Friday, May 30, 2008

REPORT - DHS Information Sharing Strategy

Recently released

Department of Homeland Security Information Sharing Strategy
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/dhs_information_sharing_strategy.pdf

http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/publications/gc_1212068752872.shtm
The Department's Information Sharing Strategy provides strategic direction and guidance for all Department of Homeland Security information sharing efforts. The Information Sharing Strategy expands this vision to include external information sharing efforts and is informed by the following five guiding principles:

  1. Fostering information sharing is a core Department mission.
  2. The Department must use the established governance structure to make decisions regarding information sharing issues.
  3. The Department must commit sufficient resources to information sharing.
  4. The Department must measure progress toward information sharing goals.
  5. The Department must maintain information and data security and protect privacy and civil liberties.

Department employees share information every day in support of our mission, and the Department as a whole has made significant strides in improving our collaboration internally and with our federal, state, local, and international partners. This strategy outlines the path forward for focusing our efforts on achieving specific goals that will benefit the Department and our stakeholders, especially the American public whom we serve.

Friday's Miscellany 05-30-2008

Air University
Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2008. v. 2, no. 2
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/ssq/2008/Summer/Summer08.pdf
· "Understanding Requirements of Future Strategy" by Col P. Mason Carpenter I, USAF
· "An Airman's Perspective: Air, Space, and Cyberspace Strategy for the Pacific ' by Gen Howie Chandler, USAF
· "Ballistic Missile Defense: A National Priority" by Jeff Sessions
· "The Drawdown Asymmetry: Why Ground Forces Will Depart Iraq but Air Forces Will Stay" by Lt Col Clint "Q" Hinote, USAF
· "Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq: Making Strategy after 9/11” by Jeffrey Record
· "Genocide and Airpower" by Douglas Peifer

American Enterprise Institute
· Between Foreigners and Shi'is.
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28056/pub_detail.asp
· Contemporary Politics in the Middle East.
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28057/pub_detail.asp
· Economic Integration and Incipient Democracy.
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27707/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Amnesty International Report 2008
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/download-report

BASIC
· Open Letter to the UK Government on Iran.
http://www.basicint.org/pubs/openlet.pdf

Brookings Institution
· The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/05_terrorism_byman.aspx
· Five Observations on Natural Disasters.
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0515_natural_disasters_ferris.aspx
· Taking Back our Fiscal Future http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/04_fiscal_future.aspx?emc=lm&m=215851&l=23&v=802471
· Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/06_military_ohanlon.aspx

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
· Over a Barrel: Exiting from NAFTA's Proportionality Clause
http://www.ualberta.ca/PARKLAND/research/studies/OverABarrel.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Kuwait’s 2008 Parliamentary Elections: A Setback for Democratic Islamism?
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/brown_kuwait2.pdf

CATO
· Asset Bubbles and Their Consequences.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/bp103.pdf
· The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/bp102.pdf

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· International Reactions: What if Israel Attacks Iran?
http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/080522_israel.htm

Center for Security Policy
· Israel's Staticide?
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141
· Straighter talk needed on nuclear deterrence.
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· Iraqi Force Development 2008.
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080527_isf_report.pdf
· The U.S.-Russia Civil Nuclear Agreement: A Framework for Cooperation.
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080522-einhorn-u.s.-russia-web.pdf

Center for European Reform
· Can Europe and China Shape a New World Order?
http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/p_837.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Accounting for Sources of Projected Growth in Federal Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9316&type=1
· Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9168
· Health Care and Behavioral Economics http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9317&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations
· Food Failures and Futures
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/CGS_WorkingPaper_2.pdf
· Hezbollah's Shadow War
http://www.cfr.org/publication/16382/hezbollahs_shadow_war.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Iran Needs to Come Clean on Nuclear Military Plans
http://www.cfr.org/publication/16373/more_direct_approach_to_iran.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· U.S. Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/LatinAmerica_TF.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Some European Perspectives on Terrorism.
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.burleigh.europeanperspectivesterrorism.html
· The Zimbabwe Elections.
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.jones.zimbabweelection.html

Fraser Institute
· Immigration Policy and the Terrorist Threat in Canada and the United States
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/Commerce.Web/product_files/ImmigrationPolicyTerroristThreatCanadaUS.pdf
German Development Institute (DIE)
· International Relations in 2030: The Transformative Power of Large Developing Countries
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=54542

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08625r.pdf
· Department of Defense Pilot Authority for Acquiring Information Technology Services under OMB Circular A-76
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08753r.pdf
· DOD Health Care: Mental Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Efforts Implemented, but Consistent Pre-Deployment Medical Record Review Policies Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08615.pdf
· Federal Disability Programs: More Strategic Coordination Could Help Overcome Challenges to Needed Transformation
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08635.pdf
· Force Structure: Ship Rotational Crewing Initiatives Would Benefit from Top-Level Leadership, Navy-wide Guidance, Comprehensive Analysis, and Improved Lessons-Learned Sharing
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08418.pdf
· Information Security: FDIC Sustains Progress but Needs to Improve Configuration Management of Key Financial Systems
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08564.pdf
· International Food Security: Insufficient Efforts by Host Governments and Donors Threaten Progress to Halve Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2015
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08680.pdf
· Military Personnel: DOD Needs Data to Determine if Active Duty Service Has an Impact on the Ability of Guard and Reservists to Maintain Their Civilian Professional Licenses or Certificates http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08790r.pdf
· Military Readiness: Joint Policy Needed to Better Manage the Training and Use of Certain Forces to Meet Operational Demands
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08670.pdf
· Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for the Defense Health Program's Private Sector Care Budget Activity Group.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08721r.pdf
· Supply Chain Security: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Has Enhanced Its Partnership with Import Trade Sectors, but Challenges Remain in Verifying Security Practices
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08240.pdf
· Veterans' Benefits: Increased Focus on Evaluation and Accountability Would Enhance Training and Performance Management for Claims Processors.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08561.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Argentina Farmers Strike: Refusing to Foot the Bill for the Kirchners’ Populist Politics.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1938.pdf

Human Rights First
· In Pursuit of Justice—Prosecuting Terror Cases in the Federal Courts
http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/080522-USLS-pj-exec-sum.pdf

Human Rights Watch

· "They Shot at Us as We Fled": Government Attacks on Civilians in West Darfur in February 2008.
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/darfur0508/darfur0508webwcover.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security
· AEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Centrifuge Operation Improving and Cooperation Lacking on Weaponization Issues.
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/ISIS_Iran_IAEA_Report_29May2008.pdf

International Compact with Iraq
· The International Compact with Iraq: A New Beginning [annual review May 2007-April 2008]
http://www.iraqcompact.org/annualreview/ICI%20Annual%20Review%202007-8.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· EU, China: Honeymoon is Over
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19016
· Global Warming, an Unsettled Science
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19026
· Israel: Defense Boom Seeks Wiggle Room http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19021
· The Serbian Socialists' Dilemma http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19011

Lexington Institute
· Tanker Controversy: Questions the Air Force Must Answer
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1268.shtml

Natural Defense Resources Council
· The Cost of Climate Change: What We'll Pay if Global Warming Continues Unchecked
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/cost/cost.pdf

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
· PDDNI Addresses the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
http://www.dni.gov/speeches/20080529_speech.pdf

RAND
· Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF238.pdf
· Breaking the Failed-State Cycle
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP204.pdf
· The Challenges of Trying Terrorists as Criminals: Proceedings of a RAND/SAIS Colloquium.
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_CF249.pdf
· Developing Senior Navy Leaders: Requirements for Flag Officer Expertise Today and in the Future.
http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG618.pdf
· Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6.
http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP200.pdf
· The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5.
http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP198.pdf
· Planning for Diversity: Options and Recommendations for DoD Leaders.
http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG743.pdf
· RAND Transportation Researcher Guide.
http://rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/2008/RAND_CP540.1-2008-05.pdf
· Timely Assistance: Evaluating the Speed of Road Home Grantmaking http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/2008/RAND_DB557.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· Borders: Technology and Security--Strategic Responses to New Challenges.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB865.pdf

