Friday's Miscellany 10-18-2013

American Enterprise Institute

·         Sowing the Dragon's Teeth—The Kremlin's Reactionary Policies  

Amnesty International

·         Egypt’s Christians Caught Between Sectarian Attacks and State Inaction  

·         Not making Us Safer: Crime, Public Safety and the Death Penalty 

Asian Development Bank

·         Energy Outlook for Asia and the Pacific (2013) 

·         Report to the Government of Kazakhstan:Policies for Industrial and Service Diversification in Asia in the 21st Century 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Compelled to Control: Conflicting Visions of the Future of Cyberspace 

·         A Shared Agenda for the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace, South Korea, 2013 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Pakistan: Monitoring the Key Regional Powers.Report 3

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         What Does “Getting the Bomb” Mean?  

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

·         The Cuban Missile Crisis: Debatable Issues,Instructive Lessons 

Brookings

·         The Affordable Care Act: A User's Guide to Implementation 

·         Fiscal Myopia 

CATO Institute

·         Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership—A Roadmap for Success  

Center for Global Development

·         Getting to Yes on Expanded US Markets for the Poorest Countries 

·         Here’s the Best Thing the United States Has Done in Afghanistan 

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)

·         Paying Illegals to Stay: IRS Gives Out Billions Each Year 

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

·         CIP Report, October 2013, v. 12, no. 4  

o    Financial Services Sector

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

·         China’s 2012 Defense White Paper: Panel Discussion Report 

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Russian Analytical Digest 9 October 2013/ No. 137: Russia and Higher Education 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Assessing Youth Wellbeing: Toward a Global Youth Wellbeing Index   

·         Jeh Johnson: The Next Secretary of Homeland Security? 

·         Default Averted: Implications for the Americas? 

·         Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 67, 14 October 2013 

·         NSPIR Current Issues No. 35: How Dependent are East Asian States on Arms Imports? 

·         PacNet #76A - Obama’s Summit Absence Needs to be put in Perspective 

·         Pathways to Productivity: The Role of GMOs for Food Security in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         Proposal for a Stabilisation Fund for the EMU 

·         Why Come Here if I Can Go There? Assessing the ‘Attractiveness’ of the EU’s Blue Card Directive for ‘Highly Qualified’ Immigrants 

Centre for International and Strategic Analysis (SISA)

·         The Evolution of Conflict in FATA 

·         Is the Endgame In Afghanistan Likely to Rekindle the Kashmir Insurgency? 

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

·         Adaptive Internet Governance: Persuading the Swing States 

·         Arbiters Amiss: The Failings and Shortcomings of Institutions Governing the Global Financial System 

·         Bounding Cyber Power: Escalation and Restraint in Global Cyberspace 

Chatham House

·         UK Government Foreign Policy Towards the United States 

·         Syria and International Law: Use of Force and State Responsibility 

College of Europe

·         Road to Proscription: The EU and Hezbollah since the Arab Spring  

Combat Studies Institute Press

·         Strike Force: A Case Study in Mission Commander the Battalion Level and Below, Kandahar, 2010 [iBook on itunes] 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Biodefense: Worldwide Threats and Countermeasure Efforts for the Department of Defense 

·         The Interpretation of HR 3210: Pay Our Military Act 

·         Resetting the Force for the Future: Risks of Sequestration 

·         USAF, USN and USMC Development and Integration of Air/Sea Battle Strategy, Governance and Policy into the Services’ Annual Program Planning, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Progress 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Geopolitical Implication and Mutual Benefits of U.S. LNG Exports 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         From al-Shabaab to al-Nusra: How Westerners Joining Terror Groups Overseas Affect the Homeland 

Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee

·         As Difficult as Possible: The National Park Service’s Implementation of the Government Shutdown 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         FEMA Reauthorization: Ensuring the Nation is Prepared 

·         Funding the Nation’s Freight System 

·         Perspectives from Users of the Nation’s Freight System 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         The Impacts of the Government Shutdown on Our Economic Security 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Security and Government in Somalia:Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges, and Charting the Path Forward 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2014Shipbuilding Plan 

Council on Foreign Relations

·         Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) 

·         Oil Security and Conventional War: Lessons From a China-Taiwan Air War Scenario 

·         Quarterly Update: Foreign Ownership of U.S.Assets 

·         The Shale Gas and Tight Oil Boom: U.S.States’ Economic Gains and Vulnerabilities 

·         The UN Security Council 

Department of State

·         Background Briefing: Senior State Department Officials and Senior Administration Official on Bilateral Security Agreement 

Enough Project

·         Aid as a Weapon of War in Sudan 

·         Life in the Nuba Mountains 

·         Rwanda’s Stake in Congo—Understanding Interests to Achieve Peace  

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Behind – and Beyond – Armenia’s Choice 

·         Civil Wars: A Very Short Introduction 

European Leadership Network (ELN)

·         Conventional Arms Control in the Euro-Atlantic Region: Is it Desirable? Is it Achievable? 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Smoke and Mirrors in Gibraltar 

European Strategic Partnerships Observatory

·         Partnering for a Nuclear-Safe World—the EU, Its Strategic Partners and Nuclear Non-proliferation 

Feinstein International Center

·         Structural Violence and Social Suffering among Marginal Nepali Migrants 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         The Use of the FATF Recommendations to Combat Corruption 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Anarchy is the New Normal: Unconventional Governance and 21st Century Statecraft  

·         GI Come Back: America’s Return to the Philippines   

·         Islamist or Nationalist: Who is Egypt’s Mysterious New Pharaoh? 

FRIDE

·         Partnering for a Nuclear-safe World: The EU, Its Strategic Partners and Nuclear Non-proliferation 

German Development Institute

·         Unfinished Agenda or Overtaken by Events?Applying Aid- and Development-effectiveness Principles to Capacity Development Support 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Haiti Reconstruction: USAID Infrastructure Projects Have Had Mixed Results and Face Sustainability Challenges, by David Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO-14-47T [testimony] 

·         Managing Critical Isotopes: Stewardship of Lithium-7 Is Needed to Ensure a Stable Supply. GAO-13-716 

·         Nuclear Power: Analysis of Regional Differences and Improved Access to Information Could Strengthen NRC Oversight. GAO-13-743 

Heritage Foundation

·         Time for Brazil to Reject Capital Controls and End Failing Statist Policies 

·         The True Origin of Society: The Founders on the Family 

·         U.S. Should Maximize Pressure on Iran at Nuclear Talks

·         U.S. Should Press China to Abide by NSG Rules on Pakistani Nuclear Cooperation 

Human Rights Watch

·         "They Want a Confession": Torture and Ill-Treatment in Ethiopia’s Maekelawi Police Station 

IBM Center for The Business of Government

·         Coordinating for Results: Lessons from a Case Study of Interagency Coordination in Afghanistan 

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         India and Central Asia: Need for a Pro-active Approach 

·         Journal of Defence Studies, v. 7, no. 4, 2013 

o    Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: A Changing Kaleidoscope

o    China’s ‘Three Warfares’ and India

o    The Cholas: Some Enduring Issues of Statecraft, Military Matters and International Relations

o    Strategic Perspectives on Growth Phases and Long-term Techno-economic Performance of India’s DRDO

·         Syria and the OPCW: Taking a Stock of the Situation

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         Azerbaijan and Georgia: Strategic Partnership for Stability in a Volatile Region 

·         Local Capacity Building and the Current Crisis in Mindanao 

·         New Dawn or False Hope for the Korean Peninsula? 

·         New Frontiers: Russian-Speaking Organized Crime in Latin America 

·         The PLA and International Humanitarian Law:Achievements and Challenges 

·         Reinventing Human Security: Lessons from Chinggis Khan's Biography 

·         The Rise of Transnational Russian-Speaking Organized Crime 

·         Socio-Cultural Characteristics of Civil Society Formation in Kyrgyzstan 

·         South Korea's "Island of Peace": A Flashpoint in the East China Sea? 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Fighting for Peace: Offensive Intervention to make Peace Support Possible 

·         Population Futures: Revisiting South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030 

·         Prospects for Africa's 26 Fragile Countries 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Back to the Basics in Indo-Pak Puzzle 

·         Pakistan: Politics of Promises, Perils and Progress 

·         US Government Shutdown and the South Asian Diaspora 

Inter-American Dialogue

·         China’s Rising Investment Profile in the Caribbean  

International Crisis Group

·         Anything But Politics: The State of Syria’s Political Opposition 

·         Women and Conflict in Afghanistan 

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

·         Think Differently Humanitarian Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Europe 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Addressing Interconnectedness: Concepts and Prudential 

·         The Euro Area Crisis: Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism? 

·         Fiscal Consolidation in the Euro Area: How Much Can Structural Reforms Ease the Pain? 

