Friday's Miscellany 07/31/2009

Amnesty International
• Nicaragua: The Total Abortion Ban in Nicaragua: Women’s Lives and Health Endangered, Medical Professionals Criminalized

Atlantic Council of the U.S
• U.S.-China Cooperation on Nuclear Power

Basic American Security Information Council (BASIC)
• Getting to Zero Update, July 28, 2009
• Iran Update, no. 136, July 30, 2009

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Confrontation or Collaboration?: Congress and the Intelligence Community

Brookings Institution
• African Growth and Opportunity Act: A Case of Vanishing Benefits
• Consequences of Alternative U.S. Cap-and-Trade Policies: Controlling Both Emissions and Costs
• How We're Doing: A Composite Index of Global and National Trends
• Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options
• The New Orleans Index Anniversary Edition: Four Years after Katrina

Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
• Getting to Best: Reforming the Defense Acquisition Enterprise

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• The Future of Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Development Challenge
• Morocco: The Emergence of a New Palace Party

CATO
• Fannie Med? Why a "Public Option" Is Hazardous to Your Health

Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC)
• Strategic Insights, April 2009, v. 8, no. 2
• High Noon on the High Seas: A Proximity–Complexity Model of Maritime Piracy Threats by James E. McGinley and Jonathan P. Berliner
• Arms Control in the Obama Administration: Coming in from the Cold by Jeffrey A. Larsen
• Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East by James A. Russell
• Medvedev Overplays the “Military Card” in Trying to Impress Obama by Dale Herspring and Roger N. McDermott
• A Critical Juncture: American Foreign Policy and Asymmetric Warfare by John Maszka
• Reducing Ideological Support for Terrorism by Paul Shemella
• Why Arab Summitry is Fizzling: Sub-Regional Geopolitics Meets the New Global Reality of Rising Powers and Fragile States by Mike Kraig
• Viewpoint: War in the Tribal Zone: Planning for Victory in the Long War by Barry Zellen
• Breakouts, Evasive Maneuvers: Managing the Proliferation Intentions of Determined States by Carol Kessler and Amy Seward
• The Future of Japanese Nuclear Policy by Maria Rost Rublee
• Turkish Perceptions and Nuclear Proliferation by Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Nilsu Goren
• Libya’s Nuclear Intentions: Ambition and Ambivalence by Maalfrid Braut-Hegghammer
• Illicit Nuclear Procurement Networks and Nuclear Proliferation: Challenges for Intelligence, Detection, and Interdiction by Jack Boureston and James A. Russell
• Possible Correlations of Multinational Military Operations and State Stability, and Application to State Building in Iraq by Nicholas J. Buls
• Decade of Nuclear Learning: Ten Years After the South Asian Nuclear Tests (Feb 12-13, 2009) by Zachary S. Davis
• U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation in South Asia: A Track II Dialogue (Sep 24-25, 2008) by Zachary S. Davis and Colleen E. Garcia

Center for American Progress
• Faces of Pakistan's Militant Leaders: In-Depth Profiles of Major Militant Commanders
• Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan's Militant Groups

Center for Immigration Studies
• A Shifting Tide: Recent Trends in the Illegal Immigrant Population

Center for International Governance Innovation
• Security Sector Reform Monitor: Afghanistan [July 2009]

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
• Cross Sector Collaboration in Homeland Security
• Global Alliances, Inequality and Vulnerability in Emergency Preparedness

Center for Security Policy
• Interim Guantanamo Legislative Report: House Volume
• Interim Guantanamo Legislative Report: Senate Volume

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• Afghan National Security Forces: Shaping The Path To Victory
• Iraq: A Time to Stay? The US Needs and Exit Strategy, Not Just an Exit
• Iraq’s Fracture Lines: Recidivism or Reassertion
• Korea Chair Platform: North Korea’s Hard-Line Behavior
• U.S. Alliances and Emerging Partnerships in Southeast Asia
*Addendum
• U.S.-Russia Collaboration on Health
• Winning in Afghanistan: Summary Remarks

Common Defense Quarterly
• Summer 2009
• Melting Borders: Economic and National Security Concerns Associated with Arctic Icemelt
• Supporting Maritime Interoperability for the Common Defense

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
• Hearings
*Efforts to Improve Shipbuilding Effectiveness [July 30, 2009]
*U.S. Security Relationship with Russia and Its Impact on Transatlantic Security [July 30, 2009]
*Psychological Stress in the Military: What Steps are Leaders Taking? [July 29, 2009]
*Investing in Our Military Leaders: The Role of Professional Military Education in Officer Development [July 28, 2009]
*Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management [July 28, 2009]

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
• Ushering in Change: A New Era for U.S. Regional Policy in the Pacific
• New Challenges for International Peacekeeping Operations
• Sudan: U.S. Policy and Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
• The Reset Button Has Been Pushed: Kicking Off a New Era in U.S.-Russian Relations

