American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
· Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity: Chilling Muslim Charitable Giving in the 'War on Terrorism Financing
Amnesty International
· Amnesty International Report 2009
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
· Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent
Brookings Institution
· Internal Displacement in Iraq: The Process of Working toward Durable Solutions
· North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests and the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go From Here?
· Pakistani Displacement: Lessons Learned from Other Mass Displacement Situations
· The States of Iraq and Afghanistan
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Bilateral and Regional Issues in U.S.–Egyptian Relations
· The Case for a Collective Security Organization in the Gulf
· Islamists and the West: Time for a Common Vision?
· Rising Social Distress: The Case of Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan
· The Tunisian Elite and U.S. “Democratic Reform Policy”
· The United States' Challenges in the Middle East: Arab Perspectives
· The United States, Morocco and the Western Sahara Dispute
· U.S. Aid to Egypt: The Current Situation and Future Prospects
· U.S.–Algerian Security Cooperation and the War on Terror
· Uneven Crisis in Africa
CATO
· Massachusetts Miracle or Massachusetts Miserable: What the Failure of the "Massachusetts Model" Tells Us about Health Care Reform
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
Center for American Progress
· The Power of Justice: Applying International Human Rights Standards to American Domestic Practices
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
· Repealing REAL ID? Rolling Back Driver's License Security
James Martin Center For Nonproliferation Studies
· Letter to Congress: U.S. Production of Mo-99 for Medical Radioisotopes
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Commentary: America's Most Important Agreement Today
· Commentary: The Election: Iran as Usual?
· Commentary: Georgia-Why We Should Be Watching
· Issues & Insights Vol. 09 - No. 09 - June 2009
*Relations at Sea: The U.S.-Japan Alliance on the Oceans
· Issues & Insights Vol. 09 - No. 10 - June 2009
*The Guillotine: Japan’s Demographic Transformation and its Security Implications
· Observations From a Visit to Iraq: Memorandum to General Odierno
· U.S. Engagement in International Tobacco Control
Centre for European Reform (CER)
· Obama, Russia and Europe
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill, and Injured
Century Foundation
· The China-Russia Relationship: What It Involves, Where It Is Headed, How It Matters for the United States
· Iran Election Bulletin, Volume 1, No. 8
*Iran’s Militias Could Tip Election in Ahmadinejad’s Favor
*Political Factionalism in Iran’s Guards and Militias
*Iran’s Presidential Election Day Primer
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
*H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes [June 16, 2009]
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Exploring the Nature of Uighur Nationalism: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
· North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests and the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go from Here?
· Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administration's Policies in Europe · TV Marti: A Station in Search of an Audience?
· U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico: Report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· The Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009
Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
· Advancing Technology for Nuclear Fuel Recycling: What Should Our Research, Development and Demonstration Strategy Be?
· Continuing Independent Assessment of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
Congress. Senate. Armed Services
· Army Modernization and Management of the Future Combat Systems Program in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years
· Ballistic Missile Defense Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· Military Construction, Environmental, and Base Closure Programs in the Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010
· Navy Shipbuilding Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· U.S. Special Operations Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation
· Aviation Safety: The Role and Responsibility of Commercial Air Carriers and Employees
· The Consumer Wireless Experience
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
· Examining State Business Incorporation Practices: A Discussion of the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act
· Protecting Our Employees: Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and the Federal Workforce
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2010
· Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-Term Growth?
· Health Care Reform and the Federal Budget
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Coping with Pyongyang: Regional Diplomacy Still Vital
· Funding the U.S. Counterinsurgency Wars
· Netanyahu Speech Aimed to Ease U.S. Relations, Unlikely to Assuage Palestinians
· Parsing Iran's 'Momentous' Internal Drama
· Presidential Power in Iran
· Realigning Pakistan's Security Forces
· Strengthening South Korean Ties
Department of Defense Inspector General
· D-2009-074 Review of Defense Contract Management Agency Support of the C-130J Aircraft Program
Department of Homeland Security
· Apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol: 2005-2008
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-79 - The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program
· OIG-09-72 - Independent Auditor's Report on Auditability Assessment of the Department of Homeland Security's Statement of Budgetary Resources
· OIG-09-71 - FEMA Policy Relating to Coastal Velocity Zones
· OIG-09-70 - Challenges Facing FEMA's Disaster Contract Management
· OIG-09-69 - TSA's Role in General Aviation Security
Department of Justice
· Highlights of the 2007 National Youth Gang Survey
Department of the Navy
· OPNAVNST 1414.12 Naval Intelligence Professional Qualification
· OPNAVINST 1414.9B Naval Intelligence Officer Professional Qualification Program
Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Putting Together the North Korea Puzzle
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Broadcasting to Cuba: Observations Regarding TV Marti's Strategy and Operations, GAO-09-758T [testimony]
· CBP Could Improve Its Estimation of Funding Needed for New Border Patrol Agents, GAO-09-542R
· Defense Acquisitions: Issues to be Considered for Army's Modernization of Combat Systems, GAO-09-793T [testimony]
· Defense Exports: Foreign Military Sales Program Needs Better Controls for Exported Items and Information for Oversight, GAO-09-454
· Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges, GAO-09-709
· Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges, GAO-09-781T [testimony]
· Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Disaster Assistance: FEMA Strengthened Its Fraud Prevention Controls, but Customer Service Needs Improvement, GAO-09-671
· Identity Theft: Governments Have Acted to Protect Personally Identifiable Information, but Vulnerabilities Remain, GAO-09-759T [testimony]
· Influenza Pandemic: Greater Agency Accountability Needed to Protect Federal Workers in the Event of a Pandemic, GAO-09-783T [testimony]
· Influenza Pandemic: Increased Agency Accountability Could Help Protect Federal Employees Serving the Public in the Event of a Pandemic, GAO-09-404
· International Trade: Observations on U.S. Government Efforts to Address Textile Transshipment, GAO-09-813T [testimony]
· Military Pay: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service--Indianapolis Could Improve Control Activities over Its Processing of Active Duty Army Military Personnel Federal Payroll Taxes, GAO-09-557R · Military Training: DOD Needs a Strategic Plan and Better Inventory and Requirements Data to Guide Development of Language Skills and Regional Proficiency, GAO-09-568
· NASA: Commercial Partners Are Making Progress, but Face Aggressive Schedules to Demonstrate Critical Space Station Cargo Transport Capabilities, GAO-09-618
· Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: With Costs Increasing and Data Continuity at Risk, Improvements Needed in Tri-agency Decision Making, GAO-09-564
· Polar-Orbiting Satellites: With Costs Increasing and Data Continuity at Risk, Improvements Needed in Tri-agency Decision Making, GAO-09-772T [testimony]
· Technology Transfer: Clearer Priorities and Greater Use of Innovative Approaches Could Increase the Effectiveness of Technology Transfer at Department of Energy Laboratories, GAO-09-548
· Troubled Asset Relief Program: June 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, GAO-09-658 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09658.pdf
· Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for October 28, 2008, through May 29, 2009, and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and Interagency Agreements Awarded as of June 1, 2009 (GAO-09-707SP, June 2009), an e-supplement to GAO-09-658
Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council
· Responding to Gang, Crew and Youth Violence in the District of Columbia: A Blueprint for Action
Heritage Foundation
· Improving U.S. Competitiveness with K-12 STEM Education and Training
· The Iranian Elections and Public Diplomacy 2.0: A Tale of Untapped Potential
· KORUS FTA Strengthens the U.S. Economy and Alliance with Korea
· The FY 2010 Defense Budget Request: Prelude to Another Procurement Holiday?
· The NATO First Act Would Advance Transatlantic Security
· Nuclear Energy Renaissance: Global Supply Chain Critical
· Obama Administration Must Speak Out Against Iran's Clenched Fist
· Obama's 2010 Defense Budget: Top Five Worst Choices for National Security
· The Obama-Berlusconi White House Meeting: Advancing U.S.-Italian Cooperation
· Rogue States and Rising Powers Continue to Pose a Strategic Risk to American Security
· The SAFETY Act: Obama Cyber Plans and the Private Sector
· U.S. Border Security: Realities and Challenges for the Obama Administration
Hudson Institute
· The Long-Term Fiscal Impact of Health Reform: Risks and Risk Management Options http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/20090612_JB_Kuttner_longterm_fiscal_impact_health_reform.pdf
Human Rights Watch
· Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation: Human Rights Abuses Affecting Migrants Living with HIV
· An Uncivil Approach to Civil Society: Continuing State Curbs on Independent NGOs and Activists in Russia
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· African Terrorism Bulletin, Issue 16
· ISS Paper 187: Negotiating the Convention on Cluster Munitions: The Role of African States
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
· Journal of Energy Security, June 2009
*China's Oil Supply Dependence
*Energy and High North Governance: Charting Uncertainty
*The US Department of Defense: Valuing Energy Security
*The Security Vulnerabilities of Smart Grid
*Iran-Pakistan Pipeline: Iran's New Economic Lifeline
*Europe's Chance to Face Up to Russia's Energy Bullying
International Crisis Group
· North Korea: Getting Back to Talks
· North Korea’s Chemical and Biological Weapons Programs
· North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Programs
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 17, June 18, 2009
*Reaction of the Afghan Taliban to the Pakistani Government's Offensive in Swat by Wahidullah Mohammad
*Libyan Islamists Back Away from al-Qaeda Merger in Reconciliation with Qaddafi Regime by Camille Tawil
*Weapons for Warlords: Arms Trafficking in the Gulf of Aden by Andrew Black
*Pakistani Government Offensive in Swat Heading for the Taliban of Waziristan by Mukhtar A. Khan
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
· Confronting the New Faces of Hate: Hate Crimes in America 2009
Lexington Institute
· Missile Defense Shift Puts Spotlight on Raytheon Solution
National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)
· Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat
National Defense University Library
· U.S. Relations with the Muslim World
National Security Archive
· Air Force Audit Finds Agency Lacks Basic Systems to Comply with the Freedom of Information Act
· Secret Sentry Declassified
New America Foundation
· Workers of the World
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· A Solution for Europe's Banking Problem
· US Interests and the International Monetary Fund
· Understanding Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)
Rockefeller Institute of Government
· Who's in Charge? Who Should Be? The Role of the Federal Government in Megadisasters: Based on Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
RAND
· Innovation Procurement: Part of the Solution
· Reconstruction Under Fire: Unifying Civil and Military Counterinsurgency
· Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: The SSET Program
Stimson Center
· Cairo: The Perfect Storm?
Strategic Studies Institute
· Challenge to Change: Developing Leaders for the Nonkinetic Fight
· China's Strategic Culture: A Perspective for the United States
· Guide to Rebuilding Governance in Stability Operations: A Role for the Military?
· Strategic Implications of Emerging Technologies
US Air Force
· Air Force Doctrine Document 2-12 - Nuclear Operations
US Global Change Research Program
· Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
US State Department
· Trafficking in Person Report 2009
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Defeating al-Qaeda and Neutralizing Its Support Network
· Iran's 'Election': What Happened? What Does It Mean?
· The Iranian Elections: Politics of the Supreme Leader vs. Power of the President
· Strategic Challenges in a Changing Middle East
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday's Miscellany 06-12-2009
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
• Russo-Iranian Relations from Iran's Perspective
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• The European Rhetoric of Distance
• Germany's Eastern Policy on the Eve of the 2009 National Elections
• The International Banking Crisis and Institutional Reforms
• Miracles are Possible - Or a Classic German Approach to the Current Crisis
• Obama's Opportunity: Defining Power and Purpose in U.S. Foreign Policy
Amnesty International
• Serbia: Burying the Past: Impunity for Enforced Disappearances and Abductions in Kosovo
• Sri Lanka: Twenty Years of Make-Believe: Sri Lanka’s Commissions of Inquiry
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
• Iran Update, no. 135, June 11, 2009
Brookings Institution
• Comparing Technology Innovation in the Private and Public Sectors
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: EU-U.S. Cooperation on Climate Change
• Internal Displacement in Iraq: The Process of Working Toward Durable Solutions
• Iran's Presidential Elections: A Surge of Reformists in Politics
• North Korea Collapse Scenarios
• Pakistan's Displaced Girls and Women—an Opportunity for Education
• Principles of Modern American Counterinsurgency: Evolution and Debate
• Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
• Developments in the Global Economy
• Saudi Arabia’s King Changes the Guard
CATO Institute
• The False Promise of Gleneagles: Misguided Priorities at the Heart of the New Push for African Development
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
• After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
• Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
• Beyond Bullets: Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
• Inside the Surge: One Commander’s Lessons in Counterinsurgency
• Natural Security
• No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
• The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security: Conference Proceedings and Final Recommendations
• Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
• CIP Report, June 2009, Issue 7.11
Center For Nonproliferation Studies
• Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education: An Essential Tool for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
Center for Security Policy
• Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Challenges to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in 2010
• Commentary: The Obama Speech: The Problem of Facts on the Ground
• Critical Questions: Kim Jong-il’s Successor: Prospects for the Future in North Korea
• Iran and the Challenges to Middle East Security
• U.S. Engagement in International Tobacco Control
Central Intelligence Agency FIOA
• Air America: Upholding the Airmen's Bond
Centre for European Reform
• The EU Should Do More to Support UN Peacekeeping in Africa
Commission on Wartime Contracting
• At What Cost? Contingency Contracting In Iraq and Afghanistan Interim Report to Congress
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
• Hearings
o H.R. 2647– To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY 10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY 10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
• The Future of the Grid: Proposals for Reforming National Transmission Policy
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
• Foreign Policy Implications of U.S. Efforts to Address the International Financial Crisis: TARP, TALF and the G-20 Plan
• Guatemala at a Crossroads
• The Uighurs: A History of Persecution
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
• The FY 2010 Budget for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard
• The FY 2010 Budget for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and the Transportation Security Administration
• The FY 2010 Budget for the Directorate for Science & Technology, the Office of Health Affairs, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
• The FY 2010 Budget for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
• Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout
Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
• Cyber Security R&D
• Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: R&D for Disaster Resilient Communities
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
• Tactical aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee
• The Blue Economy: The Role of the Oceans in our Nation’s Economic Future
• Aviation Safety: FAA’s Role in the Oversight of Air Carriers
Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee
• North Korea: Back at the Brink?
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
• Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Security Contracts at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul
• The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
• The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention'
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-Term Growth?
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change
• Presidential Power in Iran
Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2009-085 Contracting for Nontactical Vehicles in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom
• D-2009-086 Controls Over the Contractor Common Access Card Life Cycle in the Republic of Korea, June 9, 2009
Department of Homeland Security
• Refugees and Asylees: 2008
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• OIG-08-87 - Evaluation of DHS' Security Program and Practices For Its Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2008
• OIG-09-66 - DHS' Progress in Addressing Technical Security Challenges at Washington Dulles International Airport (Redacted)
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Update
• Department of Homeland Security PRISM
• Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure and Automatic Identification System to add the Notice of Arrival on the Outer Continental Shelf Update
Enough Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Sudan's Election Paradox
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
• From the Prisoners to the People: America’s Human Rights Policy toward China 20 Years after Tiananmen
• Ineffective, Unprofessional, and Corrupt: The Afghan National Police Challenge
• Iran: Looking Ahead to Reform?
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Improve Budgeting for Carryover at Army Ordnance, GAO-09-415
• Aviation and Climate Change: Aircraft Emissions Expected to Grow, but Technological and Operational Improvements and Government Policies Can Help Control Emissions, GAO-09-554
• Biomonitoring: EPA Needs to Coordinate Its Research Strategy and Clarify Its Authority to Obtain Biomonitoring Data, GAO-09-353
• Coast Guard: Administrative Law Judge Program Contains Elements Designed to Foster Judges' Independence and Mariner Protections Assessed Are Being Followed, GAO-09-489
• Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use Across the Military Services, GAO-09-585
• Environmental Contamination: Lessons Learned from the Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense and Military Munitions Sites, GAO-09-779T [testimony]
• EPA Chemical Assessments: Process Reforms Offer the Potential to Address Key Problems, GAO-09-774T [testimony]
• Federal Energy and Fleet Management: Plug-in Vehicles Offer Potential Benefits, but High Costs and Limited Information Could Hinder Integration into the Federal Fleet, GAO-09-493
• Nuclear and Worker Safety: Limited Information Exists on Costs and Reasons for Work Stoppages at DOE's Hanford Site, GAO-09-451
• Telecommunications: Broadband Deployment Plan Should Include Performance Goals and Measures to Guide Federal Investment, GAO-09-494
Heritage Foundation
• America's Air Force Is in the Fight
• The American Energy Act Puts Nuclear on the Fast Track
• The Confluence of Cyber Crime and Terrorism
• Durban II: Lessons for U.S. Engagement with the U.N. on Human Rights
• European Elections 2009: Rising Disillusionment with the EU
• Iran's Sham Election: Buying Votes with Potatoes
• Narco-Terrorism in Peru: The Return of Shining Path
• Visa Waiver Program: A Plan to Build on Success
Hudson Institute
• Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 8
o The Paradoxes of Shiism
o The Return of Political Mahdism
o The Arab Reception of Vilayat-e-Faqih
o Hezbollah's Agenda in Lebanon
o Hezbollah: A State Within a State
o The Shiite Turn in Syria
o Tashayu in Central Asia and Russia
• Economic Report
Human Rights Watch
• Together, Apart: Organizing around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Worldwide
Institute for Science and International Security
• IAEA report on Iran
• IAEA report on Syria
• ISIS Analysis of the February 19 IAEA Report on Iran
• ISIS Analysis of the February 19 IAEA Report on Syria
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• 04 Jun 2009: Somalia: Understanding Al-Shabaab, Paula Cristina Roque
International Energy Administration (IEA)
• Innovations in National Energy Efficiency Strategies and Action Plans
• Key World Energy Statistics 2008
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict in the Middle East
International Relations and Security Network
• Exporting Fijian Forces
• Gaddafi’s Grand Plan
• India's Status Quo Surprise
• Iran: Ahmadinejad's Palace Coup
• Mladic Machinations
Jamestown Foundation
• China Brief, v. 9, no. 12, June 12, 2009
o In a Fortnight by L.C. Russell Hsiao
o Beijing Mulling Tougher Tactics Against Pyongyang by Willy Lam
o Sea of Blood, Year of Friendship: China-North Korean Relations in 2009 by John J. Tkacik, Jr. o Sri Lanka: Beijing’s Growing Foothold in the Indian Ocean by Vijay Sakhuja
o China’s SSBN Forces: Transitioning to the Next Generation by Andrew S. Erickson and Michael S. Chase
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 16, June 12, 2009
o Al-Qaeda in Yemen Supports Southern Secession by Abdul Hameed Bakier
o Sunni Terrorists Strike Shi'a Mosque in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan Province by Bernd Kaussler o Hezbollah in Egypt: The Politics of Conspiracy and Resistance by Chris Zambelis
o Are the Afghan Taliban Using Tajikistan's Islamist Militants to Pressure Dushanbe on NATO Supply Routes? by Andrew McGregor
Law Library of Congress
• Congressional Access to National Security Information: Precedents from the Washington Administration
Lexington Institute
• Homeland Security Should Deploy Bio-Sensors Now
• Japan & F-22: Why Not Reward a Reliable Ally?
National Academies Press (NAP)
• Optimizing U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense Review of Air Force Acquisitions Programs [Free download but registration required]
• Russian Views on Countering Terrorism During Eight Years of Dialogue: Extracts from Proceedings of Four Workshops [Free download but registration required]
National Security Archive
• The Secrecy Court of Last Resort: New Declassification Releases by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP)
New America Foundation
• Recalibrating U.S.-China
RAND
• The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment
• Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
• Fighter Drawdown Dynamics: Effects on Aircrew Inventories
• The PLA Navy's "New Historic Missions": Expanding Capabilities for a Re-emergent Maritime Power [testimony]
Small Wars Journal
• Adapting the British Light Infantry Section and Platoon Structure for the Contemporary and Future Operating Environment
• Thoughts on Advising Iraqi Security Forces Using an Organized Development Approach
• Winning Damaged Hearts and Minds: An Irregular Warfare Concept
Stanley Foundation
• At the World’s Summit: How Will Leading Nations Lead?
Stimson Center
• President Obama and a New Beginning in Cairo
Strategic Studies Institute
• Arrowhead Ripper: Adaptive Leadership in Full Spectrum Operations
• Strategic Decapitation and Counterinsurgency
UK Parliament
• War and Peace in Sri Lanka
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
• PeaceWatch June 2009
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Hizballah Campaigns at Home, Exposed Abroad
• Moroccan Elections Unlikely to Upset Status Quo
• Political Power and Social Conservatism in Turkey
• Renewal of Allegiance: Presidential Elections in Iran
• Rule of Law Is Key to Future Israel-Syria Peacemaking
• The Voting Manipulation Industry in Iran
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
• The True Cost of Wildfire in the Western U.S.
World Political Review (WPR)
• Gangs and the New Insurgency in Latin America
• Mexico's Drug War Turns Political
• Naval Standoff Between Indonesia, Malaysia
• Philippine Military Grabs Upper Hand in Mindanao
• U.S.-Backed Majority Holds On to Power in Lebanon
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
• Tunnels, Guns and Kimchi: North Korea’s Quest for Dollars – Part I
• Tunnels, Guns and Kimchi: North Korea’s Quest for Dollars – Part II
• War by Other Means: Econo-Jihad
• Russo-Iranian Relations from Iran's Perspective
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• The European Rhetoric of Distance
• Germany's Eastern Policy on the Eve of the 2009 National Elections
• The International Banking Crisis and Institutional Reforms
• Miracles are Possible - Or a Classic German Approach to the Current Crisis
• Obama's Opportunity: Defining Power and Purpose in U.S. Foreign Policy
Amnesty International
• Serbia: Burying the Past: Impunity for Enforced Disappearances and Abductions in Kosovo
• Sri Lanka: Twenty Years of Make-Believe: Sri Lanka’s Commissions of Inquiry
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
• Iran Update, no. 135, June 11, 2009
Brookings Institution
• Comparing Technology Innovation in the Private and Public Sectors
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: EU-U.S. Cooperation on Climate Change
• Internal Displacement in Iraq: The Process of Working Toward Durable Solutions
• Iran's Presidential Elections: A Surge of Reformists in Politics
• North Korea Collapse Scenarios
• Pakistan's Displaced Girls and Women—an Opportunity for Education
• Principles of Modern American Counterinsurgency: Evolution and Debate
• Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
• Developments in the Global Economy
• Saudi Arabia’s King Changes the Guard
CATO Institute
• The False Promise of Gleneagles: Misguided Priorities at the Heart of the New Push for African Development
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
• After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
• Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
• Beyond Bullets: Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
• Inside the Surge: One Commander’s Lessons in Counterinsurgency
• Natural Security
• No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
• The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security: Conference Proceedings and Final Recommendations
• Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
• CIP Report, June 2009, Issue 7.11
Center For Nonproliferation Studies
• Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education: An Essential Tool for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
Center for Security Policy
• Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Challenges to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in 2010
• Commentary: The Obama Speech: The Problem of Facts on the Ground
• Critical Questions: Kim Jong-il’s Successor: Prospects for the Future in North Korea
• Iran and the Challenges to Middle East Security
• U.S. Engagement in International Tobacco Control
Central Intelligence Agency FIOA
• Air America: Upholding the Airmen's Bond
Centre for European Reform
• The EU Should Do More to Support UN Peacekeeping in Africa
Commission on Wartime Contracting
• At What Cost? Contingency Contracting In Iraq and Afghanistan Interim Report to Congress
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
• Hearings
o H.R. 2647– To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 12, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY 10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
o H.R. 2647 – To authorize appropriations for FY 10 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for FY10, and for other purposes. [June 11, 2009]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
• The Future of the Grid: Proposals for Reforming National Transmission Policy
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
• Foreign Policy Implications of U.S. Efforts to Address the International Financial Crisis: TARP, TALF and the G-20 Plan
• Guatemala at a Crossroads
• The Uighurs: A History of Persecution
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
• The FY 2010 Budget for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard
• The FY 2010 Budget for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and the Transportation Security Administration
• The FY 2010 Budget for the Directorate for Science & Technology, the Office of Health Affairs, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
• The FY 2010 Budget for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
• Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout
Congress. House. Science and Technology Committee
• Cyber Security R&D
• Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: R&D for Disaster Resilient Communities
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
• Tactical aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Technology Committee
• The Blue Economy: The Role of the Oceans in our Nation’s Economic Future
• Aviation Safety: FAA’s Role in the Oversight of Air Carriers
Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee
• North Korea: Back at the Brink?
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
• Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Security Contracts at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul
• The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
• The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention'
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-Term Growth?
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change
• Presidential Power in Iran
Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2009-085 Contracting for Nontactical Vehicles in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom
• D-2009-086 Controls Over the Contractor Common Access Card Life Cycle in the Republic of Korea, June 9, 2009
Department of Homeland Security
• Refugees and Asylees: 2008
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• OIG-08-87 - Evaluation of DHS' Security Program and Practices For Its Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2008
• OIG-09-66 - DHS' Progress in Addressing Technical Security Challenges at Washington Dulles International Airport (Redacted)
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Update
• Department of Homeland Security PRISM
• Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure and Automatic Identification System to add the Notice of Arrival on the Outer Continental Shelf Update
Enough Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Sudan's Election Paradox
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
• From the Prisoners to the People: America’s Human Rights Policy toward China 20 Years after Tiananmen
• Ineffective, Unprofessional, and Corrupt: The Afghan National Police Challenge
• Iran: Looking Ahead to Reform?
