Friday's Miscellany 12-14-2007

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• What’s Wrong with Fusion Centers. http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/privacy/fusioncenter_20071212.pdf

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in the Developing World: A New Face for America, a Challenge to Foreign Aid. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27220,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
• U.S. Trade Policy: The Emergence of Regional and Bilateral Alternatives to Multilateralism. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27225,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

Atlantic Council of the United States

• Cyber Attack: A Risk Management Primer for CEOs and Directors. http://www.acus.org/docs/071212_Cyber_Attack_Report.pdf

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

• Updated NIE Implies Constructive Pragmatism in Tehran. http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN071207.htm
• Afghanistan Update. http://www.basicint.org/update/AFG071203.htm

Brookings Institution

• Detention Retention: Are Guantanamo Detainees All Innocent? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2007/1207_courts_wittes.aspx
• Humanitarian Imperatives are Transforming Sovereignty. http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/winter_humanitarian_cohen.aspx
• Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy: Open New Pathways to Integration. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Projects/Opportunity08/PB_Immigration_Singer.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Arab Reform Bulletin: December 2007. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/fullissue-12-11-07.pdf
• Assessing the NIE. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19747&prog=zgp&proj=zme,znpp
• Financing Energy Efficiency in China. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/clean_energy_final1.pdf
• Incumbent Regimes and the “King’s Dilemma” in the Arab World: Promise and Threat of Managed Reform. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp88_ruling_parties_final1.pdf

Center for a New American Security

• Averting the System Reboot. Innovations and Critical Lessons from Iraq Must be Preserved. http://www.cnas.org/en/art/?342

Center for American Progress

• 40 Reasons to Reengage in Afghanistan. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/40reasons.html
• A Diplomatic Surge for Northern Uganda. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/northern_uganda_surge.html
• The Future of Kosovo. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/future_of_kosovo.html
• Six Questions for Secretary Gates. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/gates_questions.html
• Restoring American Military Power: Toward a New Progressive Defense Strategy for America. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/pdf/defense_strategy.pdf
• Revamping U.S. Foreign Assistance. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/pdf/beyond_assistence.pdf
• Revitalizing the Transatlantic Partnership: A Speech by John D. Podesta in Hamburg, Germany on November 14, 2007. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/podesta_speech.html
• Think Again: The Nth Time is Farce: Neocons Attack the NIE, Yet Again. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/think_again_neocons_attack.html
• Virtuous Circle: Strengthening Broad-Based Global Progress in Living Standards. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/12/pdf/virtuous_circle.pdf

Center for Democracy Technology

• Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Important Government Information Cannot Be Found Through Commercial Search Engines. http://www.cdt.org/righttoknow/search/Searchability.pdf

Center for Security Policy

• Condi's African Holiday. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
• The Dangers of Bolivia's Constitutional Reforms. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Home.aspx?SID=140&SubCategoryID=142
• In Russia, a Landslide to Tyranny. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
• Israel: Apartheid, Not Peace. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
• On Iran, Bolton Tells It Like It Is. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
• Questionable Intelligence on Iran. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Home.aspx?SID=140&SubCategoryID=142
• Sharia's Trojan Horse. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141
• Surprise in Venezuela. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
• Victory Via Fuel Choice. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141
• Where's Our Churchill? http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

• Alternative Futures for Russia to 2017. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071210-russia_2017-web.pdf
• Integrating 21st Century Development and Security Assistance. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071211_patrickintegratinglowres.pdf
• Latin American at Year’s End 2007. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issues200712.pdf
• The P-5 and Nuclear Nonproliferation. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071210-einhorn-the_p-5-web.pdf
• US Airpower in Iraq (OIF) and Afghanistan (OIF): 2004-2007. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071213_oif-oef_airpower.pdf

Combat Studies Institute (CSI)

• A Masterpiece of Counterguerrilla Warfare: BG J. Franklin Bell in Philippines, 1901-1902. (Long War series, Occasional Paper #25) http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/OP25.pdf

Congress. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

• Political Interference with Climate Change Science Under the Bush Administration. http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071210101633.pdf
• Supporting Documents, Part 1 - http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071212122744.pdf
• Supporting Documents, Part 2 - http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071212122810.pdf
• Supporting Documents, Part 3 - http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071212122836.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2005. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8885
• H.R. 1512, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to states incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8886
• The Long-Term Budget Outlook. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8877&type=1
• Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2008. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8844&type=1
• S. 2248, FISA Amendments Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8887

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Climate Change and National Security: An Agenda for Action. http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/ClimateChange_CSR32.pdf
• A Fragmented Climate Policy. http://www.cfr.org/publication/15057/fragmented_policy_on_climate_change.html?breadcrumb=%2F
• Tehran’s Mood Swing. http://www.cfr.org/publication/15028/tehrans_mood_swing.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

• Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the U.S. Military Service Academies: Academic Program Year 2006-2007. http://www.sapr.mil/contents/news/CurrentNewsletter/Academy%20Report%2012-7-07.pdf
• Previous reports are available at http://www.sapr.mil/HomePage.aspx?Topic=ResourcesReports&PageName=ReportLinks.htm

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

• From Protecting Some to Securing Many – NATO’s journey from a Military Alliance to a Security Manager. http://www.upi-fiia.fi/document.php?DOC_ID=237#FIIA_Report_17_web_.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

• After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200712.mines.aftersurge.html
• Annapolis: Three-Ring Diplomacy. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200712.sicherman.annapolis.html
• Iran, Russia, and the Bomb. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200712.lee.iranrussiabomb.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Systematic Assessment Is Needed to Determine Agencies' Progress toward U.S. Policy Objectives. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08188.pdf
• DOD Travel Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2006 Reporting Was Incomplete and Planned Improvement Efforts Face Challenges. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0816.pdf
• Improper Payments: Weaknesses in USAID's and NASA's Implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act and Recovery Auditing. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0877.pdf
• International Trade: An Analysis of Free Trade Agreements and Congressional and Private Sector Consultations under Trade Promotion Authority. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0859.pdf
• Military Base Realignments and Closures: Cost Estimates Have Increased and Are Likely to Continue to Evolve. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08159.pdf
• Organizational Transformation: Implementing Chief Operating Officer/Chief Management Officer Positions in Federal Agencies. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0834.pdf
• Toxic Chemical Releases: EPA Actions Could Reduce Environmental Information Available to Many Communities. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08128.pdf

HELP Commission Report on Foreign Assistance Reform

• Beyond Assistance: The HELP Commission report on Foreign Assistance Reform.Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe. http://helpcommission.gov/portals/0/Beyond%20Assistance_HELP_Commission_Report.pdf

Heritage Foundation

• The AMT Patch: A Few Months Late and $51 Billion Heavy. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/wm1745.cfm
• The Election of Anson Chan: A Step Forward for Democracy in Hong Kong. http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1734.cfm
• Five Benchmarks for the Omnibus Spending Bill. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm1737.cfm
• Future Combat Systems: A Congressional Guide to Army Modernization. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2091.pdf
• Obsolete Restrictions on Public Diplomacy Hurt U.S. Outreach and Strategy. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2089.pdf
• Providing for the Common Defense: Four Percent for Freedom. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/em1028.cfm
• Trojan Dragons: China's International Cyber Warriors. http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1735.cfm
• The U.S. Should Oppose the Largest Budget Increase in U.N. History. http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm1741.cfm

Homeland Security Institute (HSI)

• Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis. http://www.homelandsecurity.org/hsireports/MAAReportFinal28Mar07public.pdf
• Underlying Reasons for Success and Failure of Terrorist Attacks: Selected Case Studies. http://www.homelandsecurity.org/hsireports/Reasons_for_Terrorist_Success_Failure.pdf

Human Rights Watch

• Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us1207/
• Crackdown: Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/burma1207/burma1207webwcover.pdf
• Egypt: Anatomy of a State Security Case: The ‘Victorious Sect’ Arrests. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/egypt1207/

International Crisis Group

• Central African Republic: Anatomy of a Phantom State. [summary in English, report is in French] http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5220&l=1
• Peacebuilding in Haiti: Including Haitians from Abroad. http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3237&tid=5225&type=pdf&l=1

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

• Iranian Nuclear Program Remains Major Threat Despite Partial Freeze. http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/071206.htm
• Iran Nuclear Sites. http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles_pdfs/Iran/iran_nuclear_sites.pdf

Lexington Institute

• CG(X) And The Future Of Naval Warfare. http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/795.pdf
• Final Bush Budget Signals Retreat From Transformation. http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1204.shtml

National Security Archive

• Fujimori on Trial: Secret DIA Intelligence Cable Ties Former President to Summary Execution. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB237/index.htm
• The INF Treaty and the Washington Summit: 20 Years Later. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB238/index.htm

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

• Globalisation and Diplomacy. http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=PublishingHouse&fileid=4E022F05-71C0-0547-776A-B3E87AD08136&lng=en

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

• South Korea's Coming Election Highlights Christian Community. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/657/south-koreas-coming-election-highlights-christian-community

Pew Global Attitudes Project

• How the World Sees China. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/656/how-the-world-sees-china

Pew Hispanic Center

• 2007 National Survey of Latinos: As Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Hispanics Feel a Chill. http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/84.pdf

Rand

• Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG705.pdf
• The State of the Afghan Insurgency. Seth G. Jones Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate National Security and Defence Committee. http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT296.pdf

Stateline.org

• With Feds Stuck, States Take on Immigration. http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=264483