Friday's Miscellany 12-13-2013

38 North

·         A Drop of  Caution 

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)

·         Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water and Specific Birth Defects and Childhood Cancers at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune,North Carolina 

American Psychological Association (APA)

·         Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention, and Policy 

American Security Project

·         Fact Sheet – Egypt 

Amnesty International

·         North Korea: New Satellite Images Show Continued Investment in the Infrastructure of Repression  

·         This is Breaking People: Human Rights Violations at Australia’s Asylum Seeker Processing Center on Manus Island,Papua New Guinea 

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

·         Conflict Trends Report no.21: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence, December 2013 

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

·         Different Models for Regional Integration:Lessons from Total Factor Productivity in Europe 

·         Trade in Value Added: An East Asian Perspective 

Atlantic Council

·         Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership 

·         The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda 

·         Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for the Coming Technology Revolution 

·         How Might the FARC Peace Negotiations Impact Colombia’s Presidential Elections? 

·         Redefining Leadership in the Global Nuclear Energy Market 

·         Training Our Future: Skilled Workers and the Revival of American Manufacturing 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Commonwealth’s Part in the Fight Against Organized Crime 

Baker Institute for Public Policy

·         The Geopolitics of Natural Gas: The Twilight of Mexico's State Oil Monopolism: Policy, Economic, and Political Trends in Mexico's Natural Gas Industry 

·         Turkmenistan: Real Energy Giant or Eternal Potential? 

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

·         Britain and Europe: Backing Into the Future 

·         European Defence Summit: Time to Move Forward 

·         Mandela’s Unfinished Job is Our Job 

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

·         Yemen Under Attack 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Internet Monitoring 2013: Reflections on the Digital World 

Brennan Center for Justice

·         National Security and Local Police 

Brookings

·         Colombia at a Crossroads: A Conversation with Colombia’s Minister of National Defense 

·         How Mobile Technology is Improving Service Delivery [event audio & transcript] 

·         How Social Media is Changing Government and Governance Around the World [event audio & transcript] 

·         Insuring China’s Energy Security  [event audio & transcript] 

·         A New Model for Defense Intelligence [event audio & transcript] 

·         Playing with Fire: Why Private Gulf Financing for Syria’s Extremist Rebels Risks Igniting Sectarian Conflict at Home 

·         Russia's Role in the Middle East [event audio] 

·         Saban Forum 2013—Power Shifts: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Dynamic Middle East [event audio & transcript] 

·         Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Issues and Opportunities [event audio & transcript] 

·         Using Ballot Measures to Drive Economic Investment in States and Metropolitan Areas 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

·         Victims of Identity Theft, 2012 

Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         How Should Canada’s Parliament Decide Military Deployments? Lessons from the United Kingdom 

Center for American Progress (CAP)

·         Sequestering American Innovation 

·         Why the Renewable Fuel Standard is Good for the Climate 

Center for Energy Governance and Security

·         Assessment of Energy Policy Options for the DPRK Using a Comprehensive Energy Security Framework 

·         China’s Shale Gas: Current Perspectives 

·         Fueling Electricity Generation in Northeast Asia: Full Fuel-cycle Impacts of Energy Imports 

·         The Impact of the “Shale Gas Revolution” on Russian Energy Strategy 

·         LNG Import Diversification in Asia 

·         Rethinking Energy Security in Northeast Asia 

·         Shale Gas Revolution and Desperate "Eastward" Energy Policy of Russia 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Critical Mass: Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Chile’s 2013 Presidential Elections 

·         China’s Air Defense Zone Highlights Need for Contingency Planning in Southeast Asia 

·         Issues & Insights v. 13, no. 16 - Institutionalizing Nuclear Governance in the Asia Pacific 

·         Middle East Notes and Comment: Three Negotiations on Iran 

·         New Nuclear Suppliers 

·         PacNet #89 - From Russia without Love: Russia Resumes Weapons Sales to China 

·         PacNet #87B - Why did South Korea need to revise the KADIZ? 

·         Refueling the Global Fund 

·         Shaping Iraq’s Security Forces 

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

·         The EU Special Representatives: A Dying Breed? 

