Friday's Miscellany 05-23-2008

Air Force Space Command
High Frontier: The Journal of Space and Missile Professionals, v 4, no. 3, May 2008
http://www.afspc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080522-087.pdf
· GPS Modernization and the Path Forward: Bringing New Capabilities to Military and Civil Users Worldwide
· GPS Integral to SpaceX Falcon Launch Vehicles and Dragon Spacecraft
· The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Building a System of Systems for a Global World
· Promoting International Civil GNSS Cooperation Through Diplomacy
· Global Positioning Systems: Space-Based PNT for Today and Tomorrow
· Military Positioning, Navigation, and Timing: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities
· Controlling GPS: Architecture Evolution Plan and Beyond
· GPS: Mission Success through Responsive Spacecraft Processing
· The 2nd Space Operations Squadron Transforming Operations
· Worldwide Influence of GPS and the Challenges Ahead
· Tracing Connections—Vanguard to NAVSPASUR to GPS: An Interview with Roger Lee Easton, Sr.

American Enterprise Institute
· Putinism. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27958/pub_detail.asp

American's For Immigration Reform
· An Essential Resource: An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Undocumented Workers on Business Activity in the US with Estimated Effects by State and by Industry http://www.americansforimmigrationreform.com/files/Impact_of_the_Undocumented_Workforce.pdf

Brookings Institution
· Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security. http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2008/0522_oil_sandalow.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Turkey: Current and Future Political, Economic, and Security Trends http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Turkey%20Current%20and%20Future%20Political%20Economic%20and%20Security%20Trends.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Rising Food Prices, Poverty, and the Doha Round http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/polaski__food_prices.pdf
· Reinventing Nunn Lugar http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20145&prog=zgp&proj=znpp

Center for a New American Security
· Strategic Questions for Generals Petraeus and Odierno http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2292/Strategic%20Questions%20for%20Petraeus%20and%20Odierno%20May%202008.pdf
· Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2215/OHanlon_UnfinishedBusiness_June2008.pdf
Center for Defense Information
· CDI Policy Brief: India's Space Ambitions http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/GuineyIndiaSpace.pdf

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
· India as a Foreign Policy Actor – Normative Redux http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?&id=48410

Center for Security Policy
· Green Borders http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142
· Lawfare: Bleeping with the Enemy http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
· Cracks in the Foundations: NATO after the Bucharest Summit http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=55470
· Information Operations: Trends and Controversies http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=55474

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· Disaster Prevention & Response Development Gateway Portal http://disaster.developmentgateway.org/
· The Presidential Campaign, the Iraq and Afghan-Pakistan Wars, and the Coming Year of Uncertainty http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080521_iraq_afghan_uncert.pdf
· Stabilization and Reconstruction Development Gateway Community Portal http://stabilization.developmentgateway.org/

Cold War International History Project
CWIHP Bulletin No. 16 Fall 2007/Winter 2008 "Inside China's Cold War"
· Full bulletin [9.3 MB] http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/CWIHPBulletin16.pdf
· Table of Contents and download individual sections http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.publications&group_id=404244

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no, 6 (May 2008)
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss6.pdf
· "Abu Yahya al-Libi's 'Human Shields in Modern Jihad'" by Jarret Brachman and Abdullah Warius
· "The Funding Methods of FATA's Terrorists and Insurgents" by John Solomon
· "Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi: A Counter-Terrorism Asset?" by Joas Wagemakers
· "Al-Qa'ida's Medinan Strategy: Targeting Global Energy Infrastructure" by Marisa Urgo and Jack F. Williams
· "Iraq's Ho Chi Minh Trail: The Syrian - Iraqi Border Since 2003" by James Denslow

Committee on the Present Danger
· Rethinking the Revolution: Khatami Questions Khomeini – and Suffers the Consequences. http://www.committeeonthepresentdanger.org/IranUpdate/Archive/RethinkingtheRevolutionKhatamiquestionsKhom/tabid/839/Default.aspx
Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security Majority Staff
· Small, Minority, and Disadvantaged Business in the Department of Homeland Security - Selected Aspects, FY 2007 http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20080520150505-41156.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Containing the Cost of a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/92xx/doc9276/05-20-Cap_Trade_Testimony.pdf
· Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9168&type=1
· H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9276&type=1
· Issues and Options in Infrastructure Investment http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9135&type=1
· The Long-Term Economic Effects of Some Alternative Budget Policies http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9216&type=1

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
· Defense Intelligence Strategy 2008 -- http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/dod/def_intell_strat_080501.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2008-098 Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, May 22, 2008 http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-098.pdf

