Friday's Miscellany 02-09-2018

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·        The 1988 Olympics in Seoul: A Triumph of Sport and Diplomacy

·        A Few Facts on North Korea’s Army Day

·        “Key Vulnerability” in North Korea’s ICBM Force? What We Can and Can’t Learn from a North Korean Military Parade

·        More Troops Practice for Upcoming Military Parade

·        North Korea’s Army Day Military Parade: One New Missile System Unveiled

·        Parade Drills Continue, No Signs of Missile Launchers Yet

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·        More Activity but Fewer Fatalities Linked to African Militant Islamist Groups in 2017

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·        Anatomy of the Iranian Protests: Popular Grievances or Political Infighting?

·        What is After Russia’s Military Withdrawal From Syria?  

American Enterprise Institute

·        Bitcoin and Blockchain, Explained for Laymen:A Long-read Q&A with Jerry Brito

·        Theory and Practice of War Termination

Amnesty International

·        Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Papua New Guinea

·        Myanmar Forces Starve, Abduct and Rob Rohingya, as Ethnic Cleansing Continues

Aspen Institute

·        Confronting our Nation’s Opioid Crisis; A Report of the Aspen Health Strategy Group

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·        Contested Skies: Our Uncertain Air Superiority Future

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·        Bank Lending and Interest on Excess Reserves

·        Delivery of Russian LNG Heats Up Discussion About U.S. Energy Dominance & Sanctions

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

·        Reforming the European Union in 2018: Five Proposals with Some Wishful Thinking

·        Revisiting the Barcelona Attacks: Reactions, Explanations and Pending Discussions

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·        The 2018 Winter Olympics: Divided We Stand

·        Chinese-Palestinian Relations: What’s Really Going On?

·        The DOD’s Focus Is on World Order Strategy

·        The Return of (Great Power) History

·        Russia’s Eurasian Disunion

·        Trump’s Business Approach to Foreign Aid Diplomacy

·        Trump’s National Security Strategy: US and Israeli Viewpoints Converge

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·        International Cooperation in East Asia to Address Climate Change

Beyond the Parallel

·        On Unification: North Koreans’ Hope for the(Near) Future

Brennan Center for Justice

·        Criminal Justice One Year Into the Trump Administration

Brookings

·        City and Metropolitan Income Inequality Data Reveal Ups and Downs Through 2016

·        The Global Burden of Medical Innovation

·        The Education of Kim Jong-Un

·        Leave No Country Behind: Ending Poverty in the Toughest Places

·        Un-burying the Lead: Public Health Tools are the Key to Beating the Opioid Epidemic

Canadian Global Affairs Institute

·        Japan in the New, Unpredictable World of Trade: What’s in it for Canada?

·        Ukraine’s Grey-Zone Conflict: What Lies Ahead?

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

·        Mobilization To Violence (Terrorism) Research- Key Findings

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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

CATO Institute

·        Abuse-Deterrent Opioids and the Law of Unintended Consequences

·        Tort Reform and Innovation

·        Your Money’s No Good Here: How Restrictions on Private Securities Offerings Harm Investors

Center for Global Development

·        Measures of Global Public Goods and International Spillovers

·        Tax and Development: New Frontiers of Research and Action

Center for International Policy

·        Burned: Deception, Deforestation and America’s Biodiesel Policy

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

·        Fragile States and the Issue of Foreign Interventions in the Sahel

·        The Geopolitics of Violent Extremism. The Case of Sinai

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·        An Evaluation of ChalleNGe Graduates’ DOD Employability

·        Mapping Russian Media Network: Media’s Role in Russian Foreign Policy and Decision-making

·        Transnational Challenges and U.S. National Security: Defining and Prioritizing Borderless Threats

Center for a New American Security

·        Heartland Security: Global Engagement Once Fueled the American Middle Class – and Can Again

·        Navigating Dangerous Pathways: A Pragmatic Approach to U.S.-Russian Relations and Strategic Stability

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·        Artificial Intelligence: China’s High-Tech Ambitions

·        The China Challenge Calls for U.S. Leadership

·        Security and Stability  in Turkey

·        Strategic Trends 2017  

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·        Enhanced Deterrence in the North: A 21stCentury European Engagement Strategy

·        PacNet #12 - Help Wanted . . . and Needed

·        Role for Social Protection Investments to Support Food and Nutrition Security

·        Seven Chinas: A Policy Framework

Center on Global Energy Policy

·        East Africa Shared Gas Initiative

·        The Impact of Solar Tariffs on US Manufacturing

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·        Failing Financial Institutions: How Will Brexit Impact Cross-border Cooperation in Recovery, Reconstruction and Insolvency Processes?

·        The North American Arctic: Energizing Regional Collaboration and Governance

·        Trade Policy in the Age of Populism: Why the New Bilateralism Will Not Work

Chatham House

·        Drones and the European Union: Prospects fora Common Future

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

·        Despite Last Year’s Expectations, Publics Sense Strains in U.S.-Russia Relations

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·        Policy Initiatives to Strengthen Customary Justice in Mali

·        Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·        CTC Perspectives: An Idea or a Threat?Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir

Commercial Crime Services (CCS)

·        2017 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·        Addressing Physiological Episodes in Fighter,Attack, and Training Aircraft

·        The National Defense Strategy and the Nuclear Posture Review

·        Senior Leader Misconduct: Prevention and Accountability

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·        DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America’s Nuclear Infrastructure

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·        Syria: Which Way Forward?

·        U.S. Cyber Diplomacy in an Era of Growing Threats

·        U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Reassessing Priorities Amid Continued Challenges

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·        Ensuring Effective and Reliable Alerts and Warnings

·        “State of National Security Address” remarks by Chairman Michael McCaul at George Washington University

·        Terror Threat Snapshot [February, 2018]

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

·        In Defense of Scientific Integrity: Examining the IARC Monograph Programme and Glyphosate Review

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·        Army Modernization

·        Defending the Homeland: Department of Defense’s Role in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee

·        Data Security and Bug Bounty Programs:Lessons Learned from the Uber Breach and Security Researchers

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·        The Administration's South Asia Strategy on Afghanistan

·        Turkey and the Way Ahead

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·        Reauthorizing DHS: Positioning DHS to Address New and Emerging Threats to the Homeland

·        Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Ways of Funding Government: Exploring the Cost to Taxpayers of Spending Uncertainty caused by Governing through Continuing Resolutions, Giant Omnibus Spending Bills, and Shutdown Crises

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·        Beneficial Ownership: Fighting Illicit International Financial Networks Through Transparency

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·        Factors Affecting the Labor Force Participation of People Ages 25 to 54

·        Prospects for DoD’s Budget Over the Next Decade

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

·        Fighting Military Corruption in Fragile States

Department of Defense (DOD)

·        Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies (MSAs) for Academic Program Year (APY) 2016-2017

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·        OIG-18- 38 Unsupported Payments Made to Policyholders Who Participated in the Hurricane Sandy Claims Review Process

·        OIG-18- 48 Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Fiscal Year 2017 Detailed Accounting Submission for Drug Control Funds  

East West Center

·        Putting Women's Economic Empowerment in the Asia Pacific at the Core of the G20

Egmont Institute

·        Returnees: Who are They, Why are They (Not)Coming Back and How Should We Deal With Them? Assessing Policies on Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program

·        Grassroots Peacebuilding: Cross-Border Cooperation in the Ferghana Valley

Enough Project

·        Spoiler Alert: The African Union’s and IGAD’s Contribution to South Sudan’s War

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

·        China at the Gates: A New Power Audit of EU-China Relations

European Parliament

·        The EU's Russia Policy: Five Guiding Principles

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·        Is the U.S. Backing a Serious Reformer or Reckless Driver in Riyadh?

·        A Weapon Without War: China’s United Front Strategy

·        Where’s the Beef? The House Intelligence Committee Memo Provides Few Answers and Leaves Many Questions

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·        How Much Market Access? A Case study of Jordan’s Exports to the EU

George Washington University Program on Extremism

·        The Travelers: American Jihadists in Syria and Iraq

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

·        Beyond ‘Pro’ and ‘Anti’ Putin: Debating Russia Policies in France and Germany

German Development Institute

·        Successfully Promoting Decentralisation: The Potential of the Multi-stakeholder Approach

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·        Ukraine: Growing Political and Societal Instability

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·        The U.S.–France Special Relationship after a Year of Trump

·        United States and Turkey: A Vulnerable Relationship

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI)

·        Authoritarian Advance: Responding to China’s Growing Political Influence in Europe

·        Chasing Shadows: UN Communications on Human Rights Defenders

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·        Critical Infrastructure Protection: Electricity Suppliers Have Taken Actions to Address Electromagnetic Risks, and Additional Research Is Ongoing GAO-18-67

·        Cybersecurity Workforce: Urgent Need for DHS to Take Actions to Identify Its Position and Critical Skill Requirements GAO-18-175

·        Department of Energy: Continued Actions Needed to Modernize Nuclear Infrastructure and Address Management Challenges GAO-18-374T [Testimony]

·        Federal Law Enforcement: DHS and DOJ Are Working to Enhance Responses to Incidents Involving Individuals with Mental Illness GAO-18-229

·        Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Better Position the Navy and the Marine Corps to Support Expanding Unmanned Systems Operations GAO-18-162

