Friday's Miscellany 03-15-2013

Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)

·         A War of Attrition in Farah Province 

American Enterprise Institute

·         Structure and Context in U.S.-Russian Relations at the Outset of Barack Obama's Second Term  

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Double Game: the Sadr strategy in Iraq 

·         Is There a Change in the Strategic Priorities of the Obama Administration? 

·         Jama'atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladis Sudan: Nigeria’s Evolving Terrorist Group 

American Peace Society

·         World Affairs Journal, March-April 2013 

o    The False Scholarship of Edward Said

o    China’s Looming Crisis

o    The Kremlin’s London Lobby

American Security Project

·         Fusion Power—A 10 Year Plan to Energy Security  (White Paper) 

·         Geopolitical Implications of U.S. Natural Gas Exports    

Amnesty International

·         Iraq—A Decade of Abuses  

·         Major Powers Fuelling Atrocities—Why the World Needs a Robust Arms Trade Treaty  

·         North Korea—New Satellite Images Show Blurring of Political Prison Camp and Villages in North Korea  

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends (No.12): Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, March 2013 

Army Task Force on Behavioral Health

·         Army Task Force on Behavioral Health Corrective Action Plan  

Army War College Library

·         The All-Volunteer Force: Bibliography 

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

·         Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and its Impact on American Muslims 

Asian Development Bank

·         Asian Water Development Outlook 2013 

·         Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia: Options and Costs 

·         Managing Reforms for Development: Political Economy of Reforms and Policy-Based Lending Case Studies 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Emerging Geopolitical Trends and Security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the People's Republic of China, and India (ACI) Region 

Atlantic Council

·         Six Months of Georgian Dreams: The State of Play and Ways Forward 

·         Strategy for U.S. Engagement in the Middle East—Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         2014: the Other Afghan Withdrawal 

·         Algerian Gas’ Challenges after the Attack on In Amenas 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Egypt’s Army Will Not Intervene 

·         Israel is Not Isolated

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Teens and Technology 

Brookings Institute

·         Better Align H-1B Visa Fee Revenues to Local Workforce Needs 

·         In the Neighborhood: The Growing Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management 

·         The Predator Comes Home: A Primer on Domestic Drones, their Huge Business Opportunities, and their Deep Political, Moral, and Legal Challenges 

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

CAE Professional Services

·         Radicalization in the National Economic Climate: A Literature Review  

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         At What Cost a Carrier? 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Achieving a Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 

·         Maintaining the Delicate Balancing Act in the Israel-Egypt Security Relationship 

Center for Global Development

·         Implementing a Results-Based Approach to Strengthen IDA Support for Fragile States 

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)

·         CIP Report, March 2013, Active Shooter 

Center for International and European Studies (CIES)

·         Arab Civil Society at the Crossroad of Democratization: the Arab Spring Impact 

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Alternative Approach for Operational Assessment   

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Cyber Incidents Attributed to China  

·         Economics and the Next South Korean Administration 

·         The Future of the U.S.–South Africa HIV/AIDS Partnership 

·         Japan Chair Platform: Assessing the DPJ’s Stewardship of the Alliance 

·         Middle East Notes and Comment: Al Qaeda's Offspring 

·         North Korea’s Nuclear Test of China 

·         Nuclear Weapons and U.S.-China Relations  

·         PacNet #18 - Grounding of USS Guardian in Philippines: Longer-term Implications 

·         PacNet #19 - The Spartacus in China’s Wonderland 

·         U.S. Navy Humanitarian Assistance in an Era of Austerity  

·         U.S. Strategy, Sequestration, and the Growing Strategy-Reality Gap  

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The EEA Review and Liechtenstein’s Integration Strategy 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Five Years After the Fall: The Governance Legacies of the Global Financial Crisis 

·         The Short View: The Global Conjuncture and the Need for Cooperation 

Chatham House

·         Is Peaceful Political Transition in Afghanistan Possible? [event video and transcript] 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Impact of the Continuing Resolution, Sequestration, and Declining Operations and Maintenance Budgets on Military Personnel and Family Related Programs 

·         Information Technology and Cyber Operations: Modernization and Policy Issues to Support the Future Force 

·         Is Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Appropriate at this Time? 

