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  Corporate Knowledge for Government Decisionmakers: Insights on Screening, Vetting, and Monitoring Processes 2020

  Ryan Andrew Brown, Douglas Yeung, Diana Gehlhaus, Kathryn O'Connor

  The U.S. government seeks to ensure that those with access to sensitive information, material, people, or property can be trusted, through its security clearance processes. The authors of this report conducted interviews with human resources and security personnel in several corporate sectors to derive insights for the U.S. government regarding potentially effective ways to screen, vet, and monitor personnel over time.

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  An Updated Look at Military and Civilian Pay Levels and Recruit Quality 2020

  Troy D. Smith, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock

  Since the 1970s, compensation and benefits have been critical for attracting and retaining the quantity and quality of military personnel necessary for the United States to achieve its military goals. The authors find that Regular Military Compensation in 2017 was at the 85th percentile for active-component enlisted personnel and at the 77th percentile for active-component officers.

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  The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytical Memoir 2020

  Charles T. Cleveland, Daniel Egel

  The United States has failed to achieve strategic objectives in nearly every military campaign since Vietnam. This memoir concludes that this is because America lacks the concepts, doctrine, and canon for irregular warfare and is structured to fail in proxy and population-centric conflicts favored by U.S. adversaries. Action by Congress and the President could build the American way of irregular war needed for success in modern conflict.

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  Understanding the Factors That Will Impact the Succession to Vladimir Putin as Russian President 2020

  John Tefft

  This Perspective explores the factors and possible scenarios for the succession to Russian President Vladimir Putin and provides policy suggestions for U.S. officials. Putin now has the possibility of extending his presidency for two additional six-year terms. Russian elite rivalries, the security services, economic factors, and public satisfaction levels will all play a part in the selection of his successor.

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  Whose Story Wins: Rise of the Noosphere, Noopolitik, and Information-Age Statecraft 2020

  David Ronfeldt, John Arquilla

  In this Perspective, the authors urge strategists to consider a new concept for U.S. grand strategy—noopolitik, which focuses on "soft power"—as a successor to realpolitik, which emphasizes "hard power." The authors illuminate how U.S. adversaries are already using dark forms of noopolitik (e.g., weaponized narratives, strategic deception, epistemic attacks), propose ways to fight back, and discuss noopolitik in relation to the global commons.

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  Geolocating Growth of Suspect "Boarding" Facilities in Xinjiang China 2020

  Katherine Pfrommer, Edmund J. Burke

  GEOINT analysis shows steady construction progress in both 2017 and 2019 of suspect facilities in southern Xinjiang.

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  Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah? Iranian Proxy Development in Yemen and the Future of the Houthi Movement 2020

  Trevor Johnston, Matthew Lane, Abigail Casey, Heather J. Williams, Ashley L. Rhoades, James Sladden, Nathan Vest, Jordan R. Reimer, Ryan Haberman

  The authors analyze the prospect that Iran will further invest in Yemen's Houthis and develop them into an enduring proxy group. The authors examine the Houthi movement's history, the Houthis' current relations with Iran, Iran's history of proxy development, and the trajectory of the Houthi-Iran relationship, and then pose scenarios for the future. The report should be of interest to a wide audience in the foreign policy and defense community.

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  Limb Salvage and Recovery After Severe Blast Injury: Eighth Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting on Blast Injury Research 2020

  Charles C. Engel, Molly M. Simmons, Sara E. Heins, Mimi Shen, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Tepring Piquado

  Battlefield medical advances, improvements in protective equipment, and progress in surgical reconstruction and rehabilitation have led to questions about when to emphasize limb salvage over other treatment options—such as amputation—for individuals with severe blast-related limb injuries. This literature review summarizes recent research on limb salvage and recovery after severe blast-related injury.

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  Frameworks for Assessing USEUCOM Efforts to Inform, Influence, and Persuade 2020

  Miriam Matthews, Christopher Paul, David Schulker, David Stebbins

  Campaigns to inform, influence, and persuade a range of foreign audiences are critical to achieving key U.S. national security objectives, but it can be challenging to assess the progress, performance, and effectiveness of these efforts in a real-world context. This report offers guidance, robust and flexible frameworks, and recommendations to support and enhance assessment design and planning.

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  Opportunities for Including the Information Environment in U.S. Marine Corps Wargames 2020

  Christopher Paul, Yuna Huh Wong, Elizabeth M. Bartels

  An examination of requirements, principles from military theory, current doctrine, and commercial gaming practices points to solutions and changes to game mechanics to better incorporate the information environment into wargame planning, development, and play. Recommendations target wargame sponsors, wargame designers, and those who are responsible for procuring new tools and recruiting personnel to support wargaming.

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  Institution Building in Weak States: The Primacy of Local Politics 2020

  Andrew Radin

  The international community's approach to building state institutions needs its own reform. This innovative book proposes a new strategy, rooted in a rigorous analysis of recent missions. Pursuing incremental change that accommodates local political interests is more likely to produce effective, accountable, and law-abiding institutions.

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  What China Wants in South Asia 2020

  Derek Grossman

  This brief outlines the issues facing different South Asian countries with respect to their relationships with China.

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  Limb Salvage and Recovery After Blast-Related Injury: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting 2020

  Tepring Piquado, Emily Hoch, Charles C. Engel

  Battlefield medical advances, improvements in protective equipment, and progress in surgical reconstruction and rehabilitation have led to questions about when to emphasize limb salvage over other treatment options — such as amputation — for individuals with severe blast-related limb injuries. These conference proceedings summarize findings, conclusions, and recommendations of an expert-led meeting held in March 2019 that addressed such questions.

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  COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: A New Tool Helps Analyze Commercial Air Travel Involving Infected Passengers 2020

  Russell Hanson, Christopher A. Mouton, Adam R. Grissom, John P. Godges

  In this report—the first in a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers introduce a new tool to visualize how COVID-19 infections and commercial air travel have interacted to export infection risk across the world.

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  COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Air Passenger Transmission Risk to GCC Countries Originated from Outside the Region 2020

  Adam R. Grissom, Christopher A. Mouton, Russell Hanson, John P. Godges

  In this report—part of a series on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—the researchers quantify the potential vectors of COVID-19 transmission to Gulf Cooperation Council countries as a result of commercial air travel.

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