Friday's Miscellany 03-08-2013

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Land, People, and the State in Afghanistan:2002 – 2012

Amnesty International

·         Morocco/Western Sahara—Comprehensive Reforms to End Violence against Women Long Overdue

Asian Development Bank

·         Asian Economic Integration Monitor - March 2013

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Inadequate Regional Financial Safety Nets Reflect Complacency

Atlantic Council

·         IntelBrief—Eritrea on the Edge

·         NATO Global Partnerships—Strategic Opportunities and Imperatives in a Globalized World 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Pakistan’s Stabilising Democracy: Time for a new EU Strategic Partner

·         Women's Liberties and Gender Equality in Tunisia: the Asthma of the Arab Spring?

Brookings

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated February 28, 2013]

·         Countering Corruption: 2012 Conference Report from the World Forum on Governance

·         The Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals

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

·         Invention and the Mobile Economy

·         Muslim Politics Without an"Islamic" State: Can Turkey's Justice and Development Party Be a Model for Arab Islamists?

·         A New Alignment: Strengthening America'sCommitment to Passenger Rail

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         The Case for RAIPON: Implications for Canada and the Arctic Council

·         Is NATO Still Necessary for Canada?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Mali Conflict—Avoiding Past Mistakes 

·         The Stalin Puzzle—Deciphering Post-Soviet Public Opinion 

CATO Institute

·         Poor Immigrants Use Public Benefits at a Lower Rate than Poor Native-Born Citizens 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 48: Foreign Policy Changes in Georgia

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Challenges and Opportunities in the CENTCOMAOR 

·         Hidden Arena: Cyber Competition and Conflictin Indo-Pacific Asia

·         Our Shared Opportunity: A Vision for GlobalProsperity 

·         PacNet #15 - Navigating US-China Relations: Complicated by China's "Unrelenting Strategy"

·         PacNet #16 - Why Was North Korea In Such a Hurry with its Missile and Nuclear Tests? The Challenges for 2013 and Beyond

·         PacNet #17 - Devil in Details of Grand Urban Plan

·         PacNet #17A - The Way of Restructuring

·         Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th and K Streets: Dynamic Equilibrium: Indonesia’s Blueprint for a 21st Century Asia Pacific

·         U.S. Policy Responses to Potential Transitions

Center for the Study of Intelligence

·         Studies in Intelligence, December 2012, v. 56, no. 4

o    A Defection Case that Marked the Times

o    Some Far-out Thoughts on Computers

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Bank Bonus Compromise Bodes Ill for the Single Supervisory Mechanism

·         EU Policy on Climate Change Mitigation since Copenhagen and the Economic Crisis

·         Financial Development, Bank Efficiency and Economic Growth across the Mediterranean

·         Is Germany the Model to Follow?

·         Scenarios for the Agricultural Sector in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

·         Tunisia in Turmoil: How Should the EU React?

·         Two Decades on from the Break-up of Czechoslovakia: Departures, Diversions and Destinations

Centre for International and Strategic Analysis

·         Madrassa Education in Pakistan: Controversies, Challenges and Prospects

Chatham House

·         International Sanctions on Iran and Syria

·         The Roots of Extremism: The English Defence League and the Counter-Jihad Challenge

College of Europe

·         The European Union’s Rule of Law Promotion inits Neighbourhood: A Structural Foreign Policy Analysis

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Posture of the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Transportation Command

·         The Posture of the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         North Korea’s Criminal Activities: Financing the Regime

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Reducing Waste and Mismanagement:Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayer Billions

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         FBI Headquarters Consolidation

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Transportation Command

·         U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Cybersecurity Partnership Between the Private Sector and Our Government: Protecting Our National and EconomicSecurity

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget as of 2013

·         Federal Grants to State and Local Governments

·         Federal Spending and Average Annual Growth Rates for the Federal Government’s Major Mandatory Spending Programs that are Primarily Means-Tested

·         Information on Appropriations for Fiscal Year2013 and the Effect on Those Appropriations of the Automatic Spending Reductions

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Governance in India: Women's Rights

·         The Six-Party Talks on North Korea's Nuclear Program

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Extremely Stealthy and Incredibly Close: Drones, Control, and Legal Responsibility

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Strategy for Homeland Defense and DefenseSupport of Civil Authorities

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

·         DoD Instruction 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies, February 27, 2013

·         DoD Instruction 6490.04, Mental Health Evaluations of Members of the Military Services, March 4, 2013

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

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-052  Inadequate Contract Oversight of Military Construction Projects in Afghanistan Resulted in Increased Hazards to Life and Safety of Coalition Forces

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         2012 Data Mining Report to Congress

·         OIG 13-42 Transportation Security Administration's Aviation Channeling Services Provider Project

Department of State

·         2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)

o    Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control

o    Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

Department of the Army

·         2013 Annual Report on Business Transformation Providing Readiness at Best Value

·         Army Equipment Modernization Strategy

Department of the Navy

·         Draft Environmental Assessment Addressing the Homeporting of the Littoral Combat Ship on the East Coast of the UnitedStates 

Doctors Without Borders

·         Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid

Economic Policy Institute

·         Are Foreign Students the Best and Brightest?  Data and Implications forImmigration Policy

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Brussels - Beijing: Changing the Game?

·         Good Cop or Bad Cop? Sanctioning Belarus

The European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Europe’s Foreign Policy: Resilience Meets Mediocrity

European Parliament

·         Maritime Dimension of CSDP—Geostrategic Maritime Challenges and Their Implications for the European Union

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Green Light for a Modern CAP?

·         Seeking New Solution Paths for the Kurdish Issue

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2013

o    Prostitution and Human Trafficking: A Paradigm Shift

o    Social Network Analysis: A Systematic Approach for Investigating

o    Research Forum: Misconduct Allegations: Procedural vs. Distributional Justice

o    Perspective: On Leadership: The Importance of Vision

o    Leadership Spotlight: Values-Driven Leadership in Law Enforcement Organizations

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

·         China in the Year of the Snake: The Chinese Remember Past Humiliations and Dream of National Rejuvenation

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Russian Stake In Afghanistan

FRIDE

·         The Sixth EU-Brazil Summit: Business Beyond the Usual?

Geneva Declaration

·         Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Explaining the Diffusion of Renewable EnergyTechnology in Developing Countries

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Black Sea Region: Missing Pieces of the Civil Society Puzzle

·         The East-West Black Sea/Caspian Sea Corridor in the Age of Uncertainty

·         Justice or Injustice in Georgia? The First 100 Days after the Power Transfer

·         Untangling Conflicts in the South Caucasusand Moldova: An Agenda for 2013

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Cybersecurity: A Better Defined and Implemented National Strategy Is Needed to Address Persistent Challenges. GAO-13-462T [testimony] 

·         Defense Technology Development: Technology Transition Programs Support Military Users, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Measurement of Outcomes. GAO-13-286

·         Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Combat Rescue Helicopter Program. GAO-13-313R

·         Military Bases: Opportunities Exist to Improve Future Base Realignment and Closure Rounds. GAO-13-149

·         Overlap and Duplication: Federal Inspections of Entities Registered with the Select Agent Program. GAO-13-154

Heritage Foundation

·         A Defining Moment for Marriage and Self-Government

·         The United States Should Recognize British Sovereignty Over the Falkland Islands

·         Venezuela After Chavez: U.S. Should Rally to Democracy

·         What a Good Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like

Human Rights Watch

·         "Look at Us with a Merciful Eye": Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen

·         "This Old Man Can Feed Us, You WillMarry Him": Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Addressing Pakistan’s Atomisation

·         BRICS Development Bank: Figuring out the Durban Bid

·         India’s Two Years at the Horse-Shoe Table

·         Innovation: The New Mantra for Science and Technology Policies in India, Pakistan and China

·         Iran-Egypt Rapprochement: Compulsions and Realities

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Federal Security Laboratory Governance Panels—Observations and Recommendations

·         Implementing Design and Analysis ofExperiments in the DOD Testing Community

·         Study of Facilities and Infrastructure Planning, Prioritization, and Assessment at Federal Security Laboratories

Institute for Public Policy

·         Hack or Attack? Shamoon and the Evolution of Cyber Conflict

·         Immigration Reform—Compromise or Stalemate 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Preventing the Suppression of Uncomfortable Truths on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         Facts and Fictions about Islam in Prison: Assessing Prisoner Radicalization in Post-9/11 America

Institute for the Study of War

·         The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War 

·         Syria Update 13-01: Iraq-Syria Overland Supply Routes

International Assessment and Strategy Center

·         Central American Gangs and Transnational Criminal organizations: The Changing Relationships in a Time of Turmoil

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Dhaka-Moscow Relations: Old Ties Renewed

·         India’s Regional Security Cooperation: The Nehru Raj Legacy

·         Reading between the Lines of Indian Budget

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Challenge of Debt Reduction during Fiscal Consolidation

·         Export Performance in Europe: What Do We Know from Supply Links?

·         Forecasting and Monetary Policy Analysis in Low-Income Countries: Food and non-Food Inflation in Kenya

·         The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks on the UK Economy

·         Rating Through-the-Cycle: What does theConcept Imply for Rating Stability and Accuracy?

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Relationship Between the ICC and the Security Council: Challenges and Opportunities

Istituto Affari Internazionali

·         Mediterranean Region in a MultipolarWorld—Evolving Relations with Russia, China, India, and Brazil 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, March 4, 2013- v. 13, no.  5

o    China Channels Billy Mitchell: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Alters Region’s Military Geography

o    China and Laos: An Uneasy Embrace

o    Assessing PLA Navy and Air Force Political Commissar Career Paths

o    China’s Military Political Commissar System in Comparative Perspective

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 8, 2013, v. 11, no. 5

o    A Divided Society: The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon

o    The Growing Alliance between Uzbek Extremists and the Pakistani Taliban

o    No End in Sight: Violence in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Iranian Shiite Terror Cell in Nigeria Followed a Familiar Pattern

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

·         Exploring the Post-Gadaffi Repercussions in the Sahel

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         An Analysis on the Underlying Factors of North Korea’s Threat to Conduct a Third Nuclear Test 

·         North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test and the Possibility of Change in China’s Policy towards North Korea

·         United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087 and North Korea’s Response

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Mar10, 2013]

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Mar 8, 2013]

National Academies Press

·         2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

·         Adaptive Materials and Structures:  A Workshop Report

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

·         Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Space Debris and Security

National Security Archive

·         Operation Condor on Trial: Legal Proceedings on Latin American Rendition and Assassination Program Open in Buenos Aires

·         State Department Intelligence and Research Predicted 1973 Arab-Israeli War

NATO Defense College

·         NATO's Maritime Strategy and the Libya Crisis as Seen from the Sea

Naval War College

·         Naval War College Review, Spring 2013, v. 66, no. 2

o    Naval Operations in Peacetime: Not Just "Warfare Lite"

o    The Senkaku/Diaoyu Island Controversy: A Crisis Postponed

o    The "Consequent Interest" of Japan's Southwestern Islands: A Mahanian Appraisal of the Ryukyus Archipelago 

o    Race to the North: China's Arctic Strategy and Its Implications

o    Maritime Commerce Warfare: The Coercive Response of the Weak? 

o    Deepwater Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

o    Like Strangers Trapped in a Dark Room [review essay]

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

·         AU-NATO Collaboration: Implications and Prospects

·         NATO Review, March 2013 Women: Paying the Priceof Conflict?