University of Arizona
· Undocumented Immigrants in U.S.-Mexico Border Counties
http://www.bordercounties.org/vertical/Sites/%7BB4A0F1FF-7823-4C95-8D7A-F5E400063C73%7D/uploads/%7B690801CA-CEE6-413C-AC8B-A00DA765D96E%7D.PDF

US Department of Agriculture
· Economic Impact of Foreign Animal Disease
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err57/err57.pdf
· The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-3/final-report/default.htm

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· USIP Dialogue on Media and Conflict in Iraq Spawns Call for Partnership
http://www.usip.org/iraq/istanbul_declaration.html
· Half Full or Half Empty: Assessing Prospects for Peace in Lebanon
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0530_peace_lebanon.html
· Iraq’s Interior Ministry: Frustrating Reform
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0523_iraq_interior_ministry.html

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Friday's Miscellany 05-23-2008

Air Force Space Command
High Frontier: The Journal of Space and Missile Professionals, v 4, no. 3, May 2008
http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080522-087.pdf
· GPS Modernization and the Path Forward: Bringing New Capabilities to Military and Civil Users Worldwide
· GPS Integral to SpaceX Falcon Launch Vehicles and Dragon Spacecraft
· The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Building a System of Systems for a Global World
· Promoting International Civil GNSS Cooperation Through Diplomacy
· Global Positioning Systems: Space-Based PNT for Today and Tomorrow
· Military Positioning, Navigation, and Timing: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities
· Controlling GPS: Architecture Evolution Plan and Beyond
· GPS: Mission Success through Responsive Spacecraft Processing
· The 2nd Space Operations Squadron Transforming Operations
· Worldwide Influence of GPS and the Challenges Ahead
· Tracing Connections—Vanguard to NAVSPASUR to GPS: An Interview with Roger Lee Easton, Sr.

American Enterprise Institute
· Putinism.
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27958/pub_detail.asp

American's For Immigration Reform
· An Essential Resource: An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Undocumented Workers on Business Activity in the US with Estimated Effects by State and by Industry
http://www.americansforimmigrationreform.com/files/Impact_of_the_Undocumented_Workforce.pdf

Brookings Institution
· Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security.
http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2008/0522_oil_sandalow.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Turkey: Current and Future Political, Economic, and Security Trends
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Turkey%20Current%20and%20Future%20Political%20Economic%20and%20Security%20Trends.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Rising Food Prices, Poverty, and the Doha Round
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/polaski__food_prices.pdf
· Reinventing Nunn Lugar
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20145&prog=zgp&proj=znpp

Center for a New American Security
· Strategic Questions for Generals Petraeus and Odierno
http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2292/Strategic%20Questions%20for%20Petraeus%20and%20Odierno%20May%202008.pdf
· Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century
http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2215/OHanlon_UnfinishedBusiness_June2008.pdf
Center for Defense Information
· CDI Policy Brief: India's Space Ambitions
http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/GuineyIndiaSpace.pdf

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
· India as a Foreign Policy Actor – Normative Redux
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?&id=48410

Center for Security Policy
· Green Borders
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
· Lawfare: Bleeping with the Enemy
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
· Cracks in the Foundations: NATO after the Bucharest Summit
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=55470
· Information Operations: Trends and Controversies
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=55474

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· Disaster Prevention & Response Development Gateway Portal
http://disaster.developmentgateway.org/
· The Presidential Campaign, the Iraq and Afghan-Pakistan Wars, and the Coming Year of Uncertainty
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080521_iraq_afghan_uncert.pdf
· Stabilization and Reconstruction Development Gateway Community Portal http://stabilization.developmentgateway.org/

Cold War International History Project
CWIHP Bulletin No. 16 Fall 2007/Winter 2008 "Inside China's Cold War"
· Full bulletin [9.3 MB]
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/CWIHPBulletin16.pdf
· Table of Contents and download individual sections
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.publications&group_id=404244

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no, 6 (May 2008)
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss6.pdf
· "Abu Yahya al-Libi's 'Human Shields in Modern Jihad'" by Jarret Brachman and Abdullah Warius
· "The Funding Methods of FATA's Terrorists and Insurgents" by John Solomon
· "Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi: A Counter-Terrorism Asset?" by Joas Wagemakers
· "Al-Qa'ida's Medinan Strategy: Targeting Global Energy Infrastructure" by Marisa Urgo and Jack F. Williams
· "Iraq's Ho Chi Minh Trail: The Syrian - Iraqi Border Since 2003" by James Denslow

