Friday's Miscellany 12-08-2017

38 North

·         Conversion of North Korea’s Sonbong Thermal Electric Power Plant to Burn Coal Nears Completion

·         Japan 1941, North Korea 2017?

·         A New UN Approach to Human Rights in North Korea:  The 2017 Special Rapporteur’s Report

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         What’s Next for Africa and the International Criminal Court? 

Air University Press

·         The Redesigned Air Force Continuum of Learning, Roberson and Stafford

American Enterprise Institute

·         Biofuels, the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the Farm Bill

·         Now or Never for the Chinese Economy

·         Puerto Rico’s Economic Challenges

Amnesty International

·         Burkina Faso: Difficult Journey Towards Human Rights Respect

·         Deadly but Preventable Attacks: Killings and Enforced Disappearances of Those Who Defend Human Rights

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

·         Funding Hate: How White Supremacists Raise their Money

Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

·         Impact of the Oil Crisis on Security and Foreign Policy in GCC Countries: Case Studies of Qatar, KSA and UAE

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, November 2017, v. 4, no. 11

o    Pregnancies and live births, active component service women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012-2016 

o    Contraception among active component service women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012-2016 

o    Complications and care related to pregnancy, labor, and delivery among active component service women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012-2016

o    Incidence and burden of gynecologic disorders, active component service women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012-2016

o    Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry: select reproductive health outcomes, 2003-2014

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Fighting for the Land—From the Sea

·         Securing the Army’s Weapon Systems and Supply Chain Against Cyber Attack

Atlantic Council

·         Iran in Iraq

·         Northeast Asian Futures

·         Rebuilding Syria: A Localized Revitalization Strategy

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Rearming the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class Frigates

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Houston Leaders on Drug Reforms

·         The Qatar Crisis In An Age Of Alternative Facts

·         Science Has Made America Great

·         Valuation of Groundwater In Place at a Texas Frac Water Supplier

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)

·         The “Arab Spring” and the New Regional Chessboard

·         The Chaotic Arab World Has Nothing to Offer Israel

·         Easter in Winter: The “Arab Spring” Seven Years Later

·         Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Resistance as an Expression of Faith

·         Keeping Our Cool with Saudi Arabia

·         Moving Westward: The Chinese Rebuilding of Syria

·         Qatari vs. Saudi Wahhabism and the Perils of Top-Down Change

·         Reading Palestinian Responses to Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration

·         Tackling Corruption: Why Saudi Prince Muhammad’s Approach Raises Questions

Beyond the Parallel

·         Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge Closure

·         Unification Transparency Index: Allied Views of China and Japan

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Digitizing the Grid: Next Steps on Policy

Blair Institute for Global Change

·         Struggle Over Scripture: Charting the Rift Between Islamist Extremism and Mainstream Islam

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

·         Global Militarization Index 2017

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Changing Nuclear Weapons Policy in the Trump Era: Implications for Europe

Brookings

·         Almost Half of Fortune 500 Companies were Founded by American Immigrants or Their Children

·         Climate Change and Monetary Policy: Dealing with Disruption

·         In Yemen, Iran Outsmarts Saudi Arabia Again

·         Why is Trump undoing decades of U.S. policy on Jerusalem?

Bruegel

·         Network Sharing and 5G in Europe: The Potential Benefits of Using SDN or NFV

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Hybrid Warfare and Civil-Military Relations

·         Quantum Diplomacy for a New Technological Age

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Is There Hope for EU Foreign Policy?

Center for Climate Security (CCS)

·         Takeaways from Sri Lanka Event: Climate Security in South Asia

Center for Global Development

·         Family Planning and Fertility Behavior: Evidence from Twentieth Century Malaysia

·         Family Planning and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Incentive Effects and Direct Effects among Malaysian Women

·         The Need for a Bilateral Labor Agreement Between the US and Mexico,and the Responsibility for Leadership

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Immigration Policy Opinion and the 2016 Presidential Vote

Center for International Policy

·         Donald Trump’s Dangerous Love Affair with Saudi Arabia & Its Impacts on Mideast Security

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         OP#34: Open-Source Monitoring of Uranium Mining and Milling for Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Defense Policies of Italy and Poland: A Comparison

·         NATO’s Framework  Nations Concept

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Analysis of the FY 2018 Defense Budget and Trends in Defense Spending

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         2017 Compendium Report: CSIS-Pertamina Southeast Asia Energy Security Roundtable Series

·         Analysis of the FY 2018 Defense Budget

·         The Civil Half of the Afghan War

·         The Impact of Regional Maritime Disputes on Energy Security in Asia

·         PacNet #88 - CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2018: Intensifying Competition or Collective Management?

