Friday's Miscellany 02-17-2012

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Foundations of Collective Action in Asia: Theory and Practice of Regional Cooperation 

·         Strengthening Financial Infrastructure [ASEAN, the PRC, and India] 

Atlantic Council

·         The Future of Energy-Dominated Foreign Policy

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Eagle Returns: Resurgent US Strategy in Southeast Asia and Its Policy implications 

Brookings

·         Asia, International Drug Trafficking, and U.S.-China Counternarcotics Cooperation 

·         Campaign 2012: Afghanistan and Pakistan Policy 

·         Getting Beyond Beef in U.S.-Taiwan Relations 

·         The Global Future of Europe's Crisis 

·         How We’re Doing Amid Policy Gridlock 

·         No Arab Spring for Egypt's Bedouin 

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

Center for American Progress

·         The Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: A Report Card 

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

·         Meeting the Infrastructure Imperative: An Affordable Plan to Put Americans Back to Work Rebuilding Our Nation’s Infrastructure 

Center for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

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

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         The Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: Continuity or Change?

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Causes of Stability and Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: An Analytic Survey 

·         Gaza's Health Sector under Hamas 

·         Implications of the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance for U.S. Special Operations Forces 

·         PacNet #10 - KORUS as Obamacare: Implications of Calls by Korea's Opposition Parties to Repeal the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement 

Centro Studi Sul Federalismo

·         The ‘Enemy’ at the Gates? Assessing the European Military Contribution to the Libyan War

·         The Euro-Area Crisis: A First Legal Analysis 

Chatham House

·         How Will the Withdrawal of International Forces Affect Afghanistan? 

CNA

·         What Do Afghans Want from the Police? Views from Helmand Province 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, February 2012, v. 5, no. 2

o    The Merger of Al-Shabab and Qa`idat al-Jihad

o    A Profile of Los Zetas: Mexico’s Second Most Powerful Drug Cartel

o    Hizb Allah’s Counterintelligence War

o    Afghanistan’s Conflict Minerals: The Crime-State-Insurgent Nexus

o    The Complicated Relationship Between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban

o    Preventing Terrorism and Conflict in Libya: An Innovative Role for the United Nations?

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

·         Edges of Radicalization: Ideas, Individuals and Networks in Violent Extremism 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Army 

·         FY13 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense                   

·         FY13 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy 

·         Governance, Oversight, and Management of the Nuclear Security Enterprise 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Egypt at a Crossroads [February 16, 2012]

o    Further Human Rights Violations in Castro's Cuba: the Continued Abuse of Political Prisoners [February 16, 2012]

o    Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt, Part I [February 15, 2012]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         An Examination of the President's FY 2013 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security 

·         DHS Monitoring of Social Networking and Media: Enhancing Intelligence Gathering and Ensuring Privacy 

·         Last Line of Defense: the Federal Air Marshal Service 10 Years After 9/11 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Executive Overreach: The President's Unprecedented "Recess" Appointments 

·         Safeguarding the Integrity of the Immigration Benefits Adjudication Process 

·         The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Committee

·         How Much is Too Much? Examining Duplicative IT Investments at DOD and DOE 

·         Why Reshuffling Government Agencies Won't Solve the Federal Government's Obesity Problem 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         The Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the National Security of the United States 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Iran's Influence and Activity in Latin America 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Securing America's Future: The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Protecting Those Who Protect Us: The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Models Used by the Military Services to Develop Budgets for Activities Associated with Operational Readiness 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         A Defense Budget at the Crossroads 

·         The Eurozone in Crisis 

·         U.S. Deficits and the National Debt 

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Basic Research 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Report to Congress on the Review of Laws, Policies and Regulations Restricting the Service of Female Members in the U.S. Armed Forces 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-052 Report on the Program and Contract Infrastructure Technical Requirements for the Guam Realignment Program 

Director of National Intelligence

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

Department of the Treasury/Department of Defense

·         Supporting Our Military Families: Best Practices for Streamlining Occupational Licensing Across State Lines 

East-West Center

·         Russia in the Asia-Pacific: Between Integration and Geopolitics 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Yemen Country Analysis Brief 

Environment America Research & Policy Center

·         In the Path of the Storm: Global Warming, Extreme Weather, and the Impacts of Weather-Related Disasters in the United States 

European Policy Centre

·         Analysis of the Simplification Measures Mentioned in Both the Proposal for a EU Financial Regulation and the Cohesion Policy Legislative Package 

·         To Sign or Not to Sign? That's the EU-Ukraine Question 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, February 2012 

o    Agroterrorism: U.S. Agriculture Represents a Large and Viable Terrorist Target

o    National Gang Intelligence Center Online Tool

o    The Meaning and Honor of Service

For the Common Defense

·         Defense Breakdown Economic Impact Reports 

Foreign Policy

·         Fumbling the Nuclear Football 

·         Mock Homs at Your Own Risk 

·         Remembering Anthony Shadid 

·         The Rise or Fall of the American Empire 

·         So You Want to Be Jerusalem Bureau Chief… 

·         Where Have All the George Washingtons Gone? 

FRIDE

·         Is Germany Still a EU-ropean Power? 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         A New Era for Transatlantic Trade Leadership 

·         New Socio-political Actors in North Africa: A Transatlantic Perspective

·         Turkey’s Syria Policy: The Challenge of Coalition Building

·         Uneasy Coexistence: Religion and Politics in Turkey

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Information Technology: Departments of Defense and Energy Need to Address Potentially Duplicative Investments,   GAO-12-241 

·         Information Technology: Potentially Duplicative Investments Exist at the Departments of Defense and Energy, GAO-12-462T [testimony] 

·         Law Enforcement Body Armor: DOJ Could Enhance Grant Management Controls and Better Ensure Consistency in Grant Program Requirements, GAO-12-353 

·         Law Enforcement Body Armor: DOJ Supports Its Use and Enhancements, but Could Strengthen Management of Its Related Grant Programs, GAO-12-448T [testimony] 

·         Maritime Security:  Coast Guard Needs to Improve Use and Management of Interagency Operations Centers, GAO-12-202 

·         National Nuclear Security Administration:  Observations on NNSA's Management and Oversight of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, GAO-12-473T [testimony]  

·         Safety Effects of Less Prescriptive Requirements for Low-Stress Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines Are Uncertain,   GAO-12-389R 

Heritage Foundation

·         America’s Global Agenda for Economic Freedom 

·         C-TPAT: Greater Commitment Needed to Secure the Supply Chain 

·         Delayed Recovery Historically Slow 

·         DHS Office of Policy: Misguided Reorganization Threatens Homeland Security Strategic Planning 

·         Do Not Reward UNESCO for Granting the Palestine Authority Membership 

·         Federal Pay is Out of Line with Private Sector Pay: CBO Supports Heritage, AEI Conclusions 

·         Fire Grants: Do Not Reauthorize an Ineffective Program 

·         Forty-Fifth Attempted Terrorist Plot Against: U.S. Must Resist Complacency 

·         National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security Falls Short 

·         Next Steps for U.S. in Syria Crisis 

·         The Obama–Cameron Summit Must Advance U.S.–U.K. Defense Cooperation 

·         Proposed Revisions to Homeland Security Grants Make Sense 

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

·         U.S. Must Address Critical Questions at Final Preparatory Committee on U.N. Arms Trade Treaty 

·         Venezuela’s Presidential Primary: Capriles Radonski Ready to Challenge Chavez 

Human Rights Watch

·         No Place for Children: Child Recruitment, Forced Marriage, and Attacks on Schools in Somalia 

·         “Steps of the Devil”: Denial of Women’s and Girls’ Rights to Sport in Saudi Arabia 

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Post-Asad Syria: Opportunity or Quagmire? 

·         Space and the Joint Fight 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan - Order of Battle [updated as of February 2012] 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 9 [February 10-February 17, 2012] 

·         Iraq's Recurring Political Crisis 

International Crisis Group

·         Indonesia: Cautious Calm in Ambon 

·         Indonesia: The Deadly Cost of Poor Policing 

·         The Kenyan Military Intervention in Somalia 

International Institute for Strategic Studies

·         Confidence Returns to the Eurozone 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Debt, Taxes, and Banks 

·         Fiscal Policy and the Current Account: Are Microstates Different? 

·         Fiscal Policy and the Real Exchange Rate 

·         From Stress to CoStress: Stress Testing Interconnected Banking Systems 

·         Spillovers to Low-Income Countries: Importance of Systemic Emerging Markets 

·         The Valuation Effects of Geographic Diversification: Evidence from U.S. Banks 

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Arms Trade – Rich Sellers, Poor Buyers, Failing Regulation 

·         Defense Spending: Economy Trumps Strategy  

·         Saudi Arabia and Iran - Opposite Poles in the Persian Gulf 

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)

·         2012-2016 C-IED Strategic Plan 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Case Study on System Transition Costs/Benefits 

·         The Gas Pipeline connecting South Korea, North Korea, and Russia: Effects, Points of Contention, and Tasks 

·         New Approach to the Costs/Benefits of Korean Unification 

·         Study of the Status of North Korea´s Official Economy for Estimation of Unification Costs/Benefits 

·         The True Intent behind the North Korean NDC’s “Open Questionnaire” to the South 

Moshe Dayan Center

·         Attacking Iran: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War 

·         The Right to Choose: The Women of al-Qa‘ida 

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

·         The Current Challenges to the Syrian Democratic Revolution 

National Academies Press

·         Social and Economic Costs of Violence: Workshop Summary 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The UN Security Council Resolution 1540: An Overview of Extraterritorial Controls Over Non-State WMD Proliferation 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

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

·         Hamas’s Leadership Struggle and the Prospects for Palestinian Reconciliation 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         FY 2013 Budget of the United States Government 

PeaceOps

·         Journal of International Peace Operations, January-February 2012, v. 7, no. 4 

o    Gender and Private Military and Security Companies

o    Women Fighting for Peace in Iraq

o    From Remedial Action to Women’s Empowerment

o    Breaking the Cycle

o    Insights on International Affairs

o    The Reality of Withdrawal

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Interest Rate Shock and Sustainability of Italy's Sovereign Debt 

·         Unraveling the Euro Crisis 

Pew Research Center

·         24% - Exposure to Combat Rises for Women in the Military 

·         Ask the Expert: Public Opinion About the U.S. and China 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Public Takes Tough Line on Iran’s Nuclear Program- Support for Obama’s Afghan Troop Pullout 

Rand

·         Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade: Irreversible Decline or Imminent Victory? 

·         Characterizing and Exploring the Implications of Maritime Irregular Warfare 

·         Considerations for the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce: Preparing to Operate Amidst Private Security Contractors 

Rolling Stone

·         Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders' Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Efforts 

Small Wars Journal

·         All In … but for How Long?: A Review Essay 

·         Building Partner Capability: Defining an Army Role in Future Small Wars 

·         Iran's Response to a U.S. Attack 

·         Knowing and Caring: Leadership and the Prevention of Military Suicides 

·         Parsing the Options to Weaken Assad's Regime 

·         The Strategic Opportunity in our Senior Foreign Official Advisory Mission 

·         What Next For Yemen? 

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Practical Steps towards Transparency of Nuclear Arsenals

·         Transparency in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         An Anti-Crime Strategy to Combat the PKK  

·         Bashar al-Assad vs. the Syrian People 

·         Can Dictators Survive New Media? 

·         Egypt's Cold Shoulder 

·         Gas Partnership: Netanyahu Visits Cyprus 

·         How to Construct an Inaccurate Historical Analogy

·         Iran Is Ready to Talk 

·         Nervous Bahrain Marks Anniversary of Shiite Protests

·         Next Up: Turkey vs. Iran 

·         Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt 

·         Supreme Succession: Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran 

·         Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran?