Monday, March 7, 2016



Weekly Update

March 4

This is a long but interesting list.


Items of Interest:


38 North
·        UNSCR 2270: A Conundrum for Russia http://38north.org/2016/03/gtoloraya030516/

Air Force STSC
·        CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  March/April  2016, v. 29, no. 2  http://www.crosstalkonline.org/issues/marapr-2016.html
o   Addressing Narrowing Cyber Workforce Gaps with Intrusion Detection and Response Automation
o   People-driven Process-enabled Software Development: A 21st Century Imperative
o   Developer Training: Recognizing the Problems and Closing the Gaps
o   Building and Operating a Software Security Awareness and Role-Based Training Program
o   Strategic Human Resource Management of Government Defense R&D Organizations
o   PixelCAPTCHA: A Unicode Based CAPTCHA Scheme

Al Jazeera Center for Studies
·        Impact of the South Africa-Iran Relations on the African Union http://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/2/28/201622871359671734SouthAfrica-Iran-relations-AU.pdf

Armament Research Services
·        A Tale of Two Rifles: The Proliferation of F2000 and AK-103 Self-loading Rifles Exported to Libya in 2004 – 2009 http://armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ARES-Research-Report-No.-5-A-Tale-of-Two-Rifles.pdf

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset
·        ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 46, March2016: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence http://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ACLED_Conflict-Trends-Report-No.46-March-2016_pdf.pdf

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
·        Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, February 2016, v.23, no. 2 https://www.afhsc.mil/documents/pubs/msmrs/2016/v23_n02.pdf
o   Editorial: What's old is new again: syphilis in the U.S. Army
o   Use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine and the prevalence of antibodies to vaccine-targeted strains among female service members before and after vaccination
o   Brief report: Human papillomavirus (HPV) 6, 11, 16, and 18 seroprevalence among males and females entering military service during 2011-2012
o   Sexually transmitted infections in U.S. Air Force recruits in basic military training
o   Incident and recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010-2014
o   Incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections and screening compliance, U.S. Army active duty females under 25 years of age, 2011-2014
o   Brief report: Associations between antecedent bacterial vaginosis and incident chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnoses, U.S. Army females, 2006-2012

Asian Development Bank
·        In Search of a Better Match: Qualification Mismatches in Developing Asia http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/180978/ewp-476.pdf

Atlantic Council
·        A US Strategy for Sustainable Energy Security http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/a-us-strategy-for-sustainable-energy-security

Baker Institute for Public Policy
·        Defeating ISIS: An interview with Amb. Djerejian http://bakerinstitute.org/research/defeating-isis-interview-amb-djerejian/
·        Ethical Considerations for the Creation a National NTD Policy http://bakerinstitute.org/research/ethical-considerations-creation-national-ntd-policy/
·        Zika Virus in the United States and Mexico http://bakerinstitute.org/research/zika-virus-united-states-and-mexico/

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
·        Libya: The Next Frontier? http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/libya-the-next-frontier/

Berghof Conflict Research
·        Transitional Justice. Lessons from the Western Balkans http://image.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Policy_Briefs/PolicyBrief05.pdf

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
·        The Inescapable Net: Unmanned Systems in Anti-Submarine Warfare http://www.basicint.org/publications/david-hambling/2016/inescapable-net-unmanned-systems-anti-submarine-warfare

Brookings Institution
·        How Will We Know? The Case for Opportunity Indicators http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/01-the-case-for-opportunity-indicators-reeves
·        USAID's Public-private Partnerships: A Data Picture and Review of Business Engagement http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/usaid-public-private-partnerships-ingram-johnson-moser
·        What Are the Presidential Candidates Saying About Poverty and Opportunity? http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/02/29-presidential-candidates-poverty-opportunity-haskins

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
·        Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk http://www.cnas.org/autonomous-weapons-and-operational-risk#.VtkqIKQm6M9