·         Monetary and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE [Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium]  Model of the Euro Area 

·         Outlook for Interest Rates and Japanese Banks’ Risk Exposures under Abenomics 

·         Trade Linkages, Balance Sheets, and Spillovers: The Germany-Central European Supply Chain 

·         Unification of Discount Rates Used in External Debt Analysis for Low-Income Countries 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Conflict, Violence, and Instability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

·         Talking to Arab Youth: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt and Tunisia 

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

·         Measuring the Information Society 2013  

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, October 18, 2013, v. 11, no. 19 

o    Al-Murabitun: North Africa’s Jihadists Reach into History in Their Battle against European “Crusaders”

o    Militant Islam Meets Militant Buddhism in Myanmar

o    Jihadism and Counterterrorism Policy in Algeria: New Responses to New Challenges

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

·         Iran vs. the West: Endgame? 

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights in North Korea: Evaluation and the Tasks Ahead 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

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

·         Water Security: Afghanistan Transboundary Water Resources in Regional Context 

NATO Defense College

·         The Strategic Dimensions of the Shale Gas Revolution: Shared Views from NATO and Gulf Countries 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The EU in Africa: Peacebuilding by Proxy 

·         The Mali Presidential Elections: Outcomes and Challenges 

·         Norway, Afghanistan in 2013 and Beyond 

·         Norway in Afghanistan: New Policy Opportunities in the Post-2014 Context 

Oxfam International

·         Piecing Together the Jigsaw—Prospects for Improved Social Relations after the Armed Conflict in Northern Mali 

Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations

·         Now for the Long Term—the Report of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations 

Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York

·         Statement by H.E. Dr. Zahir Tanin Ambassador,Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations At the General Debate of the First Committee 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Tablet and E-reader Ownership Update 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         As Debt Limit Deadline Nears, Concern Ticks Up But Skepticism Persists 

·         Public Trust in Government: 1958-2013 

·         Tea Party’s Image Turns More Negative 

·         Trust in Government Nears Record Low, But Most Federal Agencies Are Viewed Favorably 

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

·         Saudi Arabia’s Image Falters among Middle East Neighbors 

PLoS Med

·         Mortality in Iraq Associated with the 2003–2011 War and Occupation: Findings from a National Cluster Sample Survey by the University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Agrarian Structures, Urbanization and Inequality 

·         Enriching the Neo-Kaleckian Growth Model:Nonlinearities, Political Economy, and Financial Factors 

Project 2049 Institute

·         People’s Liberation Army General Political Department—Political Warfare with Chinese Characteristics  

Rand

·         Culture, Compliance, and the C-Suite: How Executives, Boards, and Policymakers Can Better Safeguard Against Misconduct at the Top 

·         Leveraging Observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for Global Operations  

·         Patterns of Creation and Discovery: An Analysis of Defense Laboratory Patenting and Innovation  

·         Policy Impacts on Wind and Solar Innovation: New Results Based on Article Counts  

·         The Role of Economic Development Zones in National Development Strategies: The Case of China  

Securing America's Future Energy

·         Oil Security Index 

Small Wars Journal

·         Adapting for the “Other” War 

·         Call Them Sticks and Carrots, or Direct and Indirect, or Hard and Soft Power Approaches: Either Way, We Are At A Strategic Inflection Point 

·         Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional,Management and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program 

·         Sequestration as a Godsend: Operate the DOD as a Modern Business: Part III: The Reorganized Department of Defense 

·         The Spaces in Between: Mitigating Threats in Undergoverned Spaces 

Strategic Studies Institute

·         Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy 

·         NATO Missile Defense and European Phased Adaptive Approach: The Implications of Burden-Sharing and the Underappreciated Role of the U.S. Army 

UNA-US

·         Global Development Goals: Leaving No One Behind 

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

·         Towards the Resilient Future Children Want: A Review of Progress in Achieving the Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction 

Union of Concerned Scientists

·         Making Smart Security Choices: The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex 

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

·         The Effect of Exchange Rates on the Costs of Exporters when Inputs are Denominated in Foreign Currencies 

U.S.-Korea Institute

·         Nuclear Security—Seoul, the Netherlands and Beyond  

Virtual Private Library

·         Grid, Distributed and Cloud Computing Resources Primer 

Walk Free Foundation

·         Global Slavery Index 2013 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Assessing Morocco's New Cabinet 

·         Egypt's Evolving Foreign Policy 

·         Qaradawi and the Struggle for Sunni Islam 

·         The Saudi Women's Driving Campaign in Perspective 

·         Soccer's Impact on Middle East Politics 

Wilson Center

·         American Policy in the Maghreb:Counterterrorism is Not Enough 

·         Tunisia’s Islamist-Led Democracy Founders