·        UN Peacekeeping: Cost Estimate for Hypothetical U.S. Operation Exceeds Actual Costs for Comparable UN Operation GAO-18-243

·        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Federal Agencies' Collaboration Generally Reflected Leading Practices, but Could Be Enhanced GAO-18-171

Human Rights Watch

·        Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Disabilities in Australia

·        Hidden Cost of Jewelry: Human Rights in Supply Chains and the Responsibility of Jewelry Companies 

·        How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

·        Information Warfare:  The Meme is the Embryo of the Narrative Illusion

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·        Africa Watch, February 8, 2018  

o   Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis Worsens and Widens

o   Expectations Are Low for the Second Round of South Sudan Peace Talks

·        Africa Watch, February 1, 2018  

o   Water Crisis in Cape Town: Natural Disaster or Man-Made?

o   January Was a Rocky Month for Egypt-Sudan Relations

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·        Between Two Extreme: Responding to Islamistand Tribalist Messaging Online in Kenya During the 2017 Elections

Institute for the Study of War

·        Iraq Elections 2018: Iraqi Prime Minister's Electoral Coalition Fractures  

·        Iraq’s Judiciary Rules against Sunni Politician Ahead of Iraqi Elections

·        Israel Falls Deeper into the Syrian Civil War

·        Syria Situation Report: January 24 - February7, 2018

·        Turkey Exploits Seams of Russo-Iranian Coalition in Idlib

Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC)

·        Extremists in Bandung: Darul Islam to ISIS -and Back Again?  

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·        Political Turmoil in Paradise: The Unfolding of the Maldivian Crisis

·        The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: India should join the Asian Trade Block

·        Revisiting Globalisation: Comparing Country Experiences from South Asia and the World

·        Seventy Years of Independence: Challenges and Prospects for Sri Lanka

·        Will India Walk the Talk? Parsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Davos Speech

International Crisis Group

·        Israel, Hizbollah and Iran—Preventing Another War in Syria

International Institute for Strategic Studies

·        China’s Declassification of Defense Patents

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·        The Role of Local Governance in Sustaining Peace

Jamestown Foundation

·        Terrorism Monitor, February 8, 2017, v. 16, no. 3

o   Chinese Projects in Pakistan Prove Tempting Targets for Terrorist Groups

o   The Resurgence of al-Shabaab

o   The Uncertain Future of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·        Special Warfare, October -December 2017, v. 30. no. 4   

o   Special Operations Command Pacific

o   Q&A With the SOCPAC Commander Major General Daniel D. Yoo, USMC

o   Remaining First in Asia: The Importance of SOF Maintaining Access and Influence in Contested Domains

o   Tailoring Logistics Support for Special Operations in the Pacific

o   Nepal SOF Mountaineering and Training Opportunities

o   Mahabir Rangers

o   Nepal: Left of Zero: SOF Crisis Response

o   Focus Sri Lanka

o   Crisis Response in Sri Lanka

o   Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines

o   Sustaining Partnerships: Lessons learned from Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines to Support Sustained Partnerships

o   Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination

o   The Philippine Primer: Cultural Considerations Critical to Success

o   Narrative Fusion Cell: Psychological Operations Forces Harness Advanced Influence Capability Expertise in the Pacific

o   Republic of Korea: Engagements That Last

o   SOF Roots in Thailand

o   Cobra Gold in 2017

o   Permanent Partners in the Pacific Rim: Relationship between U.S. and Japanese Special Forces

o   Effectiveness of a Forward-Stationed Special Forces Battalion

o   Mongolian SOF Burgeoning Partnership

o   Maritime Foreign Internal Defense in Bangladesh: An Interagency-SOF Success Story

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·        Growing SOLO: Expanding the Spectrum of SOF Advisory Capabilities   

Korea Institute for National Unification

·        Beyond Olympic Winter Games 2018—Toward Preparatory 4-Party Meeting in PyeongChang

Lawfare

·        'I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News':FBI Messages Show the Bureau's Real Reaction to Trump Firing James Comey

Migration Policy Institute

·        Designing Civic Education for Diverse Societies: Models, Tradeoffs, and Outcomes

·        Mainstreaming 2.0: How Europe’s Education Systems Can Boost Migrant Inclusion

Munich Security Conference Foundation

·        To the Brink - And Back?  Munich Security Report 2018

National Academies Press

·        Testing at the Speed of Light: The State of U.S. Electronic Parts Radiation Testing Infrastructure

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·        Deployment of the THAAD System to South Korea

·        The Proceedings of International Symposium on Security Affairs 2017

·        Suits and Alternative Dispute Resolution

NATO Defense College

·        Educating to Cross-Cultural Competence: The Case of the NATO Defense College

Observer Research Foundation

·        Indian Investments in Africa: Scale, Trends, and Policy Recommendations

Oxford Internet Institute Computational Propaganda Research Project

·        Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·        Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·        Lessons for EU Integration from US History

·        The New Tax Law’s Impact on Inequality: Minor but Worse if Accompanied by Regressive Spending Cuts

·        Trump's "America Is Open for Business" Speech at Davos—Annotated and Explained

Policy Exchange

·        Beyond Brexit: Essential Reading on International Affairs and Security in a Changing World

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·        The Future of France’s Defence Policy

·        Hungary’s Post-2020 EU Budget Negotiations Strategy

·        The Importance of the Peace Process for Colombia’s International Position

·        Modifications to U.S. Space Strategy

·        The Political and Military Consequences of Russia’s Involvement in Syria

·        The Re-election of President Miloš Zeman:Consequences for Czech Domestic and Foreign Policy

PONARS Eurasia

·        Civic Activism, Political Participation, and Homeownership in Four Post-Soviet Countries

·        What Will Replace Russia’s Dwindling Trump-Euphoria? Russian Foreign Policy Viewpoints Today

Rand

·        Assessing the Conventional Force Imbalance in Europe: Implications for Countering Russian Local Superiority

·        Career Development for the Department of Defense Security Cooperation Workforce

·        Comparing Ex-Servicemember and Civilian Use of Unemployment Insurance

·        Improving the Understanding of Special Operations: A Case History Analysis

Regulatory Transparency Project

·        Creating Pro-Innovation Fintech Regulation

Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre

·        Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile: Myths and Might

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·        Decision Time: The National Security Capability Review 2017–2018 and Defence

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

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

Small Arms Survey

·        Counting Casualties: Operationalizing Sustainable Development Goals Indicator 16.1.2 in Libya

Small Wars Journal

·        America’s Unimportant, Unserious Wars

·        Assessing Pacification in Vietnam: We Won the Counterinsurgency War!

·        Gender Considerations in Military Planning:Examples from Nepal

·        Involuntary Fame: The Trend of Visual Exposure of Prisoners in Modern Conflicts

·        Logistics at the Edge of the Empire: US Army Logistics Trainers in Somalia

·        The New Global Competitive Model Based on Cyber and Asymmetrical Hybrid Warfare

·        Pashtun Uprising 3.0

·        Preventing the Barbarization of Warfare: The USMC CAP Program in Vietnam

·        The Qatar Crisis, its Regional Implications,and the US National Interest

·        Understanding the “IN” in COIN

·        United Nations Peacekeeping Offensive Operations: Concepts and Command Centres

·        US Strategic Approach to Africa

·        Virtual War – A Revolution in Human Affairs

South African Institute of International Affairs

·        Balancing Cyber Security and Internet Freedom In Africa

Stimson Center

·        Casting a Wider Net: The Security Implications of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

·        Interactive version

·        Civil-Military Cooperation to Combat Illegal,Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: A Summary of the September 2017 National Maritime Interagency Advisory Group Meeting

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·        Avoiding the Trap: U.S. Strategy and Policy for Competing in the Asia-Pacific Beyond the Rebalance

·        Strategic Insights: Challenges in Using Scenario Planning for Defense Strategy

UK Home Office

·        Understanding the Costs of Cyber Crime: A Report of Key Findings from the Costs of Cyber Crime Working Group

United Kingdom Parliament

·        Sunset for the Royal Marines? the Royal Marines and UK Amphibious Capability

US Geological Survey (USGS)

·        Mineral Commodity Summary 2018

US  Institute of Peace (USIP)

·        Understanding China’s Response to the Rakhine Crisis

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·        Charting Sectarianism in the Syria War

·        A Consequential Strategy: The “America First”Approach Has Distinct Advantages for the Middle East

·        Foreign Fighters in Libya: Consequences for Africa and Europe

·        Iran’s Foreign Legion: The Impact of Shia Militias on U.S. Foreign Policy

·        Israel and the EU: Economic Growth Despite Political Tensions

·        Rolling Back Iran's Foreign Legion

·        Saudi-Chinese Rapprochement and Its Effect on Saudi-American Relations

·        Sectarianism in Syria’s Civil War: A Geopolitical Study

·        The Source of Fake News in the Middle East

·        Supporting the New Gulf Effort to Ease Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis

·        Turkey: A Partner in Crisis

Wilson Center

·        Forecasting Instability: The Case of the Arab Spring and the Limitations of Socioeconomic Data

·        Mexico's Internal Security Law [Infographic]

World Economic Forum

·        The Digital Arab World: Understanding and Embracing Regional Changes in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

·        World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018:Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World