Friday's Miscellany 08-05-2011

Air University Library

·         Operation Just Cause (Panama) - Bibliography 

·         Russia 2011 - Bibliography 

·         U.S. Africa Command - Bibliography 

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

Amnesty International

·         Justice Under Fire: Trials of Opposition Leaders, Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Ethiopia 

·         “We Want to Go Home, But We Can’t”: Cote D’Ivoire’s Continuing Crisis of Displacement and Insecurity 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), July 2011, v. 18, no. 7 

o    Associations Between Repeated Deployments to OEF/OIF/OND, October 2001-December 2010, and Post-Deployment Illnesses and Injuries, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces

o    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2010

o    Herpes Zoster, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2010

o    Plant Dermatitis, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010

Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

·         R2P IDEAS in Brief, 2011, v. 1, no. 1

o    Libya and the State of Intervention

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         The Current State of Financial and Regulatory Frameworks in Asian Economies: The Case of India 

Australian Defence College

·         Australian Defence Force Journal, March/April 2011, no. 184

o    Operations CATALYST and SLIPPER: the commander and air intelligence Operations BASTILLE and FALCONER: legal support to commanders

o    ‘Squeezing the jellyfish’ – reflections on command

o    Reflections on surface combatant command

o    Operation STABILISE and the future of maritime command

o    Middle East area of operations – 2004-05

o    Operation SOLACE (Somalia 1993) and the lessons learned

o    In the wake of an Admiral: some reflections on sea command in the modern era

o    Reflections on health, leadership and the Specialist Service Officer

o    Operations BASTILLE and FALCONER: legal support to commanders

o    Command, leadership and operations

o    ADF command and leadership: a Navy officer’s perspective

o    Operation SLIPPER (Afghanistan): task group command – reflections and recollections

o    Reflections on Persian Gulf naval operations

o    Operations SPITFIRE and WARDEN: East Timor airlift experiences

o    Leadership in the ADF

o    Operation CATALYST: the Australian medical detachment Balad - 2004-05

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Case for an Australian National Security Strategy

·         National Security Note 1: US Debt Ceiling and National Security 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         A "Failed State" in Mexico: Tamaulipas Declares Itself Ungovernable

·         How Risk Perceptions Influence Evacuations from Hurricanes

·         Iraqi Oil Potential and Implications for Global Oil Markets and OPEC Politics 

·         Iraqi Politics and Implications for Oil and Energy 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Iraqi Politics And Implications For Oil And Energy

·         Putting It All Together: The Real World of Fully Integrated CCS Projects: A Study of Legal, Regulatory and Financial Barriers in Phase III of the U.S. Department of Energy Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Program 

·         Will Electric Cars Transform the U.S. Vehicle Market?: An Analysis of the Key Determinants 

Brookings Institute

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated July 31, 2011] 

·         Debt Burden in Advanced Economies Now a Global Threat   

·         Economic and Policy Frameworks for Cybersecurity Risks 

·         Future of Spectrum  

·         Getting Serious about Regime Change in Syria 

·         How We’re Doing as the Economy Falters 

·         Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated July 28, 2011] 

·         Warning on Defense Budget Cuts 

·         The White House’s Three Biggest Blunders in the Debt Ceiling Fight 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Battle of Dubai: The United Arab Emirates and the US-Iran Cold War  

·         Elections in Tunisia Face Credibility Test

·         Enduring Approach to US-Russian Cooperation  

CATO Institute

·         The Elephant That Became a Tiger: 20 Years of Economic Reform in India  

Center for American Progress

·         Safer than Ever: A View from the U.S.–Mexico Border: Assessing the Past, Present, and Future 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Blinded: The Decline of U.S. Earth Monitoring Capabilities and Its Consequences for National Security    

Center for Global Development

·         Measuring Impact: Lessons from the MCC for the Broader Impact Evaluation Community 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

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

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Beyond Mugabe: Preparing for Zimbabwe’s Transition 

·         Conference Report: Planning for Post-Gadhafi Libya  

·         “Fools, Liars, Political Posturers, and Deficit Reducers”: Budget Cuts and National Security 

·         Iran’s Accelerating Military Competition with the US and Arab States – Part One 

·         Iraq in Transition: Governance, Politics, Economics, and Petroleum

·         Iraq in Transition: Security, Iraqi Forces and US Security Aid Plans 

·         Iraq in Transition: US Transition Plans and Aid 

·         PacNet #40 - Burma/Myanmar: The Folly of Consistency 

·         PacNet #41 - Getting Foreign Policy Right 

·         Russia Looks East: Energy Markets and Geopolitics in Northeast Asia

·         US-China-Taiwan Relations in the Run-up to 2012 Elections in Taiwan and the US and Leadership Transition in China 

Center for Studies on Federalism

·         Towards a European Federal Fiscal Union 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         British, Ireland and Schengen: Time for a Smarter Bargain on Visas  

·         Innovation: How Europe Can Take Off  

·         What Libya Says About the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance     

Chatham House

·         Changing Landscape of the Aircraft Industry  

Combat Studies Institute (CSI)

·         American Advisors: Security Force Assistance Model in the Long War 

·         "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There": The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989 

Combating Terrorist Center (CTC)

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

Community Security Trust

·         Terrorist Incidents Against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968–2010 

Congress

·         S. 365, the Budget Control Act of 2011 - Pub. L. No. 112-25
  

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Hydrocephalus Treatment in Uganda: Leading the Way to Help Children [August 2, 2011]

o    Southern Kordofan: Ethnic Cleansing and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan [August 4, 2011]

·         Letter to the President Urging Tighten Sanctions Against the Syrian Regime 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Preventing Violent Radicalization in America

·         Violent Radicalization in America

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Responding to Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Federal Leased Property: Are Federal Agencies Getting a Bad Deal? 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO Analysis of August 1 Budget Control Act 

·         Federal Loan Guarantees for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Countering Syria's Ramadan Offensive 

·         Low Bar Set in U.S. Counterradicalization Strategy

·         U.S. Treasuries Lose 'Risk-Free' Luster 

Crisis States Research Centre

·         Patterns of Resource Mobilisation and the Underlying Elite Bargain: Drivers of State Stability or State Fragility 

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

·         Cockroaches, 'X-Men' and the "Black Day": Food Security and the Russian Federation 

Defense Business Board (DBB)

·         Reducing Overhead and Improving Business Operations: Initial Observations 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) - FY 2010 Annual Report on Cost Assessment Activities 

·         CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, July/August 2011, v. 24, no. 4 

o    Quantitative Project Management Framework via Integrating Six Sigma and PSP/TSP

o    Driving Major Change: The Balance Between Methods and People

o    Power and Influence Charting: The Google Way

o    Product Thinking in Process Improvement

o    Software Estimation: Developing an Accurate, Reliable Method

o    Challenges in Deploying Static Analysis Tools

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-088 Ballistic Testing for Interceptor Body Armor Inserts Needs Improvement, August 1, 2011 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-11-95 TSA's Oversight of the Airport Badging Process Needs Improvement (Redacted) 

East-West Center

·         ASEAN Regional Forum 2011: China and the United States 

·         Economic Reforms, Regionalism, and Exports: Comparing China and India 

·         US-India Relations: Can India Step Up to the Plate 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Norway Country Analysis Brief 

Feinstein International Center

·         Achieving Food and Nutrition Security: Lessons Learned from the Integrated Food Security Programme (IFSP), Mulanje, Malawi 

Foreign Policy

·         All Guns, No Butter 

·         Once Upon a Time in Damascus 

·         This Fight Ain't Over 

FRIDE/Uyghur Human Rights Project

·         Security And Islam In Asia: Lessons From China’s Uyghur Minority 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Logistics:  Actions Needed to Improve the Marine Corps' Equipment Reset Strategies and the Reporting of Total Reset Costs, GAO-11-523 

·         Federal Facility Security:  Staffing Approaches Used by Selected Agencies,  GAO-11-601 

·         Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors, GAO-11-855R 

·         Iraq and Afghanistan:  Actions Needed to Enhance the Ability of Army Brigades to Support the Advising Mission, GAO-11-760 

·         World Trade Center Health Program:  Potential Effects of Implementation Options, GAO-11-735R 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

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

Heritage Foundation

·         A Dangerous Debt Ceiling Deal 

·         The U.S. Cannot Rely on ASEAN in the South China Sea 

Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI)

·         Running a Three-Legged Race: the San Diego Police Department, the Intelligence Community, and Counterterrorism 

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)

·         Countering the EMP Threat: The Role of Missile Defense   

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         South Sudan: Origins and Implications of Emerging (in)security Dynamics 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         A Heretic’s Musing on Syria in Lieu of Libya  

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Trip Report 

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update 

·         Unchecked and Unbalanced: President Karzai and the Afghan Parliament 

Integrity Watch Afghanistan

·         Hajigak—The Jewel of Afghan Mines 

International Crisis Group

·         Aid and Conflict in Afghanistan 

·         A Critical Period for Ensuring Stability in Cte dIvoire 

·         The Philippines: A New Strategy for Peace in Mindanao? 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Medvedev Momentum Falters in Nagorno-Karabakh 

·         Nuclear Security After Fukushima 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Bright and the Dark Side of Cross-Border Banking Linkages 

·         Customs Administration Reform and Modernization in Anglophone Africa - Early 1990s to Mid-2010

·         Financing Infrastructure in India: Macroeconomic Lessons and Emerging Market Case Studies 

·         Islamic Republic of Iran: Selected Issues Paper 

·         Kuwait: Selected Issues 

·         Paraguay: Selected Issues 

·         The Relationship Between Illicit Coca Production and Formal Economic Activity in Peru 

·         Republic of Korea: Selected Issues 

·         Taxing Financial Transactions: An Assessment of Administrative Feasibility 

·         United Kingdom: Selected Issues Paper 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Building a Better 'Cyber Range' 

·         The Forgotten Girl Soldier 

·         Kazakhstan: Is State-Sponsored Hacking Curbing Internet Freedom? 

·         OSINT Report on Terrorist Financing  

·         The Punitive Regulation of Poverty in the Neoliberal Age 

·         Sino-Indian Relations: A Thaw in the Offing? 

·         Turkey Says Farewell to the Generals 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 4, 2011, v. 9, no. 31 

o    Mauritania Confronts Structural Problems as It Steps Up Counterterrorism

o    Haqqani Network Growing Stronger at the Expense of the Tehrik-e-Taliban

o    Syrian Unrest Raises Sectarian Tensions in Lebanon

Japan. Ministry of Defense

·         2011 Defense White 

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

·         Gacaca and DDR: The Disputable Record of State-Building in Rwanda

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Antarctica: Assessing and Protecting Australia's National Interests

·         Enduring Ties and Enduring Interests? Australia's Post-Afghanistan Strategic Choices in the Gulf 

·         Middle Power Approaches to Resource Politics in the Pacific 

·         Turning the Tide: Improving Access to Climate Financing in the Pacific Islands  

Marshall Institute

·         Returning to Fundamentals: Deterrence and U.S. National Security in the 21st Century 

McAfee

·         Revealed: Operation Shady RAT [targeted intrusions]

MICROCON (Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict)

·         Group Violence, Ethnic Diversity, and Citizen Participation: Evidence from Indonesia

·         Incentives and Survival in Violent Conflicts 

National Security Archive

·         CIA Forced to Release Long Secret Official History of Bay of Pigs Invasion 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The Mining Industry of North Korea 

·         The South China Sea ‘Crisis’: Bringing Out the Best 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Post-War on Terror? Implications from a Regional Perspective 

·         Taking Stock: Madrasa Reform in Pakistan 

Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU)

·         The Arrest of Brig. Gen. Ali Khan and the Influence of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Pakistan 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Integration in the Absence of Institutions: China–North Korea Cross-Border Exchange 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 21 

o    Portugal and the Recognition of the National Transitional Council of Libya

o    Biofuels, Agricultural Development, and Food Security in Mozambique

o    The EU and Guinea-Bissau: Always One Step Behind?

·         São Tomé and Príncipe: The Final Decision of the Presidential Elections  [Viewpoints 70] 

·         Trans-governmental Networks: Less than Convincing Vision of New World Order  [Occasional Paper 3] 

Rand

·         Development of a European Crime Report: Improving Safety and Justice with Existing Crime and Criminal Justice Data 

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

Refugees International

·         DR Congo: Too Soon to Walk Away    

Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff Freedom of Information Reading Rooms

·         Strategic Guidance for the Campaign Against Terrorism October 3, 2001 

Security & Defence Agenda

·         Empowering Afghanistan: The Elements of a “Civilian Surge”  

Small Wars Journal

·         The Void in Tactical Level Economic Doctrine 

·         Words Matter: Re-imagining Irregular Warfare 

·         Yemen: Testing a New Coordinated Approach to Preventive Counterinsurgency 

South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)

·         HuJI-B: Potent Threat 

·         Kurram: Operation Eyewash [Pakistan] 

Stanley Foundation

·         How Are Key 21st-Century Powers Arranging Themselves: For Competition, Coexistence, or Cooperation? 

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

·         Displacement and Insecurity in Area C of the West Bank 

USAID

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update] 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Revolution Brought to a Halt? 

·         Iran Makes Itself More Vulnerable to Outside Pressure

·         Is the U.S. Ambassador to Syria Being Unfairly Blamed for the Administration's Bad Policy? 

·         No More Cold Turkey 

·         Rolling Back Tehran's Veil of Nuclear Ambiguity 

·         Syrian Army Shows Growing Signs of Strain 

White House

·         Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism  

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

·         China and the Persian Gulf