Friday's Miscellany 03-22-2019

38 North

·         Building Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula: Whither the US-South Korean Alliance?

·         The Hanoi Summit: A Blessing in Disguise but What Now? A View from Seoul

·         Learning from Hanoi: Where Do We Go from Here?

·         Summit Lessons and Hanoi: A Road to Redemption or Perdition?

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Kabul Unpacked: A Geographical Guide to a Metropolis In The Making

Africa Center for Strategic Studies 

·         Implications for Africa from China’s One Belt One Road Strategy

·         The Maghreb’s Fragile Edges

·         Trends in African Maritime Security

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Turbulent Skies: An AEI Study on the US Air Force’s Contribution to International Competition

Amnesty International

·         Somalia: The Hidden US War in Somalia; Civilian Casualties from Air Strikes in Lower Shabelle

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Opportunities and Challenges for South Korea in the New Era of 5G

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Australia’s Second Sea: Facing Our Multipolar Future in the Indian Ocean

·         Examining the Green New Deal

·         Jemaah Islamiyah: An Uncertain Future

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Aftermath of the Arab Spring

·         Resolving the 'Worm Wars'

·         Safety in Crude Oil Transportation

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Economic Perspectives on Recommunalization in the Energy Sector

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The Antisemitism Crisis in the Democratic Party

·         The EU Cannot Fight Antisemitism Effectively

·         How Trump Should Counter Putin in Ukraine and Venezuela

·         Iran and North Korea Highlight Pitfalls of Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Strategy

·         In Mideast Protests, Ultras Are Down but Not Out

·         Should America’s Asian Allies Adjust Their Security Policy?

·         The US Does Not Lose Much by Withdrawing from Afghanistan

Brennan Center for Justice

·         A Procurement Guide for Better Election Cybersecurity

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Collision Avoidance: Lessons From U.S. and  Russian Operations in Syria

·         Regional Cooperation on Democratization and Conflict Management in Africa

CATO Institute

·         Reducing Moral Hazard at the Expense of Market Discipline: The Effectiveness of Double Liability before and during the Great Depression

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Contested Spaces: A Renewed Approach to Southeast Asia

Center for Global Development

·         Gavi 5.0: Five Challenges and Five Ideas for Reform

·         Gavi From the Country Perspective: Assessing Key Challenges to Effective Partnership 

·         Gavi’s Approach to Health Systems Strengthening: Reforms for Enhanced Effectiveness and Relevance in the 2021–2025 Strategy

·         Gavi’s Role in Market Shaping and Procurement: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations for an Evolving Approach

·         The Limits (And Human Costs) of Population Policy: Fertility Decline and Sex Selection in China under Mao

·         New Gavi Modalities for a Changing World

·         Vaccine Introduction and Coverage in Gavi-Supported Countries2015-2018: Implications for Gavi 5.0

·         Why “Leapfrogging” in Frontier Markets Isn’t Working

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Army Modernization: Priorities to get to the Army of 2028

·         Cross-Border Trade and Corruption along the Haiti-Dominican Republic Border

·         Indian State Priorities for Health Innovation Partnerships

·         Report Roll-Out: Illicit Trade and the Haiti-Dominican Republic Border

·         Schieffer Series: China's Rise

·         Strategic National Security Space: FY 2020 Budget and Policy Forum

·         Wheat and Taxes and Brexit, Oh My!

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Transatlantic Sanctions Policy : From the 1982 Soviet Gas Pipeline Episode to Today

China Institute of International Studies

·         Indian State Priorities for Health Innovation Partnerships

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, March 2019, v. 12, no. 3

o    Hezbollah’s Procurement Channels: Leveraging Criminal Networks and Partnering with Iran

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Vayl S. Oxford, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

o    Military Interventions, Jihadi Networks, and Terrorist Entrepreneurs: How the Islamic State Terror Wave Rose So High in Europe

o    The Islamic State’s Revitalization in Libya and its Post-2016 War of Attrition

o    AQIM Pleads for Relevance in Algeria

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing Conducted by the House Committee on the Budget on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019to 2029

·         Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations: Fiscal Year2019

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Local and Globalist Foreign Fighters

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Department of Defense Fact Sheet on Section 2808 Funding Pool [related to the border wall national emergency]  

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Secretary Nielsen Remarks on the State of Homeland Security: As Prepared for Delivery

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-19-32 Management Alert – FEMA Did Not Safeguard Disaster Survivors’ Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (REDACTED)

