Friday's Miscellany 10-21-2011

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

·         Rethinking Rural Poverty Reduction in Afghanistan 

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

·         Warning—Hollow Force Ahead! The Effect of Ever More Defense Budget Cuts on US Armed Forces 

Amnesty International

·         Arms Transfers to the Middle East and North Africa—Lessons for an Effective Arms Trade Treaty  

·         Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya  

·         Gender and Torture Conference Report  

·         Nigeria—Human Rights Agenda 2011-2015  

Baker Institute

The Status of World Oil Reserves: Conventional and Unconventional Resources in the Future Supply Mix 

Bipartisan Project

·         Investing in the Revolution: Economics and the Prospects for Democracy in Egypt 

·         Strategic Public Diplomacy: The Case of Egypt 

Brookings Institute

·         If True, Iran Plot a Giant, Dangerous Error 

·         Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America—A Decade of Change  

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Farewell to the GWOT: What We Learned from the Global War On Terror

·         Lessons Learned? What Canada Should Learn from Afghanistan 

·         Political Mood of America 

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

Center for American Progress

·         Making Fracking Safe in the East and West: Environmental Safeguards on Shale Gas Production Needed as China Begins Development 

Center for Global Development

·         Future of U.S. Aid Reform—Rhetoric, Reality, and Recommendations  

·         Migration as a Tool for Disaster Recovery—U.S. Policy Options in the Case of Haiti  

Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)

·         Dams Sector 

Center for Security Studies

·         Russian Analytical Digest, No. 103—Russian Regions 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Iran’s Strategic Competition with the US and Arab States—Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Capabilities  

·         PacNet #59 - Better Japan-China Ties Depend on Beijing 

·         The Rise of Enrique Peña Nieto and Return of the PRI 

·         U.S. Ground Force Capabilities through 2020 - Appendixes 

·         Year of Surprises—17th U.S.-Japan Security Seminar  

Chatham House

·         Role of Smaller EU Member States in the Post-Lisbon Environment    

Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy

·         Secure Communities by the Numbers: An Analysis of Demographics and Due Process 

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

·         The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11: Perspectives of Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey 

·         The Future of National Defense: Perspectives of Former Chairmen of the Committee on Armed Services 

·         National Guard and Reserve Component Acquisition and Modernization 

·         Nuclear Weapons Modernization in Russia and China: Understanding Impacts to the United States 

·         Update on KC-46A and Legacy Aerial Refueling Aircraft Programs 

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

·         Hearings 

o    Emerging Threats and Security in the Western Hemisphere: Next Steps for U.S. Policy [Oct 13, 2011]

o    The International Exploitation of Drug Wars and What We Can Do About It [Oct 12, 2011]

o    Iran and Syria: Next Steps—Part II [Oct 14, 2011]

o    Narcoterrorism and the Long Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement [Oct 12, 2011]

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         A Call to Action: Narco-Terrorism's Threat to the Southern U.S. Border 

·         Texas Wildfire Review: Did Bureaucracy Prevent a Timely Response? 

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

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Priorities and the Rule of Law 

Congress. House. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

·         Streamlining Emergency Management: Improving Preparedness, Response, and Cutting Costs 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Final Report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan

Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

·         Pipeline Safety Since San Bruno and Other Recent Incidents 

Congress. Senate. Energy and Natural Resources Committee

·         To examine the status of response capability and readiness for oil spills in foreign Outer Continental Shelf waters adjacent to US waters 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs

·         Accountability at FEMA: Is Quality Job #1? 

·         Ten Years After 9/11: A Status Report on Information Sharing 

·         Ten Years After 9/11 and the Anthrax Attacks: Protecting Against Biological Threats 

Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee

·         Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security 

Continuity of Government Commission

·         The Continuity of the Supreme Court 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 

·         Enhancing US Diplomatic Engagement with Non-state Armed Groups  

·         The Eurozone in Crisis 

·         Issue Guide: The Arab Uprisings  

Defense Department

·         2010 Post Election Survey Report to Congress 

·         NAVAIR Acquisition Forecast, 2012-2014     

·         NAVAIR Acquisition Guide 2012/2013 

·         Department of Defense Report To Congress On Contracting Fraud 

Department of Homeland Security

·         OIG-11-110 - DHS Risk Assessment Efforts in the Dams Sector

·         OIG-11-113 - Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2011 

·         OIG-11-114 - Improving FEMA’s Individual Assistance, Technical Assistance Contracts 

·         OIG-11-115 - United States Coast Guard's Internal Controls and Cost Capturing for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

·         OIG-11-116 - DHS Continues to Face Challenges in the Implementation of Its OneNet Project 

·         OIG-11-118 - Security Issues with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Enterprise Wireless Infrastructure 

·         Statement Of Matt Jadacki  Assistance Inspector General For Emergency Management Oversight  U. S. Department Of Homeland Security Before The Ad Hoc Subcommittee On Disaster Recovery And  Intergovernmental Affairs Of The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs United States Senate    

Economic Policy Institute

·         Growing U.S. Trade Deficit with China Cost 2.8 Million Jobs Between 2001 and 2010  

Energy Information Administration (EIS)

·         Annual Energy Review 2010

·         International Energy Statistics  

Enough Project

·         A New U.S. Policy for Two New Sudans 

·         How to Save Darfur’s Peace Process  

·         U.S. Congo Policy—Matching Deeds to Words to End the World’s Deadliest Conflict  

European Commission

·         Europe: A Roadmap to Stability and Growth 

European Parliament

·         Europe: A Roadmap to Stability and Growth 

Foreign Policy

·         Exodus: Is there a place for Christians in the new Middle East? 

·         Gripping and Grinning with the Colonel 

·         The Qaddafi Family Scrapbook 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         Fixing The Facts Or Missing The Mark? Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq 

·         How We Failed In Afghanistan And How We Can Do Better 

·         Sovereignty Or Submission: Liberal Democracy or Global Governance? 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         Fighting for a Kingdom of God? The Role of Religion in the Ivorian Crisis 

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

·         South Caucasus: What Prospects after Twenty Years of "Managed Instability"? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Aviation Safety: Status of FAA's Actions to Oversee the Safety of Composite Airplanes, GAO-11-849 

·         DOD Financial Management: Marine Corps Statement of Budgetary Resources Audit Results and Lessons Learned, GAO-11-830 

·         Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle:  DOD Needs to Ensure New Acquisition Strategy Is Based on Sufficient Information, GAO-11-641 

·         Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment, GAO-12-167CG

·         Military Training: DOD's Report on the Sustainability of Training Ranges Meets Annual Reporting Requirements but Could Be Improved, GAO-12-13R 

·         Prior Experience and Past Performance as Evaluation Criteria in the Award of Federal Construction Contracts, GAO-12-102R 

·         UN Internal Oversight: Progress Made on Independence and Staffing Issues, but Further Actions Are Needed, GAO-11-871 

·         Yucca Mountain:  Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges, GAO-11-847 

Heritage Foundation

·         Avoiding America’s Lost Decades 

·         Common-Sense Principles for Detainee Policy 

·         South Africa Needs a Roadmap to Economic Freedom 

·         South Korea: Taking the Right Steps to Defense Reform 

Humanitarian Policy Group

·         Counter-terrorism and Humanitarian Action 

Institute for Defense Studies & Analyses

·         Back to the Basics—Foot and Hoof Mobility in the Mountains 

·         Yemen’s Turbulent Spring—Imminent Change Amidst Continuing Conflict 

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

·         NATO and the Arab Spring [Transatlantic Current - October 2011]

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges 

·         Performance of the IR-1 Centrifuge at Natanz 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Libya Conflict: Situation Update 

·         Retreating With Our Heads Held High 

·         What's Behind the Iraq Withdrawal Decision 

International Crisis Group

·         Africa without Qaddafi: The Case of Chad 

·         Breaking Point? Yemen’s Southern Question 

·         South Sudan: Compounding Instability in Unity State 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Arab Awakening Boosts Turkey's Confidence 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Does G-4 Liquidity Spill Over? 

·         Financial Integration and Rebalancing in Asia 

·         Global Rebalancing: Implications for Low-Income Countries 

·         Macroprudential Policy: What Instruments and How to Use Them? Lessons from Country Experiences    

·         The Policy Interest-Rate Pass-Through in Central America 

·         Rapid Credit Growth: Boon or Boom-Bust? 

·         Risk Sharing and Financial Contagion in Asia: An Asset Price Perspective 

               

International Panel of Fissile Materials

·         Managing Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors: Experience and Lessons from Around the World 

International Relations and Security Network

·         ICC Cases Threatened by Social Media Leaks 

·         India Falters in Countering Terrorism 

·         Shots Across the Ocean: Joining the Dots of Modern Violence 

·         Tibet Looks Ahead 

Jamestown Monitor

·         Terrorism Monitor, October 21, 2011, v. 9, no. 38 

o    Perspectives on the Islamist and Salafist Parties in Egypt: Similarities and Dissimilarities

o    Sectarian Violence Escalates in Balochistan as Shi’a Holy Month Approaches

o    Saudi Arabia’s “Iran Initiative” and Arab Tribalism: Emerging Forces Converge in the Arab World

Joint Chiefs of Staff

·         JP 3-03, Joint Interdiction, 03 May 2007, Change 1, 14 October 2011 

·         JP 4-06, Mortuary Affairs, 12 October 2011 

·         JP 3-07, Stability Operations, 29 September 2011 

National Academies Press

·         Proceedings of a Workshop on Deterring Cyberattacks: Informing Strategies and Developing Options for U.S. Policy 

·         Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Program Assessment 

·         Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities 

·         Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace 

·         Toward Better Usability, Security, and Privacy of Information Technology: Report of a Workshop 

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism ad Responses to Terrorism (START)

·         Background Report: ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers 

National Priorities Project

·         A People's Guide to the Federal Budget 

NATO Defense College

·         Planning Ahead for a Peacekeeping Mission on the Golan Heights: a Role for NATO? 

Nautilus Institute FOIA Room

·         Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command History Vol I (U) 1992 [large file] 

·         Kim Jong Il’s Nuclear Diplomacy and the US Opening: Slow Motion Six-Party Engagement 

·         Ousting Kan Naoto: The Politics of Nuclear Crisis and Renewable Energy in Japan    

Overseas Development Institute

·         Counter-Terrorism and Humanitarian Action Tensions, Impact and Ways Forward 

·         Scaling Up What Works—Managing Risks in Fragile States  

Oxfam

·         Beyond Viktor Bout—Why the United States Needs an Arms Trade Treaty

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Asia: Stepping Up from Regional Influence to a Global Role 

·         The Doha Dilemma: Implications for Korea and the Multilateral Trading System 

·         Ukraine's Finances Appear Unsustainable 

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

·         Growing Attention to Wall Street Protests

Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism

·         Coverage of Wall St. Protests Keeps Growing, Gets More Political 

Rand

·         The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations: An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform  

·         Mapping the Gaps: Ideas for Using GIS to Enhance Local Health Department Priority Setting and Program Planning 

·         Small Business and Defense Acquisitions: A Review of Policies and Current Practices 

·         Workshop on Emerging Research in Financial Literacy and Videos 

·         Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Program Evaluation: Capstone Report 

Small Wars Journal

·         Counterinsurgency and the Internally Displaced: Aligning Doctrine with Reality 

·         From Unique Needs to Modular Platforms: The Future of Military Robotics 

·         Realism vs. Liberalism in the Development of Counterterrorism Strategy 

·         The United States and the Lord’s Resistance Army 

·         Urban Land Use by Illegal Armed Groups in Medellin 

Stanley Foundation

·         1540 [United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540] in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asia 

·         Atrocities, Conflict, and the QDDR 

·         Nuclear and WMD Security and Summit Diplomacy—Leveraging Top-Level Engagement 

·         Strengthening WMD Security:  A Whole of Society Approach 

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

·         China's Energy and Security Relations with Russia: Hopes, Frustrations and Uncertainties 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Afghanistan Question and the Reset in U.S.-Russian Relations

·         Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power 

Urban Institute

·         Comprehensive Review of Immigrant Access to Health and Human Services  

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Baghdad’s Wary Support for the Syrian Status Quo 

·         The Iraq Federal Police: U.S. Police Building under Fire 

·         Regional Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: The Impact on Lebanon and Hezbollah 

USAID    

·         Central America - Floods 

·         Democratic Republic of the Congo - Complex Emergency [latest update] 

·         Haiti - Earthquake and Cholera [latest update] 

·         Horn of Africa - Drought [latest update]   

·         Libya- Complex Emergency - Disaster Assistance at a Glance [latest update]       

·         Pakistan- Complex Emergency and Floods [latest update] 

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

·         VFW Call to Action: Stop Balancing Budget on Backs of Military and Veterans

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Spring, Arab Storm: Implications for Israel 

·         A History of Violence [Iran] 

·         Syria: The Battle for Democracy and Change 

·         Tunisia's Islamists Likely to Win Plurality in the First "Arab Spring" Election 

·         Turkish-Iranian Rivalry Redux 

·         U.S. Leadership Needed to Protect the Syrian People from the Syrian Regime 

White House

·         Remarks by the President on Ending the War in Iraq 

·         Remarks by the President on the Death of Muammar Qaddafi