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E-BOOKS AND REPORTS
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Policy outlooks and briefs on international affairs.
Combined Arms Research Library : Digital Library
Electronic publications focusing on stability and support operations.
DoD Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)
Link to full text publications in PDF format.
East West Center
East-West Center expertise and
research findings are published by the East-West Center and by presses
and collaborating organizations throughout the region and the world.
Publications address a range of critical issues in the Asia Pacific
region. Link to full text publications in PDF format.
Harvard International Review: Global Perspectives
Reports on issues of international development, security, policy
and economics.
NBR Analysis( National Bureau of Asian Research)
NBR Analysis
provides thought-provoking essays on the most important economic,
political, and strategic issues in the Asia-Pacific region today.
Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation
The OECD
DAC Handbook on SSR: Supporting Security and Justice provides
guidance to operationalise the 2005 DAC Guidelines on Security
System Reform and Governance and closes the gap between policy and
practice. It largely follows the external assistance programme cycle and
contains valuable tools to help encourage a dialogue on security and
justice issues and to support an SSR process through the assessment,
design and implementation phases. It also provides new guidance on
monitoring, review and evaluation of SSR programmes, and highlights how
to ensure greater coherence across the different actors and departments
engaged in SSR.
The Fragile States Group
is a unique forum that brings together experts on governance, conflict
prevention and reconstruction from bilateral and multilateral
development co-operation agencies to facilitate co-ordination and share
good practice to enhance development effectiveness in ‘fragile states’.
Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States
Development Ministers and Heads of Agencies
endorsed the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile
States at the High Level Meeting of the Development Assistance
Committee (DAC) on 3-4 April 2007 in Paris. This endorsement signals
a commitment to adapt our approach, policies and business practices
to improve our engagement in fragile states. The DAC Fragile States
Group will support implementation of the Principles, already piloted
in nine countries, in all fragile states and at donors'
headquarters.
Progress in Peacebuilding: The Work of the U.S. Institute of Peace
(2006)
Through analysis, innovation, collaboration, and
expertise, USIP has successfully created an array of tools for promoting
the rule of law in societies emerging from conflict, developed
analytical models designed to fight extremism and terrorism, facilitated
interethnic and interfaith reconciliation, and more. "Progress in
Peacebuilding: The Work of the U.S. Institute of Peace" takes a broad
look at some of USIP's most successful programs.
Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War
College
Full text of publications listed by year
2008 to 1997
World Bank Country
and Regional Reports
Search by country, region or topic for economic outlook,
regional data, and hot topics like avian flu.
World Bank Development Reports
The World Bank's annual World Development
Report (WDR) is an invaluable guide to the economic, social and
environmental state of the world today. Each year the WDR provides in
depth analysis of a specific aspect of development. Past reports have
considered such topics as the role of the state, transition economies,
labor, infrastructure, health, the environment, and poverty. The reports
are the Bank's best-known contribution to thinking about development.
National Academy of Sciences E-Books
Avoiding Surprise in an Era of Global Technology
Advances (2005)
Executive Summary
Basic
Research in Information Science and Technology for Air Force Needs
(2006)
Executive Summary
C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups (2006)
Executive Summary
Improving
Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and
Research (2008)
Development, Security, and Cooperation (DSC)|
Executive Summary
Partnering Against Terrorism:
Summary of a Workshop (2005)
Executive Summary
Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment (2006)
Executive Summary
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