Friday's Miscellany 08-17-2012

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Afghan Politicking after the Rebellion in Tajik Badakhshan (amended) 

·         Karzai’s Decree to Combat Corruption: Cause for Cautious Optimism? 

·         The Takhar Attack and Targeted Killings: The Legal Challenge 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         After the Presidential Elections: Egypt at a Crossroads 

·         Iran's Strategy under New Sanctions 

·         A Long War of Attrition in Syria 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Russia's protesters—The people, Ideals and Prospects 

Asia Society

·         Stabilizing Pakistan Through Police Reform 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Coordinating Healthcare and Pension Policies: An Exploratory Study 

·         Regional Monetary Cooperation in Latin America 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Earned Deferred Compensation—Proposed Military Earnings Reforms Do More Harm Than Good  

Atlantic Council

·         Zimbabwe’s Ticking Time Bomb 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         How Much Is Too Little?  Learning to Live With a Smaller Force 

·         Ken Henry's Asian Century     

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Fading Left and Israel’s Flourishing Democracy 

·         India's Economic Relations with Israel and the Arabs 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Interoperability Case Study: Cloud Computing 

Brookings Institute

·         Development, Aid and Governance Indicators (DAGI) 

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

·         Japan’s Defense Policy—The View From Washington, DC  

·         Stopping Extremist Settlers 

·         What Hurdles Face Brazil Ahead of the Olympics & World Cup? 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Religious Education and Pluralism in Egypt and Tunisia  

Center for a New American Security

·         Employing America's Veterans—Perspectives from Businesses  

Center for American Progress

·         China’s Real Leadership Question: Economic Development and Social Challenges Ultimately Will Determine Who Runs the Country over the Coming Decades 

·         Next Steps in Syria: A Look at U.S. Priorities and Interests 

·         U.S. Policy in Syria Enters a New Phase: The United States and Turkey Enhance Their Coordination on Syria 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Consumer Credit in Europe (1995-2011): ECRI Statistical Package 2012 

·         Key Findings from the ECRI Statistical Package 2012: Debt crisis hits Europe’s retail credit markets 

·         Lending to Households in Europe (1995-2011): ECRI Statistical Package 2012 

·         Population Scenarios for South Mediterranean Countries: 2010-2050 

Center for Global Development

·         A Commitment to Vaccination Index: Measuring Government Progress toward Global Immunization 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, August 2012, v. 8 

o    Homeland Security: Advancing the National Strategic Position

o    How to Quantify Deterrence and Reduce Critical Infrastructure Risk

o    A Maritime Strategic Doctrine Threat Assessment of Sea-Based Drug Trafficking Organizations and Terrorist Group Operations

o    Integration of Social Determinants of Community Planning Preparedness and Resiliency in Twenty-first Century Emergency Management

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Eradicating Polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan  

·         U.S. Force Posture Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region: An Independent Assessment 

·         The U.S.-Japan Alliance—Anchoring Stability in Asia 

Center for Strategic Leadership

·         Sustainability and National Security 

Chatham House

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

·         The 'Shale Gas Revolution': Developments and Changes 

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

·         2012-2017 DIA Strategic Plan: One Mission. One Team. One Agency 

·         Accelerating Change: Today's Defense Intelligence Imperative [LTG Flynn's Message and Guidance] 

Department of Defense

·         Command Investigation into the Facts and Circumstances Surrounding the Class "A" Mishap Involving the MV-22B Crash that Occurred Near Cap dra'a Morocco on 11 April 2012 

·         Energy Investments for Military Operations: For Fiscal Year 2013 

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, August 14, 2012 

Director National Intelligence

·         2011 Data Mining Report 

East-West Center

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

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, August 2012, v. 81, no. 8 

o    Crowd Management

o    Detecting Deception

o    Change Can Be a Slippery Slope

o    The Power of Police Civility

o    Picketers, Protesters, and Police: The First Amendment and Investigative Activity

o    Honor of the Badge

Foreign Policy

·         Con Air 

·         The East is Rising: Meet the 29 Chinese cities powering global growth 

·         Hugo and the Hereafter 

·         The Souls of Chinese Cities    

·         Unlivable Cities: China's megalopolises may seem impressive on paper, but they are awful places to live 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Radicalization in the U.S. Beyond al Qaeda: Treating the Disease of the Disconnection 

Fraser Institute

·         Measuring the Cost of the Canada-US Border 

FRIDE

·         Crunch Time for Egypt’s Civil-Military Relations 

·         Funding Arab Reform? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Consequences of Failed Mediation in Civil Wars: Assessing the Sri Lankan Case 

German Marshal Fund of the United States

·         Climate Change, Foreign Assistance, and Development: What Future for Ethiopia? 

·         The Tension at Russia’s Center: Radical Islam in Tatarstan 

·         Turkey and Russia in the Arab Spring: Straining Old Rifts Further? 

·         Turkey’s Syria Policy and the Kurds: Resisting Temptation    

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: DOD Is Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Its New Acquisition Strategy. GAO-12-822 

·         International Taxation: Information on Foreign-Owned but Essentially U.S.-Based Corporate Groups Is Limited. GAO-12-794 

Harvard Law School - National Security Journal

·         Blurring the Civilian-Combatant Line: Legal Implications of Deploying U.S. Civilian Mariners in the Libyan Theater 

Heritage Foundation

·         Arctic Region: U.S. Policy on Arctic Security 

·         Chemical Security in the U.S.—CFATS Regulations Too Complex, Overly Burdensome  

·         Critical Mismatch—The Dangerous Gap Between Rhetoric and Readiness In DOD’s Civil Support Missions  

·         No-Fly Zone over Syria: Wrong Policy at the Wrong Time 

·         Offshore Drilling: Increase Access, Reduce the Risk, and Stop Hurting American Companies 

·         Preventing Catastrophe: Time for a National EMP Awareness Day 

·         South Korean President’s Trip Strains Japan Relations, Impedes Allied Cooperation 

Hudson Institute

·         China Views America—Aspiration, Opposition, and the Telos of China’s Return  

India National Defense College

·         Nonalignment 2.0—Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the 21st Century  

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Japan-South Korea Diplomatic Standoff over Takeshima/Dokdo 

·         The Libyan Crisis and the Western Sahel: Emerging Security Issues 

·         The Persecuted Rohingyas of Myanmar: Need for Political Accommodation and India`s Role 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         British Bank Accused of Doing Massive Illegal Iran Business: Settles with New York Authorities 

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

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

Institute for the Study of War

·         Abdul Wardak and Bismillah Khan Mohammadi: Unpacking Afghanistan's Ministerial Shake-up 

·         Afghanistan - Order of Battle [updated August 2012]

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 32-July 27, 2012-August 3, 2012 

·         Map of Baghdad, Iraq  

·         Map of Mosul, Iraq 

·         Map: Syria's Maturing Insurgency 

·         Threat And Response: Israeli Missile Defense 

·         Unraveling the Syria Mess: A Crisis Simulation of Spillover From The Syrian Civil War 

International Crisis Group

·         Beyond Turf Wars: Managing the Post-Coup Transition in Guinea-Bissau 

·         Election Reform in Pakistan 

·         Light at the End of their Tunnels? Hamas & the Arab Uprisings 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         How much should I hold? Reserve Adequacy in Emerging Markets and Small Islands 

·         Household Production, Services and Monetary Policy 

·         Sovereign Debt Restructurings 1950 - 2010: Literature Survey, Data, and Stylized Facts 

Integrated Regional Information Networks

·         Armed Groups Should Not Be a Law unto Themselves 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, August 17, 2012, v. 12, no. 16 

o    Army Day Coverage Stresses PLA’s Contributions and Party Control

o    Sansha: New City in the South China Sea

o    Taiwan Rebalances in the Near Seas

o    Beijing Doubles Down on Kim Dynasty

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Intelligence Document Reveals Muslim Brotherhood Role in Egyptian Revolution 

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters, 30 July 2012    

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Pyongyang’s “July Drama” and the Direction of the Kim Jong-un Regime -Where Is North Korea Going? 

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Anemic Ascent—Why China’s Currency is Far From Going Global  

Middle East Institute

·         Afghanistan 2002-2012: A Decade of Progress and Hope 

Moshe Dayan Center

·         Assad's Syria on the Brink 

·         Have Mercy on Morsi: Islamic Options for Egypt's Economy 

·         Instability and State Weakness: The 'Post-Revolutionary' Challenge in the Arab World 

National Academies Press

·         Capability Planning and Analysis to Optimize Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Investments 

·         Remediation of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel 

National Security Archive

·         Inside U.S.-Soviet Relations during the Carter-Brezhnev Period 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update August 14, 2012] 

·         Counter-Narcotics in Afghanistan: A Compendium 

·         The Decision to Plant Poppies: Irrigation, Profits & Alternative Crops in Afghanistan 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

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

·         Middle East and North Africa Report 25 

·         Sectarian Violence: Pakistan’s Greatest Security Threat? 

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

·         The War for Afghanistan 

Norway Office of the Prime Minister

·         Commission Report on the Norway Shooting 

Observer Research Foundation

·         China Military Watch - August 16, 2012, v.1, no. 11 

o    PLA tests combat capabilities near Indian border

·         Decoding Romney's Worldview 

·         Haqqani Network: A Dilemma for US 

·         What India Can Do for Its Neighbours? 

Overseas Development Institute

·         Country-Specific Civil Military Coordination Guidelines 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan - 3rd Qrt report 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Sovereign Debt Sustainability in Italy and Spain: A Probabilistic Approach 

Pew Hispanic Center

·         Up to 1.7 Million Unauthorized Immigrant Youth May Benefit from New Deportation Rules 

Police Executive Research Forum

·         An Integrated Approach to De-Escalation and Minimizing Use of Force 

Project on Defense Alternatives

·         A Reasonable Alternative to Sequester of DoD Funding   

Rand

·         All Glory Is Fleeting: Insights from the Second Lebanon War 

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

·         International Labor Flows: Migration Views from the Migrant, the Receiving-Country Economy, and the Sending-Country Family 

·         Ofcom: The Effectiveness of Converged Regulation 

Royal United Services Institute

·         Defense Materiel Strategy and the GOCO Proposal for Abbey Wood  

·         Syria—A Collision Course for Intervention    

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Dividing the Korean Peninsula: The Rhetoric of the George W. Bush Administration 

·         Malaysia’s China Policy in the Post-Mahathir Era: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation 

Small Wars Journal

·         An Anthropological Comparative Study Of The European Oil Sanctions Against Iran 

·         Extreme Violence and Terrorism in Mexico 

·         Intel Sharing with Afghans Presents Challenges 

·         Rethinking the Subcomponents of World Order 

·         The Role of Ethics in the 21st Century Joint Force 

·         Seeking The Edge: Getting A Handle On Game-Changing Technologies In The National Security Community 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and Criminalized States in Latin America: An Emerging Tier-One National Security Priority 

Terrorism Research Initiative

·         Perspectives on Terrorism, August 2012, v. 6, no. 3 

o    Why Right is Might: How the Social Science on Radicalisation suggests that International Human Rights Norms actually help frame Effective Counterterrorism Policies

o    Assessing Psycho-Social Resilience in Diplomatic, Civilian & Military Personnel Serving in a High-Threat Security Environment during Counter-Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism Operations in Iraq

o    Hizballah in Africa

o    An Interview with Islamist Scholar Abd al-Mun’im Moneep

o    Trends and Developments in Terrorism: a Research Note

o    Twelve Rules for Preventing and Countering Terrorism

o    Literature on the Future of Terrorism (including Trends)

o    Three Bibliographies on (i) Drones and Targeted Killing, (ii) Prosecuting Terrorism and (iii) Enhanced Interrogation Techniques v. Torture

Transatlantic Academy

·         Climate Change, Foreign Assistance, and Development: What Future for Ethiopia? 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assad's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 

·         The Case for Ramping Up EU Intervention in Syria 

·         Egypt's New President Moves Against Democracy 

·         Hizballah's Canadian Procurement Network 

·         How America Can Slow Israel's March to War 

·         In Egypt, Rule by Constitution or Fiat? 

·         Israel Debates a Strike on Iran 

·         New U.S. Tone on Iran 

·         Sharp Contrast between U.S. and Iranian Earthquake Responses 

·         Syria's Summer War and the Fate of the Regime 

·         Why Secretary Clinton Is Going to Istanbul