Friday's Miscellany 03-29-2019

38 North

·         Beyond the Blame Game: Regional Implications of the Hanoi Summit

·         North Korea’s Denuclearization: Is There a Role for Europe?

American Enterprise Institute

·         US-China: Who is Bigger and When

Amnesty International

·         If They Can Have Her, Why Can’t We?

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), March 2019, v. 6, no. 3

o    Sexually transmitted infections, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010–2018

o    CE/CME: Vasectomy and vasectomy reversals, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000–2017

o    Brief report: Male infertility, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013–2017

o    Testosterone replacement therapy use among active component service men, 2017

Army Center of Military History

·         Army History Magazine, Spring 2019, no. 111

o    "Is That the End or Do We Go On?": The Battle of Kohima, 1994

o    The Deadliest Enemy: The U.S. Army and Influenza, 1918-1919

Atlantic Council

·         Disinformation in Democracies: Strengthening Digital Resilience in Latin America

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         China’s Gasoline Demand Growth: Is Recent Deceleration Near-Term Noise or Early Stages of a Structural Shift?

·         Shifting Politics of Oil in Latin America

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         A Half-empty Glass: Limits and Dilemmas of the EU’s Relations to the MENA Countries

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

·         Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping the Field and Addressing Policy Dilemmas at the Post-2011 Juncture

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Beyond Realpolitik: Israel’s Strategic Imperatives

·         Erdoğan’s Dangerous Ambitions Threaten India and Beyond

·         Hassan Rouhani’s Visit to Iraq

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

·         Israel’s Dilemma in Gaza

·         The Israeli-Egyptian Peace: 40 Years On

·         Security Is Not Enough

·         Turkey Plants Its Flag in Christchurch

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Searching for a Grand Strategy to Meet the China Challenge

Beyond Parallel

·         North Korea’s No. 17 Explosives Factory: No Significant Activity

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         A Call for Clarity and Compromise: The Perspective of State and Local Officials on the National Immigration Debate

·         Privacy-Preserved Data Sharing for Evidence-Based Policy Decisions

·         Tracking Federal Funding to Combat the Opioid Crisis

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         “All Day Waiting” – Causes of conflict in refugee shelters in Germany

·         Between aid dependence, neighbourhood solidarity and the EU-Jordan Compact. Livelihood analysis of Syrian refugees in Greater Amman

·         Breaking Cycles of Displacement  

·         The EU–Jordan Compact – A Model for Burden-Sharing in Refugee Crises?

·         Post-War Reintegration and Reconciliation: Learning from Sierra Leone

·         Uganda: A Role Model for Refugee Integration?

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Common but Differentiated Nuclear Responsibilities – Perspectives from Tokyo

·         Reporting on Nuclear Disarmament – Success and Failure in 25 years of Disarmament Diplomacy

Brookings Institute

·         Global Development Disrupted: Findings from a Survey of 93 Leaders

·         How Can Developing Countries Use Their Diaspora Capital?

·         Mexico’s Out-of-Control Criminal Market

Brown University Watson Institute Costs of War Project

·         War Spending and Lost Opportunities

Bruegel

·         How to Make Crowdfunding Work in Europe

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

·         Employment Situation of Veterans — 2018

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         President López Obrador: His First 100 Days

·         Ukrainian Elections 2019: Potential Implications for Relations with Russia

·         Unblocking the Bottlenecks and Making the Global Supply Chain Transparent: How Blockchain Technology Can Update Global Trade

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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

·         Control and Contain: Mauritania’s Clerics and the Strategy Against Violent Extremism

·         The Cyber Threat Landscape: Confronting Challenges to the Financial System

·         Egypt’s Political Exiles: Going Anywhere but Home

·         Localism, War, and the Fragmentation of Sunni Islam in Syria

·         Power Points Defining the Syria-Hezbollah Relationship

·         Religious Authority and the Politics of Islamic Endowments in Iraq

·         Stolen Dreams: How Corruption Negates Government Assistance toNigeria’s Small Businesses

·         Tunisia’s Political System: From Stagnation to Competition

CATO Institute

·         The Impact of Cannabis Access Laws on Opioid Prescribing

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The Influence of Commercial Space Capabilities on Deterrence

·         Maintaining America’s Coercive Economic Strength: Five Trends to Watch in U.S. Sanctions

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         Above Us Only Stars: Exposing GPS Spoofing in Russia and Syria   

Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

·         Our Boss Will Call Your Boss: An Investigation into the Events in Haiti on February 17th

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         How Should the West Respond to China's Approaching Troubles  

Center for Global Development

·         The Machines Are Not So Easy to Ride: Another Take on Automation

·         Midline Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase the Utilization of Financial Services by Women Business Owners in Rural Indonesia

Center for International Policy

·         U.S.-Mexico Asylum Policies

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         A Politically Neutral Hub for Basic AI Research

·         Russian Analytical Digest

o    No. 233: Russia’s Oligarchs

o    No. 234: Russian Think Tanks andForeign Policy-Making

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Origins and Enduring Value of the Transatlantic Alliance

·         Towards a Tier One Royal Air Force

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Access for What? Elevating Civilian Protection and Quality Access for Humanitarian Action in Syria

·         The Changing Role of Energy in the U.S. Economy

·         The Historic American Alliance with Europe

·         The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablers

·         Masterpiece Theater: Missed Opportunities for Missile Defense in the 2020 Budget

·         Nutrition + Prosperity [interactive]

·         Nutrition Policy Primer: The Untapped Path to Global Health, Economic Growth, and Human Security

·         Perspectives on Taiwan: Insights from the 2018 Taiwan-U.S. Policy Program

·         Putin’s Playbook: The Kremlin’s Use of Oligarchs, Money and Intelligence in 2016 and Beyond

·         Russian Meddling in the United States: The Historical Context of the Mueller Report

·         The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction:High-Risk List

·         U.S. Policy Toward North Korea After the Second Summit

Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

·         Studies in Intelligence, March 2019, v. 63, no. 1

o    Improving the Role of Intelligence in Counterproliferation Policymaking

o    Three Amateur Spies and the Intelligence Organization They Created in Occupied WWII Indochina

o    Following in Footsteps: The Transformation of Kenya’s Intelligence Services Since the Colonial Era

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Getting Real About the Green New Deal

·         The Green New Deal and Carbon Taxes Can Work Together

Center on International Cooperation

·         Justice for Women: Launch of the High-level Group Report

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

·         The Impact of the 2018 Trade War on U.S. Prices and Welfare

·         Tariffs and Politics: Evidence from Trump's Trade Wars

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The Cost of Brexit to December 2018: Towards Relative Decline?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Managing Urban Flood Risk: A Framework for Evaluating Alternative Policy Instruments

College of Europe

·         Enhancing ‘Enhanced Cooperation’: Constraints and Opportunities of an Inflexible Flexibility Clause

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for Department of Defense Science and Technology Program

·         Fiscal Year 2020 Priorities for Department of Defense Nuclear Priorities

·         Reserve Component Duty Status Reform

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Historic American Alliance with Europe

·         Looking Forward: U.S. – Africa Relations

·         Making Sanctions Effective: The Case of North Korea

·         Proposed Small Arms Transfers: Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy

·         The State Department’s Foreign Policy Strategy and FY20 Budget Request

·         Understanding Odebrecht: Lessons for Combating Corruption in the Americas

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         The Department of Homeland Security’s Family Separation Policy:Perspectives from the Border

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Examining the Constitutional Role of the Pardon Power

·         Lost Einsteins: Lack of Diversity in Patent Inventorship and the Impact on America’s Innovation Economy

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Improving Data Security at Consumer Reporting Agencies

Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

·         EPA’s IRIS Program: Reviewing its Progress and Roadblocks Ahead

·         Revitalizing American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investment in our Nation’s Airports Matters

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Cybersecurity Responsibilities of the Defense Industrial Base

·         Department of Energy’s Atomic Energy Defense Programs

·         Military Space Operations, Policy and Programs

·         Navy Shipbuilding Programs

·         Posture of the Department of the Army

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Our Blue Economy: Successes and Opportunities

·         Small Business Perspectives on a Federal Data Privacy Framework

·         The State of Airline Safety: Federal Oversight of Commercial Aviation

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy Toward North Korea After the Second Summit

Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

·         The Extreme Right on Facebook

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         How to have better discussions about gender, sexuality and safety in field research

