Friday's Miscellany 09-30-2011

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]   

               

Amnesty International

·         Lithuania: Unlock the Truth in Lithuania: Investigate Secret Prisons Now 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post: A Theater-Army Expeditionary Capability 

Atlantic Council

·         Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight: US Declaratory Policy and Striking Back in Cyber Conflict 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         US Strategic Priorities in Asia 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         How Libya’s Energy Economy Can Avoid Iraq’s Mistakes 

·         Iran’s Nuclear Program—Status and Breakout Timing 

·         Meeting the Challenge—U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development   

Brookings

·         Aiding Stability: Improving Foreign Assistance in Fragile States

·         Al Qaeda’s Not Dead Yet 

·         Calderón’s Caldron: Lessons from Mexico's Battle Against Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, and Michoacan 

·         The European Union Response to the Arab Spring 

·         Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated September 26, 2011] 

·         Securing an Infrastructure Too Complex to Understand 

CACI International/U.S. Naval Institute (USNI)/Center for Security Policy (CSP)

·         Keeping the Nation’s Industrial Base Safe From Cyber Threats 

Canadian Air Force

·         Canadian Air Force Journal, Summer 2011, v. 4, no. 3 

o    Who Owns Your E-Mails?

o    Exposing the True Cost of Distance Education: (and what should be done)

o    CC150 (A310) Polaris: ( road map for flight management system replacement and polar navigation upgrade programmes (providing next generation capability)

o    The Air Historian - Part I

Center for American Progress

·         Don't Cut Aid to the Palestinian Authority: U.N. Membership Bid Could Have Serious Consequences 

·         Stalemate Isn’t a Great Option in Today’s Middle East: Dealing with the Latest Risks for the United States on the Arab-Israel Front 

Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

·         News on the Go: How Mobile Devices Are Changing the World's Information Ecosystem 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The 2010 Flooding Disaster in Pakistan 

·         China—Leader or Laggard on the Path to a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Future? 

·         Cyber Events Since 2006 

·         Engaging Laos: Strategic Part of the ASEAN Puzzle

·         Hemisphere Insider Volume I, Issue 5- September 2011 

·         Strategic Defense Reviews  - Procedures, Frameworks, and Tools to Enhance Future Defense Institution Building Projects 

·         PacNet #56 - Asia and the Responsibility to Protect: What Now? 

·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition: Competition in Iraq 

·         Using Earth Observation Data to Improve Health in the United States 

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         Russia's Afghan Problem: The Russian Federation and the Afghanistan Problem Since 2001 

CNA

·         Cyberspace and Violent Non-State Groups: Uses, Capabilities, and Threats 

Combat Studies Institute (CSI)

·         Cultivating Army Leaders: Historical Perspectives: The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2010 Military History Symposium 

·         "Wrath of Achilles": Essays on Command and Battle 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, September 2011, v. 4, no. 9

o    American Perceptions of Terrorism in the Post-9/11 Decade

o    The Rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria

o    Religious Allegiances among Pro-Iranian Special Groups in Iraq

o    AQIM Returns in Force in Northern Algeria

o    Violence Escalates in China’s Xinjiang Province

o    The UK’s Efforts to Disrupt Jihadist Activity Online

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Resetting U.S. Policy Toward Yemen: Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 8 

·         Yemeni Cleric's Killing: Praise and Unease 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Don't Forget About the EU's Eastern Neighbours: There is Still a Need for a Strong and Consistent European Policy in the Region 

·         Melting Ice and New Sea Routes: Arctic Security Perspectives between Potential Conflict and Fruitful Regional Cooperation     

·         No Easy Way Out for State Formation in Somalia: Traditional Authorities in Somaliland and the Limits of Hybrid Political Orders 

Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

·         Defense Acquisition Research Journal, October 2011 

o    Motivating the Knowledge Worker

o    Requirements and Cost Stability: A Case Study of the F/A-18 Hornet Program

o    Better Schedule Performance Assessment Derived from Integrated Master Plan-Referenced Schedule Metrics

o    Reimagining Workload Task Analysis: Applications to Training System Design

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, September/October 2011, v. 24, no. 5  

o    Cyber Espionage: Defending Against The Digital Cloak and Dagger Stealing Information Securely, Privately, and Deniably

o    Protecting Software Intellectual Property Against Counterfeiting and Piracy

o    Software Diversity for Future Systems Security

o    Creating Attack-Aware Software Applications with Real-Time Defenses

o    Creating Data from Applications for Detecting Stealth Attacks

o    Developmental Automated Testing and Software Technical Risk Assessments

o    Cyber Strategy, Analytics, and Tradeoffs

·         DoD Instruction 3003.01, DoD Support to Civil Search and Rescue (SAR), September 26, 2011 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-049 Competition Issues and Inherently Governmental Functions Performed by Contractor Employees on Contracts to Supply Fuel to U.S. Troops in Iraq (Redacted)

·         D-2011-110 Better Management of Fuel Contracts and International Agreements in the Republic of Korea Will Reduce Costs 

·         D-2011-113 Improved Pricing and Oversight Needed for the Afghan Air Force Pilot and English Language Training Task Order 

Department of Homeland Security

·         2010 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-11-68 Information Sharing On Foreign Nationals: Overseas Screening (Redacted)  

·         OIG-11-108 Coast Guard Has Taken Steps To Strengthen Information Technology Management, but Challenges Remain 

East West Center

·         The South China Sea: "Good Friends, Good Partners, Good Neighbors"? Good Luck! 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Monthly Energy Review, September 2011 

·         Sudan Country Analysis Brief 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2010

·         National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF): Strengthening Disaster Recovery for the Nation 

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

·         Foreign Direct Investment, Aid, and Terrorism: An Analysis of Developing Countries 

Foreign Affairs

·         The Pentagon's Cyberstrategy, One Year Later 

Foreign Policy

·         Checkbook Diplomacy 

·         Denial of Service: Lawyers are Crippling America's Ability to Defend Against Cyberwar with Arcane Rules and Regulations But War Waits for No Man 

·         Gone but not Forgotten: Anwar al-Awlaki Might be Dead, But His Legacy of Hatred and Radicalism Will Live On 

·         The Future is Now 

·         Think Again: War 

·         The Zero-Sum Game 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Between Piracy And Persia: Mounting Threats To Maritime Chokepoints In The Middle East 

·         History And Strategies: Grand, Maritime, and American 

·         In Their Own Words: al Qaeda’s View of the Arab Spring 

·         Leadership For Military Professions: A Real Strategic Means For America 

·         Too Cheap To Rule: Political And Fiscal Sources Of The Coming American Retrenchment 

·         U.S. Foreign Policy In Post-SOFA Iraq 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

·         International Crisis Management: Squaring the Circle 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Climate Monitoring: NOAA Can Improve Management of the U.S. Historical Climatology Network.  GAO-11-800 

·         Contingency Contracting:  Improved Planning and Management Oversight Needed to Address Challenges with Closing Contracts, GAO-11-891 

·         Defense Acquisition Workforce:  Better Identification, Development, and Oversight Needed for Personnel Involved in Acquiring Services, GAO-11-892 

·         Defense Health Care:  Cost Impact of Health Care Reform and the Extension of Dependent Coverage.  GAO-11-837R 

·         Defense Logistics: Department of Defense Has Enhanced Prepositioned Stock Management but Should Provide More Detailed Status Reports.  GAO-11-852R 

·         DOD Met Statutory Reporting Requirements on Public-Private Competitions.  GAO-11-923R 

·         Excess Uranium Inventories: Clarifying DOE's Disposition Options Could Help Avoid Further Legal Violations.  GAO-11-846 

·         Organizational Transformation: Military Departments Can Improve Their Enterprise Architecture Programs.  GAO-11-902    

·         Streamlining Government: Key Practices from Select Efficiency Initiatives Should Be Shared Governmentwide,  GAO-11-908 

·         United Nations: Improved Reporting and Member States' Consensus Needed for Food and Agriculture Organization's Reform Plan, GAO-11-922 

·         Veterans Disability Benefits: Clearer Information for Veterans and Additional Performance Measures Could Improve Appeal Process, GAO-11-812 

·         Warfighter Support: Improved Cost Analysis and Better Oversight Needed over Army Nonstandard Equipment,  GAO-11-766 

Heritage Foundation

·         Aegis Ballistic Missile Program: Expand Defense Against Long-Range Missiles 

·         Building a Better Military Health Care System 

·         Do Not Back Down on Burma 

·         Federal Budget Makes Case that FEMA Reforms Are Needed 

·         Five Myths About China’s Space Program 

·         Forty-First Terror Plot Foiled: Homegrown Threat Thwarted by Local Law Enforcement and Intelligence 

·         Israel and the Iron Dome System: A Lesson for the United States 

·         Reinvigorating the U.S.–Thailand Alliance 

·         Time to Meet the Challenge of Updating the Military Retirement System 

·         You’ve Got (No) Mail: Is the End Near for the Postal Service? 

Human Rights Watch

·         Domestic Plight: How Jordanian Laws, Officials, Employers, and Recruiters Fail Abused Migrant Domestic Workers 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) Index

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Ahmadinejad Reiterates Willingness to Halt 20 Percent Enrichment 

·         Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from September 2 

·         Critique of a Recent Breakout Estimate at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) 

·         Natanz Enrichment Site: Boondoggle or Part of an Atomic Bomb Production Complex? 

Institute of South Asian Studies

·         Afghanistan in Transition: Will ‘Bonn II’ be a Game Changer? 

·         A Working America is Good for Asia 

International Crisis Group

·         Failing Oversight: Iraq’s Unchecked Government 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Early Military Lessons from Libya 

·         Japan: Life after Kan 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Decentralizing Spending More than Revenue: Does It Hurt Fiscal Performance? 

·         Did the Euro Crisis Affect Non-financial Firm Stock Prices through a Financial or Trade Channel? 

·         Incorporating Financial Sector Risk into Monetary Policy Models: Application to Chile 

·         Incorporating Financial Stability in Inflation Targeting Frameworks 

·         Russian Federation: Financial System Stability Assessment 

·         Understanding Chinese Bond Yields and their Role in Monetary Policy 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Cold Wars, Star Wars: Watch This Space 

·         Mexico: Death by Social Media 

·         Questions Raised About Haqqani Network Ties with Pakistan 

·         Special Economic Zones: What Have We Learned? 

·         US Gaze Turns to Uzbeks 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 30, 2011, v. 11, no. 18  

o    Fear and Loathing in Beijing? Chinese Suspicion of U.S. Intentions

o    China's Cautious Economic and Strategic Gamble in Venezuela

o    Sino-Russian Relations: Renewal or Decay of a Strategic Partnership?

o    Noncommissioned Officers and the Creation of a Volunteer Force

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Letter to the Joint Force from GEN Martin Dempsey

Middle East Institute (MEI)

·         Strengthening Pakistan’s Indigenous Capacity for Evaluating Development Effectiveness 

National Academies Press

·         Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax 

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - START

·         Background Report: Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan 

National Security Archive

·         Who Killed Jaime Garzón? - Document Points to Military/Paramilitary Nexus in Murder of Popular Colombian Comedian 

               

NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

·         Afghan National Army Base and Incentive Pay Chart

New America Foundation

·         Pakistan and the United States at a Strategic Crossroads 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         FY 2011 Reporting Instructions for the Federal Information Security Management Act and Agency Privacy Management 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Civil Military Relations: The Indian Case 

PeaceOps

·         Journal of International Peace Operations, v. 7, no. 2 – September-October, 2011 

·         CEJA: Filling the Accountability Gap

·         Get it there: Aviation & Logistics

·         Q & A with Andrew Natsios

·         Improving Security Risk Management

·         Training & Risk Management

·         Energy Security in Afghanistan

·         Positive Momentum: Afghanistan

·         Managing Conflict, Inspiring Hope at USIP

·         Legislating Defense

·         Gates’ Pentagon Wars

·         Doug Brooks: Losing in Afghanistan

·         Jessica Vogel: Hot Summer in the City

·         Amb. Herman Cohen: UN Peacekeeping in Africa

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Relative Mortality Improvements as a Marker of Socio-Economic Inequality across the Developing World, 1990 - 2009 

Program for Culture & Conflict Studies

·         The Climate & Conflict Review 2011 

o    The Fast-Changing Maritime Arctic

o    Can We Keep Up with Arctic Change?

o    An Ice-Free Arctic

o    Re-examining the Environment-Conflict Linkage: In What Way Can the Environment “Cause” Conflict?

