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Recently Added Documents This section contains the ten most-recently added documents to this MiPAL. The most recent updates are in bold type. All recently included items can also be found by subject division below.
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- [current] National Security Council
- [current] White House National Security Website
- [current] Energy Security
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy Note: This website provides links to energy security information within the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the federal government, and non-governmental sources. Information includes such topics as oil supply disruptions, domestic energy supply shortages, and events that affect energy security on a global basis.
- [22 July 04] The 9/11 Commission Report
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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U.S. Policy
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Department of Defense
- [current] Defense Language Program
- [current] Quadrennial Defense Review Website
Office of the Secretary of Defense
- [5 Dec 08] DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency, from the Pentagon
- [Dec 08] Challenges to Military Operations in Support of U.S. Interests
Defense Science Board 2007 Summer Study
- [Dec 08] Nuclear Weapons Inspections for the Strategic Nuclear Forces
Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety
- [Dec 08] Training for Full Spectrum Operations
Army Field Manual 7-0
- [25 Nov 08] The Joint Operating Environment 2008: Challenges and Implications for the Future Joint Force
United States Joint Forces Command
- [Nov 08] CJCS Guidance for 2008-2009
Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- [28 Oct 08] Remarks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [24 Oct 08] Reinvigorating the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise
Air Force Nuclear Task Force, Headquarters United States Air Force
- [8 Oct 08] Stability Operations: A Road Map from Conflict to Peace - A Preview of the New Army Field Manual 3-07
Foreign Press Center briefing with LTG William Caldwell, Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Ft. Leavenworth
- [6 Oct 08] Stability Operations
Army Field Manual 3-07
- [29 Sep 08] Remarks at the National Defense University (Washington, D.C.)
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [19 Sep 08] Remarks by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, to Oxford Analytica
- [Sep 08] National Security and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Report by Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy, and Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [Aug 08] Defense Imperatives for the New Administration
Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Perspectives, Department of Defense
- [31 July 08] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va
- [31 July 08] Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for the 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis
Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Industrial Structure for Transformation
- [25 July 08] 2008 Strategic Management Plan SMP - U.S. Department of Defense
- [25 July 08] The Department of Defense Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Section 904, Management of the Department of Defense
- [19 June 08] DoD Policy on Cluster Munitions and Unintended Harm to Civilians
Office of the Secretary of Defense
- [21 May 08] Special Operations Forces International Conference
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [20 May 08] Opening Statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee for Defense
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [15 May 08] Remarks by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the Business Executives for National Security
- [14 May 08] Remarks by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the American Academy of Diplomacy
- [13 May 08] Remarks by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the Heritage Foundation in Colorado Springs, CO
- [8 May 08] Defense Department Background Briefing on Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review
- [5 May 08] Brookings Institution Dinner
Remarks by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [21 April 08] Strategic Letter of Intent Between the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer and the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer
- [21 April 08] Evening Lecture at West Point, U.S. Military Academy
Remarks by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [21 April 08] Remarks as Delivered by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, at the Air War College
- [15 April 08] Opening Statement to the House Armed Services Committee
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [27 Feb 08] Operations
Army Field Manual 3-0
- [5 Feb 08] Annual Threat Assessment Hearing
Statement by Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [Feb 08] Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy "More Fight - Less Fuel"
- [26 Jan 08] Remarks by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Jan 08] Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication
- [26 Nov 07] The Landon Lecture
Remarks as delivered by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, in Manhattan, Kansas "...if we are to meet the myriad challenges around the world in the coming decades, this country must strengthen other important elements of national power both institutionally and financially, and create the capability to integrate and apply all of the elements of national power to problems and challenges abroad."
- [20 Nov 07] U.S. National Security Strategy Update
Foreign Press Center briefing by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- [25 Oct 07] Remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Center for New American Security
- [10 Oct 07] Remarks to the Association of the United States Army
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [3 Oct 07] U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Operational Update and Understanding the Asymmetric Conflict
Foreign Press Center briefing by Brigadier General Robert Holmes, USAF, CENTCOM Deputy Director for Operations
- [17 Sep 07] World Forum on the Future of Democracy
Remarks by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, in Williamsburg
- [11 Sep 07] Irregular Warfare (IW) Joint Operating Concept (JOC)
- [23 July 07] Joint Urban Operations Joint Integrating Concept
- [2 June 07] International Institute for Strategic Studies
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [9 May 07] Senate Appropriations Committee Testimony as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
- [3 May 07] Secretary Gates Remarks to the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce
- [11 Feb 07] Munich Conference on Security Policy
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
- [7 Feb 07] DoD News Briefing with Mr. Henry and Lt. Gen. Sharp from the Pentagon
NOTE: Discusses establishment of the Africa Command
- [19 Jan 07] DoD News Briefing with Under Secretary of Defense David Chu, Lt. Gen. Stephen Speakes, and Lt. Gen. Emerson Gardner from the Pentagon
- [Dec 06] Counterinsurgency
Army Field Manual 3-24
- [Dec 06] Military Support to Stabilization, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations Joint Operating Concept
- [Dec 06] Major Combat Operations Joint Operating Concept
- [Dec 06] Deterrence Operations Joint Operating Concept
- [18 Oct 06] Remarks by Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, at the Air Force War College
- [28 Sep 06] Remarks by Eric Edelman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, at the Department of State and Department of Defense Counterinsurgent Conference
- [12 April 06] Press Availability on Joint Intelligence Operations Centers
Jerry Boykin, Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Warfighter Support
- [20 March 06] Missile Defense as an Element of National Security
Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
- [2 March 06] Remarks at the Truman Library
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- [17 Feb 06] Questions and Answers at the Council on Foreign Relations
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- [17 Feb 06] Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- [6 Feb 06] DoD News Briefing on Fiscal Year 2007 Budget
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
- [6 Feb 06] Quadrennial Defense Review Report
Department of Defense
- [3 Feb 06] DoD News Briefing
Ryan Henry, Principal Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Vice Adm. Evan Chanik
- [2 Feb 06] Remarks at the National Press Club
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- [2 Feb 06] DoD News Briefing
Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff, et al.
- [1 Feb 06] DoD News Briefing
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, and Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- [25 Jan 06] DoD News Briefing
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Note: Contains Rumsfeld's response to the report by the National Security Advisory Group on the state of the military.
- [5 Jan 06] Media Roundtable with Dr. David Chu, Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)
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Department of State
- [current] Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
- [1 Dec 08] Public Diplomacy 2.0: A New Approach to Global Engagement
Remarks by James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, at the New America Foundation
- [28 Oct 08] Briefing on U.S. Public Diplomacy and the War of Ideas
James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [21 Oct 08] Statement on the Peacebuilding Commission
Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
- [11 Sep 08] The New Age of Public Diplomacy
Remarks by James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, at Chatham House
- [31 July 08] Military's Role Toward Foreign Policy
Statement by John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- [16 July 08] Remarks at the Civilian Response Corps Rollout
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [16 July 08] Fact Sheet: The Civilian Response Corps of the United States of America
- [15 July 08] U.S. Diplomacy and the War of Ideas
Foreign Press Center briefing by James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [30 June 08] Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Remarks by James Glassman, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, at the Council on Foreign Relations
- [25 June 08] How to Win the War of Ideas
Op-ed by James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [21 May 08] International Energy Challenges and American Diplomatic Engagement
Remarks by Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, to the Baker Institute Energy Forum
- [15 April 08] Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency Process
Statement of Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, before the House Armed Services Committee
- [11 March 08] Remarks by John Rood, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security on Missile Defense
- [26 Feb 08] Improvements to the Defense Trade Export Control System
Remarks by John C. Rood, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [14 Feb 08] Briefing on Civilian Stabilization Initiative
John E. Herbst, Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization
- [13 Feb 08] Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating Our Strategic Communications
Remarks by Colleen Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [12 Feb 08] Remarks on Transformational Diplomacy
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [29 Jan 08] Presentation of Final Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Transformational Diplomacy
- [24 Jan 08] The State of Space Security
Remarks by Donald A. Mahley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Threat Reduction and Export Controls, at the Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
- [23 Jan 08] Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [17 Dec 07] A Civilian Partner for Our Troops
Op-Ed by Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, and Senator Richard G. Lugar
- [14 Nov 07] Counterinsurgency for U.S. Government Policy Makers: A Work in Progress
- [1 Nov 07] What Is the U.S. Doing to Improve Its Image Abroad?
Colleen Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [1 Nov 07] Fact Sheet: Changing the Nature and Scope of Public Diplomacy
- [30 Oct 07] Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations: Learning from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Experience
John E. Herbst, Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization
- [11 July 07] Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy: Interagency Coordination
Remarks by Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, at the Department of Defense Conference on Strategic Communication
- [6 July 07] Interview with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC's Closing Bell
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [7 June 07] Remarks at the Centennial Dinner for the Economic Club of New York
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State NOTE: Discusses theory of American Realism
- [10 May 07] Resources for Transformational Diplomacy
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [3 May 07] Do the United States and Europe Need a Missile Defense System?
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [19 April 07] Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [17 April 07] Transatlantic Security: NATO and Missile Defense
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [16 April 07] Fact Sheet: U.S. Missile Defense
- [16 April 07] Fact Sheet: United States Missile Defense: Technical Details
- [8 Feb 07] Remarks on Transformational Diplomacy
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [11 Jan 07] The President's National Space Policy - Assuring America's Vital Interests
Remarks by Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, to the Center for Space and Defense Forum
- [13 Dec 06] Remarks on the President's National Space Policy
Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Policy
- [15 Sep 06] Strategies for the Multifront War Against Radical Islamists: Building Security in the Broader Middle East
Remarks by Philip Zelikow, Counselor, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's 2006 Founders Conference
- [23 Aug 06] Fact Sheet: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Prevent, Resolve, and Transform Conflict
- [23 Aug 06] Fact Sheet: International Partnerships to Build Peace
- [10 May 06] Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations
Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [4 April 06] State Department's Role in Missile Defense
Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
- [29 March 06] Remarks at the Shell Distinguished Lecture Series
Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [28 March 06] Transatlantic Security: Addressing Global Challenges Together
Kurt Volker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [13 March 06] Conflict Transformation: The Nexus Between State Weakness and the Global War on Terror
Marcia Wong, State Department Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
- [18 Feb 06] Remarks at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum
Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [15 Feb 06] President's FY 2007 International Affairs Budget Request
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [15 Feb 06] Realizing the Goals of Transformational Diplomacy
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [6 Feb 06] Fact Sheet: International Affairs - FY 2007 Budget
- [19 Jan 06] Remarks At the U.S. Agency for International Development On Foreign Assistance
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [19 Jan 06] Foreign Assistance Question and Answer Session
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [19 Jan 06] Remarks on Foreign Assistance
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [19 Jan 06] Two Senior State Department Officials on Foreign Assistance
- [19 Jan 06] Fact Sheet: New Direction for U.S. Foreign Assistance
- [18 Jan 06] U.S. and Europe: Advancing the Freedom Agenda Together
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
- [18 Jan 06] Fact Sheet: Transformational Diplomacy
- [18 Jan 06] Transformational Diplomacy
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [5 Jan 06] Remarks at the Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
- [5 Jan 06] Fact Sheet: National Security Language Initiative
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Other Policy Sources
- [2 Dec 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum at Harvard University
- [21 Nov 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Dr. Thomas Fingar, at the Henry L. Stimson Center
- [21 Nov 08] Press Briefing by Matthew Burrows, Counselor, National Intelligence Council, at the Washington Foreign Press Center
- [20 Nov 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Thomas Fingar, at the Atlantic Council
- [17 Nov 08] Remarks by the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, at the 2008 MILCOM Conference and Symposium, San Diego, CA
- [10 Nov 08] Remarks by Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the International Association of Chiefs of Police
- [1 Nov 08] Remarks by the Director of the Intelligence Staff Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, at the Canadian Association for Intelligence and Security Studies 2008 International Conference
- [Nov 08] Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World
National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [30 Oct 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) GEOINT 2008 Symposium, Nashville, TN
- [29 Oct 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Donald M. Kerr, at the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) Counterintelligence Symposium, Washington, DC
- [28 Oct 08] Office of the Director of National Intelligence News Release: DNI Releases Budget Figure for 2008 National Intelligence Program
- [24 Oct 08] Remarks by the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Donald M. Kerr, at the Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO) Annual Intelligence Symposium, McLean, VA
- [8 Oct 08] Safeguarding Our Cyber Borders
Op-Ed by Melissa Hathaway, Cyber Coordination Executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [11-12 Sep 08] Transcripts from the DNI Open Source Conference 2008, Washington, DC
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [4 Sep 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Dr. Thomas Fingar, at the 2008 INSA Analytic Transformation Conference
- [1 Sep 08] Analytic Transformation: Unleashing the Potential of a Community of Analysts
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [31 July 08] Statement by the Director of National Intelligence on Executive Order 12333
- [24 July 08] Interview of Mr. Patrick Gorman, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Strategy, Plans, and Policy
- [July 08] Vision 2015: A Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [30 April 08] Remarks by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gen. Michael V. Hayden at the Landon Lecture Series, Kansas State University
- [April 08] Overview of the Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime
Department of Justice
- [March 08] A Review of the FBI's Use of National Security Letters: Assessment of Corrective Actions and Examination of NSL Usage in 2006
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
- [27 Feb 08] Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Armed Services Committee
J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence
- [22 Feb 08] United States Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [15 Feb 08] Data Mining Report
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [14 Feb 08] DNI Authorities Hearing
Statement of J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, before the Senate select Committee on Intelligence
- [13 Feb 08] Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the House Armed Services Committee
Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis
- [5 Feb 08] Statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Annual Threat Assessment Hearing
General Mike Hayden, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
- [16 Jan 08] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence Mr. Mike McConnell
Sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership & the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland
- [23 Oct 07] Remarks and Q&A by the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr at the 2007 GEOINT Symposium
- [10 Oct 07] United States Intelligence Community 500 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [26 Sep 07] Beyond the Checklist: Addressing Shortfalls in National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Testimony of Til Jolly, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Medical Readiness, Department of Homeland Security, before the House Committee on Homeland Security
- [25 Sep 07] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Implementation of the Protect America Act
J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence
- [Sep 07] United States Intelligence Community (IC) 100 Day Plan: Integration and Collaboration Follow-up Report
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [Fall 07] Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of General Counsel
- [2 Aug 07] Statement by Director of National Intelligence on Modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
- [27 July 07] United States Intelligence Community (IC) 100 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration: Follow-Up Report
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [26 July 07] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell to the Project on National Security Reform Conference
- [July 07] National Security and Nuclear Weapons: Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century
Statement by the Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State
- [14 June 07] Targeted Financial Measures to Protect our National Security
Remarks by Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury, to the Council on Foreign Relations
- [14 June 07] Fact Sheet: Targeted Financial Measures to Protect our National Security
Department of the Treasury
- [10 May 07] The Role of Finance in Combating National Security Threats
Remarks of Robert M. Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary of Treasury, to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Soref Symposium
- [1 May 07] Modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Statement by J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Transcript of the complete hearing from the Director of National Intelligence website
- [11 April 07] United States Intelligence Community (IC) 100 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [29 March 07] Strategic Counterintelligence
Remarks by Joel. F. Brenner, National Counterintelligence Executive, to the American Bar Association
- [20 March 07] Statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary
Valerie E. Caproni, General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- [March 07] A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General
- [1 Feb 07] Opening Remarks by Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence Nominee, before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [25 Jan 07] Statement before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
John S. Pistole, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- [19 Jan 07] Intelligence Reform Progress Report
John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, and Gen. Michael V. Hayden, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
- [18 Jan 07] Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence
Statement by John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Transcript of the complete hearing from the Director of National Intelligence website
- [11 Jan 07] Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence
Statement by John D. Negroponte to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [11 Jan 07] Statement for the Record to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Gen. Michael V. Hayden, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
- [11 Jan 07] Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States
Statement by Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [Jan 07] An Overview of the United States Intelligence Community
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [1 Dec 06] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
- [16 Nov 06] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of national Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, to the United States Geospatial intelligence Foundation's GEOINT 2006 Symposium
- [25 Sep 06] Remarks by Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- [22 Sep 06] Remarks and Q&A by the Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte to the Oxford Analytica International Conference
- [10 Sep 06] Yes, We Are Better Prepared
Op-Ed by John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence
- [7 Sep 06] Remarks by Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte to the Marine Corps Intelligence Association
- [Sept 06] NCTC and Information Sharing: Five Years Since 9/11: A Progress Report
National Counterterrorism Center
- [27 July 06] ODNI Progress Report - WMD Commission Recommendations
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [18 May 06] Opening Statement before the Senate Committee on Intelligence
General Michael V. Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- [8 May 06] Nomination of General Hayden for Director of the CIA
John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence
- [May 06] Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence in Implementing the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004"
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- [20 April 06] Intelligence Reform: Making It Happen
John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence
- [3 April 06] How We've Improved Intelligence: Minimizing the Risk of 'Groupthink'
John A. Kringen, Director of Intelligence. Central Intelligence Agency
- [28 Feb 06] Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States
Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
- [17 Feb 06] Intelligence Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence
- [6 Jan 06] Strengthening the US Economy and National Security
David H. McCormick Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security
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U.S. Congress
- [current] Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
- [current] National Intelligence Reform Act
Four versions of the bill before the House of Representatives and Senate
- [Nov 08] The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Orgnanization: DOD's Fight Against IEDs Today and Tomorrow
Report by the House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- [Nov 08] Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military: DOD's Challenge in Today's Educational Environment
Report by the House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- [7 Oct 08] Cost Estimate: S. 3001: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, As Transmitted to the President on October 6, 2008
Congressional Budget Office
- [25 Sep 08] Addressing Cost Growth of Major DOD Weapons Systems
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
- [23 Sep 08] A Reliance on Smart Power: Reforming the Public Diplomacy Bureaucracy
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [23 Sep 08] The Department of Defense’s Work with States, Universities, and Students to Transform the Nation’s Foreign Language Capacity
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [18 Sep 08] Cyber Security
Hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- [29 Aug 08] Cost Estimate: S. 2996: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, As Reported by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on May 8, 2008
Congressional Budget Office
- [7 Aug 08] Cost Estimate: H.R. 5658: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, As Passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2008
Congressional Budget Office
- [31 July 08] Defining the Military's Role Towards Foreign Policy
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- [31 July 08] A New U.S. Grand Strategy (Part II)
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
- [23 July 08] UN Peacekeeping: Opportunities and Challenges
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- [22 July 08] Energy Security: An American Imperative
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [15 July 08] A New U.S. Grand Strategy
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
- [25 June 08] Foreign Assistance Reform: Rebuilding U.S. Civilian Development and Diplomatic Capacity in the 21st Century
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [25 June 08] National Security Implications of Global Climate Change
Joint hearing between the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and House Intelligence Community Management (ICM) Subcommittee
- [11 June 08] The Decline in America's Reputation: Why?
Report by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Related Testimony:
- [5 June 08] Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence
- [3 June 08] The Acquisition of Major Weapons Systems by the Department of Defense
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services
- [22 May 08] Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security?
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [20 May 08] H.R. 5658: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Congressional Budget Office
- [15 May 08] National Security Bureaucracy for Arms Control, Counterproliferation, and Nonproliferation Part I: The Role of the Department of State
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia
- [May 08] H.R. 5658: FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act Summary
House Armed Services Committee
- [30 April 08] Oversight of Missile Defense (Part 3): Questions for the Missile Defense Agency
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [24 April 08] Beyond Control: Reforming Export Licensing Agencies for National Security and Economic Interests
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia
- [24 April 08] War Powers for the 21st Century: The Executive Branch Perspective
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
- [24 April 08] Implementing Smart Power: Setting an Agenda for National Security Reform
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- [23 April 08] Foreign Assistance Reform in the Next Administration: Challenges and Solutions
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [16 April 08] What are the Prospects, What are the Costs?: Oversight of Missile Defense (Part 2)
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [10 April 08] Investigation into the Sale of Sensitive, In-Demand Military Equipment and Supplies on the Internet
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [April 08] Deploying Federal Civilians to the Battlefield: Incentives, Benefits, and Medical Care
Report prepared by the House Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- [10 March 08] National Security and Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities on Energy Cooperation
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [5 March 08] Strengthening National Security Through Smart Power - A Military Perspective
Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- [5 March 08] Oversight of Ballistic Missile Defense (Part 1): Threats, Realities, and Tradeoffs
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [29 Feb 08] Government-Wide Intelligence Community Management Reforms
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
- [27 Feb 08] Current and Future Worldwide Threats to the National Security of the United States
Hearing before the Senate Armed Service Committee
- [26 Feb 08] Irreqular Warfare and Stability Operations: Approaches to Interagency Integration
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [14 Feb 08] Provincial Reconstruction Teams: A Case for Interagency National Security Reform?
Hearing before the House Armed Services Commitee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- [14 Feb 08] Military Readiness: Implications for Our Strategic Posture
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [5 Feb 08] The Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2009
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
- [29 Jan 08] Interagency Reform: Can the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Case Study Illuminate the Future of Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations?
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [Jan 08] Initial Perspectives
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Panel on Roles and Missions
- [Dec 07] Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2008
Congressional Budget Office
- [15 Nov 07] Strategic Communications and Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committtee
- [30 Oct 07] Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations: Learning from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Experience
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
- [Oct 07] FISA Amendments Act of 2007
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [25 Sep 07] Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans' Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
- [12 June 07] H.R. 1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
- [23 May 07] Weaponizing Space: Is Current U.S. Policy Protecting Our National Security?
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
- [16 May 07] Public Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia: Is the Message Getting Through?
Hearing Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
- [10 May 07] Violent Islamist Extremism: Government Efforts to Defeat It
Hearing before U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [9 May 07] Climate Change: National Security Threats
Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- [3 May 07] Do the United States and Europe Need a Missile Defense System?
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [11 April 07] Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- [26 April 07] Efforts to Deal with America's Image Abroad: Are They Working?
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [16 April 07] Estimated Cost of the Administration's Proposal to Increase the Army's and the Marine Corps's Personnel Levels
Congressional Budget Office
- [22 March 07] Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Oil Dependence
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- [8 Feb 07] The President's Foreign Affairs Budget
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- [25 Jan 07] Lost in Translation: A Review of the Federal Government's Efforts to Develop a Foreign Language Strategy
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- [25 Jan 07] Intelligence Reform: FBI and Homeland Security
Hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [23 Jan 07] Intelligence Reform
Hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- [Jan 07] Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Counterinsurgency
- [current] United States Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative Website
- [Autumn 08] Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War
Daniel S. Roper. Parameters
- [Fall 08] Winning the Next War
William Wunderle and Gabriel Lajeunesse. Journal of International Security Affairs
- [22 July 08] "Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare": A Discussion by Senior Military Scholars
Transcript of a National Press Club event
- [June 08] Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones. RAND Corporation
- [June 08] Analytic Support to Intelligence in Counterinsurgencies
Walter L. Perry and John Gordon IV. RAND Corporation
- [Summer 08] Making Revolutionary Change: Airpower in COIN Today
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. Parameters
- [May 08] Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence: The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006
Austin Long. RAND Corporation
- [May 08] Rethinking Counterinsurgency
John Mackinlay and Alison Al-Baddawy. RAND Coproration
- [April 08] Adopt and Overcome: The U.S. Military Doctrinal Gap in the COIN Fight
Todd A. Anderson. Strategic Insights
- [March/Apr 08] Combating a Modern Insurgency: Combined Task Force Devil in Afghanistan
Col Patrick Donahue and Lt Col Michael Fenzel. Military Review
- [March/Apr 08] Human Terrain Mapping: A Critical First Step to Winning the COIN Fight
Lt Col Jack Marr, Maj John Cushing, Maj Brandon Garner, and Capt Richard Thompson. Military Review
- [14 Feb 08] Control: A Strategy for an Urban Counterinsurgency
Maj. Gen. Gerald T. Sajer (ret.). Strategic Studies Institute
- [14 Feb 08] Information Operations During Counterinsurgency Operations: Essential Option for a Limited Response
Raimundo Rodriguez Roca. Athena Intelligence Journal
- [Feb 08] War by Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency
David C. Gompert, et. al. RAND Corporation
- [Feb 08] Countering Insurgency in the Muslim World: Rethinking U.S. Priorities and Capabilities
RAND Corporation
- [Feb 08] Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006)
Bruce R. Pirnie and Edward O'Connell. RAND Corporation
- [Winter 08] Australian Army Journal - Special Edition: Counterinsurgency
- [08] COIN Revisited: Lessons of the Classical Literature on Counterinsurgency and its Applicability to the Afghan Hybrid Insurgency
Harald Håvoll. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
- [Winter 07-08] Minting COIN: Principles and Imperatives for Combating Insurgency
Conrad C. Crane. Air & Space Power Journal
- [Winter 07-08] New Challenges and Old Concepts: Understanding 21st Century Insurgency
Steven Metz. Parameters
- [Winter 07-08] Air-Minded Considerations for Joint Counterinsurgency Doctrine
Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Air & Space Power Journal
- [Winter 07-08] Irregular Warfare and the US Air Force: The Way Ahead
Col Robyn Read. Air & Space Power Journal
- [Winter 07-08] To Bomb or Not to Bomb? Counterinsurgency, Airpower, and Dynamic Targeting
Maj. Jason M. Brown. Air & Space Power Journal
- [Winter 07-08] US COIN Doctrine and Practice: An Ally's Perspective
Alexander Alderson. Parameters
- [30 Nov 07] Combating Insurgencies: Past, Present, and Future
Thaddeus McCotter. Heritage Foundation
- [Nov 07] On the Uses of Cultural Knowledge
Sheila Miyoshi Jager. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Sep/Oct 07] Linking Doctrine to Action: A New COIN Center-of-Gravity Analysis
Col. Peter R. Mansoor, USA, and Maj. Mark S. Ulrich, USA. Military Review
- [Sep 07] Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Go to War Without 'Em: Private Military Contractors and Counterinsurgency
P.W. Singer. Brookings Institution
- [Sep 07] Byting Back: Regaining Information Superiority against 21st-Century Insurgents
Martin C. Libicki, David C. Gompert, David R. Frelinger, and Raymond Smith. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 07] Understanding Proto-Insurgencies
Daniel Byman. RAND Corporation
- [Sept 07] Money in the Bank: Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations
Angel Rabasa, Lesley Anne Warner, Peter Chalk, Ivan Khilko, and Paraag Shukla. RAND Corporation
- [Fall 07] Five Lessons from China's War on Terror
Martin I. Wayne. Joint Force Quarterly
- [July/Aug 07] We the People are not the Center of Gravity in an Insurgency
Mark P. Krieger. Military Review
- [July 07] Airlift Capabilities for Future U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations
Robert C. Owen and Karl P. Mueller. RAND Corporation
- [June 07] Rethinking Insurgency
Steven Metz. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Summer 07] A Social Network Approach to Understanding an Insurgency
Brian Reed. Parameters
- [May/June 07] Of Shoes and Sites: Globalization and Insurgency
Christopher M. Ford. Military Review
- [May/June 07] The Power Equation: Using Tribal Politics in Counterinsurgency
Morgan Mann. Military Review
- [May/June 07] Counterinsurgency Diplomacy: Political Advisors at the Operational and Tactical Levels
Dan Green. Military Review
- [April 07] Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan
Greg Mills. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [March/April 07] Learning About Counterinsurgency
Lt. Gen. Sir John Kiszely. Military Review
- [March/April 07] HUMINT-Centric Operations: Developing Actionable Intelligence in the Urban Counterinsurgency Environment
Ralph O. Baker. Military Review
- [15 March 07] Counterinsurgency in a Test Tube: Analyzing the Success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
Russell W. Glenn. RAND Corporation
- [7 March 07] Preventing Insurgencies After Major Combat Operations
Nora Bensahel. RAND Corporation
- [2 March 07] Subversion and Insurgency
William Rosenau. RAND Corporation
- [2 March 07] Heads We Win: The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency
David C. Gompert. RAND Corporation
- [Feb 07] Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World
Durga Madhab (John) Mitra. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Jan/Feb 07] Developing a National Counterinsurgency Capability for the War on Terror
John Hillen. Military Review
- [Jan/Feb 07] Thailand: Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory
Thomas A. Marks. Military Review
- [Jan/Feb 07] Counterinsurgency in Intelligence in a "Long War": The British Experience in Northern Ireland
Brian A. Jackson. Military Review
- [Jan/Feb 07] The Paradox of Logistics in Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies
Marian E. Vlasak. Military Review
- [Jan 07] Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
Steven Metz. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Winter 06-07] Systems Thinking and Counterinsurgencies
Jim Baker. Parameters
- [Winter 06-07] Structural Vulnerabilities of Networked Insurgencies: Adapting to the New Adversary
Martin J. Muckian. Parameters
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Defense & National Security Spending
- [4 Dec 08] Defense Spending During Economic Crisis
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations
- [Dec 08] Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [13 Nov 08] Defense Procurement by Paralysis: Costly Mortgages for the Next Administration
Hans Ulrich Kaeser. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [3 Nov 08] Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations
Pat Towell, Stephen Dagget, and Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service
- [22 Oct 08] The FY 2009 Defense Appropriations Act
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [15 Oct 08] The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service
- [Oct 08] The Costs of U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Stephen I. Schwartz. Nuclear Threat Initiative
- [30 Sep 08] FY2009 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
Lawrence Kapp, David F. Burrelli, Charles A. Henning, and Richard A. Best, Jr. Congressional Research Service
- [19 Sep 08] Time to Move Iraq and Afghanistan Funding into the Regular Budget Process
Brian M. Riedl and Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [17 Sep 08] Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations
Daniel H. Else, Christine Scott, and Sidath Viranga Panangala. Congressional Research Serivce
- [15 Sep 08] Comparison of the FY 2009 Senate and House Defense Authorization Bills
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [15 Sep 08] Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
