Weekly Update
May 13
This is a long but interesting list.
Items of Interest:
38 North
·
Update on
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: No Indications that a Nuclear Test is Imminent http://38north.org/2016/05/punggye051016/
American Enterprise
Institute
·
Iran's Evolving
Way of War: How the IRGC Fights in Syria http://www.irantracker.org/analysis/bucala-kagan-irans-evolving-way-of-war-how-irgc-fights-in-syria-march-24-2016
Asian Development Bank
·
Disaster-Resilient
Microfinance: Learning from Communities Affected by Typhoon Haiyan http://www.adb.org/publications/disaster-resilient-microfinance-typhoon-haiyan
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How Inclusive is
Inclusive Business for Women? Examples from Asia and Latin America http://www.adb.org/publications/inclusive-business-women-asia-and-latin-america
Atlantic Council
·
Congo Blues:
Scoring Kabila's Rule http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/congo-blues-scoring-kabila-s-rule
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Last Call for
TTIP: The Views of European Diplomats in Washington, DC http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/last-call-for-ttip-the-views-of-european-diplomats-in-washington-dc
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NATO’s Hollowing
Values Agenda http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/natos-hollowing-values-agenda
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Will Iran’s Human
Rights Record Improve? http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/will-iran-s-human-rights-record-improve
Baker Institute for
Public Policy
·
Dissonant politics
in Iran http://bakerinstitute.org/research/contested-revolutionary-ideology-dissonant-politics-and-iranian-foreign-policy/
·
The Evolution of
Cartels in Mexico, 1980-2015 http://bakerinstitute.org/research/evolution-cartels-mexico-1980-2015/
·
Mexico reacts to a
"hostile climate" http://bakerinstitute.org/research/mexico-responds-hostile-climate/
Barcelona Centre for
International Affairs
·
Afghanistan:
Monitoring the Key Regional Powers. Report 2 http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/stap_rp/quarterly_monitoring_briefs_afghanistan/afghanistan_monitoring_the_key_regional_powers_report_23
Begin-Sadat Center for
Strategic Studies
·
The ISIS Challenge
in Syria; Implications for Israeli Security http://besacenter.org/mideast-security-and-policy-studies/isis-challenge-syria-implications-israeli-security/
British American
Security Information Council (BASIC)
·
Beyond the Ban:
The Humanitarian Initiative of Nuclear Disarmament and Advocacy of No-first-Use
Nuclear Doctrines http://www.basicint.org/publications/alberto-perez-vadillo-eu-non-proliferation-consortium-researcher/2016/beyond-ban
Brookings Institution
·
Five Known
Unknowns About the Next Generation Global Political Economy http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/future-global-political-economy-drezner
·
Limits of law in
the South China Sea http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/06-limits-of-law-south-china-sea-gewirtz
·
Local Orders and
International Engagement in South Asia http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/05/local-orders-south-asia-nelson
Center for a New
American Security (CNAS)
·
From the Bottom,
Up: A Strategy for U.S. Military Support to Syria’s Armed Opposition http://www.cnas.org/fromthebottomup#.VzfyihIm6M8
Center for Climate and
Security
·
The
Climate-Nuclear-Security Nexus: A Collision Course or a Road to New Opportunities?
https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the-climate-nuclear-security-nexus_a-collision-course-or-a-road-to-new-opportunities_briefer-29.pdf
Center for Immigration
Studies (CIS)
·
Cost of Welfare
Use By Immigrant and Native Households http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/richwine-welfare-cost_0.pdf
Center for Naval
Analyses (CNA)
·
Analysis of
Undesignated Work http://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/DRM-2016-U-012995-Final.pdf
·
Las Vegas
After-Action Assessment: Lessons Learned from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department’s Ambush Incident http://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-w0798-pub.pdf
·
LOGWAR 15:
Analysis Report http://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/DRM-2015-U-011940-Final.pdf
Center for a New
American Security (CNAS)
·
From the Bottom,
Up: A Strategy for U.S. Military Support to Syria’s Armed Opposition http://www.cnas.org/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/CNASReport-SyrianOpposition-160505.pdf
Center for Security
Studies (CSS)
·
Peace and Violence
in Colombia No. 191 http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/CSSAnalyse-191-EN.pdf
·
Policy
Perspectives vol. 4/5, May 2016 http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/publications/search/details.html?id=%2Fp%2Fr%2Fo%2Fm%2Fpromoting_salafi_political_participation
o Promoting Salafi Political Participation
·
Russian
Analytical Digest, 10 May 2016, no.
183 http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/en/publications/rad/rad-all-issues/details.html?id=/n/o/1/8/no_183_competition_or_coordination_the_e
o Competition or Coordination? The Eurasian Economic
Union and China's One Belt, One Road Initiative
·
Transatlantic
Energy Security: On Different Pathways? No. 192 http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/CSSAnalyse-192-EN.pdf
Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS)
·
Overseas
Contingency Operations (OCO) and the Uncertain Cost of U.S. Wars http://csis.org/files/publication/160510_OCO_US_Wars.pdf
·
PacNet #43 -
U.S.-India Defense Partnership 2.0: Making Good (incrementally) on Strategic
Congruence http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-43-us-india-defense-partnership-20-making-good-incrementally-strategic-congruenc-1
·
PacNet #41 -
Philippines’ Next President: Implications for ASEAN http://csis.org/files/publication/160510_PacNet_1641.pdf
·
A Rebalanced
Transatlantic Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific Region http://csis.org/files/publication/140428_Conley_TransatlanticPolicyAsiaPacific_Web.pdf
·
U.S. Military
Forces in FY2017: Stable Plans, Disruptive Threats, and Strategic Inflection
Points http://defense360.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cancian_MilitaryForcesFY2017-Final.pdf
Centre for European
Reform (CER)
·
Why Schengen
Matters and How to Keep It: A Five Point Plan http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/policy-brief/2016/why-schengen-matters-and-how-keep-it-five-point-plan
Centre for International
Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·
Limiting Dangerous
Climate Change: The Critical Role of Citizen Suits and Domestic Courts—Despite
the Paris Agreement https://www.cigionline.org/publications/limiting-dangerous-climate-change-critical-role-of-citizen-suits-and-domestic-courts-de
·
Looking Back on
the First Round of New gTLD Applications: Implications for Trademarks and
Freedom of Expression https://www.cigionline.org/publications/looking-back-first-round-of-new-gtld-applications-implications-trademarks-and-freedom-o
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Tracing the
Economic Impact of Regulations on the Free Flow of Data and Data Localization https://www.cigionline.org/publications/tracing-economic-impact-of-regulations-free-flow-of-data-and-data-localization
Centre for Security
Governance
·
Non-State Security
Providers and Political Formation in Somalia http://www.secgovcentre.org/files/www/NSSPs_in_Somalia_April2016.pdf
Chatham House
·
Brexit and
National Security: Separating Fact from Myth https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/brexit-and-national-security-separating-fact-myth
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Britain, the EU
and the Sovereignty Myth https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/britain-eu-and-sovereignty-myth
·
The Future of US
Global Leadership: Implications for Europe, Canada and Transatlantic
Cooperation https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/future-us-global-leadership-implications-europe-canada-and-transatlantic-cooperation
·
Young Arab Voices:
Moving Youth Policy from Debate into Action https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/young-arab-voices-moving-youth-policy-debate-action
Congress. House. Armed
Services Committee
·
U.S. Industry Perspectives
on the Department of Defense's Policies, Roles, and Responsibilities for
Foreign Military Sales https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/us-industry-perspectives-department-defenses-policies-roles-and
Congress. House. Energy
& Commerce Committee
·
Daily Fantasy
Sports: Issues and Perspectives https://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/daily-fantasy-sports-issues-and-perspectives
Congress. House. Foreign
Affairs Committee
·
FY 2017 Budget
Priorities for South Asia: Recovery, Development, and Engagement http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-fy-2017-budget-priorities-south-asia-recovery-development-and
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Terrorism,
Missiles and Corruption: The Risks of Economic Engagement with Iran http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-terrorism-missiles-and-corruption-risks-economic-engagement-iran
·
The U.S. Role in
Helping Nigeria Confront Boko Haram and Other Threats in Northern Nigeria http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-us-role-helping-nigeria-confront-boko-haram-and-other-threats-northern
·
Will President
Obama Prioritize the Release of Prisoners of Conscience in Vietnam? http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-will-president-obama-prioritize-release-prisoners-conscience-vietnam
Congress. House.
Homeland Security Committee
·
Following the
Money: Examining Current Terrorist Financing Trends and the Threat to the
Homeland https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/following-money-examining-current-terrorist-financing-trends-threat-homeland/
·
Life on the
Border: Examining Border Security through the Eyes of Local Residents and Law
Enforcement https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/life-border-examining-border-security-eyes-local-residents-law-enforcement/
Congress. House.
Judiciary Committee
·
Executive
Overreach in Foreign Affairs https://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/executive-overreach-foreign-affairs/
Congress. House.
Oversight & Government Reform Committee
·
Examining
Management Practices and Misconduct at TSA: Part II https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-management-practices-and-misconduct-at-tsa-part-ii/
·
Incorporating
Social Media into Federal Background Investigations https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/incorporating-social-media-federal-background-investigations/
·
Reforming the
Postal Service: Finding a Viable Solution https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/reforming-the-postal-service-finding-a-viable-solution/
Congress. House.
Science, Space & Technology Committee
·
FDIC Data
Breaches: Can Americans Trust that Their Private Banking Information Is Secure?
https://science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/oversight-subcommittee-hearing-fdic-data-breaches-can-americans-trust-their
Congress. House.
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
·
Controlling the
Rising Cost of Federal Responses to Disaster http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=400195
Congress. House.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
·
Combating the
Crisis: Evaluating Efforts to Prevent Veteran Suicide http://veterans.house.gov/hearing/combating-the-crisis-evaluating-efforts-to-prevent-veteran-suicide
Congress. Senate.
Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee
·
Keeping Goods
Moving in America’s Heartland http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/5/keeping-goods-moving-in-america-s-heartland
·
Leveraging the
U.S. Science and Technology Enterprise http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/5/leveraging-the-u-s-science-and-technology-enterprise
Congress. Senate.
Foreign Relations Committee
·
Examining
America's Role in the World http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/examining-americas-role-in-the-world-051216
·
Terrorism and
Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/terrorism-and-instability-in-sub-saharan-africa-051016
Congress. Senate.
Judiciary Committee
·
Examining the
Proposed FCC Privacy Rules http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/examining-the-proposed-fcc-privacy-rules
·
Oversight and
Reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act: The Balance between National
Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/oversight-and-reauthorization-of-the-fisa-amendments-act-the-balance-between-national-security-privacy-and-civil-liberties
Congressional Budget
Office (CBO)
·
The 2016 Budget
Outlook https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51557
·
CBO’s Activities
Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51335
·
Trends in the
Joblessness and Incarceration of Young Men https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51495
Council on Foreign
Relations (CFR)
·
Foreign Policy at
the Conventions http://www.cfr.org/elections/foreign-policy-conventions/p37841
·
Water Clouds on
the Tibetan Plateau http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/water-clouds-tibetan-plateau/p37848
Deep Cuts Project
·
The NPT and the
Humanitarian Initiative: Towards and Beyond the 2015 NPT Review Conference http://deepcuts.org/images/PDF/DeepCuts_WP5_Sauer_UK.pdf
·
Nuclear
Disarmament: The Legacy of the Trilateral Initiative http://deepcuts.org/images/PDF/DeepCuts_WP4_Shea_Rockwood_UK.pdf
·
The
Offense/Defense Problem http://deepcuts.org/images/PDF/DeepCuts_WP6_Gormley_UK.pdf
Department of Defense
(DOD)
·
9th Korea-U.S.
