Friday's Miscellany 10-28-2011

Aerospace Industries Association

·         The U.S. Economic Impact of Approved and Projected DOD Spending Reductions on Equipment in 2013 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Sifting Through the Layers of Insecurity in the Sahel—The Case of Mauritania 

·         Stress-Testing South Africa—The Tenuous Foundations of One of Africa’s Stable States

Afrobarometer

·         Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan Election—Did the Money Matter?  

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

·         The Final Rescue - or Another Three Months Survived! 

Amnesty International

·         Health Crisis—Syrian Government Targets the Wounded and Health Workers  

·         ‘Shut Up If You Don’t Want to Be Killed!’—Human Rights Violations by Police in the Dominican Republic 

Army War College Library

·         Institutional Adaptation [Library Notes - brief bibliography] 

Asian Development Bank Institute

·         Coordination Under Uncertain Conditions: An Analysis of the Fukushima Catastrophe 

·         The Global Economic Recession and Industrial Structure: Evidence from Four Asian Dragons 

·         Prospects for Monetary Cooperation in East Asia 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Unleashing Unlimited Potential: The Army Warrior Care and Transition Program in 2011 

The Atlantic

·         Henry Paulson's 5 Ideas for U.S.-China Relations 

Atlantic Council

·         Could 3D Printing Change the World? 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         North Korea: Truculent but Worrisome 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Attacks on Nuclear Infrastructure: Opening Pandora’s Box? 

·         China's Aircraft Carrier: Chinese Naval Nationalism and Its Implications for the United States 

·         Crossing the Rubicon: The Perils of Committing to a Decision    

Brookings Institute

·         The G-20 Cannes Summit 2011: Is the Global Recovery Now in Danger? 

·         Levering Europe: Alternatives for the European Financial Stability Facility 

·         Technology and the Innovation Economy _west.pdf

·         With a Whimper, Not a Bang 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Armies and Civilians in the Arab Awakening: An Inevitable Compromise? 

·         Education for Citizenship in the Arab World: Key to the Future 

·         Tunisia’s Electoral Lesson: The Importance of Campaign Strategy 

·         Yemen After Saleh’s Return and Awlaki’s Exit 

Center for a New American Security

·         Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions About Prediction and National Security 

Center for American Progress

·         China Pours Money into Smart Grid Technology 

Center for Naval Analyses

·         Acknowledging Limits—Police Advisers and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan  

·         Conscription in the Afghan Army—Compulsory Service Versus an All Volunteer Force  

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

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Framing Defense Cuts 

·         The Governance of Climate Change 

·         Improving Women's Health in South Africa 

·         Iran and the Gulf Military Balance 

·         Iraq and US Strategy in the Gulf—Shaping US Plans After Withdrawal  

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Proxy Cold War in the Levant, Egypt and Jordan 

Center for Security Studies

·         South Africa: A Hamstrung Regional Power 

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         Current Trends in Islamist Ideology vol. 12 

o    Organization Vs. Ideology: The Lessons from Southeast Asia

o    The Assertion of Barelvi Extremism

o    The Spring of a New Political Salafism?

o    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood After the Revolution

o    The Extremist Reaction to the UK's Prevent Strategy

o    Islam in the National Story of Pakistan

Chatham House

·         Middle East in the 21st Century—Conversation with David Miliband and George Mitchell (Transcript) 

·         Puntland and Somalia—The Year Ahead (Transcript) 

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB)

·         Going Big Could Improve the Chances of Success   

Conflict Records Research Center

·         Al Qaeda Collection & Index    

·         Iran-Iraq Records 

·         Papers From Iraqi Archive Reveal Conspiratorial Mind-Set of Hussein [NYT article] 

·         Saddam Hussein Collection 

·         Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War

·         Related documents 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Army Acquisition and Modernization

·         The Defense Industrial Base: A National Security Imperative 

·         DOD’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementation Efforts 

·         Economic Consequences of Defense Sequestration 

·         Military Retirement Reform 

·         Readiness in the Age of Austerity 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         CLASS Cancelled: An Unsustainable Program and Its Consequences for the Nation’s Deficit 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Afghanistan and Pakistan: Transition and the Way Forward [October 27, 2011]

o    The Eurozone Crisis: Destabilizing the Global Economy [October 27, 2011]

o    The Trafficking in Persons Report 2011: Truth, Trends, and Tier Rankings [October 27, 2011]

o    The Expanding U.S.–Korea Alliance [October 26, 2011]

o    Deployment of U.S. Forces in Central Africa and Implementation of The Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act [October 25, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Five Years Later: An Assessment of the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act 

