Friday's Miscellany 01-18-2013

38 North

·         Kim Jong Un’s Domestic Policy Record in His First Year: Surprisingly Good

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         The Resilient Oligopoly: A Political-Economy of Northern Afghanistan, 2001 and Onwards

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         The Lessons and Limits of DDR in Africa

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Crisis of North Mali and Possible Outcomes

·         French Intervention in Mali: Causes and Consequences

Amnesty International

·         Nepal—The Search for Justice

Army War College Library

·         Landpower: A Bibliography

Asian Development Bank

·         Overlooked Opportunity: Tradable Business Services, Developing Asia, and Growth

·         A ZEN Approach to Post-2015: Addressing the Range of Perspectives Across Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Enhancing the Effectiveness of CMIM and AMRO:Selected Immediate Challenges and Tasks

·         International Financial Reforms: Capital Standards, Resolution Regimes and Supervisory Colleges, and their Effect onEmerging Markets

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         India's Funds to NGOs Squandered

Atlantic Council

·         Are Drones Really Working?

·         Guiding the US Army War College in an Age of Austerity

·         Needed: A Brain-Based Approach to Strategy

·         Pivot Toward Pacific not Away from Middle East

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         China’s Fifth Generation of Leaders: an Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Abbas Is Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Theatre Nuclear Weapons and the Next Round of Bilateral New START Treaty Follow-on Talks

Brookings Institution

·         Big Bets and Black Swans: A PresidentialBriefing Book - Policy Recommendations 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Crux of Asia—China, India, and the EmergingGlobal Order 

·         Press Freedom in Turkey 

Center for American Progress

·         Building on President Obama’s Clean Energy Successes

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Before Considering Another Amnesty, Look at IRCA’s Lessons

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

·         CIP Report, January 2013,v. 11, no. 7 - Aviation

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest No.121: The Russian Budget

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Building Police Institutions in Fragile States: Case Studies from Africa 

·         Comparative Connections v. 14, n. 2 [Asia]

·         Japan Chair Platform: 2013, Year of Japan’s Revival? Abenomics and the Politics of Growth

·         Maternal Health in Nigeria: With Leadership,Progress is Possible

·         Obama’s Second Term: “India is a Big Part ofMy Plans”

·         PacNet #6 - China-Japan Relations - Now What?

·         PacNet #5 - Comparative Connections Summaries

·         Six Pacific Developments to Watch in 2013

·         Why Is it so Hard to Get More Women in Top Positions?

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         How to Withdraw from the European Union? Confronting Hard Reality

·         Seven Hazards in Cameron’s Intended European Policy

Chatham House

·         The Costs and Consequences of Drone Warfare

·         The Next Chapter: President Obama's Second-Term Foreign Policy

College of Europe

·         Financial Engineering Instruments and their Assessment Under EU State Aid Rules

·         Reaching for a Calculator or a Mirror? Whythe EU Joins International Human Rights Treaties

Columbia School of Journalism and the Scholars Strategy Network

·         Naming the Problem: What It Will Take to Counter Extremism and Engage Americans in the Fight against Global Warming

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         Challengers from the Sidelines: UnderstandingAmerica’s Violent Far-Right

·         CTC Sentinel,  January 2013, v. 6, no. 1 

o    Tunisia: Signs of Domestic Radicalization Post-Revolution

o    Jordan in the Balance: Evaluating Regime Stability

o    Boko Haram’s International Connections

o    Countering Islamist Radicalization in Germany

o    Algerian Foreign Policy in the Context of the Arab Spring

o    A Profile of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Leader Malik Ishaq

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO)

·         Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office2012 Review Book

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2013Update

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations—FY2013 House

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations—FY2013 Senate

·         Unauthorized Appropriations and ExpiringAuthorizations

o    Appropriations

o    House

o    Senate

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies 

·         Quarterly Update—Foreign Ownership of U.S.Assets

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DoDIG-2013-037  Quality Controls for the Rotary Wing Transport Contracts Performed in Afghanistan Need Improvement

Department of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board

·         Eliminating Major Gaps in DoD Data on theFully-Burdened and Life-Cycle Cost of Military Personnel: Cost Elements Shouldbe Mandated by Policy  

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

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

Department of the Navy (DON)

·         SECNAV 5000.34E – Oversight and Management of Intelligence Activities, Intelligence-Related Activities, Special Access Programs and Sensitive Activities Within the Department of the Navy

·         SECNAV 1543.2 Cyberspace/Information Technology Work Forces Continuous Learning

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on Africa

·         Politics From on High: Presidential Inaugurations in Historical and Strategic Perspective 

·         Public Diplomacy in a Changing Middle East

·         Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S.Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Security Council Briefing on Counterterrorism, January 15, 2013

·         Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida After Their Meeting

·         Remarks With President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud After Their Meeting

·         U.S.-Africa Partnership: The Last Four Years and Beyond

Department of the Treasury

·         Committee on Foreign Investment in the United State—Annual Report to Congress CY2011

East-West Center

·         Can the CCP Really Afford to Play the Nationalist Card?

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         South Korea Country Analysis Brief - January 2013

Enough Project

·         Resolving the Abyei Crisis: Preventing Violence and Promoting Peace

The European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The New Political Geography of Europe

European Interagency Security Forum

·         Security Management and Capacity Development:International Agencies Working with Local Partners

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         A Battle Against Decline? EU Defence After the European Council

·         Equipping the European Union for the 21st Century 

·         Learning to Dance to the Same Tune? The European External Action Service and National Diplomacies

·         Risky Tactics and Bad Examples: EU Enlargement Decisions Postponed

·         Steps but no Roadmap Towards GEMU – the Results of a Disappointing Summit - Post-Summit Analysis

Freedom House

·         Freedom in the World 2013—Democratic Breakthroughs in the Balance

FRIDE

·         EU Action for Human Rights and Democracy inthe Middle East and North Africa 

·         Transition Challenges in the Arab World:Lessons from the Past

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

·         The Integration of a Gender Perspective in the Sierra Leone Police

·         Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces in Francophone Africa: Burkina Faso, Burundi and Senegal

Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal, 2013, v. 4, no. 1

o    Notes on a Terrorism Trial – Preventive Prosecution, “Material Support” and The Role of The Judge after United States v. Mehanna

o    Terrorism Prosecutions in U.S. Federal Court: Exceptions to Constitutional Evidence Rules and the Development of a Cabined Exception for Coerced Confessions

o    Preventing Terrorist Attacks on Offshore Platforms: Do States Have Sufficient Legal Tools?

o    National Security Interest Convergence

Heritage Foundation

·         Chinese Growth, GDP, and Other Things theU.S. Should Doubt

·         Environmental Conservation Based on Individual Liberty and Economic Freedom

·         Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Senate Confirmation Hearings: Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom

·         Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Confirmation Hearings: Middle East and North Africa Issues

·         Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Senate Confirmation Hearings: U.S. Policy on Sub-Saharan Africa

·         The Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Senate Confirmation Hearings: U.S. Policy for the Western Hemisphere

·         Hagel, Kerry, and Brennan Senate Confirmation Hearings: U.S. Strategic Forces

·         Immigration Reform Needs Problem-Solving Approach, Not Comprehensive Legislation

·         Kerry, Hagel, and Brennan Senate Confirmation Hearings: U.S. Policy on Asia

·         Napolitano Stays On: Five Key Steps for DHS in the Next Administration

·         The Newtown Tragedy: Complex Causes Require Thoughtful Analysis and Responses

·         Senate Confirmation Hearings for Hagel and Kerry Views on Russia

Human Rights Watch

·         Hear No Evil: Forced Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Eritrea’s Mining Sector 

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Counter-Terrorism Efforts Shed Negative Light on Immigrant Communities in UK [video]

·         Economic Ties Can Save Africa’s Arab Spring

·         Still Digging: Extractive Industries,Resource Curses, and Transnational Governance in the Anthropocene

