Friday's Miscellany 10-03-2008

American Enterprise Institute
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards--A Rogue Outfit?
• Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy toward Iranian Nuclear Development

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
• Campaign Finance in the United States
• Global Governance and the Role of NGOs in International Peace and Security
• Overcoming the Lethargy: Climate Change, Energy Security, and the Case for a Third Industrial Revolution

Amnesty International
• Congo: Armed Groups and Government Forces Continue to Abuse Women and Children in North Kivu
• Law Used Against Housing Activists in Cambodia

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Six Years of Achievement

Atlantic Council of the United States
• Restoring Georgia's Sovereignty in Abkhazia

BASIC
• NATO Nuclear Sharing: Opportunity for Change?
• The Nuclear Suppliers Group Waiver

Bipartisan Policy Center
• Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development

Brookings Institution
• Egypt’s Education System: Parents and Students Emerge as a New Force for Reform
• Iraqi Elections and Displacement

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Russia-Georgia Crisis

Center for American Progress
• The Coldest Days of the Cold War

Center for Defense Information
• Could U.S. Missile Defense Policy Restrict Access to ISS?

Center for European Reform
• India's Role in the New World Order

Center for Immigration Studies
• Taking Back the Streets: ICE and Local Law Enforcement Target Immigrant Gangs [this info page has links for the video and backgrounder reports] -- full report

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
• America's Self-Destroying Air Power: Becoming Your Own Peer Threat
• A Healthy Dose of Treaties

Center for the Study of Intelligence
• CIA's Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [Silk Road Studies]
• In Defense of Greater Central Asia
• Russia’s War in Georgia: Causes and Implications for Georgia and the World

Chatham House
• After the Battle: What the August War will mean for Russia's Domestic Politics
• The August 2008 Conflict: Economic Consequences for Russia
• The Paradoxical Regional Implications of Russian Actions in Georgia
• Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
• Russia and Georgia: Culpabilities and Consequences
• Russia and Europe in the Aftermath of the Georgian Conflict: New Challenges, Old Paradigms
• US-Russian Relations After the Events of August 2008

Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)
• International C2 Journal, 2008, v. 2, no. 1 [Special Issue - " Awareness in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations "]

Congress. Committee on Homeland Security
• Compilation of Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD) Updated Through December 31, 2008

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• CBO's Analysis of Dodd Substitute Amendment for H.R. 1424
• Cost Estimate on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures
• The Treatment of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts

Council on Foreign Relations
• The Next Chapter: The United States and Pakistan
• Setting a Constructive Russia Agenda
• Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, leftists)
• A Surge of Will in Afghanistan
• The U.S. Financial Regulatory System
• The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal

Department of Defense
• Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq [September 2008 report]

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
• D-2008-119 Construction Contracting Procedures Implemented by the Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan, September 29, 2008
• D-2008-133 Joint Follow On Evaluation of the Equipment Status of Operation Iraqi Freedom Forces, September 20, 2008
• D-2008-135 Requiring Radio Frequency Identification in Contracts for Supplies, September 29, 2008

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
• Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Performance Plan

Department of Justice Attorney General
• The Attorney General's Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations

Director of National Intelligence
• Intelligence Community Directive 503 - Intelligence Community Information Technology Systems Security Risk Management, Certification and Accreditation

Energy Security Leadership Council
• A National Strategy for Energy Security: Recommendations to the Nation on Reducing U.S. Oil Dependence

Foreign Policy in Focus
• The Cost of Boots on the Ground in Iraq

Fort Leavenworth. Combined Arms Center
Military Review, v. 88, no. 8, September-October 2008
• Multi-National Force-Iraq Commander’s Counterinsurgency Guidance by General David H. Petraeus U.S. Army
• The Baby and the Bathwater: Changing Times or Changing Principles? By Colonel John Mark Mattox U.S. Army
• Discipline, Punishment, and Counterinsurgency by Scott Andrew Ewing
• Adaptation: It’s Time for an Army Advisor Command by Dr. John A. Nagl LTC U.S. Army Retired
• Integrating the Advisory Effort in the Army: A Full Spectrum Solution by Major Michael D. Jason U.S. Army
• An Innovative Approach to Blast Injury Recovery by Colonel Karl D. Reed U.S. Army
• In Uncle Sam’s Backyard: China’s Military Influence in Latin America by Loro Horta
• Waging Counterinsurgency in Algeria: A French Point of View by Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Francois French Marine Infantry
• Operation BOA: A Counterfactual History of the Battle for Shah-I-Kot by Colonel Robert D. Hyde USAF, Colonel Mark D. Kelly USAF and Colonel William F. Andrews USAF
• Leadership Success Strategies of U.S. Army Women General Officers by Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Doll U.S. Army Retired
• Amnesty, Reintegration, and Reconciliation in Rwanda by Major Jeffrey H. Powell U.S. Army
• Winning Battles but Losing Wars: Three Ways Successes in Combat Promote Failures in Peace by Christopher E. Housenick Ph.D.
• A National Security Strategy for the Next Administration by Amitai Etzioni
• Finding the Flow: Shadow Economies, Ethnic Networks, and Counterinsurgency by Captain Robert M. Chamberlain U.S. Army

Freedom House
• Progress Review: Kazakhstan's OSCE Commitments on Democracy and Rule of Law in Light Of Kazakhstan's Upcoming OSCE Chairmanship

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Climate Change: Federal Actions Will Greatly Affect the Viability of Carbon Capture and Storage As a Key Mitigation Option. GAO-08-1080.
• Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. GAO-09-19.
• Defense Acquisitions: Sound Business Case Needed to Implement Missile Defense Agency's Targets Program. GAO-08-1113.
• DOD Financial Management: Improvements Are Needed in Antideficiency Act Controls and Investigations. GAO-08-1063.
• Energy Markets: Analysis of More Past Mergers Could Enhance Federal Trade Commission's Efforts to Maintain Competition in the Petroleum Industry. GAO-08-1082.
• Export Promotion: The Export-Import Bank's Financing of Dual-Use Exports. GAO-08-1182R.
• Federal Energy Management: Addressing Challenges through Better Plans and Clarifying the Greenhouse Gas Emission Measure Will Help Meet Long-term Goals for Buildings. GAO-08-977.
• Financial Management: Persistent Financial Management Systems Issues Remain for Many CFO Act Agencies. GAO-08-1018.
• Homeland Security: DHS Risk-Based Grant Methodology Is Reasonable, But Current Version's Measure of Vulnerability is Limited. GAO-08-852, June 27. [File revised to reflect changes in note on page 10 and graphic on page 18.]
• Influenza Pandemic: HHS Needs to Continue Its Actions and Finalize Guidance for Pharmaceutical Interventions. GAO-08-671.
• Information Security: Actions Needed to Better Protect Los Alamos National Laboratory's Unclassified Computer Network. GAO-08-1001.
• NASA: Agency Faces Challenges Defining Scope and Costs of Space Shuttle Transition and Retirement. GAO-08-109.
• Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq. GAO-09-86R.
• Space Acquisitions: DOD's Goals for Resolving Space Based Infrared System Software Problems Are Ambitious. GAO-08-1073.
• Space Acquisitions: Uncertainties in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Pose Management and Oversight Challenges. GAO-08-1039.
• U.S. Asylum System: Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the Asylum Adjudication Process, but Challenges Remain. GAO-08-935.
• U.S. Asylum System: Significant Variation Existed in Asylum Outcomes across Immigration Courts and Judges. GAO-08-940.

Heritage Foundation
• Chinese Investment (Mostly) Welcome
• Congress Should Support the U.S. Africa Command
• The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia Advance the American Interest
• Mbeki's Ouster Opens the Door for Enhanced U.S.–South Africa Cooperation
• Taiwan’s Defense Hobbled by U.S. Arms "Freeze"

Hudson Institute
• How to Strengthen Democracy in Latin America

Human Rights Watch
• "Why Am I Still Here?": The 2007 Horn of Africa Renditions and the Fate of Those Still Missing

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
• Iran with Nuclear Weapons: Anticipating the Consequences for U.S. Policy

Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Joint Publication 3-11: Operations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Environments

International Crisis Group
• CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008

International Relations and Security Network
• Al-Qaida's Bosnian War Move
• International CIIP Handbook 2008/2009 (An Inventory of 25 National and 7 International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Policies)
• Iraq's Poll Miasma
• Kadyrov's Last Rival Dead

Lexington Institute
• Missile Defense: The World Has Changed
• Why The Navy Wants To Rethink Its Next Destroyer

Long War Journal
• Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: October 2008 update
• Pakistan's Taliban Warlord: A Profile of Baitullah Mehsud
• US Attacks Inside Pakistan and Incidents Along the Border in 2008

National Academies Press
• Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call For Change
• Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence: Workshop Summary


National Defense University (NDU)
Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ) no. 51, 4th Quarter 2008
• Confronting Biological Threats to the Homeland by Michael Chertoff
• DOD and the Nuclear Mission by Clark A. Murdock
• The New Threat of Unconventional Warfare by Albert J. Mauroni
• Nuclear First Use: Prudence or Peril? by Stephen J. Cimbala
• Combating WMD Collaboratively by Paul I. Bernstein
• Missile Defense and NATO Security by Peppino A. DeBiaso
• Preparedness for a CBRNE Event by Zygmunt F. Dembek
• Decontamination Operations in a Mass Casualty Scenario by Michael L. Snyder and Thomas J. Sobieski
• Confronting Biological Threats to the Homeland by Michael Chertoff
• DOD and the Nuclear Mission by Clark A. Murdock
• The New Threat of Unconventional Warfare by Albert J. Mauroni
• Nuclear First Use: Prudence or Peril? by Stephen J. Cimbala
• Combating WMD Collaboratively by Paul I. Bernstein
• Missile Defense and NATO Security by Peppino A. DeBiaso
• Preparedness for a CBRNE Event by Zygmunt F. Dembek
• Decontamination Operations in a Mass Casualty Scenario by Michael L. Snyder and Thomas J. Sobieski
• U.S. Africa Command and the Principle of Active Security by William E. Ward and Thomas P. Galvin
• The Road to a New Unified Command by Robert T. Moeller and Mary C. Yates
• USAFRICOM: The Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy? by Dennis R.J. Penn
• Legal Impediments to USAFRICOM Operationalization by Jeffrey S. Palmer
• USJFCOM Commander’s Guidance for Effects-based Operations by James N. Mattis IV
• Whatever Happened to the “War on Drugs”? by James G. Stavridis
• Developing a Unit Language Capability for War by Harry D. Tunnell IV
• The Global Positioning System: A Case Study in the Challenges of Transformation by Matthew E. Skeen
• Carpe DIEM: Seizing Strategic Opportunity in the Arctic by Anthony L. Russell
• The Russian Chechen Wars: Three Lessons for U.S. Defense Planners by Daniel T. Canfield
• Al Qaeda: Refining a Failing Strategy by Martin J. Hart
• Global Networks: The Need for a Strategic Targeting Organization by Robert M. Brassaw
• Command and Control of Military Forces in the Homeland by Jeffrey W. Burkett
• Terrorist Violence in the Next Millennium: New Legal Solutions for an Old Nemesis by James P. Terry
• Information-driven Interagency Operations in Afghanistan by Shannon O’Harren, Trude V.V. King, Tushar Suthar, and Kenneth D. Cockrell
• Revisiting the Seventies: The Third World Comes of Age by Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman


Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE)
• The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2008
• Final Report on Sustainable Policies for Roma and Sinti Integration
• Implementation of the Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti Within the OSCE Area

Pew Hispanic Center
• Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007
• Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow

Project on National Security Reform (PNSR)
• Project on National Security Reform: Case Studies Volume I

Proteus [Army War College]
• A Proof of Concept for Collecting and Analyzing Open Source Information in Universities for the Purpose of Identifying Over-The-Horizon Threats to Selected Items on the Military Critical Technologies List, by Dr. William G. Perry, Volume 2, Issue 3, Oct. 2008.
• Tech 2035: Future Technology, Future Power in Asia, and Future Intelligence Challenges, by Dr. Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, Volume 2, Issue 2, Sep. 2008.

RAND
• Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates: A Global Tribe Waging Segmental Warfare
• The Effect of Personnel Stability on Organizational Performance: Do Battalions with Stable Command Groups Achieve Higher Training Proficiency at the National Training Center?
• Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
• Options for Improving the Military Child Care System

Reform Institute
• Building a Resilient Nation: Enhancing Security, Ensuring a Strong Economy

Stanley Foundation
• Improving US National Security: Options for Strengthening US Foreign Operations
• International Implications for and Levers on US Nuclear Weapons Policy
• New Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia

Strategic Studies Institute
• Dueling Natures
• Stability Operations and State Building: Continuities and Contingencies

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• The Importance of Iraq's Provincial Elections
• Rethinking the Two-State Solution
• Stability in Lebanon Threatened, Again

Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
• Tracking the World's Efforts to Punish Iranian Proliferators

REPORT - Iranian Nuclear Development

An independent task force, chaired by former Senators Daniel Coats and Charles Robb and sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center recently released their report entitled "Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development."

This 94 page report is available directly from http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/8448

or from their main website at http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/

REPORT - latest quarterly DOD report on Iraq

DOD released their latest quarterly report on the situation in Iraq.
The September 2008 version of the "Measuring Stability and Security in
Iraq" report is now available at
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080930iraq.pdf

The report includes various useful graphs and charts including: the
production and export of oil; oil revenue; average electricity demand
and production; average daily hours of electrical power by Province;
weekly security incident trends; civilian deaths; ISF and US Military
deaths; ethno-sectarian deaths; high profile attacks (explosions); Iraqi
Security Forces numbers and more

These reports to Congress are issued in accordance with the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act 2008 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289;
Section 9204, Public Law 110-252)

Previous editions of the report can be found at
http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/Iraq_Reports/index.html

REPORT -- Project on National Security Reform - Case Studies

The Project on National Security Reform [PNSR] headed by James Locher, III released their case studies volume today. This "Case Studies" volume one looks at: the decision to invade Iraq; the national counterintelligence mission; human trafficking; U.S.-India Civil Nuclear cooperation agreement; managing U.S.-China crises; Somalia; Bosnia and Kosovo and more.

This 650 page report is available directly at http://www.pnsr.org/data/files/pnsr%20weitz%20case%20studies%20vol%20i.pdf

The press release is available at http://www.pnsr.org/web/module/press/pressID/116/interior.asp

Other reports and related information [including literature reviews, articles and conference proceedings] can be found on their main website is http://www.pnsr.org/

The PNSR is a non-partisan group that was established to "assist the nation in identifying and implementing the kind of comprehensive reform that the government urgently needs."

