Friday's Miscellany 11-10-2017

38 North

·         Death’s Dusty Measure

·         Moving On: China Resolves THAAD Dispute with South Korea

·         North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Focus Shifts to the West Portal

AidData

·         Realizing Agenda 2030: Will Donor Dollars and Country Priorities Align with Global Goals?

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 63, November 2017

Asia Foundation

·         The Contested Areas of Myanmar: Subnational Conflict, Aid, and Development

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Satellite and Ground Communication Systems: Space and Electronic Warfare Threats to the United States Army

Atlantic Council

·         Asian Water Security

·         Aviation Cybersecurity—Finding Lift, Minimizing Drag

·         Iran's Bottom Line in Afghanistan

·         The Sino-Indian Clash and the New Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         Tipping the Balance in Southeast Asia? Thailand, the United States and China

·         US–Vietnam relations under President Trump

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Arabs and Turks Welcomed the Balfour Declaration

·         As Saudi Arabia Reels, the Middle East Will Only Get Worse

·         Has Israel’s Support for Kurdistan’s Independence Helped or Harmed the Kurds?

·         The Puzzle of the North Korean ICBM

·         Russia’s Unlikely Withdrawal from Syria

·         Saudi Crackdown Raises Specter of Wider Dissent

Beyond the Parallel

·         Kaesong Industrial Complex Not Operational Despite Minor Activity  

Brookings

·         What does “Deregulation” Actually Mean in the Trump Era?

Bruegel

·         Rethinking Franco-German Relations: A Historical Perspective

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         A World Larger Than Trump’s: China’s

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Entanglement: Chinese and Russian Perspectives on Non-nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Risks

·         Local Governance Reform in Afghanistan and the 2018 Elections

·         A Precarious Triangle: U.S.-China Strategic Stability and Japan

CATO Institute

·         Where’s the Beef? Finding a Better Way to Resolve U.S.-China Trade Conflicts

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         A Brief History of Defense Budget Instability

Center for Global Development

·         Rethinking Global Development Policy for the 21st Century

·         Six Reasons Why the Global Fund Should Adopt Health Technology Assessment

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, v. 13, 2017 UAPI Summit Special Issue

o    Cyber Border Security – Defining and Defending a National Cyber Border

o    Applying an Organizational Framework to Examine Jihadi Organizations as an Industry

o    Incorporating Prioritization in Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Programs

o    A Right-Brained Approach to Critical Infrastructure Protection Theory in support of Strategy and Education: Deterrence, Networks, Resilience, and “Antifragility”

o    The Roots of Community Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Structural Change in Four Gulf Coast Hurricane Response Networks

o    Protecting the Right to Be an American: How Pennsylvanians Perceive Homeland Security

o    Mass Migration and the Media: Convergence and Divergence of Global Media Narratives Towards a Working Model

o    The State of Science Regarding Membership in Terrorist Organizations  and Perpetration of Terrorist Attacks

o    Preparing for the Next Mass Migration: Lessons from the Past and Recommendations for the Future

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         CNA Executive Session on Policing: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Violent Crime

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest, No.99: Georgia's relations with the EU

·         Policy Perspectives Vol. 5/5, November 2017

o    Lost in Regulation: The EU and Nord Stream 2

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Analysis of the FY 2018 Defense Budget and Trends in Defense Spending

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         PacNet #80 - ASEAN’s Five Key Challenges

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

·         PacNet #82 - After China’s 19th Party Congress – Implications for the Regional Architecture and Order

·         PacNet #83 - Trump Faces Prosperity and Insecurity in Southeast Asia

·         Securing Our Future [interactive]

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Computational Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Communication in the Age of Algorithms and Automation

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Relaunching the EU

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Debt Sustainability in African HIPCs: Deteriorating Prospects

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         The EMU Does Not Have Any Flaws

·         Saudi Arabia's Strategic Stalemate - What Next?

·         Syria in 2019: Four Scenarios

College of Europe

·         Escape from the Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice: A Good Reason to Quit the European Union?

·         The European Union’s Performance in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Was the Lisbon Treaty a Game Changer?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Aviation Readiness: What's the Flight Plan?

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Democracy and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

·         Examining the Effectiveness of the Kingpin Designation Act in the Western Hemisphere

·         The President’s Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan: Objectives and Resources

·         Resolving the Political Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

·         Russia: Counterterrorism Partner or Fanning the Flames?

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Advancing the Homeland Security Information Sharing environment: A Review of the National Network of Fusion Centers

·         How Effective is the Science and Technology Directorate?:Stakeholder Perspectives

·         Preventing the Next Attack: TSA’s Role in Keeping Our Transportation Systems Secure

·         Terror Threat Snapshot [November 2017]

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Examining Anti-Semitism on College Campuses

·         Sovereign Immunity and the Intellectual Property System

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Advancing the Internet of Things in Rural America

·         Protecting Consumers in the Era of Major Data Breaches

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Repealing the Individual Health Insurance Mandate: An Updated Estimate

Council on Foreign Relations

·         CFR Sovereign Risk Tracker

·         China and the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Promoting a Trilateral Dialogue

·         Cyber Operations Tracker [interactive]

·         The Evolution of U.S.–Vietnam Ties

·         The Unraveling of the Balkans Peace Agreements

Counter Extremism Project

·         Vehicles as Weapons of Terror

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Experiential Limits of the State

·         How Climate Resettlement Can Work for Communities

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - November 9, 2017

·         OIG 18-10 Biennial Report on DHS’ Implementation of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015

·         OIG-18-11 Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security

East West Center

·         India’s Responses to the Complex Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Employment and the Functioning of the Labor Market

·         Governance and Renewable Energy Investment in MENA Countries: How Does Trade Matter?

·         The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth and Employment in Egypt: A Sectoral Empirical Analysis

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         The Case for Providing Lethal Military Aid to Ukraine

·         The Lasting Legacy of the October Revolution

European Policy Centre

·         Brexit: Terra Nova to Explore Together

·         Preserving or Strengthening Schengen?

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Smart Logistics for Future Armed Forces

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Democracy’s Eleventh Hour: Safeguarding Democratic Elections against Cyber-enabled Autocratic Meddling

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The 1002nd Arabian Night?

George Washington University Program on Extremism

·         Digital Decay: Tracing Change Over Time Among English-Language Islamic State Sympathizers on Twitter

German Development Institute

·         Risks of Maladaptation: Climate Insurance in Agriculture

·         Spatial Development Initiatives – potentials, Challenges and Policy Lesson: With a Specific Outlook for Inclusive Agrocorridors in Sub-Sahara Africa

·         The Troubled Relationship of the Emerging Powers and the Effective Development Cooperation Agenda: History, Challenges and Opportunities

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Movement on the Silk Road

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Patrol: Issues Related to Agent Deployment Strategy and Immigration Checkpoints GAO-18-50

·         DATA Act: OMB, Treasury, and Agencies Need to Improve Completeness and Accuracy of Spending Data and Disclose Limitations GAO-18-138

·         Disaster Assistance: Opportunities to Enhance Implementation of the Redesigned Public Assistance Grant Program GAO-18-30

·         Faith-Based Grantees: Few Have Sought Exemptions from Nondiscrimination Laws Related to Religious-Based Hiring GAO-18-164

·         Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollment Remains Concentrated Despite More Plan Offerings and Effects of Adding Plan Types Are Uncertain GAO-18-52

·         Information Technology Reform: Agencies Need to Improve Certification of Incremental Development GAO-18-148

·         Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk of Harm GAO-18-15

·         Transitioning Veterans: DOD Needs to Improve Performance Reporting and Monitoring for the Transition Assistance Program GAO-18-23

·         Transitioning Veterans: Improvements Needed in DOD's Performance Reporting and Monitoring of the Transition Assistance Program GAO-18-225T [Testimony]

Heritage

·         The Military Rebuild Needs to Start in 2018

Human Rights Watch

·         “Everyone Blames Me”: Barriers to Justice and Support Services for Sexual Assault Survivors in India

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         How North Korea was Armed

·         The Indian Air Force’s Declining Squadron Strength – Options and Challenges

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iran's Proxies Authorized to Compete in Iraq's 2018 Election

·         Iran’s Role in the Kirkuk Operation in Iraq

·         Post-ISIS Insurgency Looms in Northern Syria

·         Syria Situation Report: October 24 - November 9, 2017

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Can the Africa-EU Partnership Be Revived?

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India’s Improved ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Ranking: Concrete Steps and Mindset Change

·         Sri Lanka’s Trade Imperative

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Strengthening the United Nation’s Strategic Approach to Countering Terrorism

International Crisis Group

·         Jihadism in Southern Thailand: A Phantom Menace

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Peace by Pieces? Local Mediation and Sustainable Peace in the Central African Republic

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 17, no. 14, November 10, 2017

o    Power Flows Downstream: Sino-Vietnamese Relations and the Lancang-Mekong River

o    One Belt One Road and East Africa: Beyond Chinese Influence

o    Taiwan Policymaking in Xi Jinping’s “New Era”

o    CCP Revises Constitution For a “New Era”

o    Has Xi Jinping Become “Emperor for Life”?

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 10, 2017, v. 15, no. 21

o    Hezbollah’s Drone Program Sets Precedents for Non-State Actors

o    Pakistan’s Tanzeem-e-Islami and Its Troublesome Extremist Links

o    Myanmar’s Tatmadaw and the Making of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         US–Vietnam Relations Under President Trump

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         A Profile of Current DACA Recipients by Education, Industry, and Occupation

·         Safe or Sorry? Prospects for Britons in the European Union after Brexit

National Academies Press

·         Building a National Capability to Monitor and Assess Medical Countermeasure Use During a Public Health Emergency:  Going Beyond the Last Mile: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         Consequences of Delayed Maintenance of Highway Assets

·         Defending Forward-Deployed U.S. Navy Platforms from Potential Enemy Missile and Rocket Attacks: Abbreviated Version of a Classified Report

·         Emergency Alert and Warning Systems:  Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions

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

·         Spatial Analysis of U.S. Terrorism Incidents

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The US-Japan-India Relationship: Trilateral Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

National Security Archive

·         Engaging North Korea: Evidence from the Bush I Administration

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Digital Hydra: Security Implications of False Information Online  

·         Robotrolling 2017/2

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The Possible Impact of Brexit on the EU Budget and CAP Funding

Observer Research Foundation

·         Closure of Pak Terror Sanctuaries Key to Maritime Security in IOR

·         Syria Denies a Role for the West, Relies on the East: Can India Whisper Reforms?

·         Xi’s New PLA strategy: Implications for India

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         How Governments Tax Reduces Inequality More Than How They Spend

·         Recent US Manufacturing Employment: The Exception that Proves the Rule

·         United States Is Outlier in Tax Trends in Advanced and Large Emerging Economies

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Transatlantic Dialogues: In Europe and North America, Publics More Supportive Than Experts of Direct Democracy

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Partisans Have Starkly Different Opinions About How the World Views the U.S.

·         Views of Job Situation Improve Sharply, but Many Still Say They’re Falling Behind Financially

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Electric Cars in Germany—Drive against the Current

·         The Fall and Metamorphosis of ISIS

·         U.S. Foreign Policy a Year after the Election of Donald Trump

Project 2049 Institute

·         Risk and Resiliency: China’s Emerging Air Base Strike Threat

Rand

·         Air Force Installation Energy Assurance: An Assessment Framework

·         The Chinese Air Force's First Steps Toward Becoming an Expeditionary Air Force

·         The Creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and Its Implications for Chinese Military Space Operations

·         Enemy of Good: Autonomous Vehicle Safety Scenario Explorer

·         The Enemy of Good: Estimating the Cost of Waiting for Nearly Perfect Automated Vehicles

·         In Line or Out of Order? China's Approach to ADIZ in Theory and Practice

·         Interfacing Force-on-Force and Communications Models: MANA and JNE

·         Jihadist Violence in the Caucasus: Russia Between Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency [testimony]

·         On the Value of Overseas Bases

·         Outline of a Study for the Plans Analysis Section

·         RAND Model of Automated Vehicle Safety (MAVS): Model Documentation

·         Small Unmanned Aerial System Certification and Traffic Management Systems

·         Strategic Planning and the U.S. Air Force: Characteristics of Success

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, November 2017, v. 9, no. 11   

o    ‘The ‘Islamic State’ after the Fall of Raqqa: A Continuing Terrorist Threat and Ideological Challenge‘

o    De-legitimising Al- Baghdadi’s ‘Caliphate’

o    Islam and Suicide Terrorism: Separating Fact from Fiction

o    The Radicalisation of Campuses in Pakistan

o    Violent  Extremism and Far-Right Radicalism in Australia: A Psychological Perspective

Small Arms Survey

·         Making a Tough Job More Difficult: Loss of Arms and Ammunition in Peace Operations

Small Wars Journal

·         Bangladesh: The New Nexus for Transnational Terrorism

·         Battlefield Mass Headhunting: The Ottomans Compared to Modern Adherents

·         Dismantling Iran’s Illicit Networks

·         The Future of Contract Soldiers

·         General Petraeus on the Battle After the Battle Against ISIS

·         How Recent War Powers Legislation May Affect the US Role in Yemen and Around the World

·         Improving Close Air Support: An Army-Air Force Collaborative Approach

·         Multi-Domain Battle's Impact on Civil Infrastructure

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 5: Brazilian Military Stability and Support Operations

·         Why Trump Pushed Arms Sales in Asia

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         An Early Diagnosis of Trump’s Impact on US-Africa Relations

Spearhead Research

·         Privatization of Assets or Burdens?

Transnational Institute

·         EU Fisheries Agreements: Cheap Fish for a High Price

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse  

·         Secure Communities, Sanctuary Cities and the Role of ICE Detainers

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Deradicalizing, Rehabilitating, and Reintegrating Violent Extremists

·         Local Governance Reform in Afghanistan and the 2018 Elections

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Authoritarianism, Politics, and Literature in Turkey

·         Cairo and the Reconfiguration of the Palestinian Landscape

·         Can Kurds Coexist with Arabs in Iraq?

·         Countering Iran's Missile Proliferation in Yemen

·         From CVE to 'Terrorism Prevention': Assessing New U.S. Policies

·         Infographic: Iran Deal 'Decertification'

·         Iran's Potential Military Reactions to New U.S. Sanctions

·         The Kurdish Security Dilemma, Explained

·         Lebanon's Prime Minister Resigns: What's Next?

·         Operation Torch, Algiers 1942, and the Making of U.S. Middle East Policy

·         Saudi Arabia's 'Anti-Corruption' Purge

Watson Institute

·         Costs of War Project: The $5.6 Trillion Price Tag of the Post-9/11Wars

Wilson Center

·         The Return to War: North Vietnamese Decision-Making, 1973-1975

YouGov

·         Annual Report on US Attitudes towards Socialism