Friday's Miscellany for 10-12-2007

Items of Interest

Amnesty International

• China: Legacy of the Beijing Olympics - China's Choice: Media Kit. http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/ASA170432007ENGLISH/$File/ASA1704307.pdf
  
• Burundi: No Protection from Rape in War and Peace. Amnesty International. http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/AFR160022007ENGLISH/$File/AFR1600207.pdf

BASIC (British American Security Information Council)

• The Real Cost Behind Trident Replacement and the Carriers. http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident/cost.pdf

Brookings Institution

• Breaking the Lines: Sarkozy's Presidential Campaign. http://www3.brookings.edu/comm/events/20071004.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Corruption Threatens China’s Future. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb55_pei_china_corruption_final.pdf

Center for American Progress (CAP)

• Afghanistan, Six Years Later: Success Is Within Reach (Video). http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/10/forgotten_front.html
• The Forgotten Mission in Afghanistan Can Succeed. Here’s How. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/10/afghanistan_memo.html

Center for Defense Information (CDI)

• A Bankrupt Strategy Mandates Fundamental Reform.
  http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4118&from_page=../index.cfm

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (MIIS CNS)

• CNS Researcher Speaks on Nuclear Terrorism at Russian Duma. http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/071005.htm

Center for Security Policy

• A Navy LOST?
  http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141
  Pakistani Nightmare.
  http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Combating Terrorism Center (USMA)

• Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in al-Qa’ida from 1989-2006. http://www.ctc.usma.edu/aq/aq3.asp

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

• Pandora’s Box: Iraqi Federalism, Separatism, “Hard” Partitioning and US Policy. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071009_pandorasbox.pdf
  Political, Military and Economic Dynamics in Iraq: A Graphic Overview. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071005_iraqoverview.pdf

Government Accounting Office (GAO)

• Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0810r.pdf
• Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Ministry Capacity Development Efforts Need an Overall Integrated Strategy to Guide Efforts and Manage Risk.
  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08117.pdf

Heritage Foundation

• Congress Must Implement CSC Treaty to Reinvigorate U.S. Nuclear Industry. http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/upload/wm_1658.pdf
  New Homeland Security Strategy Misses the Mark. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/upload/wm_1659.pdf

Hudson Institute

• Understanding the Mission of U.S International Broadcasting. http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/52693_McCormick.pdf

Human Rights Watch

• Criminal Politics: Violence, "Godfathers" and Corruption in Nigeria. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/nigeria1007/nigeria1007webwcover.pdf

Federation of International Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies’ Operational Update

• 
  Mideast—Population Displaced from Iraq. http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/07/MDR8100201.pdf

International Crisis Group

• Colombia: Moving Forward with the ELN? http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/latin_america/b16_colombia_eln.pdf

Lexington Institute

• A Quick, Cheap Way to Help Soldiers Survive in Iraq.
  http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1184.shtml

Oxfam International & the International Action Network on Small Arms

• Africa’s Missing Billions: International Arms Flows and the Cost of Conflict. http://www.saferworld.org.uk/images/pubdocs/bp107_Africa's%20missing%20billions%20paper_FINAL%20ENGLISH_041007.pdf

Rand

• American and Iranian Public Opinion: The Quest for Common Grounds. http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/2007/RAND_RP1261.pdf
• Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG590-1.pdf
• A Capabilities-Based Strategy for Army Security Cooperation. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG563.pdf
• The Dynamic Retention Model for Air Force Officers: New Estimates and Policy Simulations of the Aviator Continuation Pay Program. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR470.pdf
• Entering the Dragon's Lair: Chinese Antiaccess Strategies and Their Implications for the United States. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG524.pdf
• The Federal Role in Terrorism Insurance: Evaluating Alternatives in an Uncertain World. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG679.pdf
• Installation Mapping Enables Many Missions: The Benefits of and Barriers to Sharing Geospatial Data Assets. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG552.pdf
• Network Technologies for Networked Terrorists: Assessing the Value of Information and Communication Technologies to Modern Terrorist Organizations. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR454.pdf
• Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG592.pdf
• U.S. Policy Options for Iraq: A Reassessment. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG613.pdf
• Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG561.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute (Army War College)

• A Concept at the Crossroads: Rethinking the Center of Gravity. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=805
• The Summit: Mirage or Milestone?
  http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=824
• Turning on the DIME: Diplomacy’s role in National Security. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=801

United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq

• Human Rights Report—1 April-30 June 2007.
  http://www.uniraq.org/FileLib/misc/HR%20Report%20Apr%20Jun%202007%20EN.pdf

UN Development Programme

• Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries.
  http://www.arabhumanrights.org/en/

UN High Commissioner on Refugees

• Statistics on Displaced Iraqis around the World.
  http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=SUBSITES&id=470387fc2

Veteran's Disability Benefits Commission

• Honoring the Call to Duty: Veterans' Disability Benefits in the 21st Century. http://www.vetscommission.org/reports.asp

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Deterring the Ayatollahs: Complications in Applying Cold War Strategy to Iran. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus72FinalWeb.pdf

White House

• National Strategy for Homeland Security. http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/nshs/NSHS.pdf