WMD Commission report

The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism released its new report today -- The World at Risk.

If you have trouble with the link go to their main website --
http://www.preventwmd.gov/report/ where the report can be viewed or
downloaded as a whole as in its various parts.

Friday's Miscellany 11-28-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· Hatred in the Time of Cholera
· Iraq, the Status of Forces Agreement, and American Interests
· Making a Killing: The Deadly Implications of the Counterfeit Drug Trade

Amnesty International
· Haiti: Don't Turn Your Back on Girls. Sexual Violence Against Girls in Haiti

ASIS International
· Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace

Association of Space Explorers International Panel on Asteroid Threat Mitigation
· Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response

Brookings Institution
· Better Aid: Responding to Gaps in Effectiveness
· The Origins of the Financial Crisis
· A New Era of International Cooperation for a Changed World: 2009, 2010, and Beyond
· Re-Thinking U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Behind the Mumbai Attacks [NPR interview with Ashley Tellis]

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes
· The International Uranium Enrichment Center at Angarsk: A Step Towards Assured Fuel Supply?
· NukeTube Nonproliferation Multimedia Library
· Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors

Center for Security Policy
· National Security Scorecard 2007/2008
· Will the Real Bush Finally Stand Up?

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Israeli and Syrian Conventional Military Balance: An Overview
· Israeli-Syrian Air and SAM Strength Analysis: Working Estimates of Force Numbers and Location
· World Energy Outlook 2008

Centre for Social Cohesion
· Victims of Intimidation: Freedom of Speech within Europe's Muslim Communities

Century Foundation
· Reinventing Transparent Government

Congress. House Armed Services Committee. Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
· Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization: DOD’s Fight Against IEDs Today and Tomorrow

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· A Review of the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Counterterrorism in India
· The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations
· Mexico's Drug War
· Terror Groups in India
· Turkey at an Energy Crossroads

Department of Homeland Security
· Directive 257-01, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act
· Instruction 257-01-001, Instruction Guide on the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

Department of the Navy
· Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Homeporting of Additional Surface Ships at Naval Station Mayport, Florida
· Maritime Domain Awareness Architecture Management Hub Strategy

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration
· Where is Egypt Headed?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Confirmation of Political Appointees: Eliciting Nominees' Views on Management Challenges within Agencies and across Government. GAO-09-194
· Defense Acquisitions: Timely and Accurate Estimates of Costs and Requirements Are Needed to Define Optimal Future Strategic Airlift Mix. GAO-09-50
· Defense Management: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Plans for Developing Language and Cultural Awareness Capabilities GAO-09-176R
· Foreign Assistance: Continued Efforts Needed to Strengthen USAID's Oversight of U.S. Democracy Assistance for Cuba. GAO-09-165
· Foreign Assistance: State Department Foreign Aid Information Systems Have Improved Change Management Practices but Do Not Follow Risk Management Best Practices. GAO-09-52R
· Human Capital: Diversity in the Federal SES and Processes for Selecting New Executives. GAO-09-110 · Northern Border Security: DHS's Report Could Better Inform Congress by Identifying Actions, Resources, and Time Frames Needed to Address Vulnerabilities. GAO-09-93
· Wildland Fire Management: Interagency Budget Tool Needs Further Development to Fully Meet Key Objectives GAO-09-68

Heritage Foundation
· After Mumbai: Could It Happen Here? What to Do
· Anti-Piracy Initiatives Should Reflect U.S. Maritime Interests
· Challenges in Latin America: Russians in Caracas, Misrule in Managua
· Experiencing America: Public Diplomacy at Its Best
· Fighting the Odds: Venezuela's Opposition Scores Key Victories
· Homeland Security Oversight Reform Requires Leadership
· India Terror Attacks Point to Need for Stronger U.S.-India Counterterrorism Cooperation
· Pentagon Should Battle Pirates and Terrorists with Laser Technology
· U.S.–India Relations: The China Factor
· Why the World Still Needs America's Military Might

