Friday's Miscellany 03-28-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· Economic Integration and Incipient Democracy http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27707/pub_detail.asp

· What France Does Best at Counterterrorism http://american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/what-france-does-best

Amnesty International

· Carnage and Despair in Iraq http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/carnage-and-despair-iraq-20080317

BASIC

· Iran Update, No. 115 http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080326.htm

Brookings Institution

· In Battling Terrorism, the French Excel http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0325_terrorism_shapiro.aspx

· Iraq and Vietnam – Differences and Similarities http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0321_iraq_vietnam_nessen.aspx

· Shaping Lebanon's Future http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/0319_lebanon_saab.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.–China Cooperation on Climate Change http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb57_chandler_final.pdf

CATO

· The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-613.pdf

Center for a New American Security

· The Case for Conditional Engagement in Iraq http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/1888/CNAS%20Memo%20Conditional%20Engagement%20Iraq%20Mar%202008.pdf

· Sustainable Security: Developing a Security Strategy for the Long Haul http://www.cnas.org/en/cms/?1924

Center for Security Policy

· Disarmed in the War of Ideas http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

· Chavez's early ties with the FARC and ELN http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

· A Cooperative Strategy for the 21st Century Seapower http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/B.20080326.A_Cooperative_Stra/B.20080326.A_Cooperative_Stra.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies

· Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080311-hicks-invigoratingdef4web.pdf

· The Iraq War After Five Years: The Surge, Current Status, and Military Lessons http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080317_5_year_iraq_war_final.pdf

· Overcoming Extremism Conference Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080321_overcomingextremismconfreport.pdf

· The Role of Airpower in the Iraq and Afghan Wars http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080318_afgh-iraqairbrief.pdf

· Security Challenges and Threats in the Gulf: A Net Assessment http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080324_gulfthreatanalysis.new.pdf

· A Steep Hill: Congress and U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Fragile States http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-steephill.pdf

Combat Studies Institute

· We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/CSIpubs.asp#LongWar

CTC Sentinel

March 2008, v. 1, no. 4 http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss4.pdf

· Jihad After Iraq: Lessons from the Arab Afghans Phenomenon By Mohammed M. Hafez

· Combating Terrorist Financing at the Agency and Interagency Levels By Dennis Lormel

· Lessons Learned from the September 2007 German Terrorist Plot By Petter Nesser

· Mapping the Factional Structure of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq By Michael Gabbay

· Jihadists Target the American Dream By Brian Fishman

· The Growth of Militant Islamist Micro-Diaspora Communities: Observations from Spain By Kathryn Haahr

· Drawing the Right Lessons from Israel's War with Hizb Allah By Andrew Exum

· Guest Commentary: Benazir Bhutto's Doomed Return to Pakistan By James R. Ellis, Lt. Gen. U.S. Army (Ret.)

EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

· Policy Brief, no. 1 - Missile Defence in Europe: The Political and Security Dimensions http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/policyBrief_001.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute

· The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200803.jones.revolutiontextmessaging.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Defense Contracting: Army Case Study Delineates Concerns with Use of Contractors as Contract Specialists http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08360.pdf

· Defense Space Activities: National Security Space Strategy Needed to Guide Future DOD Space Efforts http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08431r.pdf

· DOD Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Related to the Quality and Timeliness of Clearances http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08580r.pdf

Heritage Foundation

· The Bucharest NATO Summit: Washington and London Must Not Give in to French Demands. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/wm_1863.pdf

· U.S. Africa Command: Challenges and Opportunities http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2118.pdf

· Iraq Five Years On: The Coalition Is Winning the War Against Al-Qaeda http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1860.pdf

· Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating America's Strategic Communications Policy http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/hl_1065.pdf

Human Rights Watch

· Adults Before Their Time: Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudicrd0308/saudicrd0308webwcover.pdf

· All Over Again: Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0308/zimbabwe0308web.pdf

· Ballots to Bullets: Organized Political Violence and Kenya's Crisis of Governance http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0308/kenya0308webwcover.pdf

· Precarious Justice: Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trials in the Deficient Criminal Justice System of Saudi Arabia. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudijustice0308/saudijustice0308webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group

· Azerbaijan: Independent Islam and the State http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5351&l=1

· Kosovo's First Month http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/europe/balkans/b47_kosovo_first_month.pdf

· Ruling Palestine I: Gaza Under Hamas http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/73_ruling_palestine_gaza_under_hamas.pdf

Lexington Institute

· Containing Iran: A Role for America's Navy http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1244.shtml

Oxfam International

· Falling Short: Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan http://www.oxfam.org/en/files/ACBAR_aid_effectiveness_paper_0803.pdf/download

RAND

· Brain Korea 21 Phase II: A New Evaluation Model [English] http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG711.pdf

· Brain Korea 21 Phase II: A New Evaluation Model [Korean] http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG711.1.pdf

· The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP183.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

· Building for the Future: China's Progress in Space Technology during the Tenth 5-Year Plan and the U.S. Response http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB852.pdf

· Projecting Pyongyang: The Future of North Korea's Kim Jong Il Regime http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB844.pdf

· Security Sector Reform in Liberia: Mixed Results from Humble Beginnings http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB855.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· The Damascus Arab Summit: Arab Divisions Ensure Modest Achievements http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2736

· The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternative Strategies http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2735

· Kuwait's New Political Crisis: Can Democracy Trump Sectarianism? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2734

· Small Island, Big Issues: Bahrain's King Visits Washington http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2733

· The Gaza Challenge. Washington Institute for Near East Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2732

· Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2731

Friday's Miscellany 03-21-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· Strengthening Freedom in Asia: A Twenty-First-Century Agenda for the U.S.-Taiwan Partnership http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27559/pub_detail.asp

Boeing Company

· Fuel Consumption Analysis of the Boeing 767-200ER and Airbus 330-200 in Commercial Service when operated at High Take-off Gross Weight with Oil at $100 and $125 per Barrel http://www.boeing.com/ids/globaltanker/files/FuelConsReport.pdf

Brookings Institution

· How the Iraq War Has Empowered Iran http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0321_iraq_maloney.aspx

· Iraq: Winners and Losers at Five Years http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0320_iraq_riedel.aspx

· The Iraq War: Was It Worth It? http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0319_iraq_gordon.aspx

· A Political and Diplomatic Surge for Iraq http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0320_issues_pascual.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· The Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=1107&&prog=zgp&proj=zme,zusr

· Iranian Elections http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=1105&&prog=zgp&proj=zme

· Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/sadjadpour_iran_final2.pdf

Center for Defense Information

· The Small Arms Trade in Latin America http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/Small_Arms_Latin_America.pdf

Center for Security Policy

· Iranian Entanglements http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· Sirens in the Strait http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· The Truth About Saddam and Terrorism http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080311-hicks-invigoratingdef4web.pdf

· The Iraq War After Five Years: The Surge, Current Status, and Military Lessons http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080317_5_year_iraq_war_final.pdf

· Overcoming Extremism Conference Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080321_overcomingextremismconfreport.pdf

· Responding to Catastrophes : U.S. Innovation in a Vulnerable World http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-catastrophes.pdf

· The Role of Airpower in the Iraq and Afghan Wars http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080318_afgh-iraqairbrief.pdf

· A Steep Hill: Congress and U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Fragile States http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-steephill.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9043&type=1

· An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8990&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Cook: No Likelihood of U.S. Breaking with Israel on Hamas Talks http://www.cfr.org/publication/15766/talking_to_hamas.html?breadcrumb=%2F
• The Iraq War: Five Years On http://www.cfr.org/publication/15756/iraq_war.html?breadcrumb=%2F
• The Long Road in Iraq http://www.cfr.org/publication/15726/long_road_in_iraq.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Defense

· 2006 Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members http://www.sapr.mil/contents/references/WGRA_OverviewReport.pdf

· Department of Defense

· Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the U.S. Military Service Academies: Academic Program Year 2006-2007 http://www.sapr.mil/contents/news/CurrentNewsletter/Academy%20Report%2012-7-07.pdf

· FY07 Report on Sexual Assault in the Military http://www.sapr.mil/contents/references/2007%20Annual%20Report.pdf

Department of Energy Inspector General (DOE IG)

· The Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process at the Department of Energy http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/IG-0778.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Aviation and the Environment: FAA's and NASA's Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08384.pdf

· Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program Is Short of Meeting Goals http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08448.pdf

· Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08557r.pdf

· Intellectual Property: Federal Enforcement Has Generally Increased, but Assessing Performance Could Strengthen Law Enforcement Efforts http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08157.pdf

· The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: January 2008 Update http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08591r.pdf

Heritage Foundation

· China's Expanding Global Influence: Foreign Policy Goals, Practices, and Tools http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/tst032008.cfm

· Economic Freedom Underpins Human Rights and Democratic Governance http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/wm1861.cfm

· Finland's Rational Approach to Nuclear Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg2117.cfm

· Iraq Five Years On: The Coalition Is Winning the War Against Al-Qaeda http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/wm1860.cfm

· Supporting Our South Korean Ally and Enhancing Defense Cooperation http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1859.cfm

· U.S. Africa Command: Challenges and Opportunities http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2118.cfm

· With Repression in Tibet, Rethink Olympics http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1858.cfm

Human Rights Watch

· Ballots to Bullets : Organized Political Violence and Kenya's Crisis of Governance http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0308/kenya0308web.pdf

· All Over Again : Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0308/zimbabwe0308web.pdf

Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Iraqi Perspectives Project; Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents [redacted version] vols. 1-5 http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/iraqi/index.html

International Committee of the Red Cross

· "Iraq: No Let-Up in the Humanitarian Crisis" (March 2008) may be read at http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-report-170308/$file/ICRC-Iraq-report-0308-eng.pdf

International Crisis Watch

· Kosovo's First Month http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5335

· Ruling Palestine I: Gaza Under Hamas http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5341

· Zimbabwe: Prospects from a Flawed Election http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5347

International Relations and Security Network

· Iran: A New balance of forces http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18777

· Kuwait Struggles for Balance http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18782

· The Legacy of Gandhi: A 21st Century Perspective http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=46799

· (Maybe) denuclearizing North Korea http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18773

Lexington Institute

· Economic Security: A Decade of Decline http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1242.shtml

National Security Archive

· FOI in Practice: Analysis of the Mexican FOI System http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/mexico/index.html

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

· Public Attitudes Toward the War in Iraq: 2003-2008 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/770/iraq-war-five-year-anniversary

· Public Still Faults Government Care for Troops http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=404

RAND

· Analyzing Contingency Contracting Purchases for Operation Iraqi Freedom (Unrestricted Version) http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG559.1.pdf

· Leader Development in Army Units: Views from the Field http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG648.pdf

· Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing: Developing U.S. Civilian Personnel Capabilities http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG580.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

· The Political Context Behind Successful Revolutionary Movements, Three Case Studies: Vietnam (1955-63), Algeria (1945-62), and Nicaragua (1967-79) http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=851

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Cheney's Middle East Trip: Iran Tops a Weighty Agenda http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2730

· The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternate Strategies http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=392

· Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2731

Friday's Miscellany 03-14-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Oh, Brother! Another Castro Clings to Power in Cuba. http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.27637/pub_detail.asp
· What Lies "Beyond Goldwater-Nichols"? http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27641,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

American Security Project
· Are We Winning? An Interim Report http://americansecurityproject.org/are_we_winning_interim_report

Brookings Institution
· Resurrecting the Test-Ban Treaty http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2008/03_arms_control_ohanlon/03_arms_control_ohanlon.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/sadjadpour_iran_final2.pdf

Center for Defense Information
· Afghanistan Update: Feb. 1-29, 2008 http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4233&from_page=../index.cfm

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
· The Economic Impact of a US Slowdown on the Americas http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=48182

Center for Security Policy
· Vice President Fallon? http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
· Risk Management in Security Policy http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=48407

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080311-hicks-invigoratingdef4web.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Health Care: Capturing the Opportunity in the Nation's Core Fiscal Challenge http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9054&type=1
· The Long-Term Budgetary Effects of Three Specified Policy Scenarios http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9042&type=1
· Testimony on Current and Projected Navy Shipbuilding Programs http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9045&type=1

Department of Defense
· Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq [March 2008] http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Master%20%20Mar08%20-%20final%20signed.pdf
· Tenth Quadrennial Review Of Military Compensation http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/docs/Tenth_QRMC_Feb2008_Vol%20I.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· Potable and Nonpotable Water in Iraq http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/FY08/08-060.pdf

Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJIG)
· A Review of the FBI’s Use of National Security Letters: Assessment of Corrective Actions and Examination of NSL Usage in 2006 http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0803b/final.pdf

Department of the Army
· 2007 Army Modernization Plan http://www.army.mil/institution/leaders/modplan/
· How the Army Runs: A Senior Leader Reference Handbook 26th Edition 2007-2008 http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/dclm/htar2007.htm
· Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2008 EDITION) http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/mcm.pdf

Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
· Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence, Mr. Mike McConnell, Foreign Affairs Symposium at The Johns Hopkins University, March 12, 2008 http://odni.gov/speeches/20080312_speech.pdf
· Statement by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Regarding House FISA Proposal http://odni.gov/press_releases/20080311_statement.pdf

EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
· Chaillot Paper n°108 -- Ukraine: Quo Vadis? http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/cp108.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Acquisitions: 2009 Is a Critical Juncture for the Army's Future Combat System http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08408.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Significant Challenges Ahead in Developing and Demonstrating Future Combat System's Network and Software http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08409.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Additional Personal Conflict of Interest Safeguards Needed for Certain DOD Contractor Employees http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08169.pdf
· Defense Management: DOD Needs to Reexamine Its Extensive Reliance on Contractors and Continue to Improve Management and Oversight, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08572t.pdf
· Defense Management: Overarching Organizational Framework Needed to Guide and Oversee Energy Reduction Efforts for Military Operations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08426.pdf
· Defense Management: Overarching Organizational Framework Could Improve DOD's Management of Energy Reduction Efforts for Military Operations, by William M. Solis, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. March 13, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08523t.pdf
· Homeland Security: DHS Improved its Risk-Based Grant Programs' Allocation and Management Methods, But Measuring Programs' Impact on National Capabilities Remains a Challenge, by William O. Jenkins, Jr., director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Appropriations. March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08488t.pdf
· Information Security: Progress Reported, but Weaknesses at Federal Agencies Persist, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. March 12, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08571t.pdf
· Joint Strike Fighter: Impact of Recent Decisions on Program Risks, by Michael J. Sullivan, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittees on Air and Land Forces, and Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, House Committee on Armed Services. March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08569t.pdf
· Joint Strike Fighter: Recent Decisions by DOD Add to Program Risks http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08388.pdf
· "Making Tough Budget Choices to Create a Better Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, in Washington, D.C. March 12, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08604cg.pdf
· Presidential Signing Statements: Agency Implementation of Selected Provisions of Law, by Gary L. Kepplinger, general counsel, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08553t.pdf
· Privacy: Government Use of Data from Information Resellers Could Include Better Protections, by Linda D. Koontz, director, information management issues, before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08543t.pdf
· September 11: Fiscal Year 2008 Cost Estimation Process for World Trade Center Health Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08537r.pdf
· Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Needed to Address Inadequate Accountability over U.S. Efforts and Investments, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Appropriations. March 11, 2008 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08568t.pdf
· Status of Selected Aspects of the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08270r.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Britain: A Central Front in the War Against Islamist Terrorism http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/wm_1843.pdf
· FISA Modernization Is Not About "Warrantless Wiretapping" http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/upload/wm_1847.pdf
· Kenya's Stability Is an Important U.S. Priority http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/wm1852.cfm
· National Security Letters: Three Important Facts http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/wm1853.cfm
· Nuclear Games: A Tool for Examining Nuclear Stability in a Proliferated Setting. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/hl_1066.pdf
· Principles for Stability Operations and State-Building http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl1067.cfm
· Securing the High Seas: America's Global Maritime Constabulary Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/sr_20.pdf
· The Surge in Iraq: One Year Later http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl1068.cfm

House Armed Services Committee -- Panel on Roles and Missions
· Initial Perspectives http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/Reports/HASCRolesandMissionsPanelReport.pdf

Human Rights First
· Tortured Justice: Using Coerced Evidence to Prosecute Terrorist Suspects http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/08307-etn-tortured-justice-web.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· "One Year of My Blood": Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/china0308/china0308webwcover.pdf
· Thailand’s 'War on Drugs': International Harm Reduction Association and Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/03/12/thaila18278.htm

Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA)
· Iraqi Perspectives Project; Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents [redacted version] http://a.abcnews.com/images/pdf/Pentagon_Report_V1.pdf

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Combating Illicit Trafficking in Nuclear and other Radioactive Material http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/pub1309_web.pdf

International Crisis Watch
· Latin American Drugs I: Losing the Fight http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3337&tid=5327&type=pdf&l=1
· Latin American Drugs II: Improving Policy and Reducing Harm http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3338&tid=5328&type=pdf&l=1
· Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Beyond the Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/africa/horn_of_africa/b50_sudan_cpa_beyond_the_crisis.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· Colombia: Unintended Consequences http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18747
· Globalizing Private Military Training http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18754
· Letters from Somalia II http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18759
· Serbia: Kosovo or EU http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18737

Lexington Institute
· Boeing Fights Back: How It Plans to Prevail http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1240.shtml

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
· Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Report
o Main report - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/reports/2007_fisma_report.pdf
o Appendix A -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/reports/2007_fisma_appx-a.pdf
o Appendix B -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/reports/2007_fisma_appx-b.pdf

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
· Awareness of Iraq War Fatalities Plummets: Political Knowledge Update http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=401

RAND
· Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG626.pdf
· Modernizing the North Korean System: Objectives, Method, and Application http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG710.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· Drug Intoxicated Irregular Fighters: Complications, Dangers, and Responses http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB850.pdf
· Opportunities for Engaging Minorities http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB857.pdf
· Security Sector Reform in Liberia: Mixed Results from Humble Beginnings http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB855.pdf

Terrorism Research Initiative
· Perspectives on Terrorism, March 2008 vol. 2, no. 5
· http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/
· PDF of journal issue http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=7&Itemid=68
o Who Becomes a Terrorist Today? By Scott Atran
o De-Radicalization of Jihad?: The Impact of Egyptian Islamist Revisionists on Al-Qaeda By Omar Ashour
o Creating Frankensteins: The Taliban Movement of Pakistan By Irm Haleem

UN General Assembly and Security Council
· Afghanistan’s political transition faces serious challenges – UN report http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25914&Cr=afghan&Cr1=
· The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2008/159

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
· Civil-Military Guidelines & Reference for Complex Emergencies http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/ASIN-7CHT7T?OpenDocument

US Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
· On Learning: The Future of Air Force Education and Training http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080130-066.pdf

US Air Force Cyber Command
· Air Force Cyber Command Strategic Vision http://www.afcyber.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080303-054.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Fayad's Reform Plan: Difficulties and Political Implications http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2729
· Weapon of Terror: Development and Impact of the Qassam Rocket http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2728

Iraqi Perspectives Project Saddam and Terrorism

A copy of the redacted version of the report that DOD decided not to release is available –
Iraqi Perspectives Project Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents
Volume 1 (Redacted)
http://a.abcnews.com/images/pdf/Pentagon_Report_V1.pdf

The related article “Report Shows No Link Between Saddam and al Qaeda is available http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2008/03/report-shows-no.html All the volumes are also now available to http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/iraqi/index.html

Tenth Quadrennial Review Of Military Compensation Released

The Tenth Quadrennial Review Of Military Compensation has been released. The link for the first volume of the current report is http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/docs/Tenth_QRMC_Feb2008_Vol%20I.pdf. Future volumes of this report will be released later this year and will be available at http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/reports.html

The previous report [9^th] is available at http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/qrmc/

Earlier ones can be found in the DTIC STINET database http://stinet.dtic.mil/

REPORT -- Qrtly report on Iraq

The latest [March 2008] quarterly report on "Measuring Stability and
Security in Iraq" has been released. Previous reports can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/Iraq_Reports/index.html

According to the press release, "The latest quarterly report on the
situation in Iraq notes continued security improvements and limited but
important political, economic and diplomatic progress that must expand
to preserve fragile security gains." It also notes that violence is
down ...." Deaths from ethno-sectarian violence are down 90 percent, and
civilian and coalition deaths by more than 70 percent since the June
report.

REPORT: House Armed Services Roles and Missions report

The House Armed Services Committee has released its Panel on Roles and Missions “Initial Perspectives” report. The report can be found at http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/Reports/HASCRolesandMissionsPanelReport.pdf The press release can be found at http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/press/armedsvc_dem/RMrelease030708.shtml

Chaired by Representative Jim Cooper, the Panel was established in 2007 to review the roles and missions of the military services. As noted in the report:

“This Panel’s Report does not attempt to give full answers – and certainly not legislative ones – to these categories of problems, but to begin examining several ideas for removing or reducing a number of policy impediments. Many of these ideas will be unpopular with the Pentagon, White House, or within Congress, just as the now-famous Goldwater-Nichols reforms faced strong opposition before 1986. Some of these ideas in this Report deserve strong opposition. But the job of the Panel was to break some ground and plant a few seeds. By your reaction, you can help decide which ones deserve to grow, and offer new ones that should have been planted.”

Major chapters headers are:

• Reform is Hard
• Clarifying Roles and Missions
• Confounding Roles and Missions
• Understanding Our Adversaries
• Better Interagency Coordination
• Preparing for Future Missions
• Failing Jointness