Friday's Miscellany 12-19-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· A Conversation with President Bush

Amnesty International

· 'Less Than Lethal’?: The Use of Stun Weapons in US Law Enforcement

Brookings Institution

· Challenges in Alliance Management between Washington and Seoul

· The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study

· Human Rights, Asia and the New Administration: Can Multilateralism Work This Time?

· Memo to the President: Expand the Agenda in Pakistan and Afghanistan

· The Road…Less Traveled: An Analysis of Vehicle Miles Traveled Trends in the U.S.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· Chinese Regional Inequalities in Income and Well-Being

· Counter-Terrorism from Within: Assessing Saudi Arabia’s Religious Rehabilitation and Disengagement Programme

· Sharing the Burden in the Middle East

· Thinking Strategically About Russia

· Venezuela: A Nuclear Profile

CATO

· What Will Climate Change Cost Us?

Center for Defense Information (CDI)

· 2009 National Security and Nonproliferation Briefing Book

· Fiscal Year 2009 (FY 09) Defense Budget: Programs of Interest

Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP)

· Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)

· Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

· Bridging Strategic Asia: The United States, Japan, and India

Congress House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

· “Passing the Baton: Preparing for the Presidential Transition”

Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States

· Strategic Posture Review Commission (SPRC) Interim Report to Congress

Congressional Management Foundation (CMF)

· Communicating with Congress: Recommendations for Improving the Democratic Dialogue

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· Expanding U.S. Military Partnerships in the Pacific

· Rice Defends Regime Change in Iraq, Stresses Diplomacy Elsewhere [Interview]

Defense Science Board (DSB)

· Report of the Joint Defense Science Board and the Intelligence Science Board Task Force on Integrated Sensor-Collected Intelligence

Department of the Army

· Training for Full Spectrum Operations (FM 7-0)

Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO)

· 2007-2008 APY Military Service Academies Gender Relations Survey Annual Report

Department of Health and Human Services

· Considerations for antiviral Drug Stockpiling by Employers in Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

· OIG-09-08 - Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security

Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center

· National Drug Threat Assessment 2009

Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General

· Department of Justice Efforts in Managing Information Technology Security Vulnerabilities

· An Investigation of Overtime Payments to FBI and Other Department of Justice Employees Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

European Union Police (EURPOL) Mission to Afghanistan

· Basics of Afghan Law and Criminal Justice: A Manual for the Afghan Police and Legal Professionals [translation]

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· Tahdiya: Calm Before the Palestinian Storm?

· Time to Change our Oil Policy

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy's Spare Parts Inventory GAO-09-103

· Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress GAO-09-147R

· Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation GAO-09-81

· Disaster Recovery: FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program Experienced Challenges with Gulf Coast Rebuilding GAO-09-129

· Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government

· Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the National Flood Insurance Program GAO-09-20

· Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense GAO-09-233R

· Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan GAO-09-128R

· Results Oriented Management: Opportunities Exist for Refining the Oversight and Implementation of the Senior Executive Performance-Based Pay System GAO-09-82

· United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress GAO-09-142

Heritage Foundation

· Building Cyber Security Leadership for the 21st Century

· Diplomacy in an Age of Faith: How Failing to Understand the Role of Religion Hinders America's Purposes in the World

· Fixing Border Security and Immigration: A Memo to President-elect Obama

· Learning from Japan: Infrastructure Spending Won't Boost the Economy

· New CFIUS Regulations Support U.S. National and Economic Security Concerns

· The Oil-Price Roller Coaster: Global Challenges for the Obama Administration

· Protectionism Won't Fuel a Nuclear Renaissance

· Sovereign Wealth Funds: New Voluntary Principles a Step in the Right Direction

· Stiffening Pakistan's Resolve Against Terrorism: A Memo to President-elect Obama

Human Rights Watch

· The Quality of Justice: Failings of Iraq’s Central Criminal Court

o English

o Arabic

· This Alien Legacy: The Origins of "Sodomy" Laws in British Colonialism

· Trapped and Mistreated: LTTE Abuses against Civilians in the Vanni

International Crisis Group

· Ending Zimbabwe's Nightmare: A Possible Way Forward

· Palestine Divided

· Policing in Afghanistan: Still Searching for a Strategy

· Turkey and Europe: The Decisive Year Ahead

International Relations and Security Network

· 2009: War on Terror Part II

· Guantanamo Algerians Back in Bosnia

· Irish Voice, European Future

· Moscow Eyes Pan-European Security

· Nuclear Disarmament

· Obama's Plans for Latin America

· Political End Game

· Reform or Stasis?: Women and Peace Operations

· UN Declaration of Human Rights at 60: What Role for EU Foreign Policy?

Jamestown Foundation

· Chinese Land Attack Cruise Missile Developments and Their Implications for the United States

· Eurasia Daily Monitor December 19, 2008, v. 5, no. 242

o The Kremlin Defends Its Energy Interests

o Russia to OSCE: Recognize South Ossetia or Get Out

o Need for More Transparency in Kyrgyz and Tajik Energy Sectors to Avoid Future Crises

o Will Turkey See a Sunni-Alevi Confrontation in the Near Future?

· Eurasia Daily Monitor December 18, 2008, v. 5, no. 241

o U.S.–Georgia Security and Military Agreement in the Works

o U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership to Address Georgia’s Vulnerability

o A Military Reform That Does Not Seem to Satisfy Anyone

o Turkish Military in Need of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

· India's Intelligence Services Struggle with War on Terrorism

· A Mujahideen Bleed-Through from Iraq? Part Four – The Case of Palestine and Israel

Lexington Institute

· The Army Needs to Rethink Its Armored Vehicle Strategy

Lowry Institute for International Policy

· Ambition: The Emerging Foreign Policy of the Rudd Government

· Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Ruling Regimes and the New Media in the Arab World

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

· Public Response to Terrorism: Findings from the National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness

Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

· Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience

Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

· A New Trade Policy for the United States [Memo to the President-Elect]

· The (Non) Impact of UN Sanctions on North Korea

· The North American Free Trade Agreement: Time for a Change?

Pew Internet and American Life Project

· The Future of the Internet III

RAND

· The Netherlands F-16 Comparative Analysis: An Evaluation of the Process

· Occupational Safety and Health for Public Safety Employees: Assessing the Evidence and the Implications for Public Policy

· Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation in the European Union: Assessing the Impacts of European Action

· PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza: A Quality Improvement Toolkit

· The RAND SLAM Program

· U.S. Navy Shipyards: An Evaluation of Workload- and Workforce-Management Practices

Strategic Studies Institute

· War Without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008

Transportation Research Board

· The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation

US Institute of Peace

· Iraq in the Obama Administration

· Toward Resolving Chad’s Interlocking Conflicts

Washington Institute for Near East Studies

· The Challenges of Israeli Military Action in Gaza

· IDF Military Action in Gaza: Options and Implications

· Security First: U.S. Priorities in Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking

· Terrorist Threat and U.S. Response: A Changing Landscape

· Views of Arab Democrats: Advice to America on Promoting Middle East Reform

White House Transition Project (WHTP)

· WHTP Website

REPORT - STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES

Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, also known as the Strategic Posture Review Commission (SPRC) has released its interim report to Congress.

The report can be viewed from http://www.usip.org/strategic_posture/interim.html.
The direct link is http://www.usip.org/strategic_posture/sprc_interim_report.pdf

For more information about the Commission go to http://www.usip.org/strategic_posture/about.html and for the press release about the release go to http://www.usip.org/newsmedia/releases/2008/1215_strategic_posture.html

The final report is due out on April 1, 2009

DSB report - Integrated Sensor-Collecting Intelligence

The "Report of the Joint Defense Science Board and the Intelligence Science Board Task Force on Integrated Sensor-Collected Intelligence is now available. It and other DSB reports are available from http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports.htm

The Task Force was asked to "determine what improvements are needed in tasking, collecting, processing, data storage and fusion, and the dissemination of information collected by Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) systems" among other things and this is their report.

new reports - cost of wars and public response to terrorism

A couple of recent reports that might be of interest --

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) has released a report entitled "Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond."

