Friday's Miscellany 05-03-2019

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·         The Jian-Manpho Bridge: Another Failed Attempt at Economic Integration or One More Nail in the Coffin of “Maximum Pressure”?

·         Not To Lose Any Chance for Denuclearization…Try a 3+1 Formula

·         The Putin and Kim Rendezvous in Vladivostok: A Drive-By Summit

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Assessing Attitudes of the Next Generation of African Security Sector Professionals

AidData

·         Building Bridges or Breaking Bonds? The Belt and Road Initiative and Foreign Aid Competition

·         Closing the Broken Feedback Loop: Can Responsive Aid Strengthen State Legitimacy?

·         Does Development Aid Address Political Exclusion? A Disaggregated Study of the Location of Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

Army University Press

·         Operational Art and the Campaigns for Mobile, 1864–65

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         "Cyborgs at Little Stalingrad": A Brief History of the Battles of the Donetsk Airport, 26 May 2014 to 21 January 2015

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Australia's Pacific Pivot

·         Chinese Influence in the Pacific Islands

·         The End of Chimerica: The Passing of Global Economic Consensus and The Rise Of US-China Strategic Technological Competition

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Dispute Settlement under the USMCA

·         Preventing Houston Flooding

·         Trump's Venezuela Policy Failing?

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Peacebuilding: Colombia as an international Mirror

·         Rethinking the Ecosystem of International City Networks: Challenges and Opportunities

·         Where Next with Promoting Policy Coherence Under the 2030 Agenda?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         China and the Sudan Coup

·         The Eastern Mediterranean and the EU Parliamentary Election

·         Iran Must Demonize Its Enemies to Justify Itself

·         German Intelligence Issues Taboo-Breaking Report on Muslim Antisemitism

·         The Low Birth Rate Is South Korea’s Greatest Strategic Threat

·         Sometimes Might Makes Right: Saving International Organizations from Themselves

·         Turkey and the EU: A Doomed Engagement

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         The Iran Nuclear Archive: Impressions and Implications

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Fixing the FEC: An Agenda for Reform

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Nuclear Responsibilities in an Interconnected World

·         Stepping Stones to Disarmament – Making Progress in a Polarised International

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Updating an ODA Policy in Canada: The Role of Global Remittances in Development

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Refocus the European Union: Planet, Lifetime, Technology

·         Stabilizing Northeast Nigeria After Boko Haram

·         The Shifting Foundations of Political Islam in Algeria

CATO Institute

·         How Much of a Barrier to Entry Is Occupational Licensing?

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Economic Dominance, Financial Technology, and the Future of U.S.Economic Coercion

·         Solving the Syrian Rubik’s Cube: An Instruction Guide for Leveraging Syria’s Fragmentation to Achieve U.S. Policy Objectives

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         Illicit Influence: Part Two The Energy Weapon

Center for Global Development

·         Aggregating Demand for Pharmaceuticals is Appealing, but Pooling Is Not a Panacea

·         Downsizing Defense in Development: Unpacking DOD’s Development Assistance

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         Climate Security in the Sahel and the Mediterranean: Local and Regional Responses

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Systems Thinking and Wargamming

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Donbas Conflict: Opposing Interests and Narratives, Difficult Peace Process

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 235: Caspian Sea

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Beyond the Ballot: How the Kremlin Works to Undermine the U.S.Justice System

·         Financial Sector Cybersecurity Requirements in the Asia-PacificRegion

·         How Web-Connected is China?

·         The Implications of U.S. Policy Stagnation toward the ArcticRegion

·         The Metrics of Daesh and the Ongoing Challenge of Extremism

·         A Preliminary Assessment of Argentina’s Accession to the OECD

·         Pursuing Effective and Conflict-Aware Stabilization: Partnering for Success

·         Russia’s Attacks on Democratic Justice Systems

·         Shifting Currents in the Arctic Perspectives from Three ArcticLittoral States

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, April 2019,  v. 13, no. 2

o    A “Lunatic Fringe”? The Persistence of Right Wing Extremism in Australia

o    Mapping Transnational Extremist Networks: An Exploratory Study of the Soldiers of Odin’s Facebook Network, Using Integrated Social Network Analysis

o    The Hand that Feeds the Salafist: an Exploration of the Financial Independence of 131 Dutch Jihadi Travellers

o    The Terrorism Recidivism Study (TRS): Examining Recidivism Rates for Post 9/11 Offenders

o    The mid-February 2019 Pulwama attack in Kashmir: an Indian Perspective

o    The mid-February 2019 Pulwama attack in Kashmir: a Pakistani Perspective

o    Seeing Political Violence through Different Lenses

o    Bibliography: Terrorism and the Media (including the Internet) (Part 4)

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 40 Books on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects

o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subject

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Toward a Real Green Belt and Road

·         The U.S. Drive to End Iranian Oil Exports: Expectations, Risks and Outcomes

Center on International Cooperation (CIC)

·         Driving Transformative Change: Foreign Affairs and the 2030 Agenda

·         Justice for All: Report of the Task Force on Justice

·         Unpacking Prevention: Member State Perspectives

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         You Never Listen to Me: The European-Saudi Relationship after Khashoggi

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Innovative Global Governance for Internally Displaced Persons

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         70 Years of NATO

·         Brexit Means … European Parliament Elections?

·         The Campaign for the European Elections in France

·         European Parliamentary Elections in Hungary

·         Libya. When Haftar Obliterates Years of Diplomacy

College of Europe

·         The Populist-Nationalist Rebellion: Challenge to TransatlanticDemocracy

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of the Air Force Acquisition and Modernization Programs in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization President’s  Budget Request

·         Department of the Army Modernization Programs

·         Feres Doctrine - A Policy in Need of Reform?

·         Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for Military Construction, Energy, and Environmental Programs

·         National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in Northand South America

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liabilityand Growing

·         The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Countering a Resurgent Russia

·         Examining the Global Terrorism Landscape

·         Kosovo’s Wartime Victims: The Quest for Justice

·         UN Peacekeeping Operations in Africa

Congress. House. Homeland Security Affairs Committee

·         The Impacts of Trump Policies on Border Communities

·         Resourcing DHS’ Cybersecurity and Innovation Missions: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the Cybersecurity and InfrastructureSecurity Agency and the Science and Technology Directorate

·         Trouble at the Top: Are Vacancies at the Department of Homeland Security Undermining the Mission?

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Equal Rights Amendment

Congress. House. Oversight and Reform Committee

·         Climate Change, Part II: The Public Health Effects

·         Protecting the Right to Vote: Best and Worst Practices

Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

·         Closing the Loop: Emerging Technologies in Plastics Recycling

·         How the Domestic Nuclear Industry Boosts Local Economies, Curbs Emissions, and Strengthens National Security

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Programs, and Strategy

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework

·         Strengthening the Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Humanitarian Impact of Eight Years of War in Syria

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Direct and Indirect Costs to the Federal Government fromManagement of Federal Lands

·         Oversight of Federal Infrastructure Permitting and FAST-41

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2019 to 2029

·         Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System

·         Updated Budget Projections: 2019 to 2029

Council of State Government Justice Center

·         Police-Mental Health Collaborations A Framework for ImplementingEffective Law Enforcement Responses for People Who Have Mental Health Needs  

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Gulf State Rivalries in the Horn of Africa: Time for a Red SeaPolicy?

·         Trolls in Your Feed: Russian Disinformation

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2019 Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic ofChina

·         Actions to Address and Prevent Sexual Assault in the Military

·         Annual Report on Civilian Casualties in Connection With UnitedStates Military Operations

·         Initial Plan for Reforming the Business Operations of the Department of Defense for Efficiency and Effectiveness

·         Sexual Assault Accountability and Investigation Task Force

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         National Critical Functions Resources

East West Center

·         The U.S.-Japan Alliance and ASEAN-Centric Security Institutions:Vietnam's Perspective

·         Understanding Russia’s Strategic Engagement with the Indo-Asia-Pacific

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

·         High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse and the Bulk Power System:Potential Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Mainstreaming Innovation Funding in the EU Budget

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2018

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         The Brain Drain from Russia: The Kremlinʼs Double-Edged Sword

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         America Has A White Nationalist Terrorism Problem. What Should WeDo?

