Friday's Miscellany 02-28-2020

38 North

·         China-North Korea Trade: Parsing the Data

·         North Korea’s Illicit Cyber Operations: What Can Be Done?

·         Pandemics and Preparation the North Korean Way

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Russian Disinformation Campaigns Target Africa: An Interview with Dr. Shelby Grossman

·         What the Coronavirus Means for Africa

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 20120 v. 14, no. 1

o    Time for a Counter-AI Strategy

o    Success of Persistent Engagement in Cyberspace

o    Artificial Intelligence: A Threat to Strategic Stability

o    Three-Way Power Dynamics in the Arctic

o    Strategic Choice and the Orbital Security Dilemma

o    Strategic Contours of China's Arms Transfers

o    Strategy in the New Era of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

·         Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2019

Amnesty International

·         Human Rights in Iran: Review of 2019

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), February 2020, v. 27, no. 2

o    Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces, 2019

o    Diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes, active and reserve component service members and dependents, 2008–2018

o    Increased risk for stress fractures and delayed healing with NSAID receipt, U.S. Armed Forces, 2014–2018

o    Brief report: Diagnoses of scarlet fever in Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries under 17 years of age across the MHS and in England, 2013–2018

o    Images in health surveillance: Skin rashes in children due to infectious causes

Army University Press

·         Military Review, April-May  2020, v. 100, no. 2

o    Preventing the Collapse: Fighting Friction after First Contact at the National Training Center

o    Lightning Strike

o    We Are Missing Opportunities to Build Sustained, Total Force Readiness inside Brigade Combat Teams

o    Death Ignores the Golden Hour: The Argument for Mobile, Farther-Forward Surgery

o    Divided We Fall: How the U.S. Force Is Losing Its Joint Advantage over China and Russia

o    Gap-Crossing Operations: Medieval and Modern

o    Utilizing Army Historians in the Operational Force

o    “Trans-Rational” Iran’s Transnational Strategy for Dominance and Why It Cannot Survive Great Power Competition

o    Tweeting Terror Live: Al-Shabaab’s Use of Twitter during the Westgate Attack and Implications for Counterterrorism Communications

o    Consolidating Gains in Northeast Syria: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Evaluating Civil Authority

o    Sluss-Tiller Tests the Cultural Competence Special Operations Forces Need

o    Walls

o    Rethinking Uzbekistan: A Military View

Asia Foundation

·         The Future of Work Across ASEAN: Policy Prerequisites for the Fourth Industrial Revolution 

Australian National University Press

·         In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia’s Korean War

·         Vietnam Vanguard: The 5th Battalion's Approach to Counter-Insurgency, 1966

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         ICT for Development in the Pacific islands

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         2019 Conference Report: "A Presidential Election in an Uncertain Time"

·         The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council

·         The Collapse of the Venezuelan Oil Industry: The Role of Above-Ground Risks Limiting FDI

·         Confronting the Resource Curse: Advice for Investors and Partners

·         Does Foreign Aid Help or Hurt Foreign Direct Investment?

·         The Geopolitics of FDI: Can Weak States Deter Hegemons Using Foreign Investment?

·         Getting Education Wrong in Mexico

·         Japan’s FDI to the Middle East Energy Sectors: The Objectives, Outcomes and Implications

·         Lights out in Mexico's Upstream Market?

·         Permian Basin Energy Producers Invest in Community Infrastructure

·         Political Risk and Foreign Investment in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta

·         Rebalancing Regional Security in the Persian Gulf

·         Resource Curse Dynamics, the Corporate License to Operate and the Potential of Direct Cash Dividends

·         The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Resource-Rich Regions: Research Protocol and Executive Summary

·         Vaping: Clearing the Air

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         How Libya Impacts North Africa

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Hamas Fails to Curb Palestinian Islamic Jihad

·         The History of the Land Is Jewish, Not Palestinian

·         How Hamas Spends Qatari Money

·         The Inherent Threat of the Nuclear Launch Button

·         The Renewed Importance of Territorial Defense of the Border Communities

·         Sanders, AIPAC, and Israel

·         Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” Plan

·         The UN Against the Palestinian People

Belfer Center

·         The U.S.-China Strategic Competition: Clues from History

Brookings

·         China and the Return of Great Power Strategic Competition

·         Global China: Great Powers

·         Managing China: Competitive Engagement, with Indian Characteristics

·         Roadblocks to Quality Education in a Time of Climate Change

·         U.S.-China Relations: The Search for a New Equilibrium

Bruegel

·         How Good is the European Commission’s Just Transition Fund Proposal?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Financing Capital Assets: The Missing Link in Defence Procurement

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Cyberspace and Geopolitics: Assessing Global Cybersecurity Norm Processes at a Crossroads

·         With Friends Like These: The Kremlin’s Far-Right and Populist Connections in Italy and Austria

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Sanctions by the Numbers: U.S. Sanctions Designations and Delistings, 2009–2019

Center for Climate and Security

·         A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: A Product of the National Security, Military and Intelligence Panel on Climate Change

Center for Global Development

·         China’s “Counterpart Assistance” Approach to Coronavirus: Lessons from the Wenchuan Earthquake Response

·         A Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion Policymaking

·         The Impact of Coronavirus on China’s SMEs: Findings from the Enterprise Survey for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China

·         Reconciling SME Production in China with Coronavirus Control

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         China's Playbook for Shaping the Global Media Environment

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         CSS Analyses in Security Policy

o    No. 259: Ukraine: The Religious Dimension of the Conflict

o    No. 258: The Colombian Trap: Another Partial Peace

o    No. 257: Current Dynamics of Urban Military Operations

·         Russian Analytical Digest

o    No. 247 Eurasian Economic Union

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Anti-Corruption in the Americas: What Works?

·         China’s Uneven High-Tech Drive: Implications for the United States

·         The Gulf and the Challenge of Missile Defense: Net Assessment Indicators

·         Sustaining U.S. Support for Gavi: A Critical Global Health Security and Development Partner

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2020, v.14, no. 1

o    Detecting Future ‘Marawis’: Considering Alternative Indicators for Assessing the Potential for New Manifestations of Violent Extremism in Mindanao

o    The Threat of Transnational Terrorist Groups in Kashmir

o    Learning in a Double Loop: The Strategic Transformation of Al-Qaeda

o    Brain and Body “Fingerprints” of Existential Anxiety and their Relevance for the Identification of Potential Terrorists

o    A New Inventory of 30 Terrorism Databases and Data Sets

o    Online Deceptions: Renegotiating Gender Boundaries on ISIS Telegram

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 62 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects

o    Bibliography: Deradicalization

o    Bibliography: Terrorism by Country – Iran

o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

o    M.A. and Ph.D. Theses on Terrorism and Sectarianism

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         The Just-War Tradition Has Much Wisdom to Offer in This Moment of Heightened Tension Between the United States and Iran

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

·         Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), February 2020

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Can Europe Overcome Its Paralysis on Israel and Palestine?

·         Is the Time Ripe for the EU to Rethink Its Relations with Belarus?

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         With Tensions Receding, Americans Lose Fear of North Korea

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, February 2020, v. 13, no. 2

o    “Fighters Without Borders”—Forecasting New Trends in Iran Threat Network Foreign Operations Tradecraft

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Brigadier General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with an Official at Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit

o    The Cyber Threat from Iran after the Death of Soleimani

o    “Breaking the Walls” Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities Related to the 2021 President's Budget Request

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of the Navy

·         Strategic Forces Posture Hearing

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak

·         Strengthening Communications Networks to Help Americans in Crisis

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Coronavirus Disease 2019: The U.S. and International Response

·         Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Policies on Iran, Iraq and the Use of Force

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce to Meet the Homeland Security Mission

·         Confronting the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism, Part II

·         Examining the Effect of the Border Wall on Private and Tribal Landowners

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Current State of the U.S. Refugee Program

·         Returning Citizens: Challenges and Opportunities for Reentry

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         The Administration’s Religious Liberty Assault on LGBTQ Rights

·         Karshi-Khanabad: Hazardous Exposures and Effects on U.S.Servicemembers

·         Voter Suppression in Minority Communities: Learning from the Past to Protect Our Future

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         An Examination of Federal Flood Maps in a Changing Climate

·         A Review of the Administration’s Federal Research and Development Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2021

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         United States European Command and United States Transportation Command

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Promoting Safe Skies through Scanning and Screening: Oversight of Air Cargo Security

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         North Korea Policy One Year After Hanoi

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook

Council for Foreign Relations

·         Stabilizing the U.S.-Korea Trade Agenda Under Trump and Moon

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Emerging Global Framework for the Governance of Large-Scale Land-Based Investment

Department of Defense

·         2019 Military Spouse Licensure: State Best Practices and Strategies for Achieving Reciprocity

·         Fact Sheet on Survivor Benefit Plan

·         Force Health Protection (Supplement 2) Department of Defense Guidance

·         Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights

·         Nuclear Matters Handbook 2020

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-065 Evaluation of Combined Joint Task Force—Operation Inherent Resolve’s Military Information Support Operations

