Friday's Miscellany 11-04-2011

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

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

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Counter-narcotics efforts and their effects in Nangarhar and Helmand in the 2010-11 growing season 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)

·         Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations  

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSWR), October 2011, v. 18, no. 10

o    Relationships between increasing outpatient encounters for neurological disorders and introductions of associated diagnostic codes, active duty military service members, 1998-2010

o    Alcohol-related diagnoses, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2001-2010

o    Update: Cold weather injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2006-June 2011

o    Surveillance Snapshot: Reportable medical events of heat injury in relation to heat index, June-September 2011

Army Center of Military History

·         Kevlar Legions: The Transformation of the U.S. Army, 1989-2005  

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Climate Change and Poverty Reduction-Where Does Official Development Assistance Money Go? 

·         The Impossible Trinity and Capital Flows in East Asia 

·         Trilemma and Financial Stability Configurations in Asia 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Three Views of Risk: Selecting and Acquiring Military Equipment 

BASIC Trident Commission

·         Beyond the United Kingdom: Trends in Other Nuclear Armed States 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Islam and the Role of Elites 

·         Muslims in America 

·         Ten Years After September 11: An Analysis of Public Opinion in the Muslim World 

Berghof Conflict Research

·         The Non-Linearity of Peace Processes – Theory and Practice of Systemic Conflict Transformation 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Iran Update: Number 153 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated October 31, 2011] 

·         Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated October 28, 2011]    

·         Not So Demanding: Why Occupy Wall Street Need Not Make Demands (Yet) 

·         Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated October 30, 2011]

·         Think Tank 20: Beyond Macroeconomic Policy Coordination Discussions in the G-20 

Center for Naval Analyses

·         Ensuring America’s Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence 

Center for Security Policy

·         The Enemy is Inside the Wire 

·         Mapping a National Security Failure: The Ratification of the New START Treaty 

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

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

·         Defense in an Age of Austerity 

·         Developing an Enduring Strategy for Southeast Asia 

·         How Can Japan's DPC Inpatient Hospital Payment System Be Strengthened? 

·         Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 46, 31 October 2011 

·         Kenya’s Military Operation in Somalia 

·         Jemaah Islamiyah 

·         PacNet #60 - Don't Expect a Pyongyang Spring Sometime Soon 

·         PacNet #61 - China in the G20: a Balancer and a Responsible Contributor 

·         PacNet #62 - Russia's Role in EAS: Promoting Inter-regional Cooperation 

·         Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Standing with Japan after 3-11 

·         Seizing the Opportunity in Public-Private Partnerships 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Gulf Military Balance 

Center for the National Interest and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Russia and U.S. National Interests: Why Should Americans Care? 

Center for the New American Security (CNAS)

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

·         Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide 

Civil-Military Fusion Centre

·         Barriers to Prosecution: The Problem of Piracy 

·         Changes in Maritime Practice as a Result of Piracy in the Gulf of Aden 

·         From Dispute to Resolution: Managing Land in Afghanistan 

·         Measuring the Development Impact of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan 

·         The Relationship between Aid, Insurgency & Security [Part One] 

·         The Relationship between Aid, Insurgency & Security [Part Two]
·         The Taliban's Shadow Government in Afghanistan 

·         The Youth Bulge in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, October 2011, v. 4, no. 10 

o    India’s Approach to Counterinsurgency and the Naxalite Problem

o    Evaluating Pakistan’s Offensives in Swat and FATA

o    The Enduring Appeal of Al-`Awlaqi’s “Constants on the Path of Jihad”

o    The Decline of Jihadist Activity in the United Kingdom

o    Understanding the Role of Tribes in Yemen

o    Al-Shabab’s Setbacks in Somalia

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

o    Insights from Bin Ladin’s Audiocassette Library in Kandahar

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Current Status and Future Direction for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Posture 

·         The Defense Industrial Base: The Role of the Department of Defense 

·         Fiscal Year 2012 Combat Aviation Programs Update 

·         The Future of the Military Services and Consequences of Defense Sequestration 

·         Institutionalizing Irregular Warfare Capabilities 

·         Joint Hearing: A Day Without Seapower and Projection Forces

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         H.R. 3035, The Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    2014 and Beyond: U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, Part I [Nov 3, 2011]

o    Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 2011 Annual Report [Nov 3, 2011]

o    Efforts to Transfer America’s Leading Edge Science to China [Nov 2, 2011]

o    U.S. Policy Toward Zimbabwe [Nov 2, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         TSA Reform: Exploring Innovations in Technology Procurement to Stimulate Job Growth, Part III 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         "21st Century Law Enforcement: How Smart Policing Targets Criminal Behavior" 

·         H.R. 2121, the "China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011" 

·         The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Are Government Contractors Exploiting Workers Overseas? Examining Enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
·         'Identity Theft And Tax Fraud: Growing Problems For The Internal Revenue Service'

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Assuring the Safety of Domestic Energy Production: Lessons Learned from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         China's Role in Africa: Implications 

·         The European Debt Crisis: Strategic Implications for the Transatlantic Alliance
·         Women and the Arab Spring 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Excessive Speculation and Compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act 

·         Ten Years After 9/11: The Next Wave in Aviation Security 

Congress. Senate Judiciary Committee

·         Combating International Organized Crime: Evaluating Current Authorities, Tools, and Resources 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Recent Development Efforts for Military Airships 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Assad's Broken Promises
·         The G20 and Eurozone Debt Crisis 

·         Greece's Risky Eurozone Maneuver 

Department of Defense (DOD)

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

·         Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan, October, 2011 

·         Report to Congress on U.S.-India Security Cooperation 

·         Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan (October 2011) 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-009 DoD Complied With Policies on Converting Senior Mentors to Highly Qualified Experts, but Few Senior Mentors Converted, October 31, 2011 

Department of the Navy

·         Chips magazine, October-December 2011

o    The DoD Information Enterprise

o    The Communications Special Forces Need

o    Powering America’s Army: Army Network and Cyber Leaders Discuss the Network of 2020 — Secure, Reliable, Trusted

o    Certification & Accreditation Transformation

o    Cyber Strategy Initiatives

o    NUWC Newport Achieves IT Acquisition Efficiencies with DoD ESI

o    DON Enterprise Architecture Supports the DON lM/IT/Cyberspace Campaign Plan

o    The DON SSN Reduction Plan Continues

o    Ensuring Your Solicitation is Section 508 Compliant

o    NCTAMS LANT Embraces a New Online Training Program: “SHORE UNIQUE COURSEWARE”

o    Human Presence Detection

o    Responding at the Speed of Change — NCTS Sicily Supports Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector

o    JPEO JTRS Delivers SRW Telemetry Operations Waveform

o    Trident Warrior 2011

East-West Center

·         China and the United States: Hacking Away at Cyber Warfare 

·         Power Diplomacy at the 2011 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) 

European Policy Centre

·         Eurozone Exits No Longer Taboo 

Feinstein International Center

·         Milk Matters in Karamoja: Milk in Children’s Diets and Household Livelihoods 

Foreign Policy

·         The End of the Innocents     

·         The FP Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Obama, “Leading from Behind,” Iraq, and More 

·         Keeping it in the Family [Saudi Succession] 

·         Highway to Homs 

·         The New Stars of Cannes 

FRIDE

·         Post-election Spain must Maintain Its Development Commitments 

George C. Marshall Institute

·         Climate Change and National Security: Are They Linked? 

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

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The G20: Engine of Asian Regionalism? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Arizona Border Surveillance Technology: More Information on Plans and Costs Is Needed before Proceeding, GAO-12-22 

·         Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Enhance Its Foreign Airport Assessments, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen the Program, GAO-12-163 

·         Biosurveillance: Nonfederal Capabilities Should Be Considered in Creating a National Biosurveillance Strategy, GAO-12-55 

·         Deepwater Horizon: Coast Guard and Interior Could Improve Their Offshore Energy Inspection Programs, GAO-12-203T [testimony] 

·         Defense Contract Management Agency: Amid Ongoing Efforts to Rebuild Capacity, Several Factors Present Challenges in Meeting Its Missions, GAO-12-83 

·         Language and Culture Training: Opportunities Exist to Improve Visibility and Sustainment of Knowledge and Skills in Army and Marine Corps General Purpose Forces, GAO-12-50 

·         National Export Initiative: U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Should Improve Performance and Resource Allocation Management, GAO-11-909 

·         Neutron Detectors: Alternatives To Using Helium-3, GAO-11-753 

Heritage Foundation

·         America Needs a 1-2-3 Plan for Missile Defense 

·         Appropriations Tracker: FY 2012
·         Dairy Security Act Would Milk Taxpayers 

·         The First Principles of Ronald Reagan’s Foreign Policy 

·         National Security Debate Moves to Nov. 22 

·         Rare Earth Market Fine Without Government Interference 

·         Real Energy Tax Reform Eliminates Subsidies 

·         Shared Goals, Converging Interests: A Plan for U.S.–Australia–India Cooperation in the Indo–Pacific 

·         Study Calls for US-Australia-India Dialogue to Increase Regional Prosperity and Security 

·         Three Pillars of Reform for the Super Committee 

Human Rights Watch

·         Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town 

·         “They Deceived Us at Every Step”: Abuse of Cambodian Domestic Workers Migrating to Malaysia  

·         "You’ll Be Fired if You Refuse": Labor Abuses in Zambia's Chinese State-owned Copper Mines 

Institute of Medicine

·         Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

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

The Institute for Security Studies

·         Balancing Competing Obligations, The Rome Statute and AU Decisions 

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Libyan Revolution Part 4-The Tide Turns 

International Crisis Group

·         Moving Beyond Easy Wins: Colombia's Borders 

International Institute for Strategic Studies

·         Signs of Civil War in Syria 

·         Sovereign Funds Eye Opportunities in Europe 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Do Commodity Futures Help Forecast Spot Prices? 

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

·         Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism 

·         Towards Effective Macroprudential Policy Frameworks: An Assessment of Stylized Institutional Models 

·         Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean 

·         What Drives the Global Land Rush? 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Endgame Looms on the Caspian Sea Chessboard 

·         Radical Islamist Identity and Multiculturalism 

·         The Spurious Case Against a Financial Transactions Tax 

·         Turkey’s Never-Ending Kurdish Question 

·         Will Central Asia's Autocrats Follow Kyrgyz Example? 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 4, 2011, v. 9, no. 40 

o    The Three Strategies behind Iran’s Projection of Naval Power

o    Islamist Militants of the Philippines Restructure to Intensify the Anti-Government Jihad

o    Clan and Conflict in Somalia: Al-Shabaab and the Myth of “Transcending Clan Politics”

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         JP 1-0, Joint Personnel Support, 24 October 2011 

Lewis & Clark Law School

·         Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2012 

o    'Use It and Lose It': An Exploration of Unused Counterterrorism Laws and Implications for Future Counterterrorism Policies

Lexington Institute

·         The Contribution Of The Jones Act To U.S. Security 

NATO  Review

·         Afghanistan 2011 versus Afghanistan 2001: The Same Country? 

o    Was it worth investing in Afghanistan?

o    Double vision - an Afghan-American view

o    My journey, my country

o    Afghanistan's story in pictures

o    Teaming, Transparency, and Transition in Afghanistan

o    Afghanistan: 10 years of missed opportunities?

o    Afghanistan: what’s gone right, what’s gone wrong

o    Where now for Afghanistan? Interview with Ahmed Rashid

Nautilus Institute

·         Legal Cooperation to Control Non-State Nuclear proliferation: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction and UN Resolutions 1540 and 1373 

·         North Korea on the Cusp of Digital Transformation    

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

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

Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive

·         Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace: Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage, 2009-2011 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         China a 'Precocious' Superpower? 

·         The Euro Area Crisis: Origin, Current Status, and European and US Responses 

·         Putin Takes a Populist Turn 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS)

·         Beijing's Perspective on UN Security Council Reform: Identity, Activism and Strategy 

·         The Côte d'Ivoire Crisis in Retrospect 

·         The North Caucasus Islamist Insurgency and the (in)Security of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi (2014) 

·         Sovereignty and Human Rights: External, Internal and Structural Reconfigurations 

Rand

·         Al Qaeda After Bin Laden: Implications for American Strategy: Addendum [testimony] 

·         Are Ships Different?: Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Ship Programs
·         Developing Stability: Community-Driven Development and Reconstruction in Conflict-Affected Settings 

·         Perspectives on the Battle of Wanat: Challenges Facing Small Unit Operations in Afghanistan 

·         Three Essays on Economics of Health Behavior in China 

Small Wars Journal

·         Amr ibn al-A’as, a Realistic Examination of an Early Islamic Military Strategic Planner 

·         Civil Military Operations & Military Information Support Operations Coordination: A Non-Kinetic Ballast for Disciplined Counterinsurgency Operations 

·         COIN is Dead. Long Live COIN? 

·         The Growing Mexican Cartel and Vigilante War in Cyberspace: Information Offensives and Counter-Offensives 

·         The Importance of Developing Government in Afghanistan 

·         The Importance of Vertical Engagement in Village Stability Operations 

·         Open Veins of Mexico: The Strategic Logic of Cartel Resource Extraction and Petro-Targeting 

Smart Global Health.org

·         Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Standing with Japan After 3-11 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Quarterly Report to Congress - October 2011 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

·         Fallujah Wastewater Treatment System—A Case Study in Wartime Contracting
·         Quarterly Report to the U.S. Congress [October 2011] 

Veterans Affairs

·         Veteran Homelessness: A Supplement Report to the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         China's Iranian Gambit 

·         The Domestic Logic of Iran's Foreign Plots 

·         Iran's Growing Presence in Region a Menace 

·         Israel: A Strategic Asset for the United States 

·         Israel: A True Ally in the Middle 

·         Jordan's Evolving Strategy toward the Pressures of the Arab Spring 

·         Libya's Post-Qadhafi Challenges 

·         Poll Shows 40 Percent of Jerusalem Arabs Prefer Israel to a Palestinian State 

·         A Syrian Centrifuge Plant? A New Proliferation Challenge 

·         Turkey and Israel Need "Earthquake Diplomacy" 

·         Turkey's New Political Landscape: Implications of the 2011 Elections 

·         Why Syria and Iran Are Becoming Turkey’s Enemies, Again