Monday, March 4, 2019

Friday's Miscellany 02-22-2019 & 03-01-2019


38 North

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)
·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2019, v. 13, no. 1 
o    China’s Competitive Strategy:  An Interview with Robert O. Work
o    Pessimism and Nostalgia in the Second Nuclear Age
o    Conventional Arms Transfers and US Economic Security
o    The Changing Dynamics of Twenty-First-Century Space Power
o    Horizontal Escalation: An Asymmetric Approach to Russian Aggression?
o    Deterring Terrorists Abroad: The Implausibility of Indirect Deterrence

Air University
·         Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2019, v. 33, no. 1 
o    What Do People Want from Work? The Simple Question that Can Transform Unit Engagement and Retention
o    Small Unmanned Aerial Systems and Tactical Air Control
o    Twenty-First Century Deterrence in the Space War-Fighting Domain: Not Your Father's Century, Deterrence, or Domain
o    Joint Mission Control: From Component to Joint Leadership of All-Domain Missions
o    Everyone Gets a Vote: 360 Assessments and the Human Factors System
o    Counter and Cooperate: How Space Can Be Used to Advance US--China Cooperation While Curbing Beijing's Terrestrial Excesses
o    An Economic Approach to Deterrence

Al Jazeera Center for Studies
·         Energy Geopolitics in 2019 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), February 2019, v. 6, no. 2 
o    Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces, 2018
o    Re-evaluation of the MSMR case definition for incident cases of malaria
o    Update: Incidence of glaucoma diagnoses, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013–2017
o    Outbreak of acute respiratory illness associated with adenovirus type 4 at the U.S. Naval Academy, 2016

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Asia Pacific Group (ASP) on Money Laundering

Atlantic Council
·         The Putin Exodus 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
·         Will Russia Return to Europe? 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Beyond the Parallel

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

Brennan Center for Justice

Brookings Institute
·         Germany: Baffled Hegemon 

Bruegel
·         Greening Monetary Policy 

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)
·         Trump and Kim: Round 2 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

CATO Institute

Center for Global Development

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Significant Cyber Incidents [updated February 2019]  

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies
·         Perspectives on Terrorism, February 2019,  v. 13, no. 1
o    The Islamic State After the Caliphate Ideological Infighting in the Islamic State
o    The Islamic State’s Way of War in Iraq and Syria: From its Origins to the Post Caliphate Era
o    Who are the ISIS People?
o    From Directorate of Intelligence to Directorate of Everything: The Islamic State’s Emergent Amni-Media Nexus
o    Making Sense of Jihadi Stratcom: The Case of the Islamic State
o    Not Gonna Be Able To Do It: al-Qaeda in Tunisia’s Inability to Take Advantage of the Islamic State’s Setbacks
o    The Failing Islamic State Within the Failed State of Yemen
o    The Islamic State’s Provinces on the Periphery: Juxtaposing the Pledges from Boko Haram in Nigeria and Abu Sayyaf and Maute Group in the Philippines
o    Understanding Muslims’ Support for Suicide Bombing in West Africa: A Replication Study
o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 14 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
o    Bibliography: Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect, Peacekeeping
o    Bibliography: Genocide (since 1980) Part 2
o    475 Academic Theses (Ph.D. and MA) on Countering Violence Extremism (CVE), Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) and Terrorism Prevention
o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

Center on Global Energy Policy

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·         Refugee Voices

Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)
·         Performance and Coping under Stress in Security Settings (Workshop Report)

Chatham House

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations
·         Strategic Monitor 2018 - 2019

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
·         CTC Sentinel, February 2019, v. 12, no. 2
o    A Hollow Victory over the Islamic State in Syria? The High Risk of Jihadi Revival in Deir ez-Zor’s Euphrates River Valley
o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Shaun Greenough, Case Strategy and Mentor Supervisor, The Unity Initiative
o    Profit-Minded Suppliers: Convergence of IED Facilitation and WMD Proliferation Networks for Non-State Actors
o    The ELN’s Attack on the National Police Academy in Bogotá and Its Implications

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
·         Transgender Service Policy

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee
·         The Future of ARPA-E

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
·         Nuclear Policy and Posture

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
·         China's Impact on the U.S. Education System [staff report]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DODIG)
·         United States Space Force
o    SPD-4 Space Force Directive- Establishment of the United States Space Force

Department of State
·         Report of the Visa Office 2018

Department of the Army
·         FM 3-13.4 Army Support to Military Deception

Department of the Navy
·         NAVSEA  2.0 Campaign Plan Expand the Advantage

Dialogue

East-West Center

Economic Research Forum

Egmont Institute

European Institute of the Mediterranean

European Leadership Network (ELN)

European Policy Centre (EPC)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)
·         Towards a German Sonderweg?

Freedom House
·         2019 Freedom in the World

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

Future Directions International

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)

George Washington University Program on Extremism

German Development Institute

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)
·         After the Katowice Climate Summit 

German Marshall Fund of the United States 

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         Advance Care Planning: Selected States' Efforts to Educate and Address Access Challenges GAO-19-231
·         China: Agreements Establishing Confucius Institutes at U.S. Universities Are Similar, but Institute Operations Vary GAO-19-278
·         China: Observations on Confucius Institutes in the United States and U.S. Universities in China GAO-19-401T [testimony]
·         Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure: Applying Leading Practices Could Help Better Manage Project Backlogs of at Least $2.6 Billion GAO-19-8
·         Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: DHS Implementation of U.S. Immigration Laws GAO-19-376T [testimony]
·         Contingent Workforce: BLS is Reassessing Measurement of Nontraditional Workers GAO-19-273R
·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress and Challenges in DHS's Management of Its Chemical Facility Security Program GAO-19-402T [testimony]
·         Defense Contracting: Enhanced Information Needed on Contractor Workplace Safety GAO-19-235
·         Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Determine the Required Size and Readiness of Operational Medical and Dental Forces GAO-19-206
·         Department of Energy: Performance Evaluations Could Better Assess Management and Operating Contractor Costs GAO-19-5
·         Department of Homeland Security: Review of the Fiscal Year 2017 Entry/Exit Overstay Report GAO-19-298R
·         Export Controls: State and Commerce Should Share Watch List Information If Proposed Rules to Transfer Firearms Are Finalized GAO-19-307
·         Financial Services Industry: Representation of Minorities and Women in Management and Practices to Promote Diversity, 2007-2015 GAO-19-398T [testimony]
·         Security Assistance: U.S. Agencies Should Establish a Mechanism to Assess Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Progress GAO-19-201
·         Superfund: EPA Should Improve the Reliability of Data on National Priorities List Sites Affecting Indian Tribes GAO-19-123
·         U.S. Virgin Islands Recovery: Status of FEMA Public Assistance Funding and Implementation GAO-19-253
·         Veterans Health Administration: Greater Focus on Credentialing Needed to Prevent Disqualified Providers from Delivering Patient Care GAO-19-6
·         Weapon System Sustainment: DOD Needs to Better Capture and Report Software Sustainment Costs GAO-19-173

Henley Putnam University
·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2019, v. 11, no. 4
o    Intervening in and Preventing Somali-American Radicalization with Counter Narratives: Testing the Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Videos in American Somali Focus Group Settings
o    Categorizing Security for Security Management and Information Resource Management
o    Shifting Policies in Conflict Arenas: A Cosine Similarity and Text Mining Analysis of Turkey’s Syria Policy, 2012-2016
o    An Unfulfilled Promise: The Genocide Convention and the Obligation of Prevention

Heritage Foundation

Households in Conflict Network

Human Rights Watch

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel) 

Institute for Science & International Security

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

Institute for Security Studies

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

Institute for the Study of War
·         Syria Situation Report: February 7 - 20, 2019

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
·         The Political Rollercoaster of Italian-French Relations

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

International Crisis Group

International Juvenile Justice Observatory (OIJJ)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Peace Institute (IPI)

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Joint Chiefs of Staff
·         Joint Pub 4-0, Joint Logistics, 04 February 2019

Middle East Institute (MEI)
·         Yemen: The 60-year War

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
·         NIDS Journal of Defense and Security No.19
o    Vietnam's Security Cooperation with the United States: Historical Background, Present and Future Outlook
o    U.S. Initiative for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)
o    China-India Relationship and Nuclear Deterrence
o    Defense Equipment and Technology Cooperation and Intellectual Property Strategy

National Security Archive

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
·         Robotrolling 2019/1 

New America Foundation

Observer Research Foundation

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute  (PKSOI)

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

Project 2049 Institute

RAND

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre
·         AFDN 1-19 Air-Space Integration

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Second Line of Defense
·         The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: The Challenges for Germany (Requires registration)

Small Wars Journal

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
·         Intelligence Report, Spring 2019, no. 166 
o    Rage Against Change  [annual Year in Hate and Extremism report]

Spearhead Research

Stimson Center

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse  (TRAC)

UK Parliament House of Commons

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

UN Human Rights Council

UN University - Centre for Policy Research  (UNU - CPR)

US Central Command (CENTCOM)
·         Unipath, 2019, v. 9, special ed.
o    The Heroic Defense of Baiji
o    Securing Baghdad
o    A Courageous Stand
o    Weakening the Enemy with Words
o    Psychological Warfare
o    Repairing the Damage
o    Senior Leader Profile [Iraqi Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool Abdullah Alzubaidi)

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

White House

Wilson Center
·         China-Venezuela Economic Relations: Hedging Venezuelan Bets with Chinese Characteristics
·         Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2019
o    The New Landscape in Space [theme]
o    Why the Moon? Why Mars? For Earth
o    The Battlefield 22,000 Miles above Earth
o    ISS, Inc: Is the Space Station Business Ready for Liftoff?
o    The Rocket Woman and the Smallsat Invasion
o    The Spacesuit-Time Continuum

World Bank

World Economic Forum