Friday's Miscellany -5-09-2008

Amnesty International
· Routinely Targeted: Attacks on Civilians in Somalia. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR52/006/2008/en/1162a792-186e-11dd-92b4-6b0c2ef9d02f/afr520062008eng.pdf

Athena Intelligence Journal
· February 2008, v. 3, no. 1 Information Operations during Counterinsurgency Operations http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=48125

BASIC
· Iran Update, No. 118. http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080506.htm

Brookings Institution
· China's Competing Nationalisms. http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0505_china_shambaugh.aspx
· Disaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International Community http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0507_myanmar_rieffel.aspx
· Expand the U.S. Agenda toward Pakistan. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Projects/Opportunity08/PB_Pakistan_Riedel.pdf
· Human Rights and Natural Disasters. http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/spring_natural_disasters/spring_natural_disasters.pdf

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· CFIS: A Foreign Intelligence Service for Canada. http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/CFISF.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: May 2008. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/fullissue-5-05-08.pdf
· What is at Stake in Kuwait’s Parliamentary Elections? http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/brown_kuwait_elections_FAQ_final.pdf

Center for a New American Security
· U.S.-South Korea Relations: Rekindling an Alliance Flame. http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2090/US%20ROK%20Relations%20April%202008.pdf

Center for American Progress
· A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/pdf/enough28.pdf

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· Dissuasion Strategy http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg/R.20080506.Dissuasion_Strateg.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies
· The Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080506_iraq_status_trend.pdf

Combat Studies Institute
· OP #27, "The Challenge of Adaptation: The US Army in the Aftermath of Conflict, 1953-2000" http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/OP27.pdf

Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Republican Staff
· Tobacco and Terror: How Cigarette Smuggling is Funding Our Enemies Abroad http://chs-republicans.house.gov/list/hearing/homeland_rep/cigarettesmuggling.pdf

Congress. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Majority Staff
· Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: Not Ready for the 'Predictable Surprise.' http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080505101837.pdf OR http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1929

Congress. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
· China's Foreign Policy and "Soft Power" in South America, Asia, and Africa. [S. Prt. 110-46] http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2008_rpt/crs-china.pdf

Congress. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Majority and Minority Staff
· Violent Islamist Extremism, The Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/_files/IslamistReport.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Capital Budgeting. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9167/05-08-Capital.pdf
· Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9133&type=0
· Sources of the Growth and Decline in Individual Income Tax Revenues Since 1994 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9076&type=1
· Testimony on Current and Future Investment in Infrastructure. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9136/05-07-Infrastructure_Testimony.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· The Democratic Prospect in East Asia. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.gershman.democraticprospecteastasia.html
· The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace. http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.miller.muchtoopromisedland.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Aviation and the Environment: NextGen and Research and Development Are Keys to Reducing Emissions and Their Impact on Health and Climate, by Gerald L. Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08706t.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Assessment Needed to Improve Outcomes for Complex Service Acquisitions http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08263.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Better Planning and Oversight Needed to Improve Complex Service Acquisition Outcomes, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the House Committee on Homeland Security http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08765t.pdf
· Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Social Security, House Committee on Ways and Means. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08729t.pdf
· Human Capital: Corps of Engineers Needs to Update Its Workforce Planning Process to More Effectively Address Its Current and Future Workforce Needs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08596.pdf
· Human Capital: Transforming Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts, by Robert N. Goldenkoff, director, strategic issues, before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08762t.pdf
· Interagency Contracting: Need for Improved Information and Policy Implementation at the Department of State. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08578.pdf
· Natural Catastrophe Insurance: Analysis of a Proposed Combined Federal Flood and Wind Insurance Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08504.pdf
· Physical Infrastructure: Challenges and Investment Options for the Nation's Infrastructure, by Patricia A. Dalton, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08763t.pdf
· Preliminary Observations on the Use and Oversight of U.S. Coalition Support Funds Provided to Pakistan http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08735r.pdf
· Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08566.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· The Best U.S. Export-Promotion Strategy: Free Trade. http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/upload/hl_1084.pdf
· Magnequench: CFIUS and China's Thirst for U.S. Defense Technology. http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1913.cfm
· NATO: "Finding a Way Ahead". http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/hl_1083.pdf
· Russia's Presidential Transition: Vladimir Putin Remains in Charge. http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1917.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· EU: Green light for Galileo http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18952
· The Golan, via Ankara http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18947
· Rice: Timor's Next Crisis http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=18933

Lexington Institute
· The Next Quadrennial Defense Review Needs to be Delayed http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1262.shtml

National Counterterrorism Center
· 2007 Report on Terrorism [official link -- http://wits.nctc.gov/reports/crot2007nctcannexfinal.pdf but not working so use http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/NCTC-2007-Report-on-Terrorism.pdf

National Interest online
· All the World’s a Stage http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=17502

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Dr. Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, address to the 14th Annual Intelligence Community Inspectors General Conference. http://www.dni.gov/speeches/20080508_speech.pdf

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
· Sarwaran Primary School Under the Commander's Emergency Response Program, Erbil, Iraq. [SIGIR PA-08-120] http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/assessments/pa-08-120.pdf

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
· Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=301

Public Agenda
· Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index Energy - v. 6, Spring 2008 -- Economy New Focal Points for Anxiety Over U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.publicagenda.org/foreignpolicy/pdfs/foreign_policy_index_spring08.pdf

RAND
· Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007. http://rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF238.pdf
· Breaking the Failed-State Cycle http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP204.pdf · Identifying DG SANCO's Future Challenges 2009-2014 http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR570.pdf
· Performance Evaluation and Army Recruiting http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG562.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Is Liberia’s Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program a "Necessary Intrusion?" http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0506_liberia.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Assessing the Annapolis Process. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2835
· Highlighting al-Qaeda's Bankrupt Ideology. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2836