Friday's Miscellany 04-16-2010

Afghanistan Analysts Network
· Two Interventions: Comparing Soviet and US-Led State-Building in Afghanistan

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· Integration 2.0: Local Government-NGO Cooperation and the Transformation of Citizenship
· Legacies of the GDR

Atlantic Council
· Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO's Strategic Concept

BR McCaffrey Associates
· Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (Barry R. McCaffrey, General, Ret – Presentation – Apr 16, 2010)

Brookings
· The Derivatives Dealers’ Club and Derivatives Markets Reform: A Guide for Policy Makers, Citizens and Other Interested Parties
· The Design and Resourcing of Supply-Side Counternarcotics Policies
· The Future of Vietnam-U.S. Relations
· Russia-U.S. Relations and Russia’s Vision for International Affairs

Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
· Addressing Civilian Harm in Afghanistan: Policies and Practices of International Forces

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate
· Afghanistan: Searching for Political Agreement
· Armenia and Turkey: Bridging the Gap

Center for a New American Security
· The Economic Imperative: Stabilizing Afghanistan through Economic Growth

Center for American Progress
· Assessing the “Reset” and the Next Steps for U.S. Russia Policy
· Securing Our Borders: Doing What Works to Ensure Immigration Reform Is Complete and Comprehensive

Center for Hemispheric Policy
· Challenges to Security in the Hemisphere Task Force
o China's Challenge, Latin America's Opportunities
o The Cuba-Venezuela Challenge to Hemispheric Security: Implications for the United States
o Grand Strategy for Assertiveness: International Security and U.S.-Brazil Relations
o Russia and Latin America: Motives and Consequences
o What are the Persians Doing Over Here?

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Comparative Connections v.12, n.1, 1st Quarter (January-March) 2010
o Regional Overview: They're (Not Quite) Baaaack!
o US-Japan Relations: Many Issues, a Few Bright Spots
o US-China Relations: The Honeymoon Ends
o US-Korea Relations: Nuclear South of the Border
o US-Southeast Asia Relations: Denouement and Delay
o China-Southeast Asia Relations: Trade Agreement Registers China's Prominence
o China-Taiwan Relations: ECFA and Domestic Politics
o South Korea-North Korea Relations: Torpedoed?
o China-Korea Relations: Fire Sale, Hot Money, and Anxieties about "Investment"
o Japan-China Relations: All's Well that Ends Well
o Japan-Korea Relations: Same As It Ever Was
o China-Russia Relations: Putin Invited Xi: Overture to 2012
o Special Assessment: Asian Regionalism: New Challenges, New Vision, Pedestrian Progress
· Educating Globally Competent Citizens: A Tool Kit for Teaching Seven Revolutions
· The Uncertain Politics behind Iraq's Election: Political Controversies and the Formation of a New Government

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) FOIA Office
· Strategic Warning and the Role of Intelligence: Lessons Learned From The 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)
· 2010 Congressional Pig Book Source

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Supporting the Reserve Components as an Operational Reserve and Key Reserve Personnel Legislative Initiatives [April 15, 2010]
o Report on the Ballistic Missile Defense Review and the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense Programs [April 15, 2010]
o Independent Panel’s assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review [April 15, 2010]
o FY11 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Chemical Biological Defense Program and Counterproliferation Initiatives [April 14, 2010]
o United States Nuclear Weapons Policy and Force Structure [April 14, 2010]
o Department of Defense Medical Centers of Excellence [April 13, 2010]

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Combating Anti-Semitism: Protecting Human Rights
· Combating Climate Change in Africa

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Federal Protective Service: Would Federalization of Guards Improve Security at Critical Facilities?
· Markup of H.R. 4842: the “Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010”

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
· ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget: Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic Republic of Iran
· Current Readiness of U.S. Forces
· Strategic Forces Programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2011
· Army Modernization in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Plan
· Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy Tactical Aircraft Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2011 and the Future

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· U.S.-Japan Relations
· Unfinished Business in Southeast Europe: Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Balkans

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee
· Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of Bank Regulators
· Contracts for Afghan National Police Training
· Deployed Federal Civilians: Advancing Security and Opportunity in Afghanistan
· Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of High Risk Home Loans

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Effects Of Health Reform on the Federal Budget

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The Russian Economic Crisis
· Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
· Sudan's Fractured Internal Politics

Demos
· The Edge of Violence: A Radical Approach to Extremism

Department of Defense (DoD)
· Interim Recommendation of the Ft. Hood Follow-on Review

Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics
· Naturalizations in the United States: 2009

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
· ECRI Report on the United Kingdom

Feinstein International Center
· Winning "Hearts and Minds" in Afghanistan -- Assessing the Effectiveness of Development Aid in COIN Operations
· Winning Hearts and Minds? Examining the Relationship Between Aid and Security

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· The Islamist Ghost Haunting Europe
· A Note on the Western Sahara

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Combating Terrorism: Planning and Documentation of U.S. Development Assistance in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas Need to Be Improved, GAO-10-289
· Contingency Contracting: Improvements Needed in Management of Contractors Supporting Contract and Grant Administration in Iraq and Afghanistan, GAO-10-357
· Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities and Challenges for Army Ground Force Modernization Efforts, GAO-10-603T
· Defense Management: Observations on Department of Defense and Military Service Fiscal Year 2011 Requirements for Corrosion Prevention and Control, GAO-10-608R
· Defense Management: Observations on the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control, GAO-10-607R
· Disaster Recovery: FEMA's Long-term Assistance Was Helpful to State and Local Governments but Had Some Limitations, GAO-10-404
· Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service's Contract Guard Program Requires More Oversight and Reassessment of Use of Contract Guards, GAO-10-341
· Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service's Use of Contract Guards Requires Reassessment and More Oversight [testimony] GAO-10-614T
· Information Security: Agencies Need to Implement Federal Desktop Core Configuration Requirements, GAO-10-202
· Information Security: Concerted Effort Needed to Consolidate and Secure Internet Connections at Federal Agencies, GAO-10-237
· International Security: DOD and State Need to Improve Sustainment Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation for Section 1206 and 1207 Assistance Programs, GAO-10-431
· Military Training: Actions Needed to Further Improve the Consistency of Combat Skills Training Provided to Army and Marine Corps Support Forces, GAO-10-465
· Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain, GAO-10-617R

Heritage Foundation
· Congressional hearing on QDR Assessment Should Address Capability Gaps and Budget Shortfalls
· Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation: Two Goals for the Nuclear Security Summit
· The “New START” Treaty: Did the Russians Have Their Fingers Crossed?
· The Nuclear Posture Review’s Missing Objective: Defending the US and Its Allies Against Strategic Attack
· Obama’s Approach to Arms Control Misreads Russian Nuclear Strategy
· Obamacare: Impact on Taxpayers
· Tax Day or Payday? How the Tax Code Is Expanding Government and Dependency

Homeland Security Council
· Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation

Human Rights Watch
· “Off the Backs of the Children”: Forced Begging and Other Abuses against Talibés in Senegal
· Sentenced to Stigma: Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina
· Transparency and Accountability in Angola
· Turning a Blind Eye: Impunity for Laws-of-War Violations during the Gaza War

Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
· Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2009

Institute for 21st Century Energy/U.S. Chamber of Commerce
· A Key Pillar for Securing America's Energy Future

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Iran’s New Centrifuge: What Do We Know About It?
· RevCon Update: G10 Position Papers

Institute for Security Studies
· Enforcement of Environmental Crime Laws, A Framework Training Manual for Law Enforcement Agencies
· Conference Report HIV and AIDS and the African Military Towards a Common and Comprehensive Approach

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Preserving Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries in the Wake of the Global Crisis

International Relations and Security Network
· The AfPak War: Failures of Success
· Costs of War: Ghosts of Civilian Casualties Haunt US Forces
· Fallen Angels in Bangkok
· Forums and Flame Wars in Georgia
· How to Win the Peace in Afghanistan
· India’s Maoist Revolt: Internal Crisis, External Reach
· Old Wounds, Fresh Attacks in Kashmir
· Pirates vs Private Security
· US, China: More Give, Less Take
· US-Japan: Breaking Point for Alliance?

Iran Watch
· Smooth Sailing for Iran's Blacklisted Fleet

Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, v. 10, no. 8, April 16, 2010
o Syria in China’s New Silk Road Strategy
o Karzai’s State Visit Highlights Beijing’s Afghan Priorities
o Taiwan’s Navy: Able to Deny Command of the Sea?
o Chinese Defense Expenditures: Implications for Naval Modernization
· Terrorism Monitor, v. 8, no. 15, April 17, 2010
o Taliban Exploit Shi'a-Sunni Divide in Pakistan's Kurram Agency
o CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan's FATA Region and the "Loss" of Actionable Intelligence: A Pashtun Perspective
o Yemen's Dangerous Addiction to Qat

Microsoft Research (Cormac Herley)
· So Long, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users

National Academies Press
· The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery Through Approval: Workshop Summary [free download but registration required]

NATO Defense College
· The Future of NATO's Nuclear Deterrent: The New Strategic Concept and the 2010 NPT Review Conference - A Workshop Report by David S. Yost

Nuclear Threat Initiative/Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
· Russia's Lukewarm Support for International Sanctions against Iran: History and Motivations
· Securing the Bomb 2010: Securing All Nuclear Materials in Four Years

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
· Pay and Benefits for Federal Civilian Employees in Combat Zones

Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU)
· Socio-economic Cost of Terrorism: A Case Study of Pakistan

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
· Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa Website
· PDF of full report
· Sub-Saharan Africa Religion Interactive database

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Nuclear Reaction

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
· Pentagon In-Sourcing Plan to Reverse Bush Contracting Gains

Rand
· Developing an Assessment Framework for U.S. Air Force Building Partnerships Programs

Small Wars Journal
· The Death of the Armor Corps
· A District Approach in Afghanistan?
· Improving the Coalition’s Understanding of ‘The People’ in Afghanistan: Human Terrain Mapping in Kapisa Province
· Korengal Valley Observations

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· The Construction of Liberal Democracy: The Role of Civil-Military Institutions in State and Nation-Building in West Germany and South Africa
· Criminal Sovereignty: Understanding North Korea's Illicit International Activities
· The State-Owned Enterprise as a Vehicle for Stability
· Thinking about Nuclear Power in Post-Saddam Iraq

UK Parliament House of Lords
· Combating Somali Piracy: the EU's Naval Operation Atalanta

U.S. Geological Survey
· Natural Gas Potential Assessed in Eastern Mediterranean

U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Haiti: Towards and Beyond the Donors’ Conference
· Integrating Internal Displacement in Peace Processes and Agreements: Peacemaker's Toolkit
· The Rule of Law in Haiti After the Earthquake

U.S. Secret Service, Dept of Education and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Continuity and Change: Reshaping the Fight against Terrorism
· Enhancing International Cooperation against Terrorism Financing
· Inside the Syrian Missile Crisis
· Is Israel Facing War with Hizbullah and Syria?
· Kirkuk in Transition: Confidence Building in Northern Iraq
· The Perfect Handshake with Iran: Prudent Military Strategy and Pragmatic Engagement Policy

White House
· "An Enormously Productive Day" [Nuclear Summit]

World Public Opinion.org
· Israeli Public's Support for Dismantling Most Settlements Has Risen to a Five-Year High