Friday's Miscellany 01-25-2013

38 North

·         Update on Preparations for a Possible ThirdNuclear Test at Punggye-ri: Is a Detonation Imminent?

Air Force STSC

·         CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, January/February 2013, v. 26, no. 1

o    Applying the Fundamentals of Quality to Software Acquisition

o    Quality Attributes: Architecting Systems to Meet Customer Expectations

o    The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Understanding and Managing Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems

o    Developing a Model for Simplified Higher Level Sensor Fusion

o    Basing Earned Value on Technical Performance

o    Core Estimating Concepts

o    Statistical Tune-Up of the Peer Review Engine to Reduce Escapes

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Al-Bashir and Kiir's Agreement to Overcome Obstacles

·         The Crisis of North Mali and Possible Outcomes

·         French Intervention in Mali: Causes and Consequences

·         The Outcomes of the ‘Taliban/Paris Meeting on Afghanistan’

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Understanding the Strategic and Tactical Considerations of Drone Strikes

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

·         Failure to Act—The Impact of Current Infrastructure Investment on America’s Economic Future

Amnesty International

·         Macedonia—Special Measures for Romani Women and Girls

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         How it all Began: A Short Look at the Pre-1979 Origins of Afghanistan's Conflicts

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends (No.10): Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, January 2013

Army Environmental Command

·         Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Navigating a Changing World Economy: ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, and India

·         Risk-On/Risk-Off, Capital Flows, Leverage,and Safe Assets

Atlantic Council

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

·         IntelBrief: Mali—Nowhere to Go But Down

·         Jordan's Electoral Environment and Prospectsfor Change 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Algeria, the Sahel, and the Current Mali Crisis

·         Democracy in Europe: The Expressions of A European Disease

·         "Niger, January 2013: So Far So Good"

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         The UK and Armed Drones 

Brookings

·         Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor:IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2)

·         Toward a Strategic Partnership? The EU and the GCC in a Revolutionary Middle East

Building America's Future

·         Transportation Infrastructure Report 2012—Building America’s Future; Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Canada National Defence, Chief of the Air Staff

·         Royal Canadian Air Force Journal, v. 1, no. 4 Fall 2012

o    Factors Influencing the Defeat of Argentine Air Power in the Falklands War

o    Royal Matters: Symbolism, History and the Significance of the RCAF’s Name Change, 1909–2011

o    The Other Canadians in the Battle of Britain

o    United States Air Force Doctrine to the First Gulf War: Fighting Conflicts with World War I Doctrine

CATO Institute

·         Infrastructure Investment—A State, Local, and Private Responsibility

Center for American Progress

·         Infographic: Brass Ceiling Begins to Shatter

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Upholding the Value of our Citizenship:National Security Threats Should Be Denaturalized

Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)

·         Global Investigative Journalism: Strategies for Support - 2nd Edition

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan—Meeting the Real World Challenges of Transition 

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

·         Critical Questions for 2013

·         Nuclear Trade Controls 

·         PacNet #7 - Kim's Second Test is Xi's First

·         PacNet #2A - Sympathy for the Devil – How Best to Deal with NK

·         Recommendations for a New Administration—Strategizet he Relationship with Bolivarian States 

·         Rise of Radical and Nonofficial Islamic Groups in Russia’s Volga Region 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition—Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The Cyprus Presidency: Pragmatism amid European Anxiety

·         The Franco-German Alliance: Can It Continue to Serve as a Motor for Europe?

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         Vulnerability of Elites—Geopolitical Risk in 2013

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         A Review of Sexual Misconduct by Basic Training Instructors at Lackland Air Force Base

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Terrorist Attack in Benghazi: The Secretary of State’s View

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Wasting Information Technology Dollars: How Can the Federal Government Reform its IT Investment Strategy?

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Benghazi: The Attacks and the Lessons Learned

·         China's Impact on Korean Peninsula Unification and Questions for the Senate ( S. PRT 112-44)

·         Energy and Security from the Caspian toEurope ( S. PRT 112-42) 

·         Nunn-Lugar CTR Program's Role in the Administration's Asia-Pacific "Rebalancing" Initiative ( S. PRT 112-46) 

·         Oil, Mexico, and the Transboundary Agreement ( S. PRT 112-43) 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Private-Sector Mandates in Federal Legislation

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy

·         Democratic Internationalism—An American Grand Strategy for a Post-Exceptionalist Era

·         Media Censorship in China

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Directive 5101.02E, DoD Executive Agent (EA) for Space, January 25, 2013

·         DoD Directive 5250.01, Management of Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) in DoD Acquisition, January 22, 2013

·         DoD Directive 7045.14, The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process, January 25, 2013

