Monday, April 18, 2016


Weekly Update
April 15

This is a long but interesting list.

Items of Interest:

38 North
·         More Evidence of Possible Reprocessing Campaign at Yongbyon; Progress at Experimental Light Water Reactor http://38north.org/2016/04/yongbyon041516/

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

Arab Youth Survey

American Enterprise Institute
·         Fixing US-China Trade and Investment http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/China-US.pdf
·         Public Opinion on Taxes—1937 to Today http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bowman_Taxes_April-2016.pdf
·         A Tech Revolution for the Homeless http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tech_rev_homeless.pdf

Atlantic Council
·         Embracing Impact: How Africa Can Overcome the Emerging Market Downturn http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/embracing-impact-how-africa-can-overcome-the-emerging-market-downturn
·         Innovation, Leadership, and National Security http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/innovation-leadership-and-national-security
·         Rebuilding Societies: Strategies for Resilience and Recovery in Times of Conflict http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/rebuilding-societies-the-strategies-for-resilience-and-recovery-in-times-of-conflict

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
·         Bolstering National Disaster Resilience: What Can be Done? https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/bolstering-national-disaster-resilience-what-can-be-done

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
·         Sailing through the Straits: The Meaning for Israel of Restored Saudi Sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir Islands http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/meaning-israel-restored-saudi-sovereignty-tiran-sanafir-islands/

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
·         Increasing Residential Building Energy Efficiency In China: An Evaluation of Policy Instruments http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/policy-instruments-residential-building-energy-china-3.pdf

Brookings Institution
·         How ‘Religious’ are ISIS Fighters? The Relationship Between Religious Literacy and Religious Motivation http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/04/how-religious-are-isis-fighters-lebovich
·         Political Appointees as Barriers to Government Efficiency and Effectiveness http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/04/11-political-appointees-barriers-government-efficiency-effectiveness

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
·         Between Peril and Promise: A New Framework for Partnership With Tunisia http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/04/14/between-peril-and-promise-new-framework-for-partnership-with-tunisia/

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
·         Assured Resolve: Testing Possible Challenges to Baltic Security http://www.cnas.org/assured-resolve
·         Reefs, Rocks, and the Rule of Law: After the Arbitration in the South China Sea http://www.cnas.org/after-arbitration-in-the-south-china-sea   

Center for Global Development
·         More Than a Lightbulb: Five Recommendations to Make Modern Energy Access Meaningful for People and Prosperity http://www.cgdev.org/publication/more-than-lightbulb-recommendations-modern-energy-meaningful

Center for Immigration Studies
·         A Pen and a Phone: 79 immigration Actions the Next President Can Take http://www.cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/79-actions_1.pdf

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
·         Improving Financial Literacy: Recommendations From CNA's Roundtable on Developing a DOD Financial Education Strategy https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/DCP-2016-U-013179-Final.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Accelerating the Momentum: U.S. Support for Women’s and Family Health in Senegal http://csis.org/files/publication/160411_Fleischman_AcceleratingMomentum_Web.pdf
·         Indian Ocean Region Strategic Net Assessment: The Red Sea and Horn Subregion http://csis.org/files/publication/160415_IOR_Red_Sea_Horn.pdf
·         Issues & Insights Vol. 16 - No. 6 - US Missile Defense in the Age of Everything: From BMDS to IAMD http://csis.org/files/publication/issuesinsights_vol16no6.pdf
·         Issues & Insights Vol. 16 - No. 5 - 16,000 Problems: Recommendations for the New Myanmar http://csis.org/files/publication/160414_issuesinsights_vol16no5.pdf
·         PacNet #35 - Rescind China's invitation to join RIMPAC http://csis.org/files/publication/160414_PacNet_1635_0.pdf
·         The Significance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Tobacco Exception http://csis.org/files/publication/160411_Gannon_TobaccoAndTPP_Web.pdf

Centre for European Reform (CER)

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
·         The Evolution of Bonding Technology, Creditor Committees and the IMF https://www.cigionline.org/publications/evolution-of-bonding-technology-creditor-committees-and-imf
·         Patents and Internet Standards https://www.cigionline.org/publications/patents-and-internet-standards
·         Risks of a Selective Approach to Investor-State Arbitration https://www.cigionline.org/publications/risks-of-selective-approach-investor-state-arbitration

Centre for Security Governance (CSG)
·         Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in South Sudan: The Case of Western Equatoria’s Arrows Boys http://www.secgovcentre.org/non-state-security-providers-2