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism has published a survey - "Public Response to Terrorism: Findings from the National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness."

SIGIR report - Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience

Though not posted on the official SIGIR site yet, the New York Times has posted a draft copy of the report "Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience." It is 508 pages as a full PDF but is also available in
parts.

Full PDF
Report in parts

The NYT story is on their website

Friday's Miscellany 12-12-2008

Air University
· Air & Space Power Journal, Winter 2008, v. 22, no.
o Lichte on Leadership: A Yankees Fan’s Perspective by Gen Arthur J. Lichte
o Global Vigilance, Reach, and Power by Lt Col Paul D. Berg
o Defense of US Space Assets: A Legal Perspective by Capt Adam E. Frey
o Shifting the Air Force’s Support Ideology to Exploit Combined Arms in the Close Fight by Lt Col Collin T. Ireton
o Why We Should End the Aviator Continuation Pay Bonus Program by Maj Brian E. A. Maue
o An Airman’s View of United States Air Force Airpower by Dr. Stephen E. Wright
o Asking the Right Questions by Capt David Blair
o Asymmetric Air Support by Maj Gary L. Burg
o Human Performance Enhancement: Überhumans or Ethical Morass? By Col Lex Brown, and Lt Col Anthony P. Tvaryanas
o Air-Mindedness by Dr. Dale L. Hayden
o The Reconstitution Imperative© by Les Doggrell
o Self-Evaluation: A Disconnect in Our Values by Col Jim Slife
o Control of Theater Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for the Ground Commander by Maj Steven Maceda

American Enterprise Institute
· Can a Nuclear Iran Be Contained or Deterred?
· How Europe Escaped Speaking Arabic

Amnesty International
· Mauritania's Security Forces Guilty of Routine Torture

Border Network for Human Rights
· U.S. – Mexico Border Policy Report “Effective Border Policy: Security, Responsibility and Human Rights at the U.S. – Mexico Border”

Brookings Institution
· Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega: Not Another Mugabe, Please
· Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Another Step Forward with CAREC
· Strengthen the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Better Results are Possible

Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· Canada, the USA, and the Financial Crisis: Risks and Opportunities

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation
· Syrian–Israeli Peace: A Possible Key to Regional Change
· U.S. Nuclear Forces in Europe to Zero? Yes, But Not Yet

Center for American Progress
· Building a Military for the 21st Century
· The Challenge Facing a Shared Vision for Action to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
· A Framework for Achieving Energy Security and Arresting Global Warming
· The Global Meltdown: A Background Brief
· The Neglected Alliance: Restoring U.S.–Turkish Relations to Meet 21st Century Challenges
· Interactive Map: U.S. Must Lead Global Action on Economy: Many G20 Countries Are Struggling to Cope · Restoring U.S.–Turkish Relations to Meet 21st Century Challenges
· Transitioning to a New U.S. International Economic Policy: Toward a “Global Deal” to Revive and Broaden the Benefits of Growth

Center for National Policy
· Agility Across the Spectrum: a Future Force Blueprint
· Challenges for the Army in the 21st Century

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· Central Asia Becomes A Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· International Collaborative Online Networks: Lessons Identified from the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors
· Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: Part V: The Broader Strategic Context
· Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
· South Asia Monitor: The Refugee Problem: Looking Toward Afghanistan’s Long-Term Stability
· Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives: An Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms
· The United States and Southeast Asia: Toward a Strategy for Enhanced Cooperation
· Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces

Centre for European Reform
· Ten Things Everyone Should Know About the Sino-Russian Relationship

Committee on the Present Danger
· Marching Towards Nuclearization: Iran Approaches Another Nuclear Milestone

Congress. House Oversight & Government Reform Committee
· Draft Report regarding President Bush's Assertion of Executive Privilege in Response to the Committee Subpoena to Attorney General Michael V. Mukasey

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody

Congress. Senate. Environment and Public Works Committee
· U.S. Senate Minority Report: More than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims Scientists Continue to Debunk “Consensus” in 2008

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2009-030 Marine Corps Implementation of the Urgent Universal Needs Process for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, December 8, 2008 (Project No. D2008-D000AE-0174.000). The report is For Official Use Only. Results in Brief (Unclassified) http://pogoarchives.org/m/ns/dod-ig-report-20081208.pdf

Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics
· Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2007 Annual Report

Director of National Intelligence
· Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 651 - Performance Management System Requirements for the Intelligence Community Civilian Workforce

Emergency Medicine Foundation
· The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Evaluating the Emergency Care Environment State by State

Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Where is Egypt Headed?

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Actions Taken to Implement the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 GAO-09-59R · Homeland Security: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Planning and Execution Improvements Needed GAO-09-96
· Radio Communications: Congressional Action Needed to Ensure Agencies Collaborate to Develop a Joint Solution GAO-09-133
· Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007). GAO-09-d201R
· Terrorism Insurance: Status of Coverage Availability for Attacks Involving Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, or Radiological Weapons. GAO-09-39
· Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency GAO-09-266T

Heritage Foundation
· After Mumbai: Time to Strengthen U.S.–India Counterterrorism Cooperation
· Britain's Armed Forces: Victorious Abroad, Imperiled at Home
· Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks
· Successful Missile Defense Test Shows Technology Not "Unproven"

Human Rights Watch
· Closing Ranks Against Accountability: Barriers to Tackling Police Violence in Turkey
· Killings in Kiwanja: The UN’s Inability to Protect Civilians
· "So Much to Fear": War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia
· An Unbreakable Cycle: Drug Dependency Treatment, Mandatory Confinement, and HIV/AIDS in China’s Guangxi Province

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· Ethiopia and Eritrea in Turmoil: Implications for Peace and Security in a Troubled Region, Jonathan Ewing
· ISS Paper 174: The Nile: Is it a Curse or Blessing? Debay Tadesse

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
· America’s Role in the World: Foreign policy Choices for the Next President

International Council on Security and Development
· Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance

International Crisis Group
· Bangladesh: Elections and Beyond
· Central African Republic: Untangling the Political Dialogue
· Northern Uganda: The Road to Peace, with or Without Kony

International Relations and Security Network
· Bosnia: Blame Santa
· Costs of War: Silent Suffering
· Intel Brief: Nuclear Floats
· Kuwait's Political Morass
· The Neo-Taliban: A Year On
· Switzerland: Executive Sweepstakes
· UN Declaration of Human Rights at 60: What Role for EU Foreign Policy?

Lexington Institute
· Navy Plan for Huge Network Looks Likely to Fail
· Telling the Aerospace Story in an Era of Economic Decline

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
· Cleaning Up America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex

National Security Agency (NSA)
· West Wind Clear: Cryptology and the Winds Message Controversy - A Documented History

New America Foundation
· Changing the Culture of Pentagon Contracting
· U.S. Weapons at War 2008

Project on Defense Alternatives
· Forceful Engagement: Rethinking the Role of Military Power in US Global Policy
· Re-Envisioning Defense: An Agenda for US Policy Debate & Transition

RAND
· A Call to Revitalize the Engines of Government
· Chinese Corporate Governance: History and Institutional Framework
· Marrying Prevention and Resiliency: Balancing Approaches to an Uncertain Terrorist Threat
· Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables
· Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot as of Mid-November 2008
· Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues
· Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Analysis of CONUS Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
· State of World Population 2008

Union of Concerned Scientists
· UCS Backgrounder - Missile Defense Test FTG-05

US Institute of Peace
· Evaluating Iraq’s Provincial Reconstruction Teams While Drawdown Looms: A USIP Trip Report
· Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The EU and Syria Move Closer
· In Her Own Words: Hillary Clinton on the Middle East
· West Bank Hardball: Fatah's Offensive Against Hamas