Friday's Miscellany 06-29-2012

ABT Associates

·         A National Overview of Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Efforts: Final Report

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Death of an Uruzgan Journalist—Command Errors and “Collateral Damage” 

·         The IEC Proposal to Move to a Mixed Electoral System

American Enterprise Institute

·         European Views on EU-Taiwan Relations and Taiwan's Economic and Geostrategic Importance

American Security Project

·         U.S. Missile Defense and European Security

Amnesty International

·         Cambodia—Imprisoned For Speaking Out:  Update 

·         Security Operations and Human Rights Violations in Ingushetia

Armed Forces Journal

·         AFJ, June 2012

o    Air-Sea Battle: Clearing the Fog

o    The Alternative to Long War

o    More on Truth, Lies and Duty

o    The Militarization of the Presidency

o    PowerPoint: You’re Doing It Wrong

o    Secret Weapons & Cyberwar

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         International Monetary Reform: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposals

·         Prevention and Resolution of Foreign Exchange Crises in East Asia

Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS)

·         Syria Conflict

Atlantic Council

·         Arab Awakening: Are the US and EU Missing the Challenge?

·         Fueling America and the Energy Water Nexus 

·         Global Industrial Base for 21st Century Security Needs 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Vietnam’s Strategic Trajectory: From Internal Development to External Engagement

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         The International Economic Crisis: The End/Last of Political Autonomy in Europe?

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Global Oil Production is Surging: Implications for Prices, Geopolitics, and the Environment

·         Oil: The Next Revolution

British American Security Information Council

·         Backgrounder on the P5 Conferences 

Brookings Institute

·         2012 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

·         A Discussion with Israeli President Shimon Peres and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

·         Echoes of Empire—Turkey's Crisis of Kemalism and the Search for an Alternative Foreign Policy 

·         Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 

·         Security in the Persian Gulf: New Frameworks for the Twenty-first Century 

Center for European Policy Studies

·         Germany as Viewed by Other EU Member States 

·         Russian Foreign Policy—What is Not Seen From the Kremlin  

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

·         CIP Report June 2012 - CIP/HS Update

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Strategy in Austerity 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan—The Failing Economics of Transition 

·         Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development—A Western View 

·        Ending the Threat of Sequestration and the National Game of "Chicken"

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 17 - June 25, 2012

·         Iran and the Gulf Military Balance—Conventional and Asymmetric Dimensions 

·         PacNet #40 - Explaining "Competing" Visions: ASEAN-RCEP, TPP, FTAAP

·         Religion and Militancy in Pakistan and Afghanistan

·         Strategic Foreign Assistance Transitions

Chatham House

·         Islamism and Politics in Somalia

·         Saving the Eurozone—Is a “Real” Marshall Plan the Answer?  

College of Europe

·         The European Union’s Promotion of Regional Economic Integration in Southeast Asia: Norms, Markets or Both?

·         Participatory Approaches in the Management of Natura 2000:  When EU Biodiversity Policy gets Closer to its Citizens

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Creation and Implementation of the National Nuclear Security Administration

·         Expert Assessments on the Afghan National Security Forces: Resources, Strategy, and Timetable for Security Lead Transition

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on the New Proposal to Tighten National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter

·         The Future of Video

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Tuareg Revolt and the Mali Coup

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Economic Espionage: A Foreign Intelligence Threat to American Jobs and Homeland Security

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Identity Theft and Income Tax Preparation Fraud

·         International IP Enforcement: Protecting Patents, Trade Secrets and Market Access

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Assessment of the Transition from a Military to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq

·         The JOBS Act in Action: Overseeing Effective Implementation That Can Grow Jobs

·         The JOBS Act in Action Part II: Overseeing Effective Implementation of the JOBS Act at the SEC

·         Mandate Madness: When Sue and Settle Just Isn’t Enough

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Continuing Oversight of the Nation’s Weather Satellite Programs: An Update on JPSS and GOES-R

·         The Role of Research Universities in Securing America’s Future Prosperity: Challenges and Expectations

Congress. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         A Review of the Delays and Problems Associated with TSA's Transportation Worker Identification Credential

·         A Review of Vessels Used to Carry Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdowns

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Economic Statecraft: Embracing Africa's Market Potential

·         The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): Perspectives from Business and Industry

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Prohibiting the Use of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Tactics in Federal Elections: S.1994

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Fair-Value Estimates of the Cost of Federal Credit Programs in 2013

·         Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

·         Road to Nowhere: Federal Transportation Infrastructure Policy

·         Weighing an EU Banking Union

·         U.S. Education Reform and National Security

·         What It Will Take to Secure Afghanistan

·         What to Expect From Mexico's Election

Council on the European Union

·         EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy

Defense Technology Initiative

·         New England Defense Industry—Current Profile and Economic Significance  

Department of Defense

·         DoD Directive 5205.02E, DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program, June 20, 2012

·         Special Report: U.S. Southern Command

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-106 DoD Needs to Improve the Billing System for Health Care Provided to Contractors at Medical Treatment Facilities in Southwest Asia, June 17, 2012

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-12-88 DHS Needs To Address Portable Device Security Risks

·         OIG-12-89 FEMA’s Progress in Implementing Employee Credentials

Department of State

·         Trans-Atlantic Dialogue on Combating Crime-Terror Pipelines

Department of the Navy

·         Bold Alligator Final Report

·         Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Campaign Plan 2012

Director of National Intelligence

·         Director Clapper interviews on intelligence leaks

o    Part 1

o    Part 2

East-West Center

·         Accepting Immigrants: Japan’s Last  Opportunity for Economic Revival

·         Future Challenges in the US-Philippines Alliance

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Introducing More Equity in the CAP: A Difficult Challenge?

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Colombia Country Analysis Brief

·         Libya Country Analysis Brief

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Assessing the EU’s New Human Rights Strategy

·         After Merkozy—How Germany and France Can Make Europe Work  

·         China Analysis: Control at the Grassroots

·         Dangers of Distraction—EU Crisis Management Beyond the Euro 

European Parliament

·         CIA's Program of Extraordinary Rendition and Secret Prisons in European State

European Policy Centre

·         Between the Past and the Future: Unfinished Business in the EU and the Balkans

·         Developing Support for Wavering Asylum Systems: Convincing Mechanisms?

·         It's Now or Never for European Growth

Foreign Policy

·         EuroFail

·         Lost Highways [Mexico]

·         Prescription for Decline

·         The Prince vs. the 'Paupers' [Liechtenstein]

·         Waiting for Gbagbo [Ivory Coast]

FRIDE

·         Spanish Foreign Policy Monitor: April-June 2012

·         Ten Tasks for the New EU Special Representative to Central Asia

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         International Intervention and the Use of Force: Military and Police Roles

·         Public Trust in the Police: Identifying Factors that Shape trust in the Ghanaian Police

German Institute of Global and Area Studies

·         Origins and Outcomes of Electoral Institutions in African Hybrid Regimes: A Comparative Perspective

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Ideational and Material Power in the Mediterranean: The Role of Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council

·         The Impact of the “Sarrazin Debate” on the German Public’s Views on Immigration

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Could Better Manage Security Surveys and Vulnerability Assessments. GAO-12-378

·         Defense Management: Steps Taken to Better Manage Fuel Demand but Additional Information Sharing Mechanisms Are Needed. GAO-12-619

·         DOD Financial Management: Improvements Needed in Prompt Payment Monitoring and Reporting.  GAO-12-662R

·         Environmental Satellites: Focused Attention Needed to Mitigate Program Risks. GAO-12-841T [testimony]

·         Freedom of Information Act: Key Website Is Generally Reliable, but Action Is Needed to Ensure Completeness of Its Reports. GAO-12-754

·         Geostationary Weather Satellites: Design Progress Made, but Schedule Uncertainty Needs to be Addressed. GAO-12-576

·         Information Security: Cyber Threats Facilitate Ability to Commit Economic Espionage. GAO-12-876T [testimony]

·         Military Base Realignments and Closures: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Technology Center Construction Project. GAO-12-770R

·         Military Base Realignments and Closures: Updated Costs and Savings Estimates from BRAC 2005. GAO-12-709R

·         Mission Iraq: State and DOD Face Challenges in Finalizing Support and Security Capabilities. GAO-12-856T [testimony]

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Observations on the Organization and Management of the National Nuclear Security Administration. GAO-12-867T [testimony]

·         Navy Training: Observations on the Navy's Use of Live and Simulated Training. GAO-12-725R 5R

·         Oil Dispersants: Additional Research Needed, Particularly on Subsurface and Arctic Applications. GAO-12-585

·         Partnership and Collaboration: Meeting the Challenges Across All Levels of Government. GAO-12-882CG

·         Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Changing Requirements, Technical Issues, and Looming Data Gaps Require Focused Attention. GAO-12-604

·         VA/DOD Federal Health Care Center: Costly Information Technology Delays Continue and Evaluation Plan Lacking.  GAO-12-669

·         Veteran Homelessness: VA and HUD Are Working to Improve Data on Supportive Housing Program.  GAO-12-726

Heritage Foundation

·         Arizona v. United States: What the States Can Do to Enforce Immigration Laws

·         Appropriations Tracker: FY 2013

·         Childish Reaction to Supreme Court Immigration Ruling: Obama Administration Ends a Key Joint Program with Arizona

·         Federal Budget: Congress Should Uphold House Appropriations Spending Limits

·         Getting Cyber Serious: Mastering the Challenges of Federal Cloud Computing

·         How More Economic Freedom Will Attract Investment to Kazakhstan and Central Asia

·         President’s 2013 Budget—More Troubling Tax Increases in the Fine Print

·         Responding to China’s Manned Space Challenge

·         Transportation Conference Bill: Some Good Reforms, but Too Much Spending

·         U.S. Should Respect Paraguay’s Decision to Remove President Lugo

Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI)

·         Counterterrorism Intelligence: Fusion Center Perspectives

·         Public Health and Emergency Management: Challenges and Opportunities

o    Event report

o    Event webcast

Human Rights Watch

·         In the Name of Security: Counterterrorism Laws Worldwide since September 11

·         Isolated in Yunnan—Kachin Refugees from Burma in China’s Yunnan Province 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         India Struggling to Cope with Sanctions on Iran

·         Tibet and India's Security: Himalayan Region, Refugees and Sino-Indian Relations

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         A More Perfect Alliance" Video Series for NATO Summit Chicago, 2012

·         Offshore Control: A Proposed Strategy for an Unlikely Conflict

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Africa's International Borders as Potential Sources of Conflict and Future Threats to Peace and Security

·         Failing to Prosecute? Assessing the State of the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa

·         Implications of the AU Decision to Give the African Court Jurisdiction Over International Crimes

·         The State of Human Security in Africa

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 26 - June 9, 2012-June 15, 2012

International Crisis Group

·         Aid and Conflict in Pakistan

·         Armenia: An Opportunity for Statesmanship

·         CrisisWatch, N°107, 1 July 2012 

·         Dangerous Uncertainty Ahead of Venezuela Elections

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Evolution of Debt Sustainability Analysis in Low-Income Countries: Some Aggregate Evidence 

·         Peru: Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies, 1930 - 1980

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Cuban Public Opinion Survey 

·         Innovations in the Rule of Law

·         Meeting the Challenge: A Guide to United Nations Counterterrorism Activities

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

·         Broadening the Horizon of Pakistan-Malaysia Relations

·         India’s Covert and Terror War against Pakistan

Jamestown Institute

·         Terrorism Monitor, June 29, 2012, v. 10, no. 13

o    The PKK Strategy to Disrupt Political Negotiations on the Kurdish Issue

o    Are Yemen's Anar al-Shari'a and AQAP One and the Same?

o    Intervening in Mali: West

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Israeli Settlements, American Pressure, and Peace

·         The Role of Iranian Security Forces in the Syrian Bloodshed

·         Where is The Muslim Brotherhood Headed?

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         An Assessment of the Persistence of the Kim Jong-un Regime: With an Emphasis on a Comparison to the Kim Jong-il Regime

·         Is the Kim Jong-un Regime Ready for Reforms?

Michigan State University

·         Understanding the Intelligence Practices of State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

·         Data on Post-9/11 Terrorism in the United States [Updated: June 2012]

National Academies Press

·         Building a Resilient Workforce: Opportunities for the Department of Homeland Security: Workshop Summary

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

·         Parity for Patriots: The Mental Health Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans and Their Families

National Association of Manufacturers

·         Defense Spending Cuts—Impact on Economy Activity and Jobs

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update June 26, 2012]

NATO Defense College

·         How to Get Out of Afghanistan: NATO's Withdrawal Through Central Asia

NATO/ISAF

·         ISAF Monthly Data Trends Through May 2012

Nautilus Institute for Security and Security

·         Roadblock Removed—The Issue of North Korean Debt to Russia Settled

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Concept of “Rising Powers”

·         The Syrian Crisis: Victory, Survival or Compromise?

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Morsi’s Election Highlights Egyptian Views of Islam’s Role in New Democracy

·         Pakistani Public Opinion Ever More Critical of U.S. [74% Call America an Enemy]

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Cell Internet Use 2012

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The Implications of Hungary’s National Policy for Relations with Neighbouring States

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Istvan Tarrosy, "Two Giants on the Same Soil: A Closer Look at Afro-Asian Relations via Comparing Chinese and Japanese Involvement in Tanzania" (Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, No. 6, Spring/Summer 2012): 52-63.

Rand

·         Analysis of Financial Support to the Surviving Spouses and Children of Casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

·         Compensating Wounded Warriors: An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

·         Healthcare Coverage and Disability Evaluation for Reserve Component Personnel: Research for the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation

·         Negotiation Strategies for Antiretroviral Drug Purchasers in the United States

·         Reserve Participation and Cost Under a New Approach to Reserve Compensation

Refugees International

·         Malian Refugees—Underfunded Response Adds Stress to Sahel Food Crisis 

Resolve

·         Moment of Truth: The Potential and Limits of the US Military's Counter-LRA Deployment 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Forum Betawi Rempug of Jakarta—An Ethnic-Cultural Solidarity Movement in a Globalizing Indonesia 

·         Influence of Domestic Politics on Philippine Foreign Policy—The Case of Philippines-China Relations Since 2004 

SIPRI

·         Natural Resources and Conflict—A New Security Challenge for the European Union

Small Wars Journal

·         The District Delivery Program in Afghanistan: A Case Study in Organizational Challenges

·         Foucault and Fourth Generation Warfare: Towards a Genealogy of War and Conflict

·         Iraq in the Middle, Part III: F. Stephen Larrabee on Iraq’s Relations with Turkey

·         The Russian COIN Campaign in North Caucasus

·         A Hot Summer in Syria

United Kingdom Parliament

·         Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2—Accommodation

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         World Drug Report 2012

Urban Institute

·         Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Annan's Syria Action Group a Hopeful Sign

·         Iran Confident As Sanctions Tighten

·         Morsi's Victory in Egypt: Early Implications for America and the Broader Middle East 

·         The Muslim Brotherhood Won an Election, But Is It Really Democratic?

·         Not by Sanctions Alone in Iran

·         Putin's Trip to Israel Could Challenge Washington

·         The Revolution in Egypt: Turning Point? 

·         Syria Shoots Down Turkish Jet: Washington's Dilemma

·         Syria's Kurds in Play as Turkey Ponders Options

·         The Unexpected Vitality of Turkish-Israeli Trade 

White House

·         2012 Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff

·         Joint Statement by the United States and the United Arab Emirates

·         Letter--Russian Highly Enriched Uranium

Wilson Center

·         Mexico’s 2012 Elections: Key Issues and Critical Questions Now and Beyond

·         Syrian Refugees: Lessons from Other Conflicts and Possible Policies