Friday's Miscellany 06-21-2019

38 North

·         Injuries in North Korea: Addressing a Looming Crisis

Air University

·         Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Summer 2019, v. 2, no. 2

o    2019 Air Warfare Symposium: Combat Air Forces Commander Panel

o    Australia-Japan-ASEAN: Strengthening the Core of the Indo-Pacific

o    Implementing the Philippine Defense Reform Program in Partnership with US Department of Defense Support of Philippine Defense Institutions

o    The Globalized System, Air and  Space Power, and the Geostrategic Value of Maritime Small and  Middle Powers in Asia

o    Kashmir Imbroglio: Geostrategic and Religious Imperatives

o    Strategic Competition and Future Conflicts in the Indo-Pacific Region

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Supreme Leadership, Economics, and Clout in Iran: The Importance of Astan Quds Razavi

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Korea’s New Southern Policy: Motivations of ‘Peace Cooperation’ and Implications for the Korean Peninsula

Atlantic Council

·         The "#Macron Leaks" Operation: A Post-Mortem

·         Hacking Corruption: Tech Tools to Fight Graft in the Americas

·         Russia and Iran in Syria—A Random Partnership or an Enduring Alliance?

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Australia-China Law Enforcement Cooperation

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Social Conflicts and Infrastructure Projects in Mexico

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Ahead of the Bahrain Conference, Hamas Casts Its Lot with Iran

·         Did Dutch Jews Go Like Lambs to the Gas Chambers?

·         The Hong Kong Demonstrations

·         Lessons from Israel’s First US Ambassador

·         Leveraging Iran

·         The Trade War Is Just the Start of a US-China Cold War

Beyond the Parallel

·         Commemorating the 2017 Hwasong-12 IRBM Launch?

Border Network for Human Rights

·         The State of Human Rights at the U.S.- Mexico Border

Brookings Institute

·         Is China’s New Payment System the Future?

·         Cyber Runs: How a Cyber Attack Could Affect U.S. Financial Institutions

·         Shaping the Global Agenda to Maximize City Leadership on the SDGs

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Thirty Years of U.S. Policy Toward Russia: Can the Vicious Circle Be Broken?

CATO Institute

·         Bad Economic Justifications for Minimum Wage Hikes

·         The Effect of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries on Opioid- and Heroin-Overdose Mortality

·         Immigration Wait Times from Quotas Have Doubled: Green Card Backlogs Are Long, Growing, and Inequitable

·         Is This Time Different? Schumpeter, the Tech Giants, and Monopoly Fatalism

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Funding Flows in the Sea of Goodwill: An Analysis of Major Funders in the Veteran-Serving Nonprofit Space

Center for Global Development

·         Tackling the Triple Transition in Global Health Procurement

·         World Bank Financing to Support Refugees and Their Hosts:Recommendations for IDA19

Center for International Policy

·         Sustainable Defense: More Security, Less Spending

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 110: Industrial Policy in the South Caucasus

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 236: Impact of Sanctions on Russian Business

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA

·         Statement before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on A “World-Class” Military: Assessing China’s Global Military Ambitions

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Achieving Sustainability through Quality Infrastructure

·         The Rule of Law: A Critical Building Block for Good Governance and Economic Growth

·         The Role of Development Finance Institutions in Enabling the Technology Revolution

·         A War in Crisis! Afghanistan in Mid-2019

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Rural Electricity Supply: Commodity or Entitlement?

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The EU's Security Union: A Bill of Health

·         Huawei, My Way or the Highway: Which Way Should the EU Turn?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Election Risk Monitor: Canada

·         International Cooperation: Is the Multilateral System Helping?

·         Safeguarding Big Data Captured in Public Spaces through Standardization

·         Strategies for Integrating the Canadian Financial Sector into Financing the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy

Chatham House

·         Can Middle Powers Save the Liberal World Order?

