Friday's Miscellany 08-19-2011

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Governance and Representation in the Afghan Urban Transition

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]       

American Security Project

·         America's Energy Choices 

Army War College

·         Parameters, Spring 2011, v. 41, no. 1 

o    Twenty Years After the Cold War: A Strategic Survey

o    The Regularity of Irregular Warfare

o    Assumptions and Grand Strategy

o    Asymmetric Strategies as Strategies of the Strong

o    Just Add Women and Stir?

o    A Critical But Missing Piece: Educating Our Professional Military on the History of Islam

o    The General Stanley McChrystal Affair: A Case Study in Civil-Military Relations

o    Tackling Threat Finance: A Labor for Hercules or Sisyphus?

o    On "Time for a Strategic and Intellectual Pause in Afghanistan"

o    Terrorism

o    The Piracy "Threat" in Perspective

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Services Policy Reform in the People's Republic of China: Before and After the Global Financial Crisis 

Asian Institute for Policy Studies

·         Lessons from Fukushima: A New ″Carrot & Stick″ Approach to Nuclear Safety 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         First with the Truth: Synchronized Communications in the Counterinsurgency Fight 

·         The Professional Military Ethic and Political Dissent: Has the Line Moved? 

Asymmetric Threat

·         More than Firewalls: Three Challenges to American Cyber Security 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         National Security Note 2: The Politics of US Foreign Policy 

Brookings

·         Deficit Reduction and the New Congressional Committee: A Primer 
·         The Importance of President Obama’s Call to Assad 
·         Mainland China's Military Development and Taiwan's Countermeasures 
·         Nuclear Sovereignty versus Nuclear Security: Renewing the ROK-U.S. Atomic Energy Agreement

Center for Global Development

·         Economics and Emigration: Trillion-dollar Bills on the Sidewalk? 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs Journal, 2011, v. 7 

o    Balancing the Risks, Benefits and Costs of Homeland Security 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Congress Must Ratify Trade Deals Soonest 

·         Freeman Report July-August 2011 - Vol.11, No.7-8 [South China Sea] 

·         PacNet #44 - SDF's New Anti-Piracy Base Creates a Dilemma 

·         PacNet #43 - U.S.-Japan Joint Vision Statement 

Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

·         Anatomy of an Occupation: The Indonesian Military in West Papua 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         A Bid to Boost U.S.-China Relations 

·         Cranking up Pressure on Syria 

·         Egypt's Post-Mubarak Political Uncertainty
·         The EU's Political Integration Dilemma 

·         How New Atrocity-Prevention Steps Can Work 

·         Post-Qaddafi Instability in Libya: CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 12 

·         Stabilizing Karachi
·         Will Assad Bow to Allied Pressure? 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-095 Afghan National Police Training Program: Lessons Learned During the Transition of Contract Administration, August 15, 2011 

Department of State

·         Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 

East-West Center

·         People Power in Malaysia: Bersih Rally and Its Aftermath 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Angola Country Analysis Brief 

Feinstein International Center

·         Sex and Age Matter: Improving Humanitarian Response in Emergencies 

Foreign Policy

·         Blood Sport 

·         Life After Debt 

·         Planning for Libya 2.0
·         Revolution Road: 20 Years After the Fall [USSR] 

·         Russia's Big Backyard 

·         The Shape of the Global Economy Will Fundamentally Change 

·         The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict 

·         Think Again: War
·         Why Is It So Hard to Find a Suicide Bomber These Days? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Do The Post Communist Transitions Offer Lessons For The Arab World?
·         The Summer Of Canadian Content—2011 
·         Why Did Saddam Want The Bomb?: The Israel Factor and the Iraqi Nuclear Program 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The EU’s Blue Card: Will It Attract Asia’s Highly Skilled?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Federal Protective Service:  Actions Needed to Resolve Delays and Inadequate Oversight Issues with FPS's Risk Assessment and Management Program, GAO-11-705R 

·         Federal Protective Service:  Progress Made but Improved Schedule and Cost Estimate Needed to Complete Transition, GAO-11-554 

Heritage Foundation

·         Before the Lights Go Out: A Survey of EMP Preparedness Reveals Significant Shortfalls 

·         China’s Space Program: A Growing Factor in U.S. Security Planning 

·         Flashing Red: European Debt Crisis Signals Collapse of Social Welfare State 

·         What Indian Economic Reform Could Mean for the U.S. 

·         Who Is Responsible for America's Security? 

Human Rights Watch

·         “You Don’t Know Who to Blame”: War Crimes in Somalia 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Game-theoretic Understanding of India-Pakistan Relations 

·         What Does Pakistan Hope to Achieve with Nasr?  

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         An Extended Profile of the Pakistani Taliban 

·         Pursuant to Prevent: British Community Counterterrorism Strategy; Past, Present, and Future 

·         Understanding Sharia in an American Context 

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         Pakistan's Kurram Offensive-Implications for Afghanistan 

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

·         South Sudan: Cumulative Figure of Conflict Incidents Reported in 2011 [map] 

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

·         Preparedness: A Principled Approach to Return on Investment 

International Crisis Group

·         Liberia: How Sustainable Is the Recovery? 

·         Nepal: From Two Armies to One 

·         Violence and Politics in Venezuela 

International Federation for Human Rights

·         Bashar al Assad: Criminal Against Humanity: Report of Human Rights Violations Committed in Syria [March - July 2011] 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Behind Recent Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         De Jure versus De Facto Exchange Rate Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         External Adjustment and the Global Crisis 

·         Financial Linkages across Korean Banks 

·         Shocks, Financial Dependence, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. and Canadian Industries 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Making UN Peacekeeping More Robust: Protecting the Mission, Persuading the Actors 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Dangerous Liaison? Evaluating Relations Between Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda 

·         Latin America's Security Dilemma 

·         Macedonia Eyes Its Future in Antiquity 

·         Why Is The North Caucasus An Unholy Mess? 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 19, 2011, v. 9, no. 33 

o    Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah Threaten Kuwaiti Port-Builders

o    Iran Uses Cross-Border Incursions to Pressure Iraqi Kurds to End PJAK Insurgency

o    Uyghur Unrest in Xinjiang Shakes Sino-Pakistani Relations

Joint Air Power Competence Centre

·         NATO Air and Space Power in Counter-IED Operations: A Primer – Second Edition    

Laboratory for Computational Cultural Dynamics (LCCD)

·         Abductive Inference for Combat: Using SCARE-S2 to Find High-Value Targets in Afghanistan
·         Adversarial Geospatial Abduction Problems 

·         A Computationally-Enabled Analysis of Lashkar-e-Taiba Attacks in Jammu & Kashmir
·         Dealing with Lashkar-e-Taiba: A Multi-Player Game-Theoretic Perspective 

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Diplomatic Disrepair: Rebuilding Australia's International Policy Infrastructure 

Middle East Institute

·         Revolution and Political Transformation in the Middle East 

MITRE

·         Thoughts on Military Spectrum Relocation Strategy 

National Academies Press

·         National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach 

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

·         Strategic Cutback Management: Law Enforcement Leadership for Lean Times 

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

·         Disaster and Failure Events Data Repository 

National Security Archive

·         Darfur "Genocide" Had No "Legal Consequences" for U.S. 

·         Top Secret CIA 'Official History' of the Bay of Pigs: Revelations 

Nordic Africa Institute

·         Producing Nature and Poverty in Africa 

Oceanographer of the Navy

·         Arctic Environmental Assessment and Outlook Report: In support of The Navy Arctic Roadmap Action Item 5.7 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Cape Verde's Presidential Elections: Time for Round Two [Viewpoints 73] 

Princeton University

·         Unlocking Economic Potential: Fostering an Environment for Female Entrepreneurs to Rebuild the Economy in Afghanistan [senior thesis] 

Rand

·         The 2008 Battle of Sadr City 

·         Access Challenges and Implications for Airpower in the Western Pacific 

·         Afghan Peace Talks: A Primer 

·         Nuclear Deterrence in Europe: Russian Approaches to a New Environment and Implications for the United States 

Small Wars Journal

·         Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula: MOs & Deductions 

·         Best Practices Guide for Conducting Assessments in Counterinsurgencies 

·         Guns and Money: A Microeconomic Perspective on Weapons Buy-Back Programs 

·         Task Force Gator: Best Practices in Civil-Military Operations

·         Why So Much Anger? 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         At Crossroads: Iceland's Defense and Security Relations, 1940-2011 

Thomas Edison State College

·         International Leadership Journal, Winter 2011, v. 3, no. 1

o    General Employee Satisfaction, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Growth of Companies: An Empirical Study in Slovenia

o    Entry-Level Competencies Needed for Global Leaders

o    A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Business Ethics Study with Respondents from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and the United States

o    A Comparison of Traditional Instructional Methods and Accelerated Learning Methods in Leadership Education

o    China and the West: Cultural Contexts in Leadership

Truthout

·         FEMA and Disaster: A Look at What Worked and What Didn’t From a FEMA Insider

USAID

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

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update] 

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

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Five Myths of Afghan Reconciliation 

·         Getting to ‘Afghan Good Enough’ 

·         Nigeria’s 2011 Elections: Best Run, but Most Violent 

·         Optimism and Obstacles in India-Pakistan Peace Talks 

·         U.S. Special Envoys: A Flexible Tool 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Between Protests and Power: Middle East Change and U.S. Interests 

·         Critiquing Israeli Construction in Jerusalem: Another U.S. Miscue with the Quartet 

·         From Ataturk to Erdogan: Reshaping Turkey 

·         Implications of the Negev Terrorist Incident

·         The Persistence of President Saleh 

·         Three Ways to Help Push Asad Aside 

·         The U.S. Needs to Speak Clearly on Syria 

·         A Willingness to Kill: Repression in Syria