Friday's Miscellany 03-20-2020

38 North

• IAEA Safeguards in North Korea: Possible Verification Roles and Mandates
• More Underground Facilities Near Yongbyon: A Potential Challenge for Future Denuclearization Deals

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

• Coronavirus Spreads through Africa

American Enterprise Institute

• A Stagnant China in 2040, Briefly

Amnesty International

• States Need to Prioritize Human Rights in their Responses to COVID-19, Particularly in Regards to Marginalized Populations

Army University Press

• Journal of Military Learning, April 2020, v. 4, no. 1 
• Metacognition and the Military Student: Pedagogical Considerations for Teaching Senior Officers in Professional Military Education
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Competencies and Training Pertinent to the Military Health System
• Learning Challenges Faced by Transitioning Military Service Members: Voices of Military Transition Counselors
• An Evidence-Based Approach to Unit-Level Teaching and Learning
• Instructional Strategies for the Future
• The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education

Atlantic Council

• Pushing Back against Russian Aggression: Legislative Options 

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

• Fresh Perspectives in Security

Australian National University, National Security College

• Australia Can’t Continue to Divide the Indian Ocean in Two 
• The Future of the Undersea Deterrent: A Global Survey

Baker Institute

• The USMCA's Carryovers from NAFTA

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

• Can the Arab World Cope with the Coronavirus?
• Coronavirus: State Responses and Cultural Dimensions
• Coronavirus and the Western Media
• Coronavirus in the Middle East: Unlearned Lessons and Missed Opportunities
• The Effect of Coronavirus on the Global Economy
• The IDF’s Momentum Plan Aims to Create a New Type of War Machine 
• Iran’s Coronavirus Economic Meltdown
• The Long-Term Political Fallout of Coronavirus
• Sheikh Raed Salah and His Endless Struggle Against Israel
• Tens of Millions of Europeans Have Demonic Views of Israel 

Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

• Budapest Memorandum at 25: Between Past and Future

Brookings

• Declining Worker Power and American Economic Performance
• How Tight is the U.S. Labor Market?
• What’s Up with the Phillips Curve?
• When is Growth at Risk? 

Bruegel

• Analysis of Developments in EU Capital Flows in the Global Context

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

• Preferential Trade Agreements vs. Multilateralism: In the New Trump-World, Does Canada Face an Impossible Choice?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Dubai Property: An Oasis for Nigeria’s Corrupt Political Elites
• Regional Cooperation on Democratization and Conflict Management in Africa 
• Tunisia’s Wake-Up Call: How Security Challenges From Libya Are Shaping Defense Reforms 

CATO Institute

• Health Care Spending Projections and Policy Changes: Recognizing the Limitations of Existing Forecasts

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• Combating Populism: A Toolkit for Liberal Democratic Actors 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Russian Analytical Digest
• No. 249 Need-Based Social Policies

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

• Forging the Tools of 21st Century Great Power Competition

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• COVID-19 Is an African Political Crisis as Much as a Health and Economic Emergency
• Defining the Diamond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue 
• Inflection Point: Missile Defense and Defeat in the 2021 Budget
• Under the Nuclear Shadow: Situational Awareness Technology and Crisis Decisionmaking
• Under the Nuclear Shadow: Situational Awareness Technology and Crisis Decisionmaking [interactive]

Center on Global Energy Policy

• The Impact of Covid-19 and the Oil Price War on Latin America

Center on Law, Ethics and National Security

• Must Annie Get Her Gun? Women, Draft Registration, and the Constitution 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

• Bold Policies Needed to Counter the Coronavirus Recession
• The British Approach and International Consensus
• Building 'European Champions': An Effective Way to Fend Off Chinese Competition?
• EU's Institutional Framework Regarding Defence Matters  
• A Word of Advice to Western Leaders: Talk to Putin but Don’t Let Him Gaslight You

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

• Getting beyond Forced Technology Transfers: Analysis of and Recommendations on Intangible Economy Governance in China

Chatham House

• The Development of Libyan Armed Groups Since 2014: Community Dynamics and Economic Interests

Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations

• Managing Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS)
• Military Responses to Climate Change

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

• Broken, but Not Defeated: An Examination of State-led Operations against Islamic State Khorasan in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2015-2018)
• CTC Sentinel, March 2020, v. 13, no. 3
• The Hanau Terrorist Attack: How Race Hate and Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Global Far-Right Violence
• A View from the CT Foxhole: Jonathan Evans, Former Director General, MI5
• The Pensacola Terrorist Attack: The Enduring Influence of al-Qa`ida and its Affiliates
• Dollars for Daesh: The Small Financial Footprint of the Islamic State’s American Supporters
• Addressing the Enemy: Al-Shabaab’s PSYOPS Media Warfare

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Baseline Budget Projections as of March 6, 2020

Danish Institute for International Studies

• Brothers in Arms and Faith? The Emerging US-Central and Eastern Europe ‘Special Relationship’

Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

• PERSEREC-RN-20-01 - The PAR Capabilities and the Convergence of Workplace Violence Prevention, Counter-Insider Threat, and Personnel Vetting Policies in DoD 

Department of Defense (DOD)

• Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce 
• Deviation on Progress Payments Memo

Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)

• DOD Cyber Crime Center Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) Annual Report, Volume 1, 2019

Department of State

• China’s Expulsion of U.S. Journalists

East-West Center

• New Zealand Picks Up On the Indo-Pacific

Egmont Institute

• How the Indiscriminate Virus Reinforced Our Inequalities and the Lessons We Can Draw from This When It Is All Over
• Trump, the Middle East, and North Africa: Just Leave Things to the Proxies?
• What the Coronavirus Will Not Change
• Will a European Security Council Bring Strategic Relevance?

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

• Today’s Data on the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 Cases Worldwide
• Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring in Europe 2020 –2018 Data

European Council on Foreign Relations

• Digital Stability: How Technology Can Empower Future Generations in the Middle East

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• A Blacklist is (Almost) Born

European Values

• Assessment of the Kremlin’s Malign Influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

• Covid-19 – a Trigger for Global Transformation? Political Distancing, Global Decoupling and Growing Distrust in Health Governance
• Finland’s Response to the Covid-19 Epidemic: Long-Term Preparation and Specific Plans
• Managed Leadership Succession in Kazakhstan: A Model for Gradual Departure? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• The Effect of COVID-19 on the NATO Alliance

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

• Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

• Tunisia: Urgency of Reform Require Modified EU Approach

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

• A Problem Displaced: The Smuggling of Migrants through Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Strengthening Rule of Law Approaches to Address Organized Crime: Criminal Market Convergence

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Freedom of Information Act: Federal Agencies' Recent Implementation Efforts GAO-20-406R
• Global Health Assistance:  Awardees' Declinations of U.S. Planned Funding Due to Abortion-Related Restrictions GAO-20-347
• National Transportation Safety Board:  More Detail Could Increase the Understanding of Selections for the Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements  GAO-20-395
• Science & Tech Spotlight: 5G Wireless GAO-20-421SP 
• Sexual Harassment in STEM Research: Agencies Have Taken Actions, but Need Complaint Procedures, Overall Plans, and Better Collaboration GAO-20-187
• Southwest Border: Actions Needed to Address Fragmentation in DHS's Processes for Apprehended Family Members GAO-20-274 
• Southwest Border:  Actions Needed to Improve DHS Processing of Families and Coordination between DHS and HHS GAO-20-245
• Weapon System Sustainment: DOD Needs a Strategy for Re-Designing the F-35's Central Logistics System GAO-20-316

Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) searchable database
• COVID-19 Open Access Publisher sites

Human Rights Watch

• “No One Cared He Was A Child”: Egyptian Security Forces’ Abuse of Children in Detention

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

• The Corona Crisis and Israel’s National Security 
• The Corona Epidemic: Systemic Challenges for Israel 
• From Biological Weapons to Miracle Drugs: Fake News about the Coronavirus Pandemic 
• Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, March 2020, v. 4, no. 1 
• The Secret War of Cyber Influence Operations and How to Identify Them
• Iran’s Activity in Cyberspace: Identifying Patterns and Understanding the Strategy
• Ambiguous Approach— All Shades of Gray
• Cybersecurity and Information Security: Force Structure Modernizations in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
• Chinese Investments in Sri Lanka: Implications for Israel Criminal Law as a Tool for Dealing with Online Violence among Youth
• Criminal Law as a Tool for Dealing with Online Violence among Youth
• National Cybersecurity Strategies in the Healthcare Industry of Israel and the Netherlands: A Comparative Overview
• The Economic-Political Struggle behind the Energy Market Crash 

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

• Emerging iant Shaking Up the EU? Impacts, Challenges and Implications of China’s Investment Frenzy in Europe
• Japan’s Death Penalty System: An Analysis on the Possibilities of Suspending or Abolishing the System

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

• Angolan Futures 2050: Beyond Oil 

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

• After the Corona Virus
• Hotspot South China Sea – Political, Military and Economic Implications 

Institute for the Study of War

• Iraq Situation Update: March 11 - 17, 2020
• Syria Situation Report: March 4 - 17, 2020
• US-Iran Escalation Timeline: March 2020 Update

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

• Can the EU Stand Up to Trump's "Deal of the Century"?
• COVID-19 Emergency: Europe Needs a Vaccine
• International Order and the European Project in Times of COVID19

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

• India and COVID-19: The Battle Intensifies and Challenges Emerge  
• Lessons from the Yes Bank Saga in India
• The Modi Initiative: Can COVID-19 Resuscitate the SAARC? 
• United Nations Peace Operations: Bangladesh’s Contributions

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

• Social Media in Mali and its Relation to Violent Extremism: A Youth Perspective
• Testament to Murder: The Violent Far-Right’s Increasing Use of Terrorist Manifestos 

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• Handing over Infrastructure for China’s Strategic Objectives: ‘Arctic Connect’ and the Digital Silk Road in the Arctic

International Crisis Group

• Preventing a Deadly Showdown in Northern Yemen

Jamestown Foundation

• China Brief, March 16, 2020, v. 20, no. 5
• China’s Other Viral Crisis: African Swine Fever and the State Effort to Stabilize Pork Prices
• Disposing of “Zombies”: Why the Reform of Non-Performing State-Owned Enterprises Has Gotten Even Harder
• Limited Payoffs: What Have BRI Investments Delivered for China Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak?
• The Illicit Wildlife Trade in China and the State Response Following the Coronavirus Outbreak
• China-Iran Relations: The Not-So-Special “Special Relationship”

Korea Economic Institute of America

• A New Horizon for the Korea-India Strategic and Sustainable Partnership under Korea's New Southern Policy

Library of Congress Law Library

• Government Responses to Disinformation on Social Media Platforms

Middle East Institute

• The Forgotten Iraq

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• Which English Learners Count When? Understanding State EL Subgroup Definitions in ESSA Reporting

MITRE

• Stopping COVID-19: Short-Term Actions for Long-Term Impact

National Defence University (Pakistan)

• NDU Journal 2019 
• Problem Solving Decision Making Model in Kashmir Conflict Resolution: Prospects and Challenges
• Steeple Analysis of Prolonged Energy Crisis in Pakistan and Way Forward to Energy Security
• Strategic Deterrence in South Asia from the Prism of Balakot and Beyond
• Seizing Kashmir's Identity: Implications for the Global Peace and Stability
• Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Methods, Challenges and Theoretical Underpinnings
• Cyber-Warfare: Implications for the National Security of Pakistan
• Genesis of Electronic Media: Understanding the National Security Perspective of Pakistan
• National Security Repercussions of Climate Change in Pakistan
• Pak-Afghan Border: Historical Perspective and Way Forward
• Societal Resistance Through Democratic Governance: A Shield Against Extremist Voices/Actions Telescoping Pakistan
• National Security Paradigm of Pakistan - Retrospective Analysis
• Understanding the Post-Merger Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Challenges and Its Impact on National Security

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

• Designing and Implementation of an Availability Scoring System for Cyber Defence Exercises 
• Overview of the UN OEWG Developments: Continuation of Discussions on How International Law Applies in Cyberspace

NATO Defense College

• Scoping NATO's Environmental Security Agenda 

Naval War College

• Naval War College Review, Spring 2020, v. 73, no. 2
• Leadership and Decision—From Accountability to Punishment
• The Utility of Narrative Matrix Games—A Baltic Example
• The “Indo” in the “Indo-Pacific”—An Indian View
• Operation Earnest Will—The U.S. Foreign Policy behind U.S. Naval Operations in the Persian Gulf 1987–89; A Curious Case
• “Improbable Allies”—The North Korean Downing of a U.S. Navy EC-121 and U.S.-Soviet Cooperation during the Cold War
• Sir John Orde and the Trafalgar Campaign—A Failure of Information Sharing
• Reflections on Reading
• Unlearn

New America

• Building U.S. Resilience to Political Violence 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

• Conversations with Rural Law Enforcement Leaders: Volume 1

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

• The Challenges of Monitoring Social Media in the Arab World: The Case of the 2019 Tunisian Elections

Peterson Institute for International Security (PIIE)

• Tariffs Disrupted Medical Supplies Critical to US Coronavirus Fight
• Trump's Trade Policy is Hampering the US Fight against COVID-19
• What US Strategy Gets Wrong about China in Africa 

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

• Americans Immersed in COVID-19 News; Most Think Media are Doing Fairly Well Covering It 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

• U.S. Public Sees Multiple Threats from the Coronavirus – and Concerns Are Growing

RAND Corporation

• Detecting Malign or Subversive Information Efforts over Social Media: Scalable Analytics for Early Warning
• From SARS to 2019-Coronavirus (nCoV): U.S.-China Collaborations on Pandemic Response: Addendum [testimony]
• Neurological Effects of Repeated Exposure to Military Occupational Levels of Blast
• U.S. Coast Guard Emergency Response and Disaster Operations: Using Social Media for Situational Awareness

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

• Nuclear Engine Air Power 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

• China’s Artificial Islands in South China Sea: Extended Forward Presence 
• Global Health Security – COVID-19 & Humanitarian Response: Leave No-One Behind
• Global Health Security – The Burden of COVID-19: Urgent Need for Social Safety Nets
• Global Health Security – Trust During the Time of Covid-19
• The “Indo-Pacific” Concept: Geographical Adjustments and their Implications
• Personal Data: Its Value, Risks and Potential

Small Wars Journal

• Amid Global Coronavirus Outbreak, What About Refugees?
• Amid Red Sea Rivalries, Eritrea Plays for Independence
• Cyber-States and US National Security: Learning from Covid-19
• “New” Realities of Twenty-First Century Asymmetric Conflict
• What to Make of Turkey’s Recent Dust-Up in Syria
• Why Oman's Confiscation of Al Shehhi Property Threatens the Integrity of the GCC
• Why the Middle East is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus Crisis

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

• Resilient Ecosystems and Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities for Coastal Cities in Africa
• South Africa’s Carbon Tax: Balancing Climate Action and Economic Development 

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

• The Year in Hate and Extremism 2019

Taylor & Francis

• Intelligence and National Security, 2020, v. 35, no. 3
• Control not Morality? Explaining the Selective Employment of Nazi War Criminals by British and American Intelligence Agencies in Occupied Germany  [open access article]

UK National Audit Office  (NAO)

• Defence Capabilities – Delivering What Was Promised

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Don’t Count Out U.S. Oil Production as a Market-Shaper 
• Giving Iraq’s Next Prime Minister Space to Succeed 
• Honored, Not Contained: The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces 
• Implications of the Saudi Corruption Arrests
• Migrants Likely to Remain Pawns in Turkey-EU Relations for Years to Come
• The U.S. Role in Idlib and Beyond: Perspectives from Syria

White House

• 15 Days to Slow the Spread
• Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak

World Economic Forum

• Guidelines for City Mobility: Steering Towards Collaboration

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019) Situation Reports
• Country & Technical Guidance - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)