Friday's Miscellany 05-11-2012

38 North

·         North Korea’s Ideology after April 2012: Continuity or Disruption? 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2012
   

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Al-Qaeda and its allies in the Sahel and the Sahara 

·         The Muslim Brotherhood and SCAF: Deals and Clashes 

·         Oil burns both Sudanese States 

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [updated May 9, 2012] 

American Peace Society

·         World Affairs Journal, May-June 2012 

o    Defying a Dictator: Meet the Free Syrian Army

o    Israel and Iran: An Attack Might Be Necessary, but Not Yet

o    Israel and Iran: The Grounds for an Israeli Attack

o    Read Me If You Can: Censorship Today

o    A Tale of Two Trials: Soviet Propaganda at Home and Abroad

o    US-Pakistan Relations: Common and Clashing Interests

o    The New Communism: Resurrecting the Utopian Delusion

o    Germany and the Euro Crisis: Is the Powerhouse Really So Pure?

o    The Next Greece? A Sketch of Spain

o    Tehran Politics: Are the Mullahs Losing Their Grip?

o    Lines in the Sand: Assad Plays the Sectarian Card

Amnesty International

·         Restrictions on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Persist in Sudan  

·         Secure the Right to Housing in Romania  

·         Wrong Court, Wrong Place, Wrong Punishment—Five Alleged 9/11 Conspirators to be Arraigned for Capital Trial by Military Commission at Guantanamo  

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Narrowing the Gaps through Regional Cooperation Institutions and Governance Systems 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         U.S. Army Space Capabilities: Enabling the Force of Decisive Action 

Atlantic Council

·         Task Ahead—Memos for the Winner of the 2012 Presidential Election  

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

·         India’s Rise as an Asia-Pacific Power—Rhetoric and Reality  

Blue Star Families

·         2012 Military Families Lifestyle Survey—Comprehensive Report  

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         NATO’s Deterrence and Defense Posture Review and the Future of Nuclear Weapons  

Brookings Institute

·         Curing Health Care—The Next President Should Complete, Not Abandon, Obama’s Reform 

·         Locating American Manufacturing—Trends in the Geography of Production 

·         Missile Defense in Europe—Cooperation or Contention?   

·         North Korea 2012, Grandson Greets Grandfather: Celebration by Satellite Salute 

·         Taiwan’s Public Diplomacy at a Time of Institutional Change 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab Spring 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Understanding Unconventional Oil 

·         War in the Sudan 

Center for American Progress

·         Engagement Amid Austerity: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget 

·         Reforming Military Compensation: Addressing Runaway Personnel Costs Is a National Imperative 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Implications of the Debt Crisis for Swiss Foreign and Security Policy 

·         Iraq after the US Withdrawal: Staring into the Abyss 

·         PPPs in Security Policy: Opportunities and Limitations 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Hemisphere Insider, May 7, 2012, v.2, no. 10 

·         Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER), No. 56, 7 May 2012 

·         Issues & Insights, v. 12, no. 3 

·         Measures of "Progress" in Afghanistan in the Spring of 2012 

·         Rethinking Our Approach to Iran's Search for the Bomb 

Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)

·         Can NATO Rethink its Exit Strategy from Afghanistan? 

·         Electronic Communications Interception and Privacy: Can the Imperatives of Privacy and National Security Be Reconciled? 

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

·         Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Fall 2012, v. 14, no. 1 

o    Seventy Years On: New Perspectives on the Second World War

o    The War Hitler Won: The Battle for Europe, 1939-1941 

o    German Counterinsurgency Revisited 

o    Occupation Duty In The Dysfunctional Coalition:The Italian Second Army And Its Allies In The Balkans,1941–43 

o    Something is wrong with our army…’ Command, Leadership & Italian Military Failure in the First Libyan Campaign, 1940-41

o    A Stepping Stone to Success: Operation Battleaxe (June 1941) and the Development of the British Tactical Air Doctrine

o    Bomber Harris and Precision Bombing – No Oxymoron Here

o    ‘Steel my soldiers’ hearts’: El Alamein Reappraised

o    Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: A Case for Effects-Based Operations?

o    A neglected story: German prisoners of war in Italy (1945-1947)

o    The Second War in Every Respect: Australian memory and the Second World War

CNA

·         North Africa and the Sahel: Implications of the Arab Awakening 

Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

·         Hidden Gulag 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Airport Insecurity:  TSA's Failure to Cost-Effectively Procure, Deploy and Warehouse its Screening Technologies 

·         TSA Oversight Part IV: Is TSA Effectively Procuring, Deploying, and Storing Aviation Security Equipment and Technology? 

·         Where Are All the Watchdogs? Addressing Inspector General Vacancies 

Congress. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in the Middle East [May 9, 2012]

Congress. Homeland Security Committee

·         Building Secure Partnerships in Travel, Commerce, and Trade with the Asia-Pacific Region 

·         First Responder Technologies: Ensuring a Prioritized Approach for Homeland Security Research and Development 

·         First Responder Technologies: Ensuring a Prioritized Approach for Homeland Security Research and Development 

·         Measuring Border Security: U.S. Border Patrol’s New Strategic Plan and the Path Forward 

·         Using Technology to Facilitate Trade and Enhance Security at Our Ports of Entry 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight Hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Challenges and Opportunities of Unconventional Resources Technology 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         TSA Oversight Part IV: Is TSA Effectively Procuring, Deploying, and Storing Aviation Security Equipment and Technology? 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Current Readiness of U.S. forces in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         Defense Clandestine Service in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

·         Tactical Aircraft Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         NATO: Chicago and Beyond 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Building and Maintaining an Effective Human Resource Workforce in the Federal Government 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Energy Security in the United States 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         U.S.-Turkey Relations: A New Partnership 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Money and Power: EU Budget Negotiations in a Time of Austerity 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         CJCS at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Speech By Gen. Martin E. Dempsey at Washington, D.C. 

·         Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Washington, D.C. Thursday, May 10, 2012 

·         Forum on the Law of the Sea Convention 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-083 Additional Guidance and Training Needed to Improve Afghan National Army Pharmaceutical Distribution, May 7, 2012 

Department of State

·         Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in the Middle East 

·         Global Water Security: The Intelligence Community Assessment 

·         Middle East Issues 

·         Reinforcing Stability through Missile Defense 

East Asia Institute

·         Decision Making During Crises: Prospect Theory and China’s Foreign Policy Crisis Behavior after the Cold War 

East-West Center

·         Breaking With the Past? Civil-Military Relations in the Emerging Democracies of East Asia 

·         UK-Japan Defense Cooperation: Britain Pivots and Japan Branches Out 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         OPEC Oil Export Revenues 

·         Vietnam Country Analysis Brief  

Energy Security Leadership Council

·         The New American Oil Boom: Implications for Energy Security 

Enough Project

·         Bosco’s Rebellion and the Battle for Justice in Eastern Congo  

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Netanyahu's Big Fat Israeli Coalition 

Foreign Policy

·         Countries That Love Their Moms More Than America Does 

·         Dictators With Mommy Issues 

·         Israel's Spy Revolt 

·         A Nation of Spies and Snitches 

·         Shanghaied [China] 

·         Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen [drones] 

Foundation for the Defense Democracy

·         Facebook Fatwa; Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media 

FRIDE

·         Security and development in Central Asia: EU, Russian and Chinese policies Compared 

George C. Marshall Institute

·         The Paradox of Cyber Protest 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         When Voicelessness Meets Speechlessness – Struggling for Equity in Chinese-Ghanaian Employment Relations 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Capitalizing on De-Industrialization to Sustainably Address the Demands of Growth and Modernization 

·         Eurasia’s Hinge: It’s More Than Just Energy 

·         The Path Toward a Two-Speed Europe 

·         Providing Traveler Information Services: What is the Appropriate Public Sector Role? 

·         Reversing the Vicious Circle in North Africa’s Political Economy: Confronting Rural, Urban, and Youth-Related Challenges 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Patrol Security: Progress and Challenges in Implementation and Assessment Efforts.  GAO-12-688T [testimony] 

·         Defense Management: Actions Needed to Evaluate the Impact of Efforts to Estimate Costs of Reports and Studies.  GAO-12-480R 

·         Department Of Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Improve Management of Special Acquisition Authority.  GAO-12-557 

·         Homeland Security: DHS and TSA Face Challenges Overseeing Acquisition of Screening Technologies. GAO-12-644T [testimony]

·         Nuclear Regulation: NRC's Oversight of Nuclear Power Reactors' Decommissioning Funds Could Be Further Strengthened. GAO-12-258 

·         Security Force Assistance: Additional Actions Needed to Guide Geographic Combatant Command and Service Efforts.  GAO-12-556 

·         Unconventional Oil and Gas Production: Opportunities and Challenges of Oil Shale Development.  GAO-12-740T [testimony] 

Government of Australia

·         Australian Defense Force Posture Review  

Harvard National Security Journal

·         History, Hamdan, and Happenstance: “Conspiracy by Two or More To Violate the Laws of War by Destroying Life or Property in Aid of the Enemy” 

Heritage Foundation

·         51st Terrorist Plot Against the United States: Continued Threat of al-Qaeda and Affiliates 

·         Bo Xilai’s Fall Is Not Going to Lead to Reform in China 

·         CISPA Disappoints in the End 

·         The FOCUS Act and Federal Law Enforcement 

·         Germany’s Economy Is Badly Exposed 

·         JOLT Act: Congress Moving in the Right Direction on Visa Reform 

·         A New Decade of National Security: How Ready Is America? 

·         Protect America from What? 

·         Why Budget “Reconciliation” Matters 

Human Rights Watch

·         Criminal Reprisals: Kenyan Police and Military Abuses against Ethnic Somalis 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Applying Failure Mode, Effects And Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Ensuring Mission Reliability of Equipment 

·         Precision Weapons in Aerial Warfare 

Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA)

·         Research Notes, Summer 2011 

o    Challenges in Cyperspace

o    Cyperspace - The Fifth and Dominant Operational Domain

o    Transiting to Secure Web-Based Standards and Protocols

o    Information Assurance Assessments for Fielded Systems During Combatant Command Exercises

o    Supplier-Supply Chain Risk Management

o    Internet-Derived Targeting: Trends and Technology Forecasting

o    Training and Educating the DoD Cybersecurity Workforce

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran 

·         Opening the Door to a Solution with Iran 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         United States-Pakistan Relations: Facing a Critical Juncture 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 20 April 27, 2012-May 4, 2012 

Inter-American Dialogue

·         Future Trends in Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean  

International Assessment and Strategy Center

·         Fixers, Super Fixers and Shadow Facilitators: How Networks Connect 

International Crisis Group

·         The Emperor Has No Clothes: Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process 

·         Tunisia: Combatting Impunity, Restoring Security [full report is in French]  

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Alternative Monetary Policy Rules for India 

·         Bank Capitalization as a Signal 

·         China's Impact on World Commodity Markets 

·         Country Stress Events: Does Governance Matter? 

·         Foreign Banks and the Vienna Initiative: Turning Sinners into Saints? 

·         The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology 

·         Interest Rate Rules, Endogenous Cycles, and Chaotic Dynamics in Open Economies 

·         Natural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa 

·         Tracking Short-Term Dynamics of Economic Activity in Low-Income Countries in the Absence of High-Frequency GDP Data 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Europe's Chequered Security Integration 

·         Europe's Security Flashpoints 

Internet World Stats

·         Top 50 Countries with the highest Internet Penetrations Rate 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, May 11, 2012, v. 12, no. 10 

o    Chen Guangcheng Fiasco Shows Dim Prospects for Political-Legal Reform

o    Exploring Constitutional Reform in the Wake of the Bo Xilai Affair

o    Local Government Financing Growing Increasingly Precarious

o    Assessing China’s Response Options to Kidnappings Abroad

Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Studies

·         9.11 Ten Years Later: Insights on al-Qaeda's Past & Future Through Captured Records (conference proceedings)    

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         North Korea’s “Nuke-and-Missile Politics” Heading for Collapse, or a Transition Opportunity? 

·         Outline of the Kim Jong Un’s Ruling Coalition advanced in this April 

London School of Economics

·         When Passion Dries Out, Reason Takes Control—A Temporal Study of Rebels’ Motivation in Fighting Civil Wars  

Migration Policy Institute

·         Relationship Between Immigration and Nativism in Europe and North America 

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

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

National Strategy Forum

·         National Strategy Forum Review, Winter-Spring 2012 

o    Chicago's Security Strategy: Safeguarding the Future of a Global City

o    The 2012 NATO Summit: Chicago's Historic Opportunity

o    Community Colleges: Educating Our Way to a Stronger Economy

o    Chicago Infrastructure Project

o    The War on Chicago's Streets

o    Warnings of a Parting Friend: Today's Fiscal Crisis and U.S. National Security

o    Background Briefing: The G8 and NATO Histories and Missions

o    The Transatlantic Bargain and NATO: Defining the Mission for the Next Decade

o    Why We Oppose NATO

o    Social Responsibility, NATO, the Transatlantic Alliance, and National Security