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
• Beyond ISE Implementation: Exploring the Way Forward for Information Sharing
• Beyond Readiness: An Examination of the Current Status and Future Outlook of the National Response to Pandemic Influenza

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
• Inadvertent File Sharing Over Peer-To-Peer Networks: How It Endangers Citizens and Jeopardizes National Security

Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
• Effectively Transforming Our Electric Delivery System to a Smart Grid

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
• Weathering the Storm: The Need for a National Hurricane Initiative http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=b8f77570-efa7-4198-a86e-bf6bb3f9d88c

Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee
• Responding to Pakistan's IDP Crisis
• Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Sudan

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
• Prosecuting Terrorists: Civilian and Military Trials for GTMO and Beyond

Congress. Senate Intelligence Select Committee
• Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. S.rpt 111-55

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Additional Information Regarding the Effects of Specifications in the America's Affordable Health Choices Act Pertaining to Health Insurance Coverage
• CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2009 Update

Department of Defense
• Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq – June 2009

Department of Homeland
• High-Priority Technology Needs

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2009-096 Contracts for the U.S. Army's Heavy-Lift VI Program in Kuwait
• SPO-2009-005 Assessment of Electrical Safety In Afghanistan
• IE-2009-006 Review of Electrocution Deaths in Iraq: Part I - Electrocution of Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, U.S. Army
• IPO-2009=E001 Review of Electrocution Deaths in Iraq: Part II - Seventeen Incidents Apart from Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, U.S. Army

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• OIG-09-13 - Annual Review of the United States Coast Guard's Mission Performance (FY 2007)
• OIG-09-90 - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Progress in Modernizing Information Technology
• OIG-09-89 - Consolidated Report on DHS' Management of 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes Mission Assignment Funding
• OIG-09-88 - The Science and Technology Directorate's Processes for Funding Research and Development Program
• OIG-09-86 - Efforts to Identify Critical Infrastructure Assets and Systems

Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments
• TSA Whole Body Imaging Update

Enough Project
• Chad's Domestic Crisis: The Achilles heel for Peacemaking in Darfur

Europe Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
• What Ambitions for European Defence in 2020?

Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Toward an Intelligence-based Nuclear Cooperation Regime

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Biological Research: Observations on DHS's Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island, GAO-09-747
• Combating Gangs: Better Coordination and Performance Measurement Would Help Clarify Roles of Federal Agencies and Strengthen Assessment of Efforts, GAO-09-708
• Contingency Contract Management: DOD Needs to Develop and Finalize Background Screening and Other Standards for Private Security Contractors, GAO-09-351
• Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Unmanned Aircraft Systems, GAO-09-520
• Defense Infrastructure: Planning Challenges Could Increase Risks for DOD in Providing Utility Services When Needed to Support the Military Buildup on Guam, GAO-09-653
• Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Efforts to Achieve Full Interoperability Are Ongoing; Program Office Management Needs Improvement, GAO-09-775
• Emergency Communications: Vulnerabilities Remain and Limited Collaboration and Monitoring Hamper Federal Efforts, GAO-09-604
• Energy Markets: Refinery Outages Can Have Varying Gasoline Price Impacts, but Gaps in Federal Data Limit Understanding of Impacts, GAO-09-700
• Federal Law Enforcement Retirement: Information on Enhanced Retirement Benefits for Law Enforcement Personnel, GAO-09-727
• Homeland Defense: Preliminary Observations on Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management Plans and Preparedness, GAO-09-927T [testimony]
• Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Should Improve Human Capital Planning and Better Communicate with Tenants, GAO-09-749
• Improper Payments: Significant Improvements Needed in DOD's Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements, GAO-09-442
• Influenza Pandemic: Gaps in Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Need to Be Addressed, GAO-09-909T [testimony]
• Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects, GAO-09-566
• Project BioShield Act: HHS Has Supported Development, Procurement, and Emergency Use of Medical Countermeasures to Address Health Threats, GAO-09-878R
• Small Business Administration: Additional Steps Should Be Taken to Address Reforms to the Disaster Loan Program and Improve the Application Process for Future Disasters, GAO-09-755
• Small Business Administration: Additional Steps Should Be Taken to Address Reforms to the Disaster Loan Program and Improve the Application Process for Future Disasters, GAO-09-900T [testimony]
• Transportation Security: Key Actions Have Been Taken to Enhance Mass Transit and Passenger Rail Security, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Federal Strategy and Programs, GAO-09-678
• United Nations: Renovation Still Scheduled for Completion in 2013, but Risks to Its Schedule and Cost Remain, GAO-09-870R
• U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement: Interagency Process Used to Develop the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Needs to Be Strengthened, GAO-09-743R
• Veterans' Disability Benefits: Preliminary Findings on Claims Processing Trends and Improvement Efforts, GAO-09-910T [testimony]
• Warfighter Support: Information on Army and Marine Corps Ground Combat Helmet Pads, GAO-09-768R

Heritage Foundation
• America's Military Voters: Re-enfranchising the Disenfranchised
• Honduras's Conservative Awakening
• Ideas Matter: Restoring the Content of Public Diplomacy
• Iran's Nuclear Threat: The Day After
• Joe Biden's Trip to Ukraine and Georgia
• Legal Authorities in the Long War
• The PERI Report on Clean Energy: The Wrong Question and a Misleading Result
• Priorities for Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO's New Secretary General
• The Unlikely Orchid Smuggler: A Case Study in Overcriminalization

Human Rights Watch
• Forbidden: Institutionalizing Discrimination against Gays and Lesbians in Burundi

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
• International and Regional Security Dynamics: Indian and Iranian Perspectives
• Tackling or Trailing the Taliban: An Assessment

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
• Incredible Dialogues: Religious Dialogue as a Means of Counter-Terrorism in Yemen

International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament
• Hacking Nuclear Command and Control

International Relations and Security Network
• Iraqi Kurd Poll, Signs of Maturity
• Saudi Security Policy Under Fire
• Somalia’s New Religious War
• Swine Flu: Assessing the Pandemic

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• Hope in a Time of Global Insecurity: Preparing for 2010. A Guide to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• ISS Paper 190: Peacekeeping and Post-Conflict Criminality, Challenges to the (re) Establishment of Rule of Law in Liberia
• Situation Report: 27 Jul 2009: Ghana’s 2008 Election: Towards a Consolidated Democracy?
• Monograph No 158: A Strategic Conflict Assessment of Zambia
• Policy Brief No 7: The Theory and Practice of Criminal Justice in Africa
• Policy Brief No 6: Criminal Justice System in Zambia
• Policy Brief No 5: Criminal Justice System in Sierra Leone

Institute for the Study of War
• Kunar and Nuristan: Rethinking U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations
• The 2009 Kurdish Elections

International Crisis Group
• Bosnia: A Test of Political Maturity in Mostar
• Burundi: To Integrate the FNL Successfully
• Indonesia: The Hotel Bombings

Jamestown Foundation
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 22, July 27, 2009
*Hafiz Mohammad Saeed - India's Most Wanted Man Free Again in Pakistan
*Niger Delta Militants Mount First Ever Raid on Lagos Oil Facilities
*New Strategies in al-Qaeda's Battle for Algeria
*Islam-o-Muslim and the Resilience of Terrorism in Bangladesh
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 23, July 30, 2009
*Britain Jails "Lone Wolf" Terrorist Isa Ibrahim
*Jihadis Offer Training in Evasion of Police and Security Forces
*Afghan Officials Say Security Forces Must Secure and Develop Helmand Province Offensive is to Succeed
*Jamaat al-Muslimeen: The Growth and Decline of Islamist Militancy in Trinidad and Tobago

Lexington Institute
• Air Force Delay on Radar Plane Fix Hurts Soldiers

National Academies Press
• Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience: Workshop Summary [free download but registration required]
• IED Attack: Improvised Explosive Devices

National Immigration Law Center
• A Broken System. Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers

Naval War College
• Somalia... From the Sea

New America Foundation
• Guantanamo: Who Really 'Returned to the Battlefield'? and Appendix

Open Democracy
• Afghanistan and Iraq: Western Wars, Genocidal Risks

Palm Center
• Self Inflicted Wound: How and Why Gays Give the White House a Free Pass on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Pew Internet & American Life Project
• Wireless Internet Use

Rand
• The Geopolitical Consequences of the World Economic Recession -- A Caution
• The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq: A Policy Conundrum
• Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies

Refugees International
• Greater Expectations: UN Peacekeeping & Civilian Protection

Small Wars Journal
• Avoiding Dien Bien Phu
• Police Operational Art for a Five-Dimensional Operational Space
• Six Reasons Counterinsurgencies Lose: A Complementary Perspective
• Troubled Waters
• Why Civil Military Operations will be a Combat Multiplier in Counterinsurgency Operations

South Asia Analysis Group
• United States "Af-Pak Policy": Efficacy and Likely Directions in the Near Future

Truman National Security Project
• Nuclear Weapons: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century

UK Parliament
• Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan, Human Rights Unit
• Afghanistan: Mid Year Bulletin on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2009

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Interview with Dan Brumberg about Iran

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Engagement or Consequences: Getting the Iran Message Right
• In Their Own Words: PKK Leaders on Peace, Dialogue, and the United States
• Muslim Engagement: The Obama Administration's Approach
• Persistent Anti-Americanism in Turkey: External or Internal Causes?
• Summer Heats Up in Lebanon

World Public Opinion.org
• Islamist Militancy in Pakistan: A View from the Provinces companion to Pakistani Public Turns Against Taliban, But Still Negative on US
• Publics Want More Government Action on Climate Change: Global Poll