·         Political Elite Renewal in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Driving in Reverse: The Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy and Clean Car Standards

·         Legislative Solutions to Make Our Nation’s Pipelines Safer

·         Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care

·         Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Iran Policy

·         The State Department and USAID FY 2020 Operations Budget

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Examining the Department of Defense’s Deployment to the U.S.-Mexico Border

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Federal Judiciary in the 21st Century: Ideas for Promoting Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency

·         Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part II: Bipartisan Perspectives

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Ensuring Quality Health Care for Our Veterans

·         Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to Opioid Treatment and the Need to Expand Care

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Fossil Energy Research: Enabling Our Clean Energy Future

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America’s Maritime Industry

·         The State of the Rail Workforce

·         Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Drone Security: Enhancing Innovation and Mitigating Supply Chain Risks

·         FAST Act Reauthorization: Transportation and Safety Issues

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Five Years After the Revolution of Dignity: Ukraine's Progress/Russia's Malign Activities

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Damage From Hurricane Winds and Storm-Related Flooding: Expected Costs and Implications for Federal Spending

·         Discretionary Spending in 2018: An Infographic

·         The Federal Budget in 2018: An Infographic

·         Federal Mandatory Spending for Means-Tested Programs, 2009 to 2029

·         Mandatory Spending in 2018: An Infographic

·         Revenues in 2018: An Infographic

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Climate Risk Impacts on the Energy System

·         Make the Foreign Exchange Report Great Again

Counter Extremism Project

·         Abdullah al-Faisal's Ties to Extremists

Danish Institute for International Studies (Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier)

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

·         Could Brexit Revive a British Union Beyond the Seas?

Deloitte

·         Third-party Risk Management: Cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB)

Department of Defense. Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2019-094 Audit of F‑35 Ready‑For‑Issue Spare Parts and Sustainment Performance Incentive Fees

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-19-48 DHS Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Misconduct and Discipline

Department of State

·         2018 International Religious Freedom Report

·         2019 Trafficking in Persons Report

East West Center

·         Pathways for the United States and Vietnam to Establish a Strategic Partnership by 2020

·         Tree Planting and Cooking Fuel in Vietnam: A Case of Unintended Consequences

Economic Research Forum

·         Son Preference and Child under Nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls?

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

·         Who Has Your Back? Censorship Edition 2019

European Council on Foreign Relations 

·         How to Govern a Fragmented EU: What Europeans Said at the Ballot Box

·         Saudi First: How Hyper-Nationalism is Transforming Saudi Arabia

·         Untapped Potential: How New Alliances Can Strengthen the EU

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The EU's Scottish Question

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Geostrategically Motivated Co-Option of Social Media: The Case of Chinese LinkedIn Spy Recruitment

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Abha Airport Missile Attack: Understanding the Houthi-Iranian Logic in Escalation

·         Digging Deeper: Rare Earth Metals and the U.S.-China Trade War

·         Turmoil in Georgia

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

·         Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         The End of Arms Control?

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

·         Assessing Europe's Space Dependency and Its Implications

Future Directions International

·         Political Elite Renewal in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

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

·         Asymmetrical Arms Control: How to Account for Innovation and Diversity in European Armed Forces  

·         Moldova’s Power Transition: A Chance for the EU to Act in Its Eastern Neighborhood

German Development Institute

·         The Treaty of Aachen: Opportunities and Challenges for Franco-German Cooperation in Development Policy and Beyond

·         Why Writing a New Constitution after Conflict Can Contribute to Peace

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Beyond Obama’s Red Lines: The Syrian Arab Army and Chemical Warfare

·         The Next EU Commission Needs a Common Political Mandate

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Forced to Leave: Determinants of Slow-Onset Displacement in Colombia

German Marshall Fund of the United States

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

·         Incubating Hate: Islamophobia and Gab

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Civilian Marksmanship Program: Army Funded Report Addresses Various Aspects of the Sale of Surplus Firearms GAO-19-555R

·         Emergency Communications: Required Auction of Public Safety Spectrum Could Harm First Responder Capabilities GAO-19-508

·         NASA Commercial Crew Program: Schedule Uncertainty Persists for Start of Operational Missions to the International Space Station GAO-19-504

·         Nuclear Weapons: Additional Actions Could Help Improve Management of Activities Involving Explosive Materials GAO-19-449

·         Transitioning Servicemembers: Information on Military Employment Assistance Centers GAO-19-438R

Heritage Foundation

·         Next Steps in US-Ukraine Bilateral Relations: Forging Ahead

·         U.S. Should Lead Patient But Firm International Response to Iran’s Provocations

Hoover Institution

·         Federal Reserve Structure, Economic Ideas, and Monetary and Financial Policy  

Human Rights Watch

·         Crackdown in Nicaragua: Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Prosecutions of Protesters and Opponents

·         “I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me”: Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Analysis of DoD Accession Alternatives for Military Physicians (Conference Brief)

·         Path Analysis of Human Effects of Flashbang Grenade

Institute for International Political Studies

·         The Future of Infrastructure: Which Options for Public-Private Cooperation?

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

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

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

·         The Trilateral Israel-US-Russia Meeting: Motives and Ramifications

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Explaining Indonesia’s Silence on the Uyghur Issue

Institute for Public Relations (IPR)

·         2019 IPR Disinformation in Society Report

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

·         The Art of the Bazaar Deal: Iran’s Strategy for War With the US

·         Game Changer “Cyber” – Towards New Economics of Space?

Institute for the Study of War 

·         Russia in Review

o    May 14 - June 11, 2019 (Part 1)

o    May 14 - June 11, 2019 (Part 2)

·         Syria Situation Report: May 27 - June 11, 2019

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Hidden Inequalities: Tax Challenges of Market Women in Enugu and Kaduna States, Nigeria

·         Turnover-Based Presumptive Taxation and Taxpayers’ Perceptions in Ethiopia

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         EU-Turkey Cooperation on Migration Management: Going Beyond Ad-hoc Short-Termism

·         How Italians View Their Defence? Active, Security-oriented, Cooperative and Cheap

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India and Pakistan: Modi Persists with Hardline on Terror

·         India’s Impending Water Crisis

·         Modi’s Visit to Sri Lanka

Intelligence and National Security Foundation

·         The National Security Challenges of Fifth Generation (5G) Wireless Communications: Winning the Race to 5G

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Terrorism, Organised Crime, and Necessity

International Crisis Group

·         Making the Central African Republic’s Latest Peace Agreement Stick

·         Running Out of Options in Burundi

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Coping with Falling Oil Prices: The Different Fortunes of African Banks

·         Domestic Amplifiers of External Shocks: Growth Accelerations and Reversals in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

·         From Basel I to Basel III: Sequencing Implementation in Developing Economies

·         How Does Taxation Affect Hours Worked in EU New Member States?

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Special Operations  Research Topics 2020

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         The Republic of Macedonia's 2019 Presidential Elections Handbook 2nd ed.

·         Tracking Hong Kong's Performance in Climate Change

Manhattan Institute

·         Getting To Yes: A History Of Why Budget Negotiations Succeed, and Why They Fail

·         Out of Gas: New York’s Blocked Pipelines Will Hurt Northeast Consumers

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, June 2019, v. 10, no. 3

o    The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF): Shifting the Regional Balance of Power from Land to Sea

Mitchell Institute

·         Systems of Systems: What, Exactly, is an Integrated Air Defense System?

MITRE

·         Assessing the Potential to Improve Grants Management Using Blockchain Technology

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         New Security Challenges: Tests for the U.S.-Australia Alliance

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         How Can a Public Health Framework be Applied to Preventing Violent Extremism

·         What Does a Community-Based Organization Need to Successfully Implement a Public Health Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism?

·         What Should Program Designers Consider to Successfully Develop and Implement a Public Health Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism?

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

·         Whole-of-Government Cyber Information Sharing

NATO Defense College

·         A Strategic Odyssey: Constancy of Purpose and Strategy-Making in NATO, 1949-2019

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Summer 2019, v. 72, no. 3

o    NATO’s Selective Sea Blindness—Assessing the Alliance’s New Navies

o    Preparing Today for the Mines of Tomorrow

o    Back to Basics—Research Design for the Operational Level of War

o    Storm Clouds on the Horizon—Challenges and Recommendations for Military Recruiting and Retention

o    Origins of a “Ragged Edge”—U.S. Ambiguity on the Senkakus’ Sovereignty

o    “They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40

o    Reflections on Reading

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

·         2019 State of Reliability

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Building Security Through Cooperation: Report of the NTI Working Group on Cooperative Threat Reduction with North Korea

·         A Spreading Plague: Lessons and Recommendations for Responding to a Deliberate Biological Event

Observer Research Foundation

·         India’s Urban Challenges: Recommendations for the New Government(2019-2024)

