Friday's Miscellany 01-04-2013

Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission

·         From Arbaki to Local Police—Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Concerns  

American Logistics Association

·         Costs and Benefits of the Department of Defense Resale System

American Peace Society

·         World Affairs, January-February 2013

o    Bibi’s Bomb

o    US Cyber Warriors Seize the Offensive

o    Zero-Sum Makes Zero Sense

Armed Forces Journal

·         AFJ, December 2012

o    When the Network Dies: The Army Lacks the Battle Drills That Would Help It Fight On

o    Air Force Cyber Vision 2025

o    Command and Accountability

o    Abolish QDR

o    The Quantified Warrior

o    Unloved Aerial vehicles

Atlantic Council

·         IntelBrief: The Missing Link—Sub-State Governance in Africa

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Obama's Remote Proximity in Latin America

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Russia’s Declining Influence in the Middle East

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Youth and Social Movements: Key Lessons for Allies

Brookings

·         The 2012 Election: What Happened, What Changed, What it Means

·         The Next Chapter of Global Terrorism: New Realities Transcending Old 9/11 Paradigms

·         Technology Optimism or Pessimism: How Trustin Science Shapes Policy Attitudes Toward Genomic Science

California Polytechnic State University

·         Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics,and Design

·         Enhanced Warfighters: Risk, Ethics, and Policy

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

·         Assessing Cyber Threats to Canadian Infrastructure

Caspian Research Institute

·         The Caspian: Predictions for 2013

CATO Institute

·         Advantages of Low Capital Gains Tax Rates

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The December Gulf Cooperation CouncilMinisterial meeting and Critical Importance of Improved Integration and Interoperability in Gulf Military Forces

·         India’s Emerging Economy: Sector by Sector

·         Issues & Insights, v. 12, no. 15:  A Shift in Focus—The 18th Japan-U.S. Security Seminar

·         The Mindless Debate over Future U.S. Military Manpower in Afghanistan

·         The Myth or Reality of US Energy Independence

·         PacNet #88 - Congress and the New PacificStrategy – Setting Policy by Acquisition

·         PacNet #87 - Seven Fingers: China’s New Leadership and North Korea Policy

·         PacNet #1 - A Good Start for Mr. Abe

·         PacNet #1A - Re-thinking Futenma,Revitalizing the Alliance

·         Recommendations for a New Administration:Move beyond the Drug Focus in the Andes

·         The Role of Independent Civilian Consultants and Think Tanks in the Afghan and Iraq Wars

·         Sustainable Energy Futures in Southeast Asia 

·         The War In Afghanistan at the End of 2012:The Uncertain Course of the War and Transition

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

·         After Al-Shabaab

·         Ansar al-Sharia and Governance in Southern Yemen

·         Egypt's Looming Competitive Theocracy

·         The Gulen Movement in Azerbaijan

·         The Jordanian Brotherhood in the Arab Spring

 

Chatham House

·         Averting Violence in Kyrgyzstan: Understanding and Responding to Nationalism

·         Into the Quagmire: Turkey's Frustrated Syria Policy

·         Through the Dragon Gate? A Window of Opportunity for Northeast Asian Gas Security

College of Europe

·         The European Union in the Arctic: A Pole Position?

 

Congress. Senate. Coburn

·         Department of Everything

Congress. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Flashing Red: A Special Report On TheTerrorist Attack At Benghazi

·         Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011 [S. Rpt 112-235]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The “Fiscal Cliff” Deal

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         U.S. Debt Ceiling: Costs and Consequences

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Eliminating Major Gaps in DOD Data on the Fully-Burdened and Life-Cycle Cost of Military Personnel 

Department of the Army

·         Army Capstone Capabilities 2013

Department of State

·         Remarks at Secretary Clinton's Foreign Affairs Policy Board Meeting

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Angola Country Analysis Brief - January 2013

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - December 2012 

o    Vigilance Fatigue in Policing: A Critical Threat to Public Safety and Officer Well-Being

o    In Pursuit of Cooperation: Idaho Police Agencies Join Together

o    Doing the “Right Thing” for the Wrong Reasons: Abuse of Police Discretion

o    Armored Car Industry: Reciprocity Act and Local Law Enforcement

Finnish Institute for International Affairs

·         Russia's Pressure Politics—The Kremlin's Uncompromising Approach to Opponents Threatens Political Stability 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Crisis Talk: How the United States Discusses Europe’s Woes

Global Political Trends Center

·         A New Paradigm?  Prospects and Challenges for U.S. Global Leadership 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen CBP Efforts to Mitigate Risk of Employee Corruption and Misconduct. GAO-13-59

·         Financial Institutions: Causes and Consequences of Recent Bank Failures. GAO-13-71

 

Heritage Foundation

·         The 10 Worst Regulations of 2012

·         54th Terror Plot Against the U.S.: Qazi Brothers’ Plot to Attack New York

·         Bait and Switch on Nuclear Modernization Must Stop

·         Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill: Starting the New Year with Bloated Deficit Spending

·         A New, Extra-Extraordinary Debt-Ceiling Tool

Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

·         Suicide Terrorism: A Brief Bibliography of Scholarly Resources

Homeland Security Outlook

·         Maritime Security Outlook

Institute for the Study of War

·         10,000 Troops In Afghanistan Is Not Enough:Rightsizing NATO’s Developmental Support Force Beyond 2014

·         Iraq Update # 52 -Demonstrations against Maliki after Issawi bodyguard Arrest

·         Iraq Update - 2013 Weekly Iraq Update #1

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         In the Aftermath of Operation Pillar of Defense: The Gaza Strip

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

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

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch N°113, 30 December 2012

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Growth Forecast Errors and Fiscal Multipliers

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Go Long—Six Actions to Structurally Address Organized Violence 

·         Rebuilding Lives: Regional Solutions to Displacement in the Western Balkans

·         Threats to Peace and Security in the Sahel:Responding to the Crisis in Mali

International Relations and Security Network

·         Intelligence Gathering and Reform: The Case of the United States

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, January 4, 2013, v. 13, no. 1

o    Regional Chief Selections Highlight Continuity in Leadership Development

o    What Direction for Legal Reform Under Xi Jinping?

o    China and Cambodia: With Friends Like These…

o    China-Uganda Relations: Closer is Not Necessarily Better

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The 2013 New Year’s Address by Kim Jong-un

Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

·         Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security- A Profile

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Jan 3, 2013]

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated Jan 3, 2013]

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Jan 1, 2013]

Lowy Institute for International Relations

·         The UN Security Council Seat and Australia's Diplomacy for the Asian Century 

National Academies Press

·         Making Sense of Ballistic MissileDefense:  An Assessment of Concepts andSystems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives

·         A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling

National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

·         Capturing the Range of Learning: Implications for Disaster Health in a Resource Constrained Future

National Defense University Press/ Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

·         Defining “Weapons of Mass Destruction”

·         The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Decision to Find Iran in Non-Compliance, 2002–2006

·         Proliferation Security Initiative: Origins and Evolution

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NIMO)

·         NMIO Technical Bulletin, Fall 2012, v. 4

o    Italian Navy Approach to an Integrated Interagency Maritime Surveillance

o    Asean Information Sharing Portal

o    Illicit Trafficking in the Maritime Domain

o    Harbor Shield: Underwater Acoustic Inspection of Underway Vessels for Hull-Mounted Explosives

o    Studies in Maritime Security

o    Building the Business Model for Nonproliferation

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         North East Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone:Issues for China and U.S.

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Policy Brief Series: The Gulf

Oxfam Publishing

·         Beyond Ceasefire—Ending the Blockade of Gaza 

 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Pakistan Security Report 2012

Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         What Americans Want in 2013

Pew Internet and American Life Project

·         E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines

·         Mobile Connections to Libraries

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Pranamita Baruah, "Japan-China Spat Over the Senkaku Islands Continues to Persist" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 113, January 2013)

Rand

·         Crisis and Escalation in Cyberspace

Reserve Forces Policy Board

·         Eliminating Major Gaps in DoD Data on the Fully-Burdened and Life-Cycle Cost of Military Personnel

Small Wars Journal

·         Defense Forecasting in Theory and Practice:Conceptualizing and Teaching the Future Operating Environment

·         Philippines: Bangsamoro, A Triumph of Western Diplomacy?

·         What Caesar Told His Centurions: Lessons of Classical Leadership and Discipline for a Post-modern Military

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Impact of President Felipe Calderón’s Waron Drugs on the Armed Forces: The Prospects for Mexico’s “Militarization” and Bilateral Relations

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·         Preliminary Statistical Analysis of Documentation of Killings in Syria  

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Journal of International Commerce and Economics, January 2013

o    The Boom in Brazilians Traveling to the United States

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Looming Competitive Theocracy

·         No Settlement in Damascus

Wilson Center

·         Nuclear Weapons in International Politics:It’s Getting Personal