·         The European Legacy of the Brexit Referendum: A Positive Impact on the EU

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

·         The European Battery Alliance is Moving up a Gear  

·         Strategic Dimensions of the Energy Transition: Challenges and Responses for France, Germany and the European Union

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Extortion in Central America: A Criminal Culture

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army Corps of Engineers: Consideration of Project Costs and Benefits in Using Natural Coastal Infrastructure and Associated Challenges GAO-19-319

·         Army Modernization: Army Should Take Steps to Reduce Risk GAO-19-502T [testimony]

·         Cloud Computing: Agencies Have Increased Usage and Realized Benefits, but Cost and Savings Data Need to Be Better Tracked GAO-19-58

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses in TSA's Pipeline Security Program Management GAO-19-542T [testimony]

·         Defense Acquisitions: Observations on the F-35 and Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System GAO-19-456T [testimony]

·         Department of Homeland Security: Continued Leadership Is Critical to Addressing a Range of Management Challenges GAO-19-544T [testimony]

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Action Needed to Improve Reliability and Prepare for Modernization Efforts GAO-19-341

·         Federal Workforce: Key Talent Management Strategies for Agencies to Better Meet Their Missions GAO-19-181

·         Information Technology: Effective Practices Have Improved Agencies' FITARA Implementation GAO-19-131

·         Military Depots: Actions Needed to Improve Poor Conditions of Facilities and Equipment That Affect Maintenance Timeliness and Efficiency GAO-19-242

·         Retirement Savings: Additional Data and Analysis Could Provide Insight into Early Withdrawals GAO-19-179

Hoover Institution

·         Modern Monetary Theory: Cautionary Tales from Latin America

Households in Conflict Network

·         The Local Impact of Armed Conflict on Children’s Nutrition and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Chad

Human Rights Watch

·         China’s Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         A Policymaker’s Guide to Blockchain

·         The Way Forward for Intellectual Property Internationally

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Assessment of the Utility of a Government Strategic Investment Fund for Space

·         Chemistry in Space (Presentation)

·         Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research (ITCR) Case Study Report

·         SMART Program Bolsters Quality of STEM Talent in Defense CivilianWorkforce

·         STPI Report Assesses NASA Human Mission to Mars

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         The Attacks in Sri Lanka and Trends in Salafi Jihadist Activity

·         The Economic Crisis in the Palestinian Authority: Time for a Strategic Alert

·         What is Victory?

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         The Ongoing Problem of Pro-ISIS Cells in Indonesia

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 112

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         American Muslim Poll 2019: Predicting and Preventing Islamophobia

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Flawed U.S. Approach to Afghanistan

·         ISIS Reasserts Global Reach for Ramadan 2019

·         Russia in Review: Moldova's Elections

·         Syria Situation Report: April 13 - 30, 2019

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Shaping the Political Order of the Middle East: Crisis and Opportunity

·         The "Yellow-Green" Government's Foreign Policy

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Changing Narrative of India’s General Elections

·         India and the South Pacific

International Crisis Group

·         Addressing the Rise of Libya’s Madkhali-Salafis

·         Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: How to Get to Talks?

·         Council of Despair? The Fragmentation of UN Diplomacy

·         Post-Bouteflika Algeria: Growing Protests, Signs of Repression

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Enabling Deep Negative Rates to Fight Recessions: A Guide

·         Fiscal Policies for Paris Climate Strategies—from Principle to Practice

·         Firm Size, Life Cycle Dynamics and Growth Constraints: Evidence from Mexico

·         Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates

·         Globalization, Market Power, and the Natural Interest Rate

·         The Great Divide: Regional Inequality and Fiscal Policy

·         Is Technology Widening the Gender Gap? Automation and the Future of Female Employment

·         Taming Financial Development to Reduce Crises

·         The Turning Tide: How Vulnerable are Asian Corporates?

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Guatemala’s Achilles’ Heel: The 2030 Agenda and the Fight against Corruption

·         Stuck in Crisis: The Humanitarian Response to Sudan’s Health Emergency

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Middle Eastern States in the Horn of Africa: Security Interactions and Power Projection

·         Russia and China: Anatomy of a Partnership

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         NPT Briefing Book 2019

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Support to Resistance: Strategic Purpose and Effectiveness

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         China's Tech-Giants: Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent

·         Vietnam Quarterly Macroeconomic Report: Quarter I - 2019

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Australian Election 2019: Where the Parties Stand

Middle East Institute

·         Jihadists' Code of Conduct in the Era of ISIS

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Preparing for the Unknown: Designing Effective Predeparture Orientation for Resettling Refugees

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

·         Indicators of  School Crime and Safety: 2018

National Police Foundation

·         Building and Managing a Successful Public Safety UAS Program:Practical Guidance and Lessons Learned from the Early Adopters

National Security Archive

·         The Battle of the Letters, 1963: John F. Kennedy, David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol, and the U.S. Inspections of Dimona

·         “The Candle Is Not Worth the Flame”: Was FISA's Section 215 Worth it? Or Even Effective?

·         Preparing for Computer Network Operations: USCYBERCOM Documents Trace Path to Operational Cyber Force

NATO Defense College

·         NATO at 70: Enter the Technological Age

Naval War College

·         International Law Studies, v. 95 [issue 1, no. 4]

o    Indeterminacy in the Law of Armed Conflict

New America Foundation

·         Closing the Evidence Gap: Doing More of What Works in HigherEducation

·         Phase Zero: China’s Natural Security

Observer Research Foundation

·         Beyond the Poll rhetoric of BJP’s Contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill

·         A Decade of Aadhaar: Lessons in Implementing a Foundational ID System

·         India and the Global Geoeconomics of Climate Change: Gains from Cooperation?

·         ISIS’s New Target: South Asia

·         Pitfalls in Making Assumptions about Chinese PLA’s Military-Political Behavior

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Use of National Security Authorities - Calendar Year 2018

·         Third Release of Declassified Tet Offensive Documents

Oxford Research Group

·         Tipping to Rebellion: Action and Reaction on Climate Science

Policy Exchange

·         Islamophobia – Crippling Counter Terrorism

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The Fiasco of Political Banking: Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank Abandon their Merger Plans

·         The Limits of a Protest Party’s Success: Challenges for Alternative for Germany

·         The Role of Defence Cooperation in Hungary’s Relations with the U.S.

RAND

·         2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes: Description and Top-Line Summary Data

·         Aligning Incentives in the Transportation Working Capital Fund: Cost Recovery While Retaining Readiness in Military Transportation

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Belt and Road Forum 2019: BRI 2.0 In The Making?

·         The Easter Sunday Attacks: Struggle for the Soul of Sri Lankan Muslims

·         Japanese Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia

·         Multilateral Matters – May 2019

Small Wars Journal

·         Angry Engineer

·         Are Terrorists "Abnormal?" - Reflections on the Psychopathology of Normalcy

·         An Assessment of the Small Wars Manual as an Implementation Model for Strategic Influence in Contemporary and Future Warfare

·         IRGC (Sepah) and Hezbollah Strategic Note No. 1: Ex-IRGC General Details Iranian Influence in Bosnian War and Early Ties to al-Qaeda

·         Is it Time for an Insurgency in Venezuela?

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 16: MS-13 Suspected in Car Bombing that Injures Two Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) in Soyapango, ElSalvador

·         SWJ Primer: Chinese Cyber Espionage and Information Warfare

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 15: Primeiro Comando da Massachusetts (PCM) Emerges in Massachusetts

·         Thoughts on Making Peace in Afghanistan

·         US Accelerates Abandonment of Afghan People

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Bridging the Divide: Integrating SADC’s Capital Markets

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 19-36-IP Kang Border Patrol Headquarters: Construction Generally Met Contract Requirements, but Deficiencies Exist, and the $5.2 Million Project Has Not Been Used or Maintained

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk 

·         Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2018

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Command Decision: Ethical Leadership in the Information Environment

Sudd Institute

·         Protection of Rights of Older Persons in South Sudan: Towards Enactment of Legislative Framework

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

·         2019 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom  Annual Report

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China’s Role in North Korea Nuclear and Peace Negotiations

·         The Current Situation in Afghanistan: A USIP Fact Sheet

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Inside the Trump Administration's Middle East Peace Effort: A Conversation With Jared Kushner

·         Khamenei’s Breaking Point: How to Get Iran Back to the Negotiating Table

·         Making Sense of Iraq's PMF Arrests

White House

·         Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce

Wilson Center

·         Geopolitical Implications of a New Era on the Korean Peninsula

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

World Bank

·         Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets : A Reform Toolkit

·         Healthy China : Deepening Health Reform in China

·         Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies : Evolution,Drivers and Policies

·         Which Way to Livable and Productive Cities? : A Road Map for Sub-Saharan Africa

World Economic Forum

·         AI Governance: A Holistic Approach to Implement Ethics into AI