Friday's Miscellany 01-18-2019

38 North

·         Advancing Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula: The Case for Koreanization

·         Beach Watch: North Korea’s Wonsan Gets a Boost

·         Why is Kim Yong Chol Still Pyongyang’s Choice for US-DPRK Relations?

Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations

·         Report of the Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         DRC Election Results Suggest a Rare Chance for Change

Army Center of Military History

·         Army History Magazine, Winter 2019, no. 110

o    The Center of Military History Army Staff Rides: Innovative Doctrine, Topics, and Techniques for the Twenty-First Century

o    The Other Siege: Developing and Conducting a Staff Ride for Yorktown, 1862

o    Staff Riding in the Twenty-First Century: A Need for Pedagogical Change?

o    Non-Traditional Staff Rides at West Point

o    Virtual Staff Rides: Their Benefits and Methodology

o    Army Emblem Takes Shape

Army University Press

·         Soldier Extraordinaire: The Life and Career of Brig. Gen. Frank“Pinkie” Dorn (1901–81)

Army War College

·         Parameters, August 2018, no. 48, no. 3

o    Policy Revolt: Army Opposition to the Korea Withdrawal Plan

o    The Walter Reed Scandal and the All-Volunteer Force

o    Fighting and Learning in the Great War: Four Lessons in Coalition Warfare

o    India-US Relations: From Distant Partners to an Alliance

o    Toward a Whole-of-Government Approach: Revamping Peru's Strategy Process

o    Reclaiming Clausewitz's Theory of Victory

o    A Clausewitzian Response to "Hyperwarfare"

·         The U.S. Army in the Iraq War - Volume 1: Invasion – Insurgency –Civil War, 2003-2006

·         The U.S. Army in the Iraq War - Volume 2: Surge and Withdrawal,2007-2011

Atlantic Council

·         Reforming US' High-Skilled Guestworker Program

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         NADB CAIP: History & Lessons Learned

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         Changing Sides on the Korean Peninsula

·         Heads of State vs. Ministers of Defense

·         Iran and the Taliban: A Tactical Alliance?

·         The Persistence of European Anti-Semitism

·         Saudi Arabia and the West’s Right Wing: A Dubious Alliance

Blair Institute for Global Change

·         2019: Challenges in Counter-Extremism: Leading Experts Discuss Policy Solutions for the Year's Pressing CE Issues

Brookings Institute

·         Regional Development in Tunisia: The Consequences of Multiple Marginalization

·         The U.S. Coal Sector: Recent and Continuing Challenges

Bruegel

·         Analysis of Developments in EU capital Flows in the Global Context

·         Equity Finance and Capital Market Integration in Europe

·         The Implications of No-Deal Brexit: Is the European Union Prepared?

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Does Canada Need a Foreign Policy Review

·         Overcoming ‘Boom and Bust’? Analyzing National Shipbuilding Plans in Canada and Australia

CATO Institute

·         Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter?: Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act

·         Do Immigrants Import Terrorism?

·         The Myth of the Cyber Offense: The Case for Restraint

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Rethinking Requirements and Risk in the New Space Age

Center for Global Development

·         The EU’s Financial Architecture for External Investment: Progress, Challenges, and Options

·         Gendered Language

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         The Impact of Climate Change in the Sahel on Human Security in the Mediterranean

Center for Migration Studies (CMS)

·         US Undocumented Population Continued to Fall from 2016 to 2017,and Visa Overstays Significantly Exceeded Illegal Crossings for the Seventh Consecutive Year            

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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan as Vietnam Redux: Bomb, Declare Peace, and Leave?

·         Japan’s National Defense Strategy

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Big Data Analytics Need Standards to Thrive: What Standards Are and Why They Matter

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Are the Dutch Going Green?

·         Assessing China's Influence in Europe through Investments

·         The Role of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in the Civil War

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, January 2018, v. 12, no. 1

o    The Hardline Stream of Global Jihad: Revisiting the Ideological Origin of the Islamic State

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: Rebecca Weiner, Assistant Commissioner for Intelligence Analysis, NYPD, and Meghann Teubner, Director of Counterterrorism Intelligence Analysis, NYPD

o    The Evolution of Extreme-Right Terrorism and Efforts to Counter It in the United Kingdom

o    Iranian Resources and Shi`a Militant Cohesion: Insights from the Khazali Papers

o    Does al-Qa`ida’s Increasing Media Outreach Signal Revitalization?

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         How the U.S. Immigration System Encourages Child Marriages - Majority Staff Report

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Navy Ship Construction: From the Budget Control Act to Building a New Fleet

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Restoration, Transformation and Adaptation: Authoritarianism after2011 in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

·         2019 China Military Power: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win

·         2019 Military Power Video

Department of Defense

·         2019 Missile Defense Review

·         Assessment on U.S. Defense Implications of China's Expanding Global Access

·         Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense

Department of Health & Human Services Inspector General

·         OEI-BL-18-00511 - Separated Children Placed in Office of Refugee Resettlement Care

Economic Research Forum

·         Identifying Global and National Output and Fiscal Policy Shocks Using a GVAR

·         Persistence and Change in Marriage Practices Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan

·         The Role of Labor Market Frictions in Structural Transformation

·         Spatial Drivers of Firm Entry in Iran

·         UAE Banks’ Performance and the Oil Price Shock: Indicators for Conventional and Islamic Banks

Elliot School of International Affairs

·         International Affairs Review, Winter 2019, v. 27, no. 1

o    Development and Implications of the European Deterrence Initiative

o    Role of U.N. Peacekeepers in Donbas Conflict Resolution

o    Effectiveness of U.N. Peacekeeping Operations in Combating Organized Crime

o    Venezuela and ExxonMobil Oil Discovery in Guyana

o    An Interview with Adam Isacson

o    How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         Russia’s Policy in Syria and the Middle East: Determination,Delight, and Disappointment

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The EU’s 'No Deal' Strategic Headache

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Belt, the Road, and Latin America

·         Taking Stock of U.S. Sanctions on Russia

·         Understanding the Turmoil and Chaos of Swedish Politics

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

·         A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle: The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal & Nuclear Weapons Components

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Does an Inclusive Citizenship Law Promote Economic Development?

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

·         Moving EU Civilian Crisis Management Forward: More Capable, More Flexible, More Responsive

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The End of the INF Treaty is Looming

·         Non-euro Countries in the EU after Brexit

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Turkey’s Civil Society: Playing the Long Game

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Climate Change: Activities of Selected Agencies to Address Potential Impact on Global Migration GAO-19-166

·         Defense Management: DOD Needs to Implement Statutory Requirements and Identify Resources for Its Cross-Functional Reform Teams GAO-19-165

·         Drug Control: DOD Should Improve Its Oversight of the National Guard Counterdrug Program GAO-19-27

·         Military and Veteran Support: Detailed Inventory of Federal Programs to Help Servicemembers Achieve Civilian Employment GAO-19-97R

·         Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act: TSA Generally Addressed Requirements, but Could Improve Reporting on Security-Related Technology GAO-19-96

Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism

·         The CVE Cycle: An Individual Trajectory

Heritage Foundation

·         2019 Index of U.S. Military Strength

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Japan’s Strategic Calculations: Constraints and Responses

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Military Workforce Mix

·         Significance of Skull Fractures and Traumatic Brain Injuries Potentially Caused by Blunt-Impact Non-Lethal Weapons

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Foreign Influence on Political Discourse: A New Strategic Challenge

·         The Ten Leading Challenges Facing the New IDF Chief of Staff

Institute for Security Studies

·         The Meaning of Morocco’s Return to the African Union

Institute for the Study of War

·         Russia in Review: December 12, 2018 - January 16, 2019

·         Russia's New Tool for Wielding Information

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Back to Crisis Mode: Iran's Quest to Manage Internal Crises and External Pressures

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Economic and Security Dimensions of the Bogibeel Bridge in Assam

·         The Indian Elections and the Rural Sector

·         Polls in Bangladesh: Implications for Future Theory and Practice of Electoral Politics

International Crisis Group

·         Improving Prospects for a Peaceful Transition in Sudan

·         On Thin Ice: The Iran Nuclear Deal at Three

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         China’s Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks

·         Countercyclical Fiscal Policy and Gender Employment: Evidence from the G-7 Countries

·         Does an Inclusive Citizenship Law Promote Economic Development?

·         Global Value Chains: What are the Benefits and Why Do Countries Participate?

·         A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa?

·         Has Higher Household Indebtedness Weakened Monetary Policy Transmission?

·         The Impact of Bailouts on the Probability of Sovereign Debt Crises: Evidence from IMF-Supported Programs 

·         Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs

·         Public Debt Through the Ages

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         A Rigged, Contentious, Landmark Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

·         Sudan's Bread Revolution Isn't Just About Bread Anymore

James Martin  Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Eyes on U: Opportunities, Challenges, and Limits of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling

·         Uncertain Future: The JCPOA and Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programmes

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January  18, 2019, v. 19, no. 2

o    Successful Lunar Landing Demonstrates Continuing PRC Advancements in Space

o    Emerging EU Policies Take a Harder Look at Chinese Investments

o    China’s “New” Academy of Military Science: A Revolution in Theoretical Affairs?

o    Examining Belt and Road “Debt Trap” Controversies in the Philippines

o    Assessing the Future of Chinese Sea Power:    Insights from the “Marine Science and Technology Award”

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-02, Amphibious Operations, 04 January 2019

Marine Corps University Press

·         Marine Corps University Journal, Fall 2018, v. 9. no. 2

o    What Do We Mean by Great Power or Superpower?: An Introduction to Concepts and Terms

o    Great Power Competition in the Age of Islam: Contemporary Lessons from the Ottoman–Safavid Rivalry

o    The British Superpower, Irregular Warfare, and Military Honor

o    Lithuania under the Soviet Occupation, 1940–41: Observations and Operations by the United States

o    Evaluating Russian Strategy in Its Near Abroad: A Comparison of the Conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine

o    Superpower Hybrid Warfare in Syria

o    The Challenge of the Sole Superpower in the Postmodern World Order

o    Cyberspace as a Domain of Operations: What Is NATO’s Vision and Strategy?

o    Toward a European Defense System: How the European Union Should Improve Its Planning and Conduct Capacity for the Prevention and Management of Crises

o    Pushing the Limits of Range: Long-range Amphibious Operations

o    Cities and the Sea: The Urban Role in Maritime Security

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Doing More with Less: A New Toolkit for Integration Policy  

·         Sustainable Reintegration: Strategies to Support Migrants Returning to Mexico and Central America

Observer Research Foundation

·         India-US Data Sharing for Law Enforcement: Blueprint for Reforms

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         The AIM Initiative: A Strategy for Augmenting Intelligence Using Machines

Pew Research Center Internet & Technology

·         Facebook Algorithms and Personal Data

               

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         Generation Z Looks a Lot Like Millennials on Key Social and Political Issues

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Society

·         Most Border Wall Opponents, Supporters Say Shutdown Concessions Are Unacceptable

·         Trump Begins Third Year With Low Job Approval and Doubts About His Honesty

Policy Exchange

·         The Contest to “Take Control” of Brexit

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Balance of Italy’s Political Forces Ahead of European Elections

·         Budget for the Eurozone: Germany’s Approach Gains the Upper Hand

·         China’s New Document on the EU: A Small Chance to Improve Relations

·         Protests in Hungary: No Significant Consequences for the Government

Rand

·         Consequences of a Precipitous U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

·         Countering Sectarianism in the Middle East

Small Wars Journal

·         America’s Strategic Options in the Middle East

·         American Jihadists: Three Case Studies of American Citizens Who Chose Extremism over America

·         Corruption in Mexico 2019: SWJ Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez

·         The End of the Longest American War and the Uncertain Future of Afghanistan

·         The National Defense Strategy A Year Later: A Small Wars Journal Discussion with Elbridge Colby

·         New Wine into New Wineskins: How Sudden Change in the Secretary of Defense Office Created a Much Needed Opportunity to Face Facts

·         Open Source Backgrounder: Russian Strategy in Sub-Sahara Africa,Military & Industrial Partnerships-What is Russia Up To?

·         Operationalizing OSINT Full-Spectrum Military Operations

·         Tamaulipas: Between the State, Crime and the Border

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 12: Brazilian Prison Gangs Attack Civil Infrastructure in Fortaleza and Other Cities in Ceará State

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         Justice beyond the International Criminal Court: Towards a Regional Framework in Africa

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Amazigh Cultural Renaissance

·         Government Formation in the KRG: A Perilously Slow Process

·         Gulf Cyber Cooperation with Israel: Balancing Threats and Rights

Watson Institute

·         Where We Fight: US Counterterror War Locations 2017-2018

Wilson Center

·         Where Do We Go from Here? Merida 2.0 and the Future of Mexico-United States Security Cooperation

World Bank

·         Productivity Revisited : Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy

·         The Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries