenues

German Development Institute

·         Identifying Future Growth Potentials: A Consolidated Approach  

German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

·         Merkel and Schulz Are Making a Major Strategic Mistake

·         Metropolitan Governance: Transatlantic Lessons for the Nashville Region Metropolitan Governance: Transatlantic Lessons for the Nashville Region

·         Turkey and United States in Syria: Allies, Frenemies, or Worse?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army Corps of Engineers: Better Data Needed on Water Storage Pricing GAO-17-500

·         Budget Issues: Budget Uncertainty and Disruptions Affect Timing of Agency Spending GAO-17-807T [Testimony]

·         Commercial Aviation: Information on Airline Fees for Optional Services GAO-17-756

·         Information Technology Modernization: Corporation for National and Community Service Needs to Develop a System That Supports Grant Monitoring GAO-17-267

·         Iraqi and Syrian Cultural Property: U.S. Government Committee Should Incorporate Additional Collaboration Practices GAO-17-716

·         Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Maintenance, Training, and Other Challenges Affecting the Fleet GAO-17-809T [Testimony]

·         Telecommunications: Agencies Need to Apply Transition Planning Practices to Reduce Potential Delays and Added Costs GAO-17-464

·         Veterans Health Care: Additional Actions Could Further Improve Policy Management GAO-17-748

Heritage Foundation

·         Refugee Admission Quota: Restoring Authority to Congress

Human Rights Watch

·         “Fuel on the Fire”: Security Force Response to the 2016 Irreecha Cultural Festival

IBM Center for the Business of Government

·         Five Actions to Improve Military Hospital Performance

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         Equifax: America’s In-Credible Insecurity – Part One: Yet Another Dragnet Surveillance Capitalist Cautionary Tale

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) 

·         Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Defense Institution Building Projects

·         Evolution of DMSMS Management in DOD – There’s Still Room for Improvement

·         Foundations of Psychological Measurement

·         Statistical Techniques for Modeling and Simulation Validation

·         Software Assurance State-of-the-Art Resource (SOAR)

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         Sustainable Development Goal 16 Progress Report

Institute for Jewish Policy Research

·         Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Great Britain: A Study of Attitudes Towards Jews and Israel

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Volvo Cars & Media Coverage: Questioning Chinese Stereotypes

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         What Makes Muslims Vote?

·         Why Muslims Give

Institute for the Study of War

·         Intelligence Estimate and Forecast: The Syrian Theater

·         ISIS's Expanding Campaign in Europe

·         Syria Situation Report: August 31 - September 14, 2017

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Global Identities: Embedding the Middle East and North Africa Region in the Wider World

·         Investigating Cognitive and Normative Frames of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Stakeholders on Migration and Mobility Issues, in Their Relations with the EU

·         The Mediterranean Reset: Geopolitics in a New Age

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         The Failure of Prophecy and the Future of IS

International Crisis Group

·         Herders against Farmers: Nigeria’s Expanding Deadly Conflict

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Did the Exchange Rate Floor Prevent Deflation in the Czech Republic?

·         Policy Mix and the US Trade Balance

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         A New Way of Doing Business: Partnering for Sustainable Development and Peace

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 17, no. 12, September 21, 2017

o    What is Xi Jinping Thought?

o    Assessing the Sino-Russian Baltic Sea Drill

o    Himalayan Impasse: How China Would Fight an Indian Border Conflict

o    Chen Quanguo: The Strongman Behind Beijing's Securitization Strategy in Tibet and Xinjiang

·         Terrorism Monitor, September 22, 2017, v. 15, no. 18

o    After Raqqa: The Next Jihadist Stronghold in Syria

o    Jamaat ul Ansar al-Sharia: The New al-Qaeda Threat in Pakistan

o    Is the Hasm Movement the Future of Militancy in Egypt?

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Unconventional Warfare as a Strategic Force Multiplier: Task Force Viking in Northern Iraq, 2003

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Urgency for Boosting Resilience by Crisis Management in the 25th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Ties Between South Korea and China

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Skilled Migration Policy and the Labour Market Performance of Immigrants

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Future of the Eurozone: A Realistic Approach

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

·         Beyond the Iron Triad: The Future of Airborne C2ISR

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

·         Profiles of Radicalization in the United States

·         Profiling the CB Adversary: Motivation, Psychology and Decision

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

·         Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC)

·         Blueprint for Smart Public Safety in Connected Communities

New America Foundation

·         Cybersecurity as an Engine for Growth

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The EU as a 3-D Power: Should Europe Spend More on Diplomacy, Development and Defence?

·         German Election: Last Vote to Make Europe

Observer Research Foundation

·         Academia: A New Frontier in China’s Foreign Policy

·         BIMSTEC-FTA: A New Hope for Enhanced Regional Trade

·         Breaking Free of the Digital Dragon: Responding to China’s Growing Control over India’s ICT

·         Why India Should Go for National Election Fund?

Parliament of Australia

·         Syria: Australian Military Operations

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Still in Limbo: About a Million Asylum Seekers Await Word on Whether They Can Call Europe Home

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Facts on U.S. Latinos, 2015

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         Science News and Information Today

Policy Exchange

·         The New Netwar: Countering Extremism Online

Rand 

·         Autonomous Vehicles and Federal Safety Standards: An Exemption to the Rule?

·         Campaign Time Pattern, Sortie Rate, and Base Location

·         Critique of a Brookings Agenda for the Nation on Military Strategy, Military Forces, and Arms Control

·         Defending a Strategic Force After 1960: With Notes on the Need by Both Sides for Accurate Bomb Delivery, Particularly for the Big Bombs

·         Economic and Strategic Considerations in Air Base Location: A Preliminary Review

·         Follow the Money: Promoting Greater Transparency in Department of Defense Security Cooperation Reporting

·         Impressions and Appraisals in Japan

·         Impressions and Appraisals in Singapore: May 18–May 29, 1962

·         Initial and Annual Costs and Peacetime Life Expectancies

·         Retaining the Army’s Cyber Expertise

·         A Strategic Assessment of the Future of U.S. Navy Ship Maintenance: Challenges and Opportunities

·         Understanding How Organisations Ensure that Their Decision Making is Fair

·         Wanxiang Innovation Energy Fusion City: Recommendations for Developing an Innovation Cluster

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         A New State in the Middle East? From the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the Republic of Kurdistan

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, September 2017, v. 9, no. 9  

o    ‘Diverse and Enduring Terrorist Threat‘

o    Waiting for Resurgence: Al-Qaeda Core in Pakistan

o    Exploitation of the Rohingya Crisis by Jihadist Groups: Implications for Bangladesh’s Internal Security

o    The Role of the National Police in Countering Insurgencies in Indonesia

o    ASEAN Counter-terrorism Weaknesses

Small Wars Journal

·         Beware of CBRN Terrorism - From the Far-Right

·         Clausewitz as an Immovable Object or the Need for a New War Theory in the Study of Warfare in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria

·         Diplomacy and the War on Terror

·         The Fires Next Time: The ISIS Terrorist Threat in the West

·         From Sacred Cow to Agent of Change: Reconceiving Maneuver in Light of Multi-Domain Battle and Mission Command

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #34: Recent .50 Cal Sniper Rifle Seizures

·         The Power of Cognitive Maneuver: Don’t Underestimate its Value

·         Reflections on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

·         Total Defense: How the Baltic States Are Integrating Citizenry Into Their National Security Strategies

Spearhead Research

·         CENSUS 2017: Provisional Results – Issues and Concerns

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Reconstructing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan

o    PDF  

o    Interactive

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Strategic Landscape, 2050: Preparing the U.S. Military for New Era Dynamics

Sudd Institute

·         Negotiations in a Cultural Context

Tax Policy Center

·         The Tax Reform Tradeoff: Eliminating Tax Expenditures, Reducing Rates

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions Outnumber International

Transnational Institute

·         Beyond Panglong: Myanmar’s National Peace and Reform Dilemma

United Nations

·         2017 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

·         The Internet of Things Revolution and Our Digital Security:Principles for IoT Security

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)

·         Fire Risk in 2015

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China’s Soft Power in Africa or Real Corporate Accountability?

·         Reviving Commercial Development of Afghanistan’s Aynak Copper Resource

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Dim Future of Kurdistan

·         Fighting Corruption is Essential to Kurdish Independence

·         The Hamas Announcement: Reconciliation or Reorientation?

·         Iran's Military Options Against Kurdish Independence

·         Is the Kurdish Referendum 'Mission Accomplished' for Barzani?

·         The Kurdish Referendum is Not the End of the World, or Even Iraq

·         Political Reform Before Referendum and Independence

·         Russia Crosses the Euphrates: Implications

·         The United States Needs a Middle East Strategy

·         Why is Iran Against the Independence Referendum?

Wilson Center

·         Bringing Seoul into the Nonproliferation Regime: The Effect of ROK-Canada Reactor Deals on Korea's Ratification of the NPT

·         Korea in the Bulgarian Archives: An Introduction