Friday's Miscellany 04-28-2017

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·         The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report for 2017

·         A Paradigm Shift in North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Development?

·         The Presidium Shuffle: Personnel Changes Announced Within North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly

Adelphi

·         Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate: Analysing the Links Between Climate Change and Non-State Armed Groups

Air University Press

·         Adapt or Fail: The USAF’s Role in Reconstituting the Iraqi Air Force, 2004–2007

·         The Evolution of Airmen: Conversations with the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force

American Enterprise Institute

·         Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Pressure Points and Solutions

Amnesty International

·         Silenced By Force: Politically-Motivated Arbitrary Detentions in Venezuela

Army University Press

·         Military Review, May-June 2017, v. 97, no. 3

o    Lawfare 101: A Primer

o    The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women, The Security of States

o    Coping with Noncombatant Women in the Battlespace: Incorporating United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 into the Operational Environment

o    Stability Operations in Syria: The Need for a Revolution in Civil-Military Affairs

o    The State of Afghanistan’s Intelligence Enterprise

o    Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems

o    New Logistics Ideas for a Complex World

o    An Underutilized Counterinsurgency Asset: The U.S. Coast Guard

o    Strategic Scholars: Educating Army Leaders at Foreign Staff Colleges

o    How to Build an Armadillo: Lessons Learned from the First Forward-Deployed THAAD Battery

o    Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

o    Spc. Hilda I. Clayton—May 21, 1991 to July 2, 2013

Asian Development Bank

·         Handbook on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism for Nonbank Financial Institutions

·         South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Vision: Powering Asia in the 21st Century

Atlantic Council

·         Caspian Sea and Southern Gas Corridor: A View from Russia

·         Our World Transformed: Geopolitical Shocks and Risks

Australian Strategic Policy Institute  (ASPI)

·         ASPI–KAS 2nd Australia–Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue, 3–4 November 2016, Canberra

·         Crowded and Complex: The Changing Geopolitics of the South Pacific

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Carter Doctrine 3.0: Evolving U.S. Military Guarantees for Gulf Oil Security

·         Crackdown on High-skilled Visas?

·         Gender & Politics in the Middle East

·         Mexico's New Energy Framework

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Populism in Europe: from Symptom to Alternative?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Mahmoud Abbas Goes to Washington: What Is at Stake?

·         President Trump: Formulating Strategy As He Goes Along

·         Qatar: The Limits of Nouveau Riche Diplomacy

·         The Syrian Sarin Attacks of August 2013 and April 2017

·         Trump and the Israelization of American Politics

Belfer Center

·         The United States and the Paris Agreement: A Pivotal Moment

Brennan Center for Justice

·         The Chosen One: Thoughts on a Better, Fairer, and Smarter Way to Choose Presidential Nominees

Brookings

·         Averting Catastrophe: U.S. Policy Options for North Korea

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

·         A Guide for Secretary Tillerson: Let State Focus on Diplomacy, USAID be Accountable for Assistance

·         Higher Capital is not a Substitute for Stress Tests

·         Measuring Global Citizenship Education: A Collection of Practices and Tools

·         Newer Challenges for Open Access in Electricity: Need for Refinements in the Regulations

·         The Threat from North Korea

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         After the TPP: What’s Next for Canada in Asia?

·         Managing Trump: The Canadian Response

CATO Institute

·         Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy and the Myth of Retrenchment

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Continuum of Collaboration: The Landscape of Community Efforts to Serve Veterans

·         Unsettling View From Moscow: Russia's Strategic Debate on a Doctrine of Pre-emption

Center for Global Development

·         Some Answers to the Perpetual Question: Does US Foreign Aid Work—and How Should the US Government Move Forward with What We Know?

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         From Threat to Partner? A Regional Security Framework for Engaging Cuba

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         CNS North Korea Missile Test Database

·         OP#27: Searching for Illicit Dual Use Items in Online Marketplaces: A Semi-Automated Approach

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no. 201: Federalism

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         IoT, Automation, Autonomy, and Megacities in 2025

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, April 2017,  v. 11, no. 2

o    A Mixed Methods Empirical Examination of Changes in Emphasis and Style in the Extremist Magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah

o    Managing Non-State Threats with Cumulative Deterrence-by-Denial

o    Tracking Radical Opinions in Polls of U.S. Muslims

o    The Ambiguous Effect of Population Size on the Prevalence of Terrorism

o    The Tranquillity Campaign: A Beacon of Light in the Dark World Wide Web

o    Bibliography: Conflict in Syria (Part 3)

o    Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 50 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects

Center for the Study of the Drones

·         Drone Incidents: A Survey of Legal Cases

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Can Coal Make a Comeback?

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Brexiting Swiss-style: The Best Possible UK-EU Trade Deal

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China's BIT Progress and Implications for China-Canada FTA Talks

·         Diversity Dividend: Canada's Global Advantage

·         Flood Risk Management: What Is the Role Ahead for the Government of Canada?

Chatham House

·         Exploring Interdependencies in Global Resource Trade [interactive site]

·         Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The Impact of Banking Restrictions on UK NGOs  

Conciliation Resources

·         Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: the Nepal Peace Process

Conflict Armament Research

·         Islamic State’s Mutli-Role IEDs

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Creating a Flexible and Effective Information Technology Management and Acquisition System: Elements for Success in a Rapidly Changing Landscape

·         Military Assessment of the Security Challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region

·         Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury - Clinical and Research Program Assessment

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Afghanistan’s Terrorist Resurgence: Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Beyond

·         China’s Technological Rise: Challenges to U.S. Innovation and Security

·         The Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions

·         Syria After the Missile Strikes: Policy Options

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Checkpoint of the Future: Evaluating TSA’s Innovation Task Force Initiative

Congress. Home. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         The Border Wall: Strengthening our National Security

·         Rep. Cummings Releases Three New Docs on Flynn

·         Reviewing the Unintended Consequences of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

·         Unfunded Mandates: Examining Federally Imposed Burdens on State and Local Government

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Mitigating Damage and Recovering Quickly from Disasters

·         Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: The State of Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials Safety Regulations and Opportunities for Reform

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Cyber-enabled Information Operations

·         Policy and Strategy in the Asia-Pacific

·         United States Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Reopening the American Frontier: Reducing Regulatory Barriers and Expanding American Free Enterprise in Space

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Crisis in Libya: Next Steps and U.S. Policy Options

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Duplication, Waste, and Fraud in Federal  Programs

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Intellectual Property – Driver of Innovation: Making Our Lives Healthier, Safer, and more Productive

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Budgetary Treatment of Federal Financing Instruments

·         Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees, 2011 to 2015

·         Costs of Building a 355-Ship Navy

·         How Economic Changes Affect CBO’s Budget Projections

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Global Economics Monthly, May 2017

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

·         Southwest Border Migration

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Task Force on  MilitarySatellite Communication and Tactical Networking: Executive Summary

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2017-075 The Army Needs to More Effectively Prepare for Production of the Common Infrared Countermeasure System (Redacted)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-17-51 - ICE Deportation Operations

East-West Center

·         North Korea Policy: Failure is the Only Option

Egmont Institute

·         Leaving the Beaten Track? The EU Regulation on Conflict Minerals

·         Maritime Security : Belgium’s Interests and Options

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Ethnic Return Migration in Kazakhstan: Shifting State Dynamics, Changing Media Discourses

·         The Northern Region and the Southern People: Migration Policies and Patterns in Kazakhstan

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Malaysia Country Analysis Brief - April 2017

Enough Project

·         Activist Brief: New Policy Approach to Sudan

·         Sudan's Deep State: How Insiders Violently Privatized Sudan's Wealth, and How to Respond

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         The CARD on the EU Defence Table

·         European Defence Cooperation in the Second Machine Age

·         Funding EU Defence Cooperation

Europol

·         2017 Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Consolidated Assessment Ratings

·         Sweden's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         Trapped in the Twilight Zone? Sweden between Neutrality and NATO

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Can a Hydra Ever Be a Good Pet? Federal Information Technology Modernization’s Likely Failure

·         Why Do Some Nations Prosper? The Case of North and South Korea

·         Why the United States Went to War in Vietnam

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

·         Political Targets: Womenomics as an Economic and Foreign Relations Strategy

German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V.)

·         Is Populism on the Run?

·         Three Challenges for a Macron Presidency

German Development Institute

·         Brexit: Impact, Risks and Opportunities for European Development Policy

·         Unlocking the Irrigation Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Public-private Partnerships the Way Forward?

·         What Does It Mean to “Address Displacement” Under the UNFCCC? An Analysis of the Negotiations Process and the Role of Research

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Transatlantic Fragmentations and Policy Adaptation: The Security of Europe in 2025

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         2017 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits. GAO-17-491SP  

·         DATA Act: As Reporting Deadline Nears, Challenges Remain That Will Affect Data Quality. GAO-17-496 

·         DATA Act: Office of Inspector General Reports Help Identify Agencies' Implementation Challenges. GAO-17-460

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: DOD Needs to Complete Developmental Testing Before Making Significant New Investments. GAO-17-351

·         Flood Insurance: Comprehensive Reform Could Improve Solvency and Enhance Resilience. GAO-17-425

·         Foot-And-Mouth Disease: USDA's Evaluations of Foreign Animal Health Systems Could Benefit from Better Guidance and Greater Transparency. GAO-17-373

·         Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits. GAO-17-562T [testimony] 

·         National Nuclear Security Administration: Action Needed to Address Affordability of Nuclear Modernization Programs. GAO-17-341  

Heritage Foundation

·         As the U.S. Restores Credibility in the Middle East, It Should Not Ignore Oman

·         Bad Intentions: The Immigration Order, the Judicial Power, and the Rule of Law

·         Brussels Mini-Summit: Getting NATO Members to Spend More on Defense

·         How to Expand Defense Trade Cooperation Between the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada

·         How Will the President’s Plan to Restructure the Federal Government Work?

·         Trump Administration Must Investigate the Muslim Brotherhood’s U.S. Activities

Hoover Institution

·         The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Counter It

Hudson Institute

·         A New U.S. Approach to Pakistan: Enforcing Aid Conditions without Cutting Ties

Human Rights Watch

·         A Second Chance: Overdose Prevention, Naloxone, and Human Rights in the United States

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Securing Critical Information Infrastructure: Global Perspectives and Practices

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, April 27, 2017

o    Algeria’s Ailing President Turns 80: Is There a Plan for Succession?

o    Kenya Elections 2017: Campaigns Enter the Final Stretch

·         2016 Review on the Extension of the AMedP-8(C) Methodology to New Agents, Materials, and Conditions

·         A Method for Improving Strategic Decisions and Senior-level Teamwork in US National Security Organizations

·         Review of Human Factors and Medicine Panel Reports

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         The Re-emergence of Jemaah Islamiyah

Institute for Science and International Security

·         North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look

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

·         After the Era of the Kims?

·         Diplomacy in the 21st Century – Digitisation and Government Responsibility

Institute for the Study of War

·         Russia's Unrelenting Attacks on Syrian Civilians

·         Turkey May Launch New Ground Offensive against US-Backed Forces in Syria

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The 2019 General Election in Odisha: BJD vs. BJP?

·         Chinese Perceptions on India's Long Range Missile Development: How Credible is India's Deterrence against China?

·         Economic Planning and Development in South Asia: ‘Walking On Two Legs’

·         ‘Glocal’ Citizenship and the Bangladeshis in Diaspora: Preliminary Considerations

·         The Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism: Implications for Pakistan’s Security and Foreign Relations

·         New Signals for Democracy: Pakistan Supreme Court’s Verdict in the Prime Minister’s Case

·         Pakistan in the Economic Cooperation Organization

·         The Rising Importance of Afghanistan and South-West Asia in China’s Perspective and Global Politics

·         South Asia Today: The Need To Reset Regional Relations

·         Sri Lanka’s Role in the Indian Ocean and the Changing Global Dynamic

International Crisis Group

·         Instruments of Pain (II): Conflict and Famine in South Sudan

o    Part I

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Assessing Corporate Vulnerabilities in Indonesia : A Bottom-Up Default Analysis

·         Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil

·         Long-Run Biological Interest Rate for Pay-As-You-Go Pensions in Advanced and Developing Countries

·         Revisiting the Potential Impact to the Rest of the Caribbean from Opening US-Cuba Tourism

·         Understanding the Use of Long-term Finance in Developing Economies

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Insights and Best Practices, JTF C2 and Organization

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         International Reports: Borders: Issue 1, 2017

o    Cross-Border Cooperation: Now More Than Ever!

o    Fortress Europe? The Aegean Sea Frontier and the Strengthening of EU’s External Borders

o    New "Borders" in Eastern Europe: Ukraine since the Annexation of Crimea and the Outbreak of the Conflict in the Donbass

o    Walls Against Migration? About Perceived Truth in the U.S. Migration Debate and the Effectiveness of Border Protection Measures

o    Between Conflict and Integration: Border Governance in Africa in Times of Migration

o    Showdown Ahead? Border Conflicts in the South China Sea and the Struggle to Shape Asia’s Destiny

o    From Cyberspace to Outer Space: International Politics in Seemingly Boundless Spaces

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         Resource Nationalism in Post-Boom Indonesia: The New Normal?

Marine Corps University Press

·         Considering Russia: Emergence of a Near Peer Competitor

McAfee Labs

·         McAfee® Labs Threats Report: April 2017

Middle East Studies: Marine Corps University

·         MES Insights, v. 8, no.  2, April 2017

o    “Iran and Russia Reenter the Afghan Conflict

National Defense University Press

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  85 (2nd Quarter, April 2017)

o    An Interview with David L. Goldfein

o    Toward a Unified Metric of Kinetic and Nonkinetic Actions: Meaning Fields and the Arc of Effects

o    Information Warfare in an Information Age

o    The Rise of the Commercial Threat: Countering the Small Unmanned Aircraft System

o    Forensic Vulnerability Analysis: Putting the “Art” into the Art of War

o    Operational Graphics for Cyberspace

o    The Need for a Joint Support Element in Noncombatant Evacuation Operations

o    Policing in America: How DOD Helped Undermine Posse Comitatus

o    The U.S. Government’s Approach to Health Security: Focus on Medical Campaign Activities

o    The Advent of Jointness During the Gulf War: A 25-Year Retrospective

o    Improving Joint Doctrine for Security in Theater: Lessons from the Bastion-Leatherneck-Shorabak Attack

o    Joint Publication 3-20, Security Cooperation: Adapting Enduring Lessons

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Strategic Communications: Insights from the Commercial Sector

Nautilus Institute

·         Presidential Calls and the Korean Peninsula

·         Prospects and Challenges Nuclear Power and Small Modular Reactors in Indonesia

National Academies Press

·         Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?

·         Report 1 on Tracking and Assessing Governance and Management Reform in the Nuclear Security Enterprise

·         Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing

National Security Archive

·         Agustin Edwards: A Declassified Obituary

·         The New Chiquita Papers: Secret Testimony and Internal Records Identify Banana Executives who Bankrolled Terror in Colombia

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Defending Europe to Defend Real Sovereignty

·         Social Networks and Populism in the EU : Comparative Study

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Joint Statement by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats

Oxford Research Group

·         Trump, North Korea and the Risk of War

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Constitution, Citizenship and Governance

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Do Digital Currencies Pose a Threat to Sovereign Currencies and Central Banks?

Pew Research Center Fact Tank

·         10 Demographic Trends Shaping the U.S. and the World in 2017

·         Key Facts About the U.S. H-1B Visa Program

·         Support for Free Trade Agreements Rebounds Modestly, but Wide Partisan Differences Remain

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Middle Class Fortunes in Western Europe

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         In America, Does More Education Equal Less Religion?

Pew Research Center U.S. Policy & Policy

·         With Budget Debate Looming, Growing Share of Public Prefers Bigger Government

RAND Corporation

·         Database of Research on the Human Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

·         Digital Resources for STEM Educators and Recommendations for Cyberlearning Initiatives

·         Helping Law Enforcement Use Data from Mobile Applications: A Guide to the Prototype Mobile Information and Knowledge Ecosystem (MIKE) Tool  

·         Managing the Long War: U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and the Region

·         Preparing North Korean Elites for Unification

·         Preventing Veteran Suicide: The Critical Role of Community-Based Prevention 

·         A Review of Alternative Methods to Inventory Contracted Services in the Department of Defense

·         Stress and Dissatisfaction in the Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Community: Focus Group Findings

·         The Weaponization of Information: The Need for Cognitive Security

Small Arms Survey

·         Southern Libya Destabilized, The Case of Ubari

Small Wars Journal

·         A ‘Concert-Balance’ Strategy and the Limits of U.S. Power

·         Correlations Between U.S. Military Basing Operations and Conflict Termination

·         For the Man on My Left and Right: A Journalist’s Journey to Honor an American Solider and His Gold Star Family

·         Homeland and Security at the Local Level: A Public Policy Conference

·         Lessons Learned from Countering Violent Extremism Development Interventions

·         Rio de Janeiro: A War By Any Other Name

·         Tactical CEMA in Cognitive Spaces

·         U.S. Foreign Advisory Missions: Rich History - Mixed Results

·         Why Chinghis Khan Matters: Reflections on the Mongol Way of Intelligence

Spearhead Research

·         Pakistan Census 2017

Stanley Foundation

·         Annual Report 2016: Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention

·         Countdown to 2020

·         Strengthening Just Transition Policies in International Climate Governance

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Military Spending [interactive]

·         The Silk Road Economic Belt: How Does It Interact with Eurasian Security Dynamics?

·         Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2016

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Social Media—The Vital Ground: Can We Hold It?

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse   (TRAC)

·         Under Trump: Civil Lawsuits Up To Redress Immigration Action and Inaction

Transparency International

·         Collective Commitment to Enhance Accountability and Transparency in Emergencies: Afghanistan Report

Trend Micro

·         From Espionage to Cyber Propaganda: Pawn Storm's Activities over the Past Two Years

·         Two Years of Pawn Storm: Examining an Increasingly Relevant Threat

UK National Audit Office

·         The Equipment Plan 2016-2026

UK Parliament

·         Defence Equipment Plan

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody

·         UNAMA First Quarter 2017 Civilian Casualty Data

UN Security Council

·         2017 Final Report of the United Nations Panel Monitoring Sanctions on North Korea

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

·         2017 Annual Report on the State of Religious Freedom

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Community-Based Development in Rural Afghanistan

·         The Current Situation in Syria

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Abbas-Trump Agenda: Urging Modest Steps Toward Peace

·         After the Jihad: The U.S. Response to Foreign Terrorist Fighters

·         Algeria's Growing Security Problems

·         The Dangers of the Institutionalization of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units

·         Does Egypt Need an FTA with the United States?

·         Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq

·         The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey

·         Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, One Year On

·         Syria After the Missile Strikes: Policy Options

Wilson Center

·         Chinese Translation of a Guide to U.S. Volunteer Water-Quality Monitoring Guidelines, Protocols, Methods and Sensors

·         MENA Women Quarterly Report (January-March 2017)

·         Saudi Anxiety Grows Over Vision 2030 for the Kingdom