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Friday's Miscellany 02-10-2012

2012-02-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

· Regional Security Cooperation in the Maghreb and Sahel: Algeria's Pivotal Ambivalence

Amnesty International

· Key Human Rights Concerns in South Africa

· Stop the Transfer—Israel About to Expel Bedouin to Expand Settlements

· Three Branches of Government, Zero Remedy for Counter-Terrorism Abuses [in USA]

Armed Forces Journal

· AFJ, February 2012

o A New Principle of War: ‘Understanding’ must Take Its Rightful Place Atop the Pantheon

o Truth, Lies and Afghanistan: How Military Leaders Have Let Us Down

o The Price of Isolated Thinking: Why Congress, DoD and Industry Must Share Plans Openly

o A Better Way to Use Red Teams: How to Inject the Enemy’s View into the Planning Process

o Logistical Fratricide: Light Attack Planes Can Reduce the Heavy Toll of Supplying Fuel for Fighter Jets

o Don’t Waste a Drawdown: As Budgets Shrink, Let’s Rethink How We Organize, Train and Equip the Army

o Making Tough Choices Tougher: The Impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on National Defense

o The Evolution of the IED: Why Our Countermeasures Fail to Keep Up with the Growing Threat

o Send in the Reserves: Europe’s Biggest Military Deficit is a Lack of Citizen-Soldiers

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· Might the Turkish Military Intervene in Syria?

Berghof Conflict Research

· The CNDD-FDD in Burundi: The Path from Armed to Political Struggle

BR McCaffrey Associates LLC

· Presentation to NBC Executives, Producers, and Anchors -- "Iran, Nukes, & Oil: The Gulf Confrontation"

British House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

· Roots of Violent Radicalisation

Brookings

· Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated January 30, 2012]

· Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back? Private Capital at the Political Forefront

· Can We Help Syria without Making Things Worse?

· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated January 31, 2012]

· Meet the Press at Brookings: The Egypt Revolution One Year On

· The Middle East Quartet: A Post-Mortem

· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated January 31, 2012]

· The Renminbi’s Role in the Global Monetary System

· Russia and China Leadership Props Up Syria’s Assad

Bureau of Investigative Journalism

· Obama Terror Drones—CIA Tactics in Pakistan Include Targeting Rescuers and Funerals

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

· Asia-Pacific: Let's Get Back in the Ring

· Cold Turkey or Slow Withdrawal? A Recipe for Haitian Success

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· State of Iraq

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative

· Addressing Nonstrategic Nuclear Forces

· Addressing the Turkish Dimension in Creating a Euro-Atlantic Security Community

· Energy as a Building Block in Creating a Euro-Atlantic Security Community

· Historical Reconciliation and Protracted Conflicts

· Missile Defense—Toward a New Paradigm

· Toward a Euro-Atlantic Security Community

CATO Institute

· Tough Targets—When Criminals Face Armed Resistance From Citizens

Center for American Progress (CAP)

· Getting Smarter on China: The United States Needs to Understand the Next Generation of Chinese Leaders to Solve Shared Challenges

· Managing Insecurities Across the Pacific: As the United States Refocuses on Asia, it Must Address China’s Increasing Suspicions and Its Own Economic Insecurity

Center for New American Security (CNAS)

· Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of Sequestration

Center for Security Studies

· Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East—Here to Stay

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CBSA)

· $trategy in a Year of Fiscal Uncertainty

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Afghanistan: The Failed Metrics of Ten Years of War

· Iraq and the Challenge of Continuing Violence

· Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) – no. 51, 8 February 2012

· Key Official US and IAEA Statements About Iran’s Nuclear Programs

· Leading from Behind in Public-Private Partnerships?

· PacNet #9 – Protecting Chinese Citizens Abroad: What Next?

· Polio in Nigeria

· US and Iranian Strategic Competition—Impact of China and Russia

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

· Chairman's Strategic Direction to the Joint Force

Chatham House

· Health Information in Conflict Situations: Collection and Dissemination Challenges

College of Europe

· The European Citizens’ Initiative - A First Assessment

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

· Doing Business with DOD: Contracting and Regulatory Issues

· Leaving Guantanamo—Policies, Pressures, and Detainees Returning to the Fight

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

· Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Hearings

o Baluchistan [February 8, 2012]

o The U.S.-Philippines Alliance Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership [February 7, 2012]

o Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II [February 7, 2012]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation: Protecting our Ports, Increasing Commerce and Securing the Supply Chain – Part I

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

· Combating Transnational Organized Crime: International Money Laundering as a Threat to our Financial Systems

· Regional Perspectives on Agricultural Guestworker Programs

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform

· Jobs for Wounded Warriors: Increasing Access to Contracts for Service Disabled Veterans

Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee

· Assessing America’s Nuclear Future – A Review of the Blue Ribbon Commission’s Report to the Secretary of Energy

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

· One Year Later: Still Sitting on Our Assets

· A Review of Issues Associated with Protecting and Improving our Nation's Aviation Satellite-based Global Positioning System Infrastructure

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

· The Veterans Health Administration's Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Recent Combat Veterans

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· A Defense Budget at the Crossroads

· Does the Greek Deal Go Far Enough?

· Expanding China-Africa Oil Ties

· Syria's Deepening Crisis

· U.S.-Egypt Ties on Shifting Sands

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

· Sonatrach: An International Giant in the Making

Department of Defense (DOD)

· DoD Directive 6490.02E, Comprehensive Health Surveillance, February 8, 2012

· DOD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Scaparrotti [commander of ISAF Joint Command]

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

· DODIG-2012-049 Improvements Needed With Identifying Operating Costs Assessed to the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, February 2, 2012

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG -12-28 - Allegations of Misconduct and Illegal Discrimination and Retaliation in the Federal Air Marshal Service

Department of State

· United States - Japan Joint Statement on Defense Posture

Doctors Without Borders

· Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution

East-West Center

· The Foundation of China's Future Stability

· Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Nuclear-Weapon States

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

· How Did the Japanese Exports Respond to Two Crises in the International Production Network?

Enough Project

· Four Steps Beyond US Troops to End the War with the LRA

Foreign Policy

· Iran Man

· A Loss We Can Live With [Afghanistan]

· Sex for Sale in Beirut

· The Ticking Clock: Four reasons why -- this time -- you should believe the hype about Israel attacking Iran

· We're All State Capitalists Now

· Where a Woman's Place Is on the Front Lines

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

· Examining Police Integrity: Categorizing Corruption Vignettes

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

· Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2011, v 40, no. 4

o China’s Evolving Behaviour in Africa and the Options of Cooperation with Europe

o A Dragon and a Dove? A Comparative Overview of Chinese and European Trade Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa

o Redefining Foreign Policy Impulses toward Africa: The Roles of the MFA, the MOFCOM and China Exim Bank

o Regional Organizations in China’s Security Strategy for Africa: The Sense of Supporting “African Solutions to African Problems”

o An Overseas Naval Presence without Overseas Bases: China’s Counter-piracy Operation in the Gulf of

o Contrasting Rhetoric and Converging Security Interests of the European Union and China in Africa

o China Data Supplement

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Air Force and Interior Can Benefit from Additional Guidance When Deciding Whether to Lease or Purchase Equipment, GAO-12-281R

· Defense Workforce: DOD Needs to Better Oversee In-sourcing Data and Align In-sourcing Efforts with Strategic Workforce Plans, GAO-12-319

· DHS Human Capital: Senior Leadership Vacancy Rates Generally Declined, but Components' Rates Varied, GAO-12-264

· Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Benefits for Retirement-Age Beneficiaries, GAO-12-309R

· Highlights of a Forum: Financial Literacy: Strengthening Partnerships in Challenging Times, GAO-12-299SP

· Humanitarian and Development Assistance: Project Evaluations and Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage the Military's Efforts, GAO-12-359

· Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Improve Guidance on Weapon Limitations and Planning for Its Stockpile Surveillance Program, GAO-12-188

· Supply Chain Security: Container Security Programs Have Matured, but Uncertainty Persists over the Future of 100 Percent Scanning,. GAO-12-422T [testimony]

Government of Canada

· Building Resilience Against Terrorism: Canada’s Counter-terrorism Strategy

Harvard Law School

· National Security Journal, 2012, v. 3, no. 1

o Can It Really Work? Problems with Extending EINSTEIN 3 to Critical Infrastructure

o Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy

o Demystifying the Title 10-Title 50 Debate: Distinguishing Military Operations, Intelligence Activities & Covert Action

o Advantaging Aggressors: Justice & Deterrence in International Law

Heritage Foundation

· The 2012 Index of Dependence on Government

· Abraham Lincoln or the Progressives: Who Was the Real Father of Big Government

· Congress Fails to Undo President Obama’s Damage on Missile Defense

· Falkland Islands: United States Should Back Great Britain

· If Israel Attacks

· The National Defense Authorization Act and Military Detention of U.S. Citizens

· President Obama’s Budget: What to Watch For

· Promoting Cybersecurity Through the PRECISE Act

· Secure and Resilient Supply Chain Requires More Robust Maritime Salvage Capability

· Senate Initiative Would Block Blow to Military Readiness

· Top Five Military Modernization Mistakes Congress Should Fix

· U.S. Urgently Needs to Reset Its Bilateral Relationship with Egypt

· US Must Not Concede the Russian Position on Tactical Nuclear Weapons

· The United States Must Not Concede the Russian Position on Tactical Nuclear Weapons

· White House Deal with Japan Risks Military Capability in Asia

· Xi Jinping Visit an Opportunity to Finally Establish China Priorities

Human Rights Watch

· “Forget About Him, He’s Not Here”: Israel’s Control of Palestinian Residency in the West Bank and Gaza

· "No Safe Places": Yemen’s Crackdown on Protests in Taizz

Immigration Policy Center

· How To Fix a Broken Border: Disrupting Smuggling at Its Source [Part 2 of 3]

· How To Fix a Broken Border: Hit the Cartels Where It Hurts [Part 1 of 3]

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

· The Eurozone Crisis and India-EU Ties

· Going Beyond the Public Statement on Iranian Oil

· India’s Past Year at the UN Security Council

· Pakistan’s Long and Ordinary Crisis

· Political Transition in Maldives

Institute for National Strategic Studies

· Insights on al-Qaeda’s Past & Future Through Captured Records

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

· Comparing Somalia`s al-Shabaab and Uganda`s Lord`s Resistance Army

· Confronting Complex Political Crises in West Africa, An Analysis of ECOWAS Responses to Niger and Cote d`Ivoire

Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy

· Food Security at a Crossroads—A Wake Up Call

Institute for the Study of War

· Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated January 2012]

· Battlefield Update: Task Force Dreadnaught in Maiwand District, Kandahar

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 8 [February 3-February 10, 2012]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 7 [January 28-February 3, 2012]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 6 [January 20-27, 2012]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 4 [January 1-13, 2012]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 3 [December 24-30, 2011]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 2 [December 19-23, 2011]

· Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 1 [December 2011]

International Crisis Group

· Zimbabwe’s Sanctions Standoff

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

· Strait of Hormuz: Iran's Disruptive Military Options

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

· Fiscal Performance, Institutional Design and Decentralization in European Union Countries

· The Global Macroeconomic Costs of Raising Bank Capital Adequacy Requirements

· Inclusive Growth, Institutions, and the Underground Economy

· Precautionary Savings in the Great Recession

· Short-term Wholesale Funding and Systemic Risk: A Global CoVaR Approach

· What Drives Credit Growth in Emerging Asia?

International Relations and Security Network

· Development on its Head: the World Global Footprint

· Europe's Pacific Neglect

· Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest

· The Security-Development Nexus: An Illusion?