·         Toward a Shareholder Consensus on the MDB System

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, November 2017, v. 22

o    The Rise of the Violent Muslim Brotherhood

o    The Cold War-era Origins of Islamism in Turkey and its Rise to Power

o    Jamaat-ud-Dawa: Converting Kuffar at Home, Killing Them Abroad

o    India’s Invisible Jihad

o    Political Islam in Post-Conflict Algeria

o    The Origins and Ascendancy of Iraq’s Shiite Militias

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         Chasing The Ghosts: Investigating The Attribution Of Transnational Cyber Attacks

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Closed Shops: Opening Canada's Legal Profession to Foreign-educated Lawyers

·         Knowledge-based and Data-driven Economy: Quantifying the Impacts of Trade Agreements

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Whose Rules, What Rules?  A Contest for Order in the Asia-Pacific

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Action on Climate and Security Risks

·         Mali’s Fertile Grounds for Conflict

College of Europe

·         European Union and United States Approaches Towards Egypt: The Trap of Short-term Realism

·         Fostering Innovation and Growth in the Digital Age: The Case for Challenge Prizes in Europe

·         Overriding the European Commission’s Rulemaking? Practical Experience in the European Union with Post-Lisbon Legislative Vetoes with Quasi-legislative Acts

Conflict Armament Research

·         Anatomy of a ‘Drone Boat’: A Water-borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) Constructed in Yemen

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Brexit: A Negotiation Update

·         Counterterrorism Efforts in Africa

·         Advancing Human Rights to Combat Extremism

·         U.S. Policy Toward Tibet: Access, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Examining the Department of Homeland Security’s Efforts to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

·         Terror Threat Snapshot, December 2017  

Congress. House, Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Oversight of IT and Cybersecurity at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of Defense Acquisition Reform Efforts

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Beyond ISIS: Countering Terrorism, Radicalization, and Promoting Stability in North Africa

·         The President, Congress, and Shared Authority Over International Accords

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Adapting to Defend the Homeland Against the Evolving International Terrorist Threat

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Firearm Accessory Regulation and Enforcing Federal and State Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Analysis of the Long-Term Costs of the Administration’s Goals for the Military

·         CBO’s New Framework for Analyzing the Effects of Means-Tested Transfers and Federal Taxes on the Distribution of Income

·         CBO’s Record of Projecting Subsidies for Health Insurance Under the Affordable Care Act: 2014 to 2016

·         Cost Estimate: Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act

·         Cost Estimate: SECURE American Energy Act

·         Cost Estimate: Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act

·         An Overview of CBO’s Estimates of Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance for People Under Age 65: 2017 to 2027

Council on Foreign Relations

·         U.S.-ASEAN-ROK Cooperation on Nontraditional Security

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)

·         Fiscal Year 2017 CBP Border Security Report

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         'One Belt, One Road' and China's Westward Pivot: Past, Present and Future

·         “Everything That Moves Will Be Taxed” Political Economy of Roadblocks in North and South Kivu

·         Politics of Pillage: The Political Economy of Roadblocks in the Central African Republic

·         Turkey's Rapprochement with Iran

·         US Trade Policy Under Trump

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2018-035 Evaluation of Fingerprint Card and Final Disposition Report Submissions by Military Service Law Enforcement Organizations

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-18- 20 Office of Health Affairs Has Not Implemented An Effective Privacy Management Program

·         OIG-18- 21 Special Report: Lessons Learned from Prior DHS-OIG Reports Related to FEMA's Response to Texas Disasters and Texas' Management of FEMA Grant Funds

·         OIG-18- 23 USCIS Has Been Unsuccessful in Automating Naturalization Benefits Delivery

·         OIG-18-24  Department of Homeland Security's Use of Other Transaction Authority

·         OIG-18- 27 TSA's Adjudication Resources are Inadequate to Meet TSA PreCheck Enrollment Goals

·         OIG-18- 29 Lessons Learned from Prior Reports on Disaster-related Procurement and Contracting

 East-West Center

·         Populist Politics in Indonesia

Economic Research Forum (ERF)

·         Education, Earnings and Returns to Schooling in Tunisia

·         Gender and Labor Markets in Tunisia’s Lagging Regions

·         The Impact of the Action Plan For Promoting Employment and Combating Unemployment on Employment Informality in Algeria'

Egmont Institute

·         The Great Powers Have Their Ways

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Breakthrough or Breakpoint? Global Perspectives on the Nuclear Ban Treaty  

·         Changing Nuclear Weapons Policy in the Trump Era: Implications for Europe

European Parliament

·         Combating Fraud and Counterfeiting of Non-cash Means of Payment

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Brexit: Launching Satellite Britain

·         Brexit: Towards a Deep and Comprehensive Partnership?

·         The European External Investment Plan in the Southern Neighbourhood:How to Make It Work

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

·         Defence Industries in Russia and China: Players and Strategies

Europol

·         How Illegal Drugs Sustain Organised Crime in the EU

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Macao's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

·         US Trade Policy: America Resigns from its Leading Role as a Global Rule-setter

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Finding Hope in Islamic History

·         The Gun Lap: FISA Renewal in the Homestretch

·         “If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”?: Not a Chance

·         Of Little Green Men and Long Black Robes: The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Conflict in Ukraine

·         The New Eurasia Energy Landscape: Conference Report

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Graduation of the Least Developed Countries in the New Agenda for Sustainable Development Rationale, Transition and Prospects

·         Record High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa in a Comparative Perspective

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

·         Democracy in Africa : Reversing Backsliding after Ten Years of the African Charter on Democracy

German Development Institute

·         Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD): Securitising EU Development Policy?  

German Marshal Fund of the United States

·         Affordable Housing in Amsterdam and Copenhagen: Lessons for the San Francisco Bay Area

·         Avoiding a Transactional Framework for U.S.–Turkey Relations

·         Preserving the Transatlantic Digital Alliance in a Time of Distrust, Disruption, and Disarray

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security: TSA Strengthened Foreign Airport Assessments and Air Carrier Inspections, but Could Improve Analysis to Better Address Deficiencies GAO-18-178

·         Electricity Markets: Four Regions Use Capacity Markets to Help Ensure Adequate Resources, but FERC Has Not Fully Assessed Their Performance GAO-18-131

·         European Reassurance Initiative: DOD Needs to Prioritize Posture Initiatives and Plan for and Report their Future Cost GAO-18-128

·         Financial Services Industry: Trends in Management Representation of Minorities and Women and Diversity Practices, 2007-2015 GAO-18-64  

·         Homeland Security: DHS's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Program Consolidation Efforts GAO-18-284T [Testimony]

·         Large Bank Supervision: Improved Implementation of Federal Reserve Policies Could Help Mitigate Threats to Independence GAO-18-118

·         Office of Financial Research: Observations on GAO Access to Information on Programs and Activities GAO-18-255T [Statement for the Record]

·         Veterans Affairs Contracting: Improvements in Buying Medical and Surgical Supplies Could Yield Cost Savings and Efficiency GAO-18-34

·         Veterans Affairs Contracting: Improvements in Buying Medical and Surgical Supplies Could Yield Cost Savings and Efficiency GAO-18-274T [Testimony]

·         Veterans Affairs Information Technology: Historical Perspective on Health System Modernization Contracts and Update on Efforts to Address Key FITARA-Related Areas GAO-18-267T [Testimony]

·         Workplace Safety and Health: Better Outreach, Collaboration, and Information Needed to Help Protect Workers at Meat and Poultry Plants GAO-18-12

Heritage Foundation

·         Putting Defense Spending in Context: Simple Comparisons Are Inadequate

·         Why Congress Should Not Legalize DACA: The Myths Surrounding the Program

Human Rights Watch

·         The Deported: Immigrants Uprooted from the Country They Call Home

·         Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq

·         “Special Mission”: Recruitment of M23 Rebels to Suppress Protests inthe Democratic Republic of Congo

o    Annex

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, December 7, 2017

o    South Africa: African National Congress Prepares to Elect New Leadership

o    Southern African Development Community Troops Deploy to Lesotho

·         Assessing Information Effects Workshop Proceedings

·         Closing Gaps in Cybersecurity Developmental Test and Evaluation

·         Digital Tutors Accelerate Acquisition of Technical Expertise

·         Discount Rate Analysis for Blended Retirement System Lump Sum Payments

·         Multi-Method Approach to Evaluating Human-System Interactions during Operational Testing

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea

Institute for Security Studies

·         Building the Future: Infrastructure in Nigeria Until 2040

·         Cameroon’s Forceful Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees

·         How Boko Haram Specifically Targets Displaced People

·         Looking for a Home: Mediation and the African Union

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

·         TAPI Pipeline: A Confidence Building Measure for South Asia

·         Trump’s ‘new’ Afghanistan and South Asia Strategy & India-US Strategic Partnership

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Egypt in Transition: Challenges of State and Societal Resilience

·         Fragility and Resilience in Iraq

·         Immigration Policy in Italy

·         The Innovations of the Italian White Paper

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Bharatiya Janata Party Confident Ahead of Gujarat Elections

·         Diplomacy and Papacy: How Do the Twain Meet?

