Friday's Miscellany 04-12-2013

38 North

·         North Korea: Turing the Wrong Direction

AEI Critical Threats

·         A New Wave of Military Restructuring Decrees in Yemen

Afghanistan Watch

·         Reconciliation with Taliban and the Role of Media and Civil Society Organizations

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Israel's Increasingly Rightist Government 

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

American Security Project

·         Defense Industrial Base—American Competitiveness Perspective Paper

Amnesty International

·         Death Sentences and Executions in 2012 

·         Human Rights Here, Roma Rights Now—A Wake-up Call to the European Union 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

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

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Fulfilling the Promises of South Asian Integration: A Gravity Estimation

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Cyberspace Operations in Support of Counterinsurgency Operations  

·         Hard Truth about "Easy Fighting" Theories—The Army is Needed Most When Specific Outcomes Matter 

·         Military Ethic and the Judge Advocate General's Corps—Legal Guardians of the Profession of Arms  

·         U.S. Army in the Pacific—Assuring Security and Stability  

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         China’s Response to the US in Contemporary Asia  

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         Congressional Dynamics of Immigration Reform 

·         Costs and Benefits of Immigration Enforcement

·         Ctrl+Alt+Del—Rebooting Immigration Policies Through Socio-technical Change 

·         Immigration Policy and Partisan Politics in the State Legislatures—2010-2012 

·         Latino Issue Priorities and Political Behavior Across U.S. Contexts 

·         Security and United States Immigration Policy—Two American Immigration Security Traditions and an Analytical Framework of National Security and U.S. Immigration Policy

·         U.S. Immigration, Demography, and Citizenship in a Digital Age 

·         U.S. Immigration Policy in the 21st Century, with Special Reference to Education—Examining the Crosscurrents of Nativist and Accommodationist Policymaking

·         U.S. Immigration Reform

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Conversations with...Seyed Hossein Mousavian. One plus One Equals One plus One

Berghof Foundation

·         Peace Infrastructures – Assessing Concept and Practice 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Nuclear Non-proliferation in the Gulf Roundtable Report 

Brookings Institute

·         China’s Global Currency: Lever for Financial Reform

·         Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Japan Foreign Aid Policies for Disaster Reduction 

·         Counterinsurgency, Counternarcotics, and Illicit Economies in Afghanistan: Lessons for State-Building

·         Marijuana Policy and Presidential Leadership: How to Avoid a Federal-State Train Wreck 

·         Immigration Facts on Foreign Students 

·         New Sectarianism—The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi‘a-Sunni Divide 

·         The Paradox of Worker Shortages at a Time of High National Unemployment

·         Top Five Reasons Why Africa Should Be a Priority for the United States

·         The Year of Recurring Disasters: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2012 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994-2011

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         West African Canaries in the Gold Mine: Investment Outlook and Challenges for Burkina Faso & Mali

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Do Unto Others; Toward a Defensible Nuclear Doctrine

CATO Institute

·         Regulatory Protectionism—A Hidden Threat to Free Trade

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Immigration and the American Worker: A Review of the Academic Literature

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

·         CIP Report, April 2013,v. 11, no. 10 

o    Partnerships and Information Sharing

Center for Naval Analysis (CNA)

·         Myanmar v. Bangladesh: The Implications ofthe Case for the Bay of Bengal and Elsewhere

·         Reno, Nevada Smart Policing Initiative

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Looking Beyond the Fog Bank—Fiscal Challenges Facing Defense 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         China-U.S. Relations in East Asia—Strategic Rivalry and Korea’s Choice  

·         Gulf Military Balance, Volume II—The Missile and Nuclear Dimensions 

·         Issues & Insights—Volume 13, Number 4—Testing Resolve:  The US-ROK Alliance at a Crossroads, The Fifth US-ROK Strategic Dialogue 

·         Issues & Insights—Volume 13, Number 5—Toward the Next "Strengthening" Agenda:  The US-Japan Alliance in Search of a Vision 

·         Middle East Notes and Comment: A Tale of Two Crises

·         Pacific Partners Outlook: Paradise Lost: Fiji's Failing Democratic Transition

·         PacNet #23 - Will China's Soft-Power Strategy on South Korea Succeed? 

·         PacNet #24 - The Real Lessons from North Korea's Ongoing Threats

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Development Assistance: Past Trends and Future Scenarios 

·         Financial Sector Development and Integration in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Towards a Long-Term Sustainable Transition 

·         The Meaning of Cyprus: Moving Towards Banking Union?

·         The New Bail-in Doctrine: A Recipe for Banking Crises and Depression in the Eurozone 

·         Online Personal Data Processing and EU Data Protection Reform 

·         Portugal: In Economics, We Call It Conflict of Interest! 

Centre for International and Strategic Analysis (SISA)

·         An Assessment of the US Drone Campaign in Pakistan and its Repercussions 

·         Drone Spies in Waziristan: An Enigmatic Reality 

·         The United States’ Drone Program in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Efficacy and the Pakistani Government’s Complicity

Chatham House

·         Drones: The Future of War? 

·         The Grand Decade for Global Health: 1998–2008 

·         Managing Famine Risk: Linking Early Warning to Early Action 

·         Real-Time Diplomacy: Politics and Power in the Social Media Era 

·         The Trouble with Biofuels: Costs and Consequences of Expanding Biofuel Use in the United Kingdom

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Equipping the Individual Soldier and Marine: Current and Future Year Acquisition and Modernization Strategies and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request

·         The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense 

·         The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air Force 

·Mental Health Research

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Breaking the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nexus 

·         Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng: Human Rights in China 

·         Energy Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean 

·         Highlighting Vietnamese Government Human Rights Violations in Advance of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         The Impact of Sequestration on Homeland Security: Scare Tactics or Possible Threat?

·         TSA’s Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security: Stakeholder Perspectives 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program: Is It a Good Value for Federal Employees?

·         Reducing Waste in Government: Addressing GAO’s 2013 Report on Duplicative Federal Programs 

·         U.S. Foreign Assistance: What Oversight Mechanisms are in Place to Ensure Accountability? 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Threats from Space: A Review of Private Sector Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part II 

Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

·         Worldwide Threats 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Emerging Counterterrorism Threats 

·         Situation in Syria 

·         U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Expanding the Panama Canal: What Does it Mean for American Freight and Infrastructure?

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         U.S. Policy Toward Syria

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Border Security: Frontline Perspectives on Progress and Remaining Challenges

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Defense Budget Priorities and Choices Fiscal Year 2014

·         Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request

Department of Defense Office of the Actuary

·         Military Retirement Statistical Report - 2012

East West Center

·         Japan’s Crucial Role in Afghanistan

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Dimming Power: Naim or Nye? 

·         Global Commons: Between Cooperation and Competition 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Georgia’s Bumpy Transition: How the EU Can Help 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         The Intra-Corporate Transferees Directive: Time to Break the Deadlock

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 2013

o    IAFIS Identifies Suspect from 1978 Murder Case

o    Predictive Policing: Using Technology to Reduce Crime

o    Legal Digest: Search Warrant Execution: When Does Detention Rise to Custody? Part 1

o    Perspective: Public Safety Consolidation: Does it Make Sense?

o    Leadership Spotlight: Leadership Lessons from Home

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         21st Century Cultures of War: Advantage Them

FRIDE

·         Brazil and the EU: Partnering on Security and Human Rights? 

·         Levers for Change: the EU and Civil Society in the Eastern Neighbourhood 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: Pushing the Frontier of Enlightened Capitalism

·         Spain’s Hidden Strengths 

·         Turkey’s Second Kurdish Opening: Light at the End of the Tunnel or Another Failed Attempt? 

·         Turkish-Israeli Relations after the Apology

Global Political Trends Center

·         Turkish Perspective on Security Issues in the Mediterranean  

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel: Observations on the Key Attributes and Challenges of Storage and Disposal Options. GAO-13-532T [testimony]

·         Communications Network Security: Outcome-Based Measures Would Assist DHS in Assessing Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Efforts. GAO-13-275 

·         Emergency Preparedness: NRC Needs to Better Understand Likely Public Response to Radiological Incidents at Nuclear Power Plants. GAO-13-243

·         The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Spring 2013 Update. GAO-13-481SP 

·         Government Efficiency And Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits. GAO-13-496T  [testimony] 

·         NextGen Air Transportation System: FAA Has Made Some Progress in Midterm Implementation, but Ongoing Challenges Limit Expected Benefits. GAO-13-264 

·         Presidential Helicopter Acquisition: Program Makes Progress in Balancing Requirements, Costs, and Schedule. GAO-13-257 

Heritage Foundation

·         Chemical Security: Risk-Based Solutions Key to Fixing Flaws 

·         Drone Strikes—The Legality of U.S. Targeting Terrorists Abroad 

·         Homeland Security: Developing a Strategic Road Map for the Future 

·         House and Senate Budgets: A First Step Toward Restoring Congressional Budgeting 

·         James Madison: Father of the Constitution

·         Kerry’s First Visit to Asia: Where Is the Pivot? 

·         Mixed Oxide Fuel Facility in South Carolina Needs Congress’s Support 

·         The Need for a Mistake of Law Defense as a Response to Overcriminalization

·         North Korean Threats: What Washington Should Do 

·         The U.S. Should Support New South Korean President’s Approach to North Korea 

Hoover Institution

·         Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won’t Work and How the Laws of War Can 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Gender-Differential Effects of Conflict on Education: The Case of the 1981-1993 Punjab Insurgency 

·         Trusting the Enemy: Confidence in the State Among Ex-Combatants

Hudson Institute

·         America's Patriotic Assimilation System Is Broken   

Human Rights Watch

·         Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians 

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses

·         BRICS and Stepping Stones: A New Global Pattern

·         India Abstains and Exposes the Arms Trade Treaty  

·         India’s Nuclear Triad—A New Assessment   

·         National Interests and Threat Perceptions: Exploring the Chinese Discourse 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

 ·         Peace and Security Council Report, April 2013, no 45 

·         South African Crime Quarterly, March 2013, no. 43 

o    Business robbery, the foreign trader and the small shop: How business robberies affect Somali traders in the Western Cape

o    New blood: Implications of en masse recruitment for the SAPS

o    Violence is not a crime : The impact of ‘acceptable’ violence on South African society

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

·         Maritime Security—Perspectives for a Comprehensive Approach  

Institute for the Study of War

·         2013 Iraq Update #15- Maliki Hints at Post-Election Plans 

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle  [updated April 2013]    

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Connecting India to ASEAN: Challenges and Opportunities in India’s Northeast 

·         India-China Talks: Full-Scope Security is Potential Issue 

·         Politics in Pakistan: The Judge and the General

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Azerbaijan's Foreign Policy and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict 

Intelligence and National Security Alliance

·         Emerging Science and Technologies—Securing the Nation through Discovery and Innovation  

International Crisis Group

·         Abkhazia—The Long Road to Reconciliation   

·         Dangerous Waters: China-Japan Relations on the Rocks 

·         Mali: Security, Dialogue and Meaningful Reform 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Market-Based Structural Top-Down Stress Tests of the Banking System 

·         Review of the Policy on Debt Limits in Fund-Supported Programs 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         How Can Innovative Technology Make Conflict Prevention More Effective?

InterNews

·         Connecting the Last Mile: The Role of Communications in the Great East Japan Earthquake 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, April 12, 2013, v. 13, no. 8 

o    Xi Jinping the Moralist: Assessing Continuity versus Innovation in Reform

o    Beijing Builds its Eurasian Transportation Network

o    Counting Z's: The Gradual Expansion of China's Helicopter Force

o    System of System Operational Capability: Impact on PLA Transformation

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         The Second Term Obama Administration’s Policy towards the Korean Peninsula

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Apr 14, 2013] 

·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated Apr 10, 2013]

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         After Fukushima—Implications for Nuclear 3S (Safeguards, Safety and Security) 

·         “Prague Agenda” and Nuclear Energy 

·         Strengthening the Core of the G20—Clearer Objectives, Better Communication, Greater Transparency and Accountability

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Whose Pacific Century? The 113th Congress and Asia 

National Security Archive

·         Chiquita Sues to Block Release of Files on Colombia Terrorist Payments

·         Reading the North Korean Tea Leaves: The Perpetual Struggle to Fathom Pyongyang's Motives and Goals 

·         The Thatcher-Gorbachev Conversations 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Propaganda, Fire-Thrashing, and the Risk of North Korean First-Use

Naval War College

·         Influence without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response 

·         MOC [Maritime Operations Center] Warfighter, April 2013, no. 1 

o    Operating Forward at the Ready: The 6F MOC in Action during Operation Odyssey Dawn

o    Operations Center

o    The Operations Process and the Commander's Decision Cycle

o    When Disaster Strikes: Understanding FHA/DR Key Players and Processes

o    Time to Think About Design: Reconciling Operation Design with Navy Planning

o    Chiefs as a Resource on Fleet Staffs and Operational Planning Teams

o    MOC Reservist

o    Doctrine Update: Navy Planning (NWP 5-01) Revision

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Azerbaijan’s Security Concerns: A View from Within 

·         Israel’s New Government and the Obama Visit 

·         Power and Politics in Pakistan

·         The Regional Impact of the Armed Conflict and French Intervention in Mali

Observer Research Foundation

·         China Military Watch—Volume II, Issue 7

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

·         FY2014 Budget of the United States Government 

o    Mid-Session Review

o    The Budget

o    Overview

o    Analytical Perspectives

o    Historical Tables

o    Supplemental Materials

o    Appendix

o    Supplementals, Amendments, and Releases

o    OMB Contributors to the Budget

o    Fact Sheets

·         Past Budgets 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Energy and Meat: Towards Better Polish–Saudi Relations

·         From the Periphery to the Core? Central Europe and the Economic Crisis 

·         How the European Union Is Shaping the Gas Market in Poland

·         Towards New Political and Economic Agreements with Japan: Bringing New Dynamism into the Strategic Partnership between the EU and Japan 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Mohamed Mansour Kadah, "Democracy, Human Rights and Capitalism: Are They Truly Global?" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 121, April 2013)  

President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF)

·         Progress in Combating Trafficking in Persons: The Obama Administration’s Accomplishments 

Rand

·         Commercial Intratheater Airlift: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Use in U.S. Central Command

·         National Guard Special Forces: Enhancing the Contributions of Reserve Component Army Special Operations Forces 

·         When Armies Divide: The Security of Nuclear Arsenals During Revolts, Coups, and Civil Wars

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         The Rising Chorus of Chinese Exceptionalism

Small Wars Journal

·         Aligning FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency with Reality 

·         Gender and Transition in Afghanistan 

·         Of Groundhogs and Ground Combat 

·         Understanding Groupthink 

·         Why Do We Often Fail to Correctly Measure Success in Wars? 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Future of the Chemical Weapons Convention—Policy and Planning Aspects 

·         India and International Peace Operations 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Egypt's New Regime and the Future of the U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relationship

Transnational Institute

·         Guns, Debt and Corruption

United Kingdom Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism

·         CONTEST Annual Report 2012

United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons Defense Committee

·         Securing the Future of Afghanistan—Volume I

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Waiting for Change: The Impact of Transition on Local Justice and Security in Yemen

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         Government Consumption and Global Value Chains

USAID

·         Counter-Trafficking in Persons Field Guide

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Al-Qaeda Announces an Islamic State in Syria

·         Islamism in Libya

·         The Muslim Brotherhood on Trial in the UAE 

·         Syria's War Could Inflame Turkey's Hatay Province

·         Tired of the Brotherhood, Egyptians Want the Military Back -- But Only Temporarily

·         U.S. Policy Toward Syria

·         A View from Cairo: Egypt Is Too Big to Save

·         Why Turkey Won't Attack Syria

Wilson Center

·         The Effects of Drug-War Related Violence on Mexico’s Press and Democracy