Afghanistan Analysts Network
• Polling Day Fraud in the Afghan Elections
American Security Project
• Climate Security Index
Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
• Securing Cyberspace: Guarding the New Frontier
Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS)
• 9/11 Plus 8: Is Bin Laden a Failure?
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
• Rethinking Conflict Transformation from a Human Rights Perspective
Brookings
• Climate Change Policy: Recommendations to Reach Consensus
• Four Ways to Help Africa?
• How Computer Modeling Can Stem the Spread of Influenza
• Monetary Policy Challenges for Emerging Market Economies
• Simulating the Effect of the “Great Recession” on Poverty
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
• Arab Reform Bulletin, September 2009, v. 7, no. 7
*Obama Administration Policy on Democracy and the Arab World
*Iraq: National Implications of the Kurdish Elections
*Ending Jihadism? The Transformation of Armed Islamist Movements
*Impact of the Arab Human Development Reports
*Rebellions and the Existential Crisis
• Deterring Safeguards Violations
• Recovery: The Global Financial Crisis and Middle-Income Countries
• Yemen: Avoiding a Downward Spiral
• What's Really Happening in Afghanistan: A Report from the Front
CATO Institute
• Halfway to Where? Answering the Key Questions of Health Care Reform
• A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce
• High-Speed Rail Is Not “Interstate 2.0”
• Myth v. Fact: Afghanistan
• Nuclear Proliferation Update, September 2009
*Negotiating with North Korea: Who’s In Charge?
*Engaging China to Solve the North Korea Problem
Center for American Progress
• Waste Not, Watt Not: The American Clean Energy and Security Act Funds State Energy Efficiency Programs
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
• Illegal Immigrants and HR 3200: Estimate of Potential Costs to Taxpayers
Center for Security Policy
• America's Exceptional Ally
• Betraying Our Dead
• EMP and You
• Is Ecuador's Lawsuit Against Chevron 'Messianic' Justice?
• Time's Up on Iran
• Understanding 9/11: Allen West & Walid Phares
• Would Obama Really Fight the War?
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
• The F-22 Program in Retrospect
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review—A+, F, or Dead on Arrival?
• Policy Brief Number 3: Supporting Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship Agenda
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• HIV Prevention in the United States: At a Critical Crossroads
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Task Force on Developing Countries
• The Effect of the World Financial Crisis on Developing Countries: An Initial Assessment
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update
• Will the Demand for Assets Fall When the Baby Boomers Retire?
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• Afghanistan's Troop Deficit Problem
• Is New York a Counterterrorism Model?
• Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with 'Unsettled' Iran
• Understanding the Armed Groups of the Niger Delta
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• OIG-09-92 - Evaluation of DHS' Security Program and Practices For Its Intelligence Systems for Fiscal Year 2009 (Unclassified Summary)
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• e-Law Enforcement Officer Logbook Program
Department of Justice
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Policy Development guide and Implementation Templates
Department of State Inspector General
• Audit of Procurement Competition for the New Embassy Compound at Baghdad, Iraq (AUD/IQO-09-04) Dec 08
• Report on Indirect Cost Rates Proposed by the National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc. (AUD/CG-09-23) Aug 09
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• FCC Preparedness for Major Public Emergencies
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• DHS/DOJ Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program and Services: Considerations for Fusion Center and Emergency Operations Center Coordination Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 502 – Draft
German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Transatlantic Trends Topline Data 2009
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of U.S. Interagency Efforts, GAO-09-1015T [testimony]
• Homeland Defense: U.S. Northern Command Has a Strong Exercise Program, but Involvement of Interagency Partners and States Can Be Improved, GAO-09-849
• Military Base Realignments and Closures: Transportation Impact of Personnel Increases Will Be Significant, but Long-Term Costs Are Uncertain and Direct Federal Support Is Limited, GAO-09-750
• Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, GAO-09-908T [testimony]
• Wildland Fire Management: Federal Agencies Have Taken Important Steps Forward, but Additional, Strategic Action is Needed to Capitalize on Those Steps, GAO-09-877
Heritage Foundation
• Alaska’s Strategic Role in the Defense of the US and the Vital Role of Missile Defense
• Critical Reforms Required for U.N. Peacekeeping
• Eight Years after 9/11: Analyzing Congress's Homeland Security Agenda
• Maintaining Full-Spectrum Capabilities in an Operating Environment of Hybrid Threats: The Army’s Future Requirements
• President Obama Must Not Surrender to Russian on Missile Defense
• Swine Flu: What Every American Should Know
Huffington Post
• Afghanistan by the Numbers
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
• Caretaking Democracy: Political Process in Bangladesh, 2006-08
• Monthly News Digest on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir [Sept 2009 ed]
*Empowerment & Self-governance Package or Governor’s Rule in Gilgit-Baltistan - Senge Hasnan Sering
*Political Developments Pak Renames the Northern Areas as Gilgit-Baltistan PML-Q Rejects New Package Religious Extremism in NWFP, Swat and Chitral: Impact on Gilgit-Baltistan Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir in the Line of Fire
*Economic Developments Prices Soar in Gilgit 4,500 MW Bhasha Dam Cleared by Ecnec LoC-trade Hits Roadblock
*International Developments China's Growing Role in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
*Other Developments Govt to Promote Solar Water Heaters to Cut Gas Consumption
Institute for Security Studies
• ISS Paper 197: The AU and the Challenge of Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa
• The Regional Dimensions of the War in Northern Uganda
• ISS Paper 198: The Somalia Conflict, Implications for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Efforts
• ISS Paper 199: Providing Security and Justice for the People Security Sector Reform in Zimbabwe
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
• No Reconstruction at the Yongbyon Reactor Site
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
• The Costs and Requirements of Engaging the Muslim World
• Death by Culture?: How Not to Talk about Islam and Domestic Violence
• Helping Pakistan Defeat the Taliban: A Joint Action Agenda for the United States & Pakistan
• The United States and Political Islam: The Dialectic of Hegemony and Resistance
International Council on Security and Development (ICOS)
• Taliban Presence Map: January-September 2009
International Crisis Group
• CrisisWatch #73, 1 September 2009
International Energy Administration (IEA)
• Monthly Natural Gas Survey, June 2009
• Monthly Oil Survey, June 2009
International Relations and Security Network
• Assessing an Afghanistan Withdrawal
• Clouds of War Over Burma
• Democracy: A Problematic Panacea
• Costs of War: Elusive Afghan Goals
• Filtering the War
• Mongolia: Desert Boom
• The Question Russians Are Afraid To Ask
• The Three-Headed Dragon
• World: Thirst for Water
IranTracker
• Iran's September
• The King is Dead, Long Live the King: Hakimullah Mehsud Takes Power in the TTP
Islamabad Policy Research Institute
• IPRI Journal, Summer 2009, v. 9, no. 2
*The Role of Observers in SAARC
*Pakistan Jihad: The Making of Religious Terrorism
*United States’ Attempt to Balance the Rise of China in Asia
*Analyzing Domestic Terrorism as a Threat to Pakistan’s Security and the Policy Response
*Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf Security: Iran and the United States
*Borderland Interaction: The Case of Pak-Iranian Baloch
*Joint Declaration Pakistan and Afghanistan
*National Assembly’s Resolution on Swat
*MoU for Gift of Used Power Plants by UAE
*Statement of Foreign Minister at the Munich Young Leaders Round Table on Security Policy
*Prime Minister’s Speech on Reinstatement of Judges
*Statement of Foreign Minister at the International Conference on Afghanistan
*Joint Statement of Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan
*Resolution on Shariah Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009
*Text of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009
*Chair’s Statement at the Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan, Tokyo
*Joint Statement First Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan on Trilateral Cooperation
*President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari’s Interview by Wolf Blitzer, CNN
*President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai’s Interview by Charlie Rose, NBC News
*President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai’s Interview by David Gregory, NBC News
*Prime Minister’s Address at the Third Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)
*Joint Statement of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Asif Ali Zardari
*Text of Tehran Declaration of Tri-lateral Summit
*President Obama’s Speech in Cairo
*Text of Budget Speech 2009
Jamestown Foundation
• China Brief, September 10, 2009, v. 9, no. 18
*Sea-change in Japanese Politics Offers Hopes for Better Ties with China by Willy Lam
*Emerging Fault Lines in Sino-Burmese Relations: The Kokang Incident by Ian Storey
*Military Buildup Across the Himalayas: A Shaky Balance by Vijay Sakhuja
*The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Disaster Relief by Drew Thompson
• Terrorism Monitor, v. 7, no. 27, September 11, 2009
*The Implications of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's Death for Iraqi Security by Babak Rahimi
*Did Somalia's al-Shabaab Plan to Attack the Australian Military? by Raffaello Pantucci
*The Concept of Safe Havens in Salafi-Jihadi Strategy by Murad Batal al-Shishani
*At the Center of the Storm: An Interview with Afghanistan's Lieutenant General Hadi Khalid - Part One by Derek Henry Flood
Lexington Institute
• Raulonomics: Though Diagnosis and Partial Prescriptions in Raul Castro’s Economic Policies
• Reversing Industrial Decline: A Role for the Defense Budget
Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
• Middle East Report Online, September 11, 2009
• Dismantling the Matrix of Control
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
• Immigrant Detention: Can ICE Meet Its Legal Imperatives and Case Management Responsibilities?
National Academies Press
• Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A: A Letter Report [free download but registration is required]
• The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease [free download but registration is required]
National Security Archive
• The Nuclear Vault - Previously Classified Interviews with Former Soviet Officials Reveal U.S. Strategic Intelligence Failure Over Decades
Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU) [Uni of Bradford]
• The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan: Ideology and Beliefs
Peterson Institute for International Economics
• The Future of the Dollar
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Views of Religious Similarities and Differences: Muslims Widely Seen as Facing Discrimination
Pew Global Attitudes Project
• Declining Support for bin Laden and Suicide Bombing
Pew Internet & American Life Project
• The Internet as a Diversion
Rand
• New Tools for Assessing State and Local Capabilities for Countermeasure Delivery
• Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends in the Army and Navy?
Small Wars Journal
• Tactical Strategic Communication!: Placing Informational Effect at the Centre of Command
Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group
• Comprehensive Oversight Plan: Afghanistan–Pakistan Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Through Fiscal Year 2010
• April 2009 plan
• November 2008 plan
Stimson Center
• Fifteen Forty or Fight: This Bush Initiative is Worth Keeping
• Violence in Southern Thailand: More than Just Religion
UC Davis Health System Violence Prevention Research Program
• Inside Gun Shows: What Gon When Everybody Thinks Nobody's Watching
UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo/Office of the High Commission for Human Rights
• Consolidated Investigation Report of the United Nations Joint Human Right Office (UNJHRO) Following Widespread Looting and Grave Violations of Human Rights by the Congolese National Armed Forces in Goma and Kanyabayonga in October and November 2008
• Consolidated Report on Investigations Conducted by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) into Grave Human Rights Abuses Committed in Kiwanja, North Kivu, in November 2008
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parsing the Options
• Promoting Cross-LoC Trade in Kashmir: An Analysis of the Joint Chamber
• Six Important Issues for Sudan and Its Future
US Joint Forces Command
• Pre-Deployment Afghanistan Reading List
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• After the Crackdown: The Iran Democracy Fund
• Countering Today's Enduring and Adaptive Terrorist Threats
• Facing Homegrown Radicalization
• What Next for Syria?
World Public Opinion.org
• World Publics Strongly Favor International Observers for Elections, Including Their Own
Monday, September 14, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Friday's Miscellany 09-04-2009
Air University
· Strategic Studies Quarterly, Fall 2009, v. 3, no. 3
*Framing Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century by Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired
*Economic Security and National Security: Interaction and Synthesis by James G. Rickards
*Security without the United States? Europe's Perception of NATO by Gen Klaus Naumann, Bundeswehr, Retired
*Shared Challenges--Joint Solutions? The United States and Europe Face New Global Security Risks--High Times for Grand Strategy by Ralph Rotte & Christoph Schwarz
*Toward Cooperation or Conflict on the Moon? Considering Lunar Governance in Historical Perspective by James Clay Moltz
*Back From the Future: The Impact of Change on Airpower in the Decades Ahead by Mark Clodfelter
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· Health Care and Pension Reform [in Germany and the United States]
· A Status-Conscious Germany between Adolescence and Retirement: Foreign Policy Commemorations on the 60th Anniversary of the Federal Republic
Army War College
· Balancing Kinetic Effects of Airpower with Counterinsurgency Objectives in Afghanistan
· Exploring Alternatives for Strategic Access to Afghanistan
· Pakistan’s FATA – A Wicked Problem
Atlantic Council of the United States
· Afghanistan: New Strategy or "New Math"?
· Afghanistan's Opportunity Costs
· Afghanistan War All Over But The Shooting
· Pakistan and the Taliban: Leaders Caught Betwixt and Between
Brookings
· Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth
· Detainee Abuse Reviewed
· The "New Normal" For the U.S. Economy: What Will It Be?
· The Progress of the Recovery Act
· Prospects for Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the Outcome of the Afghan Presidential Election [event video & transcript]
· What's Right With Afghanistan
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives: On Banking and ‘Getting Government Right’
Center for a New American Security
· After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
· Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
· Grim Military Report Stirs Questions on Afghan Strategy
· Inside the Surge: One Commander’s Lessons in Counterinsurgency
· No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
· Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Center for American Progress
· Evaluating the Elections in Afghanistan
· The Geography of Innovation: The Federal Government and the Growth of Regional Innovation Clusters
· In Search of Sustainable Security
Center for Security Policy
· Israel and the Palestinians: Ending the Stalemate
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Analysis of the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Bills
· Regaining Strategic Competence
· Resourcing a Full Spectrum Army
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Resourcing for Defeat: The Critical Failures In Planning, Programming, Budgeting And Resourcing The Afghan And Iraq Wars
· Rethinking the Global Trading System
· Violence in the North Caucasus
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Silk Road Studies Program
· Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation
· Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, v. 11, no. 15, August 19, 2009
*A Point of No Return? Georgi and the EU One Year After the August War by Oscar Pardo Sierra
*The SCO’S Iran Problem by Richard Weitz
*Iran, Xinjiang, and Democratization in Eurasia: The Impact of Recent Upheavals by Stephen Blank
*Mediators Propose Interim Status for Nagorno-Karakakh by Haroutiun Khachatrian
*High-Profile Death Raises Questions in Tajisistan by Alexander Sodiqov
*Uzbekistan Concerned Over Russian Military Base in Ferghana by Erkin Akhmadov
*The Problematic Tajikistan-Russia Relationship by Suhrob Majidov
*Election in Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev Again by Nurshat Ababakirov
Chatham House
· World Today, Volume 65, Number 8/9, August 2009
*Geneva Conventions Sixty Years On: Changing War, Changing Law, Adam Roberts
*The Geneva Conventions: Safeguarding Civilians, Barbara Stocking
*Geneva Conventions and the Media: Bearing Witness, Nik Gowing
*Online Protests in China: Internet Manhunts, Yiyi Lu
*Sri Lanka After the Tamil Tiger Defeat: Army Takes Over, Charu Lata Hogg
*Israeli Settlements: Getting it Settled, Alon Ben-Meir
*Libya - Revolutionary Forty Years On, Molly Tarhuni
*Intelligence in South Africa: Spies Threaten Democracy, Laurie Nathan
*Oil - A Year After Peak Prices: Dash for Survival, Matthew Hulbert
*G20 and the G8: Crowding Round, Erin Fitzgerald
*G20 and the G8: G Force, Paola Subacchi
*German Elections: Hard Times, Thomas Kielinger
*Elections in Japan: Poised for Power, Jeff Kingston
· Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The African Union
· No Signs of Iranian Flexibility on Nuclear Program
· Reassuring an Edgy Afghanistan
· Rethinking Afghanistan
· The Rise of Political Opposition in Japan
· Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, Leftists)
· UN Sanctions Pushing N. Korea To 'Smile Diplomacy'
Department of Energy
· Comparing the Impacts of the 2005 and 2008 Hurricanes on U.S. Energy Infrastructure
· The Smart Grid: An Introduction
Department of Health and Human Services
· Assessment of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic on Selected Countries in the Southern Hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-96 - FEMA's Sourcing for Disaster Response Goods & Services
· OIG-09-95 - Challenges Remain in DHS' Efforts to Secure Control Systems
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
· Electronic Filing System (e-Filing)
· Enterprise Citizenship and Immigrations Services Centralized Operational Repository (eCISCOR)
· Reengineered Naturalization Casework System (RNACS)
Department of State
· Protocol Concerning the Use of Radio Frequencies by Certain Fixed Terrestrial Links Constituting a Cross Border Public Security Communications Network Along the Common Border
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol's Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness, GAO-09-824
· Disaster Recovery: Experiences from Past Disasters Offer Insights for Effective Collaboration after Catastrophic Events, GAO-09-811
Heritage Foundation
· Controlling Illegal Immigration: What Ohio and Every Other State Can Do
· Defending Those Who Serve: Paying the Legal Costs of CIA Officers
· Japanese Election Poses Challenges for U.S. Alliance
· The Perils of Prediction and Unpreparedness in Building the Future Force
· President Obama Must Not Surrender to Russia on Missile Defense
· Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: What Tocqueville Teaches Today
Human Rights Watch
· Denied Dignity: Systematic Discrimination and Hostility toward Saudi Shia Citizens
· False Dawn: The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government’s Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements
Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
· A Clash of Principles? Humanitarian Action and the Search for Stability in Pakistan
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
· The Global Economic Crisis: Some Strategic Implications ht
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
· Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A [free download but registration required]
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
· GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· IAEA Report on Iran
· Natanz Enrichment Plant: How to Measure Progress
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
· Journal of Energy Security, August 2009
*Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection: The Case of the Trans-ASEAN Energy Network
*Dirty Hands: Russian Coal, GHG Emissions & European Gas Demand
*Oil’s 150th Anniversary: Whose Happy Birthday?
*After the Oil Bubble: Unlearned Lessons & Political Back-sliding
*Militancy and Oil Violence in the Niger Delta
*Applying Advanced Technology for Threat Assessment: A Case Study of the BTC Pipeline
*The Future of Electric Vehicles: Setting the Record Straight on Lithium Availability
Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies (IPCS)
· India, Southeast Asia and the FTA: Strengthening Economic Integration
· India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia: Connecting the Neighborhood
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran
International Crisis Group
· Afghanistan: What Now for Refugees?
· Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism and Its Discontent
· Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
International Defense Reform
· Common Defense Quarterly, Fall 2009
*Engaging China in Science and Technology: A Wise Endeavor for the Department of Defense
*Defense Technology Security Administration Perspectives
*Export Control Reform – Needed Now More Than
*The QDR’s Missing Dimension
*Rapid Reaction Technology Office: Rapidly Fielding Solutions for the Warfighter
*“Missile Defence - A View from Europe”
*US /Netherlands Cooperative Ballistic Missile Defense Initiative
*The United States National Guard: A Potent Partner
*Arlington Secured
*Net-Centricity Operational: Sweden’s Security Management System
International Relations and Security Network
· Africa: Resisting the Lord's Army
· Kandahar: Microcosm of Afghan Failures
· Libya Urged To Free Swiss Nationals
· Moldova Enters Post-Voronin Era
· Nepal: The Gurkha Exodus
· A New Dynamic in Iran
· Pan-European Security: Considering Russia
· W Sahara: Geopolitical Tug-of-War
Iran Tracker
· A Critical War in a Fragile Country: Yemen's Battle with the Shiite al-Houthi Rebels
Lexington Institute
· Failure To Use Radar Planes Against Taliban Is Foolish
Mineta Transportation Institute
· The Role of Transportation in Campus Emergency Planning
National Priorities Project
· Fact Sheet: Quick Facts About U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
· The Transformation That Fell Short
Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP)
· Soviet-Indonesian Relations : New Evidence from Russian Archives
Partnership for Public Service
· Cyber IN-Security: Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
· Unrealized Vision: Reimagining the Senior Executive Service
· Where the Jobs Are 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America
Pew Internet & American Life Project
· The Internet and Civic Engagement
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Congressional Favorability at 24-Year Low: Midterm Voting Intentions Evenly Divided
Physicians for Human Rights
· Aiding Torture: Health Professionals’ Ethics and Human Rights Violations Demonstrated in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General’s Report
Rand
· Countering Piracy in the Modern Era: Notes from a RAND Workshop to Discuss the Best Approaches for Dealing with Piracy in the 21st Century
The Royal Society
· New Approaches to Biological Risk Assessment
Small Wars Journal
· Afghan Village Militia; A People-Centric Strategy to Win
· Complexity, Defense Policy, and Epistemological Failure
· Detainee Operations in Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons from Afghanistan 2005-2006
· Gaining the Initiative in Afghanistan
· Is the War in Afghanistan in the Interests of the United States and its Allies?
South Asia Analysis Group
· Countering Terrorism In India
· MYANMAR: Another Gesture By Junta To US?
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009
· Information about the report and links to related information
· Previous reports
US Fire Administration
· Emergency Vehicle Visibility and Conspicuity Study
· Special Report: Fire Departments and Maritime Interface Area Preparedness
US Institute of Peace
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [Dari Edition]
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [English Edition]
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [Nepali Edition]
· An Education Track for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia
· Qadhafi's Time in the Limelight: Impact on U.S. Interests
· Rejectionists Readying to Counter U.S. Peace Push
· Strategic Studies Quarterly, Fall 2009, v. 3, no. 3
*Framing Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century by Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired
*Economic Security and National Security: Interaction and Synthesis by James G. Rickards
*Security without the United States? Europe's Perception of NATO by Gen Klaus Naumann, Bundeswehr, Retired
*Shared Challenges--Joint Solutions? The United States and Europe Face New Global Security Risks--High Times for Grand Strategy by Ralph Rotte & Christoph Schwarz
*Toward Cooperation or Conflict on the Moon? Considering Lunar Governance in Historical Perspective by James Clay Moltz
*Back From the Future: The Impact of Change on Airpower in the Decades Ahead by Mark Clodfelter
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· Health Care and Pension Reform [in Germany and the United States]
· A Status-Conscious Germany between Adolescence and Retirement: Foreign Policy Commemorations on the 60th Anniversary of the Federal Republic
Army War College
· Balancing Kinetic Effects of Airpower with Counterinsurgency Objectives in Afghanistan
· Exploring Alternatives for Strategic Access to Afghanistan
· Pakistan’s FATA – A Wicked Problem
Atlantic Council of the United States
· Afghanistan: New Strategy or "New Math"?
· Afghanistan's Opportunity Costs
· Afghanistan War All Over But The Shooting
· Pakistan and the Taliban: Leaders Caught Betwixt and Between
Brookings
· Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth
· Detainee Abuse Reviewed
· The "New Normal" For the U.S. Economy: What Will It Be?
· The Progress of the Recovery Act
· Prospects for Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the Outcome of the Afghan Presidential Election [event video & transcript]
· What's Right With Afghanistan
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives: On Banking and ‘Getting Government Right’
Center for a New American Security
· After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
· Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
· Grim Military Report Stirs Questions on Afghan Strategy
· Inside the Surge: One Commander’s Lessons in Counterinsurgency
· No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
· Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Center for American Progress
· Evaluating the Elections in Afghanistan
· The Geography of Innovation: The Federal Government and the Growth of Regional Innovation Clusters
· In Search of Sustainable Security
Center for Security Policy
· Israel and the Palestinians: Ending the Stalemate
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Analysis of the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Bills
· Regaining Strategic Competence
· Resourcing a Full Spectrum Army
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Resourcing for Defeat: The Critical Failures In Planning, Programming, Budgeting And Resourcing The Afghan And Iraq Wars
· Rethinking the Global Trading System
· Violence in the North Caucasus
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Silk Road Studies Program
· Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation
· Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, v. 11, no. 15, August 19, 2009
*A Point of No Return? Georgi and the EU One Year After the August War by Oscar Pardo Sierra
*The SCO’S Iran Problem by Richard Weitz
*Iran, Xinjiang, and Democratization in Eurasia: The Impact of Recent Upheavals by Stephen Blank
*Mediators Propose Interim Status for Nagorno-Karakakh by Haroutiun Khachatrian
*High-Profile Death Raises Questions in Tajisistan by Alexander Sodiqov
*Uzbekistan Concerned Over Russian Military Base in Ferghana by Erkin Akhmadov
*The Problematic Tajikistan-Russia Relationship by Suhrob Majidov
*Election in Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev Again by Nurshat Ababakirov
Chatham House
· World Today, Volume 65, Number 8/9, August 2009
*Geneva Conventions Sixty Years On: Changing War, Changing Law, Adam Roberts
*The Geneva Conventions: Safeguarding Civilians, Barbara Stocking
*Geneva Conventions and the Media: Bearing Witness, Nik Gowing
*Online Protests in China: Internet Manhunts, Yiyi Lu
*Sri Lanka After the Tamil Tiger Defeat: Army Takes Over, Charu Lata Hogg
*Israeli Settlements: Getting it Settled, Alon Ben-Meir
*Libya - Revolutionary Forty Years On, Molly Tarhuni
*Intelligence in South Africa: Spies Threaten Democracy, Laurie Nathan
*Oil - A Year After Peak Prices: Dash for Survival, Matthew Hulbert
*G20 and the G8: Crowding Round, Erin Fitzgerald
*G20 and the G8: G Force, Paola Subacchi
*German Elections: Hard Times, Thomas Kielinger
*Elections in Japan: Poised for Power, Jeff Kingston
· Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The African Union
· No Signs of Iranian Flexibility on Nuclear Program
· Reassuring an Edgy Afghanistan
· Rethinking Afghanistan
· The Rise of Political Opposition in Japan
· Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, Leftists)
· UN Sanctions Pushing N. Korea To 'Smile Diplomacy'
Department of Energy
· Comparing the Impacts of the 2005 and 2008 Hurricanes on U.S. Energy Infrastructure
· The Smart Grid: An Introduction
Department of Health and Human Services
· Assessment of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic on Selected Countries in the Southern Hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-96 - FEMA's Sourcing for Disaster Response Goods & Services
· OIG-09-95 - Challenges Remain in DHS' Efforts to Secure Control Systems
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
· Electronic Filing System (e-Filing)
· Enterprise Citizenship and Immigrations Services Centralized Operational Repository (eCISCOR)
· Reengineered Naturalization Casework System (RNACS)
Department of State
· Protocol Concerning the Use of Radio Frequencies by Certain Fixed Terrestrial Links Constituting a Cross Border Public Security Communications Network Along the Common Border
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol's Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness, GAO-09-824
· Disaster Recovery: Experiences from Past Disasters Offer Insights for Effective Collaboration after Catastrophic Events, GAO-09-811
Heritage Foundation
· Controlling Illegal Immigration: What Ohio and Every Other State Can Do
· Defending Those Who Serve: Paying the Legal Costs of CIA Officers
· Japanese Election Poses Challenges for U.S. Alliance
· The Perils of Prediction and Unpreparedness in Building the Future Force
· President Obama Must Not Surrender to Russia on Missile Defense
· Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: What Tocqueville Teaches Today
Human Rights Watch
· Denied Dignity: Systematic Discrimination and Hostility toward Saudi Shia Citizens
· False Dawn: The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government’s Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements
Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
· A Clash of Principles? Humanitarian Action and the Search for Stability in Pakistan
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
· The Global Economic Crisis: Some Strategic Implications ht
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
· Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A [free download but registration required]
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
· GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· IAEA Report on Iran
· Natanz Enrichment Plant: How to Measure Progress
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
· Journal of Energy Security, August 2009
*Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection: The Case of the Trans-ASEAN Energy Network
*Dirty Hands: Russian Coal, GHG Emissions & European Gas Demand
*Oil’s 150th Anniversary: Whose Happy Birthday?
*After the Oil Bubble: Unlearned Lessons & Political Back-sliding
*Militancy and Oil Violence in the Niger Delta
*Applying Advanced Technology for Threat Assessment: A Case Study of the BTC Pipeline
*The Future of Electric Vehicles: Setting the Record Straight on Lithium Availability
Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies (IPCS)
· India, Southeast Asia and the FTA: Strengthening Economic Integration
· India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia: Connecting the Neighborhood
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran
International Crisis Group
· Afghanistan: What Now for Refugees?
· Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism and Its Discontent
· Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
International Defense Reform
· Common Defense Quarterly, Fall 2009
*Engaging China in Science and Technology: A Wise Endeavor for the Department of Defense
*Defense Technology Security Administration Perspectives
*Export Control Reform – Needed Now More Than
*The QDR’s Missing Dimension
*Rapid Reaction Technology Office: Rapidly Fielding Solutions for the Warfighter
*“Missile Defence - A View from Europe”
*US /Netherlands Cooperative Ballistic Missile Defense Initiative
*The United States National Guard: A Potent Partner
*Arlington Secured
*Net-Centricity Operational: Sweden’s Security Management System
International Relations and Security Network
· Africa: Resisting the Lord's Army
· Kandahar: Microcosm of Afghan Failures
· Libya Urged To Free Swiss Nationals
· Moldova Enters Post-Voronin Era
· Nepal: The Gurkha Exodus
· A New Dynamic in Iran
· Pan-European Security: Considering Russia
· W Sahara: Geopolitical Tug-of-War
Iran Tracker
· A Critical War in a Fragile Country: Yemen's Battle with the Shiite al-Houthi Rebels
Lexington Institute
· Failure To Use Radar Planes Against Taliban Is Foolish
Mineta Transportation Institute
· The Role of Transportation in Campus Emergency Planning
National Priorities Project
· Fact Sheet: Quick Facts About U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
· The Transformation That Fell Short
Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP)
· Soviet-Indonesian Relations : New Evidence from Russian Archives
Partnership for Public Service
· Cyber IN-Security: Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
· Unrealized Vision: Reimagining the Senior Executive Service
· Where the Jobs Are 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America
Pew Internet & American Life Project
· The Internet and Civic Engagement
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Congressional Favorability at 24-Year Low: Midterm Voting Intentions Evenly Divided
Physicians for Human Rights
· Aiding Torture: Health Professionals’ Ethics and Human Rights Violations Demonstrated in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General’s Report
Rand
· Countering Piracy in the Modern Era: Notes from a RAND Workshop to Discuss the Best Approaches for Dealing with Piracy in the 21st Century
The Royal Society
· New Approaches to Biological Risk Assessment
Small Wars Journal
· Afghan Village Militia; A People-Centric Strategy to Win
· Complexity, Defense Policy, and Epistemological Failure
· Detainee Operations in Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons from Afghanistan 2005-2006
· Gaining the Initiative in Afghanistan
· Is the War in Afghanistan in the Interests of the United States and its Allies?
South Asia Analysis Group
· Countering Terrorism In India
· MYANMAR: Another Gesture By Junta To US?
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009
· Information about the report and links to related information
· Previous reports
US Fire Administration
· Emergency Vehicle Visibility and Conspicuity Study
· Special Report: Fire Departments and Maritime Interface Area Preparedness
US Institute of Peace
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [Dari Edition]
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [English Edition]
· Combating Serious Crimes in Postconflict Societies [Nepali Edition]
· An Education Track for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia
· Qadhafi's Time in the Limelight: Impact on U.S. Interests
· Rejectionists Readying to Counter U.S. Peace Push
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
REPORT - GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World
The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has posted their report -
GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World
According to their website - the INSS has "identified eight global trends driving tomorrow’s complex security environment. These trends represent challenges and in some cases opportunities for America’s civilian policymakers and military leaders. These trends amount to a paradigm shift and policymakers may increasingly find themselves operating in terra incognita. To shed light on this emerging global environment, the Institute for National Strategic Studies has produced a seminal volume, Global Strategic Assessment, which details these driving trends, assesses them in regional context, and finally, offers a number of pathways for American policymakers to deal with them."
GLOBAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, 2009 - America's Security Role in a Changing World
According to their website - the INSS has "identified eight global trends driving tomorrow’s complex security environment. These trends represent challenges and in some cases opportunities for America’s civilian policymakers and military leaders. These trends amount to a paradigm shift and policymakers may increasingly find themselves operating in terra incognita. To shed light on this emerging global environment, the Institute for National Strategic Studies has produced a seminal volume, Global Strategic Assessment, which details these driving trends, assesses them in regional context, and finally, offers a number of pathways for American policymakers to deal with them."
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday's Miscellany 08-28-2008
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
· High Frontier Journal, v. 5, no. 4, August 2009
*Building the Political Consensus to Deter Attacks on Our Nation’s Space Systems by US Representative Terry Everett
*Employing Elements of National Power in Schriever V by VADM Carl V. Mauney
*Schriever V Wargames: The Boundaries of Space and Cyberspace by Lt Gen Larry D. James
*Schriever V - A UK Perspective by AVM T. M. “Timo” Anderson
*A Space Doctrine for Soldier, Scientist, and Citizen: What It Will Take to Secure the Space Domain by Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr.
*Political-Military Implications of Space Warfare on Homeland Defense and Allied Relations by BG Robert J. Felderman
*The Value of the Domain [Schriever V Wargame] by Col Robert F. Wright, Jr.
*Coalition Space Operations: Lessons Learned from Schriever V Wargame by Mr. Joseph D. Rouge and Mr. Dennis L. Danielson
*Schriever V: Lessons Learned - A Canadian Perspective by Col François Malo
*The Strategic Value of Schriever V: Policy and Strategy Insights for the Quadrennial Defense Review by Mr. Marc J. Berkowitz
*Schriever V: Managing and Understanding Consequences to Military Space by Maj Gen Franklin “Judd” Blaisdell, USAF, retired
*Schriever Wargames: The Battle for the Ultimate High Ground by Mr. James C. Mesco
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· 'They Can and Must Increase': An Analysis of U.S.-Russian Economic Relations in International Comparison
· Toward a Transatlantic Eastern Policy? The U.S., the EU, and the "In-Between States"
Amnesty International
· Philippines: Shattered Lives: Beyond the 2008-2009 Mindanao Armed Conflict
· Timor-Leste: 'We Cry for Justice’: Impunity Persists 10 Years on in Timor-Leste
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
· Options for Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism
Brookings Institute
· The Battle for Baghdad
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Filling the Void: Dispatch from Afghanistan
Center for American Progress
· Securing America's Future: Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmental Damage
Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC)
· Strategic Insights, v. 3, no. 3, August 2009
*Subversion as a Facet of Terrorism and Insurgency: The Case for a Twenty-First Century Approach by Lindsay Clutterbuck and William Rosenau
*Employing Data Fusion in Cultural Analysis and Counterinsurgency in Tribal Social Systems by Steffen Merten
*Could Al Qaeda’s Own Strategy to Defeat Itself Actually Work? by Carl J. Ciovacco
*Diplomatic Game-Changer: How Recent Maritime-Related Initiatives Have Decisively Improved the Ability to Confront Terrorists/Criminals by Brian Wilson
*Ideology or Pragmatism? U.S. Economic Aid, Military Assistance, and Foreign Military Sales: 1950-2007 by David A. Anderson and MAJ Randall D. McCauley, USA
*Democracy Promotion and the National Security Strategy: U.S. National Interest, Primacy, and Coercion by Richard Nere
*Skeptics at NATO’s 60th Anniversary: A Critique of the Criticism by Maj. Loree Filizer, USAF
*Indo-U.S. Relations: An Historical Perspective by Dheeraj Kumar
*What if the President of Sudan is Arrested? by Glen Segell
*What is Washington’s Next Move on North Korea? by Sehun Cheon
*Lost Years, Lost Opportunities: Bush Foreign Policy by David W. Wise
Center for Defense Information (CDI)
· The Concern with South Korea's Missile Defense System
Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
· Critical Path: A Brief History of Critical Infrastructure Protection in the United States [this is not new but has only recently been posted digitally]
Center for National Policy
· The Future of the U.S. Army: Options for Force Modernization
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· “A Wing and a Prayer”: Summary and Analysis of the NAHLN HPAI Exercise Program
Center for Security Policy
· Stay of Execution
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Shifting Nature of the Threat
Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Life After FCS
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The Rise of Political Opposition in Japan
· Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, leftists)
Defense Business Board (DBB)
· Report to the Secretary of Defense - Review of the National Security Personnel System Recommendations on Performance Management and the National Security Personnel System
Department of Homeland Security
· Information Technology Sector Baseline Risk Assessment
Department of Homeland Security Directives
· CBP Border Search of Electronic Devices Containing Information
· ICE Border Searches of Electronic Media
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
· General Counsel Electronic Management System (GEMS)
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-64 - Role of the No Fly and Selectee Lists in Securing Commercial Aviation, (Redacted)
Department of Justice
· CIA Detainee Torture Documents
Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC)
· Resilient International Telecommunications Guidelines for the Financial Services Sector
Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF)
· Military vs. Climate Security. Mapping the Shift from the Bush Years to the Obama Era
Heritage Foundation
· Blaming Oil Speculators: A Costly Diversion from Real Solutions to Rising Oil Prices
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· Journal of Defence Studies, v. 3, no. 1, January 2009
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
· 15 Ideas to Fix the Middle East
International Crisis Group
· Chad: Escaping from the Oil Trap
International Peace Institute (IPI)
· A Choice for Peace? The Story of Forty-One Days of Mediation in Kenya
International Relations and Security Network
· Abkhazia: Optimism and Tension
Iran Tracker
· Government Re-Shuffling in Iran
Minority Rights Group International
· Peoples Under Threat 2009
National Academies Press
· America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation
New America Foundation
· Japan Rethinks Reform
Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq
· Mind-Sets and Missiles: a First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
US Institute of Peace
· Beyond Emergency Responses in the Democratic Republic of Congo
· Scenarios for Sudan: Avoiding Political Violence Through 2011
Virtual Information Center (VIC)
· Country Primers [latest] *Indonesia
*Vanuatu
*Tonga
*New Zealand
*Australia
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Ahmadinezhad's Cabinet: Loyalists and Radicals
· Putting Iraq's Security Agreement to the Vote: Risks and Opportunities
· High Frontier Journal, v. 5, no. 4, August 2009
*Building the Political Consensus to Deter Attacks on Our Nation’s Space Systems by US Representative Terry Everett
*Employing Elements of National Power in Schriever V by VADM Carl V. Mauney
*Schriever V Wargames: The Boundaries of Space and Cyberspace by Lt Gen Larry D. James
*Schriever V - A UK Perspective by AVM T. M. “Timo” Anderson
*A Space Doctrine for Soldier, Scientist, and Citizen: What It Will Take to Secure the Space Domain by Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr.
*Political-Military Implications of Space Warfare on Homeland Defense and Allied Relations by BG Robert J. Felderman
*The Value of the Domain [Schriever V Wargame] by Col Robert F. Wright, Jr.
*Coalition Space Operations: Lessons Learned from Schriever V Wargame by Mr. Joseph D. Rouge and Mr. Dennis L. Danielson
*Schriever V: Lessons Learned - A Canadian Perspective by Col François Malo
*The Strategic Value of Schriever V: Policy and Strategy Insights for the Quadrennial Defense Review by Mr. Marc J. Berkowitz
*Schriever V: Managing and Understanding Consequences to Military Space by Maj Gen Franklin “Judd” Blaisdell, USAF, retired
*Schriever Wargames: The Battle for the Ultimate High Ground by Mr. James C. Mesco
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· 'They Can and Must Increase': An Analysis of U.S.-Russian Economic Relations in International Comparison
· Toward a Transatlantic Eastern Policy? The U.S., the EU, and the "In-Between States"
Amnesty International
· Philippines: Shattered Lives: Beyond the 2008-2009 Mindanao Armed Conflict
· Timor-Leste: 'We Cry for Justice’: Impunity Persists 10 Years on in Timor-Leste
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
· Options for Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism
Brookings Institute
· The Battle for Baghdad
· Fueling the "Balance": A Defense Energy Strategy Primer
· Prospects for Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the Outcome of the Afghan Presidential Election
· Regional Multilateralism in Asia and the Korean Question
· The Scouting Report: Afghanistan's Elections (Aug 26, 2009) … live chat with Michael O’Hanlon … transcript …
· Prospects for Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the Outcome of the Afghan Presidential Election
· Regional Multilateralism in Asia and the Korean Question
· The Scouting Report: Afghanistan's Elections (Aug 26, 2009) … live chat with Michael O’Hanlon … transcript …
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Filling the Void: Dispatch from Afghanistan
Center for American Progress
· Securing America's Future: Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmental Damage
Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC)
· Strategic Insights, v. 3, no. 3, August 2009
*Subversion as a Facet of Terrorism and Insurgency: The Case for a Twenty-First Century Approach by Lindsay Clutterbuck and William Rosenau
*Employing Data Fusion in Cultural Analysis and Counterinsurgency in Tribal Social Systems by Steffen Merten
*Could Al Qaeda’s Own Strategy to Defeat Itself Actually Work? by Carl J. Ciovacco
*Diplomatic Game-Changer: How Recent Maritime-Related Initiatives Have Decisively Improved the Ability to Confront Terrorists/Criminals by Brian Wilson
*Ideology or Pragmatism? U.S. Economic Aid, Military Assistance, and Foreign Military Sales: 1950-2007 by David A. Anderson and MAJ Randall D. McCauley, USA
*Democracy Promotion and the National Security Strategy: U.S. National Interest, Primacy, and Coercion by Richard Nere
*Skeptics at NATO’s 60th Anniversary: A Critique of the Criticism by Maj. Loree Filizer, USAF
*Indo-U.S. Relations: An Historical Perspective by Dheeraj Kumar
*What if the President of Sudan is Arrested? by Glen Segell
*What is Washington’s Next Move on North Korea? by Sehun Cheon
*Lost Years, Lost Opportunities: Bush Foreign Policy by David W. Wise
Center for Defense Information (CDI)
· The Concern with South Korea's Missile Defense System
Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
· Critical Path: A Brief History of Critical Infrastructure Protection in the United States [this is not new but has only recently been posted digitally]
Center for National Policy
· The Future of the U.S. Army: Options for Force Modernization
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· “A Wing and a Prayer”: Summary and Analysis of the NAHLN HPAI Exercise Program
Center for Security Policy
· Stay of Execution
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Shifting Nature of the Threat
Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Life After FCS
Center for the Study of Intelligence
· Studies in Intelligence v. 53, no. 2, (Special Review Supplement) Summer 2009
*Intelligence in Contemporary Media: Views of Intelligence Officers by John McLaughlin
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, v. 2, no. 8, August 2009
· Studies in Intelligence v. 53, no. 2, (Special Review Supplement) Summer 2009
*Intelligence in Contemporary Media: Views of Intelligence Officers by John McLaughlin