· So What Kind of Economic Growth?

· Whose Development Is It Anyway?

Internet World Stats

· Internet Usage Statistics 2011

James Baker Institute for Public Policy

· China's Oil Sector: Trends and Uncertainties

Jamestown Foundation

· Terrorism Monitor, February 10, 2012, v. 10, no.3

o Syria’s Surprising Release of Jihadi Strategist Abu Musab As-Suri

o Somalia’s Transitional Government Determined to Finish Off al-Shabaab This Year

o The Strange Death of Dr. Khalil Ibrahim and the Future of the Darfur Insurgency

Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)

· The Complexities of Interagency Information Sharing

Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC)

· From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

· Data on Post-9/11 Terrorism in the United States

· Selecting ‘Options on the Table’ Carefully: The Consequences of a Military Strike on Iran

National Intelligence University Press

· Imperialism with Chinese Characteristics? Reading and Re-Reading China's 2006 Defense White Paper

· Sensemaking: A Structure for an Intelligence Revolution

· Who Watches the Watchmen? The Conflict Between National Security and Freedom of the Press

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

· NMIO Technical Bulletin, January 2012, v. 1

o The CHANGI Information Fusion Centre

o Australian Border Protection Command

o Emerging Technologies and Techniques for Maritime Security

o Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness with the Single Integrated Lookout List (SILO)

o Information Dominance of the Maritime Domain: ONI's Intersection of Intelligence, MDA Data and the IDC

o Global Maritime Awareness via Space

o Digital Cinema Industry Provides Navy with Enabling Technologies

o Passive Acoustic Research in Maritime Domain Awareness

o Haptic Technologies for Maritime Applications

o Hydrographic Unmanned Semi-Submersible

National Priorities Project and the Project on Defense Alternatives

· Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget – Fiscal Year 2013 (And Beyond)

NATO Defense College

· The Transatlantic Bargain

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

· The DPRK: Uncertain but More Hopeful

New America Foundation

· Economic and Geo-Political Implications of China-Centric Globalization

· 80% Solution—The Strategic Defeat of bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Implications for South Asian Security

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

· Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan 2011

Pew Internet & American Life Project

· The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites

Polish Institute of International Affairs

· The European Union and India: Partners in Democracy Promotion?

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

· Modern Monetary Theory: A Debate

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

· 'Europe in Crisis': Global Order, Integration, Crisis and the Future [Viewpoints #86]

· Guinea-Bissau: Presidential Election amidst Political Turmoil [Viewpoints #85]

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

· Special Update Report Terrorism in North, West, & Central Africa: From 9/11 to the Arab Spring

Security & Defense Agenda

· Cyber-Security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules

Small Wars Journal

· "All We are Saying...": An Iran Rethink is Needed

· Assad May Survive This

· Civil Affairs Redux

· COIN Is Not Dead: An Interview with John Nagl

· Insurgency as Cultural Production: The Estonian Metsavennad and the Non-political Aims of Guerrilla Warfare

· It's Smart Defense, Stupid: The European Common Security and Defense Policy and Hegemony in the 21st Century

· The Missing Operational Level: COIN, Afghanistan, and IJC

· Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge

Stimson Center

· Libya’s Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms [video]

· The Unfinished Crisis: US Crisis Management after the 2008 Mumbai Attacks

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

· Once Again, the Challenge to the U.S. Army During a Defense Reduction: To Remain a Military Profession

Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

· Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11

United Kingdom Parliament

· Operations in Libya

o Volume I

o Volume II

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· The Case for Organizing a Military Force from Muslim Countries to Intervene in Syria

· From the Syria Veto to the Egypt NGO Crisis: A Weekend of Setbacks to U.S. Policy

· Humanitarian Safe Havens: Bosnia's Lessons for Syria

· It's Time to Bypass Iran's 'Supreme Leader'

· A New Resistance, with New Results

Military Leadership Diversity Commission final report

2012-02-09T14:58:00.000-08:00

Established under the provisions of The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, Section 596, Public Law 110-417, the Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC) released its final report today - "From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military."

The report includes a vision statement: “The Department of Defense is committed to removing all barriers that would prevent service members from rising to the highest level of responsibility that their talents and capabilities warrant.” The commission was created to review and recommend improvements to help the diversity in the military better reflect the composition of the US as a whole. Among the 20 recommendations were ways the Defense Department can improve the "promotion of women and minorities." The commission also recommended that DOD rescind its policy that prevents women from being assigned to ground combat units.

· Final report

· Executive Summary

· Press Release

· Commission website has related issue papers and decision papers

DOD articles

· DOD Opens More Jobs, Assignments to Military Women

· Panel Recommends Ways to Improve Military Diversity

· Panel Says Rescind Policy on Women in Combat

Friday's Miscellany 02-03-2012

2012-02-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

American Enterprise Institute

· Russian Outlook: Following One’s Conscience, Part 2—A Quest for Democratic Citizenship

· Part 1—Civic Organizations and Russia’s Future

Amnesty International

· Impunity, Discrimination and Security Force Violations in Indonesia

· Senegal—The Human Rights Situation

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

· Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), January 2012

o Update: Malaria, U.S. Armed Forces

o Sources of variability of estimates of malaria case counts, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces

o Images in health surveillance: malaria vectors and malaria testing

o Editorial: Malaria in the U.S. Armed Forces: A persistent but preventable threat

Army War College

· Information Operations Primer [nice compilation of related documents]

Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

· APC R2P Brief, 2012, v. 2, no. 4

o R2P Ideas in Brief: Regime Induced Displacement as an R2P Challenge

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

· Effective Development Aid: Selectivity, Proliferation and Fragmentation, and the Growth Impact of Development Assistance

· Responding to the Global Financial Crisis: The Evolution of Asian Regionalism and Economic Globalization

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

· Two Steps Forward, One Step Back—Indonesia’s Arduous Path of Reform

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· The Amman Talks—Another Exercise in Futile Diplomacy

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

· Attacking Iran: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War

· To Stay Ahead of China, Stay Engaged in Asia

Berghof Foundation

· From Combatants to Peacebuilders: A Case for Inclusive, Participatory and Holistic Security Transitions

Bipartisan Policy Center

· Meeting the Challenge—Stopping the Clock

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

· Getting to Zero Update

Brookings Institute

· The Euro Crisis

· Finish Him: Why the World Needs to Take Out Bashar al-Assad Now

· Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot

· Improving the Environment for Entrepreneurship

· Middle East Quartet—A Post-Mortem

· Negotiating Humanitarian Access: How Far to Compromise to Deliver Aid

· Not Fade Away: Against the Myth of American Decline

· Report to the UN Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani

Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

· We Don't Need the UN's Permission

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· Arab World’s Education Report Card—School Climate and Citizenship Skills

· Historical Reconciliation and Protracted Conflicts

· Preventing WMD Proliferation—Myths and Realities of Strategic Trade Controls

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

· A Separate Defence Procurement Agency: Will It Actually Make a Difference?

Center for American Progress

· Economic Intelligence—Enhancing the Federal Statistical System to Support US Competitiveness

· How to Stop the Bloodshed in Syria: Ending the Violence with Smart Diplomacy

· Putting a Freeze on Arctic Ocean Drilling

Center for Global Development (CGD)

· GHI Mid-Term Review and a Way Forward

· Global Health Initiative 2.0: Effective Priority-Setting in a Time of Austerity

Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

· After 2011: Making Citizens in a Dangerous World

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

· China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States

Center for Security Policy/ Coalition for the Common Defense

· Defense Breakdown Economic Impact Reports

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

· Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: Here to Stay

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Egypt and U.S. Health Assistance

· Key Causes of Instability in the Middle East and North Africa

· “New” US Defense Strategy and the FY2013 US Defense Budget—Details of What the Department Has Said to Date

