Friday's Miscellany 12-28-2018

Best wishes for a very Happy, healthy and peaceful 2019! 

38 North

·         For North Korea, Verifying Requires Reconciling: The Lesson from A Troubled Past—Part II

·         From CVID to CRID: A Russian Perspective

·         North Korean Media: KCTV’s Coverage of Kim Jong Un’s Diplomatic Push in 2018

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Do Trump’s Sanctions on Iran Fulfill Their Objectives?

·         US’s Iran Sanctions: Mixed Prospects and a Beyond-SWIFT Question

American Enterprise Institute

·         More Chants, More Protests: The Dey Iranian Anti-regime Protests

Amnesty International

·         Algeria: Forced to Leave: Stories of Injustice Against Migrants in Algeria

·         Ethiopia: Commentary on Ethiopia's Draft CSO Law

·         Russian Federation: The Network Case, Shrouded in Secrecy and Marred by Numerous Torture Allegations

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), December  2018, v. 5, no. 12

o    Thyroid disorders, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008–2017

o    Adrenal gland disorders, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002–2017

o    Incidence and Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Using ICD-9 and ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002–2017

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         Exploring Possibilities: Minimum Number of Inspections Required to Detect a Violation in Denuclearization of North Korea

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The Danger of a Widening Iranian Corridor Through Syria

·         Hamas at 31: As Committed as Ever to Israel’s Destruction

·         Israel, Greece, and Cyprus Join Hands in Beersheba

·         Israel’s Nationality Law Does Not Discriminate Against Minorities

·         Tending to Israel’s Relationship with Russia

·         The Two Major Strategic Turning Points of 2018

               

Brookings

·         A US Multilateral Aid Review: Assessing the Value of U.S.Investments in the Multilateral Development System

Center for Homeland Defense & Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, v. 14, December 2018

o    Defending Cities Against Nuclear Terrorism: Analysis of A Radiation Detector Network for Ground Based Traffic

o    Causes & Explanations of Suicide Terrorism: A Systematic Review

o    Risk-Based Performance Metrics for Critical Infrastructure Protection? A Framework for Research and Analysis

Economic Research Forum

·         Global Value Chain Participation and Prospects for Local Upgrading in the Egyptian-Chinese Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone

·         The Nexus Between Business-Investment Climate and Firm Performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

·         Patrons or Clients? Measuring and Experimentally Evaluating Political Connections of Firms in Morocco and Jordan

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 2018  

o    Meeting Individual and Organizational Wellness Needs

o    Value Your Training Program

o    Courage to Do Less

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO

·         Building Stronger Partnerships for Resilience

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         DOD Depot Workforce: Services Need to Assess the Effectiveness of Their Initiative to Maintain Critical Skills [Reissued with revisions on Dec. 26, 2018.] GAO-19-51

·         Foreign-Trade Zones: Board Should Document Consideration of All Required Criteria When Evaluating Applications GAO-19-91

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         The Future of Relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and the Implications for Israel

·         The United States Decision to Withdraw Forces from Syria:Significance for Israel

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·         Puritan Political Engagement: The Evolution of Salafism in Malaysia

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         Managing Connectivity Conflict: EU-India Cooperation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Institute for Security Studies

·         Peace and Security Council Report, no. 109  

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

·         Rolling the Sleeves and Beating the Drums

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Exploring Refugee Movements in the Middle East Regional Context: Responses to the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon and Turkey

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Bank Recapitalisation and Farm Loan Waivers: Two Sides of the Same Coin

International Crisis Group

·         Avoiding a Free-for-all in Syria’s North East

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

·         Prospects of Energy Storage Systems in the Gulf

·         Tribes and the Rule of the “Islamic State”: The Case of the Syrian City of Deir ez-Zor

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         EU and Latin America A Stronger Partnership?

·         Flashmob Politics?

·         Global Economy: On the Cusp of a New Crisis?

·         Iran: After the Sanctions - Chaos?

·         Italy on Its Own in Europe?

·         Libya: Haftar's Year?

·         Localizing Security: A National Guard for Federal Yemen

·         Nuclear Rearmament: The End of a "Taboo"?

·         Russia-Ukraine: Towards a New Escalation?

·         Syria: The Year of Reconstruction?

·         US-China: Real Truce?

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

·         The Arab World  Struggles for Order: Beyond Autocrats and Islamists – Is there a Liberal Alternative?

·         China’s Advances into the Indian Ocean

·         Dedicated Democrats against the Global Trend?

·         Down with Defeatism!

·         Education for Leadership Development in Democratic Society

·         A Huge Leap to Green Energy?

·         Is Europe’s Future in Asia?

·         Jamal Khashoggi in the European Parliament: Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia: Reforms, Alliances, Regional Role

Ministry of Defence - Slovenian Armed Forces

·         Contemporary Military Challenges, November 2018, v. 20, no. 4

o    20 Years of Contemporary Military Challenges

o    Reduction of Risks for the Development of Civil-Military Conflicts?

o    Defining Concepts in the Case of a Military Strategy

o    (Military) Robot Systems: Criteria for Classification and Social and Ethical Dilemas [sic]

o    Strategic Communications as an Element of State Power

o    Introducing a Hybrid-Threat Identification Mode

MITRE

·         Assessment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Scientific Integrity Policies and Procedures

·         Human-Machine Teaming Systems Engineering Guide

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The "Termination" of the Korean War, the "Dissolution" of the United Nations Forces and Their Influence onJapan

Observer Research Foundation

·         Tackling Insurgent Ideologies

Policy Exchange

·         Defining Islamophobia

Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

·         Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law

Rand

·         Using Video Analytics and Sensor Fusion in Law Enforcement:Building a Research Agenda That Includes Business Cases, Privacy and CivilRights Protections, and Needs for Innovation

Royal Canadian Air Force

·         Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, Summer 2018, v. 16, no. 3  

o    Is It Fair to Say that the Champions of Independent Air Power Ignored Millennia of Warfighting Thought and Experience

o    Among “The Few”: Canadians in Bomber Command

o    CAF C4ISR: An Integrated Approach to the Tactical Data Link

o    RADARSAT Constellation Mission for UN Peace Operations

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Hindu Rights Action Force and the Malaysian Indian Minority after the 2018 General Election in Malaysia

Small Wars Journal

·         A Country Study of Communist Terrorism and Islamic Radicalizationin Brazil: Implications for Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations in Counter-Guerilla Warfare

·         The Decision to Depart and the Defeat of Violent Extremist Organizations

·         The Ethiopian Civil War: A Failure in Counterinsurgency

·         Fried Chicken and Family – Christmas 1944

·         How the 2011 US Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Led to the Rise of ISIS

·         International Impediments: A Counterterrorism Strategy Study

·         Mexico’s Man of the People Turns to the Military

·         Transforming DoD Information Technology Through Coalition Partner Trust

UK Parliament

·         Cyber Security Skills Strategy

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Saudi Reshuffle Emphasizes Security and Foreign Policy