Friday's Miscellany 10-07-2011

Action Aid

·         A Just Peace? The Legacy of War for the Women of Afghanistan 

Afghanistan Women’s Network (AWN)

·         Afghan Women Towards Bonn and Beyond 

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update]     

Amnesty International

·         Afghanistan 10 Years On: Slow Progress and Failed Promises 

·         Syria: The Long Reach of the Mukhabaraat: Violence and Harassment Against Syrians Abroad and Their Relatives Back Home 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), September 2011, v. 18, no. 9

o    Associations between repeated deployments to Iraq (OIF/OND) and Afghanistan (OEF) and post-deployment illnesses and injuries, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2003-2010. Part II. Mental disorders, by gender, age group, military occupation, and "dwell times" prior to repeat (second through fifth) deployments

o    Animal bites, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza immunization among healthcare workers

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Symptoms diagnosed during traumatic brain injury-related medical encounters, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2008-December 2010

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Global Economic Crisis: Impact and Restructuring of the Services Sector in India    

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         A Case for Human Dimension Training: Decision Science and Its Potential for Improved Soldier Resilience and Decisionmaking at Every Level 

·         The U.S. Army Squad: Foundation of the Decisive Force 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Sustainable Cooperation in Global Climate Policy: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets to Build on Copenhagen and Cancun 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Geoengineering: A National Strategic Plan for Research on the Potential Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Consequences of Climate Remediation Technologies

Brennan Center for Justice

·         Reducing Overclassification Through Accountability 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated September 29, 2011] 

·         Armchair Kamikaze: What the Latest Generation of Small Armed Drones Means for Antiterrorism 

·         Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated September 30, 2011] 

·         Korea, Colombia, Panama: Pending Trade Accords Offer Economic and Strategic Gains for the United States 

·         The “Peace Process” is Dead; What’s Next? 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Hurdles on the Way to Power 

               

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         A Collection of Papers from the 2008 Nuclear Scholars Initiative

o    Conventional Primacy & Unconventional Consequences: U.S. Power and the Nuclear Choices of Allies and Adversaries by Joshua Akery

o    Atoms for a Nuclear Energy Partnership Policy Proposal by Alexander Christian

o    International Nuclear Fuel Supply Guarantees by Mark Christopher

o    Nuclear Ready Iran by Lisa Farhamy

o    Opaque Nuclear Weapon States: Predicting When and Why They Declare by Eric Lorber

o    The Nuclear Posture Review and Its Implications on Arms Agreements by Kathia Neiwiadowski

o    Changing Chinese Strategic Culture and North Korean Relations: Will the Alliance Withstand North Korea’s Nuclear Misbehavior? by Elizabeth O’Grady

o    Strategic Coercion and the Iranian Nuclear Case: Examining U.S. Policy Options by Jonathan Pearl

o    Engaging Proliferation: Isolation and National Exceptionalism as Drivers of Nuclear Decisions by Justin Reed

o    U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation by U.S. Allies by Dane Swango

o    Progress or Proliferation? South Africa’s Nuclear Future by Taya Weiss

·         A Collection of Papers from the 2009 Nuclear Scholars Initiative

o    The Need for an Enhanced Interagency Approach to Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction by Brian Mazanec

o    Role of Nuclear Weapons in Tailored Deterrence: Cases of the United States and Russia by Nikita Perfilyev

o    Then and Now: Arab Reactions to the Israeli and Iranian Nuclear Programs by Joseph Longa

o    U.S. as Interlocutor in Nuclear Crises: Deriving Future Policy Implications from a Study of the 2001-2002 India-Pakistan Standoff by Moeed Yusuf

o    Explaining Australian Nuclear Policy by Brian Hoxie

o    The United Arab Emirates Civil Nuclear Agreement: Promise or Problem? by Chantell L. Murphy

o    Iran’s Nuclear Program: The Four Pitches by Raja Karthikeya

o    Intellectual Honesty, Nuclear Weapons, and Disarmament by Jonathan S. Snider

o    Understanding Possible International Disarmament with Modeling by Kimberly Gilligan

o    Going Nuclear by Jamus Jerome Lim

·         The New Executive Order on Information Security: Managing the Balance between Sharing and Safeguarding 

·         PacNet #57 - Social Media: Building Mutual Trust Between China and Japan 

·         The ROK-U.S. Joint Political and Military Response to North Korean Armed Provocations 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Sanctions game: Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change 

Centre for Eastern Studies

·         Transnistrian Conflict after 20 Years 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         House Cyber Task Force Unveils Recommendations 

·         Is the Financial Management Workforce Positioned to Achieve DOD’s Financial Improvement Goals? 

·         National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11: Perspectives from Former Service Chiefs and Vice Chiefs 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Chemical Risk Assessment: What Works for Jobs and the Economy? 

·         Protecting Children's Privacy in an Electronic World

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    A Comprehensive Assessment of U.S. Policy Toward Sudan [October 4, 2011]

o    Mérida Part Two: Insurgency and Terrorism in Mexico [October 4, 2011]

o    Why Taiwan Matters, Part II [October 4, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Cloud Computing: What are the Security Implications?

·         Does Administrative Amnesty Harm our Efforts to Gain and Maintain Operational Control of the Border? 

·         H.R. 3116 Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2012 

·         Intelligence Sharing and Terrorist Travel: How DHS Addresses the Mission of Providing Security, Facilitating Commerce and Protecting Privacy for Passengers Engaged in International Travel 

·         Mérida Part Two: Insurgency and Terrorism in Mexico 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Implementation of Certain International Nuclear and Maritime Terrorism Agreements 

·         STEM the Tide: Should America Try to Prevent an Exodus of Foreign Graduates of U.S. Universities with Advanced Science Degrees? 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform  Committee

·         Where Is The Peace Dividend? Examining The Final Report Of The Commission On Wartime Contracting 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         What Will It Cost? Protecting the Taxpayer from an Unachievable Coast Guard Acquisition Program 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Cyber Threats and Ongoing Efforts to Protect the Nation

·         Domestic Threat Intelligence 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Peace Corps, The Next 50 Years

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Food Service Management Contracts: Are Contractors Overcharging the Government? 

·         Nomination of Ernest Mitchell Jr. to be Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

Congress. Senate. Caucus on International Narcotics Control

·         Responding to Violence in Central America 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Monthly Budget Review, October 2011 

·         The Portion of the Deficit Due to Cyclical Weakness 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The African Union's Conflict Management Capabilities 

·         The Taliban in Afghanistan 

·         Two Myths About the U.S. Dollar: A CGS Capital Flows Quarterly 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Non-State Actors in Justice and Security Reform: Case studies on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Ghana, Marshall Islands 

Department of Defense

·         2011 Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress 

·         FY 2012 - FY 2013 DoD Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 

·         DoD Instruction 5240.10, Counterintelligence (CI) in the Combatant Commands and Other DoD Components, October 5, 2011 

Department of Homeland Security

·         Private Sector Resources Catalog 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-11-98 Evaluation of DHS’ Security Program and Practices for Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2011 

Department of Justice

·         Researching and Rethinking Sex Trafficking: The Movement of Chinese Women to Asia and the United States for Commercial Sex 

·         A Review of Spanish-Language Literature From Latin America on Sex Trafficking 

·         Trafficking in Meaning: Law, Victims, and the State 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Public Access to Documents: Jurisprudence Between Principle and Practice 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         South Africa Country Analysis Brief 

European Policy Centre

·         Analysis of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020

·         Last Exit for Peace: The Struggle for a Palestinian State has Entered a New Stage

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         National Preparedness Goal – 1^st ed. 

Foreign Policy

·         10 year of War – An RP Roundtable

·         The IgNobels: The Seven Most Dubious Nobel Peace Prize Winners 

·         Obama’s Death Panel: The Killing of an American Citizen Without Due Process is a National Scandal 

·         Will the Real Ben Netanyahu Please Stand Up? 

FRIDE

·         Don't Forget the Gulf 

·         The EU and the Arab Spring: From Munificence to Geo-Strategy 

·         France and the Arab Spring: An Opportunistic Quest for Influence 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Africa Spectrum, 2011, v. 46, no. 1 

o    Covering Post-Conflict Elections: Challenges for the Media in Central Africa

o    Toward Electoral Security: Experiences from KwaZulu-Natal

o    Making Migrants Responsible for Development: Cape Verdean Returnees and Northern Migration Policies

o    “Get to the bridge and I will help you to cross”: Merit, Personal Connections and Money in Access to Nigerian Higher Education

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Coast Guard: Action Needed as Approved Deepwater Program Remains Unachievable, GAO-12-101T [testimony] 

·         Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742 

·         Federal Bureau of Investigation:  Actions Taken To Address Most Procurement Recommendations, GAO-11-794 

·         Federal Reserve System: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance, GAO-12-122T [testimony] 

·         Information Security: Additional Guidance Needed to Address Cloud Computing Concerns, GAO-12-130T   [testimony]

·         Information Security:  Weaknesses Continue Amid New Federal Efforts to Implement Requirement, GAO-12-137 

·         Quadrennial Homeland Security Review:  Enhanced Stakeholder Consultation and Use of Risk Information Could Strengthen Future Reviews, GAO-11-873 

·         Warfighter Support: DOD Has Made Progress, but Supply and Distribution Challenges Remain in Afghanistan, GAO-12-138 

Heritage Foundation

·         The Buffett Rule: Fair to No One 

·         Corruption in India: More Government Is Not the Solution 

·         The Department of Energy Should Not Be the Green Banker

·         The Facts About China’s Currency, Chinese Subsidies, and American Jobs 

·         Global Trade Freedom Needs a Boost 

·         Religious Freedom Is Not Just for Churches 

·         U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Will the U.S. Miss a Historic Opportunity? 

·         The U.S.–Korea Trade Deal’s Time Has Finally Come 

·         U.S.–Panama Free Trade Agreement: Drop the Tariff Anchor 

Human Rights Watch

·         “They Killed Them Like It Was Nothing”: The Need for Justice for Côte d’Ivoire’s Post-Election Crimes 

Institute for Development Studies (IDS)

·         Becoming and Remaining a ‘Force for Good’ – Reforming the Police in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Korean Futures: Challenges to U.S. Diplomacy of North Korean Regime Collapse 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Haqqani Network 

·         Iran's Two Navies: A Maturing Maritime Strategy 

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update 

·         The Libyan Revolution Part 3- Stalemate & Siege 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         The Legality of U.S. Drone Attacks in Pakistan 

·         Malleable Stereotypes: How Media is Improving the Image of American Muslims 

International Crisis Group

·         Bosnia: What Does Republika Srpska Want? 

·         Indonesia: Trouble Again in Ambon 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         How Long Do Housing Cycles Last? A Duration Analysis for 19 OECD Countries 

·         Inflation Targeting and Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms in Emerging Market Economies 

·         Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging for Dynamic Panels with an Application to a Trade Gravity Model 

·         Regional Economic Outlook: Europe 

·         Safeguards Assessments - 2011 Update 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Green Economy: Fix Our 'Ends' Not Just Our Means 

·         Putin's Comeback: Fast Forward to the Past 

·         Saudi Security Force Ramps Up 

·         Why Are Pakistan's Militant Groups Splintering? 

Latino Research Center

·         Border - Line 2011, v. 5 Special Edition 

o    Law’s Labor’s Lost: Failure of Peru’s 1969 Agrarian Reform Law to Stimulate Agricultural Production

o    Disposable Workers: Immigration after NA FTATA and the Nation’s Addiction to Cheap Labor

o    Examining the Theoretical Linkages between Climate Change, Food Security, and Migration

o    The Rise and Fall of the “Migrant Superhero” and the New “Deportee Trash”: Contemporary Strain on Mobile Livelihoods in the Central American Region

o    The Role of DICONSA in Promoting Food Security in Rural Mexico and Providing Assistance in Case of Natural Disasters

o    Considerations for a More Comprehensive Immigration Policy: Moving the Dialogue from Border Security to Food and Livelihood Security

o    Children’s Consumption of Migration: Remittances and Food Security

o    Migration and the Role of Remittances in Food Security: The Case of Jamaica

National Academies Press

·         Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop 

·         Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax 

·         Review of Risk Assessment Work Plan for the Medical Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Facility at Fort Detrick: A Letter Report 

·         Review of the National Defense Intelligence College's Master's Degree in Science and Technology Intelligence 

National Defense University (NDU)

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), October 2011, no. 63 

o    The Looming Crisis in Defense Planning

o    Thoughts on Force Design in an Era of Shrinking Defense Budgets

o    Linking Military Service Budgets to Commander Priorities

o    Harnessing America's Power: A U.S. National Security Structure for the 21st Century

o    The Limits of Tailored Deterrence

o    Estonia: Cyber Window into the Future of NATO

o    Stuxnet and Strategy: A Special Operation in Cyberspace?

o    Why Iran Didn't Admit Stuxnet War an Attack

o    Enduring Attraction: America's Dependence On and Need to Secure Its Supply of Permanent Magnets

o    The Empire's Newest New Clothes: Overrating China

o    U.S.-China Relations: No Need to Fight

o    Religious Leader Engagement in Southern Afghanistan

o    Vietnam and Iraq: Learning from the Past?

o    Read, Think, Write: Keys to 21st-century Security Leadership

o    Understanding Strategic Thinking and Developing Strategic Thinkers

o    Pulling Back the Curtain: Developing Strategic Thinkers at ICAF

o    The Joint Officer: A Professional Specialist

o    Transforming the Civil Reserve Air Fleet in a Fiscally Constrained Environment

o    Operation Enduring Freedom X: CJTF-82 and the Future of COIN

o    Command Relationships

o    Improving Joint Fires for Special Operations: A Mandate for the Joint Forces Fires Coordinator

Oxfam

·         High Stakes: Girls’ Education in Afghanistan 

Pew Research Center

·         War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era: The Military-Civilian Gap 

Rand

·         Lessons from U.S. Allies in Security Cooperation with Third Countries: The Cases of Australia, France, and the United Kingdom 

·         Moving Toward the Future of Policing 

·         Value for Money in Donor HIV Funding 

Small Wars Journal

·         Beyond SWEAT: Developing Infrastructure in Stability and COIN Operations

·         Employing the Economic Instrument of National Power in Unstable Areas 

·         Guía de Prácticas Recomendadas en la Evaluación de Medidas Contrainsurgencias 

·         How Corruption Affects National Security of the United States 

·         Napoleon´s Nightmare: Guerrilla Warfare in Spain (1808-1814)

·         A Nation at the Periphery: Libyan Regionalism Revisited 

·         Thoughts on Counterinsurgency and Just War 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Chinese-Russian Security and Energy Relations are Crumbling 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security 

Transportation Research Board

·         Airport Security: Which Poses the Greater Threat—Passengers or Air Cargo? 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         2011 Global Study on Homicide 

University of Phoenix Research Institute

·         Employer Perceptions, Preferences, and Hiring Practices Related to U.S. Military Personnel 

USAID

·         Afghanistan - Complex Emergency [latest update]  

·         Niger - Food Insecurity 

·         Pakistan - Complex Emergency and Floods 

·         Sri Lanka - Floods and Complex Emergency [latest update] 

Veterans for Common Sense

·         Iraq and Afghanistan War Impact Report

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The al-Qaeda Challenge in Southern Yemen 

·         Counterterrorism Operations in FBI Los Angeles: Collaboration and Teamwork 

·         Egypt after Mubarak: Whither the Revolution? 

·         How to Make Turks Your Friends, or Enemies 

·         Jordan: All Quiet on the Eastern Front? 

·         Shia Strength: Iraqi Militants Adapt to the US Drawdown 

·         Turkey's New Policy on Syria 

·         Yemen's Saleh Strikes Back 

White House

·         Executive Order -- Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information 

·         Statement by the President on Ten Years of American Service in Afghanistan