Friday's Miscellany 02-24-2017

38 North

·         Continued Activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

·         Time to Test Diplomacy with North Korea

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Role of Iran’s Regional Media in its Soft War Policy

·         Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban Triggers Global Solidarity

·         Unfolding Political Impasse in the Gambia

American Enterprise Institute

·         Border Adjustment and the Dollar

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         In a World of Cyber Threats, Isolationism Will Never Win

Amnesty International

·         Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, February 2017, v. 4, no. 1

o    Incident diagnoses of leishmaniasis, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001–2016

o    Incidence rates of malignant melanoma in relation to years of military service, overall and in selected military occupational groups, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001–2015

o    Medical evacuations, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013–2015

o    Deployment-related conditions of special surveillance interest

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Country Report - China

·         The Limitations of "Global Korea's" Middle Power

Asia Foundation

·         Six Stories, Six Paths to Development Online Platforms as Drivers of Inclusive Growth

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Future of the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation:Indonesia’s Chance to Promote a New Era of Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Local Impact of Energy Reform

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Dealing with the Past: Supporting People-centred “Working-through” the Legacies of Violence

·         US and German Civilian-led Efforts in Conflict and Fragile Contexts: Addressing Internal Challenges to Improve Impact

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Global Militarisation Index (GMI) 2016

Brookings Institution

·         A “Brazilian Way”? Brazil’s Approach to Peacebuilding

·         Building “Situations of Strength”: A National Security Strategy for the United States

Bruegel

·         Europe in a New World Order

CACI International

·         Offset Strategies to Prevail Against Asymmetric Threats

CATO Institute

·         Cato Handbook for Policymakers for 2017

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Focused Engagement: A New Way Forward in Afghanistan

·         Seizing the Initiative: Turning AT&L Reorganization into Technical Advantage

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         The Future of U.S.-India Naval Relations

·         The Role of Groceries in Response to Catastrophes

·         Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: Hearing on China's Advanced Weapons

·         The U.S.-India Defense Relationship: Putting the Foundational Agreements in Perspective

·         Weighted West, Focused on the Indian Ocean and Cooperating across the Indo-Pacific: The Indian Navy's New Maritime Strategy, Capabilities, and Diplomacy

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 198: Identity Politics

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Millennium Challenge Corporation in the Trump Era: Don’t Place Unrealistic Responsibilities onto MCC

·         PacNet #17R - Response to PacNet #17 “Untying North Korean ‘Nots’”

·         PacNet #18 - Sharing the Wealth to Melt the Ice: Japan and Russia

·         Practical Strategies for Improving Trade Policy Consultation

·         Promoting Accountability in Nigeria’s Health System

·         Science, Technology, and U.S. National Security Strategy:Preparing Military Leadership for the Future

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The End of the Transatlantic Trade Consensus?

·         Mrs May's Emerging Deal on Brexit: Not Just Hard, But Also Difficult

·         Trump, Trade and the EU: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

Chatham House

·         Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The UK Regulatory Environment

·         The Impacts of the Demand for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat on Climate and Forests

·         Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         The Case for Critical Digital Diplomacy

·         Core Groups: The Way to Real European Defense

·         Geopolitics of the Sustainability Transition - Risks and Opportunities

College of Europe

·         A Bureaucratic Bias? EU Election Observation Missions in Africa: Between Independence and Development Industry

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, February 2017, v. 10, no. 2

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: General John W. Nicholson, Commander, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan

o    The Fulani Crisis: Communal Violence and Radicalization in the Sahel

o    The Islamic State’s Western Teenage Plotters

o    The Berlin Attack and the “Abu Walaa” Islamic State Recruitment Network

o    The Formation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Wider Tensions in the Syrian Insurgency

o    The Islamic State Looks East: The Growing Threat in Southeast Asia

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2017 Shipbuilding Plan

·         CBO’s Assessment of the Long-Term Budget Outlook and Its Approach to Dynamic Analysis

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Maintaining U.S. Leadership on Internet Governance

·         Renewed Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh

·         The Role of the UN Secretary-General

·         Trump and the National Debt

Deep Cuts Project

·         INF Treaty Compliance: A Challenge and an Opportunity

Department of Defense - Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (CAPE)

·         FY 2016 Annual Report on Cost Assessment Activities

East West Center

·         Australian Defense Policy in the Trump Era 

Egmont Institute

·         Core Groups: The Way to Real European Defense

Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies

·         The Spanish Exception: Unemployment, Inequality and Immigration,But No Right-wing Populist Parties

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

·         Magnetohydrodynamic Electromagnetic Pulse Assessment of the Continental U.S. Electric Grid: Geomagnetically Induced Current and Transformer Thermal Analysis

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit and Europe: A New Entente

·         Russia’s Nuclear Energy Diplomacy in the Middle East: Why the EU Should Take Notice

European Parliament

·         Afghanistan: Challenges and Perspectives Until 2020

·         How Blockchain Technology Could Change Our Lives

·         Impacts of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on Developing Countries

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC)

·         Reina Nightclub Attack Reveals High Reactivity of Islamic State to Adapt Operation Methods to Changing Security Environment

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         The EU: From Comprehensive Vision to Integrated Action

·         Women in Peacebuilding: The EU & Others

Europol

·         Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre: One year On

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Local Government Final

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         Alternative Ways of Global Governance: Informal institutions and the Role of Small States

·         NATO as a "Nuclear Alliance": Background and Contemporary Issues

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Trump’s Asia Policy Takes Shape

Foundation for Democracy 

·         Framework and Terminology for Understanding Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

·         Islamic State 2021: Possible Futures in North and West Africa

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Reassessing Tax Effort in Developing Countries: a Proposal of a Vulnerability-Adjusted Tax Effort Index (VATEI)

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Proceedings from the Second International Conference “Security Sector Governance: The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices

German Development Institute

·         Introducing Results-based Approaches in Agriculture: Challenges and Lessons Learnt

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         What America’s Economy First Means for Europe

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Electricity: Federal Efforts to Enhance Grid Resilience. GAO-17-153

·         Joint Exercise Program: DOD Needs to Take Steps to Improve the Quality of Funding Data. GAO-17-7

Heritage Foundation

·         Defending Life: Opportunities for the 115th Congress

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘When Will I Get to Go Home?’ Abuses and Discrimination against Children in Institutions and Lack of Access to Quality Inclusive Education in Armenia

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, February 23, 2017

o    The EU’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: Combining the Refugee and Development Agendas

o    Botswana: Challenges to a Success Story

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         A Reflection on U.S. Grand Strategy: Trump and the Challenge for South Korean Diplomacy

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Campaign for Ar-Raqqah: February 24, 2017

·         The Campaign for Mosul: February 22-24, 2017

·         The Campaign for Mosul: February 1-21, 2017

·         ISIS Sanctuary Map: February 26, 2017

·         ISW Impact Highlights January-February 2017

·         The Strategic Convergence of Russia and Iran

·         Syria Situation Report: February 16 - 24, 2017

·         Warning Update: The Expansion of ISIS in Northwestern Afghanistan

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Evaluation and Impact Investing: A Review of Methodologies to Assess Social Impact

International Crisis Group

·         Watchmen of Lake Chad: Vigilante Groups Fighting Boko Haram

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Ensuring Financial Stability in Countries with Islamic Banking

·         Governments and Promised Fiscal Consolidations : Do They Mean What They Say?

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         Enhanced Local Coordination for Effective Aid Provision: The Case of Lebanon

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Europe 2017. Make It or Break It?

·         Russian Web in the Mediterranean Region

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, February 24, 2017, v. 15, no. 4

o    The United States Faces Limited Options for Assault on Raqqa

o    Tunisia’s Counterterror Efforts Hampered by Weak Institutions

o    Turkey’s Euphrates Shield Operation: al-Bab and Beyond

o    Kenya: Mombasa a Focus for Islamic State 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Prospects for US-China Relations in the Trump Era and Implications on the Korean Peninsula

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

·         Muslim Brotherhood Designation Act

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         2017 China Security Report

New America

·         Part I. Terrorism Cases: 2001-Today

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         Pathways to Cooperation: A Menu of Potential U.S.-Russian Cooperative Projects in the Nuclear Sphere

NATO Defense College

·         Protecting Falsehoods With a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin's Use of Information Warfare

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Faces on Divides: Mid-term Greek MEPs' Votes

Oxfam Policy & Practice

·         Humanitarian Quality Assurance – Sierra Leone: Evaluation of Oxfam’s Humanitarian Response to the West Africa Ebola Crisis

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Latinos and the New Trump Administration

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         In First Month, Views of Trump Are Already Strongly Felt, Deeply Polarized               

·         In Trump Era, What Partisans Want From Their Congressional Leaders

·         Partisan Conflict and Congressional Outreach

RAND Corporation

·         Developing a Capacity Assessment Framework for Marine Logistics Groups

·         Hybrid Warfare in the Baltics: Threats and Potential Responses

·         Illustrating a Model-Game-Model Paradigm for Using Human Wargames in Analysis

·         Improving Implementation of the Department of Defense Leahy Law

·         Redesigning Strategy for Irregular War: Improving Strategic Design for Planners and Policymakers to Help Defeat Groups Like the Islamic State

·         Transformation of Taiwan's Reserve Force

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         On Tap Europe: Organized Crime and Illicit Trade in Greece:Country Report

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         An Approach to Forest and Conservation Policy in Southeast Asia

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Improving Cybersecurity Cooperation between the Governments of the United States and Japan

·         Japan’s Energy Conundrum

Small Arms Survey

·         Global Development and Production of Self-loading Service Rifles: 1896 to the Present

Small Wars Journal

·         CVE Was Doomed to Fail. Under Trump, It Will Get Worse

·         Does the Human Domain Matter?

·         Exploring the Primordial Foundation of the Syrian Civil War:Incentives for Ethno-Religious Group Mobilization in Conflict

·         ICYMI: Discussing the Continuities of War and the Future of Warfare: The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum

·         ICYMI: Future Missions Through the Lens of the US Army Operating Concept

·         ICYMI: Reflections on the Continuities in War and Warfare

·         Learning on the Job Versus Deciding Between Retaining/Giving Up Global Primacy

·         Plutocratic Insurgency Note No. 3: No Shoring: Job Obsolescence Via Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics

·         The Science of Resistance

·         Will There Be A “Great Raid” Into Syria?

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Can The APRM be an Effective Tool to Monitor Agenda 2063 and The SDGs?

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The North Caucasus Insurgency: Dead or Alive?

Transatlantic Academy

·         Wake Up, Berlin! To Save the Transatlantic Alliance, German Foreign Policy Needs to Change Radically

Transnational Institute

·         The Bail Out Business

·         Keynesianism in the Great Recession

United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government

·         HM Government Transparency Report 2017: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China's High Speed Rail Diplomacy

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Revenue Growth in Afghanistan Continues Strong but Future Uncertain

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

·         Journal of Human Security & Resilience, Winter 2017, v. 1, no. 1

o    Re-conceptualizing Environmental Security as Resilience: Strategic Planning for Human and National Security

o    Threats to Human Security and Migration in Guatemala

o    Gender and Human Security – Bureaucracy and Marginalisation of Women: Cases from the Solomon Islands and India

o    The Constant Threat to Peace and Liberty: The Caliphate and Jihad

US Marine Corps

·         Marine Corps History, Winter  2016, v. 2, no. 2

o    The U.S. Marines in World War I Part III: The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Comes to the Fore

o    With “Spartan Courage and Marine Grit”:  4th Brigade Occupation of the German Rhineland, 1918–19

o    Development of Medical Doctrine for Amphibious Warfare by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1936–39 Part III

o    The Aftermath of Hell: Graves Registration Policy and U.S. Marine Corps Losses in the Solomon Islands during World War II

o    Managing a U.S. Marine Corps Unit’s Command Chronology

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Combating Terrorism and Alleviating Human Suffering in Syria

·         Hezbollah Losing Its Luster Under Soleimani

·         Middle Eastern Reactions to the U.S. Travel Ban

·         Rebuilding Alliances and Countering Threats in the Gulf

·         Strengthening Stability in Northwest Africa: Ideas for U.S. Policy toward Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Wilson Center

·         American Exceptionalism in Syria: The Faith and the Heresy

·         The Lengthy Brazilian Crisis Is Not Yet Over

·         The State of Cybersecurity in Mexico: An Overview