· The Private-Sector Role in Public Health

· Protection of Health Care in Armed and Civil Conflict

Center for Strategic Research

· Raising our Sights: Russian-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

· Reshaping United Nations Counterterrorism Efforts - Blue-Sky Thinking for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation 10 Years After 9/11

Central and Eastern United States Seismic Source Characterization for Nuclear Facilities (CEUS SSC) Project

· CEUS SSC report

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

· Financing Security Sector Reform—A Review of Official Development Assistance Data

· Policing in Palestine: Analyzing the EU Police Reform Mission in the West Bank

Chatham House

· Future of Sustainability Reporting

· Implementing a Negotiated Settlement on the Palestinian Refugee Question—The International Dimensions

· MENA Region in the International Arena

Coast Guard’s Marine Safety and Security Council

· Coast Guard Proceedings, Winter 2011-2012, v. 68, no. 4

o The Secure Chain: Interactions among supply chain members can ensure security.

o The Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection Partnership: Securing an evolving maritime supply chain

o The National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security: The path to an intermodal security program

o The DHS Secure Supply Chain Initiative: Engaging the global community

o International Maritime Organization User Guide: Managing risks to enhance maritime security

o The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Regional efforts that support global solutions

o International Port Security: A global challenge

o Securing Certain Dangerous Cargoes

o Multi-Agency Strike Force Operations Combining forces extends capabilities

o Los Angeles Port Police: Using advanced technology to reduce the risk of terrorism

o Area Maritime Security Plans Securing the global supply chain

o Revolutionizing MTS Recovery: The Common Assessment and Reporting Tool

o Trade Recovery Protocols Making the supply chain more resilient

o Protecting the Supply Chain: The marine transportation system recovery unit

o Trade Recovery: A complement to risk management

o Notice of Arrival and Departure: A link to maritime domain awareness and safety

o Keeping Cargo Moving: How marine terminals process supply chain data

o AIS in Action: Enhancing maritime domain awareness in America’s waterways, ports, and terminals

College of Europe

· The Deputisation of the High Representative/ Vice-President of the Commission: Making the Impossible Job Work

· The European Union’s Policy towards Central Asia and South Caucasus: a Coherent Strategy?

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

· Joint Hearing: Update on accountability at Arlington National Cemetery

· The Use of Afghan Nationals to Provide Security to U.S. Forces -- The Attack on U.S. Personnel at FOB Frontenac, Afghanistan, in March 2011

Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee

· Evaluating Internal Operation and Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS) by the Department of Homeland Security

· Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· Hearings

o Ahmadinejad’s Tour of Tyrants and Iran’s Agenda in the Western Hemisphere [February 2, 2012]

o U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo [February 2, 2012]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Is DHS Effectively Implementing a Strategy to Counter Emerging Threats?

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

· Offshore Drilling in Cuba and the Bahamas: The U.S. Coast Guard's Oil Spill Readiness and Response Planning

Congress. Senate. Energy and Natural Resources Committee

· Testimony on the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future

· U.S. and Global Energy Outlook for 2012

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

· Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the U.S. and Europe?

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

· Federal Retirement Processing: Ensuring Proper and Timely Payments

Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

· World Threat

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

· Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees

· Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

o before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

o before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· Managing Oil Market Disruption in a Confrontation with Iran

· Partners in Preventive Action

Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS)

· CTX (Combating Terrorism) Exchange, 2012, v. 2, no. 1

o Measuring a Government’s Capacity to Fight Terrorism

o The Fifth CISM Military World Games

o Radicalization in Light of the Developments in Egypt

o Combating Terrorism: A Ugandan Perspective

o The Forgotten Jihadist

o Q&A with Eric Schmitt

o The Moving Image: Top Ten War Movies

o Ethics & Insights

· CTX Exchange, 2011, v. 1, no. 2

o CTFP In Action: East African Alumni Take on the LRA

o Bleeding for the Village: Success or failure in the Hands of Local Powerbrokers

o Ten Years Later: Are We Winning the War?

