Friday's Miscellany 03-22-2013

38 North

·         North Korea Faces Heightened Human Rights Scrutiny

Air University Library Bibliographies

·         Operations Odyssey Dawn & Unified Protector

·         Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Amending Turkish Constitution for Kurdish Question

·         Change in Obama Administration's Strategic Priorities?

·         The Iranian Elections: Internal Challenges,Key Issues

American Enterprise Institute

·         Argentina's Race to the Bottom

 American Security Project

·         Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change: Preliminary Results

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

·         2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

Amnesty International

·         Communities Shattered by Arms Proliferation and Abuse in Côte d’Ivoire

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

·         Fighting for Justice and Human Rights: Egypt's Women Activists Describe Their Struggle

·         USA: ‘Judge Us by Our Actions’: A Reflection on Accountability for U.S. Detainee abuses 10 Years after the Invasion of Iraq

Atlantic Council

·         Does Beijing Have a Strategy?: China's Alternative Futures

·         IntelBrief: Implications of the Kenyan Elections

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Algerian Gas’ Challenges after the Attack on in Amenas

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

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Israel Is Not Isolated

Brookings Institute

·         Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated March19, 2013]

·         Too Much, Too Soon? The Dilemma of Foreign Aid to Myanmar/Burma

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         Employment Situation of Veterans 2012

·         Hate Crime Victimization, 2003-2011

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

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

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Globalized Risks, Transformative Vision, and Predictable Problems

·         A Quiet Force: Health Cooperation in U.S.-Russian Relations

CATO Institute

·         50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law

·         Zimbabwe: Why Is One of the World’s Least-Free Economies Growing So Fast?

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         5 Key Findings from CAP’s Recent Discussionsin the Middle East

·         Adding Fuel to the Fire: The Climate Consequences of Arctic Ocean Drilling

·         An Innovative Step to Support Palestinian Trade

·         The Iraq War Ledger (2013 Update): A Look atthe War’s Human, Financial, and Strategic Costs 

·         The War in Iraq: A Timeline of Events

 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         The Sino-Philippine Maritime Row: International Arbitration and the South China Sea

·         Slipping Away? A South China Sea Code of Conduct Eludes Diplomatic Efforts

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         A Bleak Picture: Employment among U.S.Citizens in States Represented by Gang of Eight

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

·         Dealing with a Nuclear Iran

·         The Future of the U.S.-South Africa HIV/AIDS Partnership: Trip Report of the CSIS Delegation to South Africa

·         India’s ‘Look East’ and America’s ‘Asia Pivot’: Converging Interests

·         New Perspectives in Foreign Policy

·         PacNet #20 - Reading Into South Korea's Nuclear Debate

·         Preparing for the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review: Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Key Takeaways

·         Significant Cyber Events [updated Feb 6,2013]

·         Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th and K Streets: Calls to Reform Vietnam's State Sector 

·         The Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus—Abbreviated Edition

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Director's Advisory Group on Women in Leadership [Unclassified Report]

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Assessment of Socio-Economic and Climate Change Effects on Water Resources and Agriculture in Southern and EasternMediterranean Countries

·         Benchmarking the Financial Sector in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries and Projecting 2030 Financial Sector Scenarios

·         Convergence and Integration of Banking Sector Regulations in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

·         Cyprus ... A Test Case for Future European Banking Policy

·         Dynamics of Bank Efficiency in the EU and Southern Mediterranean: Is There a Convergence?

·         Europe’s Most Wanted? Recalibrating Trust in the European Arrest Warrant System

·         The New Financial Regulatory Paradigm: A Transatlantic Perspective

·         Perspectives in Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

·         Population Scenarios and Policy Implications or Southern Mediterranean Countries, 2010-2050

Chatham House

·         China's New Leadership: Approaches to International Affairs

·         Soaring Dragon, Stumbling Bear: China's Rise in a Comparative Context

·         Tanzania as an Emerging Energy Producer

CNA

·         Crime Trends and Implications of 21st Century Policing

Columbia Law School

·         The Leaky Leviathan: Why the Government Condemns and Condones Unlawful Disclosures of Information

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Posture of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command

·         The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: What are the Requirementsfor a Strong Deterrent in an Era of Defense Sequester?

