Friday's Miscellany 02-08-2013

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         Eagle’s Summit Revisited: Decision-Making in the Kajaki Dam Refurbishment Project 

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation (AREU)

·         A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2013 

American Security Project

·         The Challenges of the Internet and Social Media in Public Diplomacy 

Amnesty International

·         Egypt: Gender-Based Violence Against Women Around Tahrir Square   

·         Mali: First Assessment of the Human Rights Situation after Three Week Conflict 

·         Nigeria: No Justice for the Dead 

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

·         Journal of Physical Security, v. 6, no. 1, 2012 

o    The Japan Earthquake and the Tsunami: Their Implications for the U.S.

o    Lock Opening by Bumping: Physical Analysis and Secure Lock Designs

o    How to Choose and Use Seals

o    Election Security: Don't Start with Fraud Investigations, Start with Security Investigations

o    Viewpoint Paper: Common Election Security Myths

o    Comparison of Window Stresses from Explosions and Projectiles

o    National Critical Infrastructure Protection in Serbia: The Role of Private Security

o    Assessing the Performance of Corporate Private Security Organizations in Crime Prevention in Lagos State, Nigeria

Army War College

·         Parameters, Autumn 2012, v. 42, no. 3 

o    American Landpower and the Middle East of 2030

o    The Afghanistan Experience: Democratization by Force

o    COIN is Dead—Long Live Transformation

o    Afghanistan: Strategy and War Termination

o    The Futility of Force and the Preservation of Power: British Strategic Failure in America, 1780-83

o    The Internet, New Media, and the Evolution of Insurgency

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

·         Investing in Resilience: Ensuring a Disaster-Resistant Future 

Atlantic Council

·         The United States and the Gulf States: Uncertain Partners in a Changing Region 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Strategic Interests and Australian Grand Strategy 

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Capitalizing on the Evolving Power Sector: Policies for a Modern and Reliable U.S. Electric Grid 

Brennan Center for Justice

·         The Case for Voter Registration Modernization 

·         How New York City Reduced Mass Incarceration: A Model for Change? 

·         How to Fix Long Lines [elections] 

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated January 31, 2013] 

·         Drones 

·         Learning to ‘Coexist with Risk:’ The Essence of Japan’s Technical Cooperation with Central American Countries 

·         A Moderate Plan for Additional Defense Budget Cuts
·         Re-Betting on Turkey 

Caspian Research Institute

·         Georgia's Political Infighting Hits Coalition 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs Journal, February 2013, v. 9 

o    Ending America's Energy Insecurity: Why Electric Vehicles Should Drive the United States to Energy Independence

o    Evacuation and Sheltering of People with Medical Dependencies - Knowledge Gaps and Barriers to National Preparedness

o    Homeland Security Education: A Way Forward

o    Operational Epidemiological Modeling: A Proposed National Process

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Americans Prefer Illegal Immigrants Head Home: Results of a National Survey 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Conflict and Negotiation in Cyberspace 

·         Hemisphere Insider: v. 3, no. 1 - February 8, 2013 

·         PacNet #9A - Coercive Engagement toward North Korea 

·         PacNet #9 - North Korea: Breaking the Cycle 

·         PacNet #6A - The China-Japan Tango, Talks, and Time 

·         Recommendations for a New Administration: Give Hemispheric Energy Policy a Strategic Vision 

·         Significant Cyber Events [updated February 6, 2013]
·         Thoughts from the Chairman: Xi's Plea for 2013 "Cross the River by Feeling the Stones" 

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: Turkey and the South Caucasus 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         CIA Symposium on the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War 

·         President Nixon and the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Adaptation to Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean: A Theoretical Framework, a Foresight Analysis and Three Case Studies 

·         Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean 

·         Economic and Climate Change Pressures on Biodiversity in Southern Mediterranean Coastal Areas 

·         EEAS 2.0: A Legal Commentary on Council Decision 2010/427/EU Establishing the Organisation and Functioning of the European External Action Service 

·         Learning from Small Countries? Contemporary Nordic Sagas 

·         The Market for Tractors in the EU: Price Differences and Convergence 

·         More Evidence that Financial Markets Imposed Excessive Austerity in the Eurozone 

·         Patterns and Determinants of Off-Farm Migration: Transfer Frictions and Persistency of Relative Income Gaps 

·         The Relationship between Energy and Economic and Social Development in the southern Mediterranean 

Chatham House

·         Catching the Train Bug 

·         Chinese Silk Railroad Ambitions 

·         Covert Sexism in Espionage 

·         India’s Middle-Class Dilemma 

·         Keeping the Dream on Track 

College of Europe

·         The Economics of Subsidies for R&D: The Intrinsic Difficulty of Determining Optimum Subsidies and Implications for Reform of EU State Aid Rules on R&D 

