greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 03-01-2013

38 North

· Frienemies: The North's Nuclear Test was BadEnough, the South Shouldn't Make It Worse

Air Force STSC

· CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, March/April 2013, v. 26, no. 2

o We Cannot Blindly Reap the Benefits of a Globalized ICT Supply Chain!

o Managing Risk in the Software Supply Chain through Software Code Governance

o How International Standard Efforts Help Address Challenges in Today’s Global ICT Marketplace

o Open Source and the Software Supply Chain: A Look at Risks vs. Rewards

o Advancing SCRM with Standardized Inspection Technology

o Building a Body of Knowledge for ICT Supply Chain Risk Management

o Ensuring Your Development Processes Meet Today’s Cyber Challenges

o Software ID Tags Support Better Cyber Security

Air University

· Air Power Journal, v. 27, no. 2, March-April 2013

o The Air War in Libya

o Airmen and Mission Command

o A New Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense for Countering Antiaccess/Area-Denial Threats from Precision-Guided Weapons

o A Case for Air Force Reorganization

o Realizing Operational Planning and Assessment in the Twenty-First-Century Air Operations Center: How a Refined Planning Construct and Semantic Technologies Can Enable Delivery of the AOC's Last Unsupported Functions (Part 1)

o Taming the Tigers: Recapturing the Acquisition Excellence of Our Planning, Programming, and Acquisition Three-Ring Circus

o Observations on the Air War in Syria

o Adding Teeth to the Equilibrium between Special Operations Forces and the General Purpose Force

· Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2013, v. 7, no. 1

o The New Era of Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Conflict

o Between Integration and Coexistence: US-Chinese Strategies of International Order

o The New Media and the Rise of Exhortatory Terrorism

o Deterrence Logic and NATO's Nuclear Posture

o What Great Powers Make It: International Order and the Logic of Cooperation in Cyberspace

o Energy Insecurity: The False Promise of Liquid Biofuels

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

· AFISMA: Military ahead of Politics

· Amending the Turkish Constitution to solve the Kurdish Question

· Bulgaria’s Hezbollah Moment

· Buying Peace in Syria: Drawing Lessons From Iraq

· The Rise and Fall of the Democratic Party of Japan

Asian Development Bank

· Fostering Farmer Cooperatives in Poor Western Communities of the People's Republic of China

· Report to the President: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity: Annual Report 2012

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

· Understanding Innovation in Production Networks in East Asia

Association of Private Sector Colleges and University (APSCU)

· Report of the APSCU Blue Ribbon Taskforce for Military and Veteran Education

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

· Misinterpretation and Confusion: What is Mission Command and Can the U.S. Army Make it Work?

Atlantic Council

· Shale Oil and Gas and the Middle East

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

· 2014: The Other Afghan Withdrawal

· The Discreet Charm of European Diplomacy

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· Iron Dome: Has the Euphoria Been Justified?

Bipartisan Policy Center

· America’s Energy Resurgence: Sustaining Success, Confronting Challenges

· Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy

Brookings

· 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget

· Eliminating Fossil Fuel Subsidies

· Fiscal Fatigue: Tracking the Budget Outlook as Political Leaders Lurch from One Artificial Crisis to Another

· Reforming Federal Support for Risky Development

· U.S.-South Korea Relations in Obama's Second Term: Managing Challenge and Change

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

· The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: An Update

Center for American Progress

· The Arab Spring and Climate Change: A Climate and Security Correlations Series

· Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in the Amazon and the Andes: Rising Tensions and Policy Options in South America

· Preparing U.S. Policy for the Next Phase of Egypt’s Transition

Center for Global Development

· Getting to Normal with the Two Sudans: A Report of the Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Program

Center for Security Policy

· The Real Meaning of the New Argentina-Iran Agreement

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

· Russian Analytical Digest - No. 123: The Russian Media Landscape

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

· Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Opinion Poll Performance in the 2012 Mexican Presidential Election

· Global Economics Monthly: Crossing the River, Carrying Stones

· Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term

· Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 65, 24 February 2013

· Pacific Partners Outlook: From “Witchery” to Empowerment: Women’s Policy in the Pacific

· PacNet #13 - South Korea’s Strengthened Deterrence against Nuclear North

· PacNet #13A - Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia: Keep a Cool Head and Maintain a High Profile

· PacNet #14 - Building Toward a Stable and Cooperative Long-term US-China Strategic Relationship

· Thoughts from the Chairman: Re-Think Chinese Policy Toward DPRK

· The Uncertain Role of the ANSF in Transition: Establishing Real World Criteria and Metrics

· U.S. Policy Responses to Potential Transitions--Executive Summary

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

· Mapping Perceptions of Violent Extremism: Pilot Study of Community Attitudes in Kenya and Somaliland

· Mastering the Narrative: Counterterrorism Strategic Communication and the United Nations

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

· Determinants of Financial Development across the Mediterranean

· Emergent Brazil and the Curse of the ‘Hen’s Flight’

· In Search of a Feasible EU-Mercosul Free Trade Agreement

· Russia and the Common Space on Freedom, Security and Justice

· What Scenarios for the Euro-Mediterranean in 2030 in the Wake of the Arab Spring?

Chatham House

· Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective

· Cyber Security and Global Interdependence: What Is Critical?

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· Support Process Over Personalities in Pakistan

· Sequester, Day 1

· Shifting Tactics in Talks With Tehran

Defense Science Board (DSB)

· Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat

Department of Defense (DOD)

· DoD Directive 3025.14, Evacuation of U.S. Citizens and Designated Aliens from Threatened Areas Abroad, February 26, 2013

· DoD Instruction 6490.12, Mental Health Assessments for Service Members Deployed in Connection with a Contingency Operation, February 26, 2013

· Department of Defense Mobile Device Strategy v. 2.0

· Department of Defense Mobile Device Implementation Plan

· 17th International Command and Control Research & Technology (ICCRT) Symposium (2012)

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

· DODIG-2013-043 - Evaluation of the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations' Sexual Assault Investigation Training

· DODIG-2013-047 - Quality Control Review of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Audit Organization

· DODIG-2013-050 Recovering Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment From Civilians and Contractor Employees Remains a Challenge

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

· National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS)

· Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s Third Annual Address on the State of Homeland Security: “The Evolution and Future of Homeland Security”

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG-13-30 Independent Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations (Revised)

· OIG-13-39 DHS Can Make Improvements to Secure Industrial Control Systems

· OIG-13-40 FEMA’s Use of Risk-based Monitoring for Grantee Oversight

East-West Center

· The Elusive Nature of North Korean Reform

· Grading Europe in the Asia-Pacific: European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013

· A New Electoral System for Fiji in 2014: Options for Legitimate Representation

· Reef and Relations: Is the Philippines-US Alliance Finally Maturing?

European Policy Centre (EPC)

· Chinese Investment in the EU: a Win-Win Game - A View from China

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· John Quincy Adams and American Foreign Policy in a Revolutionary Era

· The West And The Muslim Brotherhood After The Arab Spring

FRIDE

· Europe and Latin America: In Need of a New Paradigm

· From Prison to Palace: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Challenges and Responses in Post-revolution Egypt

· The Mali Conflict: Avoiding Past Mistakes

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

· A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform

German Development Institute

· Innovations in Governance: Evaluations and Research Studies on Electoral Accountability, Corruption and Multidimensional Peacekeeping

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

· The Reform of China‘s Energy Policies

German Marshall Fund of the United States

· Avoiding a Shrinking EU in an Expanding Planet: A Turkish Contribution to the Debate on Europe's Future

· Turkey-EU Relations: Back to Basics?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Fees: Major Changes Needed to Align Fee Revenues with Program Costs. GAO-13-268

· Border Patrol: Goals and Measures Not Yet in Place to Inform Border Security Status and Resource Needs, by Rebecca Gambler, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-13-330T [testimony]

· Characteristics of Presidential Appointments that do not Require Senate Confirmation. GAO-13-299R

· Defense Contracting: Actions Needed to Explore Additional Opportunities to Gain Efficiencies in Acquiring Foreign Language Support. GAO-13-251R

· Defense Logistics: A Completed Comprehensive Strategy is Needed to Guide DOD's In-Transit Visibility Efforts. GAO-13-201

· Department of Justice: Executives' Use of Aircraft for Nonmission Purposes. GAO-13-235

· Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Activities Related to Iran's Energy and Communications Sectors While Having Had U.S. Government Contracts. GAO-13-344R

· Homeland Defense: DOD's Aerospace Control Alert Basing Decision Was Informed by Various Analyses. GAO-13-230R

· Iran: U.S. and International Sanctions Have Adversely Affected the Iranian Economy. GAO-13-326

· KC-46 Tanker Aircraft: Program Generally Stable but Improvements in Managing Schedule Are Needed. GAO-13-258

· Managing for Results: Data-Driven Performance Reviews Show Promise But Agencies Should Explore How to Involve Other Relevant Agencies. GAO-13-228

· Southwest Border Security: Data Are Limited and Concerns Vary about Spillover Crime along the Southwest Border. GAO-13-175

· Strategic Sourcing: Improved and Expanded Use Could Provide Procurement Savings for Federal Information Technology, by Cristina Chaplain, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. GAO-13-408T [testimony]

Heritage Foundation

· Falkland Islands: U.S. Should Support Right to Self-Determination

· Keeping Nuclear Testing on the Table: A National Security Imperative

· Kerry Offers More Aid but Still Lacks Sound Strategy on Syria

· U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: Congress Should Show Leadership in Advance of the ATT Negotiations

· U.N. General Assembly: Foreign Aid Recipients Vote Against the U.S.

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

· Economic Moorings of the Defence Budget

Institute for Race Relations

· Racial Violence: Facing Reality

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

· Basic Attack Strategy of Stuxnet 0.5