Friday's Miscellany 04-15-2011

9/10/11 Project/Homeland Security & Defense Business Council

·         Port and Maritime Security 

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Facts and Fiction on the Frontier: The Haqqanis and the Kurram Peace Deal

·         One Week in Vain: An Operation in Nerkh 

Americans Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

·         Jasmine in the Middle Kingdom: Autopsy of China's (Failed) Revolution

Amnesty International

·         Days of Rage: Protests and Repression in Iraq 

·         Home is More Than a Roof Over Your Head: Roma Denied Adequate Housing in Serbia

·         No Homes, No Justice, No Dignity: Victims of Forced Evictions in Chad

·         Security with Human Rights 

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

·         A Timeline of U.S. Terrorism Cases in America 

Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)

·         Assessing the Effects of Prevent Policing: A Report to the Association of Chief Police Officers 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Once and Future Submarine-Raising and Sustaining Australia's Underwater Capability 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Speaking Frankly: Voices from the Borderlands -- The Mexican Citizens Speak 

Brookings Institute

·         Databuse: Digital Privacy and the Mosaic 

·         International Organizations and Taiwan

·         Korea's Soft Power and East Asia 

·         Latin America Economic Perspectives: Shifting Gears in an Age of Heightened Expectations

·         Think Tank 20: Macroeconomic Policy Interdependence and the G-20

·         The US Global Development Council: What Should It Look Like? 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Can Canada Have a Grand Strategy? 

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

·         Training Can Be Dangerous: A Realistic Assessment of the Proposed Canadian Mission to Train Afghan National Security Forces 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Arab Reform Bulletin - Palestinian Elections and the Hamas-Fatah Power Struggle

·         Thinking Beyond Theories: Concrete Proposals to Make NATO's Future Nuclear Policy Work 

CATO Institute

·         The New Health Care Law’s Effect on State Medicaid Spending: A Study of the Five Most Populous States

·         The Trade-Balance Creed: Debunking the Belief the Imports and Trade Deficits Are a “Drag on Growth” 

Center for a New American Security

·         America's Duty: The Imperative of a New Approach to Warrior and Veteran Care

·         Financial Hardball: Corralling Terrorists and Proliferators

Center for Security Studies

·         Clashing over Fighters: Winners and Losers 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         Japanese Nuclear Crisis Continues: An Update

·         PacNet #22 - Japan Needs ‘a New Deal’

·         Stability in the Middle East: The Other Side of Security 

·         U.S. Strategy in the Gulf 

Center on Law and Security

·         Terrorist Trial Report Card Update - April 2011   

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

·         Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning 

Centre for European Reform

·         Surviving Austerity—The Case for a New Approach to EU Military Collaboration 

Chatham House

·         Preventing Crises and Promoting Economic Growth: A Framework for International Policy Cooperation 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Accountability at Arlington National Cemetery

·         Budget Request for Military Construction, Base Closure, Environment, Facilities Operation and Maintenance

·         Guantanamo Detainee Transfer Policy and Recidivism 

·         Testimony from Members on their National Defense Priorities for the NDAA 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Import Safety: Status of FDA’s Screening Efforts at the Border 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Budget Oversight: Examining the President's 2012 Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia [April 14, 2011]

o    Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, Cyber-Espionage and Theft of American Technology [April 15, 2011]

o    Crisis in Cote d’Ivoire: Implications for the Country and Region [April 13, 2011]

o    Priorities for U.S. Assistance in the Western Hemisphere [April 13, 2011]

o    Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East, Part 1 [April 13, 2011]

o    The State Department’s Counterterrorism Office: Budget, Reorganization, Policies [April 14, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act of 2011 

·         The DHS Cybersecurity Mission: Promoting Innovation and Securing Critical Infrastructure

·         Taking Measure of Countermeasures (Part 1) 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         The Border: Are Environmental Laws And Regulations Impeding Security And Harming The Environment? 

