Friday's Miscellany 02-01-2013

38 North

·         38 North - DPRK Digital Atlas 

AEI Iran Tracker

·         Iran's Centrifuge Plans Would Undermine U.S. Policy Assumptions 

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         How it All Began—Pre-1979 Origins of Afghanistan’s Conflict  

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit  (AERU)

·         All Bets Are Off! Prospects for (B)reaching Agreements and Drug Control in Helmand and Nangarhar in the run up to Transition

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

American Enterprise Institute

·         Mass and Supremacy—A Comprehensive Case for the F-35  

American Security Project

·         Advanced Biofuels and National Security    

Amnesty International

·         Egypt—Rampant Impunity:  Still No Justice for Protestors Killed in the “25 January Revolution”  

·         Police Reform in Kenya—“A Drop in the Ocean”  

·         Republic of Cameroon—Make Human Rights A Reality  

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), January 2013, v.20, no. 1  

o    Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012

o    Confirmed malaria cases among active component U.S. Army personnel, January-September 2012

o    Editorial: presumptive anti-relapse treatment for malaria in military forces

o    Images in health surveillance: permethrin treatment of uniforms

o    Staphylococcus aureus and other skin and soft tissue infections among basic military trainees, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 2008-2012

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         IAS-001 - U.S. Southwest Border Security: An Operational Approach 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Production Networks, Profits, and Innovative Activity: Evidence from Malaysia and Thailand 

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         AUSA + Second Session, 112th Congress = Some Very Good News 

·         Strategists Break All the Rules

·         Strategy and Policy: Civilian and Military Leadership in the 21st Century

·         The U.S. Army Capstone Concept: Defining the Army of 2020

Brookings

·         A Complex Constellation: Displacement, Climate Change and Arctic Peoples 

·         Efforts to Introduce Inclusive Planning in Egypt 

·         Establishing Good Governance in Fragile States Through Reconstruction Projects—Lessons from Iraq  

·         Improving the Quality of Basic Education for the Future Youth of Yemen Post Arab Spring 

·         Role of Micro and Small Enterprises in Egypt's Economic Transition   

·         Thinking the Unthinkable: The Gulf States and The Prospect of A Nuclear Iran 

·         The View From a Distance: Egypt’s Contentious New Constitution 

·         Why Did Abolishing Fees Not Increase Public School Enrollment in Kenya? 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Filling the Sails of Offshore Wind Energy 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The Future of U.S. Defense Policy: Questions for Secretary of Defense Designate Chuck Hagel 

·         Renewing the Project BioShield Act—What Has It Bought and Wrought?  

Center for Global Development

·         Identification for Development: The Biometrics Revolution 

·         What Is Governance?

Center for Civilians in Conflict

·         Caring for Their Own—A Stronger Afghan Response to Civilian Harm 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Highlights of CNA’s Second Conference on Military Children and Families 

·         Unconventional Warfare and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Australia’s National Security Strategy: Lessons from the Pivot Down Under 

·         China’s Competitiveness: Analysis and Policy Implications 

·         China’s Competitiveness: China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR)  

·         China’s Competitiveness: Huawei 

·         China’s Competitiveness: Lenovo 

·         China’s Competitiveness: SAIC Motor Corporation 

·         China’s Competitiveness: Suntech

·         China’s Industrial Policymaking Process 

·         The Common Lessons of Benghazi, Algeria, Mali, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Arab Spring 

·         Crafting Asia Economic Strategy in 2013 

·         Demography of a Reunified Korea 

·         Homeland Security at a Crossroads: Evolving DHS to Meet the Next Generation of Threats

·         Leveraging Technology Innovation to Solve Development Challenges: A Case Study from HP 

·         Pacific Partners Outlook: Australia’s National Security Strategy: Lessons from the Pivot Down Under 

·         PacNet #9 - North Korea: Breaking the Cycle

·         PacNet #8 - The Proliferation Security Initiative in ASEAN: A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? 

·         South Sudan and Enterprise Development: A Conversation with SABMiller 

·         Thoughts from the Chairman: Xi's Plea for 2013 "Cross the River by Feeling the Stones" 

·         The United States and Central Asia after 2014 

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

·         Two Sequestrations—How the Pending Automatic Budget Cuts Will Work 

Center on International Cooperation

·         Goals in a Post-2015 Development Framework: Options and Strategic Choices 

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

·         Turmoil within the Taliban: A Crisis of Growth? 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Castles in the Sand: Mali and the demise of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy 

·         Education and Social Protection Systems in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries 

Centre for Security Studies (Hull University)

·         The Historical Use of Maritime Improvised Explosive Devices

·         Maritime Terrorism

·         Suicide Bombers

Chatham House

·         Madagascar: Time to Make a Fresh Start

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         U.S.-Cuba Relations 

Defense Business Board (DBB)

·         Linking and Streamlining the Defense Requirements, Acquisition, and Budget Processes

·         Public-Private Collaboration in the Department of Defense

Department of Defense

·         Defense Intelligence 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-033   Review of DoD Response to NoncompliantCrime Laboratory Analyses 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-13-24 Adequacy of USSS’ Internal Investigation of Alleged Misconduct in Cartagena, Colombia 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Congo (Brazzaville) Country Analysis Brief - January 2013

·         Qatar Country Analysis Brief - January 2013 

·         Turkey Country Analysis Brief - February 2013 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Ten Years After: Lessons from the EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002-2012    

European Commission

·         Empowering Local Actors to Prevent Violent Extremism: Discussion Paper

The European Council on Foreign Relations

·         European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013 

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         The End of the Journey

·         Turkish History Revisited: Uniting or Polarizing?

Global ECCO

·         CTX (Combating Terrorism Exchange), 2013, v. 3, no. 1 

o    Learning from the Enemy: Alternative Afghan Security Forces

o    Land Grabs, Radicalization, and Political Violence: Lessons from Mali and Beyond

o    The Problem with Rhetoric in COIN

o    Decentralizing Democracy: Governance in Post-conflict, Ethnically Divided Countries

o    Cultural Intelligence: Archiving Lessons from Afghanistan

o    Equivocated Intentions: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

o    Anger or Ability? Arguing the Causes of Rebellion

o    Should Former Military Members Maintain Their Military Obligation?

o    The Grid: A Primer in Network Warfare

o    Two World War II Resistance Films Worth Watching

o    The Politics of Counterterrorism in India

o    The 9/11 Memorial

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         DOD Health Care: Domestic Health Care for Female Servicemembers. GAO-13-205 

·         Information Security: Federal Communications Commission Needs to Strengthen Controls over Enhanced Secured Network Project. GAO-13-155 

·         Interagency Contracting: Agency Actions Address Key Management Challenges, but Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Consistent Implementation of Policy Changes. GAO-13-133R 

·         Military Personnel: DOD Has Taken Steps to Meet the Health Needs of Deployed Servicewomen, but Actions Are Needed to Enhance Care for Sexual Assault Victims. GAO-13-182 

·         Performance Measures and Comprehensive Funding Data Could Enhance Management of National Capital Region Preparedness Resources. GAO-13-116R 

·         Pipeline Safety: Better Data and Guidance Could Improve Operators' Responses to Incidents, by Susan A. Fleming, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-13-284T [testimony]

·         Status of Funding for the Central America Regional Security Initiative. GAO-13-295R

·         TSA Explosives Detection Canine Program: Actions Needed to Analyze Data and Ensure Canine Teams Are Effectively Utilized. GAO-13-239 

Heritage Foundation

·         A Better Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

·         North Korea Nuclear Test: Time for U.S. and U.N. to Get Serious on Sanctions 

·         Senate Immigration Reform: Another Misguided Call for Comprehensive Legislation

·         Transit Policy in an Era of the Shrinking Federal Dollar 

Households in Conflict Network

·         It’s Who You Know: Social Networks, Interpersonal Connections, and Participation in Collective Violence 

·         Micro-level Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development: A New Analytical Framework 

·         Research and Policy Implications from a Mico-level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development 

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Operational Lessons of the Wars of 21st Century 

Institute for Homeland Security Solutions (IHHS)

·         The Millennial Cybersecurity Project:  Improving Awareness of and Modifying Risky Behavior in Cyberspace 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Day after Alleged Sabotage at Fordow: Hardly the Expected Emergency Response 

Institute for Understanding War

·         2013 Iraq Weekly Update #5a: Largest Turnout of Sunni Protesters in Iraq Since Crisis Began 

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch N°114, 01 February 2013 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Kenya's Election: Risk of Renewed Violence 

·         Serbia: New Leadership, Same Challenges 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Boosting Competitiveness to Grow Out of Debt—Can Ireland Find a Way Back to Its Future? 

·         Chronicle of a Decline Foretold: Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point? 

·         Determinants of Bank Interest Margins in Sub-Saharan Africa 

·         Exchange Rate Liberalization in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries Successes, Failures, and Lessons 

·         External Conditions and Debt Sustainability in Latin America 

·         Financial Crises Explanations, Types, and Implications 

·         Income Mobility and Welfare 

·         International Reserves and Rollover Risk 

·         Inward and Outward Spillovers in the SACU Area 

·         Revisiting the Link Between Finance and Macroeconomic Volatility 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation in Africa 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, February 1, 2013, v. 13, no. 3 

o    Manila Ups the Ante in the South China Sea

o    How the Southern Weekly Protests Moved the Bar on Press Control

o    China and Venezuela: Equity Oil and Political Risk

o    The Bumpy Path to Sino-Mongolian Cooperation in the Mining Sector

JFK Special Warfare Center and School

·         Special Warfare, January-March 2013, v. 26, no. 1 

o    Waging Special Warfare in Africa: The Case for Integrated Engagement

o    Military Information Support Operations in the Tran-Sahel

o    Military Information Support to Contingency Operations in Libya

o    Special Operations in Africa

o    Q&A with Colonel John Deedrick, Commander, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

o    Right Boots on the Ground: U.S. Army Special Forces in Central Africa

o    Counter-Lord's Resistance Army: Logistics in Central Africa

o    Back to the Future: Human Rights and Legitimacy in the Training and Advisory Mission

o    Ally in the East: 21st Century Sino-Tanzanian Strategic Relations and its Implications for U.S. Africa Policy

o    Planning, Executing and Evaluating VETCAPS: Lessons Learned in Karamoja, Uganda

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         Irregular Warfare: The Maoist Challenge to India's Internal Security 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Consideration of the Establishment of a New Government Policy toward North Korea 

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Relaunching the G20 

National Academies Press    

·         Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Jan 29, 2013] 

·         Human Trafficking and Afghanistan  

NATO Defense College

·         The Broader Context of NATO's Nuclear Policy and Posture 

New America Foundation

·         Enhancing India-Pakistan Trade 

·         India-Pakistan Trade Relations  

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

·         Global Nuclear Security Gains: NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index, One-Year Progress Report 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)

·         PIPS Annual Report 2012 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan: Year 2012 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Peace and Stability Operations Journal Online, January 2013, v. 3, no. 2 

o    The Stability Operations and Security Cooperation Nexus: Linkages, Challenges, and Recommendations

o    Police Development: Why It’s Such a Challenge

o    Why Should the US Military Continue to Support Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Efforts Abroad?

o    Peacekeeping in Somalia: U.S. Security Cooperation in Support of Uganda

o    Surviving Green-on-Blue Attacks: Truth or Consequences

o    Addressing Security Cooperation in the 21st Century

o    Review of Arab Society in Revolt: The West’s Mediterranean Challenge

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Currency Wars 

·         The Statutory Debt Limit 

·         Trends: North Korea 

Quilliam

·         It's Salafi-Jihadist Insurgency, Stupid! 

Rand

·         Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative 

·         A Policy Analysis of Reserve Retirement Reform 

·         Reducing Long-Term Costs While Preserving a Robust Strategic Airlift Fleet: Options for the Current Fleet and Next-Generation Aircraft 

·         What Works Best When Building Partner Capacity and Under What Circumstances? 

Russell Sage Foundation

·         Changing the Subhect: A Bottom-Up Account of Occupy Wall Street in New York City 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Strengthening Economic Linkages between South Asia and East Asia—The Case for a Second Round of “Look East” Policies 

Small Arms Survey

·         Dynamic Disposal: An Introduction to Mobile and Transportable Industrial Ammunition Demilitarization Equipment 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Birth of American Operational Art: Winfield Scott’s Mexico City Campaign during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 

·         Developing Joint Force Leaders for Globally Integrated Operations 

·         The Growth of Islamism in the Pakistan Army 

·         Mao and Now: Evolution in the Art of Insurgency 

·         To Wreck a Military 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         Quarterly Report to the United States Congress (January 2013) 

·         SIGAR Inspection 13-5 - Imam Sahib Border Police Company Headquarters in Kunduz Province: $7.3 Million Facility Sits Largely Unused 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Chronology of Armaments, Disarmament and International Security in 2012 

·         Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons to Fragile States—Strengthening Oversight and Control  

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Talking Past Each Other? How Views of U.S. Power Vary between U.S. and International Military Personnel 

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

·         Muslim-American Terrorism: Declining Further 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Egypt’s 2012 Constitution 

Veterans Administration

·         Suicide Data Report, 2012 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assad's Fall and Iraqi Stability 

·         Back to Mubarak 

·         Egypt Will Be Unstable until Morsi Delivers on Domestic Promises 

·         Hizballah and the Qods Force in Iran's Shadow War with the West 

·         Iraq Passes Prime Ministerial Term Limit 

·         Russian Oil Sales to China May Impact Iran 

·         Syria's Humanitarian Crisis: A Moral and Strategic Issue 

·         Syria's War Affecting Turkey in Unexpected Ways 

·         Syrian Spillover: Perspectives from Neighboring States 

·         Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood 

·         Will Germany Confront Morsi's Holocaust Denial? 

White House

·         Fact Sheet: Fixing our Broken Immigration System so Everyone Plays by the Rules 

·         Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform 

Wilson Center

·         Iran’s Pivotal Presidential Election 

World Politics Review (WPR)

·         Special Report: Mali's Conflict, the Sahel's Crisis 

·         Special Report: New Fronts in the War on Terror