·         The Posture of the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program: A Progress Update 

·         DOE Management and Oversight of Its Nuclear Weapons Complex: Lessons of the Y-12 Security Failure 

·         Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Emergency Communications 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Rebalance to Asia: Why South Asia Matters (Part II) 

·         U.S. Energy Security: Enhancing Partnerships with Mexico and Canada 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         DHS Cybersecurity: Roles and Responsibilities to Protect the Nation's Critical Infrastructure 

·         TSA’s Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Investigating and Prosecuting 21st Century Cyber Threats 

·         The Separation of Nuclear Families under U.S. Immigration Law 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         Addressing Transparency in the Federal Bureaucracy: Moving Toward A More Open Government 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Federal Financial Support for Energy Technologies: Assessing Costs and Benefits 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Implementing MAP-21: Progress Report from U.S. DOT Modal Administrators 

·         President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs 

·         Update of Efforts to Combat Piracy 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Sexual Assaults in the Military 

·         U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Border Security: Measuring the Progress and Addressing the Challenges 

·         The Costs and Impacts of Crisis Budgeting 

·         JPMorgan Chase Whale Trades: A Case History of Derivatives Risks and Abuses  

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         We the People: Fulfilling the Promise of Open Government Five Years After The OPEN Government Act 

Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Additional information on how CBO allocated the automatic spending reductions under the Budget Control Act of 2011 in its most recent baseline projections 

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

·         Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget as of 2013 - technical data 

·         Monthly Budget Review 

Costs of Wars Project

·         U.S. Costs of Wars Through 2013: $3.1 Trillion and Counting: Summary of Costs for the U.S. Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Shortcut to U.S. Economic Competitiveness—A Seamless North American Market 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-053 Oversight of U.S. Military and Coalition Efforts to Improve Healthcare Conditions and to Develop Sustainable Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) Medical Logistics a t the Dawood National Military Hospital 

·         DODIG-2013-054  DoD Efforts to Meet the Requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in FY 2012 

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

·         Global Problems Require Global Solutions: The EU and Global Public Goods  

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         ICS-CERT Year in Review: Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, 2012 

Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community 

Doctors Without Borders

·         Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Singapore Country Analysis Brief - March 2013 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Brussels - Beijing: Changing the Game? 

European Interagency Security Forum (EISF)

·         The Cost of Security Risk Management for NGOs 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Accessibility Act – Using the Single Market to Promote Fundamental Rights 

·         The European External Action Service and National Diplomacies 

·         Squaring the Circle – A European Investment Guarantee Scheme (EIGS) 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Russian Stake In Afghanistan 

·         Syria: Time for Inaction?  

·         Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality 

FRIDE

·         The EU Education Initiative for Central Asia Five Years On: Lessons Learnt? 

·         Europe and the US in the Middle East: A Convergence of Partiality 

·         Europe's Trade Strategy: Promise or Peril? 

·         Prospects for China's Transition 

Gallup, Inc.

·         U.S. Leadership Earning Lower Marks Worldwide 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Brussels Forum Views 

·         Turkey’s Cold Wars 

·         Turkey’s New Drive to Reenergize EU Accession: Moving Beyond the Suboptimal Equilibrium? 

·         Turkish Economy 2000-2010: A Decade of Transition 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security: DHS's Progress and Challenges in Securing U.S. Borders, GAO-13-414T [testimony] 

·         Budget Issues: Effects of Budget Uncertainty from Continuing Resolutions on Agency Operations, GAO-13-464T [testimony] 

·         Critical Infrastructure Protection: Preliminary Observations on DHS Efforts to Assess Chemical Security Risk and Gather Feedback on Facility Outreach, GAO-13-412T [testimony] 

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Current Outlook Is Improved, but Long-Term Affordability Is a Major Concern. GAO-13-309 

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

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Observations on DOE's and NNSA's Efforts to Enhance Oversight of Security, Safety, and Project and Contract Management, GAO-13-482T [testimony] 

·         Veterans' Disability Benefits: Challenges to Timely Processing Persist. GAO-13-453T [testimony] 

Greenpeace

·         Beyond Nuclear—The Triple Challenge Facing Japanese Utilities 

Henley Putnam University

·         Journal of Strategic Security, Spring 2013, v. 6, no. 1 

o    An Analysis of Abu Mus’ab al-Suri’s “Call to Global Islamic Resistance”

o    Iranian Democratization Part I: A Historical Case Study of the Iranian Green Movement

o    Iranian Democratization Part II: The Green Movement - Revolution or Civil Rights Movement?

o    Economic Development in Puntland, Somalia

o    Somalia’s “Pirate Cycle”: The Three Phases of Somali Piracy

o    Cultural Theory and acceptance based security strategies for humanitarian aid workers

o    Former Members’ Perspectives are Key to Impacting the FARC

Heritage Foundation

·         Confronting Washington's Administrative State: A Renewed Role for the States 

·         Energy Efficiency, Not Efficiency Mandates 

·         International Monitoring System as a Nuclear Test Verification Tool 

·         Lessons from Benghazi—Investigation Leaves Important Questions Unanswered  

·         Marriage—What It Is, Why It Matters, and the Consequences of Redefining It  

·         Obama’s Middle East Trip: Security Goals Should Be the Highest Priority 

·         Transportation and Infrastructure Policy: More State and Less Federal Control 

·         The U.S. Cannot Fix the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty 

Human Rights Watch

·         Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan 

IJ Infinity Group

·         Infinity Journal, 2013, 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

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Coping with the Aftermath of Transgressions in the VVIP Helicopter Deal 

·         Critical Assessment of China's Vulnerabilities in Tibet 

·         The Iran-Pakistan Pipeline: Pressler 2.0? 

·         Junior Military Leadership in the PLA Today 

·         The Sri Lanka File at the UNHRC: Need for India to Adopt a Balanced and Firm Approach 

Institute for Public Policy

·         Death of Hugo Chavez Offers U.S. Chance to Foster Change 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Priorities for African States Negotiating for an Arms Trade Treaty, Gugu Dube 

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

·         2013 Iraq Update #10: Tensions on the Border and in Parliament 

·         2013 Iraq Update #10a: Maliki Pursues Issawi – Again 

·         2013 Iraq Weekly Update #11: Violence Threatens Electoral Campaign  

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated March 2013] 

·         The Opposition Takeover in al-Raqqa 

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

·         A Neo-Nationalist Network: The English Defence League and Europe’s Counter-Jihad Movement 

International Crisis Group

·         The Korean Peninsula: Flirting with Conflict 

International Energy Agency (IEA)

·         Open Energy Technology Bulletin, March 2013 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         The Economics of Political Transitions: Implications for the Arab Spring 

·         Factors Influencing Emerging Market Central Banks’ Decision to Intervene in Foreign Exchange Markets 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         North Korea & the UN Security Council: Action, Reaction, Trust, and Mistrust 

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Arab Spring and the Middle East’s Monarchies 

·         The Welfare Cost of Lawlessness: Evidence from Somali Piracy 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief March 15, 2013, v. 13, no. 6 

o    National People’s Congress Marks Sharp Turn Toward Conservatism

o    Is Enough Finally Enough for China and North Korea?

o    Sino-Indian Defense Dialogue: A Panacea for the Sino-Indian Security Dilemma?

o    System of Systems Operational Capability: Operational Units and Elements

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         Joint Pub 4-08, Logistics in Support of Multinational Operations, 21 February 2013 

·         Mission Command and Cross-Domain Synergy 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Expectations on China and its Limits 

Long War Journal

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Mar 11, 2013] 