·         Update on Military Suicide Prevention

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

·         American Energy Security and Innovation: The Role of Regulators and Grid Operators in Meeting Natural Gas and Electric Coordinating Challenges

·         Our Nation of Builders: The Strength of Steel

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part I)

·         Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response

·         Cyber Attacks: An Unprecedented Threat to U.S. National Security

·         Hezbollah’s Strategic Shift: A Global Terrorist Threat

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Cyber Threats from China, Russia and Iran: Protecting American Critical Infrastructure

·         DHS Information Technology: How Effectively Had DHS Harnessed IT to Secure Our Borders and Uphold Immigration Laws?

·         Homeland Security Grants: Measuring Our Investments

·         Measuring Outcomes to Understand the State of Border Security

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         The Release of Detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Policy or Politics

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         The Department of Energy’s Strategy forExporting Liquified Natural Gas

·         DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions

·         Sequestration Oversight: Understanding the Administration’s Decisions on Spending Cuts and Furloughs

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part 1   

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Cyber Security Threats

·         U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·        Assessing the Risks, Impacts, and Solution for Space Threats

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·        Counterterrorism Policies and Priorities: Addressing the EvolvingThreat
·        Rebalance to Asia: What Does It Mean for Democracy, GoodGovernance and Human Rights?
·        Syria’s humanitarian Crisis

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

·         The Department of Homeland Security at 10 Years: A Progress Report on  Management

·         Hurricane Sandy: Getting the Recovery Right and the Value of Mitigation

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Building an Immigration System Worthy of American Values

·         The Future of Drones in America: Law Enforcement and Privacy Considerations

·         How Comprehensive Immigration Reform Should Address the Needs of Women and Families

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Approaches for Scaling Back the Defense Department’s Budget Plans

·         Total Factor Productivity Growth in Historical Perspective

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Strategy for Homeland Defense and Defense Support for Civil Authorities

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-057  Enterprise Business System Was Not Configured to Implement the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger at the Transaction Level

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG 13-49 DHS Involvement in OCDETF Operation Fast and Furious

East West Center

·         America's Voluntary Standards System: A 'Best Practice' Model for Asian Innovation Policies

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         India Country Analysis Brief - March 2013

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Obama’s Visit to Israel: Embrace the Victory of Politics Over Substance

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         A Dangerous UK Consensus on Free Movement of Workers in the EU

·         Striking the Right Balance? An Uneventful Summit Despite Mounting Socio-political Uncertainties - Post-Summit Analysis

EUROPOL

·         EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         China and the World: The View from Salzburg,Then and Now

·         The Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Power of Individuals, and the Unpredictability of History

·         The Gatekeepers: Geopolitics and the Limitsof Power

·         How Iraq's Future May be Shaped by its Neighbors

·         The Road to Africa Runs through Morocco

·         Understanding North Korea

FRIDE

·         The Baltic States and Central Asia

·         Engaging China on Development

·         Living with the Middle East’s Old-New Security Paradigm

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         Fragmentation or Cooperation in Global Resource Governance?

·         Strengthening the Core or Splitting Europe?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Financial Institutions: Causes and Consequences of Recent Failures of Community Banks. GAO-13-476T [testimony]

·         High-Risk Series: Government-wide 2013 Update and Progress Made by the Department of Homeland Security. GAO-13-444T [testimony]

·         Information Technology: DHS Needs to Enhance Management of Major Investments. GAO-13-478T [testimony]

·         National Preparedness: Improvements Needed for Measuring Awardee Performance in Meeting Medical and Public Health Preparedness Goals. GAO-13-278

·         National Preparedness: FEMA Has Made Progress in Improving Grant Management and Assessing Capabilities, but Challenges Remain. GAO-13-456T [testimony]

·         Puerto Rico: Characteristics of the Island's Maritime Trade and Potential Effects of Modifying the Jones Act. GAO-13-260

·         Security Assistance: Evaluations Needed to Determine Effectiveness of U.S. Aid to Lebanon's Security Forces. GAO-13-289

·         U.S. Assistance to Yemen: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Emergency Food Aid and Assess Security Assistance. GAO-13-310

·         Veteran-Owned Small Businesses: Planning and Data System for VA's Verification Program Need Improvement. GAO-13-425T [testimony]

Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

·         A Climate Diplomacy Proposal: Carbon Pricing Consultations

·         Treaty Design and Duration: Effects on R&D, Participation, and Compliance

Heritage Foundation

 ·         U.S.–South Korea Nuclear Cooperation: Agreeing on Commercial and Nonproliferation Goals

Human Rights Watch

·         Guilty by Association: Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law

·         Syria: Mounting Casualties from Cluster Munitions

Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)

·         China's Fortress Fleet-in-Being and its Implications for Japan's Security

·         Russia-Turkey: A Relationship Shaped by Energy

·         Security Partnerships in Japan's Asia Strategy - Creating Order, Building Capacity and Sharing Burden

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Defence Budget: 2013-14

·         Critical Assessment of China's Vulnerabilities in Tibet

·         Iraq: Ten Years after the US-Led Invasion

·         The War Crimes Trial and Forthcoming Elections in Bangladesh

Institute for Public Policy

·         Re-engaging the Israelis and thePalestinians: Why an American Role in Initiating Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations is Necessary and How It Can Be Accomplished

·         Syria at the Crossroads: U.S. Policy and Recommendations for the Way Forward

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Check Your Blind Spot: Confronting Criminal Spoilers in the Sahel

·         Mali in the Aftermath of the French Military Operation: New Opportunities or Back to Square One?

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

·         Diplomacy, Development, and Security in the Information Age

Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

·         2013 Iraq Update #12: Maliki and Sadr Raise Electoral Stakes

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Financing Infrastructure in Bangladesh – SomeOptions

·         Sri Lanka at UNHRC: Will it be Useful for Sri Lankans?

International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation

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

International Crisis Group

·         Peña Nieto’s Challenge: Criminal Cartels and Rule of Law in Mexico

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis

·         Growth Slowdowns and the Middle-Income Trap

·         Non-Performing Loans in CESEE: Determinants and Impact on Macroeconomic Performance

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Disasters and Displacement: Improving Preparedness and Protection

·         Distinct Approaches and Complementarity of Roles in Protecting Civilians [video]

·         Security and Development in the Sahel-Sahara [video]

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, March 21, 2013, v. 11, no. 6

o    Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Calls on North African Jihadists to Fight in Sahel, Not Syria

o    Facing the “Permanent Arab Spring”: Terrorism and Russia’s Evolving Threat Assessment

o    Islamist Militias Take to the Streets as Egyptians Look for Solutions to Internal Security Crisis

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         'New' Face of Transnational CrimeOrganizations (TCOs): A Geopolitical Perspective and Implications to U.S. National Security 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Expectations on China and its Limits

·         North Korea’s Nuclear Policy after its Third Nuclear Test: Analysis and Forecast

Library of the European Parliament

·         The EU's Eastern Neighbours

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Mar21, 2013]

National Academies Press

·         U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

·         Zero-Sustainment Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop Summary

National Defense University Press

·         Russia Still Matters: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration

National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC)

·         T-Band Report

National Security Archive

·         Indicted for Genocide: Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt: U.S. and Guatemalan Documents Trace Dictator's Rise to Power

·         The Iraq War Ten Years After

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Mar 13, 2013]

·         Displacement in Afghanistan: Post-2014 Origins, Current Situation and Potential Flows

Naval War College

·         International Law Studies, 2013, v. 89

o    The Geography of Cyber Conflict: Through a Glass Darkly

o    The Law of State Responsibility in Relation to Border Crossings: An Ignored Legal Paradigm

o    Networks in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Crossing Borders and Defining "Organized Armed Groups"

o    Geography of Armed Conflict: Why it is a Mistake to Fish for the Red Herring

o    Self-defensive Force against Cyber Attacks: Legal, Strategic and Political Dimensions

o    Territorial Sovereignty and Neutrality in Cyberspace

o    The Role of Counterterrorism Law in Shaping ad Bellum Norms for Cyber Warfare

o    Cyber Attacks: Proportionality and Precautions in Attack

o    Computer Network Operations and U.S. Domestic Law: An Overview

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Tactically Smart, Strategically Stupid: Simulated B52 Nuclear Bombings in Korea

New America Foundation

·         The Conflict in Syria

Norwegian Peacekeeping Resource Centre

·         Libyans’ Longing for a State

·         Non-State Actors and South Caucasus Security:The Role of NGOs, Transnational Corporations and Religious Organisations

·         Not Too Strong, Not Too Weak: Saudi Arabia’s Policy Towards Yemen

Nuclear Security Governance Experts Group (NSGEG)

·         Responsibility Beyond Rules: Leadership for a Secure Nuclear Future

Oxfam

·         Challenges to Security, Livelihoods, and Gender Justice in South Sudan

·         Colombia: Contested Spaces Briefing Paper

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Pakistan Parliament and Intellectuals Study Visit to Indonesia

PeaceOps

·         Stability Operations, March-April, 2013, v. 8, no. 5

o    Global Program Budgets

o    Contingency Operations Budget Resources: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty

o    Can a Devastating Blow to the U.S. Military be Averted?: The President and Congress Must Stop Defense Sequestration

o    What Sequester Means: The Meat Ax is Far Easier to Wield than a Scalpel

o    Retrograde Removal from Afghanistan: Risks and Challenges for Private Companies

o    Republic of Mali: End of One Insurgency and Possibly the Beginning of Another?

o    UAV Use in Stability Operations: Situational Awareness is Critical to Mission Success and Protecting Our People

o    Logistics Support to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali: In War and in Peace, Military Leaders Must Move and Supply Their Combat Forces

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         The Elephant Hiding in the Room: Currency Intervention and Trade Imbalances

·         Flirting with Disaster: Solving the Federal Debt Crisis

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

·         Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics

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, RussianAcademy of Sciences, March 2013), pp. 35-36.

·         Pedro Amakasu Raposo, "Portugal and Japan: A New Course or Just Historical Momentum?" (IPRIS Policy Brief, No. 8, March 2013)

·         Philippe Conde, "After Chavez's Death: Is Russian Presence in Venezuela at Risk?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 120, March 2013)

Rand

·         After the Withdrawal: A Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan [testimony]

·         Managing September 12th in Cyberspace: Presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies

·         Managing September 12th in Cyberspace: Presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats

·         Syria as an Arena of Strategic Competition

·         Voting Patterns in Post-Mubarak Egypt

Small Wars Journal

·         Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Shift to the East: American Foreign Policy Looking Forward

·         Narrative Landmines: The Explosive Effects of Rumors in Syria and Insurgencies Around the World

·         Overcoming Sequestration with Ingenuity: Lessons from a 9-Year-Old Entrepreneur

·         The Times They Are A-Changing: A Few Thoughts on American Military Discipline and Organization

·         The Trajectory of Intelligence Practice from DESERT SHIELD to IRAQI FREEDOM to Today

·         VSO versus DSO

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Governance, Identity, and Counterinsurgency: Evidence from Ramadi and Tal Afar

 Trend Micro Incorporated

·         Who’s Really Attacking Your ICS Equipment?

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Iraq’s Budget as a Source of Political Stability

·         Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Cyprus Court Convicts Hezbollah Operative

·         Egypt's Brotherhood Set to Prevail Despite Failures

·         Hezbollah's 1992 Attack in Argentina Is a Warning for Modern-Day Europe

·         Implications of Israel's New Cabinet

·         In Power, But Not in Control

·         Iran's Politicians Focus on 2013 Presidential Elections, not Nuclear Issue

·         Israel's High-Tech Pipeline to America

·         Obama to the Middle East: Expectations and Implications (Part 1)

·         Obama to the Middle East: Expectations and Implications (Part 2)

·         Policy Takeaways from Obama's Visit

·         Possible Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

·         Rule the Casbah: The Moroccan Monarchy's Delicate Balancing Act

·         Risking the Finlandization of the Persian Gulf

·         Saving Jordan's King Abdullah Must Be a U.S. Priority

·         Syria's Meltdown Requires a Response

·         Turkey's Kurdish-Language Policy: Learning from Europe

·         What Are Chemical Weapons and How Would Syria Use Them?

·         What Obama Should Do in Israel

·         When Barack Meets Bibi

·         Why Europe Should Ban Hezbollah

White House

·         2013 Economic Report of the President

·         FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future

Wilson Center

·         The ‘Club of Politically Engaged Conformists’?" The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Popular Opinion andthe Crisis of Communism, 1956

·         Iran in Latin America: Threat or ‘Axis of Annoyance’?