Friday's Miscellany 10-27-2017

38 North

·         Is North Korea Going Green? The Strategic Potential of Algae Production

·         UDMH Production in North Korea: Additional Facilities Likely

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum: The Road Ahead

American Enterprise Institute

·         Donald Trump Versus Republicans in Congress: Where are GOP Sympathies?

Amnesty International

·         Key Principles on the Use and Transfer of Armed Drones

·         Russian Federation: Prison Transportation in Russia:  Travelling into the Unknown

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, October 2017, v. 4, no. 10

o    Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella among Service Members and Other Beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2010–2016

o    Update: Cold Weather Injuries, Active and Reserve Components, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2012–June 2017

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness, U.S. European Command, as Estimated by the Department of Defense Global, Laboratory-Based Influenza Surveillance Program, 2016–2017 Influenza Season

o    Surveillance snapshot: Influenza immunization among U.S. Armed Forces healthcare workers, August 2012–April 2017

Atlantic Council

·         Managing the Korean Conundrum

·         The Middle East After Decertification: A French Perspective

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         People Smugglers Globally 2017

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Cost of Replacing Fossil Fuels

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: What It Brings to the IAF

·         ISIS: Some Things Cannot Be Killed Off

·         Kurdish Battle Positions Kurds as US Ally Against Iran

·         The Kurds: Neither the Twin of Palestine Nor the Clone of Israel

·         President Moon Jae-in’s Dilemma

·         Why Is Israel’s Image Improving in Greece?

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies

·         Political Economy of Carbon Pricing Policy Design

Brookings

·         Do Body-worn Cameras Improve Police Behavior?

·         Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Reform Program

·         Ranking Global Cities on Public Safety Innovation

·         Tracking Deregulation in the Trump Era [interactive]

Bruegel

·         The Missing Pieces of the Euro Architecture

·         A New Strategy for European Union-Turkey Energy Cooperation

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Contain, Enforce, and Engage: An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran’s Nuclear and Regional Challenges

·         NATO’s Eastern Flank and Its Future Relationship With Russia

·         Tunisia’s Corruption Contagion: A Transition at Risk

CATO Institute

·         The Coming Transit Apocalypse

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         A Space Policy for the Trump Administration

Center for Global Development

·         Estimating the SDGs' Demand for Innovation

·         An Index of Regulatory Practices for Financial Inclusion in Latin America: Enablers, Promoters, and Preventers

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         WMD Proliferation Risks at the Nexus of 3D Printing and DIY Communities

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         FY 2018 Weapon Systems Factbook

Center for Strategic and International Studies

·         PacNet #76 - Defeated terrorists in Marawi pose wider threat to Southeast Asia

·         PacNet #77 - Japan: Hopeless?

·         U.S.-Russia Economic Relations: Myths and Realities

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2018: The Uncertain Buildup

Center for the Study of the Drones

·         Drones in the 2018 Defense Budget

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Renegotiating the EU-UK Trade Relationship: Lessons from NAFTA

Chatham House

·         The London Conference 2017

·         U.S. Visa Waiver Program: Facilitating Travel and Enhancing Security

Clements Center for National Security

·         Texas National Security Review, 2017, v. 1, no. 1

o    World Order: Many-Headed Monster or Noble Pursuit?

o    The Meaning of Strategy, Part I: The Origins

o    ‘Blunt Not the Heart, Enrage It’: The Psychology of Revenge and Deterrence

o    Too Much History: American Policy and East Asia in the Shadow of the Past

o    Why Did America Cross the Pacific? Reconstructing the U.S. Decision to Take the Philippines, 1898-99

o    Now What? The American Citizen, World Order, and Building a New Foreign Policy Consensus

o    Too Much History: American Policy and East Asia in the Shadow of the Past

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Chemical Weapons Challenges Ahead: Past and Future of the OPCW

·         Developing European Defense Capabilities

·         The EU and North Korea: Sanctions Alone Are Not Enough

·         Progress on UN Peacekeeping Reform: Hippo and Beyond

·         The State and the Future of Conflict

College of Europe

·         The Syrian Conflict and Russia’s Search for Regional Hegemony in a Contested Middle East: Implications for the Euro-Atlantic Community

Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

·         The Parallel Gulag:  North Korea’s “An-jeon-bu” Prison Camps

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Examining HHS’s Public Health Preparedness for and Response to the2017 Hurricane Season

·         Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The President’s Iran Decision: Next Steps

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Public-Private Solutions to Educating a Cyber Workforce

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Ongoing Management Challenges at IRS

·         Oversight of Federal Political Advertisement Laws and Regulations

·         Regulatory Reform Task Forces Check-In

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         American Leadership in Quantum Technology

·         Bolstering the Government’s Cybersecurity: Assessing the Risk of Kaspersky Lab Products to the Federal Government

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         America’s Water Resources Infrastructure: Concepts for the Next Water Resources Development Act

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         The Commercial Satellite Industry: What’s Up and What’s on the Horizon

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Hearing to Examine Cyber Technology and Energy Infrastructure

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Assessing U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Geopolitical, Economic, and Humanitarian Considerations

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Improving Oversight of the Regulatory Process: Lessons from State Legislatures

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Chinese Investment in Critical U.S. Technology: Risks to U.S. Security Interests

·         The President’s Iran Decision: Next Steps

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG 18-03 USCIS Needs a Better Approach to Verify H-1B Visa Participants

Department of State

·         Briefing on Sanctions With Respect to Russia's Defense and Intelligence Sectors Under Section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

·         2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

·         Drugs of Abuse -2017 edition

East Asia Institute

·         Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Intervention in Chinese Foreign Policy at the UN Security Council

East West Center

·         A Grim Outlook for China’s Civil Society in the Wake of the 19th Party Congress

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Institutional Environment and Bank Capital Ratios

·         Knowledge, Technological Catch-Up and Economic Growth: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis For MENA and Latin America

·         Why Don’t MENA Countries Trade More? The Curse of Bad Institutions

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         South Africa Country Analysis Brief

European Parliament

·         EU Trade with Latin America and the Caribbean: Overview and Figures

European Policy Centre

·         New Pact for Europe - National Report - PORTUGAL

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         The Visa-free 3D Effect: Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 2017

o    Enforcing the Laws of Wildlife and Recreation (Part Two)  

o    Run with the Police

o    Why Leaders Lose Good People

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Fluid Dynamics: Global Great Powers in the 21st Century

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         China’s 19th Party Congress: A Coronation, With Qualifications

·         Israel’s National Security since the Yom Kippur War

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Natural Disasters and Poverty Reduction: Do Remittances Matter?

·         Vulnerability and Resilience: A Conceptual Framework Applied to Three Asian Countries: Bhutan, Maldives, and Nepal

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

·         Japan-Russia: The Limits of a Strategic Rapprochement

German Development Institute

·         More Development - More Migration? The "Migration Hump" and Its Significance for Development Policy Co-operation with Sub-Saharan Africa

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         At Africa's Expense? Disaggregating the Social Impact of Chinese Mining Operations  

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Safe Streets: Insights on Vision Zero Policies from European Cities

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure GAO-17-720

·         Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Close Stations Identified as Overlapping and Unnecessarily Duplicative GAO-18-9

·         Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Enhance Performance Information Transparency and Monitoring GAO-18-13

·         Counternarcotics: Overview of U.S. Efforts in the Western Hemisphere GAO-18-10

·         Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: Information on Identified Needs, Planning for Future Conditions, and Coordination of Project Funding GAO-17-559

·         F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DOD Needs to Address Challenges Affecting Readiness and Cost Transparency GAO-18-75

·         Federal Facility Security: Selected Agencies Should Improve Methods for Assessing and Monitoring Risk GAO-18-72

·         Low-Dose Radiation: Interagency Collaboration on Planning Research Could Improve Information on Health Effects GAO-17-546

·         Military Readiness: Actions Are Needed to Enhance Readiness of Global Response Force to Support Contingency Operations GAO-18-81

·         Refugees: Federal Agencies and Their Partners Have Implemented Certain Measures, but Need to Further Strengthen Applicant Screening and Assess Fraud Risks GAO-18-156T  [testimony]

·         Solid Rocket Motors: DOD and Industry Are Addressing Challenges to Minimize Supply Concerns GAO-18-45

Government of the District of Columbia

·         Randomized Controlled Trial of the Metropolitan Police Department Body Worn Camera Program

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2017, v. 10, no. 3

o    Shades of Gray Deterrence: Issues of Fighting in the Gray Zone

o    Encrypted Jihad: Investigating the Role of Telegram App in Lone Wolf Attacks in the West

o    A Conceptual Model to Identify Intent to Use Chemical-Biological Weapons

Henry Jackson Society

·         Converts to Islam and Home Grown Jihadism

Heritage Foundation

·         Creating a “Space Corps” Is Not the Solution to U.S. Space Problems

·         Guidelines for a Better—and Necessary: Round of BRAC

·         Voter Fraud Cases from Across the Country

High Level Military Group [HLMG]

·         Hizballah’s Terror Army: How To Prevent a Third Lebanon War

Hudson Institute

·         Renewing the American-Egyptian Alliance  

Human Rights Watch

·         A Changing Paradigm: U.S. Medical Provider Discomfort with Intersex Care Practices

·         Eroding Checks and Balances: Rule of Law and Human Rights Under Attack in Poland

·         "Forced to Leave": Commercial Farming and Displacement inZambia

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, October 26, 2017  

o    Islamist Attack in Mozambique

o    Anglophone Protests in Cameroon: More Than Language

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         National Congress of the Communist Party

Institute for Security Studies

·         High stakes for Somaliland’s Presidential Elections

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)

·         The 4th Industrial Revolution from an Ethical Perspective  

Institute for the Study of War

·         Syria Situation Report:  October 10 - 24, 2017

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         A Resilience Approach to a Failed Accession State: The Case of Turkey

·         Unpacking Lebanon's Resilience

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India and the European Union – Poised for Partnership Scale-up

·         The Rohingya Crisis: Potentials for Possible Changes in the Regional Security Architecture

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         IS’s Appeal to Western Women: Policy Recommendations

International Crisis Group

·         Cameroon’s Far North: Reconstruction Amid Ongoing Conflict

·         An Election Delay Can Help Avert Kenya’s Crisis

·         Managing the Disruptive Aftermath of Somalia’s Worst Terror Attack

ISD Global

·         The Fringe Insurgency: Connectivity, Convergence and Mainstreaming of the Extreme Right

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Cybersecurity and the European Digital Market

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, October 27, 2017, v. 15, no. 20

o    Sudan’s Controversial Rapid Support Forces Bolster Saudi Efforts in Yemen

o    How Long Will Italy Weather Europe’s Rising Terror Threat?

o    How Kenya’s Failure to Contain an Islamist Insurgency is Threatening Regional Prosperity

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Korea-Russia Cooperation Grounded on Economic Sector Making Up forLacking Politics

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         An Accident Waiting to Happen: Trump, Putin and the U.S.–Russia Relationship

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         The Future of Global Trade IN FOCUS: Between Multilateralism and Regionalism

National Archives Records Administration (NARA)

·         JFK Assassination Records - 2017 Additional Documents Release

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, 2017, v. 17, no. 4

o    Russia’s Near-Abroad Interventions: Crazy Like a Fox

o    Future Airpower: Trends and Implications for Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM)

o    The Royal Canadian Navy in Peace Operations

o    25 Years after Somalia: How it Changed Canadian Armed Forces Preparations for Operations

o    Yes, French Canadians Did Their Share in the First World War

o    Should Canada Have a Foreign Espionage Service?

o    Reports of the Auditor General of Canada – Canadian Army Reserve: The Missing Link

o    Expanding Horizons, Leading the Future: The Role of the Chief Petty Officer 1st Class (CPO1) / Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)

o    Strong, Secure, Engaged: The Liberal Defence Policy Statement of 2017

National Security Archive

·         60th Anniversary of the International Atomic Energy Agency

·         Secrecy And Leaks: When The U.S. Government Prosecuted The Chicago Tribune