Friday's Miscellany 09-26-2008

American Enterprise Institute
· What Do Structural Changes in the Revolutionary Guards Mean? http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.foreign,pubID.28666/pub_detail.asp

Amnesty International
· Arms Trade Treaty Could Fail Without Human Rights http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ACT30/011/2008/en/19ea0e74-8329-11dd-8e5e-43ea85d15a69/act300112008en.pdf

BASIC
· Getting to Zero Update http://www.basicint.org/update/zero080924.htm

Brookings Institution
· The Financial Crisis and Emerging Markets http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0924_emerging_markets_prasad.aspx
· The Financial Market Bailout [video] http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0926_economy_rivlin.aspx

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Saudi Arabia’s "Soft" Counterterrorism Strategy: Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Aftercare http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp97_boucek_saudi_final.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Blame it on the Immigrants http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/blame_it.html
· The Coldest Days of the Cold War: Lessons from Two Presidents http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/pdf/coldwar_lessons.pdf
· The Credit Crisis is Serious http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/interest_rate_spreads.html
· Iraq's Political Transition Not Meeting Benchmarks http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/iraqbenchmarks/index.html
· New Provincial Election Law Passes in Iraq http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/provincial_elections_law.html
· Public Opinion Snapshot: The Public Calls for a New International Order http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/public_opinion0926.html

Center for Defense Information
· How Safe is Space? New Study Spotlights Anti-Satellite and Space Debris Risks. http://www.spacesecurity.org/SSI2008.pdf

Center for Immigration Studies
· Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back808.pdf
· If It's Fixed, Don't Break It: Moving Forward with E-Verify http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back1108.pdf

Center for a New American Policy (CNAS)
· Peak Oil: A Survey of Security Concerns http://www.cnas.org/attachments/wysiwyg/4740/CNAS_King_Peak_Oil_WorkingPaper.pdf

Center for Security Studies
· No. 39: Caucasus Crisis: Implications and Options for the West http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?id=90955
· No. 40: Security and Development: Convergence or Competition? http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?lng=en&id=91947

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Confidence and Confusion: National Identity and Security Alliances in Northeast Asia. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issuesinsights_v08n16.pdf
· Follow the Money: Why the US is Losing the War in Afghanistan. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080919_afghanwarcosts.pdf

Congress. House. Committee on Armed Forces
http://www.house.gov/hasc/hearing_information.shtml
· Sept 24 - Consideration for an American Grand Strategy [hearing]
· Sept 23 - Transforming the nation’s foreign language capacity [hearing]
· Sept 18 - Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida and the Way Ahead [hearing]

Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security
· Sept 24 - A Report Card on Homeland Security Information Sharing [hearing] http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=169

Congress. Senate Committee on Armed Forces
· Sept 23 - The situation in Iraq and Afghanistan [hearing] http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3570
· Sept 25 - Authorization of Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) techniques for interrogations in Iraq [hearing] http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3571

Congress. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
· After Action: A Review of the Combined Federal, State, and Local Activities to Respond and Recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=18074dc1-92a6-4160-ba02-d04cecc8ecd9
· Sept 25 - Addressing Cost Growth of Major DOD Weapons Systems [hearing] http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=c61b9e98-9a03-4378-aeb9-6ebf6f9fae25
· Sept 25 - Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: Hard Lessons Learned from Troubled Investments [hearing] http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=67e54646-2c6f-443e-be27-d319847b2898
· Sept 24 - Mission Possible: FEMA’s Future Preparedness Planning [hearing] http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=65c0e7d8-a324-4132-a9b3-8e7ebf892f0a
· Sept 24 - Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs in the Wake of the 2008 Midwest Floods, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike [hearing] http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=b0bcc36c-79c4-4ad7-8da0-82c2a7fc0087

Congress. Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
· Sept 25 - The Middle East Peace Process: Progress and Prospects [hearing] http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080925p.html
· Sept 24 - Resource Curse or Blessing? Africa's Management of Its Extractive Industries [hearing] http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080924a.html

Congress. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
· State Secrets Protection Act [Senate Report 110-441] http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_reports&docid=f:sr442.110.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9767&type=1
· Federal Responses to Market Turmoil http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9748&type=1

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
· The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2008 http://www.cair.com/Portals/0/pdf/civilrights2008.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations
· Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Nuclear_Deterrence_CSR39.pdf

