Friday's Miscellany 07-21-2017

38 North

·         Sinpo South Shipyard: Preparations for a New SLBM Test?

Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight

·         Ensuring American Manufacturing Leadership Through Next-Generation Supply Chains

American Enterprise Institute

·         America’s Real Enemy: The Salafi-Jihadi Movement

·         How Title II Harms Consumers and Innovators

Amnesty International

·         Cameroon's Secret Torture Chambers: Human Rights Violations and War Crimes in the Fight Against Boko Haram

·         Guatemala: Stop Criminalizing Defenders!

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 60, July 2017

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, July 2017, v. 4, no. 7

o    Skin and soft tissue infections, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013-2016

o    Age-period-cohort analysis of colorectal cancer, service members aged 20-59 years, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 1997-2016

o    Incidence of gastrointestinal infections among U.S. active component service members stationed in the U.S. compared to U.S civilians, 2012-2014

o    Brief report: Laboratory characterization of noroviruses identified in specimens from Military Health System beneficiaries during an outbreak in

o    Germany, 2016-2017

o    Surveillance snapshot: Norovirus outbreaks among military forces, 2008-2016

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         Rajasthan’s Record on the Missing Girls: India’s One-eyed King in the Land of the Blind?

Asian Development Bank

·         A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

Atlantic Council

·         The US-UK “Special Relationship” at a Critical Crossroads

Australian National University – Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs

·         Implementing the Responsibility to Protect: Domestic Processes and Foreign Assistance

Baker Institute

·         Russia’s Use of the “Energy Weapon” in Europe

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Erdoğan’s Mission Impossible: Sustainable Turkish-Arab Solidarity

·         Israel’s Possible Paths to Nuclear War

·         Modi’s Visit – The View from Jerusalem

·         Pakistan, Afghanistan, and In Between

·         Potable Water vs. Energy Resources: National Security Under Trump and Netanyahu

·         Pursuits of Pyrrhic Prestige in the Middle East

·         The Rami Hamdallah Compliment: IDF Policy Towards the Palestinians Proves Its Value

·         Rethinking Israel-World Jewry Relations

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Taking Stock: Estimating Vulnerability Rediscovery

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Making Sense of Daesh in Afghanistan: A Social Movement Perspective

Brookings

·         Modernizing Government’s Approach to Transportation and Land Use Data: Challenges and Opportunities

·         Rightsizing Expectations: U.S. Policy Options for Afghanistan

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         America First: The Global Trump at Six Months

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Geographic Trajectory of Conflict and Militancy in Tunisia

CATO Institute

·         Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program: Toward Private Flood Insurance

·         Withdrawing from Overseas Bases: Why a Forward-Deployed Military Posture Is Unnecessary, Outdated, and Dangerous

Center for Global Development

·         Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality

·         A Practical Vision for US Development Reform

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 205: Sanctions

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Addressing HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi

·         Energy Industry in Southeast Asia

·         Issue & Insights, v. 17, no. 11 - In Search of Organizing Principle

·         Korean Pivot: The Study of South Korea as a Global Power

·         PacNet #51 - The Power Couple: Is There a New Beijing-Moscow axis?

·         PacNet #52 - Public Perceptions and US Alliances in the Asia-Pacific

Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

·         The Proliferation Security Initiative in 2017: U.S. Interagency Perspectives

Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

·         Promoting Dialogue on South Africa's Regional Integration Role in Southern Africa

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Turkey's Forward-Basing Posture

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         China's Standard-Essential Patents Challenge: From Latecomer to(Almost) Equal Player?

·         De-risking: Effects, Drivers and Mitigation

Chatham House

·         Cybercrime and the Digital Economy in the GCC Countries

·         The UAE View of the GCC Crisis: What Happened and What Happens Next?

·         Vision 2030 and Saudi Arabia’s Social Contract: Austerity and Transformation

Citizens Against Government Waste

·         2017 Congressional Pig Book Summary

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         2017: A Turning Point for European Defence?