·         DODIG-2020-064 Evaluation of DoD Law Enforcement Organization Submissions of Criminal History Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

·         Joint Audit of the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Efforts to Achieve Electronic Health Record Interoperability

Department of Homeland Security Cyber Infrastructure

·         Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence

·         Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force; Threat Evaluation Working Group, Threat Scenarios

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-20-13 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Criminal Alien Program Faces Challenges

Department of the Navy

·         Education for Seapower Strategy 2020

Dragos

·         2019 ICS Year in Review

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         EASO Guidance on the Dublin Procedure: Operational Standards and Indicators

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Demonstration Effects: How the Hirak Protest Movement is Reshaping Algerian Politics

·         A Gulf Apart: How Europe Can Gain Influence with the Gulf Cooperation Council

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

·         Procurement Guidelines for Cybersecurity in Hospitals

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Devil in the Detail: Local versus Regional Approaches to Peace in Donbas

FireEye

·         Ransomware Against the Machine: How Adversaries are Learning to Disrupt Industrial Production by Targeting IT and OT

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         If U.S. Forces Have To Leave The Philippines, Then What?

·         What North Korea’s Coronavirus Measures Say About Its System

·         Will Alexandar Vučić’s Presidency Explode? Botched Agent Running, Corruption Allegations Imperil Putin’s Balkan Ally

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

·         Japan’s Trade Policy in the Midst of Uncertainty

George Washington University Program on Extremism

·         Transnational Neo-Nazism in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The Sino-American World Conflict

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Globsec

·         Facebook and Website Analysis in the Context of Slovak Parliamentary Elections Campaign

·         Financing Social and Technological Innovation in CEE Sustainable Mobility

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Coast Guard:  Actions Needed to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Organizational Changes and Determine Workforce Needs  GAO-20-223

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions Needed to Identify Framework Adoption and Resulting Improvements GAO-20-299

·         Defense Health Care: DOD Surveys Indicate Beneficiary Experience Generally Unchanged in First Year of TRICARE Select GAO-20-318

·         International Mail: Stakeholders' Views on Possible Changes to Inbound Mail Regarding Customs Fees and Opioid Detection Efforts  GAO-20-340R

·         Military Equipment: Observations on the Transfer of Excess Humvees to Foreign Governments GAO-20-189

·         Navy Ship Maintenance: Actions Needed to Address Maintenance Delays for Surface Ships Based Overseas GAO-20-86

·         Nuclear Nonproliferation: Past U.S. Involvement Improved Russian Nuclear Material Security, but Little Is Known about Current Conditions GAO-20-392

·         Ready Aircrew Program: Air Force Actions to Address Congressionally Mandated Study on Combat Aircrew Proficiency GAO-20-91

·         Science & Tech Spotlight: Nuclear Microreactors GAO-20-380SP

·         State Department: Additional Steps Are Needed to Identify Potential Barriers to Diversity GAO-20-237

Heritage Foundation

·         The United States Should Withdraw from the U.N.’s Programme of Action on Small Arms

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·         NCSC: The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the U.S. 2020-2022

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         A Brief Examination of Chinese Government Expenditures on Artificial Intelligence R&D

·         Briefing to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board: T&E Contributions to Avoiding Unintended Behaviors in Autonomous Systems

·         Evaluation of DoD's Participation in the USA Science and Engineering Festival

·         New Models for a New Disease: Simulating the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Research Summary)

·         Open-World Learning for Radically Autonomous Agents

·         A Partial Survey on AI Technologies Applicable to Automated Source Code Generation

·         Pilot Training Next: Modeling Skill Transfer in a Military Learning Environment

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Strategic Assessment, January 2020, v. 23, no. 1

o    Shortcomings in the Appointment Process for the IDF Chief of Staff

o    Russia and the Global Balance: A Middle East Perspective

o    Predation and the Predators in the Post-Alliance Era

o    A New Role for the Public in Climate Politics: The Effect of Social Media

o    Violent Conflicts in the Middle East: A Quantitative Perspective

o    The Main Challenges Facing Strategic Intelligence

o    Artificial Intelligence and Policy: A Review at the Outset of 2020

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Hotspot Policing for Murder and Robbery: A Cape Town Case Study

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

·         The Online Ecosystem of the German Far-Right

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

·         Coronavirus Solidifies US-China Decoupling

·         Rising Jihadist Wave in Western Africa: Future Trends

·         Technology and Resilience in the Munich Security Conference 2020 Discussions

·         The Road to Ho Chi Minh City, Afghanistan

·         Will Israel have to Decouple from China?

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 20 - 25, 2020

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 13 - 19, 2020

·         Opposition Insurgents Begin Seizing Terrain in Southern Syria

·         Russia in Review: The Kremlin's Fake De-Escalation in Donbas

·         Syria Situation Report: February 19 - March 3, 2020

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         The Coronavirus and Freedom of Expression in China: Not so Fast

·         Human Trafficking in the Thai Fishing Industry

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         AI for All: India’s Artificial Intelligence Approach

·         Whither India-Malaysia Relations?

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

·         The Dutch Approach To Extremist Offenders

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Foreign Demand and Local House Prices: Evidence from the US

·         Transitory and Permanent Shocks in the Global Market for Crude Oil

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Protection through Policing: The Protective Role of UN Police in Peace Operations

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, February 26, 2020, v. 18, no. 4

o    Whither al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula?

o    Islamic State-Inspired Knife Attack Exposes the Vulnerability of the Maldives

o    What's Next for Hezbollah After Solemeini?

Japan’s Ministry of Defense

·         Defense Programs and Budget of Japan, FY2020

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         JSOU Quick Look: Ethics

Library of Congress Law Library

·         Legal Provisions on Gender Equality

·         Points-Based and Family Immigration

·         Protection of Environmental Defenders in Latin America

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         2019 Australia-Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Outcomes Report

·         Taiwan Flashpoint: What Australia Can Do to Stop the Coming Taiwan Crisis

·         The US-China Trade War: Who Dominates Global Trade [interactive]

·         Typology of Terror [interactive]

Marine Corps History Division

·         U.S. Marines in Battle: Guantanamo Bay: 10 June - 9 August 1898

Middle East Institute (MEI)

·         Middle East Disinformation: 2020 Prospects & Solutions

Migration Policy Institute

·         Seasonal Worker Programs in Europe: Promising Practices and Ongoing Challenges

MITRE

·         Critical Infrastructure Cyberspace Analysis Tool (CICAT) Capability Description

·         Enterprise Mission Tailored OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect Profiles

National Academies Press

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

·         Leading Health Indicators 2030: Advancing Health, Equity, and Well-Being

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology

·         NISTIR 8287 A Roadmap for Successful Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce

NATO Defense College

·         The Case for NATO’s Global Partnership with India

·         A Time to Hedge? How Not to React to Trump’s Policy on NATO

·         Turkey’s Military Policy in Syria: Implications for NATO

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Robotrolling 2020/1

Natural Resource Governance Institute

·         Resource-Backed Loans: Pitfalls and Potential

New America

·         Protecting Privacy in Data Releases

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Preventing Minority Youth Violence: Lessons from Law Enforcement—Public Health Collaborations

Omega Research Foundation

·         PLA Joint Exercises in Tibet: Implications for India

Oxford Research Group

·         Connecting the Dots: The West’s Wars at Home and Abroad

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Can High-Pressure Macro Stimulus Yield the Productivity Growth Envisioned by Trump?

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Naturalized Citizens Make Up Record One-in-Ten U.S. Eligible Voters in 2020

Physicians for Human Rights

·         “You Will Never See Your Child Again”; The Persistent Psychological Effects of Family Separation

RAND Corporation

·         DDR in Afghanistan: Disarming, Demobilizing, and Reintegrating Afghan Combatants in Accordance with a Peace Agreement

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·         Air Force Capability Guide 2020

Small Wars Journal

·         Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the U.S. Army

·         Four Things to Know About President Trump’s Trip to India

·         From Jargon to Jointness: Understanding the Information Environment and Its Terminology

·         Lebanon’s Protests Take a Troubling Turn During Dire Financial Crisis

·         The Role of Leadership

·         A Sustainable Approach for Disengaging Violent Extremists

·         “To Oppress the Free”: The Iranian Basij and the Dark Side of Unconventional Warfare Doctrine

·         The Long View on Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Vision

Taylor & Francis

·         Defence and Peace Economics, v. 31, no. 2, 2020

o    ‘Pay for It Heavily’: Does U.S.Support for Israel Lead to Anti-American Terrorism? [open access article]

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         2019 Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Reading Trump in Tehran

·         The Search for Extremism: Deploying the Redirect Method

White House

·         American Artificial Intelligence Initiative: Year One Annual Report

World Bank

·         Obesity: Health and Economic Consequences of an Impending Global Challenge