Tuesday, July 5, 2016


Weekly Update

July 1

This is a long but interesting list.

Items of Interest:

Aerospace Defense Security (ADS) Group
·         UK Aerospace Outlook 2016 https://members.adsgroup.org.uk/resource/AerospaceOutlook2016-E-Res.pdf

Air Force STSC
·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,  July/August  2016, v. 29, no. 4http://www.crosstalkonline.org/issues/julaug-2016.html
·         The Way Forward: A Strategy for Harmonizing Agile and CMMI
o    CMMI the Agile Way in Constrained and Regulated Environments
o    How L-3 Leveraged the CMMI for Services to Drive Cultural Change and Business Growth
o    Applying Agile Methods to Software Sustainment
o    The Disciplined Agile Framework: A Pragmatic Approach to Agile Maturity
o    Agile 5 – Using High Maturity CMMI Practices to Improve Agile Processes and Achieve Predictable Results

Al Jazeera Center for Studies
·         Bangladesh: Islamist Militancy, Democracy Deficit and Where to Next?http://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/6/28/a034491a2b8f4869a2079ddc9bbded0e_100.pdf
·         Yemen’s Warring Parties: Formations and Dynamics'http://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/6/30/90cdd4fdc9b54e5cb5b4d2ed8ed87c59_100.pdf

American Enterprise Institute
·         Kurdistan Rising?  Considerations for Kurds, Their Neighbors, and the Region http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Kurdistan-Rising_online1.pdf

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, June 2016, v.23, no. 6 http://www.health.mil/Reference-Center/Reports/2016/07/01/Medical-Surveillance-Monthly-Report-Volume-23-Number-6
o    Identification of specific activities associated with fall-related injuries, active component, U.S. Army, 2011
o    Incidence and recent trends in functional gastrointestinal disorders, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2005–2014
o    Deployment-related conditions of special surveillance interest

Atlantic Council
·         Frozen Conflicts: A Tool Kit for US Policymakers http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/frozen-conflicts-a-tool-kit-for-us-policymakers

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre
·         MANIS: Time for a New Forum to Sweeten Regional Cooperation http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/publications/manis-time-new-forum-sweeten-regional-cooperation
·         Mexican Drug Cartels and Dark-networks: An Emerging Threat to Australia's National Securityhttp://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/publications/mexican-drug-cartels-and-dark-networks-emerging-threat-australias-national-security

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
·         Why Russia is a Threat to the International Order https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/why-russia-is-a-threat-to-the-international-order

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
·         No One-Shot Solution to the Hamas Challenge http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/no-one-shot-solution-hamas-challenge/

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
·         Federal Coal Program Reform, the Clean Power Plan, and the Interaction of Upstream and Downstream Climate Policieshttp://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/26766/federal_coal_program_reform_the_clean_power_plan_and_the_interaction_of_upstream_and_downstream_climate_policies.html

Bipartisan Policy Center
·         Culprit or Scapegoat? Immigration’s Effect on Employment and Wageshttp://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/immigration-impact-on-employment-wages/
·         Losing Our Edge: Pentagon Personnel Reform and the Dangers of Inactionhttp://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/pentagon-personnel-reform/
·         The New Realities of Voting by Mail in 2016 http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/voting-by-mail/

Brennan Center for Justice

Brookings
·         China Abroad: The Long March to Europe http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/06/china-europe-march-lecorre-sepulchre
·         Demographic, Employment, and Wage Trends in South Africahttp://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/06/demographic-employment-wage-trends-south-africa
·         Impact Governance and Management: Fulfilling the Promise of Capitalism to Achieve a Shared and Durable Prosperity http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/07/01-b-corporations-kassoy-houlahan-gilbert
·         Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Infrastructure: The Role of Public Policyhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2016/06/sustainable-infrastructure-public-policy-qureshi

Bruegel
·         Rethinking the Security of the European Union’s Gas Supply http://bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Bruegel-gas-security-ITRE.pdf