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
· Financial Crimes Report to the Public, Fiscal Year 2007 http://www.fbi.gov/publications/financial/fcs_report2007/financial_crime_2007.htm
· A Review of the FBI’s Involvement in Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0805/final.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· China’s Relations with the West: The Role of Taiwan and Hong Kong http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1307.200805.tucker.chinawesttaiwanhongkong.html
· The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.miller.muchtoopromisedland.html
· Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829 – 1877 http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1312.200805.mcdougall.throesdemocracy.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Auditing and Advising in a Time of Transition http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08842cg.pdf
· Chemical Assessments: EPA's New Assessment Process Will Further Limit the Productivity and Credibility of Its Integrated Risk Information System http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08810t.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: U.S. Efforts to Address the Terrorist Threat in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas Require a Comprehensive Plan and Continued Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08820t.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08485.pdf
· Defense Contracting: Progress Made in Implementing Defense Base Act Requirements, but Complete Information on Costs Is Lacking http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08772t.pdf
· Depot Maintenance: Issues and Options for Reporting on Military Depots http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08761r.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Progress in Establishing Corporate Management Controls Needs to Be Replicated Within Military Departments http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08705.pdf
· Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08483.pdf
· High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: DHS Lacks Evidence to Conclude That Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Can Be Done Safely on the U.S. Mainland http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08821t.pdf
· Human Capital: Workforce Diversity Governmentwide and at the Department of Homeland Security http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08815t.pdf
· Information Security: TVA Needs to Address Weaknesses in Control Systems and Networks http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08526.pdf
· Information Security: TVA Needs to Enhance Security of Critical Infrastructure Control Systems and Networks http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08775t.pdf
· Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Status of Disposal Availability in the United States and Other Countries. GAO-08-813T. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08813t.pdf
· Motor Carrier Safety: Improvements to Drug Testing Programs Could Better Identify Illegal Drug Users and Keep Them off the Road http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08600.pdf
· The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: April 2008 Update http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08783r.pdf
· Personnel Clearances: Key Factors for Reforming the Security Clearance Process http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08776t.pdf
· Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Safety and Expand Their Potential Uses within the National Airspace System http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08511.pdf
Heritage Foundation
· Cuba Solidarity Day 2008: Remembering Our Totalitarian Neighbor http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1928.pdf
· Bolivia: Santa Cruz Voters Stand Firm-Against Morales and for Democracy http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1929.pdf
· Preserving Coalition Government Key to U.S. Objectives in Pakistan http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_1935.pdf
· U.S. International Broadcasting on the Frontlines of Freedom http://www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/upload/hl_1086.pdf
· Fighting Terrorism, Addressing Liability: A Global Proposal http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2138.pdf

Hudson Institute
· 2008 Index of Global Philanthropy. https://www.hudson.org/files/documents/2008%20Index%20-%20Low%20Res.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· Child Soldier Global Report 2008 Summary. http://www.hrw.org/pub/2008/children/Child_Soldiers_Global_Report_Summary.pdf
· "The Best School": Student Violence, Impunity, and the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/cdi0508/cdi0508webwcover.pdf

Human Security Report Project
· Human Security Brief 2007 http://www.humansecuritybrief.info/index.html OR full report -- http://www.humansecuritybrief.info/HSRP_Brief_2007.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security
· Text of Iranian Offer for "Constructive Negotiations" http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/IranProposal20May2008.pdf
· The Al Kibar Reactor: Extraordinary Camouflage, Troubling Implications http://www.isis-online.org/publications/syria/SyriaReactorReport_12May2008.pdf

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
· Shaping a ‘New Forward Policy’: Tibet and India’s Options http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=55246

International Crisis Group
· Lebanon: Hizbollah’s Weapons Turn Inward http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/b23_lebanon_hizbollahs_weapons_turn_inward.pdf · Negotiating Zimbabwe's Transition http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/africa/southern_africa/b51_negotiating_zimbabwes_transition.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· After the Tibet Imbroglio http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18985
· Kenya in the Somali Crossfire http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18983
· Pakistan, India and Peace http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18995
· Talking to the Brotherhood http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18989
· Turkey and the Power of Water http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18994

Lexington Institute
· A History Lesson on Why the F-22 Fighter is Essential http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1266.shtml

National Security Archives
· The Diary of Anatoly S. Chernyaev: 1987-1988 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB250/index.htm

Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends
Muslim Americans
http://pewsocialtrends.org/downloads/signup.php?datasetid=6 [you have to register to download the dataset but it is free]
"The dataset from the first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans is now available to scholars for secondary analysis. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2007 among this rare, dispersed, and highly diverse population, included 1,050 adult Muslim Americans, and was conducted in English, Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu. It examined the political and social values, religious beliefs and practices, and life experiences of Muslims living in the U.S. today"

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
· Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008) http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/guidebook.htm

Strategic Studies Institute
· The Second Berlin Wall http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB864.pdf
· U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB845.pdf

Vision of Humanity
· Global Peace Index Rankings 2008 http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/2008/

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Kuwaiti Elections: Democracy in Action, or Inaction? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2877
· Lebanese Crisis Ends: Hizballah Victory or Temporary Truce? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2883
· Provincial Politics in Iraq: Fragmentation or New Awakening? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus81.pdf