Friday's Miscellany 11-25-2011

3P Human Security

·         After UNESCO: Implications for US Leadership 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Afghanistan's Paramilitary Policing in Context: The Risks of Expediency 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Painful Steps: Justice, Forgiveness and Compromise in Afghanistan’s Peace Process 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Africa and the Arab Spring 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Development of Local Debt Markets in Asia: An Assessment 

·         Governance Infrastructure and Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the People's Republic of China 

·         Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Taipei,China's Industrial Structure and Firm Activity 

·         Macro-Prudential Approaches to Banking Regulation: Perspectives of Selected Asian Central Banks 

Atlantic Council

·         Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade 

·         A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia 

Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

·         Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation 

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Anti-terrorism Legislation: Impediments to Conflict Transformation 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         The New IAEA Report: Beyond Weaponization 

Brookings

·         The 2011 Arab Public Opinion Poll 

·         Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Finance: Key Lessons 

·         Iran and International Pressure: An Assessment of Multilateral Efforts to Impede Iran’s Nuclear Program 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         A New Transatlantic Approach for the Western Balkans: Time for Change in Serbia, Kosova, and Bosnia-Hercegovina 

·         PacNet #67 - The Australian Canary 

·         Structure and Dynamics of the U.S. Federal Services Industrial Base, 2000-2010 

·         Why Go to Myanmar? 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Egypt's Deepening Rifts Shadow Vote 

·         The Global Climate Change Regime 

·         The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions 

·         Weighing Occupy Wall Street's Impact 

·         Worries Over U.S. Fiscal Process 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 2000.26, Suspicious Activity Reporting, November 1, 2011 

·         DoD Instruction 6490.05, Maintenance of Psychological Health in Military Operations, November 22, 2011 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-023 Management Improvements Needed in Commander's Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan, November 21, 2011 

e-International Relations

·         The Responsibility to Protect: Challenges & Opportunities in Light of the Libyan Intervention 

East Asia Institute (EAI)

·         Civilian Control over the Military in East Asia 

·         Crisis of Succession: Mapping the Paths Into and Out of the Personalist Dictatorship in North Korea 

·         Japan, China, and the Great Power Bargain in East Asia 

·         Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Analysis of Public Opinion Surveys on Ratification 

·         Post-Crisis World Order: Security, Economy, Environment, and Culture 

·         Prospects for a People’s Revolution in North Korea: Is Pyongyang Going to be the Next Tripoli? 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         India Country Analysis Brief 

·         Iran Country Analysis Brief 

·         Monthly Energy Review - November 2011             

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Egyptian Democracy and the Muslim Brotherhood 

·         EU's Africa Foreign Policy after Lisbon 

Food Bank for New York City

·         From the Front Lines to the Bread Lines—Food Poverty Among Veterans 

Foreign Policy

·         The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers 

·         The Global Thinkers' Book Club 

·         Life in a Glass House 

·         The Mall of the World 

·         The Second Republic of Tahrir 

·         The Stories You Missed in 2011 [10 events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2012] 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Can Hezbollah Cope With A Changing Middle East? 

·         Kidnappings In Venezuela 

·         Jordan’s Quandary Over Syria 

FRIDE

·         European Foreign Policy and Economic Crisis: What Impact and How to Respond? 

·         State Reform in Arab Transitions 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Arizona Border Region: Federal Agencies Could Better Utilize Law Enforcement Resources in Support of Wildland Fire Management Activities, GAO-12-73 

·         Immigration Benefits: Consistent Adherence to DHS's Acquisition Policy Could Help Improve Transformation Program Outcomes, GAO-12-66
·         Information Technology:  Critical Factors Underlying Successful Major Acquisitions, GAO-12-7
·         Review of U.S. Response to the Honduran Political Crisis of 2009, GAO-12-9R 

·         Transportation Security Information Sharing:  Stakeholders Generally Satisfied but TSA Could Improve Analysis, Awareness, and Accountability, GAO-12-44 

·         Transportation Security Information Sharing:  Results of GAO's Survey of Stakeholder Satisfaction with TSA Products and Mechanisms, an E-supplement to GAO-12-44, GAO-12-67SP 

Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

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

·         W[h]ither the Kyoto Protocol? Durban and Beyond 

Heritage Foundation

·         CSR: New EU Strategy Threatens U.S. and European Companies 

·         Foiling 43rd Terror Plot Test for Administration’s Priorities 

·         Follow-Through on Obama’s Successful Asia Swing Critical 

·         Providing In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens: A Violation of Federal Law 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         From Market for Force to Market for Peace: Private Military and Security Companies in Peacekeeping Operations 

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

·         Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran 

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

·         Landmine Monitor 2011 

International Crisis Group

·         The Philippines: Indigenous Rights and the MILF Peace Process 

·         Uncharted Waters: Thinking Through Syria’s Dynamics 

               

International Institute for Security Studies (IISS)

·         Still Quite Narrow: The Gulf–Asia 'New Silk Road' 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Central African Economic and Monetary Community: Staff Report on Common Policies of Member Countries 

·         Cross-Cutting Themes in Advanced Economies with Emerging Market Banking Links 

·         Does Money Matter for Inflation in Ghana?     

·         The Economic Crisis: Did Financial Supervision Matter? 

·         Intangible Capital, Relative Asset Shortages and Bubbles 

·         Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: 2011 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
·         Monetary Policy Transmission in Ghana: Does the Interest Rate Channel Work? 

·         On the Stability of Money Demand in Ghana: A Bounds Testing Approach

International Relations and Security Network

·         FARC Is Weakened, But Far From Dead 

·         Institutionalizing Diversity in the Arab Spring 

·         Long-Term Trend Projections and Alternative Scenarios, Part Two 

Miller Center

·         George H.W. Bush Oral History Symposium 

Mission Readiness

·         Unfit to Fight: A Report on California 

National Security Archive

·         The End of the USSR, 20 Years Later 

·         Iran Contra at 25: Reagan and Bush 'Criminal Liability' Evaluations 

·         Remains of Two of Guatemala's Death Squad Diary Victims Found in Mass Grave 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre

·         Armed Guards on Merchant Vessels 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit: Opportunities and Challenges 

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

·         2011 Naval Science & Technology Strategic Plan 

Office of the Auditor General of Canada

·         2011 Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada 

·         Chapter 5—Maintaining and Repairing Military Equipment—National Defence

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Applying Hubbert Curves and Linearization to Rock Phosphate 

·         Delivering on US Climate Finance Commitments 

·         India's Growth in the 2000s: Four Facts 

Pew Research Center

·         The Military - Civilian Gap: Fewer Family Connections 

Pew Social & Demographic Trends

·         For Many Injured Veterans, A Lifetime of Consequences 

Project 2049 Institute

·         The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Signals Intelligence and Cyber Reconnaissance Infrastructure 

Rand

·         Band of Brothers or Dysfunctional Family? A Military Perspective on Coalition Challenges During Stability Operations 

·         China's Expanding Role in Global Mergers and Acquisitions Markets 

·         A New Approach for Assessing the Needs of Service Members and Their Families 

Small Wars Journal

·         DoD’s Combat Exclusion Policies Limit Commanders and Strain Our Current Forces 

UK Cabinet Office

·         Cyber Security Strategy 

UK National Audit Office

·         Ministry of Defence: The Major Projects Report 2011 

UNAMA/OHCHR

·         A Long Way to Go: Implementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women Law in Afghanistan 

United Nations Security Council

·         Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan [S/2011/678] 

US Commission on International Religious Freedom

·         Connecting the Dots: Education and Religious Discrimination in Pakistan: A Study of Public Schools and Madrassas   

US Institute of Peace

·         Constitutional Interpretation and the Continuing Crisis in Afghanistan 

·         Dowry and Division: Youth and State Building in South Sudan  

·         From Militants to Policemen: Three Lessons from U.S. Experience with DDR and SSR
·         Gulf States and Syria
·         Jordan and the Current Unrest in Syria 

·         Pakistan’s Future: Uncertainty and Hope
·         Police Corruption: What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges 

·         Return to War in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains 

·         Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East
·         Turmoil in Syria: Reshaping the Middle East?