·         Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil 

·         The State of Northern Border Preparedness: A Review of Federal, State, and Local Coordination 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight Hearing on the Department of Homeland Security 

·         The State of Religious Liberty in the United States 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         The Economic Importance of Seaports: Is the United States Prepared for 21st Century Trade Realities? 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Chairman Mike Rogers Keynote Speech to C4ISR Conference 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         The Aviation Workforce: Industry and Labor Perspectives on Training Needs and Challenges 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

·         Safeguarding Hawai‘i’s Ecosystem and Agriculture Against Invasive Species 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Global Positioning System for Military Users: Current Modernization Plans and Alternatives 

·         Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 

Col. Arthur D. Simons Center

·         Interagency Handbook for Transitions 

Council of Inspector General on Integrity and Efficiency

·         Journal of Public Inquiry, Fall/Winter 2010-2011 

o    Transparency in Government

o    First Things First: Focusing Oversight on a Dynamic Department

o    Another Tool in the Toolbox: Alerting Congress about Possible Threats to Agency Economy and Efficiency

o    A New Information Tool Available to Inspectors General for Evaluating Contracting Resources

o    Protecting Federal Employees: From Reaction to Prevention

o    How the Inspector General Community is Giving Back by Teaching in Higher Education

o    Organizational Ombuds: The Best-Kept Secret for Strengthening Internal Efficiency

o    Growing Old Together: Inspector General and Ethics Counsel - Changing Environments and Challenges

o    Ensuring Contractor Accountability: Past Performance and Suspension and Debarments

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         African Democracy: Elections Despite Divisions

·         American Options in Syria: Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 9 

·         Assessing Political Transitions in the Mideast

·         Islam: Governing Under Sharia (aka shariah, shari'a) 

·         Map: Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks 

·         Tunisia at the Crossroads 

The Crime Report

·         Urban Disorder and Gangs: A Critique and a Warning 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Breaking an International Taboo: The Need for an Internationally Mandated Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 

·         Reconsidering West African Migration: Changing Focus from European immigration to Intra-Regional Flows 

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Science and Technology Issues of Early Intercept Ballistic Missile Defense Feasibility 

Defense Security Service

·         Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry 2011 [Report On Industrial Espionage] 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 5111.10, March 22, 1995; Incorporating Change 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD (SO/LIC)), October 21, 2011 

·         Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-005 DoD Countermine and Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Systems Contracts for the Vehicle Optics Sensor System, October 28, 2011 

Department of Energy Inspector General

·         U.S. Department of Energy Evaluation Report:  The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program -- 2011 

Department of Justice (DoJ)

·         The Impact of the Economic Downturn on American Police Agencies 

Department of State

·         Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969–1972 

Department of the Army

·         2012 edition of the U.S. Army Weapon Systems Handbook 

·         Culture Cards: Afghanistan & Islamic Culture

East West Center

·         ASEAN's Dilemma: Courting Washington without Hurting Beijing 

·         Beyond Armed Resistance: Ethnonational Politics in Burma (Myanmar) 

·         China Still has a Long Way to Go 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Financing the Answer to Climate Change: Challenging but Feasible 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Country Analysis Brief - Australia  

·         Monthly Energy Review - October 2011 

Enough Project

·         Ending the Lord’s Resistance Army

·         Somalia—State-Building as if People Mattered  

European Policy Centre

·         Azerbaijan - The Key to EU Energy Security 

·         The Complex End of a Summit Marathon 

·         Cutting Four Gordian Knots - Post-Summit Analysis 

·         What Role for Local and Regional Authorities in the Post-2013 Budgetary Framework? 

Feinstein International Center

·         Community Case Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Southern Bangladesh 

Foreign Policy

·         America's Unsavory Allies 

·         Hoarders: Dictator Edition 

·         Libya’s Sexual Revolution 

·         Plan Afghanistan 

FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior)

·         Constitutional Reform in Young Arab Democracies 

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

·         Human Security in Central Asia: Can the EU Help Out? 

