Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA)
· Online Investors Directory
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
· Policing Free Speech: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment-Protected Activity
· Report of the American Civil Liberties Union on the Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS)
· Issues for Engagement: Asian Perspectives on Transnational Security Challenges
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
· The Benefits of Regional Infrastructure Investment in Asia: A Quantitative Exploration
· Fiscal Policy Issues in Korea after the Current Crisis
· Lessons from Japan's Banking Crisis, 1991–2005
· Rebalancing Growth in the Republic of Korea
Atlantic Council
· Deciding on an OSCE Summit
· Pakistan in the Danger Zone
· Understanding Kyrgyzstan: Rebalancing US Policy
Australian Strategic Policy Review (ASPI)
· Navy Capability Review 2010
· Special Report Issue 33 - The Pakistani Surge: The Way Forward for Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan
Bipartisan Policy Center
· Cyber Shockwave: Simulation Report and Findings
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
· Getting to Zero Iran Update 1 July 2010
Brookings Institute
· Afghanistan : Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated June 29, 2010 and archive]
· China’s Midterm Jockeying: Gearing Up for 2010 (Part 3: Military Leaders)
· Empirical Performance of a Decentralized Civil Violence Model
· Improving the US Response to Internal Displacement: Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the Congress
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated June 30, 2010 and archives]
· Making the Case for Climate Change
· New Partnerships for Growth Research in Africa: Launch Workshop Report
· The Political Battle in Iraq
· A Quiet Diplomacy on the Mideast Peace Path
· The Senate Syndrome
· Southern European Perspectives on Turkey’s Relations with the European Union
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· China’s Strategic Behaviour
· A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
· Arab Reform Bulletin - Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Eliminating Leaders Will Not Necessarily Cut Lifelines
CATO Institute
· The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment
Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA)
· CRIA Spring 2010, v. 4, no. 2
· Full issue
o Russian Energy Politics and the EU: How to Change the Paradigm
o Authoritarianism and Foreign Policy: The Twin Pillars of Resurgent Russia
o The Georgia Crisis: A New Cold War on the Horizon?
o Enforceability of a Common Energy Supply Security Policy in the EU: Intergovernmentalist Assessment
o “Assembling” a Civic Nation in Kazakhstan: The Nation-Building Role of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan
o Climbing the Mountain of Languages: Language Learning in Georgia
o New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
o “Dramatic changes in the political order are typically not the province of democracies”
Center for a New American Security
· Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors?
Center for American Progress
· Brick by Brick: A Half-Decade of Immigration Enforcement and the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Center for Security Policy (CSP)
· A Shrine to Shariah?
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
· Analysis of the FY 2011 Defense Budget
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
· The Arab-Israeli Military Balance in 2010: Conventional Realities and Asymmetric Challenges
· African Perspectives on Genetically Modified Crops: Assessing the Debate in Zambia, Kenya, and South Africa
· Cross-Domain Deterrence and Credible Threats
· Hemisphere Focus: The July 4, 2010, Mexican Gubernatorial Elections
· Iraq and the United States
· Paths Forward for the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Sector Report
· Rethinking Extended Deterrence
· South Asia Monitor: Calling on Mobile Banking: Financial Inclusion in Rural India - July 1, 2010
· Strengthening Global Health Preparedness
Center for the Study of War
· The Irreconcilables—The Haqqani Network
Century Foundation
· Negotiating with the Taliban: Issues and Prospects
Combat Studies Institute (CSI)
· Occasional Paper 33 - An Ever Present Danger: A Concise History of British Military Operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947
Congress. House. Armed Services Committee
· Hearings
o Army investigation of Arlington National Cemetery [June 30, 2010]
o Beyond the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap: Bearing the Burden for Today’s Educational Shortcomings [June 29, 2010]
o Wind Farms: Compatible with Military Readiness? [June 29, 2010]
Congress. House. Energy and Commerce Committee
· Respond to the BP Oil Spill and to Prevent Future Oil Well Blowouts
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· 100% Air Cargo Screening: Remaining Steps to Secure Passenger Aircraft The Future of FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate
· Investigation Into Use of FEMA Trailers [letter from Chairman Thompson]
Congress. House. Judiciary Committee
· Role and Operations of the United States Secret Service
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform
· Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud
Congress. Senate. Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
· Deepwater Horizon Tragedy: Holding Responsible Parties Accountable
· Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation's Pipelines
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Haiti at a Crossroads
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs
· Nuclear Terrorism: Strengthening Our Domestic Defenses, Part I
· Interagency Contracts (Part II): Management and Oversight
· Lieberman, Collins, Carper Respond to Misperceptions about Their Cybersecurity Legislation [Cisco, IBM, Oracle Misread Bill on Supply Chain Risk Management]
Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
· Kagan Confirmation Hearing information
Congress. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
· Report on the Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, and Additional Views of Senators Chambliss and Burr
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
· The Long-Term Budget Outlook
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Islamist Radicalism in Yemen
· The Organization of the Islamic Conference
· Pakistan's Gambit in Afghanistan
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
· Estimates of the Resident Nonimmigrant Population in the United States: 2008
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief: Mexico
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
· The Question of International Cooperation in the War on Terrorism
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Aviation Security: Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate, GAO-10-880T [testimony]
· Aviation Security: TSA Has Made Progress but Faces Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screening Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft, GAO-10-446
· Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader, GAO-10-645
· Border Security: Improvements in the Department of State's Development Process Could Increase the Security of Passport Cards and Border Crossing Cards. GAO-10-589
· Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps, GAO-10-883T [testimony]
· Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts, GAO-10-862T [testimony]
· Department of Homeland Security: Assessments of Selected Complex Acquisitions, GAO-10-588SP
· Environmental Satellites: Planning Required to Mitigate Near-term Risks and Ensure Long-term Continuity, GAO-10-858T [testimony]
· Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Program Faces Cost, Schedule and Performance Risks, GAO-10-758R
· Export Controls: Observations on Selected Countries' Systems and Proposed Treaties, GAO-10-557
· Foreign Assistance: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs, GAO-10-496
· Information Security: Federal Guidance Needed to Address Control Issues with Implementing Cloud Computing. GAO-10-513
· Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing, GAO-10-855T [testimony]
· Information Technology: Management Improvements Are Essential to VA's Second Effort to Replace Its Outpatient Scheduling System, GAO-10-579
· Military Training: Continued Actions Needed to Guide DOD's Efforts to Improve Language Skills and Regional Proficiency, GAO-10-879T [testimony]
· Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in Regulating Risk, GAO-10-549
· Personnel Practices: Conversions of Employees from Political to Career Positions May 2005-May 2009, GAO-10-688
· Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Agencies Must Act Quickly to Address Risks That Jeopardize the Continuity of Weather and Climate Data, GAO-10-558
· Secret Service: Additional Guidance Would Enhance Financial Management and Communication of Candidate Protection Spending to Congress, GAO-10-762
· Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's System of Internal Control, GAO-10-660
· Warfighter Support: Cultural Change Needed to Improve How DOD Plans for and Manages Operational Contract Support, GAO-10-829T [testimony]
· Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T [testimony]
Heritage Foundation
· The Challenges of Islamist Ideology to America’s Founding Principles
· Empowering a New Era in the United States – Philippines Security Alliance
· Financial Reform in Congress: A Disorderly Failure
· The Economic Impact of an Offshore Drilling Ban
· New START: Potemkin Village Verification
· Revitalizing Federalism: The High Road Back to Health Care Independence
Human Rights Watch
· Democracy on Hold: Rights Violations in the April 2010 Sudan Elections
· “No Questions Asked”: Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
· ICE Strategic Plan FY2010-2014
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung
· Afghanistan-Pakistan and Central Asia
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
· India, Buddhism and Geopolitics in Central Asia: Regaining Centrality
· Indo Pak Rapprochement: Unexplored Option of Military to Military Engagement
· An Overview of South Korean Politics
Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
· Aging and Top-Down Attentional Control in Visual Search
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
· International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2010, v. 4, no. 1 [Collective Memories of Colonial Violence]
o Learning About Our Shameful Past: A Socio-Psychological Analysis of Present-Day Historical Narratives of Italian Colonial Wars
o Collective Memories of Portuguese Colonial Action in Africa: Representations of the Colonial Past among Mozambicans and Portuguese Youths
o Holocaust or Benevolent Paternalism? Intergenerational Comparisons on Collective Memories and Emotions about Belgium's Colonial Past
o The Shadow of the Italian Colonial Experience: The Impact of Collective Emotions on Intentions to Help the Victims’ Descendants
o Atoning for Colonial Injustices: Group-Based Shame and Guilt Motivate Support for Reparation
o Dealing with Past Colonial Conflicts: How Perceived Characteristics of the Victimized Outgroup Can Influence the Experience of Group-Based Guilt
o The Dark Duo of Post-Colonial Ideology: A Model of Symbolic Exclusion and Historical Negation
o Indigenous Suicide and Colonization: The Legacy of Violence and the Necessity of Self-Determination
o Conflicts between Afar Pastoralists and their Neighbors: Triggers and Motivations
o Declining Fertility in Eritrea Since the Mid-1990s: A Demographic Response to Military Conflict
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
· China's Naval Modernization: Cause for Storm Warnings? [symposium papers]
o China's New Navy: The State of Play in 2010
o China's Evolving Naval Strategy
o The PLA Navy Anti-Access Role in a Taiwan Contingency
o China's Naval Nationalism
o China's Out of Area Operations
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
· Peace and Security Council Protocol
· Submission from the Institute for Security Studies and the Open Society Justice Initiative to the Ad Hoc Committee considering the Protection of Information Bill [B62010]
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
· Tackling Muslim Radicalization: Lessons from Scotland
Institute for the Study of Labor
· School Shootings and Student Performance
· Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?
Institute for the Study of War
· Fact Sheet: Iraqi Politics and Security Update
· The Irreconcilables: The Haqqani Network
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
· Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries
International Crisis Group
· CrisisWatch No. 83 (July 2010)
· Improving Security Policy in Colombia
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Currency Hedging for International Portfolios
· The Impact of Capital and Foreign Exchange Flows on the Competitiveness of Developing Countries
International Relations and Security Network
· Aid: Missing Its Mark?
· Costs of War: The Counterinsurgency Master
· Engaging the New Nuclear Diplomats
· Financial Transparency: A National Security Imperative
· International Cooperation in the War on Terrorism
· Iraqi Energy Protests Grow
· Israel: The Writing on the Wall
· Moscow Lashes Out at US Over Spy Charges
· 'Muscovite's Code' Kindles Fears
· Russian-led Alliance Risks Losing Credibility
· Turkey vs Google
· The US-Pakistan Relationship: Towards Real Accountability
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, July 1, 2010, v. 8, no. 26
o Reconciliation or Extremism? Tracking the Divisions among Egypt's Jihadi Leaders
o Karachi Emerges as Pakistan's New Tinderbox of Violence and Extremism
o Can al-Qaeda Use Islam to Justify Jihad in the United States? A Debate in Progress
Marsh Inc.
· The Marsh Report: Terrorism Risk Insurance 2010 [free download but registration is required]
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
· The 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan
· Colloquium on African Elections: Best Practices and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Final Report
National Security Agency/Central Security Service
· UKUSA Agreement Release 1940-1956
o US site
o UK site
Nixon Library
· New release of nearly 100,000 pages of Presidential records and 80 hours of video oral histories
NixonTapes.org
· U.S. Policy Towards Chile's Salvador Allende
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
· Fixing Afghanistan: What Role for China?
PAK Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
· Anti-Americanism and Radicalization: A Case Study of Pakistan
Peace Corps
· The Peace Corps: A Comprehensive Agency Assessment Report
· Comprehensive Agency Assessment Report Appendices
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Gender Equality Universally Embraced, But Inequalities Acknowledged
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Proud Patriots -- and Harsh Critics of Government
Rand
· An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force's Medical and Professional Officer Corps
· Applications for Navy Unmanned Aircraft Systems
· Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
· Navigating the Road to Recovery: Assessment of the Coordination, Communication, and Financing of the Disaster Case Management Pilot in Louisiana
Security Council Report
· SCR Monthly Report, July 2010
Small Wars Journal
· The 800-pound Gorilla and Stability Operations
· Applying Iraq to Afghanistan
· Mentoring on the Edge: or, “What you Don’t Learn in a Classroom” PSYOP: On a Complete Change in Organization, Practice, and Doctrine Shaping the Information Environment in Afghanistan
· Understanding Maritime Ratlines
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
· Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability of Afghan Security Force Assessments
Transnational Institute (TNI)
· Burma’s 2010 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities
· Sentencing for Drug Offences in England and Wales: Law Reform without Legislative Reform
· Towards a Broader View of the Politics of Global Land Grabbing
UK House of Commons Library
· Sudan: Peace or War, Unity or Secession?
