Bruneau works extensively on the topic of Intelligence Fusion Center. Bruneau’s expertise includes the potential use of fusion centers in combatting street gangs in Central America.
The GAP team has developed unique measures of the effectiveness of public policies and programs. Bruneau led a team that did the first – ever empirical assessment of the impact of the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. Hespe created and implemented assessment tools to evaluate the impact of rule of law programs in the “stans” and the Middle East. And, Springborg, assessed the impact of economic policies in the Middle East.
All members of the GAP team have dedicated much of their professional lives to assisting countries develop their security institutions. The institutions include not only ministries of defense, legislatures, and supreme audit boards, but also civil society, including the media, non-governmental organizations, and think tanks. Bue has worked extensively on the U.S, and, with the resources available to her as Deputy Assistant of State in the Bureau of Political – Military Affairs, has assisted countries throughout the world. Bruneau and Goetze have primarily focused on Latin America and Southeast Asia. Frank Hespe, as head of the American Bar Association project on The Rule of Law, worked for four years in Kazakhstan and the other four “stans”. Robert Springborg have worked mainly in the Middle East, and Misha Tsypkin in Russia.