Friday's Miscellany 01-19-2018

38 North

·         American Illusions and Korean Realities: Preventing Conflict on the Korean Peninsula

·         Launch of the “Korea Computer Center”: An E-library of North Korean Software

·         Quick Takes: Work Continues on the Submersible Sea-launched Ballistic Missile Test Stand Barge at Nampo

·         Rethinking North Korean Sanctions: Lessons and Strategies for Long-Term Planning

Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute)

·         Cybersecurity in a Distributed Energy Future: Addressing the Challenges and Protecting the Grid from a Cyberattack

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Presidential Election Rerun in Kenya, 2017

·         Self-Other Perceptions - “Worlding” in the World Cup

American Enterprise Institute

·         This Way Up: New Thinking About Poverty and Economic Mobility

·         Regulatory Stress Tests and the Blind Scales of Justice

·         Russian Military Intervention in Kazakhstan

·         A Troubling Scenario for Kazakhstan

Anti-Defamation League

·         Murder and Extremism I the United States in 2017

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Arabs and Muslims Will Not Accept Israel as the Jewish State

·         Iranian Protests Reveal Leadership Fault Lines in the Muslim World

·         Israel and Jews: Facing Europe’s Challenges

·         Russia and Iran: Friends and Foes

·         Russia’s Strategic Advantage in the Baltics: A Challenge to NATO?

·         The Trump Peace Plan

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Addressing Global Nuclear Risks [speech]

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Reinventing Rural Health Care: A Case Study of Seven Upper Midwest States

·         The State of Campaign Finance in the U.S.

Brookings

·         25th Amendment: How Do We Decide Whether the President is Competent?

·         Beyond Maximum Pressure: A Pathway to North Korean Denuclearization

·         Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the Continent in 2018

·         The Long-term Impact of Aging on the Federal Budget

·         The Looming Student Loan Default Crisis is Worse than We Thought

·         What Internet Search Data Reveal about Donald Trump’s First Year in Office

·         When the VA Lies to Congress about Medical Marijuana, It Lies to Our Wounded Warriors

Bruegel 

·         Analysis of Development in EU Capital Flows in the Global Context

·         Reconciling Risk Sharing with Market Discipline: A Constructive Approach to Euro Area Reform

·         Risk Reduction Through Europe’s Distressed Debt Market

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)

·         Canada’s “Progressive” Trade Agenda: Let’s Be Careful How Far We Push It

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Back to What Future? What Remains for Syria’s Displaced People

CATO Institute

·         People versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs

Center for Global Development

·         Comparing Five Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and the IFC

·         Identification Revolution: Can Digital ID Be Harnessed for Development?

·         Inside the Portfolio of the International Finance Corporation:Does IFC Do Enough in Low-Income Countries?

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         The Role of Water Stress in Instability and Conflict

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The New Southbound Policy: Deepening Taiwan’s Regional Integration

·         PacNet #6 - Why Did Japan Keep Assisting NEC?

·         PacNet #7 - Worrying Indicators in Japan – and Elsewhere – About Democracy

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Conference Report: How to Save the EU

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Brexit, Brexatom, the Environment and Future International Relations

·         Patent Exhaustion in the United States and Canada

Chatham House

·         Transatlantic Relations: Converging or Diverging?

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·         Americans and Russians Agree on Priorities for Syria, Differ on Urgency of North Korea

·         For First Time, Majority of Mexicans Hold Unfavorable View of United States

·         How China Sees North Korea: Three Critical Moments in History and Future Directions

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Bias in the Analysis of Political Violence

·         The Missing Dimension in Rule of Law Policy

·         Trump's Impact on European Security

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Surface Warfare: At a Crossroads

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation

·         Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         More Than a Nuclear Threat: North Korea’s Chemical, Biological,and Conventional Weapons

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         CDM, the Future of Federal Cybersecurity? 

·         Combating Transnational Gangs Through Information Sharing

·         Innovation at TSA: Examining Threat Mitigation Through Technology Acquisitions Reform

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Transcripts of Interviews of Glenn Simpson

o    November 8, 2018

o    November 14, 2018

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee

·         Terrorism and Social Media: #IsBigTechDoingEnough?

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Unintended Consequences: Medicaid and the Opioid Epidemic

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Long-term Care Needs of First Responders Injured in the Line of Duty

·         Oversight of the United States Department of Homeland Security

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of Private-Sector Prices for Physicians’ Services

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Containing Russia: How to Respond to Moscow’s Intervention in U.S.Democracy and Growing Geopolitical Challenge  

Department of Defense

·         2018 National Defense Strategy of the United States -Summary

·         Government Shutdown January 2018 What You Need to Know

o    DoD Outreach Activities During a Lapse of Appropriations

o    Guidance for Continuation of Operations During a Lapse of Appropriations

o    Potential for Lapse in Funding

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG -18-37 DHS Implementation of Executive Order #13769 “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”(January 27, 2017)

Department of the Air Force

·         Air National Guard Live, Virtual, and Constructive Flight Plan

·         Final Environmental Assessment for MQ-9 Operations Group Beddown (Base X)

Department of the Army

·         TRADOC Pamphlet 525-8-6 The U.S. Army Concept for Cyberspace and Electronic Warfare Operations 2025-2040

Department of the Navy

·         2018 Marine Aviation Plan

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Mission Impossible: Pursuing Arms Control with Putin’s Russia

·         Understanding the Russian Approach to Information Security

European Parliament

·         EU Framework for FDI Screening

·         Outermost Regions of the EU A Stronger and Renewed Partnership

European Policy Centre

·         Brexit: What If Britain Changes Its Mind?

·         Ukraine Should Double Down on Reform in 2018

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, January 2018

o    Mindfulness and Officer Health, Job Performance, and Well-Being

o    Policies and Practices

o    Importance of Listening Skills

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

·         The Role of Gas in the European Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

German Development Institute

·         Monitoring and Evaluation in South-South Cooperation: The Case of CPEC in Pakistan

·         A Primer on Blockchain Technology and Its Potential for Financial Inclusion

·         Regional Migration Governance: Contributions to a Sustainable International Migration Architecture

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         EU Military Cooperation and National Defense

·         One Year of President Trump: Views from Around the World

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Commercial Space Launch Insurance: FAA Needs to Fully Address Mandated Requirements GAO-18-57

·         Disaster Recovery: Additional Actions Would Improve Data Quality and Timeliness of FEMA's Public Assistance Appeals Processing GAO-18-143

·         Offshore Seismic Surveys: Additional Guidance Needed to Help Ensure Timely Reviews GAO-18-342T [Testimony]

Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)

·         HDIAC Journal, January 2018, v. 4, no. 4  

o    Algal Biofuel Industry Resilience in a Low-Priced Crude Oil Environment

o    Liquid Fuel Supply: Rethinking Energy Resilience in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria

o    4-D Printing: Potential Applications of 3-D Printed Active Composite Materials

o    Assault Ladders & the Open-Architechture Composite Structures Used to Improve Them

o    Combat Casualty Care: Aerosol-Based Drug Delivery to the Brain

o    Reimagining the Warfighter Exoskeleto

Hoover Institute

·         Strategika, January 2018, issue 47

o    The State of U.S. Naval Readiness

Human Rights Watch

·         State Security Force and Renamo Abuses in Mozambique

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch: January 18, 2017  

o    Constitutional Reform in Gabon: Advancing or Repressing Democracy?

o    Large-Scale Protests Persist in Togo

·         Defense Governance and Management: Implementing the Philippine Defense Reform Program through the Defense System of Management

·         TRANSCOM-DLA Roles and Responsibilities

Institute for Security Studies

·         Enhancing AU Responses to Instability: Linking AGA and APSA

·         Meaning of Morocco’s Return to the African Union

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Syria Situation Report: December 14, 2017 - January 10, 2018

·         Syria’s “War after ISIS” Begins as Turkey Attacks America’s Anti-ISIS Partner

·         Turkey's Erdogan Pivots to Target U.S.-Backed Force in Syria

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

·         Inclusive Structural Change: Case Studies on Innovations in Breeding Practices in Kenya and Anti-Retroviral Therapy Service Provision in Mozambique

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         Crisis and Breakdown: How Can the EU Foster Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa?

