Friday's Miscellany 06-06-2008

Air & Space Power Journal
Summer 2008, v. 22, no. 2 http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj08/sum08.htm
· A House Divided: The Indivisibility of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance by Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF and Maj R. Greg Brown, USAF
· Fifth Air Force: Ready for the Future by Maj Gen Larry D. James, USAF
· Expeditionary Operations by Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF
· Cleared to Engage: Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Close Air Support by Maj Michael H. Johnson, USMC
· A Practical Approach to Effects-Based Operational Assessment by Capt Clinton R. Clark, USAF, Retired and Capt Timothy J. Cook, USAF
· Adding Less-Lethal Arrows to the Quiver for Counterinsurgency Air Operations by Col Ernie Haendschke, USAF
· The Role of Air Force Civil Engineers in Counterinsurgency Operations by Lt Col Kendall Brown, USAFR, PhD, PE
· Timing Is Everything: Operational Assessment in a Fast-Paced Fight by Lt Col Kirsten R. Messer, USAF
· Air-Intelligence Operations and Training: The Decisive Edge for Effective Airpower Employment by Col D. Scott George, USAF and Lt Col Robert Ehlers, USAF
· The ABCs of Strong Leadership by Col Brad Ashley, USAF
· Education in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance beyond the “Green Door” by Lt Col Jeff S. Hinrichs, USAFR

American Enterprise Institute
· Understanding Iranian Strategy in Afghanistan http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.26583/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Myanmar Ethnic Group Faces Crimes Against Humanity http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA16/011/2008/en/d80827f1-3248-11dd-adb0-a55f274f1a5a/asa160112008eng.pdf
· Myanmar Government Puts Cyclone Survivors at Increased Risk http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA16/013/2008/en/85931049-32e5-11dd-863f-e9cd398f74da/asa160132008eng.pdf

Brookings Institute
· AFRICOM: The Road Ahead for United States Africa Command. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2008/0527_africom/0527_africom.pdf
· Democracy, Not Weapons, Should Drive U.S.-Pakistan Agenda http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0604_pakistan_riedel.aspx
· Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2008/0604_detainees_wittesb.aspx
· Missing Markets: Fostering Market Based Solutions to Major Risks http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0605_markets.aspx?emc=lm&m=215890&l=36&v=738897
· One Horrible Year for Nicolas Sarkozy http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/0609_sarkozy_gordon.aspx
· The Rise of Middle East Peacemakers http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0602_middle_east_amr.aspx
· Stemming Nuclear Proliferation: Prevent and Manage the Rise of New Nuclear Powers http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Projects/Opportunity08/PB_NuclearProliferation_Cohen_Ohanlon.pdf
· Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/06_military_ohanlon.aspx
· What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0602_terrorism_singer.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Canada First Defence Strategy http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20First%20Defence%20Strategy%20-%20Sloan.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb_60_ottaway_final.pdf

Center for a New American Security
· Finding Our Way Report http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2277/FlournoyBrimley_Finding%20Our%20Way_June08.pdf
· Making America Grand Again Report http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2287/FlournoyBrimleySingh_Making%20America%20Grand_June08.pdf
· A Strategy for American Power: Energy, Climate, and National Security http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2304/Burke_EnergyClimateNatlSecurity_June08.pdf
Center for American Progress
· Support the Troops? Cheap Talk and Abandoned Obligations http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/support_the_troops.html

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
No. 35: "Switzerland's Controversial Middle East Policy"
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=56055
No. 36: "Energy Security of the European Union"
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=56057

Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy (ATASP)
· All Roads Lead away from Rome?: A Theory of Institutions in (European) Decision Making http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=PublishingHouse&fileid=DA9F5C82-CA97-7FEC-B386-47AFC1EDBF2B&lng=en

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· Angola and China http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080603_campos_angolachina.pdf
· China in Nigeria http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080603_utomi_nigeriachina.pdf
· Economic Relations Between Kenya and China, 1963-2007 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080603_chege_kenyachina.pdf
· Israeli and Syrian Weapons of Mass Destruction http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080603_israel_syria_wmd.pdf
o Israeli report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080602_IsraeliWMD.pdf
o Syrian report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080602_SyrianWMD.pdf

Congress. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
· Phase II report on prewar Iraq intelligence -
· Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials were substantiated by Intelligence Information http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf
· Report on Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2b.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9168&type=1
· Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9284&type=1
· S. 3036, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9337&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations
· China-Gulf Economic Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/16398/chinagulf_economic_relations.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· The National Security Debate http://www.cfr.org/publication/16404/campaign_2008.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Negotiating with Hostile States http://www.cfr.org/publication/16402/negotiating_with_hostile_states.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· U.S. Security Agreements and Iraq http://www.cfr.org/publication/16448/us_security_agreements_and_iraq.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff
· Detainee operations (30 May 2008) [Joint Pub 3-63] http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_63.pdf

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

European Union Institute for Security Studies
· Chaillot Paper n°109 -- Partnerships for Effective Multilateralism: EU Relations with Brazil, China, India and Russia http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/cp109.pdf
· Reorienting Strategies Towards Burma/Myanmar http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=214&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1062&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=5a6bc13341

Foreign Policy
· The FP Memo: What Might Have Been in Iraq http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4325
· The List: The Worst Places to Be a Terrorist http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4316
· Seven Questions: The New World Energy Order http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4326

Foreign Police Research Institute
· Taiwan under President Ma Ying-jeou http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.delisle.taiwanmayingjeoufull.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Alien Detention Standards: Observations on the Adherence to ICE's Medical Standards in Detention Facilities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08869t.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: Guidance for State Department's Antiterrorism Assistance Program Is Limited and State Does Not Systematically Assess Outcomes, by Charles M. Johnson, Jr., director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08875t.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Better Weapon Program Outcomes Require Discipline, Accountability, and Fundamental Changes in the Acquisition Environment http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08782t.pdf
· Defense Management: Assessment of the Reorganization of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08830r.pdf
· Department of Energy: Implementation and Use of Other Transactions Authority Provided in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08798r.pdf
· Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Establish a Cost and Schedule Baseline for Manufacturing a Critical Nuclear Weapon Component. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08593.pdf
· September 11: HHS Needs to Develop a Plan That Incorporates Lessons from the Responder Health Programs. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08610.pdf
· Oil and Gas Royalties: Litigation over Royalty Relief Could Cost the Federal Government Billions of Dollars http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08792r.pdf

Henry L. Stimson Center
· Natural Hazards and Homeland Security: An Expectation to Protect? http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=609
· A New Strategy to Prevent Terrorist Acquisition of the Bomb: Clear, Hold, Build http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=608
· Sleiman Goes to Baabda: Is Lebanon Back from the Brink? http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=610
· An Unsettled Foundation?: Labor in the UAE http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=612

Heritage Foundation
· U.S. Air Force Guard and Reserves Are Force Multipliers that Deserve Support http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm1942.cfm

Hudson Institute
· How to Strengthen Democracy in Latin America http://www.hudson.org/files/documents/promoting_democracy_latin_america_daremblum.pdf
Human Rights First
· In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/080521-USLS-pursuit-justice.pdf

International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch N°58, 1 June 2008 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5461&l=1
· Georgia and Russia: Clashing over Abkhazia http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5469&l=1
· Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5466&l=1

International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
· EU: Rethinking the Arms Export Code http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19050
· History as Tool in Somaliland Bid http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19044
· Letters from Nepal: From One King to Many http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19047
· Tiananmen: 1989-2008 http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19045

Lexington Institute
· Missile Defense: The Navy’s Role is Growing http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1270.shtml
· Navy Destroyer Plans Don’t Make Sense http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1271.shtml

National Security Archive
· The Soviet Plan to Destroy Guantanamo Naval Base http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/dobbs/index.htm

Rand
· The Challenges of Trying Terrorists as Criminals: Proceedings of a RAND/SAIS Colloquium http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_CF249.pdf
· How Do Earnings Change When Reservists Are Activated?: A Reconciliation of Estimates Derived from Survey and Administrative Data http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR565.pdf
· The Maritime Dimension of International Security: Terrorism, Piracy, and Challenges for the United States http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG697.pdf

Russian and Eurasian Security
· Russian Analytical Digest, June 2008, v. 42, no. 5 http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=PublishingHouse&fileid=2CD86478-655D-680A-46BF-534F9588B970&lng=en
o More than a Cog in the Kremlin’s Machine: A Political Portrait of Tatarstan
o The Oil Factor and War of Clans in Chechnya
o The Regional GDPs of Tatarstan and the Chechen Republic
o Election Results of the 2007 Duma Elections and the 2008 Presidential Electionsfor Tatarstan and for the Chechen Republic

State Department
· Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report 2008 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/afdr/2008/
· Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
o Previous reports http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/
· To Walk the Earth in Safety 2008 http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/105525.pdf
o Previous reports http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rpt/walkearth/

Strategic Studies Institute
· Chavez - The Beginning of the End http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=872
· From the New Middle Ages to a New Dark Age: The Decline of the State and U.S. Strategy http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=867

US Institute of Peace
· Bringing Peace to the Niger Delta http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0602_niger_delta.html
· PeaceWatch June 2008 http://www.usip.org/peacewatch/2008/pw_june08.pdf
· USIP Dialogue on Media and Conflict in Iraq Spawns Call for Partnership http://www.usip.org/iraq/istanbul_declaration.html
· Why We Should Still Study the Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr205.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Turkey Turns Cold to European Defense: Implications for Western Security http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2894
· Treatment of Bahais: A Test of Human Rights in Iran http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2895