Friday's Miscellany 03-07-2008

Air & Space Power Journal
Spring 2008, v. 22, no. 1

• Developmental Planning: The Key to Future War-Fighter Capabilities by Gen Bruce Carlson, USAF and Maj Stephen Chambal, PhD, USAF
• Lorenz on Leadership: Part 2 by Lt Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, USAF
• Exposing the Information Domain Myth: A New Concept for Air Force and Information Operations Doctrine by Maj Geoffrey F. Weiss, USAF, Retired
• Range and Persistence: The Keys to Global Strike by Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired
• Weather and the Calculated Risk: Exploiting Forecast Uncertainty for Operational Risk Management by Maj F. Anthony Eckel, USAF, Capt Jeffrey G. Cunningham, USAF, Maj Dale E. Hetke, USAF
• Integrating Weather in Net-Centric Warfare: A Case for Refocusing Human Resources in Air Force Weather by Col Scot T. Heckman, USAF
• A Look down the Slippery Slope: Domestic Operations, Outsourcing, and the Erosion of Military Culture by Maj Bryan D. Watson, USAF
• We Are at War with Terrorists, Not Muslims by LTC Michael R. McGee, USA, Retired
• Network-Centric Operations: A Need for Adaptation and Efficiency by CDR Phillip G. Pattee, USN, Retired
• Whatever Happened to Strategic Attack? By Lt Col J. P. Hunerwadel, USAF, Retired

American Enterprise Institute

• U.S.-South Korean Relations: A New Era of Cooperation?

Brookings Institution

• Can Raúl Castro Revive Cuba's Private Sector?
  
• China’s Economic Decisionmakers
  
• Index of State Weakness in the Developing World
  
• Putin’s Plan: The Future of "Russia Inc.
  

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Arab Political Systems: Baseline Information and Reforms
  
• Arab Reform Bulletin: March 2008
  
• Take Two: Iran's Plan for Nuclear Compliance
  

Center for Defense Information

• Missile Defense: A Wrong Turn for U.S.-India Cooperation?
  
• Review of Responses to the August 2007 Bent Spear Incident
  

Center for Security Policy

• Buy a Troop a Jake
  
• EADS is Welcome to Compete for U.S. Defense Contracts - But First It Must Clean Up Its Act
  
• The Past, and the Present
  

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

• Kosovo's Controversial Independence
  
• Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) No. 36: The Putin Legacy
  

Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Commentary: Strengthening AFRICOM's Case
  
• The Strategic Impact of the Turkish Invasion of Iraq's Kurdish Region
  

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

• Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget Request for 2009
  

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

• North Africa: A Security Problem for Themselves, for the EU and for the US
  
• Sustainability Standards and Coffee Exports from Tanzania
  

Department of Defense

• The 2008 DoD Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China
  

EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

• Missile Defence in Europe: The Political and Security Dimensions
  

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Coast Guard: Deepwater Program Management Initiatives and Key Homeland Security Missions, by Stephen L. Caldwell, director, homeland security and justice, and John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Appropriations
• Coast Guard: Observations on the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, Recent Performance, and Related Challenges, by Stephen L. Caldwell, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Defense Management: More Transparency Needed over the Financial and Human Capital Operations of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Major Challenges Impede Efforts to Achieve U.S. Policy Objectives; Systematic Assessment of Progress Is Needed, by David Gootnick, director, international affairs and trade, before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
• Homeland Security: DHS Has Taken Actions to Strengthen Border Security Programs and Operations, but Challenges Remain, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Appropriations
• Information Security: Securities and Exchange Commission Needs to Continue to Improve Its Program
• Maritime Security: Coast Guard Inspections Identify and Correct Facility Deficiencies, but More Analysis Needed of Program's Staffing, Practices, and Data
• Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions
• Somalia: Several Challenges Limit U.S. and International Stabilization, Humanitarian, and Development Efforts
• Space Acquisitions: Major Space Programs Still at Risk for Cost and Schedule Increases, by Cristina T. Chaplain, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  

Henry Stimson Center

• To The Brink: Indian Decision-making and the 2001-2002 Standoff
  

Heritage Foundation

• Competitive Technologies for National Security: Review and Recommendations
  
• Hugo Chávez, the FARC, and Threats of War
  
• Sovereign Wealth Funds and U.S. National Security
• The U.S. Should Boycott the U.N.'s Durban II Conference on Racism
  
• The United Nations: Adieu Arbour, But Will Her Successor Be Worse?
  

Human Rights Watch

• Recurring Nightmare: State Responsibility for "Disappearances" and Abductions in Sri Lanka
  

International Relations and Security Network

• Iran: Tied to Its Program
  
• Iraq: Armed Humanitarianism
  
• Living the 'Chemical Ali' Nightmare
  

Lexington Institute

• Finally, Missile Defense That Works
  
• Invisible Man: Barack Obama on National Defense
  
• Tanker Competition: Northrop Won by a Wide Margin
  

National Security Archive

• Slain Colombian Insurgents Held Secret Talks with U.S. Diplomats
  

RAND

• More Value Should be Placed on the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis
  

ReliefWeb

• The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion

State Department

• 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
  

Strategic Studies Institute

• After Fidel, The Deluge?
  
• Towards a New Russia Policy
  

Strategic Studies Quarterly (SSQ)
Spring 2008, v. 2, no. 1

• Forging New Horizons: The Imperative for USAF Strategic Planning by Gen Lawrence A. Skantze, USAF, Retired
• Sovereign Options: Securing Global Stability and Prosperity--A Strategy for the US Air Force by Michael W. Wynne
• Developing Twenty-First-Century Airpower Strategists by Maj Gen R. Michael Worden, USAF
• Space Weaponization and US-China Relations by Kenneth S. Blazejewski
• Climate Change, National Security, and the Quadrennial Defense Review: Avoiding the Perfect Storm by John T. Ackerman, PhD
• Do We Want to "Kill People and Break Things" in Africa?: A Historian's Thoughts on Africa Command by Maj Robert Munson, USAFR
• The Iraqization of Africa? Looking at AFRICOM from a South African Perspective by Abel Esterhuyse
  

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• Iran and the Road Ahead
  
• U.S. Financial Pressure on Terrorists and Rogue Regimes
  
• Who Represents the Iraqi Sunnis?
  

White House

• 2008 Drug Control Strategy

Friday's Miscellany 02-29-2008

Air Force Space Command

High Frontier v. 4, no. 2, February 2008 http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080226-050.pdf

· The Role of Space in Military Operations:

· Integrating and Synchronizing Space in Today's Fight

· Preparing for Conflict in Space: A New Perspective of the Joint Fight

· People Who Impact Warfare with Space Capabilities

American Enterprise Institute

· Iranian Influence in the Levant, Iraq, and Afghanistan http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27526/pub_detail.asp

American Immigration Lawyers Association

· Navigating the Immigration Debate: A guide for State & Local Policymakers and Advocates http://www.aila.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=24681&linkid=172618

American Progress

· A National Security Strategy to Protect the American Homeland, the Real Central Front http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/02/pdf/safe_at_home.pdf

Amnesty International

· Nigeria’s Prison System Fails Its People http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR44/001/2008/4bd14275-e494-11dc-aaf9-5f04e2143f64/afr440012008eng.pdf

· Women Act Against Repression and Intimidation in Iran http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/018/2008/63dd8933-e16d-11dc-9135-058f98b1fb80/mde130182008eng.pdf

BASIC

· Afghanistan Update http://www.basicint.org/update/AFG080226.htm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· Anatomy of a Fallacy: The Senlis Council and Narcotics in Afghanistan http://www.cigionline.org/cigi/download-nocache/Publications/workingp/anatomyofa/workingpap

· The New Middle East http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/new_middle_east_final.pdf

Center for American Progress

· Safe at Home: A National Security Strategy to Protect the American Homeland, the Real Central Front http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/02/pdf/safe_at_home.pdf

Center for Defense Information

· Shooting Down USA-193: A $100 Million Shot to be Followed by Even Greater Political Costs http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4218&from_page=../index.cfm

Center for Security Policy

· The Coughlin Affair http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

· Pakistan Takes Important Step http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· Waning "Special Relationship?"· http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· Who's Behind the Protests in Peru? http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic Budget Assessment (CSBA)

· The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20080223.The_Global_War_on_/R.20080223.The_Global_War_on_.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies

· Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080213-bugajski-ukraine.pdf

· Victory and Violence in Iraq: Reducing the "Irreducible Minimum" http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080227_irreducible.minimum.final.pdf

· Violence in Iraq http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080227_violence.in.iraq.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

· Protecting Poultry Workers from Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2008-113/pdfs/2008-113.pdf

Central Asia - Caucasus Institute Silk Road Studies Program

· Europe's Energy Security: Gazprom's Dominance and Caspian Supply Alternatives http://www.isdp.eu/files/publications/scornell/sc08europesenergy.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8972&type=1

· The Outlook for Spending on Health Care and Long-Term Care http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8995&type=1

Director of National Intelligence

· Interview of Mr. Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence With J.J. Green – WTOP Radio – Washington, DC February 26, 2008 http://www.dni.gov/interviews/20080226_interview.pdf

· Interview of Mr. Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence With John King – CNN’s “Late Edition” February 24, 2008, Transcript – As Aired http://www.dni.gov/interviews/20080224_interview.pdf

· Statement by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Regarding Cooperation with Private Partners http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080223_statement.pdf

Friends of the Earth

· Climate Code Red: The Case for a Sustainability Emergency http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=PublishingHouse&fileid=92929DFC-57E2-175C-3A1B-7C4B3F0C58BF&lng=en

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains, by Cathleen A. Berrick, director, homeland security and justice issues, and Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Appropriations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08456t.pdf

· Catastrophic Disasters: Federal Efforts Help States Prepare for and Respond to Psychological Consequences, but FEMA's Crisis Counseling Program Needs Improvements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0822.pdf

· Chemical and Biological Defense: DOD And VA Need to Improve Efforts to Identify and Notify Individuals Potentially Exposed during Chemical and Biological Tests http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08366.pdf

· Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of DOD Efforts to Enhance Missile Defense Capabilities and Oversight, by Paul L. Francis, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Defense, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-08-506T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08506t.pdf

· Foreign Investment: Laws and Policies Regulating Foreign Investment in 10 Countries http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08320.pdf

· Intelligence Reform: GAO Can Assist the Congress and the Intelligence Community on Management Reform Initiatives, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08413t.pdf

· National Disaster Response: FEMA Should Take Action to Improve Capacity and Coordination between Government and Voluntary Sectors http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08369.pdf

· Personnel Clearances: Key Factors to Consider in Efforts to Reform Security Clearance Processes, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08352t.pdf

· Secure Border Initiative: Observations on the Importance of Applying Lessons Learned to Future Projects, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, and the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, House Committee on Homeland Security http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08508t.pdf

· Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Options to Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Filling the Reserve, by Franklin W. Rusco, acting director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08521t.pdf

· Transportation Safety: Medical Certification and Background Check Requirements for Pilots, Vessel Masters, and Commercial Drivers Vary. GAO-08-421R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08421r.pdf

· Visa Waiver Program: Limitations with Department of Homeland Security's Plan to Verify Departure of Foreign Nationals, by Jess T. Ford, director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security, Senate Committee on the Judiciary http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08458t.pdf

Heritage Foundation

· Federal Spending by the Numbers 2008 http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/upload/FederalSpendingByTheNumbers2008.pdf

· The FY 2009 Defense Budget Request: The Growing Gap in Defense Spending http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2110.pdf

· Russia's Presidential Elections: Management Reshuffle for "Russia Inc." http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1825.pdf

· U.S.-Czech Agreement Is a Model for Visa Reform http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm1828.cfm?renderforprint=1

· Understanding the Democracy Deficit at the U.N.: The G-77, Non-Aligned Movement, and Organization of the Islamic Conference http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/upload/hl_1061.pdf

Human Rights Watch

· Chronology of Hu Jia’s Case http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/26/china18149.htm

Institute for Science and International Security

· ISIS Issue Brief: IAEA Iran Latest--A Balanced Safeguards Report· http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/ISISIssueBriefIran22Feb2008.pdf

· Presidential Candidates on Iran's Nuclear Program http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/PresidentialCandidatesonIran.pdf

International Crisis Group

· Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah’s Publishing Industry http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_east_asia/147_indonesia__jemaah_islamiyah_s_publishing_industry.pdf

Jamestown Foundation

· Turkey and Northern Iraq: An Overview http://www.jamestown.org/docs/Jamestown-JenkinsTurkeyNIraq.pdf

· U.S.-Turkish Relations: A Strategic Relationship Under Stress http://www.jamestown.org/docs/Jamestown-DalyUSTurkey.pdf

National Defense University

Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ) 2nd qrt 2008 issue #49
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Press/jfq_pages/i49.htm

· Military Culture and Transformation By Michael B. Siegl

· Sourcing Perception Warriors By C. Glenn Ayers and James R. Orbock

· The Challenge That Is USAFRICOM By Isaac Kfir

· Developing National Security Professionals By John W. Yaeger

· Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: An Open Source Analysis By Matthew M. Frick

· Hizballah Rising: Iran’s Proxy Warriors By Shannon W. Caudill

· America’s Air Force: The Nation’s Guardian By T. Michael Moseley

· MV–22B Osprey: A Strategic Leap Forward By Glenn M. Walters

· Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Decisive in Battle By Jeffrey Kappenman

· A Strategy Based on Faith: The Enduring Appeal of Progressive American Airpower By Mark Clodfelter

· Shaping the Joint Fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace By C. Robert Kehler

· Strategic Air Mobility and Global Power Projection Arthur J. Lichte

· Domain Expertise and Command and Control By Raymond E. Johns, Jr., and Bruce Hanessian

· Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Taking Strategy to Task By David A. Deptula

· Data Transparency: Empowering Decisionmakers By Michael W. Peterson

· Aerial Partners in Arms By Benjamin S. Lambeth

· The Joint STARS Challenge By Price T. Bingham

· Spacepower in the 21st Century By Charles D. Lutes

· A Deeper Shade of Blue: The School of Advanced Air and Space Studies By Stephen D. Chiabotti

· The Next Horizon: Building a Viable Force By John A.Bradley, Gary L. Crone, and David W. Hembroff

National Security Archive

· "Prevent the Reemergence of a New Rival" -- The Making of the Cheney Regional Defense Strategy, 1991-1992 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb245/index.htm

· White House Ignored Repeated Warnings That E-mails Were at Risk http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20080226/index.htm

Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security

· The Soviet Threat to Sweden during the Cold War http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collections/colltopic.cfm?lng=en&id=46465&nav1=1&nav2=6&nav3=12

Strategic Studies Institute

· Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB841.pdf

· The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB842.pdf

Rand

· Women and Nation-Building http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG579.pdf

US Army

· 2008 Army Posture Statement http://www.army.mil/aps/08/index.html

· Operations [Field Manual FM 3-0] http://downloads.army.mil/fm3-0/FM3-0.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Beyond Rhetoric: Hizballah Threats after the Mughniyeh Assassination http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2723

· A Mutual Enemy: U.S.-Turkish-Iraqi Cooperation against the PKK http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2722

· U.S. Financial Pressure on Terrorists and Rogue Regimes: Featuring Patrick O'Brien http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/html/pdf/20080227OBrienSpeech.pdf

REPORT - China's military power

Based FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 1202) DoD is required to submit a report "...on the current and future military strategy of the People's Republic of China. The report shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological development on the People's Liberation Army and the tenets and probable development of Chinese grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy, and of the military organizations and operational concepts, through the next 20 years."

The 2008 DoD Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's
Republic of China was released today.

Previous reports can be found at
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/china.html