greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 12-06-2019 thru 12-20-2019

· Cloud Computing Security: Agencies Increased Their Use of the Federal Authorization Program, but Improved Oversight and Implementation Are Needed GAO-20-126

· Community Services Block Grant: Better Alignment of Outcome Measures with Program Goals Could Help Assess National Effectiveness GAO-20-25

· Customs and Border Protection: Risk Management for Tariff Refunds Should Be Improved GAO-20-182

· Drug Control: The Office of National Drug Control Policy Should Develop Key Planning Elements to Meet Statutory Requirements GAO-20-124

· Evidence-Based Policymaking: Selected Agencies Coordinate Activities, but Could Enhance Collaboration GAO-20-119

· Fake Caller ID Schemes: Information on Federal Agencies' Efforts to Enforce Laws, Educate the Public, and Support Technical Initiatives GAO-20-153

· Federal Debt Management: Treasury Should Strengthen Policies for Market Outreach and Analysis to Maintain Broad-Based Demand for Securities GAO-20-131

· Federal Research: DOD's Use of Study and Analysis Centers GAO-20-31

· Homeland Security Acquisitions: Outcomes Have Improved but Actions Needed to Enhance Oversight of Schedule Goals GAO-20-170SP

· Immigration Enforcement: Arrests, Detentions, and Removals, and Issues Related to Selected Populations GAO-20-36

· Immigration Enforcement: Immigration-Related Prosecutions Increased from 2017 to 2018 in Response to U.S. Attorney General's Direction GAO-20-172

· International Mail: Progress Made in Using Electronic Data to Detect Illegal Opioid Shipments, but Additional Steps Remain GAO-20-229R

· Information Technology: Agencies and OMB Need to Continue Implementing Recommendations on Acquisitions, Operations, and Cybersecurity [testimony] GAO-20-311T

· Juvenile Justice Grants: DOJ Should Take Additional Actions to Strengthen Performance and Fraud Risk Management GAO-20-202

· Military Housing Privatization: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Oversight of the Condition of Privatized Military Housing [testimony] GAO-20-280T

· Millennial Generation: Information on the Economic Status of Millennial Households Compared to Previous Generations GAO-20-194

· Missile Defense: Further Collaboration with the Intelligence Community Would Help MDA Keep Pace with Emerging Threats GAO-20-177

· Navy Maintenance: Persistent and Substantial Ship and Submarine Maintenance Delays Hinder Efforts to Rebuild Readiness [testimony] GAO-20-257T

· Nuclear Cleanup: Actions Needed to Improve Cleanup Efforts at DOE's Three Former Gaseous Diffusion Plants GAO-20-63

· Satellite Communications: DOD Should Develop a Plan for Implementing Its Recommendations on a Future Wideband Architecture GAO-20-80

· Security Assistance: Actions Needed to Assess U.S. Activities and Ensure Timely Inspections of Equipment Transferred to Lebanon GAO-20-176

· Special Operations Forces: Additional Actions Are Needed to Effectively Manage Air Reserve Component GAO-20-90

· State and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook: 2019 Update GAO-20-269SP

· Technology Assessment Design Handbook GAO-20-246G

· Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status Update on Treasury's Two Active Investment Programs GAO-20-218R

· U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Information on Evaluations of Benefits and Costs for Water Resources Development Projects and OMB's Review GAO-20-113R

· Unmanned Aircraft Systems: FAA Should Improve Drone-Related Cost Information and Consider Options to Recover Costs GAO-20-136

· Veterans Health Care: Services for Substance Use Disorders, and Efforts to Address Access Issues in Rural Areas GAO-20-35

· Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies' Efforts to Reduce Wildland Fuels and Lower Risk to Communities and Ecosystems GAO-20-52

Heritage Foundation

· Enhance South Korean Military Capabilities Before OPCON Transfer

Hudson Institute

· If You Can’t See ’em, You Can’t Shoot ’em: Improving USIntelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting

Human Rights Watch

· Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh

· Fashion’s Next Trend: Accelerating Supply Chain Transparency in the Apparel and Footwear Industry

· "These Children Don't Belong in the Streets": A Roadmap for Ending Exploitation, Abuse of Talibés in Senegal

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

· Trump’s Own “Star Wars” The 2019 US BMD Review and What It Augurs for India?

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Analysis of DoD Accession Alternatives for Military Physicians:Readiness Value and Cost

· Commercial Development of Civilian Supersonic Aircraft

· Next Step Space Weather Benchmarks

· Overview of the Status of Quantum Science and Technology and Recommendations for the DoD

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

· Overlapping Claims by Somaliland and Puntland: The Case of Sooland Sanaag

· Prospects for the G5 Sahel Countries to 2040

Institute for the Study of War

· Iraq Situation Report:

o November 15 - 28

o November 29 - December 9

o December 10 - 18, 2019

· The Perils of Talks on Russia's War in Ukraine

· Russia in Review: The Kremlin's Block in the Balkans

· Syria Situation Report: December 4 - 17, 2019

Institute of International Affairs

· A Long-Term Perspective on NATO and the Multinational Order

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

· Counterterrorism Professionals on Terrorism Research: An End-User Assessment

· The Prosecution of Foreign Fighters under International Humanitarian Law: Misconceptions and Opportunities

· Terrorism in the Age of Technology

· Terrorism Threat Assessment 2018 – 2019

International Centre for Defense and Security

· Russia’s Espionage in Estonia: A Quantitative Analysis of Convictions

· Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, Cheapfakes and the Limits of Deception

· The Talsinki Tunnel: Channeling Chinese Interests into the Baltic Sea

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

· Will ‘We Won’ Become ‘Mission Accomplished’? A US Withdrawal and The Scramble for Northeastern Syria

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts – Recommitting To Protection InArmed Conflict On The 70th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions

International Crisis Group

· Keeping Ethiopia’s Transition on the Rails

· A New Approach for the UN to Stabilize the DR Congo

· Peace in Venezuela: Is There Life after the Barbados Talks?

· Seven Priorities for the New EU High Representative

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

· Deepening the EU’s Single Market for Services

· The Dynamics of Non-Performing Loans during Banking Crises: A New Database

· How Do Changing U.S. Interest Rates Affect Banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries?

· Is Digitalization Driving Domestic Inflation?

· News-based Sentiment Indicators

· Sovereign Risk in Macroprudential Solvency Stress Testing

· The Spending Challenge for Reaching the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons Learned from Benin and Rwanda

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

· The Global Race for Technological Superiority: Discover the Security Implications

· Iran Looking East: An Alternative to the EU?

· The Rise and the Future of Militias in the MENA Region

· Weathering the Storm: Charting New Courses in the Mediterranean

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

· Avoiding a Post-INF Missile Race

Jamestown Foundation

· China Brief, December 10, 2019, v. 19, no. 21

o Beijing’s Reactions to November Developments Surrounding the Crisis in Hong Kong

o The CCP’s Renewed Focus on Ideological Indoctrination, Part 1: The 2019 Guidelines for “Patriotic Education”

o INSTC vs. BRI: The India-China Competition Over the Port of Chabahar and Infrastructure in Asia

o Facing Up to China’s Military Interests in the Arctic

· Terrorism Monitor, December 17, 2019, v. 17, no. 23

o Burkina Faso: Jihadists’ Ethnic Strategy and the Koglweogo Problem

o Islamic State and AQAP Could Exploit Disorder in Southern Yemen

o Hizb ul-Ahrar: Pakistan’s Cross-border Taliban Problem Remains Critical

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

· Joint Doctrine Note 2-19, Strategy, 10 December 2019

Korea Economic Institute of America

· Economic Relations Between Russia and South Korea in the New Northern Policy

Library of Congress Law Library

· European Union: Health Standards in Refugee Camps

· Greece: Higher Education Reforms and University Asylum Legislative History and Bibliography (1982-2019)

· Laws Protecting Journalists from Online Harassment

· Regulation of Foreign Involvement in Elections

Middle East Institute

· Aspiring Powers, Regional Rivals: Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the New Middle East

· US Priorities in the Middle East

Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University

· MES Insights, v. 10, no, 6, December 2019

o Major Power Competition in Troubled Waters of Middle East

Migration Policy Institute

· Integrating Refugees and Asylum Seekers into the German Economy and Society: Empirical Evidence and Policy Objectives

Mitchell Institute

· Moving Toward the Air Force We Need? Assessing Air Force Budget Trends

· Securing the Pacific Skies: The Imperative for Expanding Japan’s Fifth-Generation Capacity

MITRE

· Fundamental Research Security

· A New Battle Command Architecture for Multi-Domain Operations

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

· Significant Multi-Domain Incidents against Critical Infrastructure (SMICI) Dataset

National Institute for Defense Studies

· NIDS International Symposium: "A New Strategic Environment and Roles of Ground Forces"

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

· NISTIR 8280 - Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3: Demographic Effects

National Security Archive

· Documenting Iran-U.S. Relations, 1978-2015

· Nuclear Weapons and Ukraine

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence

· National Cyber Security Organization: Czechia

NATO Defense College

· The Alliance Five Years after Crimea: Implementing the Wales Summit Pledges

· Imitation, Innovation, Disruption: Challenges to NATO's Superiority in Military Technology

· The Brain and the Processor: Unpacking the Challenges of Human-Machine Interaction

NATO STRATCOM Centre of Excellence

· How Social Media Companies are Failing to Combat Inauthentic Behaviour Online

New America

· Forecast Cloudy: A Case Study in Predicting Conflict Risk

· Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure: An Analytical Framework

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

· Russian Gas Pipelines and the EU: Moving from a Love-Hate Relationship“With Adults in the Room”?

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

· The President and Nuclear Weapons: Authorities, Limits, and Process

Observer Research Foundation

· 5G Infrastructure, Huawei’s Techno-Economic Advantages and India’s National Security Concerns: An Analysis

· India-Russia Relations: Beyond Energy and Defense

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

· Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

· Junk News & Information Sharing During the 2019 UK General Election

PAX for Peace

· Slippery Slope: The Arms Industry and Increasingly Autonomous Weapons

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

· China’s Economic Growth Mostly Welcomed in Emerging Markets, but Neighbors Wary of Its Influence

Pew Research Center Journalism & Media

· Trusting the News Media in the Trump Era

Policing & Social Justice Project

· Gang Takedowns in the De Blasio Era: The Dangers of ‘Precision Policing’

RAND

· Addressing the U.S. Opioid Crisis: Using an Integrated Systems-Based Approach [testimony]

· Air Force Capability Development Planning: Analytical Methods to Support Investment Decisions

· Army Fires Capabilities for 2025 and Beyond

· Competing in the Gray Zone: Russian Tactics and Western Responses

· Crossing the Digital Divide: Applying Technology to the Global Refugee Crisis

· The Department of Defense Posture for Artificial Intelligence

· Envisioning a Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Afghanistan

· Gaming Gray Zone Tactics: Design Considerations for a Structured Strategic Game

· Global Health and Security: Threats and Opportunities

· Improving 21st Century Skills in the U.S. Air Force

· Mainland Strikes and U.S. Military Strategy Towards China:Historical Cases, Interviews, and a Scenario-Based Survey of American

· Most Americans Say the Current Economy Is Helping the Rich,Hurting the Poor and Middle Class

· National Security Elites

· Navigating Current and Emerging Army Recruiting Challenges

· Profiles of News Consumption: Platform Choices, Perceptions of Reliability, and Partisanship

· Real-Time Crime Centers in Chicago: Evaluation of the Chicago Police Department's Strategic Decision Support Centers

· Reducing the Time Burdens of Army Company Leaders

· Setting Military Compensation to Support Recruitment, Retention,and Performance

Ronald Reagan Institute

· The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

· The Future of Fires: Maximizing the UK’s Tactical and Operational Firepower

· Turning the Tide? Learning from Responses to Large-Scale Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Five Countries

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

· Supporting Singapore’s “30-By-30” Food Security Target: Finding The “Sweet Spot” In Property Taxation

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

· National Security Strategy for 5G: Findings & Recommendations on Meeting the 5G Challenge

Small Arms Survey

· Trade Update 2019: Transfers, Transparency, and South-east Asia Spotlight

· The West Africa–Sahel Connection: Mapping Cross-border Arms Trafficking

Small Wars Journal

· East Africa Needs a Regional Counterterrorism Center

· Here’s How U.S.-Taliban Talks Can Succeed

· How to Win on Women, Peace and Security

· A NATO Urban Delaying Strategy for the Baltic States

· Reasonable People Can Differ on Trump’s Military Justice Actions

· Starting With “Why”: The National Security Strategy and America’s National Interests

· To Avoid a Security Dilemma: Complex Warfare with Japanese Characteristics

· US Strategic Intelligence Strategy for Pakistan:Counterinsurgency, Diplomacy, and the Future

· What ‘The Afghanistan Papers’ Got Wrong

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

· SIGAR 20-13-FA Department of State's Efforts to Support Activities Related to Removing Landmines and Unexploded Weapons in Afghanistan: Audit of Costs Incurred by ITF Enhancing Human Security

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

· Challenges to Multilateral Export Controls: The Case for Inter-Regime Dialogue and Coordination

· Detecting, Investigating and Prosecuting Export Control Violations: European Perspectives on Key Challenges and Good Practices

· Global Arms Industry Rankings: Sales up 4.6 per Cent Worldwide and US Companies Dominate the Top 5

Strategic and Defense Studies Centre

· How Does the ‘Pacific’ Fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The Changing Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands: Workshop Report

Taylor & Francis

· Conflict, Security & Development, 2019, v. 19, no. 6

o They Are From Within Us: CVE Brokerage in South-central Somalia [open access article]

· Ethics & Global Politics, 2019, v. 12, no. 4

o Recognition, Misrecognition and Justice [open access article]

o Social Freedom and Migration in a Non-Ideal World [open access article]