Friday's Miscellany 08-08-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· Beijing 2008: AEI Scholars on China and Its Olympic Moment. http://www.aei.org/research/contentID.20080729163935307/default.asp

· Iraq: Why We Are Winning. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28434/pub_detail.asp

· What Does China's Growth Portend for Latin America? http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28366/pub_detail.asp

· Legacy or Complacency? Lula's Unfinished Business in Brazil. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28435/pub_detail.asp

American Prospect

· A Glossary of Iraq Euphemisms http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_glossary_of_iraq_euphemisms

Asian Centre for Human Rights

· South Asia Human Rights Index 2008 http://www.achrweb.org/reports/SAARC-2008.pdf

BASIC

· Iran Update http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080807.htm

Brookings Institution

· Afghanistan Index - Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan http://www.brookings.edu/foreign-policy/afghanistan-index.aspx

· Crime in Latin America: Democracy Losing this Fight http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0805_latin_america_casaszamora.aspx

· The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/08_iraq_ferris/08_iraq_ferris.pdf

· Standing Down as Iraq Stands Up http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/09_iraq_ohanlon.aspx

· Surge in the Number of Iraqi Refugees: Causes and Implications http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0703_iraq_refugees_koser.aspx?emc=lm&m=217424&l=21&v=658612

CACI International Inc (CACI) and the National Defense University (NDU)

· Dealing With Today’s Asymmetric Threat to U.S. and Global Security: The Need for an Integrated National Asymmetric Threat Strategy http://www.caci.com/announcement/CACI_Asymmetric_Threat_paper.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· India - IAEA Reports http://www.carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/reports/gov2008-30.pdf

Center for American Progress

· Climate War Games http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/08/climate.html

· How to Deal with Jerusalem http://www.middleeastprogress.org/2008/08/how-to-deal-with-jerusalem/

Center for Security Policy

· Enola Gay: Dangerous Disarmers http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

· Taiwan Arms Freeze. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Issues & Insights Vol. 08 - No. 07 - August 5, 2008U.S.-Japan Strategic Dialogue: Next Generation Views of the U.S.-Japan Alliance http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n07.pdf

· Sadr and the Mahdi Army: Evolution, Capabilities, and a New Direction http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080804_jam.pdf

· Transnational Threats Update July 2008 - Vol. 6, No. 7 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/ttu_0607.pdf

· U.S.-Japan Strategic Dialogue: Next Generation Views of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n07.pdf

· US Casualties: The Trends in Iraq and Afghanistan http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080808_war_casualties.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations

· Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) http://www.cfr.org/publication/12717/alqaeda_in_the_islamic_maghreb_aqim_or_lorganisation_alqada_au_maghreb_islamique_formerly_salafist_group_for_preaching_and_combat_or_groupe_salafiste_pour_la_prdication_et_le_combat.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

· Avoiding Transfers to Torture http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Assurances_CSR35.pdf

· China’s Environmental Crisis http://www.cfr.org/publication/12608/chinas_environmental_crisis.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

· Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Climate_ChangeTF.pdf

· Eritrea's Border Troubles http://www.cfr.org/publication/16884/eritreas_border_troubles.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis

· Food Price Inflation: Explanation and Policy Implications http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/CGS_WorkingPaper_3.pdf

· Gaming the China Model http://www.cfr.org/publication/16912/gaming_the_china_model.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis

· Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Pakistan_CSR36.pdf

· Trade Liberalization: Cordell Hull and the Case for Optimism http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/CGS_WorkingPaper_4.pdf

· Trouble on the Ballot in Iraq http://www.cfr.org/publication/16895/trouble_on_the_ballot_in_iraq.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Defense

· Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation

o V. 2 - http://www.defenselink.mil/news/QRMCreport.pdf

o V. 1 - http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/docs/Tenth_QRMC_Feb2008_Vol%20I.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General

§ D-2008-115 Status of Training Vehicles for U.S. Ground Forces Deploying in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-115.pdf

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

• OIG-08-81 - Hurricane Katrina Multitier Contracts http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-81_Jul08.pdf
• OIG-08-80 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Management of 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes Mission Assignment Funding http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-80_Jul08.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute

§ The History and Future of Suicide Terrorism http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.horowitz.suicideterrorism.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

