Friday's Miscellany 04-14-2017

38 North

·         Catch Me If You Can: North Korea Works to Improve Communications Security

·         North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Primed and Ready

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Qatar and the GCC Invigorate Engagement with Southern Africa

·         Turkey’s Constitutional Referendum: Streamlining the Democracy or Consolidating One-Man Rule?

American Enterprise Institute

·         Hypersonic Weapons: Appraising the “Third Offset”

Amnesty International

·         China's Deadly Secrets

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 57, April 2017: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence

Army Center for Military History

·         Joining the Great War, April 1917–April 1918

·         The Surge, 2007-2008

Asia Centre

·         Strategy of ‘Parallels’: China in the South Sudanese Armed Conflict

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Making Sense of Russian Hybrid Warfare: A Brief Assessment of the Russo-Ukrainian War 

Atlantic Council

·         Confronting Transatlantic Cybersecurity Challenges in the Internet of Things

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Operation Marksburg and CT arrest in Young, 28 February 2017

·         Upgrade or Replace: A Cost Comparison of Australian Warship Service Lives

·         Voter I.D. Law Confused Texans

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Implications of Skilled Migration

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         American Energy Policy 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Seeking Stability at Sustainable Cost: Principles for a New U.S.Strategy in the Middle East

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Fleeing Conflict: Trajectories of Displaced Persons

Brookings

·         China’s Emerging Institutional Statecraft: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Prospects for Counter-hegemony

·         Integrating Digital Technologies and Energy Management in China

·         Why Trade Facilitation Matters Now More Than Ever

Bruegel

·         Europe’s Role in North Africa: Development, Investment and Migration

·         From Start-up to Scale-up: Examining Public Policies for the Financing of High-growth Ventures

·         Political Economy of Middle East and North Africa Oil Exporters in Times of Global Decarbonization

Canadian Global Affairs Institute  (CGAI)

·         It Won’t Come Easy: Seven Obstacles to a Science Diplomacy Renaissance

·         Japan: Eternal Geography, Varied Responses

CATO Institute

·         Four Decades and Counting: The Continued Failure of the War on Drugs

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Averting Disengagement: A Geoeconomic Strategy for the Trump Administration in Southeast Asia

·         Phishing in Troubled Waters: Confronting Cyber Espionage Across the Pacific and the Strait of Taiwan

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

·         Liaison, 2017, v. 9, no. 1

o    TRIPLEX 2016: A Model for HADR Exercises in the Asia-Pacific?

o    The Private Sector as A Key Actor in Disaster Management

o    Civil-Military Cooperation Strategy for Disaster Relief in Japan –Missing in Disaster Preparedness

o    A Road to Safety

o    Interview with Adelina Kamal

Center for Global Development

·         The Foreign Assistance Briefing Book: Introduction

·         Foreign Assistance Agency Brief: Millennium Challenge Corporation

·         Foreign Assistance Agency Brief: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Center for Homeland Defense and Security

·         Homeland Security Affairs Journal, v. 8, April 2017

o    Cognitive Defense: Influencing the Target Choices of Less Sophisticated Threat Actors

o    Coordination in Crises: Implementation of the National Incident Management System by Surface Transportation Agencies

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Chemical Weapons Ban in Troubled Waters

·         Defense Choices for the Next French President

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 200: Social Policy

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         PacNet #31 - Looking for some good nonproliferation news? Check Myanmar

·         Transparency: Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Navigating Political Hurricanes in the MENA Region: Energy Pricing Reform in a Context of Changing Social Contracts

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Pathways through the Silent Crisis: Innovations to Resolve Unsustainable Caribbean Public Debt

·         Understanding the Promise and Peril of Sovereign Patent Funds

Clingendael  Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Central African Republic: A Conflict Misunderstood

College of Europe

·         United in Ambiguity? EU and NATO Approaches to Hybrid Warfare and Hybrid Threats

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, April 2017, v. 10, no. 4

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Bernard Kleinman, Defense Attorney

o    Defeat by Annihilation: Mobility and Attrition in the Islamic State’s Defense of Mosul

o    Fifteen Years after the Djerba Synagogue Bombing

o    Counterterrorism and Youth Radicalization in Jordan: Social and Political Dimensions

o    Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa`ida's Tactical Cooperation

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Terror Threat Snapshot [April 2017]

Congress. Senate.

·         Rethinking the Battlefield

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’ Syndrome

·         Arctic Imperatives: Reinforcing U.S. Strategy on America’s Fourth Coast

·         A Cyberattack on the U.S. Power Grid

·         Expanding South Korea’s Security Role in the Asia-Pacific Region

·         How Does the U.S. Spend Its Foreign Aid?

·         How the Trump Administration Can Help Combat Kleptocracy in Africa

·         The Impact of the Iran Nuclear Agreement

·         Reconciling U.S.-Turkish Interests in Northern Syria

·         Reducing Tensions Between Russia and NATO

·         Renewed Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh

·         What U.S. Policymakers Can Learn From Brazil’s Anticorruption Gains

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

·         CBP Use of Force Statistics

·         Electronic Device Searches

East-West Center

·         The Trump Presidency and the Future of Indo-US Relations

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF)

·         Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Islamic Education and Knowledge Transmission in Central Asia

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: Après May, le Deluge

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         The Crime-terrorism Nexus

·         Out of Syria: Shifting Routes and Returns

·         Returns Diplomacy:  Levers and Tools

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 2017

o    School Resource Officers and Violence Prevention: Best Practices (Part One)

o    Building the Right Culture for the Organization  

o    Congratulations, Graduate! You Have 90 Percent More Learning to Do!

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

·         Integrated Pest Management of Major Pest and Diseases in Eastern Europe and Caucasus

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Mar-a-Lago: The Summit that Wasn’t

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Macroeconomic Crisis, Primary Education and Aid Effectiveness

·         Volatility Widens Inequality. Could Aid and Remittances Help?

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

·         Proceeding with River Basin Management: Legal, Financial and Political Dimensions in Mongolia

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Ousted from the Bench? Judicial Departures in Consolidating Democracies  

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Cooperation in Times of Uncertain Leadership

·         Presidential Referendum: A Pivotal Moment in Turkey's Prolonged Election Cycle 

·         Turkey’s Constitutional Debate: Presidentialism Alla Turca or Parliamentary Government

Globsec Policy Institute

·         Vulnerability Index: Subversive Russian Influence in Central Europe

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Federal Contracts: Agencies Widely Used Indefinite Contracts to Provide Flexibility to Meet Mission Needs. GAO-17-329

·         Homeland Security Acquisitions: Identifying All Non-Major Acquisitions Would Advance Ongoing Efforts to Improve Management. GAO-17-396

·         Information Technology: Opportunities for Improving Acquisitions and Operations. GAO-17-251SP

·         International Food Assistance: USAID Has Controls for Implementation and Support Costs but Should Strengthen Financial Oversight. GAO-17-224

·         Nuclear Security: DOE Could Improve Aspects of Nuclear Security Reporting. GAO-17-239

·         Small Business Contracting: DOD Should Take Actions to Ensure That Its Pilot Mentor-Protg Program Enhances the Capabilities of Protg Firms. GAO-17-172

·         Trade Enforcement: Information on U.S. Agencies' Monitoring and Enforcement Resources for International Trade Agreements. GAO-17-399

Heritage Foundation

·         The Trump Administration and the 115th Congress Should Support Ukraine

Human Rights Watch

·         'Not in it for Justice’: How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes Poor People

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch: April 13, 2017

o    Splits in Burundi’s Military?

o    South Africa: African National Congress at a Crossroads

·         A Brief History of Military-to-Civilian Conversions in the Department of Defense, 1965-2015

·         Semiconductor Industrial Base Focus Study – Final Report

·         Valuation Methodologies for Rocket Motors from Excess Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         India’s Relations with the Latin America-Caribbean Region:Prospects and Constraints

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Gendered Globalization: Sino-Nordic Policy Solutions

institute for the Study of War

·         Syria Situation Report: March 30 - April 14, 2017

·         Syria Strike Opens Doors for U.S. Strategy

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Blockchain for Development: Hope or Hype?

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Discursive Construction of Turkey's Role for European Energy Security: A Critical Geopolitical Perspective

·         Germany's Ostpolitik. An Italian Perspective

·         Linking Social Capital: Political Confidence among Youth in Occupied Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza Strip)

·         Mapping the Proliferation of Parliamentary Actors in the Mediterranean

·         A Proposal for G7/G20 Policy Coordination to Strengthen Global Productivity and Output Growth 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Enhancing India-Malaysia Economic Ties

·         A Himalayan Sojourn and China-India Chill

·         The Indian Ocean: A Historical Perspective

·         Merger of Public Sector Banks in India: The Imperative to Make Haste Slowly

·         Pakistan-Bahrain Relations: Strengthening Ties with the Gulf

·         Security in the Indian Ocean

Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

·         Assessing the Mind of the Malicious Insider: Using a Behavioral Model and Data Analytics to Improve Continuous Evaluation

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Examining the Nexus between Organised Crime and Terrorism and its Implications for EU Programming

·         The Strategic Logic of the “Linkage-Based” Approach to Combating Militant Islamist Propaganda: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations

International Crisis Group

·         Afghanistan: The Future of the National Unity Government

·         Instruments of Pain (I): Conflict and Famine in Yemen

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Demographic Changes in Latin America : The Good, the Bad and …

·         Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All: The Case for Trade and for Policies to Facilitate Adjustment

Migration Policy Institute

·         Economic Integration of Refugees in Canada: A Mixed Record?

Mineta Transportation Institute

·         The Challenge of Protecting Transit and Passenger Rail:Understanding How Security Works Against Terrorism

Modern War Institute (MWI)

·         The Taming of the Tigers: An MWI Contemporary Battlefield Assessment of the Counterinsurgency in Sri Lanka

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State's Financial Fortunes

·         Key Concepts to Understand Violent White Supremacy

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The 17th Symposium (FY 2016), July 25, 2016 - "The Kim Jong Un Regime and the Future Security Environment Surrounding the Korean Peninsula"

New America Foundation

·         Affordability Conundrum: Value, Price, and Choice in Higher Education Today

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The Future Cohesion Policy Should Represent EU Solidarity in Action

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)

·         The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century

·         The Russian Navy - A Historic Transition

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)

·         National Dialogue and Social Contract

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         Does Greece Need More Official Debt Relief? If So, How Much?

·         Race to the Top: The Case for the Financial Stability Board

Pew Research Center Fact Tank

·         6 Facts About the U.S. Military and Its Changing Demographics

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         Global Restrictions on Religion Rise Modestly in 2015, Reversing Downward Trend 

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Public Supports Syria Missile Strikes, but Few See a ‘Clear Plan’ for Addressing Situation

RAND Corporation

·         The Abilities of the British, French, and German Armies to Generate and Sustain Armored Brigades in the Baltics

·         Chinese Investment in U.S. Aviation

·         Chinese Contingency Planning for Regional Hotspots [Testimony]

·         Chinese Political and Military Thinking Regarding Taiwan and East and South China Seas [Testimony]

·         Enhancing Professionalism in the U.S. Air Force

·         European Relations with Russia: Threat Perceptions, Responses, and Strategies in the Wake of the Ukrainian Crisis

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Consequences of Brexit for European Defense and Security

·         In Pursuit of Big Data: An Analysis of International Funds Transfer Reporting

·         Virtual Currencies and Financial Crime: Challenges and Opportunities

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, April 2017, v. 9. no. 4

o    Countering Jihadist Ideology: The Crucial Battlefront

o    The Danger of Takfir (Excommunication): Exposing IS’ Takfiri Ideology

o    Threat of Daesh in Universities: Malaysia’s Experience

o    Salafism in India: Diversity and Challenges

o    The Terrorist Threat in Turkey: A Dangerous New Phase

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Managing the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An Examination of Structural Linkages in the Security Relationship

·         The U.S. Military Laydown On Guam: Progress Amid Challenges

Small Wars Journal

·         Advising in Small Wars

·         Are Small Wars Just Big Wars That Are Smaller?: Why Our Conventional Wisdom About Small Wars Leaves Us Learning Little

·         The Chibok Kidnappings in North-East Nigeria: A Military Analysis of Before and After

·         Clemency and the Sword: Using Amnesty as a Weapon to Fracture and Defeat ISIL

·         DHS Next: Moving Beyond Collaboration and Cooperation

·         Dragon on the Border: Mexican and Chinese Transnational Criminal Networks and Implications for the United States

·         Ethiopia: Counter-Terrorism Legislation in Sub-Saharan Africa

·         On a Modern Form of Terrorism: Small-Scale and Self-Contained

·         Precision-Guided Diminishing Returns: Why Airpower Alone Can’t Win America’s Small Wars

·         Prisoners in the War on Terror: Captured NATO Personnel Since 2001

·         Reclaiming Strategic Initiative in the Not-So-Gray Zone: Winning Big Conflicts Inside Small Ones

·         Redrawing the Map: The Shifting Human Terrain of Syria

·         U.S. Counter-Ideological Campaign

Stanley Foundation

·         Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes (Spanish)

Transparency International

·         Bridging the Gaps: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Afghanistan’s Anti-Corruption Agencies

UNICEF

·         Silent Shame Bringing Out the Voices of Children Caught in the Lake Chad Crisis

United States Institute of Peace

·         Kabul and the Challenge of Dwindling Foreign Aid

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assad's Chemical Attack Signals an Imminent Idlib Offensive

·         Iran Is Still Using Pseudo-Civilian Airlines to Resupply Assad

·         The Narrowing Field of Syria's Opposition

·         Rojava Seeks to Break Out in Syria

·         Turkey's 'New Sultan'

Wilson Center

·         IndexAmericas: A Breakthrough in Measuring Corporate Sustainability