Friday's Miscellany 04-20-2018

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·         Key Takeaways of the Kim-Trump Summit Minuet

·         The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report 2018:Cautious Optimism for the Summit Year

·         Should We Worry About a North Korean Chernobyl?

·         Unpacking a US Decision to Engage North Korea: What it Entails and What it Could Achieve

Air Power Development Centre

·         Force Packaging for Power Projection

Air War College

·         Military Personnel As Innovators: An Unrealistic Expectation?

·         The Stakes Are High: Ethics Education at US War Colleges

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Beyond the TAPI Project: An Afghan Factor in India-Pakistan Diplomacy?

·         The Cost of Trumpism in U.S. Policy toward the Middle East

Amnesty International

·         Deadly Assistance: The Role of European States in US Drone Strikes

·         Iraq: The Condemned: Woman and Children Isolated, Trapped and Exploited in Iraq

Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies

·         Mexico and Brazil’s Approach Towards the GCC Countries: An Assessment of Economic Diplomacy

Atlantic Council

·         3D Printing: Shaping Africa’s Future

·         Fintech: Powering Inclusive Growth in Africa

·         NATO's Value to the United States: By the Numbers

·         The New Turkey: Making Sense of Turkish Decision-Making

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         The Transmutation of Jihadi Organizations in the Sahel and the Regional Security Architecture

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Area C is Strategically Vital for Israel

·         Despite His Victory, Putin’s Problems Will Grow

·         Enhancing the IAF’s Qualitative Edge: The Air-Launched Cruise Missile Option

·         The Islamization of Turkey

·         Israel’s Intelligence “Factory”

·         Minimal Strike on Assad Shows Extent of Russian Deterrence

·         “Sharp Power”: Hamas’s Dirty War Against Israel

·         The Strategic Goals of a Restored Russia

·         Transfer UNRWA’s Responsibilities to Whom?

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Leading by Example: Reforming UK Nuclear Declaratory Policy

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         States of Change: Demographic Shifts and the Future of the Trump Coalition

Bonn International Center for Conversion

·         “Dirty Peace?” The Political Economy of Peacebuilding

Brookings

·         April 2018 Update to TIGER: The Global Recovery Levels Off as Vulnerabilities Rise

·         Do Global Forums Influence Domestic Macroeconomic Policies Anymore?

·         The Early Results of States’ Opportunity Zones are Promising, but There’s Still Room for Improvement

·         How the Peace Process Killed the Two-State Solution

·         How Will FinTech and Digital Currencies Transform Central Banking

·         Is the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review as Bad as the Critics Claim ItIs?

·         Measuring Revenue Streams and Profitability for HIV Drugs

·         Renewing America’s Economic Promise Through Older Industrial Cities

·         What’s Happening to the world Income Distribution? The ElephantChart Revisited

Bruegel

·         Collaborative Economy: Market Design and Basic Regulatory Principles

·         Developing the EU Long Term Climate Strategy

·         The Impact of Industrial Robots on EU Employment and Wages: A Local Labour Market Approach

C4ADS

·         Harbored Ambitions: How China’s Port Investments are Strategically Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Reflecting on a Quarter Century of Russia’s Relations With Central Asia

·         Unheard Voices: What Syrian Refugees Need to Return Home

CATO Institute

·         Extreme Vetting of Immigrants: Estimating Terrorism Vetting Failures

Center for Global Development

·         Atoms for Africa: Is There a Future for Civil Nuclear Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

·         Cyber Operations in Conflict: Lessons from Analytic Wargames

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         “Super Soldiers”  

Center for Security Policy

·         Gulftainer Taking Second US Port

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Defense Outlook 2018

·         Future of the United States and Europe: An Irreplaceable Partnership

·         PacNet #28 - Will the White House Stand by South Korea and Japan?

·         PacNet #29 - Xi Jinping and the Removal of Presidential Term Limits in China

·         Syria, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Making Sense of the Trump Administration's Fuel Economy Standard Rollback

·         Positive Signs From the Recent Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         What the Italian Election Means for the EU

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China and the SDR: Financial Liberalization through the Back Door

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use: 11 Policy Options

College of Europe

·         Between Continuity and Erosion: Three Scenarios for the Future of Transatlantic Relations

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         American Views toward US-Japan Relations and Asia-Pacific Security

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Army Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request Readiness Posture

·         Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Missile Defense and Missile Defeat Programs

·         Fiscal Year 2019 Energy, Installations and Environment Budget Request

·         Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019

·         Oversight and Reform of the Department of Defense 4th Estate

·         Promoting DOD's Culture of Innovation

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         From Core to Edge: Perspective on Internet Prioritization

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Dayton Legacy and the Future of Bosnia and the Western Balkans

·         Libya Fractured: The Struggle for Unity

·         Reinforcing the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship

·         U.S. Policy Toward a Turbulent Middle East

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         From Boston to Austin: Lessons Learned on Homeland Threat Information Sharing

·         State Sponsors of Terrorism: An Examination of Iran’s Global Terrorism Network

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

·         Safeguarding Trade Secrets in the United States

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Game Changers: Artificial Intelligence Part III, Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Composite Materials – Strengthening Infrastructure Development

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Accelerating New Technologies to Meet Emerging Threats

·         Air Force Modernization

·         Navy Shipbuilding Programs

·         Posture of the Department of the Navy

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Abusive Robocalls and How We Can Stop Them

·         Olympic Abuse: The Role of National Governing Bodies in Protecting Our Athletes

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy in Yemen

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Strengthening and Reforming America’s Immigration Court System

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Projections of Revenues for the 2018–2028 Period

·         An Overview of CBOLT: The Congressional Budget Office Long-Term Model

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Managing Global Disorder: Prospects for U.S.-China Cooperation

Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

·         Guide to White Supremacy Groups

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Contractor Support of U.S. Operations in the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility - 2nd Qrt 2018

·         Contractor Support of U.S. Operations in the USCENTCOM Area ofResponsibility [prior reports]

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-105 Noncompetitive Information Technology Contracts at the Defense Health Agency

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-18-61 Verification Review:  Better Safeguards Are Needed in USCIS Green Card Issuance (OIG-17-11)

Department of State

·         Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017

·         U.S. Policy on the Export of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Doha Institute

·         Mexico and Brazil’s Approach Towards the GCC Countries: An Assessment of Economic Diplomacy

East West Center

·         Customary Land Rights and Pacific Islands Security & Stability

·         The French Pacific Territories and Free Trade

·         Toward an Incremental Pathway to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

·         The United States and Fiji Should Bolster Security Cooperation

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Does Education Indoctrinate? The Effect of Education on Political Preferences In Democracies and Autocracies

·         The Tenacity of the Arab Spring in People’s Perception: Trends in Values Among Egyptians

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Young and the Restful: Why Young Germans have no Vision for Europe

European Policy Centre

·         EPIM Policy Update April 2018

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Along the Road – Sri Lanka’s Tale of Two Ports

·         Belgrade and Pristina: Lost in Normalisation?

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 2018

o    Protected Health Information and Use-of-Force Investigations

o    Storytelling Through Blogs

o    Fairness in Law Enforcement

o    Spiritual Wellness in Law Enforcement

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Geo-Economics as Concept and Practice in International Relations:Surveying the State of the Art

·         Post-Castro Cuba: Entrenched Military Guarantees Continuity

·         Russia’s Propaganda War about Syria: How Pro-Kremlin Twitter Accounts Manipulate the West

·         Russian-Chinese Relations in Eurasia: Harmonization or Subordination?

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Defeating the ISIS Nostalgia Narrative

·         GOP Foreign Policy Opinion in the Trump Era

·         A Rational Syria Strategy

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         The Impact of Organized Crime on Peacekeeping Operations: The Case of Minustah in Haiti

George Washington Program on Extremism

·         The Travelers: American Jihadists in Syria and Iraq

German Development Institute

·         Evidence-oriented Approaches in Development Cooperation:Experiences, Potential and Key Issues

·         Regional Migration Governance in Africa and Beyond: A Framework of Analysis

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Breaking the Turkey–U.S. Deadlock in Syria

·         It’s Not Just Facebook: Countering Russia’s Social Media Offensive

·         The Liberal Order in the Indo-Pacific

·         NATO Allies Go Head to Head in Syria

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Forbidden Knowledge: Measuring Academic Freedom

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         GAO-18-130 Defense Business Systems: DOD Needs to Continue Improving Guidance and Plans for Effectively Managing Investments  

·         GAO-18-135 Transitioning Veterans: Coast Guard Needs to Improve Data Quality and Monitoring of Its Transition Assistance Program

·         GAO-18-199 Food Safety: Federal Efforts to Manage the Risk of Arsenic in Rice

·         GAO-18-231 Military Bases: DOD Should Address Challenges with Communication and Mission Changes to Improve Future Base Realignment and Closure Rounds

·         GAO-18-315 Substance Use Disorder: Information on Recovery Housing Prevalence, Selected States' Oversight, and Funding

·         GAO-18-332R Management Report: Improvements Needed in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Information System Controls

·         GAO-18-364 Amphibious Combat Vehicle: Program Should Take Steps to Ensure Manufacturing Readiness

·         GAO-18-399 Civilian and Contractor Workforces: DOD's Cost Comparisons Addressed Most Report Elements but Excluded Some Costs

·         GAO-18-409 Gas Pipeline Safety: Stakeholders' and Officials' Views on Federal Odorizing Requirements

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Should Pursue Pentagon Business Reforms

·         Federal Budget in Pictures

Hoover Institution

·         Make Chimerica Great Again*

Human Rights Watch

·         Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

·         “Our Homes Are Not for Strangers”: Mass Evictions of Syrian Refugees by Lebanese Municipalities

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         Mexico Peace Index 2018

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Continued Monitoring of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site

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

·         China Could be the Wild Card if US Conducts Regime Change in Syria

Institute of Development Studies

·         Decentralization, Devolution, and Dynamics of Violence in Africa

·         Indirect Rule in Armed Conflict: Theoretical Insights from Eastern RC

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Avoiding the Sandstorm in the Sahel: A Reflection on Security,Migration and Development

·         The Cauvery River Water Disputes in India

·         International Tax Competition, Anti-Money Laundering Efforts and Capital Flow: Implications for South Asia as part of the Global South

·         Untangling Northeast Asia's "Abnormal Equilibrium"

Institute for Security Studies

·         South African Crime Quarterly no. 63

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Indo-Israeli Relations: Sailing in Uncharted Waters

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Mali: Is It All About Terrorism?

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization

·         Cut From the Same Cloth? Lone Actor Terrorists Versus Common Homicide Offenders

·         Terrorism, Diplomacy, and State Communications

International Crisis Group

·         Iran’s Priorities in a Turbulent Middle East

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Greening Peacekeeping: The Environmental Impact of UN Peace Operations

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Libya and the Risk of Somalization: Why Europe Should Take the Lead

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

·         Rules for Robots: Why We Need a Digital Magna Carta or the Age of Intelligent Machines

Lowy Institute

·         Safeguarding Australia’s Security Interests Through Closer Pacific Ties

Migration Policy Institute

·         Next Steps: Implementing a Brexit Deal for UK Citizens Living in the EU-27

National Defense University Press

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  89 (2nd Quarter, April 2018)

o    From the Chairman: The Character of War and Strategic Landscape Have Changed

o    Introducing Information as a Joint Function

o    Paradigm Change: Operational Art and the Information Joint Function

o    The Practical Implications of Information as a Joint Function

o    Globally Integrated Exercises: Optimizing Joint Force C2 Structure

o    Moore’s Law and the Challenge of Counter-sUAS Doctrine

o    Outmatched Shortfalls in Countering Threat Networks

o    An Interview with Joseph L. Votel

o    The By-With-Through Operational Approach

o    The By-With-Through Approach: An Army Component Perspective

o    Fighting the Islamic State By, With, and Through: How Mattered as Much as What

o    Sacrifice, Ownership, Legitimacy: Winning Wars By, With, and Through Host-Nation Security Forces

o    Laying the Foundation for a Strategic By-With-Through Approach

o    Why Not a Joint Security Force Assistance Command?

o    A Holistic Approach to Problem-Solving

o    The Importance of Lessons Learned in Joint Force Development

o    Climate Change and Urbanization: Challenges to Global Security and Stability

o    Structuring Airpower to Win in 2030: Designing a Joint Division of Labor Between Land- and Sea-Based Combat Aviation

o    Continuing the Big Data Ethics Debate: Enabling Senior Leader Decisionmaking

o    Preparing for Tomorrow’s Fight: Joint Concepts and Future Readiness

o    Exploring the Future Operating Environment

o    A New Approach to Joint Concepts

o    The U.S. Government’s Approach to Environmental Security: Focus on Campaign Activities

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Japan's Use of Space for Defense Purposes

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

·         Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

National Security Archive

·         Cuba and The U.S.: ‘Intimate Diplomacy’

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Violent Extremism and Communications

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         Russian Foreign Policy as an Instrument for Domestic Mobilization

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         Global Incidents and Trafficking Database

Peace Research Institute

·         Urban Social Disorder: An Update

Pew Research Center

·         A Majority of U.S. Teens Fear a Shooting Could Happen at Their School, and Most Parents Share Their Concern

Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

·         The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         Americans Favor Protecting Information Freedoms Over Government Steps to Restrict False News Online

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Muslims in America: Immigrants and Those Born in U.S. See Life Differently in Many Ways

Policy Exchange

·         Batteries for Electric Cars: A Case Study in Industrial Strategy

·         In Defence of Collective Security

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Car-sharing: A Step towards Electromobility

·         EU Court of Justice Decision on Bilateral Investment Treaties within the EU

·         South Korea’s Ballistic and Cruise Missiles

·         U.S.-Palestinian Authority Relations

PONARS Eurasia

·         How to Strengthen Western Engagement in Central Asia: Spotlight on EU Education Assistance in Uzbekistan

·         Ukraine’s 2017 Education Law Incites International Controversy Over Language Stipulation

RAND Corporation

·         Finding the Force of the Future: Improving Air Force Officer Outreach through an Investigation of School and Community Attributes

·         Factoring Security Cooperation into Core U.S. Air Force Decisionmaking Processes: Incorporating Impact in Planning, Programming, and Capability Development

·         New Challenges in Cross-Domain Deterrence

·         A Preliminary Assessment of Indonesia's Maritime Security Threats and Capabilities

·         Priority Challenges for Social and Behavioral Research and Its Modeling

·         The Road to Zero: A Vision for Achieving Zero Roadway Deaths by2050

·         Understanding Deterrence

·         U.S. Policy in Asia — Perspectives for the Future: Proceedings from a RAND Corporation Conference in Early 2017

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         A Defence Industrial Strategy for the UK

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Examining Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia: The Case of Lower Mekong River Basin

Secure World Foundation (SWF)

·         Global Counterspace Capabilities

Small Arms Survey

·         From Legal to Lethal: Converted Firearms in Europe

Small Wars Journal

·         The {Cyber} Guns of August

·         De Oppresso Liber – To Free the Oppressed – What’s in a Motto?

·         ‘Denuclearization’: More Than Just Two Divergent Conceptions

·         Expeditionary Economics in Context

·         Gangs and the Military Note 1: The Increased Threat of Third Generation Gangs with Military-Trained Gang Members

·         Hurry Up and Work: DoD's Lack of Momentum on the Women, Peace and Security Act

·         Like Vietnam, it is Time to Cut Our Loses in Afghanistan

·         Operationalizing the Decisive Point: Operation OQAB “Eagle” –Combined and Unified Action

·         Self-Development Requires Self-Direction: Recommendations to Improve the Army Leader Development Model

·         Tears of Durga

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Private Sector Development and Economic Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan

o    PDF

o    Interactive

Sudd Institute

·         Food Security and Nutrition Vulnerability and Risk Analysis in Former Warrap and Northern Bahr el Ghazal States

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse  

·         Immigration Court Cases Now Involve More Long-Time Residents

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         2018 Quarterly Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         China’s Nuclear Force: Modernizing from Behind

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China's Role in Nigerian Railway Development and Implications for Security and Development

·         Improving Afghanistan’s Public Finances in 2017–2019: Raising Revenue and Reforming the Budget

·         Will Colombia’s 2018 Elections Imperil Peace?

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Supply Chain Vulnerabilities From China in U.S. Federal Information and Communications Technology

US Marine Corps (USMC)

·         2018 Marine Aviation Plan

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Between Syria and Gaza: Urgent Challenges for Israel's Security: A Discussion with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman

·         Confronting Iran and the Future of the JCPOA

·         Examining Iran's Global Terrorism Network

·         Hezbollah Will Be the Big Winner in Lebanon's Elections

·         How Iraqi Sovereignty Supports U.S. National Interests

·         Iraq Goes to the Polls: Progress and Pitfalls

·         Libya After Haftar

·         The Logic of the Chemical Attack

·         The Myth of Rising Above Sectarianism in Iraq

·         The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In

·         Tactical Issues Surrounding a U.S. Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Agreement

·         What Comes Next in Syria?

Wilson Center

·         Food, Technology, and Authoritarianism in Venezuela’s Elections

World Economic Forum

·         Future of Consumption in Fast-Growth Consumer Markets: China

·         Fostering Effective Energy Transition

·         Operating Models for the Future of Consumption