Friday's Miscellany 07-27-2018

38 North 

·         Expansion of North Korea’s Solid Fuel Ballistic Missile Program: The Eight Year Old Case of the Chemical Materials Institute

·         How the Media Wove a Narrative of North Korean Nuclear Deception

·         A Road Map for Demilitarizing North Korea

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         After Burundi’s Referendum, a Drive to Dismantle the Arusha Accords

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Beyond Escalation: Transformative Narratives of the Gulf Crisis

Arab Center

·         The GCC Crisis at One Year: Stalemate Becomes New Reality

Arms Control Association

·         Empowering Congress on Nuclear Security: Blueprints for a New Generation

·         The Nuclear Security Summits: An Overview of State Actions to Curb Nuclear Terrorism 2010–2016

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Army Combat Developments Command: A Way to Modernize Better and Faster Than the Competition

Asan Forum

·         Balancing China & Transcending Pax-Americana: India and Japan as Emerging Strategic Bookends

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         U.S. Carbon Tax: Economic Effects

·         Women Can Finally Drive in Saudi Arabia. So What Does it Mean for Oil and Gas?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Dutch Muslim Parties: A New Development in Islamization

·         A Failure at State-Building, Hamas Sticks to Military Buildup in Gaza

·         France Keeps Blackening Israel

·         Iran’s President Rouhani: Part of the Problem, Not Part of the Solution

·         Lockheed Martin’s Compact Fusion Reactor

·         Russian Hacking in the US and the Gulf

·         Towards an Arab NATO?

·         The US in Eurasia: New Challenges

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Controlling Small Arms: Practical Lessons in Civilian Disarmament and Anti-trafficking

Brookings

·         Can Drug Importation Address High Generic Drug Prices?

·         In Defense of a Reasonable Patriotism

·         Measurement of Output, Prices, and Productivity

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         The Outcome of Mexico’s 2018 Election: Consequences, Risks and Opportunities

CATO Institute

·         The Budgetary Effects of Ending Drug Prohibition

               

Center for Global Development

·         If You Build It, Will They Consume? Key Challenges for Universal, Reliable, and Low-Cost Electricity Delivery in Kenya

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         President Trump’s Travel Orders and National Security

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

·         Defending Politically Vulnerable Organizations Online

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         America’s Counterterrorism Gamble

·         Low-Hanging Fruit: Evidence-Based Solutions to the Digital Evidence Challenge

·         PacNet #51 - Duterte’s Underappreciated Foreign Policy Gains

·         PacNet #50 - BET on Southeast Asia: Bending BRI to US Advantage

·         PacNet #49 - DPRK Nuclear Issue After Trump-Kim Summit and the Future of the ROK-US Alliance

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Termination of Groningen Gas Production—Background and Next Steps 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The Accidental Prime Minister: What Spain's New Government Means for the EU

·         Europe Should Keep Turkey Close

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Protection for Those Who Need It Most: Sustainable Property Insurance in High-risk Areas

·         Refugees and the City: The Twenty-first-century Front Line

Chatham House

·         Countdown to February 2019: A Look Ahead at Nigeria’s Elections

·         Israeli–Palestinian Peacemaking: What Can We Learn From Previous Efforts?

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Historic Peace in the Philippines

·         Resource Conflicts and Embattled Traditional Authorities in Mali

·         Turkish Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East from 2002 to 2018

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         Down, but Not Out: An Updated Examination of the Islamic State’s Visual Propaganda

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Budget Priorities for South Asia

·         Egypt: Security, Human Rights, and Reform

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Assessing the State of Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination

·         Boots at the Border: Examining the National Guard Deployment to the Southwest Border

·         Using Innovative Technology and Practices to Enhance the Culture of Preparedness

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee 

·         Cyber-securing the Vote: Ensuring the Integrity of the U.S.Election System

·         Federal Grant Management

·         The Federal Trade Commission’s Enforcement of Operation Chokepoint-Related Businesses

·         GAO High Risk Focus: Cybersecurity

·         Protecting our Waterways: Examining Federal Efforts to Control Asian Carp in Kentucky

·         Shielding Sources: Safeguarding the Public’s Right to Know

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Urban Air Mobility – Are Flying Cars Ready for Take-Off?

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Update on Coast Guard Acquisition Programs and Mission Balance and Effectiveness

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Destination Mars – Putting American Boots on the Surface of the Red Planet

·         NOAA’s Blue Economy Initiative: Supporting Commerce in American Oceans and Great Lakes

·         The Race to 5G: Exploring Spectrum Needs to Maintain U.S. Global Leadership

·         Strengthening and Empowering U.S. Amateur Athletes: Moving Forward with Solutions

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Hearing to Examine Factors that Impact Global Oil Prices

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The China Challenge, Part 1: Economic Coercion as Statecraft

·         An Update on American Diplomacy to Advance our National Security Strategy

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Challenges and Opportunities of the Proposed Government Reorganization on OPM and GSA

·         Federal Agency Compliance with the Data Act: Staff Report

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Applying Blockchain Technology to Electric Power Systems

Counter Extremism Project

·         The eGLYPH Web Crawler: ISIS Content on YouTube

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Cyber as a Strategic Capability – Executive Summary

Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-139 DoD Management of the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise Maintenance Contract in Afghanistan

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

·         Proceedings from the 2017 Fentanyl Working Meeting

·         Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Guide Comprehensive Preparedness Guide(CPG) 201 - 3rd edition

Department of the Air Force

·         AFSC 1B4X1 Cyber Warfare Operations

Department of the Treasury

·         Risks for Businesses with Supply Chain Links to North Korea

·         Securities (B): Portfolio Holdings of U.S. and Foreign Securities

East West Center

·         Myanmar Opens a New Chapter in Dealing with Big Neighbor China

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Living in (Digital) Denial: Russia’s Approach to Cyber Deterrence

·         Post-Helsinki Opportunities for New START and the INF Treaty?

European Policy Centre

·         UK Business Should Play for Extra Time in the Brexit Negotiations

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         EU Defence Capability Development – Plans, Priorities, Projects

·         EUISS Yearbook of European Security 2018

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Consolidated Assessment Ratings

·         G20 Commitment to Implement FATF Standards and Support for Work on Crypto Assets

·         Professional Money Laundering

·         Sweden's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         All Politics Is Local, In North Korea Too

·         The Carter Page FISA Applications: Much Risk to FISA, Little New Insight, But a Rebuff to the Nunes Narrative

·         How China Dictates the Rules of the Game

·         When Europe and Japan Move Ahead without the U.S.

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Restoring Market Access: The Case of the EU’s Relaxation Decision on Origin Requirements for Selected Jordanian Exports

German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V.)

·         EU Civilian Crisis Management

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

·         “Flash-in-the-Pan” Development in Egypt?

·         Power in the International Trading System: Trump Administration Risks Destroying World Trade Order

·         Profiteers of Migration? Authoritarian States in Africa and European Migration Management

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         A Place of My Own, A Place of Our Own

·         With “Strategic Partners” Like This, Who Needs Competitors? Europe Needs to Change its Military to Military Relations with China

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Harmonizing Reporting Pilot: Mid-Term Review

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         GAO-18-418 Identity Theft: IRS Needs to Strengthen Taxpayer Authentication Efforts

·         GAO-18-454 Coast Guard Acquisitions: Actions Needed to Address Longstanding Portfolio Management Challenges

·         GAO-18-509 Improvised Threats: Warfighter Support Maintained, but Clearer Responsibilities and Improved Information Sharing Needed

·         GAO-18-552 Aviation Security: Basic Training Program for Transportation Security Officers Would Benefit from Performance Goals and Measures

·         GAO-18-629T Coast Guard: Improved Acquisition Portfolio Management Could Help Address Aging Assets and Capability Gaps [testimony]

·         GAO-18-675T Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Observations on the Emergency Stockpile [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         Rebuilding America’s Military: Thinking About the Future

Human Rights Watch

·         “You Don’t Want Second Best”: Anti-LGBT Discrimination in US Health Care

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Indonesia and the Tech Giants vs ISIS Supporters: Combating Violent Extremism Online

Institute for the Study of War

·         Navigating the U.S.-Turkey Relationship Beyond the Quagmire

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         EU Migration Policy and Regional Integration in Africa: A New Challenge for European Policy Coherence

·         From Thessaloniki to Sofia: Turning the Enlargement Process into a Win–Win Deal for All

·         Russian Policies Towards the MENA Region

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Imran Khan and the Pakistani Elections: Political Visions,Coalitions and Prospects

·         Pakistan’s Beleaguered Democratic Project

·         South Asia’s Space Programmes: Development and Diplomacy

·         Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Cubs in the Lions’ Den: Indoctrination and Recruitment of Children Within Islamic State Territory

·         From Daesh to ‘Diaspora’: Tracing the Women and Minors of Islamic State

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

International Crisis Group

·         Averting War in Gaza

·         Stopping Nigeria’s Spiraling Farmer-Herder Violence

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Is Unemployment on Steroids in Advanced Economies?

·         Self-insurance Against Natural Disasters: The Use of Pension Funds in Pacific Island Countries

·         Twin Deficits in Developing Economies

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 25, 2018, v. 18, no. 13

o    Censorship, Geopolitical Time Bombs, and China’s Islamophobia Problem

o    Beijing Bids to Extend its Global Clean Energy Lead

o    Taiwan’s Emerging Push for “Cyber Autonomy”

o    The Belt and Road Initiative:  A Road to China’s World Cup Dreams?

o    Returning Uighur Fighters and China’s National Security Dilemma

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 28, 2018, v. 16, no. 15

o    Iran Ramps Up Support to Taliban in Western Afghanistan

o    Is Islamic State Making Plans for a Comeback in Iraq?

o    Morocco Flexes Its Muscles Over Western Sahara: An Analysis of Rabat’s Standoff With Tehran

Lexington Institute

·         Moscow’s Competitive Strategy

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

·         Space Integration, Not Separation: Aerospace Power for the Future

National Counterintelligence and Security Center

·         Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

·         Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices

National Security Archive

·         US Promoted Close Ties to Indonesian Military as Suharto’s Rule Came to an End in Spring 1998

National Threat Initiative

·         California’s Radiological Threat Reduction Initiative

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         Cyber Weapon Reviews under International Humanitarian Law: A Critical Analysis

NYC Commission on Human Rights

·         Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Anti-Semitism in NYC Leading Up to and Following the 2016 Presidential Election: A Report on discrimination, Bias,and Acts of Hate Experienced by Muslim, Arab, South Asian, Jewish, and Sikh New Yorkers

Observer Research Foundation

·         India-Bangladesh Defense Cooperation: Coming of Age, at Last?

·         India and China’s Space and Naval Capabilities: A Comparative Analysis

Partnership for a Secure America

·         Empowering Congress on Nuclear Security Blueprints for a New Generation 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) 

·         The Cost of Trump’s Economic Nationalism: A Loss of Foreign Investment in the United States

·         Vehicular Assault: Proposed Auto Tariffs Will Hit American Car Buyers’ Wallets

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Growing Partisan Differences in Views of the FBI; Stark Divide Over ICE

Policy Exchange

·         Aiding the Enemy: How and Why to Restore the Law of Treason

·         Brexit and the British Growth Model

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Bulgaria’s National Identity Policy in the Balkans  

·         The Change of UN Security Council Members in 2019 and theSignificance for Poland

·         “A Europe that Protects”: Austria’s EU Council Presidency

·         Japanese-American Relations in Challenging Times

·         The Prospects of Political Change in Mexico

Rand

·         An American Way of Political Warfare: A Proposal

·         Assessing the Needs of Soldiers and Their Families at the Garrison Level

·         Assessing, Monitoring, and Evaluating Army Security Cooperation: A Framework for Implementation

·         Violent and Antisocial Behaviour at Football Events: Review of Interventions

·         Violent and Antisocial Behaviours at Football Events and Factors Associated with These Behaviours: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         ASEAN and the Indian Ocean

Small Wars Journal

·         Accelerating Multi-Domain Operations: Evolution of an Idea

·         Addressing the Divide Between Necessity and Capability for Public Engagement Within the Afghan Security Forces

·         America and a Mohacs-style Military Defeat

·         The Caribbean Theater?: Haiti and the First World War

·         Cyber Integrating Architecture

·         Declarations of War and the ‘Whac-a-Mole’ on Terror

·         Leveraging Influence, Incentive, and Insurgency to Achieve Political Endstate in Early 20th Century Horn of Africa

·         A Model to Implement Moroccan Development

·         Operation NICKEL GRASS: Decision Strategy and Execution

·         Soldier Learning 2050

·         The SWORD Model for Historical Analysis: The Jewish Insurgency in Mandatory Palestine - 1945-47

·         The Time for “What’s Next?” is Now: Preparing for a Climate Changed Future Within our Military and Coastal Communities

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         BRICS Should Adopt Inclusive Approach to Women

·         Zimbabwe: What Does the Future Hold Under New Leadership?

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Current Russia Military Affairs: Assessing and Countering Russian Strategy, Operational Planning, and Modernization

·         New Directions in Just-War Theory

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         "Zero Tolerance" at the Border: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         Federal Support for Electricity Storage Solutions

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Trends in Trade: U.S.-China Goods Trade 2012-2017

US  International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Exporting Ecolabels: Is Demand for Certified Sustainable Products Affecting International Trade?

·         Trade Restrictions and Modes of Supply in Services Trade

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Bernard Lewis: Appreciating a Scholar of Consequence

·         Curbing Houthi Attacks on Civilian Ships in the Bab al-Mandab

·         Egypt and Assad: Calculations, Pragmatism, and Morality

·         Iran Is at a Strategic Crossroads Again

·         Jordan Navigates Border Trade, Pressures from Syria

·         Managing Escalation in Gaza (Part 1): Lessons from Operation Protective Edge

·         Managing Escalation in Gaza (Part 2): Breaking the Dynamic

·         The New Reality in Syria Constitutes an Existential Threat to Lebanon

·         The Ramifications of Russia's Short-Term Syria Strategy

·         Reimplementing Iran Sanctions: Where, How, and How Much?

·         Southern Syria is in Desperate Need of Aid

·         The Twitter Purge and Digital Diplomacy in the Middle East

World Bank

·         Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa