Friday's Miscellany 05-20-2016

38 North

·         Deciphering the 7th Party Congress: A Teaser for Greater Change? 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit

·         Developing Transboundary Water Resources:What Perspectives for Cooperation between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan? 

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  May/June  2016, v. 29, no. 3  

o    Continuous Integration in the Cloud: Improving Cost, Schedule and Technical Performance

o    The State of Security Vulnerabilities in SCADA Human Machine Interface (HMI) Components

o    DevOps Advantages for Testing: Increasing Quality through Continuous Delivery

o    They Know Your Weaknesses – Do You?: Reintroducing Common Weakness Enumeration

o    An Alternate Approach to Avionic Software: KISS

o    Joint Radio Manager Enhances Service Interoperability

o    Enterprise Systems Integration using Collapsing Design Structure Matrices

American Enterprise Institute

·         Enhancing Network Security: A Cyber Strategy for the Next Administration 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Closing the Gap: Can Europe's Economy Finally Catch Up with the U.S.? 

·         Prioritizing the Partnership: German-American Relations and the 45th President 

Amnesty International

·         Fast-Track to Torture: Abductions and Forcible Returns From Russia to Uzbekistan 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         The Mad Scientist Initiative: An Innovative Way of Understanding the Future Operational Environment 

Australian Defence College (ADC)

·         Is China's Assertiveness in the South China Sea Likely to Affect Australia's National Interests over the Next Ten Years? 

·         Will Islamic Extremism in Indonesia Affect Australia’s Security in the Next Ten Years? 

·         Will Jihadist-salafism Present a Security Challenge to Law and Order in Indonesia in the Next Ten Years? 

·         Will the ‘Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro’ Provide a Peaceful and Lasting Solution  to the  Insurgency  and Security Challenges in the Southern Philippines? 

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

·         Mexican Drug Cartels and Dark-networks: An Emerging Threat to Australia's National Security 

·         Reconstructing China: Japanese Technicians and Industrialization in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China 

Australian Strategic Policy  Institute (ASPI)

·         The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2016-2017 

Baker Institute

·         Mideast Stability After Nuclear Deal 

·         U.S.–Mexico Academic Mobility 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Global Complexity: Intersection of Chessboard and Web Trends 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Bridging the Gap Together: A New Model to Modernize U.S. Infrastructure 

Brookings Institution

·         China as a Global Investor 

·         Country Specific Scrutiny at the United Nations Human Rights Council 

·         Rational Benefit Assessment for an Irrational World: Toward a Behavioral Transfer Test 

·         Should the US Eliminate Entry Barriers to the Practice of Law? Perspectives Shaped by Industry Deregulation 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute

·         A Way Ahead With Russia 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         India’s Nuclear Options and Escalation Dominance 

·         The Unraveling of Lebanon’s Taif Agreement:Limits of Sect-Based Power Sharing 

Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS)

·         Extending American Power: Strategies to Expand U.S. Engagement in a Competitive World Order 

·         Seeing Strait: The Future of the U.S.-Taiwan Strategic Relationship  

Center for Complex Operations

·         Impunity: Countering Illicit Power in War and Transition 

·         PRISM: The Interviews 

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)

·         Liaison, 2016, v. 8,no. 1 

o    Lessons from Nepal and Other Recent Disasters

o    Right Time, Right Place, Right Skills: U.S. Army Green Berets save lives in Nepal

o    ‘Mission First & People Always’: The Nepal Army’s

o    The Handicap International Story: Logistics and Vulnerable Populations in Nepal

o    Civil-Military Coordination after the Nepal Earthquake: Role of the HuMOCC

o    Interview with Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy, USMC

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Growing Numbers of Cuban Migrants in the United States 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Winning The Salvo Competition: Rebalancing America’s Air And Missile Defenses 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Assessing the Final Clean Power Plan: Energy Market Impacts 

·         Crowdsourcing Perspectives on Defense Reform 

·         Dealing Fairly with a Key Ally: Releasing the28 Pages 

·         Global Development Monitor: A Changing World 

·         PacNet #45 - President Truman and the Atomic Bomb – Setting the Record Straight 

·         Perfecting China, Inc.: China’s 13thFive-Year Plan 

·         Issues & Insights Vol. 16 - No. 9 - Myanmar-DPRK Relations: Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Dimension 

·         Transformative Innovation for International Development 

·         U.S. Military Forces in FY 2017: Stable Plans, Disruptive Threats, and Strategic Inflection Points 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Financing the Blue Economy in Small States 

·         Governance of International Trade and the Internet: Existing and Evolving Regulatory Systems 

·         Limitations of the Central Asian Energy Security Policy: Priorities and Prospects for Improvement 

·         Market-driven Challenges to Open Internet Standards 

Chatham House

·         Moving Energy Initiative 

·         Private-Sector Engagement: The Key to Efficient, Effective Energy Access for Refugees 

·         Russian State Mobilization: Moving the Country on to a War Footing 

·         Transatlantic Rifts: Stress-Testing the IranDeal 

·         US Election Note: China Policy After 2016 

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Multi annual Defence Agreements in the Netherlands 

·         Prosecuting Foreign Terrorist fighters: What Role for the Military? 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Assessing the Department of Defense’s Execution of Responsibilities in the U.S. Foreign Military Sales Program 

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Democracy Support Strategies in Africa 

·         U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Bureau: FY 2017 Budget 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Flying Blind: What are the Security Risks of Resuming U.S. Commercial Air Service to Cuba 

·         Oversight of Federal Efforts to Address Electromagnetic Risks 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Examining Legislation to Promote the Effective Enforcement of the ADA’s Public Accommodation Provisions 

·         H.R. 4768, the “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” 

·         Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         The Federal Information Technology Reform Act Scorecard 2.0 

·         White House Narratives on the Iran Nuclear Deal 

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Next Steps to Mars: Deep Space Habitats 

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Border Station Construction: Minimizing Costs and Leveraging Private Dollars 

·         A Review of Recently Completed United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief’s Reports 

Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee

·         Assessing VA Oversight of Drug Prescription Practices and Proper Use of Medical Facilities 

·         Veterans in Tech: Innovative Careers for All Generations of Veterans 

Congress. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

·         War in Syria: Next Steps to Mitigate the Crisis 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security &Governmental Affairs Committee

·         America’s Insatiable Demand for Drugs: Assessing the Federal Response 

·         Assessing the Security of Critical Infrastructure: Threat, Vulnerabilities, and Solutions 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Declining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases – The Lawless Immigration Policies of the Obama Administration 

·         Ransomware: Understanding the Threat and Exploring Solutions 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Outlook for U.S. Production of Shale Oil   

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         China-Taiwan Relations 

·         Competition in the Indian Ocean 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2016-088 Evaluation of the Separation of Service Members Who Made a Report of Sexual Assault 

·         DODIG-2016-091 Evaluation of the Accuracy of Data in the DoD Contract Audit Follow Up System 

Department of State

·         Keynote Remarks on "The Future of the Internet and the Digital Economy in Latin America" 

Department of the Army

·         ARMY DIR 2016-20, Authorization to Use Headphones in Uniform 

East West Center

·         Beyond Shared Interests: The US and the Evolution of Indian Military Strategy 

Egmont Institute

·         The UK’s Foreign and Security Policy: What’s At Stake in the Referendum? 

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         The Roots Of Uzbekistan: Nation Making In The Early Soviet Union 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Angola Country Analysis Brief - May 2016  

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         China’s Rise: The View from Singapore 

·         China’s Rise: The View from South Korea 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         A Historic Reminder, an Ever-present Dilemma?- Assessing Brexit’s Potential Consequences for European Security 

·         EU Spring | Report on Democracy Assistance from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa 

Europol-INTERPOL

·         Migrant Smuggling Networks Joint Europol-INTERPOL Report - Executive Summary 

Feinstein International Center

·         Regional Humanitarian Challenges in the Sahel 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Russian Foreign Policy in the Putin Era: A Conference Report 

·         Shakespeare and America 

·         When Border Walls Work (and Don’t): An Open Memorandum to Mr. Trump 

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Financial Needs and Tools for Agricultural Development and Transformation Pertinent to Low-income, Food-insecure Countries 

German Development Institute

·         Building peace after war: The knowns and unknowns of external support to post-conflict societies 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Russia, China, and the West After Crimea 

Global Facility For Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

·         The Making of a Riskier Future: How Our Decisions are Shaping Future Disaster Risk 

·         Disaster Risk Finance as a Tool for Development: A Summary of Findings from the Disaster Risk Finance Impact Analytics Project 

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Understanding Illicit Trade: Impact of Human Trafficking and Smuggling on the Private Sector 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Federal Efforts to Address Electromagnetic Risks. GAO-16-641T [Testimony] 

·         Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: U.S. Assistance to Combat This Harmful Practice Abroad Is Limited. GAO-16-485 

·         Food Safety: FDA Coordinating with Stakeholders on New Rules but Challenges Remain and Greater Tribal Consultation Needed. GAO-16-425 

·         Managing for Results: OMB Improved Implementation of Cross-Agency Priority Goals, But Could Be More Transparent About Measuring Progress. GAO-16-509 

·         Office of National Drug Control Policy: Progress toward Some National Drug Control Strategy Goals, but None Have Been Fully Achieved. GAO-16-660T [Testimony] 

·         Polar Weather Satellites: NOAA Is Working to Ensure Continuity but Needs to Quickly Address Information Security Weaknesses and Future Program Uncertainties. GAO-16-359 

Heritage Foundation

·         America’s Outdated Europe Policy: In 2017, the Next President Must Adapt to New Reality 

·         Coal Plant Modernization: The Best Energy Option for Kosovo 

·         Congress Should Exercise Restraint in Veterans Affairs Funding Bill 

·         Maintaining America’s Ability to Collect Foreign Intelligence: The Section 702 Program 

·         Seizing the Sky: Federal Regulators Use Drones to Justify Controlling the Airspace Over Your Backyard 

·         Straight Talk on the ISDS Provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership 

Hudson Institute

·         Kleptocracy Archive 

Human Rights Watch

·         Booted: Lack of Recourse for Wrongfully Discharged U.S. Military Rape Survivors 

·         Relentless: Detention and Prosecution of Tibetans under China’s “Stability Maintenance” Campaign 

·         "We Feel We are Cursed": Life under ISIS in Sirte, Libya 

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

·         China’s Maritime Silk Road – An Ambitious Undertaking 

·         Global Epidemics, Pandemics, Terrorism: Risk Assessment and European Responses 

·         The Jihad Escalates in Europe 

·         Migration – A New Form of Hybrid Warfare? 

·         OSCE – A New Transatlantic Approach to Engage China on Syria? 

Institute for Defence Studies &Analyses (IDSA)

·         Emerging Flashpoints in the Himalayas 

·         Modi’s Visit to Iran: Will It Provide a New Momentum to Bilateral Relations? 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, May 19, 2016 

o    Kenya Moves to Close World’s Largest Refugee Camp

o    ISIS and WMD: Growing Hand in Hand in Kenya?

·         Computation and Modeling Applied to Ceramic Materials 

·         Maintaining High Assurance in Asynchronous Messaging 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Case Study: Nuclear Traffickers Conspired toProcure High Speed Cameras 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 80 

Institute for the Study of War

·         ISW Tracking of Iraq’s 2016 Political Crisis 

·         Kurdish Objectives in Iraq's Political Crisis 

·         Syria Situation Report: May 12 - 20, 2016

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         What Role Does the European Union Play in International Development? 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Implications of an Indo-Iranian Initiative 

·         West Bengal Elections: Trinamool Congress’ Rural Vote Blunts Opposition Alliance 

Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Countering Violent Extremism in the MENA Region: Time to Rethink Approaches and Strategies 

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Links between Terrorism and Migration: An Exploration 

International Crisis Group

·         Burundi: A Dangerous Third Term 

·         Sri Lanka: Jumpstarting the Reform Process 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         How do Experts Forecast Sovereign Spreads? 

·         Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability in the Arab Region 

·         Spillovers from Japan’s Unconventional Monetary Policy to Emerging Asia : A Global VAR Approach 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 16, 2016, v. 14, no. 10 

o    Radical Change: The Impact of Islamic State on Tunisia

o    Iran and its Cyber-Terrorism Strategies

o    Boko Haram: Two Years on Shekau and Buhari Still Face Pressure Over the Chibok Schoolgirls

o    Nigeria: Another Small Victory Against Boko Haram

o    Bangladesh: Recent Killings Raise Question of al-Qaeda Presence

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         A Comprehensive and Proactive Approach to Unconventional Warfare 

·         Unconventional Economics: Operational Economics in Unconventional Warfare 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Analysis on the 7th Congress of Korean Workers’ Party (1): General Review 

·         Prospect of the 7th Congress of the Workers´Party through Text Analysis on Rodong Sinmun 

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         G20 Monitor: New Considerations for China’s 2016 G20 Presidency 

·         India’s New Asia-Pacific Strategy: Modi Acts East 

·         Lion and the Kangaroo: Australia’s Strategic Partnership with Singapore 

Migration Policy Institute

·         Maintaining Public Trust in the Governance of Migration 

National Security Archive

·         Will China Help Pakistan Get the Bomb? 

NATO Defense College

·         Is the 2010 Strategic Concept Still Fit for Purpose? 

New America Foundation

·         Can Transpartisan Coalitions Overcome Polarization? 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         What Priorities for the Cohesion Policy after2020? 

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·         How Does War become a Legitimate Undertaking? Re-engaging the Post-structuralist Foundation of Securitization Theory 

Office of the Director on National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Security Executive Agent Directive 5 - Collection, Use, and Retention of Publicly Available Social Media Information in Personnel Security Background Investigations and Adjudications 

Oxford Research Group

·         Nigeria’s Private Army: A Perception Study of Private Military Contractors in the War against Boko Haram 

·         Remote Control Project: Remote-Control Warfare Monthly Briefing | #15 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan 2015 

·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan for April 2016 

·         PILDAT Annual Report 2014 - 2015 

Pew Research Center

·         Shared, Collaborative and On Demand: The New Digital Economy 

RAND Corporation

·         Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA) 

·         Collaborative Disaster Preparedness: Vietnam,the United States, and Regional Experiences (Proceedings from Da Nang, Vietnam,August 18–20, 2015) 

·         Deception in Covert Nuclear Weapons Development: A Framework to Identify, Analyze, and Mitigate Future Long-Term Deception Efforts 

·         Foundations of the Islamic State: Management,Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005–2010 

·         Political Leadership in Afghanistan: Identifying and Assessing Determining Factors 

·         A Roadmap for the Development of Health Information Technology in Chile 

·         What Role Does the Private Sector Have in Supporting Disaster Recovery, and What Challenges Does It Face in Doing So? 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Russia’s Asia Pivot: Engaging the Russian Far East, China and Southeast Asia 

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Japan-Russia Relations: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance 

·         Lessons from the U.S., Japan, and the Future of Renewable Energy Workshop 

Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE)

·         National Strategy for Energy Security: The Innovation Revolution 

Small Wars Journal

·         Behind the Scenes: Defense Attachés’ Contributions to Cuban Diplomatic Engagement in Haiti 

·         Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 7 

·         Imposing Costs by Other Means: Strategic Irregular Warfare Options to Counter Russian Aggression 

·         The Inghamasi: ISIL’s New Way of War 

·         The Problem With Personnel Reform: Who are the Army’s Best and Brightest? 

·         Ready, Fire, Aim: The Importance of Strategic Objectives in Countering Violent Non-State Actors 

·         The Ties That Bind: Chairman Mao, Che Guevara, and Al Qaeda 

·         Western Jihadist Threats to the Military 

Stimson Center

·         The Lure and Pitfalls of MIRVs: From the First to the Second Nuclear Age 

Transparency International

·         Integrity Pacts: A How-To Guide From Practitioners 

·         Lost Billions: Recovering Public Money in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen 

UK Parliament. House of Lords

·         Operation Sophia, the EU’s Naval Mission in the Mediterranean: An Impossible Challenge 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces: Mission, Challenges and Sustainability 

·         The Current Situation in Libya 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The MFO [Multinational Force & Observers]2.0 

·         Netanyahu's Sudden Coalition Shift: Early Implications 

·         Turkey's War of Attrition With the Islamic State: The Rocket Threat 

·         Will Labor Agree to Broaden the Netanyahu Coalition? 

Wilson Center

·         In Erdogan’s New Turkey, Loyalty Trumps Probity 

·         Questions Pondered by State Department Intelligence in Recently Declassified Reports from the 1960s