Friday's Miscellany 07-02-2010

Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA)
· Online Investors Directory

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
· Policing Free Speech: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment-Protected Activity
· Report of the American Civil Liberties Union on the Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS)
· Issues for Engagement: Asian Perspectives on Transnational Security Challenges

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
· The Benefits of Regional Infrastructure Investment in Asia: A Quantitative Exploration
· Fiscal Policy Issues in Korea after the Current Crisis
· Lessons from Japan's Banking Crisis, 1991–2005
· Rebalancing Growth in the Republic of Korea

Atlantic Council
· Deciding on an OSCE Summit
· Pakistan in the Danger Zone
· Understanding Kyrgyzstan: Rebalancing US Policy

Australian Strategic Policy Review (ASPI)
· Navy Capability Review 2010
· Special Report Issue 33 - The Pakistani Surge: The Way Forward for Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan

Bipartisan Policy Center
· Cyber Shockwave: Simulation Report and Findings

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
· Getting to Zero Iran Update 1 July 2010

Brookings Institute
· Afghanistan : Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated June 29, 2010 and archive]
· China’s Midterm Jockeying: Gearing Up for 2010 (Part 3: Military Leaders)
· Empirical Performance of a Decentralized Civil Violence Model
· Improving the US Response to Internal Displacement: Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the Congress
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated June 30, 2010 and archives]
· Making the Case for Climate Change
· New Partnerships for Growth Research in Africa: Launch Workshop Report
· The Political Battle in Iraq
· A Quiet Diplomacy on the Mideast Peace Path
· The Senate Syndrome
· Southern European Perspectives on Turkey’s Relations with the European Union

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· China’s Strategic Behaviour
· A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Arab Reform Bulletin - Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Eliminating Leaders Will Not Necessarily Cut Lifelines

CATO Institute
· The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA)
· CRIA Spring 2010, v. 4, no. 2
· Full issue
o Russian Energy Politics and the EU: How to Change the Paradigm
o Authoritarianism and Foreign Policy: The Twin Pillars of Resurgent Russia
o The Georgia Crisis: A New Cold War on the Horizon?
o Enforceability of a Common Energy Supply Security Policy in the EU: Intergovernmentalist Assessment
o “Assembling” a Civic Nation in Kazakhstan: The Nation-Building Role of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan
o Climbing the Mountain of Languages: Language Learning in Georgia
o New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
o “Dramatic changes in the political order are typically not the province of democracies”

Center for a New American Security
· Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors?

Center for American Progress
· Brick by Brick: A Half-Decade of Immigration Enforcement and the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Center for Security Policy (CSP)
· A Shrine to Shariah?

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Analysis of the FY 2011 Defense Budget

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Arab-Israeli Military Balance in 2010: Conventional Realities and Asymmetric Challenges
· African Perspectives on Genetically Modified Crops: Assessing the Debate in Zambia, Kenya, and South Africa
· Cross-Domain Deterrence and Credible Threats
· Hemisphere Focus: The July 4, 2010, Mexican Gubernatorial Elections
· Iraq and the United States
· Paths Forward for the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Sector Report
· Rethinking Extended Deterrence
· South Asia Monitor: Calling on Mobile Banking: Financial Inclusion in Rural India - July 1, 2010
· Strengthening Global Health Preparedness

Center for the Study of War
· The Irreconcilables—The Haqqani Network

Century Foundation
· Negotiating with the Taliban: Issues and Prospects

Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· Occasional Paper 33 - An Ever Present Danger: A Concise History of British Military Operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Army investigation of Arlington National Cemetery [June 30, 2010]
o Beyond the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap: Bearing the Burden for Today’s Educational Shortcomings [June 29, 2010]
o Wind Farms: Compatible with Military Readiness? [June 29, 2010]

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· Respond to the BP Oil Spill and to Prevent Future Oil Well Blowouts

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· 100% Air Cargo Screening: Remaining Steps to Secure Passenger Aircraft The Future of FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate
· Investigation Into Use of FEMA Trailers [letter from Chairman Thompson]

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· Role and Operations of the United States Secret Service

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform
· Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
· Deepwater Horizon Tragedy: Holding Responsible Parties Accountable
· Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation's Pipelines

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Haiti at a Crossroads

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs
· Nuclear Terrorism: Strengthening Our Domestic Defenses, Part I
· Interagency Contracts (Part II): Management and Oversight
· Lieberman, Collins, Carper Respond to Misperceptions about Their Cybersecurity Legislation [Cisco, IBM, Oracle Misread Bill on Supply Chain Risk Management]

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Kagan Confirmation Hearing information

Congress. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
· Report on the Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, and Additional Views of Senators Chambliss and Burr

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Long-Term Budget Outlook

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Islamist Radicalism in Yemen
· The Organization of the Islamic Conference
· Pakistan's Gambit in Afghanistan

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
· Estimates of the Resident Nonimmigrant Population in the United States: 2008

Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief: Mexico

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· The Question of International Cooperation in the War on Terrorism

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Aviation Security: Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate, GAO-10-880T [testimony]
· Aviation Security: TSA Has Made Progress but Faces Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screening Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft, GAO-10-446
· Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader, GAO-10-645
· Border Security: Improvements in the Department of State's Development Process Could Increase the Security of Passport Cards and Border Crossing Cards. GAO-10-589
· Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps, GAO-10-883T [testimony]
· Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts, GAO-10-862T [testimony]
· Department of Homeland Security: Assessments of Selected Complex Acquisitions, GAO-10-588SP
· Environmental Satellites: Planning Required to Mitigate Near-term Risks and Ensure Long-term Continuity, GAO-10-858T [testimony]
· Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Program Faces Cost, Schedule and Performance Risks, GAO-10-758R
· Export Controls: Observations on Selected Countries' Systems and Proposed Treaties, GAO-10-557
· Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs, GAO-10-496
· Information Security: Federal Guidance Needed to Address Control Issues with Implementing Cloud Computing. GAO-10-513
· Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing, GAO-10-855T [testimony]
· Information Technology: Management Improvements Are Essential to VA's Second Effort to Replace Its Outpatient Scheduling System, GAO-10-579
· Military Training: Continued Actions Needed to Guide DOD's Efforts to Improve Language Skills and Regional Proficiency, GAO-10-879T [testimony]
· Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in Regulating Risk, GAO-10-549
· Personnel Practices: Conversions of Employees from Political to Career Positions May 2005-May 2009, GAO-10-688
· Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Agencies Must Act Quickly to Address Risks That Jeopardize the Continuity of Weather and Climate Data, GAO-10-558
· Secret Service: Additional Guidance Would Enhance Financial Management and Communication of Candidate Protection Spending to Congress, GAO-10-762
· Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's System of Internal Control, GAO-10-660
· Warfighter Support: Cultural Change Needed to Improve How DOD Plans for and Manages Operational Contract Support, GAO-10-829T [testimony]
· Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T [testimony]

Heritage Foundation
· The Challenges of Islamist Ideology to America’s Founding Principles
· Empowering a New Era in the United States – Philippines Security Alliance
· Financial Reform in Congress: A Disorderly Failure
· The Economic Impact of an Offshore Drilling Ban
· New START: Potemkin Village Verification
· Revitalizing Federalism: The High Road Back to Health Care Independence

Human Rights Watch
· Democracy on Hold: Rights Violations in the April 2010 Sudan Elections
· “No Questions Asked”: Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
· ICE Strategic Plan FY2010-2014

Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung
· Afghanistan-Pakistan and Central Asia

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
· India, Buddhism and Geopolitics in Central Asia: Regaining Centrality
· Indo Pak Rapprochement: Unexplored Option of Military to Military Engagement
· An Overview of South Korean Politics

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
· Aging and Top-Down Attentional Control in Visual Search

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
· International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2010, v. 4, no. 1 [Collective Memories of Colonial Violence]
o Learning About Our Shameful Past: A Socio-Psychological Analysis of Present-Day Historical Narratives of Italian Colonial Wars
o Collective Memories of Portuguese Colonial Action in Africa: Representations of the Colonial Past among Mozambicans and Portuguese Youths
o Holocaust or Benevolent Paternalism? Intergenerational Comparisons on Collective Memories and Emotions about Belgium's Colonial Past
o The Shadow of the Italian Colonial Experience: The Impact of Collective Emotions on Intentions to Help the Victims’ Descendants
o Atoning for Colonial Injustices: Group-Based Shame and Guilt Motivate Support for Reparation
o Dealing with Past Colonial Conflicts: How Perceived Characteristics of the Victimized Outgroup Can Influence the Experience of Group-Based Guilt
o The Dark Duo of Post-Colonial Ideology: A Model of Symbolic Exclusion and Historical Negation
o Indigenous Suicide and Colonization: The Legacy of Violence and the Necessity of Self-Determination
o Conflicts between Afar Pastoralists and their Neighbors: Triggers and Motivations
o Declining Fertility in Eritrea Since the Mid-1990s: A Demographic Response to Military Conflict

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
· China's Naval Modernization: Cause for Storm Warnings? [symposium papers]
o China's New Navy: The State of Play in 2010
o China's Evolving Naval Strategy
o The PLA Navy Anti-Access Role in a Taiwan Contingency
o China's Naval Nationalism
o China's Out of Area Operations

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· Peace and Security Council Protocol
· Submission from the Institute for Security Studies and the Open Society Justice Initiative to the Ad Hoc Committee considering the Protection of Information Bill [B62010]

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· Tackling Muslim Radicalization: Lessons from Scotland

Institute for the Study of Labor
· School Shootings and Student Performance
· Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?

Institute for the Study of War
· Fact Sheet: Iraqi Politics and Security Update
· The Irreconcilables: The Haqqani Network

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
· Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries

International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch No. 83 (July 2010)
· Improving Security Policy in Colombia

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Currency Hedging for International Portfolios
· The Impact of Capital and Foreign Exchange Flows on the Competitiveness of Developing Countries

International Relations and Security Network
· Aid: Missing Its Mark?
· Costs of War: The Counterinsurgency Master
· Engaging the New Nuclear Diplomats
· Financial Transparency: A National Security Imperative
· International Cooperation in the War on Terrorism
· Iraqi Energy Protests Grow
· Israel: The Writing on the Wall
· Moscow Lashes Out at US Over Spy Charges
· 'Muscovite's Code' Kindles Fears
· Russian-led Alliance Risks Losing Credibility
· Turkey vs Google
· The US-Pakistan Relationship: Towards Real Accountability

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, July 1, 2010, v. 8, no. 26
o Reconciliation or Extremism? Tracking the Divisions among Egypt's Jihadi Leaders
o Karachi Emerges as Pakistan's New Tinderbox of Violence and Extremism
o Can al-Qaeda Use Islam to Justify Jihad in the United States? A Debate in Progress

Marsh Inc.
· The Marsh Report: Terrorism Risk Insurance 2010 [free download but registration is required]

National Democratic Institute (NDI)
· The 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan
· Colloquium on African Elections: Best Practices and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Final Report

National Security Agency/Central Security Service
· UKUSA Agreement Release 1940-1956
o US site
o UK site

Nixon Library
· New release of nearly 100,000 pages of Presidential records and 80 hours of video oral histories

NixonTapes.org
· U.S. Policy Towards Chile's Salvador Allende

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
· Fixing Afghanistan: What Role for China?

PAK Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Anti-Americanism and Radicalization: A Case Study of Pakistan

Peace Corps
· The Peace Corps: A Comprehensive Agency Assessment Report
· Comprehensive Agency Assessment Report Appendices

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Gender Equality Universally Embraced, But Inequalities Acknowledged

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Proud Patriots -- and Harsh Critics of Government

Rand
· An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force's Medical and Professional Officer Corps
· Applications for Navy Unmanned Aircraft Systems
· Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
· Navigating the Road to Recovery: Assessment of the Coordination, Communication, and Financing of the Disaster Case Management Pilot in Louisiana

Security Council Report
· SCR Monthly Report, July 2010

Small Wars Journal
· The 800-pound Gorilla and Stability Operations
· Applying Iraq to Afghanistan
· Mentoring on the Edge: or, “What you Don’t Learn in a Classroom” PSYOP: On a Complete Change in Organization, Practice, and Doctrine Shaping the Information Environment in Afghanistan
· Understanding Maritime Ratlines

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
· Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability of Afghan Security Force Assessments

Transnational Institute (TNI)
· Burma’s 2010 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities
· Sentencing for Drug Offences in England and Wales: Law Reform without Legislative Reform
· Towards a Broader View of the Politics of Global Land Grabbing

UK House of Commons Library
· Sudan: Peace or War, Unity or Secession?

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
· Economic Development in Africa Report 2010

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
· Hearing - China’s Information Control Practices and the Implications for the United States

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· The Premiership [Iraq]

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Hamas at Sea: Blockade-Busting Backfires
· Netanyahu Comes to Washington: Assessing U.S.-Israeli Relations

White House
· National Space Policy of the United States of America
o Factsheet

World Trade Organization (WTO)
· European Communities and Certain Member States - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft [large file]
· 6 Annexes