Friday's Miscellany 09/27/2019 & 10/04/2019

38 North

·         North Korea’s New Pukguksong-3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile 

·         North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Recent Activity

·         North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Unusual Activity in the Fuel Reception Area

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Aging of Empire and Future of the Inter-Civilization Dialogue

·         Trump’s Trade Wars: A New World Order?

Amnesty International

·         All Work, No Pay: The Struggle of Qatar's Migrant Workers for Justice

·         Beijing's "Red Line" in Hong Kong

Anti Defamation League (ADL)

·         Hate Beyond Borders: The Internationalization of White Supremacy

Army University Press

·         Jakarta Knows Best: US Defense Policies and Security Cooperation in 1950s Indonesia

Army War College

·         Campaign Planning Handbook AY20

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         The Shifting Environment in Northeast Asia and Our Responses

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         European Allies in U.S. Multi-Domain Operations

·         Risking Nuclear Escalation: The Characteristics of War from the Sino-Soviet and Kargil Wars

Atlantic Council

·         Assessing Blockchain’s Future in Transactive Energy

·         Reenergizing Transatlantic Space Cooperation: Opportunities in Security & Beyond

·         The United States In Syria: Why It Still Matters

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Mind Your Tongue: Language, Public Diplomacy and Community Cohesion in Contemporary Australia–China Relations  

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Corruption and Democracy in Mexico

·         Mohammed bin Salman and Religious Authority and Reform in Saudi Arabia

·         Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Resource-Rich Regions

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The Al-Hashd al-Sha’bi Militias at a Crossroads

·         Berlin: Capital of European Antisemitism

·         Challenging the World Order: Erdoğan and Nukes

·         Diverging Gulf Responses to Kashmir and Xinjiang Reflect Deep Divisions

·         The Invincible Sultan: Is Erdoğan Losing His Populist Charm?

·         Putin Clumsily Attempts to Exploit Gulf Tensions

·         Roadmap for a Chinese-Iranian Strategic Partnership

·         “Smokescreening” – Anti-Israel Sentiment Expressed Through False Friendship

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Proposals for Reform Volume II: National Task Force on Rule of Law & Democracy

·         Supreme Court Ethics Reform

Brookings 

·         China and Economic Sanctions: Where Does Washington have Leverage?

·         China, the Gray Zone, and Contingency Planning at the Department of Defense and Beyond

·         Global China: Domains of Strategic Competition and Domestic Drivers

·         Impeachment and Public Opinion: Three Key Indicators to Watch

·         Party Leadership and Rule of Law in the Xi Jinping Era

·         Tracking Turnover in the Trump Administration

·         Understanding China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Projects in Africa

Bruegel

·         Challenges Ahead for the European Central Bank: Navigating in the Dark?

·         Simple Rules for Better Fiscal Policies in Europe

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         NATO: Past, Present and Future

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Cyber Risk Scenarios, the Financial System, and Systemic Risk Assessment

·         India’s Quest for Jobs: A Policy Agenda

·         ICT Supply Chain Integrity: Principles for Governmental and Corporate Policies

CATO Institute

·         Do Financial Crises Cleanse the Banking Industry? Evidence from U.S. Commercial‐Bank Exits

·         Information Autocrats

·         The Problems with Economic Integration and Controlled Choice

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Risk Realism: The Arms Control Endgame for North Korea Policy

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         Open Arms: Evaluating Global Exposure to China’s Defense-Industrial Base

Center for Climate Security (CCS)

·         2019 Climate and Security Fellowship Program “Risks Briefers”

·         A Climate Security Plan for America

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         Military Mobility and the Central Transportation Hub

·         The Pernicious Effects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on Western Balkan-EU Integration

·         Poland's Role in Securing NATO’S Eastern Flank: Military Mobility and the Central Transportation Hub

Center for Global Development

·         Moving Beyond the Emergency: A Whole of Society Approach to the Refugee Response in Bangladesh

·         When Does “What Works” Work? And What Does that Mean for UK Aid R&D Spend?

Center for Security Policy

·         Is an ISIS Resurgence Underway?

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         AI in Military Enabling Applications

·         Ceasefire Project Country Reports: Yemen

·         Russia and China: The Potential of Their Partnership

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 239 - Russian Regional Elections

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen: The Long-Term Civil Challenges and Host Country Threats from ‘Failed State’ Wars

·         The Art of Summitry: What the United States Can Learn from Japan’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)

·         Beyond the Brink: Escalation and Conflict in U.S.-China Economic Relations

·         The Changing Face of HIV: Addressing Health Needs Across the Life Course

·         China and the United States: Cooperation, Competition, and/or Conflict

·         Engaging with India’s Electrification Agenda: Powering Madhya Pradesh

·         Engaging with India’s Electrification Agenda: Powering Odisha

·         Enhancing U.S. Leadership in a New Era of Global Immunization

·         Not Contributing Enough? A Summary of European Military and Development Assistance to Ukraine Since 2014

·         Oil and Gas Industry Engagement on Climate Change

·         Orchestrating Global Polio Eradication

·         Perfect Match: How Workers Can Find Jobs That Fit Them Best

·         Significant Cyber Incidents [updated September 2019]  

·         Smart Money on Chinese Advances in AI

·         Strategic Directions for the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

·         UN Report Paints a Bleak Outlook for the World’s Oceans and Coastal Areas

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: Navy

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Strategic and Budget Context

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy

·         Youth Violence Prevention in the United States

Center for the Study of Intelligence

·         Studies in Intelligence, 63, no. 3, September 2019

o    On the Trail of a Fourth Soviet Spy at Los Alamos

o    The Use and Abuse of Intelligence in the Public Square

o    The Dixie Mission 1944: The First US Intelligence Encounter with the Chinese Communists

o    Reflections on a Life of Covering the World of Intelligence and National Security

o    Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf

·         A Middle East Primed for New Thinking: Insights and Policy Options from the Ancient World

Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

·         Perceptions, Spring-Summer 2019, v. 14, no. 1

o    Introduction: American Foreign Policy in an Era of Transition

o    Lost In Translation: A System-Level Analysis of the Turkish-U.S. Alliance under the Obama and Trump Administrations

o    Donald Trump and the Evolving U.S.-Russia Relationship

o    The Obama Doctrine and Military Intervention

o    Inter-American Relations in the Age of Trump: How the U.S. Is Losing Its Grip on Its Volatile “Backyard”

o    Trump’s Wisdom for the International Political Economy: A Way to Collective Carnage?

o    Placing it in Context: The Changing Climate of U.S. Environmental Policy

Center for the Study of the Drone

·         The Drone Databook

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Power Projects: Insights into Environmental and Debt Sustainability

·         The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         Don’t Stoke the Ego of White Supremacists

·         Why an Apolitical Military Is so Important in an Era of an “All-Volunteer” Force

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex

·         A Plurilateral “Single Data Area” Is the Solution to Canada’s Data Trilemma

·         The SDGs and Gender: The Case of Indigenous and Local Women's Traditional Knowledge

Chatham House

·         Delivering Sustainable Food and Land Use Systems: The Role of International Trade

·         Ukraine’s Decentralization Reforms Since 2014: Initial Achievements and Future Challenges

Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG)

·         A Climate Security Plan for America

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Legitimacy of Traditional Authorities: Mali, Niger and Libya

College of Europe

·         Madam Ambassador: A Statistical Comparison of Female Ambassadors across the U.S., German, and EU Foreign Services  

Commission for Countering Extremism

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

·         Critiquing Approaches to Countering Extremism via Certain Preventive Measures

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

·         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

·         Modernising and Mainstreaming: The Contemporary British Far-Right

·         The Moral Ecology of Extremism: A Systemic Perspective

·         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

Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Status of the B61-12 Life Extension and W88 Alteration-370 Programs

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Legislating to Secure America's Wireless Future

·         Protecting Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impact of the Trump Administration's Cruel Policies

·         A Public Health Crisis: The Gun Violence Epidemic in America [field hearing]

·         Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Assessing the Impact of Cutting Foreign Assistance to Central America

·         Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban

·         Sustaining U.S. Pacific Insular Relationships

·         U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and the FY 2020 Budget

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Engaging the Community: Perspectives on School Security

·         Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities: Is DHS Doing Enough?

Congress. House. Intelligence Committee

·         Intelligence Community Inspector General Letter Regarding the Whistleblower Complaint dated August 12, 2019

·         Whistleblower Complaint of the President of the United States is Using the Power of His Office to Solicit Interference from a Foreign Country in the 2020 U.S. Election

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Community Responses to Gun Violence in our Cities

·         Congressional Authority to Protect Voting Rights After Shelby County v. Holder

·         The Expansion and Troubling Use of ICE Detention

·         The Federal Judiciary in the 21st Century: Ensuring the Public’s Right of Access to the Courts

·         Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban

·         Presidential Corruption: Emoluments and Profiting Off the Presidency

·         Protecting America from Assault Weapons

·         Securing America’s Elections

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         The Administration’s Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children and Their Families

·         Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part III): Addressing the Transnational Terrorist Threat

·         Don’t Vape: Examining the Outbreak of Lung Disease and CDC’s Urgent Warning Not to Use E-Cigarettes

·         NextGen Feds: Recruiting the Next Generation of Public Servants

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee 

·         Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

·         Online Imposters and Disinformation

·         Understanding, Forecasting, and Communicating Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Coast Guard and Port Infrastructure: Built to Last?

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science,& Transportation Committee

·         Fishery Failures: Improving the Disaster Declaration and Relief Process

·         Improving Air Traffic Control for the American People: Examining the Current System

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Hong Kong Emergency: Securing Freedom, Autonomy, and Human Rights

·         The Path Forward: Key Findings From the Syria Study Group Report

·         U.S. Policy in Mexico and Central America: Ensuring Effective Policies to Address the Crisis at the Border

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security& Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Countering Domestic Terrorism: Examining the Evolving Threat

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Congressional Proposals Related to a Lapse in Appropriations

Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Security Implications of Human Trafficking

Critical Threats Project

·         Attribution, Intent, and Response in the Abqaiq Attack

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

·         National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP)

Defense360

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2018 Annual Suicide Report

·         Guidance for Continuation of Operations During a Lapse in Appropriations 

·         Notice and Justification to the Congressional Defense Committees with Description of the Efficiencies to be Achieve

Department of Energy Inspector General

·         DOE-IG-19-52 Management of Cybersecurity Over Selected Information Systems at Department of Energy Headquarters

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-19-59 S&T Is Not Effectively Coordinating Research and Development Efforts across DHS

·         OIG-19-60 Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2018

·         OIG-19-62 DHS Needs to Improve Cybersecurity Workforce Planning

Department of State

·         Report to Congress on Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2020

Department of State Inspector General

·         AUD-MERO-19-33 Audit of Cost Management  of Embassy Air in Afghanistan and Iraq

·         FY 2020 Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Overseas Contingency Operations

East-West Center

·         New U.S. Policies toward Greenland

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Funding MSMEs in North Africa and Microfinance: The Issue of Demand and Supply Mismatch

·         On Ideas and Economic Policy: A Survey of MENA Economists

·         Public Employment Shocks and Female Labor Force Participation in Palestine: Evidence from Quasi-Natural Experiment

·         Short- and Long-Run Tail Dependence Switching in MENA Stock Markets: The Roles of Oil, BITCOIN, Gold and VIX

Egmont Institute

·         Articulating the Logic of Nuclear-Sharing

The Elders

·         Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Emirates Diplomatic Academy

·         The Evolution of the Regional Security Complex in the MENA Region

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Emerging Dual-Use Technologies in the Life Sciences: Challenges and Policy Recommendations on Export Control

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Instinctive Multilateralist: Portugal and the Politics of Cooperation

·         Zelensky Unchained: What Ukraine’s New Political Order Means for Its Future

European Eye on Radicalization (EER)

·         The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb 

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         The P5 Process: Ten Years On 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Can Europe Prevent the Paralysis of the Multilateral Trading System? 

