Friday's Miscellany 05-13-2011

Afghan Analysts Network 

·         The Enteqal Seven (2): Around Mehtarlam, an ‘Insurgency Corridor’ in the Making

·         The Takhar Attack—Targeted Killings and the Parallel World of US Intelligence in Afghanistan

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Optimizing Africa's Security Force Structures

Air Force

·         Total Force 21: Part II: Developing a 21st Century Approach for Military Force Structure Planning    

Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)

·         From the Mind to the Feet - Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic 

Air University Library

·         U.S. Africa Command 

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

·         Best Practices in the Fight against Global Counterfeiting 

Amnesty International

·         Misratah (Libya) – Under Siege and Under Fire  

·         Uganda: A Nine Point Human Rights Agenda  

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         What's Plan B?—Australia's Air Combat Capability in the Balance 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Future of Oil in Mexico series

·         Executive Summary: The Future of Oil in Mexico/El futuro del sector petrolero en México 

·         Beyond Efficiency: The Politics of Investment Policies in the Oil Industry 

·         Coping with Adversity in the Mexican Oil Industry: Como Pemex no hay dos 

·         "El petróleo es nuestro": The Distribution of Oil Revenues in Mexico

·         The Energy Factor in Mexico-U.S. Relations

·         Energy Trade and Security Issues at the U.S.-Mexico Border

·         The Macroeconomic Consequences of Falling Oil Revenues in Mexico: A Looming Crisis or a Mixed Blessing? 

·         Oil and Gas in Mexico: Geology, Production Rates and Reserve

·         Oil and U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations

·         Oil Policy Reform in Resource Nationalist States: Lessons for Mexico

·         The Revenue Efficiency of Pemex: A Comparative Approach

·         Scenarios for Oil Supply, Demand and Net Exports for Mexico

·         Stuck in the Mud: The Politics of Constitutional Reform in the Oil Sector in Mexico

·         Taming the Beast Within: The Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission

Brookings Institute

·        Designing the International Green Climate Fund: Focusing on Results

·         Ensuring Hardware Cybersecurity

·         The Implications of Osama bin Laden’s Death for the War in Afghanistan and Global Counterterrorism Efforts 

·         OBL is Dead, Al Qaeda Isn't

·         Out With Bin Laden, In With Arab Spring 

·         Qualitative Energy Diplomacy in Central Asia: A Comparative Analysis of the Policies of the United States, Russia and China 

·         The Trilateral Process: The United States, Ukraine, Russia and Nuclear Weapons  

·         The U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue: A Preview of Key Economic Issues 

·         Why Japan Still Matters 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Arab Reform - Egyptian Democracy and the Sectarian Litmus Test

·         Creating New Facts on the Ground  

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

·         Mass Atrocity Response Operations:  A Military Planning Handbook  

CATO Institute

·         Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Elements of Security: Mitigating the Risks of U.S. Dependence on Critical Minerals 

Center for Global Development

·         The Future of Development Finance - Working Paper 250 

·         U.S. Trade Policy: Don't Leave Poor Countries Behind 

Center for Global Prosperity

·         The 2011 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         The Experts’ Roundtable on Catastrophe—Altered Landscapes of Catastrophes: Insights from the Great East Japan Earthquake 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan and the Uncertain Metrics of Progress

·         After bin Laden: A Chance to Review the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship—without Distractions 

·         Cost and Time Overruns for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (2011)

·         Counter-Piracy in the Arabian Sea 

·         Defense Contract Trends  

·         HIV Prevention among Injection Drug Users in Kenya and Tanzania 

·         Mexico’s Economic Policy and Migration 

·         PacNet #27 - China’s National Defense in 2010 

·         PacNet #28 - Comparative Connections Summaries 

Chatham House

·         The West’s Vital Interests in Pakistan

Civil-Military Fusion Centre

·         The Relationship Between Aid, Insurgency & Security: Part One 

Combat Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, May 2011, Special Issue - The Death of Usama bin Ladin

o    Bin Ladin’s Death Through the Lens of Al-Qa`ida’s Confidential Secretary

o    Bin Ladin’s Killing and its Effect on Al-Qa`ida: What Comes Next?

o    Bin Ladin’s Location Reveals Limits of Liaison Intelligence Relationships

o    How Bin Ladin’s Death Will Affect Al-Qa`ida’s Regional Franchises

o    Special Operations Forces and the Raid Against Bin Ladin: Policymaker Considerations in Combating Terrorism

o    The Impact of Bin Ladin’s Death on AQAP in Yemen

o    The Impact of Bin Ladin’s Death on AQIM in North Africa

o    What the Experts Say...

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         NDAA Home 

·         National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012

·         National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 [Chairman McKeon's version] 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         China’s Latest Crackdown on Dissent 

·         Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part 1 

·         Governance, Democracy, Human Rights, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa: The FY2012 Proposed Budget 

·         Peace Corps at 50 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         On the Border and in the Line of Fire: U.S. Law Enforcement, Homeland Security and Drug Cartel Violence  

·         Taking Measure of Countermeasures (Part 2): A Review of Efforts to Protect the Homeland Through Distribution and Dispensing of CBRN Medical Countermeasures 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         H.R.1741 the "Secure Visas Act"

·         The USA PATRIOT Act: Dispelling the Myths 

·         Whether the Constitution Should be Amended to Address the Federal Deficit? 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform

·         Financial Management At The Department Of Homeland Security

·         USAID: Following the Money 

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

·         Military Space Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Are Our Nation’s Ports Secure? Examining the Transportation Worker ID Credential Program 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Assessing the Situation in Libya

·         Human Rights and Democratic Reform in Iran

·         Steps Needed for a Successful 2014 Transition in Afghanistan

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Roadmap for a More Efficient and Accountable Federal Government: Implementing the GPRA Modernization Act 

·         Ten Years After 9/11: Is Intelligence Reform Working? Part I 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: Is Humpty Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?     

·         Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Monthly Budget Review, May 2011 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Gasoline Prices 

·         Pakistan's New Generation of Terrorists

·         U.S.-China's Knotty but Necessary Ties 

·         U.S. Shift to Mideast Crisis Management 

Defence Research and Development Canada

·         The Development of a Modelling Solution to Address Manpower and Personnel Issues using the IPME 

·         Flight Experience, Risk Taking, and Hazardous Attitudes in Glider Instructors

·         Human Factors Analysis of Aircrew Operational Tasks in a Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Cargo Compartment 

·         Human Factors Evaluation of Prototype Visor Attachment Sub-systems and Review of Alternative Visor Designs 

·         Human Factors Evaluation of Two Optically Different Ballistic Visors 

·         Human Factors Issues for Controlling Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles: Preliminary Findings in Support of the Canadian Forces Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveillance Target Acquisition System Project 

·         Indicators of State Failure: Phase III

·         Multimodal Interfaces: Literature Review of Ecological Interface Design, Multimodal Perception and Attention, and Intelligent Adaptive Multimodal Interfaces 

·         Preliminary Review of Psychophysiological Technologies to Support Multimodal UAV Interface Design 

·         Suitable Adaptation Mechanisms for Intelligent Tutoring Technologies 

·         Trust Repair between a Military Organization and a Local Population: A Pilot Study 

Department of Defense

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, May/June 2011 

o    Integrating Humans With and Within Complex Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

o    Improving Software Engineering Through Holistic Project Coaching

o    An Agile Systems Engineering Process: The Missing Link?

o    From MBWA to LBWA: 21st Century People Solutions for Software Problems

o    Embedded with Facebook: DoD Faces Risk from Social Media

o    Browser User Interface Design Flows: Exploiting User Ignorance

·         DoD Instruction 8520.03, Identity Authentication for Information Systems, May 13, 2011 

·         Directive-Type Memorandum DTM-11-004, Immediate Implementation Provisions of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, April 26, 2011

·         Improvements to Services Contracting  

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-11-77 Opportunities to Improve FEMA's Mass Care and Emergency Assistance Activities 

·         OIG-11-78 Design and Implementation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Performance Grant  

East- West Center

·         China's Innovation Policy Is a Wake-Up Call for America 

·         Reimagining Chinese Indonesians in Democratic Indonesia 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Turning Presence into Power: Europe in its Eastern Neighbourhood 

Feinstein International Center

·         Winning Hearts and Minds?: Examining the Relationship between Aid and Security in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

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

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         The Many Faces of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Can Historical Institutionalism be Applied to Political Regime Development in Africa? (no. 166)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Catastrophic Planning:  States Participating in FEMA's Pilot Program Made Progress, but Better Guidance Could Enhance Future Pilot Programs, GAO-11-383 

·         Commercial Nuclear Waste:  Effects of a Termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program and Lessons Learned, GAO-11-229 

·         Defense Infrastructure:  DOD Used Available Guidance in Its Decision to Discontinue Commissary Operations at NAS Brunswick, but Criteria Needs Clarification, GAO-11-266R 

·         Hospital Emergency Departments:  Health Center Strategies That May Help Reduce Their Use, GAO-11-414R 

·         Hospital Emergency Departments:  Health Center Strategies That May Help Reduce Their Use, GAO-11-643T [testimony] 

·         International Food Assistance:  Better Nutrition and Quality Control Can Further Improve U.S. Food Aid, GAO-11-491

·         Law Enforcement Coordination:  DOJ Could Improve Its Process for Identifying Disagreements among Agents, GAO-11-314 

·         Space Acquisitions: DOD Delivering New Generations of Satellites, but Space System Acquisition Challenges Remain, GAO-11-590T [testimony] 

·         Spectrum Management:  NTIA Planning and Processes Need Strengthening to Promote the Efficient Use of Spectrum by Federal Agencies, GAO-11-352  

·         Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Internal Control Weaknesses Need to Be Corrected to Help Achieve Security Objectives, GAO-11-657 

·         Transportation Worker Identification Credential:  Internal Control Weaknesses Need to Be Corrected to Help Achieve Security Objectives, GAO-11-648T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         Afghanistan: Don't Get Carried Away by Bin Laden Death 

·         After bin Laden: Bringing Change to Pakistan's Counterterrorism Policies

·         After bin Laden: Don’t Alter Homeland Security Priorities 

·         After bin Laden: NATO’s Resolve Against Terrorism Must Not Waver

·         The Decline of U.S. Leadership Threatens America’s Position as the World’s Superpower 

·         FTAs with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama Would Create U.S. Jobs and Exports 

·         The Palestinian Facebook Intifada and Campaign for Unilateral Statehood 

·         Ten Myths of Ryan’s House Budget Plan 

·         What’s an Oil Subsidy? 

Hudson Institute

·         Political Risks of Increased Reliance on Defense Imports from Brazil 

Human Rights First

·         Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply with the Law 

Human Rights Watch

·         “Crossfire”: Continued Human Rights Abuses by Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion

·         Uncontrolled Pain: Ukraine’s Obligation to Ensure Evidence-Based Palliative Care 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Economic Potential of Northeast India: An Asset or Threat?

·         India Must Stay Relevant in Afghanistan 

·         Pakistan’s ‘First Use’ in Perspective 

·         The Post Osama Possibilities 

·         Understanding the Maoist Challenge through the Development Debate 

·         The US-India Strategic Partnership after the MMRCA Deal 

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Haqqani Network in Kurram  

International Council on Security and Development (ICOS)

·         Afghanistan Transition: The Death of Bin Laden and Local Dynamics

·         Afghanistan Transition and Kabul University: Winning Minds, Losing Hearts 

International Crisis Group

·         Bosnia: State Institutions Under Attack  

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

·         Free Speech in Peril: Press Freedom in South Asia 2010-11

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         The Fallout from Fukushima

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Identifying Vulnerabilities in Systemically-Important Financial Institutions in a Macro-financial Linkages Framework

·         Mongolia: Financial System Stability Assessment 

·         Words vs. Deeds: What Really Matters? 

International Peace Institute

·         Constitutional Reform in Transitional States: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Egypt and Tunisia  

·         Transforming Terrorists: Examining International Efforts to Address Violent Extremism  

International Relations and Security Network

·         Bin Laden and the Perils of Liberal Assassination 

·         From Brain Drain to Internal Bleeding: Retention Problems in the US Military 

·         India's Space Ascent Gains New Boost 

·         Japan Unlikely to Redirect Defense Policy 

·         Moving Beyond the Kurile Conflict 

·         Rebuilding Cote d’Ivoire: Lessons from Sierra Leone 

·         Russia's 17-Year Bid to Join the WTO Faces One Last Hurdle 

·         Xenophobia: Europe’s Death Knell 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 12, 2011, v. 9, no. 19 

o    Jihadis Share Methods of Bringing Down U.S. Predators over Libya

o    Europol Identifies Security Threat to Europe from North Africa's "Arab Spring"

o    The Island at the Center of the World: The Silencing of Bahrain's Crisis

Minority Rights Group International

·         Peoples Under Threat 2011 

National Academies Press

·         America's Climate Choices 

·         Building Community Disaster Resilience through Private-Public Collaboration

·         Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow

·         Managing University Intellectual Property in the Public Interest 

National Cyber Security Alliance and Microsoft

·         The State of K-12 Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Curriculum in the United States 

NATO

·         Video - Lt. General Mubarak Al-Khayarin, Chief of Qatar's Air Component Command 

·         Video - Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Conference 

National Defense University Press

·         Skin in the Game: Partnership in Establishing and Maintaining Global Security Stability 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         A Code of Conduct for Transfer of Nuclear Power Plant Technology to Consumer Countries    

·         (South) Africa and the Control of Non-State Nuclear Proliferation: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction with Reference to UNSC Resolutions 1540 and 1373 

NEFA Foundation

·         Implications for al-Qa’ida after the Killing of Usama bin Ladin 

·         The Muslim Brotherhood: Central Leadership and Organization 

·         Qaidat al-Jihad’s Near Future 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

·         2010 Data Mining Report 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         Friend or foe? Military intervention in Libya 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Performance of the Parliamentary Committees of Defence and National Security During the First 3 Years of the 13th National Assembly of Parliament Sectarian Conflict in Gilgit-Baltistan 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         The Government Assistance Center: A Vehicle for Transitioning to the Host Government 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 18 

Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         Navigating News Online 

Rand

·         Future Challenges for the Arab World: The Implications of Demographic and Economic Trends

·         How Is Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Affecting U.S. Service Members and Their Families?: An Overview of Early RAND Research on the Topic 

·         New Tools and Metrics for Evaluating Army Distributed Learning   

·         Opportunities for Alternative Fuels Production (testimony) 

·         RAND Experts Use Decades of Terrorism Research to Assess al Qaeda after bin Laden

·         Source Materials for the Healthy Communities Toolkit: A Resource Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations 

·         Resource-Constrained Spatial Hot Spot Identification 

·         Transitioning to Afghan-Led Counterinsurgency (testimony) 

·         What Do Iranians Think?: A Survey of Attitudes on the United States, the Nuclear Program, and the Economy 

Russian and Eurasian Security Network

·         Russian Analytical Digest - No.96: Russian Policy Options in the Arctic 

Security Council Report

·         Working Together for Peace and Security in Africa: The Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council 

Small Wars Journal

·         After Bin Laden: Confronting the Haqqani Network in Kurram

·         Are The Taliban And Al Qaeda Allies? 

·         Battling Radical Islamist Propaganda in Somalia: The Information Intervention Option

·         Computer Aided Democracy (CAD) 

·         Deciphering Shades of Gray: Understanding Counterinsurgency

·         The End State 

·         Mission Command: Realizing Unified Action

·         The Nature of War Theory 

·         A Recommendation for Quiet Professionals

·         Small Wars Journal Counterinsurgency Inquiry 

Stimson Center

·         The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: Transnational Crime in the FATA

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Cyber Infrastructure Protection 

Terrorism Research Initiative

·         Perspectives on Terrorism,  2011, v. 5, no. 2   

o    Conducting Field Research on Terrorism: a Brief Primer

o    Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda's Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11

o    Pass Em’ Right: Assessing the Threat of WMD Terrorism from America’s Christian Patriots

o    Addressing Root Causes – the Example of Bruno Kreisky and Austria’s Confrontation with Middle Eastern Terrorism

Transnational Institute

·         Kratom in Thailand: Decriminalisation and Community Control? 

United Nations

·         Children and Armed Conflict

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian Territory

·         Protection of Civilians: Casualties Database 

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         The Transatlantic Cocaine Market

United Nations Secretary General

·         Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka 

U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Internal Dilemmas [hearing transcript] 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghans Present Complex Reaction to the Death of Osama bin Laden

·         Eye on Afghanistan-Pakistan 

·         Eye on the Middle East and North Africa 

USAID

·         Central African Republic - LRA-Related Displacement Fact Sheet [latest update] 

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

·         Ethiopia - Complex Emergency [latest update]

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

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

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Spring, Democratic Summer, or Islamist Fall?

·         Checkbook Jihad 

·         A Political Vision for Israel 

·         Turkey's Threshold 

Wharton

·         The EU in 2013: Debt Defaults and More? 

·         Modeling Behavior: What Motivates People to Prepare, or Not Prepare, for Natural Disasters? 

White House Homeland Security

·         The Administration Unveils its Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal 

·         The President’s Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Immigration System 

·         The President on TOP COPS: "It Wasn’t Talk; It Was What They Did" 

Young Foundation

·         Rough Nights: The Growing Dangers of Working at Night