Friday's Miscellany 01-20-2012

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit

·         Drivers of Anti-Government Mobilization in Afghanistan, 1978-2011    

Air Force Office of Special Investigations

·         USAF Investigation - Kabul Attack by Afghan Military Officer
 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         The End of the Years of Plenty? American and German Responses to the Economic Crisis

·         Same Economic Nightmares, Different Solutions: Transatlantic Approaches to International Macroeconomic Policymaking in the Face of the Crisis

Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry

·         Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Iranian Nuclear Threat to Israel—Legal Remedies and Remaining Options 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Feeding the Next Generation: Science, Business, and Public Policy 

Brookings

·         Campaign 2012: Twelve Challenges Facing the Next President 

·         Clean Energy—Policy and Priorities 

·         Policy and Process Innovation for Economic Growth 

·         Re-Engaging North Korea After Kim Jong-il’s Death—Last, Best Hope or Dialogue to Nowhere?   

Canada National Defence, Chief of the Air Staff

·         Canadian Air Force Journal, Fall 2011, v. 4, no. 4

o    Ultra -High Frequencies Going Once, Going Twice…

o    Primer in Air Movements: Basic Loads to Combined Air Terminal Operations and Beyond

o    The Air Historian: Part II

o    What Air Forces Do

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Democracy Policy Under Obama—Revitalization or Retreat? 

CATO Institute

·         Defects in the Constitutional Amendment Process and a Reform Proposal   

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Economic Intelligence: Enhancing the Federal Statistical System to Support U.S. Competitiveness 

·         Immigration for Innovation: How to Attract the World’s Best Talent While Ensuring America Remains the Land of Opportunity for All 

·         Rewiring the Federal Government for Competitiveness: A New Cabinet Department for the 21st Century 

·         Universities in Innovation Networks: The Role and Future Promise of University Research in U.S. Science and Economic Policymaking 

Center for Naval Analyses

·         Non-Citizens in the Enlisted U.S. Military    

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CBSA)

·         Outside-In:  Defeating Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Corporate Engagement in Natural Disaster Response  

·         Egypt in Transition: Insights and Options for U.S. Policy 

·         Key Risks in the New Defense Guidance: What Kind of War and Where?

·         Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 50, 25 January 2012 

·         Negotiating with the Taliban—Six Critical Conditions that Must Be Met to Avoid Another “Peace to End All Peace” 

·         New Security Architecture for the Arctic 

·         Significant Cyber Events Since 2006 

·         Strategic Partnerships to Build African Scientific Capacity for Agriculture 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

·         CJCSI 5120.02C, Joint Doctrine Development System, 13 January 2012 

·         CJCSM 5120.01, Joint Doctrine Development Process, 13 January 2012 

·         JP 2-01, Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations, 05 January 2012 

·         Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) 

Col. Arthur D. Simons Center

·         Multilateralism and U.S. Interagency Economic Development Efforts
   

College of Europe

·         The 2011 Debacle over Danish Border Control: A Mismatch of Domestic and European Games 

Combating Terrorism Center

·         CTC Sentinel, January 2012, v. 5, no. 1 

o    The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship in the Year Ahead

o    Profiles of Mexico’s Seven Major Drug Trafficking Organizations

o    Bioterrorism: Still a Threat to the United States

o    Radicalization Processes in Afghanistan

o    Individual Jihadist Operations in Europe: Patterns and Challenges

o    Al-Shabab’s Western Recruitment Strategy

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Oil's Trouble Spots (Updated) 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-12--20 Future Directions of FEMA’s Temporary Housing Assistance Program 

·         OIG-12-22 Annual Report to Congress on States’ and Urban Areas’ Management of Homeland Security Grant Programs Fiscal Year 2011 

·         OIG-12-24 The Effects of USCIS Adjudication Procedures and Policies on Fraud Detection by Immigration Services Officers 

Department of State

·         An International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities: Strengthening Long-Term Sustainability, Stability, Safety, and Security in Space 

·         Fourth Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights Concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 

Department of the Army

·         Army 2020: Generating Health and Discipline in the Force: Ahead of the Strategic Reset   

Department of the Navy (DON)

·         SECNAVINST 4950.4B (AFI 16-105 and AR 12-15) - Joint Security Cooperation Education and Training     

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Gabon Country Analysis Brief   

·         Uzbekistan Country Analysis Brief 

Enough Project

·         After the Kenyan Intervention in Somalia  

·         Timeline for Negotiations Between the Two Sudans 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         Crisis Response and Disaster Resilience 2030: Forging Strategic Action in an Age of Uncertainty 

·         A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management: Principles, Themes, and Pathways for Action 

Feinstein International Center

·         Developing a Profiling Methodology for Displaced People in Urban Areas 

Foreign Policy

·         Enough Already: It's Time to Talk to the Taliban 

·         False Flag 

·         How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis 

·         The Iraqi Revolution We'll Never Know 

·         Why is Russia freaking out more than China? 

FRIDE

·         Understanding India 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Examining Police Integrity: Categorizing Corruption Vignettes 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Credit-constrained in Risky Activities? The Determinants of the Capital Stocks of Micro and Small Firms in Western Africa 

·         Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2011, v. 30, no. 3 

o    Reaching across the Mekong: Local Socioeconomic and Gender Effects of Lao-Thai Crossborder Linkages

o    Lessons from Preah Vihear: Thailand, Cambodia, and the Nature of Low-Intensity Border Conflicts

o    Skilled Migration, Knowledge Transfer and Development: The Case of the Highly Skilled Filipino Migrants in New Zealand and Australia

o    Multiplicity within Singularity: Racial Categorization and Recognizing “Mixed Race” in Singapore

o    The End of Political Islam? A Comparative Analysis of Religious Parties in the Muslim Democracy of Indonesia

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Bank Capital Requirements: Potential Effects of New Changes on Foreign Holding Companies and U.S. Banks Abroad, GAO-12-235 

·         Dodd-Frank Act:  Hybrid Capital Instruments and Small Institution Access to Capital, GAO-12-237 

·         Immigrant Integration: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Could Better Assess Its Grants Program, GAO-12-274 

Government of Afghanistan

·         Towards a Self-Sustaining Afghanistan—An Economic Transition Strategy  

Heritage Foundation

·         Bring Taiwan into the Visa Waiver Program 

·         Can Public-Private Partnerships Fill the Transportation Funding Gap? 

·         China’s Economic Data Are (Still) Not Credible 

·         Comprehensive Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) System Requires Action 

·         The Limits of the Pakistan-China Alliance 

·         Meeting the Chinese Space Challenge 

·         Obama’s “Insourcing” Agenda: Punishing Job Creators for Competing Overseas 

·         Online Piracy and Internet Security—Congress Asks the Right Question but Offers the Wrong Answers 

·         Preparing for a Post-Assad Syria 

·         U.S. Must Ensure that U.N. Accounting Gimmicks Result in Real Cuts to Bloated U.N. Budget 

·         What Is The Proper Role of the Courts? 

Human Rights Watch

·         Justice for Serious Crimes before National Courts: Uganda’s International Crimes Division 

·         “They Hunt Us Down for Fun”: Discrimination and Police Violence Against Transgender Women in Kuwait 

IDEEA

·         Common Defense Quarterly, Winter 2011/Spring 2012 

o    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and the Missile Technology Control Regime

o    Interview with Major General Alojz Steiner, Chief of the General Staff, Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF)

o    Developing a Practical Ballistic Missile Defense

o    Increasing International Defense Cooperation Could Help DoD Get More Out of its Shrinking Acquisition Dollar

o    The Role Of The U.S. Congress In Security Cooperation

o    Defense Acquisition

o    Touch Screen Devices Aren’t Just For Consumers The Military Wants Them, Too

o    V-22: Achieving the Promise

o    Interview with HE Nigel Sheinwald, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses

·         Contours of a Possible Indian Riposte to Chinese Aggressiveness  

·         Challenges Before Japan in 2012   

·         Foreign Minister Krishna’s Visit to Israel—Adding Political Content to a Robust Partnership 

·         Visit of Pakistan Army Chief to China 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         No Obama Letter to Iran? 