·         Diminishing Safeguards, Increasing Returns: Non-Refoulement Gaps in the EU Return and Readmission System 

·         From Mission Letter to Mission Impossible: Can a Top-Down Approach to ‘Cohesion and Reforms’ Really Deliver? 

·         Guns and Glory: Criminality, Imprisonment and Jihadist Extremism in Europe 

·         Guns and Glory: Criminality, Imprisonment and Jihadist Extremism in Europe - Speech by Herman Van Rompuy 

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Three Scenarios for Sudan 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2018 Crime in the United States 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Follow-up Report to Macao, China's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

·         Follow-up Report to Mongolia's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

·         Follow-up Report to Sri Lanka's Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)

·         Suspicious Activity Report Statistics (SAR Stats) Interactive Database

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         The Basis for Strong US-European Relations Endures: Continuity in Institutions and Interests

·         Global Britain's Arctic Security Policy: Going Forward While Looking Back

·         Regional Elections in Russia: The Kremlin is Tackling Previous Challenges While Facing New Ones

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         On the Fault Line: Georgian Relations with China and the West

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

·         The “Tactical Cloud”, a Key Element of the Future Combat Air System

French Institute of International Relations

·         Friends in Need: Whither the Russia-India Strategic Partnership?

·         No Longer a Middle Power: Australia’s Strategy in the 21st Century

·         Sub-Surface Competition in the Euro-Atlantic Area: The Challenge to Western Dominance

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

·         Priorities for the EU’s New Foreign Policy Agenda up to 2024 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         How Germany Can Benefit from the Global Compact for Migration

·         Mozambique Still At Risk: Despite the Peace Process, A Serious Crisis Looms

·         Options for EU Trade Policy to Enhance Climate Action

·         Shifting Boundaries of the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy: A Challenge to the Rule of Law  

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The End of Techno-Utopianism

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Organised Crime Index - Africa 2019

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

·         2019 GIFCT Transparency Report

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Bank Secrecy Act: Agencies and Financial Institutions Share Information but Metrics and Feedback Not Regularly Provided GAO-19-582

·         Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Better Manage Assets and Reduce Risks and Costs GAO-19-711T [testimony]

·         Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure: Processes for Improving Resilience Should Fully Align with DHS Risk Management Framework GAO-19-675

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Actions Needed to Address Significant Cybersecurity Risks Facing the Electric Grid GAO-19-332

·         Defense Workforce: Steps Needed to Identify Acquisition Training Needs for Non-Acquisition Personnel [Reissued with revisions on Oct. 2, 2019.] GAO-19-556

·         Economic Sanctions: Agencies Assess Impacts on Targets, and Studies Suggest Several Factors Contribute to Sanctions' Effectiveness GAO-20-145

·         Federal Contracting: Information on Agencies' Use of the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Process GAO-19-691

·         Federal Energy Development: Challenges to Ensuring a Fair Return for Federal Energy Resources GAO-19-718T [testimony]

·         Federal Workforce: Talent Management Strategies to Help Agencies Better Compete in a Tight Labor Market GAO-19-723T [testimony]

·         Foreign Military Sales: DOD Should Strengthen Oversight of Its Growing Transportation Account Balances GAO-19-678

·         Immigration Benefits: Additional Actions Needed to Address Fraud Risks in Program for Foreign National Victims of Domestic Abuse GAO-19-676

·         International Aviation Security: TSA Should Improve Industry Coordination and Its Security Directive and Emergency Amendment Review Process GAO-20-7

·         Marine Debris: Interagency Committee Members Are Taking Action, but Additional Steps Could Enhance the Federal Response GAO-19-653

·         North Macedonia: U.S. Government Has Provided Funding to Support Democracy Activities GAO-20-158

·         Support Service Contracts: NNSA Could Better Manage Potential Risks of Contractors Performing Inherently Governmental Functions GAO-19-608

·         Veterans Affairs: Additional Actions Needed to Increase Veterans' Burial Access GAO-19-121

·         Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve Explosive Ordnance Disposal Forces Planning GAO-19-698

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2019, v. 12, no. 3  

o    Two Armies: Balancing America’s Landpower for Competition and National Security

o    Risk Representations and Confrontational Actions in the Arctic

o    Violent Extremist Organizations: Past Trends and Short-Term Forecast

o    Assessing the Prevalence of Middle Eastern Extreme Ideologies among some Iranians

Heritage Foundation

·         The Supreme Court Goes to War

·         The U.S. Should Oppose the EU’s Turn Toward Industrial Policy

Hoover Institution

·         The Transformation and Performance of Emerging Market Economies Across the Great Divide of the Global Financial Crisis

Human Rights Watch

·         “Just Like Other Kids”: Lack of Access to Inclusive Quality Education for Children with Disabilities in Iran

·         “When We Lost the Forest, We Lost Everything”: Oil Palm Plantations and Rights Violations in Indonesia

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Approaches to Increase Awareness, Adoption, and Adaptation of Innovation in the Federal Government

·         Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving Federal Programs and Informing Funding Decisions

·         Partnership Development in the Federal Government

·         The Role of a Chief Innovation Officer in the Federal Government

·         A Tentative Framework for Examining U.S. and Chinese Expenditures for Research and Development on Artificial Intelligence

·         Tour of Duty Hiring in the Federal Government

·         Use of Grand Challenges in the Federal Government

·         User-Focused Innovation in the Federal Government

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Fair Elections Key to Stability in Mozambique

·         Peace and Security Council Report no. 117

o    Xenophobia in South Africa and politics in the Horn

·         Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons from Africa

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         GIFCT Countering Violent Extremism Toolkit

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

·         The Iranian Escalation

·         Peace Making in Afghanistan: Future Pathways

Institute for the Study of War

·         ISIS's Campaign to Escape Detention in Iraq and Syria

·         ISIS Prepares for Breakout in Prisons and Camps

·         Russia in Review: Diversifying Foreign Policy Tools

·         Syria Situation Report: September 11 - 24, 2019

·         Turkish Invasion of Northeast Syria Looks Imminent

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         The Water-Food Nexus in Mediterranean Cities: The Quest for More Sustainable Diets

Institute of Labor Economics

·         Immigrants’ Deportations, Local Crime and Police Effectiveness

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The 2019 UN General Assembly – India’s Strategic Multilateralism

·         Drones of Terror Expose India’s Defences

·         Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Sends a Clear Signal to Beijing

·         Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections: Initial Observations

·         The Three Language Formula Revisited: ‘Hindi Imposition’ Stokes Protests

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Extreme-Right Violence and Terrorism: Concepts, Patterns, and Responses

·         Remembering Terrorism: The Case of Norway

·         The Warning Signs are Flashing Red: The Interplay Between Climate Change and Violent Extremism in the Western Sahel

International Crisis Group

·         After Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: Reducing Risks of Future Violence

·         Containing the Border Fallout of Colombia’s New Guerrilla Schism

·         Getting the Afghanistan Peace Process Back on Track

·         Myanmar: A Violent Push to Shake Up Ceasefire Negotiations

International Energy Administration (EIA)

·         2019 Key World Energy Statistics (KWES)  

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Private Sector Job Creation in MENA: Prioritizing the Reform Agenda

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 26, 2019, v. 19, no. 17

o    Confucius Institutes and the Corporate Sector: An Emerging Avenue for Chinese Communist Party Foreign Influence?

o    Xi Signals a New Round of "Struggle" Against Foes in the Party

o    The United Front Work Department Assumes a Diplomatic Role

o    Not Really Probing the East: Romania's Position on Chinese Investments

o    The Belt and Road Initiative Adds More Partners, But Beijing Has Fewer Dollars to Spend

Japan Ministry of Defense

·         Defense of Japan 2019

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·         Special Warfare, April-June 2019, v. 32, no. 2  

o    The Special Forces Profession

o    "Bloodline," "Partyline" and "Bottom Line"

o    Forging Expertise

o    Civil Affairs I a Resistance Environment

o    Ties that Bind

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Current Trends in Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces

Migration Policy Institute

·         Investing in the Neighborhood: Changing Mexico-U.S. Migration Patterns and Opportunities for Sustainable Cooperation

·         Invertir en el Vecindario: Cambios en los Patrones de Migración Entre México y Estados Unidos y Oportunidades para una Cooperación Sostenible

·         On the Brink: Prospects for UK Nationals in the EU-27 after a No-Deal Brexit

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         NIDS ASEAN Workshop 2019 "China's BRI and ASEAN"

o    Cambodian Perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative

o    Malaysia-China Cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative under the Pakatan Harapan Government: Changes, Continuities, and Prospects

o    Singapore Engages China's Belt and Road Initiative: The Pitfalls and Promises of Soft Strategies

o    The Belt and Road Initiative in Vietnam

National Security Archive

·         Kennedy and Cuba: Operation Mongoose 

NATO Defense College

·         NATO and the EU - The Essential Partners

New America

·         The Army and Multi-Domain Operations: Moving Beyond AirLand Battle

·         Building U.S. Resilience to Political Violence: A (Globally-Informed) Framework for Analysis and Action

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Building Security Through Cooperation: Report of the NTI Working Group on Cooperative Threat

·         Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

·         Reduction with North Korea

Oxford Internet Institute

·         The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Global Dimensions of US Monetary Policy

·         Hyperinflation in Venezuela: A Stabilization Handbook

·         Will Trump Throw Oil Sanctions on the Fire of US-China Relations?

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         For a Lot of American Teens, Religion Is a Regular Part of the Public School Day

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics& Policy

·         Public Expresses Favorable Views of a Number of Federal Agencies

·         Why Americans Don’t Fully Trust Many Who Hold Positions of Power and Responsibility

Potomac Institute

·         The Next Step in Low Orbit Space Commercialization

RAND Corporation

·         The Changing Research Landscape and Reflections on National Research Assessment in the Future

·         Russia, NATO, and Black Sea Security Strategy: Regional Perspectives from a 2019 Workshop

·         Today's Army Spouse Survey: How Army Families Address Life's Challenges

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Down and Out in Pyongyang and London

Scholars at Risk

·         Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom & China’s Quest for World Class Universities

Small Arms Survey

·         Displaced and Immiserated: The Shilluk of  Upper Nile in South Sudan’s Civil War, 2014-19

Small Wars Journal

·         Army Intel, Navy Gunfire, and Marine Mission Execution Saved Many

·         As Kashmir Festers, India-China Ties Wobble

·         Beyond Tacit Approval: Embracing Special Operations Civil Affairs Support to the Intelligence Information Report

·         Civil Affairs 2.0: Breaking the Circular Logic

·         Civil Reconnaissance Teams: The Expeditionary Arm of Civil Affairs Forces

·         Crushing Kim: Can the U.S. Halt North Korea's Nuclear Proliferation?

·         Dark Points in the July 15 Military Uprising: Was President Erdogan Really at the Hotel in Marmaris?

·         Diaspora Vulnerability in Italy and Nigerian Organized Crime

·         Drone Technology Proliferation in Small Wars

·         Empowering a Mission Command Climate

·         Everything Old is New Again: Russian, Chinese, Iranian and North Korean Use of Proxies Against the United States

·         The Forgotten War? US 2020 Debates Largely Ignore Afghanistan

·         An Investment in People is an Investment in Readiness: Shared Accord in Retrospect

·         Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Hawala’s Damage to the Afghan Economy

·         Officer Specialization in the United States Army: The Solution to the Junior Officer Brain Drain and Generals Who Over-Generalize is One and the Same

·         Pancho Villa and Bin Laden

·         The Primacy of Information Intelligence

·         The Prospects for Advancing US-Saudi Defense Alliance in the Shadow of the ARAMCO Attacks

·         A Savage Birth: In “The British Are Coming,” Rick Atkinson Lays Bare the Myth of the American Revolution

·         Should the U.S. Carry Out Punitive Strikes in Reaction to Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria?

