Weekly Update
April 15
This is a long but interesting list.
Items of Interest:
38 North
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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
·
Japanese-Australian
Relations http://studies.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2016/4/13/aa12882d0bd448c3be20b278c4b7a28b_100.pdf
Arab Youth Survey
·
Arab Youth Survey
2016 http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com/uploads/whitepaper/2016-AYS-White-Paper-EN_12042016100316.pdf
American Enterprise
Institute
·
Fixing US-China
Trade and Investment http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/China-US.pdf
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Public Opinion on
Taxes—1937 to Today http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bowman_Taxes_April-2016.pdf
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A Tech Revolution
for the Homeless http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tech_rev_homeless.pdf
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Understanding
Middle-Class Tax Cuts http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Understanding-the-Middle-Class-Tax-Cuts.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
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Innovation,
Leadership, and National Security http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/innovation-leadership-and-national-security
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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
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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
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PacNet #35 -
Rescind China's invitation to join RIMPAC http://csis.org/files/publication/160414_PacNet_1635_0.pdf
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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)
·
Europe after
Brexit: Unleashed or Undone? http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/policy-brief/2016/europe-after-brexit-unleashed-or-undone
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
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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
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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
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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
·
Flint Water
Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned https://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/flint-water-crisis-impacts-and-lessons-learned
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
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Countering
Extremism and the Threat of ISIS in Southeast Asia http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-countering-extremism-and-threat-isis-southeast-asia
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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
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European Terror
Threat Snapshot https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/European-Terror-Threat-Snapshot-April-2016.pdf
Congress. House.
Oversight & Government Reform Committee
·
Connecting
Veterans with PTSD with Service Dogs http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-peacekeepers-allegations-abuse-and-absence-accountability-united
·
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
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Marine Corps
Ground Modernization http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-04-13-marine-corps-ground-modernization
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FEMA: Assessing
Progress, Performance, and Preparedness https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/fema-assessing-progress-performance-and-preparedness
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Improving the
USAJOBS Website https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/roundtable_-improving-the-usajobs-website
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
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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/
·
Tourism, Terrorism
and Migration http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/tourism-terrorism-and-migration/
·
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
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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
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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)
·
Indonesia in ASEAN
http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-research-papers/swp-research-paper-detail/article/indonesia_in_asean.html
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
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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
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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
·
Six Hidden Taxes http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/04/six-hidden-taxes
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)
·
Correlating
Operation of the Coal Plant to Reprocessing Activities at Yongbyon http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Correlating_the_Operation_of_the_Coal_Plant_to_Reprocessing_Activities_at_Yongbyon_April_15_2016_FINAL.pdf
Institute for Security
Studies (ISS)
·
South African
Crime Quarterly no. 55 https://www.issafrica.org/publications/south-african-crime-quarterly/south-african-crime-quarterly-55
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)
·
BRICS in International
Development: The New Landscape http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/123456789/11252/1/ER189_TheBRICSinInternationalDevelopmentTheNewLandscape.pdf
Institute of South Asian
Studies (ISAS)
·
Assam Assembly
Elections: BJP has the Momentum http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20418%20-%20Assam%20Assembly%20Elections%20BJP%20has%20the%20momentum.pdf
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Bangladesh: Not in
Crisis, but at Cross Roads? http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Brief%20No.%20419%20-%20Bangladesh%20Not%20in%20crisis%20but%20at%20cross%20roads.pdf
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Forging Sri
Lanka’s Third Republican Constitution http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Insights%20No.%20325%20-%20Forging%20Sri%20Lanka’s%20Third%20Republican%20Constitution.pdf
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
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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
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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
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Political Conflict,
Extremism and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-asia/bangladesh/277-political-conflict-extremism-and-criminal-justice-in-bangladesh.aspx
Italian Institute for
International Political Studies
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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)
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Crisis
Transmission in the Global Banking Network http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1691.pdf
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Optimal Reserves
in Financially Closed Economies http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1692.pdf
Jamestown Foundation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NATO’s Response to
Hybrid Threats http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=886
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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
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Bridging the Gap?
The UN Civilian Capacity Initiative http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/Bridging-the-Gap.-The-UN-Civilian-Capacity-Initiative
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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
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New Tools for Blue
Helmets http://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/New-tools-for-blue-helmets3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Women, Politics
& the Arab World http://pomeps.org/2016/04/14/womens-political-representation-and-authoritarianism-in-the-arab-world/
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
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Charting Out the
Digital Ecosystem of Gangs in the U.S. and Mexico http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43394
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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
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The Vital Role of
Religion in Civil-Military Interaction http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43552
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What’s in a Name:
A Strategic Analysis of The Islamic State http://smallwarsjournal.com/printpdf/43498
South African Institute
of International Affairs
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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
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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
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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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