Friday's Miscellany 03-13-2009

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
· Reclaiming Patriotism: A Call to Reconsider the Patriot Act

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
· It Is Time to Follow FDR and Suspend Mark-to-Market as a Destructive Regulation
· Team Obama's Anti-Israel Turn
· U.S. Foreign Economic Policy in the Global Crisis

Amnesty International
· Challenging Repression: Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa

Association of the U.S. Army
· Soft Skills for 21st Century Land Dominance

Atlantic Council of the U.S.
· Beyond Closing Guantanamo: Rebuilding a Transatlantic Partnership in International Law

Brookings
· Beyond Reconstruction: What Lies Ahead for Young Palestinians?
· Refining Immigration Law’s Role in Counterterrorism
· Taiwan and China Make Strides: Can America Respond?
· The Violent Drug Market in Mexico and Lessons from Colombia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Averting Crisis: A Path Forward for China's Healthcare System
· Iranian Political and Nuclear Realities and U.S. Policy Options
· Reforming the Intelligence Agencies in Pakistan’s Transitional Democracy
· Resurgent Protectionism: Risks and Possible Remedies
· The U.S.-China Spat at Sea
· Will the Chinese Communist Party Survive the Crisis?

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration

Center for American Progress
· New Progressive America: Twenty Years of Demographic, Geographic, and Attitudinal Changes Across the Country Herald a New Progressive Majority
· The United States and Brazil: Two Perspectives on Dealing with Partnership and Rivalry

Center for Defense Information (CDI)
· Iran Space Chronology
· Missile Defense Update #2: March 13, 2009
· Proliferation Security Initiative: Background, History and Prospects for the Future
· Space Security Update #1: March 11, 2009

Center for National Policy
· Briefing on JSF for Dutch Parliament Members
· Rewriting the Narrative: An Integrated Strategy for Counterradicalization

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Chinese Soft Power and Its Implications for the United States: Competition and Cooperation in the Developing World
· Commentary: Foreign Policy Opportunities for NASA
· Critical Questions: Meeting Between President Barack Obama and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
· Critical Questions: Presidential Election in El Salvador
· Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy: From Promotion to Support
· Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 2 - February 2009
· Reforming Defense Decisionmaking: Taking Responsibility and Making Meaningful Plans
· U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue
· Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)
· Vietnam Histories
· CIA and the Generals [Covert Support to Military Government in South Vietnam]
· CIA and the House of Ngo [Covert Action in South Vietnam, 1954-63]
· CIA and Rural Pacification
· Good Questions, Wrong Answers [CIA's Estimates of Arms Traffic through Sihanoukville, Cambodia, During the Vietnam War]
· The Way We Do Things [Black Entry Operations into Northern Vietnam]
· Undercover Armies [CIA and Surrogate Warfare in Laos]

Centre for Social Cohesion
· The BETH DIN: Jewish Law in the UK

Century Foundation
· Re-Imagining the Lebanon Track: Toward a New U.S. Policy

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· HASC Hearings for March 9-13, 2009
*Littoral Combat Ship program Update [March 10, 2009]
*Security Challenges Arising from the Global Financial Crisis [March 11, 2009]
*Tracking and Disrupting Terrorist Financial Networks: A Potential Model for Inter-agency Success? [March 11, 2009]
*The Department of Defense at High Risk: Recommendations of the Comptroller General for Improving Departmental Management [March 11, 2009]

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Hearings
· The Summit of the Americas: A New Beginning for U.S. Policy in the Region? [March 11, 2009]
· U.S. Foreign Economic Policy in the Global Crisis [March 12, 2009]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Border Violence: An Examination of DHS Strategies and Resources [March 12, 2009] · The Mumbai Attacks: A Wake-Up Call for America’s Private Sector [March 11, 2009]
· Reviewing the Federal Cybersecurity Mission [March 10, 2009]

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the National Security of the United States [March 10, 2009]

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
· Violent Islamist Extremism: al-Shabaab Recruitment in America [March 11, 2009]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Distributional Consequences of a Cap-and-Trade Program for CO2 Emissions
· Federal Assets That Could Be Sold or Leased to Raise Revenue
· Options for Controlling the Cost and Increasing the Efficiency of Health Care
· Using Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion

Council for Foreign Relations
· Pakistan's Fragile Foundations

Department of Defense
· Compensation & Benefits Handbook for Seriously Ill and Injured members of the Armed Forces

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2009-061 Controls Over Reporting Transportation Costs in Support of the Global War on Terror, March 12, 2009

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-33 - The State of California's Management of State Homeland Security Program Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2004 through 2006
· OIG-09-32 - Internal Controls in the FEMA Disaster Acquisition Process
· OIG-09-31 - FEMA's Implementation of Best Practices in the Acquisition Process
· OIG-08-90 (A) - TSA's Management of Aviation Security Activities at Jackson-Evers International and Other Selected Airports (Redacted)

Department of the Navy
· SECNAV Directive 3052.2 Cyberspace Policy and Administration Within the Department of the Navy

The Dialogue
· A Second Chance: U.S. Policy in the Americas

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· America’s Broken Interagency
· Defense Showstoppers: National Security Challenges for the Obama Administration
· Joint Warfare in the 21st Century
· Towards a Balanced *and* Sustainable Defense

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Afghanistan Security: U.S. Programs to Further Reform Ministry of Interior and National Police Challenged by Lack of Military Personnel and Afghan Cooperation GAO-09-280
· Clean Coal: DOE's Decision to Restructure FutureGen Should Be Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Costs, Benefits, and Risks GAO-09-248
· Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center: Clarifying Rationale for the Research and Development Funding Decisions Would Increase Accountability. GAO-09-339R
· Defense Acquisitions: Decisions Needed to Shape Army's Combat Systems for the Future. GAO-09-288
· DOD's High Risk Areas: Actions Needed to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Business Outcomes, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general of the United States, before the House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-460T
· Information Technology: Challenges Remain for VA's Sharing of Electronic Health Records with DOD, by Valerie C. Melvin, director, information management and human capital issues, before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-427T
· Joint Strike Fighter: Accelerating Procurement before Completing Development Increases the Government's Financial Risk. GAO-09-303 pdf
· National Cybersecurity Strategy: Key Improvements Are Needed to Strengthen the Nation's Posture GAO-09-432T
· Transportation Programs: Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation and Congress GAO-09-435T
· Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues GAO-09-474T

Heritage Foundation
· How the Obama Administration Should Deal with Russia's Revisionist Foreign Policy
· Why President Obama Should Not Attend the Alliance of Civilizations Forum

Hudson Institute
· Strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement 1928-2007

Institute for Science and International Security
· Issue Brief on Official Statements regarding Iran

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence
· Countering Online Radicalisation: A Strategy for Action

International Crisis Group
· Afghanistan: New U.S. Administration, New Directions
· Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe
· Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge

International Relations and Security Network
· Medvedev, Putin: Rift But No Split
· N Ireland: The Time Warp
· Power Sharing: Africa's Quest
· Somalia: Pirates of the Gulf
· Space: Final Frontier or Financial Folly?
· Understanding Bosnia, Part Four

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 5, March 13, 2009
*Jihadis Question al-Qaeda's Relationship with Israel by Abdul Hameed Bakier
*Does Cairo Bombing Mark a Return to Terrorist Violence in Egypt? by Chris Zambelis
*Insurgent Attacks on the Iraqi Energy Sector by Fadhil Ali
*Scandinavian Trials Demonstrate Difficulty of Obtaining Terrorist Financing Convictions by Michael Jonsson and Christian Nils Larson

Lexington Institute
· Navy Will Offer Up Carrier & Air Wing In Quadrennial Review
· Performance-Based Logistics Limits Government Waste

Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age
· Nation at Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country

National Academies Press
· Countering Biological Threats: Challenges for the Department of Defense's Nonproliferation Program Beyond the Former Soviet Union
· Evaluation of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties Methodology for Assessing and Certifying the Reliability of the Nuclear Stockpile [free download but registration required] · Global Security Engagement: A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction (prepublication) [free download but registration required]

National Governors Association
· 2008 State Homeland Security Directors Survey

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Few in Pakistan Support Extremists -- But Few Favor Military Confrontation

Pew Research Center
· Why Surveys of Muslim Americans Differ

Policy Exchange
· Choosing Our Friends Wisely: Criteria for Engagement with Muslim Groups

RAND
· Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
· The Cost-Effectiveness of Military Advertising: Evidence from 2002-2004
· Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists
· Integrating U.S. Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops

Southern Poverty Law Center
· Active U.S. Hate Groups map
· Year in Hate article and http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=366

The Stimson Center and the Stanley Foundation
· The Next 100 Project: Leveraging National Security Assistance to Meet Developing World Needs

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· Russia and Arms Control: Are There Opportunities for the Obama Administration?

Transportation Research Board
· An Airport Guide for Regional Emergency Planning for CBRNE Events
· Public-Sector Decision Making for Public-Private Partnerships

Trust for America's Health
· Shortchanging America’s Health '09: A State-By-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent and Key State Health Facts

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Building Blocks for Citizenship and a Peaceful Transition in Sudan
· Reconstructing Gaza – Lessons from Lebanon

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Buying Time with Iran: The F-22 Fighter
· High Stakes, High Anxiety: Campaigning in Lebanon
· Palestinian Perspectives on a Unity Government
· Preventing a Cascade of Instability: U.S. Engagement to Check Iranian Nuclear Progress