o    Arctic Defense Concerns: Reorganizing U.S. Defense Structure to Meet Threats in the Changing Arctic

o    Defending the Arctic: America’s Challenge

o    Arctic Security in a Warming World: Challenges and Opportunities

o    Forging an Arctic Alliance: Canadian-U.S. JIATF-Arctic

o    Babysteps: Developing Multilateral Institutions in the Arctic

·         The Culture and Conflict Review, Fall 2011, v. 5, no.3

o    Mullah Muhammed Omar: A Psychobiographical Profile

o    Improving Afghan Governance: Why the Task May be Self-Defeating

o    Biodiesel from Poppies: An Alternative Strategy to Combating the Opium Trade in Afghanistan

o    Deja Vu: Afghanistan Prepares for Another Withdrawal

o    Tactical Insights: Innovation in Operation Enduring Freedom – 4/25 Operations in P2K

o    Can Afghanistan's Counternarcotics Efforts Survive NATO Withdrawal?

o    Doctrinal Insights: Command Economies – Understanding Sustainable Economic Incentives at the Tactical Level

o    Cultural Insights: Punjab: Can It Be a Bridge to Peace Between India and Pakistan?

o    Coalitional Insights: A Post-Jihad Era? Arab Spring Brings West and Islamists into an Unexpected – and Potentially Transformative – Alliance

o    Enemy Insights I: Sixth Edition of AQAP's Inspire Celebrates Bin Laden's Legacy and Martyrdom

o    Enemy Insights II: Seventh Edition of AQAP's Inspire Celebrates 9/11 as the "Greatest Special Operation of all Time"

o    Enemy Insights III: After Anwar al-Awlaki

Rand

·         Analysis of the Air Force Logistics Enterprise: Evaluation of Global Repair Network Options for Supporting the C-130 

·         Assessing the U.S. Air Force Unified Engagement Building Partnerships Seminars 

·         Paying for War: Funding U.S. Military Operations Since 2001 

·         Integrating the Full Range of Security Cooperation Programs into Air Force Planning: An Analytic Primer 

Royal United Services Institute (UK)

·         Accidental Heroes: Britain, France and the Libya Operation - RUSI Interim Libya Campaign Report 

·         Looking into the Black Hole: Is the UK Defence Budget Crisis Really Over? 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Arab Spring: Notes on Nation-Building 

·         An Assessment of Israeli Deterrence against Asymmetric Threats

·         Command of the Cities: Towards a Theory of Urban Strategy 

·         Deterrence 2.0: How the Spirit of a Cold War Policy Guided the Counterstrike against Al Qaeda 

·         Reexamining “War” Amongst Israelis and Palestinians 

·         The Syrian Opposition: A Strategic Analysis 

·         Understanding Insurgency: The Condition behind the Conflict

Stimson Center

·         Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa: Bridging the Security/Development Divide With International Security Assistance 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Presidential Succession Scenarios in Egypt and Their Impact on U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relations 

Trust for America's Health

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

UN Development Programme (UNDP)

·         From Vulnerability to Sustainability 

UN General Assembly

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

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Disarmament Forum, 2011, no. 2 

o    Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

o    Peeling the Orange: Regional Paths to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World

o    The Treaty of Pelindaba: Towards the Full Implementation of the African NWFZ Treaty

o    The Arctic: Top of the World to be Nuclear-Weapon-Free

o    Possible Elements of an NWFZ in the Middle East

o    The Role of Civil Society in Promoting a WMDFZ in the Middle East

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

·         Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Long Road Ahead

·         Space Security 2011: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future Conference Report 4-5 April 2011 

USAID

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

·         Democratic Republic of the Congo - Complex Emergency [latest update] 

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update] 

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

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

·         Zimbabwe - Complex Emergency [latest update] 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After the Quartet Statement: Is Abbas the Odd Man Out?

·         Egypt: Political Transition and U.S. Policy 

·         Egypt's New Elections Laws: Another Democratic Setback

·         Hamas Shifts to an Outside-In Operational Strategy 

·         Nuclear Fatwa: Religion and Politics in Iran's Proliferation Strategy

·         Nuclear Weapons and Iran's Global Ambitions: Troubling Scenarios 

·         Obama and Israel: Hot or Cold? 

White House

·         A Dynamic Approach to Federal Cybersecurity

·         Obama Administration's Commitment to Open Government: A Status Report 

·         Remarks by the President at the "Change of Office" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ceremony