Observer Research Foundation

·         India’s Response to State Fragility in Africa

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left

Polish Institute of International Affairs (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych)

·         The Change of Government in the Czech Republic and the Implications on Its Foreign Policy

·         EU Policy Options towards Post-Soviet De Facto States

·         President Macron’s EU Reform Proposals: An Offer Addressed to Germany

PONARS Eurasia

·         Eurasian Family versus European Values The Geopolitical Roots of “Anti-Genderism” in Armenia

·         Plentiful Harvests in Eurasia: Why Some Farms in Russia, Ukraine,Belarus, and Armenia Are Thriving Despite Institutional Challenges

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Terrorism and the Rule of Law: Selected Perspectives

Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC)

·         Strengthening Digital Society Against Cyber Shocks

RAND

·         Biosimilar Cost Savings in the United States: Initial Experience and Future Potential

·         Building Armies, Building Nations: Toward a New Approach to Security Force Assistance

·         Envisioning an Alternative Future for the Corrections Sector Within the U.S. Criminal Justice System

·         Evaluation of U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs

·         Review of Army Total Force Policy Implementation

·         Strengthening Health Care in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

·         U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs Demonstrate Benefits for Participants

Refugees in Towns (RIT)

·         Refugees in Towns project (RIT)

o    Case Studies

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, October 2017, v. 9, no. 10  

o    ‘The Defeat of IS & the Southeast Asian Terrorist Threat‘

o    Ending the Fight in Marawi

o    The Significance of Megat Shahdan as a Singaporean IS Foreign Fighter

o    Extremism beyond Nusa Kambangan Prisons

o    Radicalisation: Examining a Concept, its Use and Abuse

Small Arms Survey

·         Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4

Small Wars Journal

·         The Importance of the Green Beret as a Symbol

·         It’s All Games: U.S. Foreign and Security Policies

·         A Maginot Line in Cyberspace: The Binding Operational DirectiveBOD-18-01 DMARC Mandate

·         The Shining Path of Peru: An Analysis of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Tactics

·         Unintended Consequences: How the Global Democracy and Development Community Contribute to the Creation of Violent Non-State Actors Such as Boko Haram

·         Alhurra Interview: LTG H.R. McMaster on Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Kurdish Issue

·         Grenada 1983: How the U.S. Military Got its Mojo Back

·         European Security Threats and Challenges: An Examination of Mass Migration, Its Impact on European Security and Practical Policy Recommendations

·         Giza Ambush Exposes Security Weakness in Egypt’s Hinterland

·         An Advanced Engagement Battlespace: Tactical, Operational and Strategic Implications for the Future Operational Environment

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #35

·         The Kurds: Seeking Their Yorktown

·         History & The Military Professional

Soufan Center

·         Beyond the Caliphate: Foreign Fighters and the Threat of Returnees

Spearhead Research

·         Afghan National Defence Security Force: Issues in the Train, Advise and Assist Efforts

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Closer Than You Think: The Implications of the Third Offset Strategy for the U.S. Army

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

Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy

·         Taking Measure of Ohio’s Opioid Crisis

Swiss Re Institute

·         China Economic Outlook Quarterly , 3rd Quarter, October 2017

Transparency International

·         People and Corruption: Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Strengthening Anti-Corruption Agencies in Asia Pacific

United Kingdom, HM Treasury

·         National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 2017

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Justice and Security Dialogues in the Sahel and Maghreb

·         Systems Thinking for Peacebuilding and Rule of Law: Supporting Complex Reforms in Conflict-Affected Environments

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After Thirty-Seven Years of Struggle, What Did Amazigh Achieved in Algeria

·         Hezbollah's Terror Army: How to Prevent a Third Lebanon War

·         New Kuwaiti Poll Shows Mostly Positive Views On U.S. Policy Push, But Some Splits

·         Saving the KRG Is Vital to U.S. and Iraqi Interests

Wilson Center

·         Is the U.S.-Saudi Security Alliance in Trouble?

·         Kennan Cable No. 27: Political Rivalry and Garbage Politics in Ukraine

World Bank

·         Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability

World Economic Forum

·         Migration and Its Impact on Cities