Friday's Miscellany 07-06-2012

Afghanistan Analysts Network

·         Snapshots of an Intervention. The Unlearned Lessons of Afghanistan’s Decade of Assistance (2001–11) 

Air University

·         Air and Space Power Journal, July-August 2012, v. 26, no. 4 

o    From the Air: Rediscovering Our Raison D’être

o    KWar: Cyber and Epistemological Warfare—Winning the Knowledge War by Rethinking Command and Control

o    Toward a Superior Promotion System

o    The Importance of Airpower in Supporting Irregular Warfare in Afghanistan

o    Exchanging Business Cards: The Impact of the National Defense Authorization

o    Act of 2012 on Domestic Disaster Response

o    Wither the Leading Expeditionary Western Air Powers in the Twenty-First Century?

o    Embracing the Moon in the Sky or Fishing the Moon in the Water? Some Thoughts on Military Deterrence: Its Effectiveness and Limitations

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Prospects for National and Transatlantic Security under Austere Defense Spending 

Amnesty International

·         Libya: Rule of Law or Rule of Militia 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030 

·         ASEAN Integration in 2030: United States Perspectives 

·         Do Exporting Firms in the People's Republic of China Innovate? 

·         Revisiting the Internationalization of the Yuan 

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

·         UAV Code of Conduct 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         ALGERIA 1962-2012: More Questions than Answers 

·         The Conceptual Architecture of Turkish Foreign Policy: An Update in Light of Regional Turbulence 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         "Iron Dome" vs. Grad Rockets: A Dress Rehearsal for an All-Out War? 

Berghof Foundation

·         Giving Peace an Address? Reflections on the Potential and Challenges of Creating Peace Infrastructures 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Municipal Government ICT in 3.11 Crisis: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Crisis 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Dissecting the Deterrence and Defence Posture Review 

Brookings Institute

·         CENTCOM’s China Challenge: Anti-Access and Area Denial in the Middle East 

Care International

·         Women and Transition in Afghanistan 

Center for Global Development

·         Global Government, Mixed Coalitions, and the Future of International Cooperation 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Iraq After US Withdrawal 

·         The Last Domino to Fall: Australia, Uranium, and the India Deal 

·         PacNet #42 - Tough Challenges, Hard Choices: Dealing with North Korea after the Collapse of the Leap Day Agreement 

·         Reinvigorating the U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty Program 

·         Time to End Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea 

·         U.S.-Albania Forum: Policy Brief Nr.1 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Creation of the Intelligence Community: Founding Documents 

·         Getting to Know the President: Intelligence Briefings of Presidential Candidates, 1952-2004 

Chatham House

·         Delivering Security in the 21st Century 

Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC)

·         CFC Afghanistan Map Library 

CNA

·         Irksome and Unpopular Duties: Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, Local Security Forces, and Counterinsurgency    

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Fraying European Unity 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-110  Better Oversight Needed for the National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams, July 2, 2012  

Department of Energy

·         The United States Plutonium Balance, 1944-2009 

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-12-87 DHS’ Intelligence Community Members’ Continuity of Operations and Intelligence Readiness 

East West Center

·         Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan: Japanese Leadership at a Critical Juncture 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Engaging African Diasporas for Peace: Cornerstones for an Emerging EU Agenda    

·         The EU and Mindanao: Innovative Avenues for Seeking Peace          

·         US Strategic Interests in South Asia: What Not to Do with Pakistan 

European Policy Centre

·         Creating Greater Synergies Between European, National and Subnational Budgets 

·         The Prospects of Ambitious Muddling Through – The Results of an EU Summit in Deep Crisis Mode - Post-Summit Analysis 

·         Romania’s Democracy in Reverse Gear – En Garde, EU! 

·         Schengen and Solidarity: The Fragile Balance Between Mutual Trust and Mistrust 

Foreign Policy

·         America the Absent 

·         Atmosphere of Distortion 

·         The Little Syrian Town That Could     

·         Qaddafi Lives 

·         Think Again: India's Rise 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Gulliver's Troubles: Great Powers and Failed States 

·         Will Bloodshed Mar the July 1, 2012 Mexican Election? 

FRIDE

·         The EU-Russia Partnership: A New Context 

·         The EU-Russia Summit in St. Petersburg: Another ‘New’ Beginning? 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Aid, Trade, Investment and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: By the Numbers 

·         Egypt’s Transition Towards a New Governance for Sustainable Development 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Additional Actions Needed to Establish Effective Internal Control. GAO-12-369 

Heritage Foundation

·         American Leadership Needed for Shaping a Post-Assad Syria 

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

Human Rights Watch

·         "The Fear Never Leaves Me": Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles 

·         "Torture Archipelago" :Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances in Syria's Underground Prisons 

Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)

·         2011 Cost Report 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Beyond the Maoist Split: The Political Impasse to Continue 

·         Deliberating the Space Code of Conduct 

·         A Call for Change: Higher Defence Management in India 

·         South Asia Trends, June 16-30, 2012, v. 3, no. 7 

·         Stabilising Afghanistan: Role of Key Regional Players 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Activity at Parchin Explosive Testing Site Continues: Time Running Out for a Sound IAEA Inspection 

Infinity Journal

·         Infinity Journal, v. 2, no. 3 Summer 2012 

o    The Foundation of Strategic Thinking

o    Living in a Mahanian World

o    Clearing the Air - Taking Manoeuvre and Attrition Out of Strategy

o    Married to Clausewitz but Sleeping with Jomini: How Operational Concepts Masquerade as Strategy, and Why They Must

o    Beyond Future Threats: A Business Alternative to Threat-Based Strategic Planning

o    An Introduction to Clausewitzian Strategic Theory: General Theory, Strategy, and Their Relevance for Today

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         Offshore Control: A Proposed Strategy for an Unlikely Conflict 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 27 - June 16, 2012-June 22, 2012 

International Crisis Group

·         Yemen: Enduring Conflicts, Threatened Transition 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Equity Returns in the Banking Sector in the Wake of the Great Recession and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis 

·         Estimating the Implicit Inflation Target of the South African Reserve Bank 

·         International Capital Flows and Debt Dynamics 

·         Intertwined Sovereign and Bank Solvencies in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Crisis 

·         Japan out of the Lost Decade: Divine Wind or Firms’ Effort? 

·         The (Other) Deleveraging 

·         Paths to Eurobonds 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Organized Crime, Conflict, and Fragility: A New Approach 

James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The War on Drugs Has Failed. Is Legalization the Answer? 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, July 7, 2012, v. 12, no. 13 

o    Developing a Framework for PLA Precision Operations

o    Toward A Second Generation of Ethnic Policies?

o    Confucius Institutes and the Question of China’s Soft Power Diplomacy

o    China and NATO: Grappling with Beijing’s Hopes and Fears

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 5, 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 African Nations Plan Offensive against Islamists and Tuareg Rebels

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Confronting the Terrorism of Boko Haram in Nigeria 

·         Strategic Culture and Strategic Studies: An Alternative Framework for Assessing al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad Movement 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Kim Jong-un Regime: Reorganization of Power and Diagnosis of Crisis Factors

Lowy Institute

·         Australia – China Ties: In Search of Political Trust 

·         Egypt’s Islamist President: What Lies Ahead? 

Minority Rights Group International

·         State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012 

Monterey Institute for international Studies (MIIS)

·         U.S.-Russian Partnership for Advancing a Nuclear Security Agenda: Recommendation for U.S. Russian Cooperation in Strengthening Nuclear Security in the Former Soviet States and Southeast Asia 

National Academies Press

·         Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice 

·         An Interim Report on Assuring DoD a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce 

National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC)

·         Official report of the Commission 

National Security Archive

·         STOLEN BABIES: Argentina Convicts Two Military Dictators 

·         Trilateralism and Beyond 

Observer Research Foundation

·         China Military Watch, v. 1, no. 9, July 1, 2012 

o    Hu seeking to retain control of PLA?

·         EU-India Free Trade: Make or Break 

·         Growth Too Weak in Europe: Pierre Sellal 

Oxfam International

·         The Devil is in the Detail: The Importance of Comprehensive and Legally Binding Criteria for Arms Transfers 

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·         The Legacy of War Time Rape: Mapping Key Concepts and Issues 

Perspectives on Federalism

·         Comparing the Subnational Constitutional Space of the European Sub-State Entities in the Area of Foreign Affairs 

·         Exploring Subnational Constitutionalism: A Special Issue 

·         The Need for Sub-national Constitutions in Federal Theory and Practice. The Belgian Case 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Central European Approaches to the Protection of Civil Nuclear Programmes 

Rand

·         Air Force Materiel Command Reorganization Analysis: Final Report 

·         Enhancement of the Pivot Point Process Used in the Sydney Strategic Model 

·         SMART TRASH: Study on RFID Tags and the Recycling Industry 

Small War Journal

·         Analysis in Combat: The Deployed Threat Finance Analyst 

·         A Call for Caution: The (Side) Effect of Mexico’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership 

·         Deep Thinking: Putting Theory into Action A Survey 

·         The Parable of Little America: A Discussion with Rajiv Chandrasekaran 

·         The Syrian Revolution: A Report After 15 Months of Conflict 

Stimson Center

·         Understanding Impact Of Police, Justice And Corrections Components In UN Peace Operations 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Colloquium Brief: Visual Propaganda and Online Radicalization 

Transport Canada (TC)/U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

·         2012 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2012) 

UK Defence Committee

·         3rd Report – MoD Main Estimate 2012-13 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Avoiding Meeting Fatigue 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Islamist Future 

·         Fluid Alliances: The Syrian Government's Support for and Complicity in Terrorism 

·         Mounting Pressure on the Syrian Army 

·         The Muslim Brotherhood's Long Game: Egypt's Ruling Party Plots Its Path to Power 

·         Senior Sunni Defections in Syria 

·         Syria's Eastern Front: The Iraq Factor 

·         Turkey's Role in the Arab Spring 

·         What This Defection Means to Assad