Weekly Update

March 25

This is a long but interesting list.

Items of Interest:

38 North

·         Location of KN-08 Reentry Vehicle Nosecone Test Identified http://38north.org/2016/03/chamjin032316/

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Analysis: Continued Marginalization of Syrians is Key Problemhttp://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/3/14/c35d44bd327b48599cee98717a3798aa_100.pdf

·         Hotels in Africa as Terrorist Targetshttp://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/3/16/6ca6e5ce2ec24c36815c655ae93e27a6_100.pdf

American Enterprise Institute

·         The Race Thus Far http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Political-Report-April-2016.pdf

·         Surveillance Versus Privacy, with International Companies Caught in Between http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Surveillance-versus-privacy.pdf

Amnesty International

·         New Expression Meets Old Repression: Ending the Cycle of Political Arrests and Imprisonment in Myanmarhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/myanmar_new_expression_meets_old_repression_-_web.pdf

Atlantic Council

·         Democracy Rebooted: The Future of Technology in Elections Reporthttp://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/democracy-rebooted-the-future-of-technology-in-elections-report

·         The Kremlin's Actions in Syria: Origins, Timing, and Prospects http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/the-kremlin-s-actions-in-syria-origins-timing-and-prospects

·         Saudi Energy Changes: The End of the Rentier State http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/saudi-energy-changes-the-end-of-the-rentier-state

·         Train, Hone, Deter http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/train-hone-deter

·         What’s Left of Europe If the Far Right Has Its Way? http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/what-s-left-of-europe-if-the-far-right-has-its-way

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Can Europe Really Give Up on Schengen?http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/notes_internacionals/n1_144_can_europe_really_give_up_on_schengen/can_europe_really_give_up_on_schengen

·         The EU and the Western Balkans: Do They Share a Future?http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/notes_internacionals/n1_145_the_eu_and_the_western_balkans_do_they_share_a_future/the_eu_and_the_western_balkans_do_they_share_a_future

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Putin's "Sacred Mission" in Syria http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russia-putin-syria/

·         The Russians Are Leaving Syria. Why the Surprise? http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russians-leaving-syria/

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Continuous Improvement or Dangerous Decline?http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/26400/preventing_nuclear_terrorism.html

·         What Price Nuclear Governance? Funding the International Atomic Energy Agencyhttp://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/26413/what_price_nuclear_governance_funding_the_international_atomic_energy_agency.html

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Cyber Insurance: A Guide for Policymakers http://bipartisanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BPC-Cyber-Insurance-Guide.pdf

Brookings

·         Ennahda from Within: Islamists or “Muslim Democrats”? http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/ennahda-islamists-muslim-democrats-ounissi

·         A Framework for U.S. Policy Toward China http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/us-policy-toward-china-framework-bader

·         Is the Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Pushing the Group Toward Violence?http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/muslim-brotherhood-crackdown-violence-fayed

·         Islamists on Islamism Today http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/islamists-on-islamism-today

·         Rethinking Political Islam Working Paper Series http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/08/rethinking-political-islam

·         Where does the world’s food grow? http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/03/21-agriculture-crop-shares-developing-world-mcarthur-rasmussen

·         Will the technology disruption widen or close the skills gap in the Middle East and North Africa?http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/03/25-technology-disruption-skills-gap-middle-east-north-africa-jalbout-farah

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: How Did We Get to Where We are Nowhttp://www.cgai.ca/the_national_shipbuilding_procurement_strategy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Russian Elite Opinion After Crimea http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP_Volkov_WEB_Eng.pdf

CATO Institute

·         Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/rb47.pdf

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Networked Transparency: Constructing a Common Operational Picture of the South China Seahttp://www.cnas.org/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/CNAS Report-COP-160309.pdf

·         Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security http://www.cnas.org/nine-lessons-for-navigating-national-security#.VvcyaKQm6M8

