Friday's Miscellany 11-16-2012

38 North

·         North Korea Conducts Large Rocket MotorTests: Construction at Sohae Launch Pad

Air Education and Training Command (AETC)

·         AETC Commander’s Report to the Secretary ofthe Air Force - Review of Major General Woodward’s Commander DirectedInvestigation [Lackland AFB sexual abuse]

·         Appendix A - Review of Air Force EnlistedTraining

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Defense Spending 101—The Truth About U.S.Military Spending

American Security Project (ASP)

·         The National Security Challenges...That WeAre Not Talking About

·         Science & America's National Security   

·         The United States Information Agency - FactSheet

Amnesty International

·         Plight of Refugees, Asylum-seekers andMigrants in Libya

Asia Foundation

·         Afghanistan in 2012: A Survey of the AfghanPeople

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Financial Safety Nets in Asia: Genesis,Evolution, Adequacy, and Way Forward

·         The Relationship between Structural Changeand Inequality: A Conceptual Overview with Special Reference to Developing Asia

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         A Strategy for Peace with the Palestinians

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Domenici-Rivlin Debt Reduction Task ForcePlan 2.0

Brookings

·         Election 2012 Data: The Impact on the House [graphic]

·         Is the Immigration of Korean Sex Workers tothe United States Sex Trafficking or Migrant Smuggling?

·         Ten Economic Issues for Obama's Second Term [infographic]

·         Remaking Federalism/Renewing theEconomy—Resetting Federal Policy to Recharge the Economy, Stabilize the Budget,and Unleash State and Metropolitan Innovation

·         Series of Unfortunate Events—A CrisisSimulation of a U.S.-Iranian Confrontation

·         Ten Leadership Lessons from Simpson-Bowles

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         F-35 and the Future of Canadian Security

·         The Ghost of General Otter: Putting theCanadian Forces Report on Transformation 2011 in Context

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Myanmar’s Economic Policy Priorities

·         The Real Danger for Egyptian Democracy

Center for a New American Strategy (CNAS)

·         Beyond Fukushima: A Joint Agenda forU.S.-Japanese Disaster Management

Center for Naval Analysis

·         Assessing the Impact of and Needs for NavyLanguage, Regional Expertise, and Culture Training 

·         Collaborative Reform Process: A Review ofOfficer-Involved Shootings in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 

·         China’s Leadership Transition: What’s atStake?

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         The Syrian Civil War: Between Escalation andIntervention

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         FDI in Retail: How Can It Benefit India’sFarm Sector?

·         Hemisphere Insider, v. 2,no. 30 , November 16, 2012

·         Mexico: Prospects for a New Foreign Policy

·         PacNet #74 - Obama Approach to RohingyaPlight has Important Implications on Islam-West Relations

·         PacNet #73 - East Asia Summit: The Path fromBase Camp

·         PacNet #72 - An Aircraft Carrier’s Relevanceto China’s A2/AD Strategy

·         PacNet #71A - China's Great Green Grid

·         Significant Cyber Incidents Since 2006 [updated August 16, 2012]

·         U.S. Department of Homeland Security ContractSpending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2004-2011

·         U.S.-Turkish Relations: A Review at theBeginning of the Third Decade of the Post-Cold War Era

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

·         Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), November 9, 2012 / 61(44); 895-898

o    Energy Drink Consumption and Its Association with Sleep Problems Among U.S. Service Members on a Combat Deployment — Afghanistan, 2010

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Data Protection atthe Cost of Economic Growth?

·         Good Governance of Gender Balance

·         How to Avoid a Double-Dip Recession in theEurozone

·         Reviewing the EU ETS Review?

