Friday's Miscellany 02-15-2019

38 North

·         A How-To Guide for Disabling and Dismantling Yongbyon

AidData

·         Evaluation of the On-Farm Water Management Program

·         Grassroots Image Management: Confucius Institutes and Media Perceptions of China

Air University

·         A Better State of War: Surmounting the Ethical Cliff in Cyber Warfare

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         South Korean Perceptions of the Denuclearization of North Korea

Asia Foundation

·         Understanding Violent Extremism: Messaging and Recruitment Strategies on Social Media in the Philippines

Asia Society

·         Course Correction: Toward an Effective and Sustainable China Policy

·         Gender and Identity Transformative Training Manual

·         The Political Economy of Rice Trade Between Bangladesh, India and Nepal

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         In Pursuit of a General Theory of Proxy Warfare

Atlantic Council

·         The US-Danish Defense and Security Relationship

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Quad 2.0 - New Perspectives

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The Anti-Israel Religion

·         The Broad Array of Belgian Anti-Semitism

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Governance of the Deployment of Solar Geoengineering

·         NATO at Seventy: An Alliance in Crisis

·         Protecting Democracy in an Era of Cyber Information War

Beyond the Parallel

·         Undeclared North Korea: The Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Advancing Interoperability, Information Sharing, and Data Access: Improving Health and Healthcare for Americans

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Stabilisation—For Whom and to What Ends?

Brookings Institute

·         Empowered Decentralization: A City-Based Strategy for Rebuilding Libya

·         Managing Risk: Nuclear Weapons in the New Geopolitics

Bruegel

·         Contribution to Growth: The European Digital Single Market

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Russia’s Game in the Balkans

·         Upholding Democracy in a Post-Western Order

CATO Institute

·         Overdosing on Regulation: How Government Caused the Opioid Epidemic

·         Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality

Center for a New American Security

·         Negotiating With North Korea: How Will This End?

Center for Global Development

·         Women and the Future of Work: Fix the Present

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)

·         A Comprehensive History of North Korea’s Nuclear Program: 2018Update

Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

·         Cybersecurity Futures 2025: Insights and Findings

·         Toward AI Security: Global Aspirations for a More Resilient Future

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Overcoming Pathologies in Military Organizations

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Asianism and Universalism: The Evolution of Norms and Power in Modern Asia

·         Development Finance Institutions: Plateaued Growth, Increasing Need

·         Evaluating Consolidation and the Threat of Monopolies within Industrial Sectors

·         The Game Has Changed: Rethinking the U.S. Role in Supporting Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

·         How Innovative Is Mexico?

·         On the Horizon: A Collection of the Papers from the Next Generation

·         Risk & Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 108: Protests in Armenia - The  Domestic Dimension

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Understanding and Assessing the New U.S. Sanctions Legislation Against Russia

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Chinese Industrial Actors in Global Rule Making: A Preliminary Exploration

Chatham House

·         Human Rights Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements

Clingendael  Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen Clingendael)

·         Climate Security: Making it #Doable

·         Implementing the Hague Declaration on Climate and Security

·         Libyan Tribes in the Shadow of War and Peace

·         Stormclouds and Solutions: Climate Change in the Caribbean

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Protecting Consumers and Competition: An Examination of the T-Mobile and Sprint Merger

·         Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions Protections

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Venezuela at a Crossroads

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Defending Our Democracy: Building Partnerships to Protect America’s Elections (Updated)

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy

·         The State of Competition in the Wireless Market: Examining the Impact of the Proposed Merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on Consumers, Workers, and the Internet

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Effects of Vacancies at the Merit Systems Protection Board

·         Failure of DOJ, DHS, and HHS to Produce Documents on Child Separation Policy

·         Impact of the Shutdown and Resource Constraints on the Coast Guard

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Putting U.S. Aviation at Risk: The Impact of the Shutdown

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Current Condition of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative

·         United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea

·         United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         America’s Infrastructure Needs: Keeping Pace with a Growing Economy

Congress. Senate. Energy & Natural Resources Committee

·         Hearing to Consider the Status and Outlook for Cybersecurity Efforts in the Energy Industry

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Long-Term Implications of the 2019 Future Years Defense Program

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

·         Challenges to Security in Space

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DOD Cloud Strategy

·         DOD Report on Civilian Casualty Policy

·         Fact Sheet: 2018 DOD Artificial Intelligence Strategy

·         Summary of the 2018 Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Harnessing AI to Advance Our Security and Prosperity

Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2019-052 System Review Report for the External Peer Review of the National Guard Bureau Internal Review Office

Department of Justice Inspector General

·         Procedural Reform Recommendation for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Department of the Army

·         ADP 3-28 Defense Support of Civil Authorities

Department of the Navy

·         Education for Seapower - Final Report

·         Education for Seapower Decisions and Immediate Actions [SECNAV Memo]

Department of State

·         2018 World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT)

East-West Center

·         The Arctic in World Affairs: A North Pacific Dialogue on Arctic2030 and Beyond: Pathways to the Future (2018 North Pacific Conference Proceedings)

Economic Research Forum

·         Unemployment and Violent Extremism: Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits

Egmont Institute

·         It’s Time to Build a Gender-Just Peace: Here is How

·         Untangling Justice, Peace and Amnesties in the Central African Republic

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·         #Hashtag Activism: Youth, Social Media and Politics in Kazakhstan

Enough Project

·         A Hijacked State: Violent Kleptocracy in South Sudan

European Commission (EC)

·         European Commission Adopts New List of Third Countries with Weak Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regimes

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The 2019 European Election: How Anti-European Plan to Wreck Europe and What Can Be Done to Stop It

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         The Demise of the INF Treaty: What are the Consequences for NATO

·         ELN Iran Backgrounder: Pre-Warsaw Ministerial on the Middle East

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: The Compromise

·         Forward or Backward Steps for the UK?

·         The Last Throw of the Dice for the UK and the EU

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Czech Republic's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

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

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         What Has Remained of the USSR: Exploring the Erosion of the Post-Soviet Space

Finnish Literature Society & The National Archives of Finland

·         The Finnish  SS-Volunteers and Atrocities  against Jews, Civilians and Prisoners of War  in Ukraine and theCaucasus Region 1941–1943

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

·         Contract Farming and Public–Private Partnerships in Aquaculture.Lessons Learned from East African Countries

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) 

·         Collision Course: Navigating a Path for FISA between State Secrets and Individual Privacy, Part I

·         Collision Course: Navigating a Path for FISA between State Secrets and Individual Privacy, Part II

·         Planning for Failure: The U.S. Withdrawal from Syria

·         Under Pressure: Russian Energy Cooperation with Japan and South Korea since Western Sanctions

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

·         Going Green: Are Chinese Cities Planting the Seeds for Sustainable Energy Systems?

Future Directions International

·         China’s “Peaceful Development” Dream leads to Greater Internal and Foreign Anxiety about Water Security

·         Evolving US Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Iran

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

·         Deterrence and Arms Control: Europe’s Security without the INF Treaty: Political and Strategic Options for Germany and NATO

German Development Institute

·         Migration: Solid Nations and Liquid Transnationalism? The EU's Struggle to Find a Shared Course on African Migration 1999-2019

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Syria: Too Fragile to Ignore

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Cuba's New Social Structure: Assessing the Re-Stratification of Cuban Society 60 Years after Revolution

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Civic Engagement For Democracy From Abroad: Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian Diasporas

·         Community Land Trust: A Concrete Solution for Affordable Housing in France

·         The First Amendment Opportunism of Digital Platforms

·         Why the German Debate on 5G and Huawei is Critical

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         In Search of Cyber-Enabled Disruption

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·         At the Tip of the Spear: Armed Groups’ Impact on Displacement and Return in Post-ISIL Iraq

·         Nowhere to Hide: The Logic of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Civilian Marksmanship Program: Information on the Sale of Surplus Army Firearms GAO-19-287

·         Department of Defense: Process Improvements Needed in Recouping Overpayments to Service Members GAO-19-61

·         Internet Privacy: Additional Federal Authority Could Enhance Consumer Protection and Provide Flexibility GAO-19-52

·         Military Courts: DOD Should Assess the Tradeoffs Associated With Expanding Public Access to and Information About Terrorism Trials GAO-19-283

·         Nuclear Waste: DOE Should Take Actions to Improve Oversight of Cleanup Milestones GAO-19-207

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Roundtable Proceedings: Ways Forward for On-Orbit Servicing,Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) of Spacecraft

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Challenges Facing the New Government in Lebanon, and Implications for Israel

·         Obstacles to Israel's Strategic Objectives: Main Insights from the INSS 12th Annual International Conference

·         President Trump versus His Administration

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         The Ice Silk Road: Is China a “Near-Arctic-State”?

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Enabling Energy: Access to Clean Energy Can Enhance Refugee Economic and Social Empowerment

·         Goals and Shortcomings of Italy's Peace Operations

·         Italy’s Lukewarm Approach to Arms Control

·         Taking Back Control? The UK Parliament and the Brexit Withdrawal Negotiations

·         Venezuela's Crisis: Italy Clashes with the EU Common Approach

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Analysing the United States’ Vision for the Indo-Pacific

·         Tracking Narendra Modis Popularity

International Monetary Fund IMF)

·         Demographics and the Natural Rate of Interest in Japan

·         Destabilizing the Global Monetary System: Germany’s Adoption of the Gold Standard in the Early 1870s

·         Do Temporary Business Tax Cuts Matter? A General Equilibrium Analysis

·         Mobilization Effects of Multilateral Development Banks

International Crisis Group

·         Mitigating Risks for Syrian Refugee Youth in Turkey’sŞanlıurfa  

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Crisis at the US Border? Checking Trump’s Responses to Migration

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, February 15, 2019, v. 19, no. 4

o    Beijing Sends a Menacing Message in Its Lunar New Year Greeting to Taiwan

o    The “16+1” Initiative and Poland’s Disengagement from China

o    The Balochistan Insurgency and the Threat to Chinese Interests in Pakistan

o    The Chinese Navy’s Marine Corps, Part 2:  Chain­ of­ Command Reforms and Evolving Training

o    A Smarter Battlefield?: PLA Concepts for  “Intelligent Operations” Begin to Take Shape

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-17, Air Mobility Operations, 05 February 2019

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Suspicious Minds: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Populism

Migration Policy Institute

·         Exploring New Legal Migration Pathways: Lessons from Pilot Projects

·         Strengthening Refugee Protection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Military Family Advisory Network

·         Preliminary Research Report: Living Conditions of Families in Privatized Military Housing

Mitchell Institute

·         America's Nuclear Backbone: The Value of ICBMs and the New Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent

·         Modernizing U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications

Munich Security Conference

·         Munich Security Report 2019

National Defense University Press

·         Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms

Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI)

·         Military Offensive Cyber-Capabilities: Small-State Perspectives

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services  (COPS)

·         Sheriffs Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in the Community and in the Jails

National Security Archive

·         Iran’s 1979 Revolution Revisited: Failures (and a Few Successes) of U.S. Intelligence and Diplomatic Reporting

·         U.S.-Japan Negotiations over Reprocessing and Plutonium Use:Opening Moves, 1981-1982

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

·         Blended Finance Evaluation: Governance and Methodological Challenges

Pew Research Center Global Attitude & Trends

·         Climate Change Still Seen as the Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks a Rising Concern

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         Millennial Life: How Young Adulthood Today Compares with Prior Generations

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The Future of Afghanistan: Talks between the U.S. and the Taliban

·         Iran Faces an Economic Crisis: Structural Issues More Problematic Than Sanctions

·         Legal Issues Related to the U.S. Withdrawal from the Nuclear Agreement with Iran

·         Political Consequences of the U.S. Federal Government Shutdown

·         Russia and South Korea: Unsuccessful Attempt at Cooperation

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Shadow Networks: Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis

Project 2049 Institute

·         A Golden Opportunity for a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement

Rand

·         The Consolidation of Political Power in China Under Xi Jinping:Implications for the PLA and Domestic Security Forces [testimony]

·         Estimating Potential Savings in Department of Defense Activities

·         Integrating Active and Reserve Component Staff Organizations:Improving the Chances of Success

·         Organising for Excellence: An International Review of Good Practice in Organisational Design and Governance of Research Funding Bodies

·         Practical Terrorism Prevention: Executive Summary

·         Practical Terrorism Prevention: Reexamining U.S. National Approaches to Addressing the Threat of Ideologically Motivated Violence

RTI International

·         Bullying and Violence on the School Bus: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Behavioral Management Strategies

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA), February 2019, v. 11, no. 2

o    Geographically Diverse, Organisationally Complex and Gender Inclusive Islamist Terrorist Landscape

o    Does Boko Haram Pose a Threat to the US?

o    A Study of Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda Narratives in Bangladesh

o    Women in Terrorism: Evolution from Jemaah Islamiyah to Islamic State in Indonesia and Malaysia

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Japan Should Take a Leadership Role to Address Climate Change:Ambitions for G-20 Action

Small Wars Journal

·         An Advisory Capacity: The Wider Ramifications of Security Force Assistance Brigades in Afghanistan

·         An Afghan’s Perspective: Why the US Should Not Withdraw from Afghanistan

·         Civ-Mil Relations: 6 Lessons from a Tweet

·         The Most Eventful Night in the White House Situation Room: Year2051

·         Plutocratic Insurgency Note 11: Low-Paid, Part-Time, “Gig Economy”as a New Involuntary Labor Model

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 14: MS-13 Subway Shooting Kills 18th Street Rival

·         Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Lethality

·         What is Wrong with the New Army Combat Fitness Test and Why It Is Important to Fix It Now

·         Who Is to be Trusted with Military History?

·         Winning the Peace in Afghanistan

 

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         China’s Relations with Africa and the Arab World: Shared Trends, Different Priorities

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Contemporary Chemical Weapons Use in Syria and Iraq by the Assad Regime and the Islamic State

·         Implications of Service Cyberspace Component Commands for Army Cyberspace Operations

Sudd Institute

·         South Sudan and the Collective Pain of Watching a Peace Agreement Struggle for its Life

Swisspeace

·         States of Fragility: Where to in 2019?

Symantex

·         2018 Internet Security Threat Report

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Importance of Nationality in Immigration Court Bond Decisions

·         Immigration Court Bond Hearings and Related Case Decisions [data]

UK Parliament - Defense Committee

·         Future Anti-Ship Missile Systems: Joint Inquiry with the Assemblée Nationale's Standing Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces

US Central Command (CENTCOM)

·         Unipath, 2018, v. 8, no. 4

o    Perfecting a Partnership

o    Security Through Good Government

o    Rescued From Death

o    Exposing Daesh's Crimes

o    Testing Online Defenses

o    Stabilizing Afghanistan

o    The Importance of Sea Power

o    Youthful Assets

o    Feeding Egypt

o    Partners Against Terror

o    Qatar's Contribution to Security

US  Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Pakistan’s Approach to Navigating the Saudi-Iranian Split

·         Youth Protest Movements in Afghanistan: Seeking Voice and Agency

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Biotechnology Development: The Role Of U.S. and Other Foreign Engagement

Washington Institute for Near East Policy 

·         Are Regional Leaders in Sync with Public Opinion? The Israeli-Palestinian Case

·         Can Asaib Ahl al-Haq Join the Political Mainstream?

·         A Cultural Policy for Arab-Israeli Partnership

·         Exploiting East Mediterranean Gas: New Milestones, New Obstacles

·         Iran's Shift to a More Offensive Posture Could Be a Sign of Weakness

·         Israel’s Battle of the 'Benjamins': Netanyahu vs. Gantz

·         Revolutionary Iran and the Arab Causes: A Case of Ideological Entrapment

·         Seeing Red: Trade and Threats Shaping Gulf-Horn Relations

·         U.S. Withdrawal, Arab NATO, and How America Can be a “Force for Good”

White House

·         Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

·         President Donald J. Trump Is Accelerating America’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

Wilson Center

·         Choke Point Solutions: Can Western China Lower its Coal-Water Risk?

·         Extortionomics and Ideas to Leverage the Digital Revolution

·         India-Venezuela Relations: A Case Study in Oil Diplomacy

·         Indigenous Partnerships Sustaining North America’s Energy Future

·         Managing the Rise of Southeast Asia's Coast Guards

·         Mexico's Role in the Deadly Rise of Fentanyl