Friday's Miscellany 12-27-2019

38 North

·         38 North DPRK Reference Portal

·         Russia’s Policy Toward North Korea: Following China’s Lead

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Geopolitics of a Latent International Conflict in Eastern Mediterranean

Amnesty International

·         Cambodia’s Law on Trade Unions and Cases Against Union Leaders

·         Ending The Targeted Digital Surveillance Of Those Who Defend Our Rights: A Summary Of The Impact of the Digital Surveillance Industry on Human Rights Defenders

Air University Press

·         Artificial Intelligence, China, Russia, and the Global Order

·         The Command of the Air [This 2019 edition builds on a 1942 Italian-to-English translation and includes an index]

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), December 2019, v. 6, no. 12

o    Case Report: Hansen’s Disease in an Active Duty Soldier Presenting with Type 1 Reversal Reaction

o    Update: Gallbladder Disease and Cholecystectomies, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2014–2018

o    Prevalence of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, U.S. Armed Forces, May 2004–September 2018

o    Positive Predictive Value of an Algorithm Used for Cancer Surveillance in the U.S. Armed Forces

Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Silk Road Diplomacy: Deconstructing Beijing’s Toolkit to Influence South and Central Asia

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Reserve Component Employment in Strategic Competition

·         Understanding Assets: Teaching Senior Leaders How to Identify and Engage Stakeholders

Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

·         The Advantages and Risks in Keeping, Fixing or Terminating the Nuclear Deal with Iran

·         EU-Trends in 2020

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         Advancing Urban Rights. Equality and Diversity in the City

·         Cities versus Short-Term Rental Platforms: The European Union Battle

·         First, Do No Harm: Five Questions the EU Needs to Keep in Mind for a Sensitive Approach to Conflict Resources

·         The World in 2020: Ten Issues That Will Shape the Global Agenda

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         An Energy Silk Road in the Mediterranean

·         A Culture of Violence: Lessons from the Pensacola Attack

·         The Decision to Go to War Is More and More Difficult

·         Fighting Antisemitism: Three Strategic Priorities

·         Is China Engaging in Debt Trap Diplomacy?

·         The Law Is Only a Scaffolding

Belfer Center

·         The Elections Battle Staff Playbook

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Beyond Doha and Geneva: Peacemaking Engagement of Afghans and Syrians in North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany

·         Taking the Initiative: The European Parliament and EU Arms Export Controls  

CATO Institute

·         Immigration Demand and the Boomerang of Deportation Policies

Center for Global Development

·         Using Trade Preferences to Support Refugees and Their Hosts

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·         Germany’s Security Assistance to Tunisia: A Boost to Tunisia’s Long-Term Stability and Democracy?

·         Who Owns What? – Free Trade Policies, Migration Management and the Ambiguity of “Joint Ownership”

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, December 2019, v.13, no.6

o    Terrorism and Ideology: Cracking the Nut

o    The Crime and State Terrorism Nexus: How Organized Crime Appropriates Counterinsurgency Violence

o    Political Violence from the Extreme Right in Contemporary Portugal

o    Civil Liberties, National Security and US Courts in Times of Terrorism

o    Southeast Asian Fighters from Islamic State Document Leaks: A Historical Snapshot

o    Converging Patterns in Pathways in and out of Violent Extremism: Insights from Former Canadian Right-Wing Extremists

o    Effectiveness in Counter-Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism: A Literature Review

o    Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 20 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects

o    Bibliography: Terrorism Prevention

o    Bibliography: Terrorism by Country – Mali

o    Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects

Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

·         Fentanyl as a Chemical Weapon

Center of Military History (CMH)

·         The Russian Expeditions, 1917–1920

Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

·         Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2019, v. 20, no. 1

o    Israel and the Permanent Siege: The People Have Spoken - Who Will Find an Answer to the Needs of the Voters?

o    The Global Expansion of China’s Military – 2019

o    Geostrategy and Canadian Defence: From C.P. Stacey to a Twenty-First Century Arctic Threat Assessment

o    The Economic forces of victory versus those of defeat: An analysis of the Greek Economic and Military Mobilization of the 1909-1923 Period

o    The Devil is in the Details: An Examination of Hybrid Cyber Operations and International Law

o    Vergennes’ Grey Zone: Grappling with the Grey Zone and Hybrid War through French Strategy 1774–1783

o    Women on the Home Front: Gender Roles and IODE Contributions to the War Effort in Winnipeg, Manitoba

o    Can Information Displace Mass? Armour In The Future Operating Environment

o    The PLAN’s Anti-Piracy Missions in the Gulf of Aden, Africa

o    The Role Of Artificial Intelligence In Facilitating Military Innovation

o    The State Of Strategic And Security Studies In Canada: Workshop Report

College of Europe

·         Confronting the Competence Conundrum of an EU Directive on Minimum Wages: In Search of a Legal Basis

·         EU-Morocco Negotiations on a Readmission Agreement: Obstacles to a Successful Conclusion

·         EU Foreign Policy Identity: A Case Study on the EU’s Engagement of the Islamic Republic of Iran

·         European Union Diplomats: An Emerging Epistemic Community?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Climate Change in the Era of Strategic Competition

·         Diversity in Recruiting and Retention: Increasing Diversity in the Military - What the Military Services are Doing

·         U.S. Policy in Syria and the Broader Region

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Authoritarianism with Chinese Characteristics: Political and Religious Human Rights Challenges in China  

·         Haiti on the Brink: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward a Country in Crisis

·         The Importance of the New START Treaty

·         The Way Forward in Iraq

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Righting the Ship: The Coast Guard Must Improve its Processes for Addressing Harassment, Bullying, and Retaliation

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Climate Change, Part IV: Current Economic Effects of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction

·         Examining Carcinogens in Talc and the Best Methods for Asbestos Detection

·         Examining the Need for Comprehensive National Paid Family and Medical Leave

·         The Federal Response to the Epidemic of E-Cigarette Use, Especially Among Children, and the Food and Drug Administration’s Compliance Policy

·         FITARA 9.0

·         U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Challenges in Africa

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Servicemember, Family, and Veteran Suicides and Prevention Strategies

·         Strategic Threats, Ongoing Challenges, and National Defense Strategy Implementation

·         United States Navy Ship and Submarine Maintenance

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Future of U.S. Policy Towards Russia

·         Illicit Mining: Threats to U.S. National Security and International Human Rights

·         Lebanon and Iraq Protests: Insights, Implications, and Objectives for U.S. Policy

·         Oversight of the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         DOJ OIG FISA Report: Methodology, Scope, and Findings

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         EU Pressure on Niger to Stop Migrants is Reshaping Cross-Border Economies

·         The Global Checkpoint Economy: Supply Chains as a New Frontline in Conflict Financing?

·         The Impact of Remote Surveillance in Iraq

·         Preserving the Human Moment (In Memoriam Francisco Javier Peñas)

Defense Personnel and Security Center (PERSEREC)

·         PERSEREC-TR-19-06 Personnel Security Underreporting: Establishing Rates and Estimating the Problem

Department of Defense, Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2020-043 Audit of Jordan Border Security Program Oversight

East Asia Forum

·         Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy in a New Rajapaksa Era

Economic Research Forum

·         Education and Labor Market Consequences of Student Protests in Late1970s and the Subsequent Military Coup in Turkey

·         The Performance of Islamic Banks in the MENA Region: Are Specific Risks a Minor Attribute?

Electronic Frontier Foundation

·         The Failed Fix to NSL Gag Orders: How the Majority of National Security Letter Recipients Remain Gagged After USA FREEDOM

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

·         Pseudonymisation Techniques and Best Practices

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         The Normandy Summit on Ukraine: No Winners, No Losers, to be Continued

·         The Protests in Iraq: Corruption and Foreign Interference in the Firing Line

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Belarus-Russia: From a Strategic Deal to an Integration Ultimatum

·         The Horowitz Report: It Wasn’t a “Witch Hunt” But It Wasn’t Pretty

·         Obama and Trump: Foreign Policy Opposites or Twins?

·         Russia’s Long Pivot East

·         Russian Private Military Companies: Continuity and Evolution of the Model

·         Terrorism & Counterterrorism in 2019: The Year in Review

·         Transatlantic Trialogue: Turkey, the Syrian War, and the Future of theTransatlantic Alliance

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

·         The Future of EU’s Eastern Partnership Beyond 2020: EU’s Engagement in a Contested Eastern Neighborhood Amidst Internal Crisis and Geopolitical Competition

·         No Time to Lose for the EU: Overcoming the Accession Stalemate in the Western Balkans

German Development Institute

·         From Global Refugee Norms to Local Realities: Implementing the Global Compact on Refugees in Kenya

·         The Future of European Development Finance – Institutional Reforms for Sustainable Solutions

·         Global Imbalances: A Job for the G20?