§ Amerithrax (Anthrax) Court Documents http://www.usdoj.gov/amerithrax/

Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior

§ Afghanistan, the Limits of Counter-Insurgency and the Prospects for Negotiations http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/documents/FRIDE_Afghanistan_limitsofcounterinsurgency.pdf

Government Accountability Office

§ DOD Business Transformation: Air Force's Current Approach Increases Risk That Asset Visibility Goals and Transformation Priorities Will Not Be Achieved http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08866.pdf

§ DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Navy Programs' Compliance with DOD's Federated Business Enterprise Architecture Needs to Be Adequately Demonstrated http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08972.pdf

§ Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Iraqi Revenues, Expenditures, and Surplus http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081031.pdf

Heritage Foundation

§ Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The Passing of a Titan http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_2010.pdf

§ Don't Let the Good Die Young: Strengthening Homeland Security's Policy Office http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/upload/wm_2012.pdf

§ The Turkish Constitutional Crisis: Resolved—for Now http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/upload/wm_2013.pdf

Institute for National Security Studies

§ Israel and a Nuclear Iran: Implications for Arms Control, Deterrence, and Defense http://www.inss.org.il/upload/(FILE)1216203568.pdf

Institute for Security Studies

§ Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa: A Need for a New Continental Approach http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=3&slink_id=6413&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3

§ Peace in the Kivu's? An analysis of the Nairobi and Goma Agreements http://www.issafrica.org/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/SITREPDRC310708.PDF?link_id=3&slink_id=6411&link_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3

International Relations and Security Network

§ Assessing Stability in Syria http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19281

§ The History, Future of Suicide Terrorism http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19277

§ Indian Presence Essential in Afghanistan http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19271

§ The Olympic Countdown: Beijing to Shanghai http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19276

§ Sarkozy's New Priorities http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19266

§ Uzbekistan: Losing Control http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19272

Jamestown Foundation

§ Terrorism Focus - August 5, 2008 – Volume 5, Issue 29 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4581

o Lebanese Jihadis Accuse Sunni Shaykhs of Acting as Agents for Shiite Hezbollah

o Restructuring al-Qaeda’s Algerian Insurgency

o India’s Security Agencies Struggle with Probe into Serial Bombings in Gujarat and Karnataka

o Istanbul Bombings Suggest PKK Insurgency May Be Entering a More Ruthless Phase

Lexington Institute

§ Rapid, Reliable Warning is the Key to Homeland Biodefense http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1304.shtml

§ Low-Cost Solution to Missile Defense has Many Advantages http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1302.shtml

Lowy Institute for International Policy

§ Foreign Investment in Australia and China http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=855

§ Hizbullah: Walking the Lebanese Tightrope http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=854

§ So what? Matching policy to Australian interests in West Asiahttp://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=863

National Defense University

§ The Need for an Integrated National Asymmetric Threat Strategy http://www.caci.com/announcement/CACI_Asymmetric_Threat_paper.pdf

§ Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Occasional_Papers/OP5.pdf

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

§ Trafficking in Persons Especially on Women and Children in Nepalhttp://www.humansecuritygateway.info/documents/NHRCNepal_traffickinginpersons2006-07.pdf

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

§ Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, Fact Sheet No. 32 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Factsheet32EN.pdf

Pew Global Attitudes Project

§ An Enthusiastic China Welcomes the Olympics http://pewresearch.org/pubs/918/china-olympics

Pew Internet & American Life Project

§ Search Soars, Challenging Email as a Favorite Internet Activity http://pewresearch.org/pubs/921/internet-search

Proteus [Army War College]

§ Iran-Syria-Hizballah-Hamas: A Coalition Against Nature, Why Does it Work? by Dr. Ely Karmon, Volume 1, Issue 5, May 2008. http://www.carlisle.army.mil/proteus/docs/karmon-iran-syria-hizbollah.pdf

RAND

§ Future U.S. Security Relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Roles http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG681.pdf

Refugees International

§ Colombia: Forced Internal Displacement Overwhelming Capacity to Respond http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10791/

§ Northern Uganda: International Support for Sudanese Refugees Still Required http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10810/

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

§ Why Have We Not Been Attacked Again? Competing and Complementary Hypotheses for Homeland Attack Frequency http://www.heritage.org/Research/Features/NationalSecurity/upload/WeHaveNotBeenAttackedAgain.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

§ China-Russia Security Relations: Strategic Parallelism without Partnership or Passion? http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB868.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

§ Increasing Pressure on Iranian Opposition in Iraq http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2919

§ Coping with the Challenge of Iran http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2918

§ The Future of the Iraqi Kurds http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus85.pdf

World Health Organization

§ Preventing Violence and Reducing Its Impact: How Development Agencies can Help http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241596589_eng.pdf

REPORT - Dealing With Today's Asymmetric Threat

CACI International Inc (CACI) and the National Defense University (NDU) have released a report entitled Dealing With Today's Asymmetric Threat to U.S. and Global Security: The Need for an Integrated National Asymmetric Threat Strategy.

The report is an executive summary of a May 2008 symposium. It is hoped the report will stimulate conversation about the need to develop a new national defense and homeland security strategy which will address the threats related to everything from Islamic extremism to natural disaster.

The report can be found at
http://www.caci.com/announcement/CACI_Asymmetric_Threat_paper.pdf

Friday's Miscellany 08-01-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Public Opinion on the War with Iraq http://www.aei.org/research/politicalCorner/publications/pubID.22142,projectID.14/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Chinese authorities’ Broken Promises Threaten Olympic Legacy http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/089/2008/en/8249b304-5724-11dd-90eb-ff4596860802/asa170892008eng.pdf
· Denying the Undeniable: Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA33/018/2008/en/0de43038-57dd-11dd-be62-3f7ba2157024/asa330182008eng.pdf
· Discrimination Against Kurdish Iranians Unchecked and on the Rise http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/088/2008/en/d140767b-5e45-11dd-a592-c739f9b70de8/mde130882008eng.pdf
· Venezuela Must Implement New Law on Violence Against Women http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR53/001/2008/en/7ca044fd-4daa-11dd-b4c6-7b3441f92ab8/amr530012008eng.pdf

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
· At-Risk Populations in Emergencies: A Review of State and Local Stories, Tools, and Practices http://www.astho.org/index.php?template=at_risk_population_project.html

Brookings Institute
· An Economic Strategy for Investing in America’s Infrastructure http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/07_infrastructure_elmendorf/07_infrastructurestrat_elmendorf.pdf · Implications of the India-U.S. Nuclear Agreement [event video] http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0730_india.aspx
· Rising Food Prices – An Upside? http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0729_food_prices_kharas.aspx

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
· Georgia: Risk and Opportunity. http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Georgia%20Risk%20and%20Opportunity.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The Middle East: Evolution of a Broken Regional Order http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec9_salem_broken_order_final.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Crisis in Waiting http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/pakistan.html

Center for Defense Information
· Pentagon's Prompt Global Strike Program: A Trigger for Nuclear Conflict? http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/PGSfactsheet.pdf
· The Murky Waters of the White House's Cybersecurity Plan http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/PGSfactsheet.pdf

Center for Immigration Studies
· Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back808.pdf

Center for Security Policy
· LNG Port Security http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghanistan-Pakistan War: Measuring Success (or Failure) http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_afghpakmoes.pdf
· Analyzing the Afghan-Pakistan War http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_afghan_analysis.pdf
· A Call For A Strategic U.S. Approach To The Global Food Crisis: A Report of the CSIS Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Core Findings and Recommendations http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080728_food_security.pdf
· Toward a New Euro-Atlantic "Hard" Security Agenda: Prospects for Trilateral U.S.-EU-Russia Cooperation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080731_trenin_towardneweuroatlantic.pdf
· U.S.-Russia Relations: Facing Reality Pragmatically http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080717_graham_u.s.russia.pdf
· U.S. and Chinese Engagement in Africa: Prospects for Improving U.S.-China-Africa Cooperation http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080711_cooke_us_chineseengagement_web.pdf

Centre for Social Cohesion
· Islam on Campus: A Survey of UK Student Opinion http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/CSCreportEMBARGOED27July2008.pdf

Century Foundation
· Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: Rethinking the U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/korb.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Navy's Surface Combatant Programs http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9571&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or L'Organisation Al-Qaïda au Maghreb Islamique (Formerly Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat or Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat) http://www.cfr.org/publication/12717/alqaeda_in_the_islamic_maghreb_aqim_or_lorganisation_alqada_au_maghreb_islamique_formerly_salafist_group_for_preaching_and_combat_or_groupe_salafiste_pour_la_prdication_et_le_combat.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Betting on Iraq in the Gulf http://www.cfr.org/publication/16871/betting_on_iraq_in_the_gulf.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) http://www.cfr.org/publication/9179/east_turkestan_islamic_movement_etim.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Pakistan_CSR36.pdf
· Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region http://www.cfr.org/publication/16870/uighurs_and_chinas_xinjiang_region.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

Defense Science Board
· Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-07-DIST.pdf
· Developmental Test & Evaluation http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-05-DTE.pdf

Department of Defense
· 2008 National Defense Strategy http://www.defenselink.mil/news/2008%20National%20Defense%20Strategy.pdf
· 2008 DoD Strategic Management Plan http://www.defenselink.mil/dbt/products/SMP/FY08%20Strategic%20Management%20Plan.pdf
· Section 904 Implementation Plan http://www.defenselink.mil/dbt/products/SMP/Final%20Section%20904%20Implemenation%20Plan%2025%20July%202008.pdf

Department of Homeland Security
· National Emergency Communications Plan http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/national_emergency_communications_plan.pdf

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-08-48 - Challenges Remain In Executing the Department of Homeland Security’s Information Technology Program for Its Intelligence Systems http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-48_April08.pdf

Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
· MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition) http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/107632.htm

Director of National Intelligence
· Statement by the DNI on Executive Order 12333 http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080731_release.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· American Asia Policy and the American Election http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200807.dittmer.americanasiapolicyelection.html
· Electoral Foundations of Japan’s Foreign Policy Choices http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200808.saito.electionsjapanforeignpolicy.html
· Ten Common Myths about Women in the Civil War and How to Dispel Them http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1315.200807.schultz.mythswomencivilwar.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08845.pdf
· Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08740.pdf
· Border Security: State Department Is Taking Steps to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081006.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08860.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08804.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081061t.pdf
· DOD Business Systems Modernization: Key Marine Corps System Acquisition Needs to Be Better Justified, Defined, and Managed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08822.pdf
· DOD Financial Management: Adjudication of Butterbaugh Claims for the Restoration of Annual Leave or Pay http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08948r.pdf
· Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but More Work Remains http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08954.pdf
· Financial Management: DOD's Ability to Prevent, Identify, Investigate, and Report on Antideficiency Act Violations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08941r.pdf
· Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Enhancing U.S. Partnerships in Countering Transnational Terrorism http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08887sp.pdf
· Human Rights: U.S. Government's Efforts to Address Alleged Abuse of Household Workers by Foreign Diplomats with Immunity Could Be Strengthened http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08892.pdf
· Information Security: Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08525.pdf
· Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects' Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08925.pdf
· Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081051t.pdf
· Military Personnel: Preliminary Observations on DOD's and the Coast Guard's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081013t.pdf
· Personnel Security Clearances: Preliminary Observations on Joint Reform Efforts to Improve the Governmentwide Clearance Eligibility Process http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081050t.pdf
· Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08855.pdf
· Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but Further Actions Are Needed to Sustain Improvements http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08966.pdf
· Safe Routes to School: Progress in Implementing the Program, but a Comprehensive Plan to Evaluate Program Outcomes Is Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08789.pdf
· Telecommunications: Agencies Are Generally Following Sound Transition Planning Practices, and GSA Is Taking Action to Resolve Challenges http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08759.pdf
· TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08933r.pdf
· United States Postal Service: Information on the Irradiation of Federal Mail in the Washington, D.C., Area http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08938r.pdf
· Veterans Affairs: Continued Action Needed to Reduce IT Equipment Losses and Correct Control Weaknesses http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08918.pdf
· Veterans Affairs: Health Information System Modernization Far from Complete; Improved Project Planning and Oversight Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08805.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Energy Policy: Let's Not Repeat the Mistakes of the '70s http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2004.cfm
· Prime Minister Gilani Visit: Shoring up Democratic Pakistan to Deal with Terrorist Challenge http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm2005.cfm
· Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/tst072908b.cfm
· Zimbabwe’s Enabler: How Chinese Arms Keep Mugabe in Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/wm1997.cfm

