Friday's Miscellany 03-08-2012

AEI Critical Threats

·         Recipe for Failure: American Strategy toward Yemen and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula 

Amnesty International

·         Bringing China’s Criminal Procedure Law in Line with International Standards  

American Peace Society

·         World Affairs Journal, March/April 2012 

o    The Perils of Wishful Thinking

o    Korea’s Third Kim

o    Whither Putin’s Fascistoid State?

o    Stability Is Paramount in Afghanistan

o    Is Mahan’s Naval Wisdom on the Wane?

American Security Project

·         Abu Sayyaf: The Father of the Swordsman

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Services as a New Engine of Growth for ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, and India 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Rationale for a Robust US Army Presence in the Pacific Basin     

Atlantic Council

·         Finance Crisis—Lessons Learned from Canada and the Way Forward  

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         "Cloud and Mobile Privacy: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act": What Technology Companies Don't Want You to Know 

·         Controlling the 'Absolute Weapon': Delegation, Legitimacy, and Authority at the IAEA 

·         DOE Budget Authority for Energy Research, Development, & Demonstration Database 

·         A Good Opening: The Key to Make the Most of Unilateral Climate Action 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Exploring Russian Cyberspace—Digitally-Mediated Collective Action and the Networked Public Sphere  

·         What You Must Know to Help Combat Youth Bullying, Meanness, and Cruelty 

Brookings

·         Obama's Foreign Policy: Progressive Pragmatist 

·         “Putinsanity”: The Reelection of Russia’s President Should Be a Wakeup Call to the World 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Comprehensive Security Requires Comprehensive Structures - How Comprehensive Can We Get? 

·         Legal and Regulatory Constructs of Resource Management in Afghanistan and Mongolia 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Mauritania’s Islamists 

·         Why Fukushima Was Preventable 

CATO Institute

·         Trade Policy Priority One—Averting a US-China “Trade War” 

·         What Made the Financial Crisis Systemic? 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Before Attacking Iran, Israel Should Learn from Its 1981 Strike on Iraq 

·         How to Get Afghans to Trust Us Once Again 

·         Perspectives on the FY2013 Budget Request for DOD [testimony] 

·         Vital Venture—Economic Engagement of North Korea and the Kaesong Industrial Complex 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Secure Communities by the Numbers, Revisited (Part 2 of 3) 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Representing Foreign Interests: Rebirth of a Swiss Tradition? 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Cost of Troops in Afghanistan is Rising. Salary a Tiny Fraction of Total Cost /

·         The Road Ahead: Future Challenges and Their Implications for Ground Vehicle Modernization 

·         Presentation slides 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Iran: The Waiting Option 

·         Iran and the Gulf Military Balance I: The Conventional and Asymmetric Dimensions 

·         Iran and the Gulf Military Balance II: Missile and Nuclear Dimensions  

·         Local Capacity Building: Framing Papers and Case Studies 

·         One Year after Fukushima 

·         PacNet #14 - US-DPRK Agreement: Limited Progress, But No Breakthrough (Yet) 

·         The Real Outcome of the Iraq War: US and Iranian Strategic Competition in Iraq 

·         Significant Cyber Events [updated March 7, 2012] 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of the EU, EU3, and Non-EU European States 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of Turkey and the South Caucasus 

·         U.S. Global Health Policy in Palestinian Hands? 

Centre for European Reform

·         How to Wake Britain From Sleepwalking to the EU Exit    

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         The Caribbean Maritime Transportation Sector: Achieving Sustainability through Efficiency 

·         This Time Is Not Different: Blaming Short Sellers 

Centre for International Policy Studies

·         Assessing Iran: The Arab Spring, The Nuclear Issue, and Canada’s Response

·         Can NATO Rethink its Exit Strategy from Afghanistan?

Chatham House

·         The Arab Uprisings and the International Oil Markets 

·         The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order? 

·         A Global Redesign? Shaping the Circular Economy  

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Army and Marine Corps Ground System Modernization Programs 

·         Assessing Mobility Airlift Capabilities and Operational Risks Under the Revised 2012 Defense strategy 

·         Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense 

·         Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Northern Command 

·         Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities 

·         Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Transportation Command 

·         Leaving Guantanamo: Policies, Pressures, and Detainees Returning to the Fight [committee print] 

·         Military Personnel Budget Overview—Service Personnel Chiefs’ Perspectives 

·         The Request for Authorization of Another BRAC Round and Additional Reductions in Overseas Bases 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on Rising Gasoline Prices 

·         Cybersecurity: The Pivotal Role of Communications Networks 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    The State Department's Rewards Programs: Performance and Potential [March 7, 2012]

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Protecting Maritime Jobs and Enhancing Marine Safety in the post-Budget Control Act Fiscal Environment: A Review of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2013 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Budget Request 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Chairman Rogers Discusses Israel, Iran and Syria [video]

·         Rep. Mike Rogers: US must have "credible military option" against Iran [video] 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

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

·         The situation in Syria 

·         U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee

·         The President's FY2013 Budget Proposals for the Coast Guard and NOAA 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         How Much Does the Federal Government Support the Development and Production of Fuels and Energy Technologies? 

               

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Behind the Scenes at China’s Lianghui 

·         Beyond Quake, Japan's Political Aftershocks

·         Tensions Over Germany's Euro Role 

·         U.S. Rail Infrastructure 

Deloitte

·         The Aerospace and Defense Industry in the U.S.: A Financial and Economic Impact Study

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2012 Military Health System (MHS) Governance Report 

Department of the Army

·         FM 1-04 - Legal Support to the Operational Army 

Department of Energy (DOE)

·         Report on the Department of Energy’s Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Dept. of Homeland Security Privacy Office; 2011 Data Mining Report to Congress 

·         Tribal Resource Guide 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-12-39 Information Sharing on Foreign Nationals: Border Security (Redacted) 

Department of Justice

·         Attorney General Eric Holder speech at Northwestern University School of Law [Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens] 

Department of State

·         2012 International narcotics Control Strategy Report 

o    Vol. 1 - Drug and Chemical Control 

o    Vol. 2 - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes 

·         Nuclear Security Summit 2012 website 

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

·         Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Algeria Country Analysis Brief 

·         Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Produced in Countries Other Than Iran 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Perils of Complacency: The Results of an Unspectacular Summit - Post-Summit Analysis 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2011 National Gang Threat Assessment – Emerging Trends

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism - Mutual Evaluation of China 8th follow-up report 

·         Sharing Among Domestic Competent Authorities Information Related to the Financing of Proliferation 

Foreign Policy

·         Are the MEK’s [Mujahedeen e-Khalq] U.S. Friends Its Worst Enemies? 

·         Gettin' the Gipper Wrong: Mitt Romney Doesn’t Know What He's Talking About When It Comes to Ronald Reagan's Foreign Policy 

·         How Not to Intervene in Syria 

·         In the Name of the Lord [Lord's Resistance Army] 

·         Let North Korea Keep Its Nukes 

·         Riding the Dragon 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Israel and Iran: Everyone Is Asking the Wrong Question 

·         Russia’s Looming Crisis 

FRIDE

·         Maritime Security in Asia: What the EU Can Do 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Access to Information by Intelligence and Security Service Oversight Bodies 

·         Toolkit on Police Integrity 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Is There a “Chinese School” of IR? 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs

·         Protest, Revolt and Regime Change in the Arab World: Actors, Challenges, Implications and Policy Options 

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Chinese Military’s Great Leap Forward 

·         Crisis Invigorates Japan-Europe Cooperation, But for How Long?

·         India and the European Union: Dim Prospects

·         The Shifting Tectonics of Japan One Year After March 11, 2011

·         Turkey and Russia in the Black Sea Region: Dynamics of Cooperation and Conflict

·         When Russian Eurasianism Meets Turkey’s Eurasia

·         Yanukovych’s Two Years in Power

Global Health Policy Center

·         U.S. Global Health Policy in Palestinian Hands? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Interagency Collaboration: State and Army Personnel Rotation Programs Can Build on Positive Results with Additional Preparation and Evaluation, GAO-12-386 

·         Interagency Collaboration: Survey Results of State and Army Personnel Rotation Program Participants and Their Host-Agency Supervisors, an E-supplement to GAO-12-386. GAO-12-387SP 

·         Mobility Capabilities:  DOD's Mobility Study Limitations and Newly Issued Strategic Guidance Raise Questions about Air Mobility, GAO-12-510T [testimony] 

Heritage Foundation

·         African Union: Transparency and Accountability Needed 

·         At Obama–Cameron Summit, U.S. and Britain Should Take Action to Rebuild Alliance 

·         Five Principles That Should Guide U.S. Policy Toward NATO 

·         How the U.S. Should Deal with Putin’s Russia 

·         Japan's National Budget: Time to Give Up on Keynesianism 

·         Obama Administration—No Confidence in Nuclear Energy 

·         Senate Cybersecurity Bill: Not Ready for Prime Time 

·         Strengthening U.S.–Indonesia Economic Relations 

·         What China’s Leadership Transition Means for the United States 

·         Why America Has Trouble Reaching Iran—VOA’s Persian News Network in Dire Need of Reform 

Human Rights Watch

·         Satellite Images Show Homs [Syria] Shelling  

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         A Critique of MoD’s Joint Venture Guidelines 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         Light Water Reactor Construction Progressing at Yongbyon Nuclear Site 

·         Preventing Iran from Getting Nuclear Weapons: Constraining Its Future Nuclear Options

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 12, March 2 - 8, 2012

·         Understanding Syria's Armed Opposition 

International Crisis Group

·         Now or Never: A Negotiated Transition for Syria 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Behind Recent Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea 

·         Seoul keeps an open mind on North Korea 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Balance-Sheet Shocks and Recapitalizations 

·         Bank Asset Quality in Emerging Markets: Determinants and Spillovers 

·         Does the Business Environment Affect Corporate Investment in India? 

·         Eligibility to Use the Fund's Facilities for Concessional Financing 

·         How Do Exchange Rate Regimes Affect Firms’ Incentives to Hedge Currency Risk? Micro Evidence for Latin America 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Afghan Clerics' Conservative Blueprint for Women 

·         Cautious Optimism on Burma 

·         Egyptian Youth: Cautious but Hopeful 

·         Guinea-Bissau: Presidential Election amidst Political Turmoil 

·         Iran's Domestic Struggle Continues After Parliamentary Elections 

·         Mexico's Presidential Contest: Calderón's "Hail Mary" Pass? 

·         Putin Redux 

·         Timor-Leste: Crucial Year Ahead 

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Economy

·         Poverty Status in Afghanistan: A Profile Based on National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) 2007/08 

·         Information on the report 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

·         How Data Visualization Can Change Diplomacy 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 9, 2012, v. 10, no. 5 

o    Gulf States Consider Political and Military Union to Counter Iranian Security Threat

o    The Looming Storm in Pakistan’s Kurram Agency

o    Array of Security Challenges face Yemen’s New Leader - Abd Rabbu Mansur al-Hadi

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Deconstructing the NDC’s Open Questionnaire: New Leader, Same Old Propaganda Approach 

Lexington Institute

·         Keeping America Competitive: Ex-Im Bank Is Vital To U.S. Trade 

·         Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security's Aerial Fleets 

Lowy Institute

·         2012 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index 

McCaffrey Associates

·         Iran, Nukes, & Oil—The Gulf Confrontation [Seminar for NBC Executives and Producers] 

Military Intelligence Corps Association (MICA)

·         The Vanguard, November 2011, v. 16, no. 3 

o    “Exploitation Intelligence:”Is it a New Intelligence Discipline?

o    Building a Decision Support Red Team

o    Thinking as an Insurgent to Win the COIN Fight

o    Drought in Somalia: How a Humanitarian Crisis May Destabilize the Entire Horn of Africa

o    Somalia: How a Culture of Corruption Feeds a Famine

o    The Afars in the Horn of Africa’s Tri-Border Area: An Examination of Potential Influence

o    Focus on Africa Command (USAFRICOM)

o    141st MI Battalion Soldiers Establish Enduring Capacity and Friendships in Iraq

Mineta Transportation Institute

·         Security Awareness for Public Bus Transportation: Case Studies of Attacks Against the Israeli Public Bus System 

MITRE Corp

·         Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework 

·         Parallel Computing for DoD Airlift Allocation 

·         The Software Industry's "Clean Water Act" Alternative 

National Academies Press

·         Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors: A Workshop 

·         Review of Studies of Possible Toxic Effects from Past Environmental Contamination at Fork Detrick: A Letter Report 

·         A Sustainability Challenge: Food Security for All: Report of Two Workshops

NATO

·         Project on Minimum Standards and Non-Binding Guidelines for First Responders Regarding Planning, Training, Procedure and Equipment for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update 6 March 2012] 

·         The Role of China in Afghanistan's Economic Development & Reconstruction 

·         The Role of India and Pakistan in Afghanistan's Reconstruction & Development 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The DPRK, the Nuclear Issue and the International Community: What Went Wrong, Why, What can be done in the Future 

Nordic Africa Institute

·         Inequality and Identity: Causes of War? 

Nuclear Energy Industry (NEI)

·         FLEX: The Industry Strategy to Enhance Safety

·         The Way Forward: U.S. Industry Leadership in Response to the Accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

·         Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The Near Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident    

Oxford Research Group

·         Political Context of the Iran Crisis  

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Civil Society Interface with the Budgetary Processes in India: Practices and Challenges 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         MAPRO: Mass Atrocity Prevention & Response Options, A Policy Planning Handbook 

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

·         Faith on the Move: The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Does Humanitarian Aid Improve America’s Image?

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, Spring/Summer 2012, no. 6 

o    Japan's Foreign Aid Policy and the Influence of External Factors: Implications for the TICAD Security and Political Role

Rand

·         An Early Assessment of the Civil Justice System After the Financial Crisis: Something Wicked This Way Comes? 

·         The Future of Air Force Motion Imagery Exploitation: Lessons from the Commercial World 

·         Incentive Pay for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Career Fields 

·         Lightening Body Armor: Arroyo Support to the Army Response to Section 125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 

·         Making Strategic Analysis Matter 

·         The Use of Standardized Scores in Officer Career Management and Selection 

Russian and Eurasian Security Network

·         Russian Analytical Digest, no.109: Twenty Years after the Collapse of the USSR: Continuity and Change 

Small Arms Survey

·         Femicide: A Global Problem

·         In Transit: Gangs and Criminal Networks in Guyana

·         Regulating Armed Groups from Within: A Typology

Small Wars Journal

·         Arab Thoughts on the Italian Colonial Wars in Libya: Rediscovering Arab Insurgency Tactics and Military History 

·         Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part I) 

·         Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part II) 

·         Five Ps for a Violence Reduction Strategy in Mexico (Part III) 

·         Wartime Legacies: The Memoirs of Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld 

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

·         Intelligence Report, Spring 2012, no. 145

o    The Year in Hate and Extremism 2011

o    The 'Patriot' Movement Explodes

o    Georgia Militia Members to be Tried Later this Year in Movement’s Latest Murder Plot

o    'Nativist Extremist' Groups 2011

Stanley Foundation

·         The Concept of Security in a Constitutional Framework

Terrorism Research Initiative

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, 2012, v. 6, no. 1 

o    Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare

o    From Terrorist to Persona: Para-Social Interaction and the ETA Website

o    The YouTube Jihadists: A Social Network Analysis of Al-Muhajiroun’s Propaganda Campaign

o    Online Arguments against Al-Qaeda: An Exploratory Analysis

o    Rhetorical Charms: The Promise and Pitfalls of Humor and Ridicule as Strategies to Counter Extremist Narratives

o    Use of the Internet to Counter the Appeal of Extremist Violence. Conference Summary & Follow-up/ Recommendations

o    Literature on Terrorism, Media, Propaganda & Cyber-Terrorism

Transnational Institute

·         Counter-terrorism, ‘Policy Laundering’ and the FATF: Legalising Surveillance, Regulating Civil Society 

·         Could Irish Referendum on EU Fiscal Treaty challenge 'permanent austerity'? 

·         Ending Burma’s Conflict Cycle? Prospects for Ethnic Peace    

·         Financing Dispossession - China’s Opium Substitution Programme in Northern Burma 

Transportation Research Board

·         Guidebook for Airport Irregular Operations (IROPS) Contingency Planning 

United Kingdom Border Agency

·         UK—An Investigation into Border Security Checks

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Disposition of Excess Military Nuclear Material 

·         Disposition of Excess Russian Weapon HEU and Plutonium

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Occupying the Information High Ground: Chinese Capabilities for Computer network Operations and Cyber Espionage 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Haiti Newsletter - January 2012 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arm the Free Syrian Army Now 

·         Avoiding a Bad Nuclear Deal with Iran 

·         The End of the 'Peace Process'? 

·         No Nuclear Compromise 

·         President Obama on Iran: Assessing Key Passages in the AIPAC Speech 

·         Turkey's Future Role in the "Arab Spring" 

·         Why Delayed Intervention in Syria Could Cause Radicalization 

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

·         Discovering Diverse Mechanisms of Migration—The Mexico-US Stream From 1970 to 2000  

White House

·         Remarks by the President at AIPAC Policy Conference 

World Bank

·         PovcalNet: An Online Poverty Analysis Tool