MITRE Corp

·         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: A Defensible Process for Federal Agencies 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         The Rise of the Afghan Rails: Regional Railway Linkages and Economic Growth in Afghanistan 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Consideration of the Possibility of Deep Borehole Disposal in Japan

The Nordic Africa Institute

·         Nigeria and the African Union in Light of the Arab Revolts 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         As Syria Descends into Chaos: Challenges to Israel 

·         Mali Unmasked: Resistance, Collusion, Collaboration 

·         Making the  Right Moves: Ten Considerations in Light of President Obama's Forthcoming Visit to Israel 

·         National Implementation of the UN Security Council’s Women, Peace and Security Resolutions 

·         Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings 

·         Women and Peace Processes, Negotiations, and Agreements: Operational Opportunities and Challenges 

·         Women, Peace and Security in Post-conflict and Peacebuilding Contexts 

·         UNSCR 1325: The Challenges of Framing Women’ Rights as a Security Matter 

Oxfam

·         Getting It Right: The Pieces That Matter for the Arms Trade Treaty

Pew Research for the People and the Press                         

·         Gun Rights vs. Gun Control                

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Missing Women: The G20, Gender Equality and Global Economic Governance 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal", in Andrei Kulikov (ed.), EU Budget 2014-2020: Views from across Europe after 7-8 February 2013 (Bulletin on European and CIS Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, March 2013), pp. 35-36.

·         Sean Goforth, "Venezuela: Where Now?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 119, March 2013). 

Project 2049 Institute

·         The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Project: Organizational Capacities and Operational Capabilities 

Rand

·         The Mix of Military and Civilian Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy: Finding a Sustainable Balance for Enduring Success 

Refugees International

·         DR Congo—Poor Coordination Obstructs Emergency Response to Gender-Based Violence 

SIPRI

·         Arms Trade Control Capacity Building: Lessons from Dual-use Trade Controls 

·         Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2012 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Day After Assad: What to Expect Based on Events in Post-Saddam Iraq 

·         Leveraging Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory to Improve the Quality of Information Operations 

·         The Pacific “Pivot”: What it Means for Language, Region, and Culture Education and Training 

·         Providing a Framework for Globally Integrated Operations: Lessons from Paul the Apostle 

·         Reverse IPB: A Whole-of-Staff Approach to Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield 

·         Youth Lost: Ugandan Child Soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army 

·         Who’s on First? Or Why Fences Matter More Than Al-Qaeda in Mali 

Stimson Center

·         Presidential Inbox 2013—Pragmatic Steps Made for This Moment 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Sanctions Beyond Borders: How to Make North Korea Sanctions Work 

Transnational Institute

·         Privatising Europe: Using the Crisis to Entrench Neoliberalism  

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2012: Tolerating the Intolerable 

United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords, European Union Committee

·         Future of EU Enlargement  

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

·         Refugees and the Rashaida: Human Smuggling and Trafficking from Eritrea to Sudan and Egypt 

·         Syria's Children: A Lost Generation 

Violence Prevention Research Program

·         Background Checks for Firearm Transfers 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Bahrain's Royal Politics and the U.S. Navy Base 

·         Eastern Mediterranean Natural Gas and Jordan's Energy Options 

·         Field Reports on Syria and the Opposition 

·         Forget the Fatwa 

·         Getting Carrier Out of the Gulf Good for U.S. Iran Policy 

·         Hezbollah, Europe, and the Iran Connection [video] 

·         Hezbollah's European Enablers 

·         Iran's Nuclear Clock and World Diplomacy 

·         Iraq's Budget Threat Against the Kurds 

·         Is Morocco a Model or a Mirage? 

·         Israel's Next Front: Syria 

·         Meeting Tunisia's Ansar al-Sharia 

·         Turkey Rising? (Part 2) 

·         UN Peacekeepers on the Golan at Risk 

Wilson Center

·         The Rise & Fall of Iran in Arab and Muslim Eyes - A New Poll [event video and documents]