The Qing and Tokugawa Systems’ Strength and Weakness and the Effect of Opium War

The Qing Dynasty in China and Tokugawa Bakufu in Japan were both contemporary with each other and experienced rise and fall. The common factor for the strength of both the Qing Dynasty and Tokugawa Bakufu was the stability for the economic flourishment and the establishment for an effective governmental system. The common factor for their weakness was the economic decline.

The Qing Dynasty in China established a stable environment by a well-functioning government system stipulated economic prosperity and growth of population. The Qing Dynasty expanded the boundaries of the China. Beside economic and governance, the stability within the country created an environment for the cultural advancements. The Qing Dynasty faced economic decline when the overwhelming military expenditures shrink the economic resources and the corruption debilitating the economy and the effectiveness of the government. The ineffectiveness and the corruption led the public to question the ruling elite.

Tokugawa Bakufu in Japan created a peaceful environment for the economic growth. The commerce of agricultural goods invigorated the economic life, and the agricultural advancement increased the quality and quantity of crops. The economic growth and the agricultural advancement led the growth of population. The economic prosperity affect the cultural life, advancement in literature and art were made. The financial crises in the late days aggravated by major famines, and the economic situation deteriorated. The Tokugawa Bakufu system faced  displeasure and   uprisings.

The Chinese and Western civilizations were both “self-confident and proud” of their own systems. (Schirokauer & Clark p.124) The Chinese culture, military, government, and economic system dominated the region and had great influence on the other countries within the region in  the pace of history, and the belief of superiority nurtured in the genetic codes of the Chinese society. This belief of superiority could be seen in the first interaction with the western powers.

The Opium War and the treaties that followed the war revealed the incompetency of the great central kingdom over the barbarians. The Chinese rulers for the first time questioned their superiority and realized their backwardness. The Opium War showed that the Chinese system was outdated. They realized that they lagged behind their western counterparts; the China was in the medieval era while the western world was in the late modern era. The Opium War showed that the Chinese system was outdated. The military capacity and the weapons of western powers were far beyond the Chinese competency. The treaties granted trade advantages, ports, legal jurisdiction sovereignty of British courts over British subjects in China, and accession of foreign gunboats.( Schirokauer & Clark p.128-29) The relationship between the China and Western changed to unequal terms after the Opium War. The Opium War started a series of events in Chinese history unprecedented in terms of perception of historical memory of the Chinese people.

The Opium War was catastrophic for the Chinese people because it opened a century of humiliation that never had been faced in their history. Before the Opium War their belief of superiority over the others was at its peak. The foreign invasions and lost wars in the century of humiliation affected the Chinese view of the world and made deep impact on the historical memory of the Chinese people. Before the Opium War the Western powers could only trade in one port and under the hard restrictions of the Chinese government. The Opium War showed that the Chinese system was outdated and backwards comparing with the Western powers. The Opium War made the Chinese realized that the barbarians are more capable and efficient. After the Opium War China was forced to open up new ports, to pay indemnities, to face the foreign influence in the mainland by a series of treaties.(Wang p.49) The Opium War was beginning for the humiliation century. The Second Opium War, the Sino-Japanese War, the invasion of eight countries, the Japanese invasion and the Anti-Japanese War were the other events in the records of humiliation century. (Wang p.48) The lost wars and invasions kicked off by the Opium War made China a “semi-colonial” country. (Wang p.48)

The reason behind the great impact and the appreciation of the humiliation century as humiliating is the belief of the Chinese superiority. The belief of superiority and the China’s limited knowledge about the western world and its accomplishments impede them to gauge them comparing with west. The humiliating events came over and over in a society that has been politically and culturally superior in the region. The same foreign invasion and lost wars did not have so deep effect on some other societies in the world that faced the same fate with the China, because the others did not have belief of superiority. The decline of the superiority, the lost wars, foreign invasions, being subject to rival powers and being colonized by the so-called barbarians would had deeply affected any country that have a superior view upon others. The social perception of superiority of Chinese people has worsened the situation that China faced.

Weekly Update

Februrary 26

This is a long but interesting list.

Items of Interest:

38 North 

·         Let the Hawks Soar http://38north.org/2016/02/mmadden022516/

Adam Smith Institute

·         Migration and Developmenthttp://www.adamsmith.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Migrations-and-Development-FINAL-2.pdf

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2016, v. 10, no. 1http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/archiveArticle.asp?id=46

o    Thinking About Peace:  Negative Terms versus Positive Outcomes

o    Red Lines and Green Lights:  Iran, Nuclear Arms Control, and Nonproliferation

o    Revealed Preference and the Minimum Requirements of Nuclear Deterrence

o    NATO’s Readiness Action Plan:  Strategic Benefits and Outstanding Challenges

o    Deterrence Adrift?  Mapping Conflict and Escalation in South Asia

o    Nuclear Weapons Redux

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2016, v. 30, no. 1 http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/archivepage.asp?id=42

o    No Longer the Outlier: Updating the Air Component Structure

o    Challenging Minimum Deterrence: Articulating the Contemporary Relevance of Nuclear Weapons

o    Just Checking the Box: Do Our Airmen Value Their CCAF Degree?