Department of Justice Inspector General

·         19-18 Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Management of Maritime Terrorism Threats [redacted]

o    Press Release

o    Video

Department of State

·         2019 Hong Kong Policy Act Report

Department of the Navy

·         Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2020

Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General

·         #19-06452-97 Forever GI Bill: Early Implementation Challenges

East-West Center

·         Asia Matters for America/America Matters for Asia

Egmont Institute

·         The EU Global Strategy 2020

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Case Against a Long Extension of Article 50

·         New Proposal for Amending the Political Declaration On Britain's Future in Europe 

·         Responding to Cyberattacks: Prospects for the EU Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox

·         Three Years After the Brussels Attacks: No Quick Fix to Counter Terrorism and Radicalisation

EUROPOL

·         Cyber-Telecom Crime Report 2019

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2018 Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Beyond the Hanoi Summit

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         Disarmament Diplomacy: Motivations and Objectives of the Main Actors in Nuclear Disarmament

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

·         Beyond Putin: Russia’s Generations Y and Z

·         The ‘Conservative Turn’ in Indonesian Islam: Implications for the 2019 Presidential Elections

·         The Future of Urban Warfare in the Age of Megacities

Future Directions International

·         The US-Vietnam Economic Relationship: Why Beijing Is Watching

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

·         Hypersonic Weapon Systems Will Decrease Global Strategic Stability– and Current Control Regimes Won’t Do

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Disinformation and Elections to the European Parliament

·         European Strategic Autonomy

·         NATO Should Adapt to a New Mediterranean Security Environment

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Europe and the Liberal Order

·         Financial Transparency and National Security: The Perils of Opaque Foreign Investment

·         A Health Check to Reset the EU’s China Policy

·         Is the Middle East the Transatlantic Achilles’ Heel?

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Dialogue on Organized Crime and Development

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Ambulance: Available Data Show Privately-Insured Patients Are at Financial Risk GAO-19-292

·         Border Security: DHS Should Improve the Quality of Unlawful Border Entry Information and Other Metric Reporting GAO-19-30

·         Data Act: OMB Needs to Formalize Data Governance for Reporting Federal Spending GAO-19-284

·         DNA Evidence: DOJ Should Improve Performance Measurement and Properly Design Controls for Nationwide Grant Program GAO-19-216

·         DOD Space Acquisitions: Including Users Early and Often in Software Development Could Benefit Programs GAO-19-136

·         Homeland Security: Research & Development Coordination Has Improved, but Additional Actions Needed to Track and Evaluate Projects GAO-19-210

·         International Air Alliances: Greater Transparency Needed on DOT's Efforts to Monitor the Effects of Antitrust Immunity GAO-19-237

·         Student and Exchange Visitor Program: DHS Can Take Additional Steps to Manage Fraud Risks Related to School Recertification and Program Oversight GAO-19-297

·         UN Peacekeeping Operations: State Should Take Additional Steps to Work with the UN to Improve Effectiveness and Performance Information GAO-19-224

·         U.S. Currency: Financial Benefit of Switching to a $1 Coin Is Unlikely, but Changing Coin Metal Content Could Result in Cost Savings GAO-19-300

Households in Conflict Network

·         Agricultural Abandonment and Re-cultivation During and After the Chechen Wars in the Northern Caucasus

·         The Effect of Parental Job Loss on Child School Dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories

·         Violent Repression as a Commitment Problem: Urbanization, Food Shortages, and Civilian Killings under Authoritarian Regimes

Human Rights Watch

·         “Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go”: Trafficking of Kachin“Brides” from Myanmar to China

·         “A Really High Hurdle”: Japan’s Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process

·         “We Found Their Bodies Later That Day”: Atrocities by Armed Islamists and Security Forces in Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         India’s Tryst with 5G

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Closing Capability Gaps in Army Tactical Power Management

Institute for Economics & Peace

·         SDG16 in the Pacific

·         SDG16+ Progress Report 2019

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Is the PLO Still the “Sole Representative of the Palestinian People”?

·         Israel’s Exhausted Strategy of Deterrence vis-à-vis Hamas

·         The Netanyahu-Putin Meeting: What was Agreed, and What are Russia's Intentions?

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Russian Challenges from Now into the Next Generation: A Geostrategic Primer

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Anti-Ahok To Anti-Jokowi: Islamist Influence on Indonesia’s 2019 Election Campaign

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Repositioning the AU’s Role in Counter-terrorism Operations

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

·         An Israeli Sunscreen Policy Towards China?

