American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• Issue Brief #37: Transatlantic Relations After the Lisbon Treaty
Anti Defamation League (ADL)
• Resurgence of the Sovereign Citizen Movement
Atlantic Council
• Strategies for a Cybered World
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
• Iran Update, No. 145 – 18 August 2010
• New Players in the Dispute over Iran's Nuclear Program: Brazilian, Turkish and Iranian Objectives
Brookings Institute
• Crises No More: The Success of Obama’s Stimulus Program
• Partnership, Strength and Presence: Converging Regional Interests and Opportunities in the Gulf
• Reflections on the Evolution of the China Field in Political Science
• A Statesman's Forum with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
CAC / COIN – Colloquium
• Mitigation of Terrorist Effects on Victims‟ Motivation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Nuclear Suppliers Group and the IAEA Additional Protocol
CATO Institute
• Nuclear Proliferation Update: Exporting the Bomb
Center for Complex Operations
• Prism, September 2010, v. 1, no. 4
o Diplomacy Before and After Conflict
o Afghanistan: Opportunities and Risks
o A "Net Shift" for Afghanistan?
o Analytics and Action in Afghanistan
o Afghanistan: Long-term Solutions and Perilous Shortcuts
o Recalibrating the Afghan Reconciliation Program
o Countering Taliban Information Operations in Afghanistan
o Afghanistan: The German Factor
o Stabilization Operations Beyond Government: Joint Venture Public-Private Partnerships in Iraq and Afghanistan
o Columbia: Learning Institutions Enable Integrated Response
o Blind Ambition: Lessons Learned and Not Learned in an Embedded PRT
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Cooperative Mexican-US Antinarcotics Efforts
• Economic Transformation and the Future of Capitalism
• Iraq: Strategic Partnership or Lose the "Unwon" War
• Iraq After the Election: Meeting the Challenges of 2010
• Iraq After the Election: Measuring the Course of the War
• Iraq After the Election: Economy, Demographics, Budget and Trade
• Iraq After the Election: Critical Impact on World Oil Supplies
• Iraq After the Election: Economic and Military Aid and US Withdrawals
• Strategic Competition with Iran: The Military Dimension
Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Freedom of Expression and the Internet in Sri Lanka
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
• The BP Oil Spill: Accounting for the Spilled Oil and Ensuring the Safety of Seafood from the Gulf
Congress. Senate. Environment & Public Works Committee
• Failure of Leadership: President Obama and the Flawed Federal Response to the BP Disaster
Council on Foreign Relations
• Afghanistan's National Security Forces
• Conflicting Objectives for U.S. in Afghanistan - Interview with Col. Gian P. Gentile
• Conflicting Objectives for U.S. in Afghanistan - Interview with Jack Kem: Long Road Ahead for Afghan Security Forces
• U.S. Withdrawal Echoes in Iraq
Department of the Army
• United States Army Operating Concept—2016-2028
Department of Defense
• 2010 DoD Report to Congress on the Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
• DoD Directive 5205.14, DoD Counter Threat Finance (CTF) Policy, August 19, 2010
• Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood - Final Recommendations of the Ft Hood Follow-on Review
Department of Defense Inspector General
• D-2010-075 Foreign Allowances and Differentials Paid to DOD Civilian Employees Supporting Overseas Contingency Operations, August 17, 2010
• D-2010-076 Recoupment of Advanced Education Costs from Disenrolled Air Force Academy Cadets, August 17, 2010)
• D-2010-078 Air Force Use of Time-and-Materials Contracts in Southwest Asia, August 16, 2010
Department of Health and Human Services
• The Public Health Emergency Countermeasures Enterprise Review
Department of Homeland Security
• Data on Enforcement Actions
• Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2009
Department of State
• Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act 2010 [U.S. efforts on international water issues]
• Pervious reports
Energy Information Administration
• Country Analysis Brief: India
Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace
• 2010 Failed States Index
• 2010 Global Cities Index
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Key Private and Public Cyber Expectations Need to Be Consistently Addressed,GAO-10-628
• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federally Funded Programs Have Helped to Address the Needs of Gulf Coast Small Businesses, but Agency Data on Subcontracting Are Incomplete, GAO-10-723
• Superfund: Interagency Agreements and Improved Project Management Needed to Achieve Cleanup Progress at Key Defense Installations, GAO-10-348
Heritage Foundation
• The Building Blocks of a Strong National Defense
• A Conservative Foreign Policy
• Developing a Strong Border and Immigration Policy
• Ensuring that Congress Follows the Constitution
• The Federalization of Homeland Security
• Getting the Small-Boat Threat Right
• Holding Terrorists Accountable
• New CBO Budget Baseline Shows that Soaring Spending—Not Falling Revenues—Risks Drowning America in Debt
• Re-embracing Federalism
• Reining in Runaway Spending and Deficits
• Remember the Jay Treaty: START Behaving Like Senators
• Restoring the US to a Free Economy
• The Rising Tide of Red Tape
• The Threat of Nuclear Weapons
• The Unsustainable Growth of Welfare
Human Rights Watch
• Everyone’s in on the Game: Corruption and Human Rights Abuses by the Nigeria Police Force
• Where is the Justice? Interethnic Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan and Its Aftermath
IDEEA
• Common Defense Quarterly, Fall 2010
o Montenegro – a Reliable Defense Partner
o The NATO Summit in Lisbon: Charting NATO’s Future in a Resource Constrained Environment
o Building Resilient Critical Infrastructure through International and Domestic Partnerships
o The Force Multiplier: The Whole of Government In An Era of Resource Constraints and Mission Growth
o A Deployable Civilian Force for Reconstruction and Stabilization: S/CRS and the Civilian Response Corps
o Federated Identity: A Building Block Approach for Secure Collaboration
o Multidisciplinary Activities
o The Best and Brightest Enabling Technologies May Already Be Decades Old, and Just Waiting to be Rediscovered
o Industrial Partnerships Key To Patriot Modernization
o The Empire Test Pilots’ School Learn to test – test to learn
o Interview with Major General Tom H Knutsen, RNorAF, Defense Attache, Royal Norwegian Embassy
o Interview with Kent R. Schneider, President & CEO, AFCEA
o Interview with Brigadier General Michael M. Brogan, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command
o Washington DC Embassy Defense Attachés
o Foreign Government Buyers in DC of U.S. Defense and Aerospace Equipment
Institute for Policy Studies
• Report of the Task Force on A Unified Security Budget for the United States
Institute for the Study of War
• Status Update: Shi’a Militias in Iraq
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
• ICSR Peace and Security Summit
International Crisis Group
• Chad: Beyond Superficial Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• The Dynamic Effects of Commodity Prices on Fiscal Performance in Latin America
International Relations and Security Network
• Australian Poll: Quiet on the Foreign Policy Front
• Azerbaijan Eyes Russian Missile System
• Cambodia: Military, Inc.
• China’s Next Elite: 2012 and Beyond
• Iraq’s Future Hanging by a Thread
• Kyrgyz Security Forces Implicated in Violence
• Limits of Brazil-Iran Relationship Revealed
• Taleban Justice 'Fairer' Than State Courts
• Tempting Fate
• US, Vietnam Tighten the Bond
• US Disengages from Burma
• Who Controls Sharia Law?
