Monday, July 11, 2016

Weekly Update

July 8

38 North
·         North Korea Still Faces Significant Challenges in Developing a Sea-Launched Missile: Experthttp://38north.org/2016/07/statement070916/

ACLU of California
·         Discharged and then Discarded: How U.S. Veterans are Banished by the Country They Swore to Protecthttps://www.aclusandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DischargedThenDiscarded-ACLUofCA.pdf

Action on Armed Violence
·         Wide-Area Impact: Investigating the Wide-Area Effect of Explosive Weapons https://aoav.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Wide-Area-Impact-explosive-weapons-in-populated-areas.pdf

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
·         A Closer Look at Men and “Masculinities”: Their Proactive Contribution to Gender Equalityhttp://www.areu.org.af/EditionDetails.aspx?EditionId=911&ContentId=7&ParentId=7
·         The Other Side of Gender Inequality: Men and Masculinities in Afghanistan [Info page with report in English, Dari and Pashto as well as a video about the report] http://www.areu.org.af/EditionDetails.aspx?EditionId=889&ContentId=7&ParentId=7&Lang=en-US

Al Jazeera Center for Studies
·         Yemen’s Warring Parties: Formations and Dynamicshttp://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/6/30/90cdd4fdc9b54e5cb5b4d2ed8ed87c59_100.pdf

American Enterprise Institute

Amnesty International
·         It’s Enough for People to Feel it Exists—Civil Society, Secrecy and Surveillance in Belarushttp://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur4943062016en.pdf
·         Our Hearts Have Gone Dark—The Mental Health Impact of South Sudan’s Conflicthttp://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/southsudan_mental_health_report.pdf
·         "Torture was My Punishment': Abductions, Torture and Summary Killings Under Armed Rule in Aleppo and Idleb, Syria http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/embargoed_5_july-_torture_was_my_punishment-final_version.pdf

Asan Forum
·         Is the EU on the Same Page as the United States on China? http://www.theasanforum.org/is-the-eu-on-the-same-page-as-the-united-states-on-china/

Asian Development Bank
·         Deflation in Asia: Should the Dangers Be Dismissed? http://www.adb.org/publications/deflation-asia-should-dangers-be-dismissed
·         Technology and Innovation Policies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in East Asiahttp://www.adb.org/publications/technology-and-innovation-policies-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-east-asia
·         Understanding Recent Trends in Income Inequality in the People’s Republic of Chinahttp://www.adb.org/publications/understanding-recent-trends-income-inequality-prc

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare           
·         The State of the Cavalry: An Analysis of the U.S. Army’s Reconnaissance and Security Capabilityhttps://www.ausa.org/publications/state-cavalry-analysis-us-army%E2%80%99s-reconnaissance-and-security-capability
·         The Uncertain Role of the Tank in Modern War: Lessons from the Israeli Experience in Hybrid Warfarehttps://www.ausa.org/publications/uncertain-role-tank-modern-war-lessons-israeli-experience-hybrid-warfare

Atlantic Council
·         The Future of Brazilian Politics: Where We Place Our Bets http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/the-future-of-brazilian-politics-where-we-place-our-bets

Australian National University – Strategic & Defence Studies Centre
·         Australia and the Challenges of Weapons of Mass Destruction http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/publications/australia-and-challenges-weapons-mass-destruction
·         Indonesia's ‘Great Power’ Aspirations: A Critical View http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/publications/indonesias-%E2%80%98great-power%E2%80%99-aspirations-critical-view
·         Reconstructing China: Japanese Technicians and Industrialization in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/publications/reconstructing-china-japanese-technicians-and-industrialization-early-years-peoples

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
·         Opportunities Abound Abroad: Optimising Our Criminal Intelligence System Overseashttps://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opportunities-abound-abroad-optimising-our-criminal-intelligence-system-overseas

Baker Institute for Public Policy
·         Globalization & Organized Crime http://bakerinstitute.org/research/globalization-organized-crime/
·         Wanted: Mexican Oil Workers http://bakerinstitute.org/research/training-energy-workers-in-Mexico/

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
·         The Importance of Interests in Israel-Turkey Reconciliation http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/importance-interests-israel-turkey-reconciliation/
·         Occupation Is Not the Problem http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/occupation-not-problem/
·         The Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation: A Balance Sheet http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/turkish-israeli-reconciliation-balance-sheet/

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
·         Co-Offending Among Adolescents in Violent Victimizations, 2004–13http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/caavv0413.pdf

Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI)
·         2016 Policy Review Series - Defence Collection http://www.cgai.ca/policy_review

Center for Climate Security
·         General Keys: The Military Thinks Climate Change is Serious https://climateandsecurity.org/2016/07/07/general-keys-the-military-thinks-climate-change-is-serious/

Center for Complex Operations (CCO)
·         Prism, 2016, v. 6, no. 2 http://cco.ndu.edu/Publications/PRISM/PRISM-Volume-6-No-2/
o    NATO in Context: Geopolitics and the Problem of Russian Power
o    NATO's Land Forces: Strength and Speed Matter
o    NATO and the North Atlantic: Revitalizing Collective Defense and the Maritime Domain
o    Implementing the Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority in Europe and Africa
o    The Disintegration of European Security: Lessons from the Refugee Crisis
o    Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Europe: Current Developments and Issues for the Future
o    EU Energy Policy: Sustained by Fragile Solidarity, Indispensable for Eurasian Security
o    European Union and NATO Global Cybersecurity Challenges: A Way Forward
o    Russia’s Contradictory Relationship with the West
o    Assessing and Addressing Russian Revanchism

Center for Global Development
·         Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers http://www.cgdev.org/publication/bounding-price-equivalent-migration-barriers
·         Development Finance is the Future of US Economic Assistance http://www.cgdev.org/publication/development-finance-future-us-economic-assistance

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Assessing Defense Reform: Creating OSD "Mission Teams" https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-defense-reform-creating-osd-mission-teams
·         Assessing Defense Reform: Limiting Size of NSC Staff https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-defense-reform-limiting-size-nsc-staff
·         Assessing Defense Reform: Reducing Number of Four-Star Generals/Flag Officershttps://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-defense-reform-reducing-number-four-star-generalsflag-officers
·         Goldwater-Nichols Reform: The Way Ahead https://www.csis.org/analysis/goldwater-nichols-reform-way-ahead
·         New Entities Designated for DPRK Human Rights Abuses https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-entities-designated-dprk-human-rights-abuses
·         The Obama Strategy in Afghanistan: Finding a Way to Win https://www.csis.org/analysis/obama-strategy-afghanistan-finding-way-win
·         PacNet #55 - Australia, the US, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership https://www.csis.org/analysis/pacnet-55-australia-us-and-trans-pacific-partnership
·         PacNet #54 - The Real Significance of Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central Americahttps://www.csis.org/analysis/pacnet-54-real-significance-tsai-ing-wen%E2%80%99s-visit-central-america 
·         Smart Conditions: A Strategic Framework for Leveraging Security Assistance https://www.csis.org/analysis/smart-conditions
·         Tools and Strategies to Prevent Mass Atrocities Committed by Violent Extremist Organizationshttps://www.csis.org/analysis/tools-and-strategies-prevent-mass-atrocities-committed-violent-extremist-organizations
·         Women in Senate Confirmed Department of Defense PAS Positions Since 1947https://www.csis.org/analysis/women-senate-confirmed-department-defense-pas-positions-1947-0

Center on National Security at Fordham Law
·         Case by Case; ISIS Prosecutions in the United States http://www.centeronnationalsecurity.org/s/ISIS-Report-Case-by-Case-July2016.pdf

Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies
·         Carbon Taxation Information Note http://edam.org.tr/en/File?id=3193

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·         Misperceptions, Threat Inflation and Mistrust in China-Japan Relationshttps://www.cigionline.org/publications/misperceptions-threat-inflation-and-mistrust-china-japan-relations

Centre for Security Governance (CSG)
·         The Foundation for Defence Procurement Reform in Ukrainehttp://www.secgovcentre.org/files/www/CSG_Paper_6_-_Defence_Procurement_Reform_in_Ukraine_June_2016.pdf
·         Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 2016, v. 5, no. 1http://www.stabilityjournal.org/8/volume/5/issue/1/
o    What Explains Criminal Violence in Mexico City? A Test of Two Theories of Crime
o    DDR and the Internal Organization of Non-State Armed Groups
o    Citizenship or Repression? Coca, Eradication and Development in the Andes
o    Toward a Realistic and Responsible Idea of Stabilisation
o    Mass Claims in Land and Property Following the Arab Spring: Lessons from Yemen

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations
·         Conflict Sensitivity: Taking It to the Next Level https://www.clingendael.nl/publication/conflict-sensitivity-taking-it-next-level

Commission on Care

Conflict Armament Research

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
·         SPF/HFAC Hearing: South China Sea Maritime Disputeshttps://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/apfhfac-hearing-south-china-sea-maritime-disputes

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
·         Federal, State, and Local Agreements and Associated Benefits for Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposalhttps://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/federal-state-and-local-agreements-and-associated-benefits-spent-nuclear
·         A Review of EPA's Regulatory Activity During the Obama Administration: Energy and Industrial Sectorshttps://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/review-epas-regulatory-activity-during-obama-administration-energy-and

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
·         Demanding Accountability: The Administration’s Reckless Release of Terrorists from Guantanamohttps://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-demanding-accountability-administrations-reckless-release-terrorists-guantanamo/
·         Financially Rewarding Terrorism in the West Bank https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/financially-rewarding-terrorism-west-bank/

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
·         An Examination of the Maritime Nuclear Smuggling Threat and Other Port Security and Smuggling Risks in the U.S. https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/examination-maritime-nuclear-smuggling-threat/
·         How Pervasive is Misconduct at TSA: Examining Findings from a Joint Subcommittee Investigationhttps://homeland.house.gov/hearing/pervasive-misconduct-tsa-examining-findings-joint-subcommittee-investigation/
·         Misconduct at TSA Threatens the Security of the Flying Public https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TSA-Misconduct-Report.pdf
·         Terror Threat Snapshot; The ISIS Terror Threat in America https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/July-Terror-Threat-Snapshot.pdf

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
·         Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recoveryhttps://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/assessing-obama-years-oira-regulatory-impacts-jobs-wages-economic-recovery/
·         The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisishttps://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/federal-government-autopilot-mandatory-spending-entitlement-crisis/
·         The Judicial Branch and the Efficient Administration of Justice https://judiciary.house.gov/hearing/judicial-branch-efficient-administration-justice/

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
·         Contracting Fairness https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/contracting-fairness/
·         Examining Billion Dollar Waste through Improper Payments https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-billion-dollar-waste-through-improper-payments/
·         Firearms and Munitions at Risk: Examining Inadequate Safeguards https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/firearms-and-munitions-at-risk-examining-inadequate-safeguards/
·         Oversight of the State Department https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/oversight-state-department/

Congress. House. Science, Space, & Technology Committee
·         Examining the Nation’s Current and Next Generation Weather Satellite Programshttps://science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/environment-subcommittee-hearing-examining-nation-s-current-and-next-generation

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
·         An Examination of the Maritime Nuclear Smuggling Threat and Other Port Security and Smuggling Risks in the U.S. http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=400423

Congress. Senate Armed Services Committee
·         North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Russia, and European Security http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-07-07-north-atlantic-treaty_organization-russia-and-european-security

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
·         An Assessment of U.S. Economic Assistance http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/an-assessment-of-us-economic-assistance-070716

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
·         ISIS Online: Countering Terrorist Radicalization & Recruitment on the Internet & Social Mediahttps://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/isis-online-countering-terrorist-radicalization-and-recruitment-on-the-internet_social-media

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
·         Replacing Military Personnel in Some Support Positions With Federal Civilianshttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/51732

Council on Foreign Relations
·         FARC, ELN: Colombia's Left-Wing Guerrillas http://www.cfr.org/colombia/farc-eln-colombias-left-wing-guerrillas/p9272
·         Women in Tech as a Driver for Growth in Emerging Economies http://www.cfr.org/technology-and-science/women-tech-driver-growth-emerging-economies/p38097
·         The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-vice-president-foreign-policy/p38104

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
·         Islamic State Enters Al-Qaeda’s Old Hotbed: Afghanistan and Pakistan http://www.diis.dk/en/research/the-emergence-of-islamic-state-in-afghanistan-and-pakistan
·         An Introduction to the Danish Approach to Countering and Preventing Extremism and Radicalizationhttp://www.diis.dk/en/research/the-danish-approach-to-countering-extremism-holds-potential-as-well-as-challenges
·         Sustaining the Development Effectiveness Agenda http://www.diis.dk/en/research/development-effectiveness-agenda-deserves-a-revival

Deep Cuts Project
·         Deep Cuts Working Paper #8 Sub-Regional Arms Control for the Balticshttp://deepcuts.org/images/PDF/DeepCuts_WP8_Richter_UK.pdf

Department of Defense (DOD)
·         Department of Defense Progress on Design and Implementation of the New DoD Personnel Management System and Appointment Procedureshttp://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/Department_of_Defense_Progress_on_Design_and_Implementation_of_the_New_DoD_Personnel_Management_System_and_Appointment_Procedures.pdf

Department of State
·         Background Briefing on DPRK the Human Rights Abuser Report and Sanctionshttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/07/259394.htm
·         Background Briefing on State Department Communications With U.S. Citizens Overseashttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/07/259439.htm
·         Remarks on the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verificationhttp://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/259457.htm
·         Report on Human Rights Abuses and Censorship in North Korea http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/259366.htm

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations
·         The EU Global Strategy: from effective multilateralism to global governance that works?http://www.egmontinstitute.be/publication_article/eu-global-strat-glob-gov/

EU Institute for Security Studies

European Leadership Network (ELN)
·         Cleared for Takeoff: Dangerous Brinkmanship and the Case for the Cooperative Airspace Initiativehttp://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/cleared-for-takeoff-dangerous-brinkmanship-and-the-case-for-the-cooperative-airspace-initiative_3812.html

European Policy Centre (EPC)
·         Europe Cannot Afford People in Bad Health - Economics of Health and Care as a Guide for Investmentshttp://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=4&pub_id=6801

Flemish Peace Institute
·         Armed to Kill: An Exploratory Analysis of the Guns Used in Public Mass Shootings in Europehttp://www.flemishpeaceinstitute.eu/sites/vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/files/files/hitp/armed_to_kill_0.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
·         Georgia’s NATO Aspirations: Rhetoric and Reality http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/07/georgias-nato-aspirations-rhetoric-reality/
·         If the Atlantic Ocean is the New Black Sea, What’s the Black Sea? Aegis Ashore and the Black Sea Region’s Changing Security Dynamic http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/07/atlantic-ocean-new-black-sea-whats-black-sea-aegis-ashore-black-sea-regions-changing-security-dynamic/

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

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
·         Now is the Time! The Western Balkans Need a Clear EU Perspective https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapviewpoint/now-time

German Development Institute
·         How are We Getting Ready? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the EU and its Member States: Analysis and Action so Far https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/how-are-we-getting-ready-the-2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development-in-the-eu-and-its-member-states-analysis-and-action-so-far/

German Institute of Global and Area Studies
·         Brutalisation as a Survival Strategy: How the "Islamic State" is Prolonging Its Doomsday Battle  https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publication/brutalisation-as-a-survival-strategy-how-the-islamic-state-is-prolonging-its-doomsday

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

German Marshall Fund of the United States
·         A Deal to End “the” Deal: Why the Refugee Agreement is a Threat to Turkey-EU Relationshttp://www.gmfus.org/publications/deal-end-%E2%80%9Cthe%E2%80%9D-deal-why-refugee-agreement-threat-turkey-eu-relations
·         New Forms of Democratic Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa: An Alternative Approach for the EU and United States http://www.gmfus.org/publications/new-forms-democratic-citizenship-middle-east-and-north-africa-alternative-approach-eu
·         Russian Elites are Worried: The Unpredictability of Putinism http://www.gmfus.org/publications/russian-elites-are-worried-unpredictability-putinism
·         Stumbling Blocks to NATO’s Strategic Adaptation Initiative http://www.gmfus.org/publications/stumbling-blocks-nato%E2%80%99s-strategic-adaptation-initiative
·         Turkey Looks East as Asia Looks West Across the Eurasian Heartland http://www.gmfus.org/publications/turkey-looks-east-asia-looks-west-across-eurasian-heartland

Global Witness
·         Hostile Takeover:  The Corporate Empire of Cambodia's Ruling Familyhttps://www.globalwitness.org/en/reports/hostile-takeover/

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         Defense Weather Satellites: DOD Faces Acquisition Challenges for Addressing Capability Needs. GAO-16-769T [testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-769T
·         Drug Shortages: Certain Factors Are Strongly Associated with This Persistent Public Health Challenge. GAO-16-595 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-595
·         Gun Control: Analyzing Available Data Could Help Improve Background Checks Involving Domestic Violence Records. GAO-16-483 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-483
·         Maritime Security: Progress and Challenges in Implementing Maritime Cargo Security Programs. GAO-16-790T [testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-790T
·         Polar Satellites: NOAA Faces Challenges and Uncertainties that Could Affect the Availability of Critical Weather Data. GAO-16-773T  [Testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-773T
·         Troubled Asset Relief Program: Most Community Development Capital Initiative Investments Remain Outstanding. GAO-16-626 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-626
·         U.S.-China Cooperation: Bilateral Clean Energy Programs Show Some Results but Should Enhance Their Performance Monitoring. GAO-16-669 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-669

Heritage Foundation
·         2017 House Financial Services and General Government Bill: Reduces Spending, But Does Not Go Far Enough on Policy Changes http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/07/2017-house-financial-services-and-general-government-bill-reduces-spending-but-does-not-go-far-enough-on-policy-changes
·         Causes of the Federal Government’s Unsustainable Spendinghttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/07/causes-of-the-federal-governments-unsustainable-spending
·         Eight Essential Issues for the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsawhttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/07/eight-essential-issues-for-the-2016-nato-summit-in-warsaw
·         NATO Summit 2016: The Alliance Must Deepen the NATO–Ukraine Partnershiphttp://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/07/nato-summit-2016-the-alliance-must-deepen-the-natoukraine-partnership

Households in Conflict Network
·         Can War Foster Cooperation? http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-224.pdf
·         Fear and Political Participation: Evidence from Africa http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-226.pdf
·         Gender Bias in Education During Conflict Evidence from Assam http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-225.pdf

Hudson Institute
·         The Patent Truth About Health, Innovation and Access http://www.hudson.org/research/12622-the-patent-truth-about-health-innovation-and-access

Human Rights Watch
·         ‘Good Cops Are Afraid’: The Toll of Unchecked Police Violence in Rio de Janeirohttps://www.hrw.org/report/2016/07/07/good-cops-are-afraid/toll-unchecked-police-violence-rio-de-janeiro

Institut Français des Relations Internationals (IFRI)
·         Cyber Attacks: A New Threat to the Energy Industry http://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/edito-desarnaud_cyber_attacks_energy_industry_eng2.pdf
·         The Taboo of the Armenian Genocide, Part One: Global Reaction and American Inactionhttp://www.ifri.org/fr/publications/editoriaux-de-lifri/reperes-turquie/taboo-armenian-genocide-part-one-global-reaction
·         The Taboo of the Armenian Genocide, Part Two: The Politics of American Avoidancehttp://www.ifri.org/fr/publications/editoriaux-de-lifri/reperes-turquie/taboo-armenian-genocide-part-two-politics-american
·         War and Democratic Decision Making: Lessons from the Lead Up to Iraq, Libya, and Syriahttp://www.ifri.org/fr/publications/editoriaux-de-lifri/war-and-democratic-decision-making-lessons-lead-iraq-libya-and

