Friday's Miscellany 12-14-2012

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, November/December 2012, v. 25, no.6  

o    Schedule Adherence and Rework

o    Structural Estimation Methodology for Estimating Enterprise Application Integration Projects

o    Maturing an Agency’s Private Cloud Toward an Intelligence Community Online On-Demand Information Sharing Framework

o    Ontology for the Intelligence Analyst

o    Cyber in the Cloud

o    Is a Public Health Framework the Cure for Cyber Security?

o    The Perfect Process Storm: Integration of CMMI, Agile, and Lean Six Sigma

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Tearing the Regime Forces Apart for Control of Damascus

Amnesty International

·         Abuses by Armed Forces and Taliban in Pakistan's Tribal Areas 

·         Human Rights Defenders in the Americas 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends (No.9): Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, December 2012

Asia Society

·         The United States and South Asia after Afghanistan 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Persistence of Current Account Balances and its Determinants: The Implications for Global Rebalancing

Asian Human Rights Commission

·         Pakistan: Failure of the Institutions Related to the Rule of Law Provides Impunity to the Perpetrators of Violations of Human  Rights

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Army Total Force Policy—Fully Integrating the Operational Reserve

·         Leadership Development, Learning Agility and the Army Profession

Atlantic Council

·         Envisioning 2030—U.S. Strategy for a Post-Western World 

·         Global Trends 2030—Alternative Worlds 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Israel’s Dilemma in Gaza 

·         Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Its True Intentions Towards Israel 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Improving Quality and Reducing Costs in Health Care—Engaging Consumers Using Electronic Tools 

Brookings Institute

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated December 13, 2012]

·         Brookings Survey on Eurozone Progress

·         Does Access to Information Technology MakePeople Happier?

·         Exports and Export Diversification inSub-Saharan Africa

·         The New Cuban Economy: What Roles for Foreign Investment?

·         Setting Priorities, Meeting Needs: The Casefor a National Infrastructure Bank

·         Unmanned at Any Speed: Bringing Drones into  Our National Airspace

·         What to Expect in the Second Term:Presidential Travel and the Rise of Legacy Building, 1957-2009

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Turkey Doesn’t Need Article V NATO Support to Defend Itself Against Syria

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Can Lebanon Survive the Syrian Crisis? 

·         Russia’s Pacific Future—Solving the South Kuril Islands Dispute 

CATO Institute

·         India and the United States—How Individuals and Corporations Have Driven Indo-U.S. Relations

Center for a New American Security

·         Contested Waters: Managing Disputes in the East and South China Seas

·         Iraq in Hindsight: Views on the U.S.Withdrawal

·         Revitalizing the Partnership: The United States and Iraq a Year after Withdrawal

Center for American Progress

·         Doha Climate Summit Ends with the Long Marchto 2015

Center for Naval Analysis (CNA)

·         The Long Littoral Project: Arabian Sea

Center for Peace and Development Initiatives and Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan

·         Representation without Taxation!  An Analysis of [Pakistani] MP’s Tax Returns for 2011 

 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Achieving a Sustainable Fiscal Path: A Bipartisan Effort to Address the Nation’s Rising Debt

·         BIT and Beyond: Advancing the U.S.-India Economic Relationship

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 33 - December 14, 2012 

·         Key Issues in China's Health Care: Payment System Reform and Health Technology Assessment

·         PacNet #83 - Aligning US Structures, Process,and Strategy: A US-ASEAN Strategic and Economic Partnership

·         PacNet #84 - Public-Private PartnershipPrograms are Key in Cyber Collaboration Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region

·         Recommendations by the U.S.-ASEAN Eminent Persons Group

·         Recommendations for a New Administration:Prosperity through Rule of Law and Sound Economics

·         Recommendations for a New Administration:Safeguarding Progress with Mexico

·         U.S.-Iranian Competition in the Levant, Part I—Military and Asymmetric Dimensions of Regional Instability 

·         U.S.-Iranian Competition in the Levant, Part II—The Proxy War in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories & Syria 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Does the Stockholm Programme Matter? TheStruggles over Ownership of AFSJ Multiannual Programming

·         Doha/COP 18: Gateway to a New Climate Change Agreement

·         Energy Efficiency: Trends and Perspectives in the Southern Mediterranean

·         Female Labour Force Participation andEconomic Development in Southern Mediterranean Countries: What Scenarios for2030?

·         A Legal and Economic Assessment of EuropeanTakeover Regulation

·         Monetary Policy and Banking Supervision:Coordination Instead of Separation

·         Prospects for Energy Supply and Demand in theSouthern Mediterranean: Scenarios for 2010–30

·         Towards a Eurasian Economic Union: The Challenge of Integration and Unity

·         Trends and Gaps in the Academic Literature on EU Labour Migration Policies

·         Who Remembers Turkey’s Pre-Accession?

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI)

·         Taxation without Presentation: An Analysis ofMPs' Income Tax Returns for 2011 [Pakistan]

Chatham House

·         The China-Pakistan Alliance: Rhetoric andLimitations

·         Greece and the Eurozone: A New Approach? [event video]

·         Resources Futures 

·         Two Russian Narratives 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Refocusing U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         2011 Population Representation in the Military Services

·         October 2012 - Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan   

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-13-13 Federal Emergency Management Agency Needs To Improve Its Internal Controls Over the Use of Disaster Assistance Employees

Department of State

·         New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms

East-West Center

·         India’s Military Modernization and the Changing US-China Power Balance

·         Mobilizing Resources, Building Coalitions:Local Power in Indonesia

·         US-ASEAN Relations: Advances Made But Challenges Remain

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Enlargement of the European Union

·         Human Rights Violations in the Field of Migration: A Collective Responsibility

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         Hate Crime Statistics 2911

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

·         Japan’s Role as Leader for NuclearNonproliferation

Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA)

·         International Affairs, Winter 2012, v. 15, no. 3

o    Implications for U.S. Military Action in Libya

o    Why DLI Needs Native English Speaking Grammarians in the Target Language

o    Serving in the Country of Your Ethnic Origin: Avoiding an Identity Crisis

o    FAOA Waves the Flag at Intelligence Education and Training Workshop

o    Naval Statecraft: A Summary

o    Info Paper: What is the National Language Service Corps?

o    The Case for Establishing a Permanent Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché Position at the U.S. Mission to the European Union

o    FAO Graduate Education Opportunity in San Diego

o    Regional Knowledge Certification Program (RKCP)

o    The Case for Establishing a Permanent Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché Position at the U.S. Mission to the European Union

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Crisis of American Conservatism: Inherent Contradictions and the End of the Road

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Subjective Risk and Participation in Micro Life Insurance in Ghana

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Democracy as Self-Correction

·         Livable Streets Where People Live: Policy Lessons on Broadening the Civic Role of Residential Streets from Munich, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, and Malmo

·         Palestine and the UN, from Challenge to Opportunity

·         Southern Europe in Trouble: Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges of the Financial Crisis

·         Spain and the New Mediterranean: Overlapping Crises

 Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         DOD Financial Management: Actions Needed to Address Deficiencies in Controls over Army Active Duty Military Payroll. GAO-13-28

·         DOJ Workforce Planning: Grant-Making Components Should Enhance the Utility of Their Staffing Models. GAO-13-92

·         Federal Contracting: Slow Start to Implementation of Justifications for 8(a) Sole-Source Contracts. GAO-13-118

·         Follow-up on the Haiti Earned Import Allowance Program. GAO-13-219R

·         International Food Assistance: U.S. Nonemergency Food Aid Programs Have Similar Objectives but Some Planning Helps Limit Overlap. GAO-13-141R

·         Military Spouse Employment Programs: DOD Can Improve Guidance and Performance Monitoring. GAO-13-60

·         Weapons Acquisition Reform: Reform Act Is Helping DOD Acquisition Programs Reduce Risk, but Implementation Challenges Remain. GAO-13-103

Government of Canada

·         Canadian Review of F-35 Life Cycle Costs

Heritage Foundation

·         Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact onLiterary Study and Analytical Thinking

·         The Fiscal Cliff and the Perils of Grand Budget Deals

·         Fiscal Cliff: Five Budget Tactics to Reject

·         From Administrative State to ConstitutionalGovernment

·         How to Save Radio Liberty

·         Hurricane Sandy: Disaster Aid Request Too Big

·         A Reverse Road Map for Burma Sanctions

·         Saving the American Dream—The Fiscal Cliff and Beyond

Human Rights Watch

·         Under Siege: Indiscriminate Bombing and Abuses in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States

·         Why They Left: Stories of Iranian Activistsin Exile

Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA)

·         China’s Territorial Claim on ArunachalPradesh: Alternative Scenarios 2032

·         Egypt in Crisis: Learning the Hard Lessons ofDemocracy

·         Expansion of the Karakoram Corridor:Implications and Prospects

·         Murky Waters: Politics in the South China Sea

·         Pakistan on the Edge

·         Peace and Stability in Afghanistan: The Role of Neighbours

·         Trespassers will be Prosecuted: China’slatest Billboard in the South China Sea  

Institute for Homeland Security Solution

·         Customizing Cyber Security Training for Businesses

·         Understanding Cyber Security Risk Preferences: A Case Study Analysis Inspired by Public Health Research

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Update on Ongoing Construction at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan: Green-on-Blue Attacks in Context

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated December 2012]

·         Combat Power and Confidence within the AfghanNational Army 

·         Weekly Iraq Update #50, December 06, 2012 – December 12, 2012

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India-China Border Parleys: New ‘Signs’ of Walking the Talk

·         Media and Counter Terrorism Responses: Analysing the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

·         UN Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia:Role of Media in its Implementation

Inter-American Dialogue

·         Security in Nicaragua—Central America's Exception?  

