Friday's Miscellany 08-24-2012

 Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Building Africa's Airlift Capacity—Strategy for Enhancing Military Effectiveness 

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Counteracting Chinese Hegemony in the South China Sea  

·         Strategic Context of Lethal Drones—A Framework for Discussion  

·         U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan—Five Lessons We Should Have Learned  

·         The Strategic Effects of a Lethal Drones Policy: Understanding Drones in a Broader Context [links to related papers and discussion] 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Institutions for Asian Integration: Innovation and Reform 

·         Japan's Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy  

Atlantic Council

·         IntelBrief: Zimbabwe’s Ticking Time Bomb 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         How a Third North Korean Nuclear Test Could Change the Strategic Dynamic in Northeast Asia  

·         The Sharp Downside of Success: How a Third North Korean Nuclear Test could Change the Strategic Dynamic in Northeast Asia 

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Nuclear Iran: A Glossary of Terms 

·         Unprecedented Upsurge of Oil Production Capacity and What it Means for the World 

Brookings Institute

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated August 22, 2012] 

·         Transitional Justice and Displacement: Challenges and Recommendations Case Studies 

·         Transitional Justice and Displacement: Challenges and Recommendations Report 

·         China’s Top Future Leaders to Watch: Biographical Sketches of Possible Members of the Post-2012 Politburo (Part 3) 

·         Gender and Well-Being Around the World 

·         Housing and Disasters: Thoughts on Hurricane Katrina and Haiti 

Center for Economic and Policy Research

·         Collateral Damage of a Drug War: The May 11 Killings in Ahuas and the Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs in La Moskitia, Honduras 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, August 2012, v. 8 

o    Waiting for Homeland Security Theory 

o    Perceptual Framing of Homeland Security 

Center for Naval Analyses

·         CNA Maritime Asia Project—Workshop One—Yellow and East China Seas    

·         Fuel Savings of Optimally Routed Flights 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Investing in a Safer United States—What is Global Health Security and Why Does it Matter?  

·         PacNet #45A - A Code of Conduct for the South China Sea? 

·         PacNet #51 - D-Constructing Japanese Politics 

·         PacNet #52 - Why is Russia Favored by Mongolia and North Korea? 

·         PacNet #53 - China's Self-Absorbed Nationalism - It's Worse than it Looks 

·         Prospects for Indian-Pakistani Cooperation in Afghanistan  

·         Road to Recovery—Rebuilding Liberia’s Health System  

Chatham House

·         Kuwait's Parliament: An Experiment in Semi-democracy 

·         Legacies, Coercion and Soft Power: Russian Influence in the Baltic States 

·         The 'Shale Gas Revolution': Developments and Changes 

·         Syria: Prospects for Intervention 

Combating Terrorism Center

·         CTC Sentinel, August 2012, v. 5, no. 8 

o    A Fight for the Spoils: The Future Role of Syria’s Armed Groups

o    Defining Cyberterrorism: Capturing a Broad Range of Activities in Cyberspace

o    Pakistani Taliban Renew Attacks on Punjabi Heartland

o    The Strategic Limitations of Boko Haram in Southern Nigeria

o    Yemen’s Huthi Movement in the Wake of the Arab Spring

o    Understanding Drivers of Violent Extremism: The Case of al-Shabab and Somali Youth

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Addressing Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Buildings 

·         S. J. Res. 44, a Joint Resolution Granting Consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding 

·         Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook—FY2012 to FY2022 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 5230.24, Distribution Statements on Technical Documents, August 23, 2012 

·         Energy Investments for Military Operations—For FY2013  

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-119 Most Geographic Combatant Commands Effectively Planned and Executed Disaster Relief Operations, but Improvements Could be Made 

·         DODIG-2012-120 Assessment of DoD Wounded Warrior Matters – Wounded Warrior Battalion – West Headquarters and Southern California Units  

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

·         OIG-12-108 Special Report: Summary of Significant Investigations January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011 

·         OIG-12-109 Survey of Hazard Mitigation Planning  

·         OIG-12-111 US-VISIT Faces Challenges in Identifying and Reporting Multiple Biographic Identities (Redacted) 

Department of State

·         Mutual Assured Stability—Essential Components and Near Term Actions  

East West Center

·         South China Sea—Not Just About "Free Navigation" 

·         Uncomfortable Truths: Breaking the Impasse in the South China Sea  

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Bolivia Country Analysis Brief

·         Oman Country Analysis Brief 

Enough Project

·         Case for Conditioning International Financial Support to Sudan 

EU Nonproliferation Consortium

·         Pakistan’s Nuclear and WMD Programs—Status, Evolution and Risks  

·         Syria’s Proliferation Challenge and the EU’s Response   

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         NATO, Russia, and the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda: Reflections Post 

·         New START: A Net Assessment 

Fire Protection Research Foundation

·         A Literature Review of Emergency and Non-Emergency Events 

Foreign Policy

·         The Decider [Israel and Iran] 

·         The FP 50 [The 50 most powerful Republicans on foreign policy] 

·         Highway Robbery 

·         Pipe Dreams [Middle East Oil]

·         Sex and Scandal in the Holy Land 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         From Brain Drain to Brain Flow: The New Economy of Innovation Turbulence 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Rebalancing Works: The Prospects for the Eurozone Reconsidered 

·         Turkey’s Syrian Gamble: Enter the Kurds 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program. GAO-12-983R 

·         Entrepreneurial Assistance: Opportunities Exist to Improve Programs' Collaboration, Data-Tracking, and Performance Management. GAO-12-819 

·         Information Security: Environmental Protection Agency Needs to Resolve Weaknesses. GAO-12-696 

·         Veterans Health Care: Veterans Health Administration Processes for Responding to Reported Adverse Events. GAO-12-827R 

Heritage Foundation

·         CBO Budget Update: Historic Deficits Continue, Recession Threatens in 2013 

·         Clarify U.S. Policy on Afghanistan: Designate Haqqani Network Terrorists 

·         Ethiopia Post-Meles: Washington Should Encourage Reforms 

·         Going the Extra Mile for a Strategic U.S.–India Relationship 

·         Somalia’s Government Transition Maintains the Status Quo 

·         U.S. Should Insist Egypt’s Military Buildup Must Comply with Peace Treaty 

·         What Is the Role of the People? 

Human Rights Watch

·         Curtailing Criticism: Intimidation and Obstruction of Civil Society in Uganda 

IDEEA, Inc

·         Common Defense Quarterly, Fall 2012 

o    Austria: Enhanced Cooperation in the Area of Security and Defence Policy is a Necessity

o    Belgium: Europe’s Armed Forces in the 21st Century: Forging a Stronger Defense through Pooling & Sharing Cooperation

o    Estonia: The key to security is cooperation

o    Finland – Networking as a Part of Defense Policy

o    Germany: The Future of Transatlantic Armaments Cooperation

o    Italy: Towards a Connected Defense

o    Latvia-United States: Brothers in Arms. Past and Future

o    Montenegro: A Small Country - Giant Steps

o    Security Cooperation – A New Zealand Perspective

o    Norway: Global and Regional Security is Our Common Responsibility

o    Romania’s Approach to International Defense Cooperation

o    Turkey-US Defense Industry Cooperation

o    UK-US Defense Cooperation

o    Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties: Enhancing Defense Trade with America’s Key Allies

o    A Really Practical Homeland Ballistic Missile Defense

o    Evolved SEASPARROW Missile: The Evolution Continues

o    One Sustainable Soft Power Solution: The National Guard State Partnership Program

o    The U.S. Marine Corps: Challenges for Conducting Future Coalition Operations Continuing Importance of International Cooperation to Canadian Defence Technology Development and Major Equipment Acquisition

o    The Search Engine of the Seas

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Effect of the Financial Crisis on European Defence: The Case of France 

·         The Inadequacies of the UN Arms Register 

·         Iran factor in India’s Afghan Policy 

·         Pakistan’s Descent into Chaos 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         New Phase of Suspect Activity at Parchin Site 

·         North Korea’s Estimated Stocks of Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium  

·         Update on North Korean Light Water Reactor Construction Project 

Institute for Security Studies

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 37 

·         Swaziland's Non-Party Political System and the 2013 Tinkhundla Elections 

·         Zimbabwe's Tortuous Road to a New Constitution and Elections 

Institute for Social and Environmental Transition

·         Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction under Changing Climate Conditions: Case Study Results and Underlying Principles 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Abdul Wardak and Bismillah Khan Mohammadi—Unpacking Afghanistan’s Ministerial Shake-Up 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update #33 August 3, 2012-August 15, 2012 

