Friday's Miscellany 12-15-2017

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·         Can Diplomacy Work with North Korea?

·         North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site:  Tunneling at the West Portal

·         North Korean Nuclear Reactor Safety: The Threat No One is Talking About

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

·         Measuring the Impact of Sequestration and the Defense Drawdown on the Industrial Base, 2011-2015

·         Reinvigorating the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Israel’s Strategy in the Evolving Syrian Conflict

American Enterprise Institute

·         Russia’s Unfinished Business in Ukraine

·         Through a Glass Darkly: Three Scenarios for Russian Aggression in Ukraine

Amnesty International

·         Burkina Faso: Difficult Journey Towards Human Rights Respect

·         Compensation for Kosovo’s Wartime Rape Survivors, but Still No Justice

·         Libya’s Dark Web of Collusion: Abuses Against Europe-Bound Refugees and Migrants

Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI)

·         A Constructive Year for Chinese Base Building

Assessment Capacities Project

·         Humanitarian Overview: An Analysis of Key Crises into 2018

Atlantic Council

·         Boon, Not Burden: How Successful Integration Might Contribute to Host Nation Economies

·         Colombia: One Year After Peace Accord Ratification

·         Shaping the Asia-Pacific Economic Order

·         Water Innovation in the Face of a Changing Climate

·         Wither America?  A Strategy for Repairing America’s Political Culture

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         Cyber Maturity in the Asia Pacific Region 2017

·         Virtual Meets Reality: Policy Implications of E-Diasporas

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         “Inmmigration in the Eye of the Storm ” Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración 2017

·         Religion and Politics Religious Diversity, Political Fragmentation and Geopolitical Tensions in the MENA Region

·         Secession and Counter-secession. An International Relations Perspective

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Conflicting Interests: Tehran and the National Aspirations of the Iraqi Kurds

·         Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict the “Middle East Conflict”?

·         Israeli and NATO Navies Ramp Up Ties

·         Macron’s Presidency Heralds Nothing New in Israel-France Relations

·         North Korea’s Missile Program

·         Political Economy in the Name of Erdoğan

·         Syria’s Sunni Arabs and Israel: The War’s Silver Lining?

·         Transition in the Middle East: Transition to What?

·         Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem: Enough with Dread and Circuses

·         War Prevention: A Top IDF Goal

·         Why the International Community Should Follow Trump’s Lead on Jerusalem

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Interpreting the Bomb: Ownership and Deterrence in Ukraine’s Nuclear Discourse

Brookings

·         Eleven Facts About Innovation and Patents

·         A Post-American Europe and the Future of U.S. Strategy

·         Who Would Pay for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?

C4ADS

·         The ForEx Effect: US Dollars, Overseas Networks, and Illicit North Korean Finance

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada Looks to the Past for Fighter Fix while Allies Fly in the 21st Century

·         Gaming the CF-18 Fighter Replacement: The Politicizing of a Military Procurement

·         A Value Proposition and Narrative for Energy and Climate in Canada

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Return of Global Russia: An Analytical Framework

·         Trade As Turkey’s EU Anchor

CATO Institute

·         Shops and the City: Evidence on Local Externalities and Local Government Policy from Big-Box Bankruptcies

·         Staring at the Sun: An Inquiry into Compulsory Campaign Finance Donor Disclosure Laws

Center for Global Development

·         Encouraging State Governments to Protect and Restore Forests Using Ecological Fiscal Transfers: India’s Tax Revenue Distribution Reform

·         An Initial Estimation of the Size of Health Commodity Markets in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

·         Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Zero Targets: What Could We Do?

·         Towards the Argentine Presidency of the G20: What Macro-Financial Challenges Does the Region Face and What Are the Implications for the Debate?

·         What a New Survey of Aadhaar Users Can Tell Us About Digital Reforms:Initial Insights from Rajasthan

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         OP#35: Countering North Korean Procurement Networks Through Financial Measures: The Role of Southeast Asia 

Center for Security Policy

·         Time is Running Out for the United States to Address the North Korean Nuclear Threat

·         The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent and the Russian and Chinese Nuclear Threat

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Analytic Criteria for Judgments, Decisions, and Assessments  

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Building Allied Interoperability in the Indo-Pacific Region:Discussion Paper 1

·         Building Allied Interoperability in the Indo-Pacific Region:Discussion Paper 2

·         Gulf Security: Looking Beyond the Gulf Cooperation Council

·         Human Face of Trade and Food Security 

·         Impact of Sequestration and Defense Drawdown

·         PacNet #89 - The Shinzo and Vladimir Show Set to Continue

·         Rethinking Private Capital for Development

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Energy and Geopolitics in an Uncertain World

·         To Deal with North Korea, Trump needs a 'Crash Course in the Art of Sanctions'

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Engaging Canadians in Flood Risk Management: Lessons from the International Community

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Americans View Cyberattacks as a Leading Threat to the United States

