Saturday, April 5, 2008

Friday's Miscellany 04-04-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· The Basra Business: What We Know and What We Don't
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27741,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Gangs and Police Cripple Jamaica's Inner Cities
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/gangs-and-police-cripple-jamaicas-inner-cities-20080401
· What Human Rights Legacy for the Beijing Olympics? http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/what-human-rights-legacy-beijing-olympics-20080401

Atlantic Council of the United States
· Ball in North Korea’s Court
http://www.acus.org/docs/Chris-Hill-20080324-TRANSCRIPT.htm

Brookings Institution
· Main Trends of Russia’s Foreign Policy in Transforming East and Southeast Asia
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/04_asia_kolotov.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin: April 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/fullissue-04-01-081.pdf

Center for a New American Security
· Life After the Surge: Prospects for Iraq and for the U.S. Military
http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/1913/CNASTestimony_FlournoySFRC_April%202%202008.pdf

Center for American Progress
· How Does This End?: Strategic Failures Overshadow Tactical Gains in Iraq
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/pdf/iraq_end.pdf
· The State of the U.S. Ground Forces
http://www.cnas.org/en/cms/?1917

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· The Race Towards Entry Into Force of the Pelindaba Treaty: Mozambique Leading the Charge
http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/080331_pelindaba.htm

Center for Security Policy
· Truly endangered species: Wafa Sultan
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Historical and Projected Funding for Defense: Presentation of the FY 2009 Request in Tables and Charts
http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/U.20080331.FY_09_Request_in_T/U.20080331.FY_09_Request_in_T.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Cost of the Iraq War: CRS, GAO, CBO, and DoD Estimates
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080331_5yeariraqwarcost.pdf
· What Lies Beneath: The Future of NATO through the ISAF Prism
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080331_nato.pdf
· The JDP Faces the Threat of Closure: Erdogan's Toughest Test?
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080402_jdp_faces_closure.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency
Studies in Intelligence v. 52, no. 1 (March 2008)
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-52-no-1/index.html
· Stasi Operations in the Netherlands, 1979–89 by Beatrice de Graaf
· Engineering the Berlin Tunnel
· The Movie Breach: A Personal Perspective by Brian J. Kelley
· Five Months in Petrograd 1918: Robert W. Imbrie and the US Search for Information in Russia by David A. Langbart

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Monthly Budget Review
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9075&type=1
· A Review of CBO's Activities in 2007 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9068&type=1

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· DoD Procurement Policy for Body Armor
http://www.dodig.osd.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-067.pdf

Department of Homeland Security
· U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2007
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPR_FR_2007.pdf
· Yearbook on Immigration Statistics 2007
http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/publications/LPR07.shtm

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (DHSIG)
· FEMA's Preparedness for the Next Catastrophic Disaster
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-34_Mar08.pdf
· Letter Report: National Applications Office Privacy Stewardship, Unclassified Summary
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-35_Apr08.pdf

Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
· US Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy
http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Information_Sharing_Strategy.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· China’s Early Encounters with the West: A History in Reverse
http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1303.200804.wilson.earlychinawest.html
· Kosovo: The Revenge of CNN and the Politics of Emotion
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200804.radu.kosovopoliticsemotion.html
· Victory for Colombia, Theater in Caracas
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20080325.radu.victorycolumbiatheatercaracas.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Combating Terrorism: State Department's Antiterrorism Program Needs Improved Guidance and More Systematic Assessments of Outcomes
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08336.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08467sp.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of Progress Made on Block 2006 Missile Defense Capabilities and Oversight http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08608t.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: DOD's Increased Reliance on Service Contractors Exacerbates Long-standing Challenges
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08621t.pdf
· Defense Critical Infrastructure: DOD's Risk Analysis of Its Critical Infrastructure Omits Highly Sensitive Assets
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08373r.pdf
· Federal Contracting: Congressional Action Needed to Address Long-standing Problems with Reporting of Advisory and Assistance Services
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08319.pdf · Homeland Security: Strategic Solution for US-VISIT Program Needs to Be Better Defined, Justified, and Coordinated http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08361.pdf
· Nuclear Material: DOE Has Several Potential Options for Dealing with Depleted Uranium Tails, Each of Which Could Benefit the Government http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08606r.pdf
· Nuclear Material: Several Potential Options for Dealing with DOE's Depleted Uranium Tails Could Benefit the Government
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08613t.pdf

Henry L. Stimson Center
· To The Brink: Indian Decision-making and the 2001-2002 Standoff
http://www.stimson.org/southasia/pdf/To%20the%20Brink.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· The Battle for Basra: Britain Should Launch a Troop Surge in Iraq
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1876.pdf
· The Global Poverty Act: The Wrong Track for U.S. Aid Policy
http://www.heritage.org/Research/ForeignAid/wm1878.cfm
· New South Korean President Brings Conservative Policy Change
http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/bg_2120.pdf
· Providing for the Common Defense: Why 4 percent?
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/wp040208.cfm
· SOS: Congress Must Save the Aircraft Carrier Fleet
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_1880.pdf
· The Sochi Bush–Putin Summit: Last Chance to Improve Relations
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1876.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· Kosovo Criminal Justice Scorecard
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kosovo0308/kosovo0308webwcover.pdf
· Off the Map: Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/iopt0308/iopt0308webwcover.pdf
· Politics as War: The Human Rights Impact and Causes of Post-Election Violence in Rivers State, Nigeria
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/nigeria0308/nigeria0308webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch N°56
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3374&tid=5368&type=pdf&l=1
· Nepal’s Election and Beyond
http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/149_nepal_s_election_and_beyond.pdf · Timor-Leste’s Displacement Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/timor/148_timor_leste_displacement_crisis.pdf

International Relations and Security Network
· Child Soldiers
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/dossier/childsoldiers/editorial/
· Letters from Somalia III
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18818
· Middle East Atomic Moves http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18823
· Texans Fence with Federal Authorities [Part II]
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18817
· US, Mexico: Election Fencing [Part I of the report above] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=18691

Iran Watch
· Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East
http://www.iranwatch.org/us-senate-staffreport-mearmsrace-0208.pdf

Jamestown Foundation
Terrorism Focus v. 5, no. 13 (April 2008)
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/tf_005_013.pdf
· An Online Terrorist Training Manual - Part One: Creating a Terrorist Cell
· Presence of Turkish Terrorists in Belgium Leads to Dispute with Ankara
· What Direction for the al-Mahdi Army after the Basra Offensive?
· Is Global Jihad a Fading Phenomenon?

Lexington Institute
· Missing Ingredient in Weapons Decisions: Common Sense
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1247.shtml

RAND
· Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan
http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT301.pdf
· Getting the Most Out of Littoral Combat Ships
http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9301.pdf
· An Iraqi Modus Vivendi: How Would It Come About and What Would It Look Like?
http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT303.pdf
· Middle East Perspectives: Conference Proceedings from Gstaad, Switzerland
http://rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF250.pdf
· Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR520.pdf

United States Institute of Peace
· Law of War Training: Resources for Military and Civilian Leaders
http://www.usip.org/ruleoflaw/pubs/law_of_war_training.pdf
· Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr204.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Provincial Politics in Iraq: Fragmentation or New Awakening?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubPDFs/PolicyFocus81.pdf

Friday, April 4, 2008

REPORT: Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy

As part of an ongoing effort to improve information sharing, the Director of National Intelligence released the “first ever first-ever strategy to improve the ability of intelligence professionals to share information, ultimately strengthening national security.” The report US Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy can be found at http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Information_Sharing_Strategy.pdf

The press release can be found at http://odni.gov/press_releases/20080404_release.pdf
And the related White House report mentioned is National Strategy for Information Sharing: Successes and Challenges in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/infosharing/NSIS_book.pdf

Previous IC reports include:

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

FOIA requests of interest and in the news - Torture memo and NSL

Some recently obtained FOIA requests obtained by ACLU that have been it the news and might be of interest.

Secret Bush Administration Torture Memo

Press release -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/34747prs20080401.html
Memo -- http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/yoo_army_torture_memo.pdf
Related information -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/detention/commissions.html

National Security Letters - DOD
Press Release -- http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/34724prs20080401.html
Documents --
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/32088res20071014.html

Related -- DOJIG review of the FBI's use -- http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0803b/final.pdf

CRS report -- National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments [RL33320] -- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33320.pdf

CRS report -- National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments [RS22406] -- http://fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RS22406.pdf

Monday, March 31, 2008

Friday's Miscellany 03-28-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· Economic Integration and Incipient Democracy http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27707/pub_detail.asp

· What France Does Best at Counterterrorism http://american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/what-france-does-best

Amnesty International

· Carnage and Despair in Iraq http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/carnage-and-despair-iraq-20080317

BASIC

· Iran Update, No. 115 http://www.basicint.org/update/iran080326.htm

Brookings Institution

· In Battling Terrorism, the French Excel http://www.brookings.edu/interviews/2008/0325_terrorism_shapiro.aspx

· Iraq and Vietnam – Differences and Similarities http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0321_iraq_vietnam_nessen.aspx

· Shaping Lebanon's Future http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/0319_lebanon_saab.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.–China Cooperation on Climate Change http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb57_chandler_final.pdf

CATO

· The Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-613.pdf

Center for a New American Security

· The Case for Conditional Engagement in Iraq http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/1888/CNAS%20Memo%20Conditional%20Engagement%20Iraq%20Mar%202008.pdf

· Sustainable Security: Developing a Security Strategy for the Long Haul http://www.cnas.org/en/cms/?1924

Center for Security Policy

· Disarmed in the War of Ideas http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

· Chavez's early ties with the FARC and ELN http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

· A Cooperative Strategy for the 21st Century Seapower http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/B.20080326.A_Cooperative_Stra/B.20080326.A_Cooperative_Stra.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies

· Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080311-hicks-invigoratingdef4web.pdf

· The Iraq War After Five Years: The Surge, Current Status, and Military Lessons http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080317_5_year_iraq_war_final.pdf

· Overcoming Extremism Conference Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080321_overcomingextremismconfreport.pdf

· The Role of Airpower in the Iraq and Afghan Wars http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080318_afgh-iraqairbrief.pdf

· Security Challenges and Threats in the Gulf: A Net Assessment http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080324_gulfthreatanalysis.new.pdf

· A Steep Hill: Congress and U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Fragile States http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-steephill.pdf

Combat Studies Institute

· We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/CSIpubs.asp#LongWar

CTC Sentinel

March 2008, v. 1, no. 4 http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss4.pdf

· Jihad After Iraq: Lessons from the Arab Afghans Phenomenon By Mohammed M. Hafez

· Combating Terrorist Financing at the Agency and Interagency Levels By Dennis Lormel

· Lessons Learned from the September 2007 German Terrorist Plot By Petter Nesser

· Mapping the Factional Structure of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq By Michael Gabbay

· Jihadists Target the American Dream By Brian Fishman

· The Growth of Militant Islamist Micro-Diaspora Communities: Observations from Spain By Kathryn Haahr

· Drawing the Right Lessons from Israel's War with Hizb Allah By Andrew Exum

· Guest Commentary: Benazir Bhutto's Doomed Return to Pakistan By James R. Ellis, Lt. Gen. U.S. Army (Ret.)

EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

· Policy Brief, no. 1 - Missile Defence in Europe: The Political and Security Dimensions http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/policyBrief_001.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute

· The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200803.jones.revolutiontextmessaging.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Defense Contracting: Army Case Study Delineates Concerns with Use of Contractors as Contract Specialists http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08360.pdf

· Defense Space Activities: National Security Space Strategy Needed to Guide Future DOD Space Efforts http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08431r.pdf

· DOD Personnel Clearances: Questions for the Record Related to the Quality and Timeliness of Clearances http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08580r.pdf

Heritage Foundation

· The Bucharest NATO Summit: Washington and London Must Not Give in to French Demands. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/upload/wm_1863.pdf

· U.S. Africa Command: Challenges and Opportunities http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2118.pdf

· Iraq Five Years On: The Coalition Is Winning the War Against Al-Qaeda http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/upload/wm_1860.pdf

· Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating America's Strategic Communications Policy http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/hl_1065.pdf

Human Rights Watch

· Adults Before Their Time: Children in Saudi Arabia’s Criminal Justice System http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudicrd0308/saudicrd0308webwcover.pdf

· All Over Again: Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0308/zimbabwe0308web.pdf

· Ballots to Bullets: Organized Political Violence and Kenya's Crisis of Governance http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0308/kenya0308webwcover.pdf

· Precarious Justice: Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trials in the Deficient Criminal Justice System of Saudi Arabia. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudijustice0308/saudijustice0308webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group

· Azerbaijan: Independent Islam and the State http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5351&l=1

· Kosovo's First Month http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/europe/balkans/b47_kosovo_first_month.pdf

· Ruling Palestine I: Gaza Under Hamas http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/73_ruling_palestine_gaza_under_hamas.pdf

Lexington Institute

· Containing Iran: A Role for America's Navy http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1244.shtml

Oxfam International

· Falling Short: Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan http://www.oxfam.org/en/files/ACBAR_aid_effectiveness_paper_0803.pdf/download

RAND

· Brain Korea 21 Phase II: A New Evaluation Model [English] http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG711.pdf

· Brain Korea 21 Phase II: A New Evaluation Model [Korean] http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG711.1.pdf

· The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP183.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

· Building for the Future: China's Progress in Space Technology during the Tenth 5-Year Plan and the U.S. Response http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB852.pdf

· Projecting Pyongyang: The Future of North Korea's Kim Jong Il Regime http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB844.pdf

· Security Sector Reform in Liberia: Mixed Results from Humble Beginnings http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB855.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· The Damascus Arab Summit: Arab Divisions Ensure Modest Achievements http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2736

· The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternative Strategies http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2735

· Kuwait's New Political Crisis: Can Democracy Trump Sectarianism? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2734

· Small Island, Big Issues: Bahrain's King Visits Washington http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2733

· The Gaza Challenge. Washington Institute for Near East Policy http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2732

· Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2731

Friday, March 21, 2008

Friday's Miscellany 03-21-2008

American Enterprise Institute

· Strengthening Freedom in Asia: A Twenty-First-Century Agenda for the U.S.-Taiwan Partnership http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27559/pub_detail.asp

Boeing Company

· Fuel Consumption Analysis of the Boeing 767-200ER and Airbus 330-200 in Commercial Service when operated at High Take-off Gross Weight with Oil at $100 and $125 per Barrel http://www.boeing.com/ids/globaltanker/files/FuelConsReport.pdf

Brookings Institution

· How the Iraq War Has Empowered Iran http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0321_iraq_maloney.aspx

· Iraq: Winners and Losers at Five Years http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0320_iraq_riedel.aspx

· The Iraq War: Was It Worth It? http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0319_iraq_gordon.aspx

· A Political and Diplomatic Surge for Iraq http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0320_issues_pascual.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· The Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=1107&&prog=zgp&proj=zme,zusr

· Iranian Elections http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=1105&&prog=zgp&proj=zme

· Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/sadjadpour_iran_final2.pdf

Center for Defense Information

· The Small Arms Trade in Latin America http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/Small_Arms_Latin_America.pdf

Center for Security Policy

· Iranian Entanglements http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· Sirens in the Strait http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

· The Truth About Saddam and Terrorism http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· Invigorating Defense Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase 4 Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080311-hicks-invigoratingdef4web.pdf

· The Iraq War After Five Years: The Surge, Current Status, and Military Lessons http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080317_5_year_iraq_war_final.pdf

· Overcoming Extremism Conference Report http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080321_overcomingextremismconfreport.pdf

· Responding to Catastrophes : U.S. Innovation in a Vulnerable World http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-catastrophes.pdf

· The Role of Airpower in the Iraq and Afghan Wars http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080318_afgh-iraqairbrief.pdf

· A Steep Hill: Congress and U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Fragile States http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080320-barton-steephill.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9043&type=1

· An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8990&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Department of Defense

· 2006 Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members http://www.sapr.mil/contents/references/WGRA_OverviewReport.pdf

· Department of Defense

· Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the U.S. Military Service Academies: Academic Program Year 2006-2007 http://www.sapr.mil/contents/news/CurrentNewsletter/Academy%20Report%2012-7-07.pdf

· FY07 Report on Sexual Assault in the Military http://www.sapr.mil/contents/references/2007%20Annual%20Report.pdf

Department of Energy Inspector General (DOE IG)

· The Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process at the Department of Energy http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/IG-0778.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Aviation and the Environment: FAA's and NASA's Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08384.pdf

· Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program Is Short of Meeting Goals http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08448.pdf

· Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08557r.pdf

· Intellectual Property: Federal Enforcement Has Generally Increased, but Assessing Performance Could Strengthen Law Enforcement Efforts http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08157.pdf

· The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: January 2008 Update http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08591r.pdf

Heritage Foundation

· China's Expanding Global Influence: Foreign Policy Goals, Practices, and Tools http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/tst032008.cfm

· Economic Freedom Underpins Human Rights and Democratic Governance http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/wm1861.cfm

· Finland's Rational Approach to Nuclear Power http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg2117.cfm

· Iraq Five Years On: The Coalition Is Winning the War Against Al-Qaeda http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iraq/wm1860.cfm

· Supporting Our South Korean Ally and Enhancing Defense Cooperation http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1859.cfm

· U.S. Africa Command: Challenges and Opportunities http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2118.cfm

· With Repression in Tibet, Rethink Olympics http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1858.cfm

Human Rights Watch

· Ballots to Bullets : Organized Political Violence and Kenya's Crisis of Governance http://hrw.org/reports/2008/kenya0308/kenya0308web.pdf

· All Over Again : Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0308/zimbabwe0308web.pdf

Institute of Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Iraqi Perspectives Project; Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents [redacted version] vols. 1-5 http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/iraqi/index.html

International Committee of the Red Cross

· "Iraq: No Let-Up in the Humanitarian Crisis" (March 2008) may be read at http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-report-170308/$file/ICRC-Iraq-report-0308-eng.pdf

International Crisis Watch

· Kosovo's First Month http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5335

· Ruling Palestine I: Gaza Under Hamas http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5341

· Zimbabwe: Prospects from a Flawed Election http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5347

International Relations and Security Network

· Iran: A New balance of forces http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18777

· Kuwait Struggles for Balance http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18782

· The Legacy of Gandhi: A 21st Century Perspective http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=46799

· (Maybe) denuclearizing North Korea http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18773

Lexington Institute

· Economic Security: A Decade of Decline http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1242.shtml

National Security Archive

· FOI in Practice: Analysis of the Mexican FOI System http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/mexico/index.html

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

· Public Attitudes Toward the War in Iraq: 2003-2008 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/770/iraq-war-five-year-anniversary

· Public Still Faults Government Care for Troops http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=404

RAND

· Analyzing Contingency Contracting Purchases for Operation Iraqi Freedom (Unrestricted Version) http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG559.1.pdf

· Leader Development in Army Units: Views from the Field http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG648.pdf

· Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing: Developing U.S. Civilian Personnel Capabilities http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG580.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute

· The Political Context Behind Successful Revolutionary Movements, Three Case Studies: Vietnam (1955-63), Algeria (1945-62), and Nicaragua (1967-79) http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=851

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Cheney's Middle East Trip: Iran Tops a Weighty Agenda http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2730

· The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternate Strategies http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=392

· Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP? http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2731