Friday's Miscellany 12-28-2012

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Algeria and the Sahelian Imbroglio

·         Early Parliamentary Elections in Kuwait

·         (Un)Willing to Die: Boko Haram and SuicideTerrorism in Nigeria

Atlantic Council

·         Going Over the Decency Cliff

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Russia’s Declining Influence in the Middle East

Brookings

·         African Experts Discuss the Region's Top Issues in 2013

·         Conflicts in the U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Opposite Sides of the Same Coin?

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

·         Don't Oversell "Overspill': Afghanistan and Emerging Conflicts in Central Asia

Energy Security Leadership Council

·         A National Strategy for Energy Security:Harnessing American Resources and Innovation 2013

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Beyond Budgets: Legacies Impacting American Defense Policy

·         Bosnia Remembered – Part I: The Legacy of Jasenovac

·         Bosnia Remembered – Part II: The LostGeneration

·         Bosnia Remembered – Part III: The Lessons of Bosnia

·         The ‘Tamil Nadu Factor in China’s Naval Basing Ambitions in Sri Lanka

·         U.S. Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism: An Assessment

Heritage Foundation

·         The 10 Worst Regulations of 2012

·         Senator Rand Paul: Overcriminalization Champion

Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

·         Lone Wolf Terrorism: A Brief Bibliography

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Armed Forces Special Powers Act: The Debate

·         Capital Acquisition Budget: Factors Affecting Its Utilization

·         Chinese Aerial Patrols Over Senkaku Islands

·         Deliberations of a Working Group on Military and Diplomacy 

·         Early Trends from Xi Jinping’s Leadership

·         LDP “Take(s) Back Japan”: The Creation of a National Military is on Abe’s Agenda

·         The Signs of Change in Syria

·         Sino-Indian Relations: Are Trade Issues Likely To Cause Even More Problems?

Institute for the Study of War

·         Weekly Iraq Update #52B

·         Iraq Update # 52 - Demonstrations againstMaliki after Issawi bodyguard Arrest

·         Iraq Update #51- December 12-December 19,2012

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         Arms Control Dilemmas: Focus on the Middle East

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Economic Inefficiencies in Farm-Market Linkages in Agriculture Value Chain in India: Problems and Solutions

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The First Year of Kim Jong-un’s Reign and the Consolidation of a New Ruling Coalition in 2012

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2012 [updated Dec 28, 2012]

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2012 [updated Dec 30, 2012]

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Dec 24, 2012]

Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

·         Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization

Mitre Corporation - JASON

·         Compressive Sensing for DoD Sensor Systems

National Academies Press

·         Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and the United States Institute of Peace: Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         The Leap in North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Program: The Iran Factor

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Neighbourhood Watch: Japanese and Swedish Perspectives on Russian Security

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         SOLLIMS Sampler- Protection of Civilians

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Gerhard Seibert, "São Tomé and Príncipe: Political Instability Continues" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 111, January 2013)

·         Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and Ghana: The Gateway to West Africa?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 112, January 2013)

Rand

·         Mileage-Based User Fees for Transportation Funding: A Primer for State and Local Decisionmakers

Small Wars Journal

·         VSO/ALP : Comparing Past and Current Challenges to Afghan Local Defense

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Afghan National Army: $201 Million in DoD Fuel Purchases Still Unaccounted for Because Records Were Shredded

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         India's Changing Afghanistan Policy: Regional and Global Implications

Survey Arms Survey

·         Estimating Law Enforcement Firearms

Swedish Defence Research Agency

·         Russian Military Capability in a Ten-YearPerspective - 2011

·         Setting the Stage for the Military Intervention in Libya - Decisions Made and Their Implications for the EU and NATO

·         The Structure of Power- an Insight into the Russian Ministry of Defence

·         When Still Waters Fizz: The Security Implications of the Fall of the ‘Republican Monarchy’ in Egypt