Friday's Miscellany 03-06-2020

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         ECOWAS Risks Its Hard-Won Reputation

Air University Press

·         The Laird-Packard Way: Unpacking Defense Acquisition Policy

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         US-Iran tensions: East Asian Perspectives

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Humanitarian Assistance and Future War  

Atlantic Council

·         A Framework for an Open, Trusted, and Resilient 5G Global Telecommunications Network

·         A New Energy Strategy for the Western Hemisphere

·         Russia’s Exotic Nuclear Weapons and Implications for the United States and NATO

·         US-Brazil Trade and FDI: Enhancing the Bilateral Economic Relationship

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Uyghurs for Sale: ‘Re-education’, Forced Labor and Surveillance Beyond Xinjiang

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

·         Colonial Cables: The Politics of Surveillance in the Middle East and North Africa

Baker Institute

·         Tax Considerations of Crowdfunding

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Tel Hai… and the Election Results

·         European Appeasement Is Alive and Well

·         A Fragile Anti-US Alliance: Russia Accuses China of Technology Theft

·         Iran’s Shiite Crescent and the Coronavirus

·         The Problem of Egyptian Identity: A View from Within

·         Re-Killing the Jewish Dead: Another Tragedy in Yemen

·         Russia’s Troubles in 2020 Will Be Close to Home

·         The Trump Vision vs. the Obama Vision on Israel

Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

·         Geopolitical and Market Implications of Renewable Hydrogen: New Dependencies in a Low-Carbon Energy World

Brookings

·         The Global Macroeconomic Impacts of COVID-19: Seven Scenarios

·         Illicit Financial Flows in Africa: Drivers, Destinations, and Policy Options

·         Is India Still the Neighbourhood’s Education Hub?

·         Optimizing Assessment for All: Focus on Asia

·         Super Tuesday’s Demographic Diversity Will Finally Test Democratic Candidates’ Viability

·         Why Bank Regulators Should Make Their Secret Ratings Public

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         EU Code of Practice on Disinformation: Briefing Note for the New European Commission

·         Resisting the Call of Nativism: What U.S. Political Parties Can Learn From Other Democracies

CATO Institute

·         Regulations and Brain Drain: Evidence from Wall Street Star Analysts’Career Choices

Center for Global Development

·         Why Congress Should Authorize the IFC Capital Increase

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest

o    No. 114 Formal and Informal Political Institutions

·         CSS Analyses

o    No. 258 The Colombian Trap: Another Partial Peace

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

Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University

·         Georgetown Security Studies Review, February 2020, v. 8, no. 1

o    Why China Continues to Support North Korea

o    It’s Time to Cyberattack China: New Approaches in Offensive Cyber Operations

o    Al Qaeda and ISIS’ Online Propaganda and Jihadist Lone-actor Terrorism in the United States Post-9/11

o    Reciprocal Radicalization: A New Framework for Analysis and the Case of al-Muhajiroun and the English Defence League in Britain

o    Thucydides’s Trap by the Numbers

o    American Signal Failures in Venezuela: The Challenge of Credible Bargaining in Crisis

o    Applying Institutional Wisdom from Economic Traditions to Defense Institution Building

o    The F-35: The Program, Plane, Problems, And Possibilities

Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS)

·         Commercial Radio Frequency Collections from Space  

·         Game Changer: Blockchain in the Space Sector

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Actual Obligation Rates versus Comptroller Projected Obligation Rates

·         Afghanistan at Peace or Afghanistan in Pieces – Part One: The First Phase

·         The Age of Mass Protests: Understanding an Escalating Global Trend

·         Colombia at a Stabilization Crossroads

·         The Long Patrol: Staredown at Thitu Island Enters Its Sixteenth Month

·         Significant Cyber Incidents [updated March 2020]  

·         Special Obfuscations: The Strategic Uses of Special Operations Forces

Center for Strategic Research (SAM - Turkey)

·         Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Autumn-Winter 2019, v. 14, no. 2-3

o    On  Turkey’s  Missile  Defense  Strategy:  The  Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia

o    Understanding the Distinguishing Features of Post-Westphalian Diplomacy

o    Delinking the Migration-Terrorism Nexus: Strategies for the De-Securitization of Migration

o    Contextualizing Peace-Building Environments from a Sustainability Perspective: Findings of a Pilot Study in North Macedonia

o    Humanitarian   NGOs:  Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         When China Sneezes: OPEC’s Struggle to Counter the Oil Demand Impact of Coronavirus

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, February 2020, v. 25

o    Where Will Erdogan’s Revolution Stop?

o    The Syria Effect: Al-Qaeda Fractures

o    The Origins of Boko Haram—And Why It Matters

o    Educator of the Faithful: The Power of Moroccan Islam

o    The Co-optation of Islam in Russia

o    Deploying Social Media to Empower Iranian Women: An Interview with Masih Alinejad

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

·         Concerned About How the U.S. Transfers Arms, Defense Services

·         Dawn Zoldi on the Latest on Domestic Drone Law Developments

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         CIA's Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: 2020-2023

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         UNDRIP Implementation: Comparative Approaches, Indigenous Voices from CANZUS

Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

·         Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks

o    Full Report

o    Summary

Chatham House

·         Expanding Sino–Maghreb Relations: Morocco and Tunisia

·         The Future of Democracy in Europe: Technology and the Evolution of Representation

Clingendael Institute of International Affairs

·         The Proliferation Risks of Hypersonic Missiles

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 Air Force and Space Force Readiness Posture

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 Army and Marine Corps Ground Modernization Programs

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities

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

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

·         Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces

·         The Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request for U.S. Cyber Command and Operations in Cyberspace

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Advanced Nuclear Technology's Role in a Decarbonized Future

·         Buyer Beware: Fake and Unsafe Products on Online Marketplaces

·         Combatting an Epidemic: Legislation to Help Patients with Substance Use Disorders

·         Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reform: Addressing America's Plastic WasteCrisis

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         50 Years of the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Strengthening the NPT in the Face of Iranian and North Korean Nonproliferation Challenges

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Confronting the Coronavirus: Perspectives on the Response to aPandemic Threat

·         A Review of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Presidential Clemency and Opportunities for Reform

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Making IT a Priority for The Federal Government

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Coronaviruses: Understanding the Spread of Infectious Diseases andMobilizing Innovative Solutions

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of Defense Budget Posture

·         Department of Defense Review of Vetting Policies for International Military Students Following the Attack on Naval Air Station Pensacola

·         Navy Shipbuilding Programs

·         Posture of the Department of the Air Force

·         Posture of the Navy

·         U.S. Policy and Posture in Support of Arctic Readiness

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         5G Supply Chain Security: Threats and Solutions

·         From SARS to Coronavirus: Examining the Role of Global Aviation inContaining the Spread of Infectious Disease

·         Securing U.S. Leadership in the Bioeconomy

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Energy Outlook of the U.S. from the Perspective of IEA

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Global Engagement Center: Leading the United States Government's Fight Against Global Disinformation Threat

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Federal Interagency Response to the Coronavirus and Preparingfor Future Global Pandemics

·         Resources and Authorities Needed to Protect and Secure the Homeland

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Enhancing the Security  ofthe North American  Electric Grid

Crowdstrike

·         2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report

Cyber Solarium Commission (CSC)

·         Cyber Solarium Commission website

o    CSC Official Report

o    CSC Report Executive Summary

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         A Moving Frontline in Africa: Climate-Cattle-Conflict

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Civilian Personnel Guidance for DOD Components in Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019

·         Policy Change Concerning Priorities for Department of Defense Child Care Programs

Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-066 Audit of DoD Supply Chain Risk Management Program for Nuclear Command, Control and Communication

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-20-15 FEMA Purchased More Manufactured Housing Units Than It Needed in Texas After Hurricane Harvey

·         OIG-20-16 DHS Should Seek a Unified Approach when Purchasing and Using Handheld Chemical Identification Devices

Department of Justice

·         Legal Considerations when Gathering Online Cyber Threat Intelligence and Purchasing Data from Illicit Source

Department of Justice Inspector General

·         Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Efforts to Identify Homegrown Violent Extremists through Counterterrorism Assessments

Department of State

·         2020 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report  

o    Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control

o    Volume II: Money Laundering

East-West Center

·         A United States-Kiribati Compact of Free Association would Yield Mutual Dividends

Economic Research Forum

·         The Sustainability of GCC Development under the New Global Oil Order

European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

·         EASO COI Report: Syria - Targeting of Individuals

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Networks of Impunity: Corruption and European Foreign Policy

European Parliament

·         EU-Turkey Relations in Light of the Syrian Conflict and Refugee Crisis

·         Terrorist Content Online: Tackling Online Terrorist Propaganda

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Adapting to Change: Time for Climate Resilience and a New Adaptation Strategy

·         Setting the Bounds of the European Union

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         The Rise of the Right-Wing Violent Extremism Threat in Germany and its Transnational Character

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Digital Divide? Transatlantic Defence Cooperation on AI

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

·         Oil Price Dynamics Report

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Guidance on Digital ID

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         Idlib’s Crucible Moment: The Cost of Jihadist Proxies and Geopolitical Tensions

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Asian Politics in Time of Corona

·         COVID-19 Crisis: Political and Economic Aftershocks

·         Idlib: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

·         Torture TV: The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media

Freedom House

·         Freedom in the World 2020: A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy

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

·         Russia’s Arctic Policy: A Power Strategy and Its Limits

German Development Institute

·         Digitalisation and Its Impact on SME Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reviewing the Hype and Actual Developments

·         The Implementation of the G7 and G20 Gender Equality Goals in Germany

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The African Continental Free Trade Area

·         EU Global Health Policy

·         Nile Conflict: Compensation Rather Than Mediation

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Airline Consumer Protections: Information on the Passenger Experience GAO-20-475T [testimony]

·         Business Systems Modernization: DOD Has Made Progress in Addressing Recommendations to Improve IT Management, but More Action Is Needed GAO-20-253

·         Data Center Optimization: Agencies Report Progress, but Oversight and Cybersecurity Risks Need to Be Addressed GAO-20-279

·         Defense Logistics Agreements: DOD Should Improve Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign Partners for Thousands of Orders It Identifies as Overdue GAO-20-309

·         Federally Funded Research and Development Centers: Improved Oversight and Evaluation Needed for DOD's Data Access Pilot Program GAO-20-272

·         Identity Theft: IRS Needs to Better Assess the Risks of Refund Fraud on Business-Related Returns GAO-20-174

·         Military Housing: Preliminary Recommendations to Strengthen DOD's Oversight and Monitoring of Privatized Housing GAO-20-471T [testimony] 

·         Nuclear Weapons: NNSA's Modernization Efforts Would Benefit from a Portfolio Management Approach [testimony] GAO-20-443T

·         Telecommunications: Fully Implementing Established Transition Planning Practices Would Help Agencies Reduce Risk of Costly Delays GAO-20-458T [testimony]

·         U.S. Assistance to Central America: Status of Funding GAO-20-163R

·         VA Health Care: VA Faces Challenges in Meeting Demand for Long-Term Care GAO-20-463T [testimony]

Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

·         Psychoeducational Workshop Program: Handbook for Facilitators

Henry Jackson Society

·         Far-Right Terrorist Manifestos: A Critical Analysis

·         Free To Be Extreme

·         Russian Kleptocracy And The Rule Of Law: How The Kremlin Undermines European Judicial Systems

·         UNRWA’s Future Reconsidered

Heritage Foundation

·         The F-35A Is the World’s Most Dominant, Cost-Effective Fighter:The Air Force Needs to Accelerate Its Acquisition Now

·         The United States Should Withdraw from the U.N.’s Program ofAction on Small Arms

Hoover's China Leadership Monitor

·         China Leadership Monitor, Spring 2020, no. 63

·         Sino-Russian Consolidation at a Time of Geopolitical Rivalry

·         Taiwan’s 2020 Election Analysis

·         China’s Social Credit System: Genesis, Framework, and Key Provisions

·         From the CCP Dilemma to the Xi Jinping Dilemma: The Chinese Regime’s Capacity for Governance

·         Financial Liberalization in China: The Contradiction Between Opening and Guaranteed Outcomes

Human Rights Watch

·         China's “Bilingual Education” Policy in Tibet: Tibetan-Medium Schooling Under Threat

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         The Istanbul Canal: Erdogan’s “Crazy Project” Raises Concerns

·         The Planning Directorate in “Momentum”: “Tnufa” - the New IDF Multi-Year Plan

·         Speaking Truth to Trump: The Crisis between the President and the American Intelligence Community

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Learning From Extremists in West Sumatra

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Securitization of Migration in Africa: The Case of Agadez in Niger

·         South Africa first! Getting to Thuma Mina

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

·         Digital Citizenship Education: Programming Toolkit

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 26 - March 3, 2020

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Coping with Coronavirus and China: Bangladesh’s Twin Challenges

·         India’s Myanmar Engagement under the Modi Government

·         Regulating Cyberspace: Pakistan’s New Social Media Rules

·         Shifts in Policy Paradigm in India: Re-emergence of the Hindutva Agenda

·         United States-India Trade Deal: Will it Happen?

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Islamic State in Libya: From Force to Farce?

International Crisis Group

·         Twelve Ideas to Make Intra-Afghan Negotiations Work

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         Hosting Refugees: The Impact of the Occupancy Free of Charge (OFC) Shelter Modality in Three Localities in Lebanon

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, February 89, 2020, v. 20, no. 4

o    Beijing Purges Wuhan: The CCP Central Authorities Tighten Political Control Over Hubei Province

o    Beijing’s Appointment of Xia Baolong Signals a Harder Line on Hong Kong

o    Fair-Weather Friends: The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Strategic Partnership Between Russia and China

o    The PRC’s Cautious Stance on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

o    China’s Declining Birth Rate and Changes in CCP Population Policies

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         JSOU Quick Look: Strategic Communication

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Review of Australia's Development Program

Marine Corps University Middle East Studies

·         MES Insights, February 2020, v. 11, no. 1

o    Turkey and Russia: A Relationship of Convenience, or a New Strategic Alliance?

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Making a More European Britain: The Political, Economic and Societal Impacts of Brexit

Middle East Institute

·         Battered Survivor: Hezbollah at Home and Abroad

·         Seizing the Moment for Change: Pathways to a Sustainable US-Pakistan Relationship

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Chasing Efficiency: Can Operational Changes Fix European Asylum Systems?

National Academies Press

·         Report 4 on Tracking and Assessing Governance and Management Reform in the Nuclear Security Enterprise

·         Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad

National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

·         Domestic Terrorism Conference Report

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Camouflage for the Digital Domain

New America

·         Blockchain Impact Ledger

·         A Commons Approach to Smart City Data Governance

·         Democracy Reform Issues in the 2020 Presidential Election

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         China in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Key Institutions for International Engagement

·         Ten Years On: Reassessing the Stoltenberg Report on Nordic Cooperation

Observer Research Foundation

·         Tackling Insurgent Ideologies 2.0 — Rapporteurs’ Report

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

·         Officer Safety and Wellness Group Meeting Summary: Promoting Positive Coping Strategies in Law Enforcement—Emerging Issues and Recommendations

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Why Trump Shot the Sheriffs: The End of WTO Dispute Settlement 1.0

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Most Americans Point to Circumstances, Not Work Ethic, for Why People are Rich or Poor

Rand Corporation

·         Evaluation of Los Angeles County's 2019 Moral Injury Conference

·         How to Analyze the Cyber Threat from Drones: Background, Analysis Frameworks, and Analysis Tools

·         Using Data to Support the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Initiative: Data Collection, Metric and Dashboard Creation, and Lessons Learned

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         The Case for National Resilience Training for Teenagers

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         RSIS Workshop On Understanding And Countering Online Falsehoods and Influence Operations

Small Arms Survey

·         Gender Counts: Assessing Global Armed Violence Datasets

·         Spilling Over: Conflict Dynamics in and around Sudan’s Blue Nile State, 2015–19

Small Wars Journal

·         Case Analysis: The FARC in Colombia

·         How Does One Really Prepare for Combat

·         Making the Most of Spontaneous Civil Engagement: An Introduction to the Engaged Awareness Cycle

·         Making Sense of the Information Environment

·         Thirty Years as a Marine Officer: Lessons for Many Audiences

·         What Women Have Won

·         Winning Small Wars in Contests for the People

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Resilient eEcosystems and Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities for Coastal Cities in Africa 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         EU Security Perspectives in an Era of Connectivity: Implications for Relations with China

·         Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2019

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Senior Conference 55—The Emerging Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region: Drivers, Directions, and Decisions

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)

·         The State of Justice in Syria 2020

Taylor & Francis 

·         Ethics & Global Politics, 2020

o    Reframing the Refugee Crisis: From Rescue to Interconnection [open access article]  

·         Terrorism and Political Violence, 2020, v. 32, no. 2

o    The Dataset of Countries at Risk of Electoral Violence [open access article]

UK Department of Health & Social Care

·         Coronavirus: Action Plan: A Guide to What You Can Expect Across the UK

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The “Green Diamond”: Coffee and Conflict in the Central African Republic

Veterans Legal Clinic

·         Turned Away: How VA Unlawfully Denies Health Care to Veterans with Bad Paper Discharges

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Escalating Houthi Offensives in Yemen: U.S. Options

·         Hezbollah Has a New Strategy to Survive Lebanon’s Financial Crisis

·         IAEA Reports Renew Questions About Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

·         Inside the DHS Prevention and Protection Mission Addressing Targeted Violence and Terrorism

·         The IRGC Post-Soleimani: Political and Security Implications at Home and Abroad

·         A New Erdogan-Putin Deal in Idlib May Help—For Now

·         Syrian Battlefields Divide Adversaries; Lucrative Border Crossings Bring Them Together

Wilson Center

·         Extending the NPT - A Critical Oral History of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference

·         The Iran Primer - Coronavirus Strikes Iran

·         Russia’s Continuing Engagement with Venezuela in 2019 and Beyond - An Update

World Bank

·         Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

·         Getting to Work : Unlocking Women's Potential in Sri Lanka's Labor Force

·         Political Economy of Education in Lebanon : Research for Results Program