Friday's Miscellany 09-23-2011

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Report [latest update] 

Amnesty International

·         Europe, Now It Is Your Turn to Act: Refugees Forced Out of Libya Urgently Need Resettlement 

·         Good Intentions Are Not Enough: The Struggle to Reform Liberia’s Prisons  

·         “This is What We Demand.  Justice!”  Impunity For Sexual Violence Against Women in Colombia’s Armed Conflict 

Army War College Library

·         Corruption/Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan: A Selected Bibliography 

·         Military Families: A Selected Bibliography 

Asian Development Bank

·         Food Security and Climate Change in the Pacific: Rethinking the Options 

·         Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         Debate Over US Grand Strategy 

·         Who Goes Where? Positioning the Australian Defense Forces for the Asia-Pacific Century 

Brookings Institute

·         Aiding Stability: Improving Foreign Assistance in Fragile States  

·         The Euro-Area Crisis: Weighing Policy Options and the Scope for U.S. Leverage

·         September 2011 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for Global Economic Recovery 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Intitute (CDFAI)

·         The Role of the Militia in Today’s Canadian Forces 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Currency Wars  

·         Making the Transition: From Middle-Income to Advanced Economies  

·         Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas 

·         Who Benefits from US Aid to Pakistan? 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA)

·         Sustaining Critical Sectors of the U.S. Industrial Base

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Afghanistan and Pakistan: Continuing Security Challenges For the United States 

·         A Collection of Papers from the 2010 Nuclear Scholars Initiative

·         Cyber Events Since 2006 

·         Iraq and US Strategy in the Gulf  

·         PacNet #55 - Keeping Up Appearances?: Australia’s ‘Dance’ with China and Implications for the Alliance 

·         PacNet #54 - It Takes Two to have "Win-Win" Relations 

·         Rethinking Cybersecurity – A Comprehensive Approach  

·         U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: Competition Involving the EU, EU3, and non-EU European States 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Penetrating the Iron Curtain: Resolving the Missile Gap with Technology 

CNA

·         Distracted Antagonists, Wary Partners: China and India Assess their Security Relations 

·         Red Crosses, Blue Water: Hospital Ships and China’s Expanding Naval Presence 

·         Uncertain Waters: Thinking About China’s Emergence as a Maritime Power 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         Afghan National Security Forces 

·         Army Reserve, Army National Guard and Air National Guard Readiness, Training and Operations 

·         DOD’s Efforts to Improve Payment and Funds Control 

·         The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces: Ten Years After 9/11 and Twenty-Five Years After Goldwater-Nichols 

·         Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry 

·         Update on Arlington Cemetery Reforms 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Iran and Syria, Part 2 [September 22]

o    China's Monopoly on Rare Earths: Implications for U.S. Foreign and Security Policy [September 21]

o    China's One-Child Policy: The Government's Massive Crime Against Women and Unborn Babies [September 22]

o    Human Rights in North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities [September 20]

o    Job Creation Made Easy: The Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements [September 23]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         TSA Reform: Exploring Innovations in Technology Procurement to Stimulate Job Growth 

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

·         The Department Of Defense: Challenges In Financial Management 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Review and Status of the Multi-Billion Dollar Department of Homeland Security Relocation Project in Washington, D.C. and its Impacts on the U.S. Coast Guard 

Congress. Senate. Armed Forces Committee

·         Briefing relating to Iran 

·         U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee

·         Improving Educational Outcomes for our Military and Veterans 

·         Intelligence Community Contractors: Are We Striking the Right Balance? 

·         Transforming Wartime Contracting: Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Countering Terrorist Financing: Progress and Priorities

·         The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition? 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         The Arab League 

·         Maternal Health in Afghanistan 

·         Managing Instability on China’s Periphery

·         Muslims in the United States 

·         Palestinian Statehood at the UN 

·         Partners in Preventive Action: The United States and International Institutions 

·         The Role of the UN General Assembly 

·         The World Health Organization (WHO) 

Defense Science Board (DSB)

·         Survivability of Systems and Assets to Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and Other Nuclear Weapon Effects (NWE) - Interim Report No. 1 

Department of Defense (DOD) - National Center for Telehealth & Technology

·         DoDSER [Department of Defense Suicide Event Report] Calendar Year 2010 Annual Report 

Department of the Army

·         Multi-Service Doctrine for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations (FM 3-11)  

Department of the Army Inspector General

·         Inspection of the Army National Cemeteries Program & Arlington National Cemetery    

·         Timeframe Data 

·         Army Suicides and Attempted Suicides in Theater 

·         Marine Corps Suicides and Attempted Suicides in Theater 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         D-2011-105 Competition for Interrogation Arm Contracts Needs Improvement 

·         D-2011-106 The Department of the Navy Spent Recovery Act Funds on Photovoltaic Projects That Were Not Cost-Effective 

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

·         Annual Intelligence Authorization Act Report on Security Clearance Determinations For Fiscal Year 2010 (on security clearances granted)  

·         Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act Title III Annual Report for 2010 (on security clearances granted)  

East-West Center

·         The United States Should Strengthen Ties with the Smaller Countries of South Asia 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         International Energy Outlook 2011 

EU Institute for Security Studies

·         Europe and Angola: The Case for Deeper Engagement   

·         Lessons from Atalanta and EU Counter-Piracy Policies 

European Policy Centre

·         The EU and Ukraine - Where to Next? 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

·         2010 Crime in the U.S. 

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

·         Upsetting the Reset: The Technical Basis of Russian Concern Over NATO Missile Defense 

Foreign Policy

·         The Do-Nothing Strategy 

·         The Gloves Come Off [Pakistan] 

·         Machine Gun Menace 

·         Uncle Sam and the Saudi Split 

·         The World's Top Executioners 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Afghanistan Governance: Performance-Data Gaps Hinder Overall Assessment of U.S. Efforts to Build Financial Management Capacity, GAO-11-907 

·         Afghanistan's Donor Dependence, GAO-11-948R 

·         DOD Financial Management:  Extent of Weaknesses in Controls over the Use of Public Funds and Related Improper Payments, GAO-11-950T [testimony] 

·         DOD Financial Management:  Improved Controls, Processes, and Systems Are Needed for Accurate and Reliable Financial Information, GAO-11-933T [testimony] 

·         Electronic Government:  Performance Measures for Projects Aimed at Promoting Innovation and Transparency Can Be Improved, GAO-11-775 

·         Excess Facilities:  DOD Needs More Complete Information and a Strategy to Guide Its Future Disposal Efforts,  GAO-11-814 

·         Homeland Security:  DHS and TSA Acquisition and Development of New Technologies, GAO-11-957T [testimony] 

·         Inspectors General:  Reporting on Independence, Effectiveness, and Expertise, GAO-11-770

·         Joint Strike Fighter:  Implications of Program Restructuring and Other Recent Developments on Key Aspects of DOD's Prior Alternate Engine Analyses, GAO-11-903R 

·         Military Training: Actions Needed to Assess Workforce Requirements and Appropriate Mix of Army Training Personnel,  GAO-11-845 

·         Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise:  The National Nuclear Security Administration's Proposed Acquisition Strategy Needs Further Clarification and Assessment, GAO-11-848

·         Personal ID Verification: Agencies Should Set a Higher Priority on Using the Capabilities of Standardized Identification Cards, GAO-11-751 

·         Polar Satellites: Agencies Need to Address Potential Gaps in Weather and Climate Data Coverage, GAO-11-945T [testimony]

·         Weapons Acquisition Reform: Actions Needed to Address Systems Engineering and Developmental Testing Challenges, GAO-11-806 

·         Telecommunications:  Competition, Capacity, and Costs in the Fixed Satellite Services Industry, GAO-11-777  

Heritage Foundation

·         Congress Should Halt FAA Plan to Destroy the Privacy of Noncommercial Flights 

·         Natural Gas Policy: Access, Not Over-Regulation and Subsidies 

·         The Obama Administration Was Right to Boycott Durban III, but Should Also Withhold U.S. Funds 

·         U.N. Palestinian Statehood Vote: A Test of Obama’s U.N. Engagement Strategy 

·         U.S. Should React Strongly to Pakistan’s Involvement in Attack on U.S. Embassy 

Human Rights Watch

·         EU’s Dirty Hands: Frontex Involvement in Ill-Treatment of Migrant Detainees in Greece  

·         Keeping the Momentum: One Year in the Life of the UN Human Rights Council 

Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)

·         Strategic Implications of the Franco-Russian Mistral Deal

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         The Ongoing Insurgency in Southern Thailand - A New Strategic Perspectives 

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Determining the Purpose of Iran’s Growing Stock of 19.75 Percent Enriched Uranium: Production Should be Capped 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         Global Battleground or School Playground: The Bullying of America's Muslim Children

·         Malleable Stereotypes: How Media is Improving the Image of American Muslims

Institute for Software Research

·         Handling Weighted, Asymmetric, Self-Looped, and Disconnected Networks in ORA 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update 

·         The Libyan Revolution Part I-Roots of Rebellion 

·         The Libyan Revolution Part 2-Escalation & Intervention 

International Crisis Group

·         Guinea: Putting the Transition Back on Track 

·         Myanmar: Major Reform Underway 

·         Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency  

International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

·         World Disasters Report 2011 - Focus on Hunger and Malnutrition 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Growth Spillover Dynamics from Crisis to Recovery 

·         Spatial Spillovers in Emerging Market Spreads 

·         Targets, Interest Rates, and Household Saving in Urban China 

·         Update on the Financing of the Fund's Concessional Assistance and Debt Relief to Low-Income Member Countries 

·         World Economic Outlook 2011 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Australia’s Military Capabilities Up in the Air 

·         Burma/Myanmar: The Triangulation of Strategic Interests 

·         A Fiscal Union for the Euro: Some Lessons from History 

·         Iran's Naval-Gazing More Political Than Military 

·         Understanding the Crisis Rape-HIV Nexus 

International Republican Institute

·         Report of the International Republican Institutes Pre-Election Assessment to the Democratic Republic of Congo 

International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)

·         The Global Exploration Roadmap 

International Trade Commission (ITC)

·         Economic Effects of Significant US Import Restraints 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, September 23, 2011, v. 9, no. 36 

o    Probing the Reasons behind Iran’s “Pre-emptive” Military Offensive against Kurdish Rebels

o    Al-Q Can Nigeria Exploit the Split in the Boko Haram Movement? aeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s Operational Revival in Northern Algeria

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

·         USSOCOM Research Topics 2012 

Middle East Institute (MEI)

·         Public Health in the Middle East: Building a Healthy Future

·         Revolution and Political Transformation in the Middle East

o    Agents of Change v. 1 

o    Government Action and Research v. 2 

National Bureau of Asian Research

·         Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism: Implications for the United States, China, and the Asia-Pacific Region 

·         Japan’s Evolving Space Program 

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

·         Special Collections 

o    Index, Declassified GAMBIT and HEXAGON Records and Histories - September 17, 2011

o    A History of Satellite Reconnaissance (Perry Histories)

NATO Defense College

·         Libya: Avoiding State Failure 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Unprecedented Nuclear Strikes of the Invincible Army: A Realistic Assessment of North Korea’s Operational Nuclear Capability 

Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation

·         African Migration, Global Inequalities, and Human Rights: Connecting the Dots

·         Peace and Security Cooperation in Central Africa: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         Water and Energy Dynamics in the Greater Himalayan Region: Opportunities for Environmental Peacebuilding 

Open Society Foundations

·         The Cost of Kill/Capture—Impact of the Night Raid Surge on Afghan Civilians 

PAK Institute for Peace Studies

·         SouthAsiaNet Regional Watch, August 2011  

Pew Charitable Trusts

·         From Barracks to Battlefield—Clean Energy Innovation and America’s Armed Forces 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         A Third of Text Message Users Prefer Them to Voice Calls 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         The Great Austerity War: What Caused the Deficit Crisis and Who Should Pay to Fix It? 

·         Trading Away Stability and Growth: United States Trade Agreements in Latin America 

·         The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities 

·         An Unblinking Glance at a National Catastrophe and the Potential Dissolution of the Eurozone: Greece’s Debt Crisis in Context 

Rand

·         Assessing the Performance of Military Treatment Facilities 

·         The Effect of Military Enlistment on Earnings and Education 

·         Improving Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Developing World 

·         Regulating Medical Marijuana Dispensaries: An Overview with Preliminary Evidence of Their Impact on Crime 

Security Council Report

·         Update Report No. 1: High-Level Meeting on Preventive Diplomacy 

SETA

·         The New Middle East: One Year After the First Flotilla 

·         A Raid From The Sea: The Gaza Flotilla Attack and Blockade Under Legal Scrutiny 

Small Wars Journal

·         The Bangsamoro Insurgency: An International History 

·         Breaking Barriers to Deeper Understanding: How Post-Modern Concepts Are ‘Value-Added’ to Military Conceptual Planning Considerations 

·         Countering Insurgency In South Asia: Three Approaches 

·         Don't Trust the Big Man 

·         Journalist-Soldiers: Blogs, Books, and Freedom on the Battlefield 

·         Language, Culture, and Doctrinal Convergence of Trends in Full Spectrum Operation’s 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         2011-2012 U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) 

·         Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present, and Future 

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

·         Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Long Road Ahead

·         Space Security 2011: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future—Conference Report 4–5 April 2011 

Urban Institute

·         Evaluating the Use of Public Surveillance Cameras for Crime Control and Prevention - A Summary 

USAID

·         Chad - Complex Emergency [latest update] 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Rebellions, American Responses: An Interim Assessment

·         Bahrain Boiling 

·         A Coming Storm? Prospects and Implications of UN Recognition of Palestinian Statehood 

·         East Jerusalem Palestinians Say UN Move Would Hurt Them; Many Prefer Israeli Citizenship 

·         How Not to Play Peacemaker: Ten Reasons Why Europe Should Reject the Palestinian Statehood Bid at the United Nations 

·         The IDF and PA Prepare for Disturbances 

·         Needed: High-Level U.S. Attention to the Dire Situation in Egypt

·         Obama's Focus at the UN: Getting Passionate about Israel

·         The Palestinian Bid for UN Membership: Rationale, Response, Repercussions 

·         The Perils of the Palestinians’ Big Moment at the UN

·         What Do the Arabs of East Jerusalem Really Want? 

·         What Has Really Changed in the Middle East? 

White House

·         Fact Sheet: Advancing U.S. Interests at the United Nations 

·         The Open Government Partnership: National Acton Plan for the United States of America

·         Remarks by President Obama at High-Level Meeting on Libya 

World Bank

·         Financial Access and Stability: A Road Map for the Middle East and North Africa