Human Rights Watch
· Congo: The World's Deadliest War
· Stuck in a Revolving Door: Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union
· A Testing Challenge: The Experience of Lesotho’s Universal HIV Counseling and Testing Campaign
· "We Will Crush You": The Restriction of Political Space in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
· Shared Destinies: Security in a Globalised World [free registration required]

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· CRU Policy Brief: Reinforcing Efforts to Seize the Fleeting Window of Opportunity in North Kivu

International Crisis Group
· Georgia: The Risks of Winter

International Peace Institute
· Implementing the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia

International Relations and Security Network
· Balkans: Green Light for Legal War
· China's Capitalist Gangster
· Crimea in Trouble
· Uncertainties Cloud Iraq SOFA
· Under Attack, India Reels
· Violent Non-state Actors and National and International Security

Lexington Institute
· Hidden Danger: The Threat to America's Networks

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
· United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Database

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Winds of Political Change Haven’t Shifted Public’s Ideology Balance

Potomac Institute
· Terrorism Report: The Ideological Battlespace

RAND
· Between Politics and Clinics -- The Many Faces of Biomedical Policy in Europe: Analysis of Drivers and Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policy -- Volume I: Synthesis Report
· Between Politics and Clinics -- The Many Faces of Biomedical Policy in Europe: Analysis of Drivers and Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policy -- Volume II: Three Country Case Studies
· Improving the Safety and Security of Freight and Passenger Rail in Pennsylvania
· RAND and the Information Evolution: A History in Essays and Vignettes

UN Security Council
· Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan
· Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Somalia

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Gulf Energy Exports: Existing Alternative Pipeline Routes [graphic]
· The Money Trail: Finding, Following, and Freezing Terrorist Finances
· Oil Export Flows from the Middle East [graphic]
· Rebuilding U.S.-Libyan Relations Twenty Years after Lockerbie
· Syria's Reactor: Can the IAEA Act Effectively?
· Violence by Extremists in the Jewish Settler Movement: A Rising Challenge

White House
· Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq
· Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq

Withdrawal Agreement Between US and Iraq

If you are interested in seeing the agreement - the NYT has posted a copy of it.
"Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq"

Maritime Domain Awareness Architecture Management Hub Strategy

Maritime Domain Awareness Architecture Management Hub Strategy

"The Department of the Navy has been designated as the national lead for designing the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) enterprise architecture. Execution of this responsibility has been delegated to the DON Chief Information Officer. This strategy outlines how the DON CIO intends to carry out these responsibilities by leading an interagency effort to identify the standards and procedures that will allow maritime stakeholders to exchange MDA data and information more effectively, thus allowing leaders to make more timely and informed decisions in support of the nation's safety, security, economy and environment. By incorporating information assurance safeguards, the MDA enterprise architecture will ensure data is protected and accessable only to appropriate individuals."

House Armed Services Committee - IED report

The House Armed Services Committee - Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations has posted its report "Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization: DOD’s Fight Against IEDs Today and Tomorrow."

Friday's Miscellany 11-21-2008

Air Force Space Command
High Frontier, November 2008, Vol. 5, No. 1 "Space Protection"
· Work Worth Doing by US Representative Terry Everett
· First Steps Towards a Strategic Position by Dr. Andrew W. Palowitch
· The Challenge of Protecting Space Capabilities by Dr. Wanda M. Austin
· Promoting the Safe and Responsible Use of Space: Toward a 21st Century Transparency Framework by Maj Patrick A. Brown
· Components of a Space Assurance Strategy by Mr. Samuel Black
· Probability of Survival by Col Lee W. Rosen and Lt Col Carol P. Welsch
· Moving Beyond SSA: An Attribution Architecture for Space Control by Maj Wallace “Rhet” Turnbull
· Fractionated Satellites: Changing the Future of Risk and Opportunity for Space Systems by Mr. Naresh Shah and Dr. Owen C. Brown
· Space Situational Awareness Architecture Assessment by Mr. Phillip D. Bowen and Mr. Clifton Spier
· Action-based Approach for Space Protection by Mr. Steven Prebeck and Mr. Kenneth Chisolm
· Walking the Walk, Integrating Space Effects Planning into Ground Operations Now by Lt Col Stuart A. Pettis
· Are you a Sam or a Courtney? By Lt Col Robert J. Vercher and Lt Col Andrew S. Kovich

American Enterprise Institute
· The U.S.-Japanese Alliance in a New Era

American Security Project
· Avoiding Another Cold War: The Case for Collaboration with China
· Beyond Domestic Law: Creating an International Legal Regime to Defeat Violent Jihadists · Reclaiming the Legal High Ground: Suggestions for the Incoming Administration
· Restoring the Rule of Law to American National Security and Foreign Policy

Amnesty International
· Counting the Civilian Cost of the Georgia-Russia Conflict
· Ugandan Government Must Establish Reparations Programme for War Victims

Atlantic Council
· Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World

Barry McCaffrey
· North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command After Action Report

Brookings Institution
· Al-Qa`ida’s Presence and Influence in Lebanon
· China's "New" Energy Administration
· Syria Seeks Change: On Its Own Terms

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The Dilemma of the Yemeni Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
· The President's Role in National Security Teams

Center for American Progress
· Chemical Security 101: What You Don’t Have Can’t Leak, or Be Blown Up by Terrorists · Orienting the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review: A Roadmap
· Partnership for Progress: Advancing a New Strategy for Prosperity and Stability in Pakistan and the Region
· The Price of Prevention: Getting Ahead of Global Crises

Center for Defense Information (CDI)
· Afghanistan Update: October 2008
· Missile Defense Update #8

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA)
· An Army at the Crossroads
· Slides: Army
· Special Operation Forces: Future Challenges and Opportunities
· Slides: SOF
· The US Marine Corps: Fleet Marine Forces for the 21st Century
· Slides: Fleet Marine Forces for the 21st Century

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Defense Procurement by Paralysis: Costly Mortgages for the Next Administration
· The Iraq War: Progress in the Fighting and Security
· The NATO-Russia Relationship: Defining Moment or Deja Vu?
· USCENTCOM and the Future: Establishing the Right Strategic Priorities
· Violence in the North Caucasus: Trends Since 2004

Century Foundation
· Breaking Down Walls: Overcoming Institutional Barriers in Infrastructure Investment

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
· Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Guidance for 2008-2009

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
CTC Sentinel, v.1, no. 12 (November 2008)
· “The Dilemma of the Yemeni Detainees at Guantanamo Bay” by Gregory Johnson & Chris Boucek
· “Al-Qa`ida’s Presence and Influence in Lebanon” by Bilal Y. Saab
· “U.S. Cross-Border Raid Highlights Syria’s Role in Islamic Militancy” by Anonymous
· “Afghanistan’s Hear of Darkness: Fighting the Taliban in Kunar Province” by Brian Glyn Williams
· “Al-Qa`ida’s Changing Outlook on Pakistan” by Jarret Brachman
· “Violent Trends in Algeria Since 9/11” by Hanna Rogan
· “Interview with a Former Terrorist: Nasir Abbas’ Deradicalization Work in Indonesia” by Nick O’Brien
· “Shi`a Leaders Disagree on Integration of Sons of Iraq into Army” by Reidar Visser

Congress. House Armed Service Committee
· Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military: DOD's Challenge in Today's Educational Environment

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Background Paper: The Outlook for Housing Starts, 2009 to 2012
· S. 3689, Economic Recovery Act of 2008 [cost estimates of the bill]

Council on Foreign Relations
· Defense Spending During Economic Crisis
· Financial Crisis May Worsen Poverty in China, India
· U.S. Security Agreements and Iraq

Department of Defense
· National Resource Directory

Department of Homeland Security
· National Infrastructure Advisory Council Critical Infrastructure Partnership Strategic Assessment Final Report and Recommendations

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-03 - DHS' Plan for Implementing Secure Systems of Transportation http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_09-03_Oct08.pdf

Director of National Intelligence
· Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Memory, Apologies, and International Reconciliation