o    A Shot in the Dark: Shedding Light on Exoatmospheric Situational Awareness with Alternate Sensor Utilization

o    Multidomain Operations: A Subtle but Significant Transition in Military Thought

o    Geopolitics and Planning for a High-End Fight

o    The Joint Force Air Component Commander and the Integration of Offensive Cyberspace Effects: Power Projection through Cyberspace

American Enterprise Institute

·         2017 Defense Budget: Offset Promising, But Today’s Procurement Disproportionately Pays the Bills https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eaglen-berger-february-2016-2.pdf

·         America’s Electoral Future: How Changing Demographics Could Impact Presidential Elections From 2016 to 2032http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SOC2016-report.pdf

·         Real and Permanent Minimum Wageshttps://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/brummund-strain-minwage.pdf

Amnesty International

·         Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/pol1025522016english.pdf

Armament Research Services

·         Emerging Unmanned Threats: The Use of Commercially-available UAVs by Armed Non-state Actorshttp://armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ARES-Special-Report-No.-2-Emerging-Unmanned-Threats.pdf

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, March-April  2016, v. 96, no. 2https://www.joomag.com/magazine/military-review-english-edition-march-april-2016/0263845001456505231

o    How About Winning Our Nation's Wars Instead of Just Participating in Them?

o    How Daesh Uses Language in the Domain of Religion

o    Beheading, Raping, and Burning: How the Islamic State Justifies Its Actions

o    Clouds or Clocks: The Limitations of Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield in a Complex World

o    On Convergence, Emergence, and Complexity

o    The Myth of the New Complexity

o    Moving Beyond the MBTI: The Big Five and Leader Development

o    I'm Faded

o    Civil-Military Engagement Program: Enhancing the Mission of Regionally Engaged Army Forces

o    Biases of the Incumbents: What If We Were Integrating Men Into a Women's Army?

o    Host-Nation Cybersecurity in Future Stability Operations

o    A Trust-Based Culture Shift: Rethinking the Army Leadership Requirements Model in the Era of Mission Command

o    The Use of the Reconnaissance Squadron during Joint Forcible Entry

o    The Role of the Reserve Component as an Operational Reserve

o    Building a High-Performance Unit: An Army Battalion's Leadership Journey in Preparation for Combat in Afghanistan

o    The Army Civilian Corps: Professionals in the Making

o    Counterinsurgency: What the United States Learned in Vietnam, Chose to Forget and Needs to Know Today

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Until They All Come Home: The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agencyhttp://www.ausa.org/publications/ilw/DigitalPublications/Documents/dr16-1/index.html

Atlantic Council

·         Alliance at Risk http://publications.atlanticcouncil.org/nato-alliance-at-risk/

·         Five Steps to Grow the Cuban Economy: What the US and Cuba Can Do in Obama’s Final Yearhttp://publications.atlanticcouncil.org/grow-cuba/

Australian Department of Defence

·         2016 Defence White Paper [site is currently down]http://www.defence.gov.au/whitepaper/Docs/2016-Defence-White-Paper.pdf

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Gender & Public Policy in the MENAhttp://bakerinstitute.org/research/intersection-gender-and-public-policy-research-arab-world/

·         Gold Standard or Fool's Gold: Should the U.S. Return to the Gold Standard?http://bakerinstitute.org/research/returning-gold-standard-fools-gold/

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Consequences of American Retreat from the Middle Easthttp://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/consequences-of-american-retreat-from-the-middle-east/

·         Implications of Greater Chinese Involvement in the Mideasthttp://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/implications-of-greater-china-involvement-in-the-mideast/

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         The Global Oil Market: No Safe Haven for Priceshttp://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/26318/global_oil_market.html

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Cloudy with a Conflict of Laws: How Cloud Computing Has Disrupted the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty System and Why It Mattershttps://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/cloudywithaconflictoflaws

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. IXhttp://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/2015_BCJ_Annual_Collection_of_Writings.pdf

Brookings

·         Building a Design Economy in Indiahttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/26-design-economy-india-ravi-west

·         Cuidado: The Inescapable Necessity of Better Law Enforcement in Mexicohttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/24-better-law-enforcement-mexico-felbabbrown

·         EU Election Observation Policy: A Supranationalist Transatlantic Bridge?http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2016/02/23-election-observation-missions-garavoglia/garavoglia_useuropeanalysisseries_eoms.pdf

·         The Future of U.S.-Russian Arms Controlhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/26-future-us-russian-arms-control-pifer

·         How to Use Carbon Tax Revenueshttp://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2016/02/23-carbon-tax-revenue/howtousecarbontaxrevenuemarronmorris.pdf

·         Once More Unto the Breach: The Deteriorating Fiscal Outlookhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/22-deteriorating-fiscal-outlook-auerbach-gale

·         Prospects for U.S.-Russian Nonproliferation Cooperationhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/26-us-russian-nonproliferation-cooperation-einhorn

Bruegel 

·         Getting the Most From Public R&D Spending in Times of Budgetary Austerityhttp://bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WP-2016_01.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Duel of the Islamic Stateshttp://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP_265_Bunzel_Islamic_States_Final.pdf

CATO Institute

·         Japan’s Security Evolutionhttp://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa-788.pdf

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Red Alert: The Growing Threat to U.S. Aircraft Carriershttp://www.cnas.org/growing-threat-to-us-aircraft-carriers#.VtJgo6Qm6M9

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Hate and Guns: a Terrifying Combinationhttps://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/23104301/HateCrimes-report.pdf

Center for Global Development

·         Designing Contracts for the Global Fund: Lessons from the Theory of Incentiveshttp://www.cgdev.org/publication/designing-contracts-global-fund-lessons-theory-incentives-working-paper-425

·         New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions—An Assessmenthttp://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/CGD-Working-Paper-423-Clemens-Pritchett-New-Econ-Case-Migration_0.pdf

Center for Homeland Security and Defense (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, February 2016http://www.hsaj.org/

o    Halting Global Pandemics via the Commercial Air Route Networkhttps://www.hsaj.org/articles/8904

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the Fourth Quarter of 2015http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/u6-q4-15_0.pdf

·         Obama Opens the Border to More STDshttp://www.cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/obama-open-to-stds.pdf

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 179: Russia-Turkey Relationshttp://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/RAD179.pdf

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         FY 2016 Weapon Systems Factbookhttp://csbaonline.org/publications/2016/02/fy2016-weapon-systems-factbook/

·         Future of the US Navy in the South China Sea Conflict Zone [interview]http://csbaonline.org/2016/02/25/future-of-the-us-navy-in-the-south-china-sea-conflict-zone/

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan: The Uncertain Impact of a Year of Transitionhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160211_afghanistan_failed_state_Wars.pdf

·         Issues & Insights, Vol. 16 - No. 4 - Implementing Strategic Trade Controls in Asia Pacifichttp://csis.org/files/publication/160223_issuesinsights_vol16no04.pdf

·         Korea Chair Monitor, February 11 - February 24, 2016, v. 4, no. 3http://csis.org/files/publication/160226_KoreaChairMonitor_Vol4Issue3_0.pdf

·         PacNet #22 - ADMM-dialogue Partners Informal Meetings as a Source of Regional Stabilityhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160225_PacNet_1622.pdf

·         PacNet #11A - Australia’s Submarine Decision: A Matter of Grand Strategyhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160223_PacNet_1611A.pdf

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, February 2016, v. 10, no. 1 http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/issue/view/56

o    Who are the Bangladeshi ‘Islamist Militants’?

o    Why is Contemporary Religious Terrorism Predominantly Linked to Islam? Four Possible Psychosocial Factors

o    How Dangerous Are Domestic Terror Plotters with Foreign Fighter Experience? The Case of Homegrown Jihadis in the US

o    The Nature of Nigeria’s Boko Haram War, 2010-2015: A Strategic Analysis

o    In Conversation with Morten Storm: A Double Agent’s Journey into the Global Jihad

o    If Publicity is the Oxygen of Terrorism – Why Do Terrorists Kill Journalists?

o    Counting Lives Lost – Monitoring Camera-Recorded Extrajudicial Executions by the “Islamic State”

o    Bibliography: Northern Ireland Conflict (The Troubles)

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

·         The Nuclear Bargain: Turkey and Tactical Nuclear Weapons http://edam.org.tr/en/File?id=3183

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Have Macroeconomic Rules of the Game Changed? Some Clues from the Phillips Curvehttps://www.cigionline.org/publications/have-macroeconomic-rules-of-game-changed-some-clues-phillips-curve

·         The Impact of Sustainability Codes of Conduct in the Financial Sectorhttps://www.cigionline.org/publications/impact-of-sustainability-codes-of-conduct-financial-sector

Climate Central

·         Unnatural Coastal Floods: Sea Level Rise and the Human Fingerprint on U.S. Floods Since 1950http://sealevel.climatecentral.org/uploads/research/Unnatural-Coastal-Floods-2016.pdf

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

·         Annual Report to Congresshttps://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/foreign-investment/Documents/Annual%20Report%20to%20Congress%20for%20CY2014.pdf

Conflict Armament Research

·         Tracing the Supply of Components Used in Islamic State IEDshttp://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tracing_The_Supply_of_Components_Used_in_Islamic_State_IEDs.pdf

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Challenge of Conventional and Hybrid Warfare in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Changing the Nature of the Security Environment and its Effect on Military Planninghttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/the-challenge-of-conventional-and-hybrid-warfare-in-the-asia-pacific-region-the-changing-the-nature-of-the-security-environment-and-its-effect-on-military-planning

·         Defense Health Agency: Budgeting and Structurehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/defense-health-agency-budgeting-and-structure

·         Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2017 Science and Technology Programs: Defense Innovation to Create the Future Military Forcehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/department-of-defense-fiscal-year-2017-science-and-technology-programs-defense-innovation-to-create-the-future-military-force

·         Department of the Army 2017 Operation and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness Posturehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/department-of-the-army-2017-budget-request-and-readiness

·         Department of the Navy 2017 Budget Request and Seapower and Projection Forceshttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/department-of-the-navy-2017-budget-request-and-seapower-and-projection-forces

·         Ensuring Medical Readiness in the Futurehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/ensuring-medical-readiness-in-the-future

·         Full Spectrum Security Challenges in Europe and their Effects on Deterrence and Defensehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/full-spectrum-security-challenges-in-europe-and-their-effects-on-deterrence-and-defense

·         U.S. Strategic Forces Posturehttp://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/u-s-strategic-forces-posture

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         DOE for the 21st Century: Science, Environment, and National Security Missionshttps://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/doe-21st-century-science-environment-and-national-security-missions

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Boko Haram: The Islamist Insurgency in West Africahttp://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-boko-haram-islamist-insurgency-west-africa

·         Establishing Accountability at the World Intellectual Property Organization: Illicit Technology Transfers, Whistleblowing, and Reformhttp://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/joint-subcommittee-hearing-establishing-accountability-world-intellectual-property

·         Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent World: The FY 2017 Foreign Affairs Budgethttp://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/joint-subcommittee-hearing-establishing-accountability-world-intellectual-property

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Emerging Cyber Threats to the United Stateshttps://homeland.house.gov/hearing/emerging-cyber-threats-to-the-united-states/

·         Food for Thought: Efforts to Defend the Nation’s Agriculture and Foodhttps://homeland.house.gov/hearing/food-for-thought-efforts-to-defend-the-nations-agriculture-and-food/

·         Probing DHS’s Botched Management of the Human Resources Information Technology Programhttps://homeland.house.gov/hearing/probing-dhss-botched-management-of-the-human-resources-information-technology-program/

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         International Conflicts of Law Concerning Cross Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement Requestshttp://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/2/international-conflicts-of-law-concerning-cross-border-data-flow-and-law-enforcement-requests

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Security Clearance Reform: The Performance Accountability Council’s Path Forwardhttps://oversight.house.gov/hearing/security-clearance-reform-the-performance-accountability-councils-path-forward/

·         The Zika Virus: Coordination of a Multi-Agency Responsehttps://oversight.house.gov/hearing/the-zika-virus-coordination-of-a-multi-agency-response/

Congress. House. Science, Space & Technology Committee

·         Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe: Gravitational Waveshttps://science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-unlocking-secrets-universe-gravitational-waves

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         A Review of United States Army Corps of Engineers Reports to Congress on Future Water Resources Development and Chief's Reportshttp://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=399733

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Defense Health Care Reformhttp://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-02-23-defense-health-care-reform

·         Department of Energy Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Programshttp://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-02-23-department-of-energy-atomic-energy-defense-activities-and-programs

·         U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-02-23-us-pacific-command-and-us-forces-korea

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Magnuson-Stevens Act at 40: Successes, Challenges and the Path Forwardhttp://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/2/magnus-stevens-act-at-40-successes-challenges-and-the-path-forward

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Ending Modern Slavery: Now is the Timehttp://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/ending-modern-slavery-now-is-the-time-022416

·         Review of the FY 2017 State Department Budget Requesthttp://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-the-fy-2017-state-department-budget-request_022316

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Government Reform Committee

·         The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Opportunities for Improvement to Support State and Local Governmentshttps://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-unfunded-mandates-reform-act-opportunities-for-improvement-to-support-state-and-local-governments

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workershttp://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-impact-of-high-skilled-immigration-on-us-workers

·         The Unaccompanied Children Crisis: Does the Administration Have a Plan to Stop the Border Surge and Adequately Monitor the Children?http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-unaccompanied-children-crisis-does-the-administration-have-a-plan-to-stop-the-border-surge-and-adequately-monitor-the-children

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Prospects for DoD’s Budget Over the Next Decadehttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/51259

Council on Foreign Relations

·         The Eastern Congo http://www.cfr.org/congo-democratic-republic-of/eastern-congo/p37236#!/?cid=main-interactive_dap-the_eastern_congo

·         The Zika Virus http://www.cfr.org/public-health-threats-and-pandemics/zika-virus/p37527

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Operation Inherent Resolve: Targeted Operations Against ISIL Terroristhttp://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0814_Inherent-Resolve

·         Plan for Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facilityhttp://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/GTMO_Closure_Plan_0216.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2016-051 Air Force Personnel Can Improve Compliance With the Berry Amendment and the Buy American Acthttp://www.dodig.mil/pubs/documents/DODIG-2016-051.pdf

Dialogue

·         A New Phase in Japan-Latin America and the Caribbean Relationshttp://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dialogue-Japan-LAC-Relations-WEB.pdf

East West Center

·         The U.S.-Malaysia Security Connectionhttp://www.eastwestcenter.org/system/tdf/private/apb335.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=35543

Egmont Institute

·         EU–China Bilateral Investment Agreement: Between High Hopes and Real Challengeshttp://www.egmontinstitute.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SPB68-Ewert.pdf

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Belarus: Time for a 'Principled' Re-engagementhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/belarus-time-for-a-principled-re-engagement/

·         Ramzan Kadyrov: Insecure Strongman?http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/ramzan-kadyrov-insecure-strongman/

·         Report of the Group of Personalities on the Preparatory Action for CSDP-related Researchhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/report-of-the-group-of-personalities-on-the-preparatory-action-for-csdp-related-research/

European Parliament

·         New Trade Rules for China? Opportunities and Threats for the EUhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/535021/EXPO_STU(2016)535021_EN.pdf

European Parliament Think Tank

·         Security in Afghanistan: Unfinished Businesshttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2016)577984

European Policy Centre

·         Energy Security Package:  Significant Overhaul or Business as Usual?http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6335

·         Financial Assistance to Greece: Three Programmeshttp://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=17&pub_id=6345

European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center

·         Escalating Violence in Niger Delta and Biafra Regions Represents a Major Security Challenge for the Oil-rich South of Nigeriahttp://www.esisc.org/publications/briefings/escalating-violence-in-niger-delta-and-biafra-regions-represents-a-major-security-challenge-for-the-oil-rich-south-of-nigeria

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)

·         NIS Directive and national CSIRTshttps://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/cert/other-work/nis-directive-and-national-csirts

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

·         Overcapacity in China: An Impediment to the Party’s Reform Agendahttp://www.europeanchamber.com.cn/en/publications-overcapacity-in-china

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach for Money or Value Transfer Serviceshttp://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfrecommendations/documents/rba-money-or-value-transfer.html

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Bordering of Europehttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/02/the-bordering-of-europe/

·         Defense Reform Reduxhttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/02/defense-reform-redux/

·         In This Corner…The Apple v. FBI Cage Matchhttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/02/in-this-corner-the-apple-v-fbi-cage-match/

·         Israel’s Political Drama and the System Behind Ithttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/02/israels-political-drama-and-the-system-behind-it/

German Council on Foreign Relations

·         Kremlin’s Influence in Hungaryhttps://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27609

German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

·         The EU-Turkey Action Plan is Imperfect, But Also Pragmatic, And Maybe Even Strategichttp://www.gmfus.org/publications/eu-turkey-action-plan-imperfect-also-pragmatic

·         Germany’s "Enable & Enhance" Initiativehttps://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27608

Global Security Studies

·         Global Security Studies Journal, Winter 2016, v. 7, no. 1http://globalsecuritystudies.com/vol7iss1winter2016.htm

o    Social Media and the Globalization of the Sicarii

o    Combating a Modernized Russia

o    From the Post-Soviet Godless Legacy to Radical Islam: Russian Converts

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Department of Energy: Observations on Efforts by NNSA and the Office of Environmental Management to Manage and Oversee the Nuclear Security Enterprise. GAO-16-422T [Testimony]http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-422T

·         Homeland Security: Oversight of Neglected Human Resources Information Technology Investment Is Needed. GAO-16-253 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-253

·         Homeland Security: Weak Oversight of Human Resources Information Technology Investment Needs Considerable Improvement. GAO-16-407T [testimony]http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-407T

·         Military Enlisted Aides: DOD's Report Met Most Statutory Requirements, but Aide Allocation Could Be Improved. GAO-16-239http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-239

·         Nuclear Nonproliferation: Preliminary Observations on IAEA's Role in Verifying the Iran Agreement. GAO-16-417 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-417

Heritage Foundation

·         Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for 2017http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/02/a-blueprint-for-balance-a-federal-budget-for-2017

·         Setting Priorities for Welfare Reformhttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/02/setting-priorities-for-welfare-reform

·         Time to Prune the Tree: The Need to Repeal Unnecessary Criminal Lawshttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/02/time-to-prune-the-tree-the-need-to-repeal-unnecessary-criminal-laws

Households in Conflict Network

·         The Effect of Civilian Casualties on Wartime Informing: Evidence from the Iraq War http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-210.pdf

·         Violence and Political Outcomes in Ukraine: Evidence from Sloviansk and Kramatorskhttp://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-2112.pdf

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

·         Asian Rebels in Aleppo, Western Blind Spot http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/405_Lin-1.pdf

·         Libya’s Jihad http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/406_Bodansky.pdf

·         Sleeping with the Enemy: Opposition Grows to CIA-backed al-Qaeda Proxies in Syria http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/404_Lin.pdf

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Analysis Based Forecast of Revised Estimates of Defence Budget 2015-16: Who Bails Out Whom?http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/revised-estimates-of-defence-budget-2015-16_vkaushal_230216

·         Educated Unemployment and Insurgency in Manipur: Issues and Recommendationshttp://www.idsa.in/policybrief/educated-unemployment-and-insurgency-in-manipur_sksharma_230216

·         Port de Djibouti: China’s First Permanent Naval Base in the Indian Oceanhttp://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/port-de-djibouti-chinas-first-permanent-naval-base-in-the-indian-ocean_msingh_220216

Institute for Defense Analyses

·         Africa Watch, February 24, 2016https://www.ida.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/Publications/AfricaWatch/africawatch-February-24-2016-vol10.pdf

o    Elections in Uganda: The Support May Be Real, But the Process is Flawed

o    Nigeria’s President Buhari: Dealing with Touch Challenges

·         Comparing the Costs of Military Treatment Facilities with Private Sector Carehttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/CARD/2016/P-5262.ashx

·         Force Structure Analytical Framework: A Notional Army for SARA Version 1.3https://www.ida.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/SFRD/2016/P-5326.ashx

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Korean Unification and the Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliancehttp://inss.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratforum/SF-291.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         IAEA's First Post-Implementation Day Report: Key Information Missing http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/First_JCPOA_Post-Implementation_Day_Report_26Feb2016_Final.pdf

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Taking Back the Seas: Prospects for Africa's Blue Economyhttps://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/taking-back-the-seas-prospects-for-africas-blue-economy

Institute for Security Studies, European Union

·         Report of the Group of Personalities on the Preparatory Action for CSDP-Related Researchhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/GoP_report.pdf

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Afghanistan Partial Threat Assessment: February 23, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/afghanistan-partial-threat-assessment-february-23-2016

·         Iraq Situation Report: February 18 - 22, 2016http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-february-18-22-2016

·         Russia Security Update: February 17-24, 2016http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russia-security-update-february-17-24-2016

·         Syria 90-Day Forecast: The Assad Regime and Allies in Northern Syriahttp://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syria-90-day-forecast-assad-regime-and-allies-northern-syria

Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

·         EU Relations with Latin America: From Social Resilience to Global Governancehttp://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iai1603.pdf

·         Search for Meaning in War: Foreign Fighters in a Comparative Perspectivehttp://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaiwp1602.pdf

Institute of Modern Russia

·         Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Moneyhttp://imrussia.org/media/pdf/Research/Michael_Weiss_and_Peter_Pomerantsev__The_Menace_of_Unreality.pdf

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Lessons from the Story of a Forgotten Storyhttp://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20407%20-%20Lessons%20from%20the%20Story%20of%20a%20Forgotten%20Story.pdf

·         Power and Piety: Religion, State and Society in Muslim Countrieshttp://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Working%20Paper%20No.%20230%20-%20Power%20and%20Piety%20-%20Religion,%20State%20and%20Society%20in%20Muslim%20Countries.pdf

·         Track-Two Dialogue in the India-Pakistan Contexthttp://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20408.%20Track-Two%20Dialogue%20in%20the%20India-Pakistan%20Context.pdf

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         EU Relations with Latin America: From Social Resilience to Global Governancehttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/eu-relations-latin-america-social-resilience-global-governance

·         How to Pursue a More Efficient and Legitimate European Economic Governancehttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/how-pursue-more-efficient-and-legitimate-european-economic-governance

·         Youth Activism in the South and East Mediterranean Countries since the Arab Uprisings: Challenges and Policy Optionshttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/youth-activism-south-and-east-mediterranean-countries-arab-uprisings

International Crisis Group

·         Arsal in the Crosshairs: The Predicament of a Small Lebanese Border Townhttp://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle East North Africa/Iraq Syria Lebanon/Lebanon/b046-arsal-in-the-crosshairs-the-predicament-of-a-small-lebanese-border-town.pdf

·         Ethiopia: Governing the Faithfulhttp://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/horn-of-africa/ethiopia-eritrea/b117-ethiopia-governing-the-faithful.pdf

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         From Containment to Rationalization : Increasing Public Expenditure Efficiency in Francehttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1607.pdf

·         Macroeconomic Stability in Resource-Rich Countries : The Role of Fiscal Policyhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1636.pdf

·         Private Sector Activity in Hong Kong SAR and the Fed : Transmission Effects through the Currency Boardhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1635.pdf

·         Sovereign Defaults, External Debt, and Real Exchange Rate Dynamicshttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1637.pdf

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

·         Building Knowledge-Based Economy in Pakistan: Learning from Best Practiceshttp://www.ipripak.org/building-knowledge-based-economy-in-pakistan-learning-from-best-practices/#sthash.LGWuTTna.dpbs

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, February 24, 2019, v. 16, no. 4http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/_CB_16_4.pdf

o    The PLA’s New Organizational Structure: What is Known, Unknown and Speculation (Part 2)

o    Chinese Influence Faces Uncertain Future in Myanmar

o    Taiwan’s Election Results Reflect Shift in Attitudes

o    Chinese Growing Social Inequality Prompts Stronger Social Control

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         The War Within: A Look Inside al-Qaeda’s Undoing http://jsou.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=19828858

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Measures to Improve Human Rights Conditions of North Korean Workers Abroadhttp://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_05_01.jsp?bid=EINGINSIGN&page=1&num=207&mode=view&category=

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2016 [updated February 22, 2016]http://www.longwarjournal.org/pakistan-strikes

Migration Policy Institute

·         Deferred Action for Unauthorized Immigrant Parents: Analysis of DAPA's Potential Effects on Families and Childrenhttp://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/DAPA-Profile-FINALWEB.pdf

·         ESSA Implementation in States and School Districts: Perspectives from Education Leaders Testimonyhttp://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/Senate-HELP-Testimony-2-23-16-Pompa.pdf

·         Germany-Turkey Migration Corridor: Refitting Policies for a Transnational Agehttp://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/TCM_Emigration-Germany-FINAL.pdf

National Academies Press

·         Privacy Research and Best Practices: Summary of a Workshop for the Intelligence Communityhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/21879/privacy-research-and-best-practices-summary-of-a-workshop-for

·         Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Diseases:   Enabling Sustainable Capabilities Through Ongoing Public- and Private-Sector Partnerships: Workshop Summaryhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/21809/rapid-medical-countermeasure-response-to-infectious-diseases-enabling-sustainable-capabilities

·         Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactorshttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/21818/reducing-the-use-of-highly-enriched-uranium-in-civilian-research-reactors

·         Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Update to the Strategic Plan Documenthttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/23396/review-of-the-us-global-change-research-programs-update-to-the-strategic-plan-document

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

·         Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST) Final Reporthttp://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa-tm-2016-219011-arm-fast-final-report_0.pdf

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

·         Recruitment, Retention, and Religion in Rebel Groupshttp://www.sv.uio.no/esop/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences-and-seminars/dokumenter/gates_nordas_2015.pdf

New America Foundation

·         Cyber Peace: Cybersecurity Through the Lens of Positive Peacehttps://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12554-cyber-peace/FOR PRINTING-Cyber_Peace_Roff.2fbbb0b16b69482e8b6312937607ad66.pdf

·         Starting from Scratch: A New Federal and State Partnership in Higher Educationhttps://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12616--463/Starting-From-Scratch.78d72818d45e4cf18327b0ff2bd8f85b.pdf

Nordic Africa Institute 

·         Radicalisation and Terrorist Recruitment Among Kenya’s Youth http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A906144&dswid=6608

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

·         The EU-UK Agreement: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing?http://www.delorsinstitute.eu/011-22518-The-EU-UK-Agreement-much-ado-about-almost-nothing.html

Oxfam Policy & Practice 

·         El Niño in Ethiopia: Program Observations on the Impact of the Ethiopia Drought and Recommendations for Actionhttp://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/oxfam/bitstream/10546/596914/4/bn-el-nino-ethiopia-240216-en.pdf

Oxford Research Group

·         Gabrielle Rifkind Discusses Boots on the Ground to Defeat ISIS on BBC's The Big Questionshttp://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/middle_east/gabrielle_rifkind_discusses_boots_ground_defeat_isis_bbcs_big_questions

·         The World as Seen from Raqqahttp://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/paul_rogers_monthly_briefing/world_seen_raqqa

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Internal Democracy of Major Political Parties of Pakistan 2015http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/Democracy&LegStr/InternalDemocracyOfMajorPoliticalPartiesOfPakistan2015.pdf

·         Pakistan Ki Siyasi Jamaton Mein Dakhili Jamhooriyat 2015 [Urdu]http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/Democracy&LegStr/InternalDemocracyOfMajorPoliticalPartiesOfPakistan2015_urdu.pdf

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·         Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946-2014https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=8937

·         Uzbekistan’s ambiguous policies on Afghanistanhttps://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=8994

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends

·         Smartphone Ownership and Internet Usage Continues to Climb in Emerging Economieshttp://www.pewglobal.org/2016/02/22/smartphone-ownership-and-internet-usage-continues-to-climb-in-emerging-economies/

Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy

·         More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone http://www.people-press.org/2016/02/22/more-support-for-justice-department-than-for-apple-in-dispute-over-unlocking-iphone/   

·         Majority of Public Wants Senate to Act on Obama’s Court Nominee http://www.people-press.org/2016/02/22/majority-of-public-wants-senate-to-act-on-obamas-court-nominee/

Physicians for Human Rights

·         Truth Matters: Accountability for CIA Psychological Torturehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/truth-matters.pdf

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Many Belts and Many Roads: The Proliferation of Infrastructure Initiatives in Asia http://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM-Policy-Paper-no-148

RAND

·         Emerging Cyber Threats and Implicationshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT453.html

·         Initiatives to Improve Quality of Education in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq: Administration, School Monitoring, Private School Policies, and Teacher Traininghttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR960.html

·         Local perspectives in Ending Gang and Youth Violence areas: Perceptions of the nature of urban street gangshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR876.html

·         Perspective on 2015 DoD Cyber Strategy: Addendumhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT439z1.html

·         Toward Operational Art in Special Warfare with appendixeshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR779.html

Rethink Institute

·         Resurgence of the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: How Kurds View Ithttp://www.rethinkinstitute.org/resurgence-of-the-kurdish-conflict-in-turkey-how-kurds-view-it/

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Investment in Cross-platform Capabilities Would Allow the British Military to Enjoy the Full Gamut of the Radical New Capabilities Offered by the F-35https://rusi.org/publication/whitehall-reports/maximum-value-f-35-harnessing-transformational-fifth-generation

·         Lone-Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paperhttps://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/lone-actor-terrorism-analysis-paper

·         Lone-Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 2: Attack Methodology and Logisticshttps://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/lone-actor-terrorism-policy-paper-2-attack-methodology-and-logistics

·         Lone-Actor Terrorism Policy Paper 4: ‘Leakage’ and Interaction with Authoritieshttps://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/lone-actor-terrorism-policy-paper-4-%E2%80%98leakage%E2%80%99-and-interaction

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         China Seeks to Improve Mekong Sub-regional Cooperation: Causes and Policieshttp://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PR160225_China-Seeks-to-Improve-Mekong.pdf

·         The Future of the ADMM/ADMM-Plus and Defence Diplomacy in the Asia Pacifichttp://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/the-future-of-the-admmadmm-plus-and-defence-diplomacy-in-the-asia-pacific-2/

·         Is Southeast Asia Ready for Nuclear Power? http://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Is-Southeast-Asia-Ready-for-Nuclear-Power-Event-Report.pdf

·         Managing ASEAN’s External Relations via the Country Coordinator: Lessons Learned from Thailand http://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PR160222_Managing-ASEAN-External-Relations.pdf

Small Wars Journal

·         Anticipating Megacity Responses to Shocks: Using Urban Integration and Connectedness to Assess Resiliencehttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40477

·         Communications in Sub- and Superterranean Structureshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40346

·         Socratic Warfighters: Courage in the Grey Zonehttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40441

·         Using the Internet of Things to Gain and Maintain Situational Awareness in Dense Urban Environments and Mega Citieshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40509

Stanley Foundation

·         The Quest for Nuclear Security Standardshttp://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1591

·         Treatment, Not Terror: Strategies to Enhance External beam Cancer Therapy in Developing Countries While Permanently Reducing the Risk of Radiological Terrorismhttp://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1592

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Russia's Arctic Security Policy: Still Quiet in the High North?http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=509

·         Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2015http://books.sipri.org/files/FS/SIPRIFS1602.pdf

Small Arms Survey

·         Checks and Balances: Securing Small Arms during Peace Operationshttp://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/SAS-IB16-peace-operations.pdf

Stimson Center

·         Grading Progress on U.S. Drone Policy: Report Card on The Recommendations of The Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drone Policyhttp://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/grading-progress-on-us-Drone-Policy.pdf

Transnational Institute

·         Oil Corporations vs Climate: The Keystone XL Casehttps://www.tni.org/en/publication/oil-corporations-vs-climate-the-keystone-xl-case

Transparency International

·         Global Corruption Report: Sporthttp://files.transparency.org/content/download/1961/12856/file/ExecutiveSummary_Sweeney_GCRSport.pdf

United Kingdom, Ministry of Defense

·         Sustainable MOD Strategy: Waste Management 2015-2025https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502047/20150826_MOD_WasteStrategy_2015_-_2025.pdf

United Nations Human Rights Council

·         Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republichttp://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/A-HRC-31-68.pdf

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghanistan’s Revenue Turnaround in 2015http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/02/24/afghanistan-s-revenue-turnaround-in-2015

·         Women Preventing Violent Extremismhttp://www.usip.org/publications/2016/02/25/women-preventing-violent-extremism

Verisign 

·         2016 Cyberthreats and Trends from Verisign iDefense® Security Intelligence Serviceshttps://www.verisign.com/en_US/forms/reportcyberthreatstrends.xhtml

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Defeating the Islamic State: The Economic Campaignhttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/defeating-the-islamic-state-the-economic-campaign

·         The Five Factors Slowing Gaza Reconstructionhttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-five-factors-slowing-gaza-reconstruction

·         Iran's Melting Factions and Failing Institutionshttps://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-melting-factions-and-failing-institutions

·         Iranian EFPs in the Gulf: An Emerging Strategic Riskhttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iranian-efps-in-the-gulf-an-emerging-strategic-risk

·         IS and Russia Could Exploit Turkey's Political Divisionshttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/is-and-russia-could-exploit-turkeys-political-divisions

·         Kerry Neither Rules Out nor Supports Safe Zone Concepthttps://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/kerry-neither-rules-out-nor-supports-safe-zone-concept

·         Russia in the Middle Easthttps://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/russia-in-the-middle-east

White House

·         Joint Statement: 2016 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialoguehttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/25/joint-statement-2016-us-mexico-high-level-economic-dialogue

·         Protecting American Workers & Businesses: The Obama Administration’s Trade Enforcement Recordhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/24/protecting-american-workers-businesses-obama-administrations-trade

·         Remarks by the President on Plan to Close the Prison at Guantanamo Bayhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/23/remarks-president-plan-close-prison-guantanamo-bay

·         Remarks by the President on Progress Against ISILhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/25/remarks-president-progress-against-isil

World Bank

·         Are Large Firms Born or Made? Evidence from Developing Countries http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/08/27/090224b0830a0438/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Are0large0firm0developing0countries.pdf

·         Vietnam 2035 : Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity, and Democracyhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23724

World Health Organization (WHO)

·         Fulfilling a Promise: Ensuring Immunization for all in Africahttp://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Immunization%2Bfor%2BAll%2B-%2BEN.pdf

Yale Law School

·         Unfinished Business: Correcting “Bad Paper” For Veterans with PTSDhttps://www.law.yale.edu/system/files/documents/pdf/unfinishedbusiness.pdf