·         Threat and Response—Israeli Missile Defense  

International Crisis Group

·         Ethiopia After Meles 

International Institute for Strategic Studies

·         Bad Times in Baluchistan 

·         IEDs: The Home-made Bombs that Changed Modern War 

·         Things Fall Apart in South Africa's ANC 

·         Unease Grows Over Syria's Chemical Weapons 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Cyclicality of Sales, Regular and Effective Prices: Business Cycle and Policy Implications 

·         Exchange Rate and Foreign Interest Rate Linkages for Sub-Saharan Africa Floaters 

James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         U.S. LNG Exports: Truth and Consequence 

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·         Special Warfare, July-September 2012, v. 25, no. 3 

o    JSOTF-P Uses Whole-of-Nation Approach to Bring Stability to the Philippines

o    Continuity in the Chinese Mind for War

o    The Challenge of China and ARSOF’s Role

o    Leaning to All Sides: What the U.S. May Learn From Chinese Political Warfare in Burma

o    The Chinese People’s Liberation Army and Special Operations

o    Real Results: Military Partnerships in the Philippines

o    Grains of Truth: The Role of the Civil-Military Support Element in Special Operations

o    Reading About the Asia-Pacific Region

Military Voter Protection Project

·         Military Voting Update—A Bleak Picture in 2012 

National Academies Press

·         Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise 

·         Optics and Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation 

·         Twenty-first Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Part A 

·         Twenty-first Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Part B 

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Autumn 2012, v. 64, no. 3 

o    Command of the Sea: An Old Concept Surfaces in a New Form

o    Between Peace and the Air-Sea Battle: A War at Sea Strategy

o    Building the Purple Ford: An Affordable Approach to Jointness

o    Drowning Stability: The Perils of Naval Nuclearization and Brinkmanship in the Indian Ocean

o    "Decided Preponderance at Sea": Naval Diplomacy in Strategic Thought

o    German War Gaming

North American Center for Transborder Studies

·         The State of Security in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Negotiations Between Sudan and South Sudan: A Two-Track Process could Facilitate Agreements on Outstanding Issues 

·         Social Media in Pakistan: Catalyst for Communication, not Change 

·         Syria: The Proxy War 

·         Thailand: Contested Politics and Democracy 

·         The War for Afghanistan 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         OMB Sequestration Reports to the President and Congress 

·         Sequestration Update Report for FY 2013 (August 2012) 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Pace & Progress of Pakistan-India Resumed Dialogue 

·         Pakistan-India Relations: The Revived Dialogue and the Future Prospects 

·         Prospects of Improving Pakistan-India Relations through Media 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         ECOWAS in Face of the Crises in Mali and Guinea-Bissau: A Double-Standard Dilemma? 

·         "India and South Korea Relations: Past and Future Trends" (Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, No. 6, Spring/Summer 2012): 64-76 

·         Japan-South Korea Relations under the DPJ Government: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 

Rand

·         Efficient Aviation Security: Strengthening the Analytic Foundation for Making Air Transportation Security Decisions 

·         Health and Economic Outcomes in the Alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project 

·         Launching the Qatar National Research Fund 

·         Sustaining the Qatar National Research Fund 

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         British and Indian Perspectives on the Higher Management of Defense  

·         Short War, Long Shadow—Political and Military Legacies of the 2011 Libya Campaign 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         China's Evolving Fishing Industry—Implications for Regional and Global Maritime Security  

Small Wars Journal

·         An Argument for Non-Medic Combat Arms Soldiers Conducting Live Tissue Training as a Pre-Deployment Requirement 

·         Could Pakistan Use Nuclear Weapons in a Future Conflict with Afghanistan? 

·         Iraq In The Middle Part V: David Forsythe on Iraq’s Relations with its Democratic Partners 

·         A New Trinity for an Asymmetric World: The Organic, Synthetic and Ethereal 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Afghanistan Reconstruction FY13 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Case for Ramping Up EU Intervention in Syria 

·         Egypt's New Leaders Must Accept Reality 

·         How America Can Slow Israel's March to War 

·         Israel Debates a Strike on Iran 

·         New U.S. Tone on Iran 

·         Spillover from Syria Endangers Lebanon 

·         Tehran's Unlikely Assassins