Friday's Miscellany 09-21-2018

38 North

·         Korea at a Crossroads: Time for a US-ROK-DPRK Strategic Realignment

·         North and South Korea Take Important Steps to Demilitarize the Korean Peninsula

·         What President Moon Will See at the Mass Games

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Two-Trillion Bubble: What Aramco IPO reveals about MBS’s 2030Vision

Amnesty International

·         “Anything That Was Breathing Was Killed” War Crimes in Leer and Mayendit,  South Sudan

Atlantic Council

·         It Takes A Village: How Hacktivity Can Save Your Company

·         Three Pipelines and Three Seas: BRUA, TAP, the IAP and Gasification in Southeast Europe

·         A Strategy for Moldova

·         Whose Truth: Sovereignty, Disinformation and Winning the Battle of rust

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Sydney Recommendations - Practical Futures for Cyber Confidence Building in the ASEAN Region

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Can the President Legally Withdraw From NAFTA?

·         Two States or One? Reappraising the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         The New Era of Populism? Theoretical, Empirical and Comparative Perspectives

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Battle with Fate: Russia, Geography, and the Historical Cycle

·         Greece Faces the End of the Bailout Era and a Dispute with Russia

·         Humanitarian Concessions Will Not Reduce Hamas Violence. Here is the Evidence

·         Israel’s Nationality Law, UN Resolution 181, and the Arab List

·         Letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

·         Light at the End of the Tunnel for Greece?

·         A Question of Identity

·         The Tehran Summit and Iran’s Regional Ambitions

Beyond the Parallel

·         Modernization and Expansion Project at the Korean People’s Army Fishery Station No. 15

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Crime and Murder in 2018: A Preliminary Analysis

Brookings

·         China’s Long Game on Human Rights at the United Nations

·         Managing the New Threat Landscape: Adapting the Tools of International Peace and Security

·         The Role of Corporations in Addressing AI’s Ethical Dilemmas  

·         Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – September 2018

·         Why the Government Must Help Shape the Future of AI

Bruegel

·         One Size Does Not Fit All: European Integration by Differentiation

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Communications and the Integrity of Election

CATO Institute

·         Double Game: Why Pakistan Supports Militants and Resists U.S.Pressure to Stop

·         From Revolving Doors to Regulatory Capture? Evidence from Patent Examiners

·         Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement: A Free Trader’s Perspective

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Power Play: Addressing China’s Belt and Road Strategy

Center for European Policy (CEPA)

·         The Logistics of a More Sophisticated Approach to Burden-Sharing

Center for Global Development

·         Commitment to Development Index 2018

·         Committing to Cost-Effectiveness: USAID’s New Effort to Benchmark for Greater Impact

·         Energy Dividends in Bolivia: Are There Any Alternatives to Price Subsidies?

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 223: Russian Siloviki

·         Russia’s Turn to Eurasia

·         Synthesis 2017: Cyber-conflicts in Perspective

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Analysis of the FY2019 Defense Budget

·         Chinese Strategy, Military Forces, and Economics

·         Idlib Province and the Future of Instability in Syria

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Climate Change Disclosure of the Financial Sector

·         The New Internationalism? IOSCO, International Standards and Capital Markets Regulation

·         Reconciliation beyond the Box: The UN Declaration and Plurinational Federalism in Canada

Chatham House

·         Angola’s Infrastructure Ambitions Through Booms and Busts: Policy,Governance and Reform

Citizen Lab

·         Hide and Seek: Tracking NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware to Operations in 45 Countries

Clingendael  Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         How the Syrian Regime Controls Refugee Return: Four Tools

·         Modernizing Conventional Arms Control in the Euro-Atlantic Region

College of Europe

·         Interconnecting Legal Systems and the Autonomous EU Legal Order: A Balloon Dynamic

·         The Thin Veil of Change: The EU’s Promotion of Gender Equality in Egypt and Tunisia

Conflict Armament Research

·         Diversion Digest, Issue 1

·         Mines and IEDs Employed by Houthi Forces on Yemen's West Coast

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Fish Fights: An Examination of Conflicts Over Ocean Resources

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Implications of the Reinterpretation of the Flores Settlement Agreement for Border Security and Illegal Immigration Incentives

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook at a Glance

·         The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook in 25 Slides

Danish Institute for International Studies (Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier)

·         Central African Republic: A Conflict Mapping

Data & Society

·         Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2018 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy Summary  

·         2018 Cyber Fact Sheet

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-152 Management of Army and Marine Corps Prepositioned Stocks in U.S. European Command

Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)

·         Strategy to Combat Opioid Abuse, Misuse, and Overdose: A Framework Based on the five Point Strategy

Department of State

·         2017 Country Reports on Terrorism

East West Center

·         Rubber Has Replaced Natural Forests in Southeast Asia

European Policy Centre

·         10,000 Border Guards for Frontex: Why the EU Risks Conflated Expectations

·         The Road to Nowhere? Prospects for a Post-Brexit Trade Deal

EUROPOL European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation

·         Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment 2018 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

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

·         Second Follow-up Report to Bangladesh's Assessment of Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorist Financing Measures

·         Second Follow-up Report to Bhutan's Assessment of Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorist Financing Measures

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

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

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

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Russia’s Evolving Gas Relationship with the European Union: Trade Surges Despite Political Crises

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Challenges Ahead for Trade Promotion Organizations in Africa

·         Fiscal Convergence in Africa: What Role for Regional Economic Communities?

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         Scalp EG / Storm Shadow: Lessons from a Successful Cooperation

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

·         Corruption, Ethnicity and Violence as a Triple Political Strategy.The Changing Face of Politics in Zambia

·         Japan-India Economic Partnership: A Politically Driven Process

·         Making Sense of Russia’s Policy in Afghanistan

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

·         Between Old and New World Order: Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy Rationale

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Toward a Serious Rupture in the U.S.–Turkey Alliance?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)  

·         GAO-18-422 Biological Select Agents and Toxins: Actions Needed to Improve Management of DOD's Biosafety and Biosecurity Program

·         GAO-18-491 Grants Workforce: Actions Needed to Ensure Staff Have Skills to Administer and Oversee Federal Grants

·         GAO-18-518 Cybersecurity: Office of Federal Student Aid Should Take Additional Steps to Oversee Non-School Partners' Protection of Borrower Information

·         GAO-18-562 Chemical Terrorism: A Strategy and Implementation Plan Would Help DHS Better Manage Fragmented Chemical Defense Programs and Activities

·         GAO-18-574 Defense Health Care: Expanded Use of Quality Measures Could Enhance Oversight of Provider Performance  

·         GAO-18-590 Homeland Security: Clearer Roles and Responsibilities for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans and Workforce Planning Would Enhance Its Effectiveness

·         GAO-18-617 Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Administration's 2018 Plan for Verification and Monitoring Met Most Reporting Requirements but Did Not Include Future Costs and Funding Needs

·         GAO-18-669 Humanitarian Assistance: USAID Should Improve Information Collection and Communication to Help Mitigate Implementers’ Banking Challenges

·         GAO-18-701T Immigration: Progress and Challenges in the Management of Immigration Courts and Alternatives to Detention Program [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         U.S. Should Not Sign a Peace Declaration with North Korea

Hudson Institute

·         U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Strategic Island Defense

Human Rights Watch

·         China: Massive Crackdown in Muslim Region: Mass Arbitrary Detention, Religious Repression, Surveillance in Xinjiang

·         “We Live in Constant Fear” Possession of Extremist Material in Kyrgyzstan

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         The MGT Act: Stimulating Federal IT Innovation and Reducing Stagnation

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         The 2018 Maldivian Presidential Elections: Two-horse Race between Development and Reforms

·         India’s Economic Opportunities in Central Asia

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, v. 20, September 20, 2018  

o    Preparing for Nigeria’s 2019 Elections

o    Russia Returns to Africa

·         Development of a New Contagious Disease Model for NATO Allied Medical Publication 7.5 (AMedP-7.5)

·         Sharing Burden and Risk in another Theater—An Operational Assessment of Reserve Component Forces in Afghanistan

·         STPI Holds Panel on Space Traffic Management

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

·         China’s Interests and Challenges in the Mediterranean

·         The Three Cornerstones of Mongolia’s Independence and Foreign Policy

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Does Land Titling Matter? The Role of Land Property Rights in Colombia’s War on Drugs

·         What Constrains Renewable Energy Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa?A Comparison of Kenya and Ghana

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Enhancing Military Capabilities in Europe: The Case of Air-to-Air Refuelling

·         Kofi Annan Was the United Nations

·         Human Security and Nigeria's Energy Crisis

·         Poland: The Missing Link in European Defence

·         The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Challenges and Opportunities for the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Launch of the Guwahati-Singapore Direct Flight: Enhancing Connectivity with Northeast India

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

·         Women in Jihad: A Historical Perspective

International Crisis Group 

·         Al-Shabaab Five Years after Westgate: Still a Menace in East Africa

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Safeguarding Medical Care and Humanitarian Action in the UN Counterterrorism Framework

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 19, 2018, v. 18, no. 15

o    Financial Boss’s Fall Hints at Deleveraging’s Political Side

o    China-Myanmar Economic Corridor Ambitions Meet Hard Reality

o    Protest Meets Party Control: Renegotiating Social Norms Online in Present-Day China

o    Xi Reasserts Control Over PRC Politics As Trade War Deepens

o    China’s New Missile Force: New Ambitions, New Challenges (Part 2)

·         Terrorism Monitor, September 21, 2018, v. 16, no. 18

o    Clashes Between Islamic State and AQAP Emblematic of Broader Competition 

o    Growing Network of IS-K in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province

o    How Assad’s Strategies Facilitated the Suweida Massacre

Lexington Institute

·         Asian Missile Defense Is The Next Lever To Move Kim Jong-Un On Denuclearization

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Going Legit?  The Foreign Policy of Vladimir Putin

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Brexit and the Irish Question IN FOCUS: Part one: Ireland’s Slow Road to Peace

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         A Profile of Houston’s Diverse Immigrant Population in a Rapidly Changing Policy Landscape

Mitchell Institute

·         Building the Future Bomber Force America Needs: The Bomber Re-Vector

·         Network Superiority: The Foundation of Future Warfare

·         Securing 21st Century Combat Success: The Munition Effects Revolution

National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC)

·         Catastrophic Power Outage Study

National Security Archive

·         Cyber Glossary

Observer Research Foundation

·         Pakistan’s Battered Tribal Regions Set the Stage for New Prime Minister

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         ICD 707 - Counterintelligence and Security Support for U.S. Diplomatic Facilities Abroad

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         A Decade After the Financial Crisis, Economic Confidence Rebounds in Many Countries

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         Women and Leadership 2018

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Central Europe in the Negotiations of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework

·         “Tell China’s Stories Well”: Implications for the Western Narrative

·         Vostok 2018 Exercises: The Largest Manoeuvres in Russian Federation History

Rand

·         Evaluating the Impact of a Total Force Service Commitment Policy on Air Force Pilot Manning

·         Homeland Security National Risk Characterization: Risk Assessment Methodology

·         Impact of Ammonia Emissions from Agriculture on Biodiversity: An Evidence Synthesis

·         Long-Term Effects of Wartime Sexual Violence on Women and Families: The Case of Northern Uganda

·         National Will to Fight: Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don't

·         Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Annex to Volume 5. Tabular Results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for Installation- and Command-Level Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

·         Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Gender and Violent Extremism

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         3D Printing vs Gun Control: Navigating the Paradox

·         Building Resilience Against Disinformation: Need for Wider Education

·         Russia-China Relations: Alliance in the Making?

Second Line of Defense

·         F-35 2.0: Introducing the Concept

Small Wars Journal

·         Balancing Effectiveness and Ethics in Future Autonomous Weapons

·         The Bolivian Insurgency of 1966-1967: Che Guevara’s Final Failure

·         The Challenge of Fighting Small Wars While Trying to Adequately Prepare for Big Ones

·         Moro Separatism in the Philippines: The Strategic Failure of a Promising Counterinsurgency

·         SOF Futures: Pathways Through the Transition

·         Stop Fighting a War Against a Tactic

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Danger of Blurring Global Migration Governance and Health Security Agendas in Southern Africa

·         Debt Trap? Chinese Loans and Africa’s Development Options

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

·         Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on social Media

·         What Drives Prescription Opioid Abuse?  Evidence from Migration

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Climate Change and Violent Conflict: Sparse Evidence from South Asia and South East Asia

Strategic Studies Institute

·         The Dual-System Problem in Complex Conflicts

Sudd Institute

·         Evaluation of the implementation of the Security Arrangements of the Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS):Implications for the Security Sector Reforms (SSR) in South Sudan

United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons, Defense Committee

·         On Thin Ice: UK Defense in the Arctic

US Geological Survey

·         Science for a Risky World: A USGS Plan for Risk Research and Applications

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Nigeria’s 2019 Elections: Change, Continuity, and the Risks to Peace

·         Role of UN Peacekeeping in China’s Expanding Strategic Interests

·         South Sudan’s Civil War and Conflict Dynamics in the Red Sea

·         Taking Stock; Analytic Tools for Understanding and Designing P/CVE Programs

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Algeria’s Succession Crisis: Plenty of Divisions, but No One Conquers

·         Cyprus Aims to Export Gas via Egypt

·         The Future of Regional Cooperation in the War on Terror

·         Limiting Corruption Opportunities in Iraq

·         One Down, Two to Go: Iraq’s New Government Shaping Up

·         The Smart Way to Sanction Iranian-Backed Militias in Iraq

·         Syria Downs a Russian Plane: What Next?

White House

·         2018 National Biodefence Strategy

o    Factsheet

o    Presidential Memorandum

·         2018 National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America

o    Factsheet

Wilson Center

·         A Decade of U.S.-China Relations: From Engagement to Rivalry

·         ‘The Key Problem of Our Time’: A Conversation with Henry Kissinger on Sino-U.S. Relations

World Bank

·         What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to2050

World Economic Forum

·         Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet

·         Digital Enterprise: Moving From Experimentation to Transformation

·         Future of Jobs Report 2018