Friday's Miscellany 04-29-2011

American Chamber of Commerce in China

·         American Business in China White Paper

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

·         2011 Almanac of Environmental Trends

Amnesty International

·         Central African Republic: Coalition Needed to End Decades of Abuse
·         Time for Justice: Egypt’s Corrosive System of Detention

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), April 2011. V. 18, no. 4 

o    Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010

o    Hospitalizations among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010

o    Ambulatory visits among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2010

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Illness and injury burdens among U.S. military recruits, 2010

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Hospitalizations for suicidal ideation, active component, 2005-2010

o    Deployment-related conditions of special surveillance interest

Army War College Library

·         Homeland Security: A Selected Bibliography http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/homesec11.pdf

·         Strategic Vision: a Selected Bibliography

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Before the First Bomb Goes Off: Developing Nuclear Attribution Standards and Policies

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Rethinking Radicalization

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence Posture and Baltic Security

Brookings Institute

·         Europe as a Great Power? A Scorecard for European Foreign Policy
·         Pakistan Does Have an Education Crisis Despite Questions About Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea
·         Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan
·         The Struggle for Middle East Democracy

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

·         Report of the Dialogues on the Oil Sands: Engaging Canadians and Americans

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Russia and the 2010 NATO Strategic Concept: New Era of Partnership or Wishful Thinking?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Arab Reform Bulletin - The Politicization of Yemen’s Youth Revolution

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

·         CIP Report April 2011 - COOP/COG

Center for International Media Assistance

·         Iraq’s News Media After Saddam: : Liberation, Repression, and Future Prospects

Center for Security Policy

·         Obama's 'Anti-missilephobia'

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         HIV Prevention among Injection Drug Users in Kenya and Tanzania
·         PacNet #24 - Want a New Map of Asia? Include the United States
·         PacNet #25 - Amidst Cooperation, “Normalcy” Returns to Northeast Asia
·         Significant Cyber Incidents Since 2006
·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition

Center on Faith and International Affairs (CFIA)

·         Pakistan's Islamist Frontier: Islamic Politics and U.S. Policy in Pakistan's  North-West Frontier  

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Central Intelligence Agency Fleet Alternative Fuel Use and Vehicle Acquisition Report - FY 2010 (April 2011)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) FOIA reading room

·         6 WWI documents declassified

o    Secret writing document one
o    Secret writing document two
o    Secret writing document three
o    Secret writing document four
o    Secret writing document five
o    Secret writing document six

Centre for International Governance Innovation

·         The Future of the G20 and its Place in Global Governance

Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies

·         Crafting Energy Security Cooperation in East Asia

Chatham House

·         Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan: A Selected Webliography

Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan

·         Implementing Improvements to Defense Wartime Contracting - hearing
·         NGOs' Lessons for Contingencies - hearing

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Linking the Readiness of the Armed Forces to DoD's Operation and Maintenance Spending

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         U.S. Debt Ceiling: Costs and Consequences

Counter Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, April 2011, v. 4, no. 4
       o    Saudi Arabia Moves to Maintain Regime Stability

o    Ayman al-Zawahiri's Reaction to Revolution in the Middle East

o    How the Arab Spring Could Embolden Extremists

o    Are Islamist Extremists Fighting Among Libya's Rebels?

o    Bahrain: Crushing a Challenge to the Royal Family

o    JI Operative Umar Patek Arrested in Pakistan

o    The Implications of Colonel Imam's Murder in Pakistan

·         Self-Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa'ida and its Periphery

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Will Libya Save NATO?: NATO Version 3.0

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Directive-Type Memorandum DTM-11-004, Immediate Implementation Provisions of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, April 26, 2011
·         Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan and the "United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces" (April 2011)

Department of Justice Office of Inspector General

·         Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat (Redacted)

EastWest Institute

·         Russia-U.S. Bilateral on Cybersecurity: Critical Terminology Foundations
http://www.ewi.info/russia-us-bilateral-cybersecurity-critical-terminology-foundations

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc (ECE)

·         The Educational System of Pakistan

Foreign Policy

·         Pakistan's Islamist Tightrope
·         Think Again: Libya
·         What Happens When the Arab Spring Turns to Summer?
·         Wishful Thinking: Top 10 Examples of the Most Unrealistic Expectations in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Is U.S. Foreign Policy Made In The USA?
·         The New Threat: Transnational Crime

·         The Rise and (Future) Fall of a Turkish-Iranian Axis

·         Spent Nuclear Fuel: A National Security and Environmental Migraine Headache

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         North Korea and the Politics of Visual Representation (working paper #164) 

·         Spillover and Competition Effects: Evidence from the sub-Saharan African Banking Sector (working paper #165)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Contingency Contracting:  Observations on Actions Needed to Address Systemic Challenges, GAO-11-580
·         Federal Oil and Gas:  Interagency Committee Needs to Better Coordinate Research on Oil Pollution Protection and Response, GAO-11-319
·         Multiple U.S. Agencies Provided Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces, GAO-11-402R
·         Performance Management:  DOD Is Terminating the National Security Personnel System, but Needs a Strategic Plan to Guide Its Design of a New System, GAO-11-524R

Heritage Foundation

·         2011 Budget Chart Book
·         Don’t Raise the Debt Limit Without Getting Spending Under Control
·         How the U.S. Should Help Libya's Struggling Opposition
·         Jimmy Carter in North Korea: Ignoring Reality
·         Ten Economic Lessons from Europe for the U.S. President
·         The United States Should Not Join the Convention on Cluster Munitions
·         The U.S. Must Maximize Its Influence over U.N. Budgetary Decisions
·         Who Makes American Foreign Policy?
·         Yemen: US Policy Implications of President Saleh’s Resignation Offer

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

·         Federalism & Provincial Rights [Implications of the 18th Amendment]

·         Internal Displacement in Pakistan: Contemporary Challenges

·         Police Organizations in Pakistan
·         Revisiting Police Laws [Pakistan]

Institute for Defence and Security Analyses (IDSA)

·         India’s Limited Options in Afghanistan
·         POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) News Digest, April 2011, v. 4, no. 4    
       o    Pakistan Building Colony for Chinese in PoK

o    Bhasha Dam Security: GB Govt to Induct 600 Scouts

o    G-B Cabinet: Ministers Unhappy with Vacancy Allocations

o    PML-N Warns Govt About 'Unrest' in PaK

o    Banks, Financial Institutions Role Urged for Survival of AJK's Economy

o    Call for Establishment of Investment Centers in AJK

o    GB Economic Report Advocates Private Sector Led Growth Infrastructure Investment

o    Japan Grants US$ 103,713 for Improvement of Water Supply, Sanitation in Muzaffarabad

o    UN Commission Asked to Assess Rights Situation in Baltistan

o    Kashmir Police Chief Sets up Complaint Cell for UK Citizens

o    Gilgit Baltistan: Need to Build on Environmental Successes

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         New Satellite Image of Construction at North Korea Nuclear Site

Institute for the Study of War

·         Reversing the Northeastern Insurgency (Afghanistan Report #9)

International Crisis Group

·         Popular Protests in North Africa and the Middle East (IV): Tunisia’s Way
·         Zimbabwe: The Road to Reform or Another Dead End?

International Legal Foundation (ILF)

·         The Customary Laws of Afghanistan

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Financial Conditions Indexes for the United States and Euro Area
·         France: Lessons from Past Fiscal Consolidation Plans 

·         Growth from International Capital Flows: The Role of Volatility Regimes
·         How to Deal with Real Estate Booms: Lessons from Country Experiences
·         International Mutual Funds, Capital Flow Volatility, and Contagion-A Survey
·         Lessons for Monetary Policy: What Should the Consensus Be?
·         Measuring Fiscal Vulnerability and Fiscal Stress: A Proposed Set of Indicators
·         Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms in Pacific Island Countries
·         Real-time Forecasts of Economic Activity for Latin American Economies

International Relations and Security Network

·         Asylum Seeker Rights and State Responsibilities
·         The Case for UN Reconsideration of the Zimbabwean Matter
·         First Chernobyl, Then Fukushima – Will Nuclear Energy Survive?
·         Funding False Hopes in Darfur
·         Libya: The View from the Bunker
·         Tomb or Mosque? Contesting Historical Memory
·         US and China Build Soft Power in Timor-Leste
·         Wither the 'King of Kings?' How Qaddafi's Battle for Libya Will Impact Africa

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, April 28, 2011, v. 9, no. 17
            o    Clashes Erupt Between Khyber Tribesmen and Lashkar-e-Islam Militants

o    The Jubaland Initiative: Is Kenya Creating a Buffer State in Southern Somalia?

o    Mapping Qaddafi's Tribal Allegiances in Libya: An Overview

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         The Challenge of Nonterritorial and Virtual Conflicts: Rethinking Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism 
·         Cross-Cultural Competence and Small Groups: Why SOF Are the Way SOF Are

·         Special Operations Forces Interagency Counterterrorism Reference Manual, Second Edition

McAfee & CSIS

·         In the Dark: Critical Industries Confront Cyberattacks

Mercatus Center

·         Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy

Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)

·         Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report No. 38

National Academies Press

·         Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030

·         Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel
·         Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casualty Incident: Workshop Summary

NATO Library

·         Arctic Security
·         Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
·         Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
·         Cyberspace Security
·         Maritime Security
·         Missile Defence
·         NATO and Libya - Special Focus

·         NATO's New Strategic Concept

Nautilus Peace and Security Network

·         North-South Korean Elements of National Power
·         Workshop on Legal Cooperation to Control Non-State Nuclear Proliferation: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction and UN Resolutions 1540 and 1373

·         Tracking Nuclear Capable Individuals

·         The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011: Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World, 25 Years after the Chernobyl Accident

Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Analysis Dept.

·         GANGS AND GUERRILLAS: Ideas from Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism

New America Foundation

·         Lashkar-e-Taiba (the Army of the Pure or LeT – Pakistan)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         M-11-21, Implementing the Presidential Memorandum "Administrative Flexibility, Lower Costs, and Better Results for State, Local, and Tribal Governments" (April 29, 2011)

PAK Institute for Peace Studies

·         Newsletter, March-May 2011
           o    Building Peace across Pak-Afghan Borders

Pakistan Energy Conference

·         Challenges of the Oil Refining Sector in Pakistan

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Foreign Fighter Interdiction: Stability Operations as Countermeasures
·         GHOSTS OF EMPIRE, Reducing the Specter of Imperialism in Modern Stability Operations

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         Foreign Manufacturing Multinationals and the Transformation of the Chinese Economy: New Measurements, New Perspectives
·         Taxing China's Assets: How to Increase US Employment Without Launching a Trade War
·         The European Union Should Start a Debate on Too-Big-To-Fail

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Egyptians Embrace Revolt Leaders, Religious Parties and Military, As Well

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Maghreb Review 8

Program for Culture & Conflict Studies

·         The Culture and Conflict Review, 2011, v. 5, no. 2

o    The Fast-Changing Maritime Arctic

o    Can We Keep Up with Arctic Change?

o    An Ice-Free Arctic

o    Re-examining the Environment-Conflict Linkage: In What Way Can the Environment “Cause” Conflict?

o    Arctic Defense Concerns: Reorganizing U.S. Defense Structure to Meet Threats in the Changing Arctic

o    Defending the Arctic: America’s Challenge

o    Arctic Security in a Warming World: Challenges and Opportunities

o    Forging an Arctic Alliance: Canadian-U.S. JIATF-Arctic

o    Babysteps: Developing Multilateral Institutions in the Arctic

o    Easing the Arctic Tension: An Economic Solution

o    Freshwater Export from the Arctic Ocean and its Downstream Effect on Labrador Sea Deep Convection in a High-Resolution Numerical Model

o    Arctic Region Policy: Information Sharing Model Options

o    Long-Range Forecasting of Arctic Sea Ice

Small Wars Journal

·         Beyond the Basics: Looking Beyond the Conventional Wisdom Surrounding the IDF Campaigns against Hizbullah and Hamas
·         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
·         A Primer for Generating Force Integrated Strategy to Campaign Plan Development
·         Sandals and Robes to Business Suits and Gulf Streams: Warfare in the 21st Century
·         War by Any Other Name Is War
·         Warlord’s Writing Tips

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR Audit 11-10 - Despite Improvements in Mol's Personnel Systems, Additional Actions are Needed to Completely Verify ANP Payroll Costs and Workforce Strength

Stanford University

·         Towards an On-Campus ROTC Program at Stanford University: A Report and Recommendation

TADOC Research Centers

·         The Assessment of Drug Policies in Afghanistan

United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security

·         Keeping Britain Safe: An Assessment of UK Homeland Security Strategy

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence

·         JDN 2/11: The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

·         Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of Eleven Crew Members Aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon In the Gulf of Mexico, April 20-22, 2010 (Volume 1)

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Counterrevolution in the Gulf

·         Making Peace after Genocide: Anatomy of Burundi Process
·         Traveling toward the Rule of Law in the Middle East and North Africa: Avenues and Obstacles

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Aljazeera: One Organization, Two Messages
·         Iran's Influence in Iraq: Countering Tehran's Whole-of-Government Approach
·         Iran's Islamic Revolution: Lessons for the Arab Spring of 2011?
·         The Long View: The Middle East Needs More Israels
·         Washington and the UAE Discuss Iran

White House Homeland Security

·         The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and Your Privacy

·         The New National Terrorism Advisory System
·         Rewarding Excellence and Sharing Knowledge
·         Working Together to Create a 21st Century Immigration System