Friday's Miscellany 07-15-2011

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Afghanistan Research Newsletter No. 30 

·         District Councils: The Missing Middle of Local Governance

·         Local Governance for Local Needs: Key Findings and Policy Options for Afghanistan 

·         Local Governance in Afghanistan: A View from the Ground

·         Local Governance in Afghanistan: A View from the Ground - Executive Summary    

·         Opium Poppy Strikes Back: The 2011 Return of Opium in Balkh and Badakhshan Provinces 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Nigeria’s Pernicious Drivers of Ethno-Religious Conflict

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Financial Regulatory Reform in the U.S. and EU 

·         Politics of Dilemma: Turkish and EU Approaches Toward Syria 

·         Vigilance vs. Precaution: Diverging Directions in U.S. and European Technology Governance? 

Amnesty International

·         Paraguay: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Managing Multinational Infrastructure: An analysis of EU Institutional Structures and Best Practices    

Atlantic Council

·         EUCOM’s Future Force Structure  

·         EUCOM and NATO-EU Relations After the Lisbon Summit 

·         European Unconventional Gas Developments  

·         Increasing Outreach, Public, Understanding and Support for NATO Across the Transatlantic Community 

·         Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept  

·         US European Command and NATO’s Strategic Concept: Post-Afghanistan and Beyond  

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Future of Oil in Mexico

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Debt Limit Analysis 

Brookings

·         Constraints on Leadership in Washington

·         The View from Jerusalem and Ramallah 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         An Independent Voice for Egypt's al-Azhar?

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Command Post Episode Five: "The Challenge of Pakistan"

·         Command Post Episode Four: "What's Pakistan's Role in Afghanistan Going To Be?" 

·         Command Post Episode Three: "Counter-Insurgency versus Counter-Terrorism?" 

·         Command Post Episode Two: "Is Counter-Insurgency Dead?"

·         Command Post Episode One: President Obama's Evolving Strategy for Afghanistan 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Birthright Citizenship for Children of Foreign Diplomats?: Limiting Language in the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause Has No Practical Effect 

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

·         CIP Report no. 40 - International CIP 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         U.S. Navy - U.S. Air Force Relationships 1970-2010    

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Al-Qaida’s Uncertain Future 

·         Pakistan after Bin Laden 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Art of the Possible 

·         Al Shabaab 

·         Cutting Afghanistan’s "Gordian Knot" 

·         Cyber Attacks, Real or Imagined, and Cyber War

·         PacNet #34 - The Risks of 'Disaster Nationalism' 

·         Rethinking a Resource-Based Strategy 

Center for Strategic Research

·         Joint Interagency Task Force-South: The Best Known, Least Understood Interagency Success (Strategic Perspective #5) 

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         An Embargo in Russia’s Trade Policy – A Tactic Without a Strategy

·         German Reactions to the Proposal of the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014–2020 

Chatham House

·         Where Next for Yemen? Perspectives on the Youth Movement 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         The Haqqani Nexus and the Evolution of al-Qa’ida

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Evolution of Strategic Communication and Information Operations Since 9/11 

·         How Does the Navy Get Ready, and Where are We Today?

·         Human Capital Management: A High Risk Area for the Department of Defense 

·         Military Voting 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         The American Energy Initiative: Discussion Draft of H.R. ____, the “Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011 

·         Internet Privacy: The Views of the FTC, the FCC, and NTIA 

·         Legislative Hearing to Address Spectrum and Public Safety Issues 

·         Legislative Hearing on Miscellaneous Public Health Legislation 

Congress. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority [July 12]

o    Ros-Lehtinen to Host Reina Loina Tamayo for Congressional Briefing on Human Rights in Cuba [July 12]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Homeland Security Contracting: Does the Department Effectively Leverage Emerging Technologies? 

·         Protecting the Maritime Borders -- Leveraging Law Enforcement Cooperation to Enhance Security Along America’s Coasts 

·         Securing Federal Facilities: Challenges of the Federal Protective Service and the Need For Reform 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Transparency and Federal Management IT Systems 

·         TSA Oversight Part 2: Airport Perimeter Security 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         FEMA Reauthorization and Cutting the Red Tape in Recovery 

·         Reducing Regulatory Burdens, Ensuring the Flow of Commerce, and Protecting Jobs: A Common Sense Approach to Ballast Water Regulation 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Required Force Level of Strategic Airlift Aircraft Mandated by Title 10, United States Code, and the Administration’s Request to Eliminate that Requirement in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Two New Sudans: A Roadmap Forward

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Cut Waste and Curb Fraud in Federal Health Programs 

·         Ten Years After 9/11: Preventing Terrorist Travel 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of an Illustrative Policy for Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit 

·         Monthly Budget Review 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Egypt: Five Things To Know Going Into The “Day of Persistence”

·         Global Unease on U.S. Debt Impasse 

·         How Cuts Affect U.S.-Pakistan Ties 

·         How to Secure Peace in South Sudan 

·         Making Room for Brazil's Growing Clout 

·         Nervous Countdown to U.S. Debt Deadline

·         South Sudan's Challenge to Africa's Colonial Borders

Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

·         Defense Acquisition Research Journal, July 2011,v. 18, no. 3 (issue 59)

o    Cost Implications of Design/Build Concurrency

o    Challenges to Innovation in the Government in the Government Space

o    Cost Growth in Major Defense Acquisition: Is There a Problem? Is There a Solution?

o    Creating and Sustaining an Effective Government–Defense Industry Partnership

o    Movi Latist: A Performance Support Tool for Integration Technologies into Defense Acquisition University Learning Assets

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 5105.23, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), June 28, 2011 

·         DoD Instruction 1400.25, Vol. 1231; DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment of Foreign Nationals, July 5, 2011 

·         DoD Instruction 3020.51, Intelligence Support to the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP), June 23, 2011 

·         DoDI 4540.05, DoD Transportation of U.S. Nuclear Weapons, June 23, 2011 

·         DOD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace (DSOC) 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-081 Contract Management of Joint Logistics Integrator Services in Support of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles Needs Improvement, July 11, 2011 

Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General

·         Alleged Violations of Executive Order 12333, US Intelligence Activities – Improper Retention and Dissemination of Information on US Persons  

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

·         Chemical Hazards  Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM) 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-11-81 Supervision of Aliens Commensurate with Risk (Revised)

Department of the Army

·         Army Modernization Plan 2012 

East-West Center

·         Indigenous Innovation and Globalization: The Challenge for China's Standardization Strategy 

·         New Imperial China: A Challenge for the US-Japan Alliance 

European Policy Centre

·         Social Media: Following EU Public Diplomacy and Friending MENA 

·         Turkish Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring 

Foreign Policy

·         Can Mexico Fix Its Image Problem? 

·         Nationalism Rules: It’s the Most Powerful Political Force in the World and Ignoring It Will Come at a Price 

·         Send the Hill to Hogwarts 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Russia's Anxieties About the Arab Revolution 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         After the Fall: Leaders, Leadership and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding 

·         A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: For a Comprehensive and Incremental Approach 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         How Neopatrimonialism Affects Tax Administration: A Comparative Study of Three World Regions

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security:  TSA Has Enhanced Its Explosives Detection Requirements for Checked Baggage, but Additional Screening Actions Are Needed, GAO-11-740 

·         Aviation Security:  TSA Has Taken Actions to Improve Security, but Additional Efforts Remain, GAO-11-807T [testimony] 

·         Combating Terrorism:  Additional Steps Needed to Enhance Foreign Partners' Capacity to Prevent Terrorist Travel, GAO-11-637 

·         Defense Logistics:  Oversight and a Coordinated Strategy Needed to Implement the Army Workload and Performance System, GAO-11-566R 

·         The Democratic Republic of the Congo:  Information on the Rate of Sexual Violence in War-Torn Eastern DRC and Adjoining Countries, GAO-11-702 

·         DHS Science and Technology:  Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Test and Evaluation Requirements Are Met, GAO-11-596 

·         DOD Civilian Personnel:  Competency Gap Analyses and Other Actions Needed to Enhance DOD's Strategic Workforce Plans, GAO-11-827T [testimony] 

·         Homeland Security:  DHS Could Strengthen Acquisitions and Development of New Technologies, GAO-11-829T [testimony] 

·         Homeland Security: Protecting Federal Facilities Remains a Challenge for the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, GAO-11-813T [testimony] 

·         Information Technology:  Continued Attention Needed to Accurately Report Federal Spending and Improve Management, GAO-11-831T [testimony]

·         Interagency Collaboration:  Implications of a Common Alignment of World Regions among Selected Federal Agencies, GAO-11-776R 

Heritage Foundation

·         China’s Economy Weakens: Implications for the U.S. 

·         Chinese Outward Investment: More Opportunity Than Danger

·         Considering a Balanced Budget Amendment: Lessons from History 

·         The House and Senate Balanced Budget Amendments: Not All Balanced Budget Amendments Are Created Equal 

·         Opportunity, Parity, Choice: A Labor Agenda for the 112th Congress 

·         Sea Power and the Chinese State: China’s Maritime Ambitions 

·         U.N. Sea Treaty Still a Bad Deal for U.S. 

·         Voter Photo Identification: Protecting the Security of Elections 

·         Win-Win Trade Agreements Would Boost the US Economy 

Homeland Security and Defense Business Council

·         At Loggerheads? Privacy vs. Security in Today’s Cyber World 

Human Rights Watch

·         Dead Men Walking: Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma   

·         Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees 

·         Living in Limbo: Rights of Ethnic Georgians Returnees to the Gali District of Abkhazia 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Claim on Arunachal Pradesh: Local Perspectives  

·         Jawaharlal Nehru and the Chief of Defence Staff  

·         An Ocean at the Intersection of Two Emerging Maritime Narratives  

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Chinese Military Transparency: Evaluating the 2010 Defense White Paper [Strategic Forum # 269] 

·         Countering the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa [Strategic Forum # 270]    

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         Citizens, Not Subjects: Debunking the Sectarian Narrative of Bahrain's Pro-Democracy Movement 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Order of Battle (updated July 2011) 

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update [Weekly Recap]

International Crisis Group

·         An Eyewitness Account of South Sudan's Independence 

·         Indonesia: Debate Over a New Intelligence Bill 

·         Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East (VII): The Syrian Regimes Slow-motion Suicide 

·         Strangers at Home: North Koreans in the South 

·         Sudan after the South's Independence 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Country Insurance Using Financial Instruments 

·         Foreign Exchange Intervention: A Shield Against Appreciation Winds? 

·         A General Equilibrium Model of Sovereign Default and Business Cycles 

·         Germany: Financial Sector Stability Assessment 

·         Inflation Inertia in Egypt and its Policy Implications 

·         International Fuel Tax Assessment: An Application to Chile 

·         Iran - The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform 

·         Modeling Optimal Fiscal Consolidation Paths in a Selection of European 

·         Nonperforming Loans and Macrofinancial Vulnerabilities in Advanced

·         Policy Instruments To Lean Against The Wind In Latin America 

·         Revenue Administration Reforms in Anglophone Africa Since the Early 1990s 

International Relations and Security

·         Afghanistan: The Trouble With Transition 

·         The History and Disappearance of the Jewish Presence in Pakistan 

·         Sudan Secession: Resolving Divisions? 

·         Understanding US-Czech Relations on Missile Defense 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 15, 2011, v. 11, no. 13 

o    Local Debt Problems Highlight Weak Links in China’s Economic Model

o    Assessing the Grade Structure for China’s Aircraft Carriers: Part 1

o    Implications of China’s Economic Penetration of North Korea

o    Cloud Computing Zone Tests "Chongqing Model"

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 14, 2011, v. 9, no. 28 

o    Al-Qaeda Uses Pakistani Intelligence Course to Train International Operatives

o    Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawa Steps Up Campaign of Anti-American Rhetoric

o    From Islamic Emirate to Nationalist Insurgency: Reckoning with Afghanistan's Taliban Irreconcilables

Lowy Institute

·         Improving access to climate financing for the Pacific Islands 

National Academies Press

·         The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue 

·         The New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia: A Global and Local Perspective: Summary of a Joint Workshop 

·         Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications 

·         Twentieth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Part A 

·         Twentieth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Part B 

National Commission on Energy Policy

·         Task Force on America's Future Energy Jobs: Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations   

National Science Foundation (NSF)

·         Academic Research and Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2009

·         Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2008    

National Security Archive

·         Eleven Possibilities for Pentagon Papers' "11 Words" 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Citizen's Report - Performance of the 13th National Assembly of Pakistan: Budget Session 2011-2012 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Peace & Stability Operations Journal Online, July 2011, v. 1, no. 4 

o    Thinking Strategically About Building Capacity

o    Building Intellectual Capacity in Partner Defense Forces

o    Strategic Imperative for Host Country Economic Capacity Building: “Unity of Understanding”

o    Developing Host Nation Law Enforcement Capacity for Security Transition

o    Military Support to Civilian Capacity Building: Human Resource Development Efforts by the Japanese Contingents in East Timor

o    Supporting the Rule of Law In Fragile States: Prison Medicine

o    Negative Health Impacts Related to Conflict: Identifying Key Areas for USG Engagement

o    Capacity Building in Korea—A Success Story

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         U.S. Status as World's Superpower Challenged by Rise of China 

Pew Hispanic Center

·         The Mexican-American Boom: Births Overtake Immigration 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         The Debt Ceiling Showdown – Where the Public Stands

·         Public Now Divided on Debt Limit Debate 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Angola's New Focus on Africa Rewards the Relationship with Namibia [Viewpoint #66] 

·         From São Tomé to Praia: Two Elections, a Different Set of Expectations [Viewpoint #67] 

Rand

·         Alert and Ready: An Organizational Design Assessment of Marine Corps Intelligence 

·         Exploring Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Terrorists: An Analysis of Six Significant Terrorist Conspiracies in the UK 

·         Getting Better at Strategic Communication 

Small Wars Journal

·         Interview with Roger Hardister: The Global Partnership for Afghanistan

·         Leadership of Cyber Warriors: Enduring Principles and New Directions

·         Molding Perceptions: A Response 

·         Narco-Armor in Mexico 

·         Sleeping with the Enemy: Pakistan’s Military Industrial Complex and Existential Crises of National Identity 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Russia in the Arctic 

UK Home Office

·         CONTEST- The United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering Terrorism – 2011   

UK Security Service

·         Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2010–2011

UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Mid-Year Report on Protections of Civilians in Afghanistan 

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

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: The First Practical Steps

USAID

·         Afghanistan - 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]    

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update] 

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

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

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Eye on the Two Sudans 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Asad Regime Crackdown on Syria's Pro-Democracy Protestors 

·         How Washington Can Work with Turkey on Syria 

·         Israel and Lebanon at Odds over Offshore Border  

·         A Sea Change in Washington's Policy toward Syria

·         Syrian Mobs Attack U.S. and French Embassies 

·         What If Turkey Invaded Syria?