Friday's Miscellany 10-26-2012

American Enterprise Institute

·         Future of Japan-Taiwan Relations—Strategic Diversification inPursuit of Security, Autonomy, and Prosperity 

·         Why We Must Win in Afghanistan 

 

Amnesty International

·         One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? One Year Since Tunisia’s Landmark Elections 

 
Arms Control Association

·         Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at 15—Status and Prospects

 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III: Intentions, UnintendedConsequences, and Lessons for Emerging Markets

·         Impact of Changes in the Global Financial Regulatory Landscape onAsian Emerging Markets  

 Atlantic Council

·         Business Case for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage 

·         Managing the Global Response to Maritime Piracy

·         Ukraine's Parliamentary Elections 2012: A Critical Moment forDemocracy

·         U.S. Policy Shift to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage 

 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Brothers in Arms—Would Hizballah and Hamas Join Iran in a WarAgainst Israel?

 

Brookings Institution

·         "Accelerated Regular Order" — Could it Lead the Partiesto a Grand Bargain?

·         Losing Syria (And How to Avoid It)  

·         October 2012 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for GlobalEconomic Recovery

·         The Political Mapping of China’s Tobacco Industry and Anti-SmokingCampaign

·         What Does the Kampala Convention on Internal Displacement inAfrica Mean for Housing, Land and Property Restitution?

 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Paranoid Neighbor: Algeria and the Conflict in Mali

Center for a New American Strategy (CNAS)

·         Candidates' Plans For U.S. Military At Home, Abroad 

·         The Pentagon's New Cyber Strategy [interview] 

·         Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy: 6 Follow-up Questions thatShould Have

·         With World Their Stage, One Last Presidential Cash 

·         Yokota: Civil-Military Use of U.S. Bases in Japan

 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Federal Judicial Emergencies

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Chemical Weapons Ban: Status and Prospects

·         The Militarization of Cyber Security as a Source of Global Tension

 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Defense Department PAS Positions

·         Ecosystem of U.S. International Development Assistance 

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 27 - October 26,2012

·         PacNet #66 - South Korea's Growing Role and Contribution toInternational Stability

·         PacNet #65 - Can Europe Prevent Asia's Rise?

·         Patterns of Violence in Iraq 

·         Updating U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Policy and Guidance  

·         Women in Senate Confirmed Department of Defense PAS PositionsSince 1947

 

Central Asia Program - The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

·         Game Over? Shifting Geopolitics in Central Asia

 
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The Labour Allocation Decisions of Farm Households: Defining a TheoreticalModel

 Chatham House

·         Pakistan—Regional Rivalries, Local Impacts

CNA

·         The Long Littoral Project: East Chinaand Yellow Seas

Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)

·         CNSSD no. 506 - National Directive to Implement Public Key Infrastructure for the Protection of Systems Operating on Secret Level Networks

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         How the Supply of Labor Responds to Changes in Fiscal Policy

·         Review of Estimates of the Frisch Elasticity of Labor Supply

 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Global Korea—South Korea's Contributions to International Security

·         The KSLV I Launch and South Korea’s Space Strategy

·         Waiting on Iran Nuclear Talks

 

Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute

·         Cybersecurity Workforce Development Directions

 

Deloitte-NASCIO

·         2012 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study:  State Governments at Risk: A Call for Collaborationand Compliance

 Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 5105.65, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), October 26, 2012  

Department of State

·         The Destructive Impact of Illicit Trade and the Illegal Economy onEconomic Growth, Sustainable Development, and Global Security

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Ecuador Analysis Brief - October 2012

·         Monthly Energy Review - October 2012   

Enough Project

·         Congo—Key Minerals Smuggling Ring is in Good Health in Goma 

·         President Mbeki's Moment—A Stand for Peace in the Two Sudans 

EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

·         Role of the European Union Delivering Resolution 1540Implementation Assistance

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Accommodating an Independent Scotland: How a British-style Constitutionfor the EU Could Secure Scotland's Future

·         Stepping Stone to an Ambitious Deal? – The Results of an ‘IntermediateSummit’ - Post-Summit Analysis

·         Turkey-EU Relations: Time to Rebuild Trust

·         Ukraine: The Moment of Truth

 Foreign Policy

·         The Backfire in Baghdad

·         Clicking This Will Make You Stupider [2012 foreign policy ads]

·         Jerks vs. Waterboarders

·         Me and My Censor [China]

·         The Not-So-Funny Papers

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Middle East Media Monitor: Syrian Rebel Use of Social Media

·         The Two-State Solution: Getting from Here to There

FRIDE

·         Ethnicity and Tribalism in Arab Transitions

·         European Commercial Diplomacy: The Hunt for Growth

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

·         An Electric Mandate: The EU Procedure for Harmonising Cross-BorderNetwork Codes for Electricity

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Nature and Role of Regional Agreements in InternationalEnvironmental Politics: Mapping Agreements, Outlining Future Research

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Changes in the Mediterranean Security Environment: A View FromAthens

·         Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for theEuropean Union

·         Toward Strategic Cooperation between India, the United States, andEurope

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: An Implementation Strategy Could Advance DHS's Coordination of Resilience Efforts across Ports and Other Infrastructure. GAO-13-11

·         Defense Acquisitions: Future Aerostat and Airship Investment Decisions Drive Oversight and Coordination Needs. GAO-13-81

·         Homeland Defense: DOD Needs to Address Gaps in Homeland Defense and Civil Support Guidance. GAO-13-128

·         Religious Compensatory Time: Office of Personnel Management Action Needed to Clarify Policies for Agencies. GAO-13-96

 Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal, 2012, v. 3, no.2 

o    History, Hamdan, and Happenstance:“Conspiracy by Two or More to Violate the Laws of War by Destroying Life or Property in Aid of the Enemy”

o    Distributive Justice in NationalSecurity Law

o    The Green Arms Race: Reorienting theDiscussions on Climate Change, Energy Policy, and National Security

o    National Security Crime

Heritage Foundation

·         2013 Index of Economic Freedom: No Boost in Trade Freedom

·         China Cyber Threat: Huawei and American Policy Toward ChineseCompanies

·         Urging Federal Contractors to Violate the WARN Act

·         The U.S. Should Withdraw from UNESCO

Institute Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Afghanistan: Between Hope and Despair

·         The Commissioning of Liaoning: An Example of China’s DeclaratoryStrategy?

·         On East Asian Regional Integration from the Perspective ofEconomic Security

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         Israel-Egypt Relations in Light of Security-Related Incidents inthe Sinai Peninsula

 
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Closing the Tinners’ Swiss Criminal Case

·         Discouraging Any Iranian Decision to Produce Highly EnrichedUranium 

·         United States Prosecutes U.S.-Based Smuggler Working for Iran

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         The Way Forward on Combating al-Qa’ida-Inspired Violent Extremismin the United States: Suggestions for the Next Administration

Institute for the Study of War

·         Christopher Harmer: Are Sanctions Against Iran Effective?

·         Syrian Air Force & Air Defense Overview

·         Warning in Libya: The Rise of an Imminent Threat

·         Weekly Iraq Update #43, October 17, 2012-October 24, 2012

 Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Strengthening the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security:  How to Engage African Regional Organizationsand Civil Society

International Crisis Group

·         Burundi: Bye-bye Arusha?

 International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on theGlobal Economy

·         The Domestic Credit Supply Response to International BankDeleveraging: Is Asia Different?

·         Financial Spillovers to Chile

·         Oil and the World Economy: Some Possible Futures

 International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

·         A Stuxnet Future? Nonsense, Cyber-War Is an Overblown Non-Threat

·         A Stuxnet Future? Yes, Offensive Cyber-Warfare is Already Here

 Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Iran: Illusion, Reality, and Interests

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The 6th Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly: An Analysis

·         Opening the Pandora’s Box? The Introduction of a New EconomicManagement System in North Korea

 Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2012 [updated Oct 24, 2012]

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2012 [updated Oct 28, 2012]

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Oct 25, 2012]

Marine Corps Intelligence Association (MCIA)

·         INTSUM Magazine, Spring/Summer 2012, v. 24, no. 1& 2

o    Special: Intell in Korea: Strategic to Marine Infantry Battalion Level

o    "The Ghost Armies of Manchuria”

o    Next War: Korea Wargame

o    “Battalion Intell Functioning in Korea”

National Academies Press

·         Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors From Nerve Agent RocketsStored at Blue Grass Army Depot

·         Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership Over the Finish Line

·         Oil and Gas for Asia: Geopolitical Implications of Asia’s RisingDemand

National Security Archive

·         Mikoyan's "Mission Impossible" in Cuba: New SovietEvidence on the Cuban Missile Crisis

·         The Underwater Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Submarines and theRisk of Nuclear War

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Oct 23, 2012]

 Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         An Initial Exploration of the Potential for Deep Borehole Disposalof Nuclear Wastes in China

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         Social Protection and Basic Services in Conflict-affectedSituations: What do We Know?

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Peace & Stability Operations Journal Online, 2012, v. 3, no. 1

o    No Will, No Way: Women, Peace, and Security in Peacekeeping Operations

o    Female Engagement Teams: An Enduring Requirement with a Rocky Start

o    Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts: A Conspiracy of Silence

o    "Improving the Interactions between Child Soldiers and Security Forces: The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, Experiences from the Field

o    Gender Integration in Action

o    Sex and Age Disaggregated Data: Solution to Lack of Gender Mainstreaming in Food Aid Projects in Complex Emergencies

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Global IQ Quiz

Pew Internet and American Life Project

·         Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits

 Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Examining the Last Four Years - How Has America Changed

 Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Predictable Continuity: Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections 2012

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Capital Flight from Sub-Saharan African Countries: UpdatedEstimates, 1970 - 2010

·         Decoupling between the Federal Funds Rate and Long-term InterestRates: Decreasing Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in the U.S.

 Rand

·         NATO and the Challenges of Austerity

 Small Wars Journal

·         Abu Sayyaf Crime, Ideology, Autonomy Movement? The Complex Evolutionof a Militant Islamist Group in the Philippines

·         Beirut, Oh Mistress of the World

·         The (Camouflage) Things They Carried

·         Policy and Strategy in the New Drug War

·         Sharing the Wealth: Burma’s Post-Military Rule and NaturalResource Governance

·         Using Risk Management to Solve Strategic Problems

 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR-Safety-Alert 12-1 SIGAR Alert Letter to U.S. Commanders on Threat to U.S. Forces from Lack of Culvert Denial Systems

·         SIGAR-Safety-Alert 12-2 SIGAR Letter to USAID on Fraud Investigation Concerning $498 Million Contract for Road Projects 

·         SIGAR-Investigative Report 12-3 SIGAR Letter Calls for Immediate Action to Prevent Entities and Individuals Supporting the Insurgency from Obtaining Contracts, Grants and Cooperative Agreements

·         SIGAR-Inspection 12-02 Kunduz Ana Garrison: Army Corps of Engineers Released Dyncorp of all Contractual Obligations Despite Poor Performance and Structural Failures

Stanley Foundation

·         Assisting States to Prevent Atrocities

 Stimson Center

·         Diplomacy In A Time Of Scarcity

 Transnational Institute

·         The Global Land Grab: A Primer

·         Land Grabbing in Dawei ( Myanmar / Burma) : a ( Inter) NationalHuman Rights Concern

·         The Other Burma? Conflict, Counter-Insurgency and Human Rights inNortheast India

 US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Brazil's Oil Production and Trade with the United States

 Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Hezbollah under Pressure

·         The Missing Obama-Romney Debate on Egypt

·         Nuclear Iran: Technical Issues Overshadowing Negotiations

·         Qatar's Emir Visits Gaza

·         Turkey’s Changing Relations with Iraq: Kurdistan Up, Baghdad Down

·         Why Syria's Fragmentation Is Turkey's Opportunity

 World Public Opinion.org

·         Global Poll: Obama Overwhelmingly Preferred to Romney