Friday's Miscellany 08-01-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Public Opinion on the War with Iraq http://www.aei.org/research/politicalCorner/publications/pubID.22142,projectID.14/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Chinese authorities’ Broken Promises Threaten Olympic Legacy http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/089/2008/en/8249b304-5724-11dd-90eb-ff4596860802/asa170892008eng.pdf
· Denying the Undeniable: Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA33/018/2008/en/0de43038-57dd-11dd-be62-3f7ba2157024/asa330182008eng.pdf
· Discrimination Against Kurdish Iranians Unchecked and on the Rise http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/088/2008/en/d140767b-5e45-11dd-a592-c739f9b70de8/mde130882008eng.pdf
· Venezuela Must Implement New Law on Violence Against Women http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR53/001/2008/en/7ca044fd-4daa-11dd-b4c6-7b3441f92ab8/amr530012008eng.pdf

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
· At-Risk Populations in Emergencies: A Review of State and Local Stories, Tools, and Practices http://www.astho.org/index.php?template=at_risk_population_project.html

Brookings Institute
· An Economic Strategy for Investing in America’s Infrastructure http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/07_infrastructure_elmendorf/07_infrastructurestrat_elmendorf.pdf · Implications of the India-U.S. Nuclear Agreement [event video] http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0730_india.aspx
· Rising Food Prices – An Upside? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0729_food_prices_kharas.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Georgia: Risk and Opportunity. http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Georgia%20Risk%20and%20Opportunity.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The Middle East: Evolution of a Broken Regional Order http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec9_salem_broken_order_final.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Crisis in Waiting http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/pakistan.html

Center for Defense Information
· Pentagon's Prompt Global Strike Program: A Trigger for Nuclear Conflict? http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/PGSfactsheet.pdf
· The Murky Waters of the White House's Cybersecurity Plan http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/PGSfactsheet.pdf

Center for Immigration Studies
· Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back808.pdf

Center for Security Policy
· LNG Port Security http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghanistan-Pakistan War: Measuring Success (or Failure) http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_afghpakmoes.pdf
· Analyzing the Afghan-Pakistan War http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_afghan_analysis.pdf
· A Call For A Strategic U.S. Approach To The Global Food Crisis: A Report of the CSIS Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Core Findings and Recommendations http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_food_security.pdf
· Toward a New Euro-Atlantic "Hard" Security Agenda: Prospects for Trilateral U.S.-EU-Russia Cooperation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080731_trenin_towardneweuroatlantic.pdf
· U.S.-Russia Relations: Facing Reality Pragmatically http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080717_graham_u.s.russia.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

Centre for Social Cohesion
· Islam on Campus: A Survey of UK Student Opinion http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/CSCreportEMBARGOED27July2008.pdf

Century Foundation
· Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: Rethinking the U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/korb.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Navy's Surface Combatant Programs http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9571&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or L'Organisation Al-Qaïda au Maghreb Islamique (Formerly Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat or Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat) http://www.cfr.org/publication/12717/alqaeda_in_the_islamic_maghreb_aqim_or_lorganisation_alqada_au_maghreb_islamique_formerly_salafist_group_for_preaching_and_combat_or_groupe_salafiste_pour_la_prdication_et_le_combat.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Betting on Iraq in the Gulf http://www.cfr.org/publication/16871/betting_on_iraq_in_the_gulf.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) http://www.cfr.org/publication/9179/east_turkestan_islamic_movement_etim.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Pakistan_CSR36.pdf
· Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region http://www.cfr.org/publication/16870/uighurs_and_chinas_xinjiang_region.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

Defense Science Board
· Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-07-DIST.pdf
· Developmental Test & Evaluation http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-05-DTE.pdf

Department of Defense
· 2008 National Defense Strategy http://www.defenselink.mil/news/2008%20National%20Defense%20Strategy.pdf
· 2008 DoD Strategic Management Plan http://www.defenselink.mil/dbt/products/SMP/FY08%20Strategic%20Management%20Plan.pdf
· Section 904 Implementation Plan http://www.defenselink.mil/dbt/products/SMP/Final%20Section%20904%20Implemenation%20Plan%2025%20July%202008.pdf

Department of Homeland Security
· National Emergency Communications Plan http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/national_emergency_communications_plan.pdf

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-08-48 - Challenges Remain In Executing the Department of Homeland Security’s Information Technology Program for Its Intelligence Systems http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-48_April08.pdf

Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
· MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition) http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/107632.htm

Director of National Intelligence
· Statement by the DNI on Executive Order 12333 http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080731_release.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· American Asia Policy and the American Election http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200807.dittmer.americanasiapolicyelection.html
· Electoral Foundations of Japan’s Foreign Policy Choices http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.saito.electionsjapanforeignpolicy.html
· Ten Common Myths about Women in the Civil War and How to Dispel Them http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1315.200807.schultz.mythswomencivilwar.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08845.pdf
· Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08740.pdf
· Border Security: State Department Is Taking Steps to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081006.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08860.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08804.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081061t.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and Managed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08822.pdf
· DOD Financial Management: Adjudication of Butterbaugh Claims for the Restoration of Annual Leave or Pay http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08948r.pdf
· Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but More Work Remains http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08954.pdf
· Financial Management: DOD's Ability to Prevent, Identify, Investigate, and Report on Antideficiency Act Violations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08941r.pdf
· Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Enhancing U.S. Partnerships in Countering Transnational Terrorism http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08887sp.pdf
· Human Rights: U.S. Government's Efforts to Address Alleged Abuse of Household Workers by Foreign Diplomats with Immunity Could Be Strengthened http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08892.pdf
· Information Security: Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08525.pdf
· Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects' Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08925.pdf
· Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081051t.pdf
· Military Personnel: Preliminary Observations on DOD's and the Coast Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081013t.pdf
· Personnel Security Clearances: Preliminary Observations on Joint Reform Efforts to Improve the Governmentwide Clearance Eligibility Process http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081050t.pdf
· Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08855.pdf
· Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but Further Actions Are Needed to Sustain Improvements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08966.pdf
· Safe Routes to School: Progress in Implementing the Program, but a Comprehensive Plan to Evaluate Program Outcomes Is Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08789.pdf
· Telecommunications: Agencies Are Generally Following Sound Transition Planning Practices, and GSA Is Taking Action to Resolve Challenges http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08759.pdf
· TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08933r.pdf
· United States Postal Service: Information on the Irradiation of Federal Mail in the Washington, D.C., Area http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08938r.pdf
· Veterans Affairs: Continued Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control Weaknesses http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08918.pdf
· Veterans Affairs: Health Information System Modernization Far from Complete; Improved Project Planning and Oversight Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08805.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Energy Policy: Let's Not Repeat the Mistakes of the '70s http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2004.cfm
· Prime Minister Gilani Visit: Shoring up Democratic Pakistan to Deal with Terrorist Challenge http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm2005.cfm
· Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/tst072908b.cfm
· Zimbabwe’s Enabler: How Chinese Arms Keep Mugabe in Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/wm1997.cfm

Hudson Institute
· Saudi Ministry Textbooks Still Teach Extreme Intolerance http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/saudi_textbooks_final.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· All the Men Have Gone’: War Crimes in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon District http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0708/
· Courting History: The Landmark International Criminal Court’s First Years http://hrw.org/reports/2008/icc0708/icc0708webwcover.pdf
· Internal Fight: Palestinian Abuses in Gaza and the West Bank http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iopt0708/
· Law and Reality: Progress in Judicial Reform in Rwanda http://hrw.org/reports/2008/rwanda0708/rwanda0708webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· The New Lebanese Equation: The Christians’ Central Role http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5573&l=1
· Reforming Pakistan's Police http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/157_reforming_pakistan_s_police.pdf
· Ruling Palestine II: The West Bank Model?
· http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/79_ruling_palestine_ii___the_west_bank_model.pdf · Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5608&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Bush Sticks with Pakistani Military http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19257
· Chavez's Weakened Position http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19260
· China's Fix-It Governance http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19258
· India After Ahmedabad's Bombs http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19248
· No Peace Dividend for Nepal's Guerrillas http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19252
· Pakistan in Trouble http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19256
· Somalia: Prolonging the Agony http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19244

Jamestown Foundation
· The Pakistan Frontier Corps in the War on Terrorism – Part One http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=335
· Terrorism Focus July 29, 2008 – Volume 5, Issue 28 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4573
o Islamic Front for Iraq Resistance Brigadier Refutes al-Qaeda’s Approach to Combating U.S. Occupation
o New Strategy of Killing Aid Workers in Somalia – But Whose Strategy Is It?
o Political Consensus Missing in Establishment of U.S. Military Bases in Iraqi Kurdistan
o Al-Qaeda’s Military Chief in Afghanistan Views the Ongoing Insurgency with Optimism

National Defense Intelligence College
· Intelligence in the RUM WAR at SEA 1920-1933 by LT Eric S. Ensign, USCG http://www.ndic.edu/press/38038.htm
· Registering the Human Terrains: A Valuation of Cadastre by Douglas E. Batson http://www.ndic.edu/press/10279.htm

Project on National Security Reform
· Ensuring Security in an Unpredictable World: Project on National Security Reform http://www.pnsr.org/data/images/pnsr%20preliminary%20findings%20july%202008.pdf

RAND
· The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG671.pdf
· Considering a Cadre Augmented Army http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2008/RAND_RGSD225.pdf
· How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering Al Qa’ida http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG741.pdf
· A New Grand Strategy for the United States http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT313.pdf
· Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG725.pdf

Refugees International
· Chad: Strengthen UN Mission for Lasting Security http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10778/
· Colombia: Forced Internal Displacement Overwhelming Capacity to Respond http://www.refugeesinternational.org/files/10794_file_colombia_allJuly30.pdf
· The Iraqi Displacement Crisis http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9679

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
· Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to Congress (July 30, 2008) http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jul08/Default.aspx
· Key Recurring Management Issues Identified in Audits of Iraq Reconstruction Efforts http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-020.pdf

Small Business Administration (SBA)
· Size Determination Regarding Blackwater Worldwide Affiliate Presidential Airways, Inc. http://www.sba.gov/ig/Blackwater_Contracts_Report.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· Real Change or Retrenchment? http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB885.pdf

United Nations
· Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia (S/2008/480) http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/documents/UNSG_Georgia-Abkhazia_S2008480.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Drug Trafficking and Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups: A Growing Nexus? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2914
· The Future of the Iraqi Kurds http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=PF%2085%20Cagaptay%2006.pdf
· 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

White House
· Executive Order: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080731-2.html