·         Turkey and the Kurds: The Blood-Stained Path to Peace

·         Turkish-U.S. Relations: The Way Forward

·         Welcome Home? Challenges and Chances of Return Migration

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Department of Defense Policies on Accommodating Children with Special Needs in Child Care Programs. GAO-13-165R

·         Force Structure: Army's Annual Report on Modularity Progress Needs More Complete and Clear Information to Aid Decision Makers. GAO-13-183R

·         Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: DOE Needs to Take Action to Resolve Technical and Management Challenges. GAO-13-38 

·         Human Capital: Critical Skills and Competency Assessments Should Help Guide DOD Civilian Workforce Decisions. GAO-13-188

·         Veterans' Disability Benefits: Timely Processing Remains a Daunting Challenge. GAO-13-89

·         VA Health Care: Reliability of Reported Outpatient Medical Appointment Wait Times and Scheduling Oversight Need Improvement. GAO-13-130

·         Veteran-Owned Small Businesses: Planning and Data System for VA's Verification Program Need Improvement. GAO-13-95

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Assessing Pakistan’s Transgression on the Line of Control 

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions

·         Cyber Security Test Bed:  Summary and Evaluation Results

Institute for Public Policy

·         Cartels, Corruptions, and Carnage in the Calderon Era

·         Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Case Study - Chinese Salesman Arrested in Pressure Transducer Case*

·         Steering Iran Away from Building Nuclear Weapons

·         U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         The Effectiveness of Financial Disclosure Regulations as an Anti-Corruption Tool in Local Government

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Case for an Enduring Mission in Afghanistan

·         How Many Troops Does the U.S. Need in Afghanistan?

·         Weekly Iraq Update, January 4th, 2012 -January 17th, 2013

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Bangladesh Enters Election Year: Perspectives on Polls and Politics

·         India-Pakistan Peace Process: The Risk of a Breakdown

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The European Commission vs. Gazprom: An Issue of Fair Competition or a Foreign Policy Quarrel?

·         The New Governance of the Economic and Monetary Union: Adapted Institutions and Innovative Instruments

·         Political Stability in Authoritarian Regimes:Lessons from the Arab Uprisings

International Crisis Group

·         Eastern Congo: The ADF-NALU’s Lost Rebellion

·         Kenya’s 2013 Elections

·         Pakistan: Countering Militancy in PATA

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Banks’ Foreign Credit Exposures and Borrowers’ Rollover Risks Measurement, Evolution and Determinants

·         Bond Markets in Africa

·         Connected to Whom? International Interbank Borrowing During the Global Crisis

·         Explaining ASEAN-3’s Investment Puzzle A Tale of Two Sectors

·         Modeling Sterilized Interventions and BalanceSheet Effects of Monetary Policy in a New-Keynesian Framework

·         Okun's Law: Fit at 50?

International Rescue Committee

·         Syria—A Regional Crisis 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, v. 13, no, 2,  January 18, 2013

o    Commander-in-Chief Xi Jinping Raises the Bar on PLA “Combat Readiness”

o    China and Commercial Aircraft Production: Harder than It Looks

o    Sino-Kazakh Ties on a Roll

o    China and Central Asia in 2013

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Two Years of the Arab Spring: Reflections about Democracy in the Arab World

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated Jan 20, 2013]

National Academies Press

·         Public Response to Alerts and Warnings UsingSocial Media:  Report of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps

National Defense University (NDU)

·         Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), January 2013, no. 68

o    Bridging the Basics 

o    Russia and European Missile Defenses: Reflexive Reset?

o    Military Wisdom and Nuclear Weapons

o    Managing Foreign Assistance in a CBRN Emergency

o    Operationalizing Mission Command: Leveraging Theory to Achieve Capability

o    The 600-pound Gorilla: Why We Need a Smaller Defense Department

o    The Case for Military Pension Reform

o    Napoleon's Shadow: Facing Organizational Design Challenges in the U.S. Military

o    Cyber Operations: Bridging from Concept to Cyber Superiority

o    Values Statements and the Profession of Arms: A Reevaluation

o    Reconsidering the Armed Forces Officer of 1950

o    Controversial Contrails: The Costs of Remotely Piloted Foreign Policy

o    Logistics Support "Seams" During Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector

o    Afghanistan: The Challenges of Attaining a Regional Solution

o    On Strengthening Extended Deterrence for the ROK-U.S. Alliance

o    The Effects of 9/11 on China's Strategic Environment: Illusive Gains and Tangible Setbacks

o    Kitona Operation: Rwanda's Gamble to Capture Kinshasa and the Misreading of an "Ally"

o    Operational Design and the Center of Gravity: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