·         Improving European Policy Towards Fragile States

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Cyber Security: The Road Ahead 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Actions Needed to Reduce Evolving but Uncertain Federal Financial Risks, GAO-12-86 

·         Defense Acquisitions: Future Ground-Based Vehicles and Network Initiatives Face Development and Funding Challenges, GAO-12-181T [testimony] 

·         Department of Defense: Use of Neurocognitive Assessment Tools in Post-Deployment Identification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, GAO-12-27R 

·         DOD Financial Management: Challenges in the Implementation of Business Systems Could Impact Audit Readiness Efforts, GAO-12-177T [testimony] 

·         Federal Courthouses:  Improved Collaboration Needed to Meet Demands of a Complex Security Environment, GAO-11-857 

·         The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fall 2011 Update, GAO-12-28SP 

·         International Military Education and Training: Agencies Should Emphasize Human Rights Training and Improve Evaluations, GAO-12-123 

·         Low Income Countries: International Financial Institutions Met Many Goals in Response to Financial, Food, and Fuel Crises, but Impact on Spending Difficult to Establish, GAO-11-832 

·         Maritime Security:  Coast Guard Should Conduct Required Inspections of Offshore Energy Infrastructure, GAO-12-37 

·         National Preparedness:  Improvements Needed for Acquiring Medical Countermeasures to Threats from Terrorism and Other Sources, GAO-12-121 

·         Preventing Sexual Harassment: DOD Needs Greater Leadership Commitment and an Oversight Framework, GAO-11-809 

Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force

·         Draft for Public Comment 2011 Report of The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force to The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

Heritage Foundation

·         How Should Americans Think About International Organizations? 

Households in Conflict Network (HiCN)

·         The Cost of Fear: The Welfare Effects of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda 

·         Organizational Weapons: Explaining Cohesion in the Military 

·         War and Women’s Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal 

Human Rights Watch

·         “Hold Your Heart”: Waiting for Justice in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon Region 

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

·         India’s Future as an Asia – Pacific Power 

·         India’s Prevailing Political Economy: The Logic of Reform 

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses

·         A Consideration of Sino-Indian Conflict  

·         Palestinian Quest for Statehood at the United Nations—International Reactions and India’s Position  

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Can Federalism Work in Iraq? 

·         Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iran's Navy Threatens the Security of the Persian Gulf 

·         Libya By The Numbers 

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update  

·         VIDEO: The Threat Posed by Iran's Navies 

Institute of South Asian Studies

·         Al Qaeda, A Decade After the 9/11 Attacks  

·         The Crisis in United States-Pakistan Relations: An Alliance Unstuck? 

·         Haqqanis as the Pivot in the Deteriorating US-Pakistan Relations  

·         India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership: Beyond 2014? 

·         India-Afghanistan Strategic Agreement: Opportunity for Peace and for Pakistan 

·         Pakistan and Patrons: The United States, PR China and Saudi Arabia 

·         Turbulent South-China Sea Waters—India, Vietnam and China 

International Crisis Group

·         Africa without Qaddafi: The Case of Chad 

·         Keeping Haiti Safe: Justice Reform 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Countdown to Nuclear Zero - On Hold? 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         An Assessment of Estimates of Term Structure Models for the United States 

·         Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency? 

·         Improving the Monetary Policy Frameworks in Central America 

·         Monetary Policy, Bank Leverage, and Financial Stability 

·         Optimal Precautionary Reserves for Low-Income Countries: A Cost-Benefit Analysis 

·         The Role of Structural Reforms in Raising Economic Growth in Central America 

International Peace Institute

·         Termites at Work—Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya  

International Peace Research Institute

·         Peace From the Bottom Up?  The Afghan Peace and Reintegration Program

Istituto Affari Internazionali

·         Algeria at the Crossroads, Between Continuity and Change 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Global Financial Regulation: A Goal Many Espouse But Can It Be Done? 

·         More Than Just a Currency Game 

·         Sri Lanka – From ‘Bitter Past to Prosperous Future’? 

·         Toward a Smarter Power: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, October 28, 2011, v. 11, no. 20 

o    Jockeying for Position Intensifies among Candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee

o    Reforming the People’s Liberation Army’s Noncommissioned Officer Corps and Conscripts

o    The PLA's Evolving Joint Task Force Structure: Implications for the Aircraft Carrier

o    Putin and the Future of the Sino-Russian Partnership

National Academies Press

·         Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Nontraditional Threats to Pakistan    

·         The United States-Thailand Alliance: Issues for a New Dialogue 

National Gang Intelligence Center

·         2001 National Gang Threat Assessment (NGTA) 

National Security Archive

·         CIA History of DCI William Colby 

Nautilus Institute FOIA Room

·         Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command History 1993 Vol I & II (U) [large file] 

·         Commander in Chief US Pacific Command Histories [1960-1993] 

·         United States Forces Command Japan, Command Histories [1965-1985] 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Pakistan’s Population Prospects 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Debate on Space Code of Conduct: An Indian Perspective  

·         Indo-US Agricultural Cooperation From "Green" to "Evergreen" Revolution? 

·         Oil Supply Routes in the Asia Pacific: China's Strategic Calculations 

·         Virtual Alarm: Social Engineering Attacks Imperil Cyber Security 

Open Society Foundations

·         Busting Bribery—Sustaining the Global Momentum of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act    

·         Corporate War Crimes—Prosecuting Pillage of Natural Resources  

·         Muslims in Antwerp  

·         Muslims in Marseilles  

Overseas Development Institute

·         Counter-Terrorism and Humanitarian Action  

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Balochistan Watch, September 22-28, 2011 

·         Karachi Watch, September 22-28, 2011 

·         Pakistan Security Reports 

·         South Asia Conflict Reports  

·         Tribal Region/KP Security Reports 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Ethnic Conflict in Sindh 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute

·         Transitions—Issues, Challenges and Solutions in International Assistance 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Asia and Global Financial Governance 

Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         Bloggers Back the Occupy Wall Street Protests 

·         Death of a Dictator Leads the News 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Reregulating and Restructuring the Financial System: Some Critical Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS)

·         The European Union: Lessons from a Crisis 

·         Japan and Lusophone Africa: Tepid Outcomes, Greater Opportunities?

Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         The Tablet Revolution and What it Means for the Future of News

Rand

·         The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations: An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform 

·         Characterizing the U.S. Industrial Base for Coal-Powered Electricity 

·         Cold-Case Investigations: An Analysis of Current Practices and Factors Associated with Successful Outcomes 

·         Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in the United States: An Overview for Policymakers 

·         Making the Connection: Beneficial Collaboration Between Army Installations and Energy Utility Companies 

Security & Defense Agenda

·         The Need to Know: European Information-Sharing 

Security Council Report

·         Cross-Cutting Report on the Rule of Law 

Small Wars Journal

·         Afghan Perception & Stagnation in Transformational Changes

·         AirSeaLand Battle: Access Assured, Area Un-Denied

·         Don’t Break The Bank With COIN: Re-setting U.S. Defense Strategy after Iraq & Afghanistan 

·         Interview with Dayuhan 

·         Protesting War: Comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

·         Development Fund for Iraq: The Coalition Provisional Authority Transferred Control over Most of the Remaining DFI Funds to the Central Bank of Iraq 

·         Iraqi Police Development Program: Opportunities for Improved Program Accountability and Budget Transparency 

Stanley Foundation

·         Beyond Blocs: The West, Rising Powers, and Interest-Based International Cooperation 

·         Global and Collaborative Asian & Pacific Leadership for the G-20 

Henry L. Stimson Center

·         What We Bought—Defense Procurement from FY01 to FY10

Transparency International UK

·         The Transparency of National Defence Budgets |
 

U.S. Army Nuclear and Combating WMD Agency (USANCA)

·         Combating WMD Journal Spring/Summer 2011, no. 7 

o    Service-Level CWMD Framework

o    The Department of the Army’s Role in Response to a Domestic Bioterror Attack

o    Decon Emitting Neutralizer of Improvised Explosive Devices (DENIED)

o    The Spore Wall as Defense for the Biological Agent Bacillus anthracis

o    Pentomic Soldiers

o    Enhancing Visualization of HPAC Scenarios using Google Earth©

o    Exercise “Poets Corner” a Multinational Effort to Prevent CBRNE Terrorism

o    U.S. - Russian Partnership and the Plutonium Production Reactor Agreement

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         An Analysis of State-owned Enterprises and State Capitalism in China 

USAID    

·         Central America - Floods  [latest updated] 

·         Iraq - Complex Emergency [latest updated]

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Spring, Arab Storm: Implications for Israel 

·         A Fighting Chance: Why Obama's Support For Syria's Non-Violent Protests Isn't Enough 

·         Frosty, Not Frozen  

·         The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy 

·         Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil 

·         Leveraging the U.S. Presence in Iraq after 2011 

·         PKK Violence Impacts Ankara Policymaking 

·         The Political Consequences of Turkey's Earthquake 

·         Sultan's Death Tests Saudi Succession Mechanisms 

·         Tunisia's Islamists Likely to Win Plurality in the First "Arab Spring" Election 

·         Turkish Wirtschaftswunder 

·         Welcome to the Shadow War 

World Bank

·         Comparing Informal Firms in Buenos Aires and Chaco 

·         Gender and Informality in Latin America 

·         Puppet Masters—How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do About It