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         As Ethiopia Moves toward Tuberculosis Elimination, Success Requires Higher Investmenthttp://csis.org/files/publication/160323_Reves_EthiopiaMovesTB_Web.pdf 

·         Key Trends in the Uncertain Metrics of Terrorismhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160208_key_trends_metrics_terrorism_cordesman.pdf

·         PacNet #30 - A Pragmatic Public: Observations of Japan’s 2016 Public Opinion Survey on Diplomacyhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160322_PacNet_1630.pdf

·         PacNet #29 - Obama’s Recent China Policy – More Resolve, Rising Tensionhttp://csis.org/files/publication/160321_PacNet_1629.pdf

·         Shifting Political Economy of Russian Oil and Gas http://csis.org/files/publication/160323_Mitrova_RussianOilGas_Web.pdf

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Developing the Blue Economy in Caribbean and Other Small States https://www.cigionline.org/publications/developing-blue-economy-caribbean-and-other-small-states

·         Spotlight on Yemen's Forgotten War and Humanitarian Disaster https://www.cigionline.org/publications/spotlight-yemens-forgotten-war-and-humanitarian-disaster   

·         A Threat to Stability? Islamic Extremism and Fundamentalism in Indonesia https://www.cigionline.org/publications/threat-stability-islamic-extremism-and-fundamentalism-indonesia

Chatham House

·         Russia’s ‘New’ Tools for Confronting the West: Continuity and Innovation in Moscow’s Exercise of Powerhttps://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/russias-new-tools-confronting-west

·         Towards a More Effective G20 in 2016: Chinese and UK Perspectives https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/towards-more-effective-g20-2016-chinese-and-uk-perspectives

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Communicating TTIP: Challenges for the European Unionhttp://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/Policy%20Brief%20Communicating%20TTIP%20-%20March%202016.pdf

·         Iraq at War (Again) http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/Report%20Iraq%20at%20War%20%28Again%29%20-%20March%202016.pdf

College of Europe

·         SME Financing in the EU: Moving beyond one-size-fits-all https://www.coleurope.eu/system/files_force/research-paper/beep40_25mar16_final.pdf?download=1

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2017 Information Technology and Cyber Programs: Foundations for a Secure Warfighting Networkhttps://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/fiscal-year-2017-information-technology-and-cyber-programs-foundations-secure-0

·         The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defensehttps://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/fiscal-year-2017-national-defense-authorization-budget-request-department-0

·         Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/logistics-and-sealift-force-requirements-0

·         Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Requesthttps://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/update-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-jsf-program-and-fiscal-year-2017-budget-0

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Administration’s Plan to Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility: At What Foreign Policy and National Security Cost?http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-administration-s-plan-close-guantanamo-bay-detention-facility-what-foreign-policy

·         Get It Right This Time: A Victims-Centered Trafficking in Persons Report http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-get-it-right-time-victims-centered-trafficking-persons-report

·         Hezbollah's Growing Threat Against U.S. National Security Interests in the Middle Easthttp://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-hezbollahs-growing-threat-against-us-national-security-interests-middle

·         Potential Terrorist Threats: Border Security Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbeanhttp://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-potential-terrorist-threats-border-security-challenges-latin-america

·         Women Fighting for Peace: Lessons for Today’s Conflicts http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-women-fighting-peace-lessons-today-s-conflicts

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         The Role of Cyber Insurance in Risk Management https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/the-role-of-cyber-insurance-in-risk-management/

·         Terror Threat Snapshot: March 2016 https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/March-TTS.pdf

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         America's Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/national-security-threats-at-our-borders/

·         National Security: Threats at Our Borders https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/national-security-threats-at-our-borders/

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Updated Budget Projections: 2016 to 2026 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51384

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Securing a Democratic Future for Myanmar http://www.cfr.org/burmamyanmar/securing-democratic-future-myanmar/p37681

·         Understanding Myanmar http://www.cfr.org/human-rights/understanding-myanmar/p14385

Department of the Army

·         Health of the Force: Create a Healthier Force for Tomorrow http://www.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/419337.pdf

Department of State

·         2015 Annual Report of the Government of the United States of America for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Initiative http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/vprpt/2015/255172.htm

·         Looking East - Trend Lines in the Asia Pacific http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2016/03/255135.htm

Department of the Navy

·         Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Requirement for 2025 http://news.usni.org/2016/03/24/document-u-s-navys-autonomous-undersea-vehicle-report

East West Center

·         Mega-FTAs and the Trade-Security Nexus: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/35577   

East Asia Institute

·         The Co-evolution of Korea and Japan for a New Era http://www.eai.or.kr/data/bbs/eng_report/2016032417332349.pdf

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         The Global Strategy – Reinvigorating the EU’s Multilateral Agenda? http://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/global-strategy-reinvigorating-eu-multilateral-agenda/

·         The Reform of the EU Courts (II) http://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/reform-of-eu-courts-2/

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Mapping the Debate on Laws at the CCW: Taking Stock and Moving Forwardhttp://www.nonproliferation.eu/web/documents/nonproliferationpapers/mapping-the-debate-on-laws-at-the-ccw-taking-stock-50.pdf

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016 http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR157_SCORECARD_2016.pdf

·         Five Years On: A New European Agenda for North Africa http://ecfr.eu/page/-/FIVE_YEARS_ON_-_A_NEW_EUROPEAN_AGENDA_FOR_NORTH_AFRICA_-_ECFR-159.pdf

·         Return to Instability: How Migration and Great Power Politics Threaten the Western Balkanshttp://ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR_163_RETURN_TO_INSTABILITY.pdf

European Policy Centre

·         Elements of a Complex but Still Incomplete Puzzle: An Assessment of the EU(-Turkey) Summithttp://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_6417_post-summit_analysis_-_21_march_2016.pdf

·         EU-Turkey Summit on the Refugee Crisis - Law and (dis)order? http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6418

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security

·         Impact Evaluation on the Implementation of Article 13a Incident Reporting Scheme Within EUhttps://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/Incidents-reporting/studies/impact-evaluation-article13a

·         Strategies for Incident Response and Cyber Crisis Cooperationhttps://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/cert/support/information-sharing/strategies-for-incident-response-and-cyber-crisis-cooperation

Federation Of American Scientists

·         Suggestions about Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Recycling Policy Based on U.S. Concerns https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/japannukefuelrecyling_final.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Detached Primacy: Further Musings on the “Trump Doctrine” http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/03/detached-primacy-musings-trump-doctrine/

·         Obama and Trudeau: Bromance for the Ages…or at Least for the Next 10 Months http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/03/obama-trudeau-bromance-agesor-least-next-10-months/

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

·         Impact of hard and soft infrastructure: Evidence from the EU partners, North Africa and CEECshttp://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/p148-impact-hard-and-soft-infrastructure

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         International Alignment between Interests and Ideology: The Case of China’s Partnership Diplomacy https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publication/the-case-of-chinas-partnership-diplomacy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         2015 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements. GAO-16-320http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-320

·         Administrative Leave: Evaluation of DHS's New Policy Can Help Identify Progress toward Reducing Leave Use. GAO-16-342http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-342

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Preliminary Observations on Program Progress.* GAO-16-489T  [Testimony]http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-489T

·         Federal Protective Service: Enhancements to Performance Measures and Data Quality Processes Could Improve Human Capital Planning. GAO-16-384 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-384

·         Healthcare.gov: Actions Needed to Enhance Information Security and Privacy Controls. GAO-16-265http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-265

·         Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft System: Debate over System's Role Led to Focus on Aerial Refueling. GAO-16-389Rhttp://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-389R

·         Vehicle Safety: Enhanced Project Management of New Information Technology Could Help Improve NHTSA's Oversight of Safety Defects. GAO-16-312 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-312

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Should Not Give Puerto Rico Federal Tax Subsidies http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/congress-should-not-give-puerto-rico-federal-tax-subsidies

·         Real Consent for Nuclear Waste Management Starts with a Free Markethttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/real-consent-for-nuclear-waste-management-starts-with-a-free-market

·         Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court: Little Sisters of the Poor Take on Obamacare Mandatehttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/religious-liberty-at-the-supreme-court-little-sisters-of-the-poor-take-on-obamacare-mandate

Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)

·         HDIAC Journal, March 2016, v. 3, no. 1 https://www.hdiac.org/volume_3_issue_1

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Safety Culture in the U.S. Pipeline Industry

o    EPA and DHS Partner in Radiation Decontamination Project

o    Megacities through the Lens of Social Media

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Military Water Filtration Systems

o    Sprayable Foam: Limiting Blood Loss on the Battlefield

o    Special Operations: Leveraging Innovation to Improve Battlefield Performance

o    Technical Inquiry Highlight: Hydrogels in Biomedical Applications

o    Unfamiliar Face Recognition: Security, Surveillance and Smartphones

Human Rights Watch

·         ‘Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?’: Abuse against Transgender Women in US Immigration Detentionhttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/03/23/do-you-see-how-much-im-suffering-here/abuse-against-transgender-women-us

·         ‘Good Girls Don’t Protest’: Repression and Abuse of Women Human Rights Defenders, Activists, and Protesters in Sudanhttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/03/23/good-girls-dont-protest/repression-and-abuse-women-human-rights-defenders

·         Justice Reestablishes Balance: Delivering Credible Accountability for Serious Abuses in Côte d’Ivoirehttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/03/22/justice-reestablishes-balance/delivering-credible-accountability-serious-abuses

·         Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Pychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/03/21/living-hell/abuses-against-people-psychosocial-disabilities-indonesia

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

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

o    Ethiopia Moves Forward on Hydropower Dams

o    Leaving Nothing to Chance: Social Media and the 2016 Republic of Congo

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Decentralized Rural Energy Approaches from Indiahttp://www.idsa.in/system/files/opaper/op_43_energy-security-230316.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Movement at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Site http://www.isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Monitoring_Developments_at_North_Koreas_Yongbyon_Nuclear_Site_March_2016.pdf

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Parched Prospects II: A Revised Long-term Water Supply and Demand Forecast for South Africahttps://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/parched-prospects-ii-a-revised-long-term-water-supply-and-demand-forecast-for-south-africa

·         Peace and Security Council Report, 2016  No 78 https://www.issafrica.org/publications/peace-and-security-council-report/peace-and-security-council-report-no-78

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Situation Report: March 15 - 21, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-march-15-21-2016

·         ISIS's Campaign in Europe: March 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isiss-campaign-europe-march-2016

·         ISIS Global Strategy: March 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-global-strategy-march-2016

·         Warning: Iraq’s Shi’a Parties Split Over Cabinet Reshuffle Amidst Protests http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2016/03/warning-iraqs-shia-parties-split-over.html

Institute of Development Studies  (IDA)

·         Report of a High-level Roundtable on Rising Powers and Global Development, and Launch of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development  http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/123456789/10129/1/ER184_ReportofaHighlevelRoundtableonRisingPowersandGlobalDevelopmentandLaunchoftheCRPD.pdf

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

·         Roots of the Syrian Crisis, IPCS Special Reporthttp://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/RootsoftheSyrianCrisis_VPHaran.pdf

International Crisis Group

·         Sudan’s Islamists: From Salvation to Survival http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/horn-of-africa/sudan/b119-sudan-s-islamists-from-salvation-to-survival.pdf

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism

·         The Brussels Attacks https://www.ict.org.il/UserFiles/ICT-Brussels-Attacks-Mar-16.pdf

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Credit, Securitization and Monetary Policy : Watch Out for Unintended Consequenceshttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1676.pdf

·         Macroeconomic Dimensions of Public-Private Partnerships http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1678.pdf

·         Macroprudential and Monetary Policy Interactions in a DSGE Model for Swedenhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1674.pdf

·         Monetary Policy in the Presence of Islamic Banking http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1672.pdf

·         Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1677.pdf

·         Trilemma or Dilemma : Inspecting the Heterogeneous Response of Local Currency Interest Rates to Foreign Rateshttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1675.pdf

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         UN Mediation in the Syrian Crisis: From Kofi Annan to Lakhdar Brahimi https://www.ipinst.org/2016/03/un-mediation-syrian-crisis

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

·         Turkey and the EU: A New Path Toward a Shared Security Policyhttp://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/pb_230_colombo_2016.pdf

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 18, 2016, v. 15, no. 6 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/Terrorism_Monitor_-_Volume_XV__Issue_6_03.pdf

o    Cote d’Ivoire: AQIM Expands Its Reach in West Africa

o    Tanzania: Suspected al-Shabaab Militants killedin Arusha

o    Pakistan Battles a Resurgent Hizb ut Tahrir

o    The Ben Guerdane Attack and Tunisia’s Tackling of Terrorism

o    Retaking Palymyra: The Slow Campaign Against Islamic State in Syria

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Inter-Korean Relations and the Unification Process in Regional and Global Contextshttp://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_02_01.jsp?bid=DATA05&page=1&num=230&mode=view&category=

Lexington Institute

·         Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem in the Eastern Mediterranean http://lexingtoninstitute.org/souda-bay-natos-military-gem-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

Médecins Sans Frontières

·         MSF-OCB Supported Research on Ebola http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/msf_ocb_ebola_research.pdf

National Academies Press

·         Gulf War and Health:   Volume 10: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, 2016http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21840/gulf-war-and-health-volume-10-update-of-health-effects

·         The Integration of Immigrants into American Society http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21746/the-integration-of-immigrants-into-american-society

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

·         Surveying CVE Metrics in Prevention, Disengagement and De-Radicalization Programshttp://www.start.umd.edu/publication/surveying-cve-metrics-prevention-disengagement-and-de-radicalization-programs

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Meeting the Challenge of China's Rise: A New Agenda for the Japan-U.S. Alliancehttp://www.nids.go.jp/english/event/other/seminar/index.html

·         Three Level Factors of the Conflict in Eastern Ukrainehttp://www.nids.go.jp/english/publication/briefing/pdf/2015/briefing_e201511.pdf

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities: Building an Effective Global Nuclear Security Systemhttp://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/Global_Dialogue_Report_final.pdf

·         Radiological Security Progress Report http://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/NTI_Rad_Security_Report_final.pdf

Office of Director National Intelligence

·         2016 Annotated Worldwide Threat Assessment https://www.chds.us/ed/items/tag/worldwide-threat-assessment

Oxfam Policy & Practice  

·         Yemen's Invisible Food Crisis https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/yemens-invisible-food-crisis

Oxford Research Group

·         The UK’s Nuclear Future: Options between Rearmament and Disarmamenthttp://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/uk%E2%80%99s_nuclear_future_options_between_rearmament_and_disarmam

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Landing the Story : A guide to Using RTI in Investigative Journalismhttp://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/FOI/LandingtheStoryAguidetoUsingRTIinInvestigativeJournalism.pdf

·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan for February 2016http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/CMR/MonitoronCivil-MilitaryRelationsinPakistan_Feb2016.pdf

Peace Research Institute

·         Options for Measuring Conflict Deaths in Goal 16 https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=9008

·         Regional Responses to Radicalization in Afghanistan https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=9016

Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech

·         Lifelong Learning and Technology http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/03/22/lifelong-learning-and-technology/

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life

·         The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World http://www.pewforum.org/2016/03/22/the-gender-gap-in-religion-around-the-world/

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Brazil’s Perception of the Visegrad Group: Not a Strategic but a Prospective Partnership http://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM-Policy-Paper-no-150

·         V4 Goes Global: Exploring Opportunities and Obstacles in the Visegrad Countries’ Cooperation with Brazil, India, China and South Africa http://www.pism.pl/publications/PISM_Reports/V4-Goes-Global-Exploring-Opportunities-and-Obstacles-in-the-Visegrad-Countries-Cooperation-with-Brazil-India-China-and-South-Africa

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Assessing the jobs-environment relationship with matched data from US EEOC and US EPAhttp://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/6973a8aa9668efa49933248e089e3b31/publication/700/

Rand

·         Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR443-2.html

·         Calculating the Gross Regional Product of the Kurdistan Region — Iraqhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1405.html

·         Contestability Frameworks: An International Horizon Scan http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1372.html

·         The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised Crime and Corruption: Annex II - Corruptionhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1483.html

·         Employment Assistance for Reserve Component Members http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9861.html

·         Getting to Yes with China in Cyberspace http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1335.html

·         Review of the Provision of Job Placement Assistance and Related Employment Services to Members of the Reserve Components http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1188.html

·         Will the Iran Deal Survive? Iran, Regional Crises, and U.S. Policy  http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF346.html

Small Wars Journal

·         Assailing IC ITE: Exposing the Limitations on Combinational Information Designationshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42089

·         Atmospheric Impacts and Effects Predictions and Applications for Future Megacity and Dense Urban Area Operationshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42068

·         Complex IPB [Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield] http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42222

·         The DAESH Health System: An Open Source Intel Report http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42158

·         Human Insecurity in Mali: Overcoming Obstacles to Economic Solvency and Democratic Governance through External Intervention http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42286

·         Identity and Biometrics Enabled Intelligence (BEI) Sharing for Transnational Threat Actorshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/41979

·         Nine Lessons of Russian Propaganda http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/42422

Soufan Group

·         Foreign Fighters: An Updated Assessment of the Flow of Foreign Fighters into Syria and Iraq http://soufangroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/TSG_ForeignFightersUpdate_FINAL.pdf

UK Secretary of State for Defence

·         Iraq Fatalities Investigations: Report into the Death of Muhammad Abdul Ridha Salimhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510216/Report_into_the_death_of_Muhammad_Salim_ACCESSIBLE.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Anomalies in Iran's Assembly of Experts Election http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/anomalies-and-results-from-irans-assembly-of-experts-election

·         Egypt Renews Its Crackdown on NGOs http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/egypt-renews-its-crackdown-on-ngos

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 1): The Ground War http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gulf-coalition-operations-in-yemen-part-1-the-ground-war

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 2): The Air War http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gulf-coalition-operations-in-yemen-part-2-the-air-war

·         Gulf Coalition Operations in Yemen (Part 3): Maritime and Aerial Blockade http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gulf-coalition-operations-in-yemen-part-3-maritime-and-aerial-blockade

·         Khamenei Intensifies His Anti-Americanism to Weaken President Rouhani http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/khamenei-intensifies-his-anti-americanism-to-weaken-president-rouhani

·         Putin's Middle East Policy: Causes and Consequences http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/putins-middle-east-policy-causes-and-consequences

·         Terror in Europe: Combating Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Networks http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/terror-in-europe-combating-foreign-fighters-and-homegrown-networks

White House

·         FACT SHEET: Health Care Accomplishments https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/22/fact-sheet-health-care-accomplishments

·         FACT SHEET: United States-Cuba Relationship https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/21/fact-sheet-united-states-cuba-relationship

·         FACT SHEET: Working Together to Build a Sustainable Water Future https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/22/fact-sheet-working-together-build-sustainable-water-future  

·         Remarks by President Obama to the People of Cuba https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-and-remarks

Wilson Center

·         After a Year of War, Saudis and Houthis Explore Peace in Yemen https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/after-year-war-saudis-and-houthis-explore-peace-yemen

·         Ukraine: What’s a Language For? https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/kennan-cable-no15-ukraine-whats-language-for