Friday's Miscellany 11-15-2019

Air University

·         Bridging the Gap: How an Airborne Mobile-Mesh Network Can Overcome Space Vulnerabilities in Tomorrow’s Fight

·         The Ultimate Challenge: Attribution for Cyber Operations

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Syria New Constitutional Committee: Enlightened UN Diplomacy or Repositioning the Assad Regime?

·         Turkey’s Operation in Syria: A Chess Game with a Shifting Balance of Power

American Enterprise Institute

·         That (18)70s Show

·         Applying Antitrust in Digital Markets: Foundations and Approaches

·         Society, Technology, and Future Warfare

Amnesty International

·         Killed In “Crossfire”: Allegations Of Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh In The Guise of a War On Drugs

·         Turkey’s Continuing Crackdown On Dissent Over Its Military Operation“Peace Spring” In Northeast Syria

·         Unsafe At Home, Unsafe Abroad: State Obligations Towards Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Sri Lanka

The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

·         Petro Diplomacy: Challenges to the Energy Transition in the Gulf Countries

Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

·         Cyber Defense Review, Fall 2019, v. 4, no. 2

o    How Could They Not: Thinking Like a State Cyber Threat Actor

o    Artificial Intelligence in Digital Warfare: Introducing the Concept of the Cyberteammate

o    The Post-GIG Era: From Network  Security to Mission Assurance

o    A Case for Action: Changing the Focus of National Cyber Defense

o    Data Privacy and Protection: What Businesses Should Do

o    The Cyber Defense Review: Defending Forward

Army University Press

·         Military Review, November-December 2019, v. 99, no. 6

o    The Geoeconomic Dimensions of Russian Private Military and Security Companies

o    Order from Chaos: Inside U.S. Army Civil Affairs Activities

o    Empathetic Leadership: Understanding the Human Domain

o    Integration of Women and Gender Perspective into the Myanmar Armed Forces to Improve Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar

o    Motivating and Educating Millennials

o    Military Transformation: Effort and Institutional Commitment

o    Trailblazers of Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

o    A Last Moment Caught

o    Mobilizing History to Promote Patriotism and a New Past

o    Shadows of War: Violence along the Korean Demilitarized Zone

o    Fighting Forward: Modernizing U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Security for Great Power Conflict

o    Global Contingency Plans: A New Look at War Planning

o    All Socialists Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others

o    Bombs without Boots: The Limits of Airpower

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         F- 35 JSF and Military Transformation:  American Militarism during the Post-Cold War Era

Atlantic Council

·         Over the Horizon: NATO Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance in the Baltic Sea Region

·         Thinking Foreign Policy in Russia: Think Tanks and Grand Narratives

Australian National University Press

·         Commonwealth Responsibility and Cold War Solidarity: Australia inAsia, 1944–74

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

·         The Future Defense of the West

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Sticking To Our Guns: A Troubled Past Produces a Superb Weapon

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Global Energy Security Implications of a Potential U.S. Strategic Pivot Away from the CENTOM AOR

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         China in the Middle East: From Observer to Security Player

·         Gaza Conflagration Highlights the Differences between Hamas and Islamic Jihad

·         Global Protests: Russia and China Risk Ending Up on the Wrong Side of History

·         Israel Agrees to Monitor Foreign Investment

·         Israel Faces Unprecedented Security Threats

·         Lebanese and Iraqi Protesters Transcend Sectarianism

·         Lessons of the Gaza Conflagration

·         The Road to an Iranian Attack on Israel

Belfer Center

·         Urban Blind Spots: Gaps in Joint Force Combat Readiness

·         Understanding Data Privacy Protections Across Industries

Beyond the Parallel

·         Yongbyon Update: November Movement of Radioactive Material?

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         The 2018 Voting Experience: Polling Place Lines

Brookings

·         Cybersecurity and Digital Trade: What Role for International Trade Rules?

·         How Many Undocumented Immigrants are in the United States and Who Are They?