Jamestown Foundation
• China Brief, August 19, 2010 v. 10, no. 17
o Hawks vs. Doves: Beijing Debates “Core Interests” and Sino-U.S. Relations
o PLA Amphibious Capabilities: Structured for Deterrence
o The Caspian Sea: China’s Silk Road Strategy Converges with Damascus
o China’s Secure Communications Quantum Leap
• Terrorism Monitor, August 19, 2010, v. 8, no. 33
o Kurdish PKK Using PJAK to Isolate Turkey
o Al-Shabaab's Unavoidable Clash with Somaliland Democracy
o Round Seven? The Houthi Rebellion in Northern Yemen
Palm Center
• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Detailing the Damage”
Partnership for Public Service
• Closing the Gap: Seven Obstacles to a First-Class Federal Workforce
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim: Religion, Politics and the President
Pew Global Attitudes Project
• Mexicans Continue Support for Drug War: But Sense of Progress and Support for U.S. Involvement Declines
RAND
• Building a More Resilient Haitian State
• Evaluating Navy’s Funded Graduate Education Program: A Return-on-Investment Framework
• Multi-perspective Strategic Decision Making: Principles, Methods, and Tools
• Reflecting Warfighter Needs in Air Force Programs: Prototype Analysis
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• The Asian and Global Financial Crises: Consequences for East Asian Regionalism
• Enabling Security for the 21st Century: Intelligence & Strategic Foresight and Warning
Security Sector Reform (SSR)
• Security Sector Reform Monitor: Burundi No. 3
Small Wars Journal
• The Hezbollah Myth and Asymmetric Warfare
• Identity, Insurgency & Healing
• Primitive Violence, Culture, and the Path to Peace
• Professional Military Education for United States Army Special Operations Forces
• Reexamination of a Quintessential Joint Force Operation Case Study: Urgent Fury
• The Ugly Truth: Insurgencies are Brutal
• U.S. Efforts to Combat Terrorism Financing: Progress Made and Future Challenges
UK Parliament
• Military Campaign in Afghanistan
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan
• Pakistan: Numbers of People Affected by Floods
University of Pennsylvania
• Terrorism in Pakistan: Incident Patterns, Terrorists’ Characteristics, and the Impact of Terrorist Arrests on terrorism [dissertation]
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• The 2009 NGO Sustainability Index: For Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Flooding Challenges Pakistan's Government and the International Community
• Improving High-Value Resource Contracting in Afghanistan
• On the Issues: Iraq in Transition
US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
• Chemical Insecurity - America’s Most Dangerous Companies and Multimillion Dollar Cmapaign Against Common Sense Solutions
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Arming Hizballah? U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
• Going Critical: Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor Starts Up
• Reforming the Rogue: Lessons from the US-Libya Rapprochement
White House
• Executive Order 13549 of August 18, 2010 - Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities
• Executive Order 13550 of August 18, 2010 - Establishment of Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office
• Report to the President on Reengineering the Influenza Vaccine Production Enterprise to Meet the Challenges of Pandemic Influenza
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
REPORT -- Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
The Department of Defense just released its 2010 DoD Report to Congress on the "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China."
The related news release about it says that thought progress has been made China's military transperancy is still lacking.
The related news release about it says that thought progress has been made China's military transperancy is still lacking.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday's Miscellany 08-13-2010
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
· Report on Civilian Casualties: January 1 - July 31 2010
· The Situation of Detention Centers and Prisons in Afghanistan
American Enterprise Institute
· Continuity in a Time of Flux: Pakistan Army Chief’s Term Extended
· Time for a “Demographic Stress Test” for the Western Economies
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· The Many Sides of Muslim Integration: A German-American Comparison
· Religious Tolerance and Islam: A Comparative Analysis
· They've Come a Long Way - Really? Women in Politics in Germany and the United States
Amnesty International
· United Kingdom: Five Years On: Time to End the Control Orders Regime
Atlantic Council
· Conflciting Policy Presumptions about Cybersecurity: Cyber-Prophets, -Priests, -Detectives, and –Designers, and Strategists for a a Cybered World
· Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress
Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
· The (New?) National Security Strategy
· Profile of the U.S. Army – A Reference Handbook - 2010 Edition
Brookings Institute
· The Debate Over Expiring Tax Cuts: What About the Deficit?
· Latin America and the Caribbean's Economic Recovery
· Net Neutrality or Internet Toll Booths?
Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA)
· Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Summer 2010, v. 4, no. 3
o EU Democracy Promotion through Conditionality in its Neighbourhood: The Temptation of Membership Perspective or Flexible Integration?
o EU Engagement in Conflict Resolution in Georgia: Towards a More Proactive Role
o Religion and its Importance in International Politics: A Case Study of 2008 Russian-Georgian War
o From Racketeer to Emir: A Political Portrait of Doku Umarov, Russia’s Most Wanted Man
o The Crisis of Gazprom as the Crisis of Russia’s “Energy Super-State” Policy towards Europe and the Former Soviet Union
o Eurasian Bargaining, Agriculture, and the Doha Round
o Was Kosovo’s Split-off Legitimate? Background, Meaning and Implications of the ICJ’s Advisory
o Ukraine: A Challenge for U.S., EU & NATO Regional Policy
o It’s in Georgia’s interest to be friendly with Russia
o Russia Puts Comparatively Little Effort into Using Soft Power in the South Caucasus
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Cooperative Mexican-U.S. Antinarcotics Efforts
· CSIS Issues & Insights Vol 10 No 19 (“Ready for Action”: Responding to Crisis in North Korea)
· Reforming ANSF Metrics
Chr. Michelsen Institute
· Afghan Hydrocarbons: A Source for Development or for Conflict? A Risk Assessment of Norwegian Involvement in Development of the Afghan Oil and Gas Industry
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· To Fight or Not to Fight?: Organizational and Doctrinal Trends in Mounted Maneuver Reconnaissance from the Interwar Years to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
· Fire for Effect: Field Artillery and Close Air Support in the US Army
Council on Foreign Relations
· The Global Health Regime
· Profile: Hassan Nasrallah
Demographic Research
· The Differential Impact of Mortality of American Troops in the Iraq War: The Non-Metropolitan Dimension
Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
· Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, August 2010
Department of State
· Background Notes : China
Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues
· Report To Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Such Efforts
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· OPEC Oil Export Revenues
· Short-Term Energy Outlook
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
· Fiscal Policy and Sustainability in View of Crisis and Population Ageing in Central and Eastern European Countries
Europol
· Organised Crime & Energy Supply: Scenarios to 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
· Banking and Financial Crises in United States History: What Guidance Can History Offer Policymakers?
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
· The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers
Foreign Policy in Focus
· Blackwater: Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
· Iran's Energy Partners--Companies Requiring Investigation Under U.S. Sanctions Law
Government Accountability Office
· Electronic Waste: Considerations for Promoting Environmentally Sound Reuse and Recycling, GAO-10-626
· Homeland Security: US-VISIT Pilot Evaluations Offer Limited Understanding of Air Exit Options, GAO-10-860
· State and Local Governments: Fiscal Pressures Could Have Implications for Future Delivery of Intergovernmental Programs, GAO-10-899
· Tactical Aircraft: DOD's Ability to Meet Future Requirements Is Uncertain, with Key Analyses Needed to Inform Upcoming Investment Decisions, GAO-10-789
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan & United Nations (UN) / ReliefWeb
· United Nations Development Assistance Framework: In Support of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy 2010 - 2013
Heritage Foundation
· Critical Lessons from the Federal Response to the Gulf Oil Spill
· Cronyism: Undermining Economic Freedom and Prosperity Around the World
· The Kampala Aftermath: The US Should Remain Wary of the ICC
· A Prescription for Export Growth – and Economic Recovery
· Santos–Chávez Santa Marta Summit: A Moment of Promise and Peril in the Americas
· U.S. Funding of the United Nations Reaches All-Time High
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
· Police Organization in Pakistan
· Swat: Paradise Regained? Report of an HRCP Fact-finding Mission
Human Rights Watch
· Illusions of Care: Lack of Accountability for Reproductive Rights in Argentina
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (ISDA)
· India’s Northeast 2020: Four Alternative Futures
· Sustaining Motivation in Sub-Conventional Warfare
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
· China’s Naval Modernization
· Civil-Military Relations in China: Assessing the PLA’s Role in Elite Politics [China Strategic Perspectives 2]
· Reforming the Inter-American Defense Board
· Sereseres Mexico-Caribbean Presentation
Institute of Medicine
· Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop [free download]
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
· Obama’s Afghanistan Policy: A Review of Literature
· Pakistan and Afghanistan: Understanding Islamabad's Objectives and Strategies
Institute for the Study of Labor
· The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
International Relations and Security Network
· Afghan Former Militants Rejoin Insurgency
· Al-Qaida's Business Jihad
· Closing the Gender Gap
· Expanding India’s Nuclear Options
· Kashmir's E-Protest
· Mexican Repatriation Could Feed Crime
· A Tale of Two Leaks
· Two Reminders From Indonesia
· Understanding Pakistan's Military
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, August 12, 2010, v. 8, no. 32
o Pakistan's Bajaur Agency Emerges as New Hub for Islamist Militancy
o Al-Qaeda Ideologue Attiya Allah al-Libi Releases New Booklet Discussing Recruitment of Jihadis and the Use of Takfir
o Militias in Afghanistan: The Key to Local Security?
Lowry Institute for International Policy
· Cheonan Choices
· Power and Choice—Asian Security Futures
National Academies Press
· Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health: A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop [free download - registration required]
National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
· The Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System—An Independent Assessment of Design, Implementation and Impact
National Security Archive
· To Save Dan Mitrione Nixon Administration Urged Death Threats for Uruguayan Prisoners
· The Test Ban Challenge
Naval War College
· Naval War College Review, Summer 2010, v. 63, no. 3
o The Next Geographical Pivot: The Russian Arctic in the Twenty-first Century
o Chinese Missile Strategy and the U.S. Naval Presence in Japan
o The Zumwalt-Class Destroyer: A Technology "Bridge" Shaping the Navy after Next
o The Strategic Implications of Obscurants
o S-2: Options for the Pakistan Navy
o Prospects for Indian and Pakistani Arms Control and Confidence-Building Measures Naval Vessel Traffic Services: Enhancing the Safety of Merchant Shipping in Maritime Security Operations
o Maritime Information-Sharing Strategy: A Realistic Approach for the American Continent and the Caribbean
o Sir Quinlan: Nuclear Zealot for Moderation
OpenDemocracy
· Understanding Pakistan's Military
Oxford Research Group
· Military Action Against Iran: Impact and Effects - Executive Summary
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Counter-Radicalization: A Multifold Strategy Stressed
Palm Center
· "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Project
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Renminbi Undervaluation, China's Surplus, and the US Trade Deficit
Pew Hispanic Center
· Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children
RAND
· Analyzing the Operation of Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
· Building a more Resilient Haitian State
· Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities
· Reserve Component Unit Instability: How Big is the Problem, What Causes It, and What Can Be Done About It?
· Reserve Component Unit Stability: Effects on Deplorability and Training
· Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
SIPRI
· Multilateral Peace Operations
o Africa
o Asia
o Europe
o Personnel
Small Wars Journal
· Army Capstone Concept & the Genesis of German World War One Assault Squad & Infiltration Tactics
· The Cognitive Dissonance of COIN: Right Doctrine, Wrong War
· Down at the District: A Look at the District Delivery Program
· Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency
· President Obama: Look for a New Massoud
· The Saudi Option
· The Strait of Hormuz: al-Qaeda’s Newest Jihad Zone?
· Strategic Communication & Influence Operations: Do We Really Get It?
· Thai Village Security Lessons for Afghanistan
Strategic Studies Institute
· Defense Energy Resilience: Lessons from Ecology
TRAC Immigration
· Immigration Case Backlog Continues To Grow
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
· Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft
UNAMA Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
· Afghanistan Mid Year Report 2010 Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
· World Investment Report 2010: Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Graduate Education and Professional Practice in International Peace and Conflict
· Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
· The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia: A Reality Check
· Real Change for Afghan Women's Rights: Opportunities and Challenges in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
US Secret Service and Verizon
· 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The East Asian Loophole in Iran Sanctions: Encouraging Compliance by Our Allies and China
· Internal Divisions among Iranian Hardliners Come to the Fore
· It's Time to Get Tough on Iran
· Major U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal to Bolster Riyadh against Iran
· Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
· Status Check on the Struggle against Global Terrorism
World Bank
· The Economic Consequences of “Brain Drain” of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
· Experimental Approaches to Migration Studies
· Foreign Bank Participation in Developing Countries: What do We Know About the Drivers and Consequences of this Phenomenon?
· Shadow Economies All over the World: New Estimates for 162 Countries from 1999 to 2007
· Report on Civilian Casualties: January 1 - July 31 2010
· The Situation of Detention Centers and Prisons in Afghanistan
American Enterprise Institute
· Continuity in a Time of Flux: Pakistan Army Chief’s Term Extended
· Time for a “Demographic Stress Test” for the Western Economies
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· The Many Sides of Muslim Integration: A German-American Comparison
· Religious Tolerance and Islam: A Comparative Analysis
· They've Come a Long Way - Really? Women in Politics in Germany and the United States
Amnesty International
· United Kingdom: Five Years On: Time to End the Control Orders Regime
Atlantic Council
· Conflciting Policy Presumptions about Cybersecurity: Cyber-Prophets, -Priests, -Detectives, and –Designers, and Strategists for a a Cybered World
· Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress
Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
· The (New?) National Security Strategy
· Profile of the U.S. Army – A Reference Handbook - 2010 Edition
Brookings Institute
· The Debate Over Expiring Tax Cuts: What About the Deficit?
· Latin America and the Caribbean's Economic Recovery
· Net Neutrality or Internet Toll Booths?
Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA)
· Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Summer 2010, v. 4, no. 3
o EU Democracy Promotion through Conditionality in its Neighbourhood: The Temptation of Membership Perspective or Flexible Integration?
o EU Engagement in Conflict Resolution in Georgia: Towards a More Proactive Role
o Religion and its Importance in International Politics: A Case Study of 2008 Russian-Georgian War
o From Racketeer to Emir: A Political Portrait of Doku Umarov, Russia’s Most Wanted Man
o The Crisis of Gazprom as the Crisis of Russia’s “Energy Super-State” Policy towards Europe and the Former Soviet Union
o Eurasian Bargaining, Agriculture, and the Doha Round
o Was Kosovo’s Split-off Legitimate? Background, Meaning and Implications of the ICJ’s Advisory
o Ukraine: A Challenge for U.S., EU & NATO Regional Policy
o It’s in Georgia’s interest to be friendly with Russia
o Russia Puts Comparatively Little Effort into Using Soft Power in the South Caucasus
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Cooperative Mexican-U.S. Antinarcotics Efforts
· CSIS Issues & Insights Vol 10 No 19 (“Ready for Action”: Responding to Crisis in North Korea)
· Reforming ANSF Metrics
Chr. Michelsen Institute
· Afghan Hydrocarbons: A Source for Development or for Conflict? A Risk Assessment of Norwegian Involvement in Development of the Afghan Oil and Gas Industry
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· To Fight or Not to Fight?: Organizational and Doctrinal Trends in Mounted Maneuver Reconnaissance from the Interwar Years to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
· Fire for Effect: Field Artillery and Close Air Support in the US Army
Council on Foreign Relations
· The Global Health Regime
· Profile: Hassan Nasrallah
Demographic Research
· The Differential Impact of Mortality of American Troops in the Iraq War: The Non-Metropolitan Dimension
Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
· Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, August 2010
Department of State
· Background Notes : China
Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues
· Report To Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Such Efforts
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· OPEC Oil Export Revenues
· Short-Term Energy Outlook
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
· Fiscal Policy and Sustainability in View of Crisis and Population Ageing in Central and Eastern European Countries
Europol
· Organised Crime & Energy Supply: Scenarios to 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
· Banking and Financial Crises in United States History: What Guidance Can History Offer Policymakers?
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
· The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers
Foreign Policy in Focus
· Blackwater: Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
· Iran's Energy Partners--Companies Requiring Investigation Under U.S. Sanctions Law
Government Accountability Office
· Electronic Waste: Considerations for Promoting Environmentally Sound Reuse and Recycling, GAO-10-626
· Homeland Security: US-VISIT Pilot Evaluations Offer Limited Understanding of Air Exit Options, GAO-10-860
· State and Local Governments: Fiscal Pressures Could Have Implications for Future Delivery of Intergovernmental Programs, GAO-10-899
· Tactical Aircraft: DOD's Ability to Meet Future Requirements Is Uncertain, with Key Analyses Needed to Inform Upcoming Investment Decisions, GAO-10-789
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan & United Nations (UN) / ReliefWeb
· United Nations Development Assistance Framework: In Support of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy 2010 - 2013
Heritage Foundation
· Critical Lessons from the Federal Response to the Gulf Oil Spill
· Cronyism: Undermining Economic Freedom and Prosperity Around the World
· The Kampala Aftermath: The US Should Remain Wary of the ICC
· A Prescription for Export Growth – and Economic Recovery
· Santos–Chávez Santa Marta Summit: A Moment of Promise and Peril in the Americas
· U.S. Funding of the United Nations Reaches All-Time High
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
· Police Organization in Pakistan
· Swat: Paradise Regained? Report of an HRCP Fact-finding Mission
Human Rights Watch
· Illusions of Care: Lack of Accountability for Reproductive Rights in Argentina
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (ISDA)
· India’s Northeast 2020: Four Alternative Futures
· Sustaining Motivation in Sub-Conventional Warfare
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
· China’s Naval Modernization
· Civil-Military Relations in China: Assessing the PLA’s Role in Elite Politics [China Strategic Perspectives 2]
· Reforming the Inter-American Defense Board
· Sereseres Mexico-Caribbean Presentation
Institute of Medicine
· Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop [free download]
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
· Obama’s Afghanistan Policy: A Review of Literature
· Pakistan and Afghanistan: Understanding Islamabad's Objectives and Strategies
Institute for the Study of Labor
· The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
International Relations and Security Network
· Afghan Former Militants Rejoin Insurgency
· Al-Qaida's Business Jihad
· Closing the Gender Gap
· Expanding India’s Nuclear Options
· Kashmir's E-Protest
· Mexican Repatriation Could Feed Crime
· A Tale of Two Leaks
· Two Reminders From Indonesia
· Understanding Pakistan's Military
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, August 12, 2010, v. 8, no. 32
o Pakistan's Bajaur Agency Emerges as New Hub for Islamist Militancy
o Al-Qaeda Ideologue Attiya Allah al-Libi Releases New Booklet Discussing Recruitment of Jihadis and the Use of Takfir
o Militias in Afghanistan: The Key to Local Security?
Lowry Institute for International Policy
· Cheonan Choices
· Power and Choice—Asian Security Futures
National Academies Press
· Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health: A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop [free download - registration required]
National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
· The Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System—An Independent Assessment of Design, Implementation and Impact
National Security Archive
· To Save Dan Mitrione Nixon Administration Urged Death Threats for Uruguayan Prisoners
· The Test Ban Challenge
Naval War College
· Naval War College Review, Summer 2010, v. 63, no. 3
o The Next Geographical Pivot: The Russian Arctic in the Twenty-first Century
o Chinese Missile Strategy and the U.S. Naval Presence in Japan
o The Zumwalt-Class Destroyer: A Technology "Bridge" Shaping the Navy after Next
o The Strategic Implications of Obscurants
o S-2: Options for the Pakistan Navy
o Prospects for Indian and Pakistani Arms Control and Confidence-Building Measures Naval Vessel Traffic Services: Enhancing the Safety of Merchant Shipping in Maritime Security Operations
o Maritime Information-Sharing Strategy: A Realistic Approach for the American Continent and the Caribbean
o Sir Quinlan: Nuclear Zealot for Moderation
OpenDemocracy
· Understanding Pakistan's Military
Oxford Research Group
· Military Action Against Iran: Impact and Effects - Executive Summary
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Counter-Radicalization: A Multifold Strategy Stressed
Palm Center
· "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Project
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Renminbi Undervaluation, China's Surplus, and the US Trade Deficit
Pew Hispanic Center
· Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children
RAND
· Analyzing the Operation of Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
· Building a more Resilient Haitian State
· Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities
· Reserve Component Unit Instability: How Big is the Problem, What Causes It, and What Can Be Done About It?
· Reserve Component Unit Stability: Effects on Deplorability and Training
· Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
SIPRI
· Multilateral Peace Operations
o Africa
o Asia
o Europe
o Personnel
Small Wars Journal
· Army Capstone Concept & the Genesis of German World War One Assault Squad & Infiltration Tactics
· The Cognitive Dissonance of COIN: Right Doctrine, Wrong War
· Down at the District: A Look at the District Delivery Program
· Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency
· President Obama: Look for a New Massoud
· The Saudi Option
· The Strait of Hormuz: al-Qaeda’s Newest Jihad Zone?
· Strategic Communication & Influence Operations: Do We Really Get It?
· Thai Village Security Lessons for Afghanistan
Strategic Studies Institute
· Defense Energy Resilience: Lessons from Ecology
TRAC Immigration
· Immigration Case Backlog Continues To Grow
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
· Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft
UNAMA Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
· Afghanistan Mid Year Report 2010 Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
· World Investment Report 2010: Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Graduate Education and Professional Practice in International Peace and Conflict
· Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
· The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia: A Reality Check
· Real Change for Afghan Women's Rights: Opportunities and Challenges in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
US Secret Service and Verizon
· 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The East Asian Loophole in Iran Sanctions: Encouraging Compliance by Our Allies and China
· Internal Divisions among Iranian Hardliners Come to the Fore
· It's Time to Get Tough on Iran
· Major U.S.-Saudi Arms Deal to Bolster Riyadh against Iran
· Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
· Status Check on the Struggle against Global Terrorism
World Bank
· The Economic Consequences of “Brain Drain” of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries
· Experimental Approaches to Migration Studies
· Foreign Bank Participation in Developing Countries: What do We Know About the Drivers and Consequences of this Phenomenon?
· Shadow Economies All over the World: New Estimates for 162 Countries from 1999 to 2007
Monday, August 9, 2010
Friday's Miscellany 08-06-2010
ACLU
· Establishing a ‘New Normal’—National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration—An 18-Month Review
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
· Asia's Role in the Global Financial Architecture
· Rebalancing the US Economy in a Postcrisis World
· Trade Logistics and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Brookings Institution
· 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll: Results of Arab Opinion Survey Conducted June 29-July 20, 2010
· AGOA [Africa Growth and Opportunity Act] at 10: Challenges and Prospects for U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment Relations
· Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated July 31, 2010 and archives]
· The Arab World’s Shifting Attitude Toward the Obama Administration
· Assessing Decision-making on the NYC Islamic Center: Continuing Our Tradition of Religious Liberty
· A Government for Baghdad
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated July 28, 2010 and archives]
· The New Orleans Index at Five
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated July 28, 2010 and archives]
· Surveying for Dollars: The Role of the American Community Survey in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds
· WikiLeaks Will Make Intelligence Gathering in Afghanistan Harder
CACI International Inc and the U.S. Naval Institute
· Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· Exploring the China-Pakistan Relationship: Roundtable Report
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Geopolitics and Energy in Iraq: Where Politics Rule
· South Asia Monitor: A Difficult Road Ahead: India's Policy on Afghanistan - August 1, 2010
· The Next Phase in America's Relationship with Iraq
· The Uncertain Cost Of War(s)
· "Unplanning" for Uncertainty: Reshaping Future Defense Plans
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· Press On!: Selected works of General Donn A. Starry
o Volume I
o Volume II
· US Army and the Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives: the Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2008 Military History Symposium
· US Army and the Media in Wartime: Historical Perspectives: The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2009 Military History Symposium
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, July 2010, v. 3, no. 7
o The Mysterious Relationship Between Al-Qa`ida and Iran
o Al-Shabab's Agenda in the Wake of the Kampala Suicide Attacks The Punjabi Taliban: Causes and Consequences of Turning Against the State
o The Ghazi Force: A Threat to Pakistan's Urban Centers Pakistan's Challenges in Orakzai Agency
o The Growing Threat of Female Suicide Attacks in Western Countries
o Countering Terrorist Financing: Successes and Setbacks in the Years Since 9/11
o Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· 3 Years Later, Implementation of 100% Maritime Scanning Mandate Still Elusive
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Navy’s Plans for the Next Generation Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarine
· Report of the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel
· Russian Force Structure in Support of the New START Treaty
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
· Transforming Government Through Innovative Tools and Technology
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Government Preparedness and Response to a Terrorist Attack Using Weapons of Mass Destruction
· Protecting the Public Interest: Understanding the Threat of Agency Capture
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· A Deluge of Woe in Pakistan
· Why Sanctions Can Hurt North Korea
Critical Threats Project
· Ahmadinejad in West Africa: What Iranian Outreach to the Region Reveals about Tehran’s Foreign Policy
Department of State
· Country Reports on Terrorism 2009
o Previous reports
· To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States Commitment to Humanitarian Demining, 2010
o Previous reports
Department of the Army
· Army Sustainability Report 2009
· Sustainability 2001-2008
Department of the Treasury. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
· 2010 OFAC Recent Actions (in reverse chronological order)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Bank Crime Statistics (BCS) Federal Insured Financial Institutions January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2010
· Corruption, Drugs, Gangs, and More
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Cyberspace: United States Faces Challenges in Addressing Global Cybersecurity and Governance, GAO-10-606
· Homeland Security: Addressing Weaknesses with Facility Security Committees Would Enhance Protection of Federal Facilities, GAO-10-901
· Organizational Transformation: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 2.0), GAO-10-846G
Heritage Foundation
· Oil Spill Liability: A Plan for Reform
· Santos Takes Charge in Colombia: New Leader for an Old Friend
Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
· Building Peace, Seeking Justice: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Accountability and Social Reconstruction in the Central African Republic
Information Sharing Environment (ISE)
· Information Sharing Environment, Annual Report to the Congress (July 2010)
Institute for Security Studies
· Peace and Security Council Protocol, August 2010. No. 13
Institute for the Study of War
· Uncertain Future for the Sons of Iraq
Institute of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· India's Unfinished Security Revolution
· South Asia Trends, v. 1, no. 7, July 19-31, 2010
International Crisis Group
· Drums of War: Israel and the "Axis of Resistance"
· Indonesia: The Deepening Impasse in Papua
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Sectoral and Institutional Approach
· Output and Unemployment Dynamics during the Great Recession: A Panel Unobserved Components Analysis
· Peaks, Spikes, and Barrels: Modeling Sharp Movements in Oil Prices
International Relations and Security Network
· The Assam Conflict: Failure of the Press
· The Chechen Insurgency And Succession
· Convention Calls Time on Cluster Bombs
· Costs of War: Game Over?
· Democracy Sidelined in India-Myanmar Ties
· Georgia: A Future Beyond War
· Kenya Faces Crucial Referendum
· The Implications of the Fayyad-Plan
· Iraq: On the Path to National Salvation?
· Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Arrested
· Rwanda: Kagame’s New Seven-Year Challenge
· Stress-Testing European Banks
· Violence in Karachi
Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)
· Interactive Terror History Map
Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, August 5, 2010, v. 10, no. 16
o China's Brain Drain Dilemma: Elite Emigration
o Assessing the PLA’s Promotion Ladder to CMC Member Based on Grades vs. Ranks – Part 2
o The Japanese Archipelago through Chinese Eyes
o Will Linguistic Centralization Work? Protesters Demonstrate against Restrictions on Cantonese
· Terrorism Monitor, August 5, 2010, v. 8, no. 31
o Half-Hearted Security Operations in Punjab Do Little to Restrain Taliban
o Bombings in Bangkok: A Return to Political Violence for the Red Shirts?
o Al-Qaeda's Ambitions in Pakistan: Changing Goals, Changing Strategies
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
· JP 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense, 12 July 2010
Lowry Institute
· Reviving Dead Aid: Making International Development Assistance Work
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
· The Differential Impact of Mortality of American Troops in the Iraq War: The Non-Metropolitan Dimension [Demographic Research, July 2010, v. 23, article 2, p. 41-62]
National Academies Press
· Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report [free download but registration required]
National Guard
· The National Guard a Great Value for America
National Wildlife Federation
· Assault on America: A Decade of Petroleum Company Disaster, Pollution, and Profit
NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
· COMISAF’s Counterinsurgency Guidance
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Pakistan Security Report 2009
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Concern About Extremist Threat Slips in Pakistan—America’s Image Remains Poor
Rand
· United States and Mexico: Ties That Bind, Issues That Divide
Small Wars Journal
· America’s Flawed Approach to the Global War on Terror
· Army Capstone Concept & the Genesis of German WW I...Tactics
· Down at the District
· Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency
· The Saudi Option
· Strategic Communication & Influence Operations: Do We Really Get It?
· Thai Village Security Lessons for Afghanistan
Stimson Center and Stanley Foundation
· "WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America: Leveraging Nonproliferation Assistance to Address Security/Development Needs With UNSCR 1540
Strategic Studies Institute
· Organizing to Compete in to Political Terrain
Truman Project
· National Security Manual 2010
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
· Women with a Blue Helmet: The Integration of Women and Gender Issues in UN Peacekeeping Missions
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Scenarios for Sudan's Future, Revisited
· William J. Perry and Stephen J. Hadley Testify on the "Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel"
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Ahmadinezhad's Bomb Rhetoric: Opportunities for U.S. Policy
· Brushfire or Spark? Incident on the Israel-Lebanon Border
· Fighting the Ideological Battle: The Missing Link in U.S. Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism
· How to Form a New Iraqi Government while U.S. Combat Forces Withdraw
· Establishing a ‘New Normal’—National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration—An 18-Month Review
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
· Asia's Role in the Global Financial Architecture
· Rebalancing the US Economy in a Postcrisis World
· Trade Logistics and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Brookings Institution
· 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll: Results of Arab Opinion Survey Conducted June 29-July 20, 2010
· AGOA [Africa Growth and Opportunity Act] at 10: Challenges and Prospects for U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment Relations
· Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated July 31, 2010 and archives]
· The Arab World’s Shifting Attitude Toward the Obama Administration
· Assessing Decision-making on the NYC Islamic Center: Continuing Our Tradition of Religious Liberty
· A Government for Baghdad
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated July 28, 2010 and archives]
· The New Orleans Index at Five
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated July 28, 2010 and archives]
· Surveying for Dollars: The Role of the American Community Survey in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds
· WikiLeaks Will Make Intelligence Gathering in Afghanistan Harder
CACI International Inc and the U.S. Naval Institute
· Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· Exploring the China-Pakistan Relationship: Roundtable Report
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· Geopolitics and Energy in Iraq: Where Politics Rule
· South Asia Monitor: A Difficult Road Ahead: India's Policy on Afghanistan - August 1, 2010
· The Next Phase in America's Relationship with Iraq
· The Uncertain Cost Of War(s)
· "Unplanning" for Uncertainty: Reshaping Future Defense Plans
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· Press On!: Selected works of General Donn A. Starry
o Volume I
o Volume II
· US Army and the Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives: the Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2008 Military History Symposium
· US Army and the Media in Wartime: Historical Perspectives: The Proceedings of the Combat Studies Institute 2009 Military History Symposium
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
· CTC Sentinel, July 2010, v. 3, no. 7
o The Mysterious Relationship Between Al-Qa`ida and Iran
o Al-Shabab's Agenda in the Wake of the Kampala Suicide Attacks The Punjabi Taliban: Causes and Consequences of Turning Against the State
o The Ghazi Force: A Threat to Pakistan's Urban Centers Pakistan's Challenges in Orakzai Agency
o The Growing Threat of Female Suicide Attacks in Western Countries
o Countering Terrorist Financing: Successes and Setbacks in the Years Since 9/11
o Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· 3 Years Later, Implementation of 100% Maritime Scanning Mandate Still Elusive
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Navy’s Plans for the Next Generation Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarine
· Report of the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel
· Russian Force Structure in Support of the New START Treaty
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
· Transforming Government Through Innovative Tools and Technology
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Government Preparedness and Response to a Terrorist Attack Using Weapons of Mass Destruction
· Protecting the Public Interest: Understanding the Threat of Agency Capture
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· A Deluge of Woe in Pakistan
· Why Sanctions Can Hurt North Korea
Critical Threats Project
· Ahmadinejad in West Africa: What Iranian Outreach to the Region Reveals about Tehran’s Foreign Policy
Department of State
· Country Reports on Terrorism 2009
o Previous reports
· To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States Commitment to Humanitarian Demining, 2010
o Previous reports
Department of the Army
· Army Sustainability Report 2009
· Sustainability 2001-2008
Department of the Treasury. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
· 2010 OFAC Recent Actions (in reverse chronological order)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Bank Crime Statistics (BCS) Federal Insured Financial Institutions January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2010
· Corruption, Drugs, Gangs, and More
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Cyberspace: United States Faces Challenges in Addressing Global Cybersecurity and Governance, GAO-10-606
· Homeland Security: Addressing Weaknesses with Facility Security Committees Would Enhance Protection of Federal Facilities, GAO-10-901
· Organizational Transformation: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 2.0), GAO-10-846G
Heritage Foundation
· Oil Spill Liability: A Plan for Reform
· Santos Takes Charge in Colombia: New Leader for an Old Friend
Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
· Building Peace, Seeking Justice: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Accountability and Social Reconstruction in the Central African Republic
Information Sharing Environment (ISE)
· Information Sharing Environment, Annual Report to the Congress (July 2010)
Institute for Security Studies
· Peace and Security Council Protocol, August 2010. No. 13
Institute for the Study of War
· Uncertain Future for the Sons of Iraq
Institute of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· India's Unfinished Security Revolution
· South Asia Trends, v. 1, no. 7, July 19-31, 2010
International Crisis Group
· Drums of War: Israel and the "Axis of Resistance"
· Indonesia: The Deepening Impasse in Papua
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: A Sectoral and Institutional Approach
· Output and Unemployment Dynamics during the Great Recession: A Panel Unobserved Components Analysis
· Peaks, Spikes, and Barrels: Modeling Sharp Movements in Oil Prices
International Relations and Security Network
· The Assam Conflict: Failure of the Press
· The Chechen Insurgency And Succession
· Convention Calls Time on Cluster Bombs
· Costs of War: Game Over?
· Democracy Sidelined in India-Myanmar Ties
· Georgia: A Future Beyond War
· Kenya Faces Crucial Referendum
· The Implications of the Fayyad-Plan
· Iraq: On the Path to National Salvation?
· Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Arrested
· Rwanda: Kagame’s New Seven-Year Challenge
· Stress-Testing European Banks
· Violence in Karachi
Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)
· Interactive Terror History Map
Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, August 5, 2010, v. 10, no. 16
o China's Brain Drain Dilemma: Elite Emigration
o Assessing the PLA’s Promotion Ladder to CMC Member Based on Grades vs. Ranks – Part 2
o The Japanese Archipelago through Chinese Eyes
o Will Linguistic Centralization Work? Protesters Demonstrate against Restrictions on Cantonese
· Terrorism Monitor, August 5, 2010, v. 8, no. 31
o Half-Hearted Security Operations in Punjab Do Little to Restrain Taliban
o Bombings in Bangkok: A Return to Political Violence for the Red Shirts?
o Al-Qaeda's Ambitions in Pakistan: Changing Goals, Changing Strategies
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
· JP 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense, 12 July 2010
Lowry Institute
· Reviving Dead Aid: Making International Development Assistance Work
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
· The Differential Impact of Mortality of American Troops in the Iraq War: The Non-Metropolitan Dimension [Demographic Research, July 2010, v. 23, article 2, p. 41-62]
National Academies Press
· Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report [free download but registration required]
National Guard
· The National Guard a Great Value for America
National Wildlife Federation
· Assault on America: A Decade of Petroleum Company Disaster, Pollution, and Profit
NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
· COMISAF’s Counterinsurgency Guidance
Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Pakistan Security Report 2009
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Concern About Extremist Threat Slips in Pakistan—America’s Image Remains Poor
Rand
· United States and Mexico: Ties That Bind, Issues That Divide
Small Wars Journal
· America’s Flawed Approach to the Global War on Terror
· Army Capstone Concept & the Genesis of German WW I...Tactics
· Down at the District
· Interviewing Tactics in Counterinsurgency
· The Saudi Option
· Strategic Communication & Influence Operations: Do We Really Get It?
· Thai Village Security Lessons for Afghanistan
Stimson Center and Stanley Foundation
· "WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America: Leveraging Nonproliferation Assistance to Address Security/Development Needs With UNSCR 1540
Strategic Studies Institute
· Organizing to Compete in to Political Terrain
Truman Project
· National Security Manual 2010
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
· Women with a Blue Helmet: The Integration of Women and Gender Issues in UN Peacekeeping Missions
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Scenarios for Sudan's Future, Revisited
· William J. Perry and Stephen J. Hadley Testify on the "Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel"
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Ahmadinezhad's Bomb Rhetoric: Opportunities for U.S. Policy
· Brushfire or Spark? Incident on the Israel-Lebanon Border
· Fighting the Ideological Battle: The Missing Link in U.S. Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism
· How to Form a New Iraqi Government while U.S. Combat Forces Withdraw
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Country Reports on Terrorism 2009
The State Department just released its 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism.
Earlier reports and the press release with background on this report are also available.
Earlier reports and the press release with background on this report are also available.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Friday's 07-30-2010
Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)
· How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement Between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology
· The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading Beyond the Pashtuns
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
· Afghanistan Research Newsletter 26
Amnesty International
· Greece Must Stop Treating Migrants as Criminals
Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
· Indonesia and Post-New Order Reforms: Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting the Responsibility to Protect
· The Responsibility to Prevent: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies for Operationalisation
Asian Development Bank Institute
· Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia: East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund
Brookings Institute
· Export Nation: How US Metros Lead National Export Growth and Boost Competitiveness
· How to Think About the US Budget Challenge
· The Importance of Research and Development for US Competitiveness and a Clean Energy Future
· Improving the U.S. Response to Internal Displacement: Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the Congress
· Surveying for Dollars: The Role of the American Community Survey in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds
· Towards More Effective Protection for IDPs in Southern Afghanistan
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The Arab State: Assisting or Obstructing Development?
· Why Go Strategic? The Value of a Truly Strategic Dialogue Between the US and China
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· Perspectives on Reconciliation Options in Afghanistan
Center for American Progress
· Better, Not Smaller : What Americans Want from Their Federal Government
· The Generation Gap on Government
Center for Army Analysis
· Nation-building, Stability Operations and Prophylactic COIN?
Center for Naval Analysis (CNA)
· Powering America's Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· 10th French-American Defense Symposium
· Afghan and Iraqi Metrics and the IED Threat
· The Coming Challenges in Defense Planning, Programming and Budgeting
· The Macroeconomics of US Defense Spending: Problems in Federal Spending, and Their Impact on National Security
· National Security and the Commercial Space Sector
· Refocusing Afghan Metrics on Key Local Areas and Population Centers
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
· Chinese Traditional Culture and Foreign Policy
· Obama's New "Af-Pak" Strategy: Can "Clear, Hold, Build, Transfer" Work?
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· An Ever Present Danger: A Concise History of British Military Operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947, Occasional Paper 33
· Long War against Piracy: Historical Trends, Occasional Paper 32
· Searching for Stability: The U.S. Development of Constabulary Forces in Latin America and the Philippines. Occasional Paper 30
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Final Report of the Independent Panel's Assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review [July 29, 2010]
o Harnessing Small Business Innovation for National Security Cyber Needs [July 28, 2010]
o Transformation in Progress: The Services’ Enlisted Professional Military Education Programs [July 28, 2010]
o Surface Fleet Readiness [July 28, 2010]
o Japan: Recent Security Developments [July 27, 2010]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· H.R. 5820, the “Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010”
· The BP Oil Spill and Gulf Coast Tourism: Assessing the Impact
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Progress through Partnerships
· Climate Change Finance: Providing Assistance for Vulnerable Countries
· The Crisis in Haiti: Are We Moving Fast Enough?
· Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Interoperable Emergency Communications: Does the National Broadband Plan Meet the Needs of First Responders?
· Lost in the Shuffle: Examining TSA’s Management of Surface Transportation Security Inspectors
Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· American Dream Part III: Advancing and Improving the Fair Housing Act on the 5-year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
· Online Privacy, Social Networking, and Crime Victimization
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
· Implementation of Iran Sanctions
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Department of Defense Strategic Force Structure Options Under the New START
· New START
Congress. Senate. Caucus on International Narcotics Control
· U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
· Consumer Online Privacy
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Perspectives on Reconciliation Options in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs
· Closing the Language Gap: Improving the Federal Government’s Foreign Language Capabilities
· Mismanagement of Contracts at Arlington National Cemetery
· Flood Preparedness and Mitigation: Map Modernization, Levee Inspection, and Levee Repairs
· High-Risk Logistics Planning: Progress on Improving Department of Defense Supply Chain Management
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: Protecting Victims of Major Oil Spills
· Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
· The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: An Update
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations
· The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions
· War Games on the Korean Peninsula
· WikiLeaks' Fallout for U.S.-Pak Ties
Department of Defense. Personnel and Readiness
· Population Representation In the Military Services FY 2008
Department of the Army
· Army Health Promotion Risk Reduction Suicide Prevention Report 2010
Department of State
· Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Coast Guard: Deepwater Requirements, Quantities, and Cost Require Revalidation to Reflect Knowledge Gained, GAO-10-790
· Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Develop Performance Criteria to Gauge Impact of Reform Act Changes and Address Workforce Issues, GAO-10-774
· Defense Acquisitions: Guidance Needed on Navy's Use of Investment Incentives at Private Shipyards, GAO-10-686
· Defense Infrastructure: Army's Privatized Lodging Program Could Benefit from More Effective Planning, GAO-10-771
· Defense Management: Improved Planning, Training, and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen DOD's Efforts in Africa, GAO-10-794
· Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation, GAO-10-801
· Department of Defense: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Financial Management of Military Equipment, GAO-10-695
· Department of Homeland Security: DHS Needs to Comprehensively Assess Its Foreign Language Needs and Capabilities and Identify Shortfalls, GAO-10-714
· DOD's High Risk Areas: Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management, GAO-10-929T [testimony]
· Foreign Language Capabilities: Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and State Could Better Assess Their Foreign Language Needs and Capabilities and Address Shortfalls, GAO-10-715T [testimony]
· Iran Sanctions: New Act Underscores Importance of Comprehensive Assessment of Sanctions' Effectiveness, GAO-10-928T [testimony]
· Military Naturalizations: USCIS Generally Met Mandated Processing Deadlines, but Processing Applicants Deployed Overseas Is a Challenge, GAO-10-865
· Military Personnel: Enhanced Collaboration and Process Improvements Needed for Determining Military Treatment Facility Medical Personnel Requirements, GAO-10-696
· National Security: Interagency Collaboration Practices and Challenges at DOD's Southern and Africa Commands, GAO-10-962T [testimony]
· State Department: Undercover Tests Show Passport Issuance Process Remains Vulnerable to Fraud, GAO-10-922T [testimony]
· Technology Assessment: Explosives Detection Technologies to Protect Passenger Rail, GAO-10-898
· U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure Plan, GAO-10-877R
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
· The Foundation for the Future: What FOIA Documents Reveal
o Full report
o Executive Summary
o Key FOIA Documents
o Appendix I
Heritage Foundation
· The “Beijing Consensus” in Energy and the Environment
· Colombia and Obama’s Latin America Policy: Time to Close Ranks and Support a Friend
· Countering Turkey’s Strategic Drift
· Drawbacks of Dutch-Style Health Care Rules: Lessons for Americans
· Expand NORAD to Improve Security in North America
· The Manas Base and Challenges to the US Presence in Kyrgyzstan
· Nuclear Games II: An Exercise in Examining the Dynamic of Missile Defenses and Arms Control in a Proliferated World
· Panama and Obama’s Latin America Policy: Time to Close Ranks and Support a Friend
· US Long-Term Debt Situation is One of the World’s Worst
Human Rights Watch
· Back to the Future: India's 2008 Counterterrorism Laws
· Deportation by Default: Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings, and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· The Next War? The Danger of the Lebanese-Israeli Border Igniting
Institute for the Study of War
· Disposition of Forces: Afghanistan
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
· Displacement and Worsening Humanitarian Situation as a Result of Ongoing Violence and Conflict
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Democracy and Reforms: Evidence from a New Dataset
· The Cross-Country Incidence of the Global Crisis
· Kuwait: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update
· Public Capital and Growth
· United States: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation - Technical Note on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
· Assessing Basic Socio-Economic Indicators in Northern Lebanon: RAP for Planning the Development of Vulnerable Communities
International Peace Institute (IPI)
· Power, Politics, and Change: How International Actors Assess Local Context
International Relations and Security Network
· Has Moscow Had Enough Of Lukashenka?
· Justice, Security and Wikileaks
· Restive Iraqi Province to Censor Clerics
· Social Networking in Iran
· Tbilisi Seeks To Lure Back Its Separatists
· Turkey Steps Up Support for Azerbaijani Exclave
· US-China Economic Conflict: Not Dead, but Asleep
· US Muslims Under Microscope
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor July 29, 2010, v. 8, no. 30
o Al-Zawahiri Releases New Message with Focus on the Levant and Iraq
o Iranian Naval Capabilities and the Security of the Hormuz Strait
o Lashkar-e-Taiba's Growing International Focus and its Links with al-Qaeda
Lowry Institute
· How Do We Know When We are at War?
Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO) Project
· Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook
National Research Council
· Nuclear Forensics: A Capability at Risk
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
· Response to “Rush to Judgment: Inconsistencies in South Korea’s Cheonan Report”
· Rush to Judgment—Inconsistencies in South Korea’s Cheonan Report
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
· 2009 “Report to Congress on the Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactor and Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities: Results and Status Update
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
· Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW)
Parliamentary Library of Australia
· Australia’s Military Involvement in Afghanistan Since 2001: A Chronology
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Revisiting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Concern About Extremist Threat Slips in Pakistan: America's Image Remains Poor
Rand
· Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces
· Best Practices in Developing Proactive Supply Strategies for Air Force Low-Demand Service Parts
· Harnessing Full Value from the DoD Serum Repository and the Defense Medical Surveillance System · Whither Al-Anbar Province?: Five Scenarios Through 2011
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
· Asia Rising and the Maritime Decline of the West: A Review of the Issues: IQPC/Asia Rising
· From Empire to the War on Terror: The 1915 Indian Sepoy Mutiny in Singapore as a Case Study of the Impact of Profiling of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
· Swords to Ploughshares: China's Defence-Conversion Policy
Small Wars Journal
· COIN in Absurdistan: Saving the COIN Baby from the Afghan Bathwater (and Vice-Versa)
· Gun Control in Counterinsurgency: A Game Theory Analysis
· No, Really: Is the US Military Cut Out For Courageous Restraint?
· Recruiting, Development, and Retention of Cyber Warriors Despite an Inhospitable Culture
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
· SIGIR Quarterly Report To Congress July 2010
· SIGIR-10-019 - Iraq Reconstruction Funds: Forensic Audits Identifying Fraud, Waste and Abuse (Interim report #4)
· SIGIR-10-020 - Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs to Improve Financial and Management Controls
· SIGIR-10-021 - Plans To Preserve Iraq Reconstruction Program and Contract Records Need To Be Improved
· SIGIR-10-022 - Improved Oversight Needed for State Department Grant to the International Republican Institute
Strategic Studies Institute (ISS)
· Project on National Security Reform: Vision Working Group Report and Scenarios
· U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol I: Theory of War and Strategy, 4th Edition · U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol II: National Security Policy and Strategy, 4th Edition
Taxpayers for Common Sense and The Hill
· Fiscal Year 2011 Earmark Databases (Updated 7/30/10)
· FY2011 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs
o Disclosure chart
o Databases [excel file]
UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)
· UNIDIR Forum 2010, no. 2, - Maritime security
o Security threats and challenges to maritime supply chains
o Sea piracy: some inconvenient truths
o Maritime security and nuclear cargoes
o The Proliferation Security Initiative
o Building awareness of sea-dumped chemical weapons
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· The QDR in Perspective: Meetings America’s National Security Needs in the 21st Century
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Education and Conflict in Haiti
· Haiti After the Quake: Six Months and Counting
· ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo Independence Declaration
· Israel: Not Just a Strategic Asset, but a Strategic Bonanza
Wikileaks
· Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010
· How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement Between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology
· The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading Beyond the Pashtuns
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
· Afghanistan Research Newsletter 26
Amnesty International
· Greece Must Stop Treating Migrants as Criminals
Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
· Indonesia and Post-New Order Reforms: Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting the Responsibility to Protect
· The Responsibility to Prevent: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies for Operationalisation
Asian Development Bank Institute
· Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia: East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund
Brookings Institute
· Export Nation: How US Metros Lead National Export Growth and Boost Competitiveness
· How to Think About the US Budget Challenge
· The Importance of Research and Development for US Competitiveness and a Clean Energy Future
· Improving the U.S. Response to Internal Displacement: Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the Congress
· Surveying for Dollars: The Role of the American Community Survey in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds
· Towards More Effective Protection for IDPs in Southern Afghanistan
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· The Arab State: Assisting or Obstructing Development?
· Why Go Strategic? The Value of a Truly Strategic Dialogue Between the US and China
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· Perspectives on Reconciliation Options in Afghanistan
Center for American Progress
· Better, Not Smaller : What Americans Want from Their Federal Government
· The Generation Gap on Government
Center for Army Analysis
· Nation-building, Stability Operations and Prophylactic COIN?
Center for Naval Analysis (CNA)
· Powering America's Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· 10th French-American Defense Symposium
· Afghan and Iraqi Metrics and the IED Threat
· The Coming Challenges in Defense Planning, Programming and Budgeting
· The Macroeconomics of US Defense Spending: Problems in Federal Spending, and Their Impact on National Security
· National Security and the Commercial Space Sector
· Refocusing Afghan Metrics on Key Local Areas and Population Centers
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
· Chinese Traditional Culture and Foreign Policy
· Obama's New "Af-Pak" Strategy: Can "Clear, Hold, Build, Transfer" Work?
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· An Ever Present Danger: A Concise History of British Military Operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947, Occasional Paper 33
· Long War against Piracy: Historical Trends, Occasional Paper 32
· Searching for Stability: The U.S. Development of Constabulary Forces in Latin America and the Philippines. Occasional Paper 30
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Final Report of the Independent Panel's Assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review [July 29, 2010]
o Harnessing Small Business Innovation for National Security Cyber Needs [July 28, 2010]
o Transformation in Progress: The Services’ Enlisted Professional Military Education Programs [July 28, 2010]
o Surface Fleet Readiness [July 28, 2010]
o Japan: Recent Security Developments [July 27, 2010]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· H.R. 5820, the “Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010”
· The BP Oil Spill and Gulf Coast Tourism: Assessing the Impact
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Progress through Partnerships
· Climate Change Finance: Providing Assistance for Vulnerable Countries
· The Crisis in Haiti: Are We Moving Fast Enough?
· Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Interoperable Emergency Communications: Does the National Broadband Plan Meet the Needs of First Responders?
· Lost in the Shuffle: Examining TSA’s Management of Surface Transportation Security Inspectors
Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· American Dream Part III: Advancing and Improving the Fair Housing Act on the 5-year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
· Online Privacy, Social Networking, and Crime Victimization
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
· Implementation of Iran Sanctions
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Department of Defense Strategic Force Structure Options Under the New START
· New START
Congress. Senate. Caucus on International Narcotics Control
· U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
· Consumer Online Privacy
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Perspectives on Reconciliation Options in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs
· Closing the Language Gap: Improving the Federal Government’s Foreign Language Capabilities
· Mismanagement of Contracts at Arlington National Cemetery
· Flood Preparedness and Mitigation: Map Modernization, Levee Inspection, and Levee Repairs
· High-Risk Logistics Planning: Progress on Improving Department of Defense Supply Chain Management
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Exxon Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: Protecting Victims of Major Oil Spills
· Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
· The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: An Update
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations
· The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions
· War Games on the Korean Peninsula
· WikiLeaks' Fallout for U.S.-Pak Ties
Department of Defense. Personnel and Readiness
· Population Representation In the Military Services FY 2008
Department of the Army
· Army Health Promotion Risk Reduction Suicide Prevention Report 2010
Department of State
· Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Coast Guard: Deepwater Requirements, Quantities, and Cost Require Revalidation to Reflect Knowledge Gained, GAO-10-790
· Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Develop Performance Criteria to Gauge Impact of Reform Act Changes and Address Workforce Issues, GAO-10-774
· Defense Acquisitions: Guidance Needed on Navy's Use of Investment Incentives at Private Shipyards, GAO-10-686
· Defense Infrastructure: Army's Privatized Lodging Program Could Benefit from More Effective Planning, GAO-10-771
· Defense Management: Improved Planning, Training, and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen DOD's Efforts in Africa, GAO-10-794
· Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation, GAO-10-801
· Department of Defense: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Financial Management of Military Equipment, GAO-10-695
· Department of Homeland Security: DHS Needs to Comprehensively Assess Its Foreign Language Needs and Capabilities and Identify Shortfalls, GAO-10-714
· DOD's High Risk Areas: Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management, GAO-10-929T [testimony]
· Foreign Language Capabilities: Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and State Could Better Assess Their Foreign Language Needs and Capabilities and Address Shortfalls, GAO-10-715T [testimony]
· Iran Sanctions: New Act Underscores Importance of Comprehensive Assessment of Sanctions' Effectiveness, GAO-10-928T [testimony]
· Military Naturalizations: USCIS Generally Met Mandated Processing Deadlines, but Processing Applicants Deployed Overseas Is a Challenge, GAO-10-865
· Military Personnel: Enhanced Collaboration and Process Improvements Needed for Determining Military Treatment Facility Medical Personnel Requirements, GAO-10-696
· National Security: Interagency Collaboration Practices and Challenges at DOD's Southern and Africa Commands, GAO-10-962T [testimony]
· State Department: Undercover Tests Show Passport Issuance Process Remains Vulnerable to Fraud, GAO-10-922T [testimony]
· Technology Assessment: Explosives Detection Technologies to Protect Passenger Rail, GAO-10-898
· U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure Plan, GAO-10-877R
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
· The Foundation for the Future: What FOIA Documents Reveal
o Full report
o Executive Summary
o Key FOIA Documents
o Appendix I
Heritage Foundation
· The “Beijing Consensus” in Energy and the Environment
· Colombia and Obama’s Latin America Policy: Time to Close Ranks and Support a Friend
· Countering Turkey’s Strategic Drift
· Drawbacks of Dutch-Style Health Care Rules: Lessons for Americans
· Expand NORAD to Improve Security in North America
· The Manas Base and Challenges to the US Presence in Kyrgyzstan
· Nuclear Games II: An Exercise in Examining the Dynamic of Missile Defenses and Arms Control in a Proliferated World
· Panama and Obama’s Latin America Policy: Time to Close Ranks and Support a Friend
· US Long-Term Debt Situation is One of the World’s Worst
Human Rights Watch
· Back to the Future: India's 2008 Counterterrorism Laws
· Deportation by Default: Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings, and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· The Next War? The Danger of the Lebanese-Israeli Border Igniting
Institute for the Study of War
· Disposition of Forces: Afghanistan
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
· Displacement and Worsening Humanitarian Situation as a Result of Ongoing Violence and Conflict
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Democracy and Reforms: Evidence from a New Dataset
· The Cross-Country Incidence of the Global Crisis
· Kuwait: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update
· Public Capital and Growth
· United States: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation - Technical Note on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
· Assessing Basic Socio-Economic Indicators in Northern Lebanon: RAP for Planning the Development of Vulnerable Communities
International Peace Institute (IPI)
· Power, Politics, and Change: How International Actors Assess Local Context
International Relations and Security Network
· Has Moscow Had Enough Of Lukashenka?
· Justice, Security and Wikileaks
· Restive Iraqi Province to Censor Clerics
· Social Networking in Iran
· Tbilisi Seeks To Lure Back Its Separatists
· Turkey Steps Up Support for Azerbaijani Exclave
· US-China Economic Conflict: Not Dead, but Asleep
· US Muslims Under Microscope
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor July 29, 2010, v. 8, no. 30
o Al-Zawahiri Releases New Message with Focus on the Levant and Iraq
o Iranian Naval Capabilities and the Security of the Hormuz Strait
o Lashkar-e-Taiba's Growing International Focus and its Links with al-Qaeda
Lowry Institute
· How Do We Know When We are at War?
Mass Atrocity Response Operations (MARO) Project
· Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook
National Research Council
· Nuclear Forensics: A Capability at Risk
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
· Response to “Rush to Judgment: Inconsistencies in South Korea’s Cheonan Report”
· Rush to Judgment—Inconsistencies in South Korea’s Cheonan Report
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
· 2009 “Report to Congress on the Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactor and Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities: Results and Status Update
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
· Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW)
Parliamentary Library of Australia
· Australia’s Military Involvement in Afghanistan Since 2001: A Chronology
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Revisiting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Concern About Extremist Threat Slips in Pakistan: America's Image Remains Poor
Rand
· Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces
· Best Practices in Developing Proactive Supply Strategies for Air Force Low-Demand Service Parts
· Harnessing Full Value from the DoD Serum Repository and the Defense Medical Surveillance System · Whither Al-Anbar Province?: Five Scenarios Through 2011
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
· Asia Rising and the Maritime Decline of the West: A Review of the Issues: IQPC/Asia Rising
· From Empire to the War on Terror: The 1915 Indian Sepoy Mutiny in Singapore as a Case Study of the Impact of Profiling of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
· Swords to Ploughshares: China's Defence-Conversion Policy
Small Wars Journal
· COIN in Absurdistan: Saving the COIN Baby from the Afghan Bathwater (and Vice-Versa)
· Gun Control in Counterinsurgency: A Game Theory Analysis
· No, Really: Is the US Military Cut Out For Courageous Restraint?
· Recruiting, Development, and Retention of Cyber Warriors Despite an Inhospitable Culture
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
· SIGIR Quarterly Report To Congress July 2010
· SIGIR-10-019 - Iraq Reconstruction Funds: Forensic Audits Identifying Fraud, Waste and Abuse (Interim report #4)
· SIGIR-10-020 - Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs to Improve Financial and Management Controls
· SIGIR-10-021 - Plans To Preserve Iraq Reconstruction Program and Contract Records Need To Be Improved
· SIGIR-10-022 - Improved Oversight Needed for State Department Grant to the International Republican Institute
Strategic Studies Institute (ISS)
· Project on National Security Reform: Vision Working Group Report and Scenarios
· U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol I: Theory of War and Strategy, 4th Edition · U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues, Vol II: National Security Policy and Strategy, 4th Edition
Taxpayers for Common Sense and The Hill
· Fiscal Year 2011 Earmark Databases (Updated 7/30/10)
· FY2011 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs
o Disclosure chart
o Databases [excel file]
UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)
· UNIDIR Forum 2010, no. 2, - Maritime security
o Security threats and challenges to maritime supply chains
o Sea piracy: some inconvenient truths
o Maritime security and nuclear cargoes
o The Proliferation Security Initiative
o Building awareness of sea-dumped chemical weapons
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· The QDR in Perspective: Meetings America’s National Security Needs in the 21st Century
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Education and Conflict in Haiti
· Haiti After the Quake: Six Months and Counting
· ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo Independence Declaration
· Israel: Not Just a Strategic Asset, but a Strategic Bonanza
Wikileaks
· Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010
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