Friday's Miscellany 04-02-2010

AEI Critical Threats
· Operation Briefer: The Upcoming Battle for Mogadishu

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· Keeping Confidence in Consensus: A Challenge for Political Leadership
· Not a Good Sign: Boeing/EADS and the U.S. Tanker Aircraft Dispute
· Obama and Europe
· START: A New Beginning for U.S.-Russian Relations?

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Internet Security Alliance (ISA)
· The Financial Management of Cyber Risk: An Implementation Framework for CFOs [free download but registration required]

Berghof Conflict Research
· Mediating Identity Conflicts Potential and Challenges of Engaging with Hamas

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Nuclear Prevention and Red Lines: The Case of Iran
· Parsing the Political Consequences of the Moscow Bombings
· The Political Challenge of Yemen's Southern Movement

Center for American Progress
· The Copenhagen Accord at Three Months: 110 Countries Now Support a New Global Effort to Achieve Climate Safety [interactive map]
· Myth vs. Fact: Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Common Misconceptions Debunked

Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA)
· 2009 Biometrics Task Force Annual Report
· General Order redesignating BTF to BIMA

Brookings
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq
o Archives
· Judging the New START Treaty
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated March 25, 2010]
o Archives

Center for Security Policy
· False START
· The Perils of Peripheral Warfare: Iran & Venezuela Share the Tactics of Asymmetric War · Six Facts to Know About Guantanamo

Center for Security Studies (CSS)
· No. 71: Cyberwar: Concept, Status quo, and Limitations

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Governance of Financial Institutions
· Washington Quarterly, April 2010, v. 33, no. 2
o Afghanistan: Building the Missing Link in the Modern Silk Road
o The Other Side of the COIN: Perils of Premature Evacuation from Iraq
o Reforming the Euro-Atlantic Security Architecture: An Opportunity for U.S. Leadership
o Detecting and Disrupting Illicit Nuclear Trade after A.Q. Khan
o The Security Costs of Energy Independence

Center for the Study of Intelligence
· Studies in Intelligence, 2010, v. 54, no. 1
o The Post 9/11 Intelligence Community: Intelligence Reform, 2001–2009: Requiescat in Pace?
o The INT for Cross-National Academic Research: The Scope of FBIS and BBC Open Source Media Coverage, 1979–2008
o Spinning Intelligence: Why Intelligence Needs the Media, Why the Media Needs Intelligence o U.S. Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy: Truman, Secret Warfare, and the CIA, 1945-53
o Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
o Japanese Intelligence in World War II and Nihongun no Interijensu: Naze Joho ga Ikasarenai no ka [Japanese Military Intelligence: Why Is Intelligence Not Used?]

Chatham House
· Beyond the Dollar: Rethinking the International Monetary System

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, v. 3, no. 3, March 2010
o Anwar al-`Awlaqi: Profile of a Jihadi Radicalizer
o The Taliban Arrest Wave in Pakistan: Reasserting Strategic Depth?
o Untangling the Punjabi Taliban Network
o Insight into a Suicide Bomber Training Camp in Waziristan
o Iran's Ambiguous Role in Afghanistan
o The Nexus Between Salafism and Jihadism in the Netherlands
o Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Courts
o Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Federal Climate Change Programs: Funding History and Policy Issues
· A Review of CBO's Activities in 2009 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

Council on Foreign Relations
· UN Sanctions May Sting Iran's Guard
· Waiting on a Civilian Surge in Afghanistan

Department of Defense (DOD)
· Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan [October 2009]
· Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) Program Acquisition Cost Summary December 31, 2009
· United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2010-046 Contracting for Tactical Vehicle Field Maintenance at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
· D-2010-049 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Use of Award Fees on Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
· New Measures to Strengthen Aviation Security
· Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations From American Muslims

Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office
· The Elements of Effective Redress Programs (DPIAC Report 2010-01
· Integrated Common Analytical Viewer Sensitive But Classified
· Recommendations on the Privacy Impact Assessment Process for Enterprise Services Bus Development (DPIAC Report 2010-02)

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-08-18 (Addendum) - (U) The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria (Redacted)
· OIG-10-68 - TSA's Preparedness for Mass Transit and Passenger Rail Emergencies
· OIG-10-66 - Federal Emergency Management Agency's Capabilities to Oversee American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Grant Programs
· OIG-10-63 - The Performance of 287(g) Agreements

Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
· The Department of Justice's Efforts to Combat Identity Theft, Audit Report 10-21

Department of State
· 2008 Digest of United States Practice in International Law

Department of Veterans Affairs
· Final Draft Report of Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs March 29, 2010

European Union Institute for Security Studies
· The Case for Stronger EU Engagement with Post-Election Iraq
· The EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Powers, Decisions and Legitimacy
· Post-Election Iraq: From Sectarianism to Democratic Governance?

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2010
o Evidence-Based Decisions on Police Pursuits
o The Semisubmersible Smuggling Threat

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· The Foreign Policy of Abraham Lincoln

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Army Corps of Engineers: Budget Formulation Process Emphasizes Agencywide Priorities, but Transparency of Budget Presentation Could Be Improved, GAO-10-453
· Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs, GAO-10-388SP
· Defense Budget: Fourth Quarter Obligation Rates and Contract Obligations for Fiscal Years 2006-09, GAO-10-527R
· Defense Health Care: 2008 Access to Care Surveys Indicate Some Problems, but Beneficiary Satisfaction Is Similar to Other Health Plans, GAO-10-402
· Haiti Earthquake: GAO Reports on Past Disasters
· Military Personnel: Military and Civilian Pay Comparisons Present Challenges and Are One of Many Tools in Assessing Compensation, GAO-10-561R
· VA Health Care: VA Has Taken Steps to Make Services Available to Women Veterans, but Needs to Revise Key Policies and Improve Oversight Processes, GAO-10-287
· Warfighter Support: DOD Needs to Improve Its Planning for Using Contractors to Support Future Military Operations, GAO-10-472

Government of the Republic of Haiti
· Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti: Immediate Key Initiatives for the Future

Government of the United Kingdom
· UK Government Strategy on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Heritage Foundation
· Do’s and Don’ts for Real Haiti Recovery
· Financial Regulation Reform: 16 Key Studies and Analyses
· Iran Economic Sanctions at the U.N. Security Council: The Incredible Shrinking Resolution
· Iran's Nuclear Program: What Is Known and Unknown
· Is There Still a Need for War Time Mobilization? China Thinks So
· The START Follow-on Treaty: Questions the Senate Needs to Ask

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Defected Iranian Nuclear Scientist Reportedly Worked Across from Secret Nuclear Weapons R&D Facility
· Khan’s Bomb Offer to Saddam’s Iraq: Document Showing Iraq’s Interest in Nuclear Weapon Design
· A Selection of Internal Bikar Metal Asia Invoices, Delivery Notices, and Facsimiles

Institute for the Study of War
· Best Practices in Counterinsurgency - Operation Seventh Veil
· Jeffrey Dressler on President Obama's Visit to Afghanistan (Al Jazeera English)

International Crisis Group
· Haiti: Stabilisation and Reconstruction after the Quake
· Rigged Elections in Darfur and the Consequences of a Probable NCP Victory in Sudan

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Credit Conditions and Recoveries from Recessions Associated with Financial Crises

International Relations and Security Network
· Climate of Conflict in Arctic
· Eliminating Terrorists, Not Terror
· Hidden Money, Covert Operations
· Moscow Accuses West of 'Narco-Aggression'
· Nigeria Navigates Turbulent Times
· US Military Aid for Allies

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
· ISAF Commander's Counterinsurgency Guidance

Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, v. 10, no. 7, April 1, 2010
o China’s Ecological Woes: Drought and Water Wars?
o Rajin-Sonbong: A Strategic Choice for China in Its Relations with Pyongyang
o Google and China’s Changing Economic Paradigm
o Will China’s Dream turn into America’s Nightmare?
· Terrorism Monitor, v. 8, no. 13, 2010, April 2, 2010
o Pakistani Military Launching Counter-Insurgency Operation in Orakzai Agency
o The Gorran Movement -- A Change in the Iraqi Kurdish Political Landscape
o Political Theater or Counterterrorism? Assessing Iran's Capture of Jundullah Leader Abdelmalek Rigi

MessageLabs
· MessageLabs Intelligence Monthly, March 2010
o The Nature of Cyber Espionage; Most Malicious File Types Identified and Encrypted Spam from Rustock

National Academies Press
· Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context: Workshop Summary [free download but registration required]
· Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Preliminary Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families (2010) [free download but registration required]
· Regionalizing Emergency Care: Workshop Summary [free download but registration required]

National Security Archive
· Bordaberry Condemned for 1973 Coup

Office of Immigration Statistics
· The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks and Overseas Travel to the United States: Initial Impacts and Longer-Run Recovery

Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
· Grants 101

Office of the Director of National Intelligence
· Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, Covering 1 January to 31 December 2009

Pak Institute for Peace Studies
· Pakistan Security Reports
· South Asia Conflict Reports
· Tribal Region Conflict Reports

Palm Center
· Encouraging Candid Communications From Service Members While Mitigating Risk of Separation Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Economic Crime and Punishment in North Korea
· The Sustainability of China's Recovery from the Global Recession

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Ukraine Says 'No' to NATO

Pew Internet & American Life Project
· The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Broad Public Support For Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Rand
· Implications of Aggregated DoD Information Systems for Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation
· Security Cooperation Organizations in the Country Team: Options for Success

Small Wars Journal
· Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Citations of the Qur’an: A Descriptive Study of Selected Works · Fixing Intelligence… Again
· Iraq: As Good as it Gets
· The Spaces in Between: Operating on the Afghan Border (or Not)
· The “Tactical” Leaders of Tomorrow

Strategic Studies Institute
· Teaching Strategy: Challenge and Response
· Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Developing Talent

Transnational Institute
· ‘The Crisis’ and the Crises of Global Capitalism - Challenges for, and Alternatives from 'The South’
· Moving Targets: Notes on Social Movements
· Why Fighting Corruption Is Not Enough

UK Department of Energy & Climate Change
· Global Threat Reduction Programme: Seventh Annual Progress Report 2009

UK Parliament House of Lords
· European Union Committee - Seventh Report: Stars and Dragons: The EU and China

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2009

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Can Economic Reform Open a Peaceful Path to Ending Burma’s Isolation?
· Media and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
· The Role of Development Aid in the Afghanistan Campaign
· Trends in Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Beirut Spring: The Hariri Tribunal Goes Hunting for Hizballah
· Gaza Border Tensions: A Drift toward War?

White House
· Surface Transportation Security Priority Assessment