Friday's Miscellany 04-25-2008

American Enterprise Institute
Iraq: The Way Ahead http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27686/pub_detail.asp

Arms Control Association
· The 2008 Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference Reader http://www.armscontrol.org/pdf/CWC2008_READERWEB.pdf

Atlantic Council of the United States
· Blair: Confront and Persuade http://www.acus.org/about-news-Awards_2008_BlairSpeech.asp
· Mullen: ‘We Will Have to Deal with Iran in the Very Near Future” http://www.acus.org/about-news-Awards_2008MullenSpeech.asp
· Murdoch: NATO Faces ‘Crisis of Confidence’ http://www.acus.org/about-news-Awards_2008MurdochSpeech.asp

BASIC
· Iran Update, No. 117 http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080424.htm

Brookings Institution
· Freedom, Religion and Democracy in the Age of the 24/7 News Cycle: A Dutch Perspective http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0411_netherlands.aspx
· Global Displacement and the Implications for Refugees http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0423_displacement.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Political Reform in China: Leadership Differences and Convergence http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/China1.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Fifteen Years After Black Hawk Down http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/pdf/somalia_report.pdf
· Nasty Neighbors: Resolving the Chad-Sudan Proxy War http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/pdf/nasty_neighbors.pdf

Center for Defense Information
· The Shambles of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Security http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4284&from_page=../index.cfm

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· A Poisoned Chalice? The Crisis in National Security Planning, Programming, and Budgeting http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080422_fy2009_poisoned_chalice.pdf
· The Shi’ite Gamble: Rolling the Dice for Iraq’s Future http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080421_cordesman_shiite_gamble.pdf

Centre for European Reform
· The EU, Israel and Hamas http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/wp_820.pdf
· France, NATO and European Defence http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/policybrief_eu_nato_26march08.pdf

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) West Point
· The Power of Truth? http://www.ctc.usma.edu/questions/

Congress. House Oversight Committee
· Felony or Military Personnel Waivers http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1889
· April 21, 2008 Letter to Under Secretary Chu [From Chairman Waxman commenting on the statistics provided] -- http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080421104110.pdf
· Felony Waivers by Type of Offense (The charts show the numbers of felony waivers for conviction only, by service and by type for FY 2006 and FY 2007) http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080421104349.pdf
· October 18, 2007 Letter to Under Secretary Chu [From Chairman Waxman requesting statistics] http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080421154045.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9074&type=1
· Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9104&type=1 · Policy Options for the Housing and Financial Markets http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9078&type=1

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· DoD Accounting to Support DoD Personnel During Times of Civil Emergency http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/FY08/08-080.pdf

Department of Justice
· Summary -- Overview of the Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2008/ioc-strategy-public-overview.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· An Israeli View of the Iranian Nuclear Challenge http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200804.inbar.israeliviewiraniannuclearchallenge.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Congress and Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Reduce Substantial Shortfalls in Duty Collection http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08391.pdf
· Defense Infrastructure: Continued Management Attention Is Needed to Support Installation Facilities and Operations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08502.pdf
· Export Controls: State and Commerce Have Not Taken Basic Steps to Better Ensure U.S. Interests Are Protected http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08710t.pdf
· Federal Records: Agencies Face Challenges in Managing E-Mail http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08699t.pdf
· Homeland Security: Enhanced National Guard Readiness for Civil Support Missions May Depend on DOD's Implementation of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08311.pdf
· Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: DOD Can Better Assess and Integrate ISR Capabilities and Oversee Development of Future ISR Requirements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08374.pdf
· International Boundary and Water Commission: Two Alternatives for Improving Wastewater Treatment at the United States-Mexico Border http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08595r.pdf
· Nanotechnology: Better Guidance Is Needed to Ensure Accurate Reporting of Federal Research Focused on Environmental, Health, and Safety Risks http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08402.pdf
· Nanotechnology: Accuracy of Data on Federally Funded Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Could Be Improved http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08709t.pdf
· National Transportation Safety Board: Progress Made in Management Practices, Investigation Priorities, Training Center Use, and Information Security, But These Areas Continue to Need Improvement http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08652t.pdf
· Space Acquisitions: DOD Is Making Progress to Rapidly Deliver Low Cost Space Capabilities, but Challenges Remain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08516.pdf
· Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Filling the Reserve http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08726t.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Furthering the U.N.'s Leftist Agenda: The U.N. CERD Committee Report http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/upload/wm_1899.pdf

Hudson Institute
· The Third Road to Serfdom and its Foreign Policy Implications http://www.hudson.org/files/documents/The_third_road%20(1)%20(2).pdf

Human Rights Watch
· Perpetual Minors: Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudiarabia0408/saudiarabia0408webwcover.pdf

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
· China's Rising Influence in Asia: Implications for U.S. Policy [Strategic Forum no. 231] http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Strforum/SF231/SF231.pdf
· Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath [Occasional Paper no. 5] http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Occasional_Papers/OP5.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security
· Syria Update III: New Information about Al Kibar Reactor Sitehttp://www.isis-online.org/publications/syria/SyriaUpdate_24April2008.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Côte d’Ivoire: Ensuring Credible Elections http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5400&l=1
· Will the Real Serbia Please Stand Up? http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/europe/balkans/b49_will_the_real_serbia_please_stand_up.pdf
International Relations and Security Network
· Costs of War: Suicide 'Epidemic' http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18886
· Israel's Anti-Missile Hunt http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18904
· Pakistan's Elusive Peace Dreams http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18907
· The World's Food Insecurity http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18903

Lexington Institute
· Defense Acquisition Through 2012 http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1257.shtml
· Economic Security: The Coming Era of Re-Regulation http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1259.shtml

Project on Defense Alternatives
· The Role of Force & the Armed Forces in Post-Cold War US Foreign Policy: What Have We Learned? Cautionary Lessons for the Next Administration http://www.comw.org/pda/080410meet.html

RAND
· An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating and Support Costs for Air Force Aircraft http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2008/RAND_RGSD229.pdf
· Increasing Aircraft Carrier Forward Presence: Changing the Length of the Maintenance Cycle. http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG706.pdf

Senlis Council
· Chronic Failures in the War on Terror: From Afghanistan to Somalia http://www.senliscouncil.net/documents/chronic_failures_war_terror

Stanley Foundation
· Arab Media and US Policy: A Public Diplomacy Reset http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/PAB08Kraidy.pdf
· Implementation: A New Approach to Multinational Coordination in Afghanistan http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/NeumannPAB408.pdf
· Multilateralism as a Dual-Use Technique: Encouraging Nuclear Energy and Avoiding Proliferation http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/ThomForPAB308.pdf
· New Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia: Changing Security Cooperation and Competition http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pdb/NPDSecurityPDB308.pdf
· One UN Pilots: Aligning UN Capabilities in Support of National Development, 39th United Nations Issues Conference http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pdb/OneUNProgressReport308.pdf
· Policy Memo: Envisioning a Future Multilateral Security Mechanism for Northeast Asia: What’s at Stake for the US? http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/other/San_Diego_DPRK_Policy_Memo_-_mas.pdf
· The Rise and Impact of Iran's Neocons http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/RiseandImpactEhteshami08PAB.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Managing Crisis and Sustaining Peace Between China and the United States http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks61.pdf
· PeaceWatch [April 2008, v. 14, no. 1]http://www.usip.org/peacewatch/2008/pw_april08.pdf
o Overcoming Rule of Law 'Ad-hoc-cracy'
o Iran: Dialouges of Peace in Islam
o A "Postmortem Long Overdue"
o Sudan "The Sheikh of Creativity" and Other Tales

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Bad News or Bad Data? The Debate over Arab and Muslim Public Opinion http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2807
· Iranian Parliamentary Elections and Ahmadinezhad's Discontents http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2796
· Slippery Polls: Uses and Abuses of Opinion Surveys from Arab States http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus82initial.pdf