Department of Defense/Department of Energy
· National Security and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century http://www.defenselink.mil/news/nuclearweaponspolicy.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Aviation Safety: FAA Has Increased Efforts to Address Runway Incursions
· GAO-08-1169T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081169t.pdf
· Carbon Offsets: The U.S. Voluntary Market Is Growing, but Quality Assurance Poses Challenges for Market Participants GAO-08-1048 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081048.pdf
· Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Program to Procure and Deploy Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors Is Likely to Exceed the Department's Previous Cost Estimates. GAO-08-1108R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081108r.pdf
· Defense Acquisitions: Sound Business Case Needed to Implement Missile Defense Agency's Targets Program GAO-08-1113 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081113.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Improvements Could Further Enhance Ability to Acquire Innovative Technologies Using Other Transaction Authority. GAO-08-1088 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081088.pdf
· Disaster Recovery: Past Experiences Offer Insights for Recovering from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Other Recent Natural Disasters. GAO-08-1120 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081120.pdf
· DOD Financial Management: Improvements Are Needed in Antideficiency Act Controls and Investigations GAO-08-1063 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081063.pdf
· Energy Markets: Analysis of More Past Mergers Could Enhance Federal Trade Commission's Efforts to Maintain Competition in the Petroleum Industry GAO-08-1082 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081082.pdf
· Food Safety: Improvements Needed in FDA Oversight of Fresh Produce. GAO-08-1047 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081047.pdf
· Information Technology: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but Further Actions Are Needed. GAO-08-1158T. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081158t.pdf
· Information Security: Actions Needed to Better Protect Los Alamos National Laboratory's Unclassified Computer Network GAO-08-1001 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081001.pdf
· Information Technology: FBI Is Implementing Key Acquisition Methods on Its New Case Management System, but Related Agencywide Guidance Needs to Be Improved. GAO-08-1014 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081014.pdf
· Mass Care in Disasters: FEMA Should Update the Red Cross Role in Catastrophic Events and More Fully Assess Voluntary Organizations' Mass Care Capabilities, by Cynthia M. Fagnoni, managing director, education, workforce, and income security issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-08-1175T, September 23. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081175t.pdf
· Military Disability System: Increased Supports for Servicemembers and Better Pilot Planning Could Improve the Disability Evaluation Process. GAO-08-1137. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081137.pdf
· Military Personnel: Evaluation Methods Linked to Anticipated Outcomes Needed to Inform Decisions on Army Recruitment Incentives. GAO-08-1037R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081037r.pdf
· Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Cost Estimates for Long-Term Support of Ballistic Missile Defense GAO-08-1068 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081068.pdf
· NATO Enlargement: Reports on Albania and Croatia Respond to Senate Requirements, but Analysis of Financial Burdens Is Incomplete. GAO-08-1165R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081165r.pdf
· Nuclear Security: Los Alamos National Laboratory Faces Challenges In Sustaining Physical and Cyber Security Improvements GAO-08-1180T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081180t.pdf
· Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Address Significant Risks in Delivering Key Technology Investment. GAO-08-1086, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081086.pdf
· Space Acquisitions: Uncertainties in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Pose Management and Oversight Challenges GAO-08-1039 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081039.pdf
· The Upcoming Transition: GAO's Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration. GAO-08-1174T. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081174t.pdf
· U.S. Asylum System: Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the Asylum Adjudication Process, but Challenges Remain GAO-08-935 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08935.pdf
· U.S. Asylum System: Significant Variation Existed in Asylum Outcomes across Immigration Courts and Judges GAO-08-940 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08940.pdf
· Veterans Affairs: Additional Details Are Needed in Key Planning Documents to Guide the New Financial and Logistics Initiative. GAO-08-1097 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081097.pdf
· Visa Waiver Program: Actions Are Needed to Improve Management of the Expansion Process, and to Assess and Mitigate Program Risks GAO-08-1142T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081142t.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· China: Wealthy State, Strong Army—and a Powerful Party. http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/wm_2073.pdf
· Europe, Missile Defense, and the Future of Extended Deterrence. http://www.heritage.org/Research/BallisticMissileDefense/upload/wm_2080.pdf
· Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Vexing Visit Exposes U.N. Failures. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Iran/upload/wm_2074.pdf
· President Bush's Farewell to the U.N.: A Call for Reform and Action. http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/upload/wm_2077.pdf
· Removing FEMA from DHS Would Be a Terrible Mistake http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/upload/wm_2071.pdf
· Under Aso, Prospects Bright for U.S.-Japan Strategic Relationship, but Challenges Remain http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/wm_2078.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· The Ismailis of Najran: Second-class Saudi Citizens. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/saudiarabia0908/saudiarabia0908webwcover.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Chad: A New Conflict Resolution Framework http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5694&l=1
· Kosovo’s Fragile Transition http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/europe/balkans/196_kosovos_fragile_transition.pdf
· Thailand: Calming the Political Turmoil http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/south_east_asia/b82_thailand___calming_the_political_turmoil.pdf

International Peace Institute
· Poll Finds Broad Support for UN in Lebanon http://www.ipacademy.org/news/2008/09/24/poll-finds-broad-support-for-un-in-lebanon/

International Relations and Security Network
· Europe's Sharia Question http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?v21=107999&lng=en&v33=106395&fecvid=33&fecvnodeid=106395&id=92057
· Rwanda After the Genocide http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Special-Reports/Rwanda-after-the-Genocide/Editorial
· Stopping the Iranian Bomb http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?v21=107999&lng=en&v33=106395&fecvid=33&fecvnodeid=106395&id=92045

Lexington Institute
· United Nations Has A Better Solution For Cluster Bombs. http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1323.shtml

National Academies Press
· Ballistic Imaging http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12162#toc
· Desalination: A National Perspective http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12184#toc

National Defense Intelligence College
· Finding Leaders: Preparing the Intelligence Community for Succession Management http://www.ndic.edu/press/10567.htm

OMB Watch
· Collateral Damage: How the War on Terror Hurts Charities, Foundations, and the People They Serve http://www.ombwatch.org/npadv/PDF/collateraldamage.pdf

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Declining Public Support for Global Engagement: Even as Optimism About Iraq Surges http://people-press.org/report/453/declining-public-support-global-engagement

RAND
· Analysis of Strategy and Strategies of Analysis. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG718.pdf
· Developing Resource-Informed Strategic Assessments and Recommendations. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG703.pdf
· Enhancing the Performance of Senior Department of Defense Civilian Executives, Reserve Component General/Flag Officers, and Senior Noncommissioned Officers in Joint Matters. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG621.pdf
· Green Warriors: Army Environmental Considerations for Contingency Operations from Planning Through Post-Conflict http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG632.pdf
· More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG772.pdf
· The National Computer Security Survey (NCSS): Final Methodology http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR544.pdf
· Options for and Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR566.pdf
· Strategies for Improving Officer Recruitment in the San Diego Police Department http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG724.pdf
· The National Computer Security Survey (NCSS): Final Methodology http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR544.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB882.pdf

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

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
· Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population: 2007 http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ill_pe_2007.pdf
· Nonimmigrant Admissions to the United States: 2007 http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ni_fr_2007.pdf

US Institute of Peace
· The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/0924_us_military_iraq.html
· In the Field: Remodeling Haitian Law http://www.usip.org/in_the_field/haiti/index.html
· Philippines Agreement in Question http://www.usip.org/on_the_issues/philippines.html

U.S. – Muslim Engagement Project
· Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Livni's Outlook: Political and Policy Options in Israel. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2928
· U.S. Embassy Bombing in Yemen: Counterterrorism Challenges in Weak States. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2929

Friday's Miscellany 09-19-2008

Brookings Institution
· From Georgia to Taiwan http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0916_taiwan_bush.aspx
· The Looming Crisis: Displacement and Security in Iraq http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/08_iraq_ferris/08_iraq_ferris.pdf
· Strengthening the Ability of Public Transportation to Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/testimonies/2008/0909_transportation_puentes/0909_transportation_puentes.pdf
Business Executive for National Security (BENS)
· Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) - Cooperative Review http://www.bens.org/mis_support/DISA_Project-08262008.pdf

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Iran Says “No”—Now What? http://carnegieendowment.org/files/pb63_perkovich_iran_final.pdf
Key Resources - U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and Programs http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22136&prog=zgp&proj=znpp

CATO Institute
· Economic Freedom of the World 2008 http://www.cato.org/pubs/efw/
· Trade, Protectionism, and the U.S. Economy: Examining the Evidence http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tbp-028.pdf

Center for American Progress
· Iraq's Booming Budget Surplus http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/korb_budget_testimony.html

Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments (CBSA)
· Comparison of the FY 2009 Senate and House Defense Authorization Bills http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/B.20080917.Comparison_of_the_/B.20080917.Comparison_of_the_.pdf
Center for Defense Information
· Missile Defense Update #7: Sept. 16, 2008 http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4374&from_page=../index.cfm
· Space Security Update #6: Sept. 5, 2008 http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4367&from_page=../index.cfm

Center for Immigration Studies
· Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote in the United States? Why Not http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/renshon_08.pdf

Center for a New American Policy (CNAS)
· The Case for Game-Changing Diplomacy with Iran http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/1833/Iran%20Policy%20Brief%20Sept%202008.pdf

Center for Security Policy
· Shari'ah's Black Box http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Modules/NewsManager/Center%20publication%20PDFs/Shairias%20Black%20Box%20(D%20Yerushalmi).pdf

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· Closing Guantánamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080905_mendelson_guantanamo_web.pdf
· Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Free, Safe, and Prosperous http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080918_homeland_sec_3dot0.pdf
· How Soon is Safe? Iraqi Force Development and Conditions-Based US Withdrawals http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080916_isf_report.pdf
· Global Water Futures: A Roadmap for Future U.S. Policy http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080915_peterson_globalwater-web.pdf
· Losing the Afghan-Pakistan War? The Rising Threat http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080917_afghanthreat.pdf
· Promoting Confidence Building across the Taiwan Strait http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080910_glaser_promotingconfidence_web.pdf

Century Foundation
· Reinventing Transparent Government http://www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/Patrick%20Agenda.pdf

Central Intelligence Agency
Studies in Intelligence, v. 52, no. 3, September 2008
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no3/index.html
· In Memory of Thomas Francis Troy: CIA Teacher, historian, 1919-2008 - by Hayden Peake and Nicholas Dujmovic
· Amnesia to Anamnesis: Commemoration of the Dead at CIA - by Nicholas Dujmovic
· Unraveling a Cold War Mystery: The ALFA SSN: Challenging Paradigms,
· Finding New Truths, 1969-79 - by Gerhardt Thamm
· The Youngest Operative: A Tale of Initiative Behind Enemy Lines During WWII - by Bob Bergin

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no. 9, September 2008 http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel_Vol1Iss9.pdf
· “Seven Years After 9/11: More is Not Always Better” by Ambassador Michael Sheehan
· “From FATA to the NWFP: The Taliban Spread their Grip in Pakistan” by Hassan Abbas
· “Preparing the Mujahidin: The Taliban’s Military Field Manual” by Imtiaz Ali
· “The Current State of Al-Qa`ida in Saudi Arabia” by Michael Knights
· “Assessing the Strength of Al-Qa`ida in Yemen” by Gregory Johnsen
· “The 2008 U.S. Elections and Sunni Insurgent Dynamics in Iraq” by Michael Gabbay
· “Learning from Adel Hammouda’s Work on Militant Islamic Groups” by Commander Youssef Aboul-Einen
· “After Action Report: Working With the Awakening in Central Anbar” by Captain Elliot Press

Congress. Committee on Homeland Security
· Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next Administration - hearings http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=166

Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
· Documents from the White House related to the US-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=555

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9748&type=1
· Issues in Designing a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9727&type=1
· U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/95xx/doc9573/09-15-PandemicFlu.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations
· China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/China_Space_CSR38.pdf

Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG)
· D-2008-130 Approval Process, Tracking, and Financial Management of DoD Disaster Relief Efforts, September 17, 2008 http://www.dodig.osd.mil/Audit/reports/fy08/08-130.pdf

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
· One Team, One Mission, Securing Our Homeland: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2008-2013 http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/DHS_StratPlan_FINAL_spread.pdf

Department of Justice Office of Inspector General
· Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Controls Over Its Weapons, Laptop Computers, and Other Sensitive Property http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/ATF/a0829/final.pdf

Director of National Intelligence
· Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 610 - Competency Directories for the Intelligence Community Workforce http://www.dni.gov/electronic_reading_room/ICD%20610.pdf

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
· Crime in the United States, 2007 http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· How We Misunderstand Terrorism http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20080911.garfinkle.wemisunderstandterrorism.html
· Terrorism Assumptions and Reality http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200809.gale.terrorismassumptionsreality.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Fully Address Lessons Learned from Its First Cyber Storm Exercise. GAO-08-825. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08825.pdf
· Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Better Address Its Cybersecurity Responsibilities, by David A. Powner, director, information technology management issues, before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-1157T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081157t.pdf
· Cyber Analysis and Warning: DHS Faces Challenges in Establishing a Comprehensive National Capability. GAO-08-588. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08588.pdf
· Defense Budget: Independent Review Is Needed to Ensure DOD's Use of Cost Estimating Tool for Contingency Operations Follows Best Practices. GAO-08-982. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08982.pdf
· Defense Infrastructure: Opportunity to Improve the Timeliness of Future Overseas Planning Reports and Factors Affecting the Master Planning Effort for the Military Buildup on Guam. GAO-08-1005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081005.pdf
· Defense Infrastructure: NORAD and USNORTHCOM Need to Reevaluate Vulnerabilities Associated with Moving the NORAD Command Center from Cheyenne Mountain to Peterson Air Force Base, and to Acknowledge Acceptance of the Risks. GAO-08-1054R http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081054r.pdf
· Department of Homeland Security: Progress and Continuing Concerns with Acquisition Management, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-1164T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081164t.pdf
· Diversity at GAO: Sustained Attention Needed to Build on Gains in SES and Managers. GAO-08-1098. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081098.pdf
· Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Iraqi Revenues, Expenditures, and Surplus, by Joseph A. Christoff, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on the Budget. GAO-08-1144T. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081144t.pdf
· Electronic Waste: EPA Needs to Better Control Harmful U.S. Exports through Stronger Enforcement and More Comprehensive Regulation. GAO-08-1044. 67 pp. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081044.pdf
· Electronic Waste: Harmful U.S. Exports Flow Virtually Unrestricted Because of Minimal EPA Enforcement and Narrow Regulation, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, House Committee on Foreign Affairs. GAO-08-1166T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081166t.pdf
· Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense. GAO-08-1128R. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081128r.pdf
· Health Information Technology: HHS Has Taken Important Steps to Address Privacy Principles and Challenges, Although More Work Remains. GAO-08-1138 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081138.pdf
· Information Technology: Federal Laws, Regulations, and Mandatory Standards for Securing Private Sector Information Technology Systems and Data in Critical Infrastructure Sectors. GAO-08-1075R. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081075r.pdf
· Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Iraqi Revenues, Expenditures, and Surplus, by Joseph A. Christoff, director, international affairs and trade, before the House Committee on the Budget. GAO-08-1144T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081144t.pdf
· Terrorism Insurance: Status of Efforts by Policyholders to Obtain Coverage. GAO-08-1057. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081057.pdf
· Transportation Security: Transportation Worker Identification Credential: A Status Update, by Stephen M. Lord, acting director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-08-1151T http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081151t.pdf
· United Nations Peacekeeping: Lines of Authority for Field Procurement Remain Unclear, but Reforms Have Addressed Some Issues. GAO-08-1094 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081094.pdf
· Visa Waiver Program: Actions Are Needed to Improve Management of the Expansion Process, and to Assess and Mitigate Program Risks. GAO-08-967. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08967.pdf
· Voluntary Organizations: FEMA Should More Fully Assess Organizations’ Mass Care Capabilities and Update the Red Cross Role in Catastrophic Events GAO-08-823 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08823.pdf

Heritage Foundation
· Chávez, Venezuela, and Russia: A New Cuban Missile Crisis? http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/wm2064.cfm
· Congress Should Establish EMP Recognition Day http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2063.cfm
· High Corporate Taxes Undermine U.S. Global Competitiveness http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/wm2065.cfm
· Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free and Prosperous http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/upload/sr_23.pdf
· Mongolia's Current Political Situation: Implications for the OSCE http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/hl1098.cfm
· New CBO Budget Baseline Shows Entitlements Driving Budget Deficits Higher http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2057.cfm
· Pathways to Economic Mobility: Key Indicators [Economic Mobility Project] http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/PEW_EMP_Chartbook_12.pdf
· Reflecting on 9/11: What the Next Administration Should Do About Terrorism http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2061.cfm
· United Nations Peacekeeping: The U.S. Must Press for Reform http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg2182.cfm

Homeland Security Advisory Council
· Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/hsac_dhs_top_10_challenges_report.pdf

Human Rights Watch
· A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/venezuela0908/
· Iran: Rights Crisis Escalates: Faces and Cases from Ahmadinejad’s Crackdown. http://hrw.org/backgrounder/2008/iran0908/
· "These Fellows Must Be Eliminated": Relentless Violence and Impunity in Manipur http://hrw.org/reports/2008/india0908/
· Venezuela: Rights Suffer Under Chávez http://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/venezuela0908/
· Waiting for Justice: Unpunished Crimes from Nepal’s Armed Conflict http://hrw.org/reports/2008/nepal0908/

Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
· Securing the Non-Proliferation Capability of the Department of State http://icar.gmu.edu/docs/reports/PoV_NP_Final_Report.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
· Indian Nuclear Export Controls and Information Security: More Words Than Actions: Are Indian export controls and information security congruent with the promises and cheerleading? http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/India_18September2008.pdf
· Second Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor Nears Completion
· Time to reenergize negotiations for a Verified Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/Khushab_18September2008.pdf

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· Situation Report: Angolan Legislative Elections: Analysing the MPLA’s Triumph http://www.issafrica.org/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/SITREP160908.PDF?link_id=3&slink_id=6578&link_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3
· Situation Report: The Eritrea - Djibouti Border Dispute http://www.issafrica.org/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/SITREP150908.PDF?link_id=3&slink_id=6572&link_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3
· Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Agreement Between ZANU-PF and the Two MDC Factions http://www.issafrica.org/dynamic/administration/file_manager/file_links/ZIMAGMT150908.PDF?link_id=5&slink_id=6575&link_type=12&slink_type=13&tmpl_id=3

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran" http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/IAEA_Iran_Report_15September2008.pdf and http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/ISIS_Report_Iran_15September2008.pdf
· Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2008/09/12/16/800-Landay-Libya.source.prod_affiliate.91.pdf

International Crisis Group
· Nigeria: Ogoni Land after Shell http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3604&tid=5675&l=1
· Reforming Haiti’s Security Sector http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/getfile.cfm?id=3606&tid=5681&type=pdf&l=1

International Relations and Security Network
· Caucasus Crisis: Implications and Options for the West http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=ISN&fileid=839B8F81-2970-2DBC-3130-21CF0D11CFCF&lng=en
· Costs of War: Conceptual Confusion http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=91448
· The Evolution of Terrorism: Terror, Control and the Future of the Nation State http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Special-Reports/The-Evolution-of-Terrorism/Editorial
· Women Officers Hired to Thwart Female Bombers http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=91442

Japan Ministry of Defense
· Defense of Japan 2008 [English language version] http://www.mod.go.jp/e/publ/w_paper/index.html

Lexington Institute
· Decaying Air Power Reflects Larger Problems http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1320.shtml
· Netting the Navy http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/823.pdf
· Plan to Stop Buying Strategic Missile Motors is a Mistake http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1322.shtml
· Technology Readiness for a New Long-Range Bomber http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/822.pdf

Long War Journal
· Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle (OOB) http://www.longwarjournal.org/oob/index.php

National Academies Press
· Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns: Basic Research Opportunities: A Workshop Report http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12437&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+9.16.08&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=#toc
· The "1,000-Ship Navy": Maritime Security Partnerships http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12029&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+9.16.08&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=#toc

National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC)
· Imperial Secrets: Remapping the Mind of Empire http://www.ndic.edu/press/12053.htm

National Governors Association
· Pandemic Preparedness in the States: An Assessment of Progress and Opportunity http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0809PANDEMICASSESSMENT.PDF

National Security Archive
· Out of the Black: The Declassification of the NRO http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB257/index.htm

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
· Georgia Parliamentary Elections http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2008/09/32898_en.pdf

Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Unfavorable Views of Jews and Muslims on the Increase in Europe http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=262

Pew Hispanic Center
· 2008 National Survey of Latinos http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/93.pdf

RAND
· Defeating Terrorist Groups -- Seth Jones, Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities on September 18, 2008 http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT314.pdf
· An Economic Model to Estimate the Profits Resulting from the Employment of Illegal Aliens -- Report http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR599.pdf and Decision-Support Tool http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR599.tool.zip
· Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2008/RAND_RGSD233.pdf
· Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq: A Conference Report http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF246.pdf

Strategic Studies Institute
· The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB858.pdf

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
· Armed Conflict and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan, January 1-August 31 http://www2.ohchr.org/SPdocs/Afg-UNAMAstats10sept08.doc

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Rethinking the Two-State Solution http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=PolicyFocus88.pdf
· Terrorist Threat and U.S. Response: A Changing Landscape http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/download.php?file=PolicyFocus86.pdf