Integrated Defense Dialogue: Joint Press Statement http://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/9t-%20KIDD-Joint-Press-Release-Final.pdf
·
2016 Annual Report
to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic
of China http://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2016%20China%20Military%20Power%20Report.pdf
·
DoD Directive
5101.17E, Roles and Responsibilities Associated with the Recovery of Chemical
Warfare Material, May 11, 2016 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/510117E.pdf
·
DoD Instruction
3000.11, Management of DoD Irregular Warfare (IW) and Security Force Assistance
(SFA) Capabilities, May 3, 2016 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300011p.pdf
·
DoD Instruction
3000.12, Management of U.S. Global Defense Posture (GDP), May 6, 2016 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300012p.pdf
·
DoD Instruction
5525.19, DoD Identity Matching Engine for Security and Analysis (IMESA) Access
to Criminal Justice Information (CJI) and Terrorist Screening Databases (TSDB),
May 4, 2016 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/552519p.pdf
·
Joint Statement on
Counter-ISIL/Da'esh Cooperation http://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/Joint-Statement.pdf
Department of Defense
Inspector General (DODIG)
·
DODIG-2015-077
USSOCOM Needs to Consistently Follow Guidance to Revalidate Capability
Requirements and Maintain Supporting Documentation for Special
Operations-Peculiar Programs http://www.dodig.mil/FOIA/err/DODIG-2015-077.pdf
Department of Defense,
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
·
Regional Sea Level
Scenarios for Coastal Risk Management: Managing the Uncertainty of Future Sea
Level Change and Extreme Water Levels for Department of Defense Coastal Sites
Worldwide https://www.serdp-estcp.org/News-and-Events/News-Announcements/Program-News/DoD-Report-on-Regional-Sea-Level-Scenarios
Department of Health
& Human Services (DHHS)
·
Decontamination
Guidance for Chemical Incidents https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/barda/cbrn/decontamination-guidance-for-chemical-incidents/
o Volume 1: Strategic Guidance https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/media/36872/prism-volume-1.pdf
o Volume 2: Tactical Guidance https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/media/36873/prism-volume-2.pdf
o Volume 3: Operational Guidance https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/media/36874/prism-volume-3.pdf
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS)
·
OIG-16-87 IT
Management Challenges Continue in TSA's Security Technology Integrated Program
(Redacted) https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2016/OIG-16-87-May16.pdf
·
From Concept to
Reality: Operationalizing Social Media for Preparedness, Response and Recovery http://www.firstresponder.gov/TechnologyDocuments/VSMWG%20-%20From%20Concept%20to%20Reality%20-%20Operationalizing%20Social%20Media.pdf
Department of State
·
Department of
State International Cyberspace Policy Strategy http://insidecybersecurity.com/sites/insidecybersecurity.com/files/documents/may2016/cs2016_0062.pdf
Department of the Navy
·
FY 2017 U.S. Navy
30-Year Shipbuilding Plan [draft] https://news.usni.org/2016/05/09/document-fy-2017-u-s-navy-30-year-shipbuilding-plan
East Asia Institute
·
Understanding
Pathways to Conflict in the Western Pacific http://www.eai.or.kr/data/bbs/eng_report/2016051016465847.pdf
East-West Center
·
Beyond
Manufacturing: Developing the Service Sector to Drive Growth in the PRC http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/35640
·
Voices for
Reconciliation: Assessing Media Outreach and Survivor Engagement for Case 002
at the Khmer Rouge Trials http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/35635
Egmont Institute Royal
Institute for International Relations
·
Forgotten lessons
for the Eurozone http://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/forgotten-lessons-for-the-eurozone/
EU Institute for
Security Studies
·
China’s Rise: A
View from Australia http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/chinas-rise-a-view-from-australia/
·
DPRK: It Takes
More than Two to Talk http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/dprk-it-takes-more-than-two-to-talk/
European Policy Centre
·
Measures and Rules
Developed in the EU Member States Regarding Integration of Third Country
National: Comparative Report http://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_6519_reportintegrationschemesfinalversionpdf-en.pdf
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)
o Leadership During Crisis Response: Challenges and
Evolving Research
o Historic Guardians of Our Nation’s Capital
o Community Outreach Spotlight: P.L.A.Y. [Partnering Law
Enforcement and Youth] Program
o Importance of the Little Things
Federal Procurement Data
System
·
Top 100
Contractors Report https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms/index.php/en/reports.html
Financial Action Task
Force (FATF)
·
Ending Impunity:
Creating a Level Playing Field by Enforcing the Conventions We Have http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/tackling-corruption-together.html
Geneva Centre for
Security Policy (GCSP)
·
History
Politicised: Russia, Ukraine and the West http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Publications/History-Politicised-Russia-Ukraine-and-the-West
·
The Relevance of
the Cold War Today http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Publications/The-Relevance-of-the-Cold-War-today
·
When History Meets
Policy: Understanding the Past to Shape the Future http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Publications/When-History-Meets-Policy-Understanding-the-Past-to-Shape-the-Future
German Council on
Foreign Relations
·
How to Win the
Battle for a New Ukraine https://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27979
German Marshall Fund of
the United States
·
The Future of U.S.
Global Leadership Implications for Europe, Canada and Transatlantic Cooperation
http://www.gmfus.org/publications/future-us-global-leadership-implications-europe-canada-and-transatlantic-cooperation
·
National
Priorities for the NATO Warsaw Summit http://www.gmfus.org/publications/national-priorities-nato-warsaw-summit
·
Russia: A Test for
Transatlantic Unity http://www.gmfus.org/publications/russia-test-transatlantic-unity
Government
Accountability Office (GAO)
·
DOD Advertising:
Better Coordination, Performance Measurement, and Oversight Needed to Help Meet
Recruitment Goals. GAO-16-396 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-396
·
Military
Readiness: DOD Needs to Incorporate Elements of a Strategic Management Planning
Framework into Retrograde and Reset Guidance. GAO-16-414 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-414
·
Nuclear Security:
Status of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Effort to Develop a
Security Infrastructure Plan. GAO-16-447R http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-447R
·
Security
Assistance: U.S. Government Should Strengthen End-Use Monitoring and Human
Rights Vetting for Egypt. GAO-16-435 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-435
·
Smartphone Data:
Information and Issues Regarding Surreptitious Tracking Apps That Can
Facilitate Stalking. GAO-16-317 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-317
·
Veterans' Health
Care: Proper Plan Needed to Modernize System for Paying Community Providers.
GAO-16-353 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-353
Foundation for
International Development Study and Research (FERDI)
·
Caught in the
Middle? The Economics of Middle-Income Traps http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/p142-caught-middle-economics-middle-income-traps
German Development
Institute
·
Building Peace
after War: The Knowns and Unknowns of External Support to Post-conflict
Societies https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/building-peace-after-war-the-knowns-and-unknowns-of-external-support-to-post-conflict-societies/
·
G20: Concert of
Great Powers or Guardian of Global Well-being? https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/g20-concert-of-great-powers-or-guardian-of-global-well-being/
·
The G20 and the
Future of the Global Trading System https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/the-g20-and-the-future-of-the-global-trading-system/
Heritage Foundation
·
American Business
Competitiveness Act: Good Steps Toward Business Tax Reform http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/american-business-competitiveness-act-good-steps-toward-business-tax-reform
·
Coal Plant
Modernization: The Best Energy Option for Kosovo http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/coal-plant-modernization-the-best-energy-option-for-kosovo
·
The Dangerous
Regional Implications of the Iran Nuclear Agreement http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/the-dangerous-regional-implications-of-the-iran-nuclear-agreement
·
Maintaining
America’s Ability to Collect Foreign Intelligence: The Section 702 Program http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/maintaining-americas-ability-to-collect-foreign-intelligence-the-section-702-program
·
Solar Energy for
DOD Installations Diverts Funds from Defense Priorities http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/solar-energy-for-dod-installations-diverts-funds-from-defense-priorities
Households in Conflict
Network
·
Inequality,
Distributive Beliefs and Protests: A Recent Story from Latin America http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-218.pdf
Institute for Defence
Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
·
South Pacific:
Gaining Prominence in Indian Foreign Policy Calculations http://www.idsa.in/backgrounder/south-pacific-and-indian-foreign-policy_noak_100516
Institute for National
Security Studies (INSS)
·
Supporting
Democracy in Erdoǧan’s Turkey: The Role of Think Tanks http://inss.ndu.edu/Media/News/tabid/9704/Article/755657/supporting-democracy-in-erdogans-turkey-the-role-of-think-tanks.aspx
Institute for the Study
of War
