Friday's Miscellany 09-07-2012

Afghanistan News Network

·         The Andar Uprising - Has the Tide Already Turned? 

·         Ideology Without Leadership—Rise and Decline of Maoism in Afghanistan  

·         Reforming Jombesh—An Afghan Party on its Winding Road to Internal Democracy 

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Kurdish Question in the Syrian Revolution 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Quest for Democratic Citizenship—Agendas, Practices, and Ideals of Six Russian Grass-Roots Organizations and Movements 

American Peace Society

·         World Affairs Journal, September-October 2012 

o    Mexico’s Massacre Era: Gruesome Killings, Porous Prisons

o    Russia’s Local Elections: Politics in Spite of Putin

o    The Sufis’ Choice: Egypt’s Political Wild Card

o    America in Decline? It’s a Matter of Choices, Not Fate

o    The Future of Space: Trouble on the Final Frontier

o    The Ultimate Protest: Women Self-Immolate in Tibet

o    Tibet’s Transition: Will Washington Take a Stand?

o    China’s Currency Manipulation: A Policy Debate [Roach]

o    China’s Currency Manipulation: A Policy Debate [Navarro]

o    The Coming Collapse: Authoritarians in China and Russia Face an Endgame

o    Learning from Sadat: The Dividends of American Resolve

o    Mocking Justice in Norway: The Breivik Trial Targets Contrarian Intellectuals

American Security Project

·         Enhancing the Defense Industrial Base  

·         Why the U.S. Cannot Ignore Pakistan 

Amnesty International

·         Other Side of Paradise—A Human Rights Crisis in the Maldives  

·         Right to Know—Families Still Left in the Dark in the Balkans  

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends (No. 6): Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, September 2012 

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, August 2012, v. 19, no. 8 

o    Viral meningitis, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2002-2011

o    Updates: Routine screening for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1), civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components

o    Pertussis diagnoses among service members and other beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System, January 2005-June 2012

o    Hospitalizations for hepatitis A, B, and C, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 1991-2011

Army Combined Arms Center

·         Military Review, September-October 2012, v. 92, no. 5  

o    Just War Theory and Democratization by Force: Two Incompatible Agendas

o    In Search of the Good War: Just War and Realpolitik in Our Time

o    Harnessing Initiative and Innovation: A Process for Mission Command

o    Customary Law and Its Challenges to Afghan Statehood

o    What Comes Next? An Argument for Irregular War in National Defense

o    An Asset Out of You and Me: Communicating What It Truly Means to be a Soldier

o    Nothing is Simple in Afghanistan: The Principles of Sustainment and Logistics in Alexander's Shadow

o    Transnational Criminal Organizations: Mexico’s Commercial Insurgency

o    CGSC: Developing Leaders to Adapt and Dominate for the Army of Today and Tomorrow

o    Developing an Effective Command Philosophy

o    The Next Time We Reinvent Someone Else's Country...

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and Subregional Development Banks in Latin America: Dynamics of a System of Multilateral Development Banks 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         General Matthew B. Ridgway: A Commander's Maturation of Operational Art 

AU Press

·         Lorenz on Leadership: Lessons on Effectively Leading People 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Strategy for Making Peace with the Palestinians  

·         Is There a Future for Israel’s National Security Council? 

Brookings

·         Egypt, Israel, Palestine 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Egypt’s Ambiguous Transition 

·         Freedom and Reform at Egypt's Universities 

Center for a New American Security

·         Influence for Sale?  China’s Trade, Investment and Assistance Policies in Southeast Asia  

·         Sansha Garrison—China’s Deliberate Escalation in the South China Sea 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Somalia: Little Hope for Peace 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan—Green on Blue Attacks Are Only a Small Part of the Problem  

·         Analyzing the Impact of US Preventive Military Strikes Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities 

·         Building Stability through Economic Growth in the Maghreb 

·         PacNet #47R - Responses to PacNet #47 - Korea-Japan: Time for Outside Mediation? 

·         PacNet #56 - Korea-Japan: Enough is Enough! 

·         Saudi Arabia’s Energy Policy  

·         U.S.-Cuba Academic and Science-Based Exchanges  

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Beyond Entrenchment over Iran: Can the EU Offer a Framework for Regional Security? 

·         Drivers of Agricultural Capital Productivity in Selected EU Member States 

·         The EEAS and the Eastern Partnership: Let the Blame Game Stop 

·         The Europe 2020 Strategy: Can It Maintain the EU’s Competitiveness in the World? 

·         European Deposit Insurance: Financing the Transition 

·         The Implications for the EU and National Budgets of the Use of EU Instruments for Macro-Financial Stability 

·         This Recovery is Different 

Chatham House

·         Chinese Investment in the Greater European Zone  

·         Chinese Overseas Direct Investment in the European Union 

College of Europe

·         1 + 1 = 3? EU-US Voting Cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly 

·         EU China Observer, no.4, August 2012 

Day After Project

·         Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria  

Department of Defense

·         DoD Instruction 5240.16, Counterintelligence Functional Services (CIFS), August 27, 2012 

·         DISA Strategic Plan, 2013-2018 

·         Operation Tomodachi Registry website 

·         Special Report: Suicide Prevention and Awareness 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-108 Questionable Data Cast Doubt on the Need for Continuing the Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative 

·         DODIG-2012-123 Assessment of the Federal Voting Assistance Program Office Implementation of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act 

Department of Energy

·         Inquiry into the Security Breach at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex 

Department of State

·         Report to Congress on the Haqqani Network 

·         Senior Administration Officials on the Terrorist Designation of the Haqqani Network 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         China Country Analysis Brief 

Enough Project

·         End of Amnesty in Uganda—Implications for LRA Defections  

·         SEC’s Final Rule on Conflict Minerals—Reporting Requirements for Companies 

Feinstein International Center

·         Winning Hearts and Minds in Uruzgan Province [Afghanistan] 

Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO)

·         OE Watch, August 2012, v. 2, no. 8 

Foreign Policy

·         Does the F.B.I. Have an Informant Problem? 

·         Is It Over Yet? [conventions] 

·         Out of the Nuclear Closet 

·         Skateboarding in Kabul 

·         Trending Upward: How the Intelligence Community can Better See into the Future 

FRIDE

·         The EU and Pakistan’s Turbulent Democratization 

·         Europe's Involvement in East Asian Security: How to Engage China 

·         The Netherlands and Central Asia 

·         The New Six Year Term in Mexico and Its (un) Strategic Relationship with the EU [in Spanish] 

·         Portugal and Central Asia 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         The American Middle East Policy Lacks Vision 

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration and Security Sector Reform 

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         G20, IMF, and WTO in Turbulent Times: Legitimacy and Effectiveness Put to the Test 

·         Reasoning with Rebels: International NGOs' Approaches to Engaging Armed Groups 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Political Economy of Regional Power: Turkey under the AKP 

German Marshal Fund of the United States

·         Brazil-EU Relations: Beyond the Eurozone Crisis 

Global Humanitarian Assistance

·         Funding to the Syrian Crisis 

Harvard Law School National Security Journal

·         National Security by the Numbers: Why We Should Redouble Efforts to Express Analytic Certainty 

Heinrich Böll Foundation

·         Cases of Femicide before Lebanese Courts 

·         Is it Winter or Spring for Christians in Syria? 

·         Social Media and the Revolutions: How the Internet Revived the Arab Public Sphere and Digitalized Activism 

Heritage Foundation

·         American Statesman: The Enduring Relevance of George Washington http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/mapt02.pdf

·         Clinton Tax Hikes Slowed Growth http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/ib3716.pdf

·         The U.N. Human Rights Council Does Not Deserve U.S. Support http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/ib3717.pdf  

·         U.S.–U.K. Extradition Treaty—Fair, Balanced, and Worth Defending  http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/bg2723.pdf

Human Rights Watch

·         Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya  

·         Time for Justice: Ending Impunity for Killings and Disappearances in 1990s Turkey 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Arab Spring and the Non-Arabs of West Asia 

·         China’s Defence Minister in India: Raising Military Relations to the Next Level? 

·         A Critique of India’s Defence Offset Guidelines 2012 

·         India’s Maoists: The Party Shall be Over! 

·         The Invisible War in West Asia 

·         Power, Conservatism and India’s Nuclear Disarmament Policy 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Hypocritical Non-Aligned Movement Communiqué Supports Iran’s Continued Nuclear Stonewalling 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         Sharing Lessons on Religious Freedom: U.S. and Muslim-Majority Countries 

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Haqqani Network—A Foreign Terrorist Organization 

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update #35 August 22, 2012-August 31, 2012     

·         Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update #36 August 31, 2012-September 6, 2012 

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

·         Managing Sino-U.S. Air and Naval Interactions: Cold War Lessons and New Avenues of Approach 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Cultivating the Future: Exploring the Potential and Impact of a Green Revolution in Africa 

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         Arms Control Dilemmas: Focus on the Middle East 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Cloudy Prospects for Europe's Combat Aircraft Makers 

·         Pacific Trade Accord Raises Difficult Issues 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Dissecting Saving Dynamics: Measuring Wealth, Precautionary, and Credit Effects 

·         The Trade Impact of China on EMU: Is It Even Across Members? 

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Arms Trade by Numbers  

·         Arms Transfers and Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         Prosecuting Illicit Arms Brokers: Improving the European Record 

·         Supplying Arms – The Syrian Case 

International Republican Institute (IRI)

·         Foreign Policy Experts Look at the Future of U.S. National Security Policy [panel discussion] 

James Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         U.S. LNG Exports: Truth and Consequence 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, September 7, 2012, v. 12, no. 17 

o    China’s Shades of Grey

o    Diaoyu-Senkaku Crisis Tests Resilience of Beijing’s Japan Diplomacy

o    Sino-Japanese Relations: Citizens Taking Charge Despite Government Efforts

o    China’s Search for a “New Type of Great Power Relationship”

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The 20th Anniversary of South Korean-Chinese Diplomatic Relations, The Path toward South Korean-Chinese Cooperation for the Resolution of the North Korea Issue 

·         How Should Jang Song-thaek’s Visit to China be Evaluated? 

·         Kim Young-hwan, China, Democratization of North Korea and the Improvement of Human Rights 

Long War Journal

·         Analysis: The Taliban's 'Momentum' Has Not Been Broken 

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data 

·         US Adds Haqqani Network to List of Terror Groups 

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

·         Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations Knowledge Matrix 

National Security Archive

·         CIA "Mea Culpa" on Iraq WMD Analysis 

·         Nuclear Terrorism: How Big a Threat? 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Civil Society in Transitional Contexts

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Old Sea Dogs In New Battles With Fancy Labels 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Balanced on a Knife-Edge: The Future of Libya’s New State  

·         Putting the Pieces Together: Haiti’s Path to a Working State 

·         South Sudan’s Emergency State 

Open Society Foundations

·         Remaking Bagram—The Creation of an Afghan Internment Regime and the Divide over U.S. Detention Power 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Anatomy of Green-on-Blue Attacks 

·         Collective Efforts Needed to Eradicate Persecution of Religious Minorities 

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

·         Religious Groups and Political Party Identification 

Pew Internet and American Life Project

·         Politics on Social Networking Sites 

·         Privacy and Data Management on Mobile Devices 

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

·         Campaign 2012 

Pew Social and Demographics Trends

·         Public Says a Secure Job Is the Ticket to the Middle Class 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         Any Chance for Inclusive Intergovernmentalism? The Prospects for a Franco-Polish Partnership in the European Union 

Rand

·         The Air Force's Experience with Should-Cost Reviews and Options for Enhancing Its Capability to Conduct Them 

·         Integrating the Department of Defense Supply Chain 

·         Sustaining the US Air Force's Force Support Career Field through Officer Workforce Planning 

·         The U.S. Drug Policy Landscape: Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Governing for the Future—What Governments Can Do  

Small Arms Survey

·         Estimating Civilian Owned Firearms 

Small Wars Journal

·         How PowerPoint Stifles Understanding, Creativity, and Innovation Within Your Organization 

·         Iraq in The Middle Part VI: Richard Weitz on Iraq’s Relations with China and Russia 

·         Irregular Warfare: Fielding and Phasing in the Venture Capital Green Beret 

·         Keep Calm and Carry On: A Plan for Yemen 

·         Making Security Cooperation Part of the Army’s ‘Win’ Set 

·         On the Use of Aid and Development to Induce Political Conversion: Lessons from a Failed State 

Stanley Foundation

·         Beyond Boundaries in the Andean Region—Bridging the Security/ Development Divide With International Security Assistance  

United Kingdom Parliament—House of Lords—European Union Committee

·         Turning the Tide on Piracy, Building Somalia’s Future—Follow-up Report on the EU’s Operation Atalanta and Beyond  

UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR)

·         Making Cities Resilient Report 2012 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         How Business Can Foster Peace 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Power after the Spring 

·         Asset Test: How the United States Benefits from Its Alliance with Israel 

·         A Conversation with A.Q. Khan 

·         Dodging the Drones: How Militants Have Responded to the Covert U.S. Campaign 

·         Inside Iran's Nuclear Program 

·         Israel's Natural Gas Challenges 

·         Radioactive 

·         Two Egyptian Views of U.S. Policy 

·         Who's Who in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 

World Wide Web Foundation

·         Web Index 2012