Friday's Miscellany 09-18-2009

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
• Toward an Afghan Democracy?: Exploring Perceptions of Democratisation in Afghanistan

American Enterprise Institute
• The Deficit Endgame
• Making Securitization Work for Financial Stability and Economic Growth

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• Revisiting “Deutsche Mark Diplomacy”: Applying German Economic Statecraft to the Sino-Russian Axis on Iran’s Nuclear Issue
• The SPD’s Electoral Dilemmas
• Success After Success, but Clouds Loom on the Horizon: The Left Party in 2009

Amnesty International
• Saudi Arabia: Countering Terrorism with Repression
• USA Must Grant Bagram Detainees Access to US Courts

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Improving U.S.-China Relations: The Next Steps
• Public Diplomacy: Ideas for the War of Ideas

Berghof Research Center
• Conflict Parties' Interests in Mediation

Brookings Institution
• G-20 Summit: Recovering from the Crisis
• Previewing the U.S. Agenda for the United Nations General Assembly
• The U.S. Intelligence Community and Foreign Policy: Getting Analysis Right

Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan
• Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan, Report to Parliament, June 2009
• Previous reports

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
• Mr. Harper Goes to Washington

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• NATO and Russia: A New Beginning
• The Significance of Japan’s New Government
• Why Obama is Right on Missile Defense—What's Next?

CATO
• Escaping the “Graveyard of Empires:” A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan
• Getting What You Paid For – Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization

Center for a New American Security
• A ‘Better War’ in Afghanistan: A Congressional Testimony

Center for American Progress
• Haiti’s Changing Tide: A Sustainable Security Case Study

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
• An Air Force Strategy for the Long Haul

Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
• The Public Cost of Private Security in Afghanistan

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• Burma, Senator, Webb, and U Win Tin
• Kazakhstan’s Contribution to the OSCE Economic Dimension
• The Levin “Plan:” A Wrong Approach in Afghanistan
• Winning in Afghanistan: How the US Will Win or Lose the War

Chatham House
• Defining US and NATO Priorities
• Securing the Promise of Nanotechnologies: Towards Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation
• Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
• Hearings
*The Department of Defense and Industry: Does DOD Effectively Manage its Industrial Base and Match its Acquisition Strategies to the Marketplace? [September 17, 2009]
*Charting the Course for Effective Professional Military Education. [September 10, 2009]

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
• Preparing for the 2009 Pandemic Flu

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
• United Nations Chapter VII Mandates and the U.S.-Iraq Bilateral Agreement
• Outlook for Iraq and U.S. Policy
• U.S.-China Relations: Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
• The Secure Border Initiative: SBInet Three Years Later
• Status Report on Federal and Local Efforts to Secure Radiological Sources

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
• Aviation Safety: The Hudson River Midair Collision and the Safety Of Air Operations in Congested Space

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
• Countering the Threat of Failure in Afghanistan
• Exploring Three Strategies for Afghanistan
• Iraq: Report from the Field

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
• Security Clearance Reform: Moving Forward on Modernization
• Cyber Attacks: Protecting Industry Against Growing Threats
• Follow the Money: An Update on Stimulus Spending, Transparency, and Fraud Prevention

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
• Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• The Economic Effects of Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Department of Defense (DOD)
• DoD Base Structure Report Fiscal Year 2009 Baseline (09/2009)
• Selected Acquisition Report, September 2009

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2009-102 Price Reasonableness Determinations for Contracts Awarded by the U.S. Special Operations Command
• IE-2009-007 Interagency Evaluation of the Section 1206 Global Train and Equip Program

Department of Homeland Security
• Homeland Security Advisory System: Task force Report and Recommendations

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Management Reports
• OIG-09-87 - Status of Disaster Recovery Planning for Information Systems at the Nebraska Avenue Complex (Unclassified Summary)
• OIG-09-97 - Transportation Security Administration Privacy Stewardship
• OIG-09-98 - Improved Management and Stronger Leadership are Essential to Complete the OneNet Implementation (Redacted)

Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Critical Infrastructure Change Detection (CICD)
• Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE)

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
• National Intelligence Strategy
• Fact sheet
• FAQ

Electronic Privacy Information Center
• EPIC Privacy Report Card

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
• Politics, Terrorism, and the Sunni Divide

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Combating Nuclear Terrorism: Preliminary Observations on Preparedness to Recover from Possible Attacks Using Radiological or Nuclear Materials, GAO-09-996T [testimony]
• Depot Maintenance: Improved Strategic Planning Needed to Ensure That Army and Marine Corps Depots Can Meet Future Maintenance Requirements, GAO-09-865
• DOD Business Systems Modernization: Navy Implementing a Number of Key Management Controls on Enterprise Resource Planning System, but Improvements Still Needed, GAO-09-841
• Energy Policy Act of 2005: Greater Clarity Needed to Address Concerns with Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Development under Section 390 of the Act, GAO-09-872
• Federal Oil And Gas Management: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight, GAO-09-1014T [testimony]
• Homeland Defense: Greater Focus on Analysis of Alternatives and Threats Needed to Improve DOD's Strategic Nuclear Weapons Security, GAO-09-828
• Homeland Security: Despite Progress, DHS Continues to Be Challenged in Managing Its Multi-Billion Dollar Annual Investment in Large-Scale Information Technology Systems, GAO-09-1002T [testimony]
• Human Capital: Improved Tracking and Additional Actions Needed to Ensure the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians, GAO-09-1019T [testimony]
• Missile Defense: DOD Needs to More Fully Assess Requirements and Establish Operational Units before Fielding New Capabilities, GAO-09-856
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: National Nuclear Security Administration Has Improved the Security of Reactors in its Global Research Reactor Program, but Action Is Needed to Address Remaining Concerns, GAO-09-949
• Personnel Security Clearances: Progress Has Been Made to Reduce Delays but Further Actions Are Needed to Enhance Quality and Sustain Reform Efforts, GAO-09-684T [testimony]
• Reserve Forces: Army Needs to Finalize an Implementation Plan and Funding Strategy for Sustaining an Operational Reserve Force, GAO-09-898
• Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed, GAO-09-896
• Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed, GAO-09-1013T [testimony]

Henley-Putnam University
• Journal of Strategic Security, August/September 2009, v. 2, no. 3
*Countering the Somali Pirates: Harmonizing the International Response
*The Tipping Point: Biological Terrorism
*START: Overcoming Remaining Challenges
*What Price Security?
*Decision Support for Countering Terrorist Threats against Transportation Networks
*Keeping our Campuses and Communities Safe

Human Rights Council
• Human Rights in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories: Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

Institute for Security Studies
• Unpacking the Zimbabwe Crisis: A Situation Report
• ISS Paper 199: Providing Security and Justice for the People Security Sector Reform in Zimbabwe
• ISS Paper 198: The Somalia Conflict, Implications for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Efforts
• The Regional Dimensions of the War in Northern Uganda
• ISS Paper 197: The AU and the Challenge of Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa

International Council on Security and Development
• New Approaches to Public Security and Drug Policy
• Political Quagmire in Afghanistan

International Crisis Group
• China’s Myanmar Dilemma

International Relations and Security Network
• Al-Hariri Faces Uphill Task
• Blackwater Forever
• Galileo: Failure to Launch
• The Truth About 'Truth' Commissions

Iran Watch
• Full text of Iran’s Proposal for Comprehensive and Constructive Negotiations
• Iran’s Missile Program Making Steady Progress: An Interview with Uzi Rubin

Jamestown Foundation
• Terrorism Monitor, September 17, 2009, v. 7, no. 28
*Jihadis Speculate on al-Qaeda's Nuclear Strategy
*Al-Qaeda Attempt on Saudi Royal's Life Signals Tactical and Strategic Changes
*Iraqi Insurgents Take the Offensive as Parliamentary Elections Approach
*At the Center of the Storm: An Interview with Afghanistan's Lieutenant General Hadi Khalid -- Part Two

National Academies Press
• Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter: A Symposium Report [free download but registration is required]
• The Disposal of Activated Carbon from Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities [free download but registration is required]
• Sixteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels [free download but registration is required]

NATO Defense College
• Arguing Afghanistan: What the Detractors of NATO's Mission Get Wrong
• NATO and the new US “Af-Pak” Strategy
• SECURING THE COMMONS: Towards NATO’s New Maritime Strategy

New America Foundation
• 100 Megabits or Bust!
• Overcoming America’s Debt Overhang: The Case for Inflation
• Pakistani Capabilities for a Counterinsurgency Campaign: A Net Assessment

OpenTheGovernment.org
• Secrecy Report Card09: Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government

Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Reform from Below: Behavioral and Institutional Change in North Korea
• Why SDRs Could Rival the Dollar

Rand
• China’s International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification
• The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia
• Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2008
• Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy Options
• Strengthening U.S. International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security

Small Wars Journal
• Theory, Policy, and Strategy: A Conceptual Muddle
• The Art of Declaring Victory and Going Home: Strategic Communication and the Management of Expectations
• The Army After This
• When a Cup of Coffee Becomes a Soy Decaf Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino
• Fulbright Scholars Want to Pave Way to Brighter Future for Iraq

Stimson
• Peacekeeping Dues and Dont’s: A Checklist for the Next President

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
• Alien: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy
• Baghdad ER--Revisited
• Escalation and Intrawar Deterrence During Limited Wars in the Middle East
• Iraq: Strategic Reconciliation, Targeting, and Key Leader Engagement
• Russian Elite Image of Iran: From the Late Soviet Era to the Present

Treasury Department
• The Next Phase of Government Financial Stabilization and Rehabilitation Policies

Truman National Security Project
• Climate Change: A New Threat to National Security

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• Anti-Corruption Policies and Measures of the Fortune Global 500

US Institute of Peace
• Preventing Violent Conflict: Assessing Progress, Meeting Challenges

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia
• Beyond Settlements: U.S. Policy Options Going Forward
• Breaking Stalemates on Iran and Syria at the IAEA
• Broadening the U.S. Approach on Iran
• Changing Conventional Military Balance in the Gulf
• Contending with Transnational Threats: The Role of Special Operations
• Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Israel and the Palestinians
• Quds Day in Iran: Velvet Revolution Trumps Nuclear Negotiations
• Saudi Oil Policy: An Unlikely Weapon to Pressure Iran

World Public Opinion.org
• Global Poll Shows Support for Increased Government Spending and Regulation
• Global Poll: Widespread Perception of Serious Lack of Political Tolerance