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James Stavrides: Interview on Smart Power by Oliver Barrett

Talking ‘Smart Power’ With Admiral Stavridis By Oliver Barrett US News & World Report, July 25, 2013 With one-liners like, “We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas,” