Friday's Miscellany 02-03-2012

American Enterprise Institute

·         Russian Outlook:  Following One’s Conscience, Part 2—A Quest for Democratic Citizenship 

·         Part 1—Civic Organizations and Russia’s Future 

Amnesty International

·         Impunity, Discrimination and Security Force Violations in Indonesia  

·         Senegal—The Human Rights Situation  

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), January 2012 

o    Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces

o    Sources of variability of estimates of malaria case counts, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces

o    Images in health surveillance: malaria vectors and malaria testing

o    Editorial: Malaria in the U.S. Armed Forces: A persistent but preventable threat

Army War College

·         Information Operations Primer  [nice compilation of related documents] 

Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

·         APC R2P Brief, 2012, v. 2, no. 4  

o    R2P Ideas in Brief: Regime Induced Displacement as an R2P Challenge

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Effective Development Aid: Selectivity, Proliferation and Fragmentation, and the Growth Impact of Development Assistance 

·         Responding to the Global Financial Crisis: The Evolution of Asian Regionalism and Economic Globalization 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Two Steps Forward, One Step Back—Indonesia’s Arduous Path of Reform  

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Amman Talks—Another Exercise in Futile Diplomacy  

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Attacking Iran: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War 

·         To Stay Ahead of China, Stay Engaged in Asia 

Berghof Foundation

·         From Combatants to Peacebuilders: A Case for Inclusive, Participatory and Holistic Security Transitions 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Meeting the Challenge—Stopping the Clock     

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Getting to Zero Update 

Brookings Institute

·         The Euro Crisis 

·         Finish Him: Why the World Needs to Take Out Bashar al-Assad Now 

·         Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot 

·         Improving the Environment for Entrepreneurship 

·         Middle East Quartet—A Post-Mortem   

·         Negotiating Humanitarian Access: How Far to Compromise to Deliver Aid 

·         Not Fade Away: Against the Myth of American Decline 

·         Report to the UN Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani 

Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         We Don't Need the UN's Permission 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Arab World’s Education Report Card—School Climate and Citizenship Skills  

·         Historical Reconciliation and Protracted Conflicts 

·         Preventing WMD Proliferation—Myths and Realities of Strategic Trade Controls  

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         A Separate Defence Procurement Agency: Will It Actually Make a Difference?

Center for American Progress

·         Economic Intelligence—Enhancing the Federal Statistical System to Support US Competitiveness 

·         How to Stop the Bloodshed in Syria: Ending the Violence with Smart Diplomacy 

·         Putting a Freeze on Arctic Ocean Drilling 

Center for Global Development (CGD)

·         GHI Mid-Term Review and a Way Forward 

·         Global Health Initiative 2.0: Effective Priority-Setting in a Time of Austerity 

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         After 2011: Making Citizens in a Dangerous World 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States   

Center for Security Policy/ Coalition for the Common Defense

·         Defense Breakdown Economic Impact Reports 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: Here to Stay 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Egypt and U.S. Health Assistance 

·         Key Causes of Instability in the Middle East and North Africa  

·         “New” US Defense Strategy and the FY2013 US Defense Budget—Details of What the Department Has Said to Date  

·         The Private-Sector Role in Public Health 

·         Protection of Health Care in Armed and Civil Conflict  

Center for Strategic Research

·         Raising our Sights: Russian-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability 

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

·         Reshaping United Nations Counterterrorism Efforts - Blue-Sky Thinking for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation 10 Years After 9/11 

Central and Eastern United States Seismic Source Characterization for Nuclear Facilities (CEUS SSC) Project

·         CEUS SSC report 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Financing Security Sector Reform—A Review of Official Development Assistance Data  

·         Policing in Palestine: Analyzing the EU Police Reform Mission in the West Bank   

Chatham House

·         Future of Sustainability Reporting 

·         Implementing a Negotiated Settlement on the Palestinian Refugee Question—The International Dimensions  

·         MENA Region in the International Arena    

Coast Guard’s Marine Safety and Security Council

·         Coast Guard Proceedings, Winter 2011-2012, v. 68, no. 4 

o    The Secure Chain: Interactions among supply chain members can ensure security.

