Friday's Miscellany 05-27-2011

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

·         Defense Investment—Finding the Right Balance 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Afghanistan’s Not-So-Hermetic Rural-Urban Divide 

·         The Killing Continues 

Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO)

·         ANSO Quarterly Data Report, Q1, 2011 

American Enterprise Institute

·         The Haqqani Network in Kurram 

·         Iraq Threat Assessment: The Dangers to the United States, Iraq and Mideast Stability of Abandoning Iraq at the End of 2011 

·         Pakistan    

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Reports [regular updates] 

Amnesty International

·         Egypt Rises: Killings, Detentions and Torture in the 25 January Revolution 

·         Jamaica: A Long Road to Justice? Human Rights Violations Under the State of Emergency

·         ‘They Looked at His Identity Card and Shot Him Dead’: Six Months of Post-Electoral Violence in Cote d’Ivoire 

·         USA:  Remedy Blocked Again: Injustice Continues as Supreme Court Dismisses Rendition Case 

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         The Role of Macroprudential Policy for Financial Stability in East Asia’s Emerging Economies 

·         Towards an Expanded Role for Asian Currencies: Issues and Prospects 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2011-2012 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Obama Doctrine for the Middle East and Its Consequences 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Getting to Zero Update, May 24, 2011 

Brookings Institute

·         America’s Energy Future: New Solutions to Fuel Economic Growth and Prosperity 

·         America’s Menacing Pakistan Problem 

·         An Uncertain Road: Testing the Durability of an Israeli-Palestinian Borders and Security Agreement 

·         The G8 and the Threat of Bloc Politics in the International System 

·         In Netanyahu's Speech, Misnomers and Misdirection 

·         Toward a Political Strategy for Afghanistan 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Does Morocco Have a Place in the GCC? 

CATO Institute

·         Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Law 

Center for American Progress

·         Budgeting for Growth and Prosperity 

·         Sustaining Spring in Egypt 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Beyond Afghanistan: A Regional Security Strategy for South and Central Asia

·         Internet Freedom: A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age 

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security

·         CIP Report, May 2011 -  Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Sector 

Center for Security Policy (CPS)

·         Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The 2011 Unified Command Plan—A Missed Opportunity?

·         Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Water Management 

·         Natural Disasters: Strategic Rhetoric and Practical Action in the EU, US, and Transatlantic Partnership 

·         PacNet #30 - Why Taiwan’s Freedom of Action Continues to Erode 

·         U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel 

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         The Bundeswehr Reform – What Does Germany Need a Professional Army For? 

·         Protests in Tbilisi Should not Threaten the Government’s Position 

Centre for Studies on Federalism

·         Why Immigration Policy Should Be a Federal Policy: Considerations on the EU and the US

Chatham House

·         For the Global Good: India’s Developing International Role 

·         More with Less: Trends in UK Diplomatic Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         Russia’s Business Diplomacy 

·         Russia’s Energy Diplomacy

·         Strong Economy, Strong Defence, Strategic Reach: Protecting National Security in the 21st Century 

CNA

·         Climate Change: Potential Effects on Demands for US Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response

·         Conscription in the Afghan Army Compulsory Service Versus an All Volunteer Force 

Congress. House. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Future of al-Qaeda [May 24, 2011]

o    International Child Abduction: Broken Laws and Bereaved Lives [May 24, 2011]

o    UN Climate Talks and Power Politics: It’s Not about the Temperature [May 25, 2011]

o    War Powers, United States Operations in Libya, and Related Legislation [May 25, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Securing the Nation’s Ports and Maritime Border — A Review of the Coast Guard Post 9/11 Homeland Security Missions 

·         Unlocking the SAFETY Act’s Potential to Promote Technology and Combat Terrorism 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Cybersecurity: Innovative Solutions to Challenging Problems 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Committee

·         Cybersecurity: Assessing the Immediate Threat to the United States 

·         Pain at the Pump: Policies that Suppress Domestic Production of Oil and Gas 

·         'Rightsizing The Federal Workforce' 

·         Rising Energy Costs: The Intentional Result of Government Action 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation

·         Air Traffic Control Safety Oversight 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Al Qaeda, the Taliban & Other Extremist Groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs

·         Protecting Cyberspace: Assessing the White House Proposal 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Holding Criminals Accountable: Extending Criminal Jurisdiction to Government Contractors and Employees Abroad 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Confronting the Cyber Threat 

·         The G8 Proves Its Relevance 

·         Gasoline Prices 

Conflict and Health Journal

·         Age-Specific Mortality Patterns in Central Mozambique During and After the End of the Civil War 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         The Academia and Foreign Policy Making: Bridging the Gap: Probing the Social Distance Between Research and Foreign Policy Practice 

·         Is There a Shared European Memory?

·         Video-Recorded Decapitations: A Seemingly Perfect Terrorist Tactic That Did Not Spread  

Department of Defense

·         2011 Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress

·         Report on the Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC Terrorism, Volume 1, Executive Summary, May 2011

·         US Army Cost Benefit Analysis Guide 2011 

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations  

East-West Center

·         Developing US-Mongolian Relations 

·         Engaging North Korea: The Role of Economic Statecraft 

Foreign Policy

·         China's Port in Pakistan? 

·         The Incredible Shrinking Ahmadinejad 

·         It's Their Country, Too: Children on the Increasingly Violent Frontlines of the Arab Spring Face an Unknown Future for Themselves and Their Countries 

·         The Polish Tiger 

·         This Week at War: The Jet That Ate the Pentagon 

·         War Dog 

·         War Dog II 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Egypt’s Revolution Foreseen in Fiction: Before the Throne by Naguib Mahfouz    

·         Libya: Our First Cosmopolitan War?     

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         It’s Not Only Rents: Explaining the Persistence and Change of Neopatrimonialism in Indonesia

·         Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2011, v. 40, no. 1 

o    “Whither Taiwanization?” State, Society and Cultural Production in the New Era

o    Pro-colonial or Postcolonial? Appropriation of Japanese Colonial Heritage in Present-day Taiwan

o    Tracing “Taiwanization” Processes in Taiwanese Presidential Statements in Times of Cross-Strait Rapprochement

o    Taiwan’s Ethnicities and their Representation on the Internet

o    Generational Change and Ethnicity among 1980s-born Taiwanese

o    Divorcing China: The Swing from the Patrilineal Genealogy of China to the Matrilineal Genealogy of Taiwan in Taiwan’s National Imagination

o    Class Formation and Consumption among Middle-Class Professionals in Shenzhen

Global Witness

·         HSBC and Goldman Sachs held $335m of Libyan State Oil Money

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Antidumping and Countervailing Duties:  Options for Improving Collection, GAO-11-693T [testimony] 

·         Commercial Launch Vehicles:  NASA Taking Measures to Manage Delays and Risks, GAO-11-692T [testimony] 

·         Defense Management: Comprehensive Cost Information and Analysis of Alternatives Needed to Assess Military Posture in Asia, GAO-11-316 

·         Department of State's Counternarcotics Performance Management System, GAO-11-564R 

·         Economic Development: Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fragmented Programs Are Unclear, GAO-11-651T [testimony] 

·         Military Training:  Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Coordination of Army and Marine Corps Language and Culture Training, GAO-11-456

·         Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenues, GAO-11-635T [testimony] 

·         Reimbursable Space Act Agreements: NASA Generally Adhering to Fair Reimbursement Controls, but Guidance on Waived Cost Justifications Needs Refinement, GAO-11-553R 

·         Secure Border Initiative:  Controls over Contractor Payments for the Technology Component Need Improvement, GAO-11-68 

·         Space Acquisitions:  Development and Oversight Challenges in Delivering Improved Space Situational Awareness Capabilities, GAO-11-545 

·         Taxes and Identity Theft:  Status of IRS Initiatives to Help Victimized Taxpayers, GAO-11-674T [testimony]

·         Training Necessary to Address Data Reliability Issues in NASA Agreement Database and to Minimize Potential Competition with Commercial Sector, GAO-11-552R 

Heritage Foundation

·         Beware the Next U.S.–Russian Arms Control Treaty 

·         Complaints About North Korea Imports a Smoke Screen for Trade Protectionism 

·         Does the Tea Party Need a Foreign Policy? 