·         Latin Americas Evolving Migration Crisis

·         Will the Defeat of IS lead to a New Iraq? Challenges Related to Security, Politics and the Economy

Department of Justice Attorney General

·         2019-03-25 Chairs Letter to AG Barr Regarding the Special Counsel Report

·         AG March 24 2019 Letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committees

Department of State

·         2019 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

o    Vol. I: Drug and Chemical Control

o    Vol. II: Money Laundering  

·         Report to Congress on Section 4 of the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 of P.L. 115-330

Department of State Inspector General

·         AUD-MERO-19-20 Audit of Humanitarian Assistance Cooperative Agreements Supporting  Internally Displaced Persons in

Department of the Army

·         Army Air and Missile Defense 2028

East-West Center

·         Japan Holds the Reins of the US-Japan Trade Talks

·         US-Japan Water Diplomacy in Southeast Asia

Egmont Institute

·         European Strategic Autonomy: Which Military Level of Ambition

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Algeria Country Analysis Brief - March 2019

Enough Project

·         Safeguards to Peace: Steps Toward Governance in South Sudan

European Commission

·         EU-China - A Strategic Outlook

European Institute of the Mediterranean

·         Global Power Shifts, Rational Choice and Role Conflict: Explaining the Trajectories of the Central Maghreb Countries’ EU Policies since 2011

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Can Peace Become Affordable?

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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

·         Norway's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Mounting Tensions in France-Italy Relations: Troubled Waters Between European Partners

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Requiem for Mosul

·         Ukraine’s Presidential Election and the Future of its Foreign Policy

French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs

·         EU Defence: The White Book Implementation Process

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Macron, the Yellow Vests and the National Debate

·         Sisi Regime in Egypt: Three Scenarios for its Development

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Fact Sheet: What We Know About Russia’s Interference Operations

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

·         Transatlantic Security Cooperation Toward 2020

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Do UN Communications Make a Difference for Human Rights Defenders?  The Effectiveness of Individual Casework on Human Rights Defenders: An Empirical Study of the UN Special Procedure Cases 2004-2015

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Chemical Assessments: Overview of EPA's Efforts to Produce Assessments GAO-19-454T [testimony]

·         Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights Limitations of Identity Theft Services GAO-19-230

·         Defense Acquisitions: Information on Workforce, Organizational Structure, and Budgeting for Selected Programs GAO-19-209

·         Defense Budget: Fiscal Year 2018 Obligations of Operation and Maintenance Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations GAO-19-333R

·         Defense Health Care: DOD's Proposed Plan for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education Programs GAO-19-338

·         Disaster Recovery: Better Monitoring of Block Grant Funds Is Needed GAO-19-232

·         Fiscal Exposures: Federal Insurance and Other Activities That Transfer Risk or Losses to the Government GAO-19-353

·         Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Management of Data Calls to Contractors GAO-19-286R

·         Space Acquisitions: DOD Faces Significant Challenges as it Seeks to Accelerate Space Programs and Address Threats GAO-19-458T [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         How Congress Can Improve the President’s 2020 Defense Budget Request

·         Rebuilding America’s Military: The United States Marine Corps

Households in Conflict Network

·         Can Jobs Programs Build Peace?

·         The Geography of Dictatorship and Support for Democracy

·         The Origins of Violence in Rwanda

Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board

·         Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board: Annual Report 2019

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         CDM and Mobile Security

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Five Ways to Improve Performance of Military Hospitals

·         Population Health during Combat Operations

·         National Guard Suicide Prevention Innovation Framework

·         Underwater Unexploded Ordnance Burial Prediction

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel) 

·         Egypt and Israel: From Peace between Leaders and Armies to Peace between Peoples

·         Is the IDF Ready for War?

·         A Strategic Framework for the Israeli-Palestinian Arena

·         The UN Secretary-General’s Periodic Report on Resolution 1701:Somewhat Revealing, Still Mostly Concealing

Institute for Security Studies

·         How the UNSC and ASP Can Enhance Cooperation with the ICC

·         Sudan and South Sudan: Violence Trajectories after Peace Agreements

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

·         The New Bloc: “The Middle Eastern Entente”

Institute for the Study of War

·         Russia in Review: March 15 - 26, 2019

·         Russia's Arctic Expansion

Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVAMF)

·         Enhancing Veteran's Access to STEM Education and Careers: A Labor Market Analysis of Veterans in the STEM Workforce

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         An Analysis of Discrepancies in Taxpayers’ VAT Declarations in Rwanda

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         China, India and the Crossroads of 21st Century Infrastructure Competition

·         The Expansion of Big Data Companies in the Financial Services Industry, and EU Regulation

·         A Half-Empty Glass: Limits and Dilemmas of the EU's Relations to the MENA Countries

·         The Rohingya Predicament

·         “Stabilising” the Middle East: A Historical Perspective

·         Struggling for a Sustainable Economy: Iran after the JCPOA

·         Sustainable Development in the MENA Region

·         Turkey's Local Elections: Why Do They Matter?

·         Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Japan in the Infrastructure Sector of Northeast India

·         National Budget Sri Lanka: A Budget to Empower People

·         New Dimensions to Malaysia-Pakistan Relations

·         Reversing 1979: Gulf Reforms and South Asia

·         Sabarimala: Controversy over Women’s Access to the Temple

·         Social Media and Critical Digital Literacy in India’s General Elections

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

·         Learning the Lessons of Terrorist Failure: The Dogs that Didn’t Bark in Scotland and Wales

International Crisis Group

·         After Iraqi Kurdistan’s Thwarted Independence Bid

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Anchor Me: The Benefits and Challenges of Fiscal Responsibility

·         Costs of Sovereign Defaults: Restructuring Strategies, Bank Distress and the Capital Inflow-Credit Channel

·         Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking

·         Fiscal Policy Multipliers in Small States

·         Gains from Anchoring Inflation Expectations: Evidence from the Taper Tantrum Shock

·         NAFTA to USMCA: What is Gained?

·         The Return of the Policy That Shall Not Be Named: Principles of Industrial Policy

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Happy Together? The Moscow-Ankara Axis

·         Infographic: The Turkish Economy in Numbers

·         Turkey: Navigating Troubled Waters

·         Ukraine Elections: Why Should the EU (and Italy) Care?

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 25, 2019, v. 17, no. 6

o    Asset or Victims: A Portrait of Women Within al-Shabaab

o    The Maldives Faces Dual Challenge of Terrorist Returnees and Extremist Hate Campaigns

o    The Return of al-Qaeda’s Faction in Nigeria: What’s Going on in Zamfara

Judicial Watch

·         Designation of Drug Cartels as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations”and a Reassessment of the Classification of the Mexican Government Under Trafficking of Victims Protection Act:Practical Solutions for a National Emergency  

o    Blog Note

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® 2019

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Indonesia’s Incredible Elections

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

·         Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Understanding the Practical Consequences of a Canada-China Free Trade Agreement

Manhattan Institute

·         How Stagnating Cities Can Prepare for the Future

·         The "New Energy Economy": An Exercise in Magical Thinking

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         EU It Yourself: A Blueprint for a European Security Council

Migration Policy Institute

·         Money Wise: Improving How EU Funds Support Migration and Integration Policy Objectives

National Defense University Press

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

NATO Defense College

·         Development Strategy of State Corporation Rosatom to 2030

·         General Gerasimov on the Vectors of the Development of Military Strategy

·         NATO’s Futures: the Atlantic Alliance between Power and Purpose

New America Foundation

·         New Ways to Bring Women Into and Up Through Cybersecurity Careers

Observer Research Foundation

·         China’s Military Modernization: Recent Trends

·         Special Report: The India and Africa Partnership for Sustainability

Oxford Research Group

·         After Baghouz: A Jihadi Archipelago

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Return of Economic Nationalism in Germany

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         A Sampling of Public Opinion in India

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

·         For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community Connection

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Majority Says Trump Has Done ‘Too Little’ to Distance Himself from White Nationalists

Policy Exchange

·         Endangering Constitutional Government

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         From the Classical to Empiricists: A Review of the Terms of Trade Controversy

Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

·         Shifting Global Politics and the Middle East

o    Shifting Theories and Shifting Alliances in the Middle East

o    In America’s Wake: Turbulence and Insecurity in the Middle East

o    Bringing the Global/Regional IR debates into the discussion about changes in global/regional structures of Middle East international relations

o    Great and Regional Powers in the Middle East: The Evolution of Role Conceptions

o    Poverty, inequality and the structural threat to the Arab region

o    Friends with Benefits: China’s Partnership Diplomacy in the Gulf

o    Is the Middle East the Transatlantic Achilles’ Heel?

o    European ‘Middle Powers’ and the Middle East in the age of Trump and Brexit

o    EU foreign policy in MENA: the pitfalls of depoliticization

o    The UN and the Arab Uprisings: Reflecting a Confused International Order

o    Insecurity, Identity Politics, and the Restructuring of the Middle East

o    Global and regional crises, empowered Gulf rivals, and the evolving paradigm of regional security

o    Structure, Agency and External Involvement in the Syria conflict

o    From State-Building to State-Fraying Permeability: NSAs in the Post-Popular Uprisings Arab World

o    Saudi Arabian military activism in Yemen: Interactions between the domestic and the systemic level

o    Alliances and Threats in the Middle East: Neoclassical Realism and the Balance of Interest

Rand

·         Improving Gender Diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard: Identifying Barriers to Female Retention

·         Officer Career Management: Steps Toward Modernization in the 2018and 2019 National Defense Authorization Acts

·         Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Resilience in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

·         The Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Retaining Versus Accessing AirForce Pilots

·         Targeted Interoperability: A New Imperative for Multinational Operations

·         Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies: Technical and Organizational Barriers and Future Threats

·         The United States and Europe Since World War II: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Missile Defence Conference 2019: Beyond Ballistic Missiles?Missile Defence in an Era of Great Power Competition

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         21st Century Military Modernisation: Its Challenges

·         A Comparative Study of Fishery and Environment Laws in the South China Sea: Utilizing Existing Laws to Promote Peace

·         Lethal Highs: Abuse of Novel Designer Drugs and Policy Interventions

·         US-China Trade War: Mixed Currency Fortunes?

Small Wars Journal

·         The Advent of the “Digital Mercenaries”

·         The Arab Revolt, 1916-18 - A Complex Desert Campaign

·         Army National Guard AMEDD Officer Talent Management

·         Blood and Power: The Militia-Corruption Nexus in Latin America

·         Don’t Cut Aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala

·         It Ain’t Over Til’ it’s Over - Key States Must Form and Implement a Rehabilitation Policy and Strategy for Third Party Refugees of the Islamic State - Now

·         The Monroe Doctrine in 21st Century Great Power Competition

·         The Myths of Traditional Warfare: How Our Peer and Near-Peer Adversaries Plan to Fight Using Irregular Warfare

·         National Guard Changes Logo Due to Failure of American Education System

·         On Leadership and Being a Role Model

·         Primer: Terrorist Usage of Twitter and Social Media

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR-19-25-HRL High-Risk List: Report highlights most serious threats to U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Pursuing Elusive Stability in the Sahel

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Air Power and Warfare: A Century of Theory and History

Swisspeace

·         Burkina Faso at Crossroads

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Bridging Neuroscience and Peacebuilding: A USIP Project Fact Sheet

·         The Current Situation in Iraq: A USIP Fact Sheet

·         How Peace Was Made: An Inside Account of Talks between the Afghan Government and Hezb-e Islami

·         Reaching a Durable Peace in Afghanistan and Iraq: Learning from Investments in Women’s Programming

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Algeria: What's Next for a Changing Country?

·         Assessing the Post–July 15 Turkish Military: Operations Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch

·         The Battle Against Extremism: Assessment and Prescriptions

·         The Center and the Right: Examining Israel's Realigned Politics

·         Iran’s Missile Defiance: Potential Threats to Europe, the Gulf,and Israel

·         The Most Important Speech of the Year in Iran: Hostile to the West, No Concessions at Home

·         The Role of Syrian Tribes: Betting on a Lost Cause

·         Russian Moves in the Gulf and Africa Have a Common Goal

·         The Second Step in Egypt-Israel Peace Is a Tall One

·         Tackling the Challenges of Child Marriage Among Syrian Refugees

·         A Turn Towards Idlib in Syria and the ‘Homogenization’ of a Country

White House

·         Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

Wilson Center

·         Kennan Cable No. 41: A Cyber Treaty With Russia

·         Timeline: the Rise, Spread and Fall of the Islamic State

World Economic Forum

·         Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2019