·         DoD Instruction 5505.18, Investigation of Adult Sexual Assault in the Department of Defense, January 25, 2013

·         Inauguration 2013

·         Women in Combat Rule Change

o    Elimination ofthe 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule [Joint Memorandum, 24 January 2013]

o    Defense Department Expands Women’s Combat Role

o    Statement on Women in Service [Panetta]

o    DefenseDepartment Rescinds Direct Combat Exclusion Rule; Services to Expand Integration of Women into Previously Restricted Occupations and Units

o    New Policies Reflect Realities of Modern Warfare, Officials Say

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Active Shooter Preparedness 

East-West Center

·         Bumpy Road to the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

·         Japanese Politics: "Season Three"

·         More Security for Rising China, Less for Others?

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         International Energy Statistics  (IES) system

Enough Project

·         Resolving the Abyei Crisis—Preventing Violence and Promoting Peace 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Dangerous Delusions: British Expectations of the Future UK-EU Relationship

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Do Israelis Think Left and Vote Right? 

·         Mali: Understanding the Chessboard

FRIDE

·         EU-Asia Trade: In Need of a Strategy

·         The EU’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Policy in Central Asia: Past Crises and Emergencies to Come

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Sanctions and Democratization in the Post-Cold War Era

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Acquisition Workforce: DOT Lacks Data, Oversight, and Strategic Focus Needed to Address Significant Workforce Challenges. GAO-13-117

·         Financial Regulatory Reform: Regulators Have Faced Challenges Finalizing Key Reforms and Unaddressed Areas Pose Potential Risks. GAO-13-195

·         Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Fully Implement Major Initiatives to Save Billions of Dollars, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-13-297T [testimony]

·         Pension Costs on DOD Contracts: Additional Guidance Needed to Ensure Costs Are Consistent and Reasonable. GAO-13-158 

·         Pipeline Safety: Better Data and Guidance Needed to Improve Pipeline Operator Incident Response. GAO-13-168

·         Protecting Defense Technologies: DOD Assessment Needed to Determine Requirement for Critical Technologies List. GAO-13-157

Heritage Foundation

·         The CFPB in Action: Consumer Bureau Harms Those It Claims to Protect

·         Climate Change: How the U.S. Should Lead

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

·         How to Keep Promises to Expand Energy Production and Create American Jobs

·         Indo–Pakistani Tension: Pakistan Should Crack Down on Militant Infiltration

·         Labor Unions: Declining Membership Shows Labor Laws Need Modernizing

·         The Measure of a Superpower: A Two Major Regional Contingency Military for the 21st Century The Measure of a Superpower:A Two Major Regional Contingency Military for the 21st Century

·         U.S. Must Enforce Peacekeeping Cap to LowerAmerica’s U.N. Assessment

Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP)

·         A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous HazardousMaterials Transportation Incidents

Human Rights Watch

·         Capitol Offense: Police Mishandling of Sexual Assault Cases in the District of Columbia

·         Turned Away—Summary Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adult Asylum Seekers from Italy to Greece 

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

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

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Operational Lessons of the Wars of 21st Century

·         Patriots in Turkey   

·         Who Sets the Agenda? Does 'Prime Time' Really Pace Policy?

·         Will Netanyahu’s Return Lead to Increased Israeli Isolation?  

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Taking Stock and Moving Forward on the Issue of the Parchin High Explosives Test Site

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         The African Union Peace and Security Council, A Five-Year Appraisal

Institute for the Study of War

·         2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4:  The Islamic State of Iraq Increases Spectacular Attacks

·         2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4b:  Fallujah Protests Turn Violent

·         2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4c:  Iraq Moves Toward Civil War

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Delhi Rape Protests: Observations on Middle Class Activism in India

·         New Focus on Stable China-India Ties

·         Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric: A Creator of Chaos or a Champion of a Cause?

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The Changing Structure of Turkey's Trade and Industrial Competitiveness: Implications for the EU

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

·         Lessons Learned from the Mozambican Peace Process

·         Unfinished Transitions: Challenges and Opportunities of the EU's and Turkey's Responses to the "Arab Spring"

Inter-American Dialogue

·         Latin America’s Role in RMB Internationalization 

International Crisis Group

·         The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

·         Syria’s Kurds: A Struggle Within a Struggle

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Assessing the Determinants of Interest Rate Transmission Through Conditional Impulse Response Functions

·         Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms The Case of Italy

·         A Fiscal Stimulus and Jobless Recovery

·         Inflation Targeting and Country Risk: an Empirical Investigation

·         Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

·         Macroprudential Policies for a Resource Rich Economy The Case of Mongolia

·         Regionalization vs. Globalization

·         You Never Give Me Your Money? Sovereign Debt Crises, Collective Action Problems, and IMF Lending

International Organization for Migration - Iraq Mission

·         Iraq: Displacement Monitoring and Needs Assessments Final Report 2012

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Parfait Onanga-Anyanga on Burundi's Challenges and Opportunities [video]

International Relations and Security Network

·         America's Pacific Century

·         "A Moment of Opportunity" for the Middle East?

