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Weekly Roundup, Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2015

November 6, 2015 by ACD

Left: Russian plane crash in the Sinai (Source APTN) BBC

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ACD Weekly Roundup

MANPADS Threats To Civilian Aviation – Rachel Ehrenfeld

Stabbing Israelis – Palestinian Jihadi “Resistance” – Rachel Ehrenfeld

Don’t flag with the flag!* – Sol W. Sanders

Qasem Soleimani – A Portrait* – Dr. Raz Zimmt ** Special for ITIC*

The incremental Road To Hell* – Sol W. Sanders

Capitol Hill: House

Deplorable Human Rights Violations in Cuba and Venezuela – Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere – Nov 6, 2015

Deplorable Human Rights Violations in Cuba and Venezuela – Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere – Nov 6, 2015

Iran’s Power Projection Capability – Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security – Nov 5, 2015

Iran’s Power Projection Capability – Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on National Security – Nov 5, 2015

A New Approach to Increase Trade and Security: An Examination of CBPs Public Private Partnerships – Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security – Nov 4, 2015

Challenge to Europe: The Growing Refugee Crisis – Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats – Nov 4, 2015

U.S. Policy After Russias Escalation in Syria – Committee on Foreign Affairs – Nov 4, 2015

American Agriculture and our National Security – Committee on Agriculture – Nov 4, 2015

Demanding Accountability: Evaluating the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report – Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations – Nov 4, 2015

The Federal Information Technology Reform Acts FITARA Role in Reducing IT Acquisition Risk Part II Measuring Agencies FITARA Implementation – Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Technology – Nov 4, 2015

TSA: Security Gaps – Committee on Oversight and Government Reform – Nov 3, 2015

Defending Against Bioterrorism: How Vulnerable is America? – Committee on Homeland Security – Nov 3, 2015

Examining the EU Safe Harbor Decision and Impacts for Transatlantic Data Flows – Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology – Nov 3, 2015

Future Options for the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent – Views from Project Atom – Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces – Nov 3, 2015

Capitol Hill: Senate

Revisiting the Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces – Armed Services Committee, Nov 5,2015

Revisiting the Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces – Armed Services Committee – Nov 5, 2015

Justice Forsaken: How the Federal Government Fails the American Victims of Iranian and Palestinian Terrorism – Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts – Nov 4, 2015

U.S. Policy in North Africa – Foreign Relations Committee, Nov 4, 2015

Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Propaganda that Threatens Europe – Foreign Relations Committee, Nov 3, 2015

Future of Warfare – Armed Services Committee, Nov 3, 2015

Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Propaganda that Threatens Europe – Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation – Nov 3, 2015

GAO Reports

2020 Census: Key Information Technology Decisions Must Be Made Soon – GAO-16-205T, Nov 3, 2015

Climate Change: HHS Could Take Further Steps to Enhance Understanding of Public Health Risks – GAO-16-122,  Nov 3, 2015

Nuclear Nonproliferation: NNSA’s Threat Assessment Process Could Be Improved – GAO-16-118, Oct 30, 2015

CRS Reports

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation – Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney – Nov 2, 2015

The Legal Process to Reschedule Marijuana – CRS Legal Sidebar, Nov 2, 2015

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation – Nov 2, 2015

Aiding Israel after the Iran Nuclear Deal: Issues for Congress – CRS Insight, Oct 30, 2015

Government Speech, Religious Displays, and Finding Balance in the First Amendment – CRS Legal Sidebar, Oct 30, 2015

New Nuclear Notebook: Pakistani Nuclear Forces, 2015 – Hans M. Kristensen, Oct 22, 2015

News & Analysis

Without Albert Einstein, We’d All Be Lost – Robert Dijkgraaf

Middle East

Spotlight on Global Jihad (October 29 – November 4, 2015) – ITIC

What Do Palestinians Want? It’s time to take a close look at an often ignored subject: what ordinary Palestinians think about Israel, Jews, and terrorist attacks on civilians – Daniel Polisar

Egyptian President Sisi tells UK: finish job in Libya to stop another Syria. Exclusive: Egypt’s President will demand that David Cameron completes his “mission” in Libya to prevent the country being dominated by Islamists – Con Coughlin

Turkey’s Elections, the Syrian Crisis, and the US – Henri Barkey

Welcome to Erdoğanistan. Asian Turkey is a long way from ‘Western’ Istanbul – Tom Goltz

 Iran

Unfinished Business from the Iran Nuclear Debate – Robert Satloff

‘A new wave of repression is imminent in Iran’. Iran’s supreme leader is attacking president Rouhani as part of a drive to eliminate moderates and reformists, argues prominent investigative journalist Akbar Ganji – Guardian UK

Obama Licenses Iran to Ship Missiles to Hezbollah – Tony Badran

US intelligence is no match for Iranian deception – Jeff Jacoby

Iran to implement blockade on US goods – Press TV (Iran)

Russia

Could a Baltic-Black Sea Alliance Be Taking Shape? – Paul Goble

Pentagon Farmed Out Its Coding to Russia – Patrick Malone

The Kremlin’s Tragic Miscalculation – Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Whitewashing Putin’s Kleptocracy. Rehabilitating a Russian plutocrat with the help of a federally funded U.S. Institution – Marius Laurinavicius

The Ruination of Russia – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

China

The Tyranny of a Big Idea. Modern liberals are best understood as would-be believers in search of true faith – Bret Stephens

China Is Secretly Buying American Radio Stations – The American Interest

Europe

Threats To Denmark: Isis, Russia And Cyber Spies – Fortuna’s Corner

Telling the Truth in Tumblrland. Meet Sweden’s ‘Angry Foreigner’ – Benjamin Welton

The New Moscowteers – Bernard-Henri Levy

Misc.

Tourists report ‘£20 to skip bag checks offer’ at Sharm el-Sheikh airport – Shields Gazette

Hackers reveal Android malware that is IMPOSSIBLE to remove: Malicious bug can be found in more than 20,000 apps – Ellie Zolfagharifard

Restore the U.S. Sixth Fleet. In the Middle East, ships on the sea can be as important boots on the ground – Seth Cropsey

America’s Forgotten Missionaries – Walter Russell Mead

US overtakes Caymans and Singapore as haven for assets of super-rich. But financial secrecy index report notes if UK and affiliated tax havens such as Jersey were treated as one, it would top the list – Guardian UK

Timothy Snyder: The Newton of the Holocaust? The Yale historian’s much-lauded new book promises a revolutionary view of the Holocaust. But it misleads more than it enlightens – Walter Laqueur

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