Friday's miscellany 07-11-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Iran and the Problem of Evil http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28297/pub_detail.asp
· Private Sector and Public Sector Malaria Treatment in Africa http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28233/pub_detail.asp

American Foreign Policy Council
· Responding to China in Africa http://www.afpc.org/ChinaAfrica.pdf

Amnesty International
· Guantánamo Military Commission Hearings Resume
· http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/074/2008/en/eff40826-4d07-11dd-bca2-bb9d43f3e059/amr510742008eng.pdf
· Migrants Face Illegal Arrest in Mauritania http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR38/001/2008/en/ad88667f-46c2-11dd-9dcb-1bbf1ead8744/afr380012008eng.pdf
· Military Judge Warns 9/11 Accused of Disadvantages of Self-Representation http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/076/2008/en/de6f866d-4e94-11dd-8dbe-b30106323643/amr510762008eng.pdf

BASIC
· Afghanistan Update http://www.basicint.org/update/AFG080702.htm

Brookings Institute
· China’s Fifth Generation: Is Diversity a Source of Strength or Weakness? http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2008/07_china_li/07_china_li.pdf
· Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0710_browne.aspx
· The Middle Eastern Marriage Crisis http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0711_middle_east_dhillon.aspx
· Tajikistan: Progress and Problems at the Heart of Central Asia http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0709_central_asia_linn.aspx
· What Did the G8 Summit Achieve? Progress or Stalemate? http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0710_g8_linn.aspx
· What is the Role of Courts in Making Social Policy? http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0708_courts_wheeler_taylor.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: July 2008 http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/entire_issue.pdf
· China’s Economic Rise—Fact and Fiction http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb61_keidel_final.pdf
· A Nonproliferation Disaster http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20292&prog=zgp&proj=znpp,zsa

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· Diplomatic Strategies for Dealing with Iran: How Tehran Might Respond http://www.cnas.org/attachments/wysiwyg/4740/Maloney_CNAS%20Iran.pdf

Center for Defense Information (CDI)
· Chinese ASAT Test: A Breach of International Law? http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/ChineseASATtest.pdf
· UN Holds Small Arms Conference: United States is Absent http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4333&from_page=../index.cfm

Center for Security Policy
· Congress, Free the Hostage http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
· Islamists' Catch-22 http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report (2nd ed.) http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080703_afghan_status.pdf
· Another Long, Hot Summer in Ankara http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080709_aliriza_commentary.pdf
· Commentary: A Second Cluster Munitions Treaty? http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080707_cluster_munitions.pdf
· The Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments (2nd ed.) http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080709_iraq_status_trend.pdf

Center for European Reform
· The CER Guide to the French Presidency http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/bn_french_presidency_4july08.pdf
Combat Studies Institute
· The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005: On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CSI/OnPointII.pdf

Committee on the Present Danger
· The Islamic Republic Takes on the Internet: Iranian Bloggers Under Fire http://www.committeeonthepresentdanger.org/IranUpdate/Archive/TheIslamicRepublicTakesontheInternetIrania/tabid/892/Default.aspx
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Investing in Infrastructure http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9534&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations http://www.cfr.org/publication/11644/isi_and_terrorism.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

Department of Defense (DOD)
· Cluster Munitions Policy http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080709cmpolicy.pdf

EastWest Institute
· Countering Violent Extremism: Beyond Words http://www.iews.org/pdf/Beyond%20words%2030may%2015.331.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Maintaining the American Strategic Advantage http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200807.berkowitz.americanstrategicadvantage.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Afghanistan Reconstruction: Progress Made in Constructing Roads, but Assessments for Determining Impact and a Sustainable Maintenance Program Are Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08689.pdf
· Air Force Procurement: Aerial Refueling Tanker Protest http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08991t.pdf
· Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Reduce Carryover at Army Depots http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08714.pdf
· Federal Records: National Archives and Selected Agencies Need to Strengthen E-Mail Management http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08742.pdf
· Initial Results on Availability of Terrorism Insurance in Specific Geographic Markets http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08919r.pdf
· State and Local Government Pension Plans: Current Structure and Funded Status http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08983t.pdf
· Surface Transportation: Principles Can Guide Efforts to Restructure and Fund Federal Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08744t.pdf
· Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Performance Management and Strengthen Oversight of the High-Cost Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08633.pdf
· Telecommunications: Survey of State Regulatory Commissions http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-08-662sp/
· VA Health Care: Ineffective Controls over Medical Center Billings and Collections Limit Revenue from Third-Party Insurance Companies http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08675.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· The 2008 Index: How to Escape the "Curse of Oil" http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/wm1983.cfm
· Colombia v. Venezuela: An Endgame for the FARC? http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/wm1986.cfm
· Congress Should Not Permit Negative GAO Report to Curtail Weapons Programs http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2160.cfm
· Europe and Israel: Strengthening the Partnership http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm1984.cfm
· "A Glorious Mess": EPA Notice Would Have Dramatic Impact on U.S. Military http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm1988.cfm
· Iranian Missile Tests Boost International Tensions and Proliferation Concerns http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iran/wm1985.cfm

Human Rights Watch
· "As If I Am Not Human": Abuses against Asian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudiarabia0708/saudiarabia0708webwcover.pdf
· China’s Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other "Sensitive" Stories http://hrw.org/reports/2008/china0708/china0708webwcover.pdf
· Preempting Justice: Counterterrorism Laws and Procedures in France http://hrw.org/reports/2008/france0708/france0708webwcover.pdf
· Still Waiting: Bringing Justice for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Cantonal and District Courts http://hrw.org/reports/2008/bosnia0708/bosnia0708webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Watch
· Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/iraq_iran_gulf/ailed_responsibility___iraqi_refugees_in_syria__jordan_and_lebanon.pdf
· Indonesia: Implications of the Ahmadiyah Decree http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3504&tid=5556&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Afghanistan: State of Siege http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19181
· The Case for Israel's Full NATO Membership http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19183
· Chasing Iraqi Oil http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19182
· France's Ambitious, Uncertain Security Policy http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19170
· Russian Ships at the Mercy of Pirates http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19176
· Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Facing Critical Choices http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19184

National War Powers Commission
· National War Powers Commission Report http://millercenter.org/dev/ci/system/application/views/_newwebsite/policy/commissions/warpowers/report.pdf
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
· Organized Religion's Role in the Military http://pewresearch.org/pubs/890/religion-in-the-military

RAND
· Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG722.pdf
· Iran's Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG693.pdf
· Options for Meeting the Maintenance Demands of Active Associate Flying Units http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG611.pdf
· Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth: Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG670.pdf

Stanley Foundation
· Surveying the Civilian Reform Landscape http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/other/Unger_CohenPB608.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· Expand the U.S. Military? Not So Fast http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB875.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· In the Field: Promoting Rule of Law in Liberia http://www.usip.org/in_the_field/liberia/index.html/
· Integrated Security Assistance: The 1207 Program http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr207.pdf · North Korea's Nuclear Moves http://www.usip.org/on_the_issues/northkorea.html

US Marine Corps (USMC)
· Marine Corps Vision & Strategy 2025 http://www.marines.mil/units/hqmc/cmc/Documents/MCVS2025%2030%20June.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Last Resort: Consequences of Preventive Military Action against Iran http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus84.pdf
· Strengthening the Partnership: How to Deepen U.S.-Israel Cooperation on the Iranian Nuclear Challenge http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/USIsraelTaskForceReport.pdf

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
· Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran - New Sanctions and New Incentives http://www.iranwatch.org/update/