Friday's Miscellany 04-19-2013

38 North

·         War and Peace on the Korean Peninsula

AEI Critical Threats

·         Gulf of Aden Security Review [April 19, 2013]

·         Pakistan Security Brief [Daily]

Air University Library

·         Intelligence (Includes ISR) Bibliography

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         Israel's Increasingly Rightist Government

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

·         Africa—Iran's Final Frontier? 

Amnesty International

·         Sudan—Civilians Caught in Unending Crisis in Southern Kordofan

Asian Development Bank

·         Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012

·         Facilitating Safe Labor Migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Association of Southeast Asian Nations,People's Republic of China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World: The Role of Trade

·         International Price Dispersion and Market Segmentation in Japan and the United States: Theory and Empirics

Atlantic Council

·         A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

·         Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership—Ambitious but Achievable

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Planning the Unthinkable War—“Air Sea Battle”and Its Implications for Australia

AV-Test Institute

·         Google vs. Bing—Search Engines Deliver Infected Websites as Their Top Results

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         What Would the United States Do if Israel Defied It by Attacking the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program?  

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         “P5” Conferences—Past Meetings and Policy Considerations for Geneva 2013

Brookings

·         April 2013 Update to TIGER: Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery

·         Democracy, Human Rights and the Emerging Global Order 

·         Twelve Ways to Build Trust in the ICT Global Supply Chain

·         Using Data to Improve the Performance of Workforce Training

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Balochistan—The State Versus the Nation 

·         Building a Syrian State in a Time of Civil War

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs, April 2013, Supplement 6

o    IEEE 2012 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers

o    A Compressed Sensing Approach for Detection of Explosive Threats at Standoff Distances using a Passive Array of Scatterers

o    Return-Oriented Vulnerabilities in ARM Executables

o    Security and Performance Analysis of Passenger Screening for Mass-transit

o    Intelligent Radiation Sensor System (IRSS) Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD)

o    A Video-based Hyper-focal Imaging Method for Iris Recognition in the Visible Spectrum

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Asking for Trust, Evading Verification: A Chronology of Border Patrol and DHS Positions on Border Security Metrics

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

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Article by LTG Qi Jianguo on International Security Affairs 

·         U.S.-India Security Burden-Sharing?

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         International Business Quarterly: The US Trade Agenda--Ambitious, But Problematic

·         Methodology for Making the Right Trade-offs in Defense for the Decade Ahead—Defense Budgeting to Beat the “DoubleWhammy” 

·         PacNet #25 - Obama-Park Summit a Critical Opportunity for the US-Korea Alliance

·         PacNet #26 - Disturbing Disconnects in the US-Japan Alliance

·         Red Lines, Deadlines, and Thinking the Unthinkable—India, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, and China 

·         Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th and K Streets: The 2013 Philippine Midterm Elections: Turning a Democratic Corner

·         Trends in Militancy Across South Asia 

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

·         Preventing Conflict and Terrorism: What Role for the Security Council?

·         The Roles of Women in Terrorism, Conflict, and Violent Extremism: Lessons for the United Nations and International Actors

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

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

·         Principles of a Two-Tier European Deposit (Re-)Insurance System

Chatham House

·         Djibouti: Changing Influence in the Horn's Strategic Hub

·         Multiple Currencies for a Multipolar World—All Change… Or Not?  

·         New Russian Foreign Policy Concept—Evolving Continuity 

·         The Political Impact of Documentaries

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

China. Information Office of the State Council

·         The Diversified Employment of China's Armed Forces [Defense White Paper]

College of Europe

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

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Department of Defense (DOD) Science andTechnology Programs

·         Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S.Special Operations Forces

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

·         Fiscal Year 2014 Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Combat Aviation Programs

·         The Readiness Posture of the U.S. Army

·         Recent Developments in Afghanistan

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         A Continuing Investigation into the Fungal Meningitis Outbreak and Whether It Could Have Been Prevented

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         China’s Rapid Political and Economic Advances in Central Asia and Russia

·         Kenya's 2013 Elections: An Effective Assistance Model?

·         Securing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2014 Foreign Affairs Budget

·         Tier Rankings in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         The President’s FY 2014 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Contracting to Feed U.S. Troops inAfghanistan: How did the Defense Department End Up in a Multi-Billion DollarBilling Dispute?

·         Open to Visitors? Assessing the Federal Effort to Minimize the Sequester’s Impact on Access to Our Nation’s Capital andNational Treasures 

·         Sequestration Oversight: Prioritizing Security over Administrative Costs at TSA

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Maritime Transportation: The Role of U.S. Ships and Mariners

·         Overview of the United States’ Freight Transportation System

·         The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget:Administration Priorities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Active, Guard, Reserve, and CivilianPersonnel Programs 

·         Current and Future Worldwide Threats

·         Defense Authorization Request

·         Inquiry into U.S. Costs and Allied Contributions to Support the U.S. Military Presence Overseas 

·         Situation in Afghanistan 

·         Situation in Syria

·         Testimony on Nuclear Forces and Policies

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Aviation Safety: FAA's Progress on Key Safety Initiatives

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Examining Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Congo

·         National Security & Foreign PolicyPriorities in the FY 2014 International Affairs Budget

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         The Homeland Security Department's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2014

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

Constitution Project

·         Report of the Task Force on Detainee Treatment

Delhi Policy Group

·         Afghanistan 2012: Looking to the Future

East-West Center

·         Why China's Return to the Sea May Not Be All Bad

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Nuclear Multilateralisation - and Europe's Role     

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Sideways: America's Pivot and its Military Bases in the Asia-Pacific

FRIDE

·         The EU’s Global Climate and Energy Policies: Gathering Momentum?

·         The ‘New Liberals’: Can Egypt’s Civil Opposition Save the Revolution?

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

·         The Doha Dead End? Transition Economies andt he New Kyoto Rules

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (GIISA)

·         The Third World, Global Islam and Pragmatism

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Why is Prior Consultation Not Yet an Effective Tool for Conflict Resolution? The Case of Peru

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Energy in Turkey’s International Affairs and the Race for Southern Corridor

·         The Future of Mediterranean Europe: Between the Euro Crisis and Arab Revolution

·         Prioritizing Public Transit for Speed, Reliability, and Rider Satisfaction

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         911 Services: Most States Used 911 Funds for Intended Purposes, but FCC Could Improve Its Reporting on States' Use of Funds. GAO-13-376

·         Acquisition Workforce: Federal Agencies Obtain Training to Meet Requirements, but Have Limited Insight into Costs and Benefits of Training Investment. GAO-13-231

·         Aviation Safety: FAA Efforts Have Improved Safety, but Challenges Remain in Key Areas. GAO-13-442T [testimony]

·         Defense Infrastructure: Improved Guidance Needed for Estimating Alternatively Financed Project Liabilities. GAO-13-337  

·         F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Program Has Improved in Some Areas, but Affordability Challenges and Other Risks Remain. GAO-13-500T [testimony]

·         Federal Support for Renewable and Advanced Energy Technologies. GAO-13-514T [testimony]

·         Managing For Results: Agencies Have Elevated Performance Management Leadership Roles, but Additional Training Is Needed. GAO-13-356

·         Managing For Results: Agencies Should More Fully Develop Priority Goals under the GPRA Modernization Act. GAO-13-174

·         President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Per-Patient Costs Have Declined Substantially, but Better Cost Data Would Help Efforts to Expand Treatment. GAO-13-345

·         Satellite Control: Long-Term Planning and Adoption of Commercial Practices Could Improve DOD's Operation. GAO-13-315

·         Status of Funding, Equipment, and Training for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. GAO-13-367R

Heritage Foundation

·         Advancing Trade Freedom: Key Objective of Trade Promotion Authority Renewal

·         Congress Should Challenge theAdministration’s UNESCO and U.N. Peacekeeping Budget Request

·         Counterterrorism: Heritage Foundation Recommendations

·         House Cybersecurity Legislation: A Small Step, but Flaws Need Correction

·         The Immediate Aftermath of Boston: No Time to Stand Still

·         Impact of Obama's Budget Proposal on Defense

·         Promoting Economic Freedom: Key to Realizing the World Bank’s Mission

·         U.S. Must Demand Transparency and Accountability in Appointment of Top-Level U.N. Officials

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

·         Venezuela: U.S. Should Push President Maduro Toward Economic Freedom

Households in Conflict Network

·         Buying Peace: The Mirage of Demobilizing Rebels

·         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

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Beyond Stereotypes: Contours of theTransition in Jammu and Kashmir

·         China-Pakistan Nuclear Cooperation: Unclear Facts

·         China-Russia Relations: Bonding but Can it Endure? 

·         China Consolidates Claim in South China Sea

Institute for the Study of War

·         2013 Iraq Update #16: Provincial Elections Key Tests for Maliki, Protesters

·         Iraq’s Provincial Elections and their National Implications

·         Maliki's Authoritarian Regime

·         Syria Update: Jabhat Nusra Aligns withal-Qaeda

·         Syria Update: Regime Breaks Siege of Wadial-Deif

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         The Voice of the People: Israeli Public Opinion on National Security 2012

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Youth and Politics in India-I 

·         The Way Forward for Northeast India

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The Democratic Legitimacy of the EU's Economic Governance and National Parliaments

·         Presidential Elections in Armenia and the Opposition's Long March

International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence

·         Saving Peace—The Case for Amending the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty 

·         Seeking No War; Achieving No Peace—How Israel and the Palestinian Authority Could Maintain Sustainable Non-Violent Relations

International Crisis Group

·         Trial by Error—Justice in Post-Qadhafi Libya  

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Strengthening the UN Peacebuilding Commission

Iran Project

·         Strategic Options for Iran—Balancing Pressure with Diplomacy

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, April 19, 2013, v. 11, no. 8

o    Chad Withdraws from Northern Mali as Planning for UN Force Begins

o    Somalia’s al-Shabaab Targets Turkish Nationals in Mogadishu

o    “Obliged to Unite under One Banner”: A Profile of Syria’s Jaysh al-Muhajireen wa’l-Ansar

o    PKK Commanders Split with Imprisoned Kurdish Leader on Reconciliation with Ankara

o    Libya’s Sabha Oasis: Former Qaddafist Stronghold Becoming Regional Center of Insecurity

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         21st Century SOF: Toward an American Theory of Special Operations

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Assessment and Prospect for the 7th Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly

Lexington Institute

·         Tactical Aircraft and the Preservation of U.S. Air Dominance 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated Apr 17, 2013]

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated Apr 17, 2013]

Lowy Institute for International Affairs

·         India-Australia Poll 2013

National Academies Press

·         2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory 

·         Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza:  Scientific Inquiry,Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Whose Pacific Century? The 113th Congress and Asia

National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC)

·         NCADAC Draft Climate Assessment Report 

 

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         Bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon

·         U.S. Attitudes Toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism

 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Weekly Review [latest update Apr 9, 2013]

 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Why is the Korean Peninsula Trapped in a Vicious Circle of Permanent Crisis?

Naval War College (NWC)

·         International Law Studies, April 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

o    Classification of Cyber Conflict

o    Lawful Targets in Cyber Operations: Does the Principle of Distinction Apply?

o    Cyber Warriors in the Jus in Bello

o    Cyber War and International Law: Does the International Legal Process Constitute a Threat to U.S. Vital Interests?

o    Organizing for Cyberspace Operations: Selected Issues

o    The Road Ahead: Gaps, Leaks and Drips

o    Methods and Means of Cyber Warfare

o    International Law and Cyber Threats from Non-State Actors

o    Cyber War and International Law: Concluding Remarks at the 2012 Naval War College International Law Conference

·         Legal Issues Relating to Unmanned Maritime Systems Monograph

NATO Defense College

·         NATO and Japan as Multifaceted Partners

Norwegian Peacekeeping Resource Centre

·         African Security in 2013: A Year of Disequilibrium?

·         China’s Buddhist Diplomacy

·         Israel’s New Government and the Obama Visit

·         Mapping the Views, Interests and Expectations of the Population in Mali

 

Observer Research Foundation

·         China Military Watch, v. 2, no. 8

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

·         2012 Data Mining Report

·         2012 Report on Security Clearance Determinations

·         Federal Agency Data Mining Report 2012   

·         Remarks as Delivered by DNI James R. Clapper on the 2013 Worldwide Assessment

·         Statement for the Record - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff

Rand

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

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         Indonesia’s APEC Chairmanship of 2013: Key Priorities and Future Agenda

Security & Defense Agenda

·         What Next for European Cyber-Security?

Small Arms Survey

·         After the Fall: Libya's Evolving Armed Groups

·         Ammunition Tracing Kit: Protocols and Procedures for Recording Small-calibre Ammunition

·         Insurgency, Disarmament, and Insecurity in Northern Mali, 1990-2004

·         Lessons Learned from Weapon-marking Initiatives

·         Making a Mark: Reporting on Firearms Marking in the RECSA Region

·         Rebel Forces in Northern Mali: Documented Weapons, Ammunition and Related Materiel

Small Wars Journal

·         Breaking Down “Hearts and Minds”: The Power of Individual Causal Mechanisms in an Insurgency

·         Case Study: The IRA’s Hyde and Regent's Parks Attacks in London, July 20, 1982

·         Lessons from the Battle Road: A Story of Mission Command, Miscalculation, and Adaptive Thinking

·         Venezuela's Presidential Election: Chavez Runs Again - By Proxy

·         The War on Terror... Over? Part 2

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2012

Swedish Defence Research Agency - Russia

·         Can the Kremlin Control the Cossacks?

·         Russia and the Arctic: Analysis and Discussion of Russian Strategies

Symantec

·         2013 Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 18

Transnational Institute

·         Land Concentration, Land Grabbing and People’s Struggles in Europe

·         Protecting Carbon to Destroy Forests

·         Sons and Daughters of the Earth

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Afghanistan Opium Risk Assessment 2013

·         Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Afghanistan and the International Drug Control Regime

·         Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan

·         Informal Justice and the International Community in Afghanistan

·         Mali’s Precarious Democracy and the Causes of Conflict

·         Waiting for Change

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Azerbaijan's Cooperation with Israel Goes Beyond Iran Tensions

·         Bahrain's Dangerous Race-Track Politics

·         The Fayad Resignation: Scapegoating a State-Builder

·         Syria's Forgotten Front

·         Turkey's Choice in Iraq: Burned Bridges or Win-Win-Win

Wilson Center

·         Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters 

·         The Search for Antiseptic War: The Prospects and Perils of Drones for the United States, the Sahel and Beyond