Friday's Miscellany 09-02-2011

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, Fall 2011, v. 26, no. 3   

·         Full issue  

o    Personnel Recovery in Focus

o    Air Force Personnel Recovery as a Service Core Function It’s Not “Your Father’s Combat Search and Rescue”

o    Air Force Rescue A Multirole Force for a Complex World

o    Strategic Rescue Vectoring Airpower Advocates to Embrace the Real Value of Personnel Recovery

o    Air Force Fixed-Wing Rescue A Multifaceted Approach for Full-Spectrum Personnel Recovery

o    How to Say “National Security” in 1,001 Languages

o    Fiscally Sound Options for a Flawed Tanker Recapitalization Strategy

o    The United States Should Develop a Missile Defense System That Builds Confidence

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Fall 2011, v. 5, no. 3 

o    Preparing to Lead with a Compelling Narrative: If You Don't Frame the Narrative, Someone Else Will

o    Transitions in the Arab World: Spring or Fall?

o    To Deter or Not to Deter: Applying Historical Lessons to the Iranian Nuclear Challenge

o    Hegemonic Disruption: The Asymmetric Challenge to US Leadership

o    The Past as Prologue: Realist Thought and the Future of American Security Policy

o    Zero Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Security Enterprise Modernization 

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]  

Amnesty International

·         Deadly Detention:  Deaths in Custody Amid Popular Protest in Syria  

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Evaluating the Contributions of Regional Trade Agreements to Governance of Services Trade 

·         Is It Desirable for Asian Economies to Hold More Asian Assets in Their Foreign Exchange Reserves?—The People's Republic of China's Answer 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Mission Command versus the Army Personnel System 

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

Atlantic Council

·         Future Options for NATO Nuclear Policy 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions in the Murky World of Digital Currencies, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Mobile Device Payments 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Tenth Anniversary Report Card: The Status of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations  

Brookings

·         9/11 and Humanitarian Assistance: A Disturbing Legacy 

·         Al Qaeda's Future: How Likely Is Another Attack? 

·         Rebirth on the Bayou - Lessons from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast  

·         Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement Caused by Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific 

·         Role Reversal in Global Finance

·         The History of Al Qaeda 

Building America’s Future Educational Fund

·         Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind [Transportation Infrastructure Report 2011] 

Center for Global Development

·         Incentive Proliferation? Making Sense of a New Wave of Development Programs 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Border Watchlisting a Decade after 9/11 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         A Fragmented Europe in a Frail Congo 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Addressing Japan’s Healthcare Challenges with Information Technology 

·         Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 

·         Assessing Implementation of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review  

·         China's New Balkan Strategy 

·         Getting the Caucasus Emirate Right 

·         Leading from the Front: Europe and the New Libya 

·         PacNet #49 - What Really Happened to the Hoyas in Beijing 

·         PacNet #48 - 'Safe Choice' May Be the Wrong Choice 

·         PacNet #47 - Gloomy Outlook for Japan-China Relations after the DPJ Ballot  

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Triple Compact: Improving Accountability in State Building 

Commission on Wartime Contracting

·         Transforming Wartime Contracting—Controlling Costs, Reducing Risks  

Cost of War

·         Ten Years After 9/11: The Dollars and Sense of War 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Anxious August in Afghanistan 

·         The Global Regime for Terrorism 

·         How to Invest in U.S. Employment 

·         Issue Guide: Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

·         Revisiting a Stale Counterterrorism Law

·         Targeted Killings   

Defense Department Inspector General

·         D-2011-102 Afghan National Police Training Program Would Benefit From Better Compliance With the Economy Act and Reimbursable Agreements, August 25, 2011 

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-11-94 DHS/U.S. Secret Service FY 2009 Antideficiency Act Violation 

·         OIG-11-101 Use of DHS Purchase Cards 

Department of the Navy

·         SECNAV 1300.12D Assignment of Women in the Department of the Navy 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Country Analysis Brief - Ecuador 

·         Country Analysis Brief - United Kingdom 

·         Monthly Energy Review - August 2011 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         Ten Years After: The FBI Since 9/11 

Foreign Policy

·         The Black Hole of 9/11 

·         Bridges to Somewhere: More Austerity Won't Save the Global Economy. Building Infrastructure Just Might 

·         Over the Horizon: Is Worrying About War with China a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? 

·         The Tripoli Uprising 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Turning Legal Pluralism into State-Sanctioned Law: Assessing the Implications of the New Constitutions and Laws in Bolivia and Ecuador 

Heritage Foundation

·         Be Wary of North Korea’s Charm Offensive 

·         Congress Must Set High Bar for White House Strategic Communications Plan 

·         High-Speed Rail: Stealth Budget Plans to Keep the Program Alive 

·         How Congress Can Support, Not Hinder, Labor Market Recovery 

·         Obama’s Peculiar Obsession with Infrastructure Banks Will Not Aid Economic Revival 

·         The US Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister 

·         White House Mid-Session Review: Still Too Optimistic About the Economy 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Challenges in Cyberspace 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Is the Mumbai Police Geared up to the Task of Combating Terrorism?   

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         IAEA Iran Safeguards Report

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Taps and Toilets: How Greater Access Can Radically Improve Africa’s Future 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         Charitable Giving Among Muslim Americans: Ten Years After 9/11

Institute for the Study of War

·         A National Strategic Learning Disability?

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

·         Application of Safeguards in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Apocalypse Then: The Evolution of the North Atlantic Economy and the Global Crisis 

·         Communication of Central Bank Thinking and Inflation Dynamics 

·         Do Fiscal Spillovers Matter? 

·         Kuwait: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism 

·         Market Phoenixes and Banking Ducks Are Recoveries Faster in Market-Based Financial Systems? 

·         Public Debt in Advanced Economies and its Spillover Effects on Long-term Yields 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Call for Donations to Alleviate Famine in Somalia 

·         The Eurozone Crisis Then and Now 

·         North Korea: Has Strategic Patience Run Its Course? 

·         The Pentagon’s Problems with Budgeting Strategy 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 2, 2011, v. 11, no. 16 

o    Taiwan's Defense White Paper Shows New Candor on Challenges Ahead

o    Xi Jinping: China’s Conservative Strongman-in-Waiting

o    Assessing China's Response to U.S. Reconnaissance Flights

o    China's Uranium Quest Part 2: The Turn to Foreign Markets

NATO Defense College

·         NATO's Role in a Post-Conflict Libya 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Women’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Agents of Change or Stranded Symbols? 

Open Society Foundations

·         Mapping Digital Media: The Digital Dividend 

Opennet Initiative

·         In the Name of God: Faith-based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Inevitable Superpower: Why China's Dominance Is a Sure Thing 

·         The United States, Not Gaidar, Killed Yeltsin's Reforms

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Crime and Drug Cartels Top Concerns in Mexico

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism 

·         United in Remembrance, Divided over Policies: Ten Years after 9/11 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 22 

o    Brazil: Dilma's Dilemma

o    Equatorial Guinea Fakes Reforms to Enter the CPLP

o    São Tomé and Príncipe: In the Third Attempt and After Twenty Years, a Former Autocrat Returns to the Presidency

·         Portugal and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: Another Tough Battle Looming on the Horizon? [Viewpoints 74] 

Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Assessing 12-year Military Reform in Indonesia: Major Strategic Gaps for the Next Stage of Reform  

·         Dealing With the “North Korea Dilemma”: China’s Strategic Choices  

Rand

·         Evidence-Based Approaches to Law Enforcement Recruitment and Hiring 

·         Mitigating Corruption in Government Security Forces: The Role of Institutions, Incentives, and Personnel Management in Mexico 

·         Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies: Radicalization and Recruitment to Jihadist Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11 

Sandia National Laboratories

·         Peirce, Pragmatism, and The Right Way of Thinking 

Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff

·         Freedom of Information Reading Rooms recent releases 

o    Acquisition, Budget and Financial Matters  Selected Acquisition Report - as of December 31, 2009

o    CPA 1297: Falluja SITREP for June 6, 2004 - Released on April 11, 2011

o    Distribution of Funds

o    Oil Contract Awards Discussions

o    Restore Iraqi Oil Approval and Release of Funding

o    Circular Notice to all Foreign Government Offices in Iraq

o    Bremer's Seven Steps to Iraqi Sovereignty

o    Status of Foreign Missions in Iraq

o    Foreign Missions, June 5, 2003 - Memo for Commander of Coalition Forces

o    Remaining Issues Regarding the Iraqi Ministry of Oil

o    Keith Crane Comments on Iraq's Oil Trust Fund

o    Iraq's Oil Trust Funds

Small Wars Journal

·         Barbarization and Narcocultura 

·         Introduction to the Locus of Legitimacy and State Stability

South Asia Intelligence Review

·         Pakistan: Karachi: De-weaponisation Dramas 

·         India-Bangladesh: Historical Crossroads 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         National Security Reform 2010: A Midterm Assessment

Trust for America's Health

·         Remembering 9/11 and Anthrax: Public Health’s Vital Role in National Defense 

UN Development Programme (UNDP)

·         Bhutan National Human Development Report 2011: Sustaining Progress: Rising to the Climate Challenge 

·         Cambodia Human Development Report 2011: Building Resilience: The Future for Rural Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change 

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] 

·         South Sudan Complex Emergency [latest update] 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Military Tribunals: Illiberal and Destabilizing

·         Leading from Behind Still Isn't a Good Idea 

·         Syria's Regional Allies Condemn Asad's Tactics -- But Not Asad

·         The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Operational and Policy Implications