o    The Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection Partnership: Securing an evolving maritime supply chain

o    The National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security: The path to an intermodal security program

o    The DHS Secure Supply Chain Initiative: Engaging the global community

o    International Maritime Organization User Guide: Managing risks to enhance maritime security

o    The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Regional efforts that support global solutions

o    International Port Security: A global challenge

o    Securing Certain Dangerous Cargoes

o    Multi-Agency Strike Force Operations Combining forces extends capabilities

o    Los Angeles Port Police: Using advanced technology to reduce the risk of terrorism

o    Area Maritime Security Plans Securing the global supply chain

o    Revolutionizing MTS Recovery: The Common Assessment and Reporting Tool

o    Trade Recovery Protocols Making the supply chain more resilient

o    Protecting the Supply Chain: The marine transportation system recovery unit

o    Trade Recovery: A complement to risk management

o    Notice of Arrival and Departure: A link to maritime domain awareness and safety

o    Keeping Cargo Moving: How marine terminals process supply chain data

o    AIS in Action: Enhancing maritime domain awareness in America’s waterways, ports, and terminals

College of Europe

·         The Deputisation of the High Representative/ Vice-President of the Commission: Making the Impossible Job Work 

·         The European Union’s Policy towards Central Asia and South Caucasus: a Coherent Strategy? 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Joint Hearing: Update on accountability at Arlington National Cemetery 

·         The Use of Afghan Nationals to Provide Security to U.S. Forces -- The Attack on U.S. Personnel at FOB Frontenac, Afghanistan, in March 2011 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Evaluating Internal Operation and Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS) by the Department of Homeland Security 

·         Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Ahmadinejad’s Tour of Tyrants and Iran’s Agenda in the Western Hemisphere [February 2, 2012]

o    U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo [February 2, 2012]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Is DHS Effectively Implementing a Strategy to Counter Emerging Threats? 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Offshore Drilling in Cuba and the Bahamas: The U.S. Coast Guard's Oil Spill Readiness and Response Planning 

Congress. Senate. Energy and Natural Resources Committee

·         Testimony on the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future

·         U.S. and Global Energy Outlook for 2012 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the U.S. and Europe? 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Federal Retirement Processing: Ensuring Proper and Timely Payments 

Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

·         World Threat 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 

·         Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees 

·         Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

o    before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate 

o    before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Managing Oil Market Disruption in a Confrontation with Iran  

·         Partners in Preventive Action 

Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS)

·         CTX (Combating Terrorism) Exchange, 2012, v. 2, no. 1 

o    Measuring a Government’s Capacity to Fight Terrorism

o    The Fifth CISM Military World Games

o    Radicalization in Light of the Developments in Egypt

o    Combating Terrorism: A Ugandan Perspective

o    The Forgotten Jihadist

o    Q&A with Eric Schmitt

o    The Moving Image: Top Ten War Movies

o    Ethics & Insights

·         CTX Exchange, 2011, v. 1, no. 2 

o    CTFP In Action: East African Alumni Take on the LRA

o    Bleeding for the Village: Success or failure in the Hands of Local Powerbrokers

o    Ten Years Later: Are We Winning the War?

o    Islamism in Algeria and the Evolution to AQIM: Transformations of Significance and Insignificance

o    The Moving Image: Battle of Algiers & Lost Command

o    Ethics & Insights

o    Resources: Algeria Bibliography

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-045 Quality Control Review of Army Audit Agency's Special Access Program Audits 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-12-25 CBP's Management Controls over Bonded Facilities

Department of State

·         Combating Corruption and Bribery in APEC: Promoting Open Governance and Market Integrity to Strengthen Economic Growth and Competiveness [speech by David M. Luna]    

·         Countering Violent Extremism [speech by Daniel Benjamin] 

·         Addressing the Challenge of MANPADS Proliferation [speech by Andrew J. Shapiro] 

Department of the Air Force

·         AFI 10-208 Air Force Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program 

Department of the Army

·         2011 Army Strategic Planning Guidance 

Department of the Navy

·         SECNAV 6000.6 Military Health Support for Stability Operations 

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

·         House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - Statement for the Record by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community 

·         Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - As Delivered Remarks by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community 

·         Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - Statement for the Record by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community 

East-West Center

·         U.S.-China Competition in Asia: Legacies Help America 

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         An Arab Springboard for EU Foreign Policy? 

Enough Project

·         Urgent Steps to Counter Inter-Communal Violence in South Sudan
   

European Policy Centre

·         An Arab Springboard for EU Foreign Policy? 

·         Escaping Europe's Catch 22 

·         The Schengen Evaluation Mechanism and the Legal Basis Problem: Breaking the Deadlock 

Foreign Policy

·         The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan 

·         Crude Awakening: In Iraq's turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. And that might soon be ExxonMobil 

·         Finish Him: Without international intervention, there's a good chance that Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, could still rule for years 

·         The Forbidden Citizen: Why 2012 will be a very bad year to be a Chinese dissident -- and what America can do about it 

·         Inside the Machinery of Genocide 

·         Is Putin's Fake Rival the Real Deal? 

·         Keystone Kops: Environmentalists Picked the Wrong Battle in Opposing the Keystone XL Project 

·         This Week at War: What Is NATO Good For? 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Is The Kim Family Regime Rational And Why Don’t The North Korean People Rebel? 

·         Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential And Legislative Elections: Winners, Losers, And Implications 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Domestic Security in the Maghreb: Deficits and Counter-Measures 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Actions to Enforce the Iran Sanctions Act and Implement Contractor Certification Requirement, GAO-12-316R (companion report to GAO-12-321R) 

·         Arlington National Cemetery: Actions Needed to Ensure Lasting, Positive Changes in Contracting and Management, GAO-12-436T [testimony] 

·         Defense Health:  Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities, GAO-12-154 

·         Defense Infrastructure: DOD Did Not Fully Address the Supplemental Reporting Requirements in Its Energy Management Report, GAO-12-336R 

·         Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Enhance Oversight of Estimated Long-term Costs for Operating and Supporting Major Weapon Systems, GAO-12-340   

·         Department of Energy: Additional Opportunities Exist to Streamline Support Functions at NNSA and Office of Science Sites, GAO-12-255 

·         Designing Evaluations, GAO-12-208G 

·         Firms Reported in Open Sources to Have Sold Iran Refined Petroleum Products Declined Since June 30, 2010.  GAO-12-321R 

·         Department of Homeland Security: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Strategic Planning and Management Functions, GAO-12-382T [testimony] 

·         Homeland Defense: Continued Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations, GAO-12-311 

·         Military Child Care: DOD is Taking Actions to Address Awareness and Availability Barriers, GAO-12-21 

Heritage Foundation

·         Assessing the President’s Proposals on Higher Education Costs 

·         CBO Baseline: A Few Quirks Do Not Distract from a Dismal Picture 

·         Congressional Cyber Initiative Shows Promise 

·         Fill the Public Diplomacy Leadership Vacuum 

·         Maritime Cargo Scanning Folly: Bad for the Economy, Wrong for Security 

·         Visa Waiver Program Modernization for Prosperity and Security 

·         Will Transportation Reauthorization Be Another Big Spending Boondoggle? 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Beyond the Indus Water Treaty: A Perspective on Kashmir’s “Power” Woes 

·         Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee Report: A Valuable Process than an End Product 

·         Myanmar’s Critical Role in Bolstering India’s Look East Policy 

Institute for National Strategic Studies

·         Emergence of China in the Middle East     

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Changing Southeast Asia—Role of China, the United States, Japan and ASEAN  

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         Shari’a Law: Coming to a Courthouse Near You?: What Shari’a Really Means to American Muslims 

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR)

·         The Al-Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West 

·         De-Radicalising Islamists: Programmes and Their Impact in Muslim Majority States 

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch, N°102, 1 February 2012 

·         Indonesia—From Vigilantism to Terrorism in Cirebon     

·         Kenyan Somali Islamist Radicalisation   

·         Kosovo and Serbia: A Little Goodwill Could Go a Long Way 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Russia's Protests: Not a Revolution but an Awakening 

·         Towards a NATO-Russia Strategic Concept: Ending Cold War Legacies; Facing New Threats Together 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         An Assessment of Malaysian Monetary Policy during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 

·         Capital Inflows, Exchange Rate Flexibility, and Credit Booms 

·         Changing Patterns of Global Trade 

·         Determinants of Inflation in the Euro Area: The Role of Labor and Product Market Institutions 

·         How Risky Are Banks’ Risk Weighted Assets? Evidence from the Financial Crisis 

·         Macroeconomic and Welfare Costs of U.S. Fiscal Imbalances 

·         Peru: Selected Issues Paper 

·         Qatar: Selected Issues 

·         Stock-Flow Adjustments and Fiscal Transparency: A Cross-Country Comparison 

·         Treasury Bills and/or Central Bank Bills for Absorbing Surplus Liquidity: The Main Considerations 

James Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Revisiting Alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, February 3, 2012, v. 12, no. 3 

o    China’s Remnant Liberals Keep Flame of Liberalization Alive

o    Constitutionalizing Wukan: The Value of the Constitution Outside the Courtroom

o    PLA Puts Political Work Online

o    China’s Space White Paper: Increasing Transparency…to a Degree

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Regime Evolution in the Post-Kim Jong Il Era and Development Dictatorship Systems Moving from a “Suryong” Dictatorship to a Development Dictatorship 

·         Strategies for facilitating Changes in North Korea in the Next Five Years (2012-2016) 

National Guard Bureau (NGB)

·         2012 National Guard Bureau Posture Statement 

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

·         1973 histories of GAMBIT and HEXAGON [new ed] 

National Security Archive

·         The Pakistani Taliban's Coming Divide: How the Death of Its Leader Could Be Bad for the United States 

Nautilus Institute

·         Nuclear and Conventional Extended Deterrence in a Northeast Asian Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone - Summary Report of the East Asia Nuclear Security Workshop 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center

·         CELAC: a voice for Latin America and the Caribbean? 

·         Violent Islamic uprising in northern Nigeria: from the "Taleban" to Boko Haram II 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)

·         PIPS Annual Report 2011 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Comparative Analysis of Election Manifestoes 

·         Effectiveness of Parliamentary Oversight on Defence and National Security in Pakistan 

·         Pakistan's Quest for Oversight on Defence in Pakistan 

·         State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Journal Online, 2012, v.2, no. 2 

o    Evolving Peace Operations: Challenges, Requirements, and Possibilities for Education and Training

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         The Rise of In-Store Mobile Commerce 

·         Why Most Facebook Users Get More Than They Give 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Austerians Attack! 

·         Economic Prospects: Fighting Seriously for Jobs and Social Security 

Project 2049 Institute

·         Spinning the Wheel—Policy Implications of the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation 

Rand

·         Reducing Attrition in Selected Air Force Training Pipelines 

·         Sustainable Development in the National Health Service (NHS): The views and values of NHS leaders 

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

·         The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade: Differences among the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts 

Russian and Eurasian Security Network

·         Russian Analytical Digest

o    No. 107 - Russian Diaspora in the USA 

o    No. 108 - Duma Elections and Protests 

Security & Defense Agenda

·         Cyber-Security—The Vexed Question of Global Rules    

SIPRI

·         Chronology of Armaments, Disarmament and International Security 2011  

·         Maritime Transport and Destabilizing Commodity Flows  

·         Transparency in Military Spending and Arms Acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean  

Small Wars Journal

·         An Afghanistan Without Institutions: A World Without Rest 

·         Death From Above: The West and the Rest 

·         F3EAD: Ops/Intel Fusion “Feeds” The SOF Targeting Process 

·         The Legitimacy Matrix: A Qualitative Tool for Afghanistan 

·         Lest We Forget North Africa 

·         Malleable COIN Targeting: A Pentagon Plan for Flexibility in Processes 

·         Move the Af-Pak Hands Out of DoD 

·         The Softening of Hamas: Moderation Through Political Participation? 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR)

·         Afghan First Initiative has Placed Work with Afghan Companies but is Affected by Inconsistent Contract Solicitation and Vetting, and Employment Data is Limited 

·         Quarterly Report to Congress [January 2012] 

Special Inspector General for Iraq (SIGIR)

·         Few Contracts Terminated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resulted in Wasted Funds in Iraq 

·         The Department of State’s Process to Provide Information on Reconstruction Projects to the Government of Iraq 

·         Status of Recommendations Made by the SIGIR to the Department of Defense

·         Development Fund for Iraq—DOD Cannot Fully Account for the Funds it Used After the Coalition Provisional Authority Dissolved 

·         Quarterly Report to Congress [January 2012] 

Stanley Foundation

·         R2P [Responsibility to Protect]: The Next Decade 

START

·         Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970 to 2008 

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         2011 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 

US Air Force (USAF)

·         Air Force Priorities for a New Strategy with Constrained Budgets

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Climate Change as a Conflict Multiplier 

·         Health in Post-Conflict and Fragile States 

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Public Affairs

·         U.S. Special Operations Command Fact Book 2012 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Ankara Moves Closer to Washington: How the Arab Spring Warmed U.S.-Turkish Relations 

·         Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Its Record of Double-Talk

·         Five Ways al-Assad May Fall 

·         The Free Syrian Army Bleeds the Assad Regime 

·         George W. Bush, Disliked but Appreciated 

·         How to Get Russia on Board in Syria? Hint: Think of the Sea

·         Israeli-Palestinian Talks Falter, But Modest Steps Still Possible

·         Kuwait's Democracy Is Challenged by Pressure for Reform

·         The Monitor, Merrimac, and Middle East 

·         Op-Chart: Turkey's Changing World 

·         Security Council Showdown on Syria 

·         Should the U.S. Support the Free Syrian Army? 

White House

·         Remarks by President Obama and President Saakashvili of Georgia After Bilateral Meeting 

World Economic Forum

·         Big Data, Big Impact—New Possibilities for International Development 

·         Global Risks 2012