·         The Limits of India’s ‘Soft Power’ in Afghanistan

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Russia in Review: March 1 - March 18, 2019

·         Syria Situation Report: March 6 - 19, 2019

·         Turkey Brief: January 23 - March 18, 2019

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Beyond the Religious/Secular Binary Trap: Keeping the Focus on Gender Equality

·         How Social Protection Programmes Can Improve Early Childhood Development

·         Toilets Not Taxes: Gender Inequity in Dar es Salaam’s City Markets

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Europe and the Future Combat Air System

·         Iran's Islamic Revolution at 40: On the Way to a Post-Revolutionary Society

·         On Speaking Terms: Europe-Iran Dialogue on Regional Flashpoints

·         Rome-Beijing: Changing the Game

·         Turkey's Evolving Response to Migration Management: Facts and Policy Steps

·         Water and Food Security Strategies in the MENA Region

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) 

·         Attaining Entitlement: Women Farmers and Land Rights

·         Can Minimum Income Schemes and Loan Waivers help Farmers in India?

·         A Dichotomy of Values in Foreign Policy

·         India and Peru FTA: Issues and Concerns

·         India’s Race For The Security Council: Will She Reach The Finishing Line?

·         Parliamentary Elections and Challenges in the Maldives

·         Politicisation of Data Under the Modi Regime

·         Reversing 1979: Gulf Refborms and South Asia

·         Understanding India’s Reluctance at the WTO E-commerce Talks

·         Why Alliances Could Matter in India’s General Election

·         Why India ost US GSP Benefits

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Destination Jihad: Italy’s Foreign Fighters

International Crisis Group

·         The Best of Bad Options for Syria’s Idlib

·         Bridging the Gap in the Nile Waters Dispute

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Attaining Selected Sustainable Development Goals in Guatemala:Spending, Provision, and Financing Needs

·         Digging Deeper--Evidence on the Effects of Macroprudential Policies from a New Database

·         The Structural Determinants of the Labor Share in Europe

·         Unemployment Surges in the EU: The Role of Risk Premium Shocks

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Al-Qaeda's Strategy in the Yemeni War

·         Yemen Has a Migrant Crisis Too

·         Yemen's Impact on the Horn of Africa

·         Yemen’s Transnational War Legacies

·         Yemen’s War Legacy: A Peninsular Perspective

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 22, 2019, v. 19, no. 6

o    Economic Themes from the National People’s Congress Illustrate CCP Concerns for Social Stability

o    “Stability Maintenance” Gets a Major Boost at the National People’s Congress

o    China’s New Foreign Investment Law: Quick Passage after a Long Wait

o    China’s Policy Towards a Venezuela in Crisis

o    Strategic Strong Points and Chinese Naval Strategy

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·         Special Warfare, October-December 2018, v. 31, no.4   

o    Civil Affairs: The First 100

o    Civil Affairs Transformation Training

o    Megacities and Dense Urban Areas

o    U.S. Army Civil Affairs Timeline

o    Shaping Authority in the Human Domain

o    Civil Affairs Force of the Future

o    Bridging the Technical Capabilities Gap: CA Warrant Officers

Lowy Institute

·         ‘New’ Malaysia: Four Key Challenges in the Near Term

Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

·         Immigrant-Origin Adults without Postsecondary Credentials: A50-State Profile

MITRE

·         DevSecOps-Security and Test Automation Briefing

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Spring 2019, v. 19, no. 2

o    Russian Military and Security Privatization: Implications for Canada

o    Enabling Organizational Resilience through Communication and Information Systems Design

o    Women Serving in the Canadian Armed Forces: Strengthening Military Capabilities and Operational Effectiveness

o    For Canada’s Sake

o    Intent upon Destruction: German Strategy at Verdun, 1916

o    The Rise of the Drones: Technological Development of Miniaturised Weapons and the Challenges for the Royal Canadian Navy

o    Panzermeyer Attacks! Allied Artillery and the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade versus the 25th SS-PGR Kampfgruppe during the D+1 Advance upon Carpiquet Airfield

o    The Auditor General on Fighters ~ Parliamentarians on Search and Rescue

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         NIJ Journal Issue, January 2019, No. 280

o    Body-Worn Cameras: What the Evidence Tells Us

o    Body Armor: Protecting Our Nation’s Officers From Ballistic Threats

o    Improving Officer Safety on the Roadways

o    Research in the Ranks: Empowering Law Enforcement to Drive Their Own Scientific Inquiry

o    Using Officer-Driven Research to Meet Policing Challenges

o    New Approaches to Digital Evidence Acquisition and Analysis

o    Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Criminal Justice Needs

NATO Defense College

·         NATO at 70: Modernising for the Future

·         NATO’s Coming Existential Challenge

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Check against delivery: “Brexit, Ireland and Europe at 27”

Observer Research Foundation

·         Drug trafficking and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

·         The Role Of Public-Private Partnerships in Innovation for Development: Lessons from Africa

·         Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Cities: The Case of Kolkata

Pak Institute For Peace Studies (PIPS)

·         Pakistan’s Sectarian Mire & The Way Forward

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Around the World, More Say Immigrants Are a Strength Than a Burden

·         Europeans Credit EU With Promoting Peace and Prosperity, but Say Brussels Is Out of Touch With Its Citizens

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Political Independents: Who They Are, What They Think

RAND

·         Assessing the Need for and Uses of Sequences of Interest Databases: A Report on the Proceedings of a Two-Day Workshop

·         Database of Literature on Disaster Surveys

·         The Evolving Israel-China Relationship

·         Oversight of Emerging Science and Technology: Learning from Past and Present Efforts Around the World

·         Roberta Wohlstetter Forum on National Security Game Changers in 21st Century Warfare

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Expanding the Capability of Financial Information-Sharing Partnerships

·         Organising a Government for Cyber: The Creation of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Bloodbath in Christchurch: The Rise of Far-Right Terrorism

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), March 2019, v. 11, no. 3

o    Buddhist Extremism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar: An Examination

o    Leadership Decapitation and the Impact on Terrorist Groups

o    Denmark’s De-Radicalisation Programme for Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters

·         Malaysia’s Changing Federal-State Relations – Kelantan & the PH Government

·         Indonesian Presidential Election 2019 – West Java: Tough Fight in Key Battleground

·         Kazakhstan: End of an Era?

·         The Right of Privacy: Death By a Thousand Data Cuts?

·         Singapore’s ’30 by 30’ Strategy: Can Food Self-Production Be Achieved?

·         Why Balancing Towards China is not Effective: Understanding BRI’s Strategic Role

Small Wars Journal

·         Calibrating Civil Affairs Forces for Lethality in Large Scale Combat Operations

·         Electronic Warfare for the Fourth Generation Practitioner

·         Government and Academic Vulnerability to Jihad of the Pen and Tongue

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #40: Cártel Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL)Tunnels in Guanajuato Highlights Tactical Considerations in Underground Operations

·         An Overview of Islamic Fundamentalism: A Primer for Understanding Extremist Islam

·         A Path to Resilience & Virtue: A SWJ Book Review of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson

·         A Strategic Imperative: Empowerment

·         There and Back Again*: US-Cambodian History and Current US Policy Challenges on the Indochinese Peninsula

·         A Vietnam War Misconception

Stimson Center

·         International Disaster Response: Rebuilding the Quad? Views from the Next Generation

·         Nuclear Cybersecurity: Risks and Remedies

Strategic Studies Institute

·         The Army Role in Achieving Deterrence in Cyberspace

·         Deterring Russia in the Gray Zone

Swisspeace

·         The Ties That Bind: Peace Negotiations, Credible Commitment and Constitutional Reform

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Newly Arriving Families Not Main Reason for Immigration Court's Growing Backlog

·         Seeing Justice Done: The Impact of the Judge on Sentencing

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         An Emerging China-Russia Axis? Implications for the United States in an Era of Strategic Competition [hearing]

US Coast Guard (USCG)

·         2019 State of the United States Coast Guard "With Our People" Admiral Karl Schultz

o    News Release

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Fatemiyoun Army: Reintegration into Afghan Society

·         Measuring Peace and Violent Extremism

·         Violent Extremism and Community Policing in Tanzania

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Iraq's Kurds Weigh Their Options, Balancing the United States and Iran

·         Understanding Egypt’s Limited Involvement in the Campaign Against Iran

·         What Arab Monarchies Should Take Away from their Neighbors’ Instability

·         Why Turkey’s Local Elections Matter

Wilson Center

·         Bill C-69: Too Far, Too Fast? Or Nowhere At All?

·         The Juggling Act of Caregiving: Balancing Career, Health, and Gender Roles

World Economic Forum

·         Improving Infrastructure Financing in Brazil