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, v. 2, no. 8, August 2009
*The Philippines' Continued Success Against Extremists by Peter Chalk
*The Evolving Role of Uzbek-led Fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Jeremy Binnie and Joanna Wright
*Tribal Dynamics of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Insurgencies by Hayder Mili and Jacob Townsend
*A Review of Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan by Joanna Nathan
*The Absence of Shi`a Suicide Attacks in Iraq by Babak Rahimi
*Factors Affecting Stability in Northern Iraq by Ramzy Mardini
*Training for Terror: The 'Homegrown' Case of Jami`at al-Islam al-Sahih by Jeffrey B. Cozzens and William Rosenau
*Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
· Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health Administration
*The Evolving Role of Uzbek-led Fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Jeremy Binnie and Joanna Wright
*Tribal Dynamics of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Insurgencies by Hayder Mili and Jacob Townsend
*A Review of Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan by Joanna Nathan
*The Absence of Shi`a Suicide Attacks in Iraq by Babak Rahimi
*Factors Affecting Stability in Northern Iraq by Ramzy Mardini
*Training for Terror: The 'Homegrown' Case of Jami`at al-Islam al-Sahih by Jeffrey B. Cozzens and William Rosenau
*Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
· Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health Administration
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The Rise of Political Opposition in Japan
· Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, leftists)
Defense Business Board (DBB)
· Report to the Secretary of Defense - Review of the National Security Personnel System Recommendations on Performance Management and the National Security Personnel System
Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2009-099 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Phase III - Accountability for Equipment Purchased for the Afghanistan National Army
· D-2009-099 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Phase III - Accountability for Equipment Purchased for the Afghanistan National Army
Department of Homeland Security
· Information Technology Sector Baseline Risk Assessment
Department of Homeland Security Directives
· CBP Border Search of Electronic Devices Containing Information
· ICE Border Searches of Electronic Media
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
· General Counsel Electronic Management System (GEMS)
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-09-64 - Role of the No Fly and Selectee Lists in Securing Commercial Aviation, (Redacted)
Department of Justice
· CIA Detainee Torture Documents
Department of State Inspector General
· The Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services (ISP-I-09-34) July 09
· Performance Audit of Embassy Baghdad's Transition Planning for a Reduced United States Military Presence in Iraq (MERO-A-09-10) Aug 09
· The Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services (ISP-I-09-34) July 09
· Performance Audit of Embassy Baghdad's Transition Planning for a Reduced United States Military Presence in Iraq (MERO-A-09-10) Aug 09
Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC)
· Resilient International Telecommunications Guidelines for the Financial Services Sector
Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF)
· Military vs. Climate Security. Mapping the Shift from the Bush Years to the Obama Era
Heritage Foundation
· Blaming Oil Speculators: A Costly Diversion from Real Solutions to Rising Oil Prices
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· Journal of Defence Studies, v. 3, no. 1, January 2009
*Essential Elements of India's Defence Offset Policy - A Critique by Thomas Mathew
*A Survey of Successful Defence Offset Policy by Anuradha Mitra
*What India can Learn from Global Offset Experiences by Vivek Lall
*Implementation of Offset Policy in Defence Contracts: Indian Army Perspective by S. Sunder
*Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Navy by S. Samaddar
*Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Air Force by Sudhir V. Bal
*Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Defence R&D by Prahlada, S. Radhakrishnan & Parimal Kumar
*Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Ordnance Factories by S. Gopalaswamy
*Technology Inflows – Issues, Challenges and Methodology by S. P. Ravindran
*Manufacturing Capabilities Enhancement for Efficient Offset Absorption- Joint Ventures / Collaborations / Tie ups by Jayant Patil & Mukesh Bhargava
*Gearing up for the Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Pitfalls by B. Khaitan
*A Survey of Successful Defence Offset Policy by Anuradha Mitra
*What India can Learn from Global Offset Experiences by Vivek Lall
*Implementation of Offset Policy in Defence Contracts: Indian Army Perspective by S. Sunder
*Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Navy by S. Samaddar
*Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Air Force by Sudhir V. Bal
*Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Defence R&D by Prahlada, S. Radhakrishnan & Parimal Kumar
*Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Ordnance Factories by S. Gopalaswamy
*Technology Inflows – Issues, Challenges and Methodology by S. P. Ravindran
*Manufacturing Capabilities Enhancement for Efficient Offset Absorption- Joint Ventures / Collaborations / Tie ups by Jayant Patil & Mukesh Bhargava
*Gearing up for the Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Pitfalls by B. Khaitan
* Industry Perspectives on Defence Offsets by S. K. Kaura
Institute for National Security Studies
· Strategic Assessment, v 12, no. 2, August 2009
Institute for National Security Studies
· Strategic Assessment, v 12, no. 2, August 2009
*The Promise and Perils of Engagement by Mark A. Heller
*The Iranian Nuclear Program: Waiting for Obama by Ephraim Kam
*Iran's Ballistic Missiles by Yiftah S. Shapir
*Battling for Consciousness by Yossi Kuperwasser
*Palestinian Duality: Territories, Governments, Agendas by Ephraim Lavie
*The Lebanese Paliamentary Elections: Back to the Future? By Benedetta Berti
*Guardians of a Tense Peace: US Combat Forces in Iraq by Clint ZumBrunnen
*Russia in the Middle East: An Unlikely Comeback by Olena Bagno
*Killing Pakistan from Within by Meirav Mishali-Ram
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Update on the Arak Heavy Water Reactor in Iran
*The Iranian Nuclear Program: Waiting for Obama by Ephraim Kam
*Iran's Ballistic Missiles by Yiftah S. Shapir
*Battling for Consciousness by Yossi Kuperwasser
*Palestinian Duality: Territories, Governments, Agendas by Ephraim Lavie
*The Lebanese Paliamentary Elections: Back to the Future? By Benedetta Berti
*Guardians of a Tense Peace: US Combat Forces in Iraq by Clint ZumBrunnen
*Russia in the Middle East: An Unlikely Comeback by Olena Bagno
*Killing Pakistan from Within by Meirav Mishali-Ram
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Update on the Arak Heavy Water Reactor in Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
· 15 Ideas to Fix the Middle East
International Crisis Group
· Chad: Escaping from the Oil Trap
International Peace Institute (IPI)
· A Choice for Peace? The Story of Forty-One Days of Mediation in Kenya
International Relations and Security Network
· Abkhazia: Optimism and Tension
· Swine Flu – the Sickly Side of Globalization
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
· Counterinsurgency Guidance
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
· Counterinsurgency Guidance
Iran Tracker
· Government Re-Shuffling in Iran
· A Violent Summer in the North Caucasus: Analysis of the Ingushetia Bombing
· Iranian Influence in Afghanistan: Recent Developments
· Iranian Influence in Afghanistan: Recent Developments
Minority Rights Group International
· Peoples Under Threat 2009
National Academies Press
· America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation
· Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop Report [free download but registration required]
National Defense University (NDU)
· Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), no. 55, 4th Quarter 2009
National Defense University (NDU)
· Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), no. 55, 4th Quarter 2009
*The Efficacy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by Om Prakash
*Winfield Scott’s 1847 Mexico City Campaign as a Model for Future War by Daniel T. Canfield
*Graying Panda, Shrinking Dragon: The Impact of Chinese Demographic Changes on Northeast Asian by Matt Isler
*A New Grand Bargain: Implementing the Comprehensive Approach in Defense Planning by Thomas G. Mahnken
*Strategic Drift? The Future of the National War College by Janet Breslin-Smith and Cliff Krieger
*Developing Strategists: Translating National Strategy into Theater Strategy by Derek S. Reveron and James L. Cook
*Asia: Facing Interesting Times By Dean Cheng
*Future Gulf War: Weighing Arab and American Forces against Iranian Capabilities by Richard L. Russell
*The State of Play in Russia’s Near Abroad By Peter B. Humphrey
*SORT-ing out START: Options for U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reductions by Stephen J. Cimbala
*Real Acquisition Reform By Jim Cooper and Russell Rumbaugh
*Integrating CONOPs into the Acquisition Process by John P. Jumper, David A. Deptula, and Harold B. Adams
*Moving Toward a Joint Acquisition Process to Support ISR by Del C. Kostka
*MRAPs, Irregular Warfare, and Pentagon Reform by Christopher J. Lamb, Matthew J. Schmidt, and Berit G. Fitzsimmons
*Strategic Communication and the Combatant Commander by Jeffrey B. Jones, Daniel T. Kuehl, Daniel Burgess, and Russell Rochte
*Energy and Environmental Insecurity by Richard B. Andres
*Measure, Manage, Win: The Case for Operational Energy Metrics by Andrew Bochman
*Interview with General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Commander, Multi-National Force–Iraq by David H. Gurney and Jeffrey D. Smotherman
*Breaking the Yardstick: The Dangers of Market-based Governance By Don J. DeYoung
*Radar versus Stealth: Passive Radar and the Future of U.S. Military Power by Arend G. Westra
*Mind Fitness: Improving Operational Effectiveness and Building Warrior Resilience Elizabeth A. Stanley and Amishi P. Jha
*The Department of Homeland Security: An Organization in Transition by Charles B. King III
*U.S. Joint Military Contributions to Countering Syria’s 1970 Invasion of Jordan by Richard A. Mobley
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· Preliminary Statement of the NDI Election Observer Delegation to Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections
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· The CIA's Vietnam Histories
*Winfield Scott’s 1847 Mexico City Campaign as a Model for Future War by Daniel T. Canfield
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*Developing Strategists: Translating National Strategy into Theater Strategy by Derek S. Reveron and James L. Cook
*Asia: Facing Interesting Times By Dean Cheng
*Future Gulf War: Weighing Arab and American Forces against Iranian Capabilities by Richard L. Russell
*The State of Play in Russia’s Near Abroad By Peter B. Humphrey
*SORT-ing out START: Options for U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reductions by Stephen J. Cimbala
*Real Acquisition Reform By Jim Cooper and Russell Rumbaugh
*Integrating CONOPs into the Acquisition Process by John P. Jumper, David A. Deptula, and Harold B. Adams
*Moving Toward a Joint Acquisition Process to Support ISR by Del C. Kostka
*MRAPs, Irregular Warfare, and Pentagon Reform by Christopher J. Lamb, Matthew J. Schmidt, and Berit G. Fitzsimmons
*Strategic Communication and the Combatant Commander by Jeffrey B. Jones, Daniel T. Kuehl, Daniel Burgess, and Russell Rochte
*Energy and Environmental Insecurity by Richard B. Andres
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*Interview with General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Commander, Multi-National Force–Iraq by David H. Gurney and Jeffrey D. Smotherman
*Breaking the Yardstick: The Dangers of Market-based Governance By Don J. DeYoung
*Radar versus Stealth: Passive Radar and the Future of U.S. Military Power by Arend G. Westra
*Mind Fitness: Improving Operational Effectiveness and Building Warrior Resilience Elizabeth A. Stanley and Amishi P. Jha
*The Department of Homeland Security: An Organization in Transition by Charles B. King III
*U.S. Joint Military Contributions to Countering Syria’s 1970 Invasion of Jordan by Richard A. Mobley
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
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National Security Archive
· The CIA's Vietnam Histories
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Security Affairs.org
· The Journal of International Security, Spring 2009, no, 16
Security Affairs.org
· The Journal of International Security, Spring 2009, no, 16
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*A Balanced Approach to Irregular Warfare by Admiral Eric T. Olson
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*Contextualizing Counterinsurgency by Stephen Sloan & Sebastian L. v. Gorka
*A Post-Conflict Primer by J. Sullivan, A. Shkolnikov & A. Nadgrodkiewicz
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*The Perilous Future of U.S. Strategic Forces by B. Thayer & T. Skypek
*Not Saved by “Zero” by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
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*The Power of the Ought”: An Interview with Ambassador Max Kampelman
*LEBANON: Out of Gas by Nicholas Noe
*INDIA: Pakistan’s Enemy Within by M. D. Nalapat
*BELGIUM: The Case for Montenegro by Borut Grgic
Small Wars Journal
· Cultural Awareness or Cultural Apperception: Is There a Difference?
· Dealing with the Crisis in Zimbabwe: The Role of Economics, Diplomacy, and Regionalism
Stanley Foundation
· Peacebuilding Following Conflict
Stimson Center
· Resetting the Peace Clock
*A Balanced Approach to Irregular Warfare by Admiral Eric T. Olson
*Future Force Planning for the Middle East by Rear Admiral John F. Sigler
*The Missile Defense Mission by Jeff Kueter
*Contextualizing Counterinsurgency by Stephen Sloan & Sebastian L. v. Gorka
*A Post-Conflict Primer by J. Sullivan, A. Shkolnikov & A. Nadgrodkiewicz
*Higher Miseducation by Patrick Poole
*The Perilous Future of U.S. Strategic Forces by B. Thayer & T. Skypek
*Not Saved by “Zero” by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
*The Art of (Cyber) War by Brian M. Mazanec
*Finding Equilibrium on Iran by Mario Loyola
*Fixing Our Pakistan Problem by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
*The Power of the Ought”: An Interview with Ambassador Max Kampelman
*LEBANON: Out of Gas by Nicholas Noe
*INDIA: Pakistan’s Enemy Within by M. D. Nalapat
*BELGIUM: The Case for Montenegro by Borut Grgic
Small Wars Journal
· Cultural Awareness or Cultural Apperception: Is There a Difference?
· Dealing with the Crisis in Zimbabwe: The Role of Economics, Diplomacy, and Regionalism
Stanley Foundation
· Peacebuilding Following Conflict
Stimson Center
· Resetting the Peace Clock
Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
· Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq
· Mind-Sets and Missiles: a First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
US Institute of Peace
· Beyond Emergency Responses in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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· Country Primers [latest]
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Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Ahmadinezhad's Cabinet: Loyalists and Radicals
· Putting Iraq's Security Agreement to the Vote: Risks and Opportunities
Thursday, August 27, 2009
NSPS review report and recommendations
"On May 14, 2009 the Deputy Secretary of Defense requested the DBB to form a Task Group to review NSPS to help the Department determine: (1) if the underlying design principles and methodology for implementation are reflected in the NSPS program objectives; (2) whether the program objectives are being met; and (3) whether NSPS is operating in a fair, transparent, and effective manner. This Task Group is a subcommittee of the Defense Business Board, and pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in Sunshine Act of 1976, and other appropriate federal regulations, this Task Group does not work independently of the Board's charter." from the Defense Business Board NSPS Task Group's page
They have now released their final NSPS report
Report to the Secretary of Defense - Review of the National Security Personnel System. Recommendations on Performance Management and the National Security Personnel System
They have now released their final NSPS report
Report to the Secretary of Defense - Review of the National Security Personnel System. Recommendations on Performance Management and the National Security Personnel System
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