Friday's Miscellany 11-30-2012

Air University

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2012, v. 6, no. 4

o    An Interview with Gen Mark A. Welsh III

o    Industry's Vital Role in National Cyber Security

o    Crisis Management and the Anti-Access/Area Denial Problem

o    Technology, Qualitative Superiority, and the Overstretched American Military

o    Virtual Patriots and a New American Cyber Strategy: Changing the Zero-Sum Game

o    Deterring North Korea from Using WMD in Future Conflicts and Crises

American Enterprise Institute

·         For Dignity in DemocraticCitizenship—Russia’s Unfinished Moral Revolution and Anti-authoritarianMovements Today 

·         U.S. Military Technological Supremacy UnderThreat 

American Security Project

·         American Competitiveness—A Matter of NationalSecurity 

·         Fact Sheet—Intelligence Assessments of Iran’sNuclear Program 

·         Iran’s Nuclear Facilities 

·         Mali—Timeline and Factsheet

Amnesty International

·         Arbitrary Arrest, Detention and Treatment ofDetainees in Mozambique 

·         Bahrain—Reform Shelved, Repression Unleashed

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Historical Sources of InstitutionalTrajectories in Economic Development: China, Japan, and Korea Compared

·         Impact of Production Linkages on IndustrialUpgrading in ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India: OrganizationalEvidence of a Global Supply Chain

·         Lifestyle Choices and Societal BehaviorChanges as Local Climate Strategy

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Buddhist-Muslim Violence in Myanmar—A Threatto Southeast Asia 

·         Morsi’s Dictatorship and the GazaCeasefire 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         The ExecutiveBranch and National Energy Policy: Time for Renewal

·         GettingBack to Legislating: Reflections of a Congressional Working Group

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Russia in theMiddle East 

Brookings Institute

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated November 20, 2012)

·         Global Swing States and the Human Rights andDemocracy Order

·         Metro Brazil: An Overview of the Nation'sLargest Metropolitan Economies

·         Regulatory Reforms Necessary for an InclusiveGrowth Model in Egypt

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Forget Al-Qaeda—Think Mexico:  Next Great Threat to Canadian Security

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Reducing the Role of Nuclear Weapons: Whatthe NPDI Can Do

·         Russian Awakening 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         A Conversation with the Honorable LeonPanetta

·         Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia,Turkey and the Future of International Order

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)

·         CIP Report, November 2012, 11, no. 5 [Communications Sector]

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Strategic Choices—Navigating Austerity

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Crafting Asia Economic Strategy in 2013

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 31 - November 30, 2012

·         The Impact of China and Russia on U.S. andIranian Strategic Competition

·         Lessons for Japan from U.S. Rebalancing ofMental Health Care

·         PacNet #77 - Obama’s Nuclear Agenda: The NextFour Years

·         PacNet #78 - China's New Leaders:Conservative Immobility or Streamlined Decisions?

·         PacNet #79 - Because Countries Don’t HaveTherapists: Trust Issues and the US, Japan, ROK Trilateral Relationship

·         PacNet #80 - US-Cambodia Relations: HumanRights Is One Variable

·         Recommendations for a New Administration

·         Reigniting the U.S.-India EconomicRelationship: A New Framework

·         Reordering Chinese Priorities on the KoreanPeninsula

·         Thoughts from the Chairman: All Eyes on Xi asChina's New Leaders Take Power

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Chronicles of a Disagreement Foretold 

·         The Contents and Timing of a European BankingUnion: Reflections on the Differing Views

·         When the Rising Dragon Sees Fading Stars:China’s View of the European Union

·         Which Economic Model for a Water-EfficientEurope?

Centre for European Strategy

·         The EU and the Turkish AccessionProcess:  Shooting Itself in the Foot

Chatham House

·         Angola and the Gulf of Guinea Towards anIntegrated Maritime Strategy

·         Climate Change and Africa—Turning Up the Heat

·         The EU and China: Time for a StrategicRenewal?

Combatting Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, November2012, v. 5, no. 11 

o    An Algerian Press Review: Determining Algiers’ Position on an Intervention in Mali

o    Serious Leadership Rifts Emerge in Afghan Taliban

o    Shabiha Militias and the Destruction of Syria

o    Hizb Allah’s Role in the Syrian Uprising

o    Security Implications for Multinational Corporations Operating in Mexico

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit,November 2012

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Hamas

·         Palestinian Statehood at the UN

·         U.S.-Turkey Relations—A New Partnership 

Department of Defense Inspector General  (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-024  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Improve Contract Oversight of Military Construction Projects at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, November 26, 2012

·         DODIG-2013-025 Accountability Was Missing for Government Property Procured on the Army's Services Contract for Logistics Support of Stryker Vehicles, November 30, 2012 

·         DODIG-2013-027 DoD Generally Effective at Correcting Causes of Antideficiency Act Violations in Military Personnel Accounts, But Vulnerabilities Remain, November 30, 2013

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-13-09 Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security

Department of the Navy (DoN)

·         Navy Cyber Power 2020  

·         Navy Information Dominance Corps HumanCapital Strategy 2012-2017

·         Navy Strategy for Achieving InformationDominance 2013-2017

·         NAVINSGEN NPS Command Inspection 22 Oct 2012

·         NAVINSGEN 201103025 Senior OfficialInvestigation NPS President 21 Nov 2012

·         NAVINSGEN 201203847 Senior Official InvestigationNPS Provost 21 Nov 2012

Enough Project

·         Field Dispatch—Civilians Under Siege inGoma 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         After Austerity: Futures for Europe's DefenceIndustry

·         EU Engagement in Sahel: Lessons from Somaliaand AfPak       

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Time to Dismantle Barriers to Green Trade

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, November 2012

o    Social Media and Law Enforcement

o    The Leader Knows Best?

o    The Corporate Psychopath

o    Documenting a Suspect’s State of Mind

Foreign Policy

·         100 Top Global Thinkers

·         The Global Thinkers' Book Club

·         China's Copycat Cities

·         The Imperfect World of George Soros

·         Rwandan Ghosts

·         Spyocrats

·         There's a New Caliph in Town [Muslim Brotherhood]

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Bomb Returns for a Second Act

·         The Geopolitics of Obama’s Visit to Myanmar

FRIDE

·         Hot Issues, Cold Shoulders, LukewarmPartners: EU Strategic Partnerships and Climate Change

·         Partners in Crisis: EU Strategic Partnershipsand the Global Economic Downturn

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

·         Climate Change Finance: If You Can't MeasureIt, You Can't Manage It

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         Mapping Evolving Internal Roles of the ArmedForces

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         China and India: New Actors in the SouthernAtlantic

·         Energy and the Atlantic: The Shifting EnergyLandscape of the Atlantic Basin

·         The Fractured Ocean: Current Challenges toMaritime Policy in the Wider Atlantic

·         Global Swing States: Brazil, India,Indonesia, Turkey, and the Future of International Order

·         Global Swing States and the Financial Order

·         Global Swing States and the Human Rights andDemocracy Order

·         Global Swing States and the Maritime Order

·         Global Swing States and the Non-ProliferationOrder

·         Global Swing States and the Trade Order

·         How the European Crisis Impacts China

·         U.S.-China Economic Relations in the Wake ofthe U.S. Election

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Air Passenger Screening: Transportation Security Administration Needs to Improve Complaint Processes. GAO-13-186T [testimony]

·         Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Megaports Initiative Faces Funding and Sustainability Challenges. GAO-13-37

·         Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Analysis of Proposed Program Changes. GAO-13-108

·         Geospatial Information: OMB and Agencies Need to Make Coordination a Priority to Reduce Duplication. GAO-13-94

·         Guantanamo Bay Detainees: Facilities and Factors for Consideration If Detainees Were Brought to the United States. GAO-13-31

·         Identity Theft: Total Extent of Refund Fraud Using Stolen Identities is Unknown. GAO-13-132T [testimony]

·         Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund: State Should Better Assure the Effective Use of Program Authorities. GAO-13-83

·         Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Oversight and Status of Implementing a Risk-Informed Approach to Fire Safety. GAO-13-8

·         Supply Chain Security: CBP Needs to Conduct Regular Assessments of Its Cargo Targeting System. GAO-13-9

Heritage Foundation

·         Argentina No Longer Deserves to Be a MajorNon-NATO Ally of the U.S.

