Friday's Miscellany 05-04-2012

38 North

·         Progressive Pragmatism or Cynicism in Confronting North Korea? 

Air University

·         Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), May-June 2012, v. 26, no. 3   

o    Team Building: The Next Chapter of Airpower Command and Control in Afghanistan

o    Thinking about Air and Space Power in 2025: Five Guiding Principles

o    Operationalizing Knowledge: A New Chapter in the Saga of US War Fighting and Cognition

o    Airpower in the Interagency: Success in the Dominican Republic

o    Ten Thousand Feet and Ten Thousand Miles: Reconciling Our Air Force

o    Culture to Remotely Piloted Aircraft and the New Nature of Aerial Combat

o    Long-Range Strike: The Bedrock of Deterrence and America's Strategic Advantage

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

·         European Public Perceptions of the Israel-Palestine Conflict 

Al-Malahem (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula)

·         Inspire Magazine, no. 8 and 9 May 2012 

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

·         White, Grey, and Black (Euro) Swans: Dealing with Transatlantic Financial Risk in 2012 

Amnesty International

·         Impunity for Police Violence in Indonesia  

·         Kosovo—Still Missing After All These Years  

·         Kosovo—Time for Eulex to Prioritize War Crimes  

Australian Government

·         Australian Defense Force Posture Review final report 

·         Appendices 

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

·         Iran Update: Number 158 

Brookings Institute

·         Is the American World Order Sustainable and Necessary in the 21st Century? An Address by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) 

·         Lesser of Two Evils—The Salafi Turn to Party Politics in Egypt  

·         The Role of Women in Conflict Situations 

·         The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership: An Important, but Ambiguous Signal 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

·         Drivers of Insecurity in Mauritania  

CERI

·         Al Qaeda and U.S. Homeland security After bin Laden 

Center for American Progress

·         Interactive Map: Al Qaeda After Osama bin Laden By the Numbers 

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

·         Defending the Philippines: Military Modernization and the Challenges Ahead 

·         Don't Forget About the East China Sea 

·         Flash Points: Security in the East and South China Seas 

·         One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden interviews 

o    LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)

o    Dr. Nora Bensahel

o    Dr. Andrew Exum

o    Richard Fontaine

·         Studying the South China Sea: The Chinese Perspective 

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CBSA)

·         Economist Debate: China’s Military 

·         The Laser Future Of U.S. Missile Defense 

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

·         The FY2013 Defense Budget and the New Strategy-Reality Gap 

·         Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 9 - April 30, 2012 

·         Political Governance and Strategy in Afghanistan 

·         Significant Cyber Events Since 2006 [updated May 4, 2012] 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·         Studies in Intelligence v.56, No.1 - May 3, 2012 

o    Probing the Implications of Changing the Outputs of Intelligence

o    Estimating State Instability

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

·         2012 CJCS Reading List 

Chatham House

·         Disarmament and Non-Proliferation—The Nuclear Question in a Changing World 

·         Perspectives on the Sudan, South Sudan Crisis 

·         Political Economy of Egypt’s Transition  

·         US Election Note: China Policy after 2012 

·         Was It Worth It?  Reflections on the Libyan Revolution 

CNA

·         Characterizing the Economic Prospects of Veterans  

·         North Africa and the Sahel: Implications of the Arab Awakening 

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

·         Letters from Abbottabad—Bin Ladin Sidelined?  

·         Original Documents    

·         Translated Letters in English 

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

·         Using Technology to Facilitate Trade and Enhance Security at Our Ports of Entry    

Congress. House. Judiciary Committee

·         Protecting the Homeland ; ICE Response to the Task Force on Secure Communities Findings and 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

·         Criteria for Evaluating Budget Plans 

·         Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget 

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

·         Beating the Resource Curse—Global Governance Strategies for Democracy and Economic Development 

·         The Next Putin Presidency 

Cyber Squared

·         Project Enlightenment—Overview of Modern Cyber Espionage in a Global Economy 

Department of Defense (DOD)

·         Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan - united States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces (April 2012) 

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)

·         DODIG-2012-082 DoD Can Improve Its Accounting for Residual Value From the Sale of U.S. Facilities in Europe, May 4, 2012 

Department of Homeland Security

·         Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Training Guidance & Best Practices 

Department of State

·         Missile Defense: Road to Cooperation 

·         Situation in Sudan and North Korea 

·         U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense 

Department of the Army

·         2012 Army Strategic Planning Guidance 

Department of the Interior

·         Memorandum of Understanding for Hydropower: Two Year Progress Report 

Department of the Navy (DoN)

·         OPNAV Instruction 5450.345 Mission, Functions, and Tasks of Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and Commander, U.S. Tenth Fleet  

East West Center

·         Rising Tensions Over China’s Monopoly on Rare Earths? 

