greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 01-30-2009

American Enterprise Institute
**Afghanistan's Presidential Election
**IMPACT's Impact

Amnesty International
**Cameroon: Impunity Underpins Persistent Abuse
**Double Misfortune: Deeping Human Rights Crisis in Chad

British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
**Politics Around US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in European Host States

Brookings Institution
**Converting Traction in 2008 to Action in 2009: Forging a Metro-Federal Partnership
**A Budget We Can Believe In A Budget We Can Believe In Corruption and the Global Financial Crisis
**Europe, the United States, and Middle Eastern Democracy: Repairing the Breach
**Homeland Security Agenda for the Obama Administration
**How Not to Lose Afghanistan: Breaking the Taliban’s Momentum
**India's Financial Secret Weapon
**The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Beyond Gaza
**The Obama Orders: A Quick and Dirty Analysis
**Reversing the Decline: An Agenda for U.S.-Russian Relations in 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
**Clearing a Path for Guantanamo Returnees: Rehabilitation and Risk-Assessment
**Iraq Prepares for Upcoming Provincial Elections

Center for American Progress
**The Fractured Shia of Iraq: Understanding the Tensions within Iraq’s Majority
Strategic Persistence

Center for New American Security (CNAS)
**Tell Me Why We’re There? Enduring Interests in Afghanistan (and Pakistan)

Center for Security Policy
**Mexico's Glass House

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
**Alliance Reborn: An Atlantic Compact for the 21st Century: The Washington NATO Project
**The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Rising Threat, 2002-2008
**Civil Affairs: Literature Review
**Civil Affairs in Bosnia
**Civil Affairs in Desert Shield and Desert Storm
**Civil Affairs in the Dominican Republic
**Civil Affairs in El Salvador, Grenada, and Panama
**Commentary: Chasing the Currency Dragon
**Commentary: Getting it Right in Pakistan and Afghanistan
**Controlling Corruption in Local Government in Latin America
**Evaluating the Energy Security Implications of a Carbon-Constrained U.S. Economy
**Enhancing Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations: A Report of the Global Dialogue between the European Union and the United States
**Investing in a New Multilateralism: A Smart Power Approach to the United Nations
**NATO and Allied Civil Military Co-operation Doctrine, Operations, & Organization of Forces

Century Foundation
**A Plan to Extend Super-Fast Broadband Connections to All Americans

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
**Addressing the Ongoing Crisis in the Housing and Financial Markets
**H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
**The State of the Economy and Issues in Developing an Effective Policy Response

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
**Combating Maritime Piracy
**For Holbrooke, Situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan Is 'Dim and Dismal'
**Gloomy Portents for Global Trade
**Iraq’s Political Landscape
**Mitchell's Prospects for Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Accord 'Slim to None'
**The U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan

Defense Science Board (DSB)
**Permanent Task Force on Advisory Group on Defense Intelligence: Operations Research Applications for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Department of Defense (DOD)
**2009 Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review (QRM) Report to Congress

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
**Developing Countries: The United States Has Not Fully Funded Its Share of Debt Relief, and the Impact of Debt Relief on Countries' Poverty-Reducing Spending Is Unknown GAO-09-162, January 26, 2009
**Electronic Health Records: DOD's and VA's Sharing of Information Could Benefit from Improved ManagementGAO-09-268, January 28, 2009
**Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace GAO-09-184, January 27, 2009
**Information Security: Further Actions Needed to Address Risks to Bank Secrecy Act Data. GAO-09-195, January 30
**Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Faces Challenges in Implementing Recommendations on Time and Is Not Consistently Updating Savings Estimates. GAO-09-217, January 30
**Military Training: Navy and Air Force Need to More Fully Apply Best Practices to Enhance Development and Management of Combat Skills Training GAO-09-220R, January 28, 2009
**Secure Border Initiative Fence Construction Costs GAO-09-244R, January 29, 2009
**Traumatic Brain Injury: Better DOD and VA Oversight Can Help Ensure More Accurate, Consistent, and Timely Decisions for the Traumatic Injury Insurance Program GAO-09-108, January 29, 2009
**Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues. GAO-09-296 January 30, 2009
**Update of State and Local Government Fiscal Pressures GAO-09-320R, January 26, 2009

Heritage Foundation
**Homeland Security Secretary Asks-Here Are Answers!
**Percent of GDP Defense Spending: Sustained Spending, Not Economic Stimulus
**Quadrennial Defense Review: Building Blocks for National Defense
**U.S.-India Strategic Partnership on Laser-Based

Henry L. Stimson Center
**Obama's Test: Bringing Order to the National Security Policy Process
**A Prerequisite to Smart Power

Homeland Security Council
**Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation: First Edition

Human Rights Watch
**"We Are Like Forgotten People": The Chin People of Burma: Unsafe in Burma, Unprotected in India

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
**A Company’s Discretion Detects Large Iranian Valve Orders by Scrutinizing Items and End-Users Instead of Lists
**An Inside Look: India’s Procurement of Tributyl Phosphate (TBP) for its Unsafeguarded Nuclear Program
**Pakistan’s Illicit Procurement of Missile and Drone Equipment Using Multiple Financial Transactions

International Crisis Group
**Guinea-Bissau: Building a Real Stability Pact
**Iraq's Provincial Elections: The Stakes

International Relations and Security Network
**Ecuador: Back Door to America
**Global Risks 2009
**Nashi: A Youthful Approach to Power
**Russia Deepens Gas Hegemony
**Southeast Asia: U-turns, Downturns
**Turkey: 'Deep State' Conspiracy

Jamestown Foundation
Terrorism Focus January 28, 2009, v. 6, no, 3
**Al-Qaeda Leaders in the Arabian Peninsula Speak Out
**Pakistan’s Lashkar- e-Taiba Chooses Between Kashmir and the Global Jihad
**Afghanistan Deployment puts Germany in al-Qaeda’s Crosshairs
**Is Ankara Promoting Zaza Nationalism to Divide the Kurds?

Lexington Institute
**Listen to the Navy: The DDG-1000 Destroyer Is Not Needed

Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
**The Continuity of Obama’s Change

National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC)
**National Gang Threat Assessment 2009