Government Accountability Office
- [15 Sep 08] Defense Budget: Independent Review is Needed to Ensure DOD's Use of Cost Estimating Tool for Contingency Operations Follows Best Practices
Government Accountability Office
- [9 Sep 08] Analysis of Proposals to Allocate Four Percent of GDP to Defense
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Sep 08] Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2009
Miriam Pemberton and Lawrence Korb. Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies
- [Autumn 08] Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy
Travis Sharp. Parameters
- [Aug 08] US Defense Budget: Options and Choices for the Long Haul
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Aug 08] Defense Investment Strategies in an Uncertain World
Andrew F. Krepinevich. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [29 July 08] Financing Issues and Economic Effects of American Wars
Marc Labonte and Mindy Levit. Congressional Research Service
- [24 July 08] Costs of Major U.S. Wars
Stephen Daggett. Congressional Research Service
- [July 08] Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth: Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs
Joseph G. Bolton, et al. RAND Corporation
- [17 June 08] Paying for America's All-Volunteer Military: Reform Is Not a Dirty Word
Mackenzie Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
- [17 June 08] Classified Funding in the FY 2009 Defense Budget Request
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [30 May 08] Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
Stephen Daggett, et al. Congressional Research Service
- [31 March 08] Historical and Projected Funding for Defense: Presentation of the FY 2009 Request in Tables and Charts
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [25 Feb 08] The FY 2009 Defense Budget Request: The Growing Gap in Defense Spending
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [23 Jan 08] Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
Pat Towell, Stephen Daggett, and Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service
- [18 Sep 07] The American Defense Budget
Center for Defense Information
- [23 Aug 07] The Changing Challenges of U.S. Defense Spending
Anthony H. Cordesmand and Ionut C. Popescu. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [21 June 07] The FY2008 National Security Program
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [7 June 07] Historical and Projected Funding for Defense: Presentation of the FY 2008 Request in Tables and Charts
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [June 07] Analysis of the FY 2008 Defense Budget Request
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [29 May 07] Four Percent for Freedom: Spend More on National Defense
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [21 May 07] Building on the House's National Defense Authorization Act to Ensure Long-Term Readiness
Mackenzie Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
- [May 07] The Economic Impact of the Iraq War and Higher Military Spending
Dean Baker. Center for Economic and Policy Research
- [10 April 07] Four Percent for Freedom: Maintaining Robust National Security Spending
James Jay Carafano, Baker Spring, and Mackenzie Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
- [April 07] A Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2008
Foreign Policy in Focus
- [30 March 07] Ten Myths About the Defense Budget
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [28 March 07] Budgeting for Empire: Ambitions Outweigh Strategy
David Isenberg. Foreign Policy in Focus
- [23 Feb 07] More Money is Less Security: Record Defense Spending, Less Security
Charles V. Pena. Center for Defense Information
- [Feb 07] The Politics of National Security Budgets
Gordon Adams. Stanley Foundation
- [24 Jan 07] Providing Adequate Funding for Defense
Michael Franc. Heritage Foundation
- [Jan 07] Budgeting for Empire: The Effect of Iraq and Afghanistan on Military Forces, Budgets, and Plans
David Isenberg. The Independent Institute
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Energy Security
- [Dec 08] A Framework for Achieving Energy Security and Arresting Global Warming
Ken Berlin. Center for American Progress
- [Dec 08] Remodeling the U.S. Government for Energy Security: Initial Findings from the Big Energy Map
Sharon Burke and Christine Parthemore. Center for a New American Security
- [19 Nov 08] Climate Policy and Energy Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Peter R. Hartley and Kenneth B. Medlock III. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
- [11 Nov 08] Memo to the President: Build a Secure Energy Future
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
- [Oct 08] The Military Cost of Securing Energy
Anita Dancs, Mary Orisich, and Suzanne Smith. National Priorities Project
- [Sep 08] The Politics of Energy: Comparing Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
Joe Boonstra, Edward Burke, and Richard Youngs. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
- [Sep 08] A National Strategy for Energy Security: Recommendations to the Nation on Reducing U.S. Oil Dependence
Energy Security Leadership Council
- [12 Aug 08] Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress
Deborah D. Stine. Congressional Research Service
- [Aug 08] Regional Energy Security: An Elusive Objective?
Stuart Harris. Australian National University, Department of International Relations
- [July 08] Energy: A Reinforced Obstacle to Democracy?
Richard Youngs. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
- [July 08] Peak Oil: A Survey of Security Concerns
Neil King, Jr. Center for a New American Security
- [July 08] Is the Sky Falling? Energy Security and Transnational Terrorism
Michael Mihalka and David Anderson. Strategic Insights
- [6 June 08] The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
Robert Bamberger. Congressional Research Service
- [June 08] A Strategy for American Power: Energy, Climate and National Security
Sharon Burke, et al. Center for a New American Security
- [Summer 08] Energy Policy: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
Irwmin Stelzer. Hudson Institute
- [12 May 08] Energy Challenges for the Next President
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
- [12 May 08] Congress Should Not Tamper with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Ariel Cohen. Heritage Foundation
- [May 08] Energy Security: NATO's Limited, Complementary Role
Andrew Monaghan. NATO Defense College
- [May 08] Militarization of Energy - Geopolitical Threats to the Global Energy System
Amy Myers Jaffe and Robald Soligo. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
- [May 08] Climate Policy and Energy Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Peter R. Hartley and Kenneth B. Medlock III. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
- [May 08] The Fuel Gauge of National Security
Jeffrey W. Eggers. Armed Forces Journal
- [April/May 08] Energy Independence Isn't Very Green
Steve Stein. Policy Review
- [1 Feb 08] U.S. Energy Policy FAQ: The U.S. Energy Mix, National Security, and the Myths of Energy Independence
Amy Myers Jaffe, Kenneth B. Medlock III, and Lauren A. Smulcer. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
- [Feb 08] The Militarization of Energy Security
Daniel Moran and James A. Russell. Strategic Insights
- [Feb 08] Security of Energy: The Conflict After Next?
David W. Hamon and Arnold C. Dupuy. Strategic Insights
- [Feb 08] Energy Security or a New Globalization of Conflicts? Oil and Gas in Evolving New Power Structures
Uwe Nerlich. Strategic Insights
- [Feb 08] Security Risks to the Oil and Gas Industry: Terrorist Capabilities
Friedrich Steinhausler, et al. Strategic Insights
- [Jan 08] The Geopolitics of Energy: From Security to Survival
Carlos Pascual. Brookings Institution
- [08] Overcoming the Lethargy: Climate Change, Energy Security, and the Case for a Third Industrial Revolution
Alexander Ochs. American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University
- [10 Oct 07] Space-Based Solar Power as an Opportunity for Strategic Security
National Security Space Office
- [5 April 07] Energy Alarmism: The Myths that Make Americans Worry about Oil
Eugene Gholz and Daryl G. Press. CATO Institute
- [April 07] Nuclear Energy: Balancing Benefits and Risks
Charles D. Ferguson. Council on Foreign Relations
- [22 March 07] The National Security Consequences of Oil Dependency
Ariel Cohen. Heritage Foundation
- [24 Jan 07] Strengthening Energy Supplies and Security
Michael Franc. Heritage Foundation
- [24 Jan 07] State of the Union 2007: Recognizing the Threat of Strategic Oil Dependency
Ariel Cohen. Heritage Foundation
- [22 Jan 07] Ending Oil Dependence
David Sandalow. Brookings Institution
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Intelligence Reform
- [Oct 08] Reorganizing U.S. Domestic Intelligence: Assessing the Options
Gregory F. Treverton. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 08] Transformation: From the Outside In or the Inside Out?
Christine A. R. MacNulty. Proteus USA
- [Sep 08] Getting Intelligence Reform Right
Jim Arkedis. Progressive Policy Institute
- [Summer 08] Lost for Words: The Intelligence Community's Struggle to Find its Voice
Josh Kerbel. Parameters
- [May 08] Methodology for Improving the Planning, Execution, and Assessment of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations
Sherill Lingel, et al. RAND Corporation
- [17 April 08] Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals
Richard A. Best, Jr and Alfred Cumming. Congressional Research Service
- [24 March 08] Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: DOD Can Better Assess and Integrate ISR Capabilities and Oversee Development of Future ISR Requirements
Government Accountability Office
- [Spring 08] The Cultural Revolution in Intelligence: Interim Report
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker. Washington Quarterly
- [29 Feb 08] Intelligence Reform: GAO Can Assist the Congress and the Intelligence Community on Management Reform Initiatives
Government Accountability Office
- [Feb 08] Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis
Gregory F. Treverton and C. Bryan Gabbard. RAND Corporation
- [16 Oct 07] Modernize FISA, but Don't Hobble American Intelligence Reform
Brian W. Walsh and Todd Gaziano. Heritage Foundation
- [Fall 07] Meeting the 21st Century Transnational Challenges: Building a Global Intelligence Paradigm
Roger Z. George. Studies in Intelligence
- [Aug/Sep 07] Making Intelligence Smart
Elbridge A. Colby. Policy Review
- [29 June 07] A Conversation with John M. McConnell, Director of National Intelligence
Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event
- [8 June 07] Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
Patricia Moloney Figliola. Congressional Research Service
- [Summer 07] The Intelligence Community's Neglect of Strategic Intelligence
John G. Heidenrich. Studies in Intelligence
- [May 07] Intelligence Secrecy and Transparency: Finding the Proper Balance from the War of Independence to the War on Terror
Timothy J. Doorey. Strategic Insights
- [April 07] Counterintelligence and National Strategy
Michelle K. Van Cleave. School for National Security Executive Education, National Defense University
- [Spring 07] Reinvigorating Intelligence
John C. Wobensmith and Jeff Smith. Journal of International Security Affairs
- [25 Jan 07] Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities
Elizabeth B. Bazan, et al. Congressional Research Service
- [Aug 06] Why Can't the U.S. Have Its Own MI5?
James A. Lewis. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [19 July 06] Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives
Alfred Cumming. Congressional Research Service
- [19 July 06] Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 1994-2006
Congressional Research Service
- [July 06] 'All Elements of National Power': Re-Organizing the Interagency Structure and Process for Victory in the Long War
John R. Mills. Strategic Insights
- [8 June 06] Welcome to the CIA
Garrett Jones. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [June 06] Blueprint for Intelligence Reform
Melvin Goodman. Center for International Policy
- [22 May 06] Prospects for the U.S. Intelligence Community: The Hayden Nomination, Electronic Surveillance, and the Question of Reform
Brookings Institution
- [9 May 06] Hayden Likely to Be Pressed in Confirmation Hearing on Wiretapping Issue
Richard K. Betts. Council on Foreign Relations
- [7 May 06] More Change May be Coming at CIA
Michael E. O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution
- [March 06] Information Sharing: The Federal Government Needs to Establish Policies and Processes for Sharing Terrorism-Related and Sensitive but Unclassified Information
Government Accountability Office
- [28 Feb 06] New Scrutiny for Intel Reform
Michael Moran. Council on Foreign Relations
- [06] Toward a Theory of Intelligence
Gregory F. Treverton, et al. RAND Corporation
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Strategic Communication & Public Diplomacy
- [current] Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Department of State
- [current] Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Department of State
- [current] International Information Programs
Department of State
- [current] Center on Public Diplomacy
University of Southern California
- [current] Public Diplomacy Institute
George Washington University
- [current] Public Diplomacy
United States Information Agency Alumni Association
- [Dec 08] Strategic Communication: A Primer
Cdr Steve Tatham, RN. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
- [20 Nov 08] Reforming U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century
Tony Blankley, Helle C. Dale, and Oliver Horn. Heritage Foundation
- [Nov 08] Voices of America: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century
Kristin M. Lord. Brookings Institution
- [10 Sep 08] Experiencing America: Public Diplomacy at Its Best
Transcript of a Heritage Foundation event
- [Sep 08] Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World
Report of the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement, Convened by Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute
- [18 Aug 08] The Sound of Silence: The Decline of the Voice of America in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Helle C. Dale and Oliver Horn. Heritage Foundation
- [Aug 08] International Education: The Neglected Dimension of Public Diplomacy - Recommendations for the Next President
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- [June 08] Information Security and Public Diplomacy: Lessons from the Past, a Look at the Future
Hirsh Goodman. Institute for National Security Studies
- [June 08] Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas
Antulio J. Echevarria II. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Summer 08] Waging Communication War
Kenneth Payne. Parameters
- [May 08] Countering Violent Extremism: Beyond Words
Amy Zalman. EastWest Institute
- [10 April 08] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: An Effective Tool for Winning Hearts and Minds
Jeffrey Gedmin. Heritage Foundation
- [April 08] Precision in the Global War on Terror: Inciting Muslims Through the War of Ideas
Sherifa Zuhur. Strategic Studies Institute
- [13 Feb 08] Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating America's Strategic Communications Policy
Transcript of a Heritage Foundation lecture
- [Feb 08] Communicating With Intent: The Department of Defense and Strategic Communication
Lindsey J. Borg. Center for Information Policy Research, Harvard University
- [Jan 08] The Trouble with Strategic Communication(s)
Dennis M. Murphy. Center for Strategic Leadership
- [Jan 08] Cyber Influence and International Security
Franklin D. Kramer and Larry Wentz. Defense Horizons
- [08] The Collapse of American Public Diplomacy: What Diplomatic Experts Say About Rebuilding America's Image in the World - A View from the Trenches
Kathy R. Fitzpatrick. United States Information Agency Alumni Association Survey
- [3 Dec 07] Obsolete Restrictions on Public Diplomacy Hurt U.S. Outreach and Strategy
Juliana Geran Pilon. Heritage Foundation
- [10 Nov 07] How to Win the War of Ideas
Robert Satloff. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- [15 Oct 07] The Foundation for International Understanding: Encouraging Innovation in Public Diplomacy
Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event
- [Autumn 07] Strategic Communication
Richard Halloran. Parameters
- [Sep 07] Understanding the Mission of U.S. International Broadcasting
McCormick Tribune Conference Series - Report on an April 2007 Conference
- [Sep 07] Talking to the Enemy: Track Two Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia
Dalia Dassa Kaye. RAND Corporation
- [18 Sep 07] Public Diplomacy and the Cold War: Lessons Learned
Carnes Lord and Helle C. Dale. Heritage Foundation
- [28 Aug 07] Public Diplomacy Chief Points to Growing Role in Shaping Policy
Council on Foreign Relations interview of Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- [July/Aug 07] Toward Strategic Communication
Mari K. Eder. Military Review
- [18 July 07] Public Diplomacy: Actions Needed to Improve Strategic Use and Coordination of Research
Government Accountability Office
- [July 07] Enlisting Madison Avenue: The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operation
Todd C. Helmus, Christopher Paul, and Russell W. Glenn. RAND Corporation
- [April 07] Through the Veil: The Role of Broadcasting in U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward Iranians
Mehdi Khalaji. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- [20 March 07] Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice
Juliana G. Pilon. Heritage Foundation
- [24 Jan 07] A Plan Forward for U.S. Public Diplomacy
Helle Dale. Heritage Foundation
- [16 Jan 07] Stop the Broadcasts of Al-Qaeda's TV Propaganda
James A. Phillips and William Schirano. Heritage Foundation
TOP
Reconstruction & Stabilization
- [Dec 08/Jan 09] Fixing Fragile States: Solutions that Make Sense
Seth Kaplan. Policy Review
- [25 Nov 08] Department of Defense "Section 1207" Security and Stabilization Assistance: A Fact Sheet
Nina M. Serafino. Congressional Research Service
- [Nov 08] State-Building and U.S. Foreign Policy
Jeremy Allouche. MIT Center for International Studies
- [Oct 08] On Hybrid Political Orders and Emerging States: State Formation in the Context of 'Fragility'
Volker Boege, Anne Brown, Kevin Clements, and Anna Nolan. Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
- [Oct 08] The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance: Experience in Iraq and Broader Implications
Jeremiah S. Pam. United States Institute of Peace
- [Oct 08] Stability Operations and State-Building: Continuities and Contingencies - Colloquium Report
Greg Kaufmann, ed. Strategic Studies Institute
- [18 Sep 08] Peacekeeping/Stabilization and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Actions on the Civilian Response/Reserve Corps and Other Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction Capabilities
Nina M. Serafino and Martin A. Weiss. Congressional Research Service
- [Sep 08] Green Warriors: Army Environmental Considerations for Contingency Operations from Planning Through Post-Conflict
David E. Mosher, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 08] After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin Long, and Benjamin Runkle. RAND Corporation
- [1 July 08] Recovering from War: Gaps in Early Action
Rahul Chandran, et al. Center on International Cooperation at New York University
- [July 08] State Weakness: Seen From Another Perspective
David Sogge. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
- [Summer 08] Aligning "Soft" with "Hard" Power
Henrietta Holsman Fore. Parameters
- [4 March 08] From Fragility to Resilience: Concepts and Dilemmas of Statebuilding in Fragile States
Bruce Jones, et al. Center on International Cooperation at New York University and International Peace Academy
- [March 08] Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing: Developing U.S. Civilian Personnel Capabilities
Terrence K. Kelly, Ellen E. Tunstall, Thomas S. Szayna, and Deanna Weber Prine. RAND Corporation
- [March 08] Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Robert Perito. United States Institute of Peace
- [13 Feb 08] Principles for Stability Operations and State-Building
Lecture by James Jay Carafano at the Heritage Foundation
- [Feb 08] Women and Nation-Building
Cheryl Benard, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Jan 08] Ungoverned Areas and Threats from Safe Havens: Final Report of the Ungoverned Areas Project
Robert D. Lamb. Prepared for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Published by the Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland
- [Winter 07-08] The Military and Reconstruction Operations
Mick Ryan. Parameters
- [Dec 07] The Interagency and Counterinsurgency Warfare: Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Roles
Joseph R. Cerami and Jay W. Boggs, eds. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Dec 07] Planning for Stability Operations: The Use of Capabilities-Based Approaches
Kathleen Hicks and Eric Ridge. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [6 Nov 07] Stabilization and Reconstruction: Actions Are Needed to Develop a Planning and Coordination Framework and Establish the Civilian Reserve Corps
Government Accountability Office
- [Nov 07] Preparing the Army for Stability Operations: Doctrinal and Interagency Issues
Thomas S. Szayna, Derek Eaton, and Amy Richardson. RAND Corporation
- [Nov 07] Roundtable on Proposed Civilian Reserve Corps
Dane F. Smith, Jr. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Autumn 07] Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise
Gregory L. Cantwell. Parameters
- [Oct 07] Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Yll Bajraktari and Emily Hsu. United States Institute of Peace
- [Oct 07] Shaping Policy Priorities for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Anga R. Timilsina and James Dobbins. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 07] The Comprehensive Approach Initiative: Future Options for NATO
Friis Arne Petersen and Hans Binnendijk. Defense Horizons
- [Sep 07] Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries
Anga R. Timilsina. RAND Corporation
- [Aug 07] U.S. Police in Peace and Stability Operations
Robert M. Perito. United States Institute of Peace
- [June 07] Are We All Nation Builders Now?
Andrew Erdmann and Suzanne Nossel. Stanley Foundation
- [31 May 07] Military Operations: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Stability Operations Approach and Enhance Interagency Planning
Government Accountability Office
- [May 07] In Search of a Usable Past: The Marshall Plan and Postwar Reconstruction Today
Barry Machado. George C. Marshall Foundation
- [April 07] Wanted: Occupation Doctrine
Ralph Peters. Armed Forces Journal
- [April 07] Toward a Horizon of Hope: Considerations for Long-Term Stability in Postconflict Situations
William E. Ward. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Feb 07] I-Power: The Information Revolution and Stability Operations
Franklin D. Kramer, Larry Wentz, and Stuart Starr. Defense Horizons
- [Feb 07] A Guide to Nation-Building
James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, and Beth Cole DeGrasse. RAND Corporation
- [Feb 07] The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building
James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, and Beth Cole DeGrasse. RAND Corporation
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Research & Analysis
Congressional Research Service
- [25 Nov 08] Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006: A Fact Sheet on Department of Defense Authority to Train and Equip Foreign Military Forces
Nina M. Serafino
- [20 Nov 08] State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2009 Appropriations
Susan B. Epstein and Kennon H. Nakamura
- [23 Oct 08] Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations
L. Elaine Halchin
- [23 Sep 08] National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date, and Considerations for Congress
Catherine Dale
- [16 Sep 08] Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Current Structure and Alternatives
Frederick M. Kaiser
- [28 Aug 08] Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy
Liana Sun Wyler
- [25 Aug 08] The Department of Defense Role in Foreign Assistance: Background, Major Issues, and Options for Congress
Nina M. Serafino, et al.
- [8 July 08] Building an Interagency Cadre of National Security Professionals: Proposals, Recent Experience, and Issues for Congress
Catherine Dale
- [7 July 08] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Sketch of Selected Issues
Elizabeth B. Bazan
- [27 June 08] Foreign Investment and National Security: Economic Considerations
James K. Jackson
- [12 June 08] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Comparison of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3773 and the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3773
Elizabeth B. Bazan
- [30 May 08] Intelligence Issues for Congress
Richard A. Best, Jr.
- [16 May 08] U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
Andrew Feickert
- [14 May 08] American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
Hannah Fischer, Kim Klarman, and Mari-Jana "M-J" Oboroceanu
- [21 April 08] 2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options
John Rollins
- [18 April 08] Organizing the U.S. Government for National Security: Overview of the Interagency Reform Debates
Catherine Dale, Nina Serafino, and Pat Towell
- [15 April 08] Strategic Airlift Modernization: Analysis of C-5 Modernization and C-17 Acquisition Issues
William Knight and Christopher Bolkcom
- [21 March 08] Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues
Richard A. Best Jr. and Jennifer K. Elsea
- [10 March 08] The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Three Years
Richard F. Grimmett
- [11 Feb 08] Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues
Harold C. Relyea
- [8 Feb 08] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues
Elizabeth B. Bazan
- [28 Jan 08] Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions
Alfred Cumming
- [23 Jan 08] U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure
Amy F. Woolf
- [17 Jan 08] National Guard Personnel and Deployments: A Fact Sheet
Michael Waterhouse and JoAnne O'Bryant
- [14 Jan 08] Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
Richard F. Grimmett
- [7 Jan 08] Direct Assaults Against Presidents, Presidents-Elect, and Candidates
Frederick M. Kaiser
- [26 Dec 07] Democracy Promotion: Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy?
Susan B. Epstein, Nina M. Serafino, and Francis T. Miko
- [14 Dec 07] Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?
Richard A. Best Jr.
- [5 Dec 07] Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress
Richard A. Best, Jr.
- [1 Nov 07] National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
Raphael F. Perl
- [9 July 07] Ballistic Missile Defense: Historical Overview
Steven A. Hildreth
- [20 March 07] Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues
Clay Wilson
- [15 Feb 07] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Decisions
Elizabeth B. Bazan
- [13 Feb 07] Sharing Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information: The Congressional Role
Richard A. Best Jr.
- [24 Jan 07] The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review: An Overview
Elizabeth B. Bazan
- [18 Jan 07] Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, as Passed by the House of Representatives
Elizabeth B. Bazan
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Other Reports
- [Jan/Feb 09] In the Shadow of the Oval Office: The Next National Security Adviser
Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler. Foreign Affairs
- [Jan/Feb 09] A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age
Robert M. Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense. Foreign Affairs
- [2 Jan 09] Toward an Alternative Strategic Security Posture
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [31 Dec 08] National Security Resolutions for 2009
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation
- [18 Dec 08] United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress
Government Accountability Office
- [15 Dec 08] The Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States: Interim Report
Facilitated by the United States Institute of Peace
- [11 Dec 08] Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense (Fiscal Years 2001-2007)
Government Accountability Office
- [Dec 08] Affairs of State: The Interagency and National Security
Gabriel Marcella, ed. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Dec 08] Commonality in Military Equipment: A Framework to Improve Acquisition Decisions
Thomas Held, Bruce Newsome, and Matthew W. Lewis. RAND Corporation
- [Dec 08] Re-Envisioning Defense: An Agenda for US Policy Debate and Transition
Project on Defense Alternatives
- [Dec 08] Forceful Engagement: Rethinking the Role of Military Power in US Global Policy
Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives
- [Dec 08] Beyond the Cold War: A New Multilateral Agenda
William H. Luers. Foreign Service Journal
- [Dec 08] The Foreign Aid Reform Agenda
Andrew S. Natsios. Foreign Service Journal
- [Dec 08] Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Dec 08] Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives: An Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms
Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Dec 08] USJFCOM Commander's Guidance for Effects-based Operations
General James N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Dec 08] Building a Military for the 21st Century: New Realities, New Priorities
Lawrence J. Korb, et al. Center for American Progress
- [Dec 08] Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Dec 08] U.S. Weapons at War 2008
William D. Hartung and Frida Berrigan. New America Foundation
- [Dec 08] Nuclear First Use: Prudence or Peril?
Stephen J. Cimbala. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Dec 08] DOD and the Nuclear Mission
Clark A. Murdock. Joint Force Quarterly
- [Dec 08] Missile Defense and NATO Security
Peppino A. DeBiaso. Joint Force Quarterly
- [25 Nov 08] Defense Management: Preliminary Observations on DOD's Plans for Developing Language and Cultural Awareness Capabilities
Government Accountability Office
- [17 Nov 08] National Security Issues in Civil Litigation: A Blueprint for Reform
Justin Florence and Matthew Gerke. Brookings Institution, Georgetown University Law Center, and the Hoover Institution
- [12 Nov 08] The President's Role in National Security Teams
David J. Rothkopf. Council on Foreign Relations
- [Nov 08] America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress
Winslow T. Wheeler, ed. Center for Defense Information
- [Nov 08] Forging a New Shield
Project on National Security Reform
- [Nov 08] From Preponderance to Partnership: American Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Frank Hoffman. Center for a New American Security
- [Nov 08] The Price of Prevention: Getting Ahead of Global Crises
Gayle E. Smith, David Sullivan, and Andrew Sweet. Center for American Progress
- [Nov 08] Recovering the Liberal Foreign Policy Tradition
Nick Brommell and John Tirman. MIT Center for International Studies
- [Nov 08] America and International Cooperation: What Role for a League of Democracies?
Stephen J. Stedman. Stanley Foundation
- [Nov 08] Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives: An Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms
Kathleen H. Hicks, et al. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Nov 08] An Army at the Crossroads
Andrew F. Krepinevich. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Nov 08] The US Marine Corps: Fleet Marine Forces for the 21st Century
Dakota L. Wood. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Nov 08] Special Operations Forces: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Robert Martinage. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Nov 08] Whither Peace Operations?
Donald C. F. Daniel. United States Institute of Peace
- [Nov 08] Known Unknowns: Unconventional "Strategic Shocks" in Defense Strategy Development
Nathan Freier. U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and the Strategic Studies Institute
- [Oct/Nov 08] The Need for Missile Defense: Dangerous States with Big Ambitions
Peter Brookes. Policy Review
- [31 Oct 08] Approaching the "Invisible Red Line": Why Congress Must Act Now to Restore Military Readiness
Mackenzie M. Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
- [30 Oct 08] Defense Critical Infrastructure: Developing Training Standards and an Awareness of Existing Expertise Would Help DOD Assure the Availability of Critical Infrastrucutre
Government Accountability Office
- [30 Oct 08] The New Cold War: Reviving the U.S. Presence in the Arctic
Ariel Cohen, Lajos F. Szaszdi, and Jim Dolbow. Heritage Foundation
- [24 Oct 08] The Impact of Tomorrow's Security Challenges on U.S. Northern Command
Remarks by Gen. Victor E. Renuart, Commander, North American Aerospace Command and NORTHCOM, at the Brookings Institution
- [15 Oct 08] Defense Management: DOD Can Establish More Guidance for Biometrics Collection and Explore Broader Data Sharing
Government Accountability Office
- [Oct 08] Chemical and Biological Non-Lethal Weapons: Political and Technical Aspects
Ronald G. Sutherland. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- [Oct 08] Changing the Culture of Pentagon Contracting
Roger D. Carstens, Michael A. Cohen, and Maria Figueroa Küpçü. New America Foundation
- [Oct 08] Space: A Code of Conduct
Michael Krepon. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Oct 08] Slowing Military Change
Zhivan J. Alach. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Oct 08] Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytic Memoir
Glenn A. Kent, David Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, and Bruce R. Pirnie. RAND Corporation
- [Oct 08] Rebalancing the Toolkit: Strengthening the Civilian Instruments of American Statecraft
Gordon Adams. Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Oct 08] Abrahamic Alternatives to War: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Just Peacemaking
Susan Thistlethwaite and Glen Stassen. United States Institute of Peace
- [Oct 08] Deterrence: From Cold War to Long War - Lessons from Six Decades of RAND Research
Austin Long. RAND Corporation
- [Oct 08] Leadership and National Security Reform: The Next President's Agenda - Colloquium Report
Joseph R. Cerami, Robin Dorff, and Lisa M. Moorman, eds. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Oct 08] Military Manpower for the Long Haul
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Oct 08] The US Defense Industrial Base: Past, Present and Future
Barry D. Watts. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Oct 08] A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness
The American Academy of Diplomacy and The Henry L. Stimson Center
- [Oct 08] Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy
Lawrence M. Hanser, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Oct 08] Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Robert E. Hunter, Edward Gnehm, and George Joulwan. RAND Corporation
- [26 Sep 08] Defense Management: DOD Needs to Establish Clear Goals and Objectives, Guidance, and a Designated Budget to Manage Its Biometrics Activities
Government Accountability Office
- [8 Sep 08] Establishing the Next President's National Security Agenda: Strengthening the Civilian Instrument
Gordon Adams. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [Sep 08] A Plan for Action: A New Era of International Cooperation for a Changed World: 2009, 2010, and Beyond
Managing Global Insecurity (MGI)
- [Sep 08] The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy
Stephen Biddle and Jeffrey A. Friedman. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Sep 08] The Coldest Days of the Cold War: Lessons from Two American Presidents
John Gans, Rudy deLeon, and Winny Chen. Center for American Progress
- [Sep 08] Project on National Security Reform: Case Studies, Volume I
Richard Weitz, ed. Project on National Security Reform
- [Sep 08] Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq: A Conference Report
Sarah Harting. RAND Corporation and the Center for Naval Analyses
- [Sep 08] Improving US National Security: Options for Strengthening US Foreign Operations
Anne C. Richard and Paul Clayman. Stanley Foundation
- [Sep 08] Analysis of Strategy and Strategies of Analysis
David C. Gompert, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 08] Strategic Pause and Future Conflict
T.X. Hammes. Progressive Policy Institute
- [Sep 08] Developing Resource-Informed Strategic Assessments and Recommendations
Paul K. Davis, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Sep 08] Changing Course: Proposals to Reverse the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy
Donald F. Herr. Center for International Policy
- [Sep 08] Preserving Hegemony: The Strategic Tasks Facing the United States
Ashley J. Tellis. Strategic Asia 2008-09: Challenges and Choices
- [Autumn 08] Effects-based Operations: More Important Than Ever
Tomislav Z. Ruby. Parameters
- [Autumn 08] A Concert-Balance Strategy for a Multipolar World
Michael Lind. Paramters
- [Autumn 08] Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure
Mark Cancian. Parameters
- [Autumn 08] Why Contractor Fatalities Matter
Steven L. Schooner. Parameters
- [Autumn 08] The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation
Nader Elhefnawy. Parameters
- [Autumn 08] Managing Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges in Presidential Transitions
Kurt M. Campbell and James B. Steinberg. Washington Quarterly
- [15 Aug 08] Defense Critical Infrastructure: Adherence to Guidance Would Improve DOD's Approach to Identifying and Assuring the Availability of Critical Transportation Assets
Government Accountability Office
- [Aug 08] Space Security 2008
Space Security Index
- [Aug 08] Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency After Iraq
James F. Dobbins. Century Foundation
- [Aug 08] The Challenges to US National Security
Andrew Krepinevich, Robert Martinage, and Robert Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Aug 08] Dangerous Thresholds: Managing Escalation in the 21st Century
Forrest E. Morgan, et al. RAND Corporation
- [Aug 08] US Combat Training, Operational Art, and Strategic Competence: Problems and Opportunities
Barry D. Watts. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [Aug 08] Department of Defense Training for Operations with Interagency, Multinational, and Coalition Partners
Michael Spirtas, et al. RAND Corporation
- [July/Aug 08] Rethinking the National Interest: American Realism for a New World
Op-ed by Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs
- [31 July 08] Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities
Government Accountability Office
- [11 July 08] Defense Space Activities: DOD Needs to Further Clarify the Operationally Responsive Space Concept and Plan to Integrate and Support Future Satellites
Government Accountability Office
- [2 July 08] Defense Acquisitions: A Knowledge-Based Funding Approach Could Improve Major Weapon System Program Outcomes
Government Accountability Office
- [July 08] Tactics for Small Wars
Kevin C. M. Benson. Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army
- [July 08] The War on Terror and the War for Officer Talent: Linked Challenges for the U.S. Army
Kevin D. Stringer. Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army
- [July 08] Ensuring Security in an Unpredictable World: The Urgent Need for National Security Reform
Project on National Security Reform
- [July 08] Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy
Anne-Marie Slaughter, et al. Center for a New American Security
- [July 08] An Examination of the Pentagon's Prompt Global Strike Program: Rationale: Implementation, and Risks
Vince Manzo. Center for Defense Information
- [July 08] Ensuring That Army Infrastructure Meets Strategic Needs
Ellen M. Pint, Beth E. Lachman, Justin L. Adams, and W. Michael Hix. RAND Corporation
- [July 08] U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List
Strategic Studies Institute
- [July 08] Maintaining the American Strategic Advantage
Bruce Berkowitz. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [July 08] National War Powers Commission Report
James A. Baker, III and Warren Christopher, co-chairs. Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
- [July 08] Integrated Security Assistance: The 1207 Program
Robert M. Perito. United States Institute of Peace
- [27 June 08] Information Security: Federal Agency Efforts to Encrypt Sensitive Information Are Under Way, but Work Remains
Government Accountability Office
- [26 June 08] U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
- [26 June 08] Peacekeeping: Thousands Trained but United States is Unlikely to Complete All Activities by 2010 and Some Improvements are Needed
Government Accountability Office
- [26 June 08] Defense Production Act: Agencies Lack Policies and Guidance for Use of Key Authorities
Government Accountability Office
- [20 June 08] Maritime Security: National Strategy and Supporting Plans Were Generally Well-Developed and Are Being Implemented
Government Accountability Office
- [1 June 08] New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network
- [June 08] Strengthening Statecraft and Security: Reforming U.S. Planning and Resource Allocation
Cindy Williams and Gordon Adams. MIT Security Studies Program
- [June 08] Humanity as a Weapon of War: Sustainable Security and the Role of the U.S. Military
Reuben E. Brigety, II. Center for American Progress
- [June 08] Spiraling Out of Control: How Missile Defense's Acquisition Strategy is Setting a Dangerous Precedent
Victoria Samson and Nick Schwellenbach. Defense and Security Analysis NOTE: Available through the Center for Defense Information
- [June 08] The Frontline Country Team: A Model for Engagement
Christopher Griffin and Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
- [June 08] In Search of Sustainable Security: Linking National Security, Human Security, and Collective Security to Protect America and Our World
Gayle E. Smith. Center for American Progress
- [June 08] New Policies for a New Administration: National Security Program
Melvin A. Goodman. Center for International Policy
- [June 08] Why We Should Still Study the Cuban Missile Crisis
Michael Dobbs. United States Institute of Peace
- [June 08] Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid
William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze. Brookings Institution
- [June 08] From the New Middle Ages to a New Dark Age: The Decline of the State and U.S. Strategy
Phil Williams. Strategic Studies Institute
- [June 08] U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues. Volume I: Theory of War and Strategy
J. Boone Bartholomees, Jr., ed. Strategic Studies Institute
- [June 08] U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues. Volume II: National Security Policy and Strategy
J. Boone Bartholomees, Jr., ed. Strategic Studies Institute
- [June 08] Technological Innovation and National Security
Paul Bracken. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [June 08] Making American Grand Again: Toward a New Grand Strategy
Shawn Brimley, Michèle A. Flournoy, and Vikram J. Singh. Center for a New American Security
- [June 08] Finding Our Way: Debating American Grand Strategy
Michèle A. Flournoy and Shawn Brimley, eds. Center for a New American Security
- [June 08] The Maritime Dimension of International Security: Terrorism, Piracy, and Challenges for the United States
Peter Chalk. RAND Corporation
- [June 08] Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century
Michael O'Hanlon. Center for a New American Security
- [Summer 08] Theory of Victory
J. Boone Bartholomees. Parameters
- [Summer 08] Retiring Hitler and "Appeasement" from the National Security Debate
Jeffrey Record. Parameters
- [Summer 08] Building Defense Institutions: The Broader Context Today
Peter Faber. Connections - The Quaterly Journal
- [30 May 08] Military Readiness: Joint Policy Needed to Better Manage the Training and Use of Certain Forces to Meet Operational Demands
Government Accountability Office
- [15 May 08] United States Security and the Strategic Landscape
Newt Gingrich. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- [May 08] Dealing with Today's Asymmetric Threat to U.S. and Global Security: The Need for an Integrated National Asymmetric Threat Strategy
CACI International and the National Defense University
- [May 08] National Grand Strategy - A Constellation of Choices
Robert Williams, Doug Campbell, Phil Evans, and Art Loureiro. Center for Strategic Leadership
- [May 08] Developing Senior Navy Leaders: Requirements for Flag Officer Expertise Today and in the Future
Lawrence M. Hanser, Louis W. Miller, Herbert J. Shukiar, and Bruce Newsome. RAND Corporation
- [May 08] U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability
James Meernik. The Strategic Studies Institute
- [May 08] The Benefits of Augmented Civilian Capacity
Suzanne Nossel and David Shorr . Stanley Foundation
- [May 08] Breaking the Failed-State Cycle
Marla C. Haims, David C. Gompert, Gregory F. Treverton, and Brooke K. Stearns. RAND Corporation
- [May 08] Dissuasion Strategy
Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert C. Marinage. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [May 08] Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
Carolyn Pumphrey, ed. Strategic Studies Institute
- [29 April 08] Defense Issues for the Next Administration
Thomas Donnelly and Tim Sullivan. American Enterprise Institute
- [25 April 08] Space Acquisitions: DOD is Making Progress to Rapidly Deliver Low Cost Space Capabilities, but Challenges Remain
Government Accountability Office
- [24 April 08] Defense Infrastructure: Continued Management Attention is Needed to Support Installation Facilities and Operations
Government Accountability Office
- [April 08] Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Critical National Infrastructures
- [April 08] Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation
Robert W. Button, et al. RAND Corporation
- [April 08] Sustainable Security: Developing a Security Strategy for the Long Haul
Jim Thomas. Center for a New American Security
- [March/April 08] The U.S. Military Index
Foreign Policy
- [31 March 08] Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs
Government Accountability Office
- [27 March 08] Defense Space Activities: National Security Space Strategy Needed to Guide Future DOD Space Efforts
Government Accountability Office
- [26 March 08] The National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom: How Radical Can Britain Be?
Dr. Paul Cornish. Chatham House
- [26 March 08] A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: An Assessment
Robert O'Work and Jan van Tol. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [14 March 08] Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program is Short of Meeting Goals
Government Accountability Office
- [14 March 08] National Security Letters: Three Important Facts
Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman. Heritage Foundation
- [10 March 08] Missile Defense Priorities: The View From Congress
Remarks by Senator Jon Kyl before the American Foreign Policy Council
- [March 08] Linkage: Foreign Policy, National Interests and Prosperity
D.H. Burney, W.A. Dymond, and J.L. Granatstein. Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
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Peter Schirmer, et al. RAND Corporation
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Geoffrey Till. Naval War College Review NOTE: Some users may experience a log-in request; click "cancel" and proceed to the full-text
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Gen. Victor E. Renuart, Jr. and Capt. Dane S. Egli. Naval War College Review NOTE: Some users may experience a log-in request; click "cancel" and proceed to the full-text
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John T. Ackerman. Strategic Studies Quarterly
- [Spring 08] Meddling in the Markets: Foreign Manipulation
Felix K. Chang and Jonathan Goldman. Parameters
- [29 Feb 08] Competitive Technologies for National Security: Review and Recommendations
James Jay Carafano, Andrew Gudgel, and Alane Kochems. Heritage Foundation
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Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations
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Remarks by Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, at a Heritage Foundation Lecture
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Transcript of a Brookings Institution Event
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James Jay Carafano, Baker Spring, and Mackenzie M. Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
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Daniella Markheim. Heritage Foundation
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Jeffrey D. McCausland. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Feb 08] Strategic Challenges: America's Global Security Agenda
Stephen J. Flanagan and James A. Schear (eds.). Institute for National Strategic Studies
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Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick. Brookings Institution
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Gerald F. Hyman. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Jan 08] Maritime Security
Rebecca Christie. Lexington Institute
- [Jan 08] Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World: Renewing the Transatlantic Partnership
Gen. Dr. Klaus Naumann, Gen. John Shalikashvili, Field Marshall The Lord Inge, Adm. Jacques Lanxade, and Gen. Henk van den Breemen. The Noaber Foundation
- [8 Jan 08] Kenyan Election Signals Need to Overhaul U.S. Policy Toward Nascent Democracies
Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves. Heritage Foundation
- [Jan 08] Young Democracies in the Balance: Lessons for the International Community
Ethan B. Kapstein and Nathan Converse. Center for Global Development
- [Jan 08] Strategic Fragility: Infrastructure Protection and National Security in the Information Age
Robert A. Miller and Irving Lachow. Defense Horizons
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Jeffrey P. Bialos, Stuart L. Koehl, David M. Catarious, and Suzzane E. Spaulding. Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Douglas E. Batson. National Defense Intelligence College
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Nancy Gallagher and John D. Steinbruner. American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg. Policy Review
- [11 Dec 07] The Responsibility to Protect and the Use of Military Force
Remarks by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to the Seminar on International Use of Force, World Legal Forum, The Hague
- [10 Dec 07] Symposium on the Future of Conflict Prevention
Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event
- [10 Dec 07] Beyond Assistance: The HELP Commission Report on Foreign Assistance Reform
- [3 Dec 07] The Mysteries of the American Empire
Fred Halliday. openDemocracy
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John Kiszely. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
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James M. Keagle and Adrian R. Martin. Defense Horizons
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Coral Bell. Lowy Institute for International Policy
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Dec 07] Restoring American Military Power: Toward a New Progressive Defense Strategy for America
Lawrence J. Korb and Max A. Bergmann. Center for American Progress
- [Nov 07] The Challenge of Islamists for EU and US Policies: Conflict, Stability and Reform
Joint Publication of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and the United States Institute of Peace
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Joshua W. Busby. Council on Foreign Relations
- [Nov 07] National Security for the Twenty-first Century
Charlie Edwards. Demos
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Carola McGiffert and Craig Cohen, eds. Center for Strategic and International Studies
- [Nov 07] Behind the Numbers: Assessing Indices of Peace, Conflict and Instability
Sarah Bessell. United States Institute of Peace
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Gregory J. Dyekman. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Nov 07] A Smarter, More Secure America
Richard L. Armitage and Josesph S. Nye, Chairs, Commission on Smart Power, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Kurt M. Campbell, Jay Gulledge, J.R. McNeill, John Podesta, Peter Ogden, Leon Furth, R. James Woolsey, Alexander T.J. Lennon, Juliaane Smith, Richard Weitz, and Derek Mix. Center for a New American Security and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Dana Dillon. Policy Review
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Frederick W. Kagan. American Enterprise Institute
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Milan Vego. Armed Forces Journal
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Sean D. Naylor. Armed Forces Journal
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George L. Argyros, Marc Grossman, and Felix G. Rohatyn. Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Thomas S. Szayna, Kevin F. McCarthy, Jerry M. Sollinger, Linda J. Demaine, Jefferson P. Marquis, and Brett Steele. RAND Corporation
- [Oct 07] Turning on a Dime: Diplomacy's Role in National Security
Anton K. Smith. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Sep/Oct 07] The Economic Instrument of National Power and Military Operations: A Focus on Iraq
Lt. Col. David A. Anderson, USA Ret. Military Review
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Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, and Maj. Stephen M. Smith, USA. Military Review
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Government Accountability Office
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Steven Metz and Frank Hoffman. Stanley Foundation
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Richard Weitz. Strategic Studies Institute
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Paul Bracken. Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Thomas Carothers. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- [Aug/Sep 07] End of Dreams, Return of History
Robert Kagan. Policy Review
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Clarence J. Bouchat. Strategic Studies Institute
- [Aug 07] Beyond the Call of Duty: A Comprehensive Review of the Overuse of the Army in Iraq
Lawrence Korb, Peter Rundlet, Max Bergmann, Sean Duggan and Peter Juul. Center for American Progress
- [23 July 07] National Security and Biotechnology: Small Science with a Big Potential
James Jay Carafano and Andrew Gudgel. Heritage Foundation
- [5 July 07] Future Computing and Cutting-Edge National Security
James Jay Carafano and Andrew Gudgel. Heritage Foundation
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Hans M. Kristensen. Nonproliferation Review
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Colin S. Gray. Strategic Studies Institute
- [July 07] The All-Volunteer Military: Issues and Performance
Congressional Budget Office
- [29 June 07] The State of the Military Today
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
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Government Accountability Office
- [15 June 07] The Future of American Foreign Policy
Charlie Rose interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, and Brent Scowcroft, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul. Stanley Foundation
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Kurt M. Campbell and Michele A. Flournoy. Center for a New American Security
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Gary J. Schmitt. American Enterprise Institute
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Bob Killebrew. Center for a New American Security
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Michele A. Flournoy and Tammy S. Schultz. Center for a New American Security
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Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan. Stanley Foundation
- [Summer 07] European Views of Preemption in U.S. National Security Strategy
Gary L. Guertner. Parameters
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Daniel Twining. Washington Quarterly
- [31 May 07] Asymmetrical Threat Concept and its Reflections on International Security
Michael Rubin. American Enterprise Institute
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Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
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Mackenzie Eaglen. Heritage Foundation
- [17 May 07] A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq
Andrew R. Hoehn, et. al. RAND Corporation
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Nathan Freier. Strategic Studies Institute
- [May 07] Caught Off Guard: The Link Between Our National Security and Our National Guard
Lawrence J. Korb and Sean E. Duggan. Center for American Progress
- [May 07] America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty
Bernard D. Rostker. RAND Corporation
- [May 07] A Failure in Generalship
Lt. Col. Paul Yingling. Armed Forces Journal
- [April/May 07] Why We Fight Over Foreign Policy
Henry R. Nau. Hoover Institute
- [30 April 07] The Problem with Expanding the U.S. Military
Gordon Adams. The Bulletin Online
- [25 April 07] The Next Steps for Missile Defense
Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [1 April 07] The U.S. Military's Growing Role in Foreign Policy
Gordon Adams. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- [April 07] A New US Global Defense Posture for the Second Transoceanic Era
Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert O. Work. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- [April 07] Why the Military Can't Do it All
Timothy T. Tenne. Armed Forces Journal
- [April 07] National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
The CNA Corporation
- [April 07] How and Why National Security Roles Are Changing
Joseph A. Gattuso. Joint Force Quarterly
- [April 07] The Case for Larger Ground Forces
Frederick Kagan and Michael O’Hanlon. Stanley Foundation
- [April 07] Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz and Peter Sickle. RAND Corporation
- [March/April 07] The New World Order
Daniel W. Drezner. Foreign Affairs
- [March/April 07] NATO: Going, Going…But Not Yet Gone
Harlan Ullman. Atlantic Council of the United States
- [30 March 07] Congressional Access to Classified National Security Information
Kate Martin. Center for American Progress
- [28 March 07] Unbalanced Security: The Divide between State and Defense
Lorelei Kelly. Foreign Policy in Focus
- [23 March 07] Defense Trade: National Security Reviews of Foreign Acquisitions of U.S. Companies Could be Improved
Government Accountability Office
- [22 March 07] Can New Technology and Tradecraft Enhance Intelligence Sharing and National Security?
Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event
- [20 March 07] Stretched Thin: Army Forces for Sustained Operations
Lynn E. Davis, et. al. RAND Corporation
- [19 March 07] Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era
David E. Johnson. RAND Corporation
- [12 March 07] The Right-Sized Army
Gary J. Schmitt, Frederick W. Kagan and Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
- [6 March 07] Legacy Agenda, Part II: The Bush Doctrine and the Long War
Thomas Donnelly and Colin Monaghan. American Enterprise Institute
- [1 March 07] Strengthening America's Defenses in the New Security Environment
Commission on the National Guard and Reserves Second Report to Congress
- [1 March 07] Big Ideas, Big Problems
Stefan Halper. National Interest
- [1 March 07] In Brief: Thoughts on National Security
Graham Allison, Ian Bremmer, Harlan Ullman and Derek Chollet. National Interest
- [March 07] A Strategic Rationale for Land Force Expansion
Frank G. Hoffman. Foreign Policy Research Institute
- [Spring 07] In Pursuit of Security and Prosperity: Technology Controls for a New Era
Mark Foulon and Christopher A. Padilla. Washington Quarterly
- [13 Feb 07] Legacy Agenda: The Future of the Bush Doctrine, Part 1
Thomas Donnelly. American Enterprise Institute
- [7 Feb 07] National Security and Foreign Ownership
Michael O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution
- [1 Feb 07] A Successful Test Shows the Way Forward on Missile Defense
Peter Brookes and Baker Spring. Heritage Foundation
- [Feb 07] Contractors on the Battlefield: A Support Force to Manage
Carrie Hunter and Daniel Goure. Lexington Institute
- [Feb 07] A Sound Strategy
Joshua Muravchik. Foreign Service Journal
- [Feb 07] A Nation at War: Seventeenth Annual Strategy Conference
John. R. Martin. Strategic Studies Institute
- [31 Jan 07] Defense Logistics: Preliminary Observations on the Army's Implementation of its Equipment Reset Strategies
Government Accountability Office
- [29 Jan 07] Hear No Evil: Closing The Gap In National Security Language Resources
Steve Israel and Loren Thompson. Lexington Institute
- [22 Jan 07] Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence in National Security: Starting the Dialogue
Robert E. Hunter and Khalid Nadiri. RAND Corporation
- [8 Jan 07] The New Middle East
Richard N. Haass. Council on Foreign Relations
- [Jan 07] National Security Briefing Book: A Look at Key Issues Before Congress in 2007
Council for a Livable World, et. al.
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