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
·         India’s NSG Bid: Let’s Set the Record Straight http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/india-nsg-bid_balachandran-spandalai_060716
·         The Terrorist Attack on Ataturk Airport – Portents and Pointers http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/terrorist-attack-on-ataturk-airport_prao_080716

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
·         Al Sahawa: The Awakening Volume III-B—Al Anbar Province, Area of Operations Denver, Hadithah–Hit Corridorhttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/JAWD/2016/P-4815.ashx
·         A Framework for Evidence-Based Licensure of Adaptive Autonomous Systemshttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/STD/2016/P-5325.ashx
·         Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Best-Practices Badge Criteriahttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/ITSD/2016/D-8054.ashx
·         Discussion: Do Joint Fighters Save Money? (Presentation)https://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/CARD/2016/D-8043.ashx
·         Incorporating Offensive Cyber Operations into Conventional and Strategic Deterrence Strategieshttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/ITSD/2016/D-8018.ashx
·         Simplified Key Management for Digital Access Control of Information Objectshttps://www.ida.org/idamedia/Corporate/Files/Publications/IDA_Documents/ITSD/2016/D-5732.ashx

Institute for Science and International Security
·         Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Attempted Carbon Fiber Procurement http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/iranian-atomic-energy-organization-attempted-carbon-fiber-procurement/
·         Previously Sanctioned Iranian Entities Doing Business in China http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/previously-sanctioned-iranian-entities-doing-business-in-china/

Institute for Security & Development Policy
·         Kyrgyzstan 2010: Conflict and Context http://isdp.eu/publication/kyrgyzstan-2010-conflict-context/

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
·         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
o    Policing the private: Social barriers to the effective policing of domestic violence
o    Memories of the ‘inside’: Prison conditions in South African female correctional facilities
o    Risky localities: Exploring a methodology for measuring socio-economic characteristics of high murder areas
o    Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe: Victim participation in the criminal justice system versus prosecutorial independence

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)
·         War over Water? Tibet, the Sino-Indian Power Play and Potential Consequences for Asiahttp://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/432_Vermeer.pdf

Institute for the Study of War
·         Iraq Situation Report: June 29 - July 6, 2016 http://www.understandingwar.org./backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-june-29-july-6-2016
·         ISW Russian Airstrikes Maps: September 2015- June 2016 http://www.understandingwar.org./backgrounder/isw-russian-airstrikes-maps-september-2015-june-2016
·         Syria Situation Report: July 1 - 8, 2016 http://www.understandingwar.org./backgrounder/syria-situation-report-july-1-8-2016

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
·         Informality and Inclusive Growth in Latin America: The Case of Colombiahttp://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/informality-and-inclusive-growth-in-latin-america-the-case-of-colombia

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
·         Brexit and the Future of the United Kingdom http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/brexit-and-future-united-kingdom
·         Defence Budgets and Cooperation in Europe: Trends and Investmentshttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/defence-budgets-and-cooperation-europe-trends-and-investments
·         MEDRESET. A Comprehensive, Integrated, and Bottom-up Approachhttp://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/medreset-comprehensive-integrated-and-bottom-approach

International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)
·         NATO’s Truly Enhanced Partnership http://www.icds.ee/publications/article/natos-truly-enhanced-partnership/

International Crisis Group

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
·         An Analysis of OPEC’s Strategic Actions, US Shale Growth and the 2014 Oil Price Crashhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16131.pdf
·         Did the Global Financial Crisis Break the U.S. Phillips Curve?http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16126.pdf
·         Fixed Base Year vs. Chain Linking in National Accounts : Experience of Sub-Saharan African Countrieshttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16133.pdf
·         Inflation, Financial Developments, and Wealth Distributionhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16132.pdf
·         A National Wealth Approach to Banking Crises and Financial Stabilityhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16128.pdf
·         A Network Model of Multilaterally Equilibrium Exchange Rateshttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16130.pdf
·         Outside the Band : Depreciation and Inflation Dynamics in Chilehttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16129.pdf
·         U.S. Corporate Income Tax Reform and its Spillovershttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16127.pdf
·         U.S. Dollar Dynamics : How Important Are Policy Divergence and FX Risk Premiums?http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16125.pdf
·         What is Keeping U.S. Core Inflation Low : Insights from a Bottom-Up Approachhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16124.pdf

Italian Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale)
·         A Deepening and Widening Conflict: the Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute and the Regional Contexthttp://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/deepening-and-widening-conflict-nagorno-karabakh-dispute-and-regional-context-15303
·         Kurdistan: An Invisible Nation http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/kurdistan-invisible-nation-15350

Jamestown Foundation
·         China Brief, July 6, 2016, v. 16, no. 11 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/_CB_16_11_1.pdf
o    China’s Blueprint for Sea Power
o    Growing PLA Transparency as a Means of Employing Soft Power, Part 1: PLA Internal Signaling since the 18th Party Congress
o    Africa: China’s Laboratory for Third World Security Cooperation
o    A Force for Cyber Anarchy or Cyber Order? —PLA Perspectives on “Cyber Rules”
·         Terrorism Monitor, July 8, 2016, v. 14, no. 14 http://www.jamestown.org/programs/tm/archivesgta/2016/?tx_publicationsttnews_pi2%5Bissue%5D=14
o    India Treads a Delicate Line With State-Sponsorship of Anti-Maoist Groups
o    Kenya Gambles on Closure of Somali Refugee Camp to Halt al-Shabaab Attacks
o    Foreign Assets Under Threat: Is AQIM Preparing an In Amenas-Style Attack?

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
·         Joint Force Quarterly, JFQ 82 (3rd Quarter, July 2016) http://ndupress.ndu.edu/JFQ/Joint-Force-Quarterly-82/
o    Securing the Third Offset Strategy: Priorities for the Next Secretary of Defense
o    Twenty-First Century Information Warfare and the Third Offset Strategy
o    Avoiding Becoming a Paper Tiger: Presence in a Warfighting Defense Strategy
o    Switching the Paradigm from Reactive to Proactive: Stopping Toxic Leadership
o    Measuring Strategic Deterrence: A Wargaming Approach
o    A Way Ahead for DOD Disaster Preparedness
o    The U.S. Pacific Command Response to Super Typhoon Haiyan
o    #SocialMediaMatters: Lessons Learned from Exercise Trident Juncture
o    China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational Reforms
o    What It Means to Be Expeditionary: A Look at the French Army in Africa
o    Sharpening Our Cultural Tools for Improved Global Health Engagement
o    The Primacy of COG in Planning: Getting Back to Basics
o    Abandon Ship: Interagency Decisionmaking During the Mayaguez Incident
o    The Multinational Interoperability Council: Enhancing Coalition Operations
o    The Tao of Doctrine: Contesting an Art of Operations
o    Joint Engineers Launch New Knowledge-Based Management Program
o    JPME II Available at Satellite Sites

Korea Institute for National Unification
·         Analysis on the 7th Congress of Korean Workers’ Party(3): Unification Strategy and Inter-Korean Relationshttp://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_05_01.jsp?bid=EINGINSIGN&page=1&num=215&mode=view&category=
·         Analysis on the 7th Congress of Korean Workers’ Party(4): International Relations and Securityhttp://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_05_01.jsp?bid=EINGINSIGN&page=1&num=216&mode=view&category=
·         Concern over Interim Agreement on North Korea´s Nuclear Issueshttp://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_05_01.jsp?bid=EINGINSIGN&page=1&num=217&mode=view&category=
·         International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, 2016, v. 25, no. 1http://www.kinu.or.kr/eng/pub/pub_03_01.jsp?page=1&num=1056&mode=view&field=&text=&order=&dir=&bid=DATA03&ses=&category=11
o    Economic Reform during the First Four Years of Kim Jong-un’s Rule: An Analysis Based on the CRE Model
o    North Korean Political Dynamics of the Kim Jong-un Era
o    Why Did We Get China Wrong? Reconsidering the Popular Narrative: China will abandon North Korea
o    China’s Evolving Nuclear Strategy and its Consistency with the Chinese Leadership’s Perception of Minimum Deterrence
o    North Korean Contingency and the Determinants of its Stabilization
o    An Uncertain Future for the Russia-DPRK “Rajin-Khasan” Project
o    The Past, Present, and Future of North Korean Economy: An In-depth Study on the North Korean Constitution’s Economic Clauses and the Economic Reality

Manhattan Institute
·         Exposed: How America's Electric Grids are Becoming Greener, Smarter - and More Vulnerablehttps://www.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/R-MM-0616.pdf

Maryland Cybersecurity Council
·         Initial Activities Report [recommending the creation of a “cyber first responder reserve”]https://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/MD_Cyber_Council_Interim_Report.pdf

National Academies Press
·         Modernizing Crime Statistics:   Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crimehttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/23492/modernizing-crime-statistics-report-1-defining-and-classifying-crime
·         The Nation's Medical Countermeasure Stockpile:   Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability of the CDC Strategic National Stockpile: Workshop Summaryhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/23532/the-nations-medical-countermeasure-stockpile-opportunities-to-improve-the-efficiency
·         Using Graywater and Stormwater to Enhance Local Water Supplies:   An Assessment of Risks, Costs, and Benefitshttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/21866/using-graywater-and-stormwater-to-enhance-local-water-supplies-an

