Friday's Miscellany 01-17-2020

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The New Arab Uprisings: How the 2019 Trajectory Differs from the2011 Legacy? (Part 2)

American Enterprise Institute

·         China’s Global Investment In 2019: Going Out Goes Small

Army Center of Military History

·         Army History Magazine, Winter 2020, no. 114

o    Novel Proposition: Indian Regulars in the U.S. Army in the 1890s

o    Guides to the West: Enlisted Native American United States Scout

o    Educating and Remembering: The United States Army's World War I Centennial Commemorative Program

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2020

Australian National University Press

·         The Jingshan Report: Opening China’s Financial Sector

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Digital trade, IP and Services under the USMCA

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Democrats Challenge Trump’s Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Iran

·         How Israel Should Fend Off the ICC

·         How Qassem Soleimani Forced Donald Trump Back into the Middle East

·         Israel Will Miss Sultan Qaboos of Oman

·         The Killing of Soleimani and Iran’s Nuclear Program

·         The Leviathan Natural Gas Field Could Be a Game-Changer for Israel-EU Relations

·         Mahmoud Abbas As a Strategic Threat

·         Photo-Ops Notwithstanding, Iran Faces the US Alone

·         The Soleimani Killing and Left-Liberals

·         Takeaways from the US Impeachment Imbroglio

Beyond the Parallel

·         Unique Facility in the Sanum-dong-Namgung-ni Area

Blair Institute for Global Change

·         Global Extremism Monitor: Islamist Violence after ISIS

Brookings

·         8 Truths to Remember before Starting Another Military Campaign

·         Automation: A Guide for Policymakers

·         Averting a New Iranian Nuclear Crisis

·         The Evolution of Technological Substitution in Low-Wage Labor Markets

·         The Macroeconomics of Automation: Data, Theory, and Policy Analysis

·         Renewables, Land Use, and Local Opposition in the United States

·         Stronger Financial Stability Governance Leads to Greater Use of the Countercyclical Capital Buffer

Bruegel

·         Factors Determining Russia’s Long-Term Growth Rate

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         The Normandy Negotiations Renewed: Divisions at Home and Opportunity Abroad

·         Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: A Foreign Policy Assessment 2015-2019

CATO Institute

·         Mortality and Socioeconomic Consequences of Prescription Opioids:Evidence from State Policies

Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) 

·         Tweaking the Record: Mapping a Chinese Fentanyl Network

Center for Global Development

·         Constraints to Enhanced Revenue Mobilization and Spending Qualityin Kenya

·         The Puzzle of Financial Inclusion in Mexico: A Closeable Gap?

Center for International Governance Innovation

·         China’s Macroeconomic Policy Trifecta and Challenges to the Governance of the Global Trading System

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         Graffiti and Political Sarcasm as Tools for Political Participation in Egypt

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Defense 2020 [podcast]

·         Getting to Less? Exploring the Press for Less in America’s Defense Commitments

·         The Gulf and Iran’s Capabilities for Asymmetric Warfare

·         How Will Natural Gas Fare in the Energy Transition?

·         Latin America and the Caribbean in the New Decade: How Did We Get Here?

·         Ten Key Elements of a U.S. Strategy for the Gulf

·         The U.S.-China Race and the Fate of Transatlantic Relations

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Flexibility Does Not Come for Free

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Libya’s Haftar and The Fezzan: One Year On

College of Europe

·         Democracy and Digital Authoritarianism: An Assessment of the EU’s External Engagement in the Promotion and Protection of Internet Freedom

               

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         DOD’s Role in Competing with China         

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age

·         Cannabis Policies for the New Decade

·         Legislation to Improve Americans’ Health Care Coverage and Outcomes

·         Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity

·         A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         From Sanctions to the Soleimani Strike to Escalation: Evaluating the Administration’s Iran Policy

·         Strengthening Security and the Rule of Law in Mexico

·         U.S. Lessons Learned in Afghanistan

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Confronting the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism

·         Seventeen Years Later: Why is Morale at DHS Still Low

·         U.S.-Iran Tensions: Implications for Homeland Security

·         Understanding the Importance of DHS Preparedness Grants:Perspectives from the Field

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump

·         Trial Memorandum of the United States House of Representatives in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Facial Recognition Technology (Part III): Ensuring Commercial Transparency & Accuracy

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         U.S. House of Representatives Files Brief in Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         An Update on the Climate Crisis: From Science to Solutions  

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Oversight of Working Conditions for Airline Ground Workers

·         The Path to a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Investments and Innovation

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Approaches to Changing Military Compensation

·         A Presentation About Approaches to Changing Military Compensation

·         The Cost of Replacing the Department of Defense’s Current Aviation Fleet

·         Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2020

·         A Simplified Model of How Macroeconomic Changes Affect the Federal Budget

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Implementing Grand Strategy Toward China

CrowdStrike

·         CrowdStrike Services Cyber Front Lines Report

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         African Pension Funds Can Contribute to Realise the SDGs

Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-048 Audit of Controls Over Opioid Prescriptions at Selected DoD Military Treatment Facilities

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor, and Child Sexual Exploitation

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

·         Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

·         State of Vulnerabilities 2018/2019 - Analysis of Events in the Life of Vulnerabilities

European Values

·         Comparing Lessons Learned from Countering Russian Disinformation In Georgia and Czech Republic  

·         Handbook on Countering Russian and Chinese Interference in Europe

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, January 2020

o    Building Police Officer Psychological Capital to Mitigate Stress

o    U.S. Supreme Court Cases, 2018–2019 Term

o    Safeguarding Senior Communities

o    Redefining Leadership Presence

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Saudi Arabia's Progress in Strengthening Measures to Tackle Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Taiwan’s 2020 Election and Its Implications: Dark Clouds Looming for Already Strained Cross-Strait Relations

Forbrukerrådet

·         Out of Control: How Consumers are Exploited by the Online Advertising Industry

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Connecting Flights?: International Tourism and Foreign Relations

·         The Future of the Kuomintang in Taiwan: Reform, Recalibrate, or Stay the Course?

·         Looking Back to Lean Forward: The Study of History to Inform the Present and Shape the Future

·         Why Geopolitics Matters

Freedom House

·         Democratic Crisis in Hong Kong: Recommendations for Policymakers

·         Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media

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

·         Consent, Dissent, Misunderstandings: The Problem Landscape of Franco-German Defense Industrial Cooperation

German Development Institute

·         The Behavioural Lens: Taking a Behavioural Vantage Point to Improve the Success of Development Programmes

·         Exporting Out of China or Out of Africa? Automation versus Relocation in the Global Clothing Industry

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Repatriation to Turkey’s “Safe Zone” in Northeast Syria

German Marshall Fund of the Unite States

·         Europe in the Indo-Pacific: A Case for More Coordination with Quad Countries

Global Network on Extremism & Technology

·         The Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and the Convergence of Technology and Terrorism

·         The Evolution of Online Violent Extremism in Indonesia and the Philippines

·         Following the Whack-a-Mole: Britain First’s Visual Strategy from Facebook to Gab

·         The International Cyber Terrorism Regulation Project

·         Mapping the Jihadist Information Ecosystem

·         Public-Private Collaboration to Counter the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes

·         Radical Filter Bubbles

·         Shedding Light on Terrorist and Extremist Content Removal

·         Social Media and Terrorist Financing

·         A Study of Outlinks Contained in Tweets Mentioning Rumiyah

·         Terrorist Definitions and Designations Lists

·         Towards a Framework for Post-Terrorist Incident Communications Strategies

·         Transnational Lessons from Terrorist Use of Social Media in South Asia

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Counternarcotics: Treasury Reports Some Results from Designating Drug Kingpins, but Should Improve Information on Agencies' Expenditures GAO-20-112

·         Defense Acquisitions: Senior Leaders Should Emphasize Key Practices to Improve Weapon System Reliability GAO-20-151

·         Defense Health Care: DOD Should Collect and Use Key Information to Make Decisions about Incentives for Physicians and Dentists GAO-20-165

·         Department of Homeland Security: Employee Morale Survey Scores Highlight Progress and Continued Challenges GAO-20-349T [testimony]

·         National Maritime Strategy: DOT Is Taking Steps to Obtain Interagency Input and Finalize Strategy GAO-20-178

·         National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Verification Checks Could Improve the Accuracy and Consistency of Reported Financial Data GAO-20-180 

·         Office of Management and Budget—Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance B-331564

·         VA Disability Compensation: Actions Needed to Enhance Information about Veterans' Health Outcomes GAO-20-26

Henry Jackson Society

·         The Art of Deceit: How China and Russia Use Sharp Power to Subvert the West

Heritage Foundation

·         The U.S. Should Pursue Visa Liberalization with the United Kingdom

·         The U.S. Must Reinforce Its Important Relationship with Oman in2020

Human Rights Watch

·         World Report 2020

Immigrant Defense Project

·         Denied, Disappeared, and Deported: The Toll of ICE Operations at New York’s Courts in 2019

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi on War and National Resilience

·         East Jerusalem and the Palestinian Legislative Council Elections

·         Lebanon's Political-Economic Crisis: Ramifications for Israel

·         Oman: The End of the Qaboos Era

·         The Saudi Aramco IPO: Strategic Significance

·         The Trade War between the United States and China: The “Phase One”Deal is only the First Step

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Emerging giant: potential pathways for Ethiopia to 2040  

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

·         China: The Next Phase in the New Thirty Years War

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: January 14 - 16, 2020

·         Iraq Situation Report: January 10 - 13, 2020

·         Iraq Situation Report: January 7 - 9, 2020

·         The Kremlin’s Expanding Media Conglomerate

Institute of International Affairs

·         Military Innovation and Defence Acquisition: Lessons from the F-35 Programme

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The CAA and the NRC: Exploring Possible Solutions

·         Indian Foreign Policy Struggles with the Iran Dilemma

·         Pakistan’s Taliban Dilemma

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

·         Far Right and Islamist Radicalisation in an Age of Austerity: A Review of Sociological Trends and Implications for Policy

International Crisis Group

·         The Iran Nuclear Deal at Four: A Requiem?

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Crime and Output: Theory and Application to the Northern Triangle of Central America

·         Intervention Under Inflation Targeting--When Could It Make Sense?

·         Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts? Strengthening Caribbean Regional Integration

·         Natural Disaster Insurance for Sovereigns: Issues, Challenges and Optimality

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January 17, 2020, v. 20, no. 1

o    The State Response to a Mystery Viral Outbreak in Central China

o    Beijing Piles More Pressure on Taiwan    After a Historic Victory by Tsai Ing-Wen

o    Making Foreign Companies Serve China:  Outsourcing Propaganda to Local Entities in the Czech Republic

o    Pakistan and CPEC Are Drawn Into the U.S.-China Rivalry

o    Strategic Implications of Chinese-Iranian-Russian    Naval Drills in the Indian Ocean: A Preliminary Assessment

·         Terrorism Monitor, January 14, 2020, v. 18, no. 1

o    Calls for U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Continue as al-Amiri Emerges as Leader of PMU

o    Islamic State’s Mixed Fortunes Become Visible in Somalia

o    India: Fanning the Flames of Extremism and Terror at Home

Library of Congress Law Library

·         Impeachment: A Bibliography of Federal Law Sources in the Law Library of Congress

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Behind the News: Inside China Global Television Network

·         Taiwan’s 2020 Elections

Middle East Institute

·         The Humanitarian Disaster During the Battle for Baghouz

·         An International Financial Commission is Libya’s Last Hope

Migration Policy Institute

·         Rebuilding Community after Crisis: Striking a New Social Contract for Diverse Societies (Transatlantic Council Statement)

MITRE

·         The Cyberspace Advantage: Inviting Them In!

National Academies Press 

·         A Decadal Survey of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Research Agenda for Advancing Intelligence Analysis: Digest Version

·         Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States: Considerations and Complexities: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         Framing Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Acute Pain: Developing the Evidence

·         Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity: Proceedings of a Workshop

·         Review and Update of U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Stability Regulations and Guidance

·         Strengthening Post-Hurricane Supply Chain Resilience: Observations from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria

·         Toward New Naval Platforms: A Strategic View of the Future of Naval Engineering

NATO Defense College

·         Alliance Capabilities at 70: Achieving Agility for an UncertainFuture

·         Russian Thoughts on Hybrid War and Colour Revolutions

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Defence Strategic Communications, v. 7, Autumn 2019

o    Cyril Ramaphosa’s Strategic Presidency

o    Sanctions—Strategic Miscommunications? The Case of Iran

o    Blue Amazon: Brazil’s Maritime Vocation

o    Global Rorschach Test: Responding to China’s Belt & Road Initiative

o    War and Truth

o    The Elephant in The Room: Measurement of Effect

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction: A Global Framework for Accessible, Safe and Secure DNA Synthesis

Observer Research Foundation

·         Anchoring the Indo-Pacific

·         Getting to the Green Frontier Report

·         India-Bangladesh Trans-Boundary River Management: Understanding the Tipaimukh Dam Controversy

Office of the United States Trade Representative

·         Economic and Trade Agreement Between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China

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

·         Handbook on Crime Scene Investigation

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         The Greek Debt Crisis: No Easy Way Out

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Majority of U.S. Public Says Trump’s Approach on Iran Has Raised Chances of a Major Conflict

Policy Exchange

·         FinTech for All: Ensuring that Everyone Benefits from InnovativeFinancial Services

RAND Corporation

·         New Metrics and Visualizations to Help the Army Reduce Customer Wait Time

·         Relationships between the Economy and National Security: Analysis and Considerations for Economic Security Policy in the Netherlands

·         U.S. Airport Infrastructure Funding and Financing: Issues and Policy Options Pursuant to Section 122 of the 2018 Federal AviationAdministration Reauthorization Act

·         Turkey's Nationalist Course: Implications for the U.S.-Turkish Strategic Partnership and the U.S. Army

Ronald Reagan Institute

·         2019 Reagan National Defense Survey

Small Wars Journal

·         A Cause of and Solution to Extremism: A Case for Civil Military Operation (CMO) Capacity Building in African Partner Forces

·         Challenges Within Mozambique

·         Considering Cross-Border Cartel Corruption Potentials in the United States

·         Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America: Consequences for U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security

·         Islamic Republic of Iran’s Strategic Culture and National SecurityAnalysis

·         The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in 2020: What are the Possible Paths Ahead?

·         The Latest on Iran’s Evolving Protests

·         The Next Warm War: How History’s Anti-Access/Area Denial CampaignsInform the Future of War

·         Recycling Servicemembers: A System to Mitigate Personnel Shortages and Societal Harm During the Era of Great Power Competition

·         Sound the Clarion! Hybrid Warfare Has Arrived in the Asia-Pacific

·         The Three Misunderstandings of Soviet Counterinsurgency inAfghanistan

·         When Insurgent Leadership Splits: Understanding FARC’s InternalCrisis Amidst a Fragile Peace Agreement

·         Where Public Health and Peacebuilding Converge

·         Why We Write

·         Would da Vinci Support the Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy?

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR 20-16-FA USAID's Afghan Women in the Economy Project: Audit of Costs Incurred by DAI Global LLC

·         SIGAR 20-17-FA USAID's Private Sector-Led Model of Sustainable and Economic Development in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province: Audit of Costs Incurred by the Aga Khan Foundation

·         SIGAR 20-18-AL U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan

·         SIGAR-20-20-SP Afghanistan's Justice Sector Case Management System: Seized or Forfeited Assets Were Not Tracked and Nationwide Implementation is Not Complete

·         SIGAR 20-22-AR Afghan Business Taxes: Action Has Been Taken to Address Most Tax Issues, but the Afghan Government Continues to Assess Taxes on Exempt U.S.-Funded Contracts

Stanley Foundation

·         The Future of Collective Action on Global Challenges

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         The Geopolitics of a Changing Arctic

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

·         TSA Year in Review: 2019

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

·         An Investigation Into Foreign Entities Who Are Targeting Servicemembers and Veterans Online

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Behind Rouhani’s Uranium Enrichment Claim

·         A Decade of U.S. and Iranian Policy Towards Iraq Will Shape 2020

·         Europe Is Creating an Opportunity for Iran Talks, and Washington Should Take It

·         Khamenei’s Rare Friday Sermon Reflects Four Pressing Concerns

·         Making the Most of the Berlin Conference on Libya

·         UAE Public Wary of War With Iran, Though Most Prefer the United States

Wilson Center

·         Countering the Evolving Drug Trade in the Americas

·         Mexico's National Guard: When Police are Not Enough

·         The Middle Kingdom at Center Stage: China's Past and Future Growth Strategy

·         Oman: Assessing Sultan Qaboos' Half-Century Legacy

·         Violence and Security in Mexico and Implications for the United States: Frequently Asked Questions

World Bank

·         International Debt Statistics 2020