·         Reality Check: Shorter and Shorter Timeframe if Iran Decides to Make Nuclear Weapons Rev.1

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Are Rating Agencies Powerful? An Investigation into the Impact and Accuracy of Sovereign Ratings 

·         Can International Macroeconomic Models Explain Low-Frequency Movements of Real Exchange Rates? 

·         Capital Market Integration: Progress Ahead of the East African Community Monetary Union 

·         Central Banks Quasi-Fiscal Policies and Inflation 

·         Central Bank Credit to the Government: What Can We Learn from International Practices? 

·         Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth 

·         Macrofinancial Modeling at Central Banks: Recent Developments and Future Directions 

·         Measuring Oil-Price Shocks Using Market-Based Information 

·         Price Subsidies and the Conduct of Monetary Policy 

·         Prudential Liquidity Regulation in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Rwanda 

·         Surges [emerging market economies (EMEs)] 

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Impact of Human Rights in the International System

·         The Problem with International Law as a Promoter of Individual Rights and "Justice" 

·         The Scope of Human Rights in Today’s World 

·         Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice 

·         What Are Human Rights and Where Do They Come From? 

International Relations Program, U of PA

·         Global Go To Think Thanks Report 2011   

Internet World Stats

·         Facebook Users in the World by Georgraphic Region -2011 Q4  

·         Internet and Facebook Usage in Europe 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January 20, 2012, v. 12, no. 2 

o    The Politics and Policy of Leadership Succession

o    Political Challenges in China’s Economic Governance

o    Shifting Perspectives: Assessing the PLA from the Ground Up

o    Foreign Affairs a Secondary Priority but Salient Challenges Ahead

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Living with North Korea without Kim Jong Il: A South Korean Perspective   

·         The Possibility of a Crisis in North Korea in 2012 

Lexington Institute

·         Keeping America Competitive—The Military Needs to Limit Its Industrial Roles  

Middle East Institute (MEI)

·         The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests

·         Crisis in the Yemeni Economy: A Troubled Transition to Post-Hydrocarbon Growth 

Migration Policy Institute

·         China: An Emerging Destination for Economic Migration

·         China's Young Rural-to-Urban Migrants: In Search of Fortune, Happiness, and Independence 

·         Chinese Immigrants in the United States 

·         Living In Between: The Chinese in South Africa 

National Defence and the Canadian Forces

·         Canadian Military Journal, Winter 2011, v. 12, no. 1 

o    Ethics, Human Rights, and the Law of Armed Conflict

o    Security Force Capacity Building: Local Ownership versus Human Capital

o    Combating Corruption in Afghanistan

o    Design and Joint Operation Planning

o    Gouzenko to Gorbachev: Canada's Cold War

o    Am I speaking Japanese? Cultural Implications in Language Training

o    When I Think of Royal Military College Saint-Jean...

o    The Report on Transformation 2011

National Academies Press

·         Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Workshop Summary 

National Defense University (NDU)

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), January 2012, no. 64 

o    Total Commitment to the Total Force

o    An Interview with James F. Amos

o    The Joint Enabling Capabilities Command: A Rarity within the Conventional Force

o    Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn: A Model for Joint Experience, Training, and Education

o    SpaceCRAF: A Civil Reserve Air Fleet for Space-based Capabilities

o    War Is a Moral Force: Designing a More Viable Strategy for the Information Age

o    The Future of Influence in Warfare

o    Security Cooperation: A New Functional Command

o    The Civil-Military Gap Need Not Become a Chasm

o    Integrating Human Rights and Public Security: The Challenges Posed by the Militarization of Law Enforcement

o    A Saudi Outlook for Cybersecurity Strategies Extrapolated from Western Experience

o    Military Confrontation on the Korean Peninsula

o    Assessing Chinese Intentions for the Military Use of the Space Domain

o    "Going Out": Is China’s Skillful Use of Soft Power in Sub-Saharan Africa a Threat to U.S. Interests?

o    Slicing the Onion Differently: Seapower and the Levels of War

o    The High-energy Laser: Tomorrow’s Weapon to Improve Force Protection

o    Targeted Killing, the Law, and Terrorists: Feeling Safe?

o    U.S. Strategy in Southeast Asia: Power Broker, Not Hegemon

o    How Are Great Leaders Made? Lessons from the Career of General John Shalikashvili (1936–2011)

o    Joint Force Development Vision: Adapting to New and Future Realities

National Institute of Justice

·         Jihad, Crime, and the Internet: Content Analysis of Jihadist Forum Discussions 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Chinese Nuclear Strategic Policies, 1958-1972: The Impact of External Threats, International Politics, and Technology [FOIA release] 

·         North Korea’s Transition: Do Not Let Contingencies Distract from Realities   

New America Foundation

·         Unequal and Unstable—The Relationship Between Inequality and Financial Crises  

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Prospects for Youth-led Movements for Political Change in Pakistan 

Observer Research Foundation

·         South Africa, the Indian Ocean and the IBSA-BRICS equation Reflections on Geopolitical and Strategic Dimension 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         U.S. National Intelligence: An Overview 2011 

Oxfam

·         A Dangerous Delay—The Cost of Late Response to Early Warnings in the 2011 Drought in the Horn of Africa  

Partners Relief & Development

·         Crimes in Northern Burma 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Another Shot at Protection by Stealth: Using the Tax Law to Penalize Foreign Insurance Companies 

·         The European Crisis Deepens 

·         Financial Reform after the Crisis: An Early Assessment 

·         Japan Post: Retreat or Advance? 

·         Three Evolutionary Proposals for Reform of the International Monetary System 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         China and Mozambique 

Rand

·         Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department: Patrol Car Video Recorders and Laptops 

·         Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department: The Caruth Police Institute's First Leadership Course 

·         Fiscal Consolidation and Budget Reform in Korea: The Role of the National Assembly 

·         Hard Fighting: Israel in Lebanon and Gaza 

·         Keeping a Competitive U.S. Military Aircraft Industry Aloft: Findings from an Analysis of the Industrial Base 

·         Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election 

Refugees International

·         Burma—An Opportunity to Expand Humanitarian Space  

Royal United Services Institute

·         Towards a Stable Afghanistan—The Way Forward  

Stanley Foundation

·         Drugs, Thugs, and WMD: Shift in Trafficking Routes Threatens Global Security 

·         Public Opinion and Policymaking: A New Digest of US and International Attitudes 

Strategic Research Foundation

·         Industry for Homeland Security Towards Enhanced EU-US S&T Cooperation  

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Short of General War—Perspectives on the Use of Military Power in the 21st Century 

UK Secretary of State for Justice

·         Justice and Security Green Paper 

United Nations

·         Transition in Afghanistan - Looking Beyond 2014 

·         World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         America, the Middle East, and U.S. Politics circa 2012 

·         Calculating Victory: How Iran Views Confronting the United States

·         Egypt's Islamists Take Over an Uncertain Parliament

·         The Empires Strike Back 

·         Hizballah Poised to Strike in Southeast Asia 

·         Turkey's Kurdish Weltschmerz 

White House / Office of National Drug Control Policy

·         Government Reorganization Fact Sheet

·         National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy 

·         Remarks by President Obama and His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan 

·         Remarks by the President Unveiling a Strategy to Help Boost Travel and Tourism 

World Economic Forum

·         Global Risks 2012 (7th ed) 

World Public Opinion.org

·         Large Majorities in US and Europe Endorse Focus on Renewable Energy