Center for Complex Operations (CCO)
·        Prism, 2016, v. 6, no. 1 http://cco.ndu.edu/Publications/PRISM/PRISMvolume6,no1.aspx
o   All the Elements of National Power
o   Inclusive Security: NATO Adapts and Adopts
o   Inclusive Security and Peaceful Societies: Exploring the Evidence
o   Integrating Gender Perspectives within the Department of Defense
o   Female Citizen Soldiers and Airmen: Key Contributors to Worldwide Peace and Security
o   Inclusive Security for the Muslim World
o   Gender Perspectives and Military Effectiveness: Implementing UNSCR 1325 and the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
o   Women Warriors: Why the Robotics Revolution Changes the Combat Equation
o   Women as Symbols and Swords in Boko Haram’s Terror
o   We Are Not Helpless: Addressing Structural Gender Inequality in Post-Conflict Societies
o   The Secret Driving Force Behind Mongolia’s Successful Democracy
o   Engendering Responses to Complex Emergencies: Lessons from South Sudan
o   Innovation in the Prevention of the Use of Child Soldiers: Women in the Security Sector
o   Brazil and UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Progress and Challenges of the Implementation Process
o   Inclusive Political Settlements New Insights from Yemen’s National Dialogue

Center for Global Development
·        Assessing the US Feed the Future Initiative: A New Approach to Food Security? http://www.cgdev.org/publication/assessing-us-feed-future-initiative-new-approach-food-security
·        Statement of the Honorable Clay Lowery Before the Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing on “Helping the Developing World Fight Terror Finance” http://www.cgdev.org/publication/statement-honorable-clay-lowery-task-force-investigate-terrorism-financing

Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security
·        CIP Report, January/February 2016 http://cip.gmu.edu/2016/02/22/from-the-director-januaryfebruary-2016/
·        Successes in Public-Private Partnerships Contribute to Private Sector Resilience

Center for International Policy
·        Don’t Get Fooled Again: Pentagon Waste and Congressional Oversight http://www.ciponline.org/images/uploads/publications/2016_Hartung_Dont_Get_Fooled_Again.pdf

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
·        Managing Conflict: Examining Recent PLA Writings on Escalation Control http://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/DRM-2015-U-009963-Final3.pdf
·        Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/DOP-2015-U-011259-Final.pdf

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
·        Rethinking Armageddon: Scenario Planning in the Second Nuclear Age https://issuu.com/csbaonline/docs/csba6158-nuclearscenarios-print?e=15123547/33797191

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·        As Ethiopia Moves toward Tuberculosis Elimination, Success Requires Higher Investment http://csis.org/files/publication/160229_Reves_EthiopiaMovesTowardTB_Web.pdf
·        Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in 2015 http://csis.org/files/publication/160229_Jackson_AntimicrobialResistance_Web.pdf
·        Comparative Metrics of ISIS and "Failed State Wars" in Syria and Iraq http://csis.org/publication/comparative-metrics-isis-and-failed-state-wars-syria-and-iraq 
·        Integrated Development: Strategic Harmonization of Foreign Assistance http://csis.org/files/publication/160301_Runde_IntegratedDevelopment_Web.pdf
·        PacNet #23 - Australia’s 2016 Defense White Paper: Forward Funded Defense http://csis.org/files/publication/160301_PacNet_1623.pdf
·        Saudi Arabia and the United States: Common Interests and Continuing Sources of Tension http://csis.org/files/publication/160229_Cordesman_Saudi_Arabia.pdf
·        State and Market in Contemporary China http://csis.org/files/publication/160302_Kennedy_StateMarketChina_Web.pdf
·        Sustaining Improvements to Public Health in Ethiopia http://csis.org/files/publication/160226_Downie_SustainImprovementsEthiopia_Web.pdf
·        The US-Japan Alliance to 2030: Power and Principle http://csis.org/files/publication/160229_US_Japan_Commission_Full_Report.pdf

Center for the Study of the Drones
·        Drone Spending in the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Budget http://dronecenter.bard.edu/files/2016/02/DroneSpendingFy17_CSD_1-1.pdf

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies
·        The Correlation between Turkey’s Nuclear Power Pursuit and Foreign Policy http://edam.org.tr/en/File?id=3188

Centre for Conflict Resolution
·        Region-Building and Peacebuilding in Southern Africa http://www.ccr.org.za/images/pdfs/vol52_region-building_peacebuilding_29feb2016.pdf

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·        Growth, Innovation and COP 21: The Case for New Investment In Innovation Infrastructure https://www.cigionline.org/publications/growth-innovation-and-cop-21-case-new-investment-innovation-infrastructure

Chatham House

College of Europe
·        A New Settlement for the UK: A “Leap in the Dark” https://www.coleurope.eu/system/files_force/research-paper/beep_39.pdf?download=1

Congress. House Armed Services Committee
·        Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for Fiscal Year 2017 http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/air-force-projection-forces-aviation-programs-and-capabilities-for-fiscal-year-2017
·        Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear Forces http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/fiscal-year-2017-budget-request-for-department-of-defense-nuclear-forces
·        Ground Force Modernization Budget Request http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/ground-force-modernization-budget-request
·        The Marine Corps 2017 Budget Request and Readiness http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/the-marine-corps-2017-budget-request-and-readiness
·        Member Day - National Defense Priorities from Members for the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/member-day-national-defense-priorities-from-members-for-the-fy-2017-national-defense-authorization-act
·        Special Operations Forces in an Evolving Threat Environment: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Command  http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/3/special-operations-forces-in-an-evolving-threat-environment-a-review-of-the-fiscal-year-2017-budget-request-for-u-s-special-operations-command

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee
·        Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus https://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/examining-us-public-health-response-zika-virus

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
·        The Growing Threat of Cholera and Other Diseases in the Middle East http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-growing-threat-cholera-and-other-diseases-middle-east

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
·        Transparency, Trust and Verification: Measuring Effectiveness and Situational Awareness along the Border https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/transparency-trust-and-verification-measuring-effectiveness-and-situational-awareness-along-the-border/
·        The Transportation Security Administration’s FY2017 Budget Request https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/the-transportation-security-administrations-fy2017-budget-request/

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
·        The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We’ve Drifted From It http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings-agenda?YearDisplay=2016&MonthDisplay=3&DayDisplay=1

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee
·        Firearms Lost: GSA's Administration of the Surplus Firearm Donation Program https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/firearms-lost-gsas-administration-of-the-surplus-firearm-donation-program/

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee
·        Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=F3D2645F-5D15-4AC5-8323-6B64A4D2578F

Congress. Foreign Relations Committee
·        Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Low Oil and Gas Prices http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/geopolitical-implications-of-low-oil-and-gas-prices-030216
·        A Review of the FY 2017 State and USAID Budget Request http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-fy-2017-state-and-usaid-budget-request-030116

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
·        Dogs of HDS: How Canine Programs Contribute to Homeland Security https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/dogs-of-dhs-how-canine-programs-contribute-to-homeland-security

Council of Economic Advisers
·        2016 Economic Report of the President https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/economic-report-of-the-President

Department of Defense (DOD)
·        Director, Operational Test and Evaluation FY 2015 Annual Report [large file] http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2015/pdf/other/2015DOTEAnnualReport.pdf

Department of State
·        Countering Violent Extremism: How Human Rights and Good Governance Help Prevent Terrorism http://www.state.gov/j/remarks/253870.htm
·        Keynote Speech to the 2016 Deterrence and Assurance Conference http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/2016/253984.htm
·        Taiwan's International Role and the GCTF http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rm/2016/253915.htm
·        Using Diplomacy to Advance the Long-Term Sustainability and Security of the Outer Space Environment http://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/253947.htm

Egmont Institute

Enough Project
·        Dodd-Frank 1502: Impact Update http://www.enoughproject.org/files/Dodd-Frank1502ImpactUpdate022016.pdf

EU Institute for Security Studies
·        For EU Eyes Only? Intelligence and European Security http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/for-eu-eyes-only-intelligence-and-european-security/

European Parliamentary Research Service
·        Europe’s migration crisis [What Think Tanks are Thinking] http://epthinktank.eu/2016/03/04/europes-migration-crisis-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

European Policy Centre
·        Advancing the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership in a Transforming Global Environment: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects http://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_6363_eu-japan_strategic_partnership.pdf
·        Green Diplomacy Network – What is in a Name? http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6355

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
·        Russia’s Role in the North Korea Conundrum: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/03/russias-role-in-the-north-korea-conundrum-part-of-the-problem-or-part-of-the-solution/
·        What Georgia Needs to Do to Join the West http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/03/what-georgia-needs-to-do-to-join-the-west/

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)
·        Addressing Vulnerabilities by Financing Sustainable Development Lessons for the LDCs  http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/s164-addressing-vulnerabilities

Geneva Centre for Security Policy
·        The Islamic State in 214 seconds [video] http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Global-insight/The-Islamic-State-in-214-seconds
·        Synthetic Biology and ‘Amateur Science’: Dual-use and Challenges of Regulation http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Publications/Synthetic-Biology-and-Amateur-Science-Dual-use-and-Challenges-of-Regulation

German Council on Foreign Relations

German Development Institute
·        Behaviour Matters: Improving Energy Efficiency in Informal Settlements https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/behaviour-matters-improving-energy-efficiency-in-informal-settlements/
·        Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: Why the EU Must Do More to Implement the 2030 Agenda https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/towards-a-sustainable-development-union-why-the-eu-must-do-more-to-implement-the-2030-agenda/

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

German Institute of Global and Area Studies
·        Institutionalising Civilian Control of the Military in New Democracies: Theory and Evidence from South Korea https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publication/institutionalising-civilian-control-of-the-military-in-new-democracies

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·        Emerging Infectious Diseases: Preliminary Observations on the Zika Virus Outbreak. GAO-16-470T [testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-470T
·        Explosives Detection Canines: TSA Has Enhanced Its Canine Program, but Opportunities May Exist to Reduce Costs. GAO-16-444T [testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-444T 
·        Federal Health Care Center: VA and DOD Need to Address Ongoing Difficulties and Better Prepare for Future Integrations. GAO-16-280 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-280
·        Immigration Detention: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and Oversight of Detainee Medical Care. GAO-16-231 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-231
·        Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Budget Estimates Increased but May Not Align with All Anticipated Costs. GAO-16-290  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-290
·        Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding: Navy Should Reconsider Approach to Warranties for Correcting Construction Defects. GAO-16-71 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-71
·        Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Updated Medicaid Guidance Could Help States. GAO-16-238  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-238
·        Southwest Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Assess Resource Deployment and Progress. GAO-16-465T [testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-465T

Heritage Foundation
·        Fuel Economy Standards Are a Costly Mistake http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/fuel-economy-standards-are-a-costly-mistake
·        A Primer on Disaster and Emergency Appropriations http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/a-primer-on-disaster-and-emergency-appropriations
·        The U.S. Needs to Get Its Baltic Force Posture Right http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/02/the-us-needs-to-get-its-baltic-force-posture-right

Hoover Institution
·        China Leadership Monitor, Winter, no. 49  http://www.hoover.org/publications/china-leadership-monitor/winter-2016-issue-49
o   Chinese Views on Global Governance Since 2008–9: Not Much New
o   The “1992 Consensus” – Adapting to the Future?
o   China’s “Goldwater-Nichols”? The Long-Awaited PLA Reorganization Has Finally Arrived
o   Promoting “Young Guards”: The Recent High Turnover in the PLA Leadership (Part II: Expansion and Escalation)
o   Supply-side Structural Reform: Policy-makers Look For a Way Out
o   Projecting the Next Politburo Standing Committee

Hudson Institute
·        Inclusive Security for the Muslim World http://www.hudson.org/research/12281-inclusive-security-for-the-muslim-world   
·        The Main Street Tax Plan http://www.hudson.org/research/12042-the-main-street-tax-plan  
·        Pakistan and the Threat of Global Jihadism: Implications for Regional Security http://www.hudson.org/research/12261-pakistan-and-the-threat-of-global-jihadism-implications-for-regional-security

Infinity Journal
·        The Journal of Military Operations, Winter 2016, v. 3, no. 2 https://www.tjomo.com/volume/3/issue/2/
o   The Precision Engagement Gap
o   Making the Big Headquarters Better
o   The Operational: As Valid and as Dangerous as any Other Abstraction
o   International Law and the Counterinsurgent's Nightmare: A Sir Lankan Case Study
o   The Green Mountain Boys: Mentoring an Army from the Ground Up! The British Army & Afghan National Army (ANA) Experience 2006-2015

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
·        All About Pay and Perks: India’s Defence Budget 2016-17 http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/pay-and-perks-india-defence-budget-2016-17_lkbehera_030315

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
·        Khushab Reactors Operational While New Construction Progresses http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Three_Khushab_Reactors_Operational_February_29_2016.pdf

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
·        Taking Back the Seas: Prospects for Africa's Blue Economy https://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/taking-back-the-seas-prospects-for-africas-blue-economy

Institute for the Study of War
·        American security is at risk in Aleppo: Why Syria's second largest city matters to the US http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/american-security-risk-aleppo-why-syrias-second-largest-city-matters-us
·        How Russia Controls American Policy http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/how-russia-controls-american-policy
·        Iraq Euphrates River Valley Activity: December 22, 2015 - March 2, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-euphrates-river-valley-activity-december-22-2015-march-2-2016
·        Iraq Situation Report: February 23 - 29, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-february-23-29-2016
·        ISIS in Southeast Asia: January 1- March 2, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-southeast-asia-january-1-march-2-2016
·        ISIS Sanctuary Map: March 3, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-sanctuary-map-march-3-2016
·        ISIS's Regional Campaign: February 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isiss-regional-campaign-february-2016
·        Russia Security Update: February 24-March 3, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russia-security-update-february-24-march-3-2016
·        Russian Airstrikes in Syria from February 17 - 28, 2016: Pre and Post Cessation of Hostilities http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-airstrikes-syria-february-17-28-2016-pre-and-post-cessation-hostilities
·        Why the Most Dangerous Group in Syria Isn’t ISIS http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/why-most-dangerous-group-syria-isn%E2%80%99t-isis

Institute of Development Studies
·        Bridging the Gap: Synthesizing Evidence from Secondary Quantitative and Primary Qualitative Data http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/123456789/9579/1/CDIPracticePaper_15.pdf

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
·        Moving Beyond Security vs. the Duty to Protect http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/moving-beyond-security-vs-duty-protect
·        Tangled Connections between Migration and Security in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: A European Perspective http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/tangled-connections-between-migration-and-security-wake-arab-uprisings-european

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
·        Personal Characteristics of Lone-Actor Terrorists http://icct.nl/publication/personal-characteristics-of-lone-actor-terrorists/

International Centre for Defence and Security
·        The European Union Global Strategy: How Best to Adapt to New Challenges? http://www.icds.ee/publications/article/the-european-union-global-strategy-how-best-to-adapt-to-new-challenges/

International Crisis Group

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
·        How Do Fiscal and Labor Policies in France Affect Inequality? http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1641.pdf
·        Improving Public Infrastructure in the Philippines http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1639.pdf
·        Islamic Finance and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1642.pdf
·        Macroeconomic Impact of Product and Labor Market Reforms on Informality and Unemployment in India http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1647.pdf
·        Separate Identification of the Chinese Renminbi in the COFER Survey http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2016/021816.pdf
·        Sharing the Growth Dividend : Analysis of Inequality in Asia http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1648.pdf
·        Sustainability and Equity Challenges : Some Arithmetic on Lebanon’s Pension System http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1646.pdf
·        What’s Different about Monetary Policy Transmission in Remittance-Dependent Countries? http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1644.pdf

International Peace Institute (IPI)
·        UN Peace Operations in Violent and Asymmetric Threat Environments http://www.ipinst.org/2016/03/peace-ops-asymmetric-environments

Jamestown Foundation
·        Terrorism Monitor, March 4, 2016, v. 15, no. 5 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/Terrorism_Monitor_-_Volume_XV__Issue_5_02.pdf
o   Pakistan: Militant Sympathies Among the Middle Class
o   Philippines: MILF Stays Clear of Security Forces During Mindanao Raid
o   Wilayat Khorasan Stumbles in Afghanistan
o   AQIM’s Resurgence: Responding to Islamic State

Kaspersky Lab, Inc.

Korea Institute for National Unification
·        Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula Continues http://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_05_01.jsp?bid=EINGINSIGN&page=1&num=208&mode=view&category=

Lowy Institute for International Relations
·        Islamic State Propaganda and the Mainstream Media http://www.lowyinstitute.org/files/islamic-state-propaganda-western-media_0.pdf
·        Nuclear-Armed Submarines in Indo-Pacific Asia:  Stabiliser or Menance? http://www.lowyinstitute.org/files/nuclear-armed-submarines-in-indo-pacific-asia-stabiliser-or-menace_0.pdf

Mandiant
·        M-Trends® 2015: A View from the Front Lines https://www2.fireeye.com/rs/fireye/images/rpt-m-trends-2015.pdf

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
·        Seeking Safety, Jobs, and More: Afghanistan’s Mixed Flows Test Migration Policies http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/seeking-safety-jobs-and-more-afghanistans-mixed-flows-test-migration-policies
·        South American Immigrants in the United States http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/south-american-immigrants-united-states

Mitchell Institute
·        Hypersonic Weapons and US National Security: A 21st Century Breakthrough http://media.wix.com/ugd/a2dd91_b7016a5428ff42c8a21898ab9d0ec349.pdf
·        Preserving Our C2 Edge: A Near-Term Flight Plan For The Air Operations Center Weapon System http://media.wix.com/ugd/a2dd91_888149e9df0a45c18a8f51fa19118bc9.pdf

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

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
·        Twenty-Five Years of Ideological Homicide Victimization in the United States of America http://www.start.umd.edu/publication/twenty-five-years-ideological-homicide-victimization-united-states-america
·        Victims of Ideological Homicides, 1990-2014 http://www.start.umd.edu/publication/victims-ideological-homicides-1990-2014

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
·        China Security Report 2016 http://www.nids.go.jp/english/publication/chinareport/index.html

National Security Archive

NATO Defense College
·        How to Respond to Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)? Towards a NATO Counter-A2/AD Strategy http://www.ndc.nato.int/download/downloads.php?icode=480

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainment

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
·        Gender Based Violence and Access to Justice: the Case of Ganta, Liberia http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/Gender-Based-Violence-and-Access-to-Justice-the-Case-of-Ganta.-Liberia

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Oxford Research Group

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency
·        Provincial Rule of Law Index of Pakistan 2016 http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/ROLR/ProvincialRuleofLawIndexofPakistan2016.pdf

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
·        China's Belt and Road Initiative Motives, Scope, and Challenges http://www.piie.com/publications/briefings/piieb16-2.pdf

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
·        Global Outlook of the Top Five Candidates in the U.S. Presidential Election http://www.pism.pl/files/?id_plik=21476

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
·        Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_401-450/WP412.pdf

Project on Middle East Political Science
·        Evolving Methodologies in the Study of Islamism http://pomeps.org/2016/03/05/evolving-methodologies-in-the-study-of-islamism/

RAND Corporation
·        Analysis to Support Louisiana's Flood Risk and Resilience Program and Application to the National Disaster Resilience Competition http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1449.html
·        Attitudes Toward Local and National Government Expressed over Chinese Social Media: A Case Study of Food Safety http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1308.html
·        Designing Adaptable Ships: Modularity and Flexibility in Future Ship Designs http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR696.html
·        From Patchwork to Framework: A Review of Title 10 Authorities for Security Cooperation http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1438.html
·        The Power to Coerce: Countering Adversaries Without Going to War http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1000.html
·        Using Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements to manage and supervise terrorist offenders: Findings from an exploratory study http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR441.html

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
·        China’s One Belt One Road: Has the European Union Missed the Train? http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/chinas-one-belt-one-road-has-the-european-union-missed-the-train/

Small Wars Journal
·        The Coalition, Scarcity and the Afghan Army Logistics System http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40733
·        Confessions of a Hybrid Warfare Skeptic: What Might Really Be Interesting but Hidden Within the Various Conceptions of Gray Zone Conflict, Ambiguous Warfare, Political Warfare, and Their Ilk http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40741
·        From Maneuver to Attrition: The Transformation of the Israel Defense Forces’ Approach to Warfare http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40848
·        Future Conflicts: The Risks and Rewards of Coalition Operations http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40788
·        It’s in There: Rethinking(?) Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield in Megacities/Dense Urban Areas http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40652
·        The Matryoshka is Empty: Why Russia Doesn’t Really Matter http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40926
·        Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #27: Sicarios Use a Jet Ski for Beach Front Targeted Killing in Acapulco http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/40689

Transatlantic Academy

Transportation Research Board
·        Impact of United States Coast Guard Regulations on United States Flag Registry http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/173981.aspx

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security
·        The Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategy to Prevent Violent Extremism http://sites.duke.edu/tcths/2016/03/04/triangle-center-report-recommends-reforms-to-policing-practices-to-prevent-violent-extremism/
·        Muslim American Involvement in Violent Extremism in 2015 http://sites.duke.edu/tcths/2016/03/04/muslim-american-involvement-in-violent-extremism-in-2015-2/

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission
·        ADIZ Update: Enforcement in the East China Sea, Prospects for the South China Sea, and Implications for the United States http://origin.www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/ADIZ Update_0.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
·        Internet Security and Privacy in the Age of the Islamic State http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/internet-security-and-privacy-in-the-age-of-the-islamic-state
·        Iran's Long Road to Reintegrating With the World Financial System http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-long-road-to-reintegrating-with-the-world-financial-system

White House
·        FACT SHEET: The Affordable Care Act: Healthy Communities Six Years Later https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/02/fact-sheet-affordable-care-act-healthy-communities-six-years-later
·        Remarks by the First Lady at Women's History Month Event Honoring Women Veterans For Their Service To Our Country https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/02/remarks-first-lady-womens-history-month-event-honoring-women-veterans
·        Remarks by the President on the Economy https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/04/remarks-president-economy
·        Statement by the President on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/02/statement-president-united-nations-security-council-resolution-2270

Wilson Center
·        For Turkey which is the Lesser Evil: ISIS or the Kurds? https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/for_turkey_which_is_the_lesser_evil_isis_or_the_kurds_1.pdf


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