Friday's Miscellany 10-24-2008

American Academy of Diplomacy and the Henry L. Stimson Center
· A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness

American Enterprise Institute
· European Missile Defense: Looking at the Heart and Soul of the U.S.-European Alliance
· Getting Religion Wrong: Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraq

Amnesty International
· European Missile Defense: Looking at the Heart and Soul of the U.S.-European Alliance
· Getting Religion Wrong: Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraq

Better World Campaign, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
· New Directions for Democracy Promotion

Brookings Institution
· The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America
· Slipping Oil Prices: Is the Oil Rich Middle East Prepared?
· Why Do Terrorists Love To Strike Around Elections?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Why the United States Should Lead
· Can Trade Policy Support the Next Global Climate Agreement?
· Courts Open New Chapter in Counter-Terrorism
· Global Financial Crisis: Lessons for United States and China
· Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?

Center for American Progress
· Dealing with Iraq: Four Reasons Why Americans Need to Debate the Proposed U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement

Center for Defense Information
· Pentagon Study Lambasts Missile Defense Agency [the report is Study on the Mission, Roles, and Structure of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) by the Institute of Defense Analysis]

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· Beyond UNSCR 1540: the Forging of a WMD Terrorism Treaty

Center for Security Policy
· NATO: Ending the Free Ride
· Senator Kyl on Nuclear Deterrence

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· FY2009 Defense Appropriations Act

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Beyond November: Terrorists, Rogue States, and Democracy
· The Bush Administration's Legacy in the Middle East
· Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: Part II: Chemical Weapons Programs
· Losing the Afghan-Pakistan War? The Rising Threat

Century Foundation
· Dangerous and Getting More Dangerous: The Delicate Situation between the United States and Iran
· Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the International Criminal Court

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· Iranian Strategy in Iraq: Politics and “Other Means”
· CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no. 11, October 2008
o “Field Notes on Iraq’s Tribal Revolt Against Al-Qaida” by David J. Kilcullen
o “Islamic State of Iraq Commemorates its Two-Year Anniversary” by Pascale Combelles Siegel
o “British Muslims Providing Foot Soldiers for the Global Jihad” by James Brandon
o “Anatomy of Spain’s 28 Disrupted Jihadist Networks” by Javier Jordan
o “The Impact of Global Youth Bulges on Islamist Radicalization and Violence” by Colleen McCue and Kathryn Haahr
o “Jama`at al-Fuqara’: An Overblown Threat?” by Farhana Ali and William Rosenau
o “The Threat of Terrorism to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa” by Anneli Botha
o “Iraq as the Focus for Apocalyptic Scenarios” by David Cook

Council on Foreign Relations
· Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism
· India-Afghanistan Relations
· Trade Liberalization: Cordell Hull and the Case for Optimism

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-08-92 - Transportation Security Administration's Control over SIDA Badges, Uniforms, and Identification Cards (Redacted)
· OIG-08-97 - Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues (Mandatory)

Environment California Research & Policy Center
· Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Egypt Reenters the Fray
· Learning from Contemporary Conflicts to Prepare for Future War
· Redefining U.S. Interests in the Middle East

Georgia Tech Information Security Center
· Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009: Data, Mobility and Questions of Responsibility will Drive Cyber Threats in 2009 and Beyond

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Drug Safety: Better Data Management and More Inspections Are Needed to Strengthen FDA's Foreign Drug Inspection Program GAO-08-970
· Federal Energy Management: Agencies Are Acquiring Alternative Fuel Vehicles but Face Challenges in Meeting Other Fleet Objectives GAO-09-75R
· Responses to Questions for the Record; September 2008 Hearing on the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues. GAO-09-130R
· Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available in Bulk and Online Records, but Changes to Enhance Security Are Occurring. GAO-08-1009R
· Social Security Numbers: Transfers and Sales of Public Records That May Contain Social Security Numbers (GAO-08-1004SP, September 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1009R,
· VA National Initiatives and Local Programs that Address Education and Support for Families of Returning Veterans GAO-09-22R

Heritage Foundation
· The 2008 Index of Government Dependency
· Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: A Preventable Homeland Security Catastrophe
· Protecting Against the Terrorist Threat: Continuing the Fight and Confronting the Challenges Ahead

Hudson Institute
· Security Aspects of the South Stream Project

Human Rights Watch
· Not the Way Forward: The UK’s Dangerous Reliance on Diplomatic Assurances
· A Way Forward for Workers’ Rights in US Free Trade Accords

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· African Perspectives on Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, Dominique Dye
· Child Justice in South Africa
· The Pan-African Parliament, Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

International Crisis Group
· Burma/Myanmar after Nargis: Time to Normalise Aid Relations
· The Philippines: The Collapse of Peace in Mindanao
· Sudan’s Southern Kordofan: The Next Darfur?

International Peace Institute
· Pacific Settlement of Border Disputes: Lessons from the Bakassi Affair and the Greentree Agreement

International Relations and Security Network
· Costs of War: War on Bankruptcy
· Kazakhstan: Investor Status
· Palestine's Problematic Parlay
· A Perfect Storm: Calming the Global Food Crisis
· Turkish Military on the Defensive
· Ukraine's NATO Hopes Dashed

Lexington Institute
· Satellite Cancellation Raises Questions about Army Plans

National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC)
· Interrogation World War II, Vietnam and Iraq

New America Foundation
· How Not to Lose Afghanistan (and Pakistan)

Organization of American States, Committee on Hemispheric Security
· Dealing with Gangs Involved in Criminal Activities

Pew Internet & American Family Life Project
· Networked Families: Parents and Spouses are Using the Internet and Cell Phones to Create a “New Connectedness” that Builds on Remote Connections and Shared Internet Experiences
· Related reports

President’s Identity Theft Task Force
· President’s Identity Theft Task Force Report -- Combating Identity Theft: A Strategic Plan

RAND
· Embracing the Future: Embedding digital repositories in the University of London · Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
· Improving Cost-Effectiveness and Mitigating Risks of Renewable Energy Requirements
· Reorganizing U.S. Domestic Intelligence: Assessing the Options http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG767.pdf

Henry L. Stimson Center
· New Information and Intelligence Needs in the 21st Century Threat Environment

Strategic Studies Institute
· Leadership and National Security Reform: The Next President's Agenda

Trust for America's Health
· Blueprint for a Healthier America: Modernizing the Federal Public Health System to Focus on Prevention and Preparedness

US Institute of Peace
· The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance: Experience in Iraq and Broader Implications
· Whither Peace Operations?

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· A Forum without a Future?
· UN Resolution 1701: A View from Israel
· UN Resolution 1701: A View from Lebanon
· UN Resolution 1701: A View from the United States

World Security Institute (WSI)
· Arab Insight, v. 2, no. 3, Fall 2008 - Arab Memo to the Next American President
o Engaging Islamist Groups: How to Talk to the Elephant in the Room by Mustapha Khalfi, Morocco
o Promoting Democracy in Arab Countries: Practice Makes Perfect? By Radwan Ziadeh, Syria
o Before Leaving Iraq: A Responsible Withdrawal by Salah al-Nasrawi, Iraq
o Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Searching for Peace on the Roadmap by Samir Ghattas, Palestinian Territory
o Improving U.S. Standing in the Arab World: Can Public Diplomacy Do the Trick? By Sadiq el-Faqih, Sudan
o Ending the Darfur Crisis: A Sudanese Perspective by Khaled al-Tegani al-Nour, Sudan
o The Future of U.S.-Arab Relations: Sinking in Oil? By Hussein Abdallah, Egypt
o Arabs, Iran and Nuclear Weapons: Balancing the Equation by Mohamed Abdel Salam, Egypt
o Resolving the Syrian Question: Why and How to Engage by Burhan Ghalioun, Syria
o Greasing the Presses: Money and Journalism in Egypt by Mohamed Ezz el-Arab, Egypt
o Social and Political Change: In the Wake of the Oil Boom by Hassanein Tawfiq Ibrahim, United Arab Emirates
o Egyptian Public Opinion: The Role of Satellite TV Stations by Sobhi Essaila, Egypt