·         Tackling the Surge of Returning Foreign Fighters

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Implementing the Global Food Security Act

·         Implementing the U.S.-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act

·         Saudi Arabia’s Troubling Educational Curriculum

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Agricultural Guestworkers: Meeting the Growing Needs of American Agriculture

·         Gangs in Our Communities: Drugs, Human Trafficking, and Violence

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Energy Innovation: Letting Technology Lead

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 and the Water Resources Development Act of 2016

·         FAST Act Implementation: Improving the Safety of the Nation’s Roads

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Options and Considerations for Achieving a 355-ship Navy from Former Reagan Administration Officials

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science,  Transportation Committee

·         An Update on FirstNet

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Hearing to Examine the Status and Outlook for U.S. and North American Energy and Resource Security

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Collapse of the Rule of Law in Venezuela: What the United States and the International Community Can Do to Restore Democracy

·         "The Four Famines": Root Causes and a Multilateral Action Plan

·         A Review of the State Department Reauthorization Bill for FY 2018and the State Department Reorganization Plans

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Postal Service's Actions During the 2016 Campaign Season: Implications for the Hatch Act

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute [cost estimate]

·         H.R. 1628, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 [cost estimate]

·         Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018 [cost estimate]

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DOD Instruction 1300.06 Conscientious Objectors July 12, 2017

Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office

·         Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure

Department of State

·         Country Reports on Terrorism 2016

Department of the Navy

·         Report to Congress: The Submarine Industrial Base and the Viability of Producing  Additional Attack Submarines Beyond the Fiscal Year 2017 Shipbuilding Plan in the 2017-2030Timeframe

East Asia Institute

·         Globalization and Welfare State Attitudes in South Korea

·         ROK-Japan Security Cooperation in a Turbulent Strategic Environment

East West Center

·         Promises and Pitfalls of the Belt and Road Initiative

Egmont Institute

·         With PESCO Brought to Life, Will European Defence Live Happily Ever After?

Enough Project

·         A Question of Leadership: Addressing a Dangerous Crisis in Sudan’s SPLM-N

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The EU and Emerging Market Economies: Transformations and New Challenges

·         Smart Specialisation: Championing the EU’s Economic Growth and Investment Agenda?

·         Targeting EU efforts in Tunisia: What Approach to the Fight Against Corruption and to Decentralisation?

·         Why the EU Will Have an Industrial Policy - But Not Necessarily a Good One

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Balkan Corruption: The China Connection

·         Chinese Futures: Horizon 2025

·         DPRK: Game, Reset and Match?

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Nuclear Forensics as Nuclear Material Analysis for Security Purposes

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Does Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support: A Study Guide for the College Classroom

·         The U.S. Needs China to Act on North Korea. Now, That is Harder than Usual

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         What Does Demand Heterogeneity Tell Us About Health Care Provider Choice in Rural China?

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

·         The Future of British Defense Policy

·         The German Landscape of Foundations and Think Tanks. Foreign Policy Consultancy in Germany

·         “Russian World”: Russia’s Policy Towards Its Diaspora

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

·         Foreign Policy and the Next German Government

·         A Revolution for Europe’s Defense Industry

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The Badr Organization: Iran's Instrument in Iraq

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Advancing Equity for Athens’ Resilience

·         Bilbao Urban Innovation and Leadership Dialogues 2016 Report

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Crooked Kaleidoscope: Organized Crime in the Balkans

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security: TSA Does Not Have Valid Evidence Supporting Most of the Revised Behavioral Indicators Used in Its Behavior Detection Activities. GAO-17-608R

·         Biological Defense: Additional Information That Congress May Find Useful as It Considers DOD's Advanced Development and Manufacturing Capability. GAO-17-701

·         Countering ISIS and Its Effects: Key Issues for Oversight. GAO-17-687SP

·         Defense Contracts: Recent Legislation and DOD Actions Related to Commercial Item Acquisitions. GAO-17-645

·         Defense Transportation: DOD Has Taken Actions to Address Hazardous Material Transportation Issues but It Is Too Soon to Evaluate the Effectiveness of These Efforts. GAO-17-498

·         DOD Excess Property: Enhanced Controls Needed for Access to Excess Controlled Property. GAO-17-532

·         Embassy Evacuations: State Department Should Take Steps to Improve Emergency Preparedness. GAO-17-714

·         Federal Emergency Management Agency: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Handling of Employee Misconduct Allegations. GAO-17-613

·         FirstNet: Efforts to Establish the Public-Safety Broadband Network. GAO-17-702T [Testimony]

·         Homeless Veterans: VA Should Improve Reporting on the Benefits Provided by Leases of Unneeded Property. GAO-17-636

·         Military Acquisitions: DOD Is Taking Steps to Address Challenges Faced by Certain Companies. GAO-17-644

·         Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Budget Estimates Report Contains More Information than in Prior Fiscal Years, but Transparency Can Be Improved. GAO-17-557

·         Public-Safety Broadband Network: FirstNet Has Made Progress Establishing the Network, but Should Address Stakeholder Concerns and Workforce Planning. GAO-17-569

·         Supply Chain Security: CBP Needs to Enforce Compliance and Assess the Effectiveness of the Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements. GAO-17-650

Heritage Foundation

·         Cybersecurity Beyond U.S. Borders: Engaging Allies and Deterring Aggressors in Cyberspace

·         NIST Is a Standard-Setting Agency, Not a Regulator

·         Sampling of Election Fraud Cases from Across the Country

·         Time to Privatize the TSA

·         Top Four Issues to Address in Reauthorizing Department of Homeland Security

·         The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: A Roadmap for Reform

Hoover Institution

·         On The Prospects For Higher Economic Growth

Human Rights Watch

·         Online and On All Fronts: Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression

Institute for National Strategic Studies

·         Chinese Military Diplomacy, 2003-2016: Trends and Implications

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict

·         Marawi, the “East Asia Wilayah” and Indonesia

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Cobalt 60 Sources in Mosul: Recovery and Lessons for the Future

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         How a Mosque Managed a Crisis: The ISBCC Response to the Boston Marathon Bombing

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Campaign for Ar-Raqqa City: June 20 - July 17, 2017

·         Russian Airstrikes in Syria: Pre- and Post-Ceasefire

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Configurations of Agency and Power in the Academic Discourse on the Green Revolution in East Africa

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         An Analysis of India’s Participation in the RCEP Negotiations

·         India and China Competing for Influence in South Asia

·         Pakistan Faces a Widening Fiscal Imbalance

·         Reflections on an Asian Regional Security Architecture

·         Religion as an Electoral Tool: A Comparative Analysis of India and Indonesia

International Crisis Group

·         Politics of Islam in Mali: Separating Myth from Reality

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Basel Compliance and Financial Stability : Evidence from Islamic Banks

·         A Crude Shock : Explaining the Impact of the 2014-16 Oil Price Decline Across Exporters

·         Financial Resource Curse in Resource-Rich Countries

·         On Swing Pricing and Systemic Risk Mitigation

·         The Re-Emerging Privilege of Euro Area Membership

·         Women Are Key for Future Growth : Evidence from Canada

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         Enhancing regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa Through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus

·         The Role of Informal Systems in Urban Sustainability and Resilience - A Review

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Foreign Actors in the Libya’s Crisis

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 17, no. 8, July 21, 2017

o    20,000 Li Over the Sea: China’s Sends Troops to First Permanent Base in Djibouti

o    Beijing Harnesses Big Data & AI to Perfect the Police State

o    The PLA Air Force’s “Silver-Bullet” Bomber Forc

o    Making Sense of China's Caribbean Polic

o    China’s Nuclear Submarine Force

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, July 2017

·         Joint Pub 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, 25 March 2013 Incorporating Change 1, 12 July 2017

·         USG Glossary of Interagency and Associated Terms

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         International Reports: Fight for Democracy: Issue 2, 2017

o    Between Aspiration and Reality

o    The Desire for Freedom Cannot Be Suppressed

o    A New Era of Competition: The Growing Threat from Authoritarian Internationalism as a Global Challenge to Democracy

o    On the Emergence of an Arab Democracy

o    Young Continent, Old Rulers

o    Finally on the Right Track?

o    The Art of Transition

o    Ominous Alliances

Library of Congress

·         Features of Parliamentary Websites in Selected Jurisdictions

o    Full report

o    Full report with  maps

Manhattan Institute

·         The Energy Bottleneck: Why America Needs More Pipelines

McAfee

·         Machine Learning  Raises Security Teams  to the Next Level

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Protecting the DREAM: The Potential Impact of Different Legislative Scenarios for Unauthorized Youth

MITRE

·         Technology that Spots What Humans Might Miss in a Crowd

National Academies Press

·         Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use

National Security Archive

·         The Murrey Marder Papers at the National Security Archive

Nautilus Institute

·         Vulnerability to Terrorism in Nuclear Spent Fuel Management: Unsparing Look at Japan's Nuclear Security

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Social Investment and Juncker Plan

Observer Research Foundation

·         India’s Connectivity with Its Himalayan Neighbors: Possibilities and Challenges

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·         Computational Propaganda Worldwide: Executive Summary

·         Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         A Path Forward for NAFTA

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Since Trump’s Election, Increased Attention to Politics –Especially Among Women

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PIIA)

·         China’s Role in Hungarian Foreign Policy

·         New Electoral Law in Moldova Criticised as a Tool to Keep Power

·         Prospects for the Negotiations on Brexit

·         “Unity through Balance:” Estonia’s EU Council Presidency

Project 2049 Institute

·         Negotiating History: The Chinese Communist Party’s 1981

Rand

·         Behind the Curtain: The Illicit Trade of Firearms, Explosives and Ammunition on the Dark Web

·         Exploring the Transferability and Applicability of Gang Evaluation Methodologies to Counter-violent Radicalization

·         Open Science: The Citizen's Role and Contribution to Research

·         Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens our Security

Save the Children

·         No Justice for Yemen’s Children?

Small Wars Journal

·         Advancing Intelligence Analysis for the Multi-Domain Battlefield

·         Beating America at its Own Game: How Russia Can Use Democracy to Influence Estonia and Undermine the NATO Alliance

·         Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case of Recurring Obstacles

·         Estonia: A NATO Ally in Peril

·         Medical Robotic and Autonomous System Technology Enablers for the Multi-Domain Battle 2030-2050

·         Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 23: Prison Riot and Massacre in Acapulco, Guerrero; Attack Allegedly During Santa Muerte Ritual

·         The Missing Element in U.S. Military Modernization

·         Multi-Domain Entropy

·         New Concepts in Warfare Between 2030 and 2050: The Fence of Doom -War Destroys Humans - It Doesn’t Destroy Human Nature

·         The Patrol

·         Salafi Jihadism - An Ideological Misnomer

·         Time is Always a Constraint: Transforming Headquarters Organization and Employment for the Multi-Domain Battle Environment

·         What Might be the 2025 Equivalent of a 1980s CEWI Battalion?

Spearhead Research

·         America’s Pakistan Policy Could Make or Break Trump’s Legacy

·         US Objectives in Afghanistan: Options for Pakistan

Stanley Foundation

·         Preventing Mass Atrocities: A Road Map for Legislators

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Trends in World Nuclear Forces, 2017

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)

·         Mapping Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea: Mass Graves,Killing Sites and Documentary Evidence

UN Assistance Missions in Afghanistan  (UNAMA)

·         Afghanistan Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Midyear Report 2017

·         Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Negotiating Civil Resistance

USC Center on Public Diplomacy

·         The Soft Power 30: A Global Ranking of Soft Power 2017

o    PDF version

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         America’s Coming Role in Syria

·         Arsal: The Last Hurdle to Hezbollah's Safe Zone

·         The Ceasefire and U.S. Interests on the Jordan-Syria Border

·         Erbil's Endgame

·         In the Warlord's Shadow: Embracing New Strategies to Fight the War on Terror

·         Jordanians Protest Conviction of Sergeant Who Killed U.S. Troops

·         Lone Wolf: Passing Fad or Terror Threat of the Future?

·         Saudi Palace Politics Gain Pace

·         Turkey and the Failed Coup One Year Later

·         What to Expect From the State Department's Annual Counterterrorism Report

·         When Female Fighters Lead the Charge

Wilson Center

·         Advancing Women Leaders in Africa

·         ‘When the Elephant Swallowed the Hedgehog’: The Prague Spring & Indo-Soviet Relations, 1968

World Bank

·         Capturing Solutions for Learning and Scaling Up: Documenting Operational Experiences for Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

World Economic Forum

·         Internet for All: An Investment Framework for Digital Adoption