International Centre for the Study of Racialisation and Political Violence (ICSR)

·         Countering Radicalization in Europe

International Crisis Group

·         The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

·         Thailand: The Evolving Conflict in the South

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Global Financial Crisis, Financial Contagion,and Emerging Markets

·         Inequalities and Growth in the SouthernAfrican Customs Union (SACU) Region

·         Spring Forward or Fall Back? The Post-CrisisRecovery of Firms

·         What Role Can Financial Policies Play inRevitalizing SMEs in Japan?

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Countering Violent Extremism: Prevention and Lessons Learned [event  video]

·         Global Shifts, Global Money: New Threats and Opportunities for Fragile States [event  video]

·         A Sustainable Solution to Somali Piracy [event  video]

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, December 14,2012, v. 12, no, 24

o    Xi Jinping’s “Southern Tour” Reignites Promises of Reform

o    Debating a Rising China’s Role in International Affairs

o    “Spillover” in the Sino-Indian Relationship: An Indian Perspective

o    PLA Succession: Trends and Surprises

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 14, 2012, v. 10, no. 23 

o    The Strategic Repercussions and Limitations of Iranian-Egyptian Rapprochement

o    France and the Prospects for Military Intervention in Mali

o    Jihadists Exploit Syrian Turmoil as the Islamic State of Iraq Makes a Comeback

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Joint Pub 3-04, Joint Shipboard Helicopter and Tiltrotor Aircraft Operations, 06 December 2012

·         Joint Pub 3-59, Meteorological and Oceanographic Operations, 07 December 2012 

Long War Journal

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Dec 15, 2012]

National Academies Press

·         Materials and Manufacturing Capabilities for Sustaining Defense Systems: Summary of a Workshop

·         Potential Health Risks to DOD Firing-Range Personnel from Recurrent Lead Exposure

National Security Archive

·         The Jonathan Pollard Spy Case: The CIA's 1987 Damage Assessment Declassified

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Dec11, 2012]

NATO Defense College

·         Can NATO Find a Role for Itself vis-à-visChina?

·         The New Logic of the Syrian Conflict and its Meaning for NATO

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The “Joint Facilities” Revisited – DesmondBall, Democratic Debate on Security, and the Human Interest

New America Foundation

·         Kludgeocracy—The American Way of Policy 

          
Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Civilian Protection in Russia: Legal Issues and Political Interpretations

·         Emerging Powers and the Protection of Civilians

·         Ethiopia after Meles: From Uncertainty to Renewal or “Dead Certainty” that an Era has Ended?

·         Kuwait: An Overview

·         The Organisation of Islamic Co-Operation’s Position on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts

·         Turkey’s Position on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

Peace Policy

·         New Wars, Old Strategies

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Europe's Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Long Journey Towards Banking Union

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Bridging a Differentiated Union: The Polish-German Tandem in Euro-Plus Governance

·         Poland Looks to Ride Rising Tide of Transatlantic Defence Market Mergers

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Fate and Freedom: Portugal and the European Financial Crisis

·         Portugal and the European Financial Crisis

Public Interest Declassification Board

·         Transforming the Security Classification System

Rand

·         China's Search for Security

·         Increasing Organizational Diversity in 21st-Century Policing: Lessons from the U.S. Military

Small Wars Journal

·         On the Spectrum of Cyberspace Operations

·         Social Media Intelligence

·         "They Make a Solitude and Call itPeace": Counterinsurgency - The Roman Model

·         Unveiling the 2012 Army Capstone Concept

·         Wait A Minute—Just How Complex And Dangerous Is It?

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR SP-13-1 - Anti-Corruption Measures—Persistent Problems Exist in Monitoring Bulk Cash Flows at Kabul International Airport

·         SIGAR-Audit 13-1 - Afghan National Security Forces Facilities: Concerns with Funding, Oversight, and Sustainability for Operations and Maintenance 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         China's Arctic Aspirations

·         SIPRI Map of Multilateral Peace Operation Deployments (September 2012) 

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

·         A Sovereign Submarine Capability in Australia’s Grand Strategy

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         A National Security Staff for the 21st Century

Transatlantic Academy

·         Democracy as Self-Correction

United Kingdom Parliament

·         Afghanistan—Development Progress and Prospects after 2014 

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Still a Long Way to Go—Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women in Afghanistan

United Nations  Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2012

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         Staff Report on Monthly Trade Data with China

Washington Institute of Near East Policy

·         29 Years Later, Echoes of "Kuwait17"

·         The Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations:Engagement without Illusions

·         Netanyahu Solidifies Lead in Israeli Campaign

·         Rally 'Round the Jihadist

·         Scud Missile Strikes in Syria: Implications

·         Turkey's Distinctive Brew

·         U.S. Differences with Bahrain Playing Out in Public

·         What Should U.S. Policy Be in Syria?

White House

·         Nation Grieves for Those Killed in Tragic Shootingin Newtown, CT

·         Remarks by the President at the Sandy HookInterfaith Prayer Vigil

Wilson Center

·         Moving Beyond the Reset