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
·         Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Radicalization Across Three Offender Types With Implications for Criminal Justice Training and Education http://www.start.umd.edu/publication/across-universe-comparative-analysis-violent-radicalization-across-three-offender-types
·         Evaluation of a Multi-Faceted, U.S. Community-Based, Muslim-Led CVE Programhttp://www.start.umd.edu/publication/evaluation-multi-faceted-us-community-based-muslim-led-cve-program
·         Public-Private Partnerships to Counter Violent Extremism: Field Principles for Actionhttp://www.start.umd.edu/publication/public-private-partnerships-counter-violent-extremism-field-principles-action
·         Understanding Community Responses to Authority/Law Enforcement Minority-Outreach Intergroup Communication Frames http://www.start.umd.edu/publication/understanding-community-responses-authoritylaw-enforcement-minority-outreach-intergroup

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces
·         Canadian Military Journal, 2016, v. 16, no.  3 http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol16/no3/index-eng.asp
o    Operation Honour ~ The Chief of the Defence Staff Addresses Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces
o    Canadian Armed Forces Reserves – Quo Vadis?
o    ‘New Wars’ in Contemporary China?
o    Building the Great Community: Assessing Josiah Royce’s War Insurance Proposal in Light of the Collective Security Ideal of the League of Nations and the UN
o    No. 2 Construction Battalion: The Operational History
o    Humanism and the Military Conscience: A Reply to Pichette and Marshall
o    The Accidental Strategic Chief Petty Officer/Chief Warrant Officer
o    The Renaissance of Peacekeeping and Peace Operations

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
·         East Asian Strategic Review 2016 http://www.nids.go.jp/english/publication/east-asian/e2016.html

National Intelligence University (NIU)
·         Journal of Strategic Intelligence, v. 1, no. 1 Summer 2016 http://ni-u.edu/wp/csir/journal-of-stategic-intelligence/
o    Surprise! What Caused China’s Recent and Massive Land Reclamation in the South China Sea?
o    South Korea’s Engagement Strategy: Indications of an Asian Imbalance?
o    Legacy of an Exile: How al-Shabaab Was Inspired by and Learned From Usama bin Ladin
o    Could Pakistan Lose Balochistan? Balochistan’s Insurgency and Its Implications for Pakistan and the Region
o    The Demise of the Monroe Doctrine: Foreign Influence in Latin America
o    OSS Detachment 101 and Anti-Japanese Resistance Operations in Burma, 1942-1945

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
·         Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan: Biennial Plan Summaryhttps://nnsa.energy.gov/sites/default/files/nnsa/inlinefiles/FY17SSMP Final_033116.pdf

NATO Defense College
·         “Substantial Combat Forces” in the Context of NATO-Russia Relations http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=962

Naval War College
·         Naval War College Review, Summer 2016, v. 69, no. 3 https://www.usnwc.edu/Publications/Naval-War-College-Review/Summer---2016.aspx
o    A Maritime or Continental Order for Southeast Asia and the South China 
o    Panning for Gold: Assessing Chinese Maritime Strategy from Primary Sources - Ryan D. Martinson
o    Strategic Assessment and Adaptation: Reassessing the Afghanistan Surge Decision
o    NATO S New Role
o    The Destruction of Convoy PQ17

Oxford Research Group

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
·         How Can NATO Contribute to Ukraine and Georgia’s Border Security? http://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM-Policy-Paper-no-153
·         NATO in Libya: A Long-term Plan for Stability http://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM-Policy-Paper-no-152
·         Probable EU-UK Relationship after Brexit Perspectives of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Polandhttp://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM_Report/Propable_EU-UK_Relationship_after_Brexit#

Project 2049 Institute
·         Reaching the Limits: China as a Responsible Stakeholderhttp://www.project2049.net/documents/160705_Lee_Reaching%20the%20Limits_China_Responsible%20Stakeholder.pdf

Rand
·         Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: Seven Case Studies from Local and State Health Departments http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1392.html
·         Designing Compensation Programs for Individuals and Households After Man-Made and Natural Disasters in the United States http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1005.html
·         The Foundations of Operational Resilience — Assessing the Ability to Operate in an Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Environment: The Analytical Framework, Lexicon, and Characteristics of the Operational Resilience Analysis Model (ORAM) http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1265.html
·         More Research on Veteran Employment Would Show What's Good for Business and for Veteranshttp://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE196.html
·         NATO's Northeastern Flank — Emerging Opportunities for Engagement: An Overviewhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1467z1.html

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
·         Challenges to Information Sharing: Perceptions and Realities https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/challenges-information-sharing-perceptions-and-realities
·         Chilcot Iraq Inquiry: The Iraq War Reading List https://rusi.org/commentary/chilcot-iraq-inquiry-iraq-war-reading-list

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
·         The Future of Rice Security Under Climate Change http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/nts/the-future-of-rice-security-under-climate-change/#.V4LjBBIm45s

Small Arms Survey
·         Global Partnership on Small Arms [new website] http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/salw