·         Strategic Reflections: Operation Iraqi Freedom, July 2004-February 2007

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         The 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress and Xi Jinping

National Security Archive

·         Alan Gross Case Spotlights U.S. Democracy Programs in Cuba

·         The Zero Dark Thirty File

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Jan15, 2012]

NATO Defense College

·         The NRF: From a Key Driver of Transformationto a Laboratory of the Connected Forces Initiative

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Initiatives to Foster an Afghan PeaceP rocess, 2001-12:  A Role for Norway?

·         The Role of the Jordanian Islamist Movement in the Jordanian Spring

Overseas Development Institute

·         Humanitarian Exchange Special Feature: Civil-military Coordination

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Importance of Trade and Capital Imbalances in the European Debt Crisis

 

Pew Research Center

·         As More Countries Regulate Wearing of Religious Symbols, European Court Decides Two UK Cases

·         Obama’s Gun Policy Announcement

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

·         Obama in Strong Position at Start of Second Term

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Public Attitudes Toward the Next Social Contract

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         How to Modernise the European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood Policy in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Ukraine

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Economics, The Environment and Our CommonWealth

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Rajaram Panda, "Shinzo Abe's Return: What Does it Mean for India?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 115, January 2013)

·         Sean Goforth, "Is Brazil Mexico Thirty Years On?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 114, January 2013)

Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

·         A "Mutiny" in Kabul: Guards Allege Security Problems Have Put Embassy at Risk

Rand

·         Options for an Organization to Manage and Dispose of Radioactive Materials

·         Redefining Information Warfare Boundaries for an Army in a Wireless World

·         U.S. Global Defense Posture, 1783–2011

Small Wars Journal

·         Back to Basics: Reenergizing Intelligence Operations

·         Border Violence Spillover: A Growing, but Undefined Problem

·         Modern Warfare is a Thinking Officer’s Game:Why the U.S. Military Needs More Leaders with Technical Educations

·         Notes from Kabul: Thoughts on Building Peaceand Nations in an Insurgency

·         Officer Education: What Lessons Does the French Defeat in 1871 Have for the US Army Today?

·         When Company Command Becomes an Advisory Tour

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction  (SIGAR)

·         SIGAR-Audit 13-3 - Afghan Police Vehicle Maintenance Contract: Actions Needed To Prevent Millions of Dollars From Being Wasted

Stanley Foundation

·         Domestic Constraints on Global Cooperation

Transworld

·         European Integration and Transatlantic Relations

·         The Evolution of the Global Environmental System: Trends and Prospects

·         Human Rights: The New Agenda

·         Motioned, Debated, Agreed? Human Rights and Democracy Promotion in International Affairs

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

·         Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody: One Year On

 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Fallout from the Fall of Taftanaz

·         The Israeli Election: Implications for U.S.Policy

·         Jihadists on the Nile: The Return of Old Players

·         Netanyahu's Not Worried About an Agenda, He's Worried About His Coalition

·         Leadership Change in Oil-Rich Saudi Province

·         Missile Defense from Gaza to the Gulf

·         The New Turkey and U.S. Policy

·         Obama and the Middle East: Act Two

·         Turkey Rising: Challenges and Prospects for the New Administration

White House

·         Now is the Time: The President's Plan to Protect Our Children and Our Communities by Reducing Gun Violence    

·         Second Inauguration of Barack Obama

Wilson Park

·         Burma / Myanmar, Business and Human Rights:Setting Standards for Responsible Business

·         Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations