Friday's Miscellany 07-22-2011

Afghanistan NGO Safety Office

·         ANSO Report, 16-30 June 2011, no. 76

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]  

Amnesty International

·         In the Line of Fire: Somalia’s Children Under Attack 

Army War College Library

·         Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Military: A Selected Bibliography

·         Water Scarcity: A Selected Bibliography 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Evaluating Asian Swap Arrangements 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Australian Defence Almanac 2011-2012 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Restore the Vision [space program]

·         Science Project: U.S. Scientific Research and Development 202: A Critical Look at the Federal Research Development Funding System

·         Shale Gas and U.S. National Security 

Brookings Institution

·         As Number One, China to Face Hour of Choice

·         China's Energy Security: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities

·         Constraints on Leadership in Washington

·         Defense Budgets, American Power and the National Security Industrial Base

·         The Dynamics of Cross-Strait Relations: Heading for Peace or Unknown Ground?

·         Economic and Policy Frameworks for Cybersecurity Risks 

Canadian National Defence

·         Canadian Forces Operations in Afghanistan 

Center for Global Development

·         Constraints to Domestic Enterprise Financing in Post-Conflict Liberia

·         Fair Shares: Crediting Poor Countries for Carbon Mitigation 

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

·         A Decade Lost: Locating Gender in U.S. Counter-Terrorism

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

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

·         CIP Report - July 2011 - Global Supply Chain 

Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

·         Media and the Law: An Overview of Legal Issues and Challenges 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Analysis of the FY 2012 Defense Budget 

Center for Strategic and International Studies  (CSIS)

·         Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

·         DHS Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base

·         The Korean Military Balance: Comparative Korean Forces and the Forces of Key Neighboring States

·         PacNet #35 - South China Sea Diplomacy: More Needs to be Done

·         PacNet #35A - China’s Fishing Ban in the South China Sea: Implications for Territorial Disputes

·         PacNet #36 - North Korea Poses Multiple Security Challenges

·         U.S. And Iranian Strategic Competition 

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

·         The Smoke that Calls: Insurgent Citizenship, Collective Violence and the Struggle for a Place in the New South Africa 

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

·         Understanding the Debt Limit 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Legislative Hearing to Address Bioterrorism, Controlled Substances and Public Health Issues 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Providing Legal Services by Members of the Judge Advocate Generals’ Corps

·         Evaluation of Post-Trial Reviews of Courts-Martial within the Department of the Navy

·         Independent Review Panel to Study the Judge Advocate Requirements of the Department of the Navy

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

·         Looking to the Future: Lessons in Prevention, Response, and Restoration from the Gulf Oil Spill 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy in Yemen 

Congress. Senate. Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         2011 Spring Storms: Picking Up the Pieces and Building Back Stronger 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Another Challenge to U.S.-Pakistan Ties

·         The Pentagon's Cyberstrategy

·         Political Ripples of EU's Sovereign Debt Crisis

·         The Proliferation Security Initiative: Lessons for Using Nonbinding Agreements

·         Why the U.S. Needs to Cut the Deficit 

Department of Defense

·         Don't Ask Don’t Tell Special Report

·         President’s Statement on Certification

·         Secretary of Defense’s Statement on Certification

·         Joint Chiefs Chairman’s Statement on Certification 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-086 U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command Needs to Improve Controls Over Financial Transactions

·         D-2011-090, Cost of War Data for Marine Corps Contingency Operations Were Not Reliable 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         DHS Progress Report in Fulfilling 9/11 Commission Recommendations 

Department of the Army

·         2010 Army Acquisition Review Report - Army Strong: Equipped, Trained and Ready

·         Implementing Acquisition Reform: The Decker-Wagner Army Acquisition Review

·         Secretary of the Army's memo on Army Acquisition Review implementation 

European Policy Centre

·         Towards a Stronger Role for Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership

·         Well-being 2030 - A New Vision for 'Social Europe' 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Money Laundering Risks Arising from Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Migrants

·         Organised Maritime Piracy and Related Kidnapping for Ransom 

Foreign Policy

·         The Arab Recession

·         In Defense of Hacks

·         Norway's Oklahoma City?

·         The Prince of Persia" Machiavelli’s got Nothing on Iran’s Supreme Leader 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Arab Summit That Wasn’t And The Deterioration Of Iraqi Politics

·         Strait Ahead? China’s Fifth Generation Leaders And Beijing’s Taiwan Policy

·         Why Taiwan Matters 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Afghanistan:  Actions Needed to Improve Accountability of U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan Government, GAO-11-710

·         Ballistic Missile Defense:  Actions Needed to Improve Training Integration and Increase Transparency of Training Resources, GAO-11-625

·         Coast Guard:  Civil Rights Directorate Can Enhance Workforce Restructuring Efforts, GAO-11-718

·         Emergency Preparedness:  Agencies Need Coordinated Guidance on Incorporating Telework into Emergency and Continuity Planning, GAO-11-628

·         Information Sharing Environment:  Better Road Map Needed to Guide Implementation and Investments, GAO-11-455

·         Pakistan Assistance:  Relatively Little of the $3 Billion in Requested Assistance Is Subject to State's Certification of Pakistan's Progress on Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Issues, GAO-11-786R

·         Space and Missile Defense Acquisitions:  Periodic Assessment Needed to Correct Parts Quality Problems in Major Programs, GAO-11-404

·         Space Research:  Content and Coordination of Space Science and Technology Strategy Need to Be More Robust, GAO-11-722

·         VA and DOD Health Care: First Federal Health Care Center Established, but Implementation Concerns Need to Be Addressed, GAO-11-570

·         World Trade Center Health Program: Administrator's Plans for Evaluating Clinics' Capabilities to Provide Required Data, GAO-11-793R 

Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda: Lessons in Post-September 11 Transnational Terrorism 

Heritage Foundation

·         Alternative Fuels as a Military Strategy 

·         Balanced Budget Amendment: Instrument to Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes

·         The China Challenge: A Strategic Vision for U.S.-India Relations 

·         Congress Should Renew the Report Requirement on U.S. Contributions to the U.N. and Reverse Record-Setting Contributions to the U.N.

·         Cut, Cap, and Balance Makes Sense – So Does Providing Adequate Support for Defense 

·         Defending Defense: Warning: Hollow Force Ahead!

·         Dodd- Frank: One Year Later

·         A President’s Opportunity: Making Military Voters a Priority 

·         “Reset” Regret: Russian “Sphere of Privileged Interests” in Eurasia Undermines U.S. Foreign Policy

·         Slashing Defense Makes America Less Safe While Allowing Politicians to Kick the Can Down the Road on Entitlement Reform 

·         The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: Still Seriously Flawed 

Human Rights Watch

·         "No Justice Just Adds to the Pain": Killings, Disappearances, and Impunity in the Philippines

·         Schools and Armed Conflict: A Global Survey of Domestic Laws and State Practice Protecting Schools from Attack and Military Use

·         Targets of Retribution: Attacks Against Medics, Injured Protesters, and Health Facilities 

Information Sharing Environment (ISE)

·         2011 Information Sharing Environment Annual Report to Congress June 30, 2011 

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions (IHSS)

·         Building on Clues: Methods to Help State and Local Law Enforcement Detect and Characterize Terrorist Activity 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Somali Pirates Have Rights too, Judicial Consequences and Human Rights Concerns 

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

·         Myanmar: Displacement Continues in Context of Armed Conflicts

·         Occupied Palestinian Territory: No End to Internal Displacement 

International Crisis Group

·         Palestinian Reconciliation: Plus a Change

·         Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Harder than Ever

·         Turkey and Greece: Time to Settle the Aegean Dispute 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Albania: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

·         Key Trends in Implementation of the Fund's Transparency Policy

·         Is Fiscal Policy Procyclical in Developing Oil-Producing Countries?

·         Macroeconomic and Operational Challenges in Countries in Fragile Situations

·         A Quantitative Assessment of Financial Conditions in Asia

·         Republic of Armenia: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Progress Report

·         Sierra Leone: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Progress Report, 2008-10 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Enhancing Pakistan’s Energy Security

·         Hackgate, Power Elites and the Limits of the 'Corruption' Critique

·         Interdependence, Friction Mark US Policy in East Asia

·         Poland’s European Infusion

·         South China Sea Diplomacy: More Needs To Be Done 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 22, 2011, v. 9, no. 29

o    Militants Striking Both Sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border to Disrupt Security Cooperation

o    Radical Islamists Step Up Militancy in West Kazakhstan

o    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Internal Divisions and External Challenges in the Post-Mubarak Era

Jobvite

·         2011 Social Recruiting Survey 

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Joint Pub JP 3-08, Interorganizational Coordination During Joint Operations

·         Joint Pub JP 3-15, Barriers, Obstacles, and Mine Warfare for Joint Operations

·         Joint Pub JP 3-34 Joint Engineer Operations

·         Learning from the First Victory of the 21st Century: Mazar-e Sharif : An Educational / Training Resource Guide 

Knowledge@Wharton Network

·         Global Risk: New Perspectives and Opportunities 

McKinsey Global Institute

·         European Growth and Renewal: The Path from Crisis to Recovery 

MITRE Corporation

·         Discriminating Gender on Twitter

·         Evaluation of 2-Way Iraqi Arabic-English Speech Translation Systems Using Automated Metrics  

·         An HLA-Based Approach to Quantify Achievable Performance for Tactical Edge Applications

·         Making Acquisition Measurable 

National Democratic Institute (NDI)

·         Political Parties in Afghanistan: A Review of the State of Political Parties after the 2009 and 2010 Elections 

National Security Archive

·         U.S. Intelligence Eyes Chinese Research into Space-Age Weapons 

Peterson Institute for International Economics

·         EU, US v. Syrian Arab Republic (2011– : human rights, democracy)

·         Keeping the Promise of Global Accounting Standards

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Muslim-Western Tensions Persist: Common Concerns About Islamic Extremism

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Public Split Evenly on Urgency of Debt Limit Deadline 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         EU-Russia: Much Ado about Nothing? [Viewpoints 68]

·         Timor Leste and Woodside: Time for Take Two? [Viewpoints 69] 

Rand

·         The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism

·         Reintegrating Afghan Insurgents

·         Testing the Police Workforce Resilience Hypothesis: An Application of Labour Economics to Policing Management 

Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff Freedom of Information Reading Rooms

·         Main reading room

o    CPA Senior Oil Advisers on Iraqi Oil Industry Structure [large file]

o    Iraqi Energy Policy Records [large file]

o    Records Relating to Senior Oil Adviser to ORHA and CPA [large file]

Security Council Report

·         Cross-Cutting Report on Protection of Civilians 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Closers Part VI: Dealing with the U.S. Military

·         Evolving the COIN Field Manual: A Case for Reform

·         Future of Pakistan Up in the Air: Interview with Bruce Riedel

·         The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Limited Interagency Coordination and Insufficient Controls over U.S. Funds in Afghanistan Hamper U.S. Efforts to Develop the Afghan Financial Sector and Safeguard U.S. Cash 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union's Common Security and Defense Policy: Intersecting Trajectories

·         Understanding the North Korea Problem: Why It Has Become the "Land of Lousy Options" 

United Kingdom Department for International Development

·         Building Stability Overseas Strategy

United Kingdom House of Commons

·         Unauthorised Tapping Into or Hacking of Mobile Communications 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         The Confucian Revival in the Propaganda Narratives of the Chinese Government 

USAID

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

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update]

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

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

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Triangular Power Struggle

·         Growing Frustration in Egypt

·         How Washington Can Work with Turkey on Syria

·         Iranian Doublespeak on the Anniversary of the AMIA Bombing

·         Senior Hizballah Official Wanted for Murder

·         Women 'Appear' in Turkey's Parliament 

White House

·         Getting “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Done 

·         Remarks by the President regarding Debt Ceiling Status (July 22, 2011) 

·         Weekly Address : A Bipartisan Approach to Strengthening the Economy (July 23, 2011)