Friday's Miscellany 07-29-2011

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Civilian Casualties 2: Taleban Claims to Protect Civilians Laid Bare

·         The Layha: Calling the Taleban to Account 

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Al Qaeda's Safe Haven in Iran

·         Pakistan Security Brief [updated daily]

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]  

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

·         Drastic Measures Required:  Congress Needs to Overhaul U.S. Secrecy Law and Increase Oversight of the Secret Security Establishment 

Amnesty International

·         Generalizations, Omissions, Assumptions: Failings of… Environment Impact Assessments for its Bauxite Mine… in India’s State of Orissa  

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Bond Market Development in Asia: An Empirical Analysis of Major Determinants

·         The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Japanese Consumption Exports

·         The Political Economy of Reducing the US Dollar's Role as a Global Reserve Currency

·         Transpacific Imbalances and Macroeconomic Codependency 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Resetting Reserve Component Units: Taking Care of Soldiers and Families 

Atlantic Council

·         Egypt’s Democratic Transition: Five Important Myths About The Economy and International Assistance    

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Case for an Australian National Security Strategy

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         An Introduction to Pakistan's Military 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         NATO’s Nuclear Posture and Burden Sharing Agreements: an Italian Perspective 

Brookings Institute

·         Addressing Export Control in the Age of Cloud Computing

·         Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated July 26, 2011]

·         Pirates of the ISPs: Tactics for Turning Online Crooks Into International Pariahs  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Egypt’s Democratic Transition: Five Important Myths About the Economy and International Assistance 

·         Industrial Organization of the Chinese Coal Industry 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Aum Shinrikyo—Insights into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons 

Center for Global Development

·         Oil for Uganda – or Ugandans? Can Cash Transfers Prevent the Resource Curse? 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

·         Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes 2009 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan: Can Meaningful Transition Succeed? 

·         Capacity and Resolve: Foreign Assessments of U.S. Power

·         China's New Leftists and the China Model Debate after the Financial Crisis

·         China's Stake in the U.S. Debt Crisis

·         PacNet #37 - Chinese Okhotsk: The Nuclear Dimension of South China Sea Disputes 

·         PacNet #38 - US-India Ties: the Limits to Defense Cooperation with New Delhi

·         PacNet #39 - US Nuclear Weapons to South Korea? 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) FOIA Reading Room

·         Bay of Pigs [July 28, 2011]

o    Volume I - Air Operations, March 1960-April 1961

o    Volume II - Participation in the Conduct of Foreign Policy 92

o    Volume III - Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro Policies, 1951-January 1961

o    Volume IV - The Taylor Committee Investigation of the Bay of Pigs

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         Russia's Middle East Policy after the Arab Revolutions 

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

·         Armed Violence in Mindanao: Militia and Private Armies

·         Conflict Resolution: Learning Lessons from Dialogue Processes in India 

Chatham House

·         Arab Revolutions of 2011: The Struggle Against Autocracy Resumed   

·         Britain and Russia 

·         Democracy in Nigeria and the Rebirth of Opposition

·         Mapping the World’s Changing Industrial Landscape 

·         Navigating the New World Order: The UK and the Emerging Powers    

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, July 2011, v. 4, no. 7, 2011

o    The JRTN Movement and Iraq’s Next Insurgency

o    Anwar al-`Awlaqi’s Disciples: Three Case Studies

o    David Hicks’ Memoir: A Deceptive Account of One Man’s Journey with Al-Qa`ida

o    The Significance of Fazal Saeed’s Defection from the Pakistani Taliban

o    Hizb al-Tahrir: A New Threat to the Pakistan Army?

o    The Somali Diaspora: A Key Counterterrorism Ally

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

o    Will Al-Qa`ida and Al-Shabab Formally Merge?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Defense Department Investment in Technology and Capability to Meet Emerging Security Threats

·         DOD’s Plans for Financial Management Improvement and Achieving Audit Readiness

·         The Reserve Components as an Operational Force: Potential Legislative and Policy Changes

·         Sustaining Nuclear Deterrence After New START

·         Ten Years After the 2001 AUMF: Current Status of Legal Authorities, Detention, and Prosecution in the War on Terror

·         Total Force Readiness

·         The Way Ahead in Afghanistan 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Cybersecurity: An Overview of Risks to Critical Infrastructure 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings

o    Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Iran and Syria, Part 1 [July 27]

o    Coordinating Africa Policy on Security, Counterterrorism, Humanitarian Operations and Development [July 26]

o    Eastern Europe: The State of Democracy and Freedom [July 26]

o    Improving Implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [July 28]

o    Reassessing American Grand Strategy in South Asia [July 26]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland

·         Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland - Majority Investigation Report

·         H.R. 2658, Federal Protective Service Reform and Enhancement Act

·         The Last Line of Defense: Federal, State, and Local Efforts to Prevent Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism Within the United States                

Congress. House. Oversight & Reform Committee

·         Operation Fast And Furious: The Other Side Of The Border 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme: A Violation of International Law

·         How to Improve Operations and Implement Efficiencies for the United States Coast Guard 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Financial Management and Business Transformation at the Department of Defense

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Aviation Fuels: Needs, Challenges, and Alternatives

·         Defending U.S. Economic Interests in the Changing Arctic: Is There a Strategy? 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Ten Years After 9/11: Improving Emergency Communications

·         Senator Coburn -- Back in Black: A Deficit Reduction Plan 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform

·         Fulfilling Our Treaty Obligations and Protecting Americans Abroad

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Analysis of the Impact on the Deficit of the Budget Control Act of 2011 As Proposed in the House

·         Analysis of the Impact on the Deficit of the Budget Control Act of 2011 as Revised in the House

·         Analysis of the Impact on the Deficit of the Budget Control Act of 2011 As Proposed in the Senate

·         Comparison of Updated Budget Control Act Proposals

·         Analysis of the Impact on the Deficit of the Budget Control Act of 2011 as Revised in the Senate

·         Comparison of Budget Control Act Proposals

·         Effects of Renewable of Clean Electricity Standards

·         Potential Costs of Health Care for Veterans of Recent and Ongoing US Military Operations

·         Selling Federal Property 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Britain's Scandal, Private Media and Public Interest

·         Europe: Integrating Islam

·         Tightening the Pentagon's Belt

·         A U.S. Debt -- and Prestige -- Downgrade?

·         U.S. Priorities in a Changing Middle East 

Defence R&D Canada

·         Collective C2 in Multinational Civil-Military Operations

·         Investigation of Button Size and Spacing for Underwater Controls

·         Major Events Coordinated Security Solutions (MECSS): The Application of Science and Technology to Reduce Risk for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the G8/G20 Summits 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 3115.14, Civil Aviation Intelligence, July 29, 2011 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-093 Active Duty Military Personnel Accounts Were Generally Valid and Secure, but DoD May Have Made Improper Payments

·         D-2011-087 Procurement of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles and Troop Enclosures for the Afghan National Security Forces  

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-11-92 Efficacy of Customs and Border Protection’s Bonding Process

·         OIG-11-96 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Vetting of Airmen Certificates and General Aviation Airport Access and Security Procedures 

Department of State

·         Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973 

East European Studies

·         Russian Analytical Digest July 2011/No. 100 Russian Energy Policy

East-West Center

·         Malaysia’s Political Awakening 

·         New Common Strategic Objectives for the US-Japan Alliance: Continuing Quiet Transformation 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-GAFI

·         Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption 

Feinstein International Center

·         The Role of Education in Livelihoods in the Somali Region of Ethiopia 

Foreign Policy

·         The African Summer

·         The Forgetting Stone

·         The Last Tourist in Syria

·         The War in Hipstamatic: A Rare and Beautiful Look at Afghanistan, Through an iPhone  

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Journal of Chinese Affairs, 2011, v. 40, no. 2

o    Religion and the State in China: The Limits of Institutionalization

o    Religious Renaissance in China Today

o    Ideational Learning and the Paradox of Chinese Catholic Reconciliation

o    Protestantism in China: A Dilemma for the Party-State

o    Buddhist Revival under State Watch

o    Social Capital and Rural Grassroots Governance in China

o    Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia: A Comparative Analysis of the South China Sea and the East China Sea

·         Negotiating Political Spaces: Social and Environmental Activism in the Chinese Countryside

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Army and Marine Corps Training:  Metrics Needed to Assess Initiatives on Training Management Skills, GAO-11-673

·         Burma: UN and U.S. Agencies Assisted Cyclone Victims in Difficult Environment, but Improved U.S. Monitoring Needed, GAO-11-700

·         Coast Guard: Action Needed as Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable,   GAO-11-743

·         Combatting Illicit Drugs:  DEA and ICE Interagency Agreement Has Helped to Ensure Better Coordination of Drug Investigations, GAO-11-763

·         Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS has Developed a Strategic Plan for its Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, but Gaps Remain, GAO-11-869T [testimony]

·         Criminal Cartel Enforcement:  Stakeholder Views on Impact of 2004 Antitrust Reform Are Mixed, but Support Whistleblower Protection, GAO-11-619

·         Cybersecurity:  Continued Attention Needed to Protect Our Nation's Critical Infrastructure, GAO-11-865T [testimony]

·         Defense Department Cyber Efforts: Definitions, Focal Point, and Methodology Needed for DOD to Develop Full-Spectrum Cyberspace Budget Estimates, GAO-11-695R

·         Defense Department Cyber Efforts:  DOD Faces Challenges in Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75

·         Defense Logistics:  DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Address Challenges in Supply Chain Management, GAO-11-569

·         Defense Management:  Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative, GAO-11-676

·         DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Achieve Auditability, GAO-11-864T [testimony]

·         DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Improve Reliability of Financial Information, GAO-11-835T [testimony]

·         DOD Task Force for Business and Stability Operations:  Actions Needed to Establish Project Management Guidelines and Enhance Information Sharing, GAO-11-715

·         FEMA and the Corps Have Taken Steps to Establish a Task Force, but FEMA Has Not Assessed the Costs of Collecting and Reporting All Levee-Related Concerns,  GAO-11-689R

·         FEMA Has Made Progress in Managing Regionalization of Preparedness Grants,   GAO-11-732R

·         Foreign Assistance:  The United States Provides Wide-ranging Trade Capacity Building Assistance, but Better Reporting and Evaluation Are Needed.  GAO-11-727

·         Information Technology:  DHS Needs to Improve Its Independent Acquisition Reviews, GAO-11-581

·         Millennium Challenge Corporation:  Compacts in Cape Verde and Honduras  Achieved Reduced Targets, GAO-11-728

·         President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:  Program Planning and Reporting.  GAO-11-785

·         Social Media:  Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate, GAO-11-605

·         Value-Added Taxes:  Potential Lessons for the United States from Other Countries' Experiences, GAO-11-867T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         After Oslo: Lessons for the United States

·         Amnesty Legislation Still the Wrong Answer for Responsible Immigration Reform

·         No More Energy Subsidies: Prevent the New, Repeal the Old

·         No Place for a “Diversity Lottery” in a Rational Immigration Policy

·         Red Tape Rising: A 2011 Mid-Year Report

·         Reviving Formal Rulemaking: Openness and Accountability for Obamacare

·         Talks About Talking Okay, But The Ball Is in Pyongyang’s Court 

Human Rights Watch

·         “We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years”: Enforced Disappearances by Pakistan Security Forces in Balochistan 

International Crisis Group

·         Bahrain’s Rocky Road to Reform

·         Cutting the Link between Crime and Local Politics: Colombia's 2011 Elections 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Analytics of Systemic Crises and the Role of Global Financial Safety Nets

·         Compliance with the AML/CFT International Standard: Lessons from a Cross-Country Analysis

·         Democratic Accountability, Deficit Bias, and Independent Fiscal Agencies

·         Determinants of Interest Rate Pass-Through: Do Macroeconomic Conditions and Financial Market Structure Matter?

·         FDI from BRICs to LICs: Emerging Growth Driver?

·         Fiscal Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa

·         The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Microfinance and Policy Implications

·         Mapping Cross-Border Financial Linkages - A Supporting Case for Global Financial Safety Nets

·         A Newton’s Method for Benchmarking Time Series according to a Growth Rates Preservation Principle

·         Paraguay: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Central Asian States Spar Over Shrinking Water Resources

·         The Last Act of the American Century

·         New Global Drug Policy Depends on Effective Governance

·         The Uyghurs, China and Central Asia 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation 

International Republican Institute (IRI)

·         IRI Tunisia Index

·         Survey of Tunisian Public Opinion 

ISIS Europe

·         European Security Review Briefing 7 - Policing in Conflict – An Overview of EUPOL Afghanistan

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 29, 2011, v. 11, no, 14

o    China Reacts to Admiral Mullen Visit; Growth Imperative Challenges Even Chinese Security Regulations

o    Wenzhou Crash Shows the Dangers of China's Nuclear Power Ambitions

o    Assessing the Grade Structure for China’s Aircraft Carriers: Part 2

o    Revising the Border: China's Inroads into Tajikistan

o    Beijing Confronts Long-Standing Weakness in Anti-Submarine Warfare

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 29, 2011, v. 9, no. 30

o    To Pay or Not to Pay? The French Hostage Dilemma

o    Semtex or Stability? The Conflict in Libya and its Impact on Security in Niger

o    The Muslim Brotherhood in Somalia: An Interview with the Islah Movement's Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow)

McKinsey Global Institute

·         Mapping Global Capital Markets 2011

Middle East Studies

·         Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond

·         Operational Culture for the Warfighter: Principles and Applications (2nd Edition, 2011)

·         Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Vision: An Atomic Shield and Sword for Conquest

National Security Archive

·         Non-Papers and Demarches: U.S. and British Combined to Delay Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program in 1978-1981 

National Intelligence Council (NIC)

·         The Threat to U.S. National Security Posed by Transnational Organized Crime

·         Map 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The DPRK and the Warsaw Clause: An Unnoticed Change in US Nuclear Policy

·         Why Not Opt for a “Win-Win” Strategy for the Korean Peninsula? 

Oxfam

·         Resource Scarcity, Fair Shares and Development   

Oxford Research Group

·         Drone Attacks, International Law, and the Recording of Civilian Casualties of Armed Conflict  

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Europe on the Brink

·         Markets vs. Malthus: Food Security and the Global Economy

·         Why the Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement Is a Big Deal 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         71% of Online Adults Now Use Video-Sharing Sites

Public Health Law Network

·         Liability Risks and Protections for Volunteer Health Practitioners (VHPs) in Emergencies 

Rand

·         Exploring Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Terrorists: An analysis of six significant terrorist conspiracies in the UK

·         Global Demographic Change and Its Implications for Military Power

·         Intervening in Gun Markets: An Experiment to Assess the Impact of Targeted Gun-Law Messaging

·         Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing

·         Managing Arab-Kurd Tensions in Northern Iraq After the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops

·         Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U.S. Electricity Supply: Technical Considerations 

Security Council Report

·         Israel/Palestine 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Iraqi COIN Narrative Revisited: Interview with Douglas A. Ollivant

·         Obama’s Pledge: A Responsible End to War in Iraq? 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to the United States Congress - July 2011 

UK House of Commons

·         Iran’s Nuclear Programme: An Update 

·         Operations in Afghanistan

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UMAMA)

·         Afghanistan: Midyear Report 2011 - Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts 

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

·         World Investment Report 2011 

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Crisis Situation Report No. 50

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Global Afghan Opium Trade: A Threat Assessment

USAID

·         Democratic Republic of the Congo - Complex Emergency [latest update]

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update]

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update]

·         Iraq - Complex Emergency [latest updated]

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

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

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghan Civil Society and a Comprehensive Peace Process

·         Beyond Tahrir: The Trajectory of Egypt's Transition

·         Eye on the Two Sudans

·         NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors: Improving Compliance with International Norms

·         Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite

·         PeaceWatch Summer 2011

o    Starting an Af-Pak Dialogue

o    Afghanistan: Preparing Peacemakers

o    Pakistan: Training the Mediators

o    Training U.S. Advisers, Building Afghan Ministers

o    Grants at Work in Iraq

o    USIP Does 'Peace Multiplication' in Nigeria

o    Grants at Work in Nigeria

o    Working against Violence in Sudan

o    Strengthening Justice and Security in the Himalayas

o    Mixing Business with Peace

o    People on the Move

o    Convening Power

·         The U.S.-North Korea “Exploratory” Meeting in New York: Why Now? 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Triangular Power Struggle

·         Hezbollah: Party of Fraud

·         The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy

·         Over the Wall: A Tale of Two Embassies

·         'Restoration' Is Not an Option: Why America Can't Afford to Lead from Behind

·         Turkey 2020

·         Turkey's High-Stakes Power Struggle

·         The Turkish Military Snaps 

White House

·         Address by the President to the Nation - July 25, 2011

·         Remarks by the President on Fuel Efficiency Standards

·         Remarks by the President on the Status of Debt Ceiling Negotiations

·         Resources on the Ongoing Debate About our National Debt

·         Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime        

World Bank

·         The "Resource Curse" in MENA? Political Transitions, Resource Wealth, Economic Shocks, and Conflict Risk