Chatham House
·         Agents of the Russian World: Proxy Groups in the Contested Neighbourhood https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/agents-russian-world-proxy-groups-contested-neighbourhood
·         Global Risks and the Challenges for G20 Coordination: A Growth Agenda for China’s 2016 Presidency https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/global-risks-and-challenges-g20-coordination-growth-agenda-chinas-2016-presidency

Citizens Against Government Waste
·         2016 Congressional Pig Book Summary http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Pig-Book-2016-Embargoed-Copy.pdf

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations
·         EU Transition Towards Green and Smart Mobility http://www.clingendael.nl/publication/eu-transition-towards-green-and-smart-mobility
·         The European Union in the Fog http://www.clingendael.nl/publication/european-union-fog
·         Politics and Managing Change: Keys to Security and Justice Programming http://www.clingendael.nl/publication/politics-and-managing-change-keys-security-and-justice-programming

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
·         Building the Fleet We Need: A Look at Navy Force Structure https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/building-fleet-we-need-look-navy-force-structure-0
·         Evaluating DOD Investments: Case Studies in Afghanistan Initiatives and U.S. Weapons Sustainment https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/evaluating-dod-investments-case-studies-afghanistan-initiatives-and-us-1
·         The Missile Defeat Posture and Strategy of the United States—The FY17 President's Budget Request https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/missile-defeat-posture-and-strategy-united-states-fy17-presidents-budget-0

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
·         Assessing President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa FY 2017 Budget Request http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-assessing-president-obama-s-middle-east-and-north-africa-fy-2017-budget
·         Countering Extremism and the Threat of ISIS in Southeast Asia http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-countering-extremism-and-threat-isis-southeast-asia
·         Peacekeepers: Allegations of Abuse and Absence of Accountability at the United Nations http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-peacekeepers-allegations-abuse-and-absence-accountability-united

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee
·         Examining the Safety and Service of D.C. Metro https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-the-safety-and-service-of-d-c-metro/

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
·         Ballistic Missile Defense Policies and Programs http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-04-13-ballistic-missile-defense-policies-and-programs
·         Military Construction, Environmental, Energy, and Base Closure Programs http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-04-12-military-construction-environmental-energy-and-base-closure-programs
·         Strategy and Implementation of the Department of Defense's Technology Offsets Initiative http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-04-12-strategy-and-implementation-of-the-department-of-defenses-technology-offsets-initiative

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
·         Do No Harm: Ending Sexual Abuse in United Nations Peacekeeping http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/do-no-harm-ending-sexual-abuse-in-united-nations-peacekeeping-041316
·         The Spread of ISIS and Transnational Terrorism http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/the-spread-of-isis-and-transnational-terrorism-041216

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
·         America's Insatiable Demand for Drugs https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/americas-insatiable-demand-for-drugs
·         Border Security and America's Heroin Epidemic: The Impact of the Trafficking and Abuse of Heroin and Prescription Opioids in Wisconsin http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/border-security-and-americas-heroin-epidemic-the-impact-of-the-trafficking-and-abuse-of-heroin-and-prescription-opioids-in-wisconsin
·         Federal Perspective on the State of Our Nation's Biodefense https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-federal-perspective-on-the-state-of-our-nations-biodefense
·         FEMA: Assessing Progress, Performance, and Preparedness https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/fema-assessing-progress-performance-and-preparedness

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
·         Yemen in Crisis http://www.cfr.org/yemen/yemen-crisis/p36488

Department of the Army
·         ATP 3-55.4  - Techniques for Information Collection During Operations Among Populations http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/atp3_55x4.pdf

Department of State
·         Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/
·         The Role of Diplomacy in Keeping Outer Space Safe, Secure, and Sustainable http://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/255834.htm
·         Supporting Tunisia's Transition http://www.state.gov/s/d/2016d/255859.htm

Department of Veterans Affairs Office Inspector General
·         Administrative Summaries of Investigation Regarding Wait Time http://www.va.gov/oig/publications/administrative-summaries-of-investigation.asp

East-West Center
·         Constants and Changes in Vietnam’s Political Scene: What Will the New Term Bring? http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/35608     