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Improve Budgeting for Carryover at Army Ordnance, GAO-09-415
• Aviation and Climate Change: Aircraft Emissions Expected to Grow, but Technological and Operational Improvements and Government Policies Can Help Control Emissions, GAO-09-554
• Biomonitoring: EPA Needs to Coordinate Its Research Strategy and Clarify Its Authority to Obtain Biomonitoring Data, GAO-09-353
• Coast Guard: Administrative Law Judge Program Contains Elements Designed to Foster Judges' Independence and Mariner Protections Assessed Are Being Followed, GAO-09-489
• Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use Across the Military Services, GAO-09-585
• Environmental Contamination: Lessons Learned from the Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense and Military Munitions Sites, GAO-09-779T [testimony]
• EPA Chemical Assessments: Process Reforms Offer the Potential to Address Key Problems, GAO-09-774T [testimony]
• Federal Energy and Fleet Management: Plug-in Vehicles Offer Potential Benefits, but High Costs and Limited Information Could Hinder Integration into the Federal Fleet, GAO-09-493
• Nuclear and Worker Safety: Limited Information Exists on Costs and Reasons for Work Stoppages at DOE's Hanford Site, GAO-09-451
• Telecommunications: Broadband Deployment Plan Should Include Performance Goals and Measures to Guide Federal Investment, GAO-09-494
Heritage Foundation
• America's Air Force Is in the Fight
• The American Energy Act Puts Nuclear on the Fast Track
• The Confluence of Cyber Crime and Terrorism
• Durban II: Lessons for U.S. Engagement with the U.N. on Human Rights
• European Elections 2009: Rising Disillusionment with the EU
• Iran's Sham Election: Buying Votes with Potatoes
• Narco-Terrorism in Peru: The Return of Shining Path
• Visa Waiver Program: A Plan to Build on Success
Hudson Institute
• Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 8
o The Paradoxes of Shiism
o The Return of Political Mahdism
o The Arab Reception of Vilayat-e-Faqih
o Hezbollah's Agenda in Lebanon
o Hezbollah: A State Within a State
o The Shiite Turn in Syria
o Tashayu in Central Asia and Russia
• Economic Report
Human Rights Watch
• Together, Apart: Organizing around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Worldwide
Institute for Science and International Security
• IAEA report on Iran
• IAEA report on Syria
• ISIS Analysis of the February 19 IAEA Report on Iran
• ISIS Analysis of the February 19 IAEA Report on Syria
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
• 04 Jun 2009: Somalia: Understanding Al-Shabaab, Paula Cristina Roque
International Energy Administration (IEA)
• Innovations in National Energy Efficiency Strategies and Action Plans
• Key World Energy Statistics 2008
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict in the Middle East
International Relations and Security Network
• Exporting Fijian Forces
• Gaddafi’s Grand Plan
• India's Status Quo Surprise
• Iran: Ahmadinejad's Palace Coup
• Mladic Machinations
Jamestown Foundation
• China Brief, v. 9, no. 12, June 12, 2009
o In a Fortnight by L.C. Russell Hsiao
o Beijing Mulling Tougher Tactics Against Pyongyang by Willy Lam
o Sea of Blood, Year of Friendship: China-North Korean Relations in 2009 by John J. Tkacik, Jr. o Sri Lanka: Beijing’s Growing Foothold in the Indian Ocean by Vijay Sakhuja
o China’s SSBN Forces: Transitioning to the Next Generation by Andrew S. Erickson and Michael S. Chase
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 16, June 12, 2009
o Al-Qaeda in Yemen Supports Southern Secession by Abdul Hameed Bakier
o Sunni Terrorists Strike Shi'a Mosque in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan Province by Bernd Kaussler o Hezbollah in Egypt: The Politics of Conspiracy and Resistance by Chris Zambelis
o Are the Afghan Taliban Using Tajikistan's Islamist Militants to Pressure Dushanbe on NATO Supply Routes? by Andrew McGregor
Law Library of Congress
• Congressional Access to National Security Information: Precedents from the Washington Administration
Lexington Institute
• Homeland Security Should Deploy Bio-Sensors Now
• Japan & F-22: Why Not Reward a Reliable Ally?
National Academies Press (NAP)
• Optimizing U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense Review of Air Force Acquisitions Programs [Free download but registration required]
• Russian Views on Countering Terrorism During Eight Years of Dialogue: Extracts from Proceedings of Four Workshops [Free download but registration required]
National Security Archive
• The Secrecy Court of Last Resort: New Declassification Releases by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP)
New America Foundation
• Recalibrating U.S.-China
RAND
• The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment
• Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
• Fighter Drawdown Dynamics: Effects on Aircrew Inventories
• The PLA Navy's "New Historic Missions": Expanding Capabilities for a Re-emergent Maritime Power [testimony]
Small Wars Journal
• Adapting the British Light Infantry Section and Platoon Structure for the Contemporary and Future Operating Environment
• Thoughts on Advising Iraqi Security Forces Using an Organized Development Approach
• Winning Damaged Hearts and Minds: An Irregular Warfare Concept
Stanley Foundation
• At the World’s Summit: How Will Leading Nations Lead?
Stimson Center
• President Obama and a New Beginning in Cairo
Strategic Studies Institute
• Arrowhead Ripper: Adaptive Leadership in Full Spectrum Operations
• Strategic Decapitation and Counterinsurgency
UK Parliament
• War and Peace in Sri Lanka
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Justice Interrupted: Historical Perspectives on Promoting Democracy in the Middle East
• PeaceWatch June 2009
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Hizballah Campaigns at Home, Exposed Abroad
• Moroccan Elections Unlikely to Upset Status Quo
• Political Power and Social Conservatism in Turkey
• Renewal of Allegiance: Presidential Elections in Iran
• Rule of Law Is Key to Future Israel-Syria Peacemaking
• The Voting Manipulation Industry in Iran
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
• The True Cost of Wildfire in the Western U.S.
World Political Review (WPR)
• Gangs and the New Insurgency in Latin America
• Mexico's Drug War Turns Political
• Naval Standoff Between Indonesia, Malaysia
• Philippine Military Grabs Upper Hand in Mindanao
• U.S.-Backed Majority Holds On to Power in Lebanon
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
• Tunnels, Guns and Kimchi: North Korea’s Quest for Dollars – Part I
• Tunnels, Guns and Kimchi: North Korea’s Quest for Dollars – Part II
• War by Other Means: Econo-Jihad
Monday, June 8, 2009
Friday's Miscellany 06-05-2009
Air University
· Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2009, v. 3, no. 2
*Stay Out: Why Intervention Should Not Be America's Policy by James Wood Forsyth Jr. and Lt Col B. Chance Saltzman, USAF
*The Effects of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons on Civil-Military Relations in India by Ayesha Ray
*India's Military Aviation Market: Opportunities for the United States by Amit Gupta
*Saving Darfur: Seductive Analogies and the Limits of Airpower Coercion in Sudan by Lt Col Timothy Cullen, USAF
*Coercive Engagement: A Security Analysis of Iranian Support to Iraqi Shia Militias by Maj Christopher Forrest, USAF
*Using the Patriot Act to Turn North Korea's Dirt Money into a Bargaining Chip by Richard S. Tracey
Baker Institute for Public Policy
· Baker Institute Policy Report, April 2009, no. 38
*Developing the U.S. – Mexico Border Region for a Prosperous and Secure Relationship
· Latin America's Changing Energy Landscape
· What We're Thinking: Latin America's Changing Energy Landscape
Brookings Institution
· Change We Can Believe In? The Muslim World, America, and Obama's Promise
· China-Japan Tensions, 1995-2006: Why They Happened, What to Do
· Democracy Gaining Momentum in China
· International Volunteer Service: A Smart Way to Build Bridges
· Obama's Education Promise for the Muslim World—Rhetoric or Reality?
· The Potential Role of Entitlement or Budget Commissions in Addressing Long-term Budget Problems
· Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Arab Reform Bulletin, June 2009, v. 7, no. 5
*Lebanon: After the Parliamentary Elections
*Kuwait: New Faces, Same Potential for Trouble
*Iraq: The Status and Future of the Awakening Movements
*Yemen: Economic Crisis Underpins Southern Separatism
*Morocco: Electoral Reform with Public Relations Value
· The Green Elephant in the Room: Dealing with the Hamas Party-State in Gaza
· The IAEA Reports on Egypt: Reluctantly?
· Setting the Scene: Iran’s Presidential (S)elections
Center for a New American Security
· Climate Change War Game: Major Findings and Background
· Clout and Climate Change: Materials Generated from the War Game
· Clout and Climate Change War Game: Participant Briefing Book
Center for American Progress
· Cooperating with China in Latin America
· How to Buy Free Software: Procuring Web 2.0 Technology for the Federal Government
James Martin Center For Nonproliferation Studies
· Report from the NPT Preparatory Committee 2009
Center for Security Policy
· Cuba Today
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Commentary: President Obama in Cairo
· DoD Leaders, Strategists, and Operators in an Era of Persistent Unconventional Challenge
· Iran, Israel, and the Effects of Nuclear Conflict in the Middle East
Center for National Policy
· Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq
Chatham House
· Chinese Direct Investment in Europe: Facts and Fallacies
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
*Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. Special Operations Command [June 4, 2009]
*Thinkers and Practitioners: Do Senior Professional Military Education Schools Produce Strategists? [June 4, 2009]
*Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Military Construction, Family Housing, Base Closure, Facilities Operations and Maintenance [June 3, 2009]
*Coordinating Requirements, Budgets, and Acquisition: How Does It Affect Costs and Acquisition Outcomes? [June 3, 2009]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· Oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
· Commercial Sales of Military Technologies
· Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Agent Orange: What Efforts Are Being Made To Address The Continuing Impact Of Dioxin In Vietnam?
· Local and Regional Purchases: Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· The FY 2010 Budget for Departmental Management and Operations at DHS
Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· H.R. 984 the "State Secret Protection Act of 2009
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Electricity Grid Vulnerabilities to Critical Defense Assets and Missions
· Strategic Forces Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· Support for Military Family Programs, Policies, and Initiatives in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· Department of the Navy in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
· Pandemic Flu: Closing the Gaps
· Are We Ready? A Status Report on Emergency Preparedness for the 2009 Hurricane Season
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· An Analysis of the Army's Transformation Programs and Possible Alternatives
· Monthly Budget Review
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Beyond Cairo: Translating 'Important' Obama Message into Policies
· Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections (June 7, 2009)
· Parliamentary Elections and the Future of Lebanon
· Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-65 - The DHS Personnel Security Process
· OIG-09-39 - Special Report: Summary of Significant Investigations March 1, 2003 - September 30, 2008
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Highlighting Recent FBI Gang Investigations
· Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics for [Crime in the United States]
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· From the Prisoners to the People: America’s Human Rights Policy toward China 20 Years after Tiananmen
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Management: Observations on DOD's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control GAO-09-732R
· Export Controls: Fundamental Reexamination of System Is Needed to Help Protect Critical Technologies GAO-09-767T [testimony]
· Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollee Cost Sharing for Selected Specialty Prescription Drugs GAO-09-517R
· Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Time Frames GAO-09-347
· Hospital Emergency Departments: Bibliography (GAO-09-348SP, April 30, 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-347
· Influenza Pandemic: Continued Focus on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts Remains Essential GAO-09-760T [testimony]
· International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Can Enhance the Efficiency of U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation GAO-09-570
· International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Provides Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation GAO-09-757T [testimony]
· Military and Dual-Use Technology: Covert Testing Shows Continuing Vulnerabilities of Domestic Sales for Illegal Export GAO-09-725T [testimony]
· Nuclear Forensics: Comprehensive Interagency Plan Needed to Address Human Capital Issues GAO-09-527R
· Nuclear Waste: DOE's Environmental Management Initiatives Report Is Incomplete GAO-09-697R
· Privacy and Security: Food and Drug Administration Faces Challenges in Establishing Protections for Its Postmarket Risk Analysis System GAO-09-355
· Rebuilding Iraq: Improved Management Controls and Iraqi Commitment Needed for Key State and USAID Capacity-Building Programs GAO-09-526
Henley-Putnam University
· Journal of Strategic Security (JSS) May 2009, v. 2, no. 2 [free download but registration required]
*Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
*Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb
*The Importance of Intelligence in Combating a Modern Insurgency
*Fragility: Next Wave in Critical Infrastructure Protection
Heritage Foundation
· Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower
· The Care of Freedom
· The Challenge to Religious Liberty in Indonesia
· Effective Counterterrorism: State and Local Capabilities Trump Federal Policy
· Iran's Nuclear Threat: The Day After
· Justice, Law, and the Creation of the American Republic: The Forgotten Legacy of James Wilson
· Obama's Deficits Put U.S. Credit Rating at Risk
· President Obama's Second European Tour: U.S. Priorities for the Transatlantic Alliance
· Sustaining American Leadership with Military Power
Hudson Institute
· Don't Give Up the Ships: A Look at a 200-Ship Navy
Human Rights Watch
· Pursuit of Power: Political Violence and Repression in Burundi
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
· Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula: What Next?
Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)
· Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters
International Crisis Group
· Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation
· Pakistan’s IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
· U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
International Relations and Security Network
· Australia's New Old-School Defense
· Malaysia: Religious Politics
· Somalia: Al-Shabaab Defiant, Determined
· Sudan: Keeping a Clinched Fist
Lexington Institute
· Killing the President's New Helicopter Wastes $8 Billion
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor June 4, 2009, v. 7, no. 15
*Indian Army Reacts to the Taliban Threat
*Al-Qaeda Investigation Raises Questions on British Counterterrorism Cooperation with Damascus
*Al-Qaeda and the Iraqi Resistance Seek to Win Over Fighters of the Awakening Councils
*Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for United States
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
· Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
· Foreign Ballistic Missile Capabilities [April 2009]
· Evolving Security Environment - 2006
· Ballistic Missile Capability - 1972
National Intelligence Council (NIC)
· The Impact of Climate Change to 2030: Commissioned Research and Conference Reports
· India: The Impact of Climate Change to 2030- Geopolitical Implications
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· 2009 Estimates for Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates
RAND
· Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms
· Building a digital Europe: Lessons for the Delivery of Secure Pan-European e-Government
· Managing Risk in USAF Force Planning
· Strategies and Models for Promoting Adolescent Vaccination for Low-Income Populations
Small Wars Journal
· COIN Strategy During the Moro Rebellion
· Flawed Doctrine or Flawed Strategy?
· Future Conflict: Criminal Insurgencies, Gangs and Intelligence
· Helping Others Help Themselves
· Human Terrain: A Strategic Imperative
· Rebooting the Discussion of Air Power and Small Wars
Stimson Institute
· North Korea and Iran
Strategic Studies Institute
· Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration in Central Asia
· China's Maritime Quest
Trust for America's Health
· Pandemic Flu: Lessons From the Frontlines
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
· Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections: Anticipating Opportunities and Challenges
· Media as Global Diplomat
· U.S. Policy and Bosnia-Herzegovina: An Assessment
Vision of Humanity
· Global Peace Index 2009
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Egypt Speech: Obama's Watershed Moment
· House of the Leader: The Real Power in Iran
· Lebanon Goes to the Polls: Last Minute Surprises and Long-term Implications
· Obama in Cairo: Another Step toward Rapprochement?
· Obama's Visit to Riyadh: Competing Agendas?
· President Obama Speaks to the World's Muslims: An Early Assessment
White House
· The President’s Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning
White House. Office of National Drug Control Strategy
· National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
· Congressional Action on Iran: What Next?
· Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2009, v. 3, no. 2
*Stay Out: Why Intervention Should Not Be America's Policy by James Wood Forsyth Jr. and Lt Col B. Chance Saltzman, USAF
*The Effects of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons on Civil-Military Relations in India by Ayesha Ray
*India's Military Aviation Market: Opportunities for the United States by Amit Gupta
*Saving Darfur: Seductive Analogies and the Limits of Airpower Coercion in Sudan by Lt Col Timothy Cullen, USAF
*Coercive Engagement: A Security Analysis of Iranian Support to Iraqi Shia Militias by Maj Christopher Forrest, USAF
*Using the Patriot Act to Turn North Korea's Dirt Money into a Bargaining Chip by Richard S. Tracey
Baker Institute for Public Policy
· Baker Institute Policy Report, April 2009, no. 38
*Developing the U.S. – Mexico Border Region for a Prosperous and Secure Relationship
· Latin America's Changing Energy Landscape
· What We're Thinking: Latin America's Changing Energy Landscape
Brookings Institution
· Change We Can Believe In? The Muslim World, America, and Obama's Promise
· China-Japan Tensions, 1995-2006: Why They Happened, What to Do
· Democracy Gaining Momentum in China
· International Volunteer Service: A Smart Way to Build Bridges
· Obama's Education Promise for the Muslim World—Rhetoric or Reality?
· The Potential Role of Entitlement or Budget Commissions in Addressing Long-term Budget Problems
· Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Arab Reform Bulletin, June 2009, v. 7, no. 5
*Lebanon: After the Parliamentary Elections
*Kuwait: New Faces, Same Potential for Trouble
*Iraq: The Status and Future of the Awakening Movements
*Yemen: Economic Crisis Underpins Southern Separatism
*Morocco: Electoral Reform with Public Relations Value
· The Green Elephant in the Room: Dealing with the Hamas Party-State in Gaza
· The IAEA Reports on Egypt: Reluctantly?
· Setting the Scene: Iran’s Presidential (S)elections
Center for a New American Security
· Climate Change War Game: Major Findings and Background
· Clout and Climate Change: Materials Generated from the War Game
· Clout and Climate Change War Game: Participant Briefing Book
Center for American Progress
· Cooperating with China in Latin America
· How to Buy Free Software: Procuring Web 2.0 Technology for the Federal Government
James Martin Center For Nonproliferation Studies
· Report from the NPT Preparatory Committee 2009
Center for Security Policy
· Cuba Today
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Commentary: President Obama in Cairo
· DoD Leaders, Strategists, and Operators in an Era of Persistent Unconventional Challenge
· Iran, Israel, and the Effects of Nuclear Conflict in the Middle East
Center for National Policy
· Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq
Chatham House
· Chinese Direct Investment in Europe: Facts and Fallacies
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
*Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. Special Operations Command [June 4, 2009]
*Thinkers and Practitioners: Do Senior Professional Military Education Schools Produce Strategists? [June 4, 2009]
*Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Military Construction, Family Housing, Base Closure, Facilities Operations and Maintenance [June 3, 2009]
*Coordinating Requirements, Budgets, and Acquisition: How Does It Affect Costs and Acquisition Outcomes? [June 3, 2009]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· Oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
· Commercial Sales of Military Technologies
· Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Agent Orange: What Efforts Are Being Made To Address The Continuing Impact Of Dioxin In Vietnam?
· Local and Regional Purchases: Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· The FY 2010 Budget for Departmental Management and Operations at DHS
Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· H.R. 984 the "State Secret Protection Act of 2009
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Electricity Grid Vulnerabilities to Critical Defense Assets and Missions
· Strategic Forces Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· Support for Military Family Programs, Policies, and Initiatives in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
· Department of the Navy in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program
Congress. Senate. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
· Pandemic Flu: Closing the Gaps
· Are We Ready? A Status Report on Emergency Preparedness for the 2009 Hurricane Season
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· An Analysis of the Army's Transformation Programs and Possible Alternatives
· Monthly Budget Review
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Beyond Cairo: Translating 'Important' Obama Message into Policies
· Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections (June 7, 2009)
· Parliamentary Elections and the Future of Lebanon
· Stability in Iraqi Kurdistan: Reality or Mirage?
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-65 - The DHS Personnel Security Process
· OIG-09-39 - Special Report: Summary of Significant Investigations March 1, 2003 - September 30, 2008
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Highlighting Recent FBI Gang Investigations
· Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics for [Crime in the United States]
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· From the Prisoners to the People: America’s Human Rights Policy toward China 20 Years after Tiananmen
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Defense Management: Observations on DOD's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control GAO-09-732R
· Export Controls: Fundamental Reexamination of System Is Needed to Help Protect Critical Technologies GAO-09-767T [testimony]
· Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollee Cost Sharing for Selected Specialty Prescription Drugs GAO-09-517R
· Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Time Frames GAO-09-347
· Hospital Emergency Departments: Bibliography (GAO-09-348SP, April 30, 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-347
· Influenza Pandemic: Continued Focus on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts Remains Essential GAO-09-760T [testimony]
· International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Can Enhance the Efficiency of U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation GAO-09-570
· International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Provides Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation GAO-09-757T [testimony]
· Military and Dual-Use Technology: Covert Testing Shows Continuing Vulnerabilities of Domestic Sales for Illegal Export GAO-09-725T [testimony]
· Nuclear Forensics: Comprehensive Interagency Plan Needed to Address Human Capital Issues GAO-09-527R
· Nuclear Waste: DOE's Environmental Management Initiatives Report Is Incomplete GAO-09-697R
· Privacy and Security: Food and Drug Administration Faces Challenges in Establishing Protections for Its Postmarket Risk Analysis System GAO-09-355
· Rebuilding Iraq: Improved Management Controls and Iraqi Commitment Needed for Key State and USAID Capacity-Building Programs GAO-09-526
Henley-Putnam University
· Journal of Strategic Security (JSS) May 2009, v. 2, no. 2 [free download but registration required]
*Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
*Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb
*The Importance of Intelligence in Combating a Modern Insurgency
*Fragility: Next Wave in Critical Infrastructure Protection
Heritage Foundation
· Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower
· The Care of Freedom
· The Challenge to Religious Liberty in Indonesia
· Effective Counterterrorism: State and Local Capabilities Trump Federal Policy
· Iran's Nuclear Threat: The Day After
· Justice, Law, and the Creation of the American Republic: The Forgotten Legacy of James Wilson
· Obama's Deficits Put U.S. Credit Rating at Risk
· President Obama's Second European Tour: U.S. Priorities for the Transatlantic Alliance
· Sustaining American Leadership with Military Power
Hudson Institute
· Don't Give Up the Ships: A Look at a 200-Ship Navy
Human Rights Watch
· Pursuit of Power: Political Violence and Repression in Burundi
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
· Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula: What Next?
Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)
· Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters
International Crisis Group
· Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation
· Pakistan’s IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
· U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
International Relations and Security Network
· Australia's New Old-School Defense
· Malaysia: Religious Politics
· Somalia: Al-Shabaab Defiant, Determined
· Sudan: Keeping a Clinched Fist
Lexington Institute
· Killing the President's New Helicopter Wastes $8 Billion
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor June 4, 2009, v. 7, no. 15
*Indian Army Reacts to the Taliban Threat
*Al-Qaeda Investigation Raises Questions on British Counterterrorism Cooperation with Damascus
*Al-Qaeda and the Iraqi Resistance Seek to Win Over Fighters of the Awakening Councils
*Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for United States
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
· Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
· Foreign Ballistic Missile Capabilities [April 2009]
· Evolving Security Environment - 2006
· Ballistic Missile Capability - 1972
National Intelligence Council (NIC)
· The Impact of Climate Change to 2030: Commissioned Research and Conference Reports
· India: The Impact of Climate Change to 2030- Geopolitical Implications
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· 2009 Estimates for Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates
RAND
· Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms
· Building a digital Europe: Lessons for the Delivery of Secure Pan-European e-Government
· Managing Risk in USAF Force Planning
· Strategies and Models for Promoting Adolescent Vaccination for Low-Income Populations
Small Wars Journal
· COIN Strategy During the Moro Rebellion
· Flawed Doctrine or Flawed Strategy?
· Future Conflict: Criminal Insurgencies, Gangs and Intelligence
· Helping Others Help Themselves
· Human Terrain: A Strategic Imperative
· Rebooting the Discussion of Air Power and Small Wars
Stimson Institute
· North Korea and Iran
Strategic Studies Institute
· Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration in Central Asia
· China's Maritime Quest
Trust for America's Health
· Pandemic Flu: Lessons From the Frontlines
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
· Lebanon's Parliamentary Elections: Anticipating Opportunities and Challenges
· Media as Global Diplomat
· U.S. Policy and Bosnia-Herzegovina: An Assessment
Vision of Humanity
· Global Peace Index 2009
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Egypt Speech: Obama's Watershed Moment
· House of the Leader: The Real Power in Iran
· Lebanon Goes to the Polls: Last Minute Surprises and Long-term Implications
· Obama in Cairo: Another Step toward Rapprochement?
· Obama's Visit to Riyadh: Competing Agendas?
· President Obama Speaks to the World's Muslims: An Early Assessment
White House
· The President’s Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning
White House. Office of National Drug Control Strategy
· National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
· Congressional Action on Iran: What Next?
Friday, June 5, 2009
New Pandemic Flu report
The Trust for America's Health released a new report yesterday. The report focuses on lessons from the H1N1 outbreak. "Pandemic Flu: Lessons from the Frontlines" is available at http://healthyamericans.org/reports/?reportid=64
The 10 early lessons learned outlined in the report are:
The 10 early lessons learned outlined in the report are:
- Investments in pandemic planning and stockpiling antiviral medications paid off;
- Public health departments did not have enough resources to carry out plans;
- Response plans must be adaptable and science-driven;
- Providing clear, straightforward information to the public was essential for allaying fears and building trust;
- School closings have major ramifications for students, parents and employers;
- Sick leave and policies for limiting mass gatherings were also problematic;
- Even with a mild outbreak, the health care delivery system was overwhelmed;
- Communication between the public health system and health providers was not well coordinated;
- WHO pandemic alert phases caused confusion; and
- International coordination was more complicated than expected.
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