http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40835_20090929.pdf

As of June 2009 there were over 18,000 armed private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recent contracting trends suggest that the numbers will continue to increase. This report examines current private security contractor trends in Iraq and Afghanistan, steps the Department of Defense has taken to improve oversight and management, and the extent to which DOD has incorporated the role of security contractors into its doctrine and strategy. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/guiding_principles_full.pdf

Tries to provide for civilian workers a parallel set of guidelines and principles to those used by military forces for helping countries transition from violent conflict to peace. Offered as a strategic tool rather than an official document of any government. From the U.S. Institute of Peace and the U.S.Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=895

Emphasizes the importance of values, military ethics, and professional standards in lengthy conflicts with repeated combat deployments where moral-ethical failures by troops can have strategic implications. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=945

Provides a set of principles and operational guidelines for peacekeepers to help a country restore public infrastructure and services. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10523

Estimates the future costs under the Obama Administration's plan for conducting military operations in Iraq and for the repair and replacement of equipment used or lost in Iraq. Also analyzes the possible costs of alternative scenarios calling for quicker or slower withdrawals of U.S. forces from Iraq. From the Congressional Budget Office.

http://www.fas.org/irp/budget/index.html

Data and analysis about trends in U.S. intelligence spending from recently declassified Department of Defense documents. From the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=935

Provides a detailed chronology and analysis of the intelligence failures and successes of the Cuban Missile Crisis. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d101.pdf

Subtitled: DOD, State, and USAID continue to face challenges in tracking contractor personnel and contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Examines (1) the status of agency efforts to track information on contracts and contractor personnel, (2) the number of contractor personnel, (3) the number of killed and wounded contractors, and (4) the number and value of contracts awarded and whether they were awarded competitively. From the Government Accountability Office.

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2009-09-SS_Report_Vol_I.pdf

This study concerns itself with the matter of capability surprise--scientific breakthroughs, operational innovations or the like that could present serious threats to homeland security, especially be means of cyber, space or nuclear attacks. Offers recommendations for improving the ability of national defense forces to cope with surprises. From the Defense Science Board.

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/UKDS/UKDS2009/ukds.html?PublishTime=09:30:00

Annual compendium of statistics on the military of the United Kingdom. In 2008-09 defense spending accounted for 38 billion pounds which placed Defense in 4th place behind Work and Pensions, Health, and Children-Schools- and Families. From the Ministry of Defence and the UK Statistics Authority.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=940

Examines how the creation of professional private nonstate military organizations have mixed with crime and violence to form a security threat to Mexico and the U.S. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.