greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 06-23-2017

o Educating Our Defense Managers: A Way Ahead Learning at a Distance: The Potential and Perceptions of Distributed Learning Online Collaborative Course Design for Army E-Learning The Changing Face of Military Learning Leader Development, Learning Agility, and the Army Profession Combatting Dualistic Thinking in Professional Military Education

Atlantic Council

· Origins and Evolution of ISIS in Libya

· Transforming India from a Balancing to Leading Power

Baker Institute for Public Policy

· Looting Fuel Pipelines in Mexico

· Mexico’s Southern Border Program

· Was NAFTA Good for the U.S.?

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· Decentralization: The Key to Indo-Israeli Ties

· The EastMed Pipeline Could Be a Giant Step Towards Enhancing Regional Security

· Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis Is Fake News

· General John Allen’s Plan Is Dangerous

· Hamas: Striking the Right Balance

· Kurdistan: From Referendum to the Road to Independence

· Pay for Gazan Electricity? Clarifying the “Israeli Interest”

· Washington and Moscow: Confrontation or Cooperation?

Bipartisan Policy Center

· North American Free Trade Agreement: An Overview

· The Power of Innovation: Inventing the Future

Brennan Center for Justice

· Trump-Russia Investigations: A Guide

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

· Negative Security Assurances (June 2017 Briefing)

Brookings

· Hitting the Wall: On Immigration, Campaign Promises Clash with Policy Realities

· Meet the Out-of-Work: Local Profiles of Jobless Adults and Strategies to Connect Them to Employment

Bruegel

· How to Handle State-owned Enterprises in EU-China Investment Talks

CATO Institute

· Commercial Speech and the Values of Free Expression

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

· Networking Asian Security: An Integrated Approach to Order in the Pacific

Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

· Building Peace in South Sudan: Progress, Problems, and Prospects

Center for Global Development

· Do Age-of-Marriage Laws Work? Evidence from a Large Sample of Developing Countries

· Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya

Center for Immigration Studies

· Immigrant Literacy: Self-Assessment vs. Reality

· Limiting Foreign Student Visas in Sanctuaries?

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

· “Stress Testing” the Draft Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Defense Strategy and the Iron Triangle of Painful Trade-offs

· Foreign Fighter Project

o Fallout: The Future of Foreign Fighters

· A Moment of Reckoning for U.S. Leadership on Global HIV

· PacNet #46 - Climate Change, Energy and Asian Geopolitics

· Potential Scenarios for Venezuela’s Future

Center for the Study of Intelligence

· Studies in Intelligence, March 2017, v. 61, no. 1

o A Climb to Freedom: A Personal Journey in Virginia Hall’s Steps

o Private-Sector Applications of Data Science

o A Convivial Excursion, “Blending experience with imagination”—A Review of The Pigeon Tunnel

Centre for European Reform

· Trump, Europe and the Middle East Peace Process: A Path out of the Quicksand

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

· Advancing Sustainable Energy in Ontario: The Case of Regional Renewable Energy Cooperatives

· Designing Digital Freedom: A Human Rights Agenda for Internet Governance

Chatham House

· The Future of Europe: Comparing Public and Elite Attitudes

Cisco

· Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

· A Shotgun Marriage: Rule of Law in Fragile Societies

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

· CTC Perspectives: The Islamic State’s Internal Rifts and Social Media Ban

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

· Defining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America

· Examining the Extension of Safety Net Health Programs

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Grading the Egyptian and Tunisian Enterprise Funds

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Combating Gang Violence on Long Island: Shutting Down the MS-13Pipeline

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

· Navy Shipbuilding Programs

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

· Collaborative Initiatives on Restoring Watersheds and Large Landscapes Across Boundaries Through State and Federal Partnerships

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

· Reviewing Congressional Authorizations for the Use of Military Force

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

· Cybersecurity Regulation Harmonization

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—June 2017

Council on Foreign Relations

· Lessons From Guatemala’s Commission Against Impunity

Department of Defense (DOD)

· Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan - June 2017

Department of State

· Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Iran, 1951–1954

East West Center

· Japanese Investments Are Instrumental to India's Act East Policy

· Low Fertility in Japan—No End in Sight

Egmont Institute

· European Economic Diplomacy: What Role for the EIB?

Enough Project

· The July Deadline Won’t Work: Why the U.S. Needs to Delay the Decision on Sudan Sanctions

· The Missing Track: The Case for a New Policy Framework Between the United States and Sudan

European Commission

· Brexit Negotiations

· Reflection paper on the future of the European Defence

European Policy Centre

· The Long Journey to End Energy Poverty in Europe

· Trump's America: The Ordinary Superpower

· What Now? Options for Brexit - And a Cry for Help

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

· What If ... Conceivable Crises: Unpredictable in 2017, Unmanageable in 2020?

Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

· 2017 Situation Report on Counterfeiting and Piracy in the European Union

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

· Endgame in Venezuela: Dictatorship or Re-Democratization?

· The EU’s Choice: Perspectives on Deepening and Differentiation

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· The Future of Mexico, Part III: Lessons from The Rock

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

· Mining Taxation in Africa: The Gold Mining Industry in 14Countries from 1980 to 2015

Foundation for Strategic Research

· North Korea's Capabilities and South Korea's Dilemma: Testimony before the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula at the European Parliament

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

· Japan's Revived African Policy

German Development Institute

· Economic Empowerment Pilot Project in Malawi: Qualitative Survey Report

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

· The New ‘Europe of Security’

German Marshall Fund of the United States

· Turkey and the EU: Perpetual Crisis or Restricted Cooperation?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Army Contracting: Leadership Lacks Information Needed To Evaluate and Improve Operations. GAO-17-457

· Army Weapon System Requirements: Need to Address Workforce Shortfalls to Make Necessary Improvements. GAO-17-568

· Defense Infrastructure: Additional Data and Guidance Needed for Alternatively Financed Energy Projects. GAO-17-461

· Defense Management: DOD Has Taken Initial Steps to Formulate an Organizational Strategy, but These Efforts Are Not Complete. GAO-17-523R

· Oil, Gas, and Coal Royalties: Raising Federal Rates Could Decrease Production on Federal Lands but Increase Federal Revenue. GAO-17-540

· Operational Contract Support: Actions Needed to Enhance Capabilities in the Pacific Region. GAO-17-428

· Supply Chain Management: DOD Could More Efficiently Use Its Distribution Centers. GAO-17-449

· Veterans Affairs: Improved Management Processes Are Necessary for IT Systems That Better Support Health Care. GAO-17-384

Government of Canada

· Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada’s Defence Policy

Households in Conflict Network

· Minorities, Human Capital and Long-Run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey

Human Rights Watch

· “Just Let Us Be”: Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines

· No Country for Human Rights Activists: Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam

· “One Day I’ll Kill You”: Impunity in Domestic Violence Cases in the Brazilian State of Roraima

Institute for Defense Analyses

· Africa Watch, June 22, 2017

o Continued African Migration: What Will Europe Do?

o Kenya: Maize Flour Shortage Becomes Campaign Fodder

Institute for Gulf Affairs

· From American College Campuses to ISIS Camps: How Hundreds of Saudis Joined ISIS in the U.S.

Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research

· International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2017, v. 11

o Innovation and Tradition

o Understanding How and Why Young People Enter Radical or Violent Extremist Groups

o Why Targets of Economic Sanctions React Differently: Reference Point Effects on North Korea and Libya

Institute for Security & Development Policy

· South Korea’s Air Pollution: Gasping for Solutions

· Walking for Justice: The Path Forward for Turkey’s Opposition

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

· A Community-Led Imam Search Process: Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) A Case Study

Institute for the Study of War

· The Campaign for Ar-Raqqa City: June 6 – 20, 2017

· The Campaign for Mosul: May 12-June 21, 2017

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

· Fighting Against Food Losses and Waste: An EU Agenda

· Iran's Discourses and Practices in the Mediterranean Since 2001

· Saudi Arabia's and Qatar's Discourses and Practices in the Mediterranean

· Turkey, the EU and the Mediterranean: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

· The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor: Why are India and Japan Interested?

· India’s Security Policy: Ideas, Threats and Capabilities

· Indo-United States Relations at a Cusp

· Myanmar as a Bridge between its Neighbours

· Some Observations on the Chinese Media Coverage of India and the South Asian Region

· What Drives the Indo-Pakistani Rivalry?

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

· Exploring the Role of Instructional Material in AQAP’s Inspire and ISIS’ Rumiyah

· Losing the Plot: Narrative, Counter-Narrative and Violent Extremism

International Crisis Group

· Power without the People: Averting Venezuela’s Breakdown

· Time to Repeal U.S. Sanctions on Sudan?

Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC)

· 2016 Internet Crime Report

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

· After Mosul. Re-inventing Iraq

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

· DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, June 2017

Martens Centre for European Studies

· For a New Europeanism

· Unity in Adversity: Immigration, Minorities and Religion in Europe

McAfee Labs

· McAfee® Labs Threats Report: June 2017

Migration Policy Institute (MP!)

· Weathering Crisis, Forging Ahead: Swedish Asylum and Integration Policy

Mitchell Institute

· Acquisition at the Speed of Combat, Not the Pace of Bureaucracy:Enabling Progress in Reform

National Academies Press

· Building Communication Capacity to Counter Infectious Disease Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop

· The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration

National Council of Resistance of Iran

· On Khamenei’s Orders, Tehran Accelerates Missile Activities and Tests After the Iran Nuclear Deal

National Defense University Press

· Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), 86 (3rd Quarter, July 2017)

o From the Chairman: Maintaining a Boxer's Stance

o An Interview with Kurt W. Tidd

o U.S. Southern Command: Evolving to Meet 21st-Century Challenges

o Strategic Competition: Beyond Peace and War

o Black is the New Red: Containing Jihad

o Respecting Strategic Agency: On the Categorization of War in Strategy

o Professional Military Education and Broadening Assignments: A Model for the Future

o Civil-Military Relations in Transitions: Behavior of Senior Military Officers

o A Strategic Leader's Guide to Transforming Culture in Large Organizations

o Where Rumsfeld Got It Right: Making a Case for In-Progress Reviews

o Military Retirement Reform: A Case Study in Successful Public Sector Change

o Trauma Care in Support of Global Military Operations

o Building a Stay-Behind Resistance Organization: The Case of Cold War Switzerland Against the Soviet Union

o Autonomous Weapons Systems Safety

o The Trouble with Mission Command: Flexive Command and the Future of Command and Control

o Learning to Fish in Murky Waters: The Missing Link in Capacity-Building

o Adaptive Doctrine: Infusing the Changing Character of Warfare into Doctrine

o Joint Publication 3-0, Joint Operations

Nautilus Institute

· Japanese Energy Policies After Fukushima

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

· Making the Energy Transition a European Success

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

· After the Fall of North Korea: A Post-Conflict Stability Operations Exercise - A Case Study

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

· Agriculture in the NAFTA Renegotiation

· A Guide to Renegotiating NAFTA

· NAFTA Renegotiation: US Offensive and Defensive Interests vis-à-vis Canada

· Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Solar: Trump's Stealth Trade Protection

· Streamlining Rules of Origin in NAFTA

· Trade Balances and the NAFTA Renegotiation

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

· Origins and Destinations of European Union Migrants within the EU

· Post-Brexit, Europeans More Favorable Toward EU

· Russians Remain Confident in Putin’s Global Leadership

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

· America’s Complex Relationship With Guns

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

· Public Has Criticisms of Both Parties, but Democrats Lead on Empathy for Middle Class: Little change in views of parties, Trump

Physicians for Human Rights

· Nuremberg Betrayed: Human Experimentation and the CIA Torture Program

Polish Institute of International Affairs (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych)

· China’s Perspective on Its Strategic Partnership with Russia

· Growing Rivalry in Asia: India Steps Away from China’s Silk Road Project

· The “New Turkey” in the Making: What Should the EU’s Strategy Be?

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

· Dynamics of the Rate of Surplus Value and the "New Normal" of the Chinese Economy

Rand

· Are Current Military Education Benefits Efficient and Effective for the Services?

· Enhancing Next-Generation Diplomacy Through Best Practices in Lessons Learned

· Lessons Learned from Stabilization Initiatives in Afghanistan: A Systematic Review of Existing Research

· NATO's Northeastern Flank: Emerging Opportunities for Engagement

· Search and Rescue in the Arctic: Is the U.S. Prepared?

· Stabilization in Afghanistan: Trends in Violence, Attitudes,Well-being and Program Activity

· Support to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center:Enabling AFIMSC's Role in Agile Combat Support Planning, Execution, Monitoring,and Control

· What It Takes to Operate and Maintain Principal Pipelines: Costs and Other Resources

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

· Liquefied Natural Gas: The Necessity of Flexibility

Small Arms Survey

· Beyond the ‘Wild West’ The Gold Rush in Northern Niger

Small Wars Journal

· Qatar Crisis And The Fight Against Terrorism

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

· Afghan National Army Uniform Procurement

· SIGAR-17-48-S Afghan National Army: DOD May Have Spent Up to $28 Million More Than Needed to Procure Camouflage Uniforms That May Be Inappropriate for the Afghan Environment

United Nations

· The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security

United States Institute of Peace

· Aid and Stabilization in Afghanistan: What Do the Data Say?

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Defusing the Electricity Crisis in Gaza -- For Now

· Gulf Crisis with Qatar Challenges the United States

· Iran Missile Strikes Reveal Potential Military Weaknesses

· A New Battlespace in Syria: Prospects for U.S. Policy

· The New 'King' of Saudi Arabia

· Preparing to Counter ISIS 2.0: European CT Efforts Since Charlie Hebdo

· Saudi Palace Politics and the U.S. Relationship