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
·         Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2013–14 - Statistical Tables http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5664&utm_source=newsfrombjs-063016

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
·         Infrastructure, Attitude and Weather: Today's Threats to Supply Chain Securityhttp://www.cgai.ca/infrastructure_attitude_and_weather

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)
·         Canada and Saudi Arabia: A Deeply Flawed but Necessary Partnershiphttp://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_saudi_arabia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
·         Finding Clarity in a Middle East Unbalanced http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?fa=63791

Cato Institute
·         New York’s Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of the Fedhttp://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/new-yorks-bank-national-monetary-commission-founding-fed
·         Options for Federal Privatization and Reform Lessons from Abroad http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/options-federal-privatization-reform-lessons-abroad
·         The Problem with the Light Footprint: Shifting Tactics in Lieu of Strategyhttp://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/problem-light-footprint-shifting-tactics-lieu-strategy

Center for Global Development
·         Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health http://www.cgdev.org/publication/millions-saved-new-cases-proven-success-global-health

Center for Immigration Studies
·         Is There Bias Against Muslims Who Apply for Naturalization? http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/cadman-muslim-imm.pdf

Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security
·         CIP Report, May-June 2016 http://cip.gmu.edu/2016/06/28/director-mayjune-2016/
o    The Energy Sector

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
·         Becoming a Great "Maritime Power": A Chinese Dream https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/IRM-2016-U-013646.pdf

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Evaluating Future U.S. Army Force Posture in Europe (Phase II) https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160629_Evaluating_Future_US_Army_Posture_Europe_Phase_II_Report.pdf
·         Landing Together: Pacific Amphibious Development and Implications for the U.S. Fleet https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160629_LandingTogether_Interim_Web.pdf
·         The “OPEC Disease”: Assessing the Impact of Lower Oil Export Revenues https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160630_Impact_Lower_Oil_Export_Revenues.pdf
·         PacNet #53 - A More-selective US Grand Strategy https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160628_PacNet_1653.pdf
·         Tools and Strategies to Prevent Mass Atrocities Committed by Violent Extremist Organizations https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160701_Green_ViolentExtremism_Web.pdf

Center for Terrorism and Security Studies
·         Perspectives on Terrorism, June 2016, v. 10, no. 3http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/issue/view/58
o    Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: Introducing the RTV Dataset
o    Targeted Killings and Compellence:  Lessons from the Campaign against Hamas in the Second Intifada
o    Research on Radicalisation: Topics and Themes
o    Constructions of Terrorism
o    Terrorist Migration to the Dark Web
o    A Framework for Assessing the Mobilization of Westerners by Jihadists in Syria and Intervention Points for Counter-Measures
o    Winning Hearts and Minds in Pakistan's Tribal Areas: A Personal Recollection of a Peace-Building Effort with the Taliban
o    Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 2)

Centre for European Reform (CER)
·         Dear EU Leaders, Please Handle Britain with Care http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/dear-eu-leaders-please-handle-britain-care

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·         Investor-State Arbitration Policy and Practice in Australia https://www.cigionline.org/publications/investor-state-arbitration-policy-and-practice-australia   
·         When Are Two Networks Better than One? Toward a Theory of Optimal Fragmentationhttps://www.cigionline.org/publications/when-are-two-networks-better-one-toward-theory-of-optimal-fragmentation

Chatham House
·         US Election Note: Economic Policy After 2016 https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/us-election-note-economic-policy-after-2016
·         Water, Ecosystems and Energy in South Asia: Making Cross-Border Collaboration Workhttps://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/water-ecosystems-and-energy-south-asia-making-cross-border-collaboration-work

Chicago Council on Global Affairs
·         Protecting the US Economy: Responding to State-Sponsored Theft of Intellectual Propertyhttps://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/160628_elperspectives_cybersecurity.pdf

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations
·         Economic Diplomacy in EU–China Relations https://www.clingendael.nl/publication/economic-diplomacy-eu%E2%80%93china-relations

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
·         Going Dark, Going Forward; A Primer on the Encryption Debate https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Going-Dark-Going-Forward.pdf

Congress. House. Select Committee on Benghazi
·         Select Committee on Benghazi Releases Proposed Report https://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo
·         Interview Transcripts http://democrats-benghazi.house.gov/work/interview-transcripts

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
·         Trends in Operation and Maintenance Spending by the Department of Defensehttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/51731

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
·         The Debate Over Brexit http://www.cfr.org/united-kingdom/debate-over-brexit/p37747
·         Future of Global Supply Chains http://www.cfr.org/global/future-global-supply-chains/p38095
·         Securing a Democratic Future for Myanmar http://www.cfr.org/burmamyanmar/securing-democratic-future-myanmar/p37681
·         The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-vice-president-foreign-policy/p38104
·         Venezuela's Economic Fractures http://www.cfr.org/economics/venezuelas-economic-fractures/p32853

Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL)
·         Blueprint to Mariner [This Blueprint to Mariner provides a guide to USCG licensure and a detailed guide for Navy personnel (active duty &  reserve) to seek funding for USCG licensure]http://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/pubs/blueprint2mariner.pdf

Department of Defense (DOD)
·         Transgender Service Member Policy Implementation

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
·         Report of the Independent Panel on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ebola Responsehttp://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/responders/ebola/EbolaResponseReport/Documents/ebola-panel.pdf

Department of State
·         Remarks on “The Global Refugee Crisis: Overcoming Fears and Spurring Action,” at the U.S. Institute of Peacehttp://usun.state.gov/remarks/7360
·         Remarks at the 2016 Trafficking In Persons Report Ceremonyhttp://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/06/259227.htm
·         Trafficking in Persons Report 2016 http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2016/index.htm
·         Background Briefing on the Quartet Report http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/07/259277.htm
·         Report of the Middle East Quartet http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/259262.htm
·         The Value of U.S. Alliances http://www.state.gov/s/d/2016d/259181.htm

Department of the Navy
·         Department of Defense Press Briefing by Adm. Richardson on the Results of the Investigation into the Seizure of Two Riverine Boats and the Detention of 10 U.S. Navy Personnel by Iranian Forces in the Pentagon Briefing Roomhttp://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/822039/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-adm-richardson-on-the-results-of-the-in
·         Iranian Capture of Riverine Command Boats (RCB)/Navy Sailors (Jan2016) [Navy FOIA office - upper right hand corner https://www.foia.navy.mil/foia/webbas02.nsf/%28vwwebpage%29/home.htm?opendocument
·         Timeline of Events http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=221238
·         U.S. Navy Investigation into Farsi Island https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/document-summary-u-s-navy-investigation-farsi-island-incident
·         SECNAV M-5239.2 DON Cyberspace IT and Cybersecurity Workforce Management and Qualification Manualhttp://www.doncio.navy.mil/contentview.aspx?id=7991

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
·         2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary - updatedhttps://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2016/hq062716_attach.pdf

East-West Center
·         The Rise of Defense Diplomacy in the South China Sea http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/35696

EastWest Institute
·         Afghanistan Reconnected: Cross-Border Cooperation at a Critical Juncturehttps://issuu.com/ewipublications/docs/istanbul2016a?e=1954584/36810410

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations
·         The EU Global Strategy: Realpolitik with European Characteristicshttp://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/eu-global-strategy/
·         Missing the Target: The African Union’s Mediating Efforts in Burundihttp://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/missing-the-target-the-african-unions-mediating-efforts-in-burundi/