·         Ensuring Energy Security in Europe: The EU between a Market-based and a Geopolitical Approach 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects 

·         Fighting for Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Assessing DHS 10 Years Later: How Wisely is DHS Spending Taxpayer Dollars? 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         America's Immigration System: Opportunities for Legal Immigration and Enforcement of Laws against Illegal Immigration 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Government Spending: How Can We Best Address the Billions of Dollars Wasted Every Year? 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         American Competitiveness: The Role of Research and Development 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Oversight: Attack on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya 

Congress. Senate Select Commission on Intelligence

·         Nomination of John O. Brennan to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

·         H.R. 124, a bill to redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps 

·         Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Al-Shabaab 

·         Germany's Central Bank and the Eurozone 

·         Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies 

Department of Defense

·         Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan  - December 2012 

·         SECDEF Georgetown Speech

o    Transcript 

o    Video  

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-045 Army Business Systems Information Technology Strategy Needs Improvement 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         OIG-13-26 United States Customs and Border Protection’s Radiation Portal Monitors at Seaports  

·         OIG-13-27 Independent Review of U.S. Coast Guard's Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Performance Summary Report  

·         OIG-13-28 Independent Review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations
·         OIG-13-29 Independent Review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations 

·         OIG-13-30 Independent Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Reporting of FY2012 Drug Control Obligations
·         OIG-13-31 Independent Review of U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations 

·         OIG-13-32 Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Performance Summary Report 

·         OIG-13-34 Independent Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations 

·         OIG-13-35 Independent Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Performance Summary Report 

Department of State

·         U.S. Humanitarian Response to the Crisis in Syria 

·         What is the United States' Role in Addressing Sexual Violence in Libya and Syria? 

Department of the Army

·         Army Strategic Planning Guidance 2013 

·         FM 3-13 Inform and Influence Activities 

·         US Army Materiel Command Strategic Plan 2013-2020 

Department of the Navy

·         OPNAV INST 11320.23G - Navy Fire and Emergency Services Program 

Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General

·         VA-OIG-12-02228-98 National Cemetery Administration: Audit of Internal Gravesite Review of Headstone and Marker Placement 

East West Center

·         How Emerging Forms of Capitalism Are Changing the Global Economic Order 

·         Lower-Income Countries and the Demographic Dividend 

·         Tourism in Yap and Micronesia: Will China Run the Show? 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         South China Sea Regional Analysis Brief - February 2013 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, February 2013 

o    Santa Muerte: Inspired and Ritualistic Killing, Part 1

o    Social Media: Establishing Criteria for Law Enforcement Use

o    Perspective: Leadership Reminders of the Overworked Supervisor

o    Leadership Spotlight: Impacting Job Satisfaction Through Leadership

o    Guidelines for Public Speaking

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Geopolitical Transformation of Southeast Asia 

·         On Mistaking Mohamed Mursi for His Mask 

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

·         CDM [Clean Development Mechanism] Criticisms: Don't Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         China’s Foreign Policy Think Tanks: Changing Roles and Structural Conditions 

·         Afghanistan Halfway through the Transition Phase: Shortcomings of the Security Transition and Remaining Options for NATO 

·         Microblogs in China: Bringing the State Back In 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         A Deeper and Wider Atlantic 

·         New Opportunities for Cooperation in Designing and Delivering International Aid 

·         Turkey’s Development Assistance Policy: How to Make Sense of the New Guy on the Block 

·         The West and the Emerging “Gray Democracy” in Egypt 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Charter Schools: Guidance Needed for Military Base Schools on Startup and Operational Issues. GAO-13-67 

·         Cuba Democracy Assistance: USAID's Program Is Improved, but State Could Better Monitor Its Implementing Partners. GAO-13-285 

·         DOD's Implementation of Justifications for 8(a) Sole-Source Contracts. GAO-13-308R 

·         Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide. GAO-13-317R 

·         Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends in U.S. and Chinese Economic Engagement. GAO-13-199 

·         Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of U.S and Chinese Economic Engagement in Angola, Ghana, and Kenya; a Supplement to GAO-13-199. GAO-13-280SP   

·         Warfighter Support: DOD Needs Additional Steps to Fully Integrate Operational Contract Support into Contingency Planning. GAO-13-212 

Harvard Law School

·         National Security Journal

o    Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law: A Reply to the Critics 

Heritage Foundation

·         The Long-Term Care Financing Crisis 

·         Questions Raised by the CBO Report [budget] 

Human Rights Watch

·         World Report 2013 

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Conflict in Mali and French Intervention 

Institute for National Security Studies (Israel)

·         Strategic Survey for Israel, 2012-2013   

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Monitoring Activity at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Besides Greed and Grievances, Natural Resource Characteristics and Conflicts in Africa 

Institute for the Study of War

·         2013 Iraq Update #6: Protesters stage ‘Friday of No Dictator’ 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         A Deeper and Wider Atlantic 

·         Need to Rethink the EU-GCC Strategic Relation - Sharaka Conceptual Paper 

·         The West and the Emerging "Gray Democracy" in Egypt 

InterAction

·         Sri Lanka: Transitioning from a Humanitarian Crisis to a Human Rights Crisis 

International Crisis Group

·         Governing Haiti: Time for National Consensus    

·         Totonicapán: Tension in Guatemala’s Indigenous Hinterland 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Competition among Exchanges and Enforcement Policy 

·         Fiscal Consolidation and the Cost of Credit: Evidence from Syndicated Loans 

·         Global House Price Fluctuations: Synchronization and Determinants 

·         The Interaction of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies 

·         The Interaction of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies - Background Paper 

·         Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the East African Community: An Empirical Investigation 

·         Rules and Regulations for the Investment Account Summary 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Intrastate Conflict: Data, Trends and Drivers

·         The Role of Ethnicity in Civil Conflicts

·         The Role of Religion in Civil Wars

Iran Watch

·         Are Sanctions Working?

·         Iran Watch Roundtable The Impact of Sanctions [moderator's report] 

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

·         Pakistan-Russia Relations

·         Sino-India Economic Relations: Implications for Pakistan

Lexington Institute

·         Toward A 21st Century Defense Logistics Enterprise

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Iranian Policy Toward Direct Nuclear Talks with the U.S.

·         The Islamist Challenge from the Sahel Region and North Africa

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Feb 8, 2013]

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

·         Muslims and the Making of America: 1600s – Present

National Academies Press

·         Capability Surprise for U.S. Naval Forces:  Initial Observations and Insights: Interim Report

NATO Defense College

·         Understanding the Malian Crisis from a Euro-Atlantic Perspective

North-South Institute

·         Trade-Related Private Sector Partnerships:Understanding the Models

Open Society Justice Initiative

·         CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         When Disasters and Conflicts Collide: Improving Links Between Disaster Resilience and Conflict Prevention

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan -January 2013

PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC)

·         PCI DSS Cloud Computing Guidelines Information Supplement

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Coming and Going on Facebook

Pew Research Hispanic Center

·         The Path Not Taken: Two-thirds of Legal Mexican Immigrants are not U.S. Citizens

·         A Portrait of Second-Generation Americans

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Georgian Dream’s Foreign Policies: An Attempt to Change the Paradigm?

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Confronting Those Affirmative Action Grumbles

·         How Big Is Too Big? On the Social Efficiency of the Financial Sector in the United States

·         Screening for Honesty and Motivation in the Workplace: What Can Affirmative Action Do?

·         A Stimulus for Affirmative Action?

Rand

·         Cyber-Security Threat Characterisation: A Rapid Comparative Analysis

·         Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factorsin Nation-Building

·         Promoting Online Voices for Countering Violent Extremism

Small Arms Survey

·         The US Firearms Industry: Production and Supply

Small Wars Journal

·         Finding Operational Art: The Normandy Breakout

·         “In the Service of Humanity and Civilization”? The Austro-Hungarian Occupation of Bosnia and Hercegovina (1878)

·         Innovation in Integration: Task Force Iron Ranger and Village Stability Operations in Afghanistan 2010-11

·         To Thine Own Military Be True: A Five-Year Model for the New Iraqi Army

Stanley Foundation

·         The G-20 as a Lever for Progress

·         US-China Study Group on G-20 Reform: Final Report

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Strategic Stability: Contending Interpretations

Transnational Institute          

·         Fracking and the Global Land Grab

·         The Illicit Drugs Market in the Colombian Agrarian Context: Why the Issue of Illicit Cultivation is Highly Relevant tothe Peace Process

·         Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties

·         A ‘Veritable Revolution’

UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent Patterns and Trends

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Justice in Côte d’Ivoire

·         Police Transition in Afghanistan

·         Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward

U.S. Office on Colombia

·         Expanding Military Jurisdiction in Colombia:A Major Setback for Justice

USEUCOM Joint Interagency Counter Trafficking Center (JICTC)

·         JICTC White Paper

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         AQIM and Its Allies in Mali

·         Asset Test: New Strategic and Economic Dimensions of U.S.-Israeli Relations

·         The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects (Part 2)

·         Hezbollah's Syria Problem

·         Lebanon and the Spillover from Syria

·         Moving to Decision: U.S. Policy Toward Iran

·         The Syrian Islamic Front: A New Extremist Force

·         Syrian Spillover: Perspectives from Neighboring States

Wilson Center

·         The Nuclear Issue: Why is Iran Negotiating?

·         Sanctions and Medical Supply Shortages in Iran