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update May 8, 2012] 

Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Analysis Dept

·         Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX), 2012,, v. 2, no. 2  

o    Learning from Our Enemies: Sri Lankan Naval Special Warfare against the Sea Tigers

o    Airpower in Irregular Warfare: The Sri Lankan Experience

o    Operation Jatagani: Working to Win the Hearts and Minds of the Afghan People

o    The Killing Technology Next Door: Can South Sudan Learn from the Assassination of

o    Darfur’s JEM Leader?

o    Exploitable Vulnerabilities of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

o    State of the Arts: From yBa to Al Qaeda: A Spectrum of Postmodern Spectacular

o    The Moving Image: Before Iraq and Afghanistan, There Was Ireland

o    Ethics and Insights - Moral Courage: Take Two

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Demographic Challenges and Opportunities Ahead in Middle East and North Africa: “Arab Spring” or “Islamic Winter”? 

·         Economies of Violence and Peacebuilding: Towards Policy Coherence 

·         How the West Can Get on the Right Side of History in the Re-awakening Arab World    

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         Local Institutions, Livelihoods and Vulnerability: Lessons from Afghanistan 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

·         Background Briefing on the State of Al-Qaida 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Security Sector Reform in Timor-Leste Missed Opportunities and Hard Lessons in Empowering the Host-Nation 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Does Monetary Cooperation or Confrontation Lead to Successful Fiscal Consolidation? 

·         Will the World Trade Organization Enjoy a Bright Future? 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         One Year Later, Egyptians Embrace Democracy, Islam in Political Life 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Just-in-time Information through Mobile Connections 

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

·         Public Attention Focused on U.S. Economy 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Don't Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon's Budget Could Boost the Economy 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Brazil and Mexico: Latin America In-between 

Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

·         Letter to Congress on Problems with the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship 

·         Spending Even Less, Spending Even Smarter - Recommendations on National Security Savings, FY2012 to FY 2022  

Rand

·         Funding Ammunition Ports 

·         Resolving Kirkuk: Lessons Learned from Settlements of Earlier Ethno-Territorial Conflicts 

·         Toward Affordable Systems III: Portfolio Management for Army Engineering and Manufacturing Development Programs 

·         Selected International Best Practices in Police Performance Measurement 

·         Workforce Development for Big-City Law Enforcement Agencies 

Save the Children

·         State of the World's Mothers 2012  

Small Wars Journal

·         Disruptive Thinkers: Intrapreneurship vice Entrepreneurship – Why this Distinction Matters 

·         Reflections from the Valley’s Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban 

·         Thoughts from Khobar: Where Do We Go from Here? 

·         Violence and Videos in Kazakhstan: The Information Struggle over Zhanaozen 

·         War and Words: The Menace of Meaning 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation 

·         Lessons of the Iraqi De-Ba'athification Program for Iraq's Future and the Arab Revolutions 

Transnational Institute

·         Assessing Burma/Myanmar’s New Government—Challenges and Opportunities for European Policy Responses  

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Terrorism-Domestic Prosecutions for February 2012 

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Opiate Flows Through Northern Afghanistan and Central Asia: A Threat Assessment 

US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)

·         2012-2016 Border Patrol Strategic Plan 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Maritime Security Sector Reform 

·         Monitoring Mining in Afghanistan and Getting it Right the First Time 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise 

·         Changes in Israeli Policy after the Netanyahu-Mofaz Deal 

·         Combating Transnational Organized Crime 

·         Egypt in Transition: What Happened to the Liberal Youths of Tahrir Square? 

·         Gulf Arab Leaders Meet to Discuss Syria and Iran 

·         The Iranian Security Threat in the Western Hemisphere: Learning from Past Experience 

·         Kemalism Is Dead, but Not Ataturk 

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

·         Russian Foreign Policy after Putin's Return 

·         Sanctions Are Only a Stop-Gap 

World Public Opinion.org

·         Consulting the American People on National Defense Spending 

·         Defense Cuts - Questionnaire 

·         Views of Europe Slide Sharply in Global Poll, While Views of China Improve