Friday's Miscellany 11-20-2009

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• Battle for the Bundestag: The German Election of 2009
• The Politics of History in Germany and Japan

Australian Strategic Policy Institute
• How to Buy a Submarine: Defining and Building Australia’s Future Fleet

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Beyond Zero Enrichment: Suggestions for an Iranian Nuclear Deal

Brookings
• Vision for Victory in Afghanistan - Part I
• Vision for Victory in Afghanistan - Part II

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
• Iran, the United States, and the Gulf: The Elusive Regional Policy
• Manmohan Singh Visits Washington: Sustaining US-Indian Cooperation Amid Differences
• Middle East Democracy Promotion Is Not a One-Way Street
• Restoring the NPT: Essential Steps for 2010

CATO Institute
• Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation

Center for a New American Security
• On the Knife's Edge: Yemen's Instability and the Threat to American Interests

Center for American Progress
• How to Make the Afghanistan War a “Just War”
• Integrating Security: Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century

Center for Contemporary Conflict, Program for Culture & Conflict Studies
• Culture & Conflict Review, Fall 2009, v. 3, no. 3
o Developing an IO Environmental Assessment in Khost Province, Afghanistan
o Engaging Afghans: KLE Keys to Success
o The Federally Administered Tribal Areas: A Case Study in Health Capital and Democracy
o Employing Data Fusion in Cultural Analysis and Counterinsurgency in Tribal Social Systems
o The Status of US/ISAF Strategic Communications Efforts in Afghanistan
o Operation Nusrat (Victory): Understanding the Taliban Threat to Kunduz Province
o Clan, the State, and War: Balancing the Subcomponents of World Order
o Afghan Theatre Conference Aims to Impact Strategies in the Field

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
• Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Conflicted Issue

Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
• CIP Report (September 2009) Biosafety and Biosecurity
• CIP Report (October 2009) Aging Infrastructure
• CIP Report (November 2009) Chemical Sector

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
• CNA's Integrated Ship Database (ISDB): A Rapid-Access Database of Naval Ship Information
• Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia’s National and Regional Security

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
• The War in Afghanistan in Strategic Context

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• Energy and Geopolitics in China: Mixing Oil and Politics
• Iraq: Security Trends
• Issues in International Political Economy - November 2009 - Number 119
o The Cost of Questionable Policies
• The MAGAI™ Construct and the Northern Distribution Network
• Policy Brief Number 5: Kazakhstan and the OSCE Human Dimension

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies
• The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Fall 2009, v. 12, no. 1
o Olympic Security: Assessing the Risk of Terrorism at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games
o A Special Military Relationship? Canada’s Role in Constructing US Military Power
o Shared Sacrifice? An Inquiry into the Willingness to Perform Compulsory Military Service
o Explaining the Interbellum Rupture in Japanese Treatment of Prisoners of War
o Taking Care of Business: Canada’s Forgotten Cold War Conflict in Cyprus, July-August, 1974
o Permanent Allies? The Canada-US Defence Relationship
o Canada's Army - Post Peacekeeping

The Century Foundation
• Challenges and Opportunities for Russia-US Nuclear Arms Control

Chatham House
• World Today, December 2009, v. 65, no. 12
o Pakistan: Clear, Hold, Build

Chemical and Biological Defense Program
• Joint Service Chemical and Biological Defense Program FY 08-09 Overview

Combat Terrorism Center (CTC)
• CTC Sentinel, v. 2, no. 11, November 2009
o Lashkar-i-Tayyiba: One Year After Mumbai By Stephen Tankel
o Success of the Meta-Narrative: How Jihadists Maintain Legitimacy
o AQIM and the Growth of International Investment in North Africa
o Hizb Allah's Domestic Containment and Regional Expansion Strategies
o Jihadist Radicalization and the 2004 Madrid Bombing Network
o The Past and Future of Deobandi Islam By Luv Puri
o Maintaining the Message: How Jihadists Have Adapted to Web Disruptions
o Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
• Hearings
o Resourcing the National Defense Strategy: Implications of Long Term Defense Budget Trends [November 18, 2009]
o Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy, Part III [November 17, 2009]

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
• Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?
• The State of Political and Religious Freedom in the Middle East
• Flag on the Bag?: Foreign Assistance and the Struggle Against Terrorism

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
• Reassessing the Evolving al-Qa’ida Threat to the Homeland
• Is the Flying Public Protected? An Assessment of Security at Foreign Repair Stations
• Federal Protective Service: Will Continuing Challenges Weaken Transition and Impede Progress?

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
• Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region
• The U.S. and the G-20: Remaking the International Economic Architecture
• Threats to Free and Independent Media Around the World

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee
• The Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment
• Accountability for Foreign Contractors: The Lieutenant Colonel Dominic ‘Rocky’ Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act
• H1N1 Flu: Getting the Vaccine to Where It Is Most Needed

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
• Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Long-term Implications of the Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Submission

Council on Foreign Relations
• Disillusionment in Afghanistan
• Public Opinion on Global Issues

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2010-022 Management of Nontactical Vehicles in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• OIG-10-06 - Review of the U.S. Coast Guard's Expenditure Plans for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Redacted)

Department of State
• 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
• The Inaugural Report of the Global Maritime and Air Communities of Interest Intelligence Enterprises

Gallup Poll
• Afghans Assess Roles for NATO, U.N., Regional Actors

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Recent Testing Raises Issues About the Potential Effectiveness of Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors, GAO-10-252T [testimony]
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: OMB Leadership Needed to Strengthen Agency Planning Efforts to Protect Federal Cyber Assets, GAO-10-148
• Cybersecurity: Continued Efforts Are Needed to Protect Information Systems from Evolving Threats, GAO-10-230T [testimony]
• Corporate Crime: Prosecutors Adhered to Guidance in Selecting Monitors for Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements, but DOJ Could Better Communicate Its Role in Resolving Conflicts, GAO-10-260T [testimony]
• Defense Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses in DOD's Management of Professional and Management Support Contracts, GAO-10-39
• Defense Health Care: Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Documentation Needs Improvement, GAO-10-56
• Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Improve the Federal Protective Service's Approach to Facility Protection, GAO-10-142
• Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings, GAO-10-236T [testimony]
• Homeland Security: Key US-VISIT Components at Varying Stages of Completion, but Integrated and Reliable Schedule Needed, GAO-10-13
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts, GAO-10-108
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts, GAO-10-255T [testimony]

Heritage Foundation
• The “Kyoto II” Climate Change Treaty: Implications for American Sovereignty
• Move to Hastily Retire Legacy Fighter Aircraft puts Air Sovereignty at Risk
• START Follow-On Treaty Could Interfere with Conventional Strike Systems
• Trade Dispute Undercuts Obama's Korea Trip
• Swine Flu and Sick Leave: Improvements to the Emergency Influenza Containment Act Would Save Jobs

Human Rights Watch
• "An Alleyway in Hell": China's Abusive "Black Jails"
• New Castro, Same Cuba: Political Prisoners in the Post-Fidel Era
• On Vulnerable Ground: Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province’s Disputed Territories

IDEEA Inc.
• Common Defense Quarterly, Winter 2009
o Export Control Reform – Once More With Feeling
o “Smart Power: Old Wine in New Bottles?”
o Hard Choices for the Common Defense: Trade Equity and the Shared Political Burden
o Refocusing A Tradition: U.S. Navy Support For Partner Maritime Capacity Building
o Enabling Coalition Operations to Support the Maritime Common Defense
o Origins of a Four Decade Success Story: NATO SeaSparrow’s founders got it right
o Implementing Australia’s Defence White Paper 2009– the need for Signposts and Indicators
o NATO’s Strategic Airlift Capability Achieves Full Operational Capability
o Canada and the United States -- A Forum on Afghanistan
o Cooling the Cauldron in the Caucasus
o Interview with Richard Paniguian, Head, Defence & Security Organization, Ministry of Defence, UK
o United States National Guard Force Structure Part One: People

International Peace Institute
• The Invisible Tide: Towards an International Strategy to Deal with Drug Trafficking Through West Africa

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses
• US-Induced Privatization of Security in Pakistan

Institute for Security Studies
• Bringing Fairness to International Justice, A Handbook on the International Criminal Court for Defence Lawyers in Africa

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic
• New Satellite Image Further Narrows Fordow (Iran) Construction Start Date

Institute for the Study of War
• Afghanistan Order of Battle • Forces Available for Afghanistan, 2009-10

International Relations and Security Network
• Caught Between Pristina and Belgrade
• EU Sees Through Belarus Smoke
• Mexican Cartels’ Andean Stronghold

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
• Women Warriors—Supporting ‘She Who Has Won The Battle’

Jamestown Foundation
• China Brief, v. 9, no. 23, November 19 2009
o The CCP’s Disturbing Revival of Maoism
o Chinese Coast Guard Development: Challenge and Opportunity
o The evolution of Taiwan’s Military Strategy: Convergence and Dissonance
o Chinese Analyses of Soviet Failure: The Party
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 35, November 20 2009
o A Shift in Terrorist Strategy Threatens Italian National Security
o Iranian Leaders Weigh Support for the Houthi Rebellion in Yemen
o Combating Terrorism in Asian Waters
o The Jihadis and the Cause of South Yemen: A Profile of Tariq al-Fadhli

McAfee
• Virtual Criminology Report 2009: Virtually Here: The Age of Cyber Warfare

National Security Archive
• The Soviet Origins of Helmut Kohl's 10 Points

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
• A Modern Navy with Chinese Characteristics

Office of the Command Surgeon, US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the Office of The Surgeon General United States Army Medical Command
• Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT) 6 Operation Enduring Freedom 2009 Afghanistan

Oxfam International and others
• The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict, 1978-2009

Quilliam Foundation
• Unlocking Al-Qaeda: Islamist Extremism in British Prisons

Rand
• Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region
• Going Jihad: The Fort Hood Slayings and Home-Grown Terrorism

Small Wars Journal
• The Hasan Slide Presentation
• A Strategy of Exhaustion

South Asia Analysis Group
• The 313 Brigade - International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 579
• Special Services Group & PAK-Sponsored Terrorism-International Terrorism Monitor: Paper No.578

South Asia Intelligence Review
• Weekly Assessments & Briefings, v. 8, no. 18, November 9, 2009
o South Waziristan: Blind Fury

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• Map of Multilateral Peace Operations Deployments

SpaceSecurity.org
• Space Security 2009

Stanley Foundation
• Securing Vulnerable Nuclear Materials: Meeting the Global Challenge
• Talking about Nuclear Weapons with the Persuadable Middle

Strategic Studies Institute
• YouTube War: Fighting in a World of Cameras in Every Cell Phone and Photoshop on Every Computer

Transnational Institute
• Mexico: The Law Against Small-Scale Drug Dealing

Transparency International
• Corruption Perceptions Index 2009

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
• 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom – Pakistan

US Air Forces Central
• Airpower Summary [Daily - OEF/OIF]
• Combined Forces Air Component Commander 2004-2009 Airpower Statistics [current as of 2 Nov]

U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
• 2009 Report to Congress

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
• The Afghan Elections: What Happened and Where Do We Go From Here?
• Looking for Justice: Liberian Experiences with and Perceptions of Local Justice Options

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Diagnosing the Impasse in the Middle East Peace Process
• A General's Plan for Peace
• Hamas and Its Long-Range Rockets: Military and Political Implications
• Iraq's Elections Challenge: A Shifting Political Landscape
• Iraq's Enduring al-Qaeda Challenge
• A Victory for Islamism? The Second Lebanon War and Its Repercussions

World Health Organization (WHO)
• Interim Planning Considerations for Mass Gatherings in the Context of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza