Friday's Miscellany 03-16-2012

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         One Year of Transition: A Look Back (1) 

·         One Year of Transition: A Look Back (2) 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Equal Rights, Unequal Opportunities: Women's Participation in Afghanistan's Parliamentary and Provincial Council Elections 

Africa Center For Strategic Studies

·         Addressing Cote d’Ivoire’s Deeper Crisis  

Air University Library

·         Islam: The People, Culture, and Politics Bibliography 

Amnesty International

·         'I Wanted to Die': Syria's Torture Survivors Speak Out 

·         Italy—Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  

·         Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran  

·         Plight of the Internally Displaced in Afghanistan  

·         Yemen—Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee 

The Atlantic

·         Iran War Clock 

Atlantic Council

·         Beyond Attribution—Seeking National Responsibility in Cyberspace  

·         NATO’s Cyber Capabilities—Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow  

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         Philippines—Internal and External Security Challenges 

Basic American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Iran Update, March 15, 2012, no. 157 

o    P5+1 Formally Agree to Resume Talks with Iran

o    Second IAEA Visit to Tehran; Agency Releases Latest Report on Nuclear Programme

o    Iran Holds Parliamentary Elections; Khamenei Supporters Gain Significant Majority

o    Israeli Leadership Visit to Washington; Netanyahu and Obama in Talks

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Arab Uprisings and Israel’s National Security 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated February 29, 2012] 

·         The Effectiveness of Money Laundering Investigations in Fighting Transnational Crime: A Comparison of the United States and Hong Kong 

·         In the Wake of the Great Recession, Don’t Lose Sight of the Big Picture 

·         Mission Incomplete [Afghanistan] 

·         Pakistan Index [ceased but selected indictors have been folded into the Afghanistan Index] 

·         Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change 

·         Taiwan in the Global Economic Landscape 

Center for American Progress Action Fund

·         U.S.-China Relations in an Election Year: Taking the Long View in a Season of Heated Rhetoric    

Center for Global Development

·         How Much Does Natural Resource Extraction Really Diminish National Wealth? The Implications of Discovery 

·         Preventing Odious Obligations: A New Tool to Pressure Syria’s Bashar Assad 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Governance and Militancy in Pakistan’s Southern Punjab Region 

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 2 - March 12, 2012 

·         Injection Drug Use in Ukraine: The Challenges of Providing HIV Prevention and Care 

·         Iran’s Influence in the Americas   

·         Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 53, 12 March 2012

·         The Need for a New U.S. Strategy: The Real Message of the Latest Crisis in Afghanistan 

·         New Perspectives in Foreign Policy, Winter 2012, v. 1 

o    7 Billion Is Not the Problem: Why Malthusians Have It Wrong 

o    The Future of Outsider States in the Arctic 

o    Why Has China’s Charm Offensive Stalled? 

o    Shale Gas and Tight Oil: Domestic Resource, Global Impact

o    Winning Japan’s Cyber War

·         PacNet #16 - Asia's Real "America Problem" 

·         PacNet #17 - Japan's Response to New US Defense Strategy: "Welcome, but..."  

·         Righting the Global Fund  

·         Significant Cyber Events [updated March 16, 2012] 

·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition—Role of the Southern States and Yemen  

·         US and Iranian Strategic Competition In Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Arms Transfers 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Pakistan 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of Latin America, Africa and Peripheral States 

·         U.S. And Iranian Strategic Competition: The Proxy Cold War in the Levant, Egypt and Jordan 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Brazil as an Emerging Environmental Donor 

·         This Time Is Not Different: Blaming Short Sellers 

Chatham House

·         The Prospects and Limits of Women's Mobilization in Saudi Arabia 

·         An International Climate Treaty: Is it Worth Fighting for? (transcript) 

·         Beyond Borders—Digital Activism in a Globalized World (transcript) 

·         Breaking the Cycle of Continued Impunity for War-time Abuses in Sri Lanka 

·         British Government Consultation with the UK-Based Somalia Diaspora 

·         Gold and the Monetary System  

·         Pakistan in a Changing Regional and Global Environment (transcript) 

·         A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals (transcript) 

·         Putin Again—Implications for Russia and the West      

·         Senegal’s Elections—Towards Dictatorship or Consolidating Democracy?  

·         Stability, Growth and Cooperation—Uganda in 2012 and its Role in Regional Stability 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center (CBRNIAC)

·         CBRNIAC Newsletter, 2012, v. 13, no. 1 

o    USS Mason Upgraded with New Chemical Agent Detection Capability as Navy Begins Massive Fleet-wide Initiative

o    Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Team Achieves Breakthrough Detecting Nuclear Materials

o    An Interagency Confederation:  What is the NICBR?

o    ECBC Scientists Develop Technology to Detect Explosives in Fingerprints

o    NSWC Dahlgren Employees Win NAVSEA Excellence Awards for Impact on Aircraft Carriers, Acquisition and “Real World” CBR Defense

o    ECBC Develops Modern Homemade Explosives Detection Kit

o    Cobalt Dragon Prepares Unit for Threat

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Report Card on Federal Government’s Efforts to Track and Manage FOIA Requests 

Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee

·         United States Air Force Posture Statement 2012 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Cost Estimate—The Iran Sanctions, Accountability, And Human Rights Act of 2012 

·         Military Retirement - March 2012 Baseline 

Consortium for Strategic Communication

·         COMOPS Journal - The Promise and Pitfalls of Humor and Ridicule as Strategies to Counter Extremist Narratives 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Al-Qaeda in Iraq 

·         Strengthening US-Republic of Korea Cooperation in International Development 

·         U.S. Trade Policy 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-063 Assessment of the DoD Establishment of the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq 

Department of Energy

·         Operational Energy Strategy: Implementation Plan 

Department of State

·         Expanding Private Sector Partnerships Against Piracy [speech]

·         Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: The Nuclear Security Summit and Beyond 

Department of the Navy

·         From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee: A Workplace Reference Guide for Managers and Supervisors 

East-West Center

·         India, Thailand and the Burma Connection 

·         "Linsanity," Social Media and US-Asia Relations 

European Policy Centre

·         Healthy and Active Ageing: Turning the 'Silver' Economy into Gold 

Foreign Policy

·         Celebretarian Intervention 

·         Democrats vs. Dictators: 2012 

·         Failure 2.0 [India's foreign policy] 

·         The Goldilocks Principle 

·         The Road to Hell Is Paved with Viral Videos 

·         A Shot Across the Bo [Bo Xilai - China] 

FRIDE

·         Algeria's Deceptive Quiet 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

·         The ‘Iraqisation’ of Libya 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Summary Report: Integrating Human Security into National Security Policies in North-West Africa   

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Economic and Trade Relations between North Africa and the Leading Players in the Mediterranean Basin: What can be Expected after the Arab Spring 

·         The Geostrategic Implications of the Competition for Natural Resources: The Transatlantic Dimension 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Contracting: Competition for Services and Recent Initiatives to Increase Competitive Procurements, GAO-12-384 

·         Federal Contracting: Efforts to Consolidate Governmentwide Acquisition Data Systems Should Be Reassessed, GAO-12-429 

·         Military Training: Observations on the Army's Implementation of a Metric for Measuring Ground Force Training, GAO-12-191R 

·         Navy Small Boats: Maintenance Report Addressed Most Directed Elements, but Additional Information Needed, GAO-12-421 

·         Nuclear Nonproliferation: Further Actions Needed by U.S. Agencies to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear and Radiological Materials, GAO-12-512T [testimony] 

·         Renewable Energy:  Federal Agencies Implement Hundreds of Initiatives, GAO-12 260 

·         Renewable Energy:  An Inventory of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Initiatives, GAO-12-259SP an E-supplement to GAO-12-260 

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, Spring 2011, v. 5, no. 1 

o    Ten Years of GWOT, the Failure of Democratization, and the Fallacy of "Ungoverned Spaces"

o    Deterring and Dissuading Nuclear Terrorism

o    Establishing Cyber Warfare Doctrine

o    Policy Intervention in FATA: Why Discourse Matters

o    A Systems-Based Approach to Intelligence Reform

Heritage Foundation

·         Accession to U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Would Expose the U.S. to Baseless Climate Change Lawsuits 

·         Federal Budget: What Congress Must Do to Control Spending and Create Jobs 

·         How the U.S. Should Respond to Russia's Unhelpful Role in the Middle East 

·         North Korea Missile Announcement Undermines Diplomatic Outreach 

·         President Obama’s 2013 Budget Delivers Tax Hikes, More Spending, More Debt 

·         UK Governing Coalition—Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stake in Britain’s Success  

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

·         Why More States Should Establish State Defense Forces 

Human Rights Watch

·         Justice for Atrocity Crimes : Lessons of International Support for Trials before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Gross National Happiness in Bhutan: A Policy in Making 

·         Iran in the Israeli Calculus 

·         The New US-North Korea Nuclear Understanding 

·         The Perils of Strategic NCO and Tactical General 

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

·         New Strategic Dynamics in the Arctic Region—Implications for National Security and International Collaboration (note: file is 48MB) 

Institute for Science and International Security

·         ISIS Analysis of IAEA Report on Iran 

·         Satellite Image of Building Which Contains a High Explosive Test Chamber at the Parchin Site in Iran 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         The Dominoes of War with Iran 

·         Encouraging Political Participation in Africa, The Potential of Social Media Platforms  

·         Listening to Unfamiliar Voices – The Arab Democratic Wave 

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Haqqani Network: A Strategic Threat 

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

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

·         IAEA Report on Iran  

International Crisis Group

·         Back to Basics: Israel’s Arab Minority and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 

·         Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East (IX): Dallying with Reform in a Divided Jordan 

·         Sri Lanka’s North I: The Denial of Minority Rights    

·         Sri Lanka’s North II: Rebuilding under the Military 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Fukushima: The Consequences 

·         North Korean Security Challenges: A Net Assessment 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         BRICs’ Philosophies for Development Financing and Their Implications for LICs 

·         Capital Regulation, Liquidity Requirements and Taxation in a Dynamic Model of Banking 

·         De-monopolization Toward Long-Term Prosperity in China 

·         Exchange Rate Volatility Under Peg: Do Trade Patterns Matter? 

·         Macrofinance Model of the Czech Economy: Asset Allocation Perspective 

·         Russian Federation: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation 

·         Strengthening Russia's Fiscal Framework 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Adrift Down Under 

·         Adventures of a Would Be Arms Dealer 

·         Animation Without Borders 

James A. Baker Institute III Institute for Public Policy

·         A Governance Switchboard: Scalability Issues in International Cyber Policymaking 

·         Limits of the Jugaad Growth Model -- No Workaround to Good Governance for India 

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

·         Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes [updated] 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 15, 2012, v. 12, no. 6 

o    Sino-Indian Border Negotiations: Problems and Prospects

o    Coal to Newcastle? Understanding China’s Coal Importing Behavior

o    Pivot and Parry: China's Response to America's New Defense Strategy

o    The PLA’s Three-Pronged Approach to Achieving Jointness in Command and Control

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         "We Will Find a Way": Understanding the Legacy of Canadian Special Operations Forces 

·         WHAM: Winning Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan and Elsewhere 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Changes to North Korean Laws around the Time of Kim Jong Il’s Death and What They Signify

·         Putin’s Korea Policy Outlook and Response Strategies for South Korea 

Lowy Institute

·         Iran: What If Nothing Happens? 

National Academies Press

·         Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 11 

·         Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         A Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone with a Three-plus-Three Arrangement 

·         Stability: The New Paramount Leader 

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

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         From Impunity to Prosecution? Sexual Violence in Sudan Beyond Darfur 

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

·         Palestinian Youth and the Arab Spring 

Operation College Promise and the Pat Tillman Foundation

·         Veteran Students' Progress Toward Degree Attainment in the Post-9/11 Era   

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

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

PeaceOps

·         Journal of International Peace Operations, March-April 2012, v. 7, no. 5 

o    Community-Driven Development and Afghanistan’s Transition

o    Haiti Reconstruction

o    From Diplomacy to Invasion

o    Searching for Stable Economic Models

o    Afghanistan’s Security Sector Transformation and Transition

o    (in)Stability Operations

o    A Conversation with Minister Ali A. Jalali

o    Troubling Signs in South Africa

o    Trouble Ahead for Contractors in Iraq?

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Using US Strategic Reserves to Moderate Potential Oil Price Increases from Sanctions on Iran 

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Social Networking Sites and Politics 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Little Support for U.S. Intervention in Syrian Conflict: Foreign Policy Views: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The EU Budgetary Chess Game, the Polish Presidency and the Shadows of the Debt Crisis 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin: 2011 Review

·         Angola in 2011: West Africa, Asia, and Security Exports 

·         Brazil in 2011: Growing Pains 

·         Cape Verde in 2011: Turning Atypical into Typical 

·         Guinea-Bissau in 2011: Between Stability and Uncertainties 

·         Mozambique in 2011: Staying the Path 

·         Portugal in 2011: The Downgrade of All Fears 

·         Sao Tome and Principe in 2011: Again Waiting for Better Times, With a New Old President 

·         Timor Leste in 2011: The Prelude of a New Cycle? 

Rand

·         Application System for Sydney Strategic Travel Model

·         Army Network-Enabled Operations: Expectations, Performance, and Opportunities for Future Improvements 

·         Compensation for Combat Deaths: Policy Considerations

·         Making Strategic Analysis Matter 

·         A Review of the Army's Modular Force Structure 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         How Indonesia Sees ASEAN and the World  

·         Process of ASEAN’s Institutional Consolidation… Theoretical Implications for… Third-World Security Oriented Institution[s]  

·         Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Negotiations—Overview and Prospects  

Small Wars Journal

·         On Counterinsurgency: Thoughts on the Re-write of Field Manual 3-24 

·         Reconsidering the Operational Approach to Phase IV Stability Operations 

·         Romancing the COIN 

·         The Strategic Consequences of Egregious, Avoidable Mistakes 

·         Will Hezbollah Attack Israel? Only if... 

·         Yemen: A U.S. Strategic Partner? 

Stanley Foundation

·         Preparatory Workshop for the Second Meeting of the R2P Focal Points Network 

Stimson Center

·         Engaging Iran on Afghanistan 

·         Iran in Perspective: Holding Iran to Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Categorical Confusion? The Strategic Implications of Recognizing Challenges Either as Irregular or Traditional 

·         Delegitimizing Al-Qaeda: A Jihad-Realist Approach 

U.K. Defense Committee

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

United Nations General Assembly

·         Progress Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Lessons from Women’s Programs in Afghanistan and Iraq 

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Journal of International Commerce and Economics, March 2012, v. 4, no. 1 

o    Services Liberalization and Computable General Equilibrium Modeling: Beyond Tariff Equivalents

o    China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization

o    The U.S. International Trade Commission’s High-Technology Trade Roundtable

o    Can We Apply Lessons from the German Trade Balance with China to the United States?

o    Comment on “Innovation and Job Creation in a Global Economy: The Case of Apple’s iPod”

Vortex Foundation

·         From Drug Wars to Criminal Insurgency: Mexican Cartels, Criminal Enclaves and Criminal Insurgency in Mexico and Central America, and their Implications for Global Security 

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

·         Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Naval Area Medical Research Unit 2 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Caught in Egypt's Political Cross-Fire 

·         The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy 

·         Khamenei's Strength Could Be a Vulnerability 

·         To Retaliate or Not: Hizballah's Calculus Following a Strike on Iran 

·         Washington and Israel on Iran: Unresolved Differences 

·         Why Turkey Hasn't Intervened in Syria 

White House

·         The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report     

·         Report highlights 

·         Joint Fact Sheet: U.S. and UK Counterterrorism Cooperation 

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

·         How Close is Iran to Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and What has the World Done to Slow Iran's Progress 

·         Iran's Nuclear Timetable 

·         Iran's Sactions Tally 

World Bank

·         China 2030—Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society  

·         Ill-Gotten Money and the Economy, Experiences from Malawi and Namibia 

World Public Opinon.org

·         American Public Opposes Israel Striking Iran