EU Institute for Security Studies
·         Envisioning European Defence – Five Futures http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/envisioning-european-defence-five-futures/
·         Towards an EU Global Strategy – Consulting the Experts http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/towards-an-eu-global-strategy-consulting-the-experts/
·         Transatlantic Counter-terrorism Cooperation http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/transatlantic-counter-terrorism-cooperation/

European Court of Auditors
·         Improving the Security of Energy Supply by Developing the Internal Energy Market: More Efforts Needed http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR15_16/SR_ENERGY_SECURITY-EN.pdf

European Parliament
·         Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: State of Play http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/580905/EPRS_IDA(2016)580905_EN.pdf
·         Science and Technology Options Assessment Annual Report 2015 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/563507/EPRS_STU(2016)563507_EN.pdf

European Policy Centre (EPC)
·         MIGRATION PANORAMA | Schengen in the Spotlight: a Europe with or Without Borders? http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=17&pub_id=6456

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
·         The Arab World (Finally!) Proclaims Hezbollah a Terrorist Organization http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/04/arab-world-finally-proclaims-hezbollah-terrorist-organization/
·         Nuclear Stability and the Hunt for Mobile Missiles http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/04/nuclear-stability-hunt-mobile-missiles/
·         Why Russia Sanctions? http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/04/why-russia-sanctions/

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)
·         Internal Violence Index: A Composite and Quantitative Measure of Internal Violence and Crime in Developing Countries http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/p151-internal-violence-index-composite-and-quantitative-measure-internal-violence-and
·         Volatile Capital Flows and Economic Growth: The Role of Macro-prudential Regulation (Summary column) http://www.ferdi.fr/en/publication/b146-volatile-capital-flows-and-economic-growth

Freedom House
·         Nations in Transit, 2016 https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/nations-transit-2016

French Institute of International Relations
·         European Union in the Fog: Building Bridges between National Perspectives on the European Union http://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/the_european_union_in_the_fog-1.pdf

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
·         The Iran Nuclear Deal: Distrust and Verify http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Publications/The-Iran-Nuclear-Deal-Distrust-and-Verify

German Council on Foreign Relations
·         Papers from the Germany-Poland-Russia Trialogue https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalysis/papers-germany-poland-russia-trialogue   
·         Resurfacing Turkish-Kurdish Question and its Regional Impact https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/resurfacing-turkish-kurdish-question-and-its-regional

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
·         Morocco's Regional Ambitions in West Africa: Strategies, Activities, Track Record https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publication/moroccos-regional-ambitions-in-west-africa-strategies-activities-track-record

German Marshall Fund of the United States
·         The In-Betweeners: The Eastern Partnership Countries and the Russia-West Conflict http://www.gmfus.org/publications/betweeners-eastern-partnership-countries-and-russia-west-conflict
·         Isolation and Propaganda: The Roots and Instruments of Russia’s Disinformation Campaign http://www.gmfus.org/publications/isolation-and-propaganda-roots-and-instruments-russia%E2%80%99s-disinformation-campaign
·         Turkey: Divided We Stand http://www.gmfus.org/publications/turkey-divided-we-stand
·         The United States in German Foreign Policy http://www.gmfus.org/publications/united-states-german-foreign-policy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         2014 Sequestration: Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency of Progress Toward Deficit Reduction Goals. GAO-16-263  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-263
·         Army Planning: Comprehensive Risk Assessment Needed for Planned Changes to the Army's Force Structure. GAO-16-327 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-327
·         Biodefense: The Nation Faces Multiple Challenges in Building and Maintaining Biodefense and Biosurveillance. GAO-16-547T [Testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-547T
·         Defense Infrastructure: DOD Has Made Limited Progress in Assessing Foreign Encroachment Risks on Federally Managed Land. GAO-16-381R http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-381R
·         Emergency Management: Improved Federal Coordination Could Better Assist K-12 Schools Prepare for Emergencies. GAO-16-144 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-144
·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Continued Oversight Needed as Program Plans to Begin Development of New Capabilities. GAO-16-390 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-390
·         F-35 Sustainment: DOD Needs a Plan to Address Risks Related to Its Central Logistics System. GAO-16-439 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-439
·         Federal Real Property: Improving Data Transparency and Expanding the " National Strategy " Could Help Address Long-standing Challenges. GAO-16-275  http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-275
·         Federal Emergency Management Agency: Progress and Continuing Challenges in National Preparedness Efforts. GAO-16-560T [Testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-560T
·         Federal Research: Information on DOE's Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Program. GAO-16-486R http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-486R
·         Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits. GAO-16-579T [Testimony] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-579T
·         Prepositioned Stocks: DOD Has Addressed Required Reporting Elements but Needs to Develop a Department-wide Policy and Joint Service Approach. GAO-16-418 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-418
·         Presidential Helicopter: Program Progressing Largely as Planned. GAO-16-395 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-395
·         Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: Improved Risk Analysis and Stakeholder Consultations Could Enhance Future Reviews. GAO-16-371 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-371
·         Security Assistance: Better Records Management and More Reporting Needed on Presidential Drawdowns. GAO-16-291 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-291
·         Sexual Assault: Information on Training, Funding, and the Availability of Forensic Examiners. GAO-16-334 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-334
·         Terrorism Risk Insurance: Comparison of Selected Programs in the United States and Foreign Countries. GAO-16-316 http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-316

Heritage Foundation
·         Consequences of Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/consequences-of-paris-protocol-devastating-economic-costs-essentially-zero-environmental-benefits
·         Financial Institutions: Necessary for Prosperity http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/financial-institutions-necessary-for-prosperity
·         How Government Unions Affect State and Local Finances: An Empirical 50-State Review http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/how-government-unions-affect-state-and-local-finances-an-empirical-50-state-review
·         Lifting of Sanctions on Iran Complicates Policy Options http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/lifting-of-sanctions-on-iran-complicates-policy-options
·         Local Land-Use Reform Can Save Money and Raise Wages http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/local-land-use-reform-can-save-money-and-raise-wages
·         Memo to a New President: How Best to Organize the National Security Council http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/memo-to-a-new-president-how-best-to-organize-the-national-security-council
·         A New Approach to the Texas v. United States Immigration Case: Discretion, Dispensation, Suspension, and Pardon—The Four Horsemen of Article II http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/a-new-approach-to-the-texas-v-united-states-immigration-case-discretion-dispensation-suspension-and-pardonthe-four-horsemen-of-article-ii
·         Senate’s FAA Authorization Perpetuates Big-Government Intrusion into Aviation Industry http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/senates-faa-authorization-perpetuates-big-government-intrusion-into-aviation-industry

Households in Conflict Network
·         Take What You Can: Property Rights, Contestability and Conflict http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HiCN-WP-214.pdf

Human Rights Watch
·         They Set the Classrooms on Fire: Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/04/11/they-set-classrooms-fire/attacks-education-northeast-nigeria

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
·         The New Trilateral: Enhancing U.S.-Europe-Japan Cooperation to Reinforce the International Liberal Institutional Order http://www.ispsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/415_Stanzel.pdf

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
·         DPP-2016: An Analytical Overview http://www.idsa.in/specialfeature/dpp-2016_lkbehera_120416

Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
·         World Internal Security and Police Index http://wispindex.org/#/

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Institute for the Study of War
·         Afghanistan Partial Threat Assessment: April 12, 2016 http://post.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/afghanistan-partial-threat-assessment-april-12-2016
·         Iraq Government Collapse Likely as a Rump Parliament Calls for Resignations  http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-government-collapse-likely-rump-parliament-calls-resignations
·         Iraq Situation Report: April 5 - 11, 2016 http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraq-situation-report-april-5-11-2016
·         Iraq's Political Crisis: An Interactive Timeline http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iraqs-political-crisis-interactive-timeline
·         Power-plays in Iraq's Political Crisis: Constitutional Provisions http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/power-plays-iraqs-political-crisis-constitutional-provisions
·         Syria Situation Report: April 9-15, 2016 http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/syria-situation-report-april-9-15-2016

Institute of Development Studies  (IDS)

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
·         Salafi Jihadist Violence in Egypt’s North Sinai: From Local Insurgency to Islamic State Province http://dx.doi.org/10.19165/2016.1.03
·         Transitioning From Military Interventions to Long-Term Counter-Terrorism Policy http://icct.nl/publication/transitioning-from-military-interventions-to-long-term-counter-terrorism-policy/

International Crisis Group
·         Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III)—West Africa http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/africa/west-africa/234-implementing-peace-and-security-architecture-iii-west-africa.aspx

Italian Institute for International Political Studies
·         Yemeni Conflict. Genealogy, Game-Changers and Regional Implications http://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/analisi294_ardemagni_13.04.2016_0.pdf

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
·         Crisis Transmission in the Global Banking Network http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1691.pdf
·         Optimal Reserves in Financially Closed Economies http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1692.pdf

Jamestown Foundation
·         Building a Strong Informatized Strategic Missile Force: An Overview of the Second Artillery Force with a Focus on Training in 2014 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/Allen.Allen_BuildingStrategicMissileForce_Final.pdf
·         PLA Air Force, Naval Aviation, and Army Aviation Aviator Recruitment, Education, and Training http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/PLA_Aviator_Recruitment_Education_and_Training_Final.pdf
·         Terrorism Monitor, April 15, 2016, v. 14, no. 8 http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/Terrorism_Monitor_-_Volume_XIV__Issue_8.pdf
o    New Generation of Militants Emerging in Kashmir
o    Boko Haram: Nigerian Military Crackdown Prompts Terror Group to Adapt
o    Saudi Arabia’s Intervention in Yemen Suggests a Troubled Future for the Kingdom’s Anti-Terror Coalition

London School of Economics and Political Science
·         Title: Extractive Orders: a political geography of public authority in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/research/JSRP/JSRP%20Papers/JSRP-Paper-30.aspx

Martens Centre for European Studies
·         Humane Capitalism in Focus: Towards a Centre-Right Approach http://www.martenscentre.eu/publications/humane-capitalism-focus-towards-centre-right-approach

National Academies Press
·         Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases:   Workshop Summary  http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21792/global-health-impacts-of-vector-borne-diseases-workshop-summary
·         Systems Practices for the Care of Socially At-Risk Populations http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21914/systems-practices-for-the-care-of-socially-at-risk-populations

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces
·         Canadian Military Journal, 2016, v. 16, no.  2 http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol16/no2/index-eng.asp
o    Operation Provision – Canada’s Whole-of-Government Response to a Humanitarian Crisis
o    Women in Military Uniforms: Looking Beyond the Numbers
o    Linear and Non-Linear Thinking: Beyond Reverse-Engineering
o    Transforming Commander’s Intent: Leveraging Individual Initiative in a New Battlespace
o    The Evolution of Transnational Revolutionary Organizations during the Islamist Era
o    Ethics and the Chaplaincy
o    Attrition and Retention in the Reserves
o    From the Razor’s Edge ~ A Canadian Armed Forces Member Shares His Journey Into and Out of Depression
o    The Plains of Abraham, 1759: Where was the battle really fought?

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
·         The Trend of the Private Military & Security Companies (PMSCs) ―Terrorist Threat and the Economic Point of View http://www.nids.go.jp/english/publication/briefing/pdf/2015/briefing_e201512.pdf

NATO Defense College
·         NATO’s Response to Hybrid Threats http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=886
·         Navigating Towards NATO Membership: Montenegro's Maritime Strategy in Context http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=920

New America Foundation
·         Strengthening the Partnership: A Survey of Proposed Higher Education Funding Solutions https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12980-strengthening-the-partnership/Strengthening-the-Partnership.ca12ff94e6ef44b6aa4b695624c9b2e3.pdf

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 
·         Bridging the Gap? The UN Civilian Capacity Initiative http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/Bridging-the-Gap.-The-UN-Civilian-Capacity-Initiative
·         How Can the UN Move Towards More People-centered Peace Operations? http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/How-can-the-UN-move-towards-more-people-centered-peace-operations3   
·         UN Peace Operations and Counter-terrorism – A Bridge Too Far? http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/UN-peace-operations-and-counter-terrorism-A-bridge-too-far3
·         UN Peacebuilding Architecture: The First 10 Years http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/UN-Peacebuilding-Architecture-The-First-10-Years

Office of Naval Intelligence
·         Russian Navy: A Historic Transition http://www.oni.navy.mil/Intelligence-Community/Russia

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
·         Using Political Economy Analysis in Conflict, Security and Justice Programmes http://www.odi.org/publications/10361-using-political-economy-analysis-conflict-security-and-justice-programmes

Oxfam Policy & Practice
·         Effectiveness and Efficiency of Interventions Supporting Shelter Self-Recovery Following Humanitarian Crises http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-effectiveness-and-efficiency-of-interventions-supporting-shelter-self-recov-605179

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency
·         Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan : Special Issue http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/CMR/MonitoronCivil-MilitaryRelationsinPakistan_SpecialIssue_Mar2016.pdf

Performance.gov
·         Insider Threat and Security Clearance Reform https://www.performance.gov/node/3407/view?view=public#progress-update

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
·         Benefits and Costs of Higher Capital Requirements for Banks http://www.piie.com/publications/wp/wp16-6.pdf
·         Quantitative Easing: An Underappreciated Success http://www.piie.com/publications/pb/pb16-4.pdf

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life
·         Religion in Everyday Life http://www.pewforum.org/2016/04/12/religion-in-everyday-life/

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
·         EU Pressure Insufficient to Gain U.S. Visa Waiver for Poles http://www.pism.pl/Publications/PISM-Policy-Paper-no-151

Project on Middle East Political Science

Rand
·         Consumer Attitudes Toward Data Breach Notifications and Loss of Personal Information http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1187.html
·         How Military Families Respond Before, During and After Deployment: Findings from the RAND Deployment Life Study http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9906.html
·         Improvements to Air Force Strategic Basing Decisions http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1297.html
·         Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 2. Estimates for Department of Defense Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR870z2-1.html

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
·         Public Stockpiling of Rice in Asia Pacific http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/nts/public-stockpiling-of-rice-in-asia-pacific/
·         RSIS Workshop on Political Reform and Social Stability in China http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/rsis-workshop-on-political-reform-and-social-stability-in-china/  

Small Wars Journal
·         Charting Out the Digital Ecosystem of Gangs in the U.S. and Mexico http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43394
·         Hacking for Defense: Week 2 http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43620
·         No COIN Left In Afghanistan – Or The Elephant In The Room That No One Is Talking About http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43903
·         The Vital Role of Religion in Civil-Military Interaction http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43552
·         What’s in a Name: A Strategic Analysis of The Islamic State http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43498

South African Institute of International Affairs
·         To the Ends of the Earth: Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty and South Africa http://www.saiia.org.za/research-reports/1022-to-the-ends-of-the-earth-antarctica-the-antarctic-treaty-and-south-africa

Stanley Foundation
·         Multijurisdictional Approaches to Carbon Pricing: Integrating Design Elements for a Low Carbon Club http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/resources.cfm?id=1595

Transatlantic Academy
·         The In-Betweeners: The Eastern Partnership Countries and the Russia-West Conflict http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/publications/betweeners-eastern-partnership-countries-and-russia-west-conflict
·         Isolation and Propaganda: The Roots and Instruments of Russia's Disinformation Campaign http://www.transatlanticacademy.org/publications/isolation-and-propaganda-roots-and-instruments-russias-disinformation-campaign

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
·         UN chief in Afghanistan: Do more now to protect civilians - UNAMA releases civilian casualty data for the first quarter of 2016 http://unama.unmissions.org/un-chief-afghanistan-do-more-now-protect-civilians-unama-releases-civilian-casualty-data-first

UNICEF
·         Beyond Chibok: Over 1.3 Million Children Uprooted by Boko Haram Violence http://files.unicef.org/media/files/Beyond_Chibok.pdf

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
·         China's Island Building in the South China Sea: Damage to the Marine Environment, Implications, and International Law http://origin.www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/China's%20Island%20Building%20in%20the%20South%20China%20Sea_0.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
·         Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/does-the-middle-east-still-matter-the-obama-doctrine-and-u.s.-policy
·         Iran's Army Suffers Its First Casualties in Syria http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/irans-army-suffers-its-first-casualties-in-syria
·         The Islamic State, Extremism, and the Spread of Transnational Terrorism http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-islamic-state-extremism-and-the-spread-of-transnational-terrorism
·         The Israeli Angle to the Saudi-Egyptian Island Deal http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-israeli-angle-to-the-saudi-egyptian-island-deal
·         Russian S-300 Deliveries to Iran Have Apparently Begun http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/russian-s-300-deliveries-to-iran-have-apparently-begun
·         What Did the Gulf Coalition War Achieve in Yemen? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-did-the-gulf-coalition-war-achieve-in-yemen

White House
·         “The Global Campaign Against ISIL—Partnerships, Progress, and the Path Ahead" - Remarks by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/14/remarks-national-security-advisor-susan-e-rice-us-air-force-academy
·         Statement by the President on Progress in the Fight Against ISIL https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/13/statement-president-progress-fight-against-isil

Wilson Center
·         Love Us As We Are: Khrushchev’s 1956 Charm Offensive in the UK https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/love-us-we-are-khrushchevs-1956-charm-offensive-the-uk   

World Bank
·         Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders (3rd ed.) http://dcp-3.org/mentalhealth

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