greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 03-15-2019

· Archive -Ambassador William J. Burns [an archive of nearly 100 newly declassified cables, memos, and emails from Ambassador Burns’s thirty-three-year career]

· Regional Cooperation on Democratization and Conflict Management in Africa

· Renewing U.S.Political Representation: Lessons From Europe and U.S History

CATO Institute

· The Impact ofCorporate Taxes on Firm Innovation: Evidence from the Corporate Tax Collection Reform in China

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

· China's Presencein the Middle East and Western Indian Ocean: Beyond Belt and Road

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

· Russian Analytical Digest, No. 232: Russia's Relations with the South Caucasus

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

· Strengthening the Defense of NATO’s Eastern Frontier

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· The Change We Need: Making Defense More Future Proof through Adaptable Systems

· Key Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: Are Collaborative Approaches Possible?

· Korea, the JCPOA,and the Shifting Military Balance in the Gulf

· The Kremlin Playbook 2

· Rebooting the Innovation Agenda

· Spaceports of the World

· War by Proxy:Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East

Center on Global Energy Policy

· Oil Price Volatility Weighs Heavily on Energy Investors

· Why the Energy Industry Needs Women

Centre for European Reform (CER)

· Europe without the UK: Liberated or Diminished?

Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

· Extremism Risk Assessment: A Directory

Chatham House

· Russia and Iran:Economic Influence in Syria

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

· Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request

· Ensuring Resiliency of Military Installations and Operations

· Fiscal Year 2020Budget Request for U.S. Cyber Command and Operations in Cyberspace

· National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activities in Europe

· Outside Perspectives on Military Personnel Policy

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

· Enhancing Vehicle Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving

· Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet

· Mismanaging Chemical Risks: EPA’s Failure to Protect Workers

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Hearing on H.R.1004, Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act

· NATO at 70: An Indispensable Alliance

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Improving the Federal Response: Perspectives on the State of Emergency Management

· Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Stakeholders Perspectives on Improving the CFATS Program

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

· History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

· The State of Competition in the Wireless Market: Examining the Impact of the Proposed Merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on Consumers, Workers, and the Internet

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

· Examining the Public Health Risks of Carcinogens in Consumer Products

· FOIA: Examining Transparency Under the Trump Administration

Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

· America in Space:Future Visions, Current Issues

· Engineering Our Way to a Sustainable Bioeconomy

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

· Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet 21st Century Needs

· Looking Forward: Aviation 2050

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

· Artificial Intelligence Initiatives within the Department of Defense

· Department of Defense Budget Posture

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

· The Impact of Broadband Investments in Rural America

· The New Space Race: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership on the Final Frontier

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

· A New Approach for an Era of U.S.-China Competition

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

· A Path to Sustainability: Recommendations from the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal Service

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· The Effect of Government Debt on Interest Rates

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

· Breaking the Cycle: Iraq Following the Military Defeat of Islamic State

· Can the SDGs in Low-Income Countries Be Financed? And Should We Care?

Department of Defense (DOD)

· FY 2020 Budget Rollout Brief

· DoD Budget Request Materials

· Directive-type Memorandum (DTM)-19-004 - Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG-19-25 Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Fiscal Year 2018 Detailed Accounting Submission for Drug Control Funds

· OIG-19-26 Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Fiscal Year 2018 Drug Control Performance Summary Report

· OIG-19-27 Review of U.S. Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year 2018 Drug Control Performance Summary Report

· OIG-19-28 ICE Faces Barriers in Timely Repatriation of Detained Aliens

· OIG-19-29 Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Fiscal Year 2018 Detailed Accounting Submission for Drug Control Funds

· OIG-19-30 Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Fiscal Year 2018 Drug Control Performance Summary Report

Department of State

· 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Department of the Navy

· Secretary of the Navy Cybersecurity Readiness Review

East-West Center

· Japan Matters for America/America Matters for Japan

· The Thailand-U.S.Defense Alliance in U.S.-Indo-Pacific Strategy

Egmont Institute

· Supranational Democracy Adrift? The 2019 Elections and the Future of Europe?

Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service

· International Security and Estonia 2019

European Council on Foreign Relations

· The Displacement Dilemma: Should Europe Help Syrian Refugees Return Home?

· From Myth to Reality: How to Understand Turkey’s role in the Western Balkans

European Leadership Network (ELN)

· NATO at 70:Alliance Readiness

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

European Policy Centre

· Turkey’s Municipal Elections: A New Chance For Democracy?

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

· Guidance and Gaps Analysis for European Standardization

· Towards a Framework for Policy Development in Cybersecurity - Security and Privacy Considerations in Autonomous Agents

European Union CT MORSE

· Countering Violent Extremism: Sector Indicator Guidance

· STRIVE for Development

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

· FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2019

o Saving One Overdose Victim at a Time

o Communication as a Function of Leadership

o Stuck in Autopilot?

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

· Consolidated Processes and Procedures for Mutual Evaluations and Follow-Up (Universal Procedures)

· FATF Methodology for Assessing Compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the Effectiveness of AML/CFT Systems

· Peru's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

· Procedures for the FATF Fourth Round of AML/CFT Mutual Evaluations

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· Five Generationsof Online Manipulation: The Evolution of Advanced Persistent Manipulators

· How TerroristGroups Learn: Implications for al-Qaeda

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

· Shaping the Global Governance of Renewables: A Comparative Institutional Analysis

· Tackling the Root Causes of Displacement: the German Discourse

· Will the EU Let Itself Be Bought ? Main Issues Related to the Adoption of a Framework for FDI Screening in the EU

Future Directions International

· Indian General Election 2019: Will Modi be Returned to Power?

German Development Institute

· What Do We Know About Post-conflict Transitional Justice from Academic Research: Key Insights for Practitioners

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

· Erdoğan’s Comprehensive Religious Policy

· India’s New Israel Policy

· Is Tunisia Really Democratising?

· The Link Between Healthcare and Energy Supply

· Tajikistan on the Road to Totalitarianism

German Marshal Fund of the United States

· Dialogues for Change 3.0: A U.S.-German Exchange for Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development

· The Rise of Tribal Politics: A Key to Understanding Turkish Politics

· Turkey in Syria After a U.S. Withdrawal: A Poisoned Chalice

Global ECCO

· Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), February2019, v. 9, no. 1

o Finland’s Special Operations Surgical Team in Action

o Coercion and Non-State Actors: Lessons from the Philippines

o The Localization Strategy: Strategic Sense for Special Operations Forces in Niger

o The Development of a Special Operations Command for Japan

o The Written Word

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Cybersecurity Workforce: Agencies Need to Accurately Categorize Positions to Effectively Identify Critical Staffing Needs GAO-19-144

· Defense Business Operations: DOD Should Take Steps to Fully Institutionalize the Chief Management Officer Position GAO-19-199

· Defense Space Systems: DOD Should Collect and Maintain Data on Its Space Acquisition Workforce GAO-19-240

· Defense Strategy: Revised Analytic Approach Needed to Support Force Structure Decision-Making GAO-19-385

· Department of Energy Contracting: Actions Needed to Strengthen Subcontract Oversight GAO-19-107

· Federal Ethics Programs: Government-wide Political Appointee Data and Some Ethics Oversight Procedures at Interior and SBA Could Be Improved GAO-19-249

· Foot-and-Mouth Disease: USDA's Efforts to Prepare for a Potential Outbreak Could Be Strengthened GAO-19-103

· High Risk: Progress Made but Continued Attention Needed to Address Management Weaknesses at Federal Agencies Serving Indian Tribes GAO-19-445T [testimony]

· Oil and Gas Development: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of the Inspection and Enforcement Program GAO-19-7

· Puerto Rico Hurricanes: Status of FEMA Funding, Oversight, and Recovery Challenges GAO-19-256

· Small Business Administration: Export Promotion Grant Program Should Better Ensure Compliance with Law and Help States Make Full Use of Funds GAO-19-276

· Small Business Administration: Export Promotion Grant Program Should Better Ensure Compliance with Law and Help States Make Full Use of Funds GAO-19-444T [testimony]

· Surface Transportation: Action Needed to Guide Implementation of Build America Bureau and Improve Application Process GAO-19-279

· Transit Workforce Development: Improved Strategic Planning Practices Could Enhance FTA Efforts GAO-19-290

· U.S. Ports of Entry: Update on CBP Public-Private Partnership Programs GAO-19-263R

Harvard Law School

· National Security Journal, 2019, v. 10, no.1

o Yemen: Is the U.S. Breaking the Law?

o The Return of Gunboat Diplomacy: How the West has Undermined the Ban on the Use of Force

o Uncertainty in the Law of Targeting: Towards a Cognitive Framework

o War Powers far from a Hot Battlefield: Checks and Balances on Presidential War-Making through Individual and Unit Self-Defense

o Fiduciary Duty, Honor, Country: Legislating a Theory of Agency into Strategic Civil-Military Relations

Homeland Security & Defense Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)

· HDIAC Journal, Spring 2019, v. 6, no. 1

o Leave Adversaries in the Dark BLOcKeR: Secure and Reliable Biometric Access Control

o Next-Generation Nerve Agent Antidotes

o Next-generation Semiconductor Perovskites for Detecting Nuclear Radiation from X and γ ray Sources

o Robot Peacekeepers: An Investigation of Cross-Cultural Trust

o Smart, Portable, Short-Range Radars for Human-Aware Sensing & Localization

o Multivalent, Virus-like Particle Vaccine and Reporter Virus Assay for Arboviruses

o Ketogenic Diet: Potential Benefits to Warfighter Health and Performance

Hudson Institute

· The Decline of Deterrence

Human Rights Watch

· “On the Margins”:Education for Children with Disabilities in Kazakhstan

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Securely Using Software Assurance (SwA) Tools in the Software Development Environment

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

· Rumblings in North Africa: What the Algerian Protests and Discontent in Neighboring Areas May Portend

· The Second Trump-Kim Summit: Outcome and Future Directions

· The Violent Events along the Gaza-Israel Border: The Report of the Commission of Inquiry of the Human Rights Council

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

· China’s Anti-Poverty Efforts: Problems and Progress

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

· Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Data and Information Security

Institute for the Study of War

· Disposition of Adversary & Friendly Forces in Eastern Syria: March 2019

· How We Got Here With Russia: The Kremlin's Worldview

· Russia Set to Gain Ground in Ukrainian Elections

· Turkey and Russia Prepared to Launch Joint Military Patrols in Syria’s Idlib

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

· APPI/SPREAD Collective Action for Nutrition Social Audit Programme Odisha, India: Final Evaluation Report

· How Local Authorities Can Exploit the Potential for Effective Property Taxes: A Case Study of Harare

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

· Italian Populists Scramble in Search of Allies for the European Election

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

· A Dichotomy of Values in Foreign Policy

· India and Peru FTA: Issues and Concerns

· India-Pakistan Standoff: What We Know, What We Do Not Know and What They Want Us to Know

· Indian General Elections Announced

· Parliamentary Elections and Challenges in the Maldives

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

· British Citizenship Revoked, Bangladeshi Citizenship Uncertain – What Next for Shamima Begum?

· Jihadist‘Responsibility to Protect’ Appeals: Propaganda Wars for the Moral High Ground

International Crisis Group

· Salvaging South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Deal

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

· A Ghost Drifting in the Mediterranean: its Bank

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

· South African General Elections 2019

Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights (LDHRIGHTS)

· "The Soul has Died" : Typology, Patterns, Prelalance and the Devastating Impact of Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Syrian Detention

Lowy Institute for International Relations

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

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

· Laying the Groundwork: How Polices Adopted After the Great Financial Crisis are Threatening the Global Economy

· Uncertainty and Confusion in Canada’s Natural Resource Development

Martens Centre for European Studies

· The Empire Strikes Back: Brexit, History and the Decline of Global Britain

· Reducing Irregular Migration Flows through EU External Action

Middle East Institute (MEI)

· The Unsustainability of ISIS Detentions in Syria

National Defense University Press

· El Salvador's Recognition of the People's Republic of China: A Regional Context

National Security Archive

· How the StrategicAir Command Would Go to Nuclear War

NATO Defense College

· Preparing for“NATO-mation”: The Atlantic Alliance Toward the Age of Artificial Intelligence

· Vostok 2018: Ten Years of Russian Strategic Exercises and Warfare Preparation

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

· Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

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

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

· Political Independents: Who They Are, What They Think

Policy Exchange

· The Irish Backstop: Nothing Has Changed? It Has Actually

Rand

· Countering China's Efforts to Isolate Taiwan Diplomatically in Latin America and the Caribbean:The Role of Development Assistance and Disaster Relief

· Developing a National Recruiting Difficulty Index

· Military Compensation to Support Retention, Performance, and Talent Management [testimony]

· The Neurological Effects of Repeated Exposure to Military Occupational Blast: Implications for Prevention and Health: Proceedings, Findings, and Expert Recommendations from the Seventh Department of Defense State-of-the-Science Meeting

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

· 5th Generation Electronic Warfare

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

· How East Africa’s Terrorists Build Their Brand Strength

· Is Space the New Cyber? UK Dependencies and Vulnerabilities

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

· “A Competitive Development Bazaar?”: ASEAN Dialogue Partners’ Policies and Their Implications for the Mekong Subregion

· Interreligious Relations (IRR) Issue 3 – Islam and Secularism in Singapore: Between Embracement and Belief

· Resource Sharing and Joint Development in the South China Sea: Exploring Avenues of Cooperation

Small Wars Journal

· 2 New Weapons for Drone Warfare – Part 1 of 2

· Achieving Effective Leadership

· Elites, Violence,and the Crisis of Governance in Latin America

· It’s Sun Tzu’s Time in the Barrel

· Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 27: Confronting the State—Explosive Artifacts, Threats,Huachicoleros, and Cartel Competition in Guanajuato, MX

· Competition: The Struggle for Cooperation

· Pursuing a Strategy for Yesterday’s War

· “Refugees and Climate Change: A Cause for Hope?”

o Part V: Conclusion and Reflection

o IV: Climate Change, Refugees, and National Security

o III: Climate Displacement and Economic Policy

o Part II: Case Studies

o Part I:Introduction to a Five-Part Series

· When Steady State is Anything But: Aligning Sustainment Posture for a Dynamic Theater of Operations

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

· SIGAR-19-22-SP Afghan National Defense and Security Forces Facilities: Action Needed to Address Confiscation of Contractor-Owned Property and Contractor Mistreatment

Stimson Center

· A Snapshot of North Korea’s Supply Chain Coal Activity

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

· Bio Plus X: Arms Control and the Convergence of Biology and Emerging Technologies

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

· White Collar Prosecutions Hit All-Time Low in January 2019

UN Environment Programme

· Global Linkages: A Graphic Look at the Changing Arctic

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Applying the Lessons of the Arab Spring to Today’s Protest Movements: A Call for Political Reform

· Illegal Migration of Algerian Youths: A Haunting Problem

· The New Palestinian Prime Minister Will Face Steep Internal Challenges