Friday's Miscellany 07-13-2012

ACLU

·         Victims of Complacency: The Ongoing Trafficking and Abuse of Third Country Nationals by U.S. Government Contractors 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Jumble of Figures: How much money came out of Tokyo? 

·         Split Unity: Afghanistan’s controversial Youth Peace Jirga 

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Unfinished Business—A Framework for Peace in the Great Lakes  

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Al-Qaeda in Yemen: A Return to Hit-and-Run Tactics 

·         Egypt on the Brink: The Perilous Path of Elections 

·         Lebanon: Approaching the Prohibited 

·         Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea 

·         Political Islam and the Syrian Revolution 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Asia in the Balance—Transforming US Military Strategy in Asia  

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Reports, [latest update July 11, 2012] 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         Historical Dimensions of the Euro Crisis 

·         Report Raw Data   

American Security Project

·         American Security Quarterly, July 2012 

o    Time to Take a Fresh Look at Security

o    A War Lesson to Learn, Still

o    Increasing Our National Security with New Technology

o    Watching the Horizon from Chicago

o    World Oil Market Oversupplied?

o    Goodbye Discovery

o    What we Misunderstand about drones

o    US must ratify Law of the Sea Convention

o    Keeping the lights on in Pakistan

Amnesty International

·         Nigeria—Forced Eviction of Abonnema Wharf Waterfront  

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), June 2012, v. 19, no. 6 

o    Amputations of upper and lower extremities, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2011

o    Deaths by suicide while on active duty, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 1998-2011

o    Mental disorders and mental health problems, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2011

o    Incident diagnoses of cancers and cancer-related deaths, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2011

o    Surveillance Snapshot: deployment-related injuries to external genital organs, by month and service, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2003-April 2012

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, July-August 2012, v. 92, no. 4 

o    An Army Outgunned: Physics Demands a New Basic Combat Weapon

o    Cultural Training for Military Personnel: Revisiting the Vietnam Era

o    A Strategic-Level Intelligence Advisor's Lessons Learned

o    Turkey and the Arab Spring

o    Inevitable Sword of Heat

o    Gardener-Leaders: A New Paradigm for Developing Adaptive, Creative, and Humble Leaders

o    The Missed Opportunity: A Critique of ADP 3-0, Unified Land Operations

o    The Individual Ready Reserve: Reforming the Army's Hidden Legions

o    Observations of a Strategic Corporal

o    General Richard Cavazos and the Korean War, 1953: A Study in Combat Leadership

o    The Joy of Officership

Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

·         Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook  

Army War College

·         Parameters, Spring 2012, v. 42, no. 1 

o    The Complexity Trap

o    The European Debt Crisis and American Security Policy

o    Counterinsurgency, Legitimacy, and the Rule of Law

o    Identifying Emerging Hybrid Adversaries

o    Fear and Outrage as Terrorists' Goals

o    Allies and Airpower in Libya

o    The Reassertion of the United States in the Asia-Pacific Region

o    On "Religious Speech in the Military: Freedoms and Limitations"

o    Reflections on the Great War

o    A Peoples' Contest: What Caused the Civil War? How Was It Fought? Should It Have Been Fought?

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia 

·         Europe's Debt Crisis, Coordination Failure, and International Effects 

Atlantic Council

·         Perpetual Conflict in the Sudans 

Bank of Korea

·         Gross Domestic Product Estimates* for North Korea for 2011 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Indefensible—The Sequester’s Mechanics and Adverse Effects on National and Economic Security  

Brookings Institute

·         Dragon Training at Home—Exploring the Possibilities for Collaboration Between the U.S. and Chinese Navies in the Western Hemisphere  

·         One Year After South Sudan's Independence: Opportunities and Obstacles for Africa's Newest Country 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Big Three in EU Foreign Policy  

·         Nonalignment Redux—The Perils of Old Wine in New Skins  

·         Tunisian Media in Transition  

Center for Nonproliferation Studies

·         U.S.-Russian Partnership for Advancing a Nuclear Security Agenda 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Rebalancing Military Compensation: An Evidence-Based Approach    

Center for Strategic Communication

·         How Islamist Extremists Quote the Qur’an 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Balancing Tradition and Modernity: The Future of Retirement in East Asia 

·         The Best Scenario: Japan’s Political Crisis as a Reform Driver 

·         Gender-Based Violence and HIV: Emerging Lessons from the PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania 

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 18 - July 9, 2012 

·         Inevitable Conflicts, Avoidable Failures: Preparing for the Third Generation of Conflict, Stabilization, and Reconstruction Operations 

·         Iran and the Gulf Military Balance II: The Missile and Nuclear Dimensions 

·         PacNet #43 - Ten Things We Get From Mongolia 

·         Religious Movements, Militancy, and Conflict in South Asia: Cases from India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan 

·         Reassessing the Gulf Military Balance - Part One: Conventional and Asymmetric Forces 

·         U.S.-India Defense Trade: Opportunities for Deepening the Partnership 

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

·         The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia 

·         UK Islamists and the Arab Uprisings 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         The Caesar, Polo, and Esau Papers: Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis of Soviet and Chinese Policy and Decision Making, 1953-1973 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Central Banks in Times of Crisis: The FED vs. the ECB 

·         The EU’s Re-Engagement as a Security Actor: Fresh Start or Still Sleepwalking? 

·         History Does Not Move in a Straight Line  

·         Incomplete Step Towards a Banking Union 

·         Pre-empting Technical Barriers in the Single Market 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         How Global Watchdogs Missed a World of Trouble 

Chatham House

·         The Chatham House-YouGov Survey 2012 

·         US Election Note: The Military vs Development Aid 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Accountability and Reform Efforts at the Afghan National Military Hospital 

·         Department of the Air Force Aircraft Force Structure Reductions 

·         The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on Alternative Fuels and Vehicles, Both the Challenges and the Opportunities 

·         Helping Veterans with Emergency Medical Training Transition to Civilian Service 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Chronic Kleptocracy: Corruption within the Palestinian Political Establishment 

·         Continued Human Rights Attacks on Families in China 

·         U.S Policy Toward Nigeria: West Africa's Troubled Titan 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Building a Secure Community: How Can DHS Better Leverage State and Local Partnerships? 

·         Challenging the Status Quo at TSA: Perspectives on the Future of Transportation Security 

·         Has TSA Met the Deadline to Provide Expedited Screening to Military Service Members? 

·         Securing Ammonium Nitrate: Using Lessons Learned in Afghanistan to Protect the Homeland from IEDs 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Dodd-Frank Act's Effects on Financial Services Competition 

·         National Security Leaks and the Law 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         A Review of Federal Maritime Domain Awareness Programs 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Consequences of Sequestration, Defense Cuts, and the Importance of Cybersecurity [video] 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Treaty Doc. 112-7) 

·         Judicial and Police Reforms in Mexico: Essential Building Blocks for a Lawful Society 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Future of Homeland Security: The Evolution of the Homeland Security Department's Roles and Missions 

·         The Future of Homeland Security: Evolving and Emerging Threats 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2008 and 2009 

·         Infrastructure Banks and Surface Transportation 

·         Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         How Does Religion Matter for al Qaeda and the Taliban? 

·         Islamism and Religious Authority 

·         Religion and Violence in Different Versions 

·         Sectarianism and Conflict: the View from Pakistan 

Department of Defense

·         DOD Cloud Computing Strategy 

·         Cloud strategy memo    

·         Designation of DISA as the enterprise cloud service broker 

·         DoD Directive 5100.46, Foreign Disaster Relief (FDR), July 6, 2012 

·         DoD Instruction 5210.83, DoD Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI), July 12, 2012 

·         Military Power of Iran 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-109 Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Afghan Local Police 

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-12-91 FEMA’s Efforts To Recoup Improper Payments in Accordance with the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011  

·         OIG-12-92 The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Requirements for Reporting Homeland Security Grant Program Achievements 

·         OIG-12-93 Progress Has Been Made in Securing Laptops and Wireless Networks at FEMA 

·         OIG-12-95 CBP Information Technology Management: Strengths and Challenges (Redacted) 

Department of State

·         Central Asia's Role in the Future of Afghanistan 

·         Delivering on the New Silk Road 

East -West Center

·         Understanding China's Foreign Policy Crisis Behavior 

Enough Project

·         Comprehensive Agreement for the Two Sudans—Is it Possible?     

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Turkey’s Syrian Dilemma: Testing the ‘Regional Solutions for Regional Problems’ Proposition 

Feinstein International Center

·         Economics of Pastoral Livestock Production in Sudan 

Foreign Policy

·         Cheap at Any Price [China and North Korea] 

·         Dark Soldiers of the New Order   

·         Putin's Katrina 

·         The Romney-Cheney Doctrine 

·         Woman Up: Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Stand Up for the Women of Egypt 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Donkey, The Camel And The Facebook Scam: How The Muslim Brotherhood Conquered Egypt And Conned 

·         Nuclear Mirage? Assessing Civilian Nuclear Programs Across the Middle East 

·         A Victory Lap: Canada's First Year Under Tory Majority 

·         What If There Is No Al-Qaeda? Preparing For Future Terrorism 

FRIDE

·         Brazil and the EU: Between Balancing and Bandwagoning 

·         Mongolia's Quest for Third Neighbours. Why the European Union? 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

·         Europe, Russia, the United States and the Rest: Strategic Compatibility in a Period of Transition? 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Central Asia’s Long-Term Questions Remain Unanswered After the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 

·         From Partners to Adversaries: The Background to Shooting a Turkish Plane 

·         The Mediterranean’s 3 Cs and Implications for the West 

·         A Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Foreign Policy?… Not Yet 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Counterterrorism: U.S. Agencies Face Challenges Countering the Use of Improvised Explosive Devices in the Afghanistan/Pakistan Region. GAO-12-907T [testimony] 

·         Defense Infrastructure: The Navy's Use of Risk Management at Naval Stations Mayport and Norfolk. GAO-12-710R 

·         Electronic Warfare: DOD Actions Needed to Strengthen Management and Oversight. GAO-12-479 

·         Foreign Assistance: U.S. Assistance to the West Bank and Gaza for Fiscal Years 2010 And 2011. GAO-12-817R 

·         Information Technology Reform: Progress Made but Future Cloud Computing Efforts Should be Better Planned. GAO-12-756 

·         Iraq: U.S. Assistance to Iraq's Minority Groups in Response to Congressional Directives. GAO-12-834 

·         Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund: Transparency of Balances and Controls over Equitable Sharing Should Be Improved. GAO-12-736 

·         Security Clearances: Agencies Need Clearly Defined Policy for Determining Civilian Position Requirements. GAO-12-800 

Heritage Foundation

·         BioWatch: Enhancing Biological Threat Detection 

·         Chinese Outward Investment: Acceleration Features the U.S. 

·         Federal Reserve’s Operation Twist Takes Wrong Turn 

·         Keeping America Safe: Why U.S. Bases in Europe Remain Vital 

·         Law of the Sea Treaty: Bad for American Energy Policy 

·         No New Property Waiver for Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega 

·         Not the Time for U.S.–China Conciliation in Southeast Asia 

·         U.N. Arms Trade Treaty’s Criteria for Transfers Pose Problems for the U.S. 

·         U.S. Should Hold WIPO Accountable and Dissuade Future Violations of U.N. Sanctions 

Human Rights Watch

·         Hate on the Streets: Xenophobic Violence in Greece    

·         Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech      

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         CBW [Chemical & Biological Weapons] Magazine, Summer 2012, v. 5, no. 1 

o    CBR Security: India's Threats and Vulnerabilities

o    News Analysis: Chemical Substance Attacks in Afghan Schools

o    Perspective on Implications of the Advances in Life Sciences and Technologies Related to BTWC

o    2011 Libyan Disclosures: 'Take-away' for CWC verification

o    Anthrax Threat in Pakistan, Global Context and Regional Consequences

·         India and US Rebalancing Strategy for Asia-Pacific 

·         Iran's Nuclear Imbroglio at The Crossroads: Policy Options For India 

·         NATO Supply-Lines: Crocodile Tears and India Dilute Pakistan’s Ghairat 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         South African Crime Quarterly, SACQ 40, June 2012 

o    Policing Powers, Politics, Pragmatism and the Provinces. Revitalising Policing Oversight in the Western Cape

o    The Code of Silence. Revisiting South African Police Integrity

o    Look Before You Leap. Hate Crime Legislation Reconsidered

o    Lost, Stolen or Skimmed. Overcoming Credit Card Fraud in South Africa

o    On the Record. Interview with Sindiswa Chikunga, Chair of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police

Institute for the Understanding of War

·         Syrian Air Defense Force Attack on Turkish Reconnaissance Aircraft 

International Crisis Group

·         Black Gold in the Congo: Threat to Stability or Development Opportunity? 

·         Bosnia’s Gordian Knot: Constitutional Reform 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         India's Role in Afghanistan 

·         Iran Sanctions Halt Long-Range Ballistic-Missile Development 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Building Blocks for Effective Macroprudential Policies in Latin America: Institutional Considerations 

·         Great Recession and Fiscal Squeeze at U.S. Subnational Government Level 

·         Managing Global Growth Risks and Commodity Price Shocks: Vulnerabilities and Policy Challenges for Low-Income Countries 

·         Quality of Government and Living Standards: Adjusting for the Efficiency of Public Spending 

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

·         Towards Self-Reliance: Strategic Vision for the Transformation Decade 

James A Baker Institute

·         Unveiling the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprising 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, July 12, 2012, v. 10, no. 14 

o    Crisis in Greece: Anarchists in the Birthplace of Democracy

o    From Pakistan to Yemen: Adapting the U.S. Drone Strategy

o    Holier Than Thou: Rival Clerics in the Syrian Jihad

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

·         Tackling the Aftermath of Libya’s ‘Arab Spring’: Addressing the Small Arms Issue 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Japan’s Capabilities to Covet Nuclear Armament 

·         Necessity and Considerations for the North Korean Human Rights Act 

Lexington Institute

·         Averting Catastrophe In Cyberspace—Core Requirements  

Marine Corps University Press

·         Marine Corps Journal, Spring 2012, v. 3, no. 1 

o    The Somaliland Exception: Lessons on Postconflict State Building from the Part of the Former Somalia gatWorks

o    “The Bones of the British Lying in Maiwand Are Lonely”: A Victorian Battle and Its Continuing Impact on Afghan Memory

o    The Use of Indigenous Forces in Stability Operations: The Philippine Constabulary, 1901–1917

o    “Translating the Promise of Political Change”: Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns on U.S. Policy in the Wake of the Arab Spring

Moshe Dayan Center

·         Turkey: A Conservative Road 

National Academies Press

·         Computing Research for Sustainability 

·         Fueling Innovation and Discovery: The Mathematical Sciences in the 21st Century 

·         Improving the Decision Making Abilities of Small Unit Leaders 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Chinese Nationalism and Its Future Prospects 

·         The Debate over Rare Earths: Recent Developments in Industry and the WTO Case 

·         Does the United States Need a New Russia Policy?

·         Old Alliance for the New Century: Reinvigorating the U.S.-Thailand Alliance 

·         Turning to the Pacific: U.S. Strategic Rebalancing toward Asia 

National Gang Center (NGC)

·         National Youth Gang Survey Analysis 

·         NGC Newsletter, Summer 2012, v. 1 

NATO

·         NATO Review, July 2012 [Threats from Within] 

o    Homegrown Terrorism in Pictures 

o    Homegrown Failure: Why the Domestic Terror Threat is Overblown 

o    Homegrown Terrorism: How Can NATO Fight It? 

o    “New” Terrorism in the Western World? 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update July 10, 2012] 

NATO Defense College

·         After Combat, the Perils of Partnership: NATO and Afghanistan Beyond 2014 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Boko Haram and the Resilience of Militant Islam in Northern Nigeria 

Observer Research Foundation

·         Indus: Connecting the Drops 

·         Pakistan: End India's One-Sided Love Affair 

Open Society Justice Initiative

·         Alternative World Drug Report—Counting the Costs of the War on Drugs 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         Horizon 2025: Creative Destruction in the Aid Industry 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Key Indicators Database 

·         Most Muslims Want Democracy, Personal Freedoms, and Islam in Political Life: Few Believe U.S. Backs Democracy 

·         Pervasive Gloom About the World Economy 

Rand

·         Equipment Sustainment Data in Standard Army Management Information Systems: Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities 

·         New Challenges to U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts: An Assessment of the Current Terrorist Threat 

Refugees International

·         Syrian Refugees—Anxious Neighbors Stretched Thin 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Cross-Domain Operations and Interoperability 

Russian and Eurasian Security Network

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 116 - Military Reform 

Small Arms Survey

·         Armed Groups in Libya: Typology and Roles 

Small Wars Journal

·         British Military Decline 1919-1939 

·         Disruptive Technology and Reforming the Pentagon Establishment—Part I 

·         Does Design Help or Hurt Military Planning: How NTM-A Designed a Plausible Afghan Security Force in an Uncertain Future, Part I 

·         India and UN Peacekeeping: Declining Interest with Grave Implications 

·         Mao Zedong’s On Guerrilla Warfare and Joseph Kabila’s Lost Opportunity 

·         Ramazan Awareness and Opportunities for 2012 

·         Yemen: Beyond Resolution 2051 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Breaking News Analysis: The Future of the U.S. Political and Military Relationship with Egypt 

·         U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol 2: National Security Policy and Strategy, 5th Ed. 

Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan

·         Tokyo Declaration:  Partnership for Self-Reliance in Afghanistan—From Transition to Transformation  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Blogs and Bullets II: New Media and Conflict after the Arab Spring 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Annan's Latest Syria Plan Is a Bad Deal 

·         Can It Get Worse in Syria? It Just Did 

·         How to Advance Transition to a Post-Assad Future 

·         Oil Sanctions against Iran Will Not Be Enough 

·         Revolutionary Fallout: Egypt Faces Early Security Challenges 

·         What's Going On in Egyptian Politics? Don't Ask Egyptians 

·         Would Turkey Leave NATO? 

West Point

·         Mexico Situation Report by Gen. Barry McCaffrey  

Wilson Center

·         Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women? 

World Bank

·         Winning Hearts and Minds through Development? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan