Friday's Miscellany 05-20-2011

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)

·         High Frontier Journal, May 2011, v. 7, no. 3 [Cyber Defense - Protecting Operations in an Evolving Domain] 

o    Toward a Single AFNet: Three Reasons Why the Air Force Must Migrate

o    Mitigating Cyber Friendly Fire: A Sub-Category of Cyber Mishaps

o    Achieving Cyber Survivability in a Contested Environment Using a Cyber Moving Target

o    Winning in Cyberspace: Air Force Space Command’s Approach to Defending the Air Force Network

o    Single Integrated Network Environment: The Strategy for Air Force Network Integration

o    Defending the Cyber Alamo: An Indefensible Position in Cyberspace

o    Air Force Cyberspace Strategic Planning Factors

o    The Air Force Network Architecture

o    Preparing the Air Force for Computer Network Operations

o    Rethinking Cyber Defense

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

·         Germany's Global Role at Risk: New Challenges for Stability in the Middle East 

·         Political Report, May 2011: The Latest Polls on Obama, the Military, and the Economy 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         How Europe Can Get the Germany It Needs 

Amnesty International

·         Amnesty International Report 2011 – State of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, January to mid-April 2011

·         USA: A Reflection on Justice 

Asia Society

·         Pakistan 2020: A Vision for Building a Better Future
  

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Appropriate Financial Instruments for Public-Private Partnership to Boost Cross-Border Infrastructural Development-EU Experience 

·         The Status of East Asian Free Trade Agreements 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Jihadists in Jail: Radicalisation and the Indonesian Prison Experience 

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

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Limiting Transfers of Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology: Issues, Constraints, Options 

Brookings

·         The Emerging Law of Detention 2.0: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking 

·         The Future of Libya: A View from the Opposition 

·         Managing Reform? Saudi Arabia and the King’s Dilemma 

·         The Middle East Crisis That Just Won't Go Away 

·         A Strategy for America’s Energy Future: Illuminating Energy’s Full Costs 

·         Toward a Political Strategy for Afghanistan 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Arab Reform Bulletin - Mauritania’s Days of Rage   

·         Creating New Facts on the Ground: Why the Diplomatic Surge Cannot Yet Produce a Regional Solution in Afghanistan 

·         A Decade of Struggling Reform Efforts in Jordan: The Resilience of the Rentier System 

CATO Institute

·         Crony Capitalism and Social Engineering: The Case Against Tax-Increment Financing 

·         Leashing the Surveillance State: How to Reform Patriot Act Surveillance Authorities 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Upheaval: U.S. Policy Toward Iran in a Changing Middle East 

Center for American Progress

·         Changing the Mindset on U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Time to Set a Long-Term Strategy for a Region in Transition 

·         Interactive: Who Will Lead Egypt? - Some of the Players in the Running 

Center for Global Development

·         Declining Inequality in Latin America: Some Economics, Some Politics - Working Paper 251 

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHR&GJ)

·         Targeted and Entrapped: Manufacturing the “Homegrown Threat” in the United States 

Center for Security Policy

·         Obama's Muslim Outreach 2.0: Doing business with the Muslim Brotherhood 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Middle East Conflict: Changing Context, New Opportunities 

Center for Strategic and International Studies

·         Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, v.13, no. 1 

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

·         Data Tables for Posting MDAP Consolidated 

·         Defense Industry Access to Capital Markets 

·         DoD Workforce Cost Realism Assessment 

·         Leveraging the World Health Organization’s Core Strengths 

·         Mexico’s 2012 Presidential Election and U.S.-Mexico Relations 

·         The Military Balance in Asia, 1990-2011

·         PacNet #28 - Comparative Connections Summaries 

·         PacNet #29 - Arabia and China: Planning for the Worst Pressure Builds for US Shift on Okinawa 

·         Politics in the Lion City: Toward an “Orchid Evolution”?

·         Significant Cyber Incidents Since 2006 

·         US-Japan-ROK Nuclear Dialogue Track 2 Statement

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         At the Margins of SSR: Gender and Informal Justice 

·         Sudan's Aspirational Army: A History of the Joint Integrated Units 

Chatham House

·         Europe Between China and America (Speech transcript by Rt Hon David Miliband, former UK Foreign Secretary)

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

·         The Future of Power

·         The West and the Rest: The Changing Global Balance of Power in Historical Perspective 

·         Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States: Elite Politics, Street Protests and Regional Diplomacy 

CNA

·         2011 Social Media in Emergency Management Camp 

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

Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

·         Taken!: North Korea's Criminal Abduction of Citizens of Other Countries

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Fukushima Fallout: Regulatory Loopholes at U.S. Nuclear Plants 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Cost-Effectiveness of Nuclear Power for Navy Surface Ships 

·         Extrapolation of Full-Year Appropriations for 2011 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Crisis in the Congo: CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 11 

·         Gauging Obama's Mideast Speech 

·         Next Steps for Pakistan Strategy: Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 4

·         Should U.S. Continue Aid to Pakistan? 

Defence Research and Development Canada

·         Cue Integration in Dynamic Decision Making 

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

·         Development of a Team Scenario Content Generation Framework 

·         A Framework of Factors Influencing ANSA Decision Making 

·         General Recommendations on Fatigue Risk Management for the Canadian Forces 

·         INCOMMANDS TDP: Human Factors Design and Evaluation Guide 

·         An Introduction to the IP/PCT Model Implementation in IPME

·         Issues in Intelligence Production: Summary of Interviews with Canadian Managers of Intelligence Analysts 

·         The Psychology of Violent Conflict in Failing States: A Review of Scientific Literature 

Department of Defense

·         Baseline Base Structure Report (FY 2010) 

·         DoD Directive 5240.06, Counterintelligence Awareness and Reporting (CIAR), May 17, 2011 

·         DoD Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan Status Report 

·         National Guard and Reserve Equipment Report for Fiscal Year 2012 

·         Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Guidance  

Department of State

·         Political Violence Against Americans 2010 

·         Earlier years

·         The United States and China: The Next Five Years 

Department of the Navy

·         OPNAV 5530.16A - Minimum Security Standards for Safeguarding Biological Select Agents and Toxins 

East-West Center

·         Incrementally Stabilizing China-US Relations at the 2011 S&ED 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         The G-20: A Pathway to Effective Multilateralism? [Chaillot Paper n°125]    

European Police Office

·         EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 

European Policy Centre

·         The European External Action Service and the United Nations: A Missed Opportunity for Self-Promotion 

·         Growth, Well-Being and Social Policy in Europe: Trade-Off or Synergy? 

Foreign Policy

·         A Groom's Tale: In Rural Afghanistan, Girls Aren't the Only Ones Getting Married Too Young 

·         Middle East Crisis That Just Won't Go Away 

·         Will Obama's Speech Change Anything? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Why We Should Study Developing Nuclear Earth Penetrators – And Why They are Actually Stabilizing 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Journal of Current Southeast Asia Affairs, 2011, v. 30, no. 1 

o    Indonesian Political Islam: Capitalist Development and the Legacies of the Cold War

o    Indonesian Perceptions and Attitudes toward the ASEAN Community

o    A Comparative Study of State-Led Development in Myanmar (1988–2010) and Suharto’s Indonesia: An Approach from the Developmental State Theory

o    The Crux Is the Skin: Reflections on Southeast Asian Personhood

o    The Maritime Potential of ASEAN Economies

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

·         Counterinsurgency and Its Discontents

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Budget Issues:  Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal Protective Service's and Federal Agencies' Planning and Budgeting for Security, GAO-11-492  

·         Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining, GAO-11-578R

·         Defense Management:  Perspectives on the Involvement of the Combatant Commands in the Development of Joint Requirements, GAO-11-527R 

·         Haiti Reconstruction: U.S. Efforts Have Begun, Expanded Oversight Still to Be Implemented, GAO-11-415 

·         Performance Measurement and Evaluation: Definitions and Relationships, GAO-11-646SP 

·         Military Housing:  Enhancements Needed to Housing Allowance Process and Information Sharing among Services, GAO-11-462 

·         Visa Waiver Program:  DHS Has Implemented Electronic System for Travel Authorization, but Further Steps Needed to Address Potential Program Risks, GAO-11-335    

·         Warfighter Support:  Improved Joint Oversight and Reporting on DOD's Prepositioning Programs May Increase Efficiencies, GAO-11-647 

Heritage Foundation

·         39 Terror Plots Foiled Since 9/11: Examining Counterterrorism’s Success Stories 

·         After bin Laden: Do Not Retreat from Afghanistan 

·         After bin Laden: End the Public Diplomacy Apology Tour 

·         After bin Laden: Support the PATRIOT Act 

·         America's Choice in a Dangerous Age: Lead or Follow 

·         Homeland Security Grant Guidelines Make Security and Fiscal Sense 

·         President Obama Visits the Irish Financial Crisis

·         Preserving the Special Relationship: A Conservative Agenda for President Obama’s State Visit to Great Britain 

·         Proposed Re-Realignment for Northeast Asia Ignores Strategic Realities

·         Thinking About a Day Without Sea Power: Implications for US Defense Policy

·         U.S. Nuclear Policy After Fukushima: Trust But Modify 

·         U.S. Must Focus Military Talks with China 

·         What President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron Should Do to Preserve the Anglo–American Special Relationship 

·         What President Obama Should Tell Prime Minister Cameron About Britain’s Defense Cuts 

Homeland Security Policy Institute

·         Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Task Force Interim Report on Resilience 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         A Good Defense, but What’s the Impact on Future State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks? 

·         Pakistan Doubling Rate of Making Nuclear Weapons: Time for Pakistan to Reverse Course

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle (as of May 2011) 

·         Badruddin Haqqani: Designated Global Terrorist

·         Iraq Order of Battle (as of May 2011) 

·         What You Need to Know About Libya

International Council on Security and Development (ICOS)

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

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Causes of Asset Shortages in Emerging Markets 

·         Impact of the Global Crisis on Banking Sector Soundness in Asian Low-Income Countries 

·         In Which Exchange Rate Models Do Forecasters Trust? 

·         On Brazil’s Term Structure: Stylized Facts and Analysis of Macroeconomic Interactions 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Can the Greek People Teach the ECB Economics? 

·         China’s National Defense in 2010 

·         Diamonds: Still a Bloody Affair 

·         Green Policy in Colombia. Quixotic or Corrupt? 

·         India's Continuing Search for 'Strategic Autonomy' 

·         Pakistan Faces Mounting Tensions with Neighbors 

·         Russia: An Opinion-Poll Democracy 

·         Turkey's Booming Defense Industry 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Monitor, May 20, 2011, v. 11, no. 9 

o    The Death of Factions within the Chinese Communist Party?

o    PLA Developing Joint Operations Capability (Part One): Joint Task Force Experimentation

o    “Shaheen 1” Exercise Signals Expansion of China-Pakistan Alliance

o    The Dragon and the Mamba: China’s Growing Presence in Mozambique

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 20, 2011, v. 9, no. 20 

o    Jamestown Interview: Iraqi General in Mosul Under Pressure from Islamist and Nationalist Groups

o    Pakistani Ex-Servicemen Help Imran Khan Block Supplies to NATO Forces in Afghanistan

o    After Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda Strategy in Yemen

Minority Rights Group International (MRG)

·         Peoples Under Threat 2011 

MITRE

·         Independent URA Monitor for GPS IIIC 

·         Measuring the Forecast Accuracy of Intelligence Products 

·         Model-Based Spectrum Management—Part 1: Modeling and Computation Manual 

·         Research Challenge: The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 

·         A Slot Allocation Algorithm for Survivability of Tactical TDMA Networks 

Mortara Center, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

·         Democratic Values and Support for Militancy: Evidence from a National Survey of Pakistan 

·         Iranians and the Bomb: Tales from the Demand Side 

·         Poverty and Support for Militant Politics: Evidence from Pakistan 

National Academies Press

·         Assessment of Approaches for Using Process Safety Metrics at the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Foreign Military Activities in Asian EEZS: Conflict Ahead? 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

·         NNSA Strategic Plan 2011 

NATO Defense College

·         The UN and NATO: Forward from the Joint Declaration 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         6-Party Trap 

·         Supporting Online Material: North Korean Nuclear Statements (2002-2010) 

Nordic Africa Institute

·         A Gendered Perspective on the Impact of Conflict in the Horn of Africa

·         Studying Africa : A Guide to the Sources (2nd ed)

Office of The Surgeon General United States Army Medical Command

·         Joint Mental Health Advisory Team 7 (J-MHAT 7) Operation Enduring Freedom 2010 Afghanistan 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Impact of Regional Ideology on Contemporary Warfare in FATA

·         Inauguration of Bannu-Ghulam Khan –Kabul Road: Prospects for Pak-Afghan Trade Cooperation 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Arab Spring Fails to Improve U.S. Image: Obama's Challenge in the Muslim World 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Most Say Homosexuality Should Be Accepted By Society

·         When Private Lives Become Public

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         All Eyes on Timor Leste: Juggling Regional Security Sensitivities [Viewpoint #54] 

·         ICC's Arrest Warrants on Libyan Top Leaders [Viewpoint #57] 

·         Timor Leste's 'David and Goliath' Clash with Australia [Viewpoint #56] 

·         Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and the East African Federation [Viewpoint #55]

Rand

·         Data Strategies for Policymaking: Identifying International Good Practice: Final Report 

·         Preserving Range and Airspace Access for the Air Force Mission: Striving for a Strategic Vantage Point 

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

Research and Innovation Technology Administration (RITA)

·         North American Border Crossing/Entry Data 

Small Wars Journal

·         Defense by Defoliation: The Necessity for Agent Orange in Vietnam

·         From Mars to Minerva: Clausewitz, Liddell Hart, and the Two Western Ways of War

·         The Impact of Incorporating MRAPs into BCT's 

South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR)

·         Pakistan - Terror in Allah's Name (including chart with Fatalities in Direct Attacks on Pakistan Armed Forces: 2001-2011) 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Rebuilding Armed Forces: Learning from Iraq and Lebanon 

Transparency International UK

·         Afghanistan in Transition: Reshaping Priorities for 2015 and Beyond 

·         European Neighbourhood Policy: Monitoring Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Anti-Corruption Commitments 2010 

United Kingdom House of Commons Library

·         Killing Osama bin Laden: Has Justice Been Done? 

·         The Killing of Osama Bin Laden: The Pakistan Connection 

·         Political Developments in Afghanistan 

United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

·         Strategically Important Metals 

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict

·         Child Protection in United Nations Peacekeeping: Volume I 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Corruption in the Western Balkans: Bribery as Experienced by the Population 

United Nations Security Council

·         The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         After Osama bin Laden: The Future of Pakistan and Afghan Reconciliation

·         Pakistan 2020 

·         Talking to Groups That Use Terror

·         The United States in Iraq: Options for 2012 

·         Women in Religious Peacebuilding 

USAID

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

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

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

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

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Obama to Assad: Reform or Leave 

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

·         President Obama's Delicate Pivot: From Abbottabad to the Arab 'Winds of Change' 

·         Syria: The Case for 'The Devil We Don't Know' 

·         Turkey's New Relationship with NATO: Implications for Washington 

·         What Would Netanyahu Do for Peace?

·         Who Will Write Turkey's New Constitution?     

·         Why a Case-by-Case Strategy Is Not Going to Work in the Middle East

Wharton

·         Private Equity in the Middle East: Gathering Strength as New Opportunities Unfold 

White House

·         Expanding Responsible Oil Production in America

·         International Strategy for Cyberspace 

·         Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa

World Health Organization (WHO)

·         World Health Statistics 2011