Friday's Miscellany 08-02-2019

38 North

·         Facing the Tuberculosis Crisis in North Korea: The Humanitarian Work of the Eugene Bell Foundation  

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Ansaroul Islam: The Rise and Decline of a Militant Islamist Group in the Sahel

·         Myths about Human Trafficking in Africa Infographic

AidData

·         Why Does Aid Not Target the Poorest?

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), July2019, v. 6, no. 7

o    Case Report: Possible Psittacosis in a Military Family Member—Clinical and Public Health Management Issues in Military Settings

o    Serological evidence of Burkholderia Pseudomallei Infection in U.S. Marines Who Trained in Australia from 2012–2014: a Retrospective Analysis of Archived Samples

o    Zika Virus Surveillance in Active Duty U.S. Military and Dependents through the Naval Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory

o    Brief Report: Department of Defense Midseason Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness for the 2018–2019 Influenza Season

o    Infectious Mononucleosis, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002–2018

Atlantic Council

·         Avenues for Conflict in the Gulf: A Matrix Game Simulation

·         Chile against Corruption: What Can the Region Learn?

·         Strategic Insights Memo: How to Break the Japan-Korea Impasse

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Jokowi’s Second Term: Economic Challenges and Outlook

·         The Marawi Crisis—Urban Conflict and Information Operations

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Elderly Undocumented Workers

BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust

·         Military Consumers and Marketplace Trust: An Analysis of Marketplace Challenges Facing the Military Community

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The 20th Century Pogroms Against the Jews of the Middle East: Will Christians Suffer the Same Fate?

·         Barreling Toward a Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Arms Race in the Middle East

·         The BBC Revelations: Holocaust Promoters Inside the Labour Party

·         Declining US Naval Power Does Not Augur Well for Eurasia

·         Is the BDS Movement on the Rise?

·         Jordan’s Double Game with Israel

·         The Palestinians Continue to Reject Any Settlement with Israel

·         Russian Soft Power in the Middle East

·         Trump’s Economic Plan Is Necessary Because Peace Is Not Possible

·         The UAE Withdraws from Yemen

·         Venezuela: A Mafia State

·         What the Smuggled Archive Tells Us About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Project

Belfer Center

·         A Case for Fortifying the BUILD Act: The U.S., China, and Internet Infrastructure in the Global South

·         Environmental Implications and Policy Challenges for Bringing Long-Haul Electric Trucks into China: The Case of the Tesla Semi

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Congress Needs the Office of Technology Assessment to Keep up with Science and Technology

·         Deficit Tracker

·         Policy Proposals to Address the Central American Migration Challenge

Brookings Institute

·         From the iPhone to Huawei: The New Geopolitics of Technology

·         Implementing a Fragility Strategy

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         LNG Trade and Market Shifts 

CATO Institute

·         Bailouts, Capital, or CoCos: Can Contingent Convertible Bonds Help Banks Cope with Financial Stress?

·         Do Immigrants Import Terrorism?

·         Political Parties Do Matter in U.S. Cities—for Their Unfunded Pensions

Center for Global Development

·         “Contractors or Collectives?” Earmarked Funding of Multilaterals,Donor Needs and Institutional Integrity: The World Bank as a Case Study

·         Five Things the Health Minister Should Do to Enhance the UK’s Global Health Footprint

Center for International Policy

·         U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Connection            

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 238 North Caucasus

·         UN Mediation in Libya: Peace Still a Distant Prospect

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         ’Burden-Sharing’ and the 2 percent of GDP Solution: A Study in Military Absurdity

·         China's Strategic Situational Awareness Capabilities

·         How Influential is China in the World Trade Organization?

·         Piracy and Illegal Fishing in Peru’s Tropical Pacific Sea

·         Security and Foreign Policy in Campaign 2020: A Conversation with Washington Journalists

·         Suriname at a Crossroads

·         Tell Me How This Ends: Military Advice, Strategic Goals, and the “Forever War” in Afghanistan

·         United States' Strategic Situational Awareness Capabilities

·         What's Happening with China's Belt and Road?

Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism - CSUSB

·         Report to the Nation: 2019 Factbook on Hate & Extremism in the U.S. & Internationally

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Trump Trade Policy, Exchange Rate Surveillance and the IMF: Back to the Future?

Chatham House

·         The Rise of China and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Corporate and Foreign Interests Behind White House Push to Transfer U.S. Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia - Second Interim StaffReport  

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Inflation, Inflation Expectations, and the Phillips Curve

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Department of Defense Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) -December 2018

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2019-105 Audit of Protection of DoD Controlled Unclassified Information on Contractor-Owned Networks and Systems

·         DODIG-2019-106 Audit of the DoD’s Management of the Cybersecurity Risks for Government Purchase Card Purchases of Commercial Off-the-Shelf Items

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-19-55  FEMA Must Take Additional Steps to Demonstrate the Importance of Fraud Prevention and Awareness in FEMA Disaster Assistance Programs

·         OIG-19-56  TSA's Data and Methods for Classifying Its Criminal Investigators as Law Enforcement Officers Need Improvement

·         OIG-19-57  DOJ and DHS OIGs Release a Joint Review of Law Enforcement Cooperation on the Southwest Border between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations

Department of State

·         U.S.-Caribbean 2020 Report

Department of the Army

·         ADP 3-07  Stability

Economic Research Forum

·         An Artificial Neural Network Augmented GARCH Model for Islamic Stock market Volatility: Do Asymmetry and Long Memory Matter?

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

·         Islamic Finance and Herding Behavior Theory: A Sectoral Analysis for Gulf Islamic Stock Market

·         Predicting Financial Distress of Companies: Comparison between Multivariate Discriminant Analysis and Multilayer Perceptron for Tunisian Case

·         What Drives Renewable Energy Production in MENA Region? Investigating the Roles of Political Stability, Governance and Financial Sector

EdChoice

·         2019 Surveying the Military: What America's Active-DutyServicemembers and Spouses Think about Military Life and k-12 Education

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Factors Behind Regional Inequality in Education in Kazakhstan

·         Women of Uzbekistan: Empowered on Paper, Inferior on the Ground

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         Emergency Support Function 15: Standard Operating Procedures

·         Planning Considerations: Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place: Guidance for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Burkina Faso's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation

·         Morocco's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Senegal's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing ofTerrorism and Proliferation

·         Trinidad and Tobago's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Zambia's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and TerroristFinancing

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         American Credibility is Dangerously Low: Just Not For the ReasonsYou May Think

·         A Nadir is Reached in the Politicization of U.S. Intelligence

·         Putin’s Victory: Why Turkey and America Made Each Other Weaker

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

·         Russian Nuclear Modernization and Putin’s Wonder-Missiles: Real Issues and False Posturing

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Cities and Civil Society as Allies for the Energy Transition

·         Massive Russian Financial Flows Through Moldova Show Small Jurisdictions Matter

·         Transatlantic Trade—the Emergence of an EU Geoeconomic Strategy?

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Ending the Cycles of Violence: Gangs, Protest and Response in Western Johannesburg, 1994–2019

·         The Evolution of Illicit Drug Markets and Drug Policy in Africa

·         Sand Mafias in India: Disorganized Crime in a Growing Economy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Logistics Agency: Small Businesses Participate in Reverse Engineering of Spare Parts GAO-19-586

·         Electronic Health Records: VA Needs to Identify and Report Existing System Costs [testimony] GAO-19-679T

·         Foreign Assistance: Federal Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines Incorporate Most but Not All Leading Practices GAO-19-466

·         Human Capital: Improving Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts [testimony] GAO-19-696T

·         Intelligence Community: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Oversight of the Centers for Academic Excellence Program GAO-19-529

·         Nuclear Security: The International Atomic Energy Agency Could Improve Priority Setting, Performance Measures, and Funding Stabilization GAO-19-429

·         Positive Train Control: As Implementation Progresses, Focus Turns to the Complexities of Achieving System Interoperability [testimony] GAO-19-693T

·         State Department: Leadership Focus Needed to Guide Agency Reform Efforts GAO-19-450

·         Water Resources Projects: Army Corps of Engineers Can Further Enhance Acceleration of Feasibility Studies GAO-19-561

·         Wireless Internet: FCC Should Assess Making Off-School-Premises Access Eligible for Additional Federal Support GAO-19-564

Gun Violence Archive (GVA)

·         2019 Gun Violence

Heritage Foundation

·         Advancing the U.S.–Mongolian Partnership

·         The U.S. Must Strengthen Defense Cooperation with the U.K.’s NewBoris Johnson Government

Hoover Institution

·         Forward Guidance: Is It Useful Away From The Lower Bound?

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Five Conundrums: The United States and the Conflict in Syria

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Strategic Assessment, July 2019, v. 22, no. 2

o    Legislative Initiatives to Change the Judicial System are Unnecessary

o    Arab Society and the Parliamentary Elections to the 21st and 22nd Knesset

o    The Delegitimization of Peace Advocates in Israeli Society

o    Hamas and Technology: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

o    Civilian Control of the Military with regard to Value-Based Issues in a World of Hybrid Conflicts

o    Polarization in the European Union and the Implications for Israel: The Case of the Netherlands

o    Saudi-Pakistan Relations: More than Meets the Eye

o    Israel-East Africa Relations

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Peace and Security Council Report No. 115

·         Point-Level Analysis of Crime in Khayelitsha: A Critical Review

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

·         The Afghanistan-India Drug Trail

·         Instability Taking Toll on Hong Kong’s Economy

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Air India Privatisation: India’s Aviation Sector at Crossroads

·         India and Indonesia : Constructing a Maritime Partnership

·         India’s Budget 2019: The Proposal to Issue US Dollar Bonds

·         India’s Future in Water Security

·         India’s Tariffs and Implications for Indo-US Trade Prospects

International Crisis Group

·         Averting the Middle East's 1914 Moment

·         Squaring the Circles in Syria’s North East

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Labor Market Slack and the Output Gap: The Case of Korea

·         The Long Shadow of the Global Financial Crisis: PublicInterventions in the Financial Sector

·         Optimal Monetary Policy Under Bounded Rationality

·         Statistical Coverage of Trade Finance - Fintechs and Supply Chain Financing

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         The Global Race for Antarctica: China vs the Rest of the World?

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 31, 2019, v. 19, no. 14

o    Arms Sales and High-Level Visits Signal Closer U.S. Relations with Taiwan

o    Xi Jinping Evokes the “Original Aspirations” of the Communist Party—  While Seeking to Strengthen His Hold on Power

o    A Preliminary Survey of CCP Influence Efforts in Hong Kong

o    Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper

o    Assessing Mental Health Challenges in the People’s Liberation Army, Part 1:  Psychological Factors Affecting Service Members, and the Leadership Response

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-10, Joint Security Operations in Theater, 25 July 2019

·         Joint Pub 3-30, Joint Air Operations, 25 July 2019

MacDonald-Laurier Institute

·         Russia-Proofing Your Election: Global Lessons for Protecting Canadian Democracy against Foreign Interference

·         The Unfolding Debate: Public Policy, Politics and the 2019 Federal Election

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         From Control to Crisis: Changing Trends and Policies Reshaping U.S.-Mexico Border Enforcement

National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)

·         Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from  the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2017-18

National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research

·         The National Collaborative on gun Violence Research: Strategic Plan

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

·         Bargaining On and Off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban  

·         Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States—Desistance, Disengagement, and Deradicalization (PIRUS-D3)

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Summer 2019, v. 19, no. 3

o    Security Force Capability Building 2.0: Enhancing the Structure behind the Training

o    Military to Civilian Transition: A Family-First Approach

o    Reframing and Responding to Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Risk to Canada

o    The Art of Command: An Artistic Interpretation

o    The Influence of Empire: A National Organization and the Birth of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1918 – 1924

o    Domestic Military Disaster Mitigation: A New Approach to a Recurring Problem

o    Telework in the Reserves: An Idea Whose Time is About to Come

o    Canada’s 2017 Defence Policy: A Triple Boost for Canadian Defence Intelligence

o    Shared Responsibility: Civil-Military Relations in the Humanitarian Space

National Fire Data Center

·         Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2015-2017)

National Security Archive

·         The INF Treaty, 1987-2019

·         Secret Service Releases Records on Chinese President Xi’s 2017Visit to Mar-a-Lago

NATO Defense College

·         NATO and EU Training Missions in Iraq – an Opportunity to Enhance Cooperation

Observer Research Foundation

·         The Baloch and Pashtun Nationalist Movements in Pakistan: Colonial Legacy and the Failure of State Policy

·         The Fight Against Infectious Diseases: Considerations for Public Health Systems and International Cooperation

·         Ten Years of RTE Act: Revisiting Achievements and Examining Gaps

Pak Institute for Security Studies (PIPS)

·         Youth Engagement in Pakistan: Baseline Evaluation and Way Forward

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Automation, Labor Market Disruption, and Trade Policy

Pew Research Center Science & Society

·         Trust and Mistrust in Americans’ Views of Scientific Experts

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Climate Change and Russia Are Partisan Flashpoints in Public’s Views of Global Threats

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Top 100 Polluter Indexes

Rand

·         After the Grand Opening: Assessing Cannabis Supply and Demand in Washington State  

·         Air Force Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs and Services:Contribution to Airman and Family Resilience and Readiness

·         Balancing Quality of Life with Mission Requirements: An Analysis of Personnel Tempo on U.S. Coast Guard Major Cutters

·         Countering Threats to Correctional Institution Security: Identifying Innovation Needs to Address Current and Emerging Concerns

·         Implications of U.S.-China Collaborations on Global Health Issues [testimony]

·         Profile of Institutional Review Board Characteristics Prior to the 2019 Implementation of the Revised Common Rule

·         Producing Joint Qualified Officers: FY 2008 to FY 2017 Trends

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         Pathfinder Collection v. 9

Royal Canadian Air Force  (RCAF)

·         Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, Winter 2019, v. 8, no. 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

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Economic Warfare: Enduring Its Impact

·         India and the Philippines: Time to Go Beyond the ASEAN Framework

·         Interreligious Relations (IRR) Issue 6 – Comparative Theology in the Academic Study of Religion: An Inquiry

·         Multilateral Matters – July 2019

·         Russia and Germany: A New Future?

·         Terror Threat in Malaysia: Warning Signs

Small Wars Journal

·         Assessing the Jefferson Administration’s Actions During the First Barbary Wars and their Impact on U.S. Small War Policy

·         Assessment of U.S. Involvement to Counter Hutu Extremists’ Plans for Tutsi Genocide in Early 1994

·         Gaps in Investigating the Exploitation of Children by “El Chapo”Guzman?: The Case for Multilateral Intelligence Sharing for Transnational Crime

·         Lucien Conein, Legendary OSS, Special Forces and CIA Officer -Forgotten by the USASOC History Office?

·         The Need for Détente: Cyberwarfare in India/Pakistan Conflict

·         The New China Lobby

·         The Role of Khat in Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 18: MS-13 Indictments Document Barbarization and Ritual Murders In Los Angeles

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         44th Quarterly Report to Congress (July 2019)

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

Stimson Center

·         US-DPRK Negotiations: Time to Pivot to an Interim Agreement

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse  

·         Access to Attorneys Difficult for Those Required to Remain In Mexico

UK Commission for Countering Extremism

·         Belief, Attitude, and Behavior Change: Leveraging Current Perspectives for Counter-Radicalisation

·         Critiquing Approaches to Countering Extremism: The Fundamental British Values Problem in English Formal Schooling

·         Critiquing Approaches to Countering Extremism via Certain Preventive Measures 

·         Drivers of Extremism: Global Political Antagonisms Reproduced in Cypriot and Italian Insurgencies

·         Embedding Human Rights in Countering Extremism: Reflections from the Field and Proposals for Change

·         Exploring Radicalisation and Extremism Online: An Experimental Study

·         Extremism Online: Analysis of Extremist Material on Social Media

·         The Moral Ecology of Extremism: A Systemic Perspective

UN Assisstance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Midyear Update on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict:  1 January to 30 June 2019

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

·         U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Bahrain’s Perception Problem

·         Houthis Kill Top UAE-Backed Separatist Yemeni Commander

·         Twenty Years Under King Mohammed VI (Part 2): Foreign Policy Developments

William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

·         From Tragedy to Success in Colombia: The Centrality of Effectiveness in Civil-Military Relations  

·         Terrorist Tactics in Criminal Organizations: The Mexico Case [Spanish]

Wilson Center

·         Ethiopia: Can the Future Prevail?

·         Managing the Rise of China's Security Partnerships in Southeast Asia

·         Unmasked: López Obrador & The End of Make-Believe

World Bank

·         Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity

World Economic Forum

·         Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains: Part 3 –Public or Private Blockchains – Which One Is Right for You?