North-South Institute

·         Free Trade Agreements in Colombia and Peru: Monitoring Future Impacts from a Gender Perspective

·         Free Trade Agreements in Peru and Colombia: Best Practices and Policy Guidance

·         Gender and Urban (In)Security in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Advancing the UN’s Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Political Challenges and Opportunities

·         Security in the South Caucasus: the EU, NATO and Russia

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013

Oxford Research Group

·         Syria: The Evolving Problem of Competing Militias

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

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

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Gallup-PILDAT Political Weather Forecast for Election 2013

Peace Research Institute Oslo

·         Preventing Perpetrators: How To Go from Protection to Prevention of Sexual Violence in War?

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Adam Posen Takes the Stage

·         America Needs More Expansionary Monetary Policy

·         Liquefied Natural Gas Exports: An Opportunity for America 

Pew Research Center

·         Views of Government: Key Data Points

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         The Baltic States’ Success Story in Combating the Economic Crisis: Consequences for Regional Cooperation within the EU and with Russia

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Bruno Oliveira Martins, "Welcome to the Future: Legal, Ethical, and Political Issues in the Use of Drones" (IPRISViewpoints, No. 118, March 2013)

Project for a United and Strong America

·         Setting Priorities for American Leadership

Rand

·         Military Caregivers: Cornerstones of Supportfor Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans

·         Obtaining Life-Cycle Cost-Effective Facilities in the Department of Defense

Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

·         Croatian Counter-Terrorism Strategy 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Security Identity, Policymaking Regime and Japanese Security Policy Development

Small Arms Survey

·         Policing the Periphery: Opportunities and Challenges for Kenya Police Reserves

Small Wars Journal

·         The American Way of War after COIN's Waterloo: An Interview with Fred Kaplan

·         Drones, Covert Action, and Counterterrorism: Why UAV Strikes should be Exclusively Military

·         Finding Common Ground: Harnessing Disruptionfor the Good of the Service

·         Know Your Enemy: Lessons for the U.S. Military from Women in Armed Rebel Groups

·         Language and Culture in the Department of Defense: Synergizing Complimentary Instruction and Building LREC Competency

Southern Poverty Law Center

·         Hate Map

·         Intelligence Report, Spring 2013, no. 149   

o    The Year in Hate and Extremism

o    Once Again, Gun Control Spurs the ‘Patriots’

o    White Hot

o    The Year in Nativism

o    Secrets of the Sisterhood

o    Lawless

o    'Sovereign' Senator

o    Bringing Back Birch

o    Gathering Storm

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

·         Learning From Iraq  [Final Report From the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction]

Stanley Foundation

·         Responsibility Beyond Rules: Leadership for a Secure Nuclear Future

·         UNSCR 1540: Fostering Regional Momentum

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

·         Weapons Prosecutions for January 2013

Transnational Institute

·         Between Reality and Abstraction

·         The Kachin Crisis: Peace Must Prevail

·         Participatory Alternatives to Privatization

Ubiquity Press

·         Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 2013, v. 2,no. 1

o    For Stabilization

o    In Defence of New Wars

o    Towards an understanding of community organization against crime: The case of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

o    Challenging International Justice: The Initial Years of the International Criminal Court’s Intervention in Uganda

o    Mali: The Disintegration of a "Model African Democracy"

o    Understanding Peacebuilding as Essentially Local

UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict

·         The Impact of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Pakistan and the Narratives of Extremism

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Afghanistan Redux

·         Getting the Public on His Side

·         Is Iran Out-Negotiating the Obama Administration?

·         Netanyahu Forced to Rethink His Coalition

·         Syrian and Iraqi Conflicts Show Signs of Merging

·         To Achieve Mideast Peace, Suspend Disbelief

·         Tunisia's Post-Revolution Blues

·         Turkey at the Crossroads

·         UAE Dissident Trial Challenges U.S. Policy

·         UN Peacekeepers on the Golan at Risk