Small Wars Journal
·         Abu Muhammad al-Adnani’s May 21, 2016 Speech: More Evidence for Extreme Marginalization, Implosion, and the Islamic State Organization’s Certain Future as a Hunted Underground Ultra-Takfiri Terrorist Criminal Entityhttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/46941
·         Indigenous Transitional Justice in Perspective: The Case of Mozambiquehttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47110
·         Myatezh Voina: The Russian Grandfather of Western Hybrid Warfarehttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47445
·         Now is the Time to Stop the Spread of the Islamic State in Libya http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47111
·         Predicting Cyber Attacks: A Study of the Successes and Failures of the Intelligence Communityhttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47274
·         Red Salute: India’s Maoist Maelstrom and Evolving Counterinsurgency Doctrineshttp://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47347
·         Rethinking Communication Within the Global War On Terrorism http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47176
·         Transforming Crisis: An Exploration of a US Military Exercise http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/47276

Transnational Institute
·         Border Wars: The Arms Dealers Profiting from Europe's Refugee Tragedyhttps://www.tni.org/en/publication/border-wars
·         Foreign Military Bases and the Global Campaign to Close Them: A Beginner's Guidehttps://www.tni.org/en/publication/foreign-military-bases-and-the-global-campaign-to-close-them
·         Tax Evasion and Weapon Production: Mailbox Arms Companies in the Netherlandshttps://www.tni.org/en/publication/tax-evasion-and-weapon-production
·         UNGASS 2016: A Broken or B-r-o-a-d Consensus? https://www.tni.org/en/publication/ungass-2016-a-broken-or-b-r-o-a-d-consensus

UK Parliament, Defense Committee
·         Russia: Implications for UK Defense and Securityhttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmdfence/107/107.pdf

UK Report of a Committee of Privy Counsellors
·         Report of the Iraq Inquiry ["Chilcot report"]  http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/
·         PM statement on the Iraq Inquiry: 6 July 2016 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-the-iraq-inquiry-6-july-2016

UN Development Programme (UNDP)

US Coast Guard (USCG)
·         Commandant’s Strategic Intent:  2015-2019 Mid-term Reporthttps://www.uscg.mil/seniorleadership/DOCS/midterm.pdf

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
·         Nationalistic Narratives in Pakistani Textbooks http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/07/07/nationalistic-narratives-in-pakistani-textbooks
·         Technocratic Reforms in Afghanistan: Benefits and Limitationshttp://www.usip.org/publications/2016/07/05/technocratic-reforms-in-afghanistan-benefits-and-limitations

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
·         Defeating the Islamic State in Sirte: Secondary Effects and Remaining Challengeshttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/defeating-the-islamic-state-in-sirte-secondary-effects-and-remaining-challe
·         Iran's Modest Economic Changes Since JCPOA Implementation http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-modest-economic-changes-since-jcpoa-implementation
·         Iran's Support for Terrorism Under the JCPOA http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-support-for-terrorism-under-the-jcpoa
·         Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Barriers to Peace http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/israel-the-palestinian-authority-and-barriers-to-peace
·         The JCPOA'S Regional Impact: Sinking Confidence in the U.S. Balancing Rolehttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-jcpoas-regional-impact-sinking-confidence-in-the-u.s.-balancing-role
·         Preserving the JCPOA Means Sending Iran the Right Deterrent Signalshttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/preserving-the-jcpoa-means-sending-iran-the-right-deterrent-signals
·         The Quartet Report (Part 1): Defining the Settlement Challenge http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-quartet-report-part-1-defining-the-settlement-challenge
·         Russia's Cooperation on the Iran Deal Is No Favor to Washington http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/russias-cooperation-on-the-iran-deal-is-no-favor-to-washington
·         Targeting Hezbollah's Home-Front Finances http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/targeting-hezbollahs-home-front-finances
·         Who Is Iran's New Armed Forces Chief of Staff? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/who-is-irans-new-armed-forces-chief-of-staff
·         Will the PKK and the Islamic State Bring Turkey and Russia Closer Together?http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/will-the-pkk-and-the-islamic-state-bring-turkey-and-russia-closer-together

White House
·         Remarks by President Obama, President Tusk of the European Council, and President Juncker of the European Commission after U.S. -EU Meeting https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/08/remarks-president-obama-president-tusk-european-council-and-president
·         Remarks by the President at Fourth of July Celebration https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/04/remarks-president-fourth-july-celebration
·         Statement by the President [Dallas Shooting] https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/07/statement-president
·         Statement by the President on Afghanistan https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/06/statement-president-afghanistan

Wilson Center
·         One Issue, Two Voices: Systemic Financial Risk https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/one-issue-two-voices-systemic-financial-risk
·         Showcasing the Chinese Version of Moderni-tea in Africa https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/showcasing-the-chinese-version-moderni-tea-africa

World Bank
·         Who Supports Violent Extremism in Developing Countries?  Analysis of Attitudes Based on Value Surveys  http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26422777/supports-violent-extremism-developing-countries-analysis-attitudes-based-value-surveys



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