·         Benghazi Terrorist Attack: Select CommitteeNeeded to Investigate

·         Deterrence and Nuclear Targeting in the 21stCentury

·         Fire Grants: Do Not Reauthorize an IneffectiveProgram

·         Five Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

·         National Security: Independent QuadrennialDefense Review Panel Needed

·         Palestinian Statehood: The Latest Researchand Analysis

·         Resist the Increasing Role of the UnitedNations in Internet Governance

·         Understanding American Prosperity

·         What’s in the Fiscal Cliff?

·         Winning Without Fighting—Chinese PublicOpinion Warfare and the Need for a Robust American Response 

Human Rights Watch

·         The Answer is No: Too Little CompassionateRelease in US Federal Prisons

Institut Français des Relations Internationales

·         "Temporary Workers or PermanentMigrants? The Kafala System and Contestations over Residency in the Arab GulfStates"

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (ISDA)

·         Four Years Hence: A Review of the CoastalSecurity Mechanism

·         "Peace" for Gaza: Lessons fromIsrael’s “Brutish” Stand-off with Hamas

·         Renewed American Engagement with Nepal’sMaoists

·         Towards an Asia-Pacific Alliance

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Significant Changes Made to Parchin HighExplosives Test Site, Further Activity Likely

·         Understanding the IAEA’s Mandate in Iran:Avoiding Misinterpretations

Institute for the Study of Radical Movements (ISRM)

·         Freedom and Identity: Their Role in thePerceived Experiences of Former Right-Wing Extremists 

·         Internet and Radicalization Connecting theDots: The Role of the Internet in the Individual Radicalization Processes ofRight-Wing Extremists

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq Update #47, November21, 2012-November 29, 2012 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India-China Comfort Level in EconomicAffairs: Good News for Asia’s Stability

·         Rebalancing-Obama 2.0: India’s DemocraticDifferential

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         1930s or 2020s? A European Growth Strategy

International Crisis Group

·         Côte d’Ivoire: Defusing Tensions

·         Israel and Hamas: Fire and Ceasefire in a NewMiddle East

·         Sudan: Major Reform or More War

·         Turkey’s Kurdish Impasse: The View fromDiyarbakır

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Enhancing Surveillance - Interconnectednessand Clusters

·         Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter?

·         Modeling the Impact of Taxes on Petroleum Explorationand Development

·         Nonfinancial Firms in Latin America: A Sourceof Vulnerability?

·         Systemic Risk from Global FinancialDerivatives: A Network Analysis of Contagion and Its Mitigation withSuper-Spreader Tax 

·         Taxation and Leverage in InternationalBanking

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, November 30,2012, v. 12,  no. 23

o    Communist Youth League Clique Maintains Clout Despite Congress Setback

o    China’s New Leaders to Strengthen the Party-State

o    The 18th Party Congress Work Report: Policy Blueprint for the Xi Administration

o    Non-Military Escalation: China Cultivates New Heft in Civil Maritime Forces

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 30, 2012, v. 10, no. 22

o    Jihad in Syria: A Profile of Jabhar al-Nusra

o    China Claims Uyghur Militants Are Seeking a Syrian Battlefield

o    The Return of War to Africa's Great Lakes Region: Can the Revolutionary Army of the Congo Be Contained?

Lexington Institute

·         Ensuring the Resilience of the U.S.Electrical Grid, Part III—Requirements For A More Resilient System 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2012 [updated Dec 1, 2012]

National Academies Press

·         For Attribution -- Developing DataAttribution and Citation Practices and Standards: Summary of an InternationalWorkshop

·         Human Performance Modification: Review ofWorldwide Research with a View to the Future

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

·         Cues to Catching Deception in Interviews: ABrief Overview

·         Update on Geospatial Patterns of PrecursorBehavior among Terrorists

National Security Archive

·         Declassified Documents Trace U.S. PolicyShifts on Use of Commercial Satellite Imagery from 1970s to Today  

NATO Defense College

·         Emerging Security Challenges: A Glue for NATOand Partners?   

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Historical Transition of the Security OrgansSubordinate to the Cabinet and the Japanese Version of National SecurityCouncil 

·         Security Outlook of the Asia PacificCountries and Its Implications for the Defense Sector

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Nov 27, 2012]

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Australia in the Pacific Pivot: NationalInterests and the Expanding “Joint Facilities”

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Arab Spring, Turkish “Summer”? The Trajectoryof a Pro-Western “Moderate Islam”

·         Contested Transitions: International Drawdownand the Future State in Afghanistan

Open Society Justice Initiative

·         Counterterrorism and Human Rights Abuses inKenya and Uganda: The World Cup Bombing and Beyond

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         The Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2012

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Assessing Potential Inflation Consequences ofQE after Financial Crises 

·         Hyperinflations Are Rare, but a Breakup ofthe Euro Area Could Prompt One

·         Overlooked Opportunity: Tradable BusinessServices, Developing Asia, and Growth

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Reducing Growth to Achieve EnvironmentalSustainability: The Role of Work Hours (Thomas Weisskopf Festschrift Conference Paper)

·         The Rising Strength of Management, HighUnemployment and Slow Growth: Revisiting Okun’s Law (Thomas Weisskopf Festschrift Conference Paper)

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Europe -- A Promethean Partnership -- Againstthe Odds

·         The Operation "Pillar of Defense"and the Reshaping of the Middle East

Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)

·         Reasonable Defense—A Sustainable Approach toSecuring the Nation 

Rand

·         Financial Sustainability for NonprofitOrganizations: A Review of the Literature

·         Financing the Operation and Maintenance Costsof Hurricane Protection Infrastructure: Options for the State of Louisiana

·         Modeling Terrorism Risk to the AirTransportation System: An Independent Assessment of TSA's Risk ManagementAnalysis Tool and Associated Methods

Refugees International

·         Syrian Women and Girls—No Safe Refuge 

Small Wars Journal

·         Aerostats: Making an Impact in Afghanistan

·         Design is Dead!

·         The Five Biggest Middle East Challenges forObama’s Second Term

·         The FSA Strikes Damascus

·         Military Medical Assets as CounterinsurgencyForce Multipliers: A Call to Action

·         Why Your Intuition About Cyber Warfare isProbably Wrong

South Asian Strategic Stability Institute

·         Nuclear Weapons Related Datasets 

Stimson Center

·         New U.S. Defense Strategy For A NewEra—Military Superiority, Agility, And Efficiency 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Learning by Doing: The PLA Trains at Home andAbroad

Transportation Research Board

·         Expedited Procurement Procedures for EmergencyConstruction Services

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

·         Report on Atrocities in North Kivu Province,Democratic Republic of Congo  

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Patterns in U.S.-China Trade Since China’sAccession to the World Trade Organization

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         America's Responsibility in the New MiddleEast

·         Engagement without Illusions:  Building an Interest-Based Relationship withthe New Egypt

·         The Gaza Conflict and the End of theForty-Year Peace

·         Kuwait's Election Makes Gulf Arab RulersNervous

·         Palestine at the UN: Mixed Messages

·         Palestinian Refugees Languish in Lebanon

·         Spoiling the Gaza Ceasefire

·         Will The Ceasefire Last?

White House

·         Cyberspace Policy Review [documents]

·         Transformation and Opportunity: The Future ofthe U.S. Research Enterprise

Wilson Center

·         Dealing with the Iranian Nuclear Challenge

·         The Demons Besieging Lebanon: Iran’s TighterGrip

·         Iran’s Nuclear Program: A Shift in the Winds?

·         A New Agenda with Mexico

·         Strengthening America: Inventing the Future

World Public Opinion

·         Only One in Three Israelis Think IsraelBenefited from Gaza Conflict