·         Germany as Scapegoat 

·         The Ghost of Deflation Past 

·         Macroeconomic and Financial Crisis Management in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Diagnosis and Prospects 

·         Policy Lessons for Macroeconomic and Financial Crisis Management in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean 

·         A Proper Yield Curve for Greece to Kick-Start Financial Intermediation 

·         REACH: A killer whale for SMEs? 

Chatham House

·         State Immunity: Recent Developments and Prospects 

·         Western Policy towards Syria: Ten Recommendations  

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

·         The State of Defence in Europe: State of Emergency? 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization 

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

·         Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission 

·         Oversight of NRC Management and the Need for Legislative Reform 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Afghanistan 2014: Year of Transition 

·         Human Rights Abuses in Egypt 

·         Improving Security and Facilitating Commerce with Mexico at America’s Southern Border  

·         The Iran Nuclear Deal: Does It Further U.S.National Security? 

·         Iran’s Persecution of American Pastor Abedini Worsens 

·         Oversight of U.S. Policy Toward Burma 

·         The Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq 

·         Their Daughters Appeal to Beijing: “Let Our Fathers Go!” 

·         Transition at a Crossroads: Tunisia Three Years After the Revolution 

·         The U.S. Post-Typhoon Response in the Philippines: Health and Human Rights Issues 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Help Wanted at DHS: Implications of Leadership Vacancies on the Mission and Morale 

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Asylum Abuse: Is it Overwhelming our Borders? 

·         The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         Assessing Government’s Use of Design-Build Contracts 

·         Federal Trade Commission and General Services Administration Thwart Cost Saving Consolidation 

·         ObamaCare’s Impact on Premiums and Provider Networks 

·         ObamaCare Implementation, The Broken Promise:If You Like Your Current Plan You Can Keep It 

·         The Roll Out of HealthCare.gov: The Limitations of Big Government 

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

·         Building a Network for Manufacturing Innovation 

·         A Factual Look at the Relationship Between Climate and Weather 

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

·         The State of American Aviation 

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

·         Forecasting Success: Achieving U.S. Weather Readiness for the Long Term 

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         The Transition in Afghanistan 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         A More Efficient and Effective Government: Streamlining Overseas Trade and Development Agencies 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Continued Oversight of U.S. Government Surveillance Authorities 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 [cost estimate] 

·         Effect of the Automatic Spending Reductions in CBO's May 2013 Baseline 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Security 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

·         Interstate Migration of Lawful Permanent Residents Who Naturalize 

Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General

·         OIG 14-17 Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing The Department of Homeland Security 

Department of State

·         The Americas: Our Shared Challenges 

·         Assessing the P5+1 Joint Plan of Action With Iran 

·         Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) 

·         The Growing U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership: Why It Matters 

·         Terrorist, Regime, and Western Media: The War of Ideas in the Disinformation Age 

·         The Transition in Afghanistan 

·         U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement 

Department of the Navy

·         From the Sea to the Stars: A Chronicle of the U.S. Navy's Space and Space-related Activities, 1944-2009 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         Divided Asia: the Implications for Europe 

·         Two State Stress Test (TSST) Israel -Palestine 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Kosovo’s Local Elections and the Way Ahead 

·         Stuck in the Desert: Negotiations on Northern Mali 

·         Warsaw to Paris: Beyond the Climate Divide 

European Policy Centre (EPC)

·         Helping Moldova Stay on the EU Course -Proposals for a Real 'More for More' Approach 

·         The Schengen Governance Package: The Subtle Balance Between Community Method and Intergovernmental Approach 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 2013 

o    Vetting Confidential Human Source Intelligence Through Investigative Statement Analysis

o    Investigating Domestic Violence: Raising Prosecution and Conviction Rates

o    Legal Digest: Searches Incident to Arrest in the Smartphone Age

o    Officer Survival Spotlight: Wide-Reaching Benefits of Law Enforcement Training.

o    Leadership Spotlight: Emotional Triggers in Decision Making

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shi‘i Divide in the Middle East 

·         Tacitus’ Agricola and Lessons for Today 

·         The Three Versions of Al Qaeda: A Primer    

FRIDE

·         Fresh Start or More of the Same? Defence Policy at the December EU Summit 

German Development Institute

·         Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Upgrading in India: Learning from Success Cases 

·         Post-2015: The EU Can Contribute More Than Aid to the Global Development Agenda 

·         Which Factors Determine the Upgrading of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Climate Change: Federal Efforts Under Way to Assess Water Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Address Adaptation Challenges. GAO-14-23 

·         Defense Management: Actions Needed to Ensure National Guard and Reserve Headquarters are Sized to Be Efficient. GAO-14-71 

·         Department of Homeland Security: DHS's Efforts to Improve Employee Morale and Fill Senior Leadership Vacancies. GAO-14-228T [testimony] 

·         Dodd-Frank Regulations: Agencies Conducted Regulatory Analyses and Coordinated but Could Benefit from Additional Guidance on Major Rules. GAO-14-67 

·         Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012 Financial Statements. GAO-14-172R 

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Budget Estimates Do Not Fully Align with Plans. GAO-14-45 

Headquarters CONR–1AF (AFNORTH)

·         NORAD Intercept Procedures, Air Defense Identification Zone & Temporary Flight Restrictions [slides] 

Heritage Foundation

·         Coal in the Global Energy Landscape 

·         Necessary Reforms Can Keep Interpol Working in the U.S. Interest 

·         Russia’s Arms Control Violations: What the U.S. Should Do 

·         Thornberry Initiative for Effective Defense Acquisition Reform Appears Promising 

·         The U.S. Should Lead on Ukraine 

Households in Conflict Network

·         Minority Status and Investment: Evidence from Natural and Lab Experiments in Bosnia and Herzegovina    

·         The Political Legacies of Combat: Attitudes Towards War and Peace Amongst Israeli Ex-combatants 

Human Rights Watch

·         In Harm's Way: State Response to Sex Workers, Drug Users and HIV in New Orleans 

·         "Leave Everything to God": Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States,Nigeria 

·         "They Treat Us Like Animals": Mistreatment of Drug Users and "Undesirables" in Cambodia’s Drug Detention Centers 

Infinity Journal

·         Infinity Journal, 2013 Special Edition

o    An Introduction to War and Strategy: Back to Basics

o    What is Strategy

o    Brining the Fundamentals of Strategy to IR

o    Another Bloody Century?

o    Seek and Destroy? The Forgotten Strategy for Countering Armed Rebellion

o    Strategy: Some Notes for a User’s Guide

o    Explaining Strategic Theory

o    The Policy-Strategy Distinction: Clausewitz and The Chimera of Modern Strategic Thought

o    The Mythology of Grand Strategy

o    Strategic Culture: More Problems than Prospects

o    ‘Cyberwar’ Is Not Coming

o    Air-Sea Battle as a Military Contribution to Strategy Development

Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI)

·         Russian LNG: The Long Road to Export 

·         Urbanization and Mobility in China 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s ADIZ: A Case of an Overreach? 

·         Iran Nuclear Deal: The Fine Print 

·         Is It Time to Withdraw the Army from Kashmir? 

·         US Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific: Implications for West Asia 

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS – Israel)

·         Is Salafist Jihadism Making Inroads into the Israeli-Palestinian Arena? 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         No Significant Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site 

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

·         Fracking for Shale Gas in South Africa:Blessing or Curse? 

·         Peace and Security Council Report No 53 (December 2013) 

·         South Africa and South Sudan: Lessons for Post-conflict Development and Peacebuilding Partnerships 

·         Universalising International Criminal Law:The ICC, Africa and the Problem of Political Perceptions 

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

·         Review of Programs to Counter Narratives of Violent Extremism 

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

·         India and China: Marking Paths on the Space Highways 

·         India at Bali: Saving Itself and the WTO 

·         India’s State Elections: A BJP Sweep and New Politics of Urban India 

·         Testing the Air: China’s Defence-Move 

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

·         Eurocriticism: The Eurozone Crisis and Anti-Establishment Groups in Southern Europe 

·         Shaping the Future: Europe's New Voices. A Communiqué 

International Crisis Group

·         Fire on the City Gate: Why China Keeps North Korea Close 

·         Not a Rubber Stamp: Myanmar’s Legislature in a Time of Transition 

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         The Case of the Nordic Councils - Mapping Multilateralism in Transition No. 1 

·         Peacekeeping Reimbursements—Key Topics for the Next COE Working Group 

·         When Do Civil-War Parties Heed the UN? Findings from the IPI Security Council Compliance Database 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, December 13, 2013, v. 11, no. 23 

o    The Army of Justice and the Threat of Sunni Militancy in the Sistan-Baluchistan Province of Iran

o    Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Attacks Morocco’s “Kingdom of Corruption and Despotism”

o    Kurdish Strategy Towards Ethnically-Mixed Areas in the Syrian Conflict

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

·         Joint Pub 3-24, Counterinsurgency, 22 November 2013 

Long War Journal

·         Charting the Data for US Air Strikes in Yemen, 2002 - 2013 [updated December 12, 2013] 

Miller Center

·         A Blueprint for Presidential Leadership [National Transportation Policy Conference] 

National League of Cities (NLC)

·         The 10 Critical Imperatives Facing Cities in 2014 

National Security Archive

·         Last Nuclear Weapons Left Cuba in December 1962 

Naval War College

·         Navy Leader Development Strategy 

·         Navy Leader Development Outcomes 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The 2014 ISAF Pullout from Afghanistan:Impacts on Pakistan 

·         Exposing the Karachi-Afghanistan Link 

·         How Middle East Regional Dynamics Affect the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process 

·         Latin America and the Drug Issue: Searching for a Change 

Oxfam International

·         Rights in Crisis Campaign Afghanistan –Project Effectiveness Review 

Oxford Research Group

·         Building Sustainable Peace and Security in the Central African Republic 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Report of Follow-Up Meeting of Political Parties on APC 2012 

·         Report of Pakistan-Afghanistan Parliamentarians Dialogue - IX (September 24-25, 2013) 

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, November 2013 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Limited Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement 

·         Obama Job Rating Regains Some Ground, But 2013 Has Taken a Toll 

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

·         China’s New Silk Road Diplomacy 

·         Storm over Foreign Funding Continues in Egypt 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Creating U.S. Manufacturing Jobs: How"Buying American" Can Raise the Job-Creation Potential of Public Transit Investments 

·         The "Grand Experiment": An Early Review of Energy-related Recovery Act Efforts 

Rand

·         Assessment of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Training Activity   

·         The New Neglected Diseases? Policy Interventions Are Needed to Encourage CNS Drug Development   

·         Out of the Shadows: The Health and Well-Being of Private Contractors Working in Conflict Environments   

Sophos

·         Security Threat Report 2014: Smarter, Shadier, Stealthier Malware 

Small Arms Survey

·         Risky Business? Crime and Security Perceptions in the Nepali Private Sector 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Combat Patch: Binary Indicator or Something More? 

·         Drawing Lessons from Zimbabwe's War of Liberation 

·         President Peña Nieto and Mexico’s Ongoing War on Drugs 

·         Preventing the Barbarization of Warfare: The USMC CAP Program in Vietnam 

·         The Rule of Law: A Definition in Socio-Political Terms 

·         Strategy and Choices for the Next QDR 

·         Traditional and Non-Western Actors in the Foreign Policy of the EU 

Stanley Foundation

·         Law and Order: Tools for Building State Protection Capacity to Prevent Mass Atrocity Crimes 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         China’s Policy on North Korea: Economic Engagement and Nuclear Disarmament 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         Politics and Economics in Putin's Russia   

Ubiquity Press

·         Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 2013, v. 2, no. 3

o    Towards a Theory of Ex-combatant Reintegration 

UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic

·         Final Report 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The Other Side of Gender: Men as Critical Agents of Change  

Voice of Jihad

·         A Reflection on the American Drone War Strategy [a different point of view]

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Al-Qaeda's Shadow Government in Yemen 

·         GCC Summit Will Gauge Regional Confidence in U.S. Policy 

·         Morocco Plays with Anti-Normalization 

·         The Resurgence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq 

·         Saudi Arabia's War on Twitter 

Wilson Center

·         The Carter Chill: US-ROK-DPRK Trilateral Relations, 1976-1979 

·         The Egyptian Constitution: Mapping Where Power Lies 

·         Improving Security and Facilitating Commerce with Mexico at America’s Southern Border 

·         Iraq’s Kurdistan Takes a Giant Step Toward Independence 

·         Opportunities and Challenges for Arctic Oil and Gas Development 

·         Legal Migration and Free Trade in the NAFTA Era: Beyond Migration Rhetoric 

·         Mexico’s Petit Révolution: Justice and Security Implications of Approving a Fully New Code of Judicial Procedures 

·         Opportunities And Challenges For Arctic Oil and Gas Development