·         Watching from the Sidelines: Israel and the Syrian Uprising 

·         Who Controls Pakistan’s Security Forces? 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing Ennahda, Tunisia's Winning Islamist Party  

·         Egypt's Revolution Continues  

·         Israel's Closing Window to Strike Iran 

·         Only Threat of Military Action Will Stop Iran 

·         Riot Report Will Force Bahrain to Choose a Direction 

·         Sinai: The New Frontier of Conflict? 

·         The State Department's Role in Countering Violent Extremism 

World Bank

·         Transition in Afghanistan: Looking Beyond 2014 

World Public Opinion.org

·         Digest of Polls Shows Modest American Support For New Free Trade Agreements in Pacific

Friday's Miscellany 11-18-2011

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Alternative Dispute Resolution in Africa: Preventing Conflict and Enhancing Stability 

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Impact of US Quantitative Easing Policy on Emerging Asia 

·         Management of Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Asia 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Military Retiree Health Care Faces a Triple Whammy 

Atlantic Council

·         Egypt's Imperiled Transition: Pakistan on the Nile? 

Australia Department of Defence

·         Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         National Security Note 4: Cybersecurity: The View from Washington 

·         Subaqueana Australis—The Future Evolution of Australia's Submarines 

Brookings

·         Biding Time: The Challenge of Taiwan’s International Status 

·         How We’re Doing as Europe Falters 

·         Is America Declining? 

·         Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran 

·         Unintended Roadblocks: How U.S. Terrorism Restrictions Make It Harder to Save Lives 

·         What Happens if the Super Committee Fails? 

Center for American Progress

·         The Emerging Conservative Playbook on National Security: Still Divided on National Security, Conservatives Lean Toward a Return to President George W. Bush’s Misguided Approach 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Afghanistan-Pakistan War at the End of 2011 

·         The Dominican Response to the Haiti Earthquake 

·         Defense Budget Cuts and Non-Traditional Threats to US Strategy: An Update

·         Keeping Faith: Charting a Sustainable Path for Military Compensation 

·         “If the Euro Fails, Europe Fails,” according to German chancellor Angela Merkel. And If Europe Fails, We All Fail 

·         Nonproliferation, Congress, and Nuclear Trade: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose 

·         PacNet #64 - The United States and the East Asia Summit: A New Beginning? 

·         PacNet #65 - Burma, Myanmar – Whatever We Call it, it’s Time to Move 

·         PacNet #66 - Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential Election and Cross-Strait Relations 

·         Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential Elections and Cross-Strait Relations 

·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition in the Southern Gulf, Arabia, and Yemen 

·         Women in Senate Confirmed Department of Defense PAS Positions Since 1947 

Commonwealth Institute / Project on Defense Alternatives

·         Going for Broke: The Budgetary Consequences of Current US Defense Strategy 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Creating a 21st Century Defense Industry 

·         Defense Cuts Resources: Sequestration Resource Kit 

·         Industry Perspectives on Achieving Audit Readiness 

·         United States Marine Corps Acquisition and Modernization 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    The 2011 International Religious Freedom Report [November 17, 2011]

o    Narcoterrorism and the Long Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement, Part II [November 17, 2011]

o    Righting the Enduring Wrongs of the Holocaust: Insurance Accountability and Rail Justice [November 16, 2011]

o    The State of Affairs in the Balkans [November 15, 2011]

o    Feeding the Dragon: Reevaluating U.S. Development Assistance to China [November 15, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Ensuring Coordination and Cooperation: A Review of the Emergency Communications Offices Within the Department of Homeland Security    

·         Protecting the Homeland: How can DHS use DOD Technology to Secure the Border? 

·         S&T on a Budget: Finding Smarter Approaches to Spur Innovation, Impose Discipline, Drive Job Creation and Strengthen Homeland Security   

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Cyber Security: Protecting America's New Frontier 

·         Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Progress Of The Obama Administration's Policy Toward Iran 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform [Joint Majority Staff Report] 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Security Issues Relating to Iraq 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Weeding Out Bad Contractors: Does the Government Have the Right Tools? 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         The Fix Gun Checks Act: Better State and Federal Compliance, Smarter Enforcement 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of the Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The Arab League 

·         How the U.S. Should Stay Relevant in Asia 

·         U.S.-Australia Alliance and China 

Defense Science Board (DBS)

·         Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security   

Department of Defense

·         Department of Defense Cyberspace Policy Report: A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, Section 934 

·         DoD Instruction 5000.69, DoD Joint Services Weapon and Laser System Safety Review Processes, November 9, 2011 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-017 U.S. Naval Academy Officials Did Not Adhere to Contracting and Gift Policies, November 7, 2011  

East-West Center

·         Obama's APEC Summit Does Not Dispel China's Misgivings 

·         Pakistan Grants India Most Favored Nation Trading Status? 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         State Duma Elections 2011 and the Marginal Role of Russian Parties - Part 1 

·         State Duma Elections 2011 and the Marginal Role of Russian Parties - Part 2 

·         Russian Elections and the Energy Sector - No Changes Ahead  

Foreign Policy

·         Burning for the Cause [From Tunisia to Tibet, self-immolation] 

·         Chasing the Dragon in Tehran 

·         Elections 2012 

·         Head of the Class? [U.S. universities that have educated today’s new crop of world leaders] 

·         Once Upon a Time in Mogadishu 

George C. Marshall Institute

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

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Chinese Commodity Imports in Ghana and Senegal: Demystifying Chinese Business Strength in Urban West Africa 

·         State-Building, War and Violence: Evidence from Latin America 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Acquisition Workforce: DOD's Efforts to Rebuild Capacity Have Shown Some Progress, GAO-12-232T [testimony] 

·         Climate Change Adaptation: Federal Efforts to Provide Information Could Help Government Decision Making, GAO-12-238T [testimony] 

·         DHS Research and Development: Science and Technology Directorate's Test and Evaluation and Reorganization Efforts, GAO-12-239T [testimony] 

·         Effective Government in a Time of Significant Challenges, by Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, before the National Academy of Public Administration, in Washington, DC, GAO-12-268CG 

·         Federal Contracting: OMB's Acquisition Savings Initiative Had Results, but Improvements Needed, GAO-12-57    

·         Foreign Assistance:  Clearer Guidance Needed on Compliance Overseas with Legislation Prohibiting Abortion-Related Lobbying, GAO-12-35 

·         Haiti Reconstruction: Factors Contributing to Delays in USAID Infrastructure Construction.  GAO-12-68 

·         Initial Pilot Training: Better Management Controls Are Needed to Improve FAA Oversight, GAO-12-117   

·         Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options: DOE Needs to Enhance Planning for Technology Assessment and Collaboration with Industry and Other Countries, GAO-12-70 

·         Persian Gulf: Implementation Gaps Limit the Effectiveness of End-Use Monitoring and Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Military Equipment, GAO-12-89   

·         Suspension and Debarment: Some Agency Programs Need Greater Attention, and Governmentwide Oversight Could be Improved, GAO-12-245T [testimony] 

·         U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan, GAO-12-106R 

Heritage Foundation

·         Defending Defense: Defense Spending, Super Committee, and The Price of Greatness 

·         Obama’s Red Tape: Tsunami or Ripple? 

·         Saving the American Dream: Improving Health Care and Retirement for Military Service Members and Their Families 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         Across the Atlantic: Islam, Europe, and the Repercussions of the Attacks 

International Crisis Group

·         The Lord’s Resistance Army: End Game? 

·         Resistance and Denial: Zimbabwe's Stalled Reform Agenda 

·         Timor-Leste's Veterans: An Unfinished Struggle? 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Bank of Japan’s Monetary Easing Measures: Are They Powerful and Comprehensive? 

·         Can Emerging Market Central Banks Bail Out Banks? A Cautionary Tale from Latin America 

·         The Design of Fiscal Adjustment Strategies in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland 

·         The Eurozone Crisis: How Banks and Sovereigns Came to be Joined at the Hip 

·         Low-Income Countries' BRIC Linkage: Are There Growth Spillovers? 

·         Managing Global Growth Risks and Commodity Price Shocks - Vulnerabilities and Policy Challenges for Low-Income Countries 

·         Modeling Correlated Systemic Liquidity and Solvency Risks in a Financial Environment with Incomplete Information 

·         Oil-Price Boom and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation: Is There Dutch Disease in the CEMAC? 

·         People’s Republic of China: Financial System Stability Assessment 

·         The Problem that Wasn’t: Coordination Failures in Sovereign Debt Restructurings 

·         A Theory of Domestic and International Trade Finance 

National Academies Press

·         Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change: A Workshop Report 

·         Measuring Food Insecurity and Assessing the Sustainability of Global Food Systems: Report of a Workshop 

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

·         Uses of Risk Management and Data Management to Support Target-Setting for Performance-Based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre

·         Corruption & Afghanistan's Education Sector 

·         An Introduction to Corruption in Afghanistan 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Dual Use Nuclear Commodity Smuggling and International Law 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Pakistan’s Population Prospects 

·         Religion, Territory and Violence: Exploring Emerging Religious-Political Groups in Israel and Palestine 

·         Russia, Afghanistan and the Great Game 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Banking Federalism Key to Euro Area Survival 

·         The Current Currency Situation 

·         G-20 Reforms of the International Monetary System: An Evaluation 

·         India-Pakistan Trade: The Most Favored Nation Breakthrough 

·         The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia 

·         What Can and Cannot Be Done about Rating Agencies

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         The American-Western European Values Gap: American Exceptionalism Subsides 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Why Americans Use Social Media 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         A World Upside Down? Deficit Fantasies in the Great Recession 

Rand

·         Actualizing Flexible National Security Space Systems 

·         Forecasting the Future of Iran: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Policy 

·         Information Systems Technician Rating Stakeholders: Implications for Effective Performance 

·         Learning from Experience: Volume I: Lessons from the Submarine Programs of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia 

·         Learning from Experience: Volume II: Lessons from the U.S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia Submarine Programs 

·         Learning from Experience: Learning from Experience: Volume III: Lessons from the United Kingdom's Astute Submarine Program 

·         Learning from Experience: Volume IV: Lessons from Australia's Collins Submarine Program 

·         Multicomponent Dietary Supplements for the Military 

·         Three Essays on Terrorism, its Relationship with Natural Disasters and its Effect on Female Labor Force Participation 

·         Where Might the U.S. Army Budget Go, and How Might It Get There? 

Small Wars Journal

·         Comparing Mao and Kilcullen 

·         Design Thinking and the Development of “Real” Options for Decision-makers 

·         Interview with Jim Thomas: Collective Defence in the Age of Anti-Access Bubbles From Classic Conventional Deterrence to a “Lloyd’s of London” Posture 

·         Lost in Translation: The American Way of War 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples' Wars 

·         National Security Reform 2010: A Mid-Term Assessment 

·         Op-Ed: Where Have All the Army Generals Gone? 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         2011 Report to Congress  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing Ennahda, Tunisia's Winning Islamist Party 

·         Building on the Opportunity of the IAEA Report on Iran 

·         Counterradicalization: Leveraging the Voices of Victims 

·         The Current State of Iranian Affairs: A Candid Discussion 

·         The Internal Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts: Continuity and Change in Domestic Politics 

·         Obama, Erdogan Find Shared Interests 

·         The State Department's Role in Countering Violent Extremism 

·         Ties to Neighbors, Not Their Dictators 

·         Turkish-EU Reset, Once Again