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

·         Caribbean Country Analysis Brief 

·         Peru Country Analysis Brief 

Enough Project

·         Hostilities Between Sudan and South Sudan—Timeline of Recent Events 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

·         The National Preparedness Report 

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

·         Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons 

Foreign Policy

·         Citizen Chen: How a Chinese Legal Activist Became an Icon of Freedom 

·         The Dumb Idea Hall of Fame    

·         Friends Like These [US and China] 

·         Once Upon a Time in Dubai 

·         Putin Forever 

·         Scion of Zion 

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

·         China and the Politics of Oil 

·         The Muslim Brotherhood and Washington: Courtship and Its Discontents 

·         Who Killed Europe? A Provocation 

German Marshall Fund of the United States

·         From Arms Racing to “Dam Racing” in Asia: How to Contain the Geopolitical Risks of the Dam-Building Competition 

·         When Sisyphus met Icarus: EU-China Economic Relations during the Eurozone Crisis 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

·         Border Security: Opportunities Exist to Ensure More Effective Use of DHS's Air and Marine Assets, GAO-12-518 

·         Defense Infrastructure: DOD Can Improve Its Response to Environmental Exposures on Military Installations. GAO-12-412 

·         Defense Inventory: Actions Underway to Implement Improvement Plan, but Steps Needed to Enhance Efforts.  GAO-12-493   

·         Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Enhance DOD's Management Approach and Implementation of Item Unique Identification Technology.  GAO-12-482 

·         Nuclear Weapons: Evaluation of Report on Feasibility of Increasing Air Transportation of Nuclear Weapons, Components, and Materials.  GAO-12-577R 

·         Tactical Aircraft: F-22A Modernization Program Faces Cost, Technical, and Sustainment Risks. GAO-12-447 

Heritage Foundation

·         Foiled Anarchist Plot Shows Why All-Threats Approach Is Needed 

·         One Year Later—Lessons From Recovery After the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake 

·         President Obama’s Missile Defense Program Falls Behind the Threat 

·         The Price of Liberty: Providing for the Common Defense 

·         Target Cyber-Oppressors, Not U.S. Businesses 

·         Why the U.S. Should Oppose International Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Mandates 

Hoover Institution

·         China Leadership Monitor, 2012, no. 37 

o    China’s Assertive Behavior—Part Four: The Role of the Military in Foreign Crises

o    After the Taiwan Elections: Planning for the Future

o    The Only Honest Man?—General Liu Yuan Calls Out PLA Corruption

o    Leadership Transition and the “Top-Level Design” of Economic Reform

o    Guangdong Leads Calls to Break up “Vested Interests” and Revive Reform

o    Prospects for Solidarity in the Xi Jinping Leadership

o    China’s Top Future Leaders to Watch: Biographical Sketches of Possible Members of the post-2012 Politburo (Part 1)

·         Policing Terrorism 

Hudson Institute

·         Terrorists or Fall Guys? 

Human Rights Watch

·         War Crimes in Northern Idlib [Syria] During Peace Plan Negotiations  

·         Escalation of Political Violence in Burundi  

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)

·         Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan? 

·         The Conscription of Children as Ultras in Manipur 

·         Deterrence in the Shadow of Terror—US Nuclear Weapons Policy in the Aftermath of 9/11  

·         Drug Trafficking in India: A Case for Border Security 

·         India Launches Radar Satellite 

·         Journal of Defence Studies, 2012, v. 6, no. 2 

o    Defence Acquisition Institute: A Viewpoint

o    Competing Exceptionalisms: US-India Defence Relationship

o    Perceptions of Kashmiri Youth: Security Implications

o    Troubled Waters, Anniversary Parade, PLA's Power Projection: Is China a Concern for the World?

o    India's Ordnance Factories: A Performance Analysis

o    Conflict and Cooperation in India-China Relations

o    The Complexity of Measuring National Power

o    Cultural Heritage and the Armed Forces

·         Managing the Rise of a Hydro-Hegemon in Asia: China’s Strategic Interests in the Yarlung-Tsangpo River 

·         Visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sri Lanka 

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)

·         From Rhetoric to Reality—Foreign-Policy Making Under the Democratic Party of Japan  

Institute for Security & Development Policy

·         The Global Commons & the Reconstruction of Sino-U.S. Military Relations 

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)

·         Engaging American Muslims: Political Trends and Attitudes 

·         United States-Pakistan Relations: Facing a Critical Juncture 

Inter-American Dialogue

·         U.S., Latin America and China—A “Triangular Relationship”?  

International Crisis Group

·         CrisisWatch No. 105—May 2012  

·         Pakistan’s Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir? 

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

·         Predictable, Preventable: Overcoming the Challenges of Violence During and After Disasters 

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

·         Advances in Neuroscience: New Weapons, New Questions 

·         CTBT: US Scientists Answer Concerns of Opponents 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·         Dynamic Loan Loss Provisioning: Simulations on Effectiveness and Guide to Implementation 

·         Mobilizing Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Norms and Key Determinants 

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

International Peace Institute (IPI)

·         Viruses, Bots and Logic Bombs: Defining the Cyberthreat [video] 

International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

·         Brazil Leading by Example 

·         New Security Structures: A Healthy Trend? 

Jamestown Foundation

·         Terrorism Monitor, May 4, 2012, v. 10, no. 9 

o    Al-Shabaab Split Threatens to Open New Conflict Between Somalia’s Islamists

o    Low Level Boundary Dispute Intensifies as Iran and the UAE Contest Control of Strategic Gulf Islands

o    German Trials Highlight the Role of the IMU as a Feeder for al-Qaeda Operations in Europe

Korea Institute for National Unification

·         Differing Views in South Korea and China over the Rise of the Kim Jong Un Regime

National Consortium for the study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

·         Al-Qaida’s Fatal Terrorism under Osama bin Laden 

National Security Archive

·         Update: The Guatemalan Death Squad Diary and the Right to Truth 

NATO Civil-Military Fusion Center

·         Afghanistan Review [latest update May 1, 2012] 

Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability

·         NWFZS and Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Squaring the Circle? 

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

·         China in View of the U.S.’s “Return to the Asia-Pacific” 

·         Middle East and North Africa Report 23    

Observer Research Foundation

·         Bangladesh Army—Documenting its Corporate Interests  

·         Creation of South Sudan—Prospects and Challenges  

·         Debate on Space Code of Conduct—An Indian Perspective  

·         Economics of Peace—A Nepalese Perspective  

·         India reviewing its Defence Procurement Policy 

·         Japan and ASEAN—Their Changing Relationship  

·         Nationalism in Pakistan—Dimensions of Failure  

·         Oil Supply Routes in the Asia Pacific—China’s Strategic Calculations  

·         Understanding Jihadism in Pakistan  

·         US-India Defense Relations—In Search of a Direction 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

·         Humanitarian Space: A Review of Trends and Issues 

Oxfam

·         The Devil is in the Detail: The Importance of Comprehensive and Legally Binding Criteria for Arms Transfers 

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

·         National Security Council: A Debate on Institutions and Processes for Decision-making on Security Issues 

·         State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan - 2nd Qrt report - Citizens Monitoring Report on the Implementation of the ECP 5-Year Strategic Plan    

Partnership for Public Service

·         Best Places to Work Snapshot—Federal Leadership Challenge  

PeaceOps

·         Journal of International Peace Operations, May-June, 2012, v. 7, no. 6 

o    FEATURE: COMBATING LABOR TRAFFICKING

o    Slavery Undermines Security in Democratic Republic of Congo

o    Slave Labor to Support US Contracts

o    Fighting Modern Day Slavery

o    Insuring Freedom While Defending Freedom

o    Heroes & Villains

o    A conversation with E. Benjamin Skinner

o    What a Difference a Coup Makes

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

·         Framework for the International Services Agreement 

·         Lessons from Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis 

·         US Tire Tariffs: Saving Few Jobs at High Cost 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

·         On Anniversary of bin Laden’s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

·         Teens & Online Video 

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

·         Economic Prospects: A U.S. Financial Transaction Tax: How Wall Street can Pay for Its Mess 

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

·         Guinea-Bissau: Can a Failed Military Coup be Successful? 

Project 2049 Institute

·         China’s Evolving Space Capabilities—Implications for US Interests  

Rand

·         China and Iran: Economic, Political, and Military Relations 

·         U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan: Effectiveness of Psychological Operations 2001-2010 

Russian and Eurasian Network

·         Russian Analytical Digest Newsletter, 20 April 2012/No. 112 

Small War Journal

·         Afghanistan 2012: Stay the Course Or Scale Back the Strategy? 

·         Afghanistan 2014-2024: Advising for Sustainability 

·         A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory 

·         A Different War on Terrorism: The U.S., Turkey and the PKK 

·         The Tao of Protracted Warfare: A Yin-Yang Approach to Conducting COIN 

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

·         2012 - 15th Quarterly Report to Congress 

·         C-JTSCC Has Taken Steps to Improve the Accuracy of Its Contract Data, but It Should Assess the Feasibility of Correcting Data for Fiscal Year 2009 and Earlier 

·         USAID Has Disbursed $9.5 Billion for Reconstruction and Funded Some Financial Audits as Required, But Many Audits Face Significant Delays, Accountability Limitations, and Lack of Resources 

·         USAID Spent Almost $400 Million on an Afghan Stabilization Project despite Uncertain Results, but Has Taken Steps to Better Assess Similar Efforts 

Symantec

·         Internet Security Report—2011  

UK Defense Committee

·         Developing Threats—Electro-Magnetic Pulses  

·         Special Report—Operations in Libya  

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

·         Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and Peacekeeping Operations 

US Institute of Peace (USIP)

·         Fixing Pakistan’s Civil-Military Imbalance: A Dangerous Temptation 

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

·         After bin Laden: Is the War on Terror Over? 

·         Islamists, Liberals, and the Future of Egypt 

·         Syria, U.S. Leadership, and the Direction of Change in the Middle East 

White House

·         Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 

·         Excerpts of the President’s Address to the Nation from Afghanistan 

·         Remarks by President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at Signing of Strategic Partnership Agreement 

·         Remarks by President Obama to the Troops in Afghanistan 

·         Remarks by the President at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner 

Yale Project on Climate Change Communication

·         Extreme Weather, Climate & Preparedness