[Tlc] TLC-security and foreign policy links

Sat Feb 16 23:40:45 PST 2008

Forwarded from Albert Valentine.
Thanks,
justin

A must read is, Assessing Secretary of State Rice's Reform of
U.S. Foreign Assistance.  There are some changes to USG aid
around the world.  Take a good look at page 14 of the report.
 Appears there are some changes to our country teams.  Here is
a quote from page 14, "However, if the core country teams are
to replace embassy-based country teams, their members will
need to compensate for the loss of the field-based knowledge,
notwithstanding whatever advantages accrue from
centralization."  From the summary, page 26, "It removes
decisions about a country assistance program from the field to
a collection of Washington-based officers who, at best, spend
only a fraction of their time on the country and who, at
worst, represent parochial bureaucratic interests. Moreover,
it invests ultimate authority over these micro-decisions in a
small staff, and ultimately in the director of foreign
assistance and the secretary of state. It does this by calling
these very practical, localized decisions "strategic."

You be the judge whether or not these changes are good or bad
for engagement. 

Other MUST READS are articles in the CTC Sentinel.  The first
article was written by Dr. Peter Chalk on the USG's success in
the RP (JUSMAGPHIL is mentioned in there quite a bit).  The
other article is Radical Madrasas in SEA. 

Al Valentine

    American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

    ·         What If?: A World without a U.S.-ROK Alliance
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27512,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

    Amnesty International

    ·         Cambodia Burns Homes of the Poor
http://www.amnesty.org/en/alfresco_asset/6239c74b-d591-11dc-8429-e9042f8eb6c4/asa230022008eng.pdf

    Brookings

    ·         Facing Protectionism Generated By Trade
Disputes: China's Post-WTO Blues
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_trade_woo/11_trade_woo.pdf

    ·         Fires, Floods, Earthquakes and Tsunamis: A Human
Rights Perspective for Major Natural Disasters
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2008/0114_disasters/20080114_disasters.pdf

    ·         Inauguration of Lee Myung-bak: Grappling with
Korea's Future Challenges
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/02_south_korea_snyder.aspx?emc=lm&m=212683&l=3&v=738898

    ·         Iraqi Internal Displacement and International
Law http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2008/0209_iraq_ferris.aspx

    ·         North Korea Now: Will the Clock Be Turned Back?
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/0211_north_korea_toloraya.aspx?emc=lm&m=212683&l=5&v=738898

    ·         Protecting Darfur's Internally Displaced
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2008/0205_darfur/20080205_darfur.pdf

    ·         Russia's Virtual Economy
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/02_virtual_economy_gaddy.aspx?emc=lm&m=212650&l=21&v=738901

    ·         The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Japan:
Moving Together to Reshape the Eurasian Community
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/0128_asia_iwashita.aspx?emc=lm&m=212683&l=6&v=738898

    Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute

    ·         Military Transformation: Key Aspects and
Canadian Approaches
http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/MilitaryTransformation.pdf  

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    ·         Assessing Secretary of State Rice's Reform of
U.S. Foreign Assistance
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/CP90_hyman_foreign_assistance_final.pdf

    Combating Terrorism Center

    ·         CTC Sentinel, v. 1, no. 3 (February 2008)
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss3.pdf

    o        Counter-Terrorism Issues for the Next President
By Richard Clarke and Rob Knake

    o        U.S. Security Assistance to Philippines: A
Success Story Against Terrorism By Peter Chalk

    o        Takeovers of Moderate Muslim Institutions:
Radical Islamist Tactics at the Local Level By Madeleine Gruen

    o        Radical Madrasas in Southeast Asia By Scott
Atran, Justin Magouirk & Jeremy Ginges

    o        The Salafi-Jihad as a Religious Ideology By Assaf
Moghadam

    o        Somalia's al-Shabab Reconstitutes Fighting Force
By Anonymous

    o        Deconstructing the Myth about al-Qa`ida and
Khobar By Thomas Hegghammer

    o        Return of the Arabs: Al-Qa`ida's Military Role in
the Afghan Insurgency By Brian Williams

    o        After Action Report: An Army Lieutenant's View of
AQI's Operations in al-Khidr and Hanaswa By First Lieutenant
Jon Patrick Cheatwood

    o        Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity

    Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

    ·         Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations
in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8971&type=1

    ·         Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8972&type=1

    ·         Policy Options for Reducing CO2 Emissions
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8934&type=1

    ·         Technological Change and the Growth of Health
Care Spending http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8947&type=1

    ·         Update of CBO's Economic Forecast
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8979&type=1

    CATO

    ·         Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-610.pdf  

    Center for Defense Information

    ·         Afghanistan Update: Jan. 1-31, 2008
http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4206&from_page=../index.cfm

    Center for Security Policy

    ·         Tehran Threat in the US' backyard
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/home.aspx?sid=140&categoryid=140&subcategoryid=142

    Center for Strategic and International Studies

    ·         Current Questions about the U.S. Political Scene
Posed by Mexicans
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/issues200802.pdf

    ·         Letter to General Rodriguez on the situation in
Afghanistan
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080213_rodriguez_letter.pdf

    ·         The Situation in Iraq: A Briefing from the
Battlefield
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080213_situationiniraq.pdf  

    Council on Foreign Relations

    ·         A Crucial Vote in Pakistan
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15513/crucial_vote_in_pakistan.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fdaily_analysis

    ·         President Bush Travels to Africa
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15489/president_bush_travels_to_africa.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

    ·         Profile: Imad Mugniyah
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11317/profile.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fby_type%2Fbackgrounder

    ·         Resolving African Conflicts
http://www.cfr.org/publication/15455/resolving_african_conflicts.html?breadcrumb=%2F

    Defense Science Board (DSB)

    ·         The Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force
on Nuclear Surety: Report on the Unauthorized Movement of
Nuclear Weapons
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-Nuclear_Weapons_Surety.pdf

    ·         Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force
on DoD Energy Strategy "More Fight - Less Fuel"
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-ESTF.pdf

    Director of National Intelligence

    ·         DNI Statement for the Record - Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence
http://odni.gov/testimonies/20080214_testimony.pdf

    ·         DNI's CNN American Morning Interview 
http://odni.gov/interviews/20080214_interview.pdf

    ·         DNI's Op-Ed in the Washington Post
http://odni.gov/press_releases/20080215_release.pdf

    EU Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

    ·         Crisis in Chad: Implications for the EU
http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/Crisis_in_Chad.pdf

    Federation of American Scientists

    ·         Iranian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open
Literature References
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/nuke/biblio.pdf  

    ·         Toward True Security: Ten Steps the Next
President Should Take to Transform U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
http://www.fas.org/press/_docs/Toward%20True%20Security%202008%20.pdf

    Foreign Policy Research Institute

    ·         Dissent and Strategic Leadership of the Military
Professions
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200802.snider.dissentleadershipmilitary.html

    ·         Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20080204.weigel.faithreasonjihadism.html

    Government Accountability Office (GAO)

    ·         Department of Homeland Security:  Progress Made
in Implementation of Management and Mission Functions, but
More Work Remains, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of
the United States, before the Subcommittee on Homeland
Security, House Committee on Appropriations
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08457t.pdf

    ·         DOD Personnel Clearances: DOD Faces Multiple
Challenges in Its Efforts to Improve Clearance Processes for
Industry Personnel, by Jack E. Edwards, acting director,
defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee
on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08470t.pdf

    ·         DOD Personnel Clearances:  Improved Annual
Reporting Would Enable More Informed Congressional Oversight
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08350.pdf

    ·         Emergency Transit Assistance:  Federal Funding
for Recent Disasters, and Options for the Future
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08243.pdf

    ·         Federal Government's Financial Health: A
Citizen's Guide to the 2007 Financial Report of the U.S.
Government http://www.gao.gov/financial/fy2007financialreport.html

    ·         Health Information Technology:  HHS Is Pursuing
Efforts to Advance Nationwide Implementation, but Has Not
Defined a National Strategy, by Valerie C. Melvin, director,
human capital and management information systems issues,
before the Senate Committee on the Budget
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08499t.pdf

    ·         Hydrogen Fuel Initiative:  DOE Has Made
Important Progress and Involved Stakeholders but Needs to
Update What It Expects to Achieve by Its 2015 Target 
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08305.pdf

    ·         Information Security:  Although Progress
Reported, Federal Agencies Need to Resolve Significant
Deficiencies, by Gregory C. Wilshusen, director, information
security issues, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, and the
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National
Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08496t.pdf

    ·         Los Alamos National Laboratory:  Information on
Security of Classified Data, Nuclear Material Controls,
Nuclear and Worker Safety, and Project Management Weaknesses
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08173r.pdf

    ·         Military Readiness:  Impact of Current
Operations and Actions Needed to Rebuild Readiness of U.S.
Ground Forces, by Sharon L. Pickup, director, defense
capabilities and management, before the House Committee on
Armed Services http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08497t.pdf

    ·         Nuclear Security:  Action May Be Needed to
Reassess the Security of NRC-Licensed Research Reactors
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08403.pdf

    ·         Runway Safety:  Progress on Reducing Runway
Incursions Impeded by Leadership, Technology, and Other
Challenges, by Gerald L. Dillingham, director, physical
infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Aviation,
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08481t.pdf

    ·         "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices
Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United
States, at the Heritage Foundation Conservative Members
Retreat, in Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08500cg.pdf

    ·         "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices
Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United
States, before the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University, in Princeton, New
Jersey  http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08501cg.pdf

    ·         Wildland Fire Management:  Federal Agencies Lack
Key Long- and Short-Term Management Strategies for Using
Program Funds Effectively, by Robin M. Nazzaro, director,
natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, House Committee
on Appropriations  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08433t.pdf

    Heritage Foundation

    ·         Combating Enemies Online: State-Sponsored and
Terrorist Use of the Internet
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2105.pdf

    ·         Death of a Terrorist: Imad Mugniyah
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/upload/wm_1815.pdf  

    ·         Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with
Australia and the U.K. Will Improve Security
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/bg_2107.pdf

    ·         The Heritage Foundation's Research on FISA
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm1810.cfm  

    ·         A Neighbor Calls: Mexican President Calderón
Visits the U.S.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/upload/wm_1811.pdf  

    ·         Russia on the March: The Return of the Red
Square Parades
http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1805.pdf

    ·         Trojan Dragon: China's Cyber Threat
http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/bg_2106.pdf

    ·         U.S. Public Diplomacy: The Search for a National
Strategy
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/em_1029.pdf

    Human Rights Watch

    ·         Mexico's National Human Rights Commission: A
Critical Assessment
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/mexico0208/mexico0208webwcover.pdf  

    ·         The Torture of Tasneem Khalil: How the
Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power under the State of
Emergency
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/bangladesh0208/bangladesh0208webwcover.pdf

    International Crisis Group

    ·         Political Murder in Central Asia: No Time to End
Uzbekistan's Isolation
http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/central_asia/b76_political_murder_in_ca_no_time_to_end_uzbekistan_isolation.pdf

    ISN Security Watch

    ·         Djibouti in Eye of the Storm
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=18651

    Joint Chiefs of Staff

    ·         Detainee Operations [Joint Pub 3-63]
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_63.pdf

    Lexington Institute

    ·         Fading Signal: The Neglect of Electronic Warfare
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1223.shtml  

    Long War Journal

    ·         Inside Iraqi politics – Part 3. Examining the
Legislative Branch
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/inside_iraqi_politic_2.php

    Pew Research Center

    ·         U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/85.pdf

    Potomac Institute

    ·         Conflict in the 21st Century: The Rise of Hybrid
Wars
http://www.potomacinstitute.org/publications/Potomac_HybridWar_0108.pdf

    Rand

    ·         War by Other Means -- Building Complete and
Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency: RAND
Counterinsurgency Study -- Final Report  
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.2.pdf  

    ·         Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006): RAND
Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 2.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG595.3.pdf  

    ·         Portfolio-Analysis Methods for Assessing
Capability Options
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG662.pdf   

    ·         Ungoverned Territories Angel Rabasa, Testimony
presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign
Affairs on February 14, 2008
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2008/RAND_CT299.pdf

    U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

    ·         ADM Allen's remarks at the National Press Club o
the State of the Coast Guard [audio file] 
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=220656

    ·         US Coast Guard Posture Statement 2008
http://www.uscg.mil/comdt/DOCS/LOW.RES.CG%20FY09%20Posture%20Statement.FINAL.Jan29.pdf

    ·         USCG Budget Request FY 2009
http://www.uscg.mil/comdt/DOCS/USCG%20FY09%20Congressional%20Budget%20Submission%201-25-08.pdf

    Washington Institute for Near East Policy

    ·         The Final Year: End-of-Term Presidents and the
Middle East
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2715

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