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Approaches to Mitigate Freight Congestion GAO-09-163R
· Contract Management: DOD Developed Draft Guidance for Operational Contract Support but Has Not Met All Legislative Requirements GAO-09-114R
· Defense Acquisitions: Status of the Safety, Performance, and Reliability of the Expeditionary Fire Support System GAO-09-189R
· Defense Acquisitions: Timely and Accurate Estimates of Costs and Requirements Are Needed to Define Optimal Future Strategic Airlift Mix. GAO-09-50
· Department of Homeland Security: A Strategic Approach Is Needed to Better Ensure the Acquisition Workforce Can Meet Mission Needs GAO-09-30
· Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight GAO-09-29
· Foreign Assistance: State Department Foreign Aid Information Systems Have Improved Change Management Practices but Do Not Follow Risk Management Best Practices. GAO-09-52R
· Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Redesigned BioSense Program GAO-09-100
· International Environmental Oversight: U.S. Agencies Follow Certain Procedures Required by Law, but Have Limited Impact GAO-09-99
· Mandate on the Department of Defense's Contract Award Procedures for Directed Spending Items GAO-09-113R
· Nuclear Safety: Department of Energy Needs to Strengthen Its Independent Oversight of Nuclear Facilities and Operations GAO-09-61

Heritage Foundation
· British Defense Cuts Threaten the Anglo-American Special Relationship
· China Gets Greener? Power and Growth Data Cannot Be Trusted
· Getting the Big Ideas Right: The Strategic Concepts that Helped Achieve Substantial Progress in Iraq
· Reforming U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century

Human Rights Watch
· Fighting Terrorism Fairly and Effectively: Recommendations for President-Elect Barack Obama
· Invisible Civilians: The Challenge of Humanitarian Access in Yemen’s Forgotten War

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· A Brief Guide to the Pelindaba Treaty: Towards Entry-into-Force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
· ISS Paper 173: The International Criminal Court and Its Work in Africa, Confronting the Myths
· ISS Paper 172: South Africa’s International Criminal Court Act
· ISS Paper 171: Ship Without Sails, Chemical and Biological Weapons Control in Africa
· ISS Paper 170: City Blues. Corruption and Corruption Management in South Africa’s Metropolitan Police Departments
· Monograph No 154: Corruption and Social Grants in South Africa
· Monograph No 153: Corruption et Gouvernance en RDC Durant la Transition (2003-2006) · Monograph No 152: Militianisation of Resource Conflicts: The Case of Land-Based Conflict in the Mount Elgon Region of Western Kenya

International Relations and Security Network
· The Algerian Group Standoff
· An Arms Trade Treaty: In Our Sights or in Our Dreams?
· Hebron: Building Crisis
· Kurdish Unrest Hits the Streets
· A Long Week in Burma

Lexington Institute
· Air Power: The Navy Needs More Super Hornets

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
· NIST NCSTAR 1A: Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
· Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: An Agenda for the Next President
· Securing the Bomb, 2008

Pew Internet & American Life Project
· When Technology Fails

RAND
· Chinese Corporate Governance: History and Institutional Framework
· Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers During the Global War on Terror
· Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China's Rise
· Rethinking the Reserves
· The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security: Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly

US Institute of Peace
· Consolidating Disarmament: Lessons from Colombia’s Reintegration Program for Demobilized Paramilitaries

UK Parliament
· The Contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR Capability: Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08

US Army War College
Parameters, Autumn 2008, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3
· “Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy” by Travis Sharp
· “USJFCOM Commander’s Guidance for Effects-based Operations” by James N. Mattis
· “Effects-based Operations: More Important Than Ever” by Tomislav Z. Ruby
· “The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation” by Nader Elhefnawy
· “A Concert-Balance Strategy for a Multipolar World” by Michael Lind
· “Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure” by Mark Cancian
· “Why Contractor Fatalities Matter” by Steven L. Schooner
· “Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War” by Daniel S. Roper
· “Time for a New Strategy” by William McDonough

U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission
· 2008 Annual Report to Congress

Wisconsin Department of Justice
· Northeast Wisconsin Gang Assessment

ODNI/NIC Releases "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World"

ODNI has released it newest report - "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World." This is the 4th unclassified report from them in the past few years that gives a long-term view of the future.

This and the other reports are available from
http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html

Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World

Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project

GLOBAL TRENDS 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts

Global Trends 2010