More education less guns - updated

If you didn't get a chance to listen to this, the file has been posted and is available directly OR from the OnPoint site where you can also read the responses people are posting.  The "Mr. X" article written by George Kennan is also available here.

Tonight on NPR's OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook, two senior members of the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff will talk about the need to spend more on education and less on guns. ************************

The guests are Captain Wayne Porter, US Navy, and Colonel Mark "Puck" Mykleby, US Marine Corps, both Special Assistants to the Chairman for Strategy to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen. 

You might also want to read an article they wrote under the shared pseudonym "Mr. Y." entitled "A National Strategic Narrative."

Friday's Miscellany 04-22-2011

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

·         2011 Almanac of Environmental Trends

·         Polls on the Environment, Energy, Global Warming, and Nuclear Power 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         The Currency of Confidence 

·         German Security Policy on the Move - Challenges In and Post Afghanistan

·         Libya: The Debate  - Germany Says ‘No’ Again by Dieter Dettke 

·         The Role of the German Jewish Community in Postwar Germany's International Recognition 

·         We Need a New Atlanticism 

American Security Project

·         Pay Now, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change 

Amnesty International

·         Never Forgotten: Lebanon’s Missing People 

·         Time for Justice: Egypt’s Corrosive System of Detention 

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Causes of and Remedies for the People's Republic of China's External Imbalances: The Role of Factor Market Distortion

·         Exchange Rates and Global Rebalancing 

·         Exploring Access and Equity in Malaysia's Private Higher Education 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         U.S. Army Energy Security and Sustainability: Vital to National Defense 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Delusion of Peace Initiatives 

Brookings

·         Challenges to the World Trade Organization: It’s All About Legitimacy

·         From Popular Revolutions to Effective Reforms: The Georgian Experience 

·         Iran and Turkey After Egypt: Time for Regional Realignments? 

·         Pakistan Plays Hardball

·         A Serious Approach to Development: Toward Success at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea 

·         Use Restrictions and the Future of Surveillance Law 

·         A Year of Living Dangerously: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2010 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Future of al-Nahda in Tunisia 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         China’s Current and Emerging Foreign Policy Priorities

Center for Global Development

·         The FY2011 Budget Agreement for Foreign Operations Sets the Stage for Future Funding 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         CSIS Southeast Asia 1Q Update: Director’s Report 

·         A More Strategic U.S. Approach to Police Reform in Africa 

·         PacNet #23 - The Eagle and the Dragon in the Land of Sandalwood: US and China Build Soft Power in Timor-Leste

·         Saudi Stability in a Time of Change 

Center for Global Development

·         Toward Results-Based Social Policy Design and Implementation 

               

Chatham House

·         Egypt in Transition

·         NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan: Enabling Security Transition (Speech transcript of Lt. Gen. William B Caldwell)

·         UK Defence: A Test Case 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal year 2012

·         The Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Rethinking Peacemaking in Darfur 

·         U.S. Debt Ceiling: Costs and Consequences

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 5545.04, Policy on the Congressional Reporting Process for Military Educational Institutions Seeking to Establish, Modify, or Redesignate Degrees, April 7, 2011 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-060 Marine Corps Inventory of Small Arms Was Generally Accurate but Improvements Are Needed for Related Guidance and Training, April 22, 2011 

·         D-2011-056 Consistent Use of Supply Support Activities Could Increase Efficiency of Equipment Drawdown from Iraq, April 14, 2011 

·         Review of Army Inspector General Agency Report of Investigation (Case 10-024) GEN McChrystal and Rolling Stone article   

Department of Energy Inspector General

·         Security Planning for National Security Information Systems at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         National Terrorism Advisory System 

·         National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Public guide

·         OIG-11-69 Federal Emergency Management Agency Faces Challenges in Modernizing Information Technology 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         The Treachery of Strategies: A Call for True EU Strategic Partnerships 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         After Gaddafi 

·         Freedom or Survival? (Libya) 

·         Save Misrata - and Help Libya Set Itself Free 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         A Scorecard for European Foreign Policy    

European Policy Centre

·         Implementing Lisbon: What's New in Comitology? 

Foreign Policy

·         The War on Soft Power 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Parallels with the Past – How the Soviets Lost in Afghanistan, How the Americans are Losing 

·         Resetting Missile Defenses 

·         Turmoil in the Arabian Peninsula 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         Strategic Pretence or Strategic Defence? Britain, France and the Common Security and Defence Policy after Libya 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Religiosity as a Determinant of Happiness (working paper #163) 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security:  DHS's Visa Security Program Needs to Improve Performance Evaluation and Better Address Visa Risk Worldwide, GAO-11-315

·         Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs,   GAO-11-187 

·         Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Update on Federal Financial Risks and Claims Processing, GAO-11-397R 

·         Energy-Water Nexus:  Amount of Energy Needed to Supply, Use, and Treat Water Is Location-Specific and Can Be Reduced by Certain Technologies and Approaches,  GAO-11-225 

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Must Demand Details of New START Implementation

·         Cuts in U.S. Contributions Necessitate Budget Austerity at the U.N.

·         Department of Energy Spending Cuts: A Guide to Trimming President Obama’s 2012 Budget Request

·         Congress Must Demand Details of New START Implementation 

·         Don’t Raise the Debt Limit Without Getting Spending Under Control 

·         Food Aid to North Korea: Time is Not Right 

·         Libya Mission Demonstrates That British Defense Cuts Must Be Reversed 

·         Referendum in Southern Sudan and the Road to Independence 

Human Rights Watch

·         Haiti’s Rendezvous with History: The Case of Jean-Claude Duvalier 

·         Libya: Cluster Munitions Strike Misrata

·         Syria: Rampant Torture of Protesters: Activists and Journalists Also Arrested and Mistreated 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         The Waning World Power: The Demographic Future of Russia and the Other Soviet Successor States 

International Crisis Group

·         Indonesian Jihadism: Small Groups, Big Plans

·         Timor-Leste: Reconciliation and Return from Indonesia
  

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Lost in Translation: China’s Opaque Defence White Paper 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Dynamics of the Term Structure of Interest Rates in the United States in Light of the Financial Crisis of 2007-10 

·         How Do Business and Financial Cycles Interact? 

·         Identifying the Linkages Between Major Mining Commodity Prices and China’s Economic Growth-Implications for Latin America

·         Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism 

·         Monetary Transmission in Dollarized and Non-Dollarized Economies: The Cases of Chile, New Zealand, Peru and Uruguay

·         Next Generation Balance Sheet Stress Testing

·         Republic of Moldova: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Is Iran Still Center of Middle East's 'Great Game'? 

·         Libya Exposes New Faultlines in Indian Foreign Policy 

·         Patrolling Rio's Favelas – From Pacification to Police State? 

·         The Saudi Complex: Power vs Rights

·         Saving the WTO from the Doha Round 

·         Tyranny of the Central Bankers 

·         Why Libya Will Not Be a Second Iraq 

Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)

·         2010 Report to the President 

Institute for Security Studies

·         Elections, Politics and External Involvement in Djibouti 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, April 22, 2011, v. 11, no. 7 

o    The Rise of the Energy Faction in Chinese Politics

o    Japan’s Approach to China’s Control of Rare Earth Elements

o    Taiwan’s Defense Transformation and Challenges Under Ma Ying-Jeou

o    China’s 2010 National Defense White Paper: An Assessment

·         Terrorism Monitor, April 22, 2011, v. 9, no. 16 

o    Pakistani Taliban Continue Their Campaign against Sufi Shrines

o    The Internal Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

o    Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Challenges and Opportunities in Revolutionary Yemen

Joint Air Power Competence Centre

·         Journal of the JAPCC, no. 13

       o    Transformation of the Italian Air Force: An Interview with Lieutenant General Giuseppe Bernardis

o    Advance of the Afghan Air Force and NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan

o    Impact of a Combat Air Wing

o    A Risky Assumption – NATO’s Access to the Space Commons

o    Project Noctua: A Model for Enhancing NATO UAV Capability

o    The SACT Post-Lisbon Action Plan: A JAPCC Perspective

o    Air-Land Integration: A Challenge for NATO

o    Fighting Pirates from Space: Using Space Resources in the Fight

o    Military History – Handle with Care (Part 2)

o    Coalition Space Operations: Improving Space Support to ISAF

o    Struggling to Meet Demand: The Need for European Airlift

o    TanDEM-X: A New Era of Global Accuracy

o    Out of Africa: Multirole Tankers in Support of International Aid

Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination

·         Kabul’s Long Shadows: Historical Perspectives 

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         China in the Pacific: The New Banker in Town 

MITRE

·         Dynamic Red Queen Explains Patterns in Fatal Insurgent Attacks 

·         Improving Departure Taxi Time Predictions Using ASDE-X Surveillance Data 

National Academies Press

·         Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel 

·         Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex 

National Priorities Project (NPP)

·         Defining the FY2012 Budget Debate 

National Security Archive

·         The Last NSAM Standing - Deconstructing a Secrecy Blunder: A Study in Dysfunction 

NATO Defense College

·         Building a New Military? The NATO Training Mission-Iraq

·         Towards a Comprehensive Approach: Integrating Civilian and Military Concepts of Strategy 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         North Korean Nuclear Nationalism and the Threat of Nuclear War in Korea

·         Workshop on Legal Cooperation to Control Non-State Nuclear Proliferation: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction and UN Resolutions 1540 and 1373 

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Spring 2011, v. 64, no. 2

o    From Bottle Rockets to Lightning Bolts: China's Missile Revolution and PLA Strategy against U.S. Military Intervention

o    Toward an African Maritime Economy: Empowering the African Union to Revolutionize the African Maritime Sector

o    The Development of the Angled-Deck Aircraft Carrier: Innovation and Adaptation Hiding in Plain Sight: The U.S. Navy and Dispersed Operations under EMCON, 1956-1972

o    Alliance Naval Strategies and Norway in the Final Years of the Cold War

o    The Quiet Warrior Back in Newport: Admiral Spruance, the Return to the Naval War College, and the Lessons of the Pacific War, 1946-1947

o    Is Deterrence the Only Option? [review essay]

o    The Province of Moral Courage [review essay]

New America Foundation

·         The Year of the Drone 

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·         Local and National Ownership in Post-Conflict Liberia - Foreign and Domestic Inside Out? 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Afghan Situation Likely to Become Complicated, Says Chinese Scholar 

Oxfam

·         Achieving a Shared Goal: Free Universal Health Care in Ghana

·         A Blueprint for UN Women

·         High Stakes: Girls’ Education in Afghanistan 

·         Six Months Into the Floods: Resettling Pakistan’s Priorities Through Reconstruction 

·         Whose Aid is it Anyway?: Publicizing Aid in Conflicts and Crises 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKOSI)

·         Civil Military Operations: Afghanistan

·         Mass Atrocity: Prevention and Response A Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO) Workshop Report 

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         Corporate Tax Reform for a New Century 

·         Japan Can—and Will—Be a Normal Economy Again 

Physicians for Human Rights

·         Do No Harm—A Call for Bahrain to End Systematic Attacks on Doctors and Patients 

RAND

·         Efficiencies from Applying a Rotational Equipping Strategy

·         Toward Affordable Systems II: Portfolio Management for Army Science and Technology Programs Under Uncertainties 

Real Instituto Elcano

·         Al-Qaeda’s Persistent Sanctuary 

Research Institute for European and American Studies

·         A War Without ‘Principals’: Narco-Violence in Mexico 

SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

·         Security for All: Women in the Afghan Police Forces    

Security Council Report

·         Update Report on Côte d’Ivoire 

·         Update Report on Israel/Palestine 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Case for Joint Professional Security Education for the Afghan National Security Forces

·         Iraq: The Whole Thing Was Much Harder Than It Needed To Be

·         A Ketch Named Mastico: North Africa Maritime Security Operations

·         Sandals and Robes to Business Suits and Gulf Streams: Warfare in the 21st Century 

Stimson Center

·         A New Way Forward: Rebalancing Security Assistance Programs and Authorities 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia 

Transnational Institute

·         Withdrawal Issues: Report on the US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review

·         China’s Program for Science and Technology Modernization: Implications for American Competitiveness 

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Missed Opportunities: The Impact of DDR (Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration) on SSR (Security sector reform) in Afghanistan 

USAID

·         Cote d'Ivoire - Complex Emergency - Disaster Assistance at a Glance [latest update] 

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

·         Japan - Complex Emergency - Disaster Assistance at a Glance [latest update] 

·         Libya - Complex Emergency - Disaster Assistance at a Glance [latest update] 

·         Sudan - Complex Emergency - Disaster Assistance at a Glance [latest update] 

Verizon RISK Team

·         2011 Data Breach Investigations Report 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Grinding War in Libya Favors Qadhafi 

·         Iran's Continuing Power Struggles  

·         Is the Palestinian Authority Ready for Statehood?

·         Lebanon Today: Internal Politics and the Arab Spring

·         Moscow, Not Arabia, Is the Big Threat to Europe

·         No Good Options for Iranian Dissidents in Iraq

·         Syria: One Step Forward, One Step Back 

White House

·         OMB Sustainability and Energy Scorecards