Friday's Miscellany 07-18-2008

Brookings Institute
· Should the International Monetary Fund Do Surveillance? http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2008/0716_imf_lombardi.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp94_ottaway_regional_diplomacy_final.pdf
· North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Details http://carnegieendowment.org/files/06-26-08-North-Korea-Transcript.pdf

Center for American Progress
· The Cost of Reaction: The Long-Term Costs of Short-Term Cures http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/pdf/sustainable_security.pdf

Center for Security Policy
· The New Battlefield in Latin America http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/modules/newsmanager/center%20publication%20pdfs/the%20americas%20report%20july%2017,%202008.pdf

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Assessing Chinese Government Response to the Challenge of Environment and Health http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080707_freemanchinesegov_web.pdf
· Closing Guantánamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080715_draft_csis_wg_gtmo.pdf
· Earth Observations and Global Change: Why? Where Are We? What Next? http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080710_wigbels_earthobservation_web.pdf
· The Ongoing Lessons of Armed Nation Building In Afghanistan and Iraq http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080710_iraq_afghanlesscnpbrief.pdf
· U.S. and Chinese Engagement in Africa: Prospects for Improving U.S.-China-Africa Cooperation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080711_cooke_us_chineseengagement_web.pdf
· U.S.-Russia Relations: Facing Reality Pragmatically http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080717_graham_u.s.russia.pdf

Combating Terrorism Center
· CTC Sentinel v. 1, no. 8, July 2008 http://ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss8.pdf
o "Why Terrorists Quit: Gaining from Al-Qa`ida's Losses" by Michael Jacobsen
o "An Ideological and Operational Threat: Abu`Amr/Shayk`Isa" by Erich Marquardt and Abdul Hameed Bakier
o "Indonesia's Approach to Jihadist Deradicalization" by Kristen E. Schulze
o "The High Stakes Battle for the Future of Musa Qala" by David C. Isby
o "Al-Qa`ida Seeking to Recruit African-American Muslims" by Cadets Benjamin Haas and Daniel McGrory
o "Propaganda and Peace Deals: The Taliban's Information War in Pakistan" by Arthur Keller
o "Uncovering Extremist Violence in Morocco" by Alison Pargeter
o "After Action Report: Nuanced Diplomacy in Zerok, Afghanistan" by Captain John C. Gibson, U.S. Army

Congress. House Oversight Committee
· Committee Continues Investigation of Widespread Electrical Problems in Iraq http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2101
· Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080714111050.pdf
· Various reports/documents related to the Tillman report http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2099

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· How Changes in the Value of the Chinese Currency Affect U.S. Imports http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9506&type=1
· Increasing the Value of Federal Spending on Health Care http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9563&type=1
· Long-Term Effects of Indexing the Alternative Minimum Tax and Extending the Tax Reductions of 2001 and 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9568&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· As Afghanistan Roils, Pakistan Draws Heat http://www.cfr.org/publication/16782/pakistan_draws_heat.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Iran's Nuclear Program http://www.cfr.org/publication/16811/irans_nuclear_program.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Meltdown Risk, Revisited http://www.cfr.org/publication/16792/meltdown_risk_revisited.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Pakistan_CSR36.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· 08-086 Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported by Major Oversight Organizations Beginning FY 2003 through 2007 http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-086.pdf
· D-2008-104 DoD Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-104.pdf

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Bank Crime Statistics http://www.fbi.gov/publications/bcs/bcs2007/bank_crime_2007q4.htm

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08756.pdf
· Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08959t.pdf
· Biosurveillance: Preliminary Observations on Department of Homeland Security's Biosurveillance Initiatives http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08960t.pdf
· Broadcasting to Cuba: Weaknesses in Contracting Practices Reduced Visibility into Selected Award Decisions http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08764.pdf
· Defense Space Activities: DOD Needs to Further Clarify the Operationally Responsive Space Concept and Plan to Integrate and Support Future Satellites http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08831.pdf
· Emergency Management: GAO Responses to Post-hearing Questions for the Record http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081003r.pdf
· Emergency Preparedness: States Are Planning for Medical Surge, but Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08668.pdf
· Export-Import Bank: Performance Standards for Small Business Assistance Are in Place but Ex-Im Is in the Early Stages of Measuring Their Effectiveness http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08915.pdf
· Food Insecurity Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite Efforts to Halve Hunger by 2015 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081007r.pdf
· Food Safety: Selected Countries' Systems Can Offer Insights into Ensuring Import Safety and Responding to Foodborne Illness http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08794.pdf
· Force Structure: Preliminary Observations on the Progress and Challenges Associated with Establishing the U.S. Africa Command http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08947t.pdf
· Gulf Opportunity Zone: States Are Allocating Federal Tax Incentives to Finance Low-Income Housing and a Wide Range of Private Facilities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08913.pdf
· Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08681r.pdf
· Los Alamos National Laboratory: Long-Term Strategies Needed to Improve Security and Management Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08694.pdf
· National Flood Insurance Program: Financial Challenges Underscore Need for Improved Oversight of Mitigation Programs and Key Contracts http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08437.pdf
· Nuclear Detection: Preliminary Observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's Efforts to Develop a Global Nuclear Detection Architecture http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08999t.pdf
· Nuclear Security: NRC and DHS Need to Take Additional Steps to Better Track and Detect Radioactive Materials http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08598.pdf
· Nuclear Weapons: Views on NNSA's Proposal to Transform the Nuclear Weapons Complex http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081032t.pdf
· Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Regarding Security Clearance Reform http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08965r.pdf
· Rapid Acquisition of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08884r.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Combating Terrorism in Pakistan: Going on the Offensive http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1991.cfm
· Congressional Oversight of Homeland Security in Dire Need of Overhaul http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/bg2161.cfm
· Economic Freedom and the African Growth and Opportunity Act http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/wm1992.cfm
· Grants Should Not Be the Pork to Feed State Homeland Security Spending http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm1995.cfm
· How Rising Gas Prices Hurt American Households http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2162.cfm
· In Defense of Liberty: The Relationship Between Security and Freedom http://www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/hl1093.cfm
· Indonesia Holds Up ASEAN Charter Ratification for Burmese People http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1999.cfm
· North Korea Denuclearization Requires Rigorous Verification System http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1996.cfm
· Oil Speculators: A Marginal (at Best) Cause of High Energy Prices http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm1998.cfm
· Zimbabwe’s Enabler: How Chinese Arms Keep Mugabe in Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/wm1997.cfm

Hudson Institute
· Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/saudi_textbooks_final.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· “Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime” Government, Vigilante, and Naxalite Abuses in India’s Chhattisgarh State http://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/india0708/india0708web.pdf
· Courting History: The Landmark International Criminal Court’s First Years http://hrw.org/reports/2008/icc0708/icc0708web.pdf

Information Sharing Environment (ISE)
· Annual Report to the Congress on the Information Sharing Environment (June 2008) http://www.ise.gov/docs/reports/Annual-Report-to-Congress-20080702.pdf

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
· A New Market Takes Shape [This paper examines developments in networked security operations and aerial drones] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=56891

International Crisis Watch
· The New Lebanese Equation: The Christians’ Central Role http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5573&l=1
· New ICC Prosecution: Opportunities and Risks for Peace in Sudan http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5572&l=1
· Reforming Pakistan’s Police http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5570&l=1
· Ruling Palestine II: The West Bank Model? http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5574&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Bosnia: Corruption Watchdog Under Fire http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19198
· Lebanon Deal Eases Tensions http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19207
· Mexico Infiltrated http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19202
· Sudan and the ICC: A Guide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19191

National Institute of Justice
· Policing in Arab-American Communities After September 11 http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/221706.pdf
· NIJ Journal No. 260, July 2008 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/260/welcome.htm
o A Look at Terrorist Behavior: How They Prepare, Where They Strike by Brent Smith
o Interagency Coordination: A Case Study of the 2005 London Train Bombings by Kevin J. Strom, and Joe Eyerman
o 'Internationalizing' Criminal Justice Research by Philip Bulman

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
· Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/222799.pdf

RAND
· Does America Need A New Grand Strategy? http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT311.pdf
· Effectively Sustaining Forces Overseas While Minimizing Supply Chain Costs: Targeted Theater Inventory http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/2008/RAND_DB524.pdf · Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG725.pdf

Refugees International
· U.S. Civil-Military Imbalance for Global Engagement: Lessons from the Operational Level in Africa http://www.refugeesinternational.org/files/10761_file_RI_CivMil_imbalance.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· Civil-Military Relations in a Post-9/11 World http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=873
· Key Strategic Issues List, July 2008 http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=860

US Institute of Peace
· Zimbabwe's Electoral Violence http://www.usip.org/on_the_issues/zimbabwe.html/

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Determinants of a U.S. Drawdown http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1163
· Drug Trafficking and Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups: A Growing Nexus? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=411
· Hizballah's Military Wing Under Pressure Despite Political Gains http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2913
· Saudi Arabia: Interfaith Talks Abroad, Intolerance at Home http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2912
· The Way Back from Islamism http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2911