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
· Economic Development in Africa Report 2010
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
· Hearing - China’s Information Control Practices and the Implications for the United States
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
· The Premiership [Iraq]
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Hamas at Sea: Blockade-Busting Backfires
· Netanyahu Comes to Washington: Assessing U.S.-Israeli Relations
White House
· National Space Policy of the United States of America
o Factsheet
World Trade Organization (WTO)
· European Communities and Certain Member States - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft [large file]
· 6 Annexes
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
National Space Policy of the United States of America
The White House released its National Space Policy of the United States of America. According ot the factsheet, this policy expresses the President's direction for the Nation's space activities and "articulates the President’s commitment to reinvigorating U.S. leadership in space for the purposes of maintaining space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations."
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday's Miscellany 06-25-2010
Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)
· The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading beyond the Pashtuns
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
· Hospital Assessment and Recovery Guide
· Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
· Distributional Impacts in a Comprehensive Climate Policy Package
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· At the Eve of Convergence? Social Services in the U.S. and Germany
· Religious Tolerance and Islam
American Security Project
· Yemen and U.S. Security: Assessing and Managing the Challenge of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Amnesty International
· Israel: Submission to the Human Rights Committee
· USA: Normalizing Delay, Perpetuating Injustice, Undermining the ‘Rules of the Road’
Army Surgeon General
· Pain Management Task Force Final Report
Arms Sales Monitoring Project
· Missile Watch, June 2010, v. 3, no. 2
Asian Human Rights Commission
· Hegemony of Wilderness Torture Situation in Pakistan
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· How Much is Enough? The Disclosure of Defence Capability Planning Information
· Measuring Up: Evaluating Cohesion in the National Security Community
· RAAF Capability Review 2010
Brookings Institution
· Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated June 23, 2010 and archives]
· Recovery or Relapse: The Role of the G-20 in the Global Economy
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
· Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits
Center for American Progress
· China’s Clean Energy Push: Evaluating the Implications for American Competitiveness
Center for International Cooperation
· Drug Production and Trafficking, Counterdrug Policies and Security and Governance in Afghanistan
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghan War: A Campaign Overview
· Iraq and the United States: Creating a Strategic Partnership
· The Role of Markets and Trade in Food Security
· Strengthening Global Health Preparedness: Recommendations for Expanding U.S. Engagement and Leadership
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
· The G20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable And Balanced Growth: A Study in Credible Cooperation
Commonwealth of Australia
· Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
· Warlord, Inc.—Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Progress in Preventing Military Suicides and Challenges in Detection and Care of the Invisible Wounds of War
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Finding Common Ground with a Rising China
· Iran Policy in the Aftermath of UN Sanctions
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Benefits and Risks
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Implementations—Inspections and Assistance
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Building African Partnerships to Defeat Piracy
· Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran
Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP)
· 2010 CBDP Annual Report to Congress
Department of Defense
· McChrystal Statement Expresses Support for Policy
o President’s Statement
o Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s Statement
o NATO Secretary General’s Statement
Department of Defense Inspector General
· Administrative Investigations H10L111565072 Reinvestigation of Combat Action at Wanat Village, Afghanistan
Department of Homeland Security
· DRAFT - National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-10-94 - U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain
· OIG-10-90 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Information Technology Management Progresses But Challenges Remain
· OIG-10-89 - The Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Program
Department of State, Office of the Historian
· Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 1969-1976, Volume VIII, Vietnam, January-October, 1972
Department of the Army
· Wanat Review [Battle - 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Wanat Village, Afghanistan]
o General Campbell's Report
o CENTCOM redacted report
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief -- Kuwait
EU Institute for Security Studies
· A Strategy for EU Foreign Policy
European Community’s 7th Framework Programme
· PRIV-WAR: Regulating Privatisation of War [website]
Fund for Peace
· 2010 Failed States Index
Goldman Sachs
· World Cup and Economics 2010
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Army Working Capital Fund: Army Faces Challenges in Managing Working Capital Fund Cash Balance during Wartime Environment, GAO-10-480
· Defense Infrastructure: Army Needs to Improve Its Facility Planning Systems to Better Support Installations Experiencing Significant Growth, GAO-10-602
· Humanitarian Assistance: Status of North Korean Refugee Resettlement and Asylum in the United States, GAO-10-691
· Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Identify Total Costs of Weapons Complex Infrastructure and Research and Production Capabilities, GAO-10-582
· Transportation Security: Additional Actions Could Strengthen the Security of Intermodal Transportation Facilities, GAO-10-435R
· Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T [testimony]
Heritage Foundation
· Air Cargo Security: How to Keep Americans Secure without Harming the Economy
· The Economy Hits Home: International Trade
· Key Questions about Elena Kagan
· New START: Potemkin Village Verification
· Oil Spill Response Sets Poor Precedent for Public-Private Cooperation
· President Obama Should Give the Senate Access to the Negotiating History of New START
· The Three Biggest Myths About Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit
· Visa Waiver Program: A Security Partnership
· What the EU Bailout Means for the US
· World Bank’s Palm Oil Development Strategy Should Focus on Economic Freedom
Human Rights Watch
· Curing the Selectivity Syndrome: The 2011 Review of the Human Rights Council
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· South Asia Trends, v. 1, no. 4, June 7-20, 2010
· US Sanctions on Iran and their Impact on India
International Crisis Group
· Cameroon: The Dangers of a Fracturing Regime
· Guatemala: Squeezed Between Crime and Impunity
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· How Did Emerging Markets Cope in the Crisis?
International Relations and Security Network
· Buying Blackwater
· China’s Cheonan Problem
· Defining ‘Victory’ In Pakistan’s War On The Taliban
· General McChrystal Out
· Kazakhstan Gets Jump on Caspian Naval Race
· Ramallah on the Fence
· Shale Gas: Eureka or False Dawn?
· US Coast Guard: Bigger Missions, Fewer Dollars
Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, June 24, 2010, v. 10, no. 13
o China's New Aristocracy: Red Cadres and Red-Hat Businessmen
o The Changing Face of PLA Political Education
o Reorientation of China’s Armed Forces: Implications for the Future Promotions of PLA Generals
o Shangri-La Dialogue Highlights Tensions in Sino-U.S. Relations
· Terrorism Monitor, June 25, 2010, v. 8, no. 25
o Is Yemen Contemplating a Military Offensive in the Secessionist South?
o Taliban Spokesman Discusses Relations with al-Qaeda and Opium Production in Afghanistan
o Algeria's AQIM Becomes a Regional Threat Despite Surrender of Senior Leaders
McKinsey Global Institute
· Lions on the Move: The Progress and Potential of African Economies
National Academies Press
· National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces: Letter Report [free download but registration required]
National Defense University Library
· U.S. National Strategy Documents digital collection
National Security Archive
· How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea?
National Strategy Information Center (NSIC)
· Adapting America's Security Paradigm and Security Agenda
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Deepening China-Taiwan Relations through the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
Rand
· Counterinsurgency in Pakistan
· The Enduring Partnership? The Trans-Atlantic Community as a Natural Alliance
· Reconstruction Under Fire: Case Studies and Further Analysis of Civil Requirements
· Uncertainties in the North Korean Nuclear Threat
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
· Swords to Ploughshares: China’s Defence-Conversion Policy
Religions and Development Research Programme
· Elusive Peace: Seeking a "New Normal" in Post-Conflict Ahmedabad and Mumbai
Rolling Stone
· The Runaway General
School for a Culture of Peace
· 2010 Yearbook on Peace Processes
Security & Defence Agenda
· Is Europe's Energy Security Policy a Reality or an Ambition?
Small Wars Journal
· The Branch Formerly Known As PSYOP: Names Influence
· Three Cups of Tea and an IED: The Death of Haji Abdul Jabar and the Future of the Alikozai Tribe
Symantec
· Symantec 2010 SMB Information Protection Survey - Global: June 2010
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Afghanistan: Cannabis Survey 2009
· Colombia - Coca Cultivation Survey 2009
· Drug Use in Afghanistan
· Global Smart Update 2010
· World Drug Report 2010
UN Security Council
· Secretary General report on IEDs in Afghanistan
UK House of Commons Library
· The ‘AfPak Policy’ and the Pashtuns
· Progress Towards Nuclear Disarmament?
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Haiti: A Forward Look
· Improving Natural Resource Management in Sudan
· Rebuilding Afghanistan's Political Immunity
United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)
· 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Actions, Not Just Attitudes: A New Paradigm for U.S.-Arab Relations
· Fighting the Ideological Battle: The Missing Link in America's Effort to Counter Violent Extremism
· The Gaza Flotilla Incident: Impact on Three Key Arab Actors
· Giving Teeth to the Iran Sanctions: Targeting Re-Export Loopholes
· The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading beyond the Pashtuns
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
· Hospital Assessment and Recovery Guide
· Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
· Distributional Impacts in a Comprehensive Climate Policy Package
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
· At the Eve of Convergence? Social Services in the U.S. and Germany
· Religious Tolerance and Islam
American Security Project
· Yemen and U.S. Security: Assessing and Managing the Challenge of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Amnesty International
· Israel: Submission to the Human Rights Committee
· USA: Normalizing Delay, Perpetuating Injustice, Undermining the ‘Rules of the Road’
Army Surgeon General
· Pain Management Task Force Final Report
Arms Sales Monitoring Project
· Missile Watch, June 2010, v. 3, no. 2
Asian Human Rights Commission
· Hegemony of Wilderness Torture Situation in Pakistan
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· How Much is Enough? The Disclosure of Defence Capability Planning Information
· Measuring Up: Evaluating Cohesion in the National Security Community
· RAAF Capability Review 2010
Brookings Institution
· Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan
· Pakistan Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Pakistan [updated June 23, 2010 and archives]
· Recovery or Relapse: The Role of the G-20 in the Global Economy
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
· Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
· A Primer to the G8/G20 Toronto and Huntsville Summits
Center for American Progress
· China’s Clean Energy Push: Evaluating the Implications for American Competitiveness
Center for International Cooperation
· Drug Production and Trafficking, Counterdrug Policies and Security and Governance in Afghanistan
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Afghan War: A Campaign Overview
· Iraq and the United States: Creating a Strategic Partnership
· The Role of Markets and Trade in Food Security
· Strengthening Global Health Preparedness: Recommendations for Expanding U.S. Engagement and Leadership
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
· The G20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable And Balanced Growth: A Study in Credible Cooperation
Commonwealth of Australia
· Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform Committee
· Warlord, Inc.—Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Progress in Preventing Military Suicides and Challenges in Detection and Care of the Invisible Wounds of War
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· Finding Common Ground with a Rising China
· Iran Policy in the Aftermath of UN Sanctions
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Benefits and Risks
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Implementations—Inspections and Assistance
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Building African Partnerships to Defeat Piracy
· Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran
Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP)
· 2010 CBDP Annual Report to Congress
Department of Defense
· McChrystal Statement Expresses Support for Policy
o President’s Statement
o Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s Statement
o NATO Secretary General’s Statement
Department of Defense Inspector General
· Administrative Investigations H10L111565072 Reinvestigation of Combat Action at Wanat Village, Afghanistan
Department of Homeland Security
· DRAFT - National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-10-94 - U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain
· OIG-10-90 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Information Technology Management Progresses But Challenges Remain
· OIG-10-89 - The Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team Program
Department of State, Office of the Historian
· Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 1969-1976, Volume VIII, Vietnam, January-October, 1972
Department of the Army
· Wanat Review [Battle - 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Wanat Village, Afghanistan]
o General Campbell's Report
o CENTCOM redacted report
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief -- Kuwait
EU Institute for Security Studies
· A Strategy for EU Foreign Policy
European Community’s 7th Framework Programme
· PRIV-WAR: Regulating Privatisation of War [website]
Fund for Peace
· 2010 Failed States Index
Goldman Sachs
· World Cup and Economics 2010
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Army Working Capital Fund: Army Faces Challenges in Managing Working Capital Fund Cash Balance during Wartime Environment, GAO-10-480
· Defense Infrastructure: Army Needs to Improve Its Facility Planning Systems to Better Support Installations Experiencing Significant Growth, GAO-10-602
· Humanitarian Assistance: Status of North Korean Refugee Resettlement and Asylum in the United States, GAO-10-691
· Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Identify Total Costs of Weapons Complex Infrastructure and Research and Production Capabilities, GAO-10-582
· Transportation Security: Additional Actions Could Strengthen the Security of Intermodal Transportation Facilities, GAO-10-435R
· Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T [testimony]
Heritage Foundation
· Air Cargo Security: How to Keep Americans Secure without Harming the Economy
· The Economy Hits Home: International Trade
· Key Questions about Elena Kagan
· New START: Potemkin Village Verification
· Oil Spill Response Sets Poor Precedent for Public-Private Cooperation
· President Obama Should Give the Senate Access to the Negotiating History of New START
· The Three Biggest Myths About Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit
· Visa Waiver Program: A Security Partnership
· What the EU Bailout Means for the US
· World Bank’s Palm Oil Development Strategy Should Focus on Economic Freedom
Human Rights Watch
· Curing the Selectivity Syndrome: The 2011 Review of the Human Rights Council
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· South Asia Trends, v. 1, no. 4, June 7-20, 2010
· US Sanctions on Iran and their Impact on India
International Crisis Group
· Cameroon: The Dangers of a Fracturing Regime
· Guatemala: Squeezed Between Crime and Impunity
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· How Did Emerging Markets Cope in the Crisis?
International Relations and Security Network
· Buying Blackwater
· China’s Cheonan Problem
· Defining ‘Victory’ In Pakistan’s War On The Taliban
· General McChrystal Out
· Kazakhstan Gets Jump on Caspian Naval Race
· Ramallah on the Fence
· Shale Gas: Eureka or False Dawn?
· US Coast Guard: Bigger Missions, Fewer Dollars
Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief, June 24, 2010, v. 10, no. 13
o China's New Aristocracy: Red Cadres and Red-Hat Businessmen
o The Changing Face of PLA Political Education
o Reorientation of China’s Armed Forces: Implications for the Future Promotions of PLA Generals
o Shangri-La Dialogue Highlights Tensions in Sino-U.S. Relations
· Terrorism Monitor, June 25, 2010, v. 8, no. 25
o Is Yemen Contemplating a Military Offensive in the Secessionist South?
o Taliban Spokesman Discusses Relations with al-Qaeda and Opium Production in Afghanistan
o Algeria's AQIM Becomes a Regional Threat Despite Surrender of Senior Leaders
McKinsey Global Institute
· Lions on the Move: The Progress and Potential of African Economies
National Academies Press
· National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces: Letter Report [free download but registration required]
National Defense University Library
· U.S. National Strategy Documents digital collection
National Security Archive
· How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea?
National Strategy Information Center (NSIC)
· Adapting America's Security Paradigm and Security Agenda
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Deepening China-Taiwan Relations through the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
Rand
· Counterinsurgency in Pakistan
· The Enduring Partnership? The Trans-Atlantic Community as a Natural Alliance
· Reconstruction Under Fire: Case Studies and Further Analysis of Civil Requirements
· Uncertainties in the North Korean Nuclear Threat
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
· Swords to Ploughshares: China’s Defence-Conversion Policy
Religions and Development Research Programme
· Elusive Peace: Seeking a "New Normal" in Post-Conflict Ahmedabad and Mumbai
Rolling Stone
· The Runaway General
School for a Culture of Peace
· 2010 Yearbook on Peace Processes
Security & Defence Agenda
· Is Europe's Energy Security Policy a Reality or an Ambition?
Small Wars Journal
· The Branch Formerly Known As PSYOP: Names Influence
· Three Cups of Tea and an IED: The Death of Haji Abdul Jabar and the Future of the Alikozai Tribe
Symantec
· Symantec 2010 SMB Information Protection Survey - Global: June 2010
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· Afghanistan: Cannabis Survey 2009
· Colombia - Coca Cultivation Survey 2009
· Drug Use in Afghanistan
· Global Smart Update 2010
· World Drug Report 2010
UN Security Council
· Secretary General report on IEDs in Afghanistan
UK House of Commons Library
· The ‘AfPak Policy’ and the Pashtuns
· Progress Towards Nuclear Disarmament?
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
· Haiti: A Forward Look
· Improving Natural Resource Management in Sudan
· Rebuilding Afghanistan's Political Immunity
United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)
· 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· Actions, Not Just Attitudes: A New Paradigm for U.S.-Arab Relations
· Fighting the Ideological Battle: The Missing Link in America's Effort to Counter Violent Extremism
· The Gaza Flotilla Incident: Impact on Three Key Arab Actors
· Giving Teeth to the Iran Sanctions: Targeting Re-Export Loopholes
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday's Miscellany 06-18-2010
Air Force Association (AFA)
· Russian Federation's fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi PAK-FA/I-21/T-50 Program
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
· Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
Amnesty International
· From Homeland to Oil Sands: The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Lubicon Cree of Canada
Army Combined Arms Center
· Military Review, May-June 2010, v. 90, no. 3
o Relationships Matter: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Haiti
o At What Cost, Intelligence? A Case Study of the Consequences of Ethical (and Unethical) Leadership
o The Operations Targeting and Effects Synchronization
o The Revolution in Military Affairs: 12 Observations on an Out-of-Fashion Idea
o Medical Operations in Counterinsurgency Warfare: Desired Effects and Unintended Consequences
o Harnessing Information Operations’ Potential Energy
o Combat Advising in Iraq: Getting Your Advice Accepted
o Achieving Excellence in Small-Unit Performance
o The Parting of the Sulawesi Sea: U.S. Strategy and Transforming the Terrorist Triangle
o Attack or Defend? Leveraging Information and Balancing Risk in Cyberspace
o Information Operations as a Deterrent to Armed Conflict
o Laboratory of Asymmetry: The 2006 Lebanon War and the Evolution of Iranian Ground Tactics
o Can a Nuclear-Armed Iran Be Deterred?
ASIS International
· Organizational Resilience: Security, Preparedness, and Continuity Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use Standard ASIS SPC.1-2009
Aspen Institute
· U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin - Addressing the Legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Atlantic Council
· The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· Army Capability Review 2010
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
· Cyber Power
· Cybersecurity: The U.S. Legislative Agenda
· A Pillar's Progress: How Development's History Shapes U.S. Options in the Present
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
· Can a Nuclear Iran be Contained? [video]
Brookings Institute
· Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated June 11, 2010 and archives]
· Embracing North Korean Defectors: The "Small Unification" of Korea
· Deposits Could Aid Ailing Afghanistan
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated June 16, 2010 and archives]
· A Mid-Term Assessment of the Policies of the Ma Ying-jeou Administration
· South Asia Monitor no. 142, June 15, 2010 - Sri Lanka: Political Consolidation without Reconciliation?
· Taking Stock of the Youth Challenge in the Middle East: New Data and New Questions
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin - Interview with Essam al-Arian, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau
· Could Al-Qaeda Turn African in the Sahel?
· Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
· Turkey’s Moment of Inflection
· A Two-State Solution Requires Palestinian Politics
CATO Institute
· Freedom and Exchange in Communist Cuba
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· Cornerstone: A Future Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
· The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Deconstructing Consensus
· Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes 2009
Center for Security Policy
· The 'Bring Back the Draft' Act
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Challenge of Chronic Diseases on the U.S.-Mexico Border
· Final Report on Lessons Learned (Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations)
· Issues in International Political Economy - Narcotics - June 2010 - Number 126
· The Key to Success in Afghanistan
· PacNet #30 - How Transparent is the PLA?
· Realism in Afghanistan: Rethinking an Uncertain Case for the War
· Surprise Is Inevitable; Vulnerability Is Not: Improving the Defense Department’s Readiness to Address Key Areas of Potential Surprise
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
· Baptism By Fire: CIA Analysis of the Korean War Overview
Congress. House. Armed Service Committee
· Hearings
o Developments in Afghanistan [June 16, 2010]
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Horn of Africa: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy
· Press Freedom in the Americas
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Caring for Special Needs during Disasters: What’s being done for Vulnerable Populations?
· Cybersecurity: DHS’ Role, Federal Efforts and National Policy
· H.R. 5498, the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010
· SBInet: Does it Pass the Border Security Test?
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform
· Viral Hepatitis: The Secret Epidemic
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Situation in Afghanistan [June 15, 2010]
· Situation in Afghanistan [June 16, 2010]
· New START and Implications for National Security Programs
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): The Negotiations
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Views from the Pentagon
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
· The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Ensuring a Financially Responsible Recovery
· Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset: Comprehensive Legislation for the 21st Century
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Fear and Uncertainty in Afghanistan
· The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions
· Terrorism Havens: Somalia
· U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula
Crisis States Research Centre/ London School of Economics and Political Science
· The Sun in the Sky—The Relationship Between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan Insurgents
Department of Defense
· 2010 Annual Industrial Capabilities Report
· DOD/USGS briefing on minerals in Afghanistan
o Briefing slides
Department of Energy
· 2010 Gulf Spill
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-10-94 - U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Security Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain
Department of Justice Inspector General
· Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2010-005
Department of State
· 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
· Chart on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response: Government to Government International Offers of Assistance
· U.S. Assistance in Response to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan
Department of the Treasury
· Fact Sheets: U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief: Algeria
Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Islamist Lawfare: Briefs as Weapons of Mass Disruption
GeoPlatform.gov
· Mapping the Response to BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Cybersecurity: Continued Attention Is Needed to Protect Federal Information Systems from Evolving Threats, GAO-10-834T [testimony]
· Defense Infrastructure: Observations on the Department of the Navy's Depot Capital Investment Program. GAO-10-726R
· Federal Energy Management: GSA's Recovery Act Program Is on Track, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency, Performance Criteria, and Risk Management, GAO-10-630
· Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on the Federal Protective Service's Workforce Analysis and Planning Efforts, GAO-10-802R
· International Trade: Exporters' Use of the Earned Import Allowance Program for Haiti Is Negligible because They Favor Other Trade Provisions, GAO-10-654
· Natural Catastrophe Insurance Coverage Remains a Challenge for State Programs, GAO-10-568R
· Oil and Gas Management: Key Elements to Consider for Providing Assurance of Effective Independent Oversight, GAO-10-852T [testimony]
· Oil Spills: Cost of Major Spills May Impact Viability of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, GAO-10-795T [testimony]
· Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Reconsider Its Proposed Investment in Key Technology Program, GAO-10-340
· Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Follow Through on Plans to Reassess and Better Manage Key Technology, GAO-10-840T [testimony]
· The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, GAO-10-655R
Government of Canada
· Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan - Quarterly Report to Parliament for the Period of January 1 to March 31, 2010 htt
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
· Muslim Prisoners’ Experiences: A Thematic Review
Heritage Foundation
· Another Limit Imposed by the New START Treaty
· Creating a Crisis: The Squandered $100 Billion Education Stimulus
· From Russian Competition to Natural Resources Access: Recasting US Arctic Policy
· Hamas Is a Threat to Peace, Despite Propaganda Claims
Human Rights Watch
· “Welcome to Kenya”: Police Abuse of Somali Refugees
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung
· Low Intensity Terrorist Threats – A Future Trend in Europe?
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· Countering the Naxals
· Economic Crises, Currencies and Geopolitical Turning Points
Institute for Security Studies
· Monograph 171: The Burundi Peace Process
· Monograph 170: Climate Change and Natural Resources Conflicts in Africa
· Workshop Report: The state of the region Security Sector Governance in Southern Africa
Institute for the Study of War
· Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated June 2010]
· Security Trends in Afghanistan Between the 2004 and 2009 Elections
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
· Still at Risk: Internally Displaced Children’s Rights in North-West Pakistan
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Can You Map Global Financial Stability?
· Demand Spillovers and the Collapse of Trade in the Global Recession
· Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Request for an Extension of the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
· Paraguay: Selected Issues
· Resolution of Banking Crises: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
International Relations and Security Network
· Aid Distribution May Deepen Kyrgyz Crisis
· Guiding EU Defense
· Is Afghan 'Jirgah' the Way Forward?
· Israel vs Iran: The Risk of War
· Managing Asia’s Nuclear Rivalry
· A New Front in the PKK Insurgency
· Soil Smuggling in Indonesia
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, June 18, 2010, v. 8, no. 24
o Perceptions of Success and Failure in ISAF Operations in Marjah, Afghanistan
o AQAP's New Strategy: Targeting Westerners and Promoting the Individual Jihad
o Will al-Qaeda Survive the Loss of its Leadership
Migration Information Source/Migration Policy Institute
· Political Considerations Surround Decision to Deploy National Guard to Southwest Border
National Academies Press
· The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions: Workshop Summary [free download - registration required]
· Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies--Report 2 [free download - registration required]
National Defense University
· Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), July 2010, 3rd Quarter
o "Africa's Future is Up to Africans": Putting the President's Words into Action
o Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
o Ethnic Politics, Defense, and Security in "Latin" America
o Clan, the State, and War: Lessons from the Far North
o Regional Threats: Security Capacity Imperatives in the Caribbean
o The Age of Irregular Warfare: So What?
o Reorienting Grand Strategy: The Promise of Single-equilibrium Defense Planning
o Stabilization Operations: A Successful Strategy for Postconflict Management
o USCYBERCOM: The Need for a Combatant Commant versus a Subunified Command
o The End of Surface Warships
o Unmanned Systems and the Joint Team
o Are We Professionals?
o When Do We Teach the Basics?
o The Post-9/11 American Serviceman
o Developing Air Force Strategists: Change Culture, Reverse Careerism
o Military Dissuasion: A Framework for Influencing PLA Procurement Trends
o Off and Running: The Middle East Nuclear Arms Race
o Through a Jingzi, Darkly
o The Social Sciences and Innovation in Gaming
o Joint Doctrine Update
o Time for Deconstruction of Field Manual 3-24
o Constructing the Legacy of Field Manual 3-24
o Freeing the Army from the Counterinsurgency Straitjacket
o Learning and Adapting to Win
National Security Archive
· Cold War Origins of Global Cutoff Proposal and Why It Failed
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
· An Honourable Exit for MINURCAT?
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, May 2010
· In Defense of Europe's Grand Bargain
· US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Obama More Popular Abroad Than At Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Fueling Both Sides of the Energy Debate
Rand
· Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment
· Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations: A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response
· Hired Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom
· Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot from the End of the 2009-2010 Vaccination Season
· Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables for the 2009-2010 Vaccination Season
Research Centre for East European Studies/Center for Security Studies
· Russian Analytical Digest, no. 81: Russian Public Relations Activities and Soft Power
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
· Future of US Power: Is China Going to Eclipse the United States? Two Possible Scenarios to 2040
Security and Defence Agenda
· Does Europe Need "Homeland Security"?
Security Studies Center
· Chinese Perceptions of the Utility of Nuclear Weapons: Prospects and Potential Problems in Disarmament
Small Arms Journal
· Our Ambivalent Iraqi-Kurdistan Policy
· The Relevance of Technology in Afghanistan
Stanley Foundation
· The Future Role of the G-8 Global Partnership: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
· Leadership and the Global Governance Agenda: Three Voices
· The United Nations and the G-20: Ensuring Complementary Efforts
· Wider Lessons for Peacebuilding: Security Sector Reform in Liberia
Stimson Center
· Next Steps for Nuclear Security
Strategic Studies Institute
· Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? Explaining the Decline in Support for the War in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment
US Geological Survey (USGS)
· USGS Projects in Afghanistan Documents
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Flawed Shura Council Elections: Omen for Egypt's Future?
· Mahmoud Abbas Visits Washington: Key Quotes
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
· Setting the Right Priorities: Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Afghanistan
World Public Opinion.org
· Listening to the Voice of Humanity
· Russian Federation's fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi PAK-FA/I-21/T-50 Program
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
· Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
Amnesty International
· From Homeland to Oil Sands: The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Lubicon Cree of Canada
Army Combined Arms Center
· Military Review, May-June 2010, v. 90, no. 3
o Relationships Matter: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Haiti
o At What Cost, Intelligence? A Case Study of the Consequences of Ethical (and Unethical) Leadership
o The Operations Targeting and Effects Synchronization
o The Revolution in Military Affairs: 12 Observations on an Out-of-Fashion Idea
o Medical Operations in Counterinsurgency Warfare: Desired Effects and Unintended Consequences
o Harnessing Information Operations’ Potential Energy
o Combat Advising in Iraq: Getting Your Advice Accepted
o Achieving Excellence in Small-Unit Performance
o The Parting of the Sulawesi Sea: U.S. Strategy and Transforming the Terrorist Triangle
o Attack or Defend? Leveraging Information and Balancing Risk in Cyberspace
o Information Operations as a Deterrent to Armed Conflict
o Laboratory of Asymmetry: The 2006 Lebanon War and the Evolution of Iranian Ground Tactics
o Can a Nuclear-Armed Iran Be Deterred?
ASIS International
· Organizational Resilience: Security, Preparedness, and Continuity Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use Standard ASIS SPC.1-2009
Aspen Institute
· U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin - Addressing the Legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Atlantic Council
· The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
· Army Capability Review 2010
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
· Cyber Power
· Cybersecurity: The U.S. Legislative Agenda
· A Pillar's Progress: How Development's History Shapes U.S. Options in the Present
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
· Can a Nuclear Iran be Contained? [video]
Brookings Institute
· Afghanistan Index: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan [updated June 11, 2010 and archives]
· Embracing North Korean Defectors: The "Small Unification" of Korea
· Deposits Could Aid Ailing Afghanistan
· Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq [updated June 16, 2010 and archives]
· A Mid-Term Assessment of the Policies of the Ma Ying-jeou Administration
· South Asia Monitor no. 142, June 15, 2010 - Sri Lanka: Political Consolidation without Reconciliation?
· Taking Stock of the Youth Challenge in the Middle East: New Data and New Questions
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
· Arab Reform Bulletin - Interview with Essam al-Arian, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau
· Could Al-Qaeda Turn African in the Sahel?
· Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
· Turkey’s Moment of Inflection
· A Two-State Solution Requires Palestinian Politics
CATO Institute
· Freedom and Exchange in Communist Cuba
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· Cornerstone: A Future Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
· The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Deconstructing Consensus
· Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes 2009
Center for Security Policy
· The 'Bring Back the Draft' Act
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
· The Challenge of Chronic Diseases on the U.S.-Mexico Border
· Final Report on Lessons Learned (Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations)
· Issues in International Political Economy - Narcotics - June 2010 - Number 126
· The Key to Success in Afghanistan
· PacNet #30 - How Transparent is the PLA?
· Realism in Afghanistan: Rethinking an Uncertain Case for the War
· Surprise Is Inevitable; Vulnerability Is Not: Improving the Defense Department’s Readiness to Address Key Areas of Potential Surprise
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
· Baptism By Fire: CIA Analysis of the Korean War Overview
Congress. House. Armed Service Committee
· Hearings
o Developments in Afghanistan [June 16, 2010]
Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee
· Horn of Africa: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy
· Press Freedom in the Americas
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· Caring for Special Needs during Disasters: What’s being done for Vulnerable Populations?
· Cybersecurity: DHS’ Role, Federal Efforts and National Policy
· H.R. 5498, the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010
· SBInet: Does it Pass the Border Security Test?
Congress. House. Oversight and Government Reform
· Viral Hepatitis: The Secret Epidemic
Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
· Situation in Afghanistan [June 15, 2010]
· Situation in Afghanistan [June 16, 2010]
· New START and Implications for National Security Programs
Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): The Negotiations
· The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc. 111-5): Views from the Pentagon
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
· The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Ensuring a Financially Responsible Recovery
· Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset: Comprehensive Legislation for the 21st Century
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
· Fear and Uncertainty in Afghanistan
· The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions
· Terrorism Havens: Somalia
· U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula
Crisis States Research Centre/ London School of Economics and Political Science
· The Sun in the Sky—The Relationship Between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan Insurgents
Department of Defense
· 2010 Annual Industrial Capabilities Report
· DOD/USGS briefing on minerals in Afghanistan
o Briefing slides
Department of Energy
· 2010 Gulf Spill
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General
· OIG-10-94 - U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Security Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain
Department of Justice Inspector General
· Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2010-005
Department of State
· 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
· Chart on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response: Government to Government International Offers of Assistance
· U.S. Assistance in Response to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan
Department of the Treasury
· Fact Sheets: U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
· Country Analysis Brief: Algeria
Foreign Policy Research Institute
· Islamist Lawfare: Briefs as Weapons of Mass Disruption
GeoPlatform.gov
· Mapping the Response to BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
· Cybersecurity: Continued Attention Is Needed to Protect Federal Information Systems from Evolving Threats, GAO-10-834T [testimony]
· Defense Infrastructure: Observations on the Department of the Navy's Depot Capital Investment Program. GAO-10-726R
· Federal Energy Management: GSA's Recovery Act Program Is on Track, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency, Performance Criteria, and Risk Management, GAO-10-630
· Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on the Federal Protective Service's Workforce Analysis and Planning Efforts, GAO-10-802R
· International Trade: Exporters' Use of the Earned Import Allowance Program for Haiti Is Negligible because They Favor Other Trade Provisions, GAO-10-654
· Natural Catastrophe Insurance Coverage Remains a Challenge for State Programs, GAO-10-568R
· Oil and Gas Management: Key Elements to Consider for Providing Assurance of Effective Independent Oversight, GAO-10-852T [testimony]
· Oil Spills: Cost of Major Spills May Impact Viability of Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, GAO-10-795T [testimony]
· Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Reconsider Its Proposed Investment in Key Technology Program, GAO-10-340
· Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Follow Through on Plans to Reassess and Better Manage Key Technology, GAO-10-840T [testimony]
· The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, GAO-10-655R
Government of Canada
· Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan - Quarterly Report to Parliament for the Period of January 1 to March 31, 2010 htt
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
· Muslim Prisoners’ Experiences: A Thematic Review
Heritage Foundation
· Another Limit Imposed by the New START Treaty
· Creating a Crisis: The Squandered $100 Billion Education Stimulus
· From Russian Competition to Natural Resources Access: Recasting US Arctic Policy
· Hamas Is a Threat to Peace, Despite Propaganda Claims
Human Rights Watch
· “Welcome to Kenya”: Police Abuse of Somali Refugees
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung
· Low Intensity Terrorist Threats – A Future Trend in Europe?
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA)
· Countering the Naxals
· Economic Crises, Currencies and Geopolitical Turning Points
Institute for Security Studies
· Monograph 171: The Burundi Peace Process
· Monograph 170: Climate Change and Natural Resources Conflicts in Africa
· Workshop Report: The state of the region Security Sector Governance in Southern Africa
Institute for the Study of War
· Afghanistan Order of Battle [updated June 2010]
· Security Trends in Afghanistan Between the 2004 and 2009 Elections
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
· Still at Risk: Internally Displaced Children’s Rights in North-West Pakistan
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
· Can You Map Global Financial Stability?
· Demand Spillovers and the Collapse of Trade in the Global Recession
· Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Request for an Extension of the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
· Paraguay: Selected Issues
· Resolution of Banking Crises: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
International Relations and Security Network
· Aid Distribution May Deepen Kyrgyz Crisis
· Guiding EU Defense
· Is Afghan 'Jirgah' the Way Forward?
· Israel vs Iran: The Risk of War
· Managing Asia’s Nuclear Rivalry
· A New Front in the PKK Insurgency
· Soil Smuggling in Indonesia
Jamestown Foundation
· Terrorism Monitor, June 18, 2010, v. 8, no. 24
o Perceptions of Success and Failure in ISAF Operations in Marjah, Afghanistan
o AQAP's New Strategy: Targeting Westerners and Promoting the Individual Jihad
o Will al-Qaeda Survive the Loss of its Leadership
Migration Information Source/Migration Policy Institute
· Political Considerations Surround Decision to Deploy National Guard to Southwest Border
National Academies Press
· The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions: Workshop Summary [free download - registration required]
· Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies--Report 2 [free download - registration required]
National Defense University
· Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), July 2010, 3rd Quarter
o "Africa's Future is Up to Africans": Putting the President's Words into Action
o Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
o Ethnic Politics, Defense, and Security in "Latin" America
o Clan, the State, and War: Lessons from the Far North
o Regional Threats: Security Capacity Imperatives in the Caribbean
o The Age of Irregular Warfare: So What?
o Reorienting Grand Strategy: The Promise of Single-equilibrium Defense Planning
o Stabilization Operations: A Successful Strategy for Postconflict Management
o USCYBERCOM: The Need for a Combatant Commant versus a Subunified Command
o The End of Surface Warships
o Unmanned Systems and the Joint Team
o Are We Professionals?
o When Do We Teach the Basics?
o The Post-9/11 American Serviceman
o Developing Air Force Strategists: Change Culture, Reverse Careerism
o Military Dissuasion: A Framework for Influencing PLA Procurement Trends
o Off and Running: The Middle East Nuclear Arms Race
o Through a Jingzi, Darkly
o The Social Sciences and Innovation in Gaming
o Joint Doctrine Update
o Time for Deconstruction of Field Manual 3-24
o Constructing the Legacy of Field Manual 3-24
o Freeing the Army from the Counterinsurgency Straitjacket
o Learning and Adapting to Win
National Security Archive
· Cold War Origins of Global Cutoff Proposal and Why It Failed
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
· An Honourable Exit for MINURCAT?
Peterson Institute for International Economics
· Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, May 2010
· In Defense of Europe's Grand Bargain
· US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory
Pew Global Attitudes Project
· Obama More Popular Abroad Than At Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
· Fueling Both Sides of the Energy Debate
Rand
· Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment
· Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations: A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response
· Hired Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom
· Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: A Snapshot from the End of the 2009-2010 Vaccination Season
· Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S.: Detailed Survey Data Tables for the 2009-2010 Vaccination Season
Research Centre for East European Studies/Center for Security Studies
· Russian Analytical Digest, no. 81: Russian Public Relations Activities and Soft Power
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
· Future of US Power: Is China Going to Eclipse the United States? Two Possible Scenarios to 2040
Security and Defence Agenda
· Does Europe Need "Homeland Security"?
Security Studies Center
· Chinese Perceptions of the Utility of Nuclear Weapons: Prospects and Potential Problems in Disarmament
Small Arms Journal
· Our Ambivalent Iraqi-Kurdistan Policy
· The Relevance of Technology in Afghanistan
Stanley Foundation
· The Future Role of the G-8 Global Partnership: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
· Leadership and the Global Governance Agenda: Three Voices
· The United Nations and the G-20: Ensuring Complementary Efforts
· Wider Lessons for Peacebuilding: Security Sector Reform in Liberia
Stimson Center
· Next Steps for Nuclear Security
Strategic Studies Institute
· Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? Explaining the Decline in Support for the War in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
· The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment
US Geological Survey (USGS)
· USGS Projects in Afghanistan Documents
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
· The Flawed Shura Council Elections: Omen for Egypt's Future?
· Mahmoud Abbas Visits Washington: Key Quotes
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
· Setting the Right Priorities: Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Afghanistan
World Public Opinion.org
· Listening to the Voice of Humanity
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