Friday's Miscellany 01-22-2010

Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR)· Afghanistan: National Poll for the BBC, ABC News and ARD of Germany
· Press release

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)· Building a Viable Microfinance Sector in Afghanistan

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· Finding Security in an Age of Uncertainty
· Looking Ahead: The United States, Germany, and Europe in 2020
· Germany's Electoral System at 60: Trends and Reforms for the 21st Century
· Transatlantic Counterterrorism Policy: Cultural, Economic, and Financial Aspects
· The United States and the "Unity of Europe"

Amnesty International
· Somalia: International Military and Policing Assistance Should Be Reviewed
· Standing Up For Justice and Dignity: Human Rights Defenders in Mexico

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· Let's Test That Idea - Contestability of Advice in the Department of Defence

Brookings Institution
· Beyond Emergency Relief for Haiti: The Challenge of Effective Development Assistance
· "Build Back Better" in Haiti: Lessons from the Indonesian Tsunami
· Completing a New Arms Control Agreement with Russia
· The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking
· Obama and the Hemispheric Partnership: A Missed Opportunity?

Center for a New American Security
· Engaging the Private Sector for the Public Good: The Power of Network Diplomacy
· Learning From Experience: Lessons From The QDR for the QDDR

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Guantanamo's Impact on U.S. National Security

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
· Fixing Flores: Assuring Adequate Penalties for Identity Theft and Fraud

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)· Cyber Events Since 2006
· Homegrown Terrorism Fact Sheet
· Iran’s Evolving Threat
· The Ingenuity Gap: Officer Management for the 21st Century
· Transnational Threats Update November-December 2009 – Vol. 7, No. 9

Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL)
· Understanding Africa: A Geographic Approach

Center on Law and Security
· The Terrorist Trial Report Card, 2001-2009

Chatham House
· Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Status of the Air Force Nuclear Security Roadmap [January 21, 2010]
o Issues Affecting Naval Force Structure [January 20, 2010]
o Threat Posed by al Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula and Other Regions [January 20, 2010]
o Findings of the Department of Defense Independent Review Relating to Fort Hood [January 20, 2010]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· 'The United States Secret Service and Presidential Protection: An Examination of a System Failure' Part 2

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Findings and Recommendations of the Department of Defense Independent Review Relating to Fort Hood

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· al Qaeda in Yemen and Somalia: A Ticking Time Bomb
· Civilian Strategy for Afghanistan: A Status Report in Advance of the London Conference
· Following The Money in Yemen and Lebanon: Maximizing the Effectivness of U.S. Security Assistance and International Financial Institution Lending
· Principles of U.S. Engagement in Asia
· Yemen: Confronting al-Qaeda, Preventing State Failure

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
· Intelligence Reform: The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack, Part I

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)· The Long-Term Outlook for the US Navy’s Fleet

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom· The Russian Chronologies: October – December 2009

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)· D-2010-035 Defense Logistics Agency Contracts for M2 Machine Gun Spare Parts in Support of Operations in Southwest Asia
· IE-2010-001 Evaluation of DOD Contracts Regarding Combating Trafficking in Persons

Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
· Haiti Social Media Disaster Monitoring Initiative

Department of State
· Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy

European Union Institute for Security Studies
· Command and Control?: Planning for EU Military Operations
· Strength in Numbers? Comparing EU Military Capabilities in 2009 with 1999

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)· Abdurrahman Wahid, The Indonesian Republic, and Dynamics in Islam
· Islam and Islamism Today: The Case of Yusuf al-Qaradawi
· What’s So Important About the Abdulmutallab Affair?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Acquisitions: Managing Risk to Achieve Better Outcomes, GAO-10-374T [testimony]
· Financial Management: Improvements Needed in National Flood Insurance Program's Financial Controls and Oversight, GAO-10-66
· Information Sharing: Federal Agencies Are Sharing Border and Terrorism Information with Local and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies, but Additional Efforts Are Needed, GAO-10-41
· Rural Water Infrastructure: Improved Coordination and Funding Processes Could Enhance Federal Efforts to Meet Needs in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region, GAO-10-126

