Friday's Miscellany 08-10-2012

Afghanistan News Network

·         AAN Reportage: Who Fights Whom in the Andar Uprising? 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Taiwan  

American Security Project

·         The New Public Diplomacy Imperative: America’s vital Need to Communicate Strategically 

Amnesty International

·         Another Bodo Oil Spill—Another Flawed Oil Spill Investigation in the Niger Delta  

Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends (No. 5): Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, August 2012 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, July 2012, v. 19, no. 7 

o    Health of women after wartime deployments: correlates of risk for selected medical conditions among females after initial and repeat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, active component, U.S. Armed Forces

o    Acute pelvic inflammatory disease, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002-2011

o    Ectopic pregnancy, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002-2011

o    Iron deficiency anemia, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002-2011

o    Historical snapshot: Dr. Mary E. Walker, Civil War surgeon, Medal of Honor recipient

o    Surveillance snapshot: traumatic amputations among female service members, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2011

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Group of Twenty: Input and Output Legitimacy, Reforms, and Agenda 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Fate of Syria’s Chemical and Biological Weapons  

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         The Cuban Missile Crisis - 50th Anniversary 

Brookings

·         The European Crises—Banking Challenges    

·         Group of Twenty—Origins, Prospects and Challenges for Global Governance 

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

·         Contemplating a Third Nuclear Test in North Korea 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Climate Vision for Russia—From Rhetoric to Action  

·         Negotiating Nuclear Cooperation Agreements 

CATO Institute

·         Economic Effects of Reductions in Defense Outlays  

·         Libertarian Roots of the Tea Party  

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         The Vast Potential for Renewable Energy in the American West: Developing Wind, Solar, and Geothermal Energy on Public Lands 

Center for Global Development

·         A Note on the Middle Class in Latin America 

·         Renewable Resource Shocks and Conflict in India’s Maoist Belt 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Immigrants in the United States: A Profile of America's Foreign-Born Population 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies

·         Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes [updated] 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         An Emerging Threat? Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea 

·         PacNet #48 - China's New City: Is this Beijing's Pivot?   

·         Project on Nuclear Issues: 2011 Conference Series 

Center for the Study of Intelligence

·         Studies in Intelligence, June 2012, v. 56, no. 2 

o    A Spy Who Made His Own Way: Ernest Hemingway, Wartime Spy

o    The Economics of Overthrow: The United States, Britain, and the Hidden

o    Justification of Operation TPAJAX

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         An Underwater Ice Station Zebra: Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 Feet below the Pacific Ocean 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         EU Migration Policy in the Wake of the Arab Spring: What Prospects for EU-Southern Mediterranean Relations? 

·         Key Findings from the ECRI Statistical Package 2012: Debt Crisis Hits Europe’s Retail Credit Markets 

Chatham House

·         Georgia—National Security Concept versus National Security  

·         Russia, the Eurasian Customs Union and the EU—Cooperation, Stagnation or Rivalry?  

Citizens Against Government Waste

·         Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Sequestration Update Report: August 2012 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The Economy of the Olympics 

Danish Institute for International Studies

·         The Two Koreas—Towards a New Regional Security Complex in East Asia? 

Department of Defense

·         Information Paper Regarding the History and Importance of Army Warfighter Outcomes 

·         Panetta speech - Association of Defense Communities 

·         The U.S. Strategic Rebalance to Asia: A Defense Perspective [Carter Speech] 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-116   External Quality Control Review of the Defense Information Systems Agency Audit Organization 

Department of State

·         A New Era In State-Defense Cooperation 

·         U.S. Strategic Command 2012 Deterrence Symposium 

Department of the Army

·         Army Report on Palantir Software System 

Directorate-General for External Policies (EU)

·         After the Arab Spring : New Paths for Human Rights and the Internet in European Foreign Policy 

Enough Project

·         Failing Darfur 

·         From Congress to Congo—Turning the Tide on Conflict Minerals, Closing Loopholes, and Empowering Miners 

·         UN Security Council Resolution 2046 Compliance Tracker  

Eurostat

·         Pocketbook on the Enlargement Countries - 2012 edition 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         Operational Templates and Guidance for EMS Mass Incident Deployment 

Foreign Policy

·         Dumb and Dumber 

·         Jim Baker: Realists have been Successful Stewards of Foreign Policy y

·         King Boris [London] 

·         So You Want to Be a Sanctions-Buster [Iran]   

·         The Syrian Spillover 

·         There's Nothing in the Water... [sharks] 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Seeing from Above: The Geopolitics of Satellite Vision and North Korea 

German Marshal Fund of the United States

·         The East-West Strategic Corridor: Multiple Opportunities and Benefits 

·         Funding Arab Reform? 

·         Geography of Opportunity 

·         Quest for Civilian Constitution in Turkey and Political Aspects of Constitution-Making 

·         Rights, Wrongs, and Freedoms in Turkey 

·         What do High-Growth Firms in the United States and Europe Teach Policymakers? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment, by Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, before the American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois. GAO-12-988CG 

·         Counternarcotics Assistance: U.S. Agencies Have Allotted Billions in Andean Countries, but DOD Should Improve Its Reporting of Results. GAO-12-824 

·         Drug Control: Initial Review of the National Strategy and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs. GAO-12-744R 

·         Telecommunications: Exposure and Testing Requirements for Mobile Phones Should Be Reassessed. GAO-12-771 

Heritage Foundation

·         America’s Security Commitment to Asia Needs More Forces 

·         Ecuador Should Forfeit U.S. Trade Preferences 

·         LIBOR Rigging Scandal: No New Laws Are Necessary 

·         Senate Energy Bill: Good Start, Room for Improvement 

·         U.N. Should Not Be Allowed to Keep Credits Owed to the Member States 

·         U.S.–Israeli Missile Defense Cooperation: Building on the Success of Iron Dome 

Infinity Journal

·         The Journal of Military Operations, Summer 2012, v. 1, no. 1 

o    Building a hollow ANSF - Vietnam Revisited?

o    Positioning the Battalion Commander: The Advance and Pursuit from Awali to Beirut, 6-13 June 1982

o    The Operational Level of War Does Not Exist

o    The Continuing Relevance of Military Denial and Deception

o    A British Parachuting Capability?

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         The Beginning of the End in Syria 

·         Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee: A Midway Solution 

·         China Consolidates the Rare Earth Industry and Builds Strategic Reserves 

·         Yongxing Island: China’s Diego Garcia in the South China Sea? 

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Widening Gaps in U.S. and European Defense Capabilities and Cooperation 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Major U.S. Sting Operation Arrests Iranian in Nuclear Smuggling Network 

·         Potential Change in Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa? 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

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

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         The Human Right to Water: Its Provision and Violation in Pakistan 

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         Counter Extremism Project    

·         Security in an Olympic Year: Reassessing the Threat from Right-Wing Extremism 

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         Apocalyptic Musings about Syria  

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle (updated August 2012) 

·         Unraveling the Syria Mess—Crisis Simulation of Spillover From the Syrian Civil War  

Institute on Race Relations

·         Pedlars of Hate: The Violent Impact of the European Far Right 

Inter-American Dialogue

·         Latin America’s Energy Future  

International Crisis Group

·         Indonesia: Dynamics of Violence in Papua 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

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

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Chicago Plan Revisited 

·         Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S. 

·         Reforming the Public Pension System in the Russian Federation 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Management Handbook: For UN Field Missions 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, August 9, 2012, v. 10, no. 16 

o    Repression Begets Rebellion in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province

o    Assessing the Threat to Turkey from Syrian-Based Kurdish Militants

o    Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood: Alternative Visions of an Islamist Egypt

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         JP 4-02, Health Service Support, 26 July 2012 

Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)

·         Flight Operations Centers: Transforming NextGen Air Traffic Management 

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         2012 JSOU and NDIA SOLIC Division Essays 

o    Hearts and Minds: Islam and Afghanistan’s Moral Center of Gravity

o    The USSOCOM Trinity: Refining Special Operations Commitment to 21st Century Warfare

o    Targeting the Will of the Insurgent in order to Manipulate the Breakpoint of an Insurgency

o    Unity of Effort in the New World Dynamic: Success through Shared Vision

o    Dual Use Special Operation Force

Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team

·         Gauss: Abnormal Distribution [malware] 

Middle East Institute

·         Cultural Imperatives Of Afghanistan 

National Academies Press

·         Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative 

·         Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad    

·         From Science to Business: Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transitions into Entrepreneurship: Summary of a Workshop 

·         Post-Incident Recovery Considerations of the Health Care Service Delivery Infrastructure: Workshop Summary 

·         Weather Services for the Nation: Becoming Second to None 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         How Defense Austerity Will Test U.S. Strategy in Asia 

National Defense University Press

·         Council of War: A History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942-1991 

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NIMO)

·         NMIO Technical Bulletin, Summer 2012 

o    Maritime Role in Transportation of Licit and Illicit Goods

o    DHS Open Mongoose System

o    Maritime Domain Integration

o    New Passive Sonar System for Waterside Security

o    Seaweb Subsurface Sensor Network for Port Surveillance and Maritime Domain Awareness

o    Underwater Intruder Detection

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         “Chronic Violence”: Toward a New Approach to 21st-Century Violence 

·         Sectarian Violence: Pakistan’s Greatest Security Threat? 

Observer Research Foundation

·         China Military Watch, v. 1, no.10 

o    China establishes military garrison in the South China Sea

·         A Space Code of Conduct is Far from Certain, but is it the Endgame? 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Media Safety in Conflict Situations 

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Cooperation Trumps Clash: U.S. Civilian-Military Integration of Public Finance Assistance in Iraq 2008-2009 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The International Economy in 2011 

·         Why a Breakup of the Euro Area Must Be Avoided: Lessons from Previous Breakups 

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

·         Ask the Expert: How Many U.S. Sikhs?    

·         The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity 

Physicians for Human Rights

·         Weaponizing Tear Gas—Bahrain’s Unprecedented Use of Toxic Chemical Agents Against Civilians 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Building a Durable Peace in Mali 

PricewaterhouseCoopers

·         Aerospace & Defense 2011 Year in Review and 2012 Forecast 

Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

·         Defense Contractor Time Machine—Less Spending, More Jobs, Analysis Reveals 

Rand

·         Building Partner Health Capacity with U.S. Military Forces: Enhancing AFSOC Health Engagement Missions 

·         Dynamics and Determinants of Family Transfers: The Mexican Case 

·         India's and Pakistan's Strategies in Afghanistan: Implications for the United States and the Region 

·         Is Military Disability Compensation Adequate to Offset Civilian Earnings Losses from Service-Connected Disabilities? 

·         Saving for the Future: Trends, Patterns and Decision-Making Processes Among Young Americans 

·         Understanding and Engaging the Muslims of the Southern Philippines 

Sharaka

·         Unpacking the GCC's Response to the Arab Spring 

Small Wars Journal

·         Bull in a China Shop? Attack Aviation and the COIN Battlefield 

·         The COiNventional Wisdom 

·         Discussion Note: Is a Post-Conflict Army Reconstruction Framework Possible, or Useful? 

·         The Guatemalan Prelude: The CIA’s Small War that Killed the Monroe Doctrine and Marked a New Era of American Diplomacy 

·         The Slow Motion Coup: Militarization and the Implications of Eisenhower’s Prescience 

·         A Tradition That Never Was: Critiquing the Critique of British COIN 

Southern Poverty Law Center

·         Terror from the Right: Plots, Conspiracies and Racist Rampages Since Oklahoma City 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Arms Control and European Security

·         Culture, Identity, and Information Technology in the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. National Security 

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

·         2012 Midyear Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         A Decade of Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of National Reports 

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         A Global Database of Foreign Affiliate Sales 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Hezbollah's Karma in Syria 

·         Iran and the Human Rights Opening 

·         Looming U.S.-Iraqi Row over Decision to Release Hizballah Commander 

·         The Real Test in Syria Is Whether Fear Is at an End 

·         Terrorism in Sinai: Tests for President Morsi and the Egyptian Military 

·         UAE Arrests Highlight Challenges to U.S. Middle East Policy 

·         What Arabs Don't Know about America (and How to Fix It) 

White House

·         Fact Sheet on the National Strategy for Biosurveillance 

·         National Strategy for Biosurveillance 

Wilson Center

·         The Arab Awakening: Is Democracy a Mirage?