Friday's Miscellany 06-13-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Two Decades Late: Military System to Fight http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28132/pub_detail.asp

Brookings
· Disaster Standards Needed in Asia http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/06_disaster_standards_cohen.aspx?emc=lm&m=216146&l=1&v=738898

Canadian Government’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre
· Lone-Wolf Attacks: A Developing Islamist Extremist Strategy? http://www.nationalpost.com/documents/080610-itac_assessment.pdf

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Linkage: Foreign Policy, National Interests and Prosperity http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Linkage%20-%20Foreign%20Policy%20National%20Interests%20and%20Prosperity.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: June 2008. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/Entire_Issue.pdf

CATO Institute
· Cato Scholar Comments on Boumediene v. Bush Supreme Court Ruling http://www.cato.org/pressroom.php?display=ncomments&id=47

Center for a New American Security
· The Power of Balance: America in iAsia http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2308/CampbellPatelSingh_iAsia_June08.pdf
· Shaping the Iraq Inheritance http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2311/FlournoyKahlBrimley_Iraq%20Inheritance_June08.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Afghanistan Needs More Than Money: Greater U.S. Leadership Is Needed to Fix Development Problems http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/afghanistan_needs.html
· New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/pdf/new_day.pdf
· Strengthening the Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Police and Judicial Sector Need Reform http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/afghan_police.html

Center for Defense Information
· GMD Test Cancelled by MDA http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4318&from_page=../index.cfm
· Should FCS Be Next? http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4317&from_page=../index.cfm

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· NPT Briefing Book, 2008 Edition. http://www.cns.miis.edu/research/npt/briefingbook_2008/index.htm

Center for Security Policy
· Firing Offense: USAF Tanker Contract http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Social Cohesion
· Virtual Caliphate: Islamic Extremists and their Websites http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/VirtualCaliphate.pdf

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Israeli and Syrian Conventional Military Balance http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080611_israeli-syrian_conv_mil_bal.pdf
· Managing the Next Domestic Catastrophe: Ready (or Not)? http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080606_managingthenextdomesticcatastrophe.pdf
· Turkey's Shifting Dynamics: Implications for U.S.-Turkey Relations http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080606_turkeyshiftingdyn.pdf

Century Foundation Report
· America and the Emerging Iraqi Reality: New Goals, No Illusions http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/laipson.pdf

Congress. House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
· The Decline in America’s Reputation Why? http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/42566.pdf
· Related testimony
o Esther Brimmer http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/bri061108.htm
o Scott W. Hibbard http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/hib061108.htm
o John Tirman http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/tir061108.htm
o Webcast http://international.edgeboss.net/real/international/oi06112008.smi

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9168&type=1
· Resource Implications of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2009 Shipbuilding Plan http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9318&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations
· Iraq Splinters on Security http://www.cfr.org/publication/16500/iraq_splinters_on_security.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Defense
· FY2007 DoD Statistical Report on the Military Retirement System http://www.defenselink.mil/actuary/statbook07.pdf

Defense of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2008-103 Memorandum Report on Internal Controls Over the U.S. Special Operations Command Military Equipment Baseline Valuation Effort http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-103.pdf

Defense Science Board
· Report on Developmental Test & Evaluation http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-05-DTE.pdf

Director of National Intelligence
· Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Legal_Reference_Book.pdf

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Crime Statistics 2007 -- The Preliminary Numbers http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june08/crimestatistics_060908.html
· The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Security Check Procedures for Immigration Applications and Petitions [audit report] http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0824/final.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· The Future of Globalization: A Transatlantic Perspective http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.james.futureglobalizationtransatlantic.html

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
· Developing a Contextually Relevant Concept of Regional Hegemony: The Case of South Africa, Zimbabwe and "Quiet Diplomacy" http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=56067

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Border Security: Summary of Covert Tests and Security Assessments for the Senate Committee on Finance, 2003-2007 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08757.pdf
· Climate Change: Expert Opinion on the Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08605.pdf
· Compact of Free Association: Micronesia Faces Challenges to Achieving Compact Goals http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08859t.pdf
· Compact of Free Association: Palau's Use of and Accountability for U.S. Assistance and Prospects for Economic Self-Sufficiency http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08732.pdf
· Compact of Free Association: U.S. Assistance to Palau, Accountability Over Assistance Provided, and Palau's Prospects For Economic Self-Sufficiency http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08858t.pdf
· Emergency Management: Observations on DHS's Preparedness for Catastrophic Disasters http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08868t.pdf
· Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08895t.pdf
· Federal Aviation Administration: Efforts to Hire, Staff, and Train Air Traffic Controllers Are Generally on Track, but Challenges Remain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08908t.pdf
· Federal Oversight of Food Safety: FDA Has Provided Few Details on the Resources and Strategies Needed to Implement its Food Protection Plan http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08909t.pdf
· Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08853r.pdf
· International Trade: The United States Needs an Integrated Approach to Trade Preference Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08907t.pdf
· Military Personnel: Army Needs to Better Enforce Requirements and Improve Record Keeping for Soldiers Whose Medical Conditions May Call for Significant Duty Limitations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08546.pdf
· National Response Framework: FEMA Needs Policies and Procedures to Better Integrate Non-Federal Stakeholders in the Revision Process http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08768.pdf
· Supply Chain Security: Challenges to Scanning 100 Percent of U.S.-Bound Cargo Containers http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08533t.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Congress Again Lards Iraq War Spending Bill http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm1953.cfm
· The Pentagon's Balancing Act: A Special Address by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl1087.cfm
· President Bush's Transatlantic Tour: The U.S. Must Pressure Europe on Afghanistan and Iran http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/wm_1952.pdf
· Supreme Court Backs Rights for Guantanamo Detainees http://blog.heritage.org/2008/06/12/supreme-court-backs-rights-for-guantanamo-detainees/

Human Rights Watch
· Collective Punishment: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia’s Somali Region http://hrw.org/reports/2008/ethiopia0608/ethiopia0608webwcover.pdf
· Locked Up Alone: Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo http://hrw.org/reports/2008/us0608/us0608webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· China’s Thirst for Oil, Asia Report http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5478&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Iran: Putting the brakes on Ahmadinejad http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19060
· Sarkozy's Moment as Commander-in-Chief http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19072
· Subdue Iran, Secure Iraq http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19078
· Troubled elections in Macedonia http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19055
· Xenophobic Attacks Mar Mbeki's Legacy http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19065

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Focus June 10, 2008, v. 5, no. 22 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4519
· Terrorism Monitor June 12, 2008, v. 6, no. 12 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4521
· Turkish Generals Admit Military and Intelligence Coordination with Iran http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=327

Lexington Institute
· How the Air Force Fell So Far http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1274.shtml

National Intelligence Council
· Conference Report: Disruptive Civil Technologies- Six Technologies with Potential Impacts on US Interests out to 2025 http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_GIF_confreports/disruptivetech/disruptive_tech_main.pdf

National Security Archive
· One Minute To Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/dobbs/index.htm
· U.S. Military Hoped for Virtually Unlimited Freedom of Action in Iraq: Drafting of U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement Began Nearly Five Years Ago http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB252/index.htm

RAND
· An Argument for Documenting Casualties: Violence Against Iraqi Civilians 2006 http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG740.pdf
· Analytic Support to Intelligence in Counterinsurgencies http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG682.pdf
· Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4 http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.pdf
· Evaluation of the New York City Police Department Firearm Training and Firearm-Discharge Review Process http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG717.pdf
· Invisible Wounds of War: Quantifying the Societal Costs of Psychological and Cognitive Injuries [Christine Eibner, Testimony presented before the Joint Economic Committee on June 12, 2008] http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT309.pdf
· Invisible Wounds of War: Summary of Key Findings on Psychological and Cognitive Injuries [Lisa H. Jaycox, Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008.] http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT307.pdf
· Invisible Wounds of War: Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries [Terri Tanielian, Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 11, 2008] http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT308.pdf
· The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG726.pdf
· U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG674.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College
· Chavez - The Beginning of the End http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB872.pdf
· From the New Middle Ages to a New Dark Age: The Decline of the State and U.S. Strategy http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB867.pdf
· U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol. I: Theory of War and Strategy http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB870.pdf
· U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol. II: National Security Policy and Strategy http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB871.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0611_afghanistan.html
· Domestic Agencies in Reconstruction and Stabilization: The "4th D" http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0612_reconstruction_stabilization.html
· Making Bosnia Work: Why EU Accession is Not Enough http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0613_bosnia.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Ahmadinezhad Deflects Criticism with Attacks on Clerics http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2900
· Energy in Danger: Iran, Oil, and the West http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus83.pdf
· Israel and Hizballah: 2006 and 2008 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2897