Friday's Miscellany 04-05-2019

38 North

·         Large-Scale Exercises on the Korean Peninsula: An Alternative View

·         North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Crane Seen at the Experimental Light Water Reactor

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

Action on Armed Violence

·         Drone Strikes and Suicide Attacks in Pakistan: An Analysis

Air University Press

·         A Better State of War: Surmounting the Ethical Cliff in Cyber Warfare

·         Downloading Deterrence: The Logic and Logistics of Coercive Deployment on US Strategy

·         Tough Tommy’s Space Force: General Thomas S. Power and the Air Force Space Program

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Moroccan-Saudi Rift: The Shattering of a Privileged Political Alliance

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Doubting Disbelievers: A New Approach to Measuring Religious Uncertainty

·         Policy Uncertainty, Financial Stability, and Stress Testing

Atlantic Council

·         Dealing with the Offshore Economy

·         Ecology Meets Geopolitics

·         NATO at Seventy: Filling NATO's Critical Defense-Capability Gaps

·         Transatlantic Air Power and What to Do Now

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Islam, Politics and a TX Controversy

·         Royal Religious Authority: Morocco’s “Commander of the Faithful"

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Chinese Pressure Tactics

·         The Deeper Meaning of China’s Base in Tajikistan

·         Handing Gaza to Abbas Will Solve Nothing

·         Israeli Attitudes Towards American Jews

·         Lessons from the Failed “Gaza Initiative” of 1949

·         Whitewashing Antisemitism

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         NATO at Seventy: An Alliance in Crisis

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Carbon Removal: Comparing Historical Federal Research Investments with the National Academies’ Recommended Future Funding Levels

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Creating Strong Rules for Drawing Maps

·         A Critical History of the U.S. Census & Citizenship Questions

·         Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, v.12

o    The Democracy Movement

o    Emergency Powers

o    Voting Rights

o    Ending Mass Incarceration

o    Election Integrity

o    Radial Justice

o    Constitutional Change

o    Partisan Gerrymandering

o    Rule of Law

o    The Mueller Investigation

Brookings

·         Is Sub-Saharan Africa Facing Another Systemic Sovereign Debt Crisis?

·         Trends in the Information Technology Sector

Bruegel

·         Promoting Sustainable and Inclusive Growth and Convergence in the European Union

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

·         Public Health and Safety at the Burning Man Event

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Funding Defence for the Age of Accelerations

·         President López Obrador: His First 100 Days

Carbon Black

·         Global Incident Response Threat Report

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Belt and Road Initiative: Views from Washington, Moscow, and Beijing

·         U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Congress Should Go Back to Fundamentals

CATO Institute

·         Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Intelligence Oversight Priorities for the 116th Congress

Center for Global Development

·         Can Transparency Lower Prices and Improve Access to Pharmaceuticals? It Depends

·         The Future of Global Health Procurement: Issues around Pricing Transparency

Center for International Policy

·         Trends in Major U.S. Arms Sales in 2018: The Trump Record -Rhetoric vs. Reality

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         EU-Islam Dialogue and Engagement. Five Challenges and Opportunities

·         The New-Old Elites and their Relations with the EU: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia 

·         Russia’s Arms Exports to the MENA Region: Trends and Drivers

·         Toward Understanding Violence and Revising Counter-Violence Policies in the Southern Mediterranean

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Nuclear Arms Control Without a Treaty? Risks and Options After New START

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Lessons of the War in Ukraine for Western Military Strategy

·         Unpacking Complexity in  the Ukraine Peace Process

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         An Air Force for an Era of Great Power Competition

·         Towards A Tier One Royal Air Force

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

·         The FY2020 Defense Budget Request and the Need for a Real"Strategy Driven" Budget

·         GPS Jamming in the Arctic Circle

·         Harnessing Multilateral Financing for Health Security Preparedness

·         The Impact of Rules of Origin on Supply Chains: USMCA’s Auto Rules as a Case Study

·         Independence Movements and Their Aftermath: Self-Determination and the Struggle for Success

·         Space Environment: Total Launches by Country

·         Space Threat Assessment 2019

·         Unusual Behavior in GEO: Olymp-K

·         Unusual Behavior in GEO: SJ-17

·         U.S. Foreign Exchange Policy—Currency Provisions and Trade Deals

Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress

·         CSPC National Security Space Program Report: Securing the Highest Ground

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Russian Digital Media and Information Ecosystem in Turkey

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Catch Me If You Can: The European Arrest Warrant and the End of Mutual Trust

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

·         Extradition Cases Signal Alarming Trust Issues in the EU

·         NATO at 70: Twilight Years or a New Dawn?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Leveraging the Digital Transformation for Development: A Global South Strategy for the Data-driven Economy

Chatham House

·         Russian Ground Forces Posture Towards the West

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Six Scenarios for Pro-Regime Militias in ‘Post-War’ Syria

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Examining the Role of the Commander in Sexual Assault

·         FY20 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Army and the Air Force

·         FY20 Priorities for National Security Space Programs

·         Mismanaged Military Family Housing Programs: What is the Recovery Plan?

·         Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Aviation and Ground Modernization

·         Reviewing DoD Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Lessons from Across the Nation: State and Local Action to Combat Climate Change

·         Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Impact of Rising Insulin Costs

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Assessing U.S. Policy Priorities in the Middle East

·         The Future of NATO: New Challenges and Opportunities

·         How Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Security

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Ensuring Effective and Efficient Operations: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2020 DHS Management Directorate Budget Request

·         Roundtable Briefing on the Science and Technology Directorate’s Use of the Small Business Innovation Research Program

·         Supporting a Fact-Based Approach to Preventing Terrorist Travel to the United States

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2019 High-Risk List

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Army Modernization

·         Missile Defense Policies and Programs

·         Posture of the Department of the Air Force

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Technology Committee

·         Federal Maritime Agencies: Ensuring a Safe, Secure, and Competitive Future

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         NATO at 70: A Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: By the Numbers

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2019 Budget and Economic Outlook

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Dangers of a No First Use Policy

·         Enhancing Deterrence with Supplemental Nuclear Capabilities

·         Importance of the Nuclear Triad

·         Need to Modernize Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems

·         Nuclear Modernization: Five Key Takeaways

·         Role of Nuclear Weapons

·         U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Claims and Responses

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-19-37 Additional Controls Needed to Better Manage FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program

Department of State

·         Department Press Briefing - April 2, 2019 - Update on the President’s Iran Strategy

East West Center

·         The Farming Sector and the Environmental Crisis in China

·         Opportunities and Challenges for US-Japan Collaboration on Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure

·         The United States and Japan Should Engage Southeast Asia through Science Diplomacy

Egmont Institute

·         Europe in a Multipolar Missile World – Why the EU and NATO Should not Try to Salvage the INF Treaty

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: Decoupling the Political Declaration

·         Designing the Next Extension – Conditional and Time-limited

·         Putting Industrial Policy at the Top of the Next Commission’s Priority List

·         Yes, We Should! EU Priorities for 2019-2024

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         The Recent Iranian Terrorist Plots in Europe

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Preventing the Re-Emergence of Chemical Weapons

·         The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund by the European Parliament and National Parliaments

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Cayman Islands Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Project Midan: Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran

French Institute of International Relations (Institut Français des Relations Internationales

·         Russia’s Militia Groups and their Use at Home and Abroad

German Development Institute

·         Potential of Blockchain Technology for Trade Integration of Developing Countries

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA

·         Venezuela: A Possible Way Out of the Crisis

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Complementarity, not Competition

·         Fearing Change in a Vital Institution

·         An Increasingly Serious Black Sea Player

·         NATO at 70: From Triumph to Tumult?

·         A Nervous Anniversary

·         A New Political Landscape Out of Turkey’s Municipal Elections

·         Security Matters to the Western Balkans

·         Seventy Years Old, Twenty Years Young

·         Still in the U.S. Enlightened Self-Interest  

·         Turkey’s Questionable Commitment to NATO

Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

·         Aviation Security: TSA Improved Covert Testing but Needs to Conduct More Risk-Informed Tests and Address Vulnerabilities GAO-19-374

·         Behavioral Health: Research on Health Care Costs of Untreated Conditions is Limited GAO-19-274

·         Border Security: U.S. Government Efforts to Strengthen Nonimmigrant Visa Security and Address High-Risk Air Travelers GAO-19-477T [testimony]

·         Combating Nuclear Terrorism: NRC Needs to Take Additional Actions to Ensure the Security of High-Risk Radioactive Material GAO-19-468

·         Foreign Asset Reporting: Actions Needed to Enhance Compliance Efforts, Eliminate Overlapping Requirements, and Mitigate Burdens on U.S. Persons Abroad GAO-19-180

·         High Risk: Important Progress Made, but More Work Needed to Strengthen DHS Management GAO-19-475T [testimony]

·         Scientific Integrity Policies: Additional Actions Could Strengthen Integrity of Federal Research GAO-19-265

·         Space Acquisitions: DOD Faces Significant Challenges as it Seeks to Address Threats and Accelerate Space Programs GAO-19-482T [testimony]

·         Veterans Affairs: Addressing IT Management Challenges Is Essential to Effectively Supporting the Department's Mission GAO-19-476T [testimony]  

Heritage Foundation

·         At 70th Anniversary, NATO Must Return to Basics

·         Congress Must Address Saudi Human Rights Issues Without Undermining U.S. Security

Hoover Institution

·         Strategika, no. 57: The Growth of Chinese Power and Influence

o    China Never Was A Superpower—And It Won’t Be One Anytime Soon

o    China’s Tide Is High, But Is It At High Tide?

o    From Trade War To Tech War To Cold War

Households in Conflict Network

·         Good Intentions Gone Bad? The Dodd-Frank Act and Conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Human Rights Watch

·         Venezuela’s Humanitarian Emergency: Large-Scale UN Response Needed to Address Health and Food Crises

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         An Analysis of Responses to Senator Warner’s Health Sector Cybersecurity Inquiries

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         At a Boiling Point? Growing Tensions over Ankara’s Determination to Acquire the S-400

·         From Daraa 2011 to Daraa 2019: The Survival of Assad’s Regime and the Challenges to Syria’s Stabilization

·         Israel’s Strategic Choice in Face of the Hamas Dilemma

·         Recognition by the US Administration of Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights: Political and Security Implications

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

Institute for Science and International Security

·         IAEA Visits Turquz-Abad: Too Little, Too Late? The IAEA Has Many More Sites to Inspect Associated with the Iranian Nuclear Archive

·         Project Midan: Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund By the European Parliament and National Parliaments

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

·         Economic Interdependence vs War with China

Institute for the Study of War

·         Opposition Gains May Offer False Hope in Erdogan’s Turkey

·         Syria Situation Report: March 19 - April 2, 2019

·         Russia in Review: March 26 - April 4, 2019

·         Russia's Long View on Ukraine's Elections

·         Warning Intelligence Update: The Wild Card That Could Derail U.S.Efforts in Afghanistan

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Pathways to Stronger Futures in Haiti: The Role of Graduation Programming in Promoting Early Childhood Development

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         The Art of the (Im)Possible: Sowing the Seeds for the EU’s Constructive Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa

·         An EU Unemployment Benefit Scheme to Relaunch the European Project

·         Engaging Civil Societies in Turkey and Europe

·         The Future of EU-Turkey Relations: A Dynamic Association Framework amidst Conflictual Cooperation

·         The Middle East: Thinking About and Beyond Security and Stability

·         Off Track. The EU's Re-engagement with the Western Balkans

·         Problematizing Effectiveness and Potential of EU Policies in the Mediterranean

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Australia and Sri Lanka Deepen Naval Cooperation

·         Elections in Andhra Pradesh – Issues and Possible Scenarios

International Crisis Group

·         Defusing the Crisis at Jerusalem’s Gate of Mercy

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Household Debt, Consumption, and Monetary Policy in Australia

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Incorporating Gender into UN Senior Leadership Training

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         How to Mitigate the Shock of Brexit to Financial Services in the EU

·         The Role of Russia in the Middle East and North Africa Region.Strategy or Opportunism?

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, April 5, 2019, v. 17, no. 7  

o    Peace Talks with Afghan Taliban and its Implications for Pakistan

o    Continued Fighting Between Islamic State and AQAP Complicates Security in al-Bayda

o    The Shifting Strategic Context in Libya and the ‘Haftar Dilemma’

KippsDeSanto

·         Aerospace / Defense  & Government Services  2019 M&A Survey- SPECIAL REPORT

Library of Congress Law Library

·         European Union: Collection of Personal Data of Hotel Guests

·         Israel: Law on Freezing Revenues Designated for Palestinian Authority

·         Israel: Legal Aspects of Ceding Israeli Territory

Migration Policy Institute  (MPI)

·         Mitigating the Effects of Trauma among Young Children of Immigrants and Refugees: The Role of Early Childhood Programs

Mitchell Institute

·         Updating the Laws of War for the 21st Century: Time to Reconsider, and Ban, Modern Nation-Killing Acts

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

·         Huawei, 5G, and China as a Security Threat

NATO Defense College

·         “NATO@70”: Still Adapting After All These Years

Naval War College

·         International Law Studies, v. 95  

o    Beyond Geneva: Detainee Review Processes in Non-International Armed Conflict—A U.S. Perspective

o    Medical Care in Urban Conflict

o    Humanitarian Logic and the Law of Siege: A Study of the Oxford Guidance on Relief Actions

·         Naval War College Review, Spring 2019, v. 72, no. 2

o    Surging Second Sea Force: China’s Maritime Law-Enforcement Forces, Capabilities, and Future in the Gray Zone and Beyond

o    U.S. Conventional Access Strategy: Denying China a Conventional First-Strike Capability

o    Wargame Business: Wargames in Military and Corporate Settings

o    Peacetime Naval Rearmament, 1933–39: Lessons for Today

o    Reflections on Reading

·         On Wargaming

·         Taiwan’s Offshore Islands, Pathway or Barrier?

New America

·         The “Consensual Straitjacket”: Four Decades of Women in Nuclear Security

·         Smart is Not Enough: How to Ensure the Technologies of the Future Don’t Break Our Cities (and Us with Them)

Observer Research Foundation

·         The India-Africa Partnership for Sustainability

·         Moving from Growth to Development: Financing Green Investment in India

·         Ratings for Renewable Energy: Metrics and Evaluation for Renewable Energy/Infrastructure Project Risk

·         Reducing Infectious Diseases in Children: Tracking India’s Progress and Outlining the Challenges

·         South-South Cooperation: India-Africa Partnerships in Food Security and Capacity-Building

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         Iranian Digital Interference in the Arab World

Park Advisors/Department of State

·         Weapons of Mass Distraction: Foreign State-Sponsored Disinformation in the Digital Age

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Low Inflation Bends the Phillips Curve

·         Opening Internet Monopolies to Competition with Data Sharing Mandates

·         Taking Stock of the Single Resolution Board

·         The Troubling Rise of Economic Nationalism in the European Union

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Remittance Flows Worldwide in 2017

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Growing Partisan Divide Over Fairness of the Nation’s Tax System

·         Large Majorities in Both Parties Say NATO Is Good for the U.S.

Policy Exchange

·         Days of Future Past? British Strategy and the Shaping of Indo-Pacific Security

RAND

·         Characteristics of Successful U.S. Military Interventions

·         Countering Violent Extremism in Australia and Abroad: A Framework for Characterising CVE Programs in Australia, the United States, and Europe

·         Development of a Knowledge Readiness Level Framework for Medical Research

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

·         Managing the Seriously Mentally Ill in Corrections

·         Why Do Women Leave the Coast Guard, and What Can Be Done to Encourage Them to Stay?

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

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

Secure World Foundation (SWF)

·         2019 Report on Global Counterspace Capabilities

Small Wars Journal

·         4 New Weapons for Urban Combat: Part 2 of 2

·         Assessment of the Impacts of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 on U.S.Efforts to Confront Iran

·         The Case Against Maneuver Warfare

·         Dumping Abraham Lincoln: Tactical Digital Intelligence Strategy Insights in Afghanistan

·         Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #41: Cártel Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) Logo and Symbols Identification

·         Mission Driven Entrepreneurs — Stanford Hacking for Defense v4.0

·         President Erdogan is a Threat to U.S. and NATO Security

·         Prototype Warfare in the Fourth Industrial Age

·         The Service Dogma Debate. Why is the U.S. Army Different?

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Bolsonaro and the BRICS: Bull in a China Shop?

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Crucial Role of the Military in the Venezuelan Crisis

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Grand Strategy is Attrition: The Logic of Integrating Various Forms of Power in Conflict

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Federal Criminal Prosecutions Drop Along Southwest Border

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Current Situation in Pakistan: A USIP Fact Sheet

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After the Islamic State, Renewed Urgency for Religious Reform

·         Bibi vs. Benny: A Conversation on the Eve of Israel’s Elections

·         Bouteflika Resigns: Next Steps in Uncharted Territory

·         A Renewed Maghreb Union Can Counter North Africa’s Imminent Threats

·         Yemen: Can Aid Alleviate Human Suffering?

World Bank

·         Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa : Uptake, Reliability,and Complementary Factors for Economic Impact