Friday's Miscellany 02-10-2012

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Regional Security Cooperation in the Maghreb and Sahel: Algeria's Pivotal Ambivalence 

Amnesty International

·         Key Human Rights Concerns in South Africa  

·         Stop the Transfer—Israel About to Expel Bedouin to Expand Settlements  

·         Three Branches of Government, Zero Remedy for Counter-Terrorism Abuses [in USA] 

Armed Forces Journal

·         AFJ, February 2012      

o    A New Principle of War: ‘Understanding’ must Take Its Rightful Place Atop the Pantheon

o    Truth, Lies and Afghanistan: How Military Leaders Have Let Us Down

o    The Price of Isolated Thinking: Why Congress, DoD and Industry Must Share Plans Openly

o    A Better Way to Use Red Teams: How to Inject the Enemy’s View into the Planning Process

o    Logistical Fratricide: Light Attack Planes Can Reduce the Heavy Toll of Supplying Fuel for Fighter Jets

o    Don’t Waste a Drawdown: As Budgets Shrink, Let’s Rethink How We Organize, Train and Equip the Army

o    Making Tough Choices Tougher: The Impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on National Defense

o    The Evolution of the IED: Why Our Countermeasures Fail to Keep Up with the Growing Threat

o    Send in the Reserves: Europe’s Biggest Military Deficit is a Lack of Citizen-Soldiers

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Might the Turkish Military Intervene in Syria?  

Berghof Conflict Research

·         The CNDD-FDD in Burundi: The Path from Armed to Political Struggle

BR McCaffrey Associates LLC

·         Presentation to NBC Executives, Producers, and Anchors -- "Iran, Nukes, & Oil: The Gulf Confrontation" 

British House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

·         Roots of Violent Radicalisation 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated January 30, 2012] 

·         Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back? Private Capital at the Political Forefront 

·         Can We Help Syria without Making Things Worse? 

·         Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated January 31, 2012] 

·         Meet the Press at Brookings: The Egypt Revolution One Year On 

·         The Middle East Quartet: A Post-Mortem 

·         Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated January 31, 2012] 

·         The Renminbi’s Role in the Global Monetary System 

·         Russia and China Leadership Props Up Syria’s Assad 

Bureau of Investigative Journalism

·         Obama Terror Drones—CIA Tactics in Pakistan Include Targeting Rescuers and Funerals 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Asia-Pacific: Let's Get Back in the Ring

·         Cold Turkey or Slow Withdrawal? A Recipe for Haitian Success

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         State of Iraq 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:  Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative

·         Addressing Nonstrategic Nuclear Forces  

·         Addressing the Turkish Dimension in Creating a Euro-Atlantic Security Community  

·         Energy as a Building Block in Creating a Euro-Atlantic Security Community  

·         Historical Reconciliation and Protracted Conflicts  

·         Missile Defense—Toward a New Paradigm  

·         Toward a Euro-Atlantic Security Community  

CATO Institute

·         Tough Targets—When Criminals Face Armed Resistance From Citizens 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Getting Smarter on China: The United States Needs to Understand the Next Generation of Chinese Leaders to Solve Shared Challenges 

·         Managing Insecurities Across the Pacific: As the United States Refocuses on Asia, it Must Address China’s Increasing Suspicions and Its Own Economic Insecurity 

Center for New American Security (CNAS)

·         Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of Sequestration 

Center for Security Studies

·         Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East—Here to Stay  

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CBSA)

·         $trategy in a Year of Fiscal Uncertainty

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan: The Failed Metrics of Ten Years of War 

·         Iraq and the Challenge of Continuing Violence

·         Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) – no. 51, 8 February 2012 

·         Key Official US and IAEA Statements About Iran’s Nuclear Programs 

·         Leading from Behind in Public-Private Partnerships?

·         PacNet #9 – Protecting Chinese Citizens Abroad: What Next? 

·         Polio in Nigeria 

·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition—Impact of China and Russia  

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Chairman's Strategic Direction to the Joint Force 

Chatham House

·         Health Information in Conflict Situations: Collection and Dissemination Challenges 

College of Europe

·         The European Citizens’ Initiative - A First Assessment 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Doing Business with DOD: Contracting and Regulatory Issues 

·         Leaving Guantanamo—Policies, Pressures, and Detainees Returning to the Fight    

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Baluchistan [February 8, 2012]

o    The U.S.-Philippines Alliance Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership [February 7, 2012]

o    Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II [February 7, 2012]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation: Protecting our Ports, Increasing Commerce and Securing the Supply Chain – Part I 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Combating Transnational Organized Crime: International Money Laundering as a Threat to our Financial Systems 

·         Regional Perspectives on Agricultural Guestworker Programs 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform

·         Jobs for Wounded Warriors: Increasing Access to Contracts for Service Disabled Veterans 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Assessing America’s Nuclear Future – A Review of the Blue Ribbon Commission’s Report to the Secretary of Energy 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         One Year Later: Still Sitting on Our Assets 

·         A Review of Issues Associated with Protecting and Improving our Nation's Aviation Satellite-based Global Positioning System Infrastructure 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

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

·         The Veterans Health Administration's Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Recent Combat Veterans 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         A Defense Budget at the Crossroads 

·         Does the Greek Deal Go Far Enough? 

·         Expanding China-Africa Oil Ties 

·         Syria's Deepening Crisis 

·         U.S.-Egypt Ties on Shifting Sands 

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

·         Sonatrach: An International Giant in the Making

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 6490.02E, Comprehensive Health Surveillance, February 8, 2012     

·         DOD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Scaparrotti [commander of ISAF Joint Command] 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-049 Improvements Needed With Identifying Operating Costs Assessed to the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, February 2, 2012  

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG -12-28 - Allegations of Misconduct and Illegal Discrimination and Retaliation in the Federal Air Marshal Service 

Department of State

·         United States - Japan Joint Statement on Defense Posture 

Doctors Without Borders

·         Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution 

East-West Center

·         The Foundation of China's Future Stability 

·         Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Nuclear-Weapon States 

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

·         How Did the Japanese Exports Respond to Two Crises in the International Production Network? 

Enough Project

·         Four Steps Beyond US Troops to End the War with the LRA  

Foreign Policy

·         Iran Man 

·         A Loss We Can Live With [Afghanistan] 

·         Sex for Sale in Beirut 

·         The Ticking Clock: Four reasons why -- this time -- you should believe the hype about Israel attacking Iran 

·         We're All State Capitalists Now 

·         Where a Woman's Place Is on the Front Lines  

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Examining Police Integrity: Categorizing Corruption Vignettes 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2011, v 40, no. 4 

o    China’s Evolving Behaviour in Africa and the Options of Cooperation with Europe

o    A Dragon and a Dove? A Comparative Overview of Chinese and European Trade Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa

o    Redefining Foreign Policy Impulses toward Africa: The Roles of the MFA, the MOFCOM and China Exim Bank

o    Regional Organizations in China’s Security Strategy for Africa: The Sense of Supporting “African Solutions to African Problems”

o    An Overseas Naval Presence without Overseas Bases: China’s Counter-piracy Operation in the Gulf of

o    Contrasting Rhetoric and Converging Security Interests of the European Union and China in Africa

o    China Data Supplement

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Force and Interior Can Benefit from Additional Guidance When Deciding Whether to Lease or Purchase Equipment, GAO-12-281R 

·         Defense Workforce: DOD Needs to Better Oversee In-sourcing Data and Align In-sourcing Efforts with Strategic Workforce Plans,  GAO-12-319 

·         DHS Human Capital: Senior Leadership Vacancy Rates Generally Declined, but Components' Rates Varied, GAO-12-264 

·         Federal Employees' Compensation Act:  Benefits for Retirement-Age Beneficiaries,  GAO-12-309R 

·         Highlights of a Forum: Financial Literacy: Strengthening Partnerships in Challenging Times,  GAO-12-299SP 

·         Humanitarian and Development Assistance:  Project Evaluations and Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage the Military's Efforts, GAO-12-359 

·         Nuclear Weapons:  NNSA Needs to Improve Guidance on Weapon Limitations and Planning for Its Stockpile Surveillance Program, GAO-12-188 

·         Supply Chain Security: Container Security Programs Have Matured, but Uncertainty Persists over the Future of 100 Percent Scanning,. GAO-12-422T [testimony] 

Government of Canada

·         Building Resilience Against Terrorism: Canada’s Counter-terrorism Strategy 

Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal, 2012, v. 3, no. 1 

o    Can It Really Work? Problems with Extending EINSTEIN 3 to Critical Infrastructure

o    Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy

o    Demystifying the Title 10-Title 50 Debate: Distinguishing Military Operations, Intelligence Activities & Covert Action

o    Advantaging Aggressors: Justice & Deterrence in International Law

Heritage Foundation

·         The 2012 Index of Dependence on Government 

·         Abraham Lincoln or the Progressives: Who Was the Real Father of Big Government 

·         Congress Fails to Undo President Obama’s Damage on Missile Defense 

·         Falkland Islands: United States Should Back Great Britain 

·         If Israel Attacks 

·         The National Defense Authorization Act and Military Detention of U.S. Citizens 

·         President Obama’s Budget: What to Watch For 

·         Promoting Cybersecurity Through the PRECISE Act 

·         Secure and Resilient Supply Chain Requires More Robust Maritime Salvage Capability 

·         Senate Initiative Would Block Blow to Military Readiness 

·         Top Five Military Modernization Mistakes Congress Should Fix 

·         U.S. Urgently Needs to Reset Its Bilateral Relationship with Egypt 

·         US Must Not Concede the Russian Position on Tactical Nuclear Weapons 

·         The United States Must Not Concede the Russian Position on Tactical Nuclear Weapons 

·         White House Deal with Japan Risks Military Capability in Asia 

·         Xi Jinping Visit an Opportunity to Finally Establish China Priorities 

Human Rights Watch

·         “Forget About Him, He’s Not Here”: Israel’s Control of Palestinian Residency in the West Bank and Gaza  

·         "No Safe Places": Yemen’s Crackdown on Protests in Taizz  

Immigration Policy Center

·         How To Fix a Broken Border: Disrupting Smuggling at Its Source [Part 2 of 3] 

·         How To Fix a Broken Border: Hit the Cartels Where It Hurts [Part 1 of 3] 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Eurozone Crisis and India-EU Ties 

·         Going Beyond the Public Statement on Iranian Oil 

·         India’s Past Year at the UN Security Council 

·         Pakistan’s Long and Ordinary Crisis 

·         Political Transition in Maldives 

Institute for National Strategic Studies

·         Insights on al-Qaeda’s Past & Future Through Captured Records 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Comparing Somalia`s al-Shabaab and Uganda`s Lord`s Resistance Army 

·         Confronting Complex Political Crises in West Africa, An Analysis of ECOWAS Responses to Niger and Cote d`Ivoire 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         Food Security at a Crossroads—A Wake Up Call 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated January 2012]

·         Battlefield Update: Task Force Dreadnaught in Maiwand District, Kandahar 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 8 [February 3-February 10, 2012] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 7 [January 28-February 3, 2012] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 6 [January 20-27, 2012] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 4 [January 1-13, 2012] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 3 [December 24-30, 2011] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 2 [December 19-23, 2011] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 1 [December 2011] 

International Crisis Group

·         Zimbabwe’s Sanctions Standoff 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Strait of Hormuz: Iran's Disruptive Military Options 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Fiscal Performance, Institutional Design and Decentralization in European Union Countries 

·         The Global Macroeconomic Costs of Raising Bank Capital Adequacy Requirements 

·         Inclusive Growth, Institutions, and the Underground Economy 

·         Precautionary Savings in the Great Recession 

·         Short-term Wholesale Funding and Systemic Risk: A Global CoVaR Approach 

·         What Drives Credit Growth in Emerging Asia? 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Development on its Head: the World Global Footprint 

·         Europe's Pacific Neglect 

·         Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest 

·         The Security-Development Nexus: An Illusion? 

·         So What Kind of Economic Growth? 

·         Whose Development Is It Anyway? 

Internet World Stats

·         Internet Usage Statistics 2011   

James Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         China's Oil Sector: Trends and Uncertainties

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, February 10, 2012, v. 10, no.3 

o    Syria’s Surprising Release of Jihadi Strategist Abu Musab As-Suri

o    Somalia’s Transitional Government Determined to Finish Off al-Shabaab This Year

o    The Strange Death of Dr. Khalil Ibrahim and the Future of the Darfur Insurgency

Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)

·         The Complexities of Interagency Information Sharing 

Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC)

·         From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military 

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

·         Data on Post-9/11 Terrorism in the United States

·         Selecting ‘Options on the Table’ Carefully: The Consequences of a Military Strike on Iran 

National Intelligence University Press

·         Imperialism with Chinese Characteristics? Reading and Re-Reading China's 2006 Defense White Paper 

·         Sensemaking: A Structure for an Intelligence Revolution 

·         Who Watches the Watchmen? The Conflict Between National Security and Freedom of the Press 

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

·         NMIO Technical Bulletin, January 2012, v. 1   

o    The CHANGI Information Fusion Centre

o    Australian Border Protection Command

o    Emerging Technologies and Techniques for Maritime Security

o    Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness with the Single Integrated Lookout List (SILO)

o    Information Dominance of the Maritime Domain: ONI's Intersection of Intelligence, MDA Data and the IDC

o    Global Maritime Awareness via Space

o    Digital Cinema Industry Provides Navy with Enabling Technologies

o    Passive Acoustic Research in Maritime Domain Awareness

o    Haptic Technologies for Maritime Applications

o    Hydrographic Unmanned Semi-Submersible

National Priorities Project and the Project on Defense Alternatives

·         Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget – Fiscal Year 2013 (And Beyond) 

NATO Defense College

·         The Transatlantic Bargain 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The DPRK: Uncertain but More Hopeful 

New America Foundation

·         Economic and Geo-Political Implications of China-Centric Globalization  

·         80% Solution—The Strategic Defeat of bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Implications for South Asian Security    

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan 2011 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The European Union and India: Partners in Democracy Promotion?

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Modern Monetary Theory: A Debate

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         'Europe in Crisis': Global Order, Integration, Crisis and the Future [Viewpoints #86] 

·         Guinea-Bissau: Presidential Election amidst Political Turmoil [Viewpoints #85]

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

·         Special Update Report Terrorism in North, West, & Central Africa: From 9/11 to the Arab Spring 

Security & Defense Agenda

·         Cyber-Security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules 

Small Wars Journal

·         "All We are Saying...": An Iran Rethink is Needed 

·         Assad May Survive This 

·         Civil Affairs Redux 

·         COIN Is Not Dead: An Interview with John Nagl 

·         Insurgency as Cultural Production: The Estonian Metsavennad and the Non-political Aims of Guerrilla Warfare 

·         It's Smart Defense, Stupid: The European Common Security and Defense Policy and Hegemony in the 21st Century 

·         The Missing Operational Level: COIN, Afghanistan, and IJC 

·         Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge 

Stimson Center

·         Libya’s Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms [video] 

·         The Unfinished Crisis: US Crisis Management after the 2008 Mumbai Attacks 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Once Again, the Challenge to the U.S. Army During a Defense Reduction: To Remain a Military Profession 

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

·         Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11    

United Kingdom Parliament

·         Operations in Libya

o    Volume I 

o    Volume II 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Case for Organizing a Military Force from Muslim Countries to Intervene in Syria 

·         From the Syria Veto to the Egypt NGO Crisis: A Weekend of Setbacks to U.S. Policy 

·         Humanitarian Safe Havens: Bosnia's Lessons for Syria

·         It's Time to Bypass Iran's 'Supreme Leader'  

·         A New Resistance, with New Results