·         Tsunami Warning, Preparedness, And Interagency Cooperation: Lessons Learned 

Congress. Senate Armed Services Committee

·         Active, Guard, Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program

·         Ballistic Missile Defense Policies and Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program

·         Department of Defense Plans and Programs Relating to Counterterrorism, Counternarcotics, and Building Partnership Capacity 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Assessing the FY2012 Budget for Africa

·         International Development Policy Priorities in the FY 2012 Budget

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Examining the President's Plan for Eliminating Wasteful Spending in Information Technology

·         Federal Regulation: How Best to Advance the Public Interest? 

·         Financial Literacy: Empowering Americans to Make Informed Financial Decisions

·         Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse    

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Cost Estimate for HR 1473, The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011

·         Cost Estimate for H.R. 1473, the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (Additional Information) 

Department of Defense

·         DoD Directive 5210.56, Carrying of Firearms and the Use of Force by DoD Personnel Engaged in Security, Law and Order, or Counterintelligence Activities, April 1, 2011

·         Unified Command Plan 2011 map 

Economic Policy Institute

·         The Peace Corps in a Smaller World: A New Model for the Next 50 Years 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Records: The Vault 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Ex oleo bellare? The Impact of Oil on the Outbreak of Militarized Interstate Disputes [working paper #162] 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Coast Guard: Opportunities Exist to Further Improve Acquisition Management Capabilities, GAO-11-480

·         Coast Guard: Observations on Acquisition Management and Efforts to Reassess the Deepwater Program, GAO-11-535T [testimony]

·         Defense Management:  The Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2012 Corrosion Prevention and Control Budget Request, GAO-11-490R

·         Employment Verification:  Agencies Have Improved E-Verify, but Significant Challenges Remain, GAO-11-522T [testimony] 

·         Missile Defense:  Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability, GAO-11-555T [testimony]

·         Public Health Preparedness:  Developing and Acquiring Medical Countermeasures Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Agents, GAO-11-567T [testimony]

·         Southwest Border: Border Patrol Operations on Federal Lands, GAO-11-573T [testimony]

·         Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Mailing Credentials to Applicants' Residences Would Not Be Consistent with DHS Policy, GAO-11-542R  

Heritage Foundation

·         The “Arab Spring”: Heritage Foundation Recommendations

·         China’s Crackdown and America’s Response: Supporting Liberty in Distant Places 

·         From Culture Wars to Conscience Wars: Emerging Threats to Conscience

·         Is the United States Prepared for a “Black Swan”?

·         President Obama’s Disconnect on the Defense Budget

·         Time for the Obama Administration to Support Freedom in Syria

·         Two Steps Backward: Homeland Security’s Presidential Policy Directive-8

·         The United States vs. China—Which Economy Is Bigger, Which Is Better 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (ISDA)

·         India's Response to the Libyan Crisis 

Institute for Economics and Peace

·         United States Peace Index - 2011 

Institute for Security Studies

·         Gender, peace and security in Southern Africa

·         Ticking Time Bombs, Ineffective Weapons Stockpile Management in Africa 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         Do Sanctions Work? 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan – Order of Battle (updated April 12, 2011)

·         Iraq – Order of Battle (updated April 12, 2011)

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update 

Institute of Applied Social Studies

·         Preventing Religio-Political Extremism Amongst Muslim Youth: A Study Exploring Police-Community Partnership 

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

·         Afghanistan: Need to Minimise New Displacement and Increase Protection for Recently Displaced in Remote Areas 

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)

·         Return of the Militants: Violent Dissident Republicanism 

International Crisis Group

·         Thailand: The Calm before Another Storm? 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Toward Inflation Targeting in Sri Lanka

·         Update on the Financing of the Fund’s Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member

·         World Economic Outlook Database

International Relations and Security Network

·         Abyei: Sudan's Powder Keg

·         The Arab Revolution Will Not Be Televised in Latin America

·         Chronic Poverty and the Challenge of Moving Solutions Forward

·         How Biosecurity Can Reinvigorate the US-Japan Relationship 

·         In Romania EU Focuses on Corruption, Loses Focus Overall

·         On the Verge of Economic Disaster, Minsk Turns to Moscow 

·         'No Bucks without Buck Rogers'

·         Qatar and the Arab Spring

·         Rebuilding on Quicksand: Haiti After the Run-off Polls

·         Turbulence Ahead of Finland's General Elections 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, April 14, 2011, v. 9, no. 15 

o    Pakistani Taliban Widen the Civil War-- Against Fellow Deobandis

o    Conflict Between Somali Leaders Halts Military Operations against Islamist Insurgents

o    Missiles, Money and Migration: The Impact of the Libyan Crisis on the African Sahel

Miller Center of Public Affairs

·         Away with China: Steering the Right Course with the Middle Kingdom 

National Academies Press

·         For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability

·         The New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia: A Global and Local Perspective: Summary of a Joint Workshop 

·         Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of an International Workshop: October 31 to November 3, 2010, Beijing, China 

National Defense University Library

·         Protests in Yemen: MERLN Issues at a Glance 

National Priorities Project

·         The President's Budget to the Chairman's Plan

National Security Archives

·         CIA Sued for 'Holding History Hostage' on Bay of Pigs Invasion 

NATO Defense College

·         NATO's Fight Against Terrorism. Where Do We Stand? 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Stability

·         Analytical Failure and the North Korean Quagmire

·         The Path from Fukushima: Short and Medium-term Impacts of the Reactor Damage Caused by the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on Japan’s Electricity Systems 

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         The Liquidation of Government Debt 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Budget Negotiations in a Word: All Sides Blamed After Close Call on Government Shutdown 

·         Civil War at 150: Still Relevant, Still Divisive

·         The Deficit Debate: Where the Public Stands

·         Public Tracks Both Japan and Shutdown Fight

·         Tea Party: Better Known, Less Popular 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS)

·         Are Times-a-changing for Portuguese Foreign Policy? [Viewpoints 51]

·         Zimbabwe Looking Back on the Lusaka Protocol [Viewpoints 50]

·         IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 17

o    Brazil's Trade Policy: Toward Triangulation

o    The Armies of Common Language: CPLP's Felino Exercises

o    A Road Far from Finished: Timor Leste and ASEAN

Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         Government Shutdown Threat Shuts Out Foreign News

RAND

·         Air Travel Security Since 9/11

·         The Muslim Brotherhood in the West: Characteristics, Aims and Policy Considerations [testimony]

·         Supplying Biomass to Power Plants: A Model of the Costs of Utilizing Agricultural Biomass in Cofired Power Plants 

Small Wars Journal

·         Attacks on Journalists and “New Media” in Mexico’s Drug War: A Power and Counter Power Assessment

·         The Battle for Helmand: Interviews with Professor Theo Farrell and MG Nick Carter

·         Civil Affairs as a General Purpose Force: An Opportunity

·         To Design or Not to Design (Part Five): Doctrine and Design: How Analogies and Design Theory Resist the Military Ritual of Codification 

·         The Statistical Irrelevance of American SIGACT Data: Iraq Surge Analysis Reveals Reality

·         Stuxnet: Cyberwar Revolution in Military Affairs

·         Warlord’s Writing Tips 

Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP)

·         China and Africa's Natural Resources: The Challenges and Implications for Development and Governance 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Background Paper on SIPRI Military Expenditure Data, 2010 

UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

·         Management of the Typhoon Project 

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 - Winter Rapid Assessment all regions

USAID

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

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

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         U.S.-Pakistan Relations 

·         Working against Violence in Sudan 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Crossing Thresholds for Peace Process  

·         Does Money Really Drive Turkey's Stance toward Arab Revolts?

·         Egypt after the Revolution: An Early Assessment

·         Egypt's Enduring Challenges: Shaping the Post-Mubarak Environment

·         Follow the Money: Leveraging Financial Intelligence to Combat Transnational Threats

·         Influence Curtailed: Democracy in the Arab World Stands to Strip Iran of Its Power 

·         Iran's Shadow over Reform in Bahrain   

·         The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Current, and Prospects for Post-Mubarak Egypt: An Early Assessment

·         Outraged in Riyadh

·         The Post-9/11 FBI: The Bureau's Response to Evolving Threats

·         Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East

·         Twisting Assad's Arm 

White House

·         FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility

·         National Strategy for Trusted Identities 

·         Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy 

World Pubic Opinion.org

·         American Public Sees Democratization of Middle East as Positive for US 

Worldwatch Institute

·         Nuclear Power After Fukushima