·         Economic Nationalism and the Post-Global Future

·         Israel, Diaspora Jews and the Anti-Semites

·         Italy's Defence Policy: What to Expect from the 2018 Elections?

·         Surviving the End of US Hegemony

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Afghanistan in 2018: A Defining Moment in its Troubled History

·         Bangladesh in 2018: Challenges and Prospects

·         The Maldives in 2018: Facing Uncertain and Unpredictable Times

·         Nepal in 2018: The Challenge of Building a ‘New Nepal’

·         Pakistan in 2018: Defying the Odds to Come Out Stronger

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

·         A Policymaker’s Guide to Connected Cars

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Syria’s Best of Enemies Breaking Good

International Crisis Group

·         Iran Nuclear Deal at Two: A Status Report

·         Seven Priorities for the African Union in 2018

·         Stemming Tunisia’s Authoritarian Drift

International Panel on Fissile Materials

·         China's Fissile Material Production and Stockpile

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Trump, His Base, and the 2018 Midterm Elections

Lookout/Electronic Frontier Foundation

·         Dark Caracal: Cyber-Espionage at a Global Scale

Migration Policy Institute

·         Amid Record Numbers of Arrivals, Chile Turns Rightward on Immigration

·         In the Age of Trump: Populist Backlash and Progressive Resistance Create Divergent State Immigrant Integration Contexts

·         Moving Beyond “Root Causes”: The Complicated Relationship between Development and Migration

·         Trump’s First Year on Immigration Policy: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Minority Rights Group

·         Mainstreaming a Minority Rights-based Approach to Refugee and Migrant Communities in Europe

·         No Escape from Discrimination: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and the Crisis of Displacement

National Academies Press

·         A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century

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

·         Geospatial Analysis of Terror Finance

National Defense University Press

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ),  88 (1st Quarter,  January 2018)

o    The Future Is Plural: Multiple Futures for Tomorrow's Joint Force

o    Multidomain Battle: Time for a Campaign of Joint Experimentation

o    The Power of Partnership: Security Cooperation and Globally Integrated Logistics

o    Surfing the Chaos: Warfighting in a Contested Cyberspace Environment

o    The Bureaucratization of the U.S. Military Decisionmaking Process

o    Women, Regardless: Understanding Gender Bias in U.S. Military Integration

o    Multidomain Battle: Converging Concepts Toward a Joint Solution

o    A 21st-Century Military Doctrine for America

o    The Need for an Innovative Joint Psychological Warfare Force Structure

o    Geographic Component Network Analysis: A Methodology for Deliberately Targeting a Hybrid Adversary

o    Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense: Simplifying an Increasingly Complex Problem

o    Achieving Secrecy and Surprise in a Ubiquitous ISR Environment

o    Implementing Guidance for Security Cooperation: Overcoming Obstacles to U.S. Africa Command’s Efforts

o    Scipio Africanus and the Second Punic War: Joint Lessons for Center of Gravity Analysis

o    A COG Concept for Winning More Than Just Battles

o    Department of Defense Terminology Program

o    Born Multinational: Capability Solutions for Joint, Multinational, and Coalition Operations

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Russia's Involvement in the Issue of Syria

Naval War College Press

·         Blue versus Purple: The U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the New Enemy in the Pacific, 1946

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         Burden-sharing in NATO. The Trump Effect Won’t Last

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

·         Transportation Energy Data Book Edition 36

Observer Research Foundation

·         Imagining a Global IR Out of India

·         The New India-US Partnership in the Indo-Pacific: Peace, Prosperity and Security