o Islamism in Algeria and the Evolution to AQIM: Transformations of Significance and Insignificance

o The Moving Image: Battle of Algiers & Lost Command

o Ethics & Insights

o Resources: Algeria Bibliography

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

· DODIG-2012-045 Quality Control Review of Army Audit Agency's Special Access Program Audits

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG-12-25 CBP's Management Controls over Bonded Facilities

Department of State

· Combating Corruption and Bribery in APEC: Promoting Open Governance and Market Integrity to Strengthen Economic Growth and Competiveness [speech by David M. Luna]

· Countering Violent Extremism [speech by Daniel Benjamin]

· Addressing the Challenge of MANPADS Proliferation [speech by Andrew J. Shapiro]

Department of the Air Force

· AFI 10-208 Air Force Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program

Department of the Army

· 2011 Army Strategic Planning Guidance

Department of the Navy

· SECNAV 6000.6 Military Health Support for Stability Operations

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

· House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - Statement for the Record by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community

· Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - As Delivered Remarks by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community

· Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing - Statement for the Record by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the United States Intelligence Community

East-West Center

· U.S.-China Competition in Asia: Legacies Help America

Egmont Institute Royal Institute for International Relations

· An Arab Springboard for EU Foreign Policy?

Enough Project

· Urgent Steps to Counter Inter-Communal Violence in South Sudan

European Policy Centre

· An Arab Springboard for EU Foreign Policy?

· Escaping Europe's Catch 22

· The Schengen Evaluation Mechanism and the Legal Basis Problem: Breaking the Deadlock

Foreign Policy

· The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan

· Crude Awakening: In Iraq's turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. And that might soon be ExxonMobil

· Finish Him: Without international intervention, there's a good chance that Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, could still rule for years

· The Forbidden Citizen: Why 2012 will be a very bad year to be a Chinese dissident -- and what America can do about it

· Inside the Machinery of Genocide

· Is Putin's Fake Rival the Real Deal?

· Keystone Kops: Environmentalists Picked the Wrong Battle in Opposing the Keystone XL Project

· This Week at War: What Is NATO Good For?

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· Is The Kim Family Regime Rational And Why Don’t The North Korean People Rebel?

· Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential And Legislative Elections: Winners, Losers, And Implications

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

· Domestic Security in the Maghreb: Deficits and Counter-Measures

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Actions to Enforce the Iran Sanctions Act and Implement Contractor Certification Requirement, GAO-12-316R (companion report to GAO-12-321R)

· Arlington National Cemetery: Actions Needed to Ensure Lasting, Positive Changes in Contracting and Management, GAO-12-436T [testimony]

· Defense Health: Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities, GAO-12-154

· Defense Infrastructure: DOD Did Not Fully Address the Supplemental Reporting Requirements in Its Energy Management Report, GAO-12-336R

· Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Enhance Oversight of Estimated Long-term Costs for Operating and Supporting Major Weapon Systems, GAO-12-340

· Department of Energy: Additional Opportunities Exist to Streamline Support Functions at NNSA and Office of Science Sites, GAO-12-255

· Designing Evaluations, GAO-12-208G

· Firms Reported in Open Sources to Have Sold Iran Refined Petroleum Products Declined Since June 30, 2010. GAO-12-321R

· Department of Homeland Security: Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Strategic Planning and Management Functions, GAO-12-382T [testimony]

· Homeland Defense: Continued Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations, GAO-12-311

· Military Child Care: DOD is Taking Actions to Address Awareness and Availability Barriers, GAO-12-21

Heritage Foundation

· Assessing the President’s Proposals on Higher Education Costs

· CBO Baseline: A Few Quirks Do Not Distract from a Dismal Picture

· Congressional Cyber Initiative Shows Promise

· Fill the Public Diplomacy Leadership Vacuum

· Maritime Cargo Scanning Folly: Bad for the Economy, Wrong for Security