·         Scaling Vocational Education: A Case Study of TISS-SVE

·         SDG Index and Ease of doing Business in India: A Sub-National Study

Office of Naval Research

·         Future Force: Naval Science and Technology, v.5, no. 4, 2019

o    Special Section: Eyes on the Skies—NRL and the Challenges of Tracking Orbital Debris

o    The Big Data of Space Debris

o    Project LARADO

o    Ocean—We Hit Go, and It Works

o    Fermi Telescope Maps the History of Star Formation

o    Sungrazer at 15: How Crowdsourcing Changed Comet Hunting

Oxford Research Group

·         Confronting Iran: The British Dimension

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Public Highly Critical of State of Political Discourse in the U.S.

RAND

·         Community Citizen Science: From Promise to Action

·         The Future of the Russian Military: Russia's Ground Combat Capabilities and Implications for U.S.-Russia Competition

·         Identifying Safety-Net Resources at Health Centers to Prevent Infectious Disease Transmission Resulting from the Opioid Epidemic

·         A New Travel Demand Model for London: Estimation of the Mode and Destination Choice Models

·         Operationalizing Cyberspace as a Military Domain: Lessons for NATO

·         Review and Evaluation of the Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Homelessness Grant Formulas

·         Technology and Work Worth Doing (Not Jobs) Post-Alpha Go: A World-Building Workshop on the Future of Artificial Intelligence

·         What Will Russian Military Capabilities Look Like in the Future?

               

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), June 2019, v. 11, no. 6

o    What Next for the Islamic State after Territorial Losses?

o    Sri Lanka Attacks: An Analysis of the Aftermath

o    Rohingya Crisis and Western Myanmar’s Evolving Threat Landscape

o    Far-right Terrorism: The Christchurch Attack and Potential Implications on the Asia Pacific Landscape

·         NTS Bulletin, June 2019

o    Collective Response to the Challenge of Marine Plastic Pollution

·         Post-Presidential Election 2019 – Indonesia’s Shariatisation Agenda: Where is MUI Headed?

·         Returning Indonesian IS Women and Children: What’s Next?

·         Russia and the Kuriles: Achilles’ Heel or Bargaining Chip?

·         Tackling East Asia’s New Environmental Challenge – Marine Plastic Pollution

·         Tweaking BRI: What Southeast Asia Can Do

Small Wars Journal

·         Assessment of the Role of Small Wars within the Evolving Paradigm of Great Power Competition in a Multipolar World

·         Control the Information Environment Narrative…or the Threat Will 

·         Could the United States Leave the Middle East by 2031? - A Reply to Anand Toprani on U.S. Strategy in the Persian Gulf

·         Cutting Aid to the Northern Triangle Illustrates the Gap Between U.S. Strategy and Capacity in the Region

·         A Hero to Our Heroes

·         A Memo for the President: The Path 2000 to 2060

·         The Supreme Art of War

·         Thornbush Strategy – Deterrence by Denial in Lithuania

·         The US Presidency and Small Wars: Genealogy of the Mismanagement of International Conflict

·         Women Peace and Security: A Competitive Edge in Latin America’s Human Domain

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in South African Coastal Cities

·         Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in South African Coastal Cities:Challenges and Opportunities

·         Mining for a Circular Economy in the Age of the 4IR: The Case of South Africa

·         South African Migration Policy: A Gendered Analysis

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Multilateral Peace Operations and the Challenges of Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking

UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

·         United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, v. 43, 2018

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Hearing on “A ‘World-Class’ Military: Assessing China’s Global Military Ambitions”

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Current Situation in Iran: A USIP Fact Sheet

·         Exposure to Violence and Voting in Karachi, Pakistan

·         The Need for a New U.S. Information Strategy for North Korea

·         The Religious Landscape in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement

Vera Institute of Justice

·         Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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

·         China’s Middle East Policy: Speak Softly and Wave a Large Purse

·         Death of Divisive Morsi Could Unite Egypt’s Opposition

·         The Gulf Crisis Is a Messaging Nightmare—With No Success in Sight

·         Iran-Backed Militias Test the Credibility of Iraq’s Prime Minister

·         Now That Morsi Is Gone, Sisi Should Ease His Crackdown

Wilson Center

·         Police Reform in Honduras: The Role of the Special Purge and Transformation Commission