Hudson Institute
· Saudi Ministry Textbooks Still Teach Extreme Intolerance http://www.hudson.org/files/pdf_upload/saudi_textbooks_final.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· All the Men Have Gone’: War Crimes in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon District http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0708/
· Courting History: The Landmark International Criminal Court’s First Years http://hrw.org/reports/2008/icc0708/icc0708webwcover.pdf
· Internal Fight: Palestinian Abuses in Gaza and the West Bank http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iopt0708/
· Law and Reality: Progress in Judicial Reform in Rwanda http://hrw.org/reports/2008/rwanda0708/rwanda0708webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· The New Lebanese Equation: The Christians’ Central Role http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5573&l=1
· Reforming Pakistan's Police http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/157_reforming_pakistan_s_police.pdf
· Ruling Palestine II: The West Bank Model?
· http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/79_ruling_palestine_ii___the_west_bank_model.pdf · Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5608&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Bush Sticks with Pakistani Military http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19257
· Chavez's Weakened Position http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19260
· China's Fix-It Governance http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19258
· India After Ahmedabad's Bombs http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19248
· No Peace Dividend for Nepal's Guerrillas http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19252
· Pakistan in Trouble http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19256
· Somalia: Prolonging the Agony http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19244

Jamestown Foundation
· The Pakistan Frontier Corps in the War on Terrorism – Part One http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=335
· Terrorism Focus July 29, 2008 – Volume 5, Issue 28 http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4573
o Islamic Front for Iraq Resistance Brigadier Refutes al-Qaeda’s Approach to Combating U.S. Occupation
o New Strategy of Killing Aid Workers in Somalia – But Whose Strategy Is It?
o Political Consensus Missing in Establishment of U.S. Military Bases in Iraqi Kurdistan
o Al-Qaeda’s Military Chief in Afghanistan Views the Ongoing Insurgency with Optimism

National Defense Intelligence College
· Intelligence in the RUM WAR at SEA 1920-1933 by LT Eric S. Ensign, USCG http://www.ndic.edu/press/38038.htm
· Registering the Human Terrains: A Valuation of Cadastre by Douglas E. Batson http://www.ndic.edu/press/10279.htm

Project on National Security Reform
· Ensuring Security in an Unpredictable World: Project on National Security Reform http://www.pnsr.org/data/images/pnsr%20preliminary%20findings%20july%202008.pdf

RAND
· The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG671.pdf
· Considering a Cadre Augmented Army http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2008/RAND_RGSD225.pdf
· How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering Al Qa’ida http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG741.pdf
· A New Grand Strategy for the United States http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT313.pdf
· Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG725.pdf

Refugees International
· Chad: Strengthen UN Mission for Lasting Security http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10778/
· Colombia: Forced Internal Displacement Overwhelming Capacity to Respond http://www.refugeesinternational.org/files/10794_file_colombia_allJuly30.pdf
· The Iraqi Displacement Crisis http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9679

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
· Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to Congress (July 30, 2008) http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jul08/Default.aspx
· Key Recurring Management Issues Identified in Audits of Iraq Reconstruction Efforts http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-020.pdf

Small Business Administration (SBA)
· Size Determination Regarding Blackwater Worldwide Affiliate Presidential Airways, Inc. http://www.sba.gov/ig/Blackwater_Contracts_Report.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· Real Change or Retrenchment? http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB885.pdf

United Nations
· Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia (S/2008/480) http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/documents/UNSG_Georgia-Abkhazia_S2008480.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Drug Trafficking and Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups: A Growing Nexus? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2914
· The Future of the Iraqi Kurds http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=PF%2085%20Cagaptay%2006.pdf
· Hizballah's Military Wing Under Pressure Despite Political Gains http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2913
· Saudi Arabia: Interfaith Talks Abroad, Intolerance at Home http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2912
· The Way Back from Islamism http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2911

White House
· Executive Order: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080731-2.html

The Defense Science Board has released its latest report – “Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for the 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis.”

The report is available directly at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-07-DIST.pdf
or from http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports.htm

The study looks at the current constraints on the U.S. Armed Force’s ability to defend against 21st Century threats and includes findings and recommendations for transforming the National Security Industry to better meet the need to the current and future threats.