Heritage Foundation
· Arms Control: One Year Later, the Obama Administration Needs a New Strategy
· The Copenhagen Conference: A Setback for Bad Climate Policy in 2010
· Military Base Dispute Strains US-Japan Alliance
· State Sponsors of Terrorism: Time to Add Venezuela to the List

Hudson Institute
· National Security and the Social Sector in Georgia

Human Rights Watch
· World Report 2010

Human Security Report Project· The Shrinking Costs of War

Institute for the Study of War· Sunni Politicians Barred from Candidacy

International Monetary Fund
· Inflation in Tajikistan: Forecasting Analysis and Monetary Policy Challenges

International Relations and Security Network
· Bosnia Back on International Agendas
· Countering the Internet Jihad
· DEA Uncovers Drug-Terror Nexus
· Devastating Opportunities in Haiti
· Dire Straits for Pakistan
· Good Year for Private Security
· Guantanamo, Tip of the Iceberg

Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, v. 10, no. 2, January 21, 2010
o Hu’s “New Deal” with Tibet: Chinese Characteristics and Tibetan Traits?
o The PLA’s Multiple Military Tasks: Prioritizing Combat Operations and Developing MOOTW Capabilities
o Chinese Infrastructure Projects Trouble India
o Managing the Chiang-Chen Talks in Cross-Strait Relations
· Terrorism Monitor, v.8, no. 3, January 21, 2010
o Mystery Persists in Assassination of Iranian "Nuclear Scientist" in Tehran
o Ban on U.K. Radical Islamist Group al-Muhajiroun Raises Free Speech Questions
o The Politics Behind Iraq's Second Parliamentary Election
o Hybrid, Homegrown and Transnational: The Indian Mujahideen and the Islamist Terror Matrix

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)· Joint Publication 3-13.2, Psychological Operations

Middle East Fact Project
· Religious Perceptions in America: An In-Depth Analysis of U.S. Attitudes Towards Muslims and Islam

National Academies Press
· Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future [free download but registration required]

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
· NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0

Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre
· An Anvil of Clay: Pakistan’s Military Balks at Obama’s Afghan Surge
· Reluctant Ally: Islamabad, the Pakistani Media and Public Response to President Obama’s Afghan Surge

Petersons Institute for International Economics
· Estimation of De Facto Flexibility Parameter and Basket Weights in Evolving Exchange Rate Regimes · Notes on Equilibrium Exchange Rates: January 2010

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· The Post-Communist Generation in the Former Eastern Bloc

Project on Defense Alternatives
· An Undisciplined Defense: Understanding the $2 Trillion Surge in US Defense Spending
· The President's Dilemma: Debt, Deficits, and Defense Spending

Project for Excellence in Journalism
· Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

RAND
· Determining When Competition Is a Reasonable Strategy for the Production Phase of Defense Acquisition
· Dollar Value and Risk Levels: Changing How Weapon System Programs Are Managed
· Improving Acquisition Outcomes: Organizational and Management Issues
· Shining a Spotlight on the Defense Acquisition Workforce -- Again
· Towards a Digital Europe, Serving Its Citizens: The EUReGOV Synthesis Report
· Untying Gulliver: Taking Risks to Acquire Novel Weapon Systems

Small Wars Journal
· Don’t Call it CMOC
· Some Advice for Military Humanitarians
· Spitting Cobra
· Winning the Ground Battles but Losing the Information War

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)· Afghanistan Energy Supply Has Increased but An Updated Master Plan Is Needed and Delays and Sustainability Concerns Remain
· Contract Delays Led to Cost Overruns for the Kabul Power Plant and Sustainability Remains a Key Challenge

Strategic Studies Institute
· Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risk
· Security and Stability in Africa: A Development Approach

Transnational Institute· Civil Society in European-Chinese Relations: Challenges of Cooperation

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Corruption in Afghanistan: Bribery as Reported by the Victims

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Haiti After the Earthquake
· In Pursuit of Democracy and Security in the Greater Middle East: A USIP Study Group Report

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Dangerous Alliance: Escalating Ties between Terrorist Groups and Criminal Activity
· Much Traction from Measured Steps: The Iranian Opposition, the Nuclear Issue, and the West
· Prospects for the Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
· Terrorist Dropouts: Learning from Those Who Have Left