Friday's Miscellany for 11-30-2007

Air Force Association

• Victory in Cyberspace—A Special Report for the Air Force Association. http://www.afa.org/media/reports/victorycyberspace.pdf
  

American Security Project

• Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the Struggle Against Violent Jihadism. http://www.americansecurityproject.org/files/ASP_RPTWeb_0.pdf
  

Amnesty International

• Pakistan: Fatal Erosion of Human Rights Safeguards Under Emergency. http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/ASA330402007ENGLISH/$File/ASA3304007.pdf
  

• Russian Federation: Human Rights Defenders at Risk in the North Caucasus. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460532007
  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• And the Guest of Honor is…Missing. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19736&prog=zgp&proj=zme

• Congratulations to Iran. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19728&prog=zgp&proj=znpp
  

• Egypt—Don’t Give Up on Democracy Promotion. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb_52_egypt_final.pdf

• Germany's Pivotal Role in the Iranian Nuclear Standoff. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19720&prog=zgp&proj=znpp
  

• Islamist Movements. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19731&prog=zgp&proj=zme
  

• Lebanon in Precarious Drift as Parliament Fails to Elect President. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/salem_lebanon_11_26_formatted.pdf

• Pakistan—Conflicted Ally in the War on Terror. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb56_tellis_pakistan_final.pdf

Center for Security Policy

• Civil Disobedience, Chavez and Democgracy. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
  

• From AMIA to Armageddon. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
  

• Palestine: Staticidal Zealotry. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Back from the Brink: Evaluating Progress in Colombia, 1999-2007. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071112-backfromthebrink-web.pdf

• Critical Questions: The China Currency Conundrum. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071126_cq_freeman_currency.pdf

• Critical Questions: Kosovo Decision Will Have International Ramifications. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071127_bugajski_kosovo.pdf

• Iran, Israel and Nuclear War: An Illustrative Scenario Analysis. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071119_iran.is&nuclearwar.pdf

• Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programs: A Status Report. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071126irannukewmd.pdf

• Iran’s Nuclear Program: UN and IAEA Reporting and Developments. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071127_iraniaea.pdf

Congressional Budget Office

• CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2007 Update. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8713&type=1

• Issues in Climate Change. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8819&type=1

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2006. ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oiaf/1605/cdrom/pdf/ggrpt/057306.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute

• War and the West by Williamson Murray. http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1226.200711.murray.warwest.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Digital Television Transition: Questions on the DTV Converter Box Subsidy Program and a DTV Inter-Agency Task Force. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08297r.pdf

• DOD Transformation Challenges and Opportunities. http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08323cg.pdf

• Homeland Security: Federal Efforts are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0835.pdf

• Nuclear and Worker Safety: Actions Needed to Determine the Effectiveness of Safety Improvement Efforts at NNSA's Weapons Laboratories. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0873.pdf

Heritage Foundation

• Domestic Factors Driving Russia's Foreign Policy. http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/bg_2084.pdf

• Who's Who in Russia's Parliamentary Elections. http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1706.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security

• ISIS Issue Brief: November IAEA Report: Centrifuge File Not Closed; Natanz Enrichment Expands. http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/ISISIssueBriefIran15Nov2007.pdf

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Summary for Policymakers. http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf

International Crisis Group

• Darfur’s New Security Reality. http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/africa/horn_of_africa/134_darfur_s_new_security_reality.pdf

• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Annapolis and After. http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/b22_the_israeli_palestinian_conflict___annapolis_and_after.pdf

Jamestown Foundation

• Terrorism Focus, November 27, 2007, v. 4, no. 39 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4309

• New Generation of al-Qaeda on Trial in Yemen
• Al-Qaeda, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Jihad in North Africa
• PKK Leadership Under Pressure in the Post-Öcalan Era
• MKO Uses YouTube to Display Military Prowess

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

• Public Sees Progress in War Effort. http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/373.pdf

• Will Shared Concern about Iran Provide Common Ground for Middle East Negotiators in Annapolis? http://pewresearch.org/pubs/641/middle-east-summit-annapolis

Project for Excellence in Journalism

• Journalists in Iraq: A Survey of Reporters on the Front Lines. http://journalism.org/files/PEJ%20FINAL%20Survey%20of%20Journalists%20in%20IraqWITH%20SURVEY.pdf

RAND

• An Economic Development Architecture for New Orleans. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR547.pdf

• Evaluating Alternative Organizational Structures to Revitalize the Economy of New Orleans. Testimony. http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT295.pdf

• Preparing the Army for Stability Operations: Doctrinal and Interagency Issues. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG646.pdf

• Setting the Agenda for an Evidence-based Olympics. http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR516.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

• The Global War on Terrorism: A Religious War? http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB822.pdf

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Human Development report 2007/2008: Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_en_complete.pdf

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

• UNODC Annual Report for 2007. http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/about-unodc/annual-report.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Holy Land Mistrial: Judging a Designated Terrorist Entity. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2687

• Lebanon's Presidential Crisis. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2686