Friday's Miscellany 08-15-2008

Brookings Institution
· China: A Global Power http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0813_china_li.aspx
· China’s Energy Policies and Their Environmental Impacts http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2008/0813_china_downs.aspx
· The Conflict in Georgia http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0814_georgia.aspx
· Iraq in 2009: How to Give Peace a Chance http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Projects/Opportunity08/PB_Iraq_Pascual.pdf
· Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/08_iraq_ferris/08_iraq_ferris.pdf
· Preventing the Tragedy of the CO2 Commons:
· Exploring China’s Growth and the International Climate Framework http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/07_china_climate_change_woo/07_china_climate_change_woo.pdf
· South Ossetia Conflict Holds Lessons for Kyiv http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0815_ukraine_pifer.aspx
· U.S. Policy in Asia: Meeting Opportunities and Challenges http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0728_asia.aspx?emc=lm&m=217672&l=2&v=738898
· Vietnam's Model for North Korea http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0717_north_korea_ohanlon.aspx?emc=lm&m=217672&l=6&v=738898
· The War in Georgia: Assessing the Aftermath http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/0814_georgia.aspx
· War in Georgia—End of an Era, Beginning a New Cold War? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0812_georgia_linn.aspx?emc=lm&m=217672&l=4&v=738898

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

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Frequently Asked Questions about India and Nuclear Trade http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20366
· Mauritania’s Coup: Domestic Complexities and International Dilemmas http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/boucek_mauritania.pdf
· Questions Linger about India's Safeguards http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20390&prog=zgp&proj=znpp
· Text of U.S. NSG Proposal on India http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20388

Center for American Progress
· A Progressive Approach to U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/08/pdf/china_report.pdf

Center for Defense Information
· Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons Security http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/InformationWarfare.pdf

Center for Security Policy
· Back in the USSR http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· ABANDON SHIPS: The Costly Illusion of Unaffordable Transformation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080806_naval_equipment_acquisition.pdf
· Georgia: Epicenter of Strategic Confrontation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080812_bugajski_georgia.pdf
· Southeast Asia Bulletin August 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080813_southeastasia_bulletin.pdf
· South Asia Monitor: Running on Empty: South Asia's Food and Fuel Crisis - August 01, 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/sam121.pdf
· Freeman Report July/August 2008 - vol.6 no.7-8 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/fr08n07-08.pdf

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
· Kazakhstan and the New International Politics of Eurasia http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/docs/Silkroadpapers/0807Weitz.pdf

Century Foundation
· Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency after Iraq http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/dobbinscopy.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Contractors' Support of U.S. Operations in Iraq http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9688&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations
· Challenges for Nuclear Power Expansion http://www.cfr.org/publication/16886/nuclear_bottlenecks.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_2021.pdf

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Visa Security Program http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-79_Jul08.pdf

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
· August 11, 2008: Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 500 Director of National Intelligence, Chief Information Office http://www.dni.gov/electronic_reading_room/ICD%20500.pdf
· NIO Gistaro Describes Current al-Qaeda Threats in Open Briefing http://www.dni.gov/speeches/20080812_speech.pdf

Alan Shawn Feinstein International Center
· Humanitarian Agenda 2015--Nepal Country Case Study http://fic.tufts.edu/downloads/HA2015NepalCaseStudy.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· The Beijing Olympics Narrative http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.price.beijingolympics.html
· Russia Resurgent: An Initial Look at Russian Military Performance In Georgia http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.chang.russiaresurgentgeorgia.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs Framework for Balancing Investments in Tactical Radios http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08877.pdf
· Defense Critical Infrastructure: Adherence to Guidance Would Improve DOD's Approach to Identifying and Assuring the Availability of Critical Transportation Assets. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08851.pdf
· Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed. GAO-08-784. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08784.pdf
· Military Base Realignments and Closures: Army Is Developing Plans to Transfer Functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, but Challenges Remain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081010r.pdf
· Military Personnel: Improvements Needed to Increase Effectiveness of DOD's Programs to Promote Positive Working Relationships between Reservists and Their Employers. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08981r.pdf
· Review of Transportation Security Administration's Air Cargo Screening Exemptions Report http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081055r.pdf
· Tax Administration: Comparison of the Reported Tax Liabilities of Foreign- and U.S.-Controlled Corporations, 1998-2005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08957.pdf
· Transportation Security: TSA Has Developed a Risk-Based Covert Testing Program, but Could Better Mitigate Aviation Security Vulnerabilities Identified Through Covert Tests. GAO-08-958. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08958.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Congressional Commission Should Recommend "Damage Limitation" Strategy http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2172.pdf
· Weighing Chinese Manufacturing Strength http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/wm_2023.pdf
· When Electrons Attack: Cyber-Strikes on Georgia a Wake-Up Call for Congress http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_2022.pdf
· Saving Georgia http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_2021.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· "They Beat Me like a Dog": Political Persecution of Opposition Activists and Supporters in Zimbabwe. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0808/zimbabwe0808web.pdf
· Russia/Georgia: Investigate Civilian Deaths http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/13/russia19620.htm

Humanitarian Accountability Partnership
· The 2007 Humanitarian Accountability Report http://www.hapinternational.org/pool/files/the-2007-humanitarian-accountability-report.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/Centrifuge_Manufacturing_7August2008.pdf

Institute for Security Studies
· Is a Military Coup an Answer to the Political Crisis in Mauritania? http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=5&slink_id=6489&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3

International Crisis Group
· Georgia Conflict Alert: Russia Must Withdraw Its Troops from Georgia http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5625&l=1
· Kyrgyzstan: A Deceptive Calm http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3564&tid=5627&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Abkhaz Open 'Second Front' http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19310
· Georgia: Prospects of a New Cold War http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19299
· Hot Issues in the Arctic http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19304
· Mauritania Coup a Blow http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19312
· Oil-addicted World Faces Crude Awakening http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19309
· The Tactical Nuclear Weapons Game http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19300

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor - Volume VI, Issue 16 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/TM_006_016.pdf
o PKK Tactics May Reveal Damage Caused by Turkish Military Campaign By Emrullah Uslu
o Terrorism and Piracy: The Dual Threat to Maritime Shipping By John Daly
o Pakistan's Frontier Corps and the War against Terrorism – Part Two By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf
o Sudan's Oil Industry Faces Major Security Challenges By Andrew McGregor
· Terrorism Focus - Volume V, Issue 30 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/tf_005_030.pdf
o Jihadis React to Indictment of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir
o Technological Innovation and the Turkish Armed Forces' War on the PKK
o Colombia’s FARC Escalate Operations to Demonstrate Their Will to Continue the Armed Struggle
o India’s Strategic Challenge in Pakistan’s Afghan Hinterland

Lexington Institute
· Helicopter Troubles Traceable to Government Mistakes http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1305.shtml

Lowy Institute for International Policy
· Into Africa: How the Resource Boom is Making Sub-Saharan Africa More Important to Australia http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=870

RAND
· Department of Defense Training for Operations with Interagency, Multinational, and Coalition Partners. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG707.pdf
· Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen?: A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG696.pdf

Reform Institute
· The Smart Alternative: Securing and Strengthening Our Nation’s Vulnerable Electric Grid http://www.reforminstitute.org/uploads/publications/Smart_Grid_Final.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
· The American Military Advisor: Dealing with Senior Foreign Officials in the Islamic World. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB869.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Kirkuk Derails Iraq's Election Law. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2922