Committee on the Present Danger
· Rethinking the Revolution: Khatami Questions Khomeini – and Suffers the Consequences.
http://www.committeeonthepresentdanger.org/IranUpdate/Archive/RethinkingtheRevolutionKhatamiquestionsKhom/tabid/839/Default.aspx
Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security Majority Staff
· Small, Minority, and Disadvantaged Business in the Department of Homeland Security - Selected Aspects, FY 2007
http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20080520150505-41156.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Containing the Cost of a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/92xx/doc9276/05-20-Cap_Trade_Testimony.pdf
· Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9168&type=1
· H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9276&type=1
· Issues and Options in Infrastructure Investment
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9135&type=1
· The Long-Term Economic Effects of Some Alternative Budget Policies
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9216&type=1

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
· Defense Intelligence Strategy 2008 --
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/dod/def_intell_strat_080501.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2008-098 Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, May 22, 2008
http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-098.pdf

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
· Financial Crimes Report to the Public, Fiscal Year 2007
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/financial/fcs_report2007/financial_crime_2007.htm
· A Review of the FBI’s Involvement in Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0805/final.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· China’s Relations with the West: The Role of Taiwan and Hong Kong
http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1307.200805.tucker.chinawesttaiwanhongkong.html
· The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.miller.muchtoopromisedland.html
· Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829 – 1877
http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1312.200805.mcdougall.throesdemocracy.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Auditing and Advising in a Time of Transition
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08842cg.pdf
· Chemical Assessments: EPA's New Assessment Process Will Further Limit the Productivity and Credibility of Its Integrated Risk Information System
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08810t.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: U.S. Efforts to Address the Terrorist Threat in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas Require a Comprehensive Plan and Continued Oversight
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08820t.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08485.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Progress Made in Implementing Defense Base Act Requirements, but Complete Information on Costs Is Lacking
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08772t.pdf
· Depot Maintenance: Issues and Options for Reporting on Military Depots
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08761r.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Progress in Establishing Corporate Management Controls Needs to Be Replicated Within Military Departments
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08705.pdf
· Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08483.pdf
· High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: DHS Lacks Evidence to Conclude That Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Can Be Done Safely on the U.S. Mainland
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08821t.pdf
· Human Capital: Workforce Diversity Governmentwide and at the Department of Homeland Security
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08815t.pdf
· Information Security: TVA Needs to Address Weaknesses in Control Systems and Networks
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08526.pdf
· Information Security: TVA Needs to Enhance Security of Critical Infrastructure Control Systems and Networks
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08775t.pdf
· Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Status of Disposal Availability in the United States and Other Countries. GAO-08-813T.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08813t.pdf
· Motor Carrier Safety: Improvements to Drug Testing Programs Could Better Identify Illegal Drug Users and Keep Them off the Road
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08600.pdf
· The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: April 2008 Update
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08783r.pdf
· Personnel Clearances: Key Factors for Reforming the Security Clearance Process
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08776t.pdf
· Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Expand Their Potential Uses within the National Airspace System
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08511.pdf
Heritage Foundation
· Cuba Solidarity Day 2008: Remembering Our Totalitarian Neighbor
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1928.pdf
· Bolivia: Santa Cruz Voters Stand Firm-Against Morales and for Democracy
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1929.pdf
· Preserving Coalition Government Key to U.S. Objectives in Pakistan
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_1935.pdf
· U.S. International Broadcasting on the Frontlines of Freedom
http://www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/upload/hl_1086.pdf
· Fighting Terrorism, Addressing Liability: A Global Proposal
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2138.pdf

Hudson Institute
· 2008 Index of Global Philanthropy.
https://www.hudson.org/files/documents/2008%20Index%20-%20Low%20Res.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· Child Soldier Global Report 2008 Summary.
http://www.hrw.org/pub/2008/children/Child_Soldiers_Global_Report_Summary.pdf
· "The Best School": Student Violence, Impunity, and the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire.
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/cdi0508/cdi0508webwcover.pdf

Human Security Report Project
· Human Security Brief 2007 http://www.humansecuritybrief.info/index.html OR full report --
http://www.humansecuritybrief.info/HSRP_Brief_2007.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security
· Text of Iranian Offer for "Constructive Negotiations"
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/IranProposal20May2008.pdf
· The Al Kibar Reactor: Extraordinary Camouflage, Troubling Implications
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/syria/SyriaReactorReport_12May2008.pdf

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
· Shaping a ‘New Forward Policy’: Tibet and India’s Options
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=55246

International Crisis Group
· Lebanon: Hizbollah’s Weapons Turn Inward
http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/b23_lebanon_hizbollahs_weapons_turn_inward.pdf · Negotiating Zimbabwe's Transition http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/africa/southern_africa/b51_negotiating_zimbabwes_transition.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· After the Tibet Imbroglio
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18985
· Kenya in the Somali Crossfire
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18983
· Pakistan, India and Peace
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18995
· Talking to the Brotherhood
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18989
· Turkey and the Power of Water
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18994

Lexington Institute
· A History Lesson on Why the F-22 Fighter is Essential
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1266.shtml

National Security Archives
· The Diary of Anatoly S. Chernyaev: 1987-1988
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB250/index.htm

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends
Muslim Americans
http://pewsocialtrends.org/downloads/signup.php?datasetid=6 [you have to register to download the dataset but it is free]
"The dataset from the first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans is now available to scholars for secondary analysis. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2007 among this rare, dispersed, and highly diverse population, included 1,050 adult Muslim Americans, and was conducted in English, Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu. It examined the political and social values, religious beliefs and practices, and life experiences of Muslims living in the U.S. today"

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
· Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008)
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/guidebook.htm

Strategic Studies Institute
· The Second Berlin Wall
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB864.pdf
· U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB845.pdf

Vision of Humanity
· Global Peace Index Rankings 2008
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/2008/

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Kuwaiti Elections: Democracy in Action, or Inaction?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2877
· Lebanese Crisis Ends: Hizballah Victory or Temporary Truce?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2883
· Provincial Politics in Iraq: Fragmentation or New Awakening?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus81.pdf

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Defense Intelligence Strategy 2008

Haven't found it on the DIA site yet but Air War College has posted a copy in case you are interested.

Defense Intelligence Strategy 2008 --http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/dod/def_intell_strat_080501.pdf

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Military review - articles on COIN, National security system/act, Taliban , Islam etc

Military Review
v. 88, no. 3, May-June 2008
http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/CAC/milreview/English/MayJun08/indexengmayjun08.asp

· Addendum: Anbar Awakens by Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army [p2-3]

· The Most Important Thing: Legislative Reform of the National Security System by James R. Locher III [p. 4-12]

· The Story Behind the National Security Act of 1947 by Charles A. Stevenson, Ph.D. [p. 13-20]

· Money as a Force Multiplier in COIN by Lieutenant Colonel Leonard J. DeFrancisci, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve [p.21-28]

· Reforming the Madrasah: A Disregarded Dimension in the War on Terrorism by Major Todd Schmidt, U.S. Army [p. 29-37]

· From Enduring Strife to Enduring Peace in the Philippines by Major Gary J. Morea, U.S. Army [p. 38-48]

· Title 10 Domestic Humanitarian Assistance: New Orleans by Major Michael C. Donahue, U.S. Army [p. 49-57]

· The Taliban: An Organizational Analysis by Major Shahid Afsar, Pakistan Army; Major Chris Samples, U.S. Army; and Major Thomas Wood, U.S. Army [p. 58-73]

· The Al-Qaeda Media Machine by Philip Seib, J.D. [p. 74-80]

· Transition Teams: Adapt and Win by Captain William C. Taylor, U.S. Army [p. 81-86]

· Constructive Engagement: A Proven Method for Conducting Stability and Support Operations [Reprint from Landpower Essay No. 07-1, February 2007, An Institute of Land Warfare Publication Sergeant Major Martin Rodriguez, U.S. Army, Retired; Major Andrew Farnsler, U.S. Army; and John Bott] [p. 87-91]

· Will the Army Ever Learn Good Media Relations Techniques? Walter Reed as a Case Study by Colonel James T. Currie, U.S. Army Reserve, Retired, Ph.D. [p. 92-99]

· Through an Arab Cultural Lens by Helen Altman Klein, Ph.D., and Gilbert Kuperman [p. 100-105]

· Islam and Symbolism by First Sergeant António Rodrigues, Portuguese Army [p. 106-114]

Friday, May 16, 2008

Friday's Miscellany 05-16-2008

ACLU
· Soldiers of Misfortune: Abusive U.S. Military Recruitment and Failure to Protect Child Soldiers
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/humanrights/crc_report_20080513.pdf

Brookings Institution
· Aid Strategy for Burma's Cyclone Victims.
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0513_burma_ohanlon.aspx
· Expand the U.S. Agenda toward Pakistan. http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0512_iraq_singer.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Redeployment as a Rite of Passage.
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Redeployment%20as%20a%20Rite%20of%20Passage.pdf

Carnegie Council
· MYANMAR: Reviewing the Argument for Humanitarian Intervention
http://www.cceia.org/resources/picks/0007.html

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Hizbollah Attempts a Coup d’État
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20117&prog=zgp&proj=zme

Center for American Progress
· Changing Rationales: A Timeline of Bush Administration Quotes on Iraq
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/iraq_timeline.html
· Full Disclosure: An Executive Order to Require Consideration of Global Warming Under the National Environmental Policy Act
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/pdf/nepa.pdf
· The Progressive Generation: How Young Adults Think About the Economy
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/pdf/progressive_generation.pdf

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
· An Empty Research Agenda: The Creation of Myths About Contemporary Venezuela
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/an-empty-research-agenda-the-creation-of-myths-about-contemporary-venezuela/
· How Not to Attack an Economist (and an Economy): Getting the Numbers Right
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/how-not-to-attack-an-economist-and-an-economy-getting-the-numbers-right/

Center for Global Development (CGD)
· The Commitment to Development Index for Africa: How Much do the Richest Countries Help the Poorest Continent?
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/16037
· Modernizing Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century: An Agenda for the Next US President
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/15561

Center for a New American Security
· Anecdotal Evidence of a Hollowing Force? A Closer Look at Junior Officer Retention.
http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2127/Junior%20Officer%20Retention%20May%202008.pdf

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· Dissuasion Strategy vis-a-vis China
http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/S.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg/S.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg.pdf
Center for Strategic and International Studies
· The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report.
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080512_afghanstatus_trend.pdf
· Hemisphere Focus: The Politics of Confrontation in Bolivia Vol. 16, Issue 1 — May 12, 2008
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/hf_v16_01.pdf
· A New Course for Pakistan
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080514_sb_pakistantrip.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
· The Agency & The Hill: CIA's Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/agency-and-the-hill/index.html

Congress. House Committee on Homeland Security Majority Staff
· Public Health, Safety, and Security for Mass Gatherings
http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20080513105623-98169.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Issues and Options in Infrastructure Investment
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9135&type=1

Department of Defense Inspector General
· D-2008-088 DoD IG Interim Report to Congress on Section 325 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, April 22, 2008 (Redacted Version)
http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-088.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Chinese Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition Abroad
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20080510.zhao.chineseforeignpolicyhu.html
· Elections, Political Transitions and Foreign Policy in East Asia [conference videotapes and reports] http://www.fpri.org/research/asia/electionseastasia/

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Credit and Debit Cards: Federal Entities Are Taking Actions to Limit Their Interchange Fees, but Additional Revenue Collection Cost Savings May Exist
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08558.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Progress Made in Implementing Defense Base Act Requirements, but Complete Information on Costs Is Lacking
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08772t.pdf
· Defense Logistics: Navy Needs to Develop and Implement a Plan to Ensure That Voyage Repairs Are Available to Ships Operating near Guam when Needed
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08427.pdf
· Depot Maintenance: Issues and Options for Reporting on Military Depots.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08761r.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Military Departments Need to Strengthen Management of Enterprise Architecture Programs
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08519.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Progress in Establishing Corporate Management Controls Needs to Be Replicated Within Military Departments
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08705.pdf
· Information Management: Challenges in Implementing an Electronic Records Archive
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08738t.pdf
· Medical Devices: FDA Faces Challenges in Conducting Inspections of Foreign Manufacturing Establishments
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08780t.pdf
· Transportation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08487t.pdf
· U.S.-China Trade: USTR's China Compliance Reports and Plans Could Be Improved http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08405.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· How Reforms in Mexico Could Make the U.S. More Secure
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/bg_2135.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· The Netherlands: Discrimination in the Name of Integration
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/2008/netherlands0508/netherlands0508web.pdf
· “Saving its Secrets”: Government Repression in Andijan
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/uzbekistan0508/uzbekistan0508webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Congo: Four Priorities for Sustainable Peace in Ituri.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5425&l=1
· Lebanon: Hizbollah’s Weapons Turn Inward
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5442&l=1
· The Philippines: Counter-insurgency vs. Counter-terrorism in Mindanao.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_east_asia/152_counterinsurgency_vs_counter_terrorism_in_mindanao.pdf
International Relations and Security Network
· Lebanon Resumes Fragile Dialogue
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18973
· Sadr Movement at a Crossroads http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18964

Lexington Institute
· Obama and McCain Share Many Views on Defense.
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1264.shtml

NATO Defense College (NDC)
· Energy Security: NATO’s Limited, Complementary Role
http://www.ndc.nato.int/download/publications/rp_36en.pdf
· The NATO Mediterranean Dialogue at a Crossroads
http://www.ndc.nato.int/download/publications/rp_35en.pdf

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
· Central Asia: A Testing Ground for New Great-Power Relations
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=49801

Peterson Institute for International Economics
· North Korea on the Precipice of Famine
http://www.petersoninstitute.org/publications/pb/pb08-6.pdf

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· The Federal Government's Favorables Fall Even Farther
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/836/opinion-federal-government-institutions

RAND
· Rethinking Counterinsurgency.
http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.5.pdf

U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
· Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/AdvanceVersions/CRC.C.OPAC.USA.Q1.Add1.doc

US Institute of Peace
· Analyzing Iran's Domestic Political Landscape
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0513_iran.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Assessing the Annapolis Process.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2835
· Highlighting al-Qaeda's Bankrupt Ideology. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2836

White House
· Designation and Sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080509-6.html

Friday's Miscellany -5-09-2008

Amnesty International
· Routinely Targeted: Attacks on Civilians in Somalia.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR52/006/2008/en/1162a792-186e-11dd-92b4-6b0c2ef9d02f/afr520062008eng.pdf

Athena Intelligence Journal
· February 2008, v. 3, no. 1 Information Operations during Counterinsurgency Operations
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=48125

BASIC
· Iran Update, No. 118.
http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080506.htm

Brookings Institution
· China's Competing Nationalisms.
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0505_china_shambaugh.aspx
· Disaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International Community
http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0507_myanmar_rieffel.aspx
· Expand the U.S. Agenda toward Pakistan.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Projects/Opportunity08/PB_Pakistan_Riedel.pdf
· Human Rights and Natural Disasters.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/spring_natural_disasters/spring_natural_disasters.pdf

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· CFIS: A Foreign Intelligence Service for Canada.
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/CFISF.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: May 2008.
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/fullissue-5-05-08.pdf
· What is at Stake in Kuwait’s Parliamentary Elections?
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/brown_kuwait_elections_FAQ_final.pdf

Center for a New American Security
· U.S.-South Korea Relations: Rekindling an Alliance Flame.
http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2090/US%20ROK%20Relations%20April%202008.pdf

Center for American Progress
· A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/pdf/enough28.pdf

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· Dissuasion Strategy
http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg/R.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· The Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments.
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080506_iraq_status_trend.pdf

Combat Studies Institute
· OP #27, "The Challenge of Adaptation: The US Army in the Aftermath of Conflict, 1953-2000"
http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/OP27.pdf

Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Republican Staff
· Tobacco and Terror: How Cigarette Smuggling is Funding Our Enemies Abroad
http://chs-republicans.house.gov/list/hearing/homeland_rep/cigarettesmuggling.pdf

Congress. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Majority Staff
· Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: Not Ready for the 'Predictable Surprise.'
http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080505101837.pdf OR http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1929

Congress. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
· China's Foreign Policy and "Soft Power" in South America, Asia, and Africa. [S. Prt. 110-46]
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2008_rpt/crs-china.pdf

Congress. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Majority and Minority Staff
· Violent Islamist Extremism, The Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/_files/IslamistReport.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Capital Budgeting.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9167/05-08-Capital.pdf
· Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9133&type=0
· Sources of the Growth and Decline in Individual Income Tax Revenues Since 1994 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9076&type=1
· Testimony on Current and Future Investment in Infrastructure.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9136/05-07-Infrastructure_Testimony.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· The Democratic Prospect in East Asia.
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.gershman.democraticprospecteastasia.html
· The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.miller.muchtoopromisedland.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Aviation and the Environment: NextGen and Research and Development Are Keys to Reducing Emissions and Their Impact on Health and Climate, by Gerald L. Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08706t.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Assessment Needed to Improve Outcomes for Complex Service Acquisitions
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08263.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Oversight Needed to Improve Complex Service Acquisition Outcomes, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the House Committee on Homeland Security http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08765t.pdf
· Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08729t.pdf
· Human Capital: Corps of Engineers Needs to Update Its Workforce Planning Process to More Effectively Address Its Current and Future Workforce Needs
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08596.pdf
· Human Capital: Transforming Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts, by Robert N. Goldenkoff, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08762t.pdf
· Interagency Contracting: Need for Improved Information and Policy Implementation at the Department of State.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08578.pdf
· Natural Catastrophe Insurance: Analysis of a Proposed Combined Federal Flood and Wind Insurance Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08504.pdf
· Physical Infrastructure: Challenges and Investment Options for the Nation's Infrastructure, by Patricia A. Dalton, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08763t.pdf
· Preliminary Observations on the Use and Oversight of U.S. Coalition Support Funds Provided to Pakistan http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08735r.pdf
· Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08566.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· The Best U.S. Export-Promotion Strategy: Free Trade.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/upload/hl_1084.pdf
· Magnequench: CFIUS and China's Thirst for U.S. Defense Technology.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1913.cfm
· NATO: "Finding a Way Ahead".
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/hl_1083.pdf
· Russia's Presidential Transition: Vladimir Putin Remains in Charge.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1917.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· EU: Green light for Galileo
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18952
· The Golan, via Ankara http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18947
· Rice: Timor's Next Crisis
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=18933

Lexington Institute
· The Next Quadrennial Defense Review Needs to be Delayed
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1262.shtml

National Counterterrorism Center
· 2007 Report on Terrorism [official link --
http://wits.nctc.gov/reports/crot2007nctcannexfinal.pdf but not working so use http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/NCTC-2007-Report-on-Terrorism.pdf

National Interest online
· All the World’s a Stage
http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=17502

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Dr. Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, address to the 14th Annual Intelligence Community Inspectors General Conference.
http://www.dni.gov/speeches/20080508_speech.pdf

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
· Sarwaran Primary School Under the Commander's Emergency Response Program, Erbil, Iraq. [SIGIR PA-08-120]
http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/assessments/pa-08-120.pdf

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
· Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=301

Public Agenda
· Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index Energy - v. 6, Spring 2008 -- Economy New Focal Points for Anxiety Over U.S. Foreign Policy
http://www.publicagenda.org/foreignpolicy/pdfs/foreign_policy_index_spring08.pdf

RAND
· Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007.
http://rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF238.pdf
· Breaking the Failed-State Cycle
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP204.pdf · Identifying DG SANCO's Future Challenges 2009-2014 http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR570.pdf
· Performance Evaluation and Army Recruiting
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG562.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Is Liberia’s Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program a "Necessary Intrusion?"
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0506_liberia.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Assessing the Annapolis Process.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2835
· Highlighting al-Qaeda's Bankrupt Ideology. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2836