·         The U.S.-Japan-India Relationship: Incremental Growth

College of Europe

·         Exiting or Entering the Union: EU Consistency in Accession and Withdrawal Negotiations

Conflict Armament Research

·         Weapons of the Islamic State  

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Cambodia’s Descent: Policies to Support Democracy and Human Rights

·         The Future of the North American Free Trade Agreement

·         Protecting North Korean Refugees

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons and Inmate Reentry

·         Update on Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury / Concussion in Servicemembers

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         European Energy Security: U.S. Interests and Coercive Russian Diplomacy

·         The Future of Zimbabwe

·         Using Force: Strategic, Political, and Legal Considerations

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Overruled: White House Overrules Department of Homeland Security Budget Request on Border Security Personnel

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Cost Estimate: Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act

·         Cost Estimate: No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act

·         Cost Estimate: Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2017

·         Issues and Challenges in Measuring and Improving the Quality of Health Care

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Preventive Priorities Survey: 2018

Cunningham, Levy & Muse LLP

·         Report and Recommendation to the Government of Rwanda on the Role of French Officials in the Genocide Against the Tutsi

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy after Brexit

·         The European Fund for Sustainable Development: Changing the Game?

·         From Pirate Ports to Special Economic Zones: Violence, Regulation and Port-making in the Somali Peninsula

·         Sweet Secrets: Sugar Smuggling and State Formation in the Kenya–Somalia Borderlands

·         The Weaponization of Information: News from the Cognitive Domain

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DDI 3200.20 Scientific and Engineering Integrity

·         Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (December 2017)

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-038 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Program (Redacted)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-18- 30 Management Alert — FEMA Must Take Steps to Stop Those Attempting to Profit from Disaster Survivors Seeking Assistance in Puerto Rico

·         OIG-18-32 Concerns About ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities

Department of the Navy (DoN)

·         2017 Strategic Readiness Review

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Egypt’s Government Spending Multiplier: Its Size and Determinants

·         Regional Inequalities in Child Malnutrition in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Analysis

Egmont Institute

·         Business vs. Security: The Conundrum of Chinese Investments in Belgium

·         Chinese Investment in Europe: A Country-Level Approach

Enough Project

·         Radical Intolerance: Sudan’s Religious Oppression and Embrace of Extremist Groups

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         China at the Gates: A New Power Audit of EU-China Relations

·         China’s “New Era” with Xi Jinping Characteristics

European Parliament

·         Mapping the Cost of Non-Europe, 2014-19

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Nobody Move! Myths of the EU Migration Crisis

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 2017

o    Supreme Court Cases: 2016-2017 Term

o    Leadership Spotlight – A Look in the Mirror

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Austria’s Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Consolidated Assessment Ratings

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

FireEye

·         Looking Ahead: Cyber Security in 2018

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Understanding the Conviction of General Ratko Mladic

·         Yemen’s Search for a New Order

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Non-Tariff Measures and other Trade Measures for the Environment in ASEAN

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

·         Chinese Investment in Europe. A Country-Level Approach

·         Decarbonizing Germany’s Power Sector: Ending Coal with a Carbon Floor Price?

·         France, Germany, and the Quest for European Strategic Autonomy

German Development Institute

·         The European Fund for Sustainable Development: Changing the Game?

·         The EU Migration Partnership Framework: Time for a Rethink?

·         State Fragility as a Cause of Forced Displacement: Identifying Theoretical Channels for Empirical Research

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Dear World Leaders: Tear Down Your Digital Walls

·         Digital Tax: The Critical Importance of a Multilateral Approach

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Climate Change Adaptation: DOD Needs to Better Incorporate Adaptation into Planning and Collaboration at Overseas Installations GAO-18-206

·         Democracy Assistance: State Should Improve Accountability Over Funding; USAID Should Assess Whether New Processes Have Improved Award Documentation GAO-18-136

·         Department of Justice: Continued Action Needed To Address Incarceration Challenges and Offenders' Reentry GAO-18-275T [Testimony]

·         Federal Pay: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Strategic Use of Special Payments GAO-18-91

·         Global Positioning System: Better Planning and Coordination Needed to Improve Prospects for Fielding Modernized Capability GAO-18-74

·         Health Insurance Exchanges: Changes in Benchmark Plans and Premiums and Effects of Automatic Re-enrollment on Consumers' Costs GAO-18-68

·         Personnel Security Clearances: Additional Actions Needed to Ensure Quality, Address Timeliness, and Reduce Investigation Backlog GAO-18-29 

·         Transportation Security Administration: Surface Transportation Inspector Activities Should Align More Closely With Identified Risks GAO-18-180

Human Rights Watch

·         Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Kenya’s 2017 Elections

·         Suppression of Free Expression and Assembly in Singapore

o    Annex

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Complexity in an Unexpected Place: Quantities in Selected Acquisition Reports

·         Defense Governance and Management: Improving the Defense Management Capabilities of Foreign Defense Institutions

·         Thinking About Data for Operational Test and Evaluation

·         A Value-Based Justification Process for Aerospace RDT&E Capability Investments

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Impact of EU funding Dynamics on African Union Mission to Somalia

·         Peace and Security Council Report, No 98

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

·         Myanmar: A Bridge Too Far?

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Back To The West: Russia Shifts Its Air Campaign in Syria

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Navigating Power and Intersectionality to Address Inequality

·        The Role of External Actors in Supporting Social and Political Action Towards Empowerment and Accountability with a Focus on Fragile, Conflict- and Violence-Affected Settings

·         Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Future of Warfare

·         A Neglected Population: Afghan Migrants in Europe

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Chabahar Launched: A Boost for Regional Connectivity Amidst Global Uncertainty

·         The Kingdom of Bhutan: Evolution of the Modern State

·         Nepal’s Elections 2017: A Watershed in Nepalese Political History

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         The Fate of the Perpetrator in the Jihadist Modus Operandi: Suicide Attacks and Non-Suicide Attacks in the West, 2004-2017

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization

·         Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: Ideas, Recommendations, and Good Practices from the OSCE Region

International Crisis Group

·         Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Collective Bargaining Through the Magnifying Glass : A Comparison Between the Netherlands and Portugal

·         Credit and Fiscal Multipliers in China

·         Crisis and Reform: The 1893 Demise of Banca Romana

·         Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil

·         Gulf Cooperation Council: The Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges in the GCC Countries

·         International Commodity Prices and Domestic Bank Lending in Developing Countries

·         Job Protection Deregulation in Good and Bad Times

·         Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Libya: The “Expiry” of the LPA and Its Consequences

Landmine & Cluster Munitions

·         Landmine Monitor 2017

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, v. 8, no.  6, December 2017

o    The Trajectory of the Iranian Military

National Academies Press

·         Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         Knowledge Management Resource to Support Strategic Workforce Development for Transit Agencies

·         Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers: Reaching for the Brightest Light

·         U.S.-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Health(2010-2016):  A Resilient Program but an Uncertain Future

National Endowment for Democracy

·         Sharp Power: Rising Authoritarian Influence

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Basic Analysis of the 19th National Congress Communist Party China (1)

·         Basic Analysis of the 19th National Congress Communist Party China (2)

·         Basic Analysis of the 19th National Congress Communist Party China (3)

·         Outlook for China-Russia Military Cooperation Based on an Analysis of China-Russia Joint Exercises

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         Assessing and Responding to the Recent Homicide Rise in the United States

National Security Archive

·         Cuba: Documents Chart History of Secret Communications

·         NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard

New America Foundation

·         Contesting “Cyber”

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         A European Defence Union: In the Name of the People?

·         Turning the Tide on EU Migration Policy

Observer Research Foundation 

·         Bridging the Gap: Addressing International Barriers to Climate Action Projects in the Developing World

·         How the ‘Fall’ of IS, More Than Its Rise, Challenges Global Diplomacy

·         India’s Coastal Security Paradox

·         A Path to Nuclear Suppliers Group: India’s Rise in the Global Nuclear Order

·         Untying the Gordian Knot: Catalysing Green Energy Investments in Emerging and Developing Economies

Pew Research Center

·         Afghans Who Worked for U.S. Government Make Up Growing Share of Special Immigrant Visa Recipients

·         For the first time, more Americans say 2010 health care law has had a positive than negative impact on U.S.

·         A Global Snapshot of Same-sex Marriage

·         Number of U.S. workers employed by foreign-owned companies is on the rise

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Americans Say Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Government Gets Lower Ratings for Handling Health Care, Environment,Disaster Response

Planetary Security Initiative (PSI)

·         Action on Climate and Security Risks: Review of Progress, 2017

Policy Exchange

·         Human Rights and Political Wrongs: A New Approach to Human Rights Law

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Role of Diplomacy in Combating Terrorism: Selected U.S. Perspectives

Rand

·         After Brexit: Alternate Forms of Brexit and Their Implications for the United Kingdom, the EU and the U.S.  

·         Potential Economic Effects of Brexit

·         Using Ambulance Data to Inform Violence Prevention: A Guide for Police, Public Health and Violence Prevention Partnerships

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         On Tap Europe: Organized Crime and Illicit Trade in Italy:  Country Report

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         ASEAN Mechanisms on Maritime Security Cooperation

US Committee on the Marine Transportation System 

·         National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System:  Channeling the Maritime Advantage, 2017-2022

US Fire Administration (USFA)

·         2016 Annual Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         December 13 Is an Iranian Nuclear Trifecta

·         Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: The Fight for Sexual Equality

·         The Hard Reality of Civil Society in the Arab World

·         In Jerusalem, It’s Time to Get Out the Vote

·         Jerusalem – The Eternal City

·         Making the Case against Iranian Sanctions Busting in Yemen

·         The Middle East through Gulf Eyes: Trip Report from Riyadh, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi

·         U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East

·         U.S. Troop Deployment in Syria: Potential Pitfalls

Wilson Center

·         The Leverage Paradox: Pakistan and the United States