Friday's Miscellany 06-14-2019

38 North

·         Mixed Signals on Engagement

·         North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Continuing Submarine Construction and Minor Improvements at the Secure Boat Basin

·         One Year After the Singapore Summit: Lessons Learned

·         To Restart North Korea Talks: Return to Singapore  

ACLU

·         The Dawn of Robot Surveillance: AI, Video Analytics, and Privacy

AidData

·         Mining, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security: A Disaggregated Analysis of Sub- Saharan Africa

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Road to the Caliphate: the Salafi-Jihadi Movement's Strengths

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         China Backlash: Toward a Transatlantic Agenda?

·         Cooperation or Division? The German-American Relationship in a Changing World

Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative

Atlantic Council

·         Dark Pharma: Counterfeit and Contraband Pharmaceuticals in Central America

·         Democratic Defense against Disinformation 2.0

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         ANZUS and Alliance Politics in Southeast Asia

·         Forward Defence in Depth for Australia

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         America's Race to the Moon: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

·         Environment and labor in the USMCA

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         How Germans Remember the Holocaust

·         Israel Needs American Jewry, Now More than Ever

·         Russian-Iranian Strains Raise Possibility of US-Israel-Russia Deal on Syria

·         The Six-Day War and the Israeli Dream

·         What Hiding One’s Kippa Says About Europe

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Reimagining Investing in Frontier Technology

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Evidence Works: Cases Where Evidence Meaningfully Informed Policy

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Crime in 2018: Final Analysis

Brookings

·         Aligning G20 Infrastructure Investment with Climate  Goals & the 2030 Agenda

·         The Fiscal Ship as a Teaching Tool

Brown University Watson Institute

·         Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War

Bruegel

·         China and the World Trade Organisation: Towards a Better Fit

·         Effectiveness of Cohesion Policy: Learning from the Project Characteristics that Produce the Best Results

·         A Strategic Agenda for the New EU Leadership

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

·         Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, Winter 2019, v. 8, v. 1

o    Targeting Air Intelligence and Strike Warfare: Theory and Practice, Part II

o    ISR: You Need to Find It to Hit It

o    The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Value in the Future: Public Affairs Role

o    No Longer Hiding Behind Arctic Ice: An Unmanned Aircraft System for the Canadian Arctic

o    A Bold Stand on Change

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Cyberattack: What Goes Around, Comes Around

·         Searching for a Middle-Power Role in a New World Order

CATO Institute

·         Spillovers from Regulating Corporate Campaign Contributions

·         Trump’s First Trade Deal: The Slightly Revised Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Why America Needs a New Way of War

Center for Climate Security (CCS)

·         Nuclear Energy, Climate and Security Risks in Egypt

·         Top 10 Most Climate-Vulnerable Military Bases According to U.S.Armed Forces

Center for Global Development

·         Developing a More Inclusive US Trade Policy at Home and Abroad

·         Examining the Impact of E-Procurement in Ukraine

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Russian Military and Dual-Purpose Spacecraft: Latest Status and Operational Overview

·         Russia's Black Sea Fleet: Toward a Multiregional Force

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 

·         Is China Leading in Global Innovation?

·         The Strategic Threat from Iranian Hybrid Warfare in the Gulf

·         The United States’ Soft War with Iran

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The New Red Line on Iran Will Fail

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Taking a Hard Line with Italy May Do the EU More Harm than Good

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Global Refugee Regime and UN System-wide Reforms

Chatham House

·         Ideas for Modernizing the Rules-based International Order

Citizen Lab

·         The Predator in Your Pocket

·         The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry

·         Installing Fear: A Canadian Legal and Policy Analysis of Using, Developing, and Selling Smartphone Spyware and Stalkerware Applications

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)

·         2019 Congressional Pig Book

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Cleaning Up Communities: Ensuring Safe Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

·         Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA

·         Keeping Kids and Consumers Safe from Dangerous Products

·         No More Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills

·         Oversight of FERC: Ensuring Its Actions Benefit Consumers and the Environment

·         STELAR Review: Protecting Consumers in an Evolving Media Marketplace

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Crushing Dissent: The Ongoing Crisis in Nicaragua

·         U.S. Interests in South Asia and the FY 2020 Budget

·         What Emergency?: Arms Sales and the Administration’s Dubious End-Run around Congress

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Assessing FEMA’s Readiness for Future Disasters

·         Federal Protective Service: Ensuring the Mission Is Not Lost in Transition

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes

·         The Need to Reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

·         Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 1: The Free and Diverse Press

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Combating Sexual Harassment in Science

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Efficiency and Resiliency in Federal Building Design and Construction

·         Under Pressure: The State of Trucking in America

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of Energy’s Atomic Defense Activities and Programs

Congress. Senate. Environment & Public Works Committee

·         A Review of Waters of the U.S. Regulations: Their Impact on States and the American People

Congress. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

·         NATO Expansion: Examining the Accession of North Macedonia

·         Women in Conflict: Advancing Women's Role in Peace and Security

Congress Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Secure and Protect Act: a Legislative Fix to the Crisis at the Southwest Border

·         The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part III

·         Your Doctor/Pharmacist/Insurer Will See You Now: Competitive Implications of Vertical Consolidation in the Healthcare Industry

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Climate Risk Impacts on the Energy System: Examining the Financial, Security, and Technological Dimensions

·         Stabilizing Venezuela: Scenarios and Options

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Baltic Sea Region after the Ukraine Crisis and Trump: A Russian Perspective

·         The Desire for Order: A Theoretical Approach to (World) Order

Deloitte

·         Cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial Base: Evolving Cybersecurity Regulations for Defense Contractors

Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2019-088 Evaluation of DoD Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Kuwait

·         DODIG-2019-091 Evaluation of the DoD’s Management of Opioid Use Disorder for Military Health System Beneficiaries

Department of Justice Inspector General

·         Audit Division 19-32 Audit of the Department of Justice’s Use of Immigration Sponsorship Programs

Egmont Institute

·         Radicalization: The Origins and Limits of a Contested Concept

Elliot School of International Affairs

·         International Affairs Review, Summer 2019, v. 27, no. 2

o    The SOUTHCOM Reconnaissance Systems Program in Colombia

o    Putin's Petroleum Paradise

o    Iran and UAE in Yemen: Regional and Global Ambitions

o    Space Power and Trajectory of U.S. Influence in Space

o    The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth by Michael Mandebaum

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Countering the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria: Options for Supporting International Norms and Institutions

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Towards a No-Deal Brexit in October

EUROPOL

·         Women in Islamic State Propaganda: Roles and Incentives

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         The United States-Iran Standoff: Recent Tensions are Symptomatic of President Trump’s Broader Foreign-Policy Approach  

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Dealing with Iran Will Not Be Enough to Restore Regional Stability

Future Directions International

·         Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: The Washington Factor

German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V.)

·         The Compact Roadmap: Towards a New Level of Professionalization in Civilian CSDP

·         German Leadership in Arms Control: Three Pillars to Achieve More Realism

German Development Institute

·         Dismantling the Myth of the Growth-Inequality Trade-Off

·         The Relevance of Social Policies for Democracy: Preventing Autocratisation Through Synergies between SDG 10 and SDG 16

·         With or Without You: How the G20 could Advance Global Action Towards Climate-Friendly Sustainable Development

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Containing the US-Turkish Crisis After the S-400s

·         Moldova’s Latest Political Crisis Has Wider Implication

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         Harmonizing Reporting Pilot: Final Review

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army Corps of Engineers: Process for Selecting Section 219 Projects for Funding Could Be Strengthened GAO-19-487

·         Climate Change: Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposure GAO-19-625T [testimony]

·         Climate Resilience: DOD Needs to Assess Risk and Provide Guidance on Use of Climate Projections in Installation Master Plans and Facilities Designs GAO-19-453

·         Commercial Aviation: Information on Airline IT Outages GAO-19-514

·         Consumer Privacy: Changes to Legal Framework Needed to Address Gaps GAO-19-621T [testimony]

·         Data Protection: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Online Identity Verification Processes GAO-19-288

·         DOD Health Care: Improvements Needed for Tracking Coordination of Specialty Care Referrals for TRICARE Prime Beneficiaries GAO-19-488

·         Emergency Management: FEMA Has Made Progress, but Challenges and Future Risks Highlight Imperative for Further Improvements GAO-19-594T[testimony]

·         Federal Protective Service's Organizational Placement: Considerations for Transition to the DHS Management Directorate GAO-19-605T [testimony]

·         Federal Retirement: OPM Actions Needed to Improve Application Processing Times GAO-19-217

·         Information Technology: Agencies Need to Develop Modernization Plans for Critical Legacy Systems GAO-19-471

·         KC-46 Tanker Modernization: Aircraft Delivery Has Begun, but Deficiencies Could Affect Operations and Will Take Time to Correct GAO-19-480

·         Sexual Harassment in STEM Research: Preliminary Observations on Policies for University Grantees and Information Sharing among Selected Agencies GAO-19-583T [testimony]

·         VA Health Care: Estimating Resources Needed to Provide Community Care GAO-19-478

·         VA Real Property: Improvements in Facility Planning Needed to Ensure VA Meets Changes in Veterans' Needs and Expectations GAO-19-440

Heritage Foundation

·         Creativity and Bold Leadership Needed for Georgia’s NATO Membership

Human Rights Watch

·         “There Is Enormous Suffering”: Serious Abuses Against Talibé Children in Senegal, 2017-2018

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

·         The Future of Cybercrime

·         Last Call for SATCOM Security

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Acquisition Challenges of Autonomous Systems (Conference Paper)

·         Active Denial Technology Computational Human Effects End-To-End Hypermodel (ADT CHEETEH) (Presentation)

·         Analyzing the Implications of a Single Salary System (Conference Briefing)

·         ERP Homomorphic Encryption Performance Evaluation

·         Feasibility Study for the Consolidation of Military Medical Education and Training Organizations, Functions, and Activities

·         GAO Needs to Step Up Its Game On Annual Weapons Study

·         Independent Assessment of the Two-Site Pit Production Decision: Executive Summary

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         2019 Global Peace Index

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         The Dispute Between the United States and Iran – Scenarios and Implications

·         Foreign Intervention in Elections Worldwide: Traits, Trends, and Lessons for Israel

·         New US initiative: Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament(CEND)

·         The Path Between the Trump Peace Plan and Applying Israeli Law to Settlements

·         Shooting for the Stars: The Arab “Space Club”

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Sanctions in Japan-Russia Economic Relations: Impact and Adaption

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Elections and Stability in SADC: The Zimbabwe Case

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

·         The Brewing Crisis in The Persian Gulf: New Rules for Old Games

·         Emerging Human Trafficking Networks of Rohingya: A Symbiotic Nexus

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         A Last Line of Defence: A Strategy for Europe to Preserve the Iran Nuclear Deal

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India Elections 2019: The Farmers’ Vote for the BJP

·         Resignation of Muslim Politicians: A Socio-political Setback in Sri Lanka

International Crisis Group

·         Averting Violence in Zanzibar’s Knife-edge Election

·         Reversing Israel’s Deepening Annexation of Occupied East Jerusalem

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Optimal Fiscal Spending and Reserve Accumulation Policies under Volatile Aid

·         A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending

·         A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending : Background Papers

·         A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending : Case Studies

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Prioritizing and Sequencing Peacekeeping Mandates in 2019: The Case of UNAMID

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, June 14, 2019, v. 17, no. 12

o    Residual, Not Irrelevant: AQIM’s Lingering Threat to the Maghreb

o    The PKK Roots of America’s Ally in Syria

o    Boko Haram Factionalization: Who are Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) Fighters in Niger and Chad?

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-72, Nuclear Operations, 11 June 2019

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion: From Bright Spots to System Change

MITRE

·         Urban Air Mobility Airspace Integration Concepts

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         The Sino-Russian Partnership and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: U.S. Policy Implications

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         Historical Overview of U.S. Policy and Legislative  Responses to Honor-Based Violence, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

·         Person or Place? A Contextual, Event History Analysis of Homicide Victimization Risk

National Security Archive

·         The “Launch on Warning” Nuclear Strategy and Its Insider Critics

National Wildlife Federation & Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Climate Adaptation For DoD Natural Resource Managers: A Guide to Incorporating Climate Considerations Into Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans

NATO Defense College

·         Why the Baltics Matter. Defending NATO’s North-Eastern Border

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Improving NATO Strategic Communications Terminology

New America Foundation

·         PropRightsTech Primers

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         Russian Public Opinion and the Confrontation with the West

Observer Research Foundation

·         Half a Century of India’s Maoist Insurgency: An Appraisal of State Response

·         Health Systems in the BIMSTEC and East Africa: Current and Future Engagements

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM)

·         2019 National Hurricane Operations Plan

·         2019 National Winter Season Operations Plan

·         The Federal Weather Enterprise: Fiscal Year 2020 Budget and Coordination Report

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         UNSCR 1540 Resource Collection

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Trump Has Gotten China to Lower Its Tariffs. Just Toward Everyone Else

Pew Research Center

·         Mexicans Decline to Less than Half the U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population for the First Time

Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

·         Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Americans See Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse as an Ongoing Problem

Policy Exchange

·         Breaking the Brexit Impasse  

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Harvesting Energy from Ambient Sources

Public Religion Research Institute  (PRRI)

·         America’s Growing Support for Transgender Rights

RAND

·         New and Critical Materials: Identifying Potential Dual-Use Areas [testimony]

·         The U.S. Army and the Battle for Baghdad: Lessons Learned — And Still to Be Learned

Recorded Future

·         The Discovery of Fishwrap: A New Social Media Information Operation Methodology

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Advancing Non-Traditional Security Governance through Multi-stakeholder Collaboration

·         Indonesia-Singapore Young Leaders Scenario Planning Workshop

Small Wars Journal

·         Civil Affairs: The U.S. Army’s Civil Engagement Force

·         Civil Affairs, Winston Churchill, and the Power of PayingAttention

·         Ideas Imprisoned - Part I: Administrative Detention

·         Ideas Imprisoned - Part II: Conditions of Imprisonment

·         Ideas Imprisoned - Part III: International Legal Norms

·         Ideas Imprisoned - Part IV: Rethinking the International Approach

·         Ideas Imprisoned - Part V: Recommendations to the Government of Israel & Conclusions

·         Phase Line Red

·         Pick-Up Team

·         Reclaiming the Initiative: Proxy Warfare in the Middle East

·         Smart Steel and Flesh: Real-time Narrative/News Clips/After Action Assessments of the Otso/Donovia Conflict of 2030/03

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 17: Antipersonnel Landmine Use and Fabrication by the Clan del Golfo in Colombia

·         Viking Coy

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Ambitions for greening solid waste management: Perspectives from Urban(ising) Africa

·         Mining for a circular economy in the age of the 4IR: The case ofSouth Africa

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR-19-39-LL Divided Responsibility: Lessons From U.S. Security Sector Assistance Efforts In Afghanistan

·         SIGAR 19-40-FA Department of State's Afghanistan Interdiction and Support Services Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by PAE Justice Support

·         SIGAR 19-41-FA  USAID's Regional Agricultural Development Program in Northern Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by DAI Global LLC

Stimson Center

·         Nuclear Cybersecurity: Risks and Remedies

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Countering the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria: Options for Supporting International Norms and Institutions

·         Reassessing CBRN Threats in a Changing Global Environment

·         Reducing Military Risk in Europe

·         Reducing the Risk of Naval Incidents

·         The World Food Programme’s Contribution to Improving the Prospectsfor Peace

Swisspeace

·         Escaping the Fragility Trap: The Imperative of Nation Building in Fragile Contexts

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

·         Assessment of Transversal Competencies: Current Tools in the Asian Region

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Iran Primer

o    The Tanker Crisis in the Gulf U.S.-Iran: Overtures and Confrontations

o    Timelines of Trump-Tehran Tensions

o    Iran Offers U.S. Swap on Detainees

o    Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Iran Oil

o    Mike Pompeo on Iran

Washington Institute for Near East Policy 

·         An Alternative Quranic Approach to the New Palestinian Curriculum

·         Assad's Thinking: How Did Syria Get Here, and Where Does theRegime Want to Go Now?

·         East Mediterranean Energy and Middle East Peace

·         The Face-Off Over Gulf Arms Sales: ‘Emergency’ or False Alarm?

·         Houthi Messaging May Hint at a Targeting Pattern

·         Iran Seems Prepared for Major—But Measured—Escalation in the Gulf

·         The Istanbul Revote: What Happens Next?

·         Lebanon: Future Leadership of the State and the State Within

·         Lebanon and Israel Are Set to Negotiate: What’s at Stake?

·         The Race for Istanbul: Erdogan’s Plan A and B

·         What to Expect from the U.S.-Russia Meeting in Jerusalem

White House

·         United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security

World Bank

·         Balancing Petroleum Policy : Toward Value, Sustainability, and Security

·         Building Resilience : A Green Growth Framework for Mobilizing Mining Investment

World Economic Forum

·         Investing in (and for) Our Future