Friday's Miscellany 08-22-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Drill, Don't Redistribute http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28506,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
· Why Groups Go to Extremes http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.959,filter.all/book_detail.asp

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
· Global Governance and the Role of NGOs in International Peace and Security http://www.aicgs.org/documents/pubs/polrep33.pdf
· Overcoming the Lethargy: Climate Change, Energy Security, and the Case for a Third Industrial Revolution http://www.aicgs.org/documents/pubs/polrep34.pdf

Atlantic Council
· Restoring Georgia’s Sovereignty in Abkhazia http://www.acus.org/docs/Restoring%20Georgia's%20Sovereignty%20in%20Abkhazia.pdf

BASIC
· Afghanistan Update No. 39: 31 July - 14 August 2008 http://www.basicint.org/update/AFG080814.htm

Brookings Institution
· Musharraf’s Departure Is Good for Pakistan but Is It Too Late? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0818_pakistan_riedel.aspx
· Securing Georgia http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0818_georgia_pascual.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Pakistan after Musharraf http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/0820_transcript_pakistan_grare1.pdf
· Russia-Georgia Crisis http://carnegieendowment.org/topic/index.cfm?fa=viewTopic&topic=2000129

Center for American Progress
· It’s Easy Being Green: Spare the Air? Share the Road http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/08/share_the_road.html
· Think Again: Return of the Cold War Punditocracy http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/08/cold_war_punditocracy.html
· U.S. Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/08/pakistan_aid_numbers.html

Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR)
· Predicting Organizational Crisis Readiness: Perspectives and Practices Toward a Pathway to Preparedness http://www.nyu.edu/ccpr/pubs/OrgPreparedness_Report_NYU_Light_8.18.08.pdf

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
· No. 37: "Switzerland and the EU: The Prospects of Bilateralism" http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=90067
· No. 38: "Africa's Growing Strategic Relevance" http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=56968

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Commentary: Ensuring U.S. Access to the International Space Station http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080815_faith_georgia.pdf
· Commentary: Pakistan after Musharraf: Trouble and Opportunity http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080820_schaffer.musharaf.pdf
· Commentary: The Georgia War and the Century of "Real Power" http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080817_cordesman_georgia.pdf
· CSIS Resources on the Conflict in Georgia http://www.csis.org/georgiaconflict/
· Issues & Insights Vol. 08 - No. 09 - August 20, 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n09.pdf
o Next Generation Views on Preventive Diplomacy: The Role of the ASEAN Regional Forum
· Issues & Insights Vol. 08 - No. 10 - August 20, 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n10.pdf
o U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue
· Issues & Insights Vol. 08 - No. 11 - August 20, 2008 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n11.pdf
o U.S.-Japan-China Relations in the Year 2020
· US Security Interests After Musharraf http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4810/type,1/

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
· Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst v. 10, no. 16, August 20, 2008 http://www.cacianalyst.org/files/080820Analyst.pdf
o Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia: Notes on a War
o Russia’s Disinformation Campaign Over South Ossetia
o Russia’s Invasion of Georgia: Bleak Prospects for the South Caucasus Guam and the Georgian War

Combating Terrorism Center
CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no. 9, August 2008 http://ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel_Vol1Iss9.pdf
· “The Sakinah Campaign and Internet Counter-Radicalization in Saudi Arabia” “Pursuing Al-Qa`ida into Diyala Province”
· “Jama`at a-Furqara’: A Domestic Terrorist Threat to the United States?” “Key Factors for the Recent Growth of the Afghan Insurgency”
· “A Preliminary Assessment of Counter-Radicalization in the Netherlands”
· “Curtailing Illicit and Terrorist Activity in Algeria’s Tamanrasset”
· “Countering Terrorism in an Unstable Democracy: Mauritania’s Political Crisis”
· “Saudi Arabia’s Sectarian Ambivalence”
· “After Action Report: Assessing Acceptable Corruption in Iraq”

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Foreign Policy and Political Nominating Conventions http://www.cfr.org/publication/16992/foreign_policy_and_political_nominating_conventions.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
· A letter from the Director of National Intelligence & Attorney General to Sen. Reid & Sen. McConnell on S. 2035 - the "Free Flow of Information Act of 2008" http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/mediashield/ag-odni-letter082208.pdf
· related information is available at http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/media-shield.htm

EU Institute for Security Studies
· E Pluribus Unum: Decision-Makers and decision-Making in Iran http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=18&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1016&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=638718a3e1
· Russia and Georgia: European Destinies http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=214&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1096&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=c22d325738
· Worst case: Escalation of the Unresolved Conflict in Georgia http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=214&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1097&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=47264d11f3

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· 21st Century Socialism in Latin America http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.radu.21centurysocialismlatinamerica.html
· A Clarifying Act of Violence: Russia, Georgia, and The West http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.sicherman.clarifyingactrussiageorgia.html
· In Havana, Waiting for Obama or for Putin? http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.lee.havanaobamaputin.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Chemical Safety Board: Improvements in Management and Oversight Are Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08864r.pdf
· PBGC Assets: Implementation of New Investment Policy Will Need Stronger Board Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08667.pdf
· Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08538.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Europe's Catalogue of Failures in Georgia http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm2033.cfm
· Fighting for Freedom in Rural Peru: "ALBA Houses" Threaten Democracy http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/bg2173.cfm
· How Do U.S. Foreign Aid Recipients Vote at the U.N.? Against the U.S. http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg2171.cfm
· Hugo Chávez's Andean Offensive http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/wm2027.cfm
· People, Growth, And Reform: China's Uncertain Future http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm2032.cfm
· Russia-Georgia War Highlights Need for Directed-Energy Defenses http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm2030.cfm
· Russian Forces in the Georgian War: Preliminary Assessment and Recommendations http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/wm2031.cfm
· The Sound of Silence: The Decline of the Voice of America in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia http://www.heritage.org/Research/PublicDiplomacy/wm2029.cfm
· Who Serves in the U.S. Military? The Demographics of Enlisted Troops and Officers http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda08-05.cfm

Human Rights Watch
· China: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/22/china19664.htm
· Georgia: Civilians Killed by Russian Cluster Bomb ‘Duds’ http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/20/georgi19660.htm
· Getting Away With Murder: 50 Years of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act http://hrw.org/backgrounder/2008/india0808/india0808webwcover.pdf
· India: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/18/india19628.htm
· Turkey: Support Justice in Darfur http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/15/sudan19629.htm

Institute for Security Studies
· Lawful and Unlawful Community Involvement In The Fight Against Crime http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=5&slink_id=6517&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
· Seven Years After 9/11: Al-Qaida's Strengths and Vulnerabilities http://icsr.info/files/ICSR%20Richard%20Barret%20Paper.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Burundi: Restarting Political Dialogue http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5632&l=1
· Russia vs Georgia: The Fallout http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5636&l=1
· War in Georgia website http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5623&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Cuba's Emerging Leverage http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19318
· Iraqi Christians: Round trip to Death Street http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19329
· Letters from Georgia: Nationalism and Fear http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19334
· Mauritania Coup a Blow http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19312
· Russian Military, Fighting to Reform http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19313

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
· Recent Terror blasts in India: How Should We Respond? http://www.ipcs.org/newIpcsSeminars2.jsp?action=showView&kValue=2665
· Structural Roots of Authoritarianism in Pakistan http://www.ipcs.org/newIpcsSeminars2.jsp?action=showView&kValue=2669

Jamestown Foundation
· Special Coverage from Tbilisi http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=345

Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies
· The Analyst's Style Manual http://www.mciis.org/Books/MCIIS%20Style%20Manual%20June%202008.pdf

National Academies Press
· Energy Futures and Urban Air Pollution: Challenges for China and the United States http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12001&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=Eblast%3a+China+8.13.08&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=
· U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Issues for 2008 and Beyond http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12061&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New%20from%20NAP%208.19.08&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=

National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC)
· Registering the Human Terrain: a Valuation of Cadastre http://ndic.edu/press/pdf/10279.pdf

National Institute of Standards and Technology
· WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/wtc082108.html

National Research Council (NCR)
· Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12177#toc

National Security Archive
· 1998 Missile Strikes on Bin Laden May Have Backfired http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB253/index.htm
· PR Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings: "White Paper" Drafted before NIE even Requested http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB254/index.htm

RAND
· Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR528.pdf
· The State of U.S. Railroads: A Review of Capacity and Performance Data http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR603.pdf
· The Weighted Airman Promotion System: Standardizing Test Scores http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG678.pdf

Securing America's Future Energy
· $120 Oil and Beyond: An Update http://www.secureenergy.org/files/files/837_SAF_996_New%20Westcott%20Report_v08_ELEC.pdf

Stanley Foundation
· Actualizing the Responsibility to Protect: 43rd Conference on the United Nations of the Next Decade http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/report/UNND808.pdf
· Great Expectations http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pdb/GreatExpectationsPDB808.pdf
· The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pab/LuckPAB808.pdf
· US Nuclear Weapons, Force Posture, and Infrastructure http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pdb/Forced_Posture_PDB_808.pdf
· Value Cooperation, Not Antagonism: The Case for Functional-Based Cooperation http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/publications/pdb/FuncBasedCoopPDB_808.pdf

Henry L Stimson Center
· The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 http://www.stimson.org/eastasia/pdf/Morita-North_Korean_HR_Act_of_2004_Report-Aug%2008.pdf
· The Political Economy of Hydropower Dam Construction in Vietnam http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=663
· Young American China Watchers' Views on China http://www.stimson.org/eastasia/pdf/Chinawatchers.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Moving Beyond Relief: The Challenges of Settling Kenya's Internally Displaced http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0815_kenya.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· 2007-2008 Lecture Series: Senior U.S. Counterterrorism Officials http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=485
· The Future of U.S. Assistance to Egypt http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2924
· Kirkuk Derails Iraq's Election Law http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2922
· Pakistan after Musharraf: Growing U.S. Challenges http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2923