Century Foundation

·         Navigating the Fiscal Obstacle Course:Supporting job Creation with Savings from Ending the Upper-Income Bush-era TaxCuts

Chatham House

·         The Crisis in Syria: Is There a Way Out? [transcript and audio]

·         Untapped Trilateralism—Common Economic andSecurity Interests of the EU, the US and China

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         A Line in the Sand: Countering Crime,Violence and Terror at the Southwest Border

Congress. Senate. Senator Tom Coburn

·         Department of Everything

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in theDefense Budget

·         What Accounts for the Slow Growth of theEconomy After the Recession? - Report

·         What Accounts for the Slow Growth of theEconomy After the Recession? - Infographic

 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         ASEAN’s Future and Asian Integration

·         Freeing the Global Market: How to Boost theEconomy by Curbing Regulatory Distortions

·         Global Korea: South Korea's Contributions toInternational Security

·         A Global Trust for Rule of Law

·         The Irony of Global Economic Governance: TheSystem Worked

·         Lessons Learned From the 2011 StrategicPetroleum Reserve Release

·         Reframing America's Grand Strategy

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Defense Contingency Contracting Handbook,2012

·         2012 Joint Vision Statement for the Thai-U.S.Defense Alliance -  A 21st CenturySecurity Partnership

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-020 Independent Auditor's Report of FY 2011 Department of State Funds Transferred to DoD for Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention, November 9, 2013

·         Report of Investigation: Admiral JamesG.  Stavridis, U.S. Navy, Commander,united States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (redacted)

·         Memo from Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus onthe Stavridis Investigation

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-13-06 DHS’ Oversight of Interoperable Communications

·         OIG-13-07 The Visa Waiver Program

Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

·         A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign CorruptPractices Act

Department of State

·         Engaging Asia: Public Diplomacy and 21stCentury Statecraft

·         The U.S. Strategy to Combat WildlifeTrafficking

·         Why Should Customs Focus on Strategic TradeControls Enforcement?

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

·         Preventing the Rise of Sovereign BorrowingCosts in the Eurozone: What Can the ESM and the ECB Achieve?

Enough Project

·         Field Dispatch—Chasing the Lord’s ResistanceArmy

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         1000 Billion Euros at Stake: How BoostingEmployment can Address Demographic Change and Public Deficits

Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

·         Role of Transportation Management Centers inEmergency Operations: Guidebook

Foreign Policy

·         Emergency Route [Israel]

·         Head Over Heels [Myanmar]

·         The Peace Process Isn't Dead [Gaza]   

·         Silent but Deadly [drones]

·         The World Is Not Enough

FRIDE

·         France and Central Asia

·         A Progressive European Global Strategy

Georgia Institute of Technology

·         Emerging Cyber threats Report 2013

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The Changing Landscape of the Arab World andImplications for the EU and Turkey

·         Shifting Sands: Security and Development forEgypt’s Sinai

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Passenger Screening: Transportation Security Administration Could Improve Complaint Processes. GAO-13-43

·         Countering Violent Extremism: Additional Actions Could Strengthen Training Efforts. GAO-13-79

·         DOD and VA Health Care: Medication Needs during Transitions May Not Be Managed for All Servicemembers. GAO-13-26

·         DOD Joint Bases: Management Improvements Needed to Achieve Greater Efficiencies. GAO-13-134

·         Flexible Funding Continues to Play a Role in Supporting State and Local Transportation Priorities. GAO-13-19R

·         Fighter Aircraft: Better Cost Estimates Needed for Extending the Service Life of Selected F-16s and F/A-18s. GAO-13-51

·         Information Technology: Agencies Need to Strengthen Oversight of Billions of Dollars in Operations and Maintenance Investments. GAO-13-87

·         Information Technology Dashboard: Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency and Oversight of Investment Risk at Select Agencies. GAO-13-98

·         Maritime Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Effectiveness of Federal Efforts to Support the Marine Transportation System. GAO-13-80  

·         Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2012. GAO-13-2SP

·         Recovering Servicemembers and Veterans: Sustained Leadership Attention and Systematic Oversight Needed to Resolve Persistent Problems Affecting Care and Benefits. GAO-13-5

·         Security Assistance: DOD's Ongoing Reforms Address Some Challenges, but Additional Information Is Needed to Further Enhance Program Management. GAO-13-84

·         Spectrum Management: Incentives, Opportunities, and Testing Needed to Enhance Spectrum Sharing. GAO-13-7

·         State Department: Diplomatic Security Challenges, by Michael J. Courts, acting director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO-13-191T  [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

·         $150 Billion in Spending Cuts to OffsetDefense Sequestration

·         The Alarming Trend of Cybersecurity Breachesand Failures in the U.S. Government Continues

·         Fiscal Cliff: What Congress Should Do

·         Foreign Intelligence Surveillance AmendmentsAct of 2008

·         Global Entry Reciprocity: U.S. Should FollowAustralia’s Lead

·         Lessons from Benghazi: Rethinking U.S.Diplomatic Security

·         Obama’s Cyber Executive Order: MoreGovernment Control of the Network

·         REAL ID Compliance: Enhancing Security,Respecting Liberty, and Reducing Fraud

·         Removing Brigade Combat Teams from EuropeUndercuts NATO Allies

·         U.S. Should Use Japanese Political Change toAdvance the Alliance

·         The U.S.–Thailand Alliance and PresidentObama's Trip to Asia

Human Rights Watch

·         Lonely Servitude: Child Domestic Labor inMorocco

·         Rights Out of Reach: Obstacles to Health,Justice, and Protection for Displaced Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Colombia

·         'Tell Them That I Want to Kill Them': TwoDecades of Impunity in Hun Sen’s Cambodia

Infinity Journal

·         The Journal of Military Operations, Fall 2012, v. 1, no. 2 

o    Whither Armor?

o    Down the Tubes: A View on the Future of Field Guns Using United Kingdom Artillery as the Example

o    Blood and Water: The Present and Future of Amphibious Operations

o    Vehicle Movement in High Threat Environments

o    Fight on Foot, Defeat on Foot

o    Lessons from the Last War - Predicting the Next War

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Aftermath of Begum Khaleda Zia`s Visit toIndia

·         Change of Guard in China: The Context and theActors

·         China to Launch Satellite for Sri Lanka:India’s Missed Opportunity?

·         Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia

·         The Current Talibani Assault on the PakistaniNation

·         DF-41: China’s Answer to the US BMD Efforts

·         The Existing Biological Threat: Evaluating theSeventh Review Conference of the BTWC

·         India and the Outgoing Chinese Leadership:Change with Continuity

·         India's Neighbourhood: The Armies of SouthAsia

·         Japan-China Spat over the Senkakus Shows NoSign of Abating

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Aiding the Physics Research Center’s OverseasProcurements: Role of Applied Science Co. and Akebono Boeki Co. 

·         IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran

·         ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan - Order of Battle [updatedNovember 2012]

·         Strategic Issues Facing the Next COMISAF

·         Weekly Iraq Update #46 - November 7, 2012-November 15, 2012

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Transition in Afghanistan: Winning the War ofPerceptions?

·         What to Make of India’s Latest MinisterialReshuffle

Institute of Homeland Security Solutions

·         One Size Doesn’t Fit All: CybersecurityTraining Should Be Customized

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization

·         As American As Apple Pie—How Anwar Al-AwlakiBecame the Face of Western Jihad

 

International Crisis Group

·         Myanmar: Storm Clouds on the Horizon

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The East African Community: Prospects for SustainedGrowth 

·         Effects of Capital Flow Liberalization—Whatis the Evidence from Recent Experiences of Emerging Market Economies? 

·         Fiscal Rules at a Glance: Country Detailsfrom a New Dataset

·         Global Risks, Vulnerabilities, and PolicyChallenges Facing Low-Income Countries

·         Public Investment in Resource-AbundantDeveloping Countries

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         A Good Office? Twenty Years of UN Mediationin Myanmar

·         Rethinking Humanitarianism: Adapting to 21stCentury Challenges

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, November 18,2012

o    China Brief’s Guide to Central Military Commission

o    New CMC Vice Chairmen Strong Advocates for Joint, Modern Military

o    Parsing the Selection of China’s New High Command

o    Professionalism and Factionalism in the PLA Leadership Selection

o    Hu Jintao’s Doubtful Future on the Central Military Commission

o    Assessing the PLA ’s Promotion Ladder to CMC Member Based on Grades vs . Ranks – Part 1

o    Assessing the PLA ’s Promotion Ladder to CMC Member Based on Grades vs . Ranks – Part 2

·         China Brief, November 16,2012 - v. 12, no. 22

o    18th Party Congress Showcases Stunning Setback to Reform

o    A Bump in the Road for Taiwan and Japan but Little More

o    New CMC Vice Chairmen Strong Advocates for Joint, Modern Chinese Military

o    Parsing the Selection of China’s New High Command

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 15, 2012, v. 10, no. 21

o    Strategic and Tactical Shift Keeps al-Qaeda Insurgency Alive in Southern Yemen

o    Economic Security at Risk as Pirates Adapt Tactics in the Gulf of Guinea

o    "Heeding the Call for Jihad": The Sudden Resurgence of Baloch Nationalist Militancy in Iran

