Sunday, November 28, 2010

Friday's Miscellany 11-26-2010

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
· Governance Structures in Nimroz Province

· Poverty in Afghan Policy: Enhancing Solutions Through Better Defining the Problem

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· The Idea of the European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice: Exploring the Europeanization of Germany’s Domestic Security Policy

· The Reform of the IMF: Europe’s Short-Term Arithmetic and Long-Term Choices

Asian Development Bank Institute
· Asia's Post-Global Financial Crisis Adjustment: A Model-Based Dynamic


Atlantic Council
· Adapting the US-EU Summit for a Globalized World

· Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE
· Missile Defense in NATO: A French Perspective
· NATO Missile Defense: Is Europe Ready?
· NATO and Territorial Missile Defense

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· Australian and Asian Perspectives on Resources Diplomacy

· The New Zealand Defence White Paper: A More Strategically-Extroverted Kiwi?
· Regionalism and Community: Australia’s Options in the Asia-Pacific

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
· Iran Update: Number 147

o Iran-P5+1 negotiations likely within next few weeks
o IAEA releases new report as Iran clashes with IAEA, questions neutrality
o Iran experiencing more problems with centrifuges
o International sanctions regime intensifies
o Iran starts loading Bushehr nuclear power plant

Brookings Institute
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated November 22, 2010]

· Reformist Islam Versus Radical Islam in Iran
· Taking Action on Climate Change: The Forecast for Cancun and Beyond

CARE International UK
· From Resolution to Reality: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan, Nepal and Uganda on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Governance

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· China Should Remain Prudent in Its Nuclear Fuel Path


Center for a New American Security (CNSA)
· Afghanistan’s Willing Entrepreneurs: Supporting Private-Sector Growth in the Afghan Economy


Center for American Progress
· Realignment: Managing a Stable Transition to Afghan Responsibility


Center for Immigration Statistics (CIS)
· Immigration and Economic Stagnation: An Examination of Trends 2000 to 2010


Center for Security Studies
· The African Standby Force Put to the Test

· Economic Sanctions: Silver Bullet or Harmless Dud?

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Cooperative Mexican-U.S. Antinarcotics Efforts

· Issues in International Political Economy - On Elections - November 2010 - Number 131
· PacNet #57 - Hu Jintao’s Visit: Opportunity to Reset the U.S.-China Relationship
· Snatching Defeat: Shape and Fund the Future US Posture in Iraq or Lose the War
· The War in Afghanistan: Key Trends in the Fighting and ANSF Development in the November 2010 1230 Report

Chatham House
· World Today, December 2010, v. 66, no. 12

· Belarus: Land Between
· Britain and China: Being Friendly
· China: Uncertain Leap Forward
· China's Leadership: Fractures Finally Showing
· Cybersecurity and Society: bigsociety.com

· Iraq Refugees: Seeking Safety
· Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Limits of Being Helpful
· Sudan's Referendum: Prickly Interdependence

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Report to the Security Council from the Panel of Experts established Pursuant to Resolution 1874 (North Korea), 2010


Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
· Do You Need a Short Introduction Into 'Power in International Relations'?


Defence Against Corruption (DAC)
· Corruptions Perceptions Index 2010


Department of Defense
· DoD Manual 1348.33, Vol. 1, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: General Information, Medal of Honor, and Defense/Joint Decorations and Awards, November 23, 2010

· DoD Manual 1348.33, Vol. 2, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD Service Awards, Campaign, Expeditionary, and Service Medals, November 23, 2010
· DoD Manual 1348.33, Vol. 3, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD-Wide Performance and Valor Awards; Foreign Awards; Military Awards to Foreign Personnel and U.S. Public Health Service Officers; and Miscellaneous Information, November 23, 2010
· Report on Progress Toward Stability and Security in Afghanistan (Nov 2010)

Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General
· Audit of the United States Marshals Service's Oversight of Its Judicial Facilities Security Program


Department of State
· Background Notes: South Africa

· Background Notes: Turkey
· Background Notes: Yemen


European Policy Centre
· Beyond Austerity

· Europe and Indonesia: Time for Stronger Engagement

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
· Washington, DC Metropolitan Special Flight Rules Area for Washington Area Speed Restrictions


Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· 2009 Hate Crimes Statistics


Federal of American Scientists (FAS)
· Missile Watch, November 2010, v. 3, no. 3

o Global News:UN Arms Register: Venezuela was the largest importer of MANPADS in 2009
o Global
News:Extradition of Viktor Bout could reveal much about the illicit arms trade
o Afghanistan: No evidence of Iranian MANPADS training, claims NATO official
o Egypt: Another Massive Missile Cache Discovered in the Sinai
o Somalia: Photos of missile confirms claims in UN report, but questions remain
o United States: FAS obtains key counter-MANPADS report

Feinstein International Center
· Adaptation and Resilience: Responses to Changing Dynamics in Northern Karamoja, Uganda


Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· ‘Cry Stuxnet and Let Slip the Dogs of War?’ The Potentially Deadly Viruses of Cyber Warfare

· The Foreign Fighter Problem: Recent Trends and Case Studies

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Maritime Security: Responses to Questions for the Record, GAO-11-140R

· Nuclear Weapons: National Nuclear Security Administration's Plans for Its Uranium Processing Facility Should Better Reflect Funding Estimates and Technology Readiness, GAO-11-103

Heritage Foundation
· After Lisbon, NATO Must Get Missile Defense Right

· EMP Attacks—What the U.S. Must Do Now
· Next of Kim No Upgrade
· North Korea Pressures U.S. Through Provocations
· A Short United Nations To-Do List for the New Congress

Human Rights Watch
· Closing Doors? The Narrowing of Democratic Space in Burundi

· Elections in Egypt: State of Permanent Emergency Incompatible with Free and Fair Vote
· Landmine Monitor 2010
· Meeting the Challenge: Protecting Civilians through the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Set to Chart a New Trajectory

· Indonesia- China Relations: Challenges and Opportunities
· The Need for a Strategic Response to Insurgency and Terrorism
· Obama’s AfPak Review Should Emphasise on Peace Talks with the Taliban
· South Asia Trends, November 1-15, 2010, v. 1, no. 12
· Space Capability and India's Defence Communications Up to 2022 and Beyond

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
· Uses of RFID Technology in U.S. Identification Documents


Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
· Strategic Forum no. 259 - Global Commons and Domain Interrelationships: Time for a New Conceptual Framework?


Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Shutdown of Enrichment at Natanz Result of Stuxnet Virus?; Downgrade in Role of Fordow Enrichment Site; LEU Production May Have Decreased

· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic


International Crisis Group
· Côte d’Ivoire: Finally Escaping the Crisis

· Indonesia: “Christianisation” and Intolerance
· Negotiating Sudan’s North-South Future

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
· Dashed Hopes for Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Financial Innovation and Risk, The Role of Information

· Forecasting U.S. Investment
· Growth and Crisis, Unavoidable Connection?
· Inequality, Leverage and Crises
· Understanding Financial Interconnectedness


International Relations and Security Network
· 'Bailout' Capitalism: Two Years On

· Central Asia: Washington to Expand Traffic on Northern Supply Route
· Egypt’s Elections: Devil in the Details
· Germany, Ireland, and Eurozone Politics
· Japanese Defense Policy – Stepping It Up or Status Quo?

· Khartoum Under Fire Over IDP Camp Conditions

· Power Politics and Summitry in Asia
· Revisiting the ANZUS Treaty through Self-Triangulation
· Russia: Crisis, Crime, and Police Reform
· There's Life in the Old NATO Yet

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, November 24, 2010, v. 8, no. 43

o Al-Qaeda in Iraq Hopes Baghdad Church Attack Will Involve Egypt's Traditional Salafists in Jihad
o Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Africa-to-Europe Narco-Trafficking Connection
o Cameroon Rebels Threaten Security in Oil-Rich Gulf of Guinea

Lexington Institute
· Empowering Partners: A Strategy For Helping Allies Share The Security Burden


Lowry Institute for International Policy
· A Digital DFAT: Joining the 21st Century

· Dropping the Autopilot: Improving Australia's Defence Diplomacy

National Academies Press (NAP)
· Biometric Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities

· Evaluation of a Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security's Planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
· Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Events · Research Priorities for Assessing Health Effects from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: A Letter Report

National Defense University (NDU)
· Prism, December 2010, v. 2, no. 1

o The Iraqi and AQI Roles in the Sunni Awakening
o From Idea to Implementation: Standing up the Civilian Response Corps
o Third-generation Civil-military Relations: Moving Beyond the Security-Development Nexus
o Supporting Peace: The End
o Nonstate Security Threats in Africa: Challenges for U.S. Engagement
o Shock and Awe a Decade and a Half Later: Still Relevant, Still Misunderstood
o A Tale of Two Manuals
o 9/11 Stability Operations: How U.S. Army Doctrine is Shaping National Security Strategy
o Building Police Capacity in Afghanistan: The Challenges of a Multilateral Approach
o Pakistan Earthquake Relief Operations: Leveraging Humanitarian Missions for Strategic Success

National Gang Center
· National Gang Center Bulletin, November 2010, no. 5 - Responding to Gangs in the School Setting


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
· Federal Interagency Group Issues Peer-Reviewed 'Oil Budget' Technical Documentation


National Science Foundation (NSF)
· Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed


NATO Defense College
· Cyber War and Cyber Power. Issues for NATO Doctrine


Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainment
· DPRK Enriched Uranium Highlights Need for New US DPRK Policy

· A Return Trip to North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex
· Time to Talk: The Threat of Nuclear and Conventional War in Korea

Netherlands Institute for International Relations
· Devolution Row: An Assessment of Pakistan's 2001 Local Government Ordinance


Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre
· Pakistan: Dealing with Peace in the Tribal Areas?


