Friday's Miscellany 12-07-2018

38 North

·         North Korea’s Hwasong-14 ICBM: New Data Indicates Shorter Range Than Many Thought

·         The Problem With Aid to North Korea is Bigger Than Diversion

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Uganda’s Experience

Air University

·         Electromagnetic Defense Task Force (EDFT) 2018 Report

·         Student Satisfaction in Traditional, Online, and Hybrid Continuing Education Courses

American Addiction Centers

·         State of Veterans Mental Health and Substance Abuse in America

Amnesty International

·         Blood-Soaked Secrets: Why Iran's 1988 Prison Massacres are Ongoing Crimes Against Humanity

·         The Struggle to Save Indigenous Land in Malaysia

Asia Foundation

·         Fully Abled Nation: Making Elections More Inclusive

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         The State of Encounter Killings in India

Atlantic Council

·         The Kremlin's Trojan Horses 3.0

·         Latin America-China Trade and Investment Amid Global Tensions

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         From Dependency to Armed Neutrality: Future Options for Australian National Security

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Identity of a Nation

·         Introducing Integrated E-Government in Australia

·         The Strategist Selections 1

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Corporate Tax Policy

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East and North Africa

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Erdoğan: Ideological but not Suicidal

·         The Iranian Modus Operandi

·         Is War Looming in the Baltic Sea?

·         Israel Must Reevaluate Its Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity

·         Political Divisions in Germany Have Implications for the Middle East

·         The Russian-Israeli Crisis over Syria Lacks an Exit Strategy

·         Saudi Prince Leaves G20 Confident After Khashoggi Scandal

·         Sweden’s Ugly Ultraliberalism and the Jews

·         US Senate Resolution on Saudi Arabia Could Change Middle East Dynamics

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Governance of Highly Decentralized Nonstate Actors: the Case of Solar Geoengineering

·         No Exceptions: The Decision to Open All Military Positions to Women

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Coping with Protracted Displacement-How Afghans Secure Their Livelihood in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

Brennan Center for Justice

·         21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         How Much Does the UK Spend on Nuclear Weapons?

Brookings

·         Ending Gaza’s Perpetual Crisis: A New U.S. Approach

·         Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian Labor Market

·         Malevolent Soft Power, AI, and the Threat to Democracy

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         At a Distance but Far from Safe: Canada’s Lessons from the Warsaw Security Forum

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Uncertain Ground: Engaging With Europe’s De Facto States and Breakaway Territories

CATO Institute

·         The Lack of European Productivity Growth: Causes and Lessons for the United States

Center for a New American Security

·         Ending Gaza’s Perpetual Crisis: A New U.S. Approach

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         Unfinished Business: Why and How the U.S. Should Establish a Permanent Military Presence on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Center for Global Development

·         A Tool to Implement the Global Compact for Migration: Ten Key Steps for Building Global Skill Partnerships

·         U.S. Policy Responses to Zimbabwe’s Illusory Reforms

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 107: Economy-related Country Rankings

·         Long-distance Relationships: African Peacekeeping

·         The OSCE’s Military Pillar: The Swiss FSC Chairmanship

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         75 Years after the 1943 Agreements

·         The Article II Mandate: Forging a Stronger Economic Alliance between the United States and Japan

·         Competing in the Gray Zone  

·         How 5G Will Shape Innovation and Security

·         Maritime Security Dialogue: A Conversation with Hon. Richard V.Spencer, Secretary of the Navy

·         The Role of Italy in Global Economic Development

·         Women's Economic Empowerment and Women's Health Services

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Brexit and Services: How Deep Can the UK-EU Relationship Go?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Canada Needs Standards to Support Big Data Analytics

·         The Content of a WTO Climate Waiver

·         Four Internets: The Geopolitics of Digital Governance

·         Participation of Non-party Stakeholders under the UNFCCC: Options for Future Engagement

·         Toward an Effective Indigenous Knowledge Protection Regime: Case Study of South Africa

Chatham House

·         Online Counterterrorism: The Role of the Public and Private Sectors [video]

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Political Values in Europe-China Relations

·         Rising Tensions between the West and Russia

College of Europe

·         The Refugee Crisis and the EU’s Externalisation of Integrated Border Management to Libya and Turkey

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         Allied and Lethal: Islamic State Khorasan’s Network and Organizational Capacity in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Advancing Natural Gas Reform in Ukraine

·         A New Old Threat: Countering the Return of Chinese Industrial Cyber Espionage

Counter Extremism Project 

·         When Terrorists Come Home: The Need For Rehabilitating and Reintegrating  America’s Convicted Jihadist

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Analysing Climate Finance Coordination

Department of the Army

·         TRADOC Pam 525-3-1 The U.S. Army in Multidomain Operations 2028

East-West Center

·         Silicon Valley’s China Paradox

·         The United States Military Perspective on the Okinawan Gubernatorial Elections

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Education Interrupted: Enrollment, Attainment, and Dropout of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

·         Gender Discrimination in the Tunisian Labor Market: The Youth Crisis

·         Growth and Environmental Degradation in MENA Countries:Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence

·         Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty in Tunisia:Dual Cut-off Method and Fuzzy Sets Approach

·         Social Security Entitlement in Maghreb Countries: Who is Excluded?Who is not Interested?

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: From Revelation to Re-accession

·         An EU New Year’s Resolution: Keep Boosting the Single Market

·         From Strategy to Practice: Tough Issues Ahead for Plastics

·         The Sea of Azov Should Not Become a Russian Lake

European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC)

·         Political Values in Europe-China Relations

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         FATF report to G20 Leaders' Summit

·         The United Kingdom's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Europe’s Connectivity Strategy and the Challenge of China:Rivalry, Reciprocity, or Both?  

·         Tackling Democratic Vulnerabilities in the Post-truth Era:Domestic and International Responses

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         ABLE ARCHER at 35: Lessons of the 1983 War Scare

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Revealed: Emptying of the Iranian “Atomic Warehouse” at TurquzAbad

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

·         Digital Transformation of the Industry: The Franco-German Challenge

·         Rohingya: Can the Crisis be Resolved?

·         Will Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize the Art of War?

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

·         Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans: Options for the Interplay of Neighborly Relations and EU Accession up to 2025  

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Intelligence Support for EU Security Policy

·         Myanmar, the Rohingya Crisis, and Further EU Sanctions

·         New Realities in Foreign Affairs: Diplomacy in the 21st Century

·         Shadows over the European Elections

·         US Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Its Problems

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         For Europeans, Pompeo's Speech in Brussels Is a Missed Opportunity

·         Why the United States Needs a Cohesive NATO

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Lots of Assistance, Little Reform : Germany’s Security Sector Engagement with Fragile Countries

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         GAO-19-34 Fraud Risk Management: OMB Should Improve Guidelines and Working-Group Efforts to Support Agencies' Implementation of the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act

·         GAO-19-62 Central America: USAID Assists Migrants Returning to their Home Countries, but Effectiveness of Reintegration Efforts Remains to Be Determined

·         GAO-19-77 Human Trafficking: State and USAID Should Improve Their Monitoring of International Counter-trafficking Projects

·         GAO-19-93 2017 Disaster Contracting: Action Needed to Better Ensure More Effective Use and Management of Advance Contracts

·         GAO-19-114R Cybersecurity: Federal Agencies Met Legislative Requirements for Protecting Privacy When Sharing Threat Information

·         GAO-19-195R Military Retirement: Service Contributions Do Not Reflect Service Specific Estimated Costs and Full Effect of Proposed Legislation is Unknown

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2018, v. 11, no. 3

o    Going Global: The International Dimensions of U.S. Homeland Security Policy

o    Searching for Satisfaction: A Review of the Social Motivators of Seeking Extremist Group Membership

o    Engaging English Speaking Facebook Users in an Anti-ISIS Awareness Campaign

o    British and Lebanese Prisons: Are They Fertile Breeding Ground for Terrorism?

Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

·         China Leadership Monitor, Winter 2018, no. 58

o    Xi Jinping’s Dilemma: Back Down or Double Down?

o    A Setback or Boost for Xi Jinping’s Concentration of Power? Domination versus Resistance within the CCP Elite

o    Chinese Views on the State of Sino-U.S. Relations in 2018

o    Cracks in China’s Statist Consensus?

o    Social Protest Under Hard Authoritarianism

Households in Conflict Network

·         Do Fences Make Good Neighbors? Evidence from an Insurgency in India-

·         The Impact of Low-skill Refugees on Youth Education

·         The Onset, Spread, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Perspectives from Network Models

·         Stimulant or Depressant? Resource-related Income Shocks and Conflict

Hudson Institute

·         U.S.-Russian Relations, 1989-2019: Self-Awareness and History

Human Rights Watch

·         "It Should Not Happen": Alabama’s Failure to Prevent Cervical Cancer Death in the Black Belt

·         "Sink or Swim": Barriers for Children with Disabilities in the European School System

·         “We Used to Be Brothers”: Self-Defense Group Abuses in Central Mali

Institute for Economics & Peace

·         Global Terrorism Index 2018

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Xiong’an: A New Model of Digital Chinese Urbanism?

Institute for Security Studies

·         Damned to Desperation: The Gendered Nature of Disruptive Politics among South African Youth

·         Nobody Came to Ask Us: South Sudanese Refugee Perceptions of the Peace Process

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

·         Huawei and the New Thirty Years War

Institute for the Study of War

·         Syria Situation Report: November 8 - 29, 2018

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Digital Regulations and the Risk of a Securitized Internet

·         European Industrial Policies in Tunisia: A Bottom-up Assessment

·         India's Institutional Governance and the Energy Transition

·         Reshaping Ethiopia’s Higher Education Curriculum to Tackle Youth Unemployment

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         The Legacy of Post-Neoliberal Integration in South America: The Cases of ALBA and UNASUR

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Bangladesh’s Election: Exciting Times Ahead

·         Challenges for the New Government in the Maldives

·         Developments in Kazakhstan: Lessons for South Asia

·         The European Union’s New Strategy towards India

·         Reflections on the Partitions of India and Palestine after 70Years

·         The United States’ Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: Challenges for India and Japan

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Trends in Islamic State’s Online Propaganda: Shorter Longevity,Wider Dissemination of Content

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

·         Preparing for Cyber Conflict – Case Studies of Cyber Command

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Holy Mobilisation: The Religious Legitimation behind Iraq’s Counter-ISIS Campaign

International Crisis Group

·         Chad: Defusing Tensions in the Sahel

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         China's Bond Market and Global Financial Markets

·         Gulf Cooperation Council: How Developed and Inclusive are Financial Systems in the GCC?

·         Gulf Cooperation Council: Trade and Foreign Investment—Keys to Diversification and Growth in the GCC

·         Pouring Oil on Fire: Deductibility and Corporate Debt

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Hard to Reach: Providing Healthcare in Armed Conflict

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

·         Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in India and Pakistan through Remote Sensing Imagery

·         The Other Fissile Material: Strengthening National and International Plutonium Management Approaches          

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, November  20, 2018, v. 18, no. 17

o    World Bank Offers Timely, Dubious Praise for Belt and Road

o    Xinjiang's Re-Education and Securitization Campaign: Evidence from Domestic Security  Budgets

o    Quad Restrictions: Addressing PRC Investment Concerns in the Indo-Pacific

o    An Instant PLA: Just Add 3D Printing

o    The “Red Flag River” Project and Media Inflation of PRC Threats

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 3, 2018, v. 16, no. 23

o    Terror Threat Turns Inward on Central Asia

o    Islamic State’s Continued Presence and Footprint in Syria

o    The Islamic State in Libya: Operational Revival, Geographic Dispersal, and Changing Paradigms

Japan Ministry of Defense

·         Defense of Japan 2018

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         The Drivers of the Mexican-German Strategic Cooperation for a Global Energy Transition Policy

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         America vs the West

Marine Corps University Press

·         A New Conception of War : John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare

National Academies Press

·         Alternatives for the Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions

Mitchell Institute

·         Access, Control, Exploit: Defining Multi-Domain Operations

National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST)

·         NISTIR 8200 Interagency Report on the Status of International Cybersecurity Standardization for the Internet of Things (IoT)

National Science & Technology Council

·         Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education

National Security Archive

·         Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governors Island

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         Unfit for Cyber: Management Changes in Command & Control Structure

NATO Defense College

·         European Defence: What Impact for NATO?

·         Russia’s Arctic Papers: The Evolution of Strategic Thinking on the High North

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Government Responses to Malicious Use of Social Media

·         Industry Responses to the Malicious Use of Social Media

·         The Role of Communicators in Countering the Malicious Use of Social Media

New Zealand Ministry of Defence

·         The Climate Crisis: Defence Readiness and Responsibilities

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         How the New Cold War Travelled North (Part I) Norwegian and Russian Narratives

·         How the New Cold War Travelled North (Part II) Interaction between Norway and Russia

·         The Risks of Being an Ally

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Sustainable Security of Radioactive Sources in Central Asia

Office of Naval Research

·         Future Force: Naval Science and Technology, v.5, no. 3, 2018

o    What Will Artificial Intelligence Mean for Warfighters?

o    The Rapid Rise of Neural Networks for Defense: A Cautionary Tale

o    A New Methodology for Noncooperative Target Identification

o    From Virtual Schoolhouse to Tactical Environments: A Decade of Virtual Worlds

o    Navy ManTech Program Reduces Costs and Accelerates Development

o    The Best-Kept Secret in the Navy: Digital Sleuthing with Cyber Forensics

o    The Red Team: The Good "Bad" Guys

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         Climate Change Consensus and Skepticism: Mapping Climate Change Dialogue on Twitter and Facebook

Oxford Research Group

·         Climate Change, Populism and National Security

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute  (PKSOI)

·         Peace & Stability Journal, November 2018, v. 8, no. 3

o    Strategic Stability Seminar Key Findings

o    Public Order Management

o    State Building versus Nation Building

o    Why Institutionalize Homeland Civil-Military Cooperation

o    Western Sahara Conflict, MINURSO Option

o    Syrian Refugee Impact on European Heroin Crisis

o    The Challenges of UN Peacekeeping Operations

o    UN Peacekeeping: The Chicken or the Tiger

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Image of Putin, Russia Suffers Internationally: At Same Time,Russia Seen as Gaining Influence on World Stage

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News – and Mostly Still Through Television

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Brexit Model under the Proposed EU-UK Deal

·         The Introduction of Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: Member State Perspectives

·         NATO’s Stance in the INF Treaty Crisis

·         PESCO at 1: Perspectives for European Defence

·         A “Trillion Euro” Problem: Target 2 as a Risk for Germany

·         U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission Report Conclusions

Potomac Institute

·         Two Decades of Combating Terrorism: Tactical and Strategic Lessons

RAND

·         Building Partner-Nation Capacity Through the Defense Education Enhancement Program

·         China's Military Activities in the East China Sea: Implications for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force

·         Comprehensive Analysis of Strategic Force Generation Challenges in the Australian Army

·         Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States

·         Military and Civilian Pay Levels, Trends, and Recruit Quality

·         Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S.Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         Tomorrow's Wars: Insights From Our Four Alternative Futures

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         The 2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach

·         Online Extremism in Russia: Assessing Putin’s Move

·         The South China Sea Disputes: Makings of a New Cold War?

Small Wars Journal

·         The Definition of Advisor: Comprehending the Mission to Advise Foreign Security Forces

·         For U.S. Troops, Home For The Holidays Is Often Just A Wish

·         Foresight in Decision Making: Improving Intelligence Analysis with Probabilistic Forecasting

·         A Game as Old as Empire: The Return of Proxy Wars in Afghanistan

·         The Introspection and Rebuilding of al Qaeda

·         Is the OSS Contribution to Special Forces a Result of Disinformation?

·         Tickling the Dragon’s Tail: Instigating War with Imperial Japan to Fight Nazi Germany and its Strategic Implications

·         Why Russia's Seizure of Ukrainian Vessels Matters to the U.S.

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Global Perspectives: G20 Leaders Summit

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Nuclear Security in the Black Sea Region: Contested Spaces,National Capacities and Multinational Potential

·         The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies,2017

·         State Services in an Insecure Environment: Perceptions Among Civil Society in Mali

Sudd Institute

·         Fixing Governance is Key to Stability in South Sudan

·         Reforming Public Financial Management in South Sudan

·         Transitioning to Renewable Energy: An Analysis of Energy Situation in Juba, South Sudan

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

·         2018 TSA Cybersecurity Roadmap

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         Science Under Siege at the Department of the Interior

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Elusive Peace: Ending Sexual Violence during and after Conflict

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Burden of History in the Middle East Peace Process

·         The Challenges Facing Egypt’s Female Migrant Workers

·         Counter-Drone Capabilities in the Middle East and Beyond: A Primer

·         For a State, Palestinians Would Cede "Right of Return"—and More

·         How to Read Lebanon’s Acceptance of Russian Military Aid

·         In Egypt, One-Third Still Like the Muslim Brotherhood; Half Call U.S. Ties "Important"

·         Iran's Precision Missile Project Moves to Lebanon

·         The IRGC and Regional Conflict: Temperature Rising

·         Tunisia's Foreign Fighters

·         The UAE and Yemen’s Islah: A Coalition Coalesces

Wilson Center

·         Under Construction: Lebanon at Seventy-Five