·         Don’t Be Misled on Reauthorization of Anti-Terrorism Tools 

·         The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: Assessing Disaster Response and Lessons for the U.S 

·         President Obama Should Advance the Polish–American Relationship 

·         Ten Years After 9/11: Thinking Smarter About Homeland Security

·         Terror Trends: 40 Years’ Data on International and Domestic Terrorism 

·         U.S. Should Reject Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 

·         Vietnam’s State Sector Should Not Dictate the Trans-Pacific Partnership 

Human Rights Watch

·         Vietnam: The Party vs. Legal Activist Cu Huy Ha Vu 

·         “We Have Lived in Darkness”: A Human Rights Agenda for Guinea’s New Government 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Arming the Unarmed 

·         ‘Golden Corridor’ Turning into Maoist Hub 

·         India and New Zealand Aim to Boost Ties Through FTA

·         North Korea and Iran Partner in Ballistic Missiles Trade 

·         Pakistan’s 26/11 

·         Russia’s Growing Engagement with Pakistan 

·         Southeast Asia-India Defence Relations in the Changing Regional Security Landscape 

·         UN Panel Report on Accountability in Sri Lanka 

Institute for Economics & Peace

·         2011 Global Peace Index 

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)

·         Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         IAEA Iran Safeguards Report

·         ISIS Analysis of IAEA Report on Syria: IAEA Concludes Syria “Very Likely” Built a Reactor

Institute for the Study of War

·         Extending the U.S. Military Role in Iraq 

Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)

·         SMART Change: Lessons of the Past, Direction for the Future

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         Translation of al-Qaeda Sheikh's Online Lecture 

International Crisis Group

·         Georgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges 

·         Tajikistan: The Changing Insurgent Threats 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Future of South Sudan 

·         The Security Sector in Côte d’Ivoire: A Source of Conflict and a Key to Peace 

International Relations and Security Network

·         The EEAS: One for All, or One Among Many? 

·         How Opinion Polls Shape the International System 

·         Nepal’s Difficult Constitutional Transition 

·         Operation Solomon 20 Years On 

·         Pressure Builds for US Shift on Okinawa 

·         The Rules We Live By: Democracy’s Slow Fix 

·         Ukrainian Politicians Put The Squeeze On Civil Society 

·         Understanding Pakistan's Nuclear Rationale 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 26, 2011, v. 9, no. 21 

o    Algeria’s Response to the Revolt in Libya

o    Demise of Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf Terrorist Group Begins in Abbottabad

o    From Rommel to Qaddafi: Gasoline Supplies Still the Key to Military Success in Libya

Kokoda Foundation

·         Under the Sea Air Gap: Australia’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Challenge

Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission (KIC)

·         Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry Into the Events in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 

National Academies Press

·         Federal Funding of Transportation Improvements in BRAC Cases: Special Report 302

National Priorities Project (NPP)

·         Cost of War website 

·         U.S. Security Spending Since 9/11 

·         What's at Stake? 

National Security Archive

·         The Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev, 1991 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Non-State Nuclear Proliferation: A Factsheet on the De jure and De facto WMD Control Regime in South Asia 

·         Recommendations for Kim Jong-il to visit Seoul in Spring 2012 

New America Foundation

·         The Battle for Afghanistan: Negotiations with the Taliban: History and Prospects for the Future 

New Security Learning

·         The Master’s Voice: Learning Through Mentoring

Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP)

·         The Euromissiles Crisis and the End of the Cold War: 1977-1987 

·         "A Mass Psychotic Movement Washing Over the Country Like a Wave": Explaining Dutch Reservations About NATO’s 1979 Dual-Track Decision 

·         U.S. Secret Assistance to the French Nuclear Program, 1969-1975: From “Fourth Country” to Strategic Partner 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         Statement of Administration Policy - H.R. 1540- National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         More Concern about Raising Debt Limit than Government Default

Physicians for Social Responsibility

·         Evacuation Zones for Nuclear Reactors [interactive map]

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Angola and China: Building Friendship Through Infrastructure (IPRIS Viewpoints 59) 

·         São Tomé and Príncipe: An Election to Divide Them All? (IPRIS Viewpoints 58)

Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         Strong Support for Israel on Social Media

RAND

·         Air Operations in Israel’s War Against Hezbollah: Learning from Lebanon and Getting It Right in Gaza 

·         Balancing Rated Personnel Requirements and Inventories 

·         The Future of Al Qa’ida (Testimony)  

·         Responding to Convergence: Different Approaches for Telecommunication Regulators 

Science of Security

·         Counterrorism since 9/11: Evaluating the Efficacy of Controversial Tactics

Security Council Report

·         Appointment of the UN Secretary-General 

·         Emerging Security Threats in West Africa 

·         Update Report No. 2 - Syria 

Small Wars Journal

·         Arunachal Pradesh: A Crux of Sino-Indian Rivalry 

·         Bringing the Hurricane: The American Way of War 

·         Establishing a Banking System During Stability Operations – Roles for the Military? The Kosovo and Afghanistan Experience 

·         Extreme Barbarism, a Death Cult, and Holy Warriors in Mexico: Societal Warfare South of the Border?

·         Going Outside the Wire: Liaising With Special Operation Forces to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan 

·         Mind Games From Above: The Use of Psychological Warfare and Direct Propaganda at the Turning Point of the Malayan Emergency, 1952-54 

·         Muffled Voices 

·         Reflections on Clausewitz and Jomini: A Discussion on Theory, MDMP, and Design in the Post OIF Army 

·         The Use of Air Power in Limited Wars: Interview with Professor Earl H. Tilford, Jr. 

Sources and Methods

·         Part 1 -- Let's Kill The Intelligence Cycle

·         Part 2 -- "We''ll Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming In Just A Minute..." 

·         Part 3 -- The Disconnect Between Theory And Practice

·         Part 4 -- The "Traditional" Intelligence Cycle And Its History

·         Part 5 -- Critiques Of The Cycle:  Which Intelligence Cycle?

·         Part 6 -- Critiques Of The Cycle: The Intelligence Cycle Vs. Reality 

Stanley Foundation

·         The Role of Regional and Subregional Arrangements in Strengthening the Responsibility to Protect 

Transportation Research Board

·         Case Studies in Collaboration 

USAID

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

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Eye on Afghanistan-Pakistan 

·         Eye on the Middle East and North Africa 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Damascus on Trial 

·         Iran's Syria Strategy: Heavy Meddle 

·         Israel Must Set Out Its Parameters for Peace 

·         Jinnah's Nightmare: What Went Wrong in Pakistan 

·         Obama, the Arab Spring, and the Peace Process: Assessing a Pivotal Moment in U.S. Middle East Policy 

·         Obama Walking a Fine Line on Borders Issue 

·         Obama's Push-Pull Strategy: How Washington Should Plan for a Post-Assad 

·         President Obama, the 'Winds of Change,' and Middle East Peace

·         A Welcome but Incomplete Shift on the Middle East

White House

·         Remarks by the President to Parliament in London, United Kingdom

·         Remarks by Vice President Biden Marking the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s “Moon Shot” Speech, As Prepared For Delivery    

·         Remarks by the President at Irish Celebration in Dublin, Ireland

·         Remarks by the President at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011

World Public Opinion.org

·         Indonesia and USA 'Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Nations': Global Poll