·         Not in My Backyard? Welfare Gains and Social Challenges: The Impact of Refugees on the Host Population in Uganda

·         Social Protection as a Tool to Address Slow Onset Climate Events: Emerging Issues for Research and Policy

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice: The Gambia’s Genocide Case against Myanmar and Its Domestic Ramification

·         Europe’s Third Way in Cyberspace

·         PD and M5S: The Italian Alliance of Convenience

·         The Potential and Limits of the OSCE’s Economic and Environmental Dimension

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

·         Growing Like Weeds? Rethinking Albania's Culture of Cannabis Cultivation

·         Vienna Calling: A Briefing to the Incoming Head of the UNODC

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, 2019, v. 12, no. 4

o    Huachicoleros: Criminal Cartels, Fuel Theft, and Violence in Mexico

o    Profiling Lone-Actor Terrorists: A Cross-Sectional Study of Lone-actor Terrorists in Western Europe (2015–2016)

o    Can Volunteer Forces Deter Great Power War? Evidence from the Baltics

o    The Future of Strategic Information and Cyber-Enabled Information Operations

o    Delegated Interstate War: Introducing an Addition to Armed Conflict Typologies

Heritage Foundation

·         U.S. Needs Resolve and Restraint in Response to North Korean Provocations

Hudson Institute

·         China’s Economic Slowdown: Root Causes, Beijing’s Response and Strategic Implications for the US and Allies

Human Rights Watch

·         Born Without Civil Rights: Israel’s Use of Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians in the West Bank

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Kudankulam: One Incident, Many Facets

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Factors Limiting the Speed of Software Acquisition

·         Realism, Risk, and Resilience: Assessing the U.S. Plutonium Strategy

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS - Israel)

·         Another Arab Bid to Establish a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East

·         The International Criminal Court on Israel: Another Step toward Investigation

·         Political Instability in Iraq: A Serious Threat to Iran’s Interests

·         Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, October 2019, v. 3, no. 2

o    The Space Arms Race: Global Trends and State Interests

o    Sectoral Ability to Manage Cyber Risks in the Supply Chain

o    Technology and Intelligence: Changing Trends in the IDF’s Intelligence Process in the Post-Information Revolution Period

o    Cyber Influence Campaigns in the Dark Web

o    Social Change Through Computerized Accessibility of Legal Rules

o    The Use of Biometric Technologies—Normative and Legal Aspects

Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP)

·         China and the EU: “Strategic Partners” No More

·         Separatism in the South Pacific: From Bougainville to West Papua

·         A Steady Hand: The EU 2019 Strategy & Policy Toward Central Asia

Institute for Security Studies [Africa]

·         Leading Through Consensus: South Africa Chairs the AU

·         Peace and Security Council Report No. 120

·         Regional and Continental Responses to the DRC Election Crisis

·         Sustaining Peace: Harnessing the Power of South Sudanese Women

Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

·         UK General Election 2019: Digital Disruption by the Political Parties,and the Need for New Rules

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

·         China’s Year of Europe

·         Hezbollah in Germany and Europe

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Democratisation in Tanzania: No Elections Without Exemptions

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Civilian Crisis Management: Assessing the Readiness of EU Member States and Institutions

·         How Europe Should Approach China

·         Narratives of Political Unity in Times of Differentiation

·         On European Power

·         Turmoil in South America and the Impact on Energy Markets

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Evolving Contours of E-commerce in India

·         India-Nepal Row over the Updated Map of India

·         Presidential Election 2019: Sri Lanka Under Gotabaya Rajapaksa

·         Tough Road Ahead for the New Maharashtra Government

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

·         Using the McKinsey 7S Framework to Assess Al-Qaeda Over Three Decades: Lessons for the Future

International Crisis Group

·         Digging out of Deadlock in Nagorno-Karabakh

·         A Sustainable Policy for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Autonomous Factor Forecast Quality: The Case of the Eurosystem

·         Cross-Border Currency Exposures

·         Do Fiscal Rules Cause Fiscal Discipline Over the Electoral Cycle?

·         Global Value Chains and External Adjustment: Do Exchange Rates Still Matter?

·         Immigration and Wage Dynamics in Germany

·         Inflation and Public Debt Reversals in Advanced Economies

·         Post-Crisis Changes in Global Bank Business Models: A New Taxonomy

·         Sovereign Asset and Liability Management in Emerging Market Countries: The Case of Uruguay

·         U.S. Monetary Policy Spillovers to GCC Countries: Do Oil Prices Matter?

International Panel on Fissile Materials

·         Endless Trouble: Britain's Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Navigating Crisis and Opportunity: The Peacekeeping Transition in Darfur

Lowy Institute

·         China’s Economic Choices

·         International Public Broadcasting: A Missed Opportunity For Projecting Australia’s Soft Power

·         The US-China Trade War: Who Dominates Global Trade? [interactive]

·         A US View on Australia’s Role in the Indian Ocean

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         Creating a Decentralised Eurozone

·         East Versus West IN FOCUS - Is There Such a Thing as a European Society?

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

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

·         Refugee Sponsorship Programs: A Global State of Play and Opportunities for Investment

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Winter 2019, v. 20, no.1

·         Military Commanders’ Responsibility for Members’ Health

·         Future Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAV) and the Ethics of Responsibility

·         “A Truly Global Approach”: Opportunities for Increased Internationalization in Professional Military Education

·         Devil Copper: War and the Canadian Nickel Industry, 1883–1970

·         When Johnny (Canuck) Comes Marching Home Again: Canadians in the American Civil War, 1861–1865

·         “Parallel Warfare” in Conflicts with Limited Political Aims

·         Legal Implications of Canadian Foreign Fighters

·         Strengthening the Canadian Armed Forces Capacity to Address Child Soldiers

·         Missing in Action: The Troubling Case of Defence and the Election of 2019

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

·         Arctic Narratives and Political Values: Arctic States, China and NATO

Nuclear Threat Initiative

·         A Step-by-Step Approach to Regional Spent Fuel Management Cooperation in the Pacific Rim

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

·         Enhancing Co-Operation and Co-Ordination Between Prosecution and Judicial Police In Albania

·         Gender and Security Toolkit

o    Security Sector Governance, Security Sector Reform and Gender

o    Policing and Gender

o    Justice and Gender

o    Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender

·         Reporting on Violent Extremism and Terrorism- Guidelines for Journalists

·         Research on Inappropriate, Defamatory and Hate Speech in Media Content in Montenegro

RAND Corporation

·         Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks,Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack

·         Indian Summer: Three Essays on Heatwave Vulnerability, Estimation and Adaptation

·         A Need for Speed? Identifying the Effects of Space Acquisition Timelines on Space Deterrence and Conflict Outcomes

·         People First: Improving Equitability of Air Force Recruiting Operations

·         Promotion, Turnover and Satisfaction in the Army Civilian Workforce:An Analysis of Features of Occupation Ladders and Employee Perspectives of the Work Environment

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

• The 2019 UK PONI Papers 
• Nuclear Power in a Changing UK
• Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence Stability in South Asia
• Britain’s Weapons Establishment and Tacit Knowledge: Selling Skills
• Could Generation IV Nuclear Reactors Strengthen Russia’s Growing Sphere of Influence?
• Deterrence Goes Orbital
• New Futures for Nuclear Arms Control: Hypersonic Weapons
• Conventional and Nuclear Applications of Artificial Intelligence: A Brief Examination of India and Pakistan
• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Strategic Stability, Escalation and Nuclear Security
• A Troubling Forecast: Climate Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence
• UK Political Understanding of the Term ‘Nuclear Deterrence’: Addressing a Deficiency
• More than a Mission: Simulating a Support Solution to Achieve Submarine Availability, Cost and Safety
• Betwixt and Between Transformation? India and Nuclear South Asia
• The UK and the Ban Treaty
• An Outline for UK–China Cooperation on Afghanistan 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management: Building ASEAN’S Resiliency to Disaster

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

·         Arms Flows to South East Asia

·         Ending Off-Budget Military Funding: Lessons from Chile

·         Is the United Nations Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy on Track to Reach Its Goals?

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Oman After Qaboos: A National and Regional Void

Wilson Center

·         The CIA’s National Intelligence Dailys and the Events of 1989-1990

·         How Islamists Fared in 2019

·         New Sources on Iran’s Tudeh Party, 1978-1988