·         India-Singapore Defence Agreement: A New Phase in Partnership

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation that Lead to Terrorism: Ideas, Recommendations, and Good Practices from the OSCE Region

·         ICSR Insight – Yemen in Flux: the Only Certainty Is There Isx No Certainty

International Crisis Group

·         Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase

·         Time for Concerted Action in DR Congo

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Djibouti’s Quest for Inclusive Growth

·         Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China

·         Welfare vs. Income Convergence and Environmental Externalities

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Human Rights and Sustaining Peace

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         2017 UN General Assembly Resolution on Human Rights in the DPRK and the Right of Consular Access

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 17, no. 16, December8, 2017

o    Hungary: China's Gateway to the EU Market

o    Central Government Cracks Down on “Low-End” Citizens While Praising “Poverty Alleviation” Efforts

o    Xi’s Consolidation of Power at the 19th Party Congress: Implications for PLA Aerospace Forces

o    Yang Jiechi: Xi Jinping’s Top Diplomat Back in His Element

o    Behind the Golden Shield: China Reforms Public Security Intelligence

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 9, 2017, v. 15,no. 23

o    The IS Economy: Will Losing Territory Cripple Islamic State?

o    Electronic Jihad in Nigeria: How Boko Haram Is Using Social Media

o    Diverging Trajectories in Bangladesh: Islamic State vs al-Qaeda

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         The Missing Middle: A Political Economy of Economic Restructuring in Vietnam

·         Papua New Guinea: Seven Snapshots of a Nation

Martens Centre for European Studies

·         For a True European Defense Union

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Building Partnerships to Respond to the Next Decade’s Migration Challenges (Transatlantic Council Statement)

·         EU Migration Partnerships: A Work in Progress

Mitchell Institute

·         Major Policy Issues in Evolving Global Space Operations

National Academies Press

·         Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers: Reaching for the Brightest Light

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         China's Response to the Permanent Court of Arbitration's Ruling on the South China Sea

·         Public Servants and Sports

National Security Archive

·         Engaging North Korea II: Evidence from the Clinton Administration

NATO Defense College

·         Russian Forward Military Basing in Armenia and Moscow’s Influence in the South Caucasus

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Winter 2017, v. 71, no.1

o    Getting Serious about Strategy in the South China Sea

o    Antiaccess Warfare as Strategy: From Campaign Analyses to Assessment of Extrinsic Events

o    Riverine Warfare: Exploiting a Vital Maneuver Space

o    The Aircraft Carrier in Indian Naval Doctrine: Assessing the Likely Usefulness of the Flattop in an Indo-Pakistani War Scenario

o    From a Prestige Fleet to the Jeune École: French Naval Policy and Strategy under the Second Empire and the Early Third Republic (1852–1914)

o    Sea Power in the Peloponnesian War

o    Commentary - Command and Control During the “Perfect Storm” HURRICANE IRMA and the Ensuing Natural Disasters During September 2017 Within Region 9, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group 

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Erasmus: Renewing the Original Ambitions

·         The EU and its Neighbourhood: How to Stabilise the Ring of Fire?

·         Looking for the Silver Bullet – A Guide to the ESM Debate

Observer Research Foundation

·         Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation—Rediscovering Old Routes to Connectivity

·         Gujarat: Economically Upfront, But Far Behind in Health

·         A Quiet Revolution Taking Place in Uzbekistan

·         U.S.–Pakistan Relations in the Trump Era: Resetting the Terms of Engagement in Afghanistan

·         Will Modi’s Magic Band Work Again in Gujarat?

Office of Naval Research

·         Future Force: Naval Science and Technology, Fall 2017

o    Speaking of S&T Naval Medical and Health Research

o    Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Making Undersea Medicine a National Naval Responsibility

o    Finding Solutions for Physiological Episodes in Naval Aviation

o    Modern Tools for Modern Medical Planning

o    Research in Special Environments at the University of Buffalo

o    The Navy’s Oldest Certified Dive Chamber Still Heals under Pressure

o    The Kraken Goes to Battle against Spatial Disorientation

o    The Little Lab that Could

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The End of NAFTA? What Policymakers Should Know

·         Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, November 2017

Pew Research Center

·         Women and Men in Both Parties Say Sexual Harassment Allegations Reflect ‘Widespread Problems in Society

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Worldwide, People Divided on Whether Life Today Is Better Than in the Past

Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends

·         Rise in U.S. Immigrants From El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras Outpaces Growth From Elsewhere

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture

Pew Research Center US Politics & Policy

·         Stark Partisan Divisions Over Russia Probe, Including Its Importance to the Nation

Policy Exchange

·         Undersea Cables: Indispensable, Insecure

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The 16+1 Initiative and Challenges for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries

·         Competition under Control: A Perspective on the Application of EU Law to Nord Stream 2

·         Prospects of North Korean Naval Nuclear Deterrent Forces

PONARS Eurasia

·         The Case for Ambiguous Agreements in U.S.-Russian Relations

Rand

·         Airpower in Counter-Terrorist Operations: Balancing Objectives and Risks

·         Emerging Trends in Compensation for Widespread Losses

·         Essential Nontechnical Skills Service Members Gain During On-the-Job Experience: A Resource for Leaders and Hiring Managers

·         Essential Nontechnical Skills Service Members Gain During On-the-Job Experience: A Resource for Veterans and Transitioning Service Members

·         Fixing U.S. Infrastructure’s Ills Requires an Accurate Diagnosis 

·         Identifying Promising Approaches to U.S. Army Institutional Change: A Review of the Literature on Organizational Culture and Climate

·         International Commercial Drone Regulation and Drone Delivery Services

·         Methodology for Translating Enlisted Veterans’ Nontechnical Skills into Civilian Employers' Terms

·         Not Everything Is Broken: The Future of U.S. Transportation and Water Infrastructure Funding and Finance

·         People's Liberation Army Air Force Operations over Water: Maintaining Relevance in China's Changing Security Environment

·         Postsecondary Education and STEM Employment in the United States: An Analysis of National Trends with a Focus on the Natural Gas and Oil Industry

·         The Risks of Artificial Intelligence to Security and the Future of Work

·         The Russian Way of Warfare: A Primer

·         SIGINT for Anyone:  The Growing Availability of Signals Intelligence in the Public Domain

·         U.S. Strategic Interests in the Middle East and Implications for the Army

·         U.S. Military Capabilities and Forces for a Dangerous World: Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Force Planning

·         What Veterans Bring to Civilian Workplaces: A Prototype Toolkit for Helping Private-Sector Employers Understand the Nontechnical Skills Developed in the Military

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

·         Operation Rugby Daemon Cybersecurity Desktop Exercise

Small Arms Survey

·         Global Violent Deaths 2017: Time to Decide

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         The International Criminal Court and Africa: Transcending Cleavages to Achieve Common Goals

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Assessing Meaning Construction on Social Media: A Case of Normalizing Militarism

·         Global Arms Industry: First Rise in Arms Sales Since 2010

·         Multilateral Peace Operations and the Challenges of Terrorism and Violent Extremism

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Criminal Immigration Prosecutions Down 14% in FY 2017

·         Recovery of Defaulted Student Loans

Transnational Institute

·         ISDS in Numbers: Impacts of Investment Arbitration Against Latin America and the Caribbean

·         A World Court for Corporations: How the EU Plans to Entrench and Institutionalise Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Transparency International

·         Combatting Corruption in Mining Approvals: Assessing the Risks in 18 Resource-Rich Countries

·         Mining Awards Corruption Risk Assessment Tool

United Kingdom Government

·         Attacks in London and Manchester Between March and June 2017

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

·         Policy Update- Flawed But Redeemable: ASEAN’S Record on Freedom of Religion or Belief

·         Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws

·         Wilting in the Kurdish Sun: The Hopes and Fears of Religious Minorities in Northern Iraq

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Fostering Diplomatic-Defense-Development (3D) Cooperation in Responding to Complex Crises

·         Matriarchal and Tribal Identity, Community Resilience, and Vulnerability in South Libya

·         Religious Engagement in Peacebuilding

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         For Israel at the UN, Quiet Respect and Continued Public Hostility

·         Iran May Double Down on Foreign Militias After Its 'Victory' Against the Islamic State

·         Managing the Shift in U.S. Relations with Syria's Kurds

·         The Perilous Future of Post-Saleh Yemen

·         Possible Iranian Links to the Claimed Houthi Missile Launch Against the UAE

·         Slavery in Libya: The Migration Crisis Reaches New Heights

·         Who Do Iraq’s Turkmen Parties Serve?

·         Why the Wording of Trump's Jerusalem Announcement Matters

Wilson Center

·         An American Journalist Looks Back: Sadat, Begin, and the Palestinians,The Gamble That Helped Spawn a 40-Year Peace

·         China’s Policy of Conciliation and Reduction and its Impact on Boundary Negotiations and Settlements in the Early 1960s

·         DACA Recipient Demographics [infographic]

·         Muslim World Reacts to Trump's Announcement

·         The Social Benefits of Blockchain for Health Data: Securing Patient Privacy and Control