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