CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 15 Oct 09

Hot Topics AA: COMMENT: Regional instability and our options —Shaukat Qadir 10/09/09 AF: Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight 10/12/09 AF: French killed after Italy bribed Taliban: report 10/15/09 IQ: Iraq releases new death toll figure 10/14/09 IR: Iran investigating prominent opposition cleric 10/13/09 IR: In Iran, 2 get death sentences for postelection uprising …

Journal: Real-Time Intelligence

UN – Successful Fight against Drug Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime Requires Interlocking National, Regional, International Strategies, Third Committee Told ISRIA – France The time had come to consider how to better implement the decisions of the …… to share real–time intelligence on illicit drugs and associated crimes, … No Substitute for Boots on the Ground …

Journal: India, Demography, & the Future

India’s Demographic Moment With the right conditions in place — education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them — a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity. by Nandan Nilekani August 27, 2009 Harvard Business Review When conditions are right, large numbers of young workers can drive a nation’s growth to remarkable levels. …

Review: Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era

My Head Hurts–Time for a Black Caucus on Black Power October 7, 2009 Houston A. Baker My head hurts. After enjoying and reviewing Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics yesterday evening, I was not anticipating the firestorm of erudite adjective-laden brow-beating that this author delivers. Minus one star for beating several …