Friday's Miscellany 03-29-2013

38 North

·         Dealing with a Sore Lip: Parsing China's Recalculation of North Korea Policy

American Enterprise Institute

·         Shrinking Bureaucracy, Overhead, and Infrastructure—Why This Defense Drawdown Must be Different for the Pentagon

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change  

Amnesty International

·         Russia—Confronting the Circle of Injustice Threats and Pressure Faced by Lawyers in the North Caucasus 

·         Rwanda—Justice in Jeopardy:  The First Instance Trial of Victoire Ingabire 

·         Turkey—Decriminalize Dissent:  Time to Deliver on the Right to Freedom of Expression

·         United States—Letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense in Relation to Hunger-Strikes at Guantánamo 

Armed Forces Journal

·         AFJ, March 2013

o    Rebuilding the Army — Again: Lessons and Warnings from the Post-Vietnam Era

o    Armor: Key to the Future Fight

o    Medicine and the GWOT

Arthur D. Simons Center

·         InterAgency Journal 4-1 (Winter 2013)

o    When Diplomacy Fails: Consent, Risk and Modern Warfare

o    Is it Time for an Interagency Goldwater-Nichols Act?

o    Social Capital in the Interagency Environment of Iraq

o    “All Hands on Deck” – A Whole-of-Government Approach

o    The Interagency Service Club: (Almost) Free Interagency Training and Education

o    Catastrophe Beyond Disaster: Learning from Katrina

o    The U.S. Government as an Interagency Network

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         How Useful Is an Asian Currency Unit (ACU) Index for Surveillance in East Asia?

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         Nobody’s Children: Juveniles of Conflict Affected Districts of India

Atlantic Council

·         Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Heavy weather: Climate and the Australian Defence Force

BASIC Trident Commission

·         Options for the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Weapons Programme Deterrence, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and UK Trident

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         Leadership and Responsibility for Cybersecurity

Berghof Conflict Research

·         Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans.Initiatives for Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia   

Brookings

·         Can the Poor Be Organized? Evidence from Rural India

·         Washington Versus Washington (and Colorado):Why the States Should Lead on Marijuana Policy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         A Negotiated Future for Afghanistan

·         Understanding Japanese Democracy Assistance 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Flashpoints: The Way Forward in the East and South China Seas

Center for American Progress

·         Collateral Damage—How the Defense of Marriage Act Harms the Troops and Undermines the U.S. Military 

Center for International Governance Innovation

·         Creating Voids—Western Military Downscaling and Afghanistan’s Transformation Phase 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest 18 March 2013/No. 124: Domestic Politics

·         Russian Analytical Digest 25 March 2013/No. 125 Russia’s Relations With Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition, Executive Summary

·         Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition, Volume I:  Leadership and Governance 

·         The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition Volume II: Afghan Economics and Outside Aid

·         The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition Volume III: Security and the ANSF

·         Global Economics Monthly: Japan: Continuity and Change

·         India-Pakistan: Is Trade Key to Everything?

·         Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 66, 28 March 2013

·         North Korea Threatens to Strike the United States

·         PacNet #21 - Shale: the wedge between Russia and China

·         Thoughts from the Chairman: China's National People's Congress: A Satisfying End and an Uncertain Beginning

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

·         Moving beyond the Leadership “Parlor Game”:Foreign Investment and the Succession Issue in Kazakhstan

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Banking Union with a Sovereign Virus: The Self-serving Regulatory Treatment of Sovereign Debt in the Euro Area

·         Communication as a Policy Tool: Important Lessons from Cyprus

·         Enlargement Agenda - Special focus on Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo 

·         Human Capital, Inequality and Migration in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Towards a Coherent Policy Agenda

·         Implementing the AIFMD: Success or Failure?

