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