Elliot School of International Affairs - Central Asia Program
·         Azerbaijan’s Suspended Democracy: Time For An International Reassessmenthttp://centralasiaprogram.org/blog/2016/07/01/azerbaijans-suspended-democracy-time-for-an-international-reassessment/
·         Bibliography: Religion in Central Asia (Tsarist Period to 2016)http://centralasiaprogram.org/blog/2016/07/01/bibliography-religion-in-central-asia-tsarist-period-to-2016/

Energy Information Administration (EIA)
·         Azerbaijan Country Analysis Brief - June 2016 http://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=AZE
·         Colombia Country Analysis Brief - June 2016 http://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=COL

EU Institute for Security Studies
·         The Arab Common Market: Fighters, Weapons, Ideologieshttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/the-arab-common-market-fighters-weapons-ideologies/
·         Civilian Crisis Management: Towards a New Paradigmhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/civilian-crisis-management-towards-a-new-paradigm/
·         Euro 2016 – Teaming Up for Security http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/euro-2016-teaming-up-for-security/
·         A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policyhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/a-global-strategy-for-the-european-unions-foreign-and-security-policy/

European Parliament
·         Ethical Aspects of Cyber-Physical Systemshttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/563501/EPRS_STU(2016)563501_EN.pdf
·         EU Strategy for Relations with Iran After the Nuclear Dealhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/578005/EXPO_IDA(2016)578005_EN.pdf

European Policy Centre (EPC)
·         Europe: A Question of Survival http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6753
·         Europe’s Potential in Addressing Maritime Security in Asia: A Japanese Viewhttp://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6768
·         Georgia and the EU – Maintaining the Momentum http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6796
·         Post-Summit Commentary | Europe in limbo while the UK descends into chaoshttp://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6775

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
·         Outcomes of the Plenary meeting of the FATF, Busan Korea, 22–24 June 2016 http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/plenary-outcomes-june-2016.html
·         Tunisia's Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/mutualevaluations/documents/mer-tunisia-2016.html

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
·         The Baltic States in European Security: A Report of an FPRI Roundtable at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the American Association of Baltic Studies http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/06/baltic-states-european-security-report-fpri-roundtable-25th-biennial-meeting-american-association-baltic-studies/
·         Epic Misadventure or Historic Achievement: The Remarkable Story of the Czecho-Slovak Legionhttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/06/epic-misadventure-historic-achievement-remarkable-story-czecho-slovak-legion/
·         Expertise in Countering Urban Street Gangs can be used to Fight Jihadistshttp://www.fpri.org/article/2016/06/expertise-countering-urban-street-gangs-can-used-fight-jihadists/

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)
·         Emigration and Democracy http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/p155-emigration-and-democracy
·         The Welfare Impact of Global Migration in OECD Countries http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/p156-welfare-impact-global-migration-oecd-countries

Fund for Peace

German Council on Foreign Relations
·         Brexit and the Shape of EU Power to Come https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/five-questions/brexit-and-shape-eu-power-come
·         The European Union Grapples with Brexit https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapviewpoint/european-union-grapples-brexit

German Development Institute
·         New Approaches to Development Cooperation in Middle-income Countries: Brokering Collective Action for Global Sustainable Development https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/new-approaches-to-development-cooperation-in-middle-income-countries-brokering-collective-action-for-global-sustainable-development-1/

German Marshall Fund of the United States
·         How Ukraine Can Open Its Door to NATO http://www.gmfus.org/publications/how-ukraine-can-open-its-door-nato
·         Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in the Mediterranean http://www.gmfus.org/publications/terrorism-and-counter-terrorism-mediterranean
·         U.K.-EU Referendum http://www.gmfus.org/uk-eu-referendum

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         Casualty Assistance: DOD and the Coast Guard Need to Develop Policies and Outreach Goals and Metrics for Program Supporting Servicemembers' Survivors. GAO-16-569  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-569
·         Defense Civil Support: DOD Has Made Progress Incorporating the Homeland Response Force into the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Response Enterprise. GAO-16-599 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-599
·         Defense Contracting: Complete Historical Data Not Available on Canceled DOD Solicitations. GAO-16-502Rhttp://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-502R
·         Defense Headquarters: Geographic Combatant Commands Rely on Subordinate Commands for Mission Management and Execution. GAO-16-652R http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-652R
·         Defense Headquarters: Improved Data Needed to Better Identify Streamlining and Cost Savings Opportunities by Function. GAO-16-286 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-286
·         Elections: Issues Related to Registering Voters and Administering Elections. GAO-16-630http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-630
·         Human Trafficking: Agencies Have Taken Steps to Assess Prevalence, Address Victim Issues, and Avoid Grant Duplication. GAO-16-555  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-555
·         Human Trafficking: Implementation of Related Statutory Provisions, Law Enforcement Efforts, and Grant Funding. GAO-16-748T, [Testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-748T   
·         Program Integrity: Views on the Use of Commercial Data Services to Help Identify Fraud and Improper Payments. GAO-16-624 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-624  
·         Veterans Crisis Line: Additional Testing, Monitoring, and Information Needed to Ensure Better Quality Service. GAO-16-373 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-373

GW Center for Cyber and Homeland Security
·         CCHS-NCAP event on Cybersecurity and State & Local Law Enforcement [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnKzLyMCPI
·         Cybersecurity Guide for State and Local Law Enforcementhttps://cchs.gwu.edu/sites/cchs.gwu.edu/files/downloads/NCAPCybersecurityGuide-2016.pdf
·         Cybersecurity for State and Local Law Enforcement: A Policy Roadmap to Enhance Capabilitieshttps://cchs.gwu.edu/sites/cchs.gwu.edu/files/downloads/NCAP%20CCHS%20Issue%20Brief%20FINAL_0.pdf   

Heritage Foundation
·         Eliminating and Reducing Regulatory Obstacles in Agriculturehttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/06/eliminating-and-reducing-regulatory-obstacles-in-agriculture

Hudson Institute

Human Rights Watch
·         Enabling a Dictator: The United States and Chad’s Hissène Habré 1982-1990shttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/06/28/enabling-dictator/united-states-and-chads-hissene-habre-1982-1990
·         ‘They Can Arrest You at Any Time’: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burmahttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/06/29/they-can-arrest-you-any-time/criminalization-peaceful-expression-burma

IJ Infinity Group
·         Infinity Journal, Post-Operational Level Age of War - Special edition https://www.infinityjournal.com/special-issue/24/the_postoperational_level_age_of_war/
o    Introducing “The Post-Operational Level Age of War”
o    Post-Operational Level Age of War: How to Properly Maintain the Interface between Policy, Strategy, and Tactics in Current Military Challenges
o    Post-Operational Level Age of War: the Operational Focus Approach, Part 2
o    Post-Operational Level Age of War: the Operational Focus Approach, Part 3

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
·         Saudi Arabia’s and Turkey’s Pipeline Wars in Yemen and Syria http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/429_Lin.pdf
·         Sri Lanka as an Outreach Partner of the G-7: Issues and Concerns http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/sri-lanka-partner-of-the-g-7_gsultana_010716

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
o    Niger Delta Avengers: Who Are They and What Do They Want?
o    Zimbabwe’s Economy: The Beginning of Hope?
·         Application of Contagious Disease Epidemiological Models to Known Population Structure and Movementhttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/SFRD/2016/D-5225.ashx
·         The F/A-18E/F: An Integrated Product Team (IPT) Case Studyhttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/ITSD/2016/D-8027.ashx
·         Trends in VBA Disability Compensation Spendinghttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/CARD/2016/D-5781.ashx

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
·         Compliance Through Pain: Electric Shock Equipment in South African Prisons https://www.issafrica.org/publications/policy-brief/compliance-through-pain-electric-shock-equipment-in-south-african-prisons
·         Planning for Peace: Lessons from Mozambique's Peacebuilding Processhttps://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/planning-for-peace-lessons-from-mozambiques-peacebuilding-process
·         Refreshing Africa's Future: Prospects for Achieving Universal WASH Access by 2030https://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/refreshing-africas-future-prospects-for-achieving-universal-wash-access-by-2030
·         Manufacturing Torture?  South Africa’s Trade in Electric Shock Equipmenthttps://www.issafrica.org/publications/policy-brief/manufacturing-torture-south-africas-trade-in-electric-shock-equipment
·         Tools of Torture?  Use of Electric Shock Equipment Among African Policehttps://www.issafrica.org/publications/policy-brief/tools-of-torture-use-of-electric-shock-equipment-among-african-police

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
·         Getting Race Right: How can predominately South Asian and Arab American mosques promote a greater understanding of race and civil rights, and create inclusive environments for African American Muslim youth?http://www.ispu.org/pdfs/repository/amyrace.pdf

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)
·         After Mideast, will the Saudi-Wahhabi nexus destablize East Asia? http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/430_Lin.pdf

Institute for Strategic Dialogue
o    Guidance for International Youth Engagement in PVE and CVE: Youth Responses to Resolution 2250 and the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism
·         Youth Innovation Labs: A Model for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremismhttp://www.strategicdialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/YouthCAN-Labs.pdf
               
Institute for the Study of War
·         Iraq Situation Report: June 21 - 28, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-june-21-28-2016
·         ISIS Forecast: Ramadan 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/report/isis-forecast-ramadan-2016
·         ISIS's Campaign in Turkey http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isiss-campaign-turkey
·         ISIS Sanctuary Map: July 1, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-sanctuary-map-july-1-2016
·         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: June 3-28, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-airstrikes-syria-june-3-28-2016
·         Syria Situation Report: May 21 - 27, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syria-situation-report-may-21-27-2016
·         Syria Situation Report: June 25 - July 1, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syria-situation-report-june-25-july-1-2016

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
·         Shadow-Boxing over Nuclear Supplies: A China-India Tussle for ‘Power’http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Insights%20%20No.%20335%20-%20Shadow-Boxing%20Over%20Nuclear%20Supplies.pdf

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
·         Governing Youth, Managing Society http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/governing-youth-managing-society
·         Oil Price Volatility and the Implications for European Foreign and Security Policyhttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/oil-price-volatility-and-implications-european-foreign-and-security-policy
·         Youth and Family Policies in Arab Countries and Turkey: The Political Stakes of Demographyhttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/youth-and-family-policies-arab-countries-and-turkey-political-stakes-demography

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR)
·         Economic Growth and Business Collaboration: A Tool for Peace Building in Israel-Palestine http://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ICSR-Atkin-Paper-Series-Nieme-Ayoub.pdf
·         Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Back to Basics http://icsr.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ICSR-Atkin-Paper-Dawoud-Zahran.pdf

International Crisis Group

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
·         From Crisis to Convergence : Charting a Course for Portugalhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/dp/2016/eur1602.pdf
·         Income Polarization in the United States http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16121.pdf
·         Syria’s Conflict Economy http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16123.pdf
·         What's Up with U.S. Wage Growth and Job Mobility?http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16122.pdf

International Peace Institute (IPI)
·         Building Resilience in Cities under Stress https://www.ipinst.org/2016/06/building-resilience-in-cities-under-stress
·         OSCE Peace Operations: Soft Security in Hard Environments https://www.ipinst.org/2016/06/osce-peace-operations    

Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale)
·         Long-Term Growth and Debt in Japan and Italyhttp://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/wp_63_2016_bruni_0.pdf

Lowy Institute for International Relations
·         Turning Back?  Philippine Security Policy Under Dutertehttp://www.lowyinstitute.org/files/turning_back_philippine_security_policy_under_duterte_malcolm_cook.pdf

Martens Centre for European Studies
·         Rewiring Europe: Five Priorities for a Lasting Digital Economy http://www.martenscentre.eu/publications/digital-economy-5-priorities-european-digital-single-markets

Microsoft
·         From Articulation to Implementation: Enabling Progress on Cybersecurity Normshttps://mscorpmedia.azureedge.net/mscorpmedia/2016/06/Microsoft-Cybersecurity-Norms_vFinal.pdf

National Academies Press
·         Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities:   Summary of a Workshophttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/23539/electricity-use-in-rural-and-islanded-communities-summary-of-a
·         The Promises and Perils of Digital Strategies in Achieving Health Equity:   Workshop Summaryhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/23439/the-promises-and-perils-of-digital-strategies-in-achieving-health-equity

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
·         Extreme Hatred: Revisiting the Hate Crime and Terrorism Relationshiphttp://www.start.umd.edu/publication/extreme-hatred-revisiting-hate-crime-and-terrorism-relationship

National Security Archive
·         70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb553-70th-anniversary-of-Crossroads-atomic-tests/

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
·         Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2009-2016)http://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2016_07/20160704_160704-pr2016-116.pdf
·         NATO Summit Guide - Warsaw, 8-9 July 2016 http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_132786.htm

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
·         Summary of Information Regarding U.S. Counterterrorism Strikes Outside Areas of Active Hostilitieshttps://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/DNI+Release+on+CT+Strikes+Outside+Areas+of+Active+Hostilities.PDF

Open Society Foundations 
·         The Strategic Costs of Civilian Harm: Applying Lessons from Afghanistan to Current and Future Conflictshttps://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/strategic-costs-civilian-harm-20160603.pdf

Oxfam Policy & Practice
·         Feeding Climate Change: What the Paris Agreement Means for Food and Beverage Companieshttp://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/oxfam/bitstream/10546/613202/1/bp-feeding-climate-change-270616-en.pdf
·         Self-Protection and Coping Strategies of Refugees from Syria and Host Communities in Lebanonhttp://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/oxfam/bitstream/10546/615139/1/rr-lebanon-refugees-protection-300616-en.pdf

Oxford Research Group

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
·         Enhancing Export Opportunities for Small and Medium-Sized Enterpriseshttp://news.piie.com/t/657087/10023225/36001/34/
·         United Kingdom - BREXIT comments https://piie.com/research/united-kingdom

Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends
·         As Obama Years Draw to Close, President and U.S. Seen Favorably in Europe and Asiahttp://www.pewglobal.org/2016/06/29/as-obama-years-draw-to-close-president-and-u-s-seen-favorably-in-europe-and-asia/

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends
·         On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Aparthttp://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/   

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
·         Gearing Carbon Trading Towards Environmental Co-benefits in Chinahttp://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/b1cd3e3bb0948bee93c810890fe6d057/publication/710/

Potomac Foundation
·         NATO: Rethink–Realign–React. Tackling Security Challenges Togetherhttp://www.thepotomacfoundation.org/nato-rethink-realign-react-tackling-security-challenges-together/

Rand
·         Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openlyhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1530.html
·         Developing a Risk Assessment Methodology for the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1537.html
·         Expanding Flight Research: Capabilities, Needs, and Management Options for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1361.html
·         The Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly in the U.S. Militaryhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9909.html
·         A Methodology for Modeling the Flow of Military Personnel Across Air Force Active and Reserve Componentshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR825.html
·         Missiles for Asia? The Need for Operational Analysis of U.S. Theater Ballistic Missiles in the Pacifichttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR945.html
·         The People's Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in Chinahttp://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB551.html
·         PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymakinghttp://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB550.html
·         U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Employees for Military Personnel: Challenges and Opportunities http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1282.html
·         U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Civilian Employees for Military Personnel: Executive Summary http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1282z1.html

Secure Works
·         Threat Group-4127 Targets Google Accounts https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-group-4127-targets-google-accounts

Small Wars Journal
·         Abu Muhammad al-Adnani’s May 21, 2016 Speech http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46941
·         How to Stop an Active Killer http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46819
·         International Conference On Promoting The Rule Of Law In Mexico http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46740
·         Mad Scientist Call for Papers: Cyber Proficient Force 2025 & Beyond http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46984
·         Potential Terrorist Activity During Ramadan 2016 and Beyond http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46815

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
·         NATO Cyberspace Capability: A Strategic and Operational Evolutionhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1321

Transatlantic Academy

Trend Micro
·         Cyber Threats to the Mining Industry http://www.eenews.net/assets/2016/06/28/document_gw_03.pdf

UK Parliament. House of Commons Defense Committee
·         Special Report - Shifting the Goalposts? Defense Expenditure and the 2% Pledgehttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmdfence/465/465.pdf

UK Parliament.  House of Lords
·         The Process of Withdrawing from the European Union http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldeucom/138/138.pdf

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
·         World Drug Report 2016 http://www.unodc.org/wdr2016/

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
·         Balochistan: Caught in the Fragility Trap http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/06/27/balochistan-caught-in-the-fragility-trap

US Marine Corps
o    The Tiger of Seibo: Charles F. Merkel, George Thorpe, and the Dark Side of Marine Corps History
o    The U.S. Marines in World War I Part I: th¬e U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Comes to the Fore
o    Development of Medical Doctrine for Amphibious Warfare by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1929–39, Part I
o    The Importance of Professionalism: An Analysis of the 1st Marine Division Planning Process for the Amphibious Assault on Inchon
o    National Museum of the Marine Corps: Moving Forward to Tell the Story of Today’s Warrior

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
·         High Noon in Bahrain: Will Tehran Blink First? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/high-noon-in-bahrain-will-tehran-blink-first
·         Israel's Calculus for Reconciliation With Turkey http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israels-calculus-for-reconciliation-with-turkey
·         Israeli Perspectives on International Peace Initiatives http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israeli-perspectives-on-international-peace-initiatives
·         Rethinking the U.S. Military Role in the Middle East http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/rethinking-the-u.s.-military-role-in-the-middle-east
·         Shaping U.S.-Russian Cooperation Against Jabhat al-Nusra http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/shaping-u.s.-russian-cooperation-against-jabhat-al-nusra
·         Teaching Terror: The Islamic State's Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methodshttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/teaching-terror-the-islamic-states-textbooks-guidance-literature-and-indoct
·         Turkey's Regional Charm Offensive: Motives and Prospects http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkeys-regional-charm-offensive-motives-and-prospects

White House
·         FACT SHEET: Executive Order on the US Policy on Pre & Post-Strike Measures to Address Civilian Casualties in the US Operations Involving the Use of Force & the DNI Release of Aggregate Data on Strike Outside Area of Active Hostilitie https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/01/fact-sheet-executive-order-us-policy-pre-post-strike-measures-address
·         FACT SHEET: Launching the Data-Driven Justice Initiative: Disrupting the Cycle of Incarcerationhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/30/fact-sheet-launching-data-driven-justice-initiative-disrupting-cycle
·         North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership Action Planhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/29/north-american-climate-clean-energy-and-environment-partnership-action
·         Remarks by President Obama in Address to the Parliament of Canada https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/30/remarks-president-obama-address-parliament-canada
·         Remarks by President Obama, Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada, and President Peña Nieto of Mexico in North American Leaders' Summit Press Conference, 6/29/2016 https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/30/remarks-president-obama-prime-minister-trudeau-canada-and-president-pe%C3%B1a
·         Remarks by the President on the Zika Virus https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/01/remarks-president-zika-virus

Williams Institute (UCLA)
·         How Many Adults Identify as Transgender in the United States? http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

World Health Organization (WHO)

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