·         A Transatlantic Partnership for a Changing World

·         US-South Asian Relations: Visions for the Future

·         US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, January 25, 2013, v. 11, no. 2

o    The Death of Waziristan’s Mullah Nazir: An American Victory or a Pakistani Loss?

o    Algiers Reshapes its Foreign Policy Following the in Amenas Attack

o    Tribes and Terrorists: The Emerging Security Threat from Libya’s Lawless South

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The First Year of Kim Jong-un’s Reign: Limits to His Politics and Constraints on Reform and Opening 

·         Korean Peninsula Division/Unification: From the International Perspective

·         Korean Unification and a New East Asian Order

Lexington Institute

·         Ensuring The Resilience Of The U.S.Electrical Grid  

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated Jan 23, 2013]

National Academies Press

·         Climate and Social Stress:  Implications for Security Analysis

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         China’s New Military Leadership and the Challenges It Faces

·         China’s Soft Power in East Asia: A Quest for Status and Influence?

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         The ROK’s Nuclear Energy Development and Spent Fuel Management Plans and Options

Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         Engagement with Non-State Actors in Fragile States: Narrowing Definitions, Broadening Scope

New America Foundation

·         A New U.S. Grand Strategy

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         China’s Impact on Conflict and Fragility in South Asia

·         The Civil Defence-Civilian Protection Nexus in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

·         Poverty and Radicalisation Into Violent Extremism: A Causal Link?

·         Urbanisation in Pakistan: Causes and Consequences

Office of Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS)

·         FY 2012 Annual Report

PeaceOps

·         Stability Operations January-February, 2013, v. 8, no. 4

o    Stability and Development: Getting Strong and Looking Long

o    Civil-Military Partnerships: A Platform for Stability and Development in Fragile States

o    Embracing Complexity: Hybrid Solutions for Governance Development in Fragile and Failed States

o    Stability Operations and Peace: Connecting Stabilizers and Civil Society

o    A conversation with Jim Bullion

o    Africa Policy in Obama’s Second Administration: From Sudan to Mali to DRC

o    Cost Above Certainty?: The Importance Of Client Priorities When Selecting Private Security Providers

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Library Services in the Digital Age   

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

·         Deficit Reduction Rises on Public's Agendafor Obama's Second Term

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Mixed Reactions to Obama's Gun Proposals

·         The Tahrir Square Legacy: Egyptians Want Democracy, a Better Economy, and a Major Role for Islam

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Minsky Perspective on Macroprudential Policy

·         Real and Financial Determinants of the Profit Share of Income: The Financial Profit Squeeze

Rand

·         Exploring the Association Between MilitaryB ase Neighborhood Characteristics and Soldiers' and Airmen's Outcomes

Small Arms Survey

·         Military Assault Rifles

Small Wars Journal

·         Defining Terrorism: A Strategic Imperative

·         Game Theory in Peer Evaluations

·         The Galula Doctrine: An Interview with Galula's Biographer A.A. Cohen

·         Intellectual Curiosity and the Military Officer

·         Which Tribe Should We Engage? A Tribal Engagement Assessment Methodology

Stanley Foundation

·         Beyond Boundaries in Southeast Asia:Dual-Benefit Capacity Building to Bridge the Security/Development Divide

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program

·         2012 Global GoTo Think Tank Report

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

·         Mali  - Complex Emergency Situation Report

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Conflict Dynamics in Gilgit-Baltistan

·         Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Al-Qaeda's Dirty War in Yemen

·         Al-Qaeda's Soft-Power Strategy in Yemen

·         Beyond Elections in Israel and Jordan: The Ties That Bind

·         Chemical Reaction: How the United States Should Deal with Assad

·         Coalition Options in Israel

·         Is Turkey Finally Ready to Make Peace with the Kurds?

·         Jordan's Elections: Incremental Reform amid Regional Turbulence

·         The Middle East Missile Environment

·         Russia's Many Interests in Syria

White House

·         Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama

·         Remarks by the President and the Vice President at Inaugural Luncheon

·         Remarks by the President at Commander-in-Chief Ball

·         Remarks by the President at Staff Inaugural Ball

World Economic Forum (WEF)

·         Building Resilience in Supply Chains