Friday's Miscellany 11-24-2017

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes

·         Strengthening the Peace and Governance Nexus within the African Union

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Refugees, Terrorism, and a Failing Security Architecture: Germany’s Domestic Security after the Elections

Amnesty International

·         “The Battle of Marawi”: Death and Destruction in the Philippines

·         “Caged Without a Roof”: Apartheid in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

·         Myanmar: Joint Civil Society Letter calling for a Special Session of the Human Rights Council  

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Beyond the 2017 North Korea Crisis: Deterrence and Containment

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         Andhra Pradesh & Telangana: A Trend Setting Initiative to Combat Female Foeticide Failed by Diversion of Funds

Atlantic Council

·         Equipping Africa’s Primary School Learners for the Future

·         Partners or Competitors? The Future of the Iran-Russia Power Tandem in the Middle East

Australia’s Foreign Affairs Department

·         2017 Foreign Policy White Paper 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         From Little Things: Quantum Technologies and Their Application to Defence

·         Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Africa: Mining and Australia’s Interests

·         Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Africa: The Role of the Mining Sector

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Nonlinear Taxation in an Economy with Heterogeneous Firms and Heterogeneous Households

·         Preferential Trade Agreements & U.S.-Latin America Trade Relations

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Australia-Israel Be’er Sheva Dialogue: Round Three

·         Belief in Palestinian Openness to Two-State Solution Amounts to Insanity

·         The Fast-Changing Geopolitics of the Planet

·         Palestinians and Internationalization: Means and Ends

·         Palestinian Double-Dealing Won’t Work Forever

·         Qatar: A Model of Social Change?

·         Reflections on Deir Yassin, the Nakba, and War Crimes

·         Trump, One Year After the Election: Achievements and Failures

·         The US Betrayal of Kurdistan Is a Warning Sign for Israel

·         With Iran on Its Doorstep, Israel Quietly Readies Game-Changing Air Power

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Cybersecurity Campaign Playbook

Brookings

·         Global Poverty is Declining—But Not Fast Enough

·         Still Uncertain, but Still Distracting: The US under Trump at the UN Climate Negotiations

·         Who’s Filling the US Leadership Gap on the SDGs?

Bruegel

·         Beyond Coal: Facilitating the Transition in Europe

·         How Should the European Central Bank ‘Normalise’ its Monetary Policy?  

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         U.S. Arctic Foreign Policy in the Era of President Trump: A Preliminary Assessment

CATO Institute

·         Corruption and the Rule of Law: How Brazil Strengthened Its LegalSystem

·         Piketty’s Botched Analysis of Inequality in India

Center for Global Development

·         Leveraging the Links between Migration and Development: U.S.Government Policy, Practice, and Potential

·         Toward Better Multilateral Development Banks: Can the United States and China Lead Together?

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         CSS Policy Perspectives, 2017, v. 6, no. 4

o    The China Challenge Calls for US Leadership

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

·         National Framework for Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment – Infrastructure

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Winning in the Gray Zone: Using Electromagnetic Warfare to Regain Escalation Dominance

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         PacNet #81R - Response to PacNet #81 "Matching Power with Purpose in the South China Sea: A Proposal"

·         PacNet #85 - In the Superpower Competition, the Best Software Will Win

·         PacNet #86 - Trump In Asia: A 'Rebalance' Toward Trade

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         They Might Be Giants: Emerging LNG Importers Are Reshaping the Waterborne Gas Market

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         TurkStream: Impact on Turkey’s Economy and Energy Security

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Can EU Funds Promote the Rule of Law in Europe?

·         A New Deal for the Eurozone: Remedy or Placebo?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         New Thinking on Innovation

·         UK Patent Law and Copyright Law after Brexit: Potential Consequences

Chatham House

·         With Deadlines Approaching, Climate Negotiations Adjust to Life Beyond Trump

College of Europe

·         Global Politics and the Evolving EU-US-China Triangle: An Opportunity for EU Leadership?

·         Member States as ‘Trustees’ of the Union? The European Union and the Arctic Council

·         Peacekeeping in Africa: The EU at a Crossroads

·         The Rise of an Emerging Diplomatic Actor? Assessing the Role of the EU Delegation to the African Union

Conciliation Resources

·         South Sudanese Refugees and Pathways to Conflict Prevention in the Democratic Republic of Congo

·         Women's Participation in Land Tenure and Security in Democratic Republic of Congo

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Approaches for Managing the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2017 to 2046 [presentation]

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Countering Russian Information Operations in the Age of Social Media

·         Economic Constraints on Russian Foreign Policy

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         EU has a Stake in the Struggle Against Jihadism in the Sahel

·         Learning from Danish Counter-Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia

·         Migration and Security Challenges in Yangon’s Informal Settlements

·         Regional Interests in African Peace Operations

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

·         Strategic Plan 2018 – 2026

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-18-14 Management Alert - Concerns with Potential Duplicate or Ineligible FEMA Public Assistance Funding for Facilities Damaged by Back-to-Back Disasters

·         OIG 18-15 Coast Guard IT Investments Risk Failure Without Required Oversight

·         OIG-18-18 Management Alert - CBP's Use of Examination and Summons Authority Under 19 U.S.C. § 1509

Egmont Institute

·         Towards a Belgian Position on Brexit: Actively Reconciling National and European Interests

·         An Uphill Struggle?  Towards Coordinated EU Engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Brazil Country Analysis Brief

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Unrecognized Actors from Unrecognized States: Moscow’s Puppets or Inevitable Interlocutors

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Access to Clean and Efficient Energy in Developing Countries: The Need for EU Action to Implement SDG7

·         Eastern Partnership Summit and Ukraine’s ‘Return to Europe’ at Times of Uncertainty

·         From Riga to Brussels: Georgia’s Hopes for Eastern Partnership

·         Re-energising Europe: A Package Deal for the EU27 - Third NPE Report

European Union CT MORSE

·         EU Guidelines on CT/CVE Interventions in Third Countries

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Building Capacities for Cyber Defence

·         European Security and Defence – The Basics

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Consolidated FATF Standards on Information Sharing  

German Development Institute

·         Autocratic Angels? Democratic Demons? The Impact of Regime Type, State Capacity and Economic Development on Reaching Environmental Targets

·         The Effectiveness of Morocco’s Industrial Policy in Promoting aNational Automotive Industry

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Federal Regulations: Key Considerations for Agency Design and Enforcement Decisions GAO-18-22

·         Government Procurement: Effect of Restriction on DHS's Purchasing of Foreign Textiles Is Limited GAO-18-116

·         Information Technology: OMB Needs to Report On and Improve Its Oversight of the Highest Priority Programs GAO-18-51

·         Personnel Security Clearances: Plans Needed to Fully Implement and Oversee Continuous Evaluation of Clearance Holders GAO-18-117

Heritage Foundation

·         In Charts, How These 7 Taxpayers’ Bills Would Change If Tax Reform was Enacted

Hudson Institute

·         Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

Institute for Security Studies

·         Back to the Future: Legitimizing Zimbabwe’s 2018 Elections

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

·         The Changing Dynamics of India China Relations Post Doklam Standoff

·         The Changing Geopolitics in Oceania – A View Towards ASEAN’s Neighbours

·         How South Africa’s Upcoming ANC Electoral Conference Will Impact the Country for Years to Come

Institute for the Study of War

·         Al Qaeda Clearing the Path to Dominance in Southern Syria

·         Iran Solidifies Influence in Kirkuk

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Israel's (In)Security Business

·         The MENA Region in the Global Order

·         Military Factors in the MENA Region: Challenging Trends

·         One, Two or More States in Israel-Palestine? That Isn't the Question

·         Permanent Structured Cooperation: An Institutional Pathway for European Defence

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Countering Terrorist Narratives

International Crisis Group

·         Uganda’s Slow Slide into Crisis  

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Credit Growth and Economic Recovery in Europe After the Global Financial Crisis