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

·         Border Insecurity in Central America’sNorthern Triangle

National Academies Press

·         Big Data: A Workshop Report

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

·         Climate and Social Stress: Implications forSecurity Analysis

·         Summary of a Workshop on the Future ofAntennas

·         Terrorism and the Electric Power DeliverySystem

National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC)

·         Protecting Americans in the 21st Century:Priorities for 2012 and Beyond

National Security Archive

·         Global Competition and the Deterioration ofU.S.-Soviet Relations, 1977-1980

 Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         New Approach to Security in Northeast Asia:Breaking the Gridlock Workshop

North-South Institute

·         Models for Trade-Related Private SectorPartnerships for Development

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         India’s Approach to the Protection ofCivilians in Armed Conflicts

·         Triangular Development Cooperation forPeacebuilding: Opportunities and Challenges

·         Who Rules Nigeria?

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         PIPS Engages Madrassa Students in Its Campaign for Peace

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Nabucco West—Perspectives and Relevance: TheReconfigured Scenario

·         Yawning Gaps in NATO Planning

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Primary Distribution, Top Incomes andInequality in China, 1978-2007

·         The Rich get Richer: Neo-liberalism andSoaring Inequality in the United States

·         Wage-led Growth: Theory, Evidence, Policy

Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)

·         Reasonable Defense—A Sustainable Approach toSecuring the Nation

Rand

·         Embassy Security: From The Outside In

·         Evaluating Cadet Leadership Positions at theU.S. Air Force Academy

·         Expanding the Use of Time/FrequencyDifference of Arrival Geolocation in the Department of Defense

·         Implementation of the Common Core StateStandards: Recommendations for the Department of Defense Education ActivitySchools

Review of International Studies

·         Khalili, Laleh. " Gendered Practices ofCounterinsurgency."  

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Atomic Accounting—A New Estimate of Russia’sNon-Strategic Nuclear Forces

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Malaysia’s U.S. Policy UnderNajib—Ambivalence No More?

·         Securing the State—National Security inContemporary Times

Small Wars Journal

·         The 2012 Warlord Loop Reading List

·         A Caution on Civil-Military Relations

·         Countering Criminal Street Gangs: Lessonsfrom the Counterinsurgent Battlespace

·         Cultural Awareness and Language Proficiency:Critical for Regionally Aligned Forces

·         Illuminating the Structure: Intelligence inthe Development of CT Strategy

·         Social Media and the Arab Spring

Stimson Center

·         A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era:Military Superiority, Agility, and Efficiency: A Summary of the Findings of theDefense Advisory Committee

·         The Non-Unitary Model And DeterrenceStability In South Asia

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Jihadist Cells and "IED"Capabilities in Europe: Assessing the Present and Future Threat to the West

Transnational Institute

·         EU Crisis Pocket Guide [English, Spanish and Italian]

·         Transformative Power: Political Organisationin Transition

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

·         Report of the United Nations Joint HumanRights Office on Human Rights Violations Perpetrated by Armed Groups duringAttacks on Villages in Ufamandu I and II, Nyamaboko I and II and KibabiGroupements, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         2012 Annual Report to Congress

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Peacebuilding Efforts of Women from Afghanistanand Iraq: Lessons in Transition

·         Scenarios for Sudan: Supporting a PeacefulTransition to an Independent South Sudan

·         Traditional Authorities’ Peacemaking Role inDarfur

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Changing Terrain: An Interim Assessmentof the Arab Spring and Its Policy Implications 

·         Egyptian Human Rights Experts Analyze theDraft Constitution

·         The Gaza Invasion: Will It Destroy Israel'sRelationship with Egypt

·         Khamenei's Strategy for Obama's Second Term

·         Ignoring the Warning Lights on Hezbollah: TheCase for a European Ban

·         Maqdisi's Disciples in Libya and Tunisia

·         Preventing Further Escalation in Gaza

·         Syria's Internal War Turns Against the Regime

White House

·         Executive Order (EO) 13269 - Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council