·         Strategic Implications of Indo-Japanese Cooperation on the ‘Asia and Africa Growth Corridor’

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

·         Shutdown Furlough Guidance

Oxfam

·         Uprooted by Climate Change Responding to the Growing Risk of Displacement

Oxford Research Group

·         Remote Warfare and the Boko Haram Insurgency

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Supporting, Non-Standard Mission Role: U.S. Operations in Liberia,2014-2015, that Enabled The U.S. and UN Response to the EVD Outbreak

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends

·         They’re Waiting Longer, but U.S. Women Today More Likely to Have Children Than a Decade Ago

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         Public Sees Better Year Ahead; Democrats Sharpen Focus on Midterm Elections

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         EU-India Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Limitations and Prospects

·         Getting Ready for Ukraine’s Presidential Elections: Poroshenko’s Plan

·         Media “Foreign Agents:” Implications for U.S.-Russia Relations and International Cooperation

·         Risks of the Boom: Prospects for the German Economy

·         “United We Stand Strong:” Bulgaria’s EU Council Presidency

PONARS Eurasia

·         Explaining Russia’s Schizophrenic Policy toward the United States

·         “Uzbek Terrorism” and the Logical Inconsistencies of Extreme Vetting

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         American Space Enterprise and Security

Rand

·         Application of Logic Models to Facilitate DoD Laboratory Technology Transfer

·         Assessing North Korea's Chemical and Biological Weapons Capabilities and Prioritizing Countermeasures

·         Breaking Down Barriers: Experiments into Policies That Might Incentivize Employers to Hire Ex-Offenders

·         Command and Control of Joint Air Operations in the Pacific:Methods for Comparing and Contrasting Alternative Concepts

·         Estimating the Global Cost of Cyber Risk: Methodology and Examples  

·         Estimating the Global Cost of Cyber Risk Calculator

·         Helping Military Families: A Look at Non-Medical Counseling Programs in the U.S. Military

·         Law Enforcement Cyber Center: Final Technical Report

·         Religion, Conflict, and Stability in the Former Soviet Union

·         Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life

·         Truth Decay: A Threat to Policymaking and Democracy

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Fake News: National Security in the Post-Truth Era

Small Wars Journal

·         The Baltics and Buyer’s Remorse

·         A Coin for the Tsar: The Two Disruptive Sides of  Cryptocurrency

·         Deception as a Pervasive and Elemental Force

·         Honors and Errors: The Burns Vietnam Documentary

·         Latin American Leftists and the Protests in Iran

·         The Law of Unintended Consequences on the Sea and the CNO’s Office

·         Lessons and Echoes from the War in Vietnam

·         A New Platform and New Plan for the Afghan Air Force

·         Planning for Electronic Warfare - The Communication Problem

·         Shaping of Cold War 2.0: The Role of Information and Identity

·         So, You Want to be a Professor of Military Science

·         Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note Number Eight

·         Understanding Culture Requires a New Approach to Its Analysis

Sudd Institute

·         Understanding the Cessation of Hostilities Agreements Violations in South Sudan

Transnational Institute

·         State of Power 2018

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse   

·         FOIA Lawsuits Surge in Trump Administration's First Year

US Citizenship & Immigration Services

·         Naturalization Through Military Service: Fact Sheet

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         China and Yemen’s Forgotten War

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Abadi’s Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating the Iraq-Iran Relationship

·         Abbas Still Faces Unattractive Alternatives to Peacemaking

·         Europe’s Position on Iran Protests Looks Nothing Like a Decade Ago

·         The Others: Foreign Fighters in Libya

·         A Palestinian Offer to Share Jerusalem

·         The UAE/Qatar Rivalry Is Escalating

World Bank

·         Eruptions of Popular Anger: The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath

World Economic Forum

·         Cyber Resilience: Playbook for Public- Private Collaboration

·         Global Risks Report 2018

·         Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018

World Resources Institute

·         Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas