Friday's Miscellany 04-27-2012

38 North

·         North Korean Nuclear Test Preparations: An Update 

AEI Critical Threats

·         Yeman Order of Battle 

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Death of an Uruzgan Journalist Command Errors and ‘Collateral Damage’ 

·         Flash to the Past: Power play before the 2002 Emergency Loya Jirga 

·         Legal Aid in Afghanistan: Contexts, Challenges and the Future 

Air University Library Bibs

·         Differences in Online and Traditional Classrooms 

Amnesty International

·         Discrimination Against Muslims in Europe  

·         Human Rights of Inmates in Ghana  

·         Impunity For Police Violence in Indonesia  

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The People's Republic of China's High-Tech Exports: Myth and Reality 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         First Army: Training for Today's Requirements and Tomorrow's Contingencies 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         ANZUS 2.0: Cybersecurity and Australia–US Relations 

·         Global Forces 2011—Proceedings of the ASPI Conference  

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Norway’s Approach to NATO’s Deterrence and Defense Posture Review   

               

Brookings

·         Firefight in Kabul 

·         Options for U.S. Policy in Syria 

·         The State of the Global Economy: A Conversation with Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute

·         China’s Shadow—A Canadian Concern?  

·         Serbia Between East and West 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Keeping NATO Relevant  

·         Tribal Governance and Stability in Yemen  

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The China Challenge: Military, Economic and Energy Choices Facing the U.S.-Japan Alliance 

·         Security at Sea: The Case for Ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention 

Center for American Progress

·         Protecting Wasteful Military Spending at All Costs: House Conservatives Want to Cut Child and Elderly Programs Instead of Nuclear Stockpiles

Center for Global Development

·         The Global Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the End of the “Development” Agenda?

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)

·         CIP Report, April 2012, v. 10, no. 10  [Cybersecurity] 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies

·         Monitoring Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan—Disarmament 

Center for Security Policy

·         The Muslim Brotherhood in America [10 part course]  

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Changing the Game—The Promise of Directed-Energy Weapons  

·         Geostrategic Return of the Philippines 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Causes of Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (“Arab Spring” Becomes the “Arab Decade”)  

·         Getting Syria Right  

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 8 - April 23, 2012 

·         Homegrown Terrorism 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Sanctions game: Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         How Perks for Delegates Can Influence Peace Process Outcomes 

Center for International Media Assistance

·         Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico's Journalists and Lessons from Colombia 

Centre for Studies on Federalism

·         European Cooperation in Counter-Terrorism and the Case of Individual Sanctions 

Chatham House

·         Angola—Celebrating Ten Years of Peace 

·         'Bread, Dignity and Social Justice': The Political Economy of Egypt's Transition 

·         Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US Withdrawal 

Col. Arthur D. Simons Center

·         InterAgency Journal, Special Edition 2012, v. 3, no. 2 

o    Special edition - Prevention of Mass Atrocities

o    Introduction: Responding to Genocide in Principle and Practice

o    A New Era of Conflict Resolution

o    The Military Profession and Counter-Genocide Leadership

o    The Killing Fields, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide in Europe

o    Far From Nuremberg: The United States, War Crimes, and the International Criminal Court

o    Humanitarian Frames and Humanitarian Soft Power in Darfur

o    Educating Officers on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities

o    Selected Bibliography Entries

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, April 2012, v. 5, no. 4 

o    An Overview of Syria’s Armed Revolution

o    Boko Haram Escalates Attacks on Christians in Northern Nigeria

o    French Counterterrorism Policy in the Wake of Mohammed Merah’s Attack

o    Mangal Bagh and LI Marginalized in Khyber Agency

o    Militants Turn Against Pakistan’s JUI-F Islamist Party

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

o    Revisiting Shaykh Atiyyatullah’s Works on Takfir and Mass Violence

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy Toward the Evolving Situation in Syria, Part II [April 25]

o    LRA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, AQIM and Other Sources of Instability in Africa [April 25]

o    NATO: The Chicago Summit and U.S. Policy [April 26]

o    The North-South Sudan Conflict 2012 [April 26]

o    Oversight of U.S. Policy Toward Burma [April 25]

o    Western Hemisphere Budget Review 2013: What Are U.S. Priorities? [April 25]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         America is Under Cyber Attack: Why Urgent Action is Needed 

·         Ensuring the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Transparency of Homeland Security Grants (Part II): Stakeholder Perspectives 

·         Iranian Cyber Threat to the U.S. Homeland 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Active, Guard, Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         Ballistic Missile Defense Policies and Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         Marine Corps Acquisition Programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program   

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relation Committee

·         U.S. Policy on Burma 

·         U.S. Policy to Counter the Lord's Resistance Army 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Financial Literacy: Empowering Americans to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis 

Congressional Budget Office

·         CBO publications that analyze the budgetary impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25) 

·         Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget 

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 Senate 

Council on Foreign Relation (CFR)

·         Bahrain's Unsettling Standoff 

Department of Defense

·         Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (SCC) Committee 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-081 Navy Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep Program Needs Defense Contract Management Agency Support, April 27, 2012 

Department of Justice

·         Confronting Discrimination in the Post-9/11 Era: Challenges and Opportunities Ten Years Later 

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on the U.S. Military Realignment in Japan 

·         The Chicago Summit and U.S. Policy 

·         Remarks at the Global Impact Economy Forum [Sec Clinton] 

East-West Center

·         Reluctant India, Rising China and Alliance Politics in the Asia-Pacific 

European Interagency Security Forum

·         Security Threats in the Sahel and Beyond: AQIM, Boko Haram and Al Shabaab 

European Policy Centre

·         Ignorance Ain't Bliss: It's Time to Recognise the Impact of the Environment and Climate on Health 

Europol

·         EMCDDA–Europol 2011 Annual Report 

·         EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report: TE-SAT 2012

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering

·         Financial Action Task Force Mandate (2012-2020) 

Foreign Affairs

·         Clunky Cyberstrategy 

·         Farewell to Fossil Fuels 

·         The First Global Man: The Americas Before and After Columbus 

·         The Money Laundry: Regulating Criminal Finance in the Global Economy 

Foreign Policy

·         The Jet That Ate the Pentagon [F-35] 

·         Think Again: Al Qaeda 

·         War Dogs of the World 

·         Why Do They Hate Us? [Women in the Middle East] 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The 2012 French Presidential Election and the Future of the Fifth Republic 

·         The 2012 Presidential Election Campaign: Toward a Defensible Defense Budget 

·         The Coup in Mali — Background and Foreground 

·         Symposium of the Future of Professional Military Education 

FRIDE

·         After the China-EU Summit: Reaffirming a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership 

·         Assad's Fall: How Likely, How Desirable? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Chinese Perspectives on International Power Shifts and Sino-EU Relations (2008–2011)

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Korean Hallyu in Trade Policy 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Agency Operations: Agencies Must Continue to Comply with Fiscal Laws Despite the Possibility of Sequestration, GAO-12-675T [testimony] 

·         Aviation Safety: FAA Is Taking Steps to Improve Data, but Challenges for Managing Safety Risks Remain, GAO-12-660T [testimony] 

·         Checked Baggage Screening: TSA Has Deployed Optimal Systems at the Majority of TSA-Regulated Airports, but Could Strengthen Cost Estimates, GAO-12-266 

·         Cybersecurity: Threats Impacting the Nation, GAO-12-666T [testimony] 

·         Defense Biometrics: Additional Training for Leaders and More Timely Transmission of Data Could Enhance the Use of Biometrics in Afghanistan, GAO-12-442 

·         Export Controls: U.S. Agencies Need to Assess Control List Reform's Impact on Compliance Activities, GAO-12-613 

·         Federal Emergency Management Agency: Workforce Planning and Training Could Be Enhanced by Incorporating Strategic Management Principles, GAO-12-487 

·         Federal Employees Workers' Compensation Act: Status of Previously Identified Management Challenges, GAO-12-508R 

·         Federal Protective Service: Better Data on Facility Jurisdictions Needed to Enhance Collaboration with State and Local Law Enforcement, GAO-12-434 

·         Missile Defense: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Acquisitions by Reducing Concurrency and Improving Parts Quality, GAO-12-600T [testimony] 

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Strategies and Challenges in Sustaining Critical Skills in Federal and Contractor Workforces, GAO-12-468 

·         Tactical Aircraft: Comparison of F-22A and Legacy Fighter Modernization Programs. GAO-12-524 

·         Urgent Warfighter Needs: Opportunities Exist to Expedite Development and Fielding of Joint Capabilities, GAO-12-385 

Heritage Foundation

·         Advancing Economic Freedom Through the World Bank: A Worthy Goal for Jim Yong Kim 

·         Chinese Economic Reform: How the U.S. Should Prepare 

·         CISPA Amendments Make the Good Even Better 

·         Fifty Terror Plots Foiled Since 9/11: The Homegrown Threat and the Long War on Terrorism 

·         Lord’s Resistance Army: A Symptom of Central Africa’s Larger Problems 

·         New Federal Budget in Pictures: Soaring Taxes, Spending and Debt Put All Americans at Risk 

·         Promoting Human Rights in Russia Through the Sergei Magnitsky Act 

·         Supreme Court Immigration Showdown: Why States Can Enforce Immigration Laws 

·         Target Cyber-Oppressors, Not U.S. Businesses 

·         The U.S. Must Move Cautiously on Taliban Reconciliation 

·         Volcker Rule May Make the Financial and Banking System Riskier 

·         Washington Should Advance U.S.–Turkey Ties Through Missile Defense 

Hudson Institute

·         Organizing for a Strategic Ideas Campaign to Counter Ideological Challenges to US National Security  

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Xinjiang Problem: The 2009 Riots and its Aftermath 

·         The Red Princelings of China 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Cross-currents in French Defense 

·         The United States, Russia, Europe, and Security: How to Address the “Unfinished Business” of the Post–Cold War Era 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Iran—Does It Or Doesn’t It Want Nuclear Weapons? 

Institute for the Study of Labor

·         Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan?  

Institute for the Study of War

·         e-Newsletter: Strategic Partnership Agreement Symbolic Of U.S. Commitment to Afghanistan 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 18, April 14, 2012-April 20, 2012 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 19, April 20, 2012-April 27, 2012 

Institute for War & Peace Reporting

·         Afghan Military to Take Over Night Raids 

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization

·         Community Cooperation in Israel-Palestine—Renewable Energy in Small West Bank Villages  

·         Role of Women in the Israeli-Palestine Peace Negotiations 

International Crisis Group

·         Lost in Transition—The World According to Egypt’s SCAF  

·         Stirring up the South China Sea 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Kuwait's Political Turmoil Threatens Progress

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Consequences of Asset Shortages in Emerging Markets 

·         Post-Laspeyres: The Case for a New Formula for Compiling Consumer Price Indexes 

·         Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia 

International Strategy and Assessment Center

·         China’s Space Plane Program  

·         Strategic Challenge in China’s New Tactical Fighter Exports   

Jamestown Institute

·         China Brief, April 27, 2012, v. 12, no. 9 

o    Hu Jintao’s Sixth Generation Protégés Play Safe to Ensure Promotion

o    Assessing the Growing PLA Air Force Foreign Relations Program

o    ASEAN and the South China Sea: Movement in Lieu of Progress

o    Sino-Philippine Tension and Trade Rising amid Scarborough Standoff

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The International Trend to Improve North Korean Human Rights and the Choice for South Korea 

MITRE

·         Efficient Covariance Encoding 

·         Leveraging Behavioral Science to Mitigate Cyber Security Risk 

National Security Archive

·         New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program 

·         Taylor Verdict Milestone for International Justice 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update April 24, 2012] 

·         Socio-Economic Reintegration and Livelihoods

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The Six Party Talks and Implications for a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Exclusion: A Hidden Driver of Pakistan’s Fragility 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: A Debate on Institutions and Processes for Decision-Making on Security Issues

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Peace & Stability Operations Journal Online, April 2012, v. 2, no. 3 

o    2012 Integration & Exercise and Peace & Stability Operations Training and Education Workshop

o    Linkages: The SOTEW Workshop Series Developing Collaborative Ways Ahead

o    Beyond Access and Influence: Accountability in Military Humanitarian Operations

o    Non-traditional PME: Using Social Entrepreneurship to Educate our Professionals

o    Observations from a Novice

o    Beyond Access and Influence: Accountability in Military Humanitarian Operations

Pew Hispanic Center

·         Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Pew Internet: Mobile 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Rising Inequality as a Root Cause of the Present Crisis 

·         Three Essays on Oil Scarcity, Global Warming and Energy Prices 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         EU and Angola: Making Up for Lost Time? 

·         IPRIS Maghreb Bulletin, Spring 2012, no. 13 

o    The EU in Libya, one year on

o    Why has the Arab Spring not 'hit' Algeria

o    Moroccan rappers and political descent in the age of the 'Arab Spring'

·         Pooling and Sharing: A Contribution to the European Integration 

·         Portugal and Mozambique: Emulating the 'Angolan Model'? 

Project on Government Oversight

·         Problems with the Littoral Combat Ship  

Rand

·         Confidentiality, Transparency, and the U.S. Civil Justice System 

·         Improving Joint Expeditionary Medical Planning Tools Based on a Patient Flow Approach 

·         The United States, Japan, and Free Trade: Moving in the Same Direction? 

Royal United Services Institute

·         Defense in an Independent Scotland  

·         Forging UK-China Consensus on a Strengthened NPT Regime  

·         Future of the UK’s Reserve Forces  

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Indonesia’s Democratic Politics and Foreign Policy-Making—A Case Study of Iranian Nuclear Issue, 2007-2008    

·         Reflection on Defence Security in East Asia 

·         Stitching Together Goods Agreements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 

Small Wars Journal

·         Changing Iran’s Cost-Benefit Analysis of Its Nuclear Program 

·         The “Dawn of Victory” Campaigns to the “Final Push”: Part Three of Three 

·         Escalating from Terrorism to Nuclear War on the Asian Subcontinent 

·         Five Questions for America to Answer about Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, and Nation Building at Home 

·         Q&A with Owen West: Advisors in Iraq 

South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

·         The Power of Oil Charting Uganda's Transition to a Petro-State 

Stimson Center

·         Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Ambassador Stephen Krasner's Orienting Principle for Foreign Policy (and Military Management)—Responsible Sovereignty 

·         Conflict Management and "Whole of Government": Useful Tools for U.S. National Security Strategy? 

·         Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability 

·         Enabling Unity of Effort in Homeland Response Operations 

·         Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO 

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)

·         Transparency in Nuclear Disarmament 

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China and the Arctic: Objectives and Obstacles 

·         China's Evolving Space Capabilities: Implications for U.S. Interests 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Paying for Afghanistan's Security Forces During Transition: Issues for Chicago and Beyond 

·         PeaceWatch, Spring 2012 

o    Strengthening Civ-Mil Cooperation for Peace Operations

o    Capacity Building with SENSE in Poland, Afghanistan and Tunisia

o    Police Initiative in Israel

o    Training to Build Peace in Darfur

o    In Afghanistan, Creating Effective Advisers for Times of Crisis

US Marine Corps (USMC)

·         US Marine Corps Science & Technology Strategic Plan 

Vision of Humanity

·         2012 United States Peace Index 

·         Related downloads 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab AKPs in the Making? 

·         Combating Transnational Organized Crime 

·         Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy toward the Evolving Situation in Syria, Part II 

·         Implications of Egypt's Gas Cut-Off with Israel 

·         Jordanian Premier's Sudden Resignation Points to New Political Strategy  

·         Libya's Elections Need More U.S. Support 

·         Meet the Islamist Political Fixer Who Could Be Egypt's Next President 

·         Russia's Position on Iran's Nuclear Program 

White House

·         Fact Sheet: A Comprehensive Strategy and New Tools to Prevent and Respond to Atrocities