·
Iraq Council of
Representatives Graphic: May 9, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-council-representatives-graphic-may-9-2016
·
Iraq Situation
Report: April 26 - May 10, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-april-26-may-10-2016
·
ISIS's Explosive
Attacks in the Greater Baghdad Area: April 4-May 11, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isiss-explosive-attacks-greater-baghdad-area-april-4-may-11-2016
·
ISW Tracking of
Iraq’s 2016 Political Crisis http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isw-tracking-iraq%E2%80%99s-2016-political-crisis
·
Russian
Airstrikes in Syria: April 19 - May
12, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-airstrikes-syria-april-19-may-12-2016
·
Syria Situation
Report: May 7 - 13, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syria-situation-report-may-7-13-2016
Institute of South Asian
Studies (ISAS)
·
India’s Maritime
Turn: A Blue Economy Strategy in the Making? http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Insights%20No.%20332%20-%20Indias%20Maritime%20Turn.%20A%20Blue%20Economy%20Strategy%20in%20the%20Making.pdf
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Kerala’s Election:
Signposts and a Paradox http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Insights%20No.%20331%20-%20Keralas%20Election.%20Signposts%20and%20a%20Paradox.pdf
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Nepal: Unfolding
Internal Political Contradictions http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20425%20-%20Nepal%20-%20Unfolding%20Internal%20Political%20Contradictions.pdf
·
Tamil Nadu Polls:
Populism and Political Reverberations http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20426%20-%20Tamil%20Nadu%20Polls.%20Populism%20and%20Political%20Reverberations.pdf
Instituto Affari
Internazionali (IAI)
·
The Impact of
Youth Policies in Turkey http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/impact-youth-policies-turkey
·
Somali
Perspectives: Security, Elections, and the Federalisation Process http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/somali-perspectives-security-elections-and-federalisation-process
International Centre for
Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
·
Al Qaeda in the
Indian Subcontinent: A New Frontline in the Global Jihadist Movement? http://icct.nl/publication/al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontintent-a-new-frontline-in-the-global-jihadist-movement/
·
Countering Violent
Extremism in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq http://icct.nl/publication/countering-violent-extremism-in-the-kurdistan-region-in-iraq/
·
Prosecuting
Foreign Terrorist Fighters: What Role for the Military? http://icct.nl/publication/prosecuting-foreign-terrorist-fighters-what-role-for-the-military/
International Centre for
Defence and Security (ICDS)
·
Closing NATO’s
Baltic Gap http://www.icds.ee/publications/article/closing-natos-baltic-gap/
International Monetary
Fund (IMF)
·
Economic
Diversification in Oil-Exporting Arab Countries http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2016/042916.pdf
·
Investment and
Growth in the Arab World - A Scoping Note http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2016/050216.pdf
International Peace
Institute (IPI)
·
Chained to the
Caucasus: Peacemaking in Karabakh, 1987–2012 https://www.ipinst.org/2016/05/peacemaking-in-karabakh
·
The Surge to
Stabilize: Lessons for the UN from the AU’s Experience in Somalia https://www.ipinst.org/2016/05/un-au-stabilize-somalia
Italian Institute for
International Political Studies (Istituto per gli studi di politica
internazionale)
·
Asia as a New
Global Engine: Foreign Trade and Regional Cooperation http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/asia-new-global-engine-foreign-trade-and-regional-cooperation-15108
·
Beijing and
Pyongyang: A “Special Friendship” Facing the Final Curtain http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/beijing-and-pyongyang-special-friendship-facing-final-curtain-15072
·
EU External Trade
Strategy Vis-à-vis Asia http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/eu-external-trade-strategy-vis-vis-asia-15128
·
Implementation of
the EU-Republic of Korea FTA http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/implementation-eu-republic-korea-fta-15109
Jamestown Foundation
o Brief: A Mass Line for the Digital Age
o The Eclipse of the Communist Youth League and the Rise
of the Zhejiang Clique
o The Human and Organizational Dimensions of the PLA’s
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems
Konrad Adenauer
Foundation (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
·
Reading Iran’s
Economic Indicators http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_45168-544-2-30.pdf?160512171514
Long War Journal
·
Charting the
Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2016 [updated May 10, 2016] http://www.longwarjournal.org/yemen-strikes/
McGill University
·
Islamic Studies
Library Digital Collection http://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/islamicstudieslibrary/islamic-studies-library-digital-collection-in-internet-archive/
Migration Policy
Institute
·
Engaging the
Anxious Middle on Immigration Reform: Evidence from the UK Debate http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/TCM_Trust-UK-FINAL.pdf
Ministry for Foreign
Affairs of Finland
·
Effects of
Finland’s Possible NATO Membership http://formin.finland.fi/public/download.aspx?ID=157408&GUID=%7b71D08E6C-3168-439F-9C31-0326D1014C26%7d
National Academies Press
·
Indo-U.S. Workshop
on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of
a Workshop http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21810/indo-us-workshop-on-challenges-of-emerging-infections-and-global-health-safety
National Bureau of Asian
Research
·
India's Maritime
Stakes in the South Asian Littoral http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=684
National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
·
NSTAC Report to
the President on Big Data Analytics [draft] https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Draft%20NSTAC%20Report%20to%20the%20President%20on%20Big%20Data%20Analytics%20(4-22-16)%20(2).pdf
NATO Defense College
·
Article 5 of the
Washington Treaty: Its Origins, Meaning and Future http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=934
·
NATO and Russia:
Managing the Relationship http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=932
Norwegian Peacebuilding
Resource Centre
·
Women Political
Leaders and Peacebuilding http://www.peacebuilding.no/Themes/Peace-processes-and-mediation/publications/Women-political-leaders-and-peacebuilding
Notre Europe - Institut
Jacques Delors
·
A Deepened Single
Market for Labour and Digital Innovation http://www.delorsinstitute.eu/011-22923-A-deepened-Single-market-for-labour-and-digital-innovation.html
Nuclear Threat
Initiative (NTI)
·
Applying New Tools
to Nonproliferation: A Nuclear Detective Story http://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/applying-new-tools-nonproliferation-nuclear-detective-story/
·
Countering the
Threats from the Middle East http://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/countering-threats-middle-east/
Oceans Beyond Piracy
(OBP)
·
The State of
Maritime Piracy 2015: Assessing the Economic and Human Cost http://oceansbeyondpiracy.org/reports/sop2015
Oxford Research Group
(ORG)
·
ORG’s Submission
to Labour’s Defence Policy Review http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/news/org%E2%80%99s_submission_labour%E2%80%99s_defence_policy_review
Pakistan Institute of
Legislative Development and Transparency
·
Score Card on
Assessment of the Quality of Governance - Second Year of the Federal Government
http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/QualityofGovernance/ScoreCardonQualityofGovernance-SecondYearoftheFederalGovernment_2014-2015.pdf
Pew Research Center
·
Europe sees rise
in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, with almost half from Afghanistan http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/10/eu-unaccompanied-minors/
Pipeline and Hazardous
Material Safety Administration (PHMSA)
·
2016 Emergency
Response Guidebook http://phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/outreach-training/erg
PMIC Inc.
·
Impact Study and
Report Restrictive Travel Policy Projected Impacts to Mission-Critical Goals http://www.arl.army.mil/www/pages/2/PMIC%20IMPACT%20STUDY%20Contract%20W911QX-16-P-0007.pdf
Political Economy
Research Institute (PERI)
·
Capital Flight and
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/published_study/wp2016-058.pdf
Quilliam Foundation
·
Preventing Violent
Extremism Online Through Public-Private Partnerships http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/publications/free/summary-report-panel-discussion-on-preventing-violent-extremism.pdf
Rand
·
Fostering
Innovation in the U.S. Court System: Identifying High-Priority Technology and
Other Needs for Improving Court Operations and Outcomes http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1255.html
·
Initiatives to
Improve Quality of Education in the Kurdistan Region — Iraq: Administration,
School Monitoring, Private School Policies, and Teacher Training
(Kurdish-language version) http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR960z2.html
·
Innovation in the
United States Air Force: Evidence from Six Cases http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1207.html
Royal United Services
Institute (RUSI)
·
Spending Matters:
Defence and Security Budgets after the 2015 Spending Review https://rusi.org/publication/briefing-papers/spending-matters-defence-and-security-budgets-after-2015-spending-review
Small Wars Journal
·
Advancing a
Strategic Theory of Special Operations http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/45204
·
‘Bandas
Criminales’ and a Post-accord Colombia http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/45049
·
Hacking for
Defense @ Stanford – Week 6 http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/hacking-for-defense-stanford-%E2%80%93-week-6
·
The Lessons of the
Envoy in an Age of Small Wars http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/45090
·
Poland: A Case
Study for the Inclusion of Former Warsaw Pact States in NATO http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/45072
·
Time to Bring
Strategy to Molenbeek: No Need for Counterinsurgency http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/45010
Stanley Foundation
·
Advancing Climate
Policy After the Paris Agreement http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1597
·
Reducing Risk,
Strengthening Resilience: Toward the Structural Prevention of Atrocity Crimes http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1596
·
Technology
Development and Transfer for a Safe Climate Future http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1599
Transatlantic Academy
·
Europe and United
States Must Prioritize Unity to Counter Russia’s Aggression http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/publications/russia-a-test-for-transatlantic-unity
·
Russia, China, and
the West After Crimea http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/sites/default/files/publications/Stent_RussiaChina_May16_web.pdf
Transparency
International
·
The
Anti-Corruption Summit: Defining Success, Ambition and Impact at the London
Anti-Corruption Summit http://files.transparency.org/content/download/1997/13000/file/2016_LondonACSummit_EN.pdf
Trulia
·
Stationed in the
Nation: Best Rental Markets for U.S. Military and Their Families http://www.trulia.com/blog/trends/military-rentals/
UCLA Luskin Center of
Public Affairs
·
Shedding Light on
Sex Trafficking; Research, Data, and Technologies with the Greatest Impact http://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/HT%20FINAL%20REPORT%20050916.pdf
U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission
·
China’s Expanding
Ability to Conduct Conventional Missile Strikes on Guam http://origin.www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/Staff%20Report_China's%20Expanding%20Ability%20to%20Conduct%20Conventional%20Missile%20Strikes%20on%20Guam.pdf
US Institute of Peace
(USIP)
·
The Current
Situation in South Sudan http://www.usip.org/publications/the-current-situation-in-south-sudan
·
The Current
Situation in Sudan http://www.usip.org/publications/the-current-situation-in-sudan
Washington Institute for
Near East Policy
·
The Battle for
Deir al-Zour: A U.S.-Russian Bridge Against the Islamic State? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-battle-for-deir-al-zour-a-u.s.-russian-bridge-against-the-islamic-state
·
Gulf Coalition
Targeting AQAP in Yemen http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/gulf-coalition-operations-against-aqap-in-yemen
·
Hezbollah's
Biggest Loss to Date in Syria http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hezbollahs-biggest-loss-to-date-in-syria
·
The IRGC Morphs
Into an Expeditionary Force http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-irgc-morphs-into-an-expeditionary-force
·
Promised Saudi
Support to Jordan: At What Price? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/promised-saudi-support-to-jordan-at-what-price
·
Saudi King's Son
Drastically Reshapes Government http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-kings-son-drastically-reshapes-government
White House
·
FACT SHEET:
U.S.-Nordic Collaboration on Climate Change, the Arctic, and Clean Energy https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/13/fact-sheet-us-nordic-collaboration-climate-change-arctic-and-clean
Wilson Center
·
Argentina's Oil
and Gas Sector: Coordinated Federalism and The Rule of Law https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/argentinas-oil-and-gas-sector-coordinated-federalism-and-the-rule-law
·
Nationalist
Smelters and Cuban Guerillas: The Bolivian Revolution through the Eyes of
Czechoslovakia https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/nationalist-smelters-and-cuban-guerrillas-the-bolivian-revolution-through-the-eyes
·
The Siberian
Letters of George Kennan the Elder, 1866-1867 https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-siberian-letters-george-kennan-the-elder-1866-1867-2016
·
The Xinjiang Exile
Government in Taiwan, 1954-1969 https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-xinjiang-exile-government-taiwan-1954-1969