·         Dominant Currency Paradigm: A New Model for Small Open Economies

·         Fiscal Federalism and Regional Performance

·         The Granular Origins of Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Europe

·         Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies: Trends and Cycles

·         Korea’s Paradigm Shift for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: A Proposal

·         Problem Loans in the Caribbean: Determinants, Impact and Strategies for Resolution

·         Trends and Challenges in Infrastructure Investment in Low-Income Developing Countries

·         Winning Connections? Special Interests and the Sale of Failed Banks

Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations

·         Operation Freedom’s Sentinel Report to the United States Congress

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         The Death of the Golden Hour and the Return of the Future Guerrilla Hospital

·         Property Rights and Social Justice as an Indicator of Stability: The SOF Nexus

National Academies Press

·         Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals

·         Using Technology to Advance Global Health: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

·         Report to the President on Internet and Communications Resilience

NATO Allied Command Transformation

·         Strategic Foresight Analysis

NATO Defense College

·         Western Balkans and the Revenge of History

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Defence Strategic Communications, Autumn 2017, v. 3

o    Overwriting the City: Graffiti, Communication, and Urban Contestation in Athens

o    Putting the Strategy back into Strategic Communications

o    Japanese Strategic Communication: Its Significance as a Political Tool

o    ‘You Can Count On Us’: When Malian Diplomacy Stratcommed Uncle Sam and the Role of Identity in Communication

o    Strategic Communications, Boko Haram, and Counter-Insurgency

o    Fake News, Fake Wars, Fake Worlds

o    Living Post-Truth Lives … But What Comes After?

o    ‘We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us’

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Banking Union: How Stable Are Europe’s Banks?

·         Convergence: Are the Eurozone Countries Too Different?

·         The Four Freedoms in the EU: Are They Inseparable?

·         Leaving the Euro: An Emergency Exit for the Currency Union?

·         Low Interest Rates: Is the ECB’s Policy Correct?

·         The Next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and its Flexibility

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide, 2nd ed.

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Brexit Process: A Hard Exit vs. No Exit at All?

·         A New Index of External Debt Sustainability

·         Should We Reject the Natural Rate Hypothesis?

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         British Party System and the Brexit Negotiations

·         Improvement in Israeli-Egyptian Relations

·         The Schengen Area and the Eurozone in Bulgaria’s European Policy

·         Sub-Saharan Africa in Israel’s Foreign Policy

President's Council of Economic Advisers

·         Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis

R Street Institute

·         Addressing New Challenges in Automotive Cybersecurity

RAND Corporation

·         I Hear What You Are Saying: Analysis of USAF Rated Officer Comments from the 2015 Military Career Decisions Survey

·         Innovative Methods and Procedures to Assess Counter-Violent-Radicalization Techniques in Europe

·         Origins of America’s Jihadists

·         Promoting the Sustainable Development of Transport and Economic Corridors Under the Belt and Road Initiative

·         Robust and Resilient Logistics Operations in a Degraded Information Environment

·         U.S.-Japan Alliance and Deterring Gray Zone Coercion in the Maritime,Cyber, and Space Domains

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Power and the Private Sector in Tanzania: Prospects for the AfDB’s High Fives Strategy

Sudd Institute

·         The Revitalization of the ARCSS and the Prospects for Peace in South Sudan

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Asylum Outcome Continues to Depend on the Judge Assigned

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Authoritarianism, Politics, and Literature in Turkey

·         Saudi Arabia May Have Just Gifted Lebanon to Iran

·         Sunnis and Shia in Bahrain: New Survey Shows Both Conflict and Consensus

Wilson Center

·         Cybersecurity Workforce Preparedness: The Need for More Policy-Focused Education

·         Internet of Things Device Security and Supply Chain Management

·         Japan’s Foreign Policy toward Korean Peninsula in the Détente Era: An Attempt at Multilayered Policy

·         Post Conflict Peacebuilding: South Sudan

World Bank

·         Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018 : Bankers Without Borders