·         Same Dog, New Tricks: Trends in Russian Intelligence Services

·         Transparency Needed: The Prosecution, Detention, and Deradicalization of Foreign Fighters

·         What Translation Troubles Can Tell Us About Russian Information Warfare

Soufan Center

·         White Supremacy Extremism: The Transnational Rise of the Violent White Supremacist Movement

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Lessons from Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 20-01-FA USAID's Afghanistan Workforce Development Program: Audit of Costs Incurred by Creative Associates International Inc.

Stimson

·         Renewable Energy & UN Peacekeeping: Untapped Potential in the DRC

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Opportunity for Local Peacebuilding Interventions: The Case of Kirkuk

·         Towards Legitimate Stability in CAR and the DRC: External Assumptions and Local Perspectives

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Russian Military in Contemporary Perspective

Taylor & Francis [open access articles]

·         Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2019

o    How Can the Literature Inform Counter-Terrorism Practice? Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges  [open access article]

o    Subjectivity in Detection of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: A Youth Worker's Perspective  [open access article]

·         Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2019, v. 12, no. 4

o    Making Sense of Terrorism: A Narrative Approach to the Study of Violent Events  [open access article]

o    Terrorist Learning in Context – the Case of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb   [open access article]

·         Ethics & Global Politics, 2019, v. 12, no. 2

o    BRICS, Soft Power and Climate Change: New Challenges in Global Governance? [open access article]

o    Should States Prioritize Child Refugees? [open access article]

·         Journal of Cyber Policy, 2019, v. 4, no. 2

o    Can I Still Trust You, My Dear Doll? A Philosophical and Legal Exploration of Smart Toys and Trust  [open access article]

The Sentry

·         The Taking of South Sudan: The Tycoons, Brokers, and Multinational Corporations Complicit in Hijacking the World's Newest Nation

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         White-Collar Prosecutions Half Level of 8 Years Ago  

US Fire Administration (USFA)

·         Annual Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Conflict Prevention in Kenya: Combating Corruption through Nonviolent Action

·         Donor Assistance in the Transparency and Accountability Movement

·         Local Cross-line Coordination in Syria

·         Loya Jirgas and Political Crisis Management in Afghanistan: Drawing on the Bank of Tradition

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         As Protests Explode, Iraq Must Get Serious About Reform

·         Bigoted Populism May Spell the End of Lebanon as a Modern State

·         Egypt, Haftar, and U.S. Passive Interest in the Libyan Conflict

·         Erdogan's Empire: The Evolution of Turkish Foreign Policy

·         Guidelines for Israel's National Security Strategy

·         Helping Iraq Take Charge of Its Command-and-Control Structure

·         Hezbollah Prioritizes Its Own Interests, Putting Lebanon at Risk

·         How the Syrian War Shifted Attitudes Towards Arab–Israeli Rapprochement

·         How to Present Evidence of Iranian Involvement in the Saudi Attack

·         Iran’s Supreme Leader Putting ‘Heroic Flexibility’ Aside

·         Kuwait: A Changing System Under Stress

·         Plugging the Gaps in Saudi Arabia’s Air Defenses

·         Responding to the Saudi Oil Attack: A Challenge for U.S. Policy

·         Tunisian Elections Suggest a Move Beyond Secularist and Islamist Politics in Tunisia

Wilson Center

·         The High Arctic Research Center Concept: Year-Round, Multi-Domain Access for Research, Development and Domain Awareness in the North American Arctic

·         Kennan Cable No. 44: Ukrainian Local Governance Prior to Euromaidan: The Pre-History of Ukraine’s Decentralization Reform

·         Nuclear Crises with North Korea and Iran: From Transformational to Transactional Diplomacy

·         Nuclear Latency and Hedging: Concepts, History, and Issues

·         SDF's Arab Majority Rank Turkey as the Biggest Threat to NE Syria: Survey Data on America's Partner Forces

·         What Can Be Done About the Problem of Political Parties?

World Bank

·         Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis 

World Economic Forum

·         Regional Risks for Doing Business 2019