Friday's Miscellany 04-04-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· The Basra Business: What We Know and What We Don't http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27741,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Gangs and Police Cripple Jamaica's Inner Cities http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/gangs-and-police-cripple-jamaicas-inner-cities-20080401
· What Human Rights Legacy for the Beijing Olympics? http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/what-human-rights-legacy-beijing-olympics-20080401

Atlantic Council of the United States
· Ball in North Korea’s Court http://www.acus.org/docs/Chris-Hill-20080324-TRANSCRIPT.htm

Brookings Institution
· Main Trends of Russia’s Foreign Policy in Transforming East and Southeast Asia http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/04_asia_kolotov.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: April 2008 http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/fullissue-04-01-081.pdf

Center for a New American Security
· Life After the Surge: Prospects for Iraq and for the U.S. Military http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/1913/CNASTestimony_FlournoySFRC_April%202%202008.pdf

Center for American Progress
· How Does This End?: Strategic Failures Overshadow Tactical Gains in Iraq http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/pdf/iraq_end.pdf
· The State of the U.S. Ground Forces http://www.cnas.org/en/cms/?1917

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· The Race Towards Entry Into Force of the Pelindaba Treaty: Mozambique Leading the Charge http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/080331_pelindaba.htm

Center for Security Policy
· Truly endangered species: Wafa Sultan http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Historical and Projected Funding for Defense: Presentation of the FY 2009 Request in Tables and Charts http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/U.20080331.FY_09_Request_in_T/U.20080331.FY_09_Request_in_T.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Cost of the Iraq War: CRS, GAO, CBO, and DoD Estimates http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080331_5yeariraqwarcost.pdf
· What Lies Beneath: The Future of NATO through the ISAF Prism http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080331_nato.pdf
· The JDP Faces the Threat of Closure: Erdogan's Toughest Test? http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080402_jdp_faces_closure.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency
Studies in Intelligence v. 52, no. 1 (March 2008)
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-52-no-1/index.html
· Stasi Operations in the Netherlands, 1979–89 by Beatrice de Graaf
· Engineering the Berlin Tunnel
· The Movie Breach: A Personal Perspective by Brian J. Kelley
· Five Months in Petrograd 1918: Robert W. Imbrie and the US Search for Information in Russia by David A. Langbart

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Monthly Budget Review http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9075&type=1
· A Review of CBO's Activities in 2007 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9068&type=1

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· DoD Procurement Policy for Body Armor http://www.dodig.osd.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-067.pdf

Department of Homeland Security
· U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2007 http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPR_FR_2007.pdf
· Yearbook on Immigration Statistics 2007 http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/publications/LPR07.shtm

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (DHSIG)
· FEMA's Preparedness for the Next Catastrophic Disaster http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-34_Mar08.pdf
· Letter Report: National Applications Office Privacy Stewardship, Unclassified Summary http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-35_Apr08.pdf

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
· US Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Information_Sharing_Strategy.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· China’s Early Encounters with the West: A History in Reverse http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1303.200804.wilson.earlychinawest.html
· Kosovo: The Revenge of CNN and the Politics of Emotion http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200804.radu.kosovopoliticsemotion.html
· Victory for Colombia, Theater in Caracas http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20080325.radu.victorycolumbiatheatercaracas.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Combating Terrorism: State Department's Antiterrorism Program Needs Improved Guidance and More Systematic Assessments of Outcomes http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08336.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08467sp.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of Progress Made on Block 2006 Missile Defense Capabilities and Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08608t.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: DOD's Increased Reliance on Service Contractors Exacerbates Long-standing Challenges http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08621t.pdf
· Defense Critical Infrastructure: DOD's Risk Analysis of Its Critical Infrastructure Omits Highly Sensitive Assets http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08373r.pdf
· Federal Contracting: Congressional Action Needed to Address Long-standing Problems with Reporting of Advisory and Assistance Services http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08319.pdf · Homeland Security: Strategic Solution for US-VISIT Program Needs to Be Better Defined, Justified, and Coordinated http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08361.pdf
· Nuclear Material: DOE Has Several Potential Options for Dealing with Depleted Uranium Tails, Each of Which Could Benefit the Government http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08606r.pdf
· Nuclear Material: Several Potential Options for Dealing with DOE's Depleted Uranium Tails Could Benefit the Government http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08613t.pdf

Henry L. Stimson Center
· To The Brink: Indian Decision-making and the 2001-2002 Standoff http://www.stimson.org/southasia/pdf/To%20the%20Brink.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· The Battle for Basra: Britain Should Launch a Troop Surge in Iraq http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1876.pdf
· The Global Poverty Act: The Wrong Track for U.S. Aid Policy http://www.heritage.org/Research/ForeignAid/wm1878.cfm
· New South Korean President Brings Conservative Policy Change http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/bg_2120.pdf
· Providing for the Common Defense: Why 4 percent? http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/wp040208.cfm
· SOS: Congress Must Save the Aircraft Carrier Fleet http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_1880.pdf
· The Sochi Bush–Putin Summit: Last Chance to Improve Relations http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1876.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· Kosovo Criminal Justice Scorecard http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kosovo0308/kosovo0308webwcover.pdf
· Off the Map: Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iopt0308/iopt0308webwcover.pdf
· Politics as War: The Human Rights Impact and Causes of Post-Election Violence in Rivers State, Nigeria http://hrw.org/reports/2008/nigeria0308/nigeria0308webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch N°56 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3374&tid=5368&type=pdf&l=1
· Nepal’s Election and Beyond http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/149_nepal_s_election_and_beyond.pdf · Timor-Leste’s Displacement Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/timor/148_timor_leste_displacement_crisis.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· Child Soldiers http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/dossier/childsoldiers/editorial/
· Letters from Somalia III http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18818
· Middle East Atomic Moves http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18823
· Texans Fence with Federal Authorities [Part II] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18817
· US, Mexico: Election Fencing [Part I of the report above] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=18691

Iran Watch
· Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East http://www.iranwatch.org/us-senate-staffreport-mearmsrace-0208.pdf

Jamestown Foundation
Terrorism Focus v. 5, no. 13 (April 2008)
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/tf_005_013.pdf
· An Online Terrorist Training Manual - Part One: Creating a Terrorist Cell
· Presence of Turkish Terrorists in Belgium Leads to Dispute with Ankara
· What Direction for the al-Mahdi Army after the Basra Offensive?
· Is Global Jihad a Fading Phenomenon?

Lexington Institute
· Missing Ingredient in Weapons Decisions: Common Sense http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1247.shtml

RAND
· Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT301.pdf
· Getting the Most Out of Littoral Combat Ships http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9301.pdf
· An Iraqi Modus Vivendi: How Would It Come About and What Would It Look Like? http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT303.pdf
· Middle East Perspectives: Conference Proceedings from Gstaad, Switzerland http://rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF250.pdf
· Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR520.pdf

United States Institute of Peace
· Law of War Training: Resources for Military and Civilian Leaders http://www.usip.org/ruleoflaw/pubs/law_of_war_training.pdf
· Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr204.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Provincial Politics in Iraq: Fragmentation or New Awakening? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus81.pdf