Friday's Miscellany 07-19-2019

38 North

·         Remediation of Yongbyon: The First Step Towards Cooperative Threat Reduction?

AidData

·         Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects

American Enterprise Institute

·         China’s Global Business Footprint Shrinks

Amnesty International

·         No Home for Children: The Homestead ‘Temporary Emergency’ Facility

·         Scars of Survival: Gun Violence and Barriers to Reparation in the USA

Army War College

·         Parameters, Spring-Summer 2019, no. 49, no. 1-2

o    Anti-Access Strategies in the Pacific: The United States and China

o    Russia's A2/AD Capabilities: Real and Imagined

o    Human Security in the Arctic: Implications for the United States Army

o    Projecting Stability: A Deployable NATO Police Command

o    Analogical Thinking: The Sine Qua Non for Using History Well

o    Reconsidering Sun Tzu

Asia Foundation

·         Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Planning and Budgeting in Myanmar

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Let's Talk Business: Army Talent Management

Atlantic Council 

·         After Sistani and Khamenei—Looming Successions Will Shape the Middle East

·         Collective Defense of Human Dignity: The Vision for NATO's Future in Cyberspace

·         Deconstructing the Dragon: China's Commercial Expansion in Africa

·         Trade At A Crossroads: A Vision for the US-India Trade Relationship

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Post-Caliphate Salafi-Jihadi Environment

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Corruption in Latin America

·         Laying the Groundwork to Strengthen Pemex

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) 

·         Active Protection Systems in Asymmetric Conflict

·         The Berlin Jewish Museum Scandal

·         Expect a War Between Russia and China in the 2020s

·         The Gulf States and the New Silk Road

·         A New, Pro-Israel Government in Athens

·         Public Decency Law Puts Saudi Reforms in Perspective

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Artificial Intelligence and Finance

·         Oversight Matters: Balancing Mission, Risk, and Compliance

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Defending Elections: Federal Funding Needs for State Election Security

Brookings Institute

·         Algeria’s Uprising: A Survey of Protesters and the Military

CATO Institute

·         Debunking Protectionist Myths: Free Trade, the Developing World,and Prosperity

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         Lux & Loaded

Center for Global Development

·         Maximizing the Shared Benefits of Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Germany’s Skills Partnerships

·         Mexico’s Financial Risks: Solving Pemex for a Solvent Mexico

·         Unequal Ventures: Results from an Endline Study of Gender and Entrepreneurship in East Java, Indonesia

·         What We Learn about Girls’ Education from Interventions that Do Not Focus on Girls

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Creating a Real Peace in Afghanistan

·         Dangerous Liaisons: Russian Cooperation with Iran in Syria

·         Engaging with India’s Electrification Agenda

Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

·         Between Overt disinformation and Covert Practice: The Russian Special Services’ Game

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         The Emerging Crisis in the Persian Gulf

·         The Risk of Fiscal Collapse in Coal-Reliant Communities

Central Asia Program

·         Russia’s Islamic Diplomacy

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The capital markets union: Should the EU shut out the City of London?

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Better Flood Maps Are Required to Protect Canadians and Their Property

·         Injecting Politics into Business-led Sustainability Innovation: New Data from Small Businesses in Canada

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, July 2019, v. 12, no. 6

o    East Africa’s Terrorist Triple Helix: The Dusit Hotel Attack and the Historical Evolution of the Jihadi Threat

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director, Europol

o    The Christchurch Attacks: Livestream Terror in the Viral Video Age

o    From Daesh to ‘Diaspora’ II: The Challenges Posed by Women and Minors After the Fall of the Caliphate

o    When Terrorists Stay Home: The Evolving Threat to Europe from Frustrated Travelers

Commission for Countering Extremism

·         Modernising and Mainstreaming: The Contemporary British Far-Right

·         National Action: Links between the Far Right, Extremism and Terrorism

·         Overview of the Far-Right

·         Talking Our Way Out of Conflict: Critical Reflections on ‘Mediated Dialogue’ as a Tool for Secondary Level CVE

·         Violent Extremist Tactics and the Ideology of the Sectarian Far Left

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Our Wireless Future: Building a Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy

·         Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Russian Disinformation Attacks on Elections: Lessons from Europe

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the Integrity of the Trademark System and the Impact on American Consumers and Businesses

·         Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

·         Overcrowding and Prolonged Detention at CBP Facilities

·         Policy Changes and Processing Delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

·         Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Lessons Lost After Katrina? The Trump Administration’s Response to the Hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

·         To the Cloud! The Cloudy Role of FedRAMP in IT Modernization

·         Violations of the Hatch Act Under the Trump Administration, Part II: Kellyanne Conway

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         EPA Advisory Committees: How Science Should Inform Decisions

·         The Future of Electricity Delivery: Modernizing and Securing our Nation’s Electricity Grid

·         The Legacy of Apollo

·         Scientific Integrity in Federal Agencies

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         State of Aviation Safety

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Iraq: A Crossroads of U.S. Policy

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee

·         2020 Census: Conducting a Secure and Accurate Count

·         Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: Bipartisan Policy Recommendations from the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO’s 10-Year Budget and Economic Projections

·         CBO’s Economic Forecast: Understanding the Slowdown of Productivity Growth

·         The Effect of the Employer Match and Defaults on Federal Workers’ Savings Behavior in the Thrift Savings Plan

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Securing 5G Networks: Challenges and Recommendations

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-19-53 Management Alert – CBP Did Not Adequately Protect Employees from Possible Fentanyl Exposure

Economic Research Forum

·         An Anatomy of Firm-Level Productivity in Turkey in the AKP Era

·         Between Stabilization and Allocation in the MENA Region: Are Competition Laws Helping?

·         Credit Card Debt: Nescience or Necessity?

·         Fiscal Reform – Aid or Hindrance: A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis for Saudi Arabia

·         Macroeconomic Institutions: Lessons from World Experience for MENA Countries

·         The Real Effects of Credit Supply Disruptions: The Case of 2011 Embezzlement Scandal in Iran

·         Thank You, Infidels! Social Welfare and Islamic State Recruitment

·         True Development or Just Some Nugatory Digits? A Social-Epistemological Study of Iran’s Global Rank in Scientific Output

Egmont Institute

·         An EU Security Council and a European Commissioner for Security and Defence: The Final Pieces of the Union’s Common Security & Defence Policy Puzzle?

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Agents of Change? Civic Engagement of Western-Educated Youth in Kazakhstan

·         Between Urumchi and Kazan: The Tatars in Chinese Concentration Camps

·         The Many Challenges of Native Language Journalism in Central Asia:The Case of Kyrgyzstan

·         Reconsidering EU Education Assistance to Central Asia

·         Russia’s Islamic Diplomacy

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         From Plaything to Player: How Europe Can Stand Up for Itself in the Next Five Years

·         Independence Play: Europe’s Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         How has European Geostrategic Thinking Towards Russia Shifted Since 2014?

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Financing Social Investment for an Economy of Well-Being: Moving from Good Practices to a Paradigm Shift

·         Laying the Foundations for a Successful Commission Presidency

·         A More Streamlined Commission Structure

·         Strategic Autonomy for European Choices: The Key to Europe's Shaping Power

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         The Role of HTS in the Current Strategic Scenario in the Syrian Conflict

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         EUISS Yearbook of European Security 2019

·         The Eastern Partnership a Decade On: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead

EUROPOL

·         Do Criminals Dream of Electric Sheep? How Technology Shapes the Future of Crime and Law Enforcement

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Benjamin Franklin and the Crisis of the British Empire

·         Israel’s Foreign Policy under Benjamin Netanyahu

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Crypto Rogues: U.S. State Adversaries Seeking Blockchain Sanctions Resistance

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

·         The Age of Cynical Voters

German Development Institute

·         Economic Mobility Across Generations: Old versus New EU Member States

·         Literature Review: Drivers of Migration Why Do People Leave Their Homes? Is There an Easy Answer? A Structured Overview of Migratory Determinants

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Istanbul Election: Remaking of Turkey’s New Political Landscape?

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Frustration, Fear, and the Fate of U.S.-Turkish Relations

Global ECCO

·         Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), July 2019, v. 9, no. 2

o    The Man Who Would Be King

o    The Rise of Isis in the Philippines and The Battle of Marawi

o    Déjà Vu:The Shared History of SOF - Switzerland as a Case Study

o    Keeping All the Frogs in the Boil

o    THE CTAP INTERVIEW - Dr. Todd Greentree

o    Ethics for Ethics Sake

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Traffic Control: FAA's Analysis of Costs and Benefits Drove Its Plans to Improve Surveillance in U.S. Oceanic Airspace GAO-19-532  

·         Army Modernization: Army Futures Command Should Take Steps to Improve Small Business Engagement for Research and Development GAO-19-511

·         Border Security: Assessment of the Department of Homeland Security's Border Security Improvement Plan GAO-19-538R

·         Data Act: Customer Agencies' Experiences Working with Shared Service Providers for Data Submissions GAO-19-537

·         Nonimmigrant Investors: Actions Needed to Improve E-2 Visa Adjudication and Fraud Coordination GAO-19-547

·         VA Mental Health: VHA Improved Certain Prescribing Practices, but Needs to Strengthen Treatment Plan Oversight GAO-19-465

Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

·         Undermining Violent Extremist Narratives in East Africa: A How-To Guide [Somali]

·         Undermining Violent Extremist Narratives in East Africa: A How-To Guide [Swahili]

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2019, v. 12, no. 2

o    The Global Positioning System and Military Jamming: The Geographies of Electronic Warfare

o    Russian Influence in Latin America: a Response to NATO

o    India’s Maritime Diplomacy in South West Indian Ocean: Evaluating Strategic Partnerships

o    Behind the Scenes of Al-Qa`ida’s Media Strategy

Heritage Foundation

·         The End of the Caliphate and Its Consequences for Islamist Recruitment

·         The Way Forward for the Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Do Limited Resources Threaten the IDF's New Multiyear Plan?

·         My Way or the Huawei? The United States-China Race for 5G Dominance

·         The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State: A Fifth-Year Assessment

·         Tectonics, Techno-economics, and National Security: The Strategic Clash between the United States and China, and Implications for Israel

·         With a New World Order Taking Shape, Turkey Again Looks Eastward

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         2019 Survey of MSA West Student Members: Perseverance in the Face of Adversity

·         American Muslim Philanthropy: A Data-Driven Comparative Profile

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

·         The Islamic State in India: Trends in Recruitment and Mobilisation

·         Islamic State Returnees: India’s Counter-radicalization vs Deradicalization Approach

·         The Long Road from International Environmental Agreements to Global Climate Security

·         ‘Negative Peace’: Conflict Economy of Naga Insurgency

·         Trump’s Zero-Sum Thinking – And Europe’s Response

Institute for the Study of War

·         Election Update: Ukraine's Next Parliament

·         Russia in Review: Africa Campaign Update

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Crisis in India’s Primary Education

·         India-Pakistan Relations and the Building of the Kartarpur Corridor

·         Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in China: Bilateral, Regional and Global Implications

·         South India: Possible Key to India’s Next Government

·         Vernacular Social Media and the 2019 General Elections

International Crisis Group

·         Rebels without a Cause: Russia’s Proxies in Eastern Ukraine

·         A Glimmer of Light in Venezuela’s Gloom

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         European Wage Dynamics and Spillovers

·         Impacts of Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Factors on Labor Markets in Latin America

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Pivoting from Crisis to Development: Preparing for the Next Wave of UN Peace Operations Transitions  

·         Preventing Violent Extremism While Promoting Human Rights: Toward a Clarified UN Approach

James Martin  Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         A Model Law Prohibiting Luxury Goods Transfers to North Korea

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 16, 2019, v. 19, no. 13

o    Xi Jinping’s Summer Foreign Policy Tour Displays “Great Power Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics”

o    The Prospects for Sino-Indian Relations During Modi’s Second Term

o    A Preliminary Survey of CCP Influence Operations in Singapore

o    It Isn’t All About Europe: The Impacts of China’s Missile Forces on Russian Threat Perceptions and the INF Architecture

o    Chinese Nuclear Weapons Strategy—Leaning Towards a More Proactive Posture? Part II: External Drivers of Potential Change—Technical-Military Developments and Perceptions of Credibility

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Rethinking Fiscal Policy: Progressive US Politics Meets Radical Economics

·         Xi Jinping: The Backlash

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         A Growing Destination for Sub-Saharan Africans, Morocco Wrestles with Immigrant Integration

·         Spike in Unaccompanied Child Arrivals at U.S.-Mexico Border Proves Enduring Challenge; Citizenship Question on 2020 Census in Doubt

MITRE

·         An Ethical Framework for the Use of Consumer-Generated Data in Health Care  

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         Is Cannabis a Gateway Drug? Key Findings and Literature Review

National Security Archive

·         "Atoms for Peace" Was Actually a “Threat to Peace” – AEC Official in 1955

New America Foundation

·         The United States of Broadband Map: Mapping the Gulf Between What ISPs Report and Actual Internet Speeds

Observer Research Foundation

·         Developing a Policy Framework for Emerging Crowdfunding Ecosystems

·         Electronic and Cyber Warfare: A Comparative Analysis of the PLA and the Indian Army

·         Harnessing Technology for Agricultural Development in Africa:Lessons from Tanzania

·         The Rohingya Crisis: A Health Situation Analysis of Refugee Camps in Bangladesh

·         Securing India’s Cities: Remembering 26/11, Learning Its Lessons

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Homegrown Violent Extremism Mobilization Indicators - 2019 ed.

Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK)

·         Preventing Civic Space Restrictions

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Aggregate Effects of Budget Stimulus: Evidence from the Large Fiscal Expansions Database

·         Trump’s Trade War Timeline: An Up-to-Date Guide

·         Who's Winning the US-China Trade War? It’s Not the United States or China

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Democrats’ Ratings of Party’s 2020 Field: Better Than in 2016,Similar to 2008

Policy Exchange

·         Extremism Rebellion: A Review of Ideology and Tactics  

·         What Do We Want from the Next Prime Minister? Policy Ideas for New Leadership: Space

Rand

·         Algorithmic Equity: A Framework for Social Applications

·         Distributed Operations in a Contested Environment: Implications for USAF Force Presentation

·         Future Collaboration Opportunities for Light and Medium Multirole Helicopters in Europe

·         Independent Review and Assessment of the Air Force Ready Aircrew Program

·         When Autonomous Vehicles Are Hacked, Who Is Liable?

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         The Surkov Leaks: The Inner Workings of Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine

·         The UK Cyber Strategy: Challenges for the Next Phase

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Examining the Growth of Islamic Conservatism in Indonesia: The Case of West Java

·         Germany in the Indo-Pacific: New Security Actor?

·         Women in Terrorism: Mitigating a New Development

Small Wars Journal

·         Fixing Light Reconnaissance Formations

·         Options for U.S. Use of Private Military and Security Companies

·         Practicing What We Preach: Creating a Culture to Support Mission Command

·         What If Iran Brings Energy War Here with Hezbollah Attack on U.S.Oil and Gas?

·         Withering Influence in National Security

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Perspectives on Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Development in SADC Countries

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 19-45-FA Afghanistan's Civilian Aviation: Capacity Has Improved But Challenges Remain, Including Reliance On Donor Support For Operations

·         SIGAR-19-46-SP Afghanistan's Civilian Aviation: Capacity Has Improved But Challenges Remain, Including Reliance On Donor Support For Operations

·         SIGAR 19-49-AR Drug Treatment in Afghanistan: The Overall Impact and Sustainability of More Than $50 Million in Department of State Projects is Unknown

Sudd Institute

·         Compliance with Petroleum Industry Transparency and Accountability Rules in South Sudan

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse  

·         Prosecution of Sex Trafficking of Children is Down Nationwide

UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

·         The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019

US Central Command (CENTCOM)

·         Unipath, 2019, v. 9, no. 2

o    Bright Star 2018

o    How to Defeat Daesh

o    A Flexible Force

o    Teamwork with a Multinational Twiest

o    Inspirational Leadership

o    Jordanians in Afghanistan

o    Securing Sinai

o    Curing the Cubs of the Caliphate

o    Exposing the Extremists

o    NATO Aids Afghanistan

o    Oman Police: Best in the Middle East

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         The Chinese Military’s Role In Overseas Humanitarian Assistance And Disaster Relief: Contributions And Concerns

US Marine Corps (USMC)

·         Commandant's Planning Guidance - 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Erbil Shooting: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Policy

·         The Fate of Tel Rifaat Hangs in the Balance

·         Iran's Disinformation against Religious Minorities

·         Iran’s High Strategic Value for Turkey

·         Iran’s Response to Britain’s Tanker Seizure

·         Iraqi Kurdistan’s New Government

·         Lebanese are Tired of Hosting Syrian Refugees

·         MbZ and the Future Leadership of the UAE

·         Sanctions on Iraqi Political Figures: Shaping the Impact and Message

·         Tensions Between Egypt and Turkey Are on the Rise

Wilson Center

·         ArgentinaPulse Poll #4 | Argentines' Perception of the World Order, Foreign Policy, and Global Issues

World Bank

·         All Hands on Deck: Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Economic Forum

·         Building Value with Blockchain Technology: How to Evaluate Blockchain's Benefits