Friday's Miscellany 06-29-2018

38 North

·         Infrastructure Improvements at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility

·         North Korea: Liaison Offices—The First Time

AidData

·         Ties That Bind: Quantifying China's Public Diplomacy and Its "Good Neighbor" Effect

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Trump’s Trap: Europe, Iran, and the Future of the Nuclear Deal

American Enterprise Institute

·         Black Men Making it in America: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in America

·         Large Cigarette Tax Hikes, Illicit Producers, and Organized Crime:Lessons from Pakistan

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation: Cross-Cultural Understanding and Joint Action

Amnesty International

·         Algeria: Stop Summarily Expelling Migrants, Criminalizing Exercise of Rights to free Speech, Assembly, Association and Religion

·         Iran: Teenager’s Execution Exposes Complicity of Courts,Parliament and Doctors in Assault on Children’s Rights

·         Poland: The Power of ‘the Street’, Protecting the Right to Peaceful Protest in Poland

·         “We Will Destroy Everything” : Military Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity in Rakhine State, Myanmar

·         Yemen: Stranglehold-Coalition and Huthi Obstacles Compound Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

Army Center of Military History

·         Army History Magazine, Summer 2018, no. 108

o    Fredenall's Failure A Reexamination of the II Corps at the Battle of Kasserine Pass

o    A Forlorn Hope: The Sword Commemorating the Army Flag Raising at the Halls of Montezuma

o    Within the Walls: The 'Army Theater' Construction

o    "Your Men Don't Know How to Fight": The American Expeditionary Forces Incorporating Lessons Learned

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         The Reemergence of the Siege: An Assessment of Trends in Modern Land Warfare

·         Velcro Soldiers: Global Professionalism in the Reserve Components

Atlantic Council

·         The China Challenge to an Inclusive Asia-Pacific Regional Trade Architecture

·         Environmental and Wildlife Degradation in Iran

·         The Global Innovation Sweepstakes: A Quest to Win the Future

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         Blacklisting and Reporting in Seasonal Worker Programs

·         China's New Navy: A Short Guide for Australian Policy-makers

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Big Data in China and the Battle for Privacy

·         Social Credit: Technology-enhanced Authoritarian Control with Global Consequences

·         Technological Entanglement: Cooperation, Competition and the Dual-use Dilemma in Artificial Intelligence

·         Who Funds Federal Parliamentarians’ Overseas Travel?

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Mexico’s Election & The Energy Reform

·         Supreme Court Decision Changes Online Sales Taxation

·         Why U.S. must lead tech race with China

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Bible, Secularism, and Anti-Semitism

·         Interest in Past Leaders Reflects the Crisis on the Israeli Left

·         Iran’s Quds Day: Ideology or Interests?

·         Post-Election Turkey: The Birth of an Islamist-Nationalist Alliance

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Anger Management: The Politics of Frustration in the Arab World and its Implications for the West

·         Stabilizing Sino-Indian Security Relations: Managing the Strategic Rivalry After Doklam

·         Taking History as a Mirror: Using History and Ideology to Understand China’s Rise under Xi Jinping

Brookings

·         The American Dream Deferred

·         Beyond Fragility: Syria and the Challenges of Reconstruction in Fierce States

·         Meeting the Automation Challenge to the Middle Class and the American Project

Bruegel

·         Cryptocurrencies and Monetary Policy

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         Federal Prosecution of Human-Trafficking Cases, 2015

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Operationalizing Strong, Secure, Engaged: The Child Soldier Dimension

·         Reinforcing Transatlantic Bridges in Warsaw: The NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Spring Session

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         In Search of Light at the End of the Tunnel for U.S.-Russian Relations

CATO Institute

·         The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from More Than 1 Million Rideshare Drivers

·         The Jones Act: A Burden America Can No Longer Bear  

·         The Mirage of Transition in Cuba

·         Should Cryptocurrencies Be Regulated like Securities?

Center for Global Development

·         Refugee Spending and the Macroeconomic Program in Jordan

·         Unequal Ventures Update: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in East Java, Indonesia

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         Eastern Mediterranean Regional Dynamics: Conflicts and Opportunities for Conflict Resolution Support

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD), no. 103: Access to Healthcare

·         Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), no. 222: North Caucasus

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         PacNet #45 - Cybersecurity: The China Problem

·         PacNet #44 - Rethinking the Cost of US Troops in Korea

·         The U.S., NATO, and the Defense of Europe: Underlying Trends

·         ZTE, the Telecom Wars, and Cyber Spies

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, June 2018,  v. 12, no. 3

o    Studying Jihadists on Social Media: A Critique of Data Collection Methodologies

o    Jihadi Beheading Videos and its non-Jihadi Echoes

o    Public Opinion on the Root Causes of Terrorism and Objectives of Terrorists: A Boko Haram Case Study

o    Mounting a Facebook Brand Awareness and Safety Ad Campaign to Break the ISIS Brand in Iraq

o    How Hezbollah Uses Dreams to Inspire Jihad and Sanctify Martyrdom

o    A Primer on Boko Haram Sources and Three Heuristics on al-Qaida and Boko Haram in Response to Adam Higazi, Brandon Kendhammer, Kyari Mohammed, Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, and Alex Thurston

o    Terrorism Bookshelf 50 Capsule Reviews

o    Bibliography: Terrorism and Ideology

o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

·         Report to the Nation: Hate Crimes Rise in U.S. Cities and Counties in Time of Division & Foreign Interference

Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

·         Roadmap for Implementing Biosecurity and Biodefense Policy in the United States

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Art of the OPEC Deal

·         A Natural Gas Giant Awakens: China’s Quest for Blue Skies Shapes Global Markets

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Beyond Firefighting: An EU Strategy for Gaza

·         Moving on after Galileo – Lessons (to be) Learnt

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         An Ironic Outcome: The United States — Even under Trump — Is Closer to Meeting Its Emission Targets than Canada

·         Mobilizing Political Will for Refugee Protection and Solutions: A Framework for Analysis and Action

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Clash of Generations? Intergenerational Change and American Foreign Policy Views

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Global Security Pulse: General Security Scan

·         Iraq’s Al-Hashd al-Sha'abi: Four Key Insights

·         Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks

·         A Test of Endurance

College of Europe

·         Economic Reasoning before the European Union Courts in Competition Law

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Army and Marine Corps Depot Policy Issues and Infrastructure Concerns

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Crisis in the Republic of Cameroon

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Artificial Intelligence – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

·         Bolstering Data Privacy and Mobile Security: An Assessment of IMSI Catcher Threats

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy in Europe

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         FAST-41 and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council: Progress to Date and Next Steps

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Examining the Eligibility Requirements for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program to Ensure all Downwinders Receive Coverage

·         Game of Phones: Examining the Competitive Impact of the T-Mobile –Sprint Transaction

·         Protecting Our Elections: Examining Shell Companies and Virtual Currencies as Avenues for Foreign Interference

·         Survivors’ Bill of Rights: Implementation and Next Steps

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook

·         Analysis of Alternatives for Changing Military Health Care

·         CBO’s Analyses and Projections of Federal Health Care Costs

·         The Depot-Level Maintenance of DoD’s Combat Aircraft: Insights for the F-35

·         The Effects on the Budget of Alternative Economic Scenarios

·         Fair-Value Estimates of the Cost of Federal Credit Programs in2019

·         How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget

·         Operating Costs and Aging of Air Force Aircraft

·         The Role of the Legislature in the U.S. Budget Process 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Digital Decarbonization: Promoting Digital Innovations to Advance Clean Energy Systems

·         Global Monetary Policy Divergence and the Reemergence of Global Imbalances

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         In a Time of Crisis: Danish Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Democracy Project

·         Reversing a Crisis of Confidence

Department of State

·         2018 Trafficking in Persons Report

East Asia Institute

·         Tasks Ahead Beyond the North Korea-U.S. Summit

East-West Center

·         ASEAN's Role in the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

Egmont Institute

·         The European Citizens’ Initiative:  A Sufficient Tool to Bring Europe Closer to Its Citizens?

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Enlargement to the Balkans: Playing Hardball or Playing with Fire?

·         The EU Resettlement Framework: From a Humanitarian Pathway to a Migration Management Tool?

·         Nord Stream 2: Rule No More, but Still Divide

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) 

·         EU Defence Capability Development – Plans, Priorities, Projects

·         EUISS Yearbook of European Security 2018

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         The ICC and the RtoP in a Post-interventionist World: Adapting to Critique?

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Corruption Determinants in Developing and Transition Economies: Insights from a Multi-level Analysis

German Development Institute

·         Is the Sectoral Aid Allocation Within Countries Need-oriented?

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         No “Global Britain” after Brexit

·         Qualified Majority Voting and Flexibilisation in the CFSP

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The ASD Policy Blueprint for Countering Authoritarian Interference in Democracies

·         The Future of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue

·         Preserving Space for Cooperation in an Era of Transatlantic Turbulence

·         Shaping Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace

·         Trouble Looms for Turkey’s Transatlantic Ties

Giffords Law Center

·         Securing a Safer Future: How Incentives for Gun Safety  Technology Can Stop Shootings

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         How European Internet Foreign Policy Can Compete in a Fragmented World

Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

·         GAO-18-365 Freedom of Information Act: Agencies Are Implementing Requirements but Additional Actions Are Needed

·         GAO-18-457 Conflict Minerals: Company Reports on Mineral Sources in 2017 Are Similar to Prior Years and New Data on Sexual Violence Are Available

·         GAO-18-477 Strategic Petroleum Reserve: DOE Needs to Strengthen Its Approach to Planning the Future of the Emergency Stockpile

·         GAO-18-483 Puerto Rico: Limited Federal Data Hinder Analysis of Economic Condition and DOL's 2016 Overt

·         GAO-18-487 U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Progress and Challenges in Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Law Enforcement Personnel

·         GAO-18-513 Defense Management: DOD Senior Leadership Has Not Fully Implemented Statutory Requirements to Promote Department-Wide Collaboration

·         GAO-18-636T VA IT Modernization: Preparations for Transitioning to a New Electronic Health Record System Are Ongoing

·         GAO-18-642T Bank Secrecy Act: Further Actions Needed to Address Domestic and International Derisking Concerns [testimony]

·         GAO-18-644T Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and Research [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         Addressing the Threat from Russia Must Be Front and Center at the 2018 NATO Summit

·         Brussels NATO Summit 2018: Renewed Focus on the Black Sea Needed

·         Brussels NATO Summit 2018: The Alliance Must Increase Defense Spending

·         Brussels NATO Summit 2018: Time to Get Serious About the Arctic

·         Eight Things Russia Must Do Before Being Allowed Back in the G7

·         Eliminating Identity Politics from the U.S. Census

·         House and Senate Make Strong Start Toward the 2019 NDAA

·         Stopping Family Separation Requires Closing Loopholes and Strengthening Immigration and Asylum Systems

·         The Uselessness of Trade Deficits in Calculating Economic Vitality

Hoover Institute

·         Building Coastal Resilience For Greater US Security

·         Strategika, no. 51, June 25, 2018

o    Should More Nations Have Nukes?

o    A Bigger Arsenal For A Lasting Peace

o    Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts: Strategic Competition And The North Korea Talks

Human Rights Watch

·         Cambodia's Dirty Dozen: A Long History of Rights Abuses by HunSen's Generals

·         “I Am Equally Human”: Discrimination and Lack of Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Iran

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, v. 19, June 28, 2018  

o    Libya: Paris Conference Sets Lofty Goals, but Military Operations Will Drive Outcomes

o    Smart Cities: The Answer to Africa’s Urbanization Problem?

·         Enhancing the Readiness of Expeditionary, Training, and Medical Workforces Through Workforce Mix Reforms

·         IDA Research Insights—SOAR to Better Quality and More Secure Software

·         Review of the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Environmental InternationalCooperation Program

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Indonesia and the Rohingya Crisis

Institute for Security Studies

·         Practical Pathways to Peace: Lessons from Liberia and South Sudan

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

·         Whither Turkey

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         The Collapse of Turkey’s Democracy

·         Contours of Anti-U.S. Iraqi Government Emerge

·         Russia and Iran Prepare Offensive Targeting U.S.-Partner Forces in Eastern Syria

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Analysing Migration Policy Frames of Tunisian Civil Society Organizations: How Do They Evaluate EU Migration Policies?

·         Boosting Defense Cooperation in Europe: An Analysis of Key Military Capabilities

·         Bottom-up Approaches to EU–Turkey Migration Cooperation

·         The New Space Economy, An Opportunity for Italy?

·         Realizing Youth Potential in the Mediterranean

·         The Role of Civil Society in Morocco: Towards Democracy or Autocracy?

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Maritime Governance and South Asia

·         Moving Forward: Bilateral Exchanges on E-governance between Singapore and India

·         Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to West Bengal: Much Ado about Nothing

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

·         Civilian Careers in the Intelligence Community

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Reflecting On: Uighur Foreign Fighters – An Underexamined Jihadist Challenge

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         A Tale Of Two Caliphates: Comparing the Islamic State’s Internal and External Messaging Priorities

International Crisis Group

·         Averting War in Northern Somalia

·         China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Opportunities and Risks

·         Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea and the South Caucasus

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Storm Clouds Ahead? Migration and Labor Force Participation Rates in Europe

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Many Lives of a Peacekeeping Mission: The UN Operation in Côted ’Ivoire

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, June 29, 2017, v. 16, no. 13

o    Fugitive Bangladeshi Militants Bring Jamaat ul Mujahideen to India

o    Boko Haram in Celebration? An Analysis of Four Years of Ramadan Videos (2015-2018)

o    'We Don't Need Derna Anymore': What the Battle for Derna Means for Libya's Future

McAfee Labs

·         McAfee Labs Threat Report: June 2018

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         After the Storm: Learning from the EU Response to the Migration Crisis

·         Does Migration Increase Happiness? It Depends

·         The Growth of the Radical Right in Nordic Countries: Observations from the Past 20 Years

·         In Upholding Travel Ban, Supreme Court Endorses Presidential Authority While Leaving Door Open for Future Challenges

Mineta Transportation Institute

·         An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming as a Terrorist Tactic

MITRE

·         Automated Adversary Emulation: A Case for Planning and Acting with Unknowns

Omega Research Foundation

·         Too Little, Too Late: The Mainstreaming of Pakistan’s Tribal Regions

·         Wuhan Summit and the India–China Border Dispute

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         News and Political Information Consumption in Mexico: Mapping the2018 Mexican Presidential Election on Twitter and Facebook

Oxford Research Group

·         A Tale of Two Puzzles: Accounting for Military and Climate Change Expenditures  

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Shifting Public Views on Legal Immigration Into the U.S.: Many Unaware That Most immigrants in the U.S. are Here Legally

Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

·         Public Attitudes Toward Technology Companies

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Strengthening European Crisis Response Capabilities: French and British Initiatives

·         The United Kingdom: A Centrally Designed Clean Economy

Rand

·         The Challenges and the Benefits for U.S. National Security of Providing Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan: Addendum: Responses to Post-Hearing Questions for the Record

·         The Future of Israeli-Turkish Relations

·         Leveraging Research and Philanthropy to Reduce Crime and Violence in the Mississippi Delta

·         Toward an Initial Conceptual Framework to Assess Community Allostatic Load: Early Themes from Literature Review and Community Analyses on the Role of Cumulative Community Stress

·         Understanding Resilience As It Affects the Transition from the UK Armed Forces to Civilian Life

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         AFDN 1-18 Gender in Air Operations

·         Hypersonic Air Power

Security Studies Group

·         Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Small Arms Survey

·         Capital of Militias: Tripoli's Armed Groups Capture the LibyanState

Small Wars Journal

·         Al-Qaeda – “The Forgotten”

·         The Danger of Military Partisanship

·         Fast Rifles

·         How to Develop for Mission Command: The Missing Link

·         Information Operations as Force Protection

·         The Military Readiness Crisis is Not in Dispute – But…

·         Narco-lonization: The Growing Threat of Narco-Municipality in Latin America

·         Sharpening Our Military Edge: The NDS and the Full Continuum ofConflict

·         Threat Assessment Training for Peacekeepers: A Proven Business Approach

·         Time for America to Leave Afghanistan

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         The Impact of the SADC EPA on South Africa’s Agriculture and Agro-Processing Sectors

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

·         Communities on Fire: Confronting Hate Violence and Xenophobic Political Rhetoric

Spearhead Research

·         Debate on the Organisations of Insurgences in Afghanistan and Syria

·         Shooting Oneself in Own’s [sic] Own Foot: Pakistan’s Failed Effort to Evade Terrorism Finance Listing

·         So Who is Funding the War in Yemen?

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         New Details on Border Patrol Arrests

U.S. International Trade Commission

·         Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports,Annual Compilation 2017

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Accepting Regime Forces in South Syria Will Only Further Iran’s Goals

·         A Tale of Six Tribes: Securing the Middle Euphrates River Valley

·         Turkey's Historic Election: What to Expect Next?

Watson Institute - Costs of War

·         The Credit Card Wars: Post-9/11 War Funding Policy in Historical Perspective

·         How Do War Financing Strategies Lead to Inequality?  A Brief History from the War of 1812 through the Post-9/11 Wars

White House

·         Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century

World Bank

·         Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection: Concepts and Applications

World Economic Forum

·         Financial and Monetary System in 2030

·         Reshaping Urban Mobility with Autonomous Vehicles