Friday's Miscellany 8/10 & 8/17

38 North 

·         More Progress on Dismantling Facilities at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station

·         North Korea’s Economic Policy in 2018 and Beyond: Reforms Inevitable, Delays Possible

·         North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Low Level Activity Continues

·         North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Work Continues on 5 MWe Reactor’s Cooling System       

Accenture

·         Cyber Threatscape Report 2018

Air Power Development Centre (APDC)

·         Inherent Jointness of Air Power

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Pakistani Election: The Khan Factor versus Reform Challenges

American Enterprise Institute

·         An American Strategy for Southeast Asia

Amnesty International

·         Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Europe Fails Refugees and Migrants in the Central Mediterranean

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, July 2018, v. 5, no. 7

o    Incidence of acute injuries, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008–2017

o    Major deployment-related amputations of lower and upper limbs, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001–2017

o    Update: Medical evacuations, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2017

o    Food-allergy anaphylaxis and epinephrine autoinjector prescription fills, active component service members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2007–2016

o    Surveillance snapshot: Cardiovascular-related deaths during deployment, U.S. Armed Forces, October 2001–December 2012

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Energy Resilience: An Imperative for a More Lethal, Agile and Strategically-Relevant Force

Atlantic Council  

·         In the EU’s Eastern Partnership, Western Dissension Opens Doors for Putin

·         Outside-the-Box Sino-Indian and Indo-Russian Cooperation on Afghanistan

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Evolution of the Kuwaiti Opposition

·         Gender Politics in Pluralistic Society

·         Houston a Year after Hurricane Harvey

·         The Post-Arab Spring Landscape

·         Social Activism in Kuwait Since 2006

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Absence of an Israeli Voice in Arabic

·         The Aftermath of the Helsinki Summit

·         The Assad Regime Returns to the Golan

·         Corbyn’s Misdemeanors Against Israel and the Jews

·         Germany’s First Anti-Semitism Commissioner

·         The Gulf States: The Weak Link in Sanctions on Iran

·         Hamas-Israel Truce Would Be “Painkiller, not Antibiotic”

·         Israel’s Nationality Law Is Not Discriminatory

·         Israel’s Nationality Law – The Prequel

·         The Machiavellian Opponents of the Nation State Law

·         The Rise of Chinese Eurasianism

·         Vietnam and Israel: The First 25 Years

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         An Economic Anatomy of Optimal Climate Policy

·         (Why) Is There a Public/Private Pay Gap?

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Better Safe Than Sorry: How Election Officials Can Plan Ahead to Protect the Vote in the Face of a Cyberattack

Brookings

·         How Would Individual Market Premiums Change in 2019 in a Stable Policy Environment?

·         Introducing the Next Government Reform Majority: What Americans Want from Reform in 2018

·         A Little Respect: Can We Restore Relational Equality?

·         Unpacked: Presidential Pardons and Obstruction of Justice

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         A Look at Canadian Trade: What Legislators Need to Do

·         The Security Dimension of a China Free Trade Agreement: Balancing Benefits and Risk

CATO Institute

·         Early Evidence on Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Fatalities

·         How the Reformulation of OxyContin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         In Plane Sight: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector

Center for Migration Studies (CMS)

·         The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program: A Return to First Principles: How Refugees Help to Define, Strengthen, and Revitalize the United States

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Not Just Money: Constraints Facing the Russian Armed Forces

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Don’t Give Up Yet: There’s Still a Chance to Salvage Eastern Syria

·         Evolution of U.S. Defense Posture in North and West Africa

·         Iran Sanctions at the Halfway Point

·         Keep Calm and Carry On: The Terrorist Threat in the United Kingdom

·         The New Realism, An Uncomfortable Middle

·         PacNet #58 - A Quiet Solution for the East China Sea Territorial Dispute

·         PacNet #57 - Insights from the Black Box: Why DPRK May Denuclearize

·         PacNet #56 - Reading the Belt and Road Tea Leaves: Aggression, Exploitation, or Prosperity?

·         PacNet #55 - Why China Discounts the Indo-Pacific Quad

·         Terrorism: U.S. Strategy and the Trends in Its “Wars” on Terrorism

·         Unmanned Aerial Systems’ Influences on Conflict Escalation Dynamics

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Role of Natural Gas in Europe's Electricity Sector Through2030

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies 

·         Artificial Intelligence, Authoritarianism and the Future of Political Systems

·         Is Turkey Sleepwalking Out of the Alliance? An Assessment of the F-35 Deliveries and the S-400 Acquisition

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)

·         China and International Financial Standards: From “Rule Taker” to“Rule Maker”?

·         Extending Bankruptcy-resolution Techniques to Protect Financial Stability

·         Made in China 2025 as a Challenge in Global Trade Governance: Analysis and Recommendations

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

·         Tiered or Differentiated Approach to Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: The Evolution of a Concept

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

·         Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2018, v. 18, no. 4

o    Annual National Student Award Competition

o    First Prize: Forgotten Battle: A Command Analysis of Lieutenant-General Sir John Crocker GOC I British Corps 23 September - 8 November 1944

o    Second Prize: Coded Conflict: Algorithmic and Drone Warfare in US Security Strategy

o    Third Prize: A Victory, a Loss, or a Draw?: Assessing the efficacy of the FBI’s COINTELPRO methods against the Black Panther Party in Chicago

o    Honourable Mention: Narcoland: Organized Crime-Related Violence in the Mexican State

o    Honourable Mention: A Coalition of Negatives: The Case of the Sons of Iraq and the US in their Counterinsurgency Alliance

o    Honourable Mention: Like Water: An Inquiry into China’s Soft Power Strategy in Africa

o    Honourable Mention: The Observable “Cult of the Defensive”: PLAN Strategic Shift Toward a Blue Water Navy and American Strategic Perception

Chatham House

·         Rebuilding Ukraine: An Assessment of EU Assistance

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen Clingendael)

·         European Strategic Autonomy: Going It Alone?

·         Sustainable Connectivity in the Balkans and Black Sea Region

College of Europe

·         The EU’s New Migration Partnership with Mali: Shifting towards a Risky Security-Migration-Development Nexus Elise Cuny

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, August  2018, v. 11, no. 7

o    The June 2018 Cologne Ricin Plot: A New Threshold in Jihadi Bio Terror

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Former Commander of U.K. CBRN Regiment

o    Iran’s Deadly Diplomats

o    The Renewed Jihadi Terror Threat to Mauritania

o    The Islamic State in Africa: Estimating Fighter Numbers in Cells Across the Continent

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 

·         CBO’s Interactive Force Structure Tool

·         CBO’s Waterfall Model for Projecting Discretionary Spending

·         The Long-Term Budget Outlook Under Alternative Scenarios for Fiscal Policy

·         Sequestration Update Report: August 2018

·         The U.S. Military’s Force Structure: Fiscal Year 2019 Update to Personnel Numbers and Costs

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Applying Blockchain Technology to Electric Power Systems

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Task Force on Deterring, Preventing, and Responding to the Threat or Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction - Executive Summary

Department of Defense (DOD) 

·         2018 Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China

·         2018 China Military Power Report Fact Sheet

·         DoDM 5220.22 Vol. 2 - National Industrial Security Program: Industrial Security Procedures for Government Activities

·         Final Report on Organizational and Management Structure for the National Security Space Components of the Department of Defense

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Industrial Capabilities

·         Use of Geolocation-Capable Devices, Applications, and Service

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-143 Air Force Space Command Supply Chain Risk Management of Strategic Capabilities

·         Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Pacific Eagle- Philippines I Quarterly Report to the United States Congress I April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Entry/Exit Overstay Report

·         OIG-18-74 Lessons Learned from Previous Audit Reports Related to California’s Practice of Managing Public Assistance Grant Fund

Department of Justice. Community Oriented Policing Services 

·         Camden's Turn: A Story of Police Reform in Progress; A Guide for Law Enforcement and Community Screenings

·         Policing the Connected World: Using Social Network Analysis in Police-Community Partnerships

Department of State

·         The Elephant in the Room: A Special Agent Takes on Wildlife Trafficking

East Asia Institute

·         Signing of a Peace Treaty and the Future of  U.S. Forces in Korea

East-West Center

·         India-Indonesia Relations and Indo-Pacific Security

·         Malaysia’s Defense Policy After the 2018 Elections

·         Malaysia’s Development Depends on International and Domestic Support for Maritime Connectivity

·         Malaysia’s May 2018 General Election and Foreign Policy

·         Unraveling China’s Investments in Malaysia

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

·         The Cautious Path to strategic Advantage: How Militaries Should Plan for AI

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Xi Jinping Thought and China’s Future Foreign Policy:Multipolarity with Chinese Characteristics

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The FISA Court’s Essential Purpose

·         Reversing Pension Policy in Russia…Again

German Development Institute

·         Capital flows to emerging market and developing economies: global liquidity and uncertainty versus country-specific pull factors

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Chemical Weapons Attacks: The End of Anonymity: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to Identify Perpetrators

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

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Cybered Conflict in the Middle East

·         Rethinking Europe’s Comparative Advantage in the Mediterranean

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Ending Wildlife Trafficking - Local Communities as Change Agents

·         Political Transition in Zimbabwe: A New Era for Organized Crime?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         GAO-18-48 Federal Employee Misconduct: Actions Needed to Ensure Agencies Have Tools to Effectively Address Misconduct

·         GAO-18-424 Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Improve Funding Process for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs

·         GAO-18-433 Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, Convictions, Costs, and Removals

·         GAO-18-478 Maritime Security: DOT Needs to Expeditiously Finalize the Required National Maritime Strategy for Sustaining U.S.-Flag Fleet

·         GAO-18-538 Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Should Take Actions to Measure Reduction in Chemical Facility Vulnerability and Share Information with First Responders

·         GAO-18-550 DHS Acquisitions: Additional Practices Could Help Components Better Develop Operational Requirements 0

·         GAO-18-586R Military Aviation Mishaps: DOD Needs to Improve Its Approach for Collecting and Analyzing Data to Manage Risks

·         GAO-18-605 Military Readiness: Air Force Plans to Replace Aging Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet

·         GAO-18-612 Foreign Assistance: U.S. Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016

·         GAO-18-621R Military Readiness: DOD Has Not Yet Incorporated Leading Practices of a Strategic Management Planning Framework in Retrograde and Reset Guidance

·         GAO-18-614 Southwest Border Security: CBP Is Evaluating Designs and Locations for Border Barriers but Is Proceeding Without Key Information

Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

·         Expanding the Evidence Base for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: Research Solutions

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2018, v. 11, no. 2

o    The Vested Interest Theory: Novel Methodology Examining US-Foreign Electoral Intervention

o    The Life Course of Apocalyptic Groups

o    The Legend of the Lone Wolf

o    India-Myanmar Relations and the Management of Transnational Militant Threats

Heritage Foundation

·         Chinese Corruption Undermines Beijing’s Rhetoric About Friendship with Africa 

·         European Islamist Plots and Attacks Since 2014—and How the U.S.Can Help Prevent Them

·         Extreme Vetting Requires a Broader Visa Waiver Program

·         Holding Cambodia Accountable for Its Descent into One-Party Rule

·         U.S. Iran Policy After the Demise of the Nuclear Deal

Hoover Institution

·         An Intelligence Reserve Corps to Counter Terrorist Use of the Internet

Hudson Institute

·         Requirements for a Successful Military Cloud: Best Practices,Innovation and Security

Human Rights Watch

·         “An All-Out Assault on Democracy”: Crushing Dissent in the Maldives

·         Harsh Punishment: The Human Toll of Georgia’s Abusive Drug Policies  

·         "Bangladesh Is Not My Country" Plight of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Analysis of the Startle Response to Flashbang Grenades

·         Evolution of the Military’s Current Active-Reserve Force Mix

·         Megatrend Issues in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

·         Research and Development Investment Portfolio for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages

Institute for Security Studies

·         Preventing Conflict: How to Make the African Union Policy Work

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

·         After Beidaihe

·         Idlib Militants Eye China, Central Asia as Next Targets

·         Korea at the Crossroads – Interview with Dr. Peter Roell

·         Seoul Seizes the Initiative

Institute for the Study of War

·         Russia in Review: August 7-13, 2018

·         Syria Situation Report: July 28 - August 5, 2018

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         From Poverty to Prosperity: Explaining China’s Growth

·         Jobs for Ex-Militants in the Niger Delta – Why Isn’t the Private Sector Involved?

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         An Analysis of the Social Composition of the Indian Parliament

·         Building a Digital Bridge: New Frontiers in India-Singapore Connectivity

·         Imran Khan’s New Pakistan: Meeting the Challenges of Governance

·         India’s Quest for Data Protection

·         Japan in Northeast India: Raising the Stakes

·         Japan’s Demographic Challenges: A Silver Lining for India-Japan Relations

·         Mauritius-India Relationship: A Fine Balancing Act

·         Muthuvel Karunanidhi: The Passing of the People’s Leader

·         Revolt of the Teens: Bangladesh’s Gathering Clouds?

·         The RIMPAC Exercise and Evolving United States-Sri Lanka Military Relations

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Exploring the Nuanced Nexus between Terrorism and Organised Crime

·         Reflecting on: What Types of Media Terrorists Collect

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Libyan Elections in 2018: A Potentially Ruinous Endeavour

International Crisis Group

·         After the Showdown in Libya’s Oil Crescent

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Employment Protection Deregulation and Labor Shares in Advanced Economies

·         Road to Industrialized Africa: Role of Efficient Factor Market in Firm Growth

·         The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: An Appraisal

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, August 10, 2018, v. 18, no. 14

o    Domestic Criticism May Signal Shrunken Belt and Road Ambitions

o    Xi’s Grip Loosens Amid Trade War Policy Paralysis

o    China’s New Missile Force: New Ambitions, New Challenges (Part 1)

o    A Reappraisal of China-Iran Ties After U.S. JCPOA Withdrawal

o    Risky Business: A Case Study of PRC Investment in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 10, 2018, v. 16, no. 16

o    Briefs

o    Taliban Takes on Islamic State: Insurgents Vie for Control of Northern Afghanistan

o    Foiled Ricin Plot Raises Specter of ‘More Sophisticated’ IS-inspired Attacks

o    Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Current Crisis and Future Directions

Library of Congress Law Library

·         Digital Legal Deposit

Lowy Institute

·         ASEAN-Australia Relations: The Suitable Status Quo

·         Indonesia’s Economy: Between Growth And Stability

·         Pacific Aid Map [interactive]

Manhattan Institute

·         Overcriminalizing America: An Overview and Model Legislation for States

Migration Policy Institute

·         Shifting Tides: Radical-Right Populism and Immigration Policy in Europe and the United States

·         Tapping the Talents of Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States: Takeaways from Experts Summit

Mineta Transportation Institute

·         Train Wrecks and Track Attacks: An Analysis of Attempts by Terrorists and Other Extremists to Derail Trains or Disrupt Rail Transportation

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

·         Organizing Spacepower: Conditions for Creating a U.S. Space Force

MITRE

·         Deliver Uncompromised: A Strategy for Supply Chain security and Resilience in Response to the Changing Character of War

National Academies Press

·         Autonomy on Land and Sea and in the Air and Space: Proceedings of a Forum

·         Engaging the Private-Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public's Health and National Security:Proceedings of a Workshop  

·         Opportunities from the Integration of Simulation Science and Data Science: Proceedings of a World

·         Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

·         Understanding Measures of Faculty Impact and the Role of Engineering Societies

National Defence University (Pakistan)

·         ISSRA  Papers (Journal of Governance and Public Policy) v. 9. No. 2, 2017

o    Welfare State and Islam: Can Pakistan be a Welfare State

o    Crisis of Governance in the bureaucracy of Pakistan: A study of administrative ramifications with apposite policy recommendations

o    Challenges of national integration in Pakistan and strategic response

o    Climate change: Implications for Pakistan and way forward

o    Eradication of poverty through empowerment of people

o    Bureaucratic school policymaking and attendant implementation issues: The case of Punjab province

o    Role of media in promoting peace and harmony

o    Strategy for development of fata

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The Role of Middle Powers in the Modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): The Case of the Philippines and the Special Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership

National Security Archive

·         Excessive U.S. Sanctions Could Push Iran “Over the Brink”: UAE Official to U.S. in 1995

·         Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables Declassified

·         Joint Task Force ARES and Operation GLOWING SYMPHONY: Cyber Command’s Internet War Against ISIL

·         U.S. Nuclear War Plan Option Sought Destruction of China and Soviet Union as “Viable” Societies

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         EVE and ADAM: Situation Awareness Tools for NATO CCDCOE Cyber Exercises

·         Principles of Cyber Deterrence and the Challenges in Developing a Credible Cyber Deterrence Posture

Observer Research Foundation

·         Case against Assad

·         China-India Relations in Economic Forums: Examining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

·         Deciphering Grey-Zone Operations in Maritime-Asia

·         The ISIS Phenomenon South Asia and Beyond

·         Road to Peace In Kashmir: Public Perception of the Contentious AFSPA and PSA

Ocean's Beyond Piracy

·         2017 State of Maritime Piracy

Office of Naval Research

·         Future Force: Naval Science and Technology, v.5, no. 2, 2018

o    Print This! Additive Manufacturing is Becoming a Key Capability

o    Rapid Prototyping Experimentation: "Test Fast, Fail Fast, Adjust Fast"

o    Realism in Research: How Can We Build Stronger Connections to Naval Operations

o    Unmanned Systems Range Puts Navy at the Forefront of Swarm Technology

o    Warlocks Help Turn Ground-based Ideas into Airborne Reality

o    Teaming with Small Business  Spurs Innovation

o    Warfare Centers Use Data Analytics to Enhance Capabilities

o    Naval Research Lab Designs  Composites for New Platforms

Oxford Academic

·         Chinese Journal of International Law, June 2018, v. 17, no. 2  [open access article]

o    The South China Sea Arbitration Awards: A Critical Study

Oxford Research Group

·         No Such Thing as a Quick Fix: The Aspiration-Capabilities Gap in British Remote Warfare

·         ORG Explains #6: UK-US Defence and Security Relations

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         For Most Trump Voters, ‘Very Warm’ Feelings for Him Endured

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Cohesion Policy after 2020: A Cautious Attempt at Reform

·         The Importance of Cooperation with China for Belarus

·         The Importance of the Energy and Petroleum Industries for Belarus

·         Negotiations on Maintaining Gas Transit via Ukraine

·         New Government in the Czech Republic: Perspectives on Domestic and Foreign Policy

·         Not Only Coal: The Prospective Role of the Renewable Energy Industry in Polish Exports

·         Perspectives of Turkey’s Foreign Policy under the Presidential System

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Fast Approaching 5G Revolution: Disruptions and Opportunities

Rand

·         Best Practices for Participant and Stakeholder Engagement in the All of Us Research Program

·         Developing Cybersecurity Capacity: A Proof-of-Concept Implementation Guide

·         Evaluation of the Strength Aptitude Test and Other Fitness Tests to Qualify Air Force Recruits for Physically Demanding Specialties

·         Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: Estimating Costs, Supply, and the Effects of Insurance Expansions

·         Promoting Joint Warfighting Proficiency: The Role of Doctrine in Preparing Airmen for Joint Operations

·         Restoring U.S. Power Projection Capabilities: Responding to the2018 National Defense Strategy

·         Supplemental Career Paths for Air Force Pilots: A Warrant Officer Component or an Aviation Technical Track?

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         Windows of Opportunity: East Timor and Australian Strategic Decision Making

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), August 2018, v. 10, no. 8

o    Aum Shinrikyo’s Rise, Fall and Revival

o    Arrest of Influential Religious Hardliner and Religious Extremism in Sri Lanka

o    Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in the Philippines:  Grassroots Empowerment and Development of Homeland Security Framework

Small Wars Journal

·         Are Armed Drones the Weapon of the Future for Mexico’s Cartels?

·         The Birth of the Field Operations Group (Later Intelligence Support Activity / Secret Army of Northern Virginia)

·         Building the Space Force: Where to Start

·         Exploring Resistance Training with Terrorists: Why HVT Interrogation is Hard

·         Fueling an Army of High Velocity Learners

·         Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution - Book Excerpt - Chapter 1:William Wallace

·         How the Rangers Got into SOF - Barely

·         The Importance of Educating Foreign Military Officers

·         Kabul: The Second Peshawar for Selling Military Uniforms &Equipment

·         Learn.Practice.Repeat.

·         Low Density Logistics: Sustaining Special Operations Forces in Africa

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #38: Armed Drone Targets the Baja California Public Safety Secretary’s Residence in Tecate, Mexico  

·         Northwest Syria: No Room to ‘Reconcile’

·         Notes on The Logic of Command and Campaigning: The Art of Continually Making Two Kinds of Choices in Harmony While Learning and Adapting

·         Our New Model Robot Armies

·         The Persistence of the FARC

·         Protecting Civilians is Key for Achieving Peace in South Sudan

·         Replacing Afghan Honor with Taliban Disgust: The Specter of Ethnic Cleansing – Part 2 of 3

·         Reducing Community Violence in the Central African Republic – The Case of Bria

·         The Rohingya Crisis: A Failing Counterinsurgency

·         The Role Al Qaeda Plays in Cyberterrorism

·         Russia is Not America’s Near-Peer Threat

·         Small Wars Journal Interview with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges on NATO Adaptation and the Russian Way of War

·         The Taliban's Weaponization of Moral Authority in Afghanistan -Part 1 of 3

·         Terrorism Defined and Why It Matters

·         The US Should Push for Peace in Yemen

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Exploring the role of China, Japan and India in the East Africa Blue Economy

·         Israel’s ties with Africa: focus on Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

·         Picking a bone with captive predator breeding in South Africa

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Radical Islamist English-Language Online Magazines: Research Guide, Strategic Insights, and Policy Response

Swiss Re Institute

·         Sovereign Insurance - Creating Financial Resilience against the Growing Burden of Disasters

Transit Cooperative Research Program

·         Legal Research Digest, no. 50

o    Public Transit Emergency Preparedness Against Ebola and Other Infectious Diseases: Legal Issues

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Stepped Up Illegal-Entry Prosecutions Reduce Those for Other Crimes

UK Ministry of Defence

·         Growing the Contribution of Defence to UK Prosperity

UK Parliament, House of Commons, Defense Committee

·         On Thin Ice: UK Defense in the Arctic

US Central Command (CENTCOM)

·         Unipath, 2018, v. 8, no. 3

o    Pakistan's Success in Sudan

o    The Ideological Fight After Mosul

o    Assault from the Air

o    Role of the Lebanese Army

o    Allied Against Terrorism

o    New Kinds of Conflict

o    Model of a Professional Soldier

o    Developing Professional Navies

o    Achievements of Afghan Women

o    Commanding Jordanian Marines

o    Loyal to Iraq

o    Deterring Piracy

US Customs and Border Protection (CPB)

·         Southwest Border Migration FY2018

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Libya’s Next Elections: A Step Forward or a Step Back?

·         Myanmar’s Armed Forces and the Rohingya Crisis

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing Jordan’s National Strategy to Combat Violent Extremism

·         How Lessons from Algeria Can Shape Iraq

·         In Southern Iraq, Iran’s Intentions Backfire

·         Iran's Passive Defense Organization: Another Target for Sanctions

·         Iraq, Iran, and U.S. Strategy: A Trip Report

·         Iraq Needs a Leader with Vision

·         Khamenei Attacks Moderates as Source of Iran's Problems

·         Kurdish Cultural Freedoms are Possible in Syria—But Not Political Autonomy

·         Seeing Saudi Changes Up Close: A Week's Worth of Surprises

·         Setting Limits on the Saudi Air Campaign in Yemen

·         Turkey Sanctions: Navigating a Historic Bilateral Crisis

·         Women, Minorities, and Military Aid to Egypt

Wilson Center

·         Inching Into and Out of the "Prague Spring"

·         Kennan Cable No. 35: Institutional Paths to Ending the Donbas Conflict

World Economic Forum

·         Arab World Competitiveness Report 2018

·         Global Overview of International Knowledge Support across the Infrastructure Project Cycle

·         New Physics of Financial Services: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Financial Ecosystem

·         Values, Ethics and Innovation: Rethinking Technological Development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Worldbank

·         South Asia’s Hotspots The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standard

·         The WEB of Transport Corridors in South Asia