Office of Immigration Statistics
· Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2009


Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Attacks on Educational Institutes

· Pakistan Annual Security Report (2009)
· Pakistan Monthly Security Report (October 2010)
· South Asia Conflict Report - October 2010
· Tribal Region Conflict Report (November 08 to 14)

RAND
· NATO's Strategic Communications Concept and Its Relevance for France


Royal Institute for International Relations
· Addressing the Financial Crisis: The EU’s Incomplete Regulatory Response


Russian and Eurasian Network
· Russian Analytical Digest - No. 87: Russia's Relations with Belarus and Kazakhstan


Security & Defense Agenda
· Protecting the Global Commons

· Redefining NATO and the Transatlantic Relationship

Small Wars Journal
· Civil Society and Counterinsurgency– II: Recruiting Citizen Armies for COIN

· Is Armor Antithetical to Good COIN?
· Partnering: A Counterinsurgency Imperative Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT) Special Report

Terrorism Research Initiative
· Perspectives on Terrorism, October 2010, v. 4, no. 4

o A Financial Profile of the Terrorism of Al-Qaeda and its Affiliates - Part I
o A Financial Profile of the Terrorism of Al-Qaeda and its Affiliates - Part II
o Muslim Education, Celebrating Islam and Having Fun As Counter-Radicalization Strategies in Indonesia - Part I
o Muslim Education, Celebrating Islam and Having Fun As Counter-Radicalization Strategies in Indonesia - Part II
o The Pakistani Madrassah and Terrorism: Made and Unmade Conclusions from the Literature - Part I
o The Pakistani Madrassah and Terrorism: Made and Unmade Conclusions from the Literature - Part II
o Trying Al Qaeda: Bringing Terrorists to Justice
· Perspectives on Terrorism, November 2010, v. 4, no. 5

o Counting Lives in a Theater of Terror - an Analysis of Media-oriented Hostage Takings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
o Zachary Chesser: an American, Grassroots Jihadist Strategist on Raising the Next Generation of Al-Qaeda Supporters
o Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency
o Terrorism Research Centres: 100 Institutes, Programs and Organisations in the Field of Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Radicalisation and Asymmetric Warfare Studies

Transnational Institute
· Alternative Development or Business as Usual?: China's Opium Substitution Policy in Burma and Laos


Transportation Research Board (TRB)
· Analysis of Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Fire, and Oil Spill to Identify Measures to Prevent Similar Accidents in the Future: Interim Report


UN Office on Crimes and Drugs (UNODC)
· Patterns and Trends of Amphetaine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs - Asia and the Pacific


US Geological Survey (USGS)
· The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States—A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective


US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Countering Radicalization in America

· On the Issues: Burma

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Centrifuges in North Korea Force Recalculation of Iran's Nuclear Progress

· Obama's Leverage: How to Improve U.S.-Turkish Relations
· Regenerating the U.S.-Turkey Partnership
· Why Turkey Will Emerge as the Leader of the Muslim World

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
· Preach What You Practice: The Separation of Military and Police Roles in the Americas

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Friday's Miscellany 11-12-2010

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· The Future of Nuclear Weapons in NATO

· The Lisbon Treaty in Focus: Germany, the EU, Transatlantic Relations, and Beyond

American Security Project
· Yemen and U.S. Security: Assessing and Managing the Challenge of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) [re-release]


Amnesty International
· Violent Attacks Against Roma in Hungary: Time to Investigate Racial Motivation


Army Combat Studies Institute
· To Fight or Not to Fight?: Organizational and Doctrinal Trends in Mounted Maneuver Reconnaissance from the Interwar Years to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

· Wanat: Combat Action in Afghanistan, 2008

Asia Foundation
· Afghanistan in 2010: A Survey of the Afghan People


Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
· Fiscal year 2011 Army Budget: An Analysis

· Leveraging Science in the Manoeuvrist Approach to Counterinsurgency Operations
· A Shot in the Dark: The Futility of Long-Range Modernization Planning

Atlantic Council
· The Iran Stalemate and the Need for Strategic Patience


Attorney General of the United States and the Minister of Public Safety of Canada
· Identity-Related Crime: A Threat Assessment: A Report to the Attorney General of the United States and the Minister of Public Safety of Canada


Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· The New Zealand Defence White Paper: A More Strategically-Extroverted Kiwi?

· Strategic Insights 50 - Australia and South Korea: Middle Power Cooperation and Asian Security
· Special Report Issue 35 - Known Unknowns: Uncertainty About the Future of the Asia-Pacific

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
· Promoting Safe, Secure, and Peaceful Growth of Nuclear Energy: Next Steps for Russia and the United States


Brookings Institute
· Around the Halls: Reducing the Budget Deficit

· Divided We Thrive
· The Elusive Myth of Democratic Egyptian Elections
· Is Three a Crowd? The Venezuela Factor in Cuba’s Policy Toward the US
· The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations
· President Barack Obama’s First Two Years: Policy Accomplishments, Political Difficulties
· The Rising Burden of Government Debt
· The US-India Relationship

Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
· Civilians in Armed Conflict: Civil Harm and Conflict in Northwest Pakistan


Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin, November 2010

o Hamas and the Peace Process: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Interview with Wael Nawara, Secretary General of the Ghad (Tomorrow) Party
o Interview with Mahmoud Ali Mohamed on Election Monitoring

CATO Institute
· Fixing Transit: The Case for Privatization


Center for a New America Security (CNAS)
· America's Duty: The Imperative of a New Approach to Warrior and Veteran Care


Center for American Progress
· After the Midterms, What Next for International Economic Policy?

· Cooperation or Confrontation on Clean Energy?: A Proposed Agenda for the New Congress and the President
· The Benefits of a Strategic Economic Partnership Between the United States and India
· Easy Come, EZ-GO: A Federal Role in Removing Jurisdictional Impediments to College Education
· Honoring Our Veterans in 2010: A By-the-Numbers Look at Difficulties Facing America’s Veterans on Veterans Day 2010
· Ties that Bind: U.S.-Taiwan Relations and Peace and Prosperity in East Asia

Center for Global Development
· China in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective

· Commitment to Development Index 2010
· Giving Money Away? The Politics of Direct Distribution in Resource Rich States
· Which Countries Pass the FY2011 Corruption Indicator? A Preview into Round 8 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Country Selection

Center for Immigration Studies
· Subsidizing Sanctuaries: The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program


Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Afghan and Iraqi Metrics and the IED Threat

· Beyond Ratification: The Future of U.S. Engagement on International Tobacco Control
· The Coming Challenges in Defense Planning, Programming, and Budgeting
· Hemisphere Highlights Volume IX Issue 8 - November 2010
· Key Players in Global Health: How Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa Are Influencing the Game
· The Macroeconomics of US Defense Spending: Problems in Federal Spending, and Their Impact on National Security
· PacNet #52 – China in 2010: The Perils of Impatience
· The Saudi Arms Sale
· “Unplanning” for Uncertainty: Reshaping Future Defense Plans

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Understanding America’s Contested Primacy


Centre for European Reform (CER)
· Ukraine Turns Away From Democracy and the EU

· Why Germany is Not a Model for the Eurozone

Century Foundation
· The G20 and the US: Opportunities for More Effective Multilateralism

· Placing Human Rights Violations in Iran on Top of the Foreign Policy Agenda

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· A Conversation with Pervez Musharraf

· The Fed's Foreign Policy Misstep
· Foreign Policy and the 2010 Midterms: New START and Arms Control
· The G20 Summit's Lost Focus
· Islam: Governing Under Sharia
· Military Escalation in Korea
· Appendix: Korean Peninsula Clashes (1955–2010)
· Toward Deeper Reductions in U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons
· U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan

Crisis States Research Centre
· Drugs and (Dis)order: A Study of the Opium Trade, Political Settlements, and State-making in Afghanistan

· Land Acquisition for Public Use: Emerging Conflicts and Their Socio-Political Implications
· The Peacemaking Effectiveness of Regional Organisations

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
· The Financial Crisis and Low Income Countries

· Will NATO's Strategic Concept mean Hello to Missile Defence and Good Bye Nuclear Weapons?

Department of the Army
· TRADOC PAM 525-2-1 - The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Intelligence 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-3-1 - United States Army Operating Concept 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-3-3 - The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Mission Command 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-3-4 - The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Fires 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-3-5 - The The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Protection 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-3-6 - The The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Movement and Maneuver 2016-2028
· TRADOC PAM 525-4-1 - The U.S. Army Functional Concept for Sustainment 2016-2028
· United States Army 2011 Business Transformation Plan

Department of the Army, Chief Information Office
· Common Operating Environment

o Common Operating Environment Architecture
o Common Operating Environment Information Paper
o Army Architecture Website
o Army Software Transformation
o Area Processing Centers (APC)

Department of the Air Force
· Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, November/December 2010

o Architecture Today
o Just Enough Architecture: The Risk-Driven Model
o Enabling Agility Through Architecture
o The Chief Software Architect in U.S. Army Acquisition
o XDDS: A Scalable Guard-Agnostic Cross Domain Discovery Service
o Service Incentive: Towards an SOA-Friendly Acquisition Process
o Global Workforce Development Projects in Software Engineering

Department of Justice
· Review of ATF’s Project Gunrunner


Department of State
· Background Notes: Egypt

· Background Notes: Germany
· Background Notes: Paraguay
· Background Notes: Singapore
· Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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

· Country Analysis Brief: Russia

European Parliament
· Draft New Strategy for Afghanistan


European Policy Centre
· Adapting to Climate Change: What Role for the EU?

· A Bridge over Troubled Borders: Europeanising the Balkans

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Al-Shabaab Tries To Take Control In Somalia

· The Geopolitics Of Northern Mexico
· The Marines: 235 Years Of Individual Valor And Institutional Adaptation
· Seabasing: Concept, Issues And Recommendations

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Assessment of Federal Financial Risks and Cost Reimbursement and Notification Policies and Procedures, GAO-11-90R

· Defense Acquisitions: Issues to Be Considered as DOD Modernizes Its Fleet of Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, GAO-11-83
· Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt's Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Schedules of Federal Debt, GAO-11-52
· Human Capital: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Enhance Its Approach for Determining Civilian Senior Leader Workforce Needs, GAO-11-136
· NATO Partnerships: DOD Needs to Assess U.S. Assistance in Response to Changes to the Partnership for Peace Program, GAO-10-1015
· Space Acquisitions: Challenges in Commercializing Technologies Developed under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, GAO-11-21

Heritage Foundation
· Administration Must Unequivocally Drop Afghanistan 2011 Withdrawal Date

· Do Not Expect Much from Japan During Obama Visit
· Lame Duck, Lame START: Inappropriate Timing for New START Debate
· New START: Critical Limits on U.S. Missile Defense Options Persist
· New START and Missile Defense: We Are 33 Minutes Away…
· Religious Freedom in Egypt
· Russia’s Duma Decision to Delay Consideration of New START: Now the Senate Can Take Its Time to Review the Treaty
· Shaping the Future: The Urgent Need to Match Military Modernization to National Commitments
· Take the Austerity Cure: G-20 Should Resist U.S. Efforts to Spread More Debt Around

Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute
· Strategic Program Assessment for DHS Learning Development


IDEEA
· Common Defense Quarterly, Winter 2010

o Interview with Grete Faremo, Defense Minister, Norway
o U.S. Export Control Reform Framework Reflects Structures and Practices in Place in Selected Foreign Countries
o Advancements in Foreign Military Sales – A Practitioner’s View
o The Coast Guard’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program, Its Recent Growth and Its Contributions to the Service’s International Sea Partnerships
o Making the Global Maritime Partnership Tick
o Deterrence
o Afghanistan: Reintegration How?
o The Ratification of the UK/US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty - A Cause for Celebration?
o State Partnership Program: Maine-Montenegro
o Global Defense Trade
o Interview with Uwe Koch

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (ISDA)
· Linkages between Indian and Nepalese Maoists

· Myanmar: The November 2010 Election
· Russia and Japan Clash over the Kuriles in the North Pacific
· The Third Front: Military Ethics

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
· Informatics Tools for Food Safety and Defense

· The Role of Internet Service Providers in Cyber Security

Institute for Security Studies
· ISS Paper 219: Fusing Privatisation of Security with Peace and Security Initiatives

· Monograph 174: The Security Sector in Southern Africa
· Monograph 173: Understanding Africa's Contemporary Conflicts - Origins, Challenges and Peacebuilding

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· Building Mosques In America: Strategies for Securing Municipal Approvals

· “Not In Our Neighborhood”: Managing Opposition to Mosque Construction

Institute for the Study of War
· Afghanistan - Order of Battle (updated November 2010)

· Iraq - Order of Battle (updated November 2010)

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation
· Return of the Militants: Violent Dissident Republicanism


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Assessing the Risk of Private Sector Debt Overhang in the Baltic Countries

· Asset Prices in Affine Real Business Cycle Models
· Cross-Cutting Themes in Employment Experiences During the Crisis
· Determinants of the Foreign Exchange Risk Premium in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
· Emerging from the Global Crisis - Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries
· IMF Applications of Purchasing Power Parity Estimates
· Post-Crisis Fiscal Policy Priorities for the ASEAN-5
· Riding the Roller Coaster: Fiscal Policies of Nonrenewable Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
· Should Advanced Countries Adopt a Fiscal Responsibility Law?
· Slowdown of Credit Flows in Jordan in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis: Supply or Demand Driven?
· Structural Breaks in Fiscal Performance: Did Fiscal Responsibility Laws Have Anything to Do with Them?

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
· Lebanon Indictments Set to Raise Tensions


International Relations and Security Network
· America vs Al-Qaida: the Widening War

· Bahrain After the Elections
· Britain's SDSR - Mired in Fantasy
· Controlling Tactical Nuclear Weapons
· Elections in Tanzania and Prospects for Democratic Reform
· Russia and Georgia: The Circassian Question
· Sustainability From Below: Or, Why We Shouldn't Take Cities for Granted

Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, November 11, 2010, v. 8, no. 41

o Between Baghdad and Ankara: The Kurdistan Regional Government's Delicate Balance
o New Directions for Indonesian Militants after Successful Counterterrorist Operations
o New Light on the Accuracy of the CIA's Predator Drone Campaign in Pakistan

Lowry Institute
· Australian and Japan: Ambivalent Asians, Ambitious Regionalists

· Terror Games: Understanding Risk and Security in New Delhi

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
· Draft Co-Chairs' Proposal slides

· Draft Proposal - $200 Billion in Illustrative Savings

National Governors Association
· A Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security


National Security Archive
· Justice Department Censors Nazi-Hunting History


Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
· The Strategic Significance of Afghanistan


NATO Library
· Arctic Security

· Cyberspace Security
· Maritime Security
· Women, Peace and Security

NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan
· Year in Review - November 2009 - November 2010


Nautilus Institute
· Changing Dynamics of U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula

· Implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874

Naval War College
· Naval War College Review, Autumn 2010, v. 63. no. 4

o Programs vs. Resources: Some Options for the Navy
o Talking about Sea Control
o The Canadian Navy and Canada's National Interests in This Maritime Century
o A Private Security Solution to Somali Piracy? The U.S. Call for Private Security Engagement and the Implications for Canada Taming the Outlaw Sea
o China's "Antiaccess" Ballistic Missiles and U.S. Active Defense
o The Most Daring Act of the Age: Principles for Naval Irregular Warfare
o Four Lessons That the U.S. Navy Must Learn from the Dreadnought Revolution
o Uncovering No Such Agency [review essay]
o Paul Johnson's Brief Life of Churchill [review essay]

New America Foundation
· The Battle for Afghanistan: Militancy and Conflict in Kandahar


Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Currency Wars?

· Monetary Ease and Global Rebalancing: Debunking the Japanese Scare Story

Rand
· NATO's Strategic Communications Concept and Its Relevance for France


Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
· The Defence and Security Review Survey


S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
· The Asian and Global Financial Crises: Consequences for East Asian Regionalism

· India's Emerging Land Warfare Doctrines and Capabilities
· Japan's New Security Imperative: The Function of Globalization
· Japan-Korea Relations and the Tokdo/Takeshima Dispute: The Interplay of Nationalism and Natural Resources
· Mapping the Religious and Secular Parties in South Sulawesi and Tanah Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia
· A Response to Fourth Generation Warfare

Save the Children
· A National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters


Security & Defence Agenda
· Anything to Declare? Cutting EU Customs Redtape

· A Conversation on Cybersecurity
· Fine-Tuning EU Border Security

Small Wars Journal
· Contextual Truth-Telling to Counter Extremist-Supportive Messaging Online: The Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” Case Study

· Design and the Prospects for Decision
· Interview with Colonel Peter Mansoor
· Interview with Dr. David Kilcullen
· Interview with Dr. John Nagl
· A Timely Lesson from the Korean War

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
· October 2010: Quarterly Report To Congress


South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)
· China’s Economic Espionage Prowess


Stanley Foundation
· Creating a 21st Century Nuclear Material Security Architecture

· Global Lockdown: Moving the Needle on Nuclear Security

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
· International Transfers of Combat Aircraft, 2005-2009


Strategic Studies Institute
· Deciding to Buy: Civil-Military Relations and Major Weapons Programs


Trust for America’s Health (TFAH)
· Fighting Flu Fatigue


United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
· Millennium Development Goals in Russia


United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
· UNESCO Science Report 2010

· World Social Science Report 2010

UN Security Council
· Letter dated 12 May 2010 from the Panel of Experts Established Pursuant to Resolution 1874 (2009) Addressed to the President of the Security Council [leaked copy]


US Geological Survey (USGS)
· Water Security—National and Global Issues


US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Kosovo: The Next Steps

· On the Issues: Iraqi Parliamentary Minority Caucus
· Zimbabwe: Power-Sharing Deal Under Stress

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy [selected chapters]

· The Real Choice Turkey Has to Make When It Comes to Israel
· Sunni Hamas and Shiite Iran Form a Common Political Theology

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
· The Looming U.S. Trade Crisis

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

DOD Announces the Services' Final Fort Hood Reviews

from the DOD news release

No. 110-10
November 09, 2010

DOD Announces the Services' Final Fort Hood Reviews

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the release of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps final reviews of the recommendations from the independent report "Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood."


The DoD places a high priority on implementing recommendations that will strengthen policies, programs and procedures. The services' follow-on reviews recommend concrete actions, many which have already been implemented, across a range of issues that all contribute to the safety and health of our military forces.

The DoD will track implementation of the various recommendations contained in its final report, focusing particularly on force protection issues.

The Army final review
The Air Force final review
The Navy final review
The Marine Corps final review

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Friday's Miscellany 11-05-2010

AEI Critical Threats Project
· Looking Ahead in Mogadishu: Tough Decisions


American Security Project
· Petraeus Versus Obama


Amnesty International
· Left Without A Choice: Barriers to Reproductive Health In Indonesia


Arms Control Association
· Assessing Progress on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament


Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
· Peace & Stability Operations Journal Online, October 2010, v. 1, no. 1

o Rule of Law and a Favorable 21st Century World Order
o Laying the Foundation of Rule of Law for Fragile States through Constitutional Development
o Children Trafficking: Stain on Humanity
o Rule of Law and Justice in Security Sector Reform
o International Humananitarian and International Human Rights Law
o The Pacification Efforts in Haiti’s Cite Soleil and Martissant

Army Commbined Arms Center
· Military Review, November-December 2010, v. 2010, 90, no. 6

o Military Interrogation of Terror Suspects: Imaginative Does Not Have to Mean Unlawful
o Measuring Economic Development in a COIN Environment
o Controlling the Human High Ground: Identifying Cultural Opportunities for Insurgency
o Dealing with Absolutes: Religion, the Operational Environment, and the Art of Design
o Counterinsurgency in Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan, 2004-2008
o Identifying the Center of Gravity of Afghan Mentoring
o The Criticality of Captains' Education: Now and in the Future
o Toxic Leadership: Part Deux
o Technician and Philosopher: Building the Relevance and Intellectual Capital of the Army's Information Warriors
o "Divorce Counseling": Civil Affairs Proponency under a New Support Paradigm
o The U.S. Army Approach to Security Force Assistance
o Foreign Disaster Response: Joint Task Force-Haiti: Observations
o Reintegration and Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Time to End the Conflict
o Sebastian Junger's War: An Unvarnished Look at Our Soldiers in Afghanistan

Asian Development Bank Institute
· Effects of Social Policy on Domestic Demand


Atlantic Council
· US-India Dialogue on Sustainable Energy Security


Australian Government Department of Defence
· Incoming Government Brief


Brookings Institute
· G-20 Summit

· The G-20 Seoul 2010 Summit: Strengthening the Global Recovery
· Incorporating Protection into Humanitarian Action: Approaches and Limits
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated October 31, 2010 and archives]
· Natural Disasters and Human Rights: Comparing Responses to Haiti and Pakistan
· Putting America to Work: The Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· The 2010 Midterms: A Primer for Canadians

· The “Dirty Oil” Card and Canadian Foreign Policy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin

· Interview with Mahmoud Ali Mohamed on Election Monitoring
· Interview with Wael Nawara, Secretary General of the Ghad (Tomorrow) Party
· Indispensable Institutions: The Obama-Medvedev Commission and Five Decades of US-Russia Dialogue
· Saudi Fatwa Restrictions and the State-Clerical Relationship

CATO Institute
· A Free Trade Agreement with South Korea Would Promote Both Prosperity and Security


Center for American Progress
· Addressing Continuing Vulnerabilities in Air Cargo Security

· Investing in Clean Energy: How to Maximize Clean Energy Deployment from International Climate Investments

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)
· CIP Report

· U.S. Tribes and Territories

· Border Security

Center for Security Policy
· Is your Congressman or Senator a 'National Security Failure'?

· 2009-2010 National Security Scorecard
· Saudi Friends and Foes
· Team B II to Congress: Investigate Islamist Shariah Influence on US Security Policies

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Afghanistan and the December Review

· AQAP in Yemen
· Assessing Human Security in the Western Balkans
· European Defense Trends: Budgets, Regulatory Frameworks, and the Industrial Base
· Green Dragons: The Politics of Climate Change in Asia
· Hemisphere Highlights Volume IX Issue 8 - November 2010
· Iran, Iraq, and the Changing Face of Defense Cooperation in the Gulf

· Pakistan Floods: Internally Displaced People and the Human Impact
· Paradigm Shift: Forward-Deployed American Engagement in Asia
· The Saudi Arms Sale: Reinforcing a Strategic Partnership in the Gulf

Central Intelligence Agency Inspector General
· Report of Investigation - Procedures used in Narcotics Airbridge Denial Program in Peru, 1995-2001


Century Foundation
· Militancy in Pakistan's Borderlands: Implications for the Nation and for Afghan Policy


Chatham House
· One Currency, Two Systems: China’s Renminbi Strategy


Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, October 2010, v. 3, no. 10

o The Strengths and Weaknesses of Jihadist Ideology
o The Role of Lashkar-i-islam in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency
o The Torkham Border Closure and Attacks on NATO Supply Convoys in Pakistan
o Mitigating the Further Radicalizations of India’s Muslim Community
o From Iraq to Yemen: Al-Qa’ida’s Shifting Strategies
o Indonesia’s Case Against Abu Bakar Bashir

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Thompson and Jackson-Lee Request GAO Assessment of Cargo Security


Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
· Engineering the Climate: Research Needs and Strategies for International Coordination; Report by Chairman Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives


Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· 2010 Midterms and Foreign Policy

· Crisis Guide: Pakistan
· The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal


Danish Institute for International Studies
· Victim and Rebel: Al-Qaida’s Salafist Rhetoric and the Pitfalls of Anti-Terrorism


Department of Defense Freedom of Information
· Missile Defense: Report to Congress on Assessment of the GBMD Element of the BMDS


Department of Defense Inspector General
· D-2011-014 Weaknesses in Awarding Fees for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Contract, November 2, 2010


Department of State
· Background Notes : Philippines

· Background Notes : Taiwan
· Conflicts Without Borders: Mindanao, Philippines Reported Conflict Incidents (July 2008 - June 2010) [map]
· Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXII, SALT I, 1969–1972

· The United States and APEC: Achieving Growth and Prosperity in the 21st Century


Department of State Inspector General
· ISP-C-11-08A - Compliance Follow-up Review of Embassy Baghdad, Iraq


Department of the Army
· 2011 Weapon Systems Handbook


East-West Center
· Pakistan's Courts: A Counterterrorism Challenge


European Policy Centre
· The Bumpy Road to Economic Union


Europol
· The Concealment of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Rectal Cavities


Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Hamas Divided: Time for a New Policy?

· Teaching About Jihadism and the War on Terror


Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Acquisitions: Issues to Be Considered as DOD Modernizes Its Fleet of Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, GAO-11-83

· Human Capital: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Enhance Its Approach for Determining Civilian Senior Leader Workforce Needs, GAO-11-136

· H-2B Visa Program: Closed Civil and Criminal Cases Illustrate Instances of H-2B Workers Being Targets of Fraud and Abuse, GAO-10-1053

· Nuclear Commerce: Governmentwide Strategy Could Help Increase Commercial Benefits from U.S. Nuclear Cooperation Agreements with Other Countries, GAO-11-36

Heritage Foundation
· Give Australia Reason to Believe in American Leadership

· Obama Should Approve Korea Trade Agreement
· Obama’s India Visit Should Affirm New Delhi’s Global Role
· Real Economic Ties Should Underpin U.S.–Indonesia Partnership
· Shaping the Future: The Urgent Need to Match Military Modernization to National Commitments
· Stopping the Chaos: A Proposal for Reorganization of Congressional Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
· The UN Should Stop Ignoring Its Financial Regulations and Pay Its Debts to the Member States

· U.S. Targeted by Human Rights Abusers at Its Universal Periodic Review

Human Rights Watch
· Criminalizing Identities: Rights Abuses in Cameroon based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

· Protesting as a Terrorist Offense: The Arbitrary Use of Terrorism Laws to Prosecute and Incarcerate Demonstrators in Turkey

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· The South African Police Services Annual Report for 2009/2010


Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· Al Qa'eda and Pakistan: Current Role and Future Considerations


Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR)
· Rising Security Threat in Afghan North


International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch, November 2010, No. 87

· Stalemate in Southern Thailand

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
· World Disasters Report 2010


International Institute for Strategic Studies
· UK Cost-Cutting Review Shrinks Military Capacity


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· After the Crisis: Assessing the Damage in Italy

· Bankers Without Borders? Implications of Ring-Fencing for European Cross-Border Banks
· Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions in the Post-war U.S.
· A Historical Public Debt Database

International Peace Institute
· The Sudan Referenda: What Role for International Actors?


International Relations and Security Network
· America's Political Seesaw

· China Wary of Burmese Election
· The Harvest of War: Fom [sic] Pain to Gain
· The Lightness of History in the Caucasus
· Mongolia: Wind Farm Project Could Tilt Ulaanbaatar from Coal to Green Energy

· Scenario Scanning: The Syria-Israel-Hezbollah Triangle

· Why Geert Wilders is not Liu Xiaobo

International Republican Institute (IRI)
· Jordan Pre-Election Watch: November 2010 Parliamentary Elections

· Moldova National Voter Study September 7 –21, 2010


Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, November 5, 2010, v. 10, no. 22

o An Economic Assessment of China’s Rare Earth Policy
o Mission Action 2010: Three Complex, Transregional, Integrated Joint Operations
o Shriver Case Highlights Traditional Chinese Espionage
o The Modernization of Taiwan's National Security Council
· Terrorism Monitor, November 4, 2010, v. 8, no. 40

o Split in the Islamic Army of Iraq over Post-Occupation Strategy
o Gama'a Islamiya Addresses the Role of Copts in Modern Egypt as al-Qaeda Uses the Coptic Issue to Justify Baghdad Church Attack
o The Growing Separatist Threat in Yemen's Hadramawt Governorate

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
· Cluster Munition Monitor 2010


National Bureau of Asian Research (NBAR)
· Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies


National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
· Background Report on Package Bombs on Cargo Planes


National Emergency Training Center Library
· Social Media and Emergency Management Bibliography


National Intelligence Council
· NIC Declassified document collections

· Estimative Products on Vietnam, 1948-1975
· Revolution and Subversion in Latin America, 1947-1987
· Tracking the Dragon, National Intelligence Estimates on China During the Era of Mao, 1948-1976
· Yugoslavia from "National Communism" to National Collapse, US Intelligence Community Estimates on Yugoslavia, 1948-1990

National League of Cities
· Municipal Innovations in Immigrant Integration

· North Korea: Migration Patterns and Prospects

National Taxpayers Union
· Toward Common Ground: Bridging the Political Divide to Reduce Spending


Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
· Rethinking Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia


New Zealand Defence Force
· Defence White Paper 2010

· MERLN Defense White Papers website

Observer Research Foundation
· The Obama Visit: Issues and Challenges


Office of the Director of National Intelligence
· Director of National Intelligence James Clapper addresses the 2010 Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Symposium in New Orleans, La., November 2


Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· PIPS Newsletter Nov, 2010

o Conflict in Balochistan and State Responses
o Attacks on Educational Institutes

Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Will It Be Brussels, Berlin, or Financial Markets that Check Moral Hazard in Europe's Bailout Union? Most Likely the Latter!


RAND
· Earthquake Insurance and Disaster Assistance: The Effect of Catastrophe Obligation Guarantees on Federal Disaster-Assistance Expenditures in California

· Performance Audit Handbook: Routes to Effective Evaluation

Russian and Eurasian Security Network
· Russian Analytical Digest, No. 85: Urban Planning in the Soviet Union and Russia


Small Wars Journal
· Cholera in Haiti?: Send in the Marines

· Civil Society and Counterinsurgency
· COIN, Complexity, and Full-Spectrum Warfare: Is it possible to have Center of Gravity given all the Fog and Friction?
· Negotiating with the Taliban: Lessons from Vietnam
· The Road to Al Amarah: Operation Yarborough and U.S. Army Special Forces in Southern Iraq (January – June 2008)
· SWJ, v. 6, no, 10
o Civil Society and Counterinsurgency
o COIN, Complexity, and Full-Spectrum Warfare
o Negotiating with the Taliban
o Afghanistan: It Never Hurts to Talk
o Planning a Military Campaign to Support Negotiations in Afghanistan
o Design and the Prospects for Critical Dialogue

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
· From Macacas to Turban Toppers: The rise in Xenophobic and Racist Rhetoric in American Political Discourse


Stimson Center
· Moving Forward in Iraq: the US Civilian Mission and Security

· UNSCR 1540 Implementation in the Americas: A Model for Success
· WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America: Leveraging Nonproliferation Assistance to Address Security/Development Needs With UN Security Council Resolution 1540

Strategic Studies Institute
· Preventing Yemen from Becoming Fallujah


United Kingdom HM Treasury
· National Infrastructure Plan 2010


USAID
· Human and Institutional Capacity Development Handbook: A USAID Model for Sustainable Performance Improvement

· Pre-Departure Guide for U.S.-Based Participant Training & Exchange Visitor Programs

US Cyber Command
· Website


US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Defying Expectations: Polio Vaccination Programs Amid Political and Armed Conflict

· Israel, the Palestinian Territories and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
· MINURCAT Withdrawal: The Risks to Civilian Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in Eastern Chad

· On the Issues: Haiti Hit by Hurricane Tomas
· Stabilizing Chad: Security, Governance and Development Challenges
· When Is International Peacemaking Illegal?

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Case for an Immediate IAEA Special Inspection in Syria


World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Division
· Conflicts and Returns to Stability in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis