Monday, October 28, 2013

Friday's Miscellany 10-25-2013



38 North

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

American Enterprise Institute

American Security Project (ASP)
·         American Security Quarterly, October 2013, v. 2, no. 4 
o    Trade Agreement Will Enhance National Security
o    Global Warming Makes Solving the 21st Century’s Problems Much Harder
o    Is Iran Ready to Deal on Nukes?
o    Looking Back at History: The Public Diplomacy of Free France During WWII
o    Building Consensus for a New Somalia
o    Economic Competitiveness and Educating the Next Generation

Amnesty International

Asian Development Bank
·         Corporate Cash Holding in Asia 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Asian Centre for Human Rights

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Bipartisan Policy Center

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
·         Strengthening Nonproliferation  

Brookings

Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute

CATO Institute

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
·         Korea Chair Monitor, October 10 - October 23, 2013, v. 1, no. 8 
·         PacNet #78 - Body Language: A Sign of ROK-Japan Relations 

Center for the Study of Intelligence
·         Studies in Intelligence, June 2013, v. 57, no. 2 
o    America’s Secret Vanguard: US Army Intelligence Operations in Germany, 1944–47
o    The Growth of China’s Air Defenses: Responding to Covert Overflights, 1949–1974
o    Managing the “Reliability Cycle”: An Alternative Approach to Thinking About Intelligence Failure
o    Counterintelligence in Counterguerrilla Operations

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Chatham House
·         Pressures of Resource Scarcity  

College of Europe

Combat Studies Institute Press

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
·         CTC Sentinel, October 2013, v. 6, no. 10 
o    The Nairobi Attack and Al-Shabab’s Media Strategy
o    The Dutch Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria
o    Jordanian Jihadists Active in Syria
o    The Islamic Movement and Iranian Intelligence Activities in Nigeria
o    Kirkuk’s Multidimensional Security Crisis
o    The Battle for Syria’s Al-Hasakah Province
·         Militant Imagery Project 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Defense Science Board (DSB)

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
·         DODIG-2014-003  Independent Auditor’s Report of Department of State Global Health and Child Survival Funds Transferred to DoD for Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention 
·         DODIG-2013-142 DoD Evaluation of Over-Classification of National Security Information (Redacted) 

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
·         OIG 13-124 FEMA’s Initial Response in New York to Hurricane Sandy  

East-West Center

Freedom House

Foundation for Strategic Research

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
·         Combating Terrorism: DHS Should Take Action to Better Ensure Resources Abroad Align with Priorities. GAO-13-681 
·         Federal Facilities: Selected Facilities' Emergency Plans Generally Reflect Federal Guidance. GAO-14-101 
·         Joint Military Education: Actions Needed to Implement DOD Recommendations for Enhancing Leadership Development, GAO-14-29 
·         Nuclear Weapons: Information on Safety Concerns with the Uranium Processing Facility. GAO-14-79R 

Heritage Foundation

Households in Conflict Network

Human Rights Watch

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (ISDA)

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)

Institute for National Strategic Studies

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
·         Iranian Breakout Estimates, Updated September 2013 

Institute for Security & Development Policy

Institute for Security Studies

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Peace Institute (IPI)

Jamestown Foundation
·         China Brief, October 24,2013, v. 13, no. 21 
o    SOE Backgrounds of Rising Leaders Threaten Reform
o    Soft Power Meets Social Management: New Tourism Law to Punish Unruly Travelers Overseas
o    Beijing Unveils New Strategy for ASEAN–China Relations
o    Learning by Doing: PLAN Operational Innovations in the Gulf of Aden

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
·         Joint Pub 3-11, Operations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Environments, 04 October 2013 
·         Joint Pub 3-17, Air Mobility Operations, 30 September 2013 

Long War Journal
·         Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated October 26, 2013

Lowy Institute for International Relations

National Academies Press

National Institute of Justice

NATO Defense College

Naval War College
·         Inter-American War Game 

New America Foundation
·         Lessons from the Summer of Snowden 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

Open Government

Oxfam International

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

Rand

Refugees International

Small Wars Journal

Stanley Foundation

Stimson Center

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

Transnational Institute (TNI)

US Chamber of Commerce

Washington Institute for Near East Studies

Wilson Center