Friday's Miscellany 11-15-2013

Afghanistan News Network

·         Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention  

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

·         Africa’s Information Revolution : Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security 

Air University

·         Air & Space Power Journal, November-December 2013, v. 27, no. 6 

o    Search and Rescue in the High North: An Air Force Mission?

o    Cyberspace Superiority: A Conceptual Model

o    A Strategic Assessment of Infrastructure Asset-Management Modeling

o    Who's in Charge? Commander, Air Force Forces or Air Force Commander?

o    Deployed Communications in an Austere Environment: A Delphi Study

o    Missile-Warning Augmentation: A Low-Risk Approach

o    Public Health Considerations of Launching Nuclear Waste to the Sun

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         The Shale Gas Revolution and its Impact on the GCC Economy 

·         Tunisia: National Dialogue in the Context of Political and Security Challenges 

·         Unilateral Referendum Poses a New Obstacle in Abyei 

·         Westgate Attack Al-Shabaab’s Renewed Transnational Jihadism 

Amnesty International

·         Oil Spill Investigations in the Niger Delta  

·         Prisoners of Conscience in Viet Nam 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends Report no.20: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, November 2013 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         The Future of the World Trade Organization 

·         Mapping Crisis-Era Protectionism in the Asia and Pacific Region 

Asian Centre for Human Rights

·         India’s Role For Promotion of Human Rights in Third Countries Through Universal Periodic Review 

·         Judicial Coup d'état in Maldives 

Atlantic Council

·         Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia—Resolving Regional Sources of Instability  

·         Morocco’s Vital Role in Northwest Africa’s Security and Development  

·         Spotlight—Venezuela 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Moving Beyond Ambitions?  Indonesia's Military Modernization  

·         A Stitch in Time—Preserving Peace on Bougainville  

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Changing Geopolitics of Natural Gas: The Case of Algeria 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: Perspectives from the Region in 2013: 4. Pakistan 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         France and the Iranian Nuclear Program 

·         Israel vs. the Iran-Hizballah Axis 

·         Kerry’s Antagonism Unmasked 

·         Kerry: Stay Home 

·         The West’s Hubris—Is the Price of the Iraq War a Nuclear Iran?

Bipartisan Policy Center

·         Conditional Sanctions and Repeal Authority: A Mechanism for Legislative-Executive Cooperation on Negotiations with Iran

o    Report 

o    Tables  

Brookings

·         Cash for Clunkers: An Evaluation of the Car Allowance Rebate System 

·         Diplomacy and Religion: Seeking Common Interests and Engagement in a Dynamically Changing and Turbulent World 

·         The Glass Floor: Education, Downward Mobility, and Opportunity Hoarding 

·         The Practical Incentive Effects of Different Approaches to Capital Requirements 

·         Soft Landing in Cuba?  Emerging Entrepreneurs and Middle Classes 

·         Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership:Preparing the Way 

·         Youth Crime in Latin America: Key Determinants and Effective Public Policy Responses 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         The United States in the Early 21stCentury—Decline or Renewal? 

Canadian Security Intelligence Center (CSIC)

·         Pakistan's Security Today and Tomorrow:Highlights from the Conference 22-23 January 2009, Ottawa 

·         The Security Dimensions of an Influential China 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Path to Sustainable Political Parties in the Arab World  

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Expanding the Net: Building Mental Health Care Capacity for Veterans 

·         Resident Power: Building a Politically Sustainable U.S. Military Presence in Southeast Asia and Australia 

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

·         The CIP Report, November 2013, v. 12, no. 5 

o    Education

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Debating European Defence and Security 

·         The Kerry Initiative: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man? 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Defense Cooperation: U.S.-India Centerpiece 

·         Dominican Republic: Becoming a One-Party State?  

·         Ending a Feud Between Allies 

·         Middle East Notes and Comment: Rethinking Ties with Egypt 

·         New Perspectives in Foreign Policy, Summer/Fall 2013, v. 5 

·         PacNet #81 - China's New "State Security Committee": Questions Ahead 

·         Southeast Asia from the Corner of 18th and K Streets: We Are All Filipinos: U.S. Response to Typhoon Haiyan Is Foundational 

·         Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus—Evolving Power Dynamics in the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia  

·         We Are All Filipinos: U.S. Response to Typhoon Haiyan Is Foundational 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The Case of Germany in the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure: When is a Current Account Surplus an ‘Imbalance’? 

·         EEAS 2.0: Recommendations for the Amendment of Council Decision 2010/427/EU on the European External Action Service 

·         EU Borders and Their Controls: Preventing Unwanted Movement of People in Europe? 

·         The European Banking Disunion 

·         Why a More Accurate EU Definition of SMEs Matters! 

Centre for European Reform (CER)

·         The EU's 'Yellow Card' Comes of Age: Subsidiarity Unbound? 

Centre for International and Strategic Analysis (SISA)

·         Pakistan's Strategic Agenda and Security Policy 

Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

·         Fiscal Effects of Immigration to the UK 

Chatham House

·         Edible Oil: Food Security in the Gulf 

·         Too Many to Count? Human Rights, Justice and Accountability in Nigeria: 2013 Country Visit Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         The Continuing Threat of Boko Haram 

·         Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days 

·         U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Iraq 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Cyber Side-Effects: How Secure is the Personal Information Entered into the Flawed Healthcare.gov? 

·         DHS Financial Management: Investigating DHS’s Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars 

·         The Insider Threat to Homeland Security:Examining Our Nation’s Security Clearance Processes 

·         TSA's SPOT Program and Initial Lessons From the LAX Shooting 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Implementation of an Entry-Exit System: Still Waiting After All These Years 

·         Oversight of the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Committee

·         Border Security Oversight, Part III: Border Crossing Cards and B1/B2 Visas 

·         ObamaCare Implementation: The Rollout of HealthCare.gov 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Keeping America FIRST: Federal Investments in Research, Science, and Technology at NSF, NIST, OSTP and Interagency STEM Programs 

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         Progress Report: Hurricane Sandy Recovery –One Year Later   

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         A Pivotal Moment for the Eastern Partnership:Outlook for Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Threats to the Homeland 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Cartel Prosecution: Stopping Price Fixers and Protecting Consumers 

·         The Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Options for Reducing the Deficit—2014 to 2023 

·         Collected Tables for Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023 

·         Monthly Budget Review—Summary for Fiscal Year2013 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Currency Crises in Emerging Markets 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2014-007  Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Afghanistan Disposal Process Needed Improvement 

Department of State

·         Background Briefing on Designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists 

·         Background Briefing on U.S. Assistance to the Philippines 

·         Countering the Threat Posed by Boko Haram 

·         Toward A Transatlantic Renaissance: Ensuring Our Shared Future 

East-West Center

·         Myanmar-China-US: The Potential for Triangular Cooperation 

·         North Korea and Mongolia: A New Partnership for Two Old Friends? 

Enough Project

·         Coming Clean—A Proposal for Getting Conflict Minerals Certification on Track  

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         The EU and Japan: Making the Most of Each Other 

·         EU Battlegroups – Ready to Go? 

·         Ten Years of EU Military Operations 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         A Westphalia Moment at Geneva? 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

·         Procedures for the FATF Fourth Round of AML/CFT Mutual Evaluations 

·         Terrorist Financing in West Africa 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Targeted Killing and the Law: Who is a Legitimate Target and When is the Target Legitimate?  

FRIDE

·         A New Context for EU-Korean Relations 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Diffusion versus Strategic Action? The Creation of West African Constitutional Courts Revisited 

·         Peace is Better Business, and Business Makes Better Peace: The Role of the Private Sector in Colombian Peace Processes 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         A Strategic Missed Opportunity: Turkey in Lebanon 

·         Turkey’s Europeanization: Conspiracy or Democracy? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Security: TSA Should Limit Future Funding for Behavior Detection Activities. GAO-14-159 

·         Aviation Security: TSA Should Limit Future Funding for Behavior Detection Activities. GAO-14-158T [testimony] 

·         Defense Logistics: Army Should Track Financial Benefits Realized from its Logistics Modernization Program. GAO-14-51 

·         DHS Financial Management: Additional Efforts Needed to Resolve Deficiencies in Internal Controls and Financial Management Systems. GAO-13-561 

·         DHS Financial Management: Continued Effort Needed to Address Internal Control and System Challenges. GAO-14-106T [testimony] 

·         Federal Employees: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Performance Management Pilot. GAO-13-755 

·         Information Resellers: Consumer Privacy Framework Needs to Reflect Changes in Technology and the Marketplace. GAO-13-663 

·         Information Technology: Leveraging Best Practices to Help Ensure Successful Major Acquisitions. GAO-14-183T [testimony] 

·         Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Improve Evaluation and Oversight of Reserve Officers' Training Corps Programs. GAO-14-93 

·         Personnel Security Clearances: Opportunities Exist to Improve Quality Throughout the Process. GAO-14-186T [testimony] 

·         Preliminary Observations on DOD Estimates of Contract Termination Liability. GAO-14-107R 

Heritage Foundation

·         Acquisition of the New “Space Fence” Will Improve Security  

·         Empowering the States by Turning over the Federal Highway Program 

·         Haiti Cholera Lawsuit Against the U.N.:Recommendations for U.S. Policy 

·         Health Insurers’ Decisions on Exchange Participation: Obamacare’s Leading Indicators 

·         Principles for the Budget Conference 

·         Supply and Demand: Why Job Growth Remains Sluggish 

·         U.S. National Human Rights Institution: A Bad Idea 

Hoover Institute

·         Strategika, no. 8 

o    America-Russia: The Bearable Weight of History

Human Rights Watch

·         At Least Let Them Work: Denial of Work Authorization and Assistance for Asylum Seekers in the United States 

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

·         Africa Watch, November 14, 2013 

o    Africa’s Expanded Access to Credit Markets—Opportunity and Risk

o    The Crisis in Central African Republic—How Late is Too Late?

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Reactor Sale to Pakistan: The Known Unknowns 

·         Urenco Is Up for Sale, Is India Interested?  

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran 

·         ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report 

·         Key Findings from the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Peace and Security Council Report, November 2013, no 52 

Institut Francais des Relations Internationales

·         Year 2 of the German's Energy Transition 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan - Order of Battle [updated October 2013] 

·         Iraq Update # 39 - Further Indications of al-Qaeda’s Advance in Iraq 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         Elections in Chhattisgarh: Maoists, Turnout, NOTA and Clues for India 

·         Focus on Policies and Personalities in Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013 

·         Pakistan’s New Taliban Challenge 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon. Local and Regional Rationales for Hezbollah's Involvement in Syria 

·         The Italian Debate on Defence Matters 

International Crisis Group

·         Sri Lanka’s Potemkin Peace: Democracy Under Fire 

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism

·         Trends and Developments in Lone Wolf Terrorism in the Western World An Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Attempted Attacks by Islamic Extremists 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Bailouts and Systemic Insurance 

·         Fiscal Consolidations and Growth: Does Speed Matter? 

·         Rules of Thumb for Bank Solvency Stress Testing 

·         Sovereign Wealth Funds: Aspects of Governance Structures and Investment Management 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, November 15, 2013, v. 11, no. 21 

o    Militancy in the Niger Delta Becoming Increasingly Political – A Worry for 2015

o    AQAP Resilience Exposes the Weakness of Yemen’s Security Apparatus

o    The Day After: Iran’s Quiet Taliban Diplomacy Reflects Preparations for a Post-U.S. Afghanistan

National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

·         Cyber Security and the Tallinn Manual 

·         Security Outlook of the Asia Pacific Countries and Its Implications for the Defense Sector 

NATO Defense College

·         Send the Reserve! New Ways to Support NATO Through Reserve Forces 

New America Foundation

·         Virtually Unused—Virtual Private Networks and Public Internet Users 

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

·         Rising Powers and the Future of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Nepal’s Elections: New Prospects for Peacebuilding? 

·         Rising Powers and the Future of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 

·         Women and Peacebuilding in Yemen: Challenges and Opportunities 

Pak Institute for Peace Studies

·         Dialogue can Reduce Ideological Polarization among Students of Madrassas and Universities 

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI)

·         Poverty, Peace, and China: PKSOI and World Bank Perspectives 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Public Agrees on Obesity’s Impact, Not Government’s Role 

Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project

·         Remittances to Latin America Recover—But Not to Mexico 

Pew Research Journalism Project

·         News Use Across Social Media Platforms 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         Pushing the Turbo Button: What Next for the Polish–Romanian Strategic Partnership? 

Rand

·         Effective Policing for 21st-Century Israel  

·         First Steps Toward Improving DoD STEM Workforce Diversity: Response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit 

·         Mileage-Fee Design Strategies to Reduce System Cost and Increase Public Acceptance 

Refugees International

·         When Push Comes to Shove—Displaced Somalis Under Threat 

Small Wars Journal

·         Counter-Gang Strategy: Adapted COIN in Policing Criminal Street Gangs 

·         Political Legitimacy and Values 

·         Providing Basic Sanitation: A Means to Achieving the Military’s Strategic Objectives During Stability Operations 

·         The United States Should Rethink Power-Projection Abroad 

Stanley Foundation

·         Civil Society Perspectives Building State Capacity To Prevent Atrocity Crimes 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia 

·         State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia 

UNISCI - Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation

·         UNISCI Journal no. 33 October 2013  

o    Building a State without the Nation? “Peace-through-Statebuilding” in Southern Sudan, 2005-2011

o    Post-conflict Decentralization: Dynamics of Land and Power in Unity State–South Sudan

o    The Poetics of Transitional Justice in Dinka Songs in South Sudan

o    The CPA Failure and the Conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States

o    Interests of Border Communities in Water and Pastures: Will They Influence Nile Water Policies of the Two Sudans?

o    The Perpetuation of a System of Conflicts in Darfur, Caught Between Local Violence and Regional Disorder

o    How to Handle Your Neighbours’ Conflict: Ethiopia’s Relationships with Sudan and South Sudan

o    South Sudan Secession: Modelling the Fiscal Shock and Its Spillover Effects

o    Confederation: A Better Tool for Good Neighborliness´s and Prosperous Relationships Between Sudan and South Sudan

o    Obama and the Middle East, Round Two

o    In Pursuit of 1 Sri Lanka: Lessons from a Malaysian Counterpart

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

·         Afghanistan Opium Survey—2013 

·         Business, Corruption and Crime in Kosovo: The Impact of Bribery and Other Crime on Private Enterprise 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

·         China’s Third Plenum May Be More Than Just Talk  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         The Call for Rebellion against Hamas in Gaza 

·         Iran Nuclear Negotiations: An Emerging Deal in Geneva? 

Wilson Center

·         Connecting Grassroots and Government for Disaster Response