National War Powers Commission report

The National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by Secretaries of State Baker and Christopher, was released yesterday. This commission report recommends that Congress repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution and "substitute a new statute that would provide for more meaningful consultation between the President and Congress. In its final report, the Commission has recommended that Congress pass a new statute, the War Powers Consultation Act of 2009, establishing a clear process on decisions to go to war."

The main website is http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/

The final report can be found through the link above or directly at http://millercenter.org/dev/ci/system/application/views/_newwebsite/policy/commissions/warpowers/report.pdf

And the appendices to the report can be found at http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/appendices

New Marine Corps Strategy Document released

The latest USMC strategy doc has been posted on the Marine Corps site.

Marine Corps Vision & Strategy 2025 can be found at http://www.marines.mil/units/hqmc/cmc/Documents/MCVS2025%2030%20June.pdf

Or from http://www.marines.mil/Pages/Default.aspx

Friday's Miscellany 07-03-4008

American Enterprise Institute
· Mugabe Calls Africa's Bluff http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28231,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
· Policies to Improve the Resiliency of Long-Term Social Security Financing http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28225,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
· Private Sector and Public Sector Malaria Treatment in Africa http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28233,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Amnesty International Report 2008 http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Homepage
· Mauritania: «Nobody wants to have anything to do with us» : Arrests and collective expulsions of migrants denied entry into Europe http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR38/001/2008/en/ad88667f-46c2-11dd-9dcb-1bbf1ead8744/afr380012008eng.pdf

BASIC
· Another Milestone to Zero: UK Statesmen Call for a World Without Nuclear Weapons http://www.basicint.org/update/zero080630.htm

Brookings Institute
· MetroPolicy for a MetroNation http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/06_metropolicy_bradley.aspx
· More Than Just the 123 Agreement: The Future of U.S.-India Relations http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2008/0625_india_cohen.aspx
· The Pentagon and Autism http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0702_autism_ohanlon.aspx
· The Right Way to Beat Chinese Inflation http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0702_china_economy_woo.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Details http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/06-26-08-North-Korea-Transcript.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Humanity as a Weapon of War: Sustainable Security and the Role of the U.S. Military http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/pdf/sustainable_security2.pdf

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· EU-Russia Relations: Toward a Way Out of Depression http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080701-gomart-eu-russia.pdf
· A Poisoned Chalice? The Crisis in National Security Planning, Programming, and Budgeting http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080630_fy2009_poisoned_chalice.pdf
· U.S.-Russia Strategic Partnership against Nuclear Proliferation: From Declaration to Action http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080627-goldschmidt-usrussiastratpart.pdf

CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
· Poll: Terrorism Fears are Fading http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/02/terrorism.poll/index.html

Commonwealth Institute Report of the Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq
· Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq http://www.comw.org/pda/taskforceresponsiblewithdrawal.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· Recent Trends in the Variability of Individual Earnings and Household Income http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9319&type=1

Council on Foreign Relations
· Afghanistan's Struggling Security Services http://www.cfr.org/publication/16691/afghanistans_struggling_security_services.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Food Prices http://www.cfr.org/publication/16662/price_of_food.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· The Taliban in Afghanistan http://www.cfr.org/publication/10551/taliban_resurgence.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· Tapping Iraq's Oil http://www.cfr.org/publication/16702/tapping_iraqs_oil.html?breadcrumb=%2F

Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General
· OIG-08-52 - ICE Policies Related to Detainee Deaths and the Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-52_Jun08.pdf
· OIG-08-59 - Technical Security Evaluation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Activities at the Chet Holified Federal Building http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIGr_08-59_May08.pdf
· OIG-08-66 - TSA's Administration and Coordination of Mass Transit Security Programs http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-66_Jun08.pdf
· OIG-08-65 - Targeting of Cargo Containers 2008: Review of CBP's Cargo Enforcement Reporting and Tracking System http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-65_Jun08.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Elections in the Republic of Korea: Foreign Policy Alternatives Under New Leadership http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.steinberg.electionskorea.html
· Preaching Jihad on Welfare: The Story of Abu Qatada http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.radu.jihadwelfareabuqatada.html
· Roles, Missions, and Equipment: Military Lessons from Experience in this Decade http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200806.dunlap.militarylessons.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· American Samoa: Issues Associated with Potential Changes to the Current System for Adjudicating Matters of Federal Law http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08655.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: A Knowledge-Based Funding Approach Could Improve Major Weapon Systems Program Outcomes http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08619.pdf
· Depot Maintenance: DOD's Report to Congress on Its Public-Private Partnerships at Its Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITEs) Is Not Complete and Additional Information Would Be Useful http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08902r.pdf
· Electronic Payments: Many Programs Electronically Disburse Federal Benefits, and More Outreach Could Increase Use http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08645.pdf
· Nuclear Safety: NRC's Oversight of Fire Protection at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Reactor Units Could Be Strengthened http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08747.pdf
· Nuclear Waste: DOE Lacks Critical Information Needed to Assess Its Tank Management Strategy at Hanford http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08793.pdf
· VA Health Care: Facilities Have Taken Action to Provide Language Access Services and Culturally Appropriate Care to a Diverse Veteran Population http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08535.pdf

Gulf Research Center (GRC)
Security & Terrorism Bulletin, No 8, May 2008
· Maritime Security in the Gulf http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=56167
o Protecting Middle East Seaborne Energy Exports by Andrew Forbes
o Maritime Terrorism: A Threat Magnified by Arms Proliferation by Michael Richardson
o US Navy Changing the Rules of Engagement: Maritime Security and ‘Accidental War’ Scenario in the Gulf by Mustafa Alani
o Maritime Confidence-building in the Gulf by Peter Jones
o The Applicability of the Pakistan-India Maritime Cooperation Model in the Gulf Region by Faryal Leghari
o Maritime Confidence-building Measures in South Asia – The Case of India and Pakistan by P K Ghosh

Heritage Foundation
· Colombia and Mexico: Vitally Important U.S. Allies and Trading Partners http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/wm1978.cfm
· Hostage Rescue Major Blow to the FARC: U.S. Support for Colombia Increasingly Effective http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/wm1981.cfm
· The Iraq War Bill Was the Wrong Place to Create a Permanent New Entitlement http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm1976.cfm
· NATO in Afghanistan: A Special Address by the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/hl1092.cfm
· Nuclear Energy: What We Can Learn From Other Nations http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm1977.cfm
· Terrorism, Insurgency, and Drugs Still Threaten America's Southern Flank http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/bg2152.cfm
· Transforming the U.S.-South Korean Alliance http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/bg2155.cfm
· U.S. Should Defy Chinese-Russian Attack on Missile Defense http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2154.cfm

Institute for Intergovernmental Research
· Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems http://www.iir.com/nygc/publications/gang-problems.pdf

International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch no. 59, 1 July 2008 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5528&l=1
· Guinea-Bissau: In Need of a State http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5549&l=1
· Nepal’s Election: A Peaceful Revolution? http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5551&l=1
· Nepal’s New Political Landscape http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5552&l=1
· South Korea's Elections: A Shift to the Right http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5522&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· ISN Podcasts: The Cyprus Issue http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19153
· Pakistan's Growing Woes in its Wild West http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19143
· Profile: Blackwater Worldwide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19142
· Trouble in Tajik Mountain Province http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19149
· The World's Water Future http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19150

Lexington Institute
· Funding Stability: A Proven Cure for Pentagon Disorders http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1287.shtml

National Security Archive
· National Security Archive Guatemala Project http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/guatemala/
· The Nuclear Vault: Resources from the National Security Archive's Nuclear Documentation Project http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Global Economic Gloom - China and India Notable Exceptions: Some Positive Signs for U.S. Image http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=260

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· As Gas Prices Pinch, Support for Energy Exploration Rises http://people-press.org/report/433/gas-prices

Rand
· After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG642.pdf
· A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP212.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· Making Bosnia Work: Why EU Accession is Not Enough http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0613_bosnia.html
· Opposition Alliances and Democratization in Egypt http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0626_egypt.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Invigorating the U.S.-Turkish Strategic Partnership http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2907
· Thinking about Preventative Military Action against Iran http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2909
· The Unlikely Peace: Prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement in 2008 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2908

REPORT: After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq

Rand has finally been able to release its report “After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq.” http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG642.pdf.

This report examined activities through June 2004 and part of an “eight-volume collection of reports that the RAND Arroyo Center undertook to prepare an authoritative account of the planning and execution of combat and stability operations in Iraq. Six of the volumes are classified. The other unclassified volume is being finalized.”

Abstract: “This monograph begins by examining prewar planning efforts for postwar Iraq, in order to establish what U.S. policymakers expected the postwar situation to look like and what their plans were for reconstruction. The monograph then examines the role of U.S. military forces after major combat officially ended on May 1, 2003; the analysis covers this period through the end of June 2004. Finally, the monograph examines civilian efforts at reconstruction after major combat ended, focusing on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and its efforts to rebuild structures of governance, security forces, economic policy, and essential services prior to June 28, 2004, the day that the CPA dissolved and transferred authority to the Interim Iraqi Government. The authors conclude that the U.S. government was unprepared for the challenges of postwar Iraq for three reasons: a failure to challenge fundamental assumptions about postwar Iraq; ineffective interagency coordination; and the failure to assign responsibility and resources for providing security in the immediate aftermath of major combat operations.”

Press release -- http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/06/30/

REPORT - On Point II report on OIF

The Combat Studies Institute has published its follow on operational history report looking at the US Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005: On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign
http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/CSI/OnPointII.pdf [this is a 700+ page report so is a large file]
“On Point II is a comprehensive study of the US Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) from May 2003 to January 2005. Based on primary sources including hundreds of interviews with participants, the study examines how after May 2003 American Soldiers made the transition to a new type of campaign that featured information operations, intelligence, reconstruction, and governance rather than conventional combat. On Point II documents the US Army’s execution of Full Spectrum Operations in the early stages of this conflict.”

The first On Point report On Point: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM can be found at http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/OnPointI.pdf OR http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/OnPoint.pdf [46.6 MB file]
“On Point is a study of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) as soon after the fact as feasible. The Army leadership chartered this effort in a message to the major commands on 30 April 2003. In his guidance, Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki directed "a quick, thorough review that looks at the US Army's performance, assesses the role it played in the joint and coalition team, and captures the strategic, operational, and tactical lessons that should be disseminated and applied in future fights." The authors worked rapidly and diligently to capture the essential lessons of the campaign; as a result, the study is available today to help leaders at every level.”

Other Combat Studies Institute reports can be found at http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/csi.asp

REPORTS: Progress in Afghanistan and National Forces

The Defense Department released 2 reports yesterday related to Afghanistan which look at the progress related to the country’s security and its national forces. The studies were mandated by Congress to analyze results of Operation Enduring Freedom through March and are intended to include semi-annual updates. Both reports are available from http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/

The “Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan” looks at the security environment and describes is as very “fragile.” It can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/Report_on_Progress_toward_Security_and_Stability_in_Afghanistan_1230.pdf

“United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces” looked at the capabilities and progress of the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police force. It can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/United_States_Plan_for_Sustaining_the_Afghanistan_National_Security_Forces_1231.pdf

Related article -- http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50347

Combined Joint Task Force – 101 [Operation Enduring Freedom] website -- http://www.cjtf101.com/
NATO International Security Assistance Force website -- http://www.nato.int/isaf/index.html

Friday's Miscellany 06-27-2008

United States - Canada Border Drug Threat Assessment 2007
http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/le/oc/_fl/us-canadian-report-drugs-eng.pdf

Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
· Getting the People Part Right: A Report on the Human Resources Dimension of U.S. Public Diplomacy http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/106297.pdf

American Enterprise Institute
· Are We Safer? http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28175,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

American Political Science Association
· Perspectives on Politics, June 2008, v. 6, no. 2, p. 347-360
o “The New U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual as Political Science and Political Praxis” http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/POPJune08CounterInsurgency2.pdf

Amnesty International
· Europe: State of Denial: Europe’s Role in Rendition and Secret Detention. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR01/003/2008/en/2ceda343-41da-11dd-81f0-01ab12260738/eur010032008eng.pdf
· In the Name of Security: Routine Abuses in Tunisia http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE30/007/2008/en/b852a305-3ebc-11dd-9656-05931d46f27f/mde300072008eng.pdf
· People’s Republic of China: Tibet Autonomous Region: Access Denied.
· http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/085/2008/en/815aa2e7-3d33-11dd-a518-c52d73496467/asa170852008eng.pdf

AUSA
· The Army’s Home—What Army Installation Management Command is Doing to Restore the Army’s Balance. http://www.ausa.org/webpub/DeptILW.nsf/byid/RBOH-7DSQBW/$File/IMCOM17april.pdf?OpenElement
· U.S. Africa Command: A New Way of Thinking. http://www.ausa.org/webpub/DeptILW.nsf/byid/RBOH-7DBKCL/$File/AFRICOM.pdf?OpenElement

BASIC
· Getting to Zero Update http://www.basicint.org/update/zero080625.htm

Brookings Institute
· Iraq's Long-Term Impact on Jihadist Terrorism http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/07_terrorism_byman.aspx
· Middle East’s Economic Paradox: Lost in the Wash http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0626_middle_east_economics_dhillon.aspx
· North Korea's Nuclear Declaration http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0626_north_korea_bader.aspx
· Pakistan and Terror: The Eye of the Storm http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/07_terrorism_riedel.aspx
· To Win the "War on Terror," We Must First Win the "War of Ideas": Here's How http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/07_terrorism_amr.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Asia—Shaping the Future. http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pb62_paal_final.pdf

Center for American Progress
· How to Close Guantánamo http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/pdf/guantanamo.pdf
· In Search of Sustainable Security: Linking National Security, Human Security, and Collective Security to Protect America and Our World http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/pdf/sustainable_security1.pdf

Center for European Reform
· The EU's New Russia Policy Starts at Home http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/russia_bn_kb_24june08.pdf

Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
· Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security http://www.cissm.umd.edu/papers/files/spacesecuritymonograph.pdf

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
· Report on NWFZ in the Middle East http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/080613_mnsg.htm

Center for Security Policy
· Shariah: Guilty Knowledge http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=141

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
· Analysis of the FY 2009 Defense Budget Request http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20080421.Analysis_of_the_FY/R.20080421.Analysis_of_the_FY.pdf

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Conventional Armed Forces in the Gulf http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080623_gulfmilbal.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency
Studies in Intelligence, v. 52, no. 2, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no2/index.html
o Language, Culture, and Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Intelligence by Lily E. Johnston
o Needed: A National Security Simulation Center by Rachel K. Hanig and Mark E. Henshaw
o Thinking About Rethinking: Reform in Other Professions by William Nolte
o CIA’s Intelligence Art Collection -- Commemoration of the Historical, Inspiration for the Future by Toni Hiley
o The Spy Who Never Was: The Strange Case of John Honeyman and Revolutionary War Espionage by Alexander Rose
o From the Archives-1964 -- An Intelligence Role for the Footnote: For and Against

Constitution Project
· A Critique of “National security Courts” http://www.constitutionproject.org/pdf/Critique_of_the_National_Security_Courts.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations
· A Different Tack on Terror http://www.cfr.org/publication/16534/different_tack_on_terror.html?breadcrumb=%2F
· France's New Military Vision http://www.cfr.org/publication/16619/frances_new_military_vision.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Pyongyang's Deal http://www.cfr.org/publication/16657/pyongyangs_deal.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis
· Speculating on Oil http://www.cfr.org/publication/16596/speculating_on_oil.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis
· U.S.-Pakistan Alliance in Trouble http://www.cfr.org/publication/16637/uspakistan_alliance_in_trouble.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis
· U.S-Pakistan Military Cooperation http://www.cfr.org/publication/16644/uspakistan_military_cooperation.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder
· Venezuela’s Oil-Based Economy http://www.cfr.org/publication/12089/venezuelas_oilbased_economy.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

Department of Defense. Inspector General
· D-2008-105 Defense Emergency Response Fund, June 20, 2008 http://www.dodig.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-105.pdf

Department of Defense. Quarterly Report to Congress
· Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq [June 2008] http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Master_16_June_08_%20FINAL_SIGNED%20.pdf
· Previous reports http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/Iraq_Reports/index.html

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· Elections, Political Transitions and Foreign Policy in East Asia [Conference report] http://www.fpri.org/research/asia/electionseastasia/

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
· Gain Seeking in a "Double Security Dilemma": The Case of OPEC http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=56185

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Boeing Tanker Decision http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/311344.pdf
· Border Security: State Department Expects to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08931t.pdf
· Border Security: State Department Should Plan for Potentially Significant Staffing and Facilities Shortfalls Caused by Changes in the Visa Waiver Program http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08623.pdf
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Human Capital Planning Has Improved, but Strategic View of Contractor Workforce Is Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08582.pdf
· Coast Guard: Change in Course Improves Deepwater Management and Oversight, but Outcome Still Uncertain http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08745.pdf
· Coast Guard: Strategies for Mitigating the Loss of Patrol Boats Are Achieving Results in the Near Term, but They Come at a Cost and Longer Term Sustainability Is Unknown http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08660.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: Increased Oversight and Accountability Needed over Pakistan Reimbursement Claims for Coalition Support Funds http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08806.pdf
· Combating Terrorism: U.S. Oversight of Pakistan Reimbursement Claims for Coalition Support Funds, by Charles Michael Johnson, Jr., director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08932t.pdf
· Critical Infrastructure Protection: Further Efforts Needed to Integrate Planning for and Response to Disruptions on Converged Voice and Data Networks http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08607.pdf
· Defense Production Act: Agencies Lack Policies and Guidance for Use of Key Authorities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08854.pdf
· Homeland Security: DHS Risk-Based Grant Methodology Is Reasonable, But Current Version's Measure of Vulnerability is Limited http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08852.pdf
· Homeland Security: First Responders' Ability to Detect and Model Hazardous Releases in Urban Areas Is Significantly Limited http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08180.pdf
· Military Operations: Actions Needed to Better Guide Project Selection for Commander's Emergency Response Program and Improve Oversight in Iraq http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08736r.pdf
· Peacekeeping: Thousands Trained but United States Is Unlikely to Complete All Activities by 2010 and Some Improvements Are Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08754.pdf
· Risk Management: Strengthening the Use of Risk Management Principles in Homeland Security http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08904t.pdf
· Secure Border Initiative Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan Shows Improvement, but Deficiencies Limit Congressional Oversight and DHS Accountability http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08739r.pdf
· Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Progress Report: Some Gains Made, Updated Strategy Needed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08837.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Africa Must Confront the Growing Crisis in Zimbabwe http://www.heritage.org/Research/Africa/upload/wm_1970.pdf
· Addressing the Global Food Crisis http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/upload/bg_2151.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· "As If They Fell From the Sky": Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia http://hrw.org/reports/2008/russia0608/russia0608webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Guinea: Ensuring Democratic Reforms http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5503&l=1
· Reunifying Cyprus: The Best Chance Yet http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5502&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Armenia: Summer of Discontent http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19120
· Czech Republic: Issues 'Under the Radar' http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=19113
· The Deadly Convenience of Victor Bout [Part I] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19114
· The Deadly Convenience of Victor Bout [Part II] http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19115
· Dubai: Spots on the Sun http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19124
· Multilateralism and Continental Drift http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19134
· Missing persons, Ever-present Divide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19125
· Niger Delta: Nowhere to Hide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19131
· Rational Actors: Secular Fallacies http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19129
· US Spy Agency: Mission Wanted http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19108

International Organization for Migration in Iraq
· IDP June 2008 IOM Iraq Governorate Profiles Go to http://www.iom-iraq.net/library.html#IDP and scroll down to “IDP June 2008 IOM Iraq Governorate Profiles.” Also of interest "IOM Iraq Assessments & Statistics Report (biweekly)" and the IOM’s latest emergency needs assessment for Iraq, available at http://www.iom-iraq.net/Library/IOM%20Iraq%20Displacement%20Assessments%20&%20Statistics%201%20Jun%2008.pdf

Jamestown Foundation
· Can Turkey’s Anti-Terrorism Cooperation with Iran Lead to a Strategic Partnership? http://jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=329
· Terrorism Focus - June 24, 2008 – Volume 5, Issue 24
· http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?issue_id=4535
o The Paradise Boys: The Internal Debate over the Use of Child Jihadis in Iraq
o Fighting in Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps Result of Increased Islamist Influence
o Emerging Cracks in Somalia’s Islamist Insurgency
o Can Turkey’s Anti-Terrorism Cooperation with Iran Lead to a Strategic Partnership?

Terrorism Monitor June 26, 2008 – Volume VI, Issue 13
http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/TM_006_013.pdf
- The Next Generation of Radical Islamist Preachers in the UK by James Brandon
- Kurdish Activism in Europe: Terrorism versus Europeanization by Thomas Renard
- Is There a Nexus between Torture and Radicalization? by Chris Zambelis
- The Mahdi Army: New Tactics for a New Stage by Fadhil Ali

Lexington Institute
· One Future for Missile Defense http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1286.shtml
· Tanker Fiasco: Five Steps to Fix the Problem http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1284.shtml
· Why Missile Defense Makes More Sense Today Than During the Cold War http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1285.shtml

Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)
MCIIS Theses in Intelligence Studies
o Appropriate Factors to Consider When Assessing Analytic Confidence in Intelligence Analysis http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&ord61=alphaNavi&ord60=PublicationDate&id=49942
o The Efficacy of Accelerated Analysis in Strategic-Level Estimative Judgments http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&ord61=alphaNavi&ord60=PublicationDate&id=54582
o Images of Twentieth Century Genocide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&ord61=alphaNavi&ord60=PublicationDate&id=30270
o Verbal Probability Expressions in National Intelligence Estimates: A Comprehensive Analysis of Trends from the Fifties through Post 9/11 http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&ord61=alphaNavi&ord60=PublicationDate&id=55739
o A Wiki Is Like A Room… And Other Lessons Learned from 15 Wiki-Based, Open Source, Intelligence Analysis Projects http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&ord61=alphaNavi&ord60=PublicationDate&id=50060

National Academy of Public Administration
· Addressing the 2009 Presidential Transition at the Department of Homeland Security http://www.napawash.org/pc_management_studies/DHS/DHSExecutiveStaffingReport2008.pdf

Pew Global Attitudes
· Assessing Globalization: Benefits and Drawbacks of Trade and Integration http://pewresearch.org/pubs/879/assessing-globalization-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-trade-and-integration

Pew Research Center
· Global Views of US 2008 Elections http://pewresearch.org/world-opinion-map/

Proteus USA [Army War College]
Proteus Monograph Series
v. 1, no. 5 May 2008
· Iran-Syria-Hizballah-Hamas: A Coalition Against Nature Why Does It Work? http://www.carlisle.army.mil/proteus/docs/karmon-iran-syria-hizbollah.pdf
· Proteus 55 Trends: 55 Trends Now Shaping the Future Desktop Reference by Dr. Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies [April 2008] http://www.carlisle.army.mil/proteus/docs/55-future.pdf

Rand
· Challenges of Applying Risk Management to Terrorism Security Policy [testimony by Henry H. Willis] - http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT310.pdf
· Impacts on U.S. Energy Expenditures and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Increasing Renewable-Energy Use http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR384-1/
o Main report http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR384-1.pdf
o Appendix A http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR384-1.appendixA.pdf
o Appendix B http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR384-1.appendixB.pdf
· Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2008/RAND_RGSD232.pdf
· Opportunities for Systems Engineering to Contribute to Durability and Damage Tolerance of Hybrid Structures for Airframes http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR489.pdf
· The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG726.pdf

Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
· Romania's Transition to Democracy: Press’s Role in Intelligence Reform http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?lng=en&id=55980

Senlis Council
· Iraq - Angry Hearts and Angry Minds [very large file] http://www.senliscouncil.net/documents/iraq_angry_hearts.pdf

Terrorism Research Initiative
Perspectives on Terrorism [journal], 2008, v. 2, Special Issue: Under-Investigated Topics
http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php?option=com_rokzine&view=issue&id=15&Itemid=54 OR PDF version http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=14&Itemid=68
· Foreword to Special Issue
· In Cold Blood: The Madrid Bombings
· The Global War on Terror and State Terrorism
· The Radical Milieu: The Under-Investigated Relationship Between Terrorists and Sympathetic Communities
· Two Neglected Areas of Terrorism Research: Careers after Terrorism and How Terrorists Innovate

UN Office on Drugs and Crime
· 2008 World Drug Report http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf

US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Integrated Security Assistance: The 1207 Program http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr207.html
· Opposition Alliances and Democratization in Egypt http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0626_egypt.html

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Strengthening the Partnership: How to Deepen U.S.-Israel Cooperation on the Iranian Nuclear Challenge http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=USIsraelTaskForceReport.pdf
· The Unlikely Peace: Analyzing the Dim Prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian Agreement in 2008 http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=407

White House
· Fact Sheet: Retroactive Liability Protection: Providing Our Intelligence Officials the Tools They Need to Keep Our Nation Safe http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-10.html
· North Korea; Continuation of Certain Restrictions (EO 13466) http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/08-1399.pdf
· North Korea; Trading With the Enemy Act, Termination of Exercise of Authorities (Proc. 8271) http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/08-1398.pdf