·         Moving Federal Jobs Out of Washington could Work, If It’s Done Correctly

·         Toward a Red Sea Forum: The Gulf, the Horn of Africa, and Architecture for a New Regional Order

·         Why Would a Woman Want to be a U.S. Marine?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Another Way to Buy Frigates

·         The Imperative of Trade Diversification: Why Canada Should Embrace Taiwan’s Accession to CPTPP

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Russia in the Middle East: Jack of All Trades, Master of None

·         U.S. Foreign Policy for the Middle Class: Perspectives from Colorado

CATO Institute

·         Rust Buckets: How the Jones Act Undermines U.S. Shipbuilding and National Security

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         From Sea to Shining Sea: State-Level Benefits for Veterans

·         State Veteran Benefit Finder

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

·         Will Belarus Choose the West?

Center for Global Development

·         How America Leads Abroad: An Examination of Multilateral Development Institutions

·         The New Economy of Africa: Opportunities for Nigeria’s Emerging Technology Sector

·         Towards Real-Time Governance: Using Digital Feedback to Improve Service, Voice, and Accountability

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         Water Security in the Middle East

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Assessing the Affordability of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Portfolio

·         Iran’s Protests and the Threat to Domestic Stability

·         The New Missing Middle in Development Finance

·         Rigid Structures, Evolving Threat: Preventing the Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         High Anxiety: The Trade War and China’s Oil and Gas Supply Security

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Schengen Reloaded

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China's New Concept of Global Governance and Action Plan forInternational Cooperation

Chatham House

·         EU–US Relations on Internet Governance

Clingendael Institute

·         The Arctic Elephant: Europe & Geopolitics of the High North

College of Europe

·         The Trade-Climate Nexus: Assessing the European Union’s Institutionalist Approach

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         F-35 Program Update: Sustainment, Production, and Affordability Challenges

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Democracy and the NATO Alliance: Upholding our Shared DemocraticValues

·         The U.S. Policy in the Sahel Region

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee

·         Full Committee Open Hearing for the Impeachment Inquiry

o    Ambassador William B. Taylor and Mr.George Kent

o    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch

·         Impeachment Inquiry Deposition Transcripts

o    Laura Cooper, Deputy AssistantSecretary of the Department of Defense Deposition

o    Catherine Croft and ChristopherAnderson, Advisors to Ambassador Kurt Volker

o    Deputy Assistant to the President Timothy Morrison and Vice President Pence’s Special Adviser on Europe andRussia, Jennifer Williams

Congress. House. Science, Space, and Technology Committee

·         Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science? The Future of Science in EPA Rulemaking

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Amtrak Now and Into the Future

·         Commercial and Passenger Vessel Safety: Challenges and Opportunities

·         From Curb to Gate and Back Again: The Air Travel Experience for Persons with Disabilities

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: The Year inReview

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Overview of the Budget and Economic Outlook From 2019 to 2029

·         Alternatives for Modernizing the Navy’s Sealift Force

·         Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2019

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The European Union as a Security Actor: Perspectives from the Maritime Domain

Department of State Inspector General

·         ESP-20-01 Review of Allegations of Politicized and Other Improper Personnel Practices Involving the Office of the Secretary

·         Operation Pacific Eagle–Philippines: Lead Inspector General Report to the United States Congress, July , 2019-September 30, 2019

Department of the Navy

·         Secretary of the Navy Year 3 Strategic Vision, Goals, and Implementation Guidance Fiscal Years 2020-2023

·         Time to Update Our Strategic Vision and Goals

Egmont Institute

·         An Ambitious Agenda or Big Words? Developing a European Approach to AI

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2018

·         Country Guidance: Afghanistan

·         Country Guidance: Iraq

·         EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Afghanistan - Security Situation

·         EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Pakistan - Security Situation

·         EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Syria - Security Situation

·         EASO Guidance on Asylum Procedure: Operational Standards and Indicators

·         Latest Asylum Trends

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         After the EU Elections: Perspectives and Priorities for 2019-2024

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2018 Hate Crime Statistics

·         Lone Offender: A Study of Lone Offender Terrorism in the United States (1972-2015)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Denmark’s Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

·         Ireland's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle MoneyLaundering and Terrorist Financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         The New EU Leadership: The von der Leyen Commission Focuses onEurope’s Geo-Economic Power

·         Russia and China in the Middle East: Playing Their Best Cards

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Russia’s Southern Strategy

·         Shifting Poles in the Middle East: Implications for U.S. RegionalStrategy

French Institute of International Relations

·         What Is Digital Power?

Future Directions International

·         Countering China’s Grip on Rare Earth Commodities

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Strong Leadership And Effective Partnerships For Successful Municipal FTTP Projects

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Certificated Expenditures: Executive Office of the President FY 2018 Certificated Expenditures Were Spent for Authorized Purposes GAO-20-139R

·         Emergency Transportation Relief: Federal Transit Administration and FEMA Took Actions to Coordinate, but Steps Are Needed to Address Risk of Duplicate Funding GAO-20-85

·         F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DOD Faces Challenges in Sustaining a Growing Fleet [testimony] GAO-20-234T

·         Information Security: VA and Other Federal Agencies Need to Address Significant Challenges [testimony] GAO-20-256T

·         Irrigated Agriculture: Technologies, Practices, and Implications for Water Scarcity GAO-20-128SP

·         Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Changes to Surface Warfare Officer Training GAO-20-154

Hudson Institute

·         Transcript: U.S. Space Strategy and Indo-Pacific Cooperation:Patrick M. Cronin, Masashi Murano & H.R. McMaster

Human Rights Watch

·         “There Is a Price to Pay”: The Criminalization of Peaceful Speech in Lebanon

·         “They Were Shouting ‘Kill Them’”: Sudan’s Violent Crackdown on Protesters in Khartoum

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Road to 5G: Technology, Politics and Beyond

·         Transfer of Defence Technology: Understanding the Nuances and Making it Work for India

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Evaluation of China's Commercial Space Sector  

·         The Purpose of Mixed-Effects Models in Test and Evaluation

·         What Counts as Progress in the T&E of Autonomy? (Conference Briefing)

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Iranian Stakes in Syria

·         Proposed Elections in the Palestinian Authority: Why Now, and HowFeasible Are They?   

Institute for Science and International Security

·         IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis - Iran Commits Multiple Violations of the Nuclear Deal, Several Non-Reversible

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

·         A New Era of PRC-EU Relations

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         Women, Girls and Islamist Extremism

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Kremlin's Inroads after the Africa Summit

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         EU CSDP Missions and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

·         Indian Foreign Policy in an Increasingly Connected Eurasia

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Ayodhya Dispute in India: Understanding the Supreme Court’sVerdict

·         Elections in Haryana and Maharashtra: The BJP in Decline or Business as Usual?

·         India’s New Cybersecurity Institution: Ensuring a Robust Cybersecurity Posture

·         The Indian Supreme Court’s Ayodhya Verdict: Aiming to Strike a Balance

·         Moody’s Downgrades India’s Credit Rating Outlook

·         Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2019: Analysing Past and Present Voting Patterns

·         Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2019: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna a Key Contender

·         Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2019: The Prospect of a Sajith Premadasa Victory

·         Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2019: A ‘Wait and See’ Approachby Tamil Nadu Parties

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

·         Schools of Mass Destruction: American Universities in U.S. Nuclear Weapons Conflict

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Revisiting the Theatre of Terror in CVE

International Crisis Group

·         Déjà Vu: Preventing Another Collapse in South Sudan

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization

·         Managed Trade: What Could be Possible Spillover Effects of a Potential Trade Agreement Between the U.S. and China?

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, November 1, 2019, v. 19, no. 19

o    The PRC and ROC National Day Ceremonies Offer    Starkly Contrasting Views of “One Country, Two Systems”

o    China’s Tactics for Targeting the Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey

o    “Expanding China’s Friendship Group”:  The BRI’s Rhetorical Utility Amid the U.S.-China Trade War

o    India-China Relations: From the “Wuhan Spirit” to the “Chennai Connect”

o    China Focuses on Iran After CPEC Setbacks in Pakistan

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 6, 2019, v. 17, no. 21

o    The Ongoing Fight to  Contain Terrorism in Morocco

o    Islamic State Central Africa Province: Rebranding or Coopting of ADF Faction

o    Protests in Iraq Represent a Significant Challenge to Shia Militias

Library of Congress. Law Library

·         Regulation and Funding of Alternative Maternity Care Providers

·         The Revocation of Huguenot Rights to French Citizenship

·         Supply Chain Regulation of Pharmaceutical Samples

MITRE

·         MITRE Privacy Engineering Tools

NATO Defense College

·         Calibrating the Scope of NATO's Mandate

New America

·         Decision-Making in the Counter-ISIS War: Assessing the Role of Preventive War Logic

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Reflections on “the End of the Cold War?” 

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         The CNS Missile and SLV Launch Databases

·         Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Steps for the 21st Century

Observer Research Foundation

·         Invest, Acquire, Dominate: The Rise and Rise of China Tech

·         ‘Soft Kill’ or ‘Hard Kill’? The Requirements for India’s Space andCounter-Space Capabilities

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Law Enforcement Dog Encounters Training (LEDET): A Toolkit for LawEnforcement

·         Law Enforcement Dog Encounters Training (LEDET): A Toolkit for LawEnforcement—Decoding Canine Body Language Quick Reference Guide

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

·         Intelligence-Led Policing: From Reaction to Prevention  

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Inflation Targets in Latin America

·         US-China Trade War: Both Countries Lose, World Markets Adjust, Others Gain

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Europe’s Unauthorized Immigrant Population Peaks in 2016, Then Levels Off 

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Americans Have Positive Views About Religion’s Role in Society, but Want It Out of Politics

Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)

·         Youth Politics in the Middle East and North Africa

RAND Corporation

·         2017 U.S. Air Force Community Feedback Tool: Key Results Reportfor Air Force Headquarters

·         Early Assistance from Potentially Responsible Parties AfterHuman-Made Disasters

·         Fighting Disinformation Online: A Database of Web Tools

·         Insights into Global Food System Risks and Opportunities and Their Implications for the FSA

·         Measuring the Effectiveness of Special Operations

·         Understanding Russia's Intervention in Syria

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         The Accuracy of Air-Delivered Weapons

·         Asymmetrical Aerial Threats Part 1 - Understanding the Concept

Royal Institute of International Affairs (RUSI)

·         The 2% Target: Spending Increases and the Russian Threat

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Global Changing of the Guard: Which Drum Beat to Follow?

·         Working Women and Economic Security in Southeast Asia

Small Wars Journal 

·         As Protests Continue in the Street, Iraq Reaches a Crossroads

·         Being a Proxy: The History of Cooptation Offers Lessons to Learn -Are the Kurds Learning Them?

·         The Constrained and Unconstrained Visions and Resistance Groups

·         Counterinsurgency in the Deep South of Thailand: A ContinuingFailure?

·         Doomed from the Skies, Damned on the Ground

·         Exploring the Foundation of Multi-Domain Operations

·         Flags, Fortunes and Reflections

·         Getting Beyond Belligerent Nationalism: A Global Survival Imperative

·         The Pacification of Brazil’s Urban Margins: How Police and Traffickers Co-produce Insecurity

·         They and There

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Harnessing the 4IR in SADC: Roles for Policymakers

Springer

·         Trends in Organized Crime, 2019, v. 22 no. 4 [open access articles]

o    An Anatomy of Turkish FootballMatch-Fixing [open access]

o    Business Cartels and Organised Crime:Exclusive and Inclusive Systems of Collusion [open access]

o    Cyber-Organised Crime. A Case of MoralPanic? [open access]  

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Security and Justice in CAR and the DRC: International Aims, Local Expectations

·         Towards a More Capable European Union Civilian CSDP

·         Towards a More Gender-Balanced European Union CSDP

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

·         The World Food Program’s Contribution to Improving the Prospects for Peace in El Salvador

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         US Military on the Front Lines of Extreme Heat

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         2019 Annual Report to Congress

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

·         DACA Requestors with an IDENT Response (2019 Update)

US Commission on Civil Rights

·         In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government’s Role in Responding to Hate Crimes

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Insurgent Bureaucracy: How the Taliban Makes Policy

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

·         An Investigation Into Foreign Entities Who are Targeting Troops and Veterans Online

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Counterterrorism in an Era of Competing Priorities: Ten Key Considerations

·         Hiding in Plain Sight: Hezbollah's Campaign Against UNIFIL

·         Iraq in Crisis: The View from Kurdistan

·         Israeli Gas Export Route to Egypt Finalized

·         Rouhani’s Shifting Argument for Preserving the JCPOA

·         U.S. Interests and the Unsustainable Status Quo in Iraq

Wilson Center

·         5G and Security: There is More to Worry about than Huawei

World Economic Forum

·         Transforming Infrastructure: Frameworks for Bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Infrastructure