Chatham House

·         Azerbaijan: External Relations, Internal Realities

·         Chinese Immigration into the EU: New Trends, Dynamics and Implications

·         Contrasting Electoral Lessons from Georgia and Belarus

·         Displacement and Status in the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict

·         Israel Post-Elections: An Uncertain Future

·         Russia: Cold Shadows and Present Illusions

·         Russia in Central Asia: Security Challenges –Real and Imagined

·         Tackling Global Problems with Big Data

CNA

·         The Long Littoral Project: South China Sea: A Maritime Perspective on Indo-Pacific Security

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, March 2013,v. 6. no. 3 

o    Cooperation or Competition: Boko Haram and Ansaru After the Mali Intervention

o    AQIM’s Playbook in Mali

o    Al-Shabab’s Tactical and Media Strategies in the Wake of its Battlefield Setbacks

o    The Upcoming Peace Talks in Southern Thailand’s Insurgency

o    The Role of Converts in Al-Qa`ida-Related Terrorism Offenses in the United States

o    The Threat from Rising Extremism in the Maldives

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Congress. Senate. Committee on Intelligence

·         S. Rept. 113-7  - Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate covering the period JANUARY 5, 2011 to JANUARY 3, 2013

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2013

·         A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2012 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY2013 House

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY2013 Senate

·         Supplemental Appropriations: 2000—Present

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Economic Change on Mexico's Horizon

·         Iran's New Year Challenges

·         Probing for Chemical Attacks in Syria

·         Seeking Daylight on U.S. Drone Policy

Demos

·         Policing in an Information Age

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         DoD Instruction 6495.01 - Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program

·         DoD Instruction 6495.02 – Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program Procedures

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-058  Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Afghan National Army Command, Control, and Coordination System

·         DODIG-2013-060 Improvements Needed With Tracking and Configuring Army Commercial Mobile Devices  

·         DODIG-2013-061 Improvements Needed to the Purchase Card On-Line System 

Department of State

·         Annual Report on Assistance Related to International Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2012

·         Meeting Emerging Nonproliferation Challenges:U.S. Department of State Programs

·         The Role of Public Diplomacy in Countering Violent Extremism

·         Should Nazi-Looted Art Works Be Returned? The View from the State Department

East-West Center

·         South Korea: Give Nukes a Chance

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Iran Country Analysis Brief - March 2013

·         Monthly Energy Review, March 2013

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Can the Tunisian Revolution be Reversed?

·         Chemical Weapon Use in Syria?

·         The European 'Pivot'

·         The Future of the CWC in the Post-Destruction Phase

·         Moldova’s Political Crisis

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         The US-Russia Reset Four Years On: State andC hallenges

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         A Chinese View: What Does the Change in Chinese Leadership Mean for the Future of the China-EU Relationship?

Feinstein International Center

·         They Were Just Thrown Away, and Now the World is Spoiled: Mass Killing and Cultural Rites in Barlonyo

FRIDE

·         Belgium-Luxembourg and Central Asia

·         Romania and Central Asia

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         From Military Instruments of Dictatorship to Political Instruments of Democracy: Regimes of Exception in Bolivia 2000–2010

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Gay Rights: Where is Turkey Heading?

·         How China Will Change the Global Political Map

·         Schism within the GCC or “the Same Old Tribal Politics”?

·         Turkey’s Negotiations with the PKK: Contents, Dynamics, Risks, and Possible Outcomes

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS List of Priority Assets Needs to Be Validated and Reported to Congress. GAO-13-296

·         Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs. GAO-13-294SP

·         Defense Contracting: Actions Needed to Increase Competition. GAO-13-325

·         Energy Efficiency: Better Coordination among Federal Programs Needed to Allocate Testing Resources. GAO-13-135

·         Export-Import Bank: Recent Growth Underscores Need for Continued Improvements in Risk Management. GAO-13-303

·         High-Containment Laboratories: Assessment of the Nation's Need Is Missing. GAO-13-466R

·         Information Sharing: Additional Actions Could Help Ensure That Efforts to Share Terrorism-Related Suspicious Activity Reports Are Effective. GAO-13-233

·         International Religious Freedom Act: State Department and Commission Are Implementing Responsibilities but Need to Improve Interaction. GAO-13-196

·         Major Automated Information Systems: Selected Defense Programs Need to Implement Key Acquisition Practices. GAO-13-311

·         National Airspace System: Airport-Centric Development. GAO-13-261

·         Wind Energy: Additional Actions Could Help Ensure Effective Use of Federal Financial Support. GAO-13-136

Harvard University

·         Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan—How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets

Heritage Foundation

·         Encouraging Lawful Immigration and Discouraging Unlawful Immigration

·         Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Undermining the Criminal Intent Requirement

·         Increasing Risk of North Korean Tactical Attack on South Korea: What U.S. Needs to Do

·         Nuclear Waste Management: Minimum Requirements for Reforms and Legislation

·         Trust Fund or Slush Fund? Energy Security Trust Has Fatal Flaws

·         U.N. Arms Trade Treaty and the Customary International Law Standard

·         Why Congress and the Courts Must Respect Citizens’ Rights to Arbitration

Human Rights Watch

·         Hostages of the Gatekeepers: Abuses Against Internally Displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia 

Infinity Journal

·         Infinity Journal, Winter 2012, v. 3, no. 1

o    Clausewitz and Connectivity

o    Quantum Strategy: The Interior World of War

o    A U.S. Military Force-Political Objective Disconnect: Assessments and Assumptions Matter

o    Strategy: How to Make it Work

o    Must American Strategy Be Grand?

o    The Mythology of Grand Strategy

·        The Journal of Military Operations, Winter 2012, v. 1, no. 3

o    A Commander Reflects

o    Where to for ‘The Operational’

o    21st Century Operations and the Art of War Gaming

o    Wrong Technology for the Wrong Tactics: The Infantry Fighting Vehicle

o    Are We a learning Organisation? Preparing to Meet the Challenge of the Adaptable Force?

o    Understanding Command Approaches

Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)

·         In Europe, Not Ruled by Europe Tough Love between Britain and the EU

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Territorial Claim on Arunachal Pradesh:  Alternative Scenarios 2032 

·         Expansion of the Karakoram Corridor:  Implications and Prospects 

·         India’s Limited War Doctrine—The Structural Factor

·         Israel Confronts Iran—Rationales, Responses and Fallouts 

·         Operational Lessons of the Wars of the 21st Century 

·         Tibetans in China—Making Sense of a Visit and Five Appointments 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Practical Guide to Understanding and Preventing Suicide Operations in Africa

Institute for the Study of Radical Movements (ISRM)

·         'Pop-Jihad' - History and Structure of Salafism and Jihadism in Germany

·         You Are Our Future! Muslim Youth Cultures in Germany and Salafi 'Pop-Jihad'

 

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Free Syrian Army 

·         Governance In Rebel-Held Syria

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Afghanistan’s Economic Transition: Path to Long-Term Stability

·         Conflicts in South Asia: Causes, Consequences, Prospects

·         The New Great Game in Asia

·         Pakistan Prepares for Polls: Dilemmas of its Democracy

·         Zero Dark Thirty and US-Pakistan Relations: A Hostile Future?

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         From Disfunctionality to Disaggregation and Back? The Malian Crisis, Local Players and European Interests

·         Making Sense of Turkish-EU Relations in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

·         Opportunities and Challenges of Women's Political Participation in India:  ASynthesis of Research Findings from Select Districts in India

International Crisis Group

·         Eritrea: Scenarios for Future Transition

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)

·         Who Matters Online: Measuring influence, Evaluating Content and Countering Violent Extremism in Online Social Networks

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Case Studies on Energy Subsidy Reform—Lessons and Implications - Supplement

·         Current Account Norms in Natural ResourceRich and Capital Scarce Economies

·         The Day After Tomorrow: Designing an Optimal Fiscal Strategy for Libya

·         Energy Subsidy Reform - Lessons andImplications

·         The Global Financial Crisis: An Anatomy of Global Growth

·         Hitchhiker’s Guide to Inflation in Libya

·         How Effective are Macroprudential Policies in China?

·         Too Cold, Too Hot, Or Just Right? Assessing Financial Sector Development Across the Globe

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East: Options and Challenges

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Future of Israel-Palestine

·         The Geopolitics of the Palestinians

·         Israel’s Security Situation, Requirements and Policies

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 28, 2013 - v. 13, no. 7 

o    Centralized Power Key to Realizing Xi’s “China Dream”

o    Policy Reform Measures Highlight Potential for Transformation

o    Taming the Five Dragons? China Consolidates its Maritime Law Enforcement Agencies

o    The Second Artillery Force in the Xi Jinping Era

 Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Joint Pub 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, 25 March 2013 

Law Library of Congress

·         Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy:Comparative Analysis

National Academies Press

·         Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices

·         Potential Health Risks to DOD Firing-Range Personnel from Recurrent Lead Exposure

·         Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan:  Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families 

National Academy of Public Administration/SafeGov

·         Measuring What Matters: Reducing Risk by Rethinking How We Evaluate Cybersecurity

National Iranian American Council (NIAC)

·         "Never Give In and Never Give Up" The Impact of Sanctions on Tehran’s Nuclear Calculations

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Replacing the Armistice With A Peace Treaty in Korea

North-South Institute

·         Dodd-Frank 1504 and Extractive Sector Governance in Africa

·         Mining Codes in Africa: Emergence of a “Fourth” Generation?

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The European Union and Decreasing Regional Stability in East and Southeast Asia

·         Georgia: Identity, Foreign Policy and thePolitics of a “Euro-Atlantic Orientation”

·         The Main Dimensions of Armenia’s Foreign and Security Policy

·         The Political Economy of Transitions: Analysis for Change

Observer Research Foundation

·         China-Japan-Korea: Tangled Relationships

·         Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination

·         Pakistan --To Slither or Slip?

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress on theImplementation of The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

Oxford Research Group

·         Al-Qaida and the Wider Jihadist Phenomenon

·         Casualty Recording as an Evaluative Capability: Libya and the Protection of Civilians

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·         Water Scarcity in Bangladesh. Transboundary Rivers, Conflict and Cooperation

Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy

·         "One Leader at a Time: The Failure to Educate Future Leaders for an Age of Persistent Cyber Threat

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Congress Should Support IMF Governance Reform to Help Stabilize the World Economy

·         Crafting a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: What Can Be Done

Refugees International

·         Democratic Republic of Congo—Outdated Approach, Misplaced Priorities  

Security & Defense Agenda

·         Afghanistan: The Prospects and Challenges Ahead

·         Where Cyber-Security is Heading

Small Arms Survey

·         Armed Violence Monitoring Systems

 

Small Wars Journal

·         Bridging the Potomac: How a Rule of Law Field Force Strikes Balance Between Security and Development Operations

·         The Egyptian Sinai: A New Front for Jihadist Activity

·         The International Community Must Hold RussiaAccountable for Its Cyber Militias

·         Rumors of Central Command’s Decline are Wishful Thinking

·         Sudan: African Sequel to the Arab Spring?

·         Towards the Abolition of African Official Armies

·         Village Stability Operations: An Historical Perspective from Vietnam to Afghanistan

Stanley Foundation

·         Building a Nuclear Security Framework From the Ground Up: Encouraging Coordination Among Centers of Excellence in Northeast Asia

START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

·         County-level Correlates of Terrorism in the United States, 1990 to 2010

·         Risk Communication Training: Research Findings and Recommendations for Training Development

Trans-Border Institute/ Igarapé Institute

·         The Way of the Gun: Estimating Firearms Traffic Across the U.S.-Mexico Border

Transatlantic Academy

·         How China Will Change the Global Political Map

Transatlantic Relations and the Future of Global Governance

·         Counterproductive Adjustment? The United States after the Great Recession

·         Globalization, the New Geography of Power, and EU Policy Response

·         Trends and Leadership Challenges in the Evolution of the Global Economic System

 

Transnational Institute

·         The EU Trade and Investment Agenda: Quashing the Aspirations of the Arab Spring?

·         Privatising Europe: Using the Crisis to Entrench Neoliberalism

UK Government

·         CONTEST The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism - Annual Report

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

·         International Index of Energy Security Risk:Assessing Risk in a Global Energy Market - 2012

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Security Sector in Yemen

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arms for Syria's Rebels: Shaping the War's Outcome

·         Building Gulf Missile Defenses One Small Win at a Time

·         Egypt's Economic Crisis: How to Help Cairo Help Itself

·         Initial Outcomes of Obama's Middle East Trip

·         Missile Defense and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Contribution to Deterrence, Defense, and Crisis Stability

·         The PKK Announcement: Can Turkey Build a Kurdish Cordon?

·         Saudi Arabia's Perfect Storm of Domestic Challenges

·         A Threshold Test for Both Sides If Peace Hasa Chance

·         Yemen's National Dialogue and al-Qaeda

·         Youth Activism in the Small Gulf States