REPORT - America's Path: Grand Strategy for the Next Administration

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) just released this report - America's Path: Grand Strategy for the Next Administration - that might be of interest to some.  It will also be discussed at their annual conference next week.

From their website --

Authors: Dr. Robert J. Art, Dr. Peter Feaver, Richard Fontaine, Dr. Kristin M. Lord, Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter Type of Publication: Report

Date: 05/31/2012

America confronts a world in transition. Whatever the outcome of the November 2012 presidential election, America's next president will face many challenges. To lead America wisely, the president and his administration must answer several questions: What kind of world does America face and how is the strategic landscape evolving? What are America's core national interests? How should America pursue its interests and what threatens them? What opportunities exist and how can America seize them? How should America convey its purpose, both at home and globally? In America's Path: Grand Strategy for the Next Administration, editors and CNAS experts Richard Fontaine and Dr. Kristin M. Lord bring together four strategists - Dr. Robert J. Art, Dr. Richard K. Betts, Dr. Peter Feaver and Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter - with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to advance a common mission of promoting informed debate about America's role in the world and the best ways to fulfill it.

Friday's Miscellany 05-25-2012

Afghanistan Analysts Network (ANA)

·         The Mulla Dadullah Front: A Search for Clues

·         The Other Guantanamo 2: The Afghan State Begins Internment

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Critical Threats

·         Failure in Chicago: No U.S.-Pakistan Deal on NATO Supply Lines 

·         Iranian influence in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan

·         Yemen Crisis Situation Reports [updated May 21, 2012] 

American Security Project (ASP)

·         Measuring Success: Are We Winning? Over 10 Years in Afghanistan 

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

·         The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2012-2013 

Berkman Center on Internet & Society

·         Briefing Document: Public Networks for Public Safety: A Workshop on the Present and Future of Mesh Networks 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Iran Update, Number 159, May 25, 2012 

·         Iran’s Nuclear Impasse—Breaking the Deadlock 

Brookings

·         Campaign 2012: America’s Role in the World 

·         It's the Climate, Stupid! 

·         Less Agreement Than Meets the Eye 

·         Reviving American Leadership: The Next President Should Continue on the Path Obama Has Set 

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)

·         Canada and NATO: A Military Assessment 

·         A President Soon? Where is Egypt Heading To? 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         The Emerging Order in the Middle East 

CATO Institute

·         Competition in Currency—The Potential for Private Money 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Sustainable Preeminence—Reforming the U.S. Military at a Time of Strategic Change  

Center for American Progress

·         Memorial Day Driving by the Numbers: How Big Oil Profits from Americans’ Vacations 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

·         Homeland Security Affairs Journal 

·         Supplement 5: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers 

o    Best Paper of the Conference: Person Attribute Search for Large-Area Video Surveillance

o    Best Paper, Cyber Security Track: Measuring the Human Factor of Cyber Security

o    Best Paper, Attack and Disaster Preparation, Recovery, and Response Track: Integrated PMR-Broadband-IP Network for Secure Real-time Multimedia Information Sharing

o    Best Paper, Land and Maritime Border Security Track: Database of High-Z Signatures in Cargo

o    Best Paper, Biometrics, Forensics, and Physical Security Track: Tunable, Self-curing Polymers for the Forensic Collection of Latent Signatures from Within Porous Materials

·         Supplement 4, DHS Centers of Excellence Science and Technology Student Papers 

o    Vocal Analysis Software for Rapid Security Screening: Validity and Credibility Assessment Potential

o    Vibration Based Damage Detection of Scour in Coastal Bridge

o    Decision Learning Algorithm for Acoustic Vessel Classification

o    Optimal Defensive Resource Allocations in the Face of Uncertain Terrorist Preferences with Emphasis on Transportation

o    Consequence Assessment for Complex Food Transportation System Facing Catastrophic Disruptions

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

·         CIP Report, May 2012, v. 10. no. 11 - International Critical Infrastructure Protection   

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

·         Women, Peace, and Security: UN Resolution 1325 Put to the Test 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

·         Changing the Game: the Promise of Directed-Energy Weapons 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         Advancing the National Interests of the United States: Ratification of the Law of the Sea 

·         The Atlanta Declaration: U.S. Leadership in Improving the World's Health 

·         Bridging the Gap?  The New Philanthropy in India 

·         Energy Risks in North Africa and the Middle East 

·         Gulf Kaleidoscope—Reflections on the Iranian Challenge 

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 12 - May 21, 2012 

·         Interim Report—Planning for a Deep Defense Drawdown—Part I 

·         PacNet #32R - Responses to PacNet #32 - The Illogic of China's North Korea Policy 

·         Underlying Causes of Stability and Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa 

·         U.S. Department of Defense Services Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2011 

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies

·         Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Fall 2011, v. 14, no. 1 

o    Seventy Years On: New Perspectives on the Second World War

o    The War Hitler Won: The Battle for Europe, 1939-1941

o    German Counterinsurgency Revisited

o    Occupation Duty In The Dysfunctional Coalition: The Italian Second Army And Its Allies In The Balkans,1941–43

o    Something is Wrong with Our Army…’ Command, Leadership & Italian Military Failure in the First Libyan Campaign, 1940-41

o    A Stepping Stone to Success: Operation Battleaxe (June 1941) and the Development of the British Tactical Air Doctrine

o    Bomber Harris and Precision Bombing – No Oxymoron Here

o    ‘Steel My Soldiers’ Hearts’: El Alamein Reappraised

o    Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: A Case for Effects-Based Operations?

o    A Neglected Story: German Prisoners of War in Italy (1945-1947)

o    The Second War in Every Respect: Australian memory and the Second World War

Century Foundation

·         Ryan Budget Versus the Budget for All 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

·         2012 Joint Warfighting Conference & Exposition speech by Gen. Martin E. Dempsey 

·         Chairman's Remarks, Question & Answer at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum 

Chatham House

·         Syria: Towards a Negotiated Transition? 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         CTC Sentinel, May 2012, v. 5, no. 5 

o    The Abbottabad Documents: Bin Ladin’s Security Measures

o    The Evidence of Jihadist Activity in Syria

o    The Arab Spring and its Influence on Al-Qa`ida

o    Are Jihadist Groups Shifting Their Focus from the Far Enemy?

o    The Abbottabad Documents: Bin Ladin’s Cautious Strategy in Yemen

o    The Abbottabad Documents: The Quiet Ascent of Adam Gadahn

o    The Threat from Swarm Attacks: Case Studies from the North Caucasus

o    Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Stopping the Flow of Illicit Drugs in Arizona by Leveraging State, Local and Federal Information Sharing 

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

·         Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the DOD Supply Chain    

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

·         Ivory and Insecurity: The Global Implications of Poaching in Africa 

·         The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification 

Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

·         Innovating with Less: Examining Efforts to Reform Information Technology Spending 

·         A National Security Crisis: Foreign Language Capabilities in the Federal Government 

·         Secret Service on the Line: Restoring Trust and Confidence 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Assessing the Short-Term Effects on Output of Changes in Federal Fiscal Policies 

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 House 

·         Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 Senate 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         How to Read Egypt's Elections 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Developmental Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering FY 2011 Annual Report 

Department of the Navy

·         SECNAV M-5000.2 - Acquisition and Capabilities Guidebook 2012 

Department of State

·         Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 

·         Sec Clinton Remarks at the North Atlantic Council Meeting 

·         Sec Clinton Remarks at the Special Operations Command Gala Dinner 

·         Sec Clinton testimony - The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification 

East-West Center

·         Political Reforms in Malaysia: Winds of Change or Hot Air? 

European Council on Foreign Relations

·         The EU and Azerbaijan: Beyond Oil 

European Policy Centre

·         Is Europe Addressing the Wrong Growth Crisis? 

Foreign Policy

·         5 World Events That Could Swing the U.S. Election 

·         The Candidates [Egyptian presidential elections] 

·         Me Against the World 

·         Power Ballad [Azerbaijan]    

·         Romney: Year One 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         The Obama Doctrine and the Lessons Of Iraq 

·         Palestinian Attitudes Toward Israel 

·         How Washington Lost Syria 

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

·         The Puzzling Decline in Rural Women’s Labor Force Participation in India: A Reexamination 

German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

·         China’s Long Road to a Low-Carbon Economy: An Institutional Analysis 

·         Eurasia’s Hinge: It’s More than just Energy 

·         Israel’s Economy and the Arab Spring: Isolation Serves as a Buffer 

·         One Year On: A Balance Sheet of the EU’s Response to the Arab Spring 

·         Russia “is a Delicate Matter”? The View from Central Asia of Putin’s Commitment to the Region 

·         What Next for NATO: What Did We Learn in Chicago? 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls.  GAO-12-616R 

·         Defense Infrastructure: Documentation Lacking to Fully Support How DOD Determined Specifications for the Landstuhl Replacement Medical Center. GAO-12-622 

·         Information Technology Reform: Progress Made; More Needs to Be Done to Complete Actions and Measure Results.  GAO-12-461 

·         Information Technology Reform: Progress Made; More Needs to Be Done to Complete Actions and Measure Results.  GAO-12-745T [testimony] 

·         Military Disability System: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Performance, by Daniel Bertoni, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. GAO-12-718T [testimony] 

·         Nuclear Safety: DOE Needs to Determine the Costs and Benefits of Its Safety Reform Effort.  GAO-12-347 

·         Public Service: The Chance to Remake Our World, by Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States before the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. GAO-12-787CG 

·         Streamlining Government: Questions to Consider When Evaluating Proposals to Consolidate Physical Infrastructure and Management Functions. GAO-12-542 

·         Uranium Mining: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of Financial Assurances.  GAO-12-544 

Heritage Foundation

·         The Alarming Trend of Cybersecurity Breaches and Failures in the U.S. Government 

·         Centralizing Management of the Military Health System 

·         Dismissing Padilla v. Yoo: A Glass Half Empty? 

·         Employing Asia’s Diplomatic Framework in the Pursuit of American Interests 

·         Iran Nuclear Talks: U.S. Should Stand Firm 

·         Pakistan Missed Opportunity to Repair Ties with U.S. 

·         Providing the Capabilities That the Common Defense Requires 

·         The U.S. State Department Should Designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization 

·         Winning Without Fighting—Chinese Legal Warfare 

Hudson Institute

·         The Secretary Shall—How the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act Will Affect Doctors 

Human Rights Watch

·         “Beat Him, Take Everything Away” - Abuses by China’s Chengguan Para-Police 

·         “If You Come Back We Will Kill You” - Sexual Violence and other Abuses against Congolese Migrants during Expulsions from Angola 

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         China’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves: A Reality Check 

·         Libya And R2P: A Year After UNSCR 1973 

·         Sectarian Strife in Gilgit Baltistan 

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence

·         International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2012, v. 6, no. 1 

o    Guest Editorial: Processes of Radicalization and De-Radicalization

o    Political Commitment under an Authoritarian Regime: Professional Associations and the Islamist Movement as Alternative Arenas in Jordan

o    Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Radical Islam in Post-Suharto Indonesia

o    Electing Not to Fight: Elections as a Mechanism of Deradicalisation after the Irish Civil War 1922–1938

o    State Violence and Oppositional Protest in High-Capacity Authoritarian Regimes

o    The States Must Be Crazy: Dissent and the Puzzle of Repressive Persistence

o    Intra-Party Dynamics and the Political Transformation of Non-State Armed Groups

o    Neo-liberal Governing of “Radicals”: Danish Radicalization Prevention Policies and Potential Iatrogenic Effects

o    Internal and External Collective Memories of Conflicts: Israel and the 1948 Palestinian Exodus

o    Cool Minds in Heated Debates? Migration-related Attitudes in Germany Before and After a Natural Intervention

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

·         Construction Progressing Rapidly on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at the Khushab Nuclear Site 

·         Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran 

·         Iranian Smuggling for Military Nuclear Programs—From Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group to the Physics Research Center 

·         ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

·         The Moroccan Path to Islamism 

Institute for the Study of War

·         Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated May 2012] 

·         After the Chicago NATO Summit, More Questions Than Answers? 

·         Iranian Influence in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan 

·         Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 22 May 11, 2012-May 18, 2012 

Institute of National Security Studies (Israel)

·         Cyber Warfare: Concepts and Strategic Trends 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         New US Military Concept Marks Pivot to Sea and Air 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Monetary Policy Transmission in the GCC Countries 

·         Optimal Liquidity and Economic Stability 

·         RMB Internationalization: Onshore/Offshore Links 

·         Surging Capital Flows to Emerging Asia: Facts, Impacts, and Responses 

·         The Volatility Trap: Precautionary Saving, Investment, and Aggregate Risk 

·         Walking Hand in Hand: Fiscal Policy and Growth in Advanced Economies 

International Relations and Security Network

·         Ethnicity, Economics and Energy – Russia's Relations with Central and Eastern Europe 

·         FDI - A Blessing or a Curse for West Africa? 

·         Institution Building in West Africa – Has the Western Model Worked? 

·         Moscow's Vision for the Backyard 

·         Together Instead of Against Each Other: The Euro-Atlantic Security Order Must Incorporate Russia 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

·         From Tunis to Tunis—Considering the Planks of U.S. International Cyber Policy, 2005-2011 

·         Stem Cell Research—A Science Brief 

Jamestown Foundation

·         China Brief, May 25, 2012, v. 12, no. 11 

o    Wang Yang: The Future Torchbearer of Reform?

o    Organized Crime Exploits China’s Growing Links to Latin

o    China’s Hydropower Miscalculation

o    Beijing Lays the Groundwork in Tajikistan: A View from the Ground

Joint Planning and Development Office

·         Human Factors Research Status Report 

·         National Aviation Safety Strategic Plan (NASSP) 

·         NextGen Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Development and Demonstration Roadmap (UAS RD&D Roadmap) Version 1.0 

Justice Policy Institute

·         Rethinking the Blues: How We Police in the U.S. and At What Cost 

National Academies Press

·         Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise 

National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NIMO)

·         NMIO Technical Bulletin, April 2012, v. 2 

o    European Maritime Surveillance Networking - MARSUR

o    NORAD and Maritime Domain Awareness

o    New Zealand National Maritime Coordination Centre

o    ONR Global – Pushing the Leading Edge of International Science and Technology

o    Suspicious Activity Reporting - Maritime Sector

o    High Neutron Sources to Detect Nuclear & Chemical Weapons

National Security Archive

·         Anatoly S. Chernyaev Diary, 1972 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update May 22, 2012] 

·         Peace & Reintegration in Afghanistan 

NATO Defense College

·         Five Years after Estonia's Cyber Attacks: Lessons Learned for NATO? 

·         Policy Making in 140 Characters or Less: NATO and Social Media 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         Conventional Deterrence and Japan’s Security 

New America Foundation

·         Russian Roulette—Corruption, Revenue, and the post-Soviet Precedent for State Failure in Afghanistan 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

·         Chicago Summit Declaration

·         Chicago Summit Declaration on Afghanistan 

·         Deterrence and Defence Posture Review 

·         NATO’s Policy Guidelines on Counter-Terrorism 

·         Summit Declaration on Defence Capabilities: Toward NATO Forces 2020 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         The Regional Implications of the Conflict in Syria 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense

·         2012 CBDP Annual Report to Congress 

·         2011 CBDP Annual Report to Congress 

·         2010 CBDP Annual Report to Congress 

·         The Report on Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC Terrorism, Volume 1, Executive Summary 

Office of the Director Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)

·         FY 2011 Annual Report on Cost Assessment Activities 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         Egyptians Remain Optimistic, Embrace Democracy and Religion in Political Life 

·         Russians Back Protests, Political Freedoms And Putin, Too 

Polish Institute of International Affairs

·         The European Endowment for Democracy: Will It Fly? 

Portuguese Institute for International Relations and Security

·         The Rise of Nationalism in China: Is it a Threat for the CCP? 

·         Understanding the Future of the Eurozone and of Greece's Possible Exit 

Rand

·         CANES Contracting Strategies for Full Deployment 

·         The Extent of Restrictions on the Service of Active-Component Military Women 

·         Methodology for Constructing a Modernization Roadmap for Air Force Automatic Test Systems 

·         A New Look at Gender and Minority Differences in Officer Career Progression in the Military 

·         Supplier Relationship Management at Army Life Cycle Management Commands: Gap Analysis of Best Practices 

Royal United Services Institute

·         British-German Defense Cooperation in NATO—Finding Common Ground on European Security 

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

·         China’s Economic Restructuring: Role of Agriculture 

Satellite Industry Association (SIA)

·         State of the Satellite Industry Report 2012 

SETA - Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research

·         The Anatomy of Egyptian Revolution: From 25th of January to the New Constitution 

Small Wars Journal

·         Aquifer Storage and Recovery Systems 

·         Ink Spots of Success: The Smart Power Approach to Our Endgame in Afghanistan 

·         Iraq in the Middle, Part I: F. Gregory Gause III on Iraq’s Relations with the GCC 

·         Seeking a Strategy to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction 

·         Talks about Talks – Does Yemen Need More Time? 

·         Time: Two Questions, Too Few Answers (A Treatise on Acquisition) 

Stanley Foundation

·         An Assessment of the Nuclear Security Centers of Excellence 

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

·         The Role of Small States in the Post-Cold War Era: The Case of Belarus 

Transatlantic Academy

·         China’s Long Road to a Low-Carbon Economy: An Institutional Analysis 

·         Transatlantic Mining Corporations In The Age Of Resource Nationalism 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         The PTI and Pakistan’s Changing Political Landscape 

United States International Trade Commission

·         Brazil: Competitive Factors in Brazil Affecting U.S. and Brazilian Agricultural Sales in Selected Third Country Markets 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         Arab Spring Heats Up Kurdish Issue 

·         Avoiding the Containment Trap with Iran 

·         The Baghdad Nuclear Talks: Three Steps to Help Diplomacy Succeed 

·         The Clerics vs. Modernity 

·         Command and Control 

·         Egyptian Elections: Beyond Winning 

·         Finding the Balance: U.S. Security Interests and the Arab Awakening 

·         Presidential Elections Will Not End Egyptian Instability 

·         Syria's New Jihadis 

·         Too Early to Expect a Breakthrough on Iran