Friday's Miscellany 05-05-2017

38 North

·         How to (or Not to) Reboot the Sunshine Policy

·         North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Activity at the Test Stand

·         A North Korean Nuclear EMP Attack? … Unlikely

·         Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar

Action on Armed Violence

·         Understanding the Rising Cult of the Suicide Bomber

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  May/June 2017, v. 30, no.3

o    Assessing DoD System Acquisition Supply Chain Risk Management

o    Issues in Development and Maintenance of Open Architecture Software Systems

o    Fathers of Agile: John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton

o    Software Process Improvement Standards and Guides for Very Small Organizations: An Overview of Eight Implementations

o    Leveraging the Power of Historical Data through the Use of Trend Lines

o    Debunking Agile Myths

o    Open Forum: Which Agile Method is Best?

Air University Press

·         CSAT 71 American Aerospace Power Choosing to Lead in the Twenty-First Century

American Enterprise Institute

·         Army Readiness Assessment, Vol. 1

·         Bipartisan Patent Reform and Competition Policy

·         The Case for a Federal Europe

·         Enemy of the people? Trump-media Tensions

Amnesty International

·         Journalism is Not a Crime: Crackdown on Media Freedom in Turkey

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

·         A Primer on the 19th South Korean Presidential Election in 2017

Asian Development Bank

·         LED Street Lighting Best Practices

·         South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Vision: Powering Asia in the 21st Century

Atlantic Council

·         Building a Better Future

·         Strengthening the Transatlantic-Pacific Partnership

Australian National University

·         After Mosul: A Grueling Start Down a Very Long Road

·         Human Considerations in Conflicted Societies’

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Cyber Information Sharing: Lessons for Australia

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Subsidy Reform in MENA Oil Exporters

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·         (Re)Interpreting Islam in Europe

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Israel Is Still at War

·         Keeping All Cards Close to the Vest

·         Turkey: Directionless and Friendless

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         India’s Nuclear Exceptionalism

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Reforming the Taxation of Pass-Through Businesses

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Noncitizen Voting: The Missing Millions

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Affectations

·         The Liberal Case for Character

·         Myanmar Maneuvers

·         Re-inserting Peer Review in the American Presidential Nomination Process

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         Police Response to Domestic Violence, 2006-2015

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         2017 Energy Series

o    Big Projects, Big Politics, Big Policy: Strengthening Public Confidence in Energy Decision-Making in Canada

o    Energy as a Service: Going Beyond Energy Supply

o    Thoughts on Canada’s Carbon Tax Agenda

o    Understanding the Shift in Energy Security

·         Staying Ahead of Trump on Security Requires a Holistic Review of Canadian National Security

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Assessing Russia’s Reorganized and Rearmed Military

CATO Institute

·         Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation

·         Tax Reform and Savings: Lessons from Canada and the United Kingdom

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Forgotten Waters:  Minding the GIUK Gap

·         Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies: Containing the Potential Threat  

Center for Global Development

·         Ethnic Politics and Ebola Response in West Africa

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Algeria: Stability against All Odds?

·         Security Measures at Zurich Airport

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Dealing With Allies in Decline: Alliance Management and U.S.Strategy in an Era of Global Power Shifts

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghan War: Creating An Afghan Capability to Win

·         Catalyzing Private-Private Partnerships for Social Impact

·         Issues & Insights, Vol. 17 - No. 6 - Obstacles and Aid:  Strengthening Myanmar’s Nonproliferation Regime

·         Issues & Insights, Vol. 17 - No. 5 – China’s Role in Central Asia

·         Leveraging USAID through Private-Sector and Military Partnerships

·         PacNet #35 - Withdrawing from KORUS: an own goal for the United States

·         PacNet #34 - Trump’s ‘without-China’ approach on North Korea could work

·         Project on Nuclear Issues: A Collection of Papers from the 2016Nuclear Scholars Initiative and PONI Conference Series

Center on Global Energy Policy

·         Reserve Base Lending and the Outlook for Shale Oil and Gas Finance

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The British and Their Exceptionalism

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Governance of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and Lessons Learned from the Kyoto Protocol

·         Overcoming Barriers to Meeting the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Chatham House

·         Humanitarian Action and Non-state Armed Groups: The Impact of Banking Restrictions on UK NGOs

Combating Terrorism Center  (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, May 2017, v. 10, no. 5

o    A New Age of Terror? Older Fighters in the Caliphate

o    Iranian Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard?

o    Lessons Learned from the Police Response to the San Bernardino and Orlando Terrorist Attacks

o    A View from the CT Foxhole: James A. Gagliano, Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team Counterterrorist Operator

o    The Terror Threat to Italy: How Italian Exceptionalism is Rapidly Diminishing

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Littoral Combat Ships and the Transition to Frigate Class

·         Overview of the Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies

·         Three Decades Later: A Review and Assessment of Our Special Operations Forces 30-Years After the Creation of U.S. Special Operations Command

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program

·         Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Winning the Fight Against Human Trafficking: The Frederick Douglass Reauthorization Act

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Denying Terrorists Entry to the United States: Examining Visa Security

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech

·         Reviewing the FAFSA Data Breach

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·         Oil and Gas Technology Innovation

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Maritime Transportation Regulatory Issues

·         Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Building a F.A.S.T. Force: A Flexible Personnel System for a Modern Military

·         Department of Defense Laboratories and Their Contributions to Military Operations and Readiness

·         United States Special Operations Command

·         United States Transportation Command

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·         Investing in America’s Broadband Infrastructure: Exploring Ways to Reduce Barriers to Deployment

·         Questions, Answers, and Perspectives on the Current State of Airline Travel

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Global Philanthropy and Remittances and International Development

·         International Development: Value Added Through Private Sector Engagement

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

·         Responses to the Increase in Religious Hate Crimes

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook

·         How CBO Analyzes the Economic Effects of Changes in Federal Subsidies for Education and Job Training

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The China–North Korea Relationship

·         Who’s Who in Syria’s Civil War

Danish Institute for International Studies (Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier)

·         A Belated Boom in East Africa: Prospects and Risks for Oil in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan

·         When Unintended Effects become Intended: Implications of ‘Mutual Benefit’ Discourses for Development Studies and Evaluation Practice

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DOD Directive 3600.01 Information Operations (IO)

·         DOD Directive 5148.13 Intelligence Oversight

Department of Defense (DOD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office

·         FY2016 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-17-56 DHS Tracking of Visa Overstays is Hindered by Insufficient Technology

·         Study on Mobile Device Security

Department of the Army

·         TC 3-21.76 Ranger Handbook

East West Center

·         US Opportunities for Positive Engagement with Thailand and the Philippines

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         The Fable of the Bees: Humanity in the 21st Century – Begin orEnd?

European Commission’s Joint  Research Centre and the University  of Liege, European Studies Unit

·         Strategic Trade Review,  April 2017, v. 3, no. 4

o    A Resilience Framework for Understanding Illicit Nuclear Procurement Networks

o    Chemical and Biological Contract Manufacturing Services: Potential Proliferation Concerns and Impacts on Strategic Trade Controls

o    Dual-use Research and Trade Controls: Opportunities and Controversies

o    Export Control Compliance and American Academia

o    The Proliferation of Cyber-Surveillance Technologies: Challenges and Prospects for Strengthened Export Controls

o    Is There a Common Understanding of Dual-Use?: The Case of Cryptography

European Institute of the Mediterranean

·         Future of Syria

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The French Presidential Election: an (E)U-turn in the Making?

European Union Institute for Security Studies

·         Israeli-Palestinian Security Cooperation: What Next?

·         SMS – After the Arab Spring: What’s Changed?

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         The New Frontex and the Future of Schengen: A Brick Fortress, or aCastle Made of Sand?

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The First Hundred Days: Trump Meets Asia…and Reality

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV): Has Time Come for Solar Energy in Africa?

·         Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers During an Election in Mozambique

French Institute of International Relations - Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)

·         The Resurgence of Conflict in Mozambique. Ghosts from the Past and Brakes to Peaceful Democracy

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

·         Russia’s Quest for a New Security Order

German Development Institute

·         Managing Coastal Ecosystems in the Philippines: What Cash for Work Programmes Can Contribute

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Effects of Energy Price Changes: Heterogeneous Welfare Impacts, Energy Poverty, and CO2 Emissions in Indonesia

German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

·         Erdoğan’s Post-Referendum Paradox

·         What is the Liberal International Order?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security: Additional Actions Could Strengthen DHS Efforts to Address Subterranean, Aerial, and Maritime Smuggling. GAO-17-474

·         Border Security: Progress and Challenges in DHS's Efforts to Address High-Risk Travelers and Strengthen Visa Security. GAO-17-599T [Testimony]

·         Department of Energy: Use of Leading Practices Could Help Manage the Risk of Fraud and Other Improper Payments. GAO-17-235

·         International Air Travelers: CBP Collaborates with Stakeholders to Facilitate the Arrivals Process, but Could Strengthen Reporting of Airport Wait Times. GAO-17-470

·         Nuclear Waste: Opportunities Exist to Reduce Risks and Costs by Evaluating Different Waste Treatment Approaches at Hanford. GAO-17-306

·         Personal Protective Equipment: Army and Marine Corps Are Pursuing Efforts to Reduce the Weight of Items Worn or Carried in Combat. GAO-17-431  

Heritage Foundation

·         Reclaiming U.S. Defense Leadership on Innovation:  Three Priorities for the New USD(R&E)

·         South Sudan:  Time for theU.S. to Hold the Combatants Accountable

·         Trump–Modi Agenda for Next Steps in U.S.–India Cybersecurity Cooperation

Human Rights Watch

·         Death by Chemicals: the Syrian Government’s Widespread and Systematic Use of Chemical Weapons

·         The Red Lines Stay Red: Morocco’s Reforms of its Speech Laws

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch: May 4, 2107

o    Africa and North Korea: Monuments and Munitions

o    Zambia at Tipping Point?

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Case Study: U.S. Man Indicted in Larger Iranian Financial Sanctions Busting Scheme

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         The Raucous Caucasus

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

·         Can China and Israel Reconcile Their Interests in Syria?

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Being a NEET in Turkey: Determinants and Consequences

·         Education, Income and the Uncertainty of Being Young in Egypt

·         The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)

·         Precarious Resilience: Tunisia's Libyan Predicament  

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Are India and Sri Lanka Moving Closer?

·         Challenges Ahead for Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan Politics

·         The Goods and Services Tax: A New Chapter in Indian Public Finance

·         Left Wing Extremism in Chhattisgarh: A Thorn in India’s Side

·         Modi, Hasina and Mamata: The Triangular Tryst with Trust

·         The Public Health Foundation of India: A Case of Diminishing Room for NGOs?

·         Tamil Nadu Political Muddle: Much Ado about India’s Presidential Election?

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Research Perspectives on Online Radicalisation: A Literature Review 2006-2016

International Crisis Group

·         Fighting ISIS: The Road to and beyond Raqqa

·         Managing Turkey’s PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin

·         PKK’s Fateful Choice in Northern Syria

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Central Bank Legal Frameworks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

·         Reforming Energy Policy in India : Assessing the Options

·         Investing in Public Infrastructure : Roads or Schools?

·         Taking Stock : Who Benefited from the Oil Price Shocks?

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Managing Mixed Migration: The Central Mediterranean Route to Europe

Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas

·         A Document of General Principles and Policies

Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale)

·         From Insurgents to Hybrid Security Actors?  Deconstructing Yemen's Huthi Movement

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 5, 2017, v. 15, no. 9

o    Leaving Islamism Aside: The Gambia Under Adama Barrow

o    What to Expect in Iraq After the Liberation of Mosul

o    Ten Years of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Evolution and Prospects

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-01, Countering Air and Missile Threats, 21 April 2017

Lawfare

·         #RealNews on Trump et L'Affaire Russe: A Resource Page

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         The Prime Ministers in America

·         When Turnbull Meets Trump

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         The Case for a Federal Europe

Mitchell Institute

·         Introducing "Fast Space": Rethinking Access to Space

Neustar

·         Worldwide DDoS Attacks & Cyber Insights Research Report:Taking Back the Upper Hand from Attackers

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The European Energy Union: A Chance for France

·         French and Europeans: Stronger Together!

Oceans Beyond Piracy

·         The State of Maritime Piracy 2016

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Use of National Security Authorities for Calendar Year 2016

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Youth Engagement Program

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Public Trust in Government Remains Near Historic Lows as Partisan Attitudes Shift

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The FIH and the Paradox of Debt: A Microeconometric Approach for Latin America

RAND Corporation

·         Assessing the Army's Ability to Regenerate Its Active Component End Strength

·         Current and Future Challenges to Resourcing U.S. Navy Public Shipyards

·         Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States : What it Takes to Win: Addendum

·         The Effects of the American Health Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage and Federal Spending in 2020 and 2026

·         Evaluating the Army’s Ability to Regenerate: History and Future Options

·         Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present

·         International Mobility of Researchers: A Survey of Researchers in the UK

·         Limiting Regret: Building the Army We Will Need — An Update:Addendum

·         Strategic Planning Tools for the Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program 

Republic of Kenya Ministry of Defence

·         2017 Defence White Paper

·         Gender Policy

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Senkaku Islands Tabletop Exercise Report

Small Arms Survey

·         The Online Trade of Light Weapons in Libya

Small Wars Journal

·         A Beginner’s Guide to the Musical Scales of Cyberwar

·         Beware the Limits of Hard Power in 2017

·         Combat, Orders and Judgment

·         Criminal Networks: A Gateway for Terrorists

·         Idlib's Problems Are Just Getting Started

·         Language & Culture Note #1: On the Gray Zone and the Space Between War and Peace[i]

·         New Rules for Advisers: Lessons From a Year With the Iraqi Army

·         Russian “New Generation” Warfare: Theory, Practice, and Lessons for U.S. Strategists

·         Tactical CEMA in Cognitive Spaces

·         Tactical Surprise in Small Wars: Lessons from French Wars in Afghanistan and Mali

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         34th Quarterly Report to Congress April 30, 2017

Thales

·         2017 Thales Data Threat Report: Security Spending Decisions Leave Sensitive Data Vulnerable

UK Parliament House of Lords

·         The Middle East: Time for New Realism

US Central Command (CENTCOM)

·         Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve -Civilian Casualties

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Inclusive Peace Processes Are Key to Ending Violent Conflict

Verizon

·         Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Can Diversity in the Middle East Be Rescued?

·         Hamas's Moderate Rhetoric Belies Militant Activities

·         Inside Iran's 2017 Election: Economics, Politics, and National Security

·         Iran's Presidential Election: Balancing Diplomacy and Confrontation

·         Iran's Presidential Election: The Clergy's Political Irrelevance

·         Iran's Presidential Election: The Economic Situation

·         A Kurdish Referendum: Unforeseen Benefits

·         Low Expectations for Abbas Visit

·         Political Tussles in Algeria on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections

·         The Trump-Abbas Meeting: Issues, Constraints, and Ways Forward

Wilson Center

·         Criminal Agendas and Peace Negotiations: The Case of Colombia

·         Women Behind the Scenes: How Modernity is Catching on Before Law in the United Arab Emirates