Friday's Miscellany 06-01-2012

Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center

·         Air Land Sea Bulletin May 2012 

o    Air Space Control

o    Coordination Measures

o    Marine Air-Ground Task Force Battlespace

o    Close Air Support Command and Control: The ASOC Past, Present, and Future

o    Joint Air Ground Integration Cell Improves Joint Airspace Control and Joint Fires Integration

o    Airspace Transitions from JFACC to Civilian ATC Control

Air University

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2012, v. 6, no. 2 

o    Our Brick Moon

o    Chasing Its Tail: Nuclear Deterrence in the Information Age

o    Fiscal Fetters: The Economic Imperatives of National Security in a Time of Austerity

o    US Extended Deterrence: How Much Strategic Force Is Too Little?

o    The Common Sense of Small Nuclear Arsenals

o    Forging an Indian Partnership

Amnesty International

·         Annual Human Rights Report 

·         Guinea-Bissau—Concerns Following the Coup in April  

·         Saudi Arabia—Dissident Voices Stifled in the Eastern Province   

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Engaging Small and Medium Enterprises in Production Networks: Firm-level Analysis of Five ASEAN Economies 

·         Growth of Asian Pension Assets: Implications for Financial and Capital Markets    

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Modernizing LandWarNet: Empowering America's Army 

·         The Spider Webs and the Lion: How Energy and Environmental Issues Entangle China 

Atlantic Council

·         Preparing for Cyber 9/12 

·         Stuxnets are Not in the US National Interest: An Arsonist Calling for Better Fire Codes 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Final Briefing Document: Public Networks for Public Safety: A Workshop on the Present and Future of Mesh Networks 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Update on Iran’s Nuclear Program 

Brookings

·         Rethinking Durable Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Economic Agenda of the Islamist Parties 

·         IAEA Critical for Making Diplomacy with Iran Work 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         America's Path: Grand Strategy for the Next Administration

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         DOD Services Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2011  

·         Hemisphere Insider: May 29, 2012, v., no. 13 

·         PacNet #33 - The Evolving Maritime Security Environment in East Asia: Implications for the US-Japan Alliance 

Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP)

·         Modeling the Combined Terrorist-Narcotics Trafficker Threat to National Security 

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia 

·         Is the End Nigh for the Islamic Republic? 

·         Khairat al-Shater on "The Nahda Project" (Complete Translation) 

Centre for European Policy Studies

·         EU Defense Policy after Chicago—Going Smart?  

Chatham House

·         Egypt's Military Council and the Transition to Democracy   

Col. Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation

·         Embassy in the Lead: Lessons on Interagency Unity of Effort for Today’s U.S. Mission to Iraq from the 1947–1949 U.S. Mission to Greece 

·         The Genie in the Bottle: Opportunist and Antagonistic Responses to Whole of Government Approaches 

·         Rethinking the Interagency Role in Preventing Conflict in Dealing with Failing or Failed States 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         International Proposals to Regulate the Internet 

·         NRC Policy and Governance Oversight 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         TSA’s Surface Inspection Program: Strengthening Security or Squandering Scant Resources? 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Rhetoric vs. Reality, Part II: Assessing the Impact of New Federal Red Tape on Hydraulic Fracturing and American Energy Independence 

·         Rhetoric vs. Reality: Does President Obama Really Support an “All-of-the-Above” Energy Strategy? 

Congress. Senate. Joint Economic Committee

·         Combating High Unemployment Among Young Veterans   

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Assessing the Short-Term Effects on Output of Changes in Federal Fiscal Policies 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Economic Recovery in Historical Context    

·         Syria's Crisis and the Global Response 

·         Why Iran Talks Will Continue 

Department of Defense

·         Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter Speech to the American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-097 Independent Auditor's Report on the Attestation of the Existence, Completeness, and Rights of the Department of the Navy's Aircraft, May 31, 2012 

·         DODIG-2012-096 Defense Departmental Reporting System-Budgetary Was Not Effectively Implemented for the Army General Fund, May 31, 2012 

·         DODIG-2012-093 Improving Army Contract Award and Management for Small Arms Acquired Using Afghanistan Security Forces Funds, May 30, 2012 

·         DODIG-2012-094 Afghan National Police Contract Requirements Were Not Clearly Defined but Contract Administration Improved, May 30, 2012 

·         DODIG-2012-093 Improving Army Contract Award and Management for Small Arms Acquired Using Afghanistan Security Forces Funds, May 30, 2012 

·         DODIG-2012-092 Development of Individual Equipment Requirements for the Afghan National Army Needs Improvement, May 25, 2012    

·         DODIG-2012-087 Logistics Modernization Program System Procure-to-Pay Process Did Not Correct Material Weaknesses, May 29, 2012 

Department of the Navy

·         OPNAV 5585.3A - DoD Military Working Dog (MWD) Program

Department of Veterans Affairs

·         Strategies for Serving Our Women Veterans 

Enough Project

·         Challenges for U.S. Advisors in Helping to End the LRA  

Foreign Policy

·         Battleship Earth 

·         A Failure to Communicate 

·         The Ayatollah Is No Joke 

·         A Family Affair (China's Princelings) 

·         Target Iran 

·         The Undiplomat (US Ambassador to Moscow) 

FRIDE

·         Political Parties in Young Arab Democracies 

·         Taiwan in Ma’s Second Term: International Implications 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Geopolitics of Chinese Access Diplomacy

·         The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on the Partnership with Central Asia 

·         Japan’s China Policy — Engagement, but for How Long? 

·         Prospects for Establishing a U.S.-Australia-Singapore Security Arrangement: The Australian Perspective 

·         The Rise and Fall of Medvedev’s European Security Treaty 

·         A Transatlantic Perspective on the Future of Libya 

·         The U.S. Natural Gas Revolution: Will Europe Be Ready in Time? 

·         The Wider Front: The Indian Ocean and AirSea Battle 

George Mason University School of Law

·         Loving the Cyber Bomb?  The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Defense Acquisitions: Further Action Needed to Improve DOD's Insight and Management of Long-term Maintenance Contracts.  GAO-12-558 

·         DOD Business Systems Modernization: Governance Mechanisms for Implementing Management Controls Need to Be Improved.  GAO-12-685 

·         DOD Strategic Communication: Integrating Foreign Audience Perceptions into Policy Making, Plans, and Operations.  GAO-12-612R 

·         Force Structure: Army and Marine Corps Efforts to Review Nonstandard Equipment for Future Usefulness.  GAO-12-532R 

·         Highway Infrastructure: Federal-State Partnership Produces Benefits and Poses Oversight Risks. GAO-12-474 

·         Human Rights: State Department Followed an Extensive Process to Prepare Annual Country Reports.  GAO-12-561R 

·         Managing for Results: GAO's Work Related to the Interim Crosscutting Priority Goals under the GPRA Modernization Act.  GAO-12-620R 

·         Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Natural Hazard Assessments Could Be More Risk-Informed. GAO-12-465 

·         Observations on the Coast Guard's and the Department of Homeland Security's Fleet Studies.  GAO-12-751R 

·         President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Agencies Can Enhance Evaluation Quality, Planning, and Dissemination.  GAO-12-673 

·         Terrorist Watchlist: Routinely Assessing Impacts of Agency Actions since the December 25, 2009,  Attempted Attack Could Help Inform Future Efforts.  GAO-12-476   

Heritage Foundation

·         China Drowning in Money: What It Means for the U.S. 

·         The Dangerous Impact of Barring Criminal Background Checks: Congress Needs to Overrule the EEOC’s New Employment “Guidelines” 

·         Protecting the American Dream 

·         Ten Actions Congress Can Take to Lower Gas Prices 

·         To-Do List for Hillary Clinton’s Upcoming Trip to the Caucasus and Turkey 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Africa Trends, March-April 2012, v. 1, no. 2 

·         An Assessment of Manmohan Singh’s Visit to Myanmar 

·         International Order at Sea: Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian Operations 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Analysis of IAEA Report on Iran  

·         Further Activity at Suspected Parchin Explosive Testing Complex  

Institute for the Study of War

·         Equipment Of The Syrian Conflict 

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch N°106, 1 June 2012 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Sub-Saharan African Economies and its Determinants 

·         Managing Large-Scale Capital Inflows: The Case of the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania 

·         Tariff-Tax Reforms in Large Economies 

International Republican Institute (IRI)

·         IRI Tunisia Index 

·         Survey of Tunisian Public Opinion, April 1-11, 2012 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

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

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Understanding the Form, Function, and Logic of Clandestine Insurgent and Terrorist Networks: The First Step in Effective Counternetwork Operations 

Lowy Institute for International Affairs

·         Indonesia’s Rise is the Big Story We’re Missing 

Marine Corps University Press

·         The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Impact in Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans 

National Academies Press

·         Improving the Decision Making Abilities of Small Unit Leaders 

National Security Archive

·         Mighty Derringer: U.S. Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Leaves Indianapolis in "Ruins." 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update May 29, 2012] 

·         Opium Poppies & the Afghan Economy 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Achieving an International Environment to Enable a Reduced Role for Nuclear Weapons 

Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)

·         Refugees and Asylees: 2011 

·         U.S. Naturalizations: 2011 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Dollar and Its Discontents 

·         The Microeconomics of North–South Korean Cross-Border Integration 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         European Unity on the Rocks: Greeks and Germans at Polar Opposites 

Pew Hispanic Center

·         When Labels Don't Fit: Hispanics and their Views of Identity 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Twitter Use 2012 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Full Speed Ahead? Poland in Baltic Sea Region Cooperation 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Global Governance of Capital Flows: New Opportunities, Enduring Challenges 

Rand

·         Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm 

·         Focus on Community Resilience 

·         Implementation of School-Based Management in Indonesia 

·         Is Inclusionary Zoning Inclusionary? A Guide for Practitioners 

·         Methodologies for Analyzing Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Future Roles and Missions 

·         Which Path Leads to Cost Containment: Selection or Reputation? 

Refugees International

·         South Sudan Nationality—Commitment Now Avoids Conflict Later 

Royal United Services Institute

·         Rethinking Europe—The Federalist Choice for a Continent in Crisis  

Security Council Report

·         Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 

Small Wars Journal

·         Holding Lebanon Together: The Lebanese Armed Forces 

·         Iran's Expanding Footprint in Latin America 

·         The Simple Truth? Securing the Population as a Recent Invention 

·         The Taking of La Fiere Bridge 

·         Tito’s “Birthday” Surprise: Operation Rösselsprung - Early Problems and Lessons of Direct Action Operations 

Transatlantic Academy

·         The U.S. Natural Gas Revolution: Will Europe Be Ready in Time? 

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         UNAMA Calls on the Parties to Prioritize Protection of Civilians and Accountability of Security Forces in Transition Period  

United Nations Country Team in Nepal

·         Nepal 2011: A Country Analysis with a Human Face 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         What Is Boko Haram? 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assad's Response to the Annan Plan: Violence as Usual 

·         Cut Off Assad's Lifelines 

·         Finding a Balance: U.S. Security Interests and the Arab Awakening 

·         Fixing UNRWA: Repairing the UN's Troubled System of Aid to Palestinian Refugees  

·         How Tehran Is Outflanking Washington 

·         Reports of the Muslim Brotherhood's Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated 

·         U.S. Policy and Egypt's Presidential Runoff: Projecting Clarity, Not Disinterest 

·         What Drives Turkey's New Syria Stance? A Fear of Two Kurdistans 

White House

·         The 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War 

·         Remarks by the President at the Air Force Academy Commencement 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

·         Advancing Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in the U.S. and Mexico to Combat Transnational Organized Crime