Friday's Miscellany 05-31-2013

38 North

·         Reconciling the Human Factor: Understanding the North Korean Human Rights/Humanitarian Divide  

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

·         ACCORD Peacebuilding Handbook

Air University

·         Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2013, Vol. 7, No. 2 

o    Asia, the Pacific, and the US Air Force's Contribution to the Future of US National Security

o    Assessing the US “Pivot” to Asia

o    US Grand Strategy, the Rise of China, and US National Security Strategy for East Asia

o    Upping the Ante: Chinese Encroachment, US Entrenchment, and Gulf Security

o    The Rise of China and Varying Sentiments in Southeast Asia toward Great Powers

o    Taiwan Public Opinion on Cross-Strait Security Issues: Implications for US Foreign Policy

o    Shaping Air and Sea Power for the “Asia Pivot”: Military Planning to Support Limited Geopolitical Objectives

o    Staying In Step: The US “Pivot” and UK Strategic Choices

American Enterprise Institute

·         The Political Economy of Russian Oil and Gas  

American Security Project

·         Fact Sheet—Shipping Container Security

Amnesty International

·         Amnesty International Report 2013  

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

·         Extremists and the Ricin Threat

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

·         Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, May 2013, v.20, no. 5 

o    Editorial: Can the Active Component U.S. Military Achieve Tuberculosis Elimination?

o    Tuberculosis Trends in the U.S. Armed Forces, Active Component, 1998-2012

o    Using the Tuberculosis Cohort Review to Evaluate and Improve the U.S. Army's Tuberculosis Control Program

o    Incidence of Acute Respiratory Illnesses Among Enlisted Service Members During Their First Year of Military Service: Did the 2011 Resumption of Adenovirus Vaccination of Basic Trainees Have an Effect? 

o    Epilepsy in Active Component Service Members, 1998-2012 

o    Deployment-Related Conditions of Special Surveillance Interest

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Development Trajectories, Emission Profile, and Policy Actions: Singapore

·         Governance and Economic Integration: Stakes for Asia

ASUA Institute of Land Warfare

·         Cavalry in the Movement and Maneuver Warfighting Function

Atlantic Council

·         IntelBrief: The Challenge of Feeding Africa

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Australia and the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative—Difficult Times for Disarmament Diplomacy 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Who Was Beppe Grillo?

Benavides, Ben

·         Open Source Intelligence 2oolKit On The Go [Sept 2012 version]   

Brookings

·         Beyond the Arab Awakening—A Strategic Assessment of the Middle East

·         The New Politics of Marijuana Legalization

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Toward a Successful Outcome in Afghanistan

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         Creating Cyber Exercise Scenarios

·         Cyber Exercise Facilitation Questions

·         Coercion, Control, Surveillance, and Punishment—Examination of the North Korea Police State 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest Newsletter 8 May 2013/No. 127

o    Putin 3.0: One Year Later – Expert Perspectives

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Do UN Global Development Goals Matter to the United States?

·         Gulf Military Balance

o    Volume I—Conventional and Asymmetric Dimensions 

o    Volume II—Missile and Nuclear Dimensions 

o    Volume III—Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula 

·         PacNet #36 - US-China Strategic Cooperation: Progress Continues, but Disagreements Remain

·         PacNet #37 - Abe's Dilemmas

·         Replenishing the Global Fund in 2013 

·         Thoughts from the Chairman: Strong Political Crosscurrents in Beijing Sharpening Focus on Fall Plenum 

·         U.S.-Japan-India Track Two Strategic Dialogue May 2013 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Economic and Structural Database for the MEDPRO Project 

·         Investment Behaviour of EU Arable Crop Farms in Selected EU Countries and the Impact of Policy Reforms

·         Quantitative Reference Scenario for the MEDPRO Project

·         Time to Move North?

Chatham House

·         The Arab Spring: the Changing Dynamics of West-GCC Cooperation 

·         The National Security Strategy Third Review

·         A New Way to Engage? French Policy in Africa from Sarkozy to Hollande

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Federal Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Windstorms

·         STEM Education: The Administration’s Proposed Reorganization

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         The Distribution of Major Tax Expenditures in the Individual Income Tax System

Defence R&D Canada

·         Acquisition Decisions under Operational and Economic Uncertainty: Application of Stochastic Programming to the Vehicle Fleet Mix Problem

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2013-079  -  Advanced Combat Helmet Technical Assessment 

 

Department of State

·         2012 Country Reports on Terrorism 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         International Energy Statistics [updated monthly & quarterly]

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         EUISS Yearbook of European Security 

·         Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea -Offshore and Onshore

·         Mali: The UN Takes Over

·         The Syria Conference: Last Exit Peace?

·         Water Politics in the Nile Basin 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Making Progress Towards the Completion of the Single European Labour Market

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         2013 National Preparedness Report

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

·         Public Interest Report, Spring 2013, v. 66, no. 2 

o    President’s Message: Complexity Overload and Extreme Events

o    Energy and World Economic Growth

o    Building an Effective Nonproliferation Program: U.S. Support of IAEA Safeguards

o    Reflecting on NATO Security in the Context of a Rising China

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Discriminate Power: A Strategy for a Sustainable National Security Posture 

·         Economic Dimensions of the Arab Spring

·         “Let Us Have Peace”: Remembering General Ulysses S. Grant

·         The Northern Caucasus, the Tsarnaevs, and Us

·         Russia and the Boston Bombings: The Mystery Deepens

·         The Way of the Soldier: Remembering General Creighton Abrams

FRIDE

·         Venezuela’s International Projection Post-Chavez

 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Impact of Fuel Ownership on Intrastate Violence

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         Turkey’s Syria Reset

Global Water System Project

·         Bonn Declaration on Global Water Security

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Coast Guard: Clarifying the Application of Guidance for Common Operational Picture Development Would Strengthen Program. GAO-13-321 

·         Defense Health Care: Department of Defense Needs a Strategic Approach to Contracting for Health Care Professionals. GAO-13-322

·         Defense Infrastructure: DOD Should Improve Reporting and Communication on Its Corrosion Prevention and Control Activities. GAO-13-270

·         Export-Import Bank: Financing of Dual-Use Exports. GAO-13-628R

·         Human Capital: Additional Steps Needed to Help Determine the Right Size and Composition of DOD's Total Workforce. GAO-13-470 

·         President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: Drug Supply Chains Are Stronger, but More Steps Are Needed to Reduce Risks. GAO-13-483

·         UN Compensation: United Nations Should Clarify the Process and Assumptions Underlying Secretariat Professional Salaries. GAO-13-526

Heritage Foundation

·         A Cure Worse Than the Disease—Global Economic Impact of Global Warming Policy

·         Russian Missiles to Syria Endanger U.S. Foreign Policy Goals

Households in Conflict Network

·         The Geography of Inter-State Resource Wars

Human Rights Watch

·         A Revolution for All: Women’s Rights in the New Libya 

·         "You Are All Terrorists": Kenyan Police Abuse of Refugees in Nairobi 

Institut Francais des Relations Internationales 

·         The European Gas Market: a Reality Check

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         African Standby Force Police Roster System: Proposed Features, Operations and Processes

Institute for the Study of War

·         Iraq's Sectarian Crisis Reignites as Shi'a Militias Execute Civilians and Remobilize 

·         Iraq’s Sunnis in Crisis

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         The Maoist Attack in Chhattisgarh

 

International Crisis Group

·         Buying Time? Money, Guns and Politics in the West Bank

·         CrisisWatch N°118, 01 June 2013

·         Justice at the Barrel of a Gun: Vigilante Militias in Mexico

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Gas Finds Complicate Eastern Mediterranean Security 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Afghanistan: Balancing Social and Security Spending in the Context of Shrinking Resource

·         Are the Asia and Pacific Small States Different from Other Small States? 

·         Comparing Parametric and Non-parametric Early Warning Systems for Currency Crises in Emerging Market Economies

·         The Economic Effects of Fiscal Consolidation with Debt 

·         The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined: Do All Countries Benefit Equally? 

·         The Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Reforming Fuel Subsidies in India

·         Foreign Investors Under Stress: Evidence from India

·         The Great Recession and the Inflation Puzzle

·         The Growth Comeback in Developing Economies: A New Hope or Back to the Future? 

·         Inclusive Growth: Measurement and Determinants

·         Measuring the Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Jakarta International Defense Dialogue: Defense and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific Region

International Relations and Security Network

·         The Future of US-Mexico Relations

·         Lifting the Shroud on China's Defense Spending: Trends, Drivers, and Implications

·         Niger: New Drone Base Highlights a Shift in US-West African Relations

·         The U.S. Must Re-evaluate its Foreign Policy in Latin America

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 30, 2013, v. 11, no. 11

o    Syrian Turkmen Join Opposition Forces in Pursuit of a New Syrian Identity

o    East Indonesian Islamist Militants Expand Focus and Area of Operations

o    Directions in North African Jihadism in the Post-Mali Conflict Environment

Korea Economic Institute of America

·         Reactor Race: South Korea’s Nuclear Export Successes and Challenges

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004 - 2013 [updated May 29, 2013] 

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated June 1, 2013]

Lowy Institute for International Policy

·         Great Southern Lands—Building Ties Between Australia and Brazil 

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

·         An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010

Next Generation 911

·         Next Generation 9-1-1 for Leaders in Law Enforcement

North-South Institute

·         Reflecting on the MDGs and Making Sense ofthe Post-2015 Development Agenda

 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Brazil in the South Atlantic: Growing Protagonism and Unintended Consequences

·         Non-conventional Armed Violence and Non-state Actors: Challenges for Mediation and Humanitarian Action 

·         Shifting priorities: Kenya’s Changing Approach to Peacebuilding and Peacemaking

Organization of American States (OSA)

·         The Drug Problem in the Americas

Oxford Research Group

·         Syria: The Transnational Dimension and the Chance of Compromise

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Elections 2013: Violence Against Political Parties, Candidates and Voters 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Assessment of the Quality of General Election2013 

·         Election 2013: A Comparative Analysis of Election Manifestoes of Major Political Parties

·         The First 10 General Elections of Pakistan

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         European Union Economic Relations: Crisis and Opportunity 

·         Shadow Deposits as a Source of Financial Instability: Lessons from the American Experience for China 

·         Sizing Up US Export Disincentives for a New Generation of National-Security Export Controls

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

·         Among Muslims, Internet Use Goes Hand-in-Hand With More Open Views Toward Western Culture

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Most Say Disaster Spending Does Not Require Offsetting Cuts

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Alex Petriashvili, "Challenges and Perspectives: Georgia after the Election in 2012" (IPRIS Occasional Paper, No. 7, May 2013)

·         Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and Georgia: Starting from Scratch" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 125, June 2013)

·         Sean Goforth, "Challenges Await Roberto Azevedo at the World Trade Organization" (IPRIS Viewpoints, No. 124, May 2013)

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

·         Progress in Combating Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. Government Response to Modern Slavery

·         Sec. Kerry's Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Rand 

·         Artists and the Arab Uprisings  

·         Improving the Deployment of Army Health Care Professionals: An Evaluation of PROFIS 

·         Strategically Aligned Family Research: Supporting Soldier and Family Quality of Life Research for Policy Decisonmaking  

·         Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report  

Refugees International

·         Myanmar—Protecting Minority Rights Is Non-Negotiable  

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

·         Iran - Red Lines and Grey Areas 

·         A Return to East of Suez? UK Military Deployment to the Gulf

Small Arms Survey

·         Ad Hoc Arsenals: PSSM Practices of Selected Non-state Actors

Small Wars Journal

·         Afghanistan: Lessons Learned from an ISAF Perspective

·         Did Obama Snub the Joint Chiefs on Afghanistan?

·         Getting Back to the Basics: Addressing Foundational Weakness Affecting Law Enforcement Counterterrorism Intelligence Functions

·         The Sword of Honor Campaign in the Cauca Valley: 2011-2013 Colombian Conflict Focus of Effort

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         Arms Production Goes Cyber: A Challenge for Arms Control

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Asia-Pacific: A Strategic Assessment

·         Return of the Balkans: Challenges to European Integration and U.S. Disengagement

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Crisis in Mali: Root Causes and Long-Term Solutions

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Egypt's Summer of Discontent

·         Hezbollah's Declaration of War in Syria: Military Implications

·         Israeli or U.S. Action Against Iran: Who Will Do It If It Must Be Done?

·         The Qusayr Rules: The Syrian Regime's Changing Way of War

·         Sworn Frenemies: Sunni-Shiite Conflict and Cooperation

·         US and EU Must Arm the Syrian Rebels or Watch Assad Destabilize the Region

White House

·         Digital Government   

·         Digital Government - Strategy Milestones

·         Digital Government - Deliverables

Wilson Center

·         Venona Project Index and Concordance