Friday's Miscellany 12-30-2011

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         A Year-Ender: The Dummies’ Guide to the Geneva Conventions 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Abroad, Obama Follows Bush, Clinton

Arlington National Cemetery Gravesite Accountability Task Force

·         Report to Congress on Gravesite Accountability Study Findings    

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Exchange Rate, Diversification, and Distribution in a Modified Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods 

·         The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan 

·         Impact of Services Trade Liberalization on Employment and People Movement in South Asia 

·         The International Regulatory Regime on Capital Flows and Trade in Services 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Palestinians—Invented People 

Brookings

·         Dangerous Mix: Iranian Oil and U.S. Sanctions 

·         The Palestinians and the Arab Awakening 

·         What the Euro Crisis Means for Taxpayers and the U.S. Economy 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         North Korea—Time for Secret Talks with China 

·         Tunisia’s Economic Challenges   

Center for Strategic Budget Assessment (CBSA)

·         DOD Must Protect Industrial Base 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Broader Crisis in Iraq  

·         Iran and the Threat to "Close" the Gulf 

·         PacNet #70A - Dealing with North Korea’s New Leader: Getting it Right 

Chatman House

·         North Korea's Leadership Transition: Stability Rather Than Chaos 

College of Europe

·         Explaining the EU’s Policy Portfolio: Applying a Federal Integration Approach to EU Cohesion Policy 

·         Fight against the Illegal Antiquities’ Traffic in the EU: Bridging the Legislative Gaps 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Boko Haram 

Department of Defense

·         Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies 2010-2011 

·         Directive-Type Memorandum 11-062:  Document Retention in Cases of Restricted and Unrestricted Reports of Sexual Assault 

·         Directive-Type Memorandum 11-063:  Expedited Transfer of Military Service Members Who File Unrestricted Reports of Sexual Assault 

Department of Energy

·         Critical Materials Strategy 2012  

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Facility Security Committees: An Interagency Security Committee Standard (2nd ed) 

·         The Strategic National Risk Assessment in Support of PPD 8: A Comprehensive Risk-Based Approach toward a Secure and Resilient Nation    

Department of the Navy

·         SECNAV 3501.1C - Department of the Navy Critical Infrastructure Protection Program 

Foreign Policy

·         The Best Covers of 2011 

·         The Coming Collapse of China: 2012 Edition 

·         Next Year's Wars: Ten conflicts to watch in 2012

·         Shots Seen ‘Round the World 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Risk and Re-org: Infrastructure Protection in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq’s First Post-Withdrawal Crisis  

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 2

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 3

·         The Struggle for Syria in 2011:An Operational and Regional Analysis 

Institute of National Security Studies

·         The Ongoing Battle for Beirut: Old Dynamics and New Trends    

·         Making of National Security Policy—Challenges of the 21st Century  

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

·         Next Steps for Security Reform—Industry Proposals to Enhance Efficiency and Reduce Costs in National Security Contracts 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Azerbaijan: The Government Campaign Against Dissent 

·         Engaging Non-State Armed Groups 

·         Ethics and Environmentalism: Costa Rica's Lesson 

·         Seychelles: An Open Invitation for China 

·         Will the Euro Survive 2012? 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

·         Boko Haram: A Prognosis 

·         China's Oil Sector: Trends and Uncertainties

·         Is Chinese Foreign Policy Targeting Sub-Saharan Africa?

·         Mexico's Government Begins to Retake Northeastern Mexico

·         U.S.-China Relations and Energy Cooperation

Lexington Institute

·         Improving on Success—Expanding the Use of Prime Contractors For Soldier Clothing and Equipment 

National Academies Press

·         Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement: A Path to Better Performance

·         Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base 

National Energy Board of Canada

·         Review of Offshore Drilling in the Canadian Arctic—Preparing for the Future 

NATO ISAF

·         Report into Accidental Deaths of Pakistani Soldiers on Afghan Border 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center

·         In the Shadows of Globalisation: Drug Violence in Mexico and Central America 

·         King Abdullah of Jordan and the Arab Spring 

·         Tensions in the Second Year of the Arab Revolution 

Nuclear Threat Institute (NTI)

·         The Race Between Cooperation and Catastrophe 

·         Reducing Nuclear Risks in Europe: A Framework for Action 

Observer Research Foundation

·         NATO's Changing Profile

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         China Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations  

Pew Research Center - Social & Demographic Trends

·         Women in the Military—Growing Share, Distinctive Profile 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Maghreb Bulletin 12 

o    In the Name of His Majesty: Morocco's Parliamentary Elections of 2011

o    Power Devolution in Mauritania: The Chasse Gardée of a Rent-Seeking Elite

o    Tunisia's Elections: Islamist-Leftist Alliance to Solidify the Revolution

Project on National Security Reform (PNSR)

·         America's First Quarter Millennium: Envisioning a Transformed National Security  System in 2026 

Rand

·         Access Challenges and Implications for Airpower in the Western Pacific 

Security & Defense Agenda

·         Protecting Global Trade in Transit 

Small Wars Journal

·         The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole 

·         How We Lost the Peace in Iraq 

·         Neither Fact Nor Fiction: The Validity of Opinion Polling in Afghanistan 

Stanley Foundation

·         Strengthening WMD Security: A “Whole of Society” Approach 

State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

·         China's Space Activities in 2011    

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

·         Arms Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa  

Strategic Research and Communication Centre

·         Safe Area for Syria—An Assessment of Legality, Logistics and Hazards 

Swiss Confederation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

·         Switzerland’s Place in an Increasingly Multipolar World  

Transparency International

·         Shining a Light on Political Party Financing—Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia and Serbia 2011 

United Kingdom Parliament

·         Armed Forces Covenant in Action?  Part 1—Military Casualties 

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

·         Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2011   

United States Forces—Afghanistan

·         Report on Alleged Human Rights Abuses by Afghan Local Police   

University of Texas School of Law

·         Military-Intelligence Convergence and the Law of the Title 10/Title 50 Debate

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Continuing Problems in Egypt's Electoral Process 

·         Iran's Strait of Hormuz: A Challenge to U.S. Policy

·         Tracking Economic Growth in the West Bank and Gaza since 2007

·         The U.S. Interest in Addressing Germany's PKK Problem

Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

·         Chronic Violence and its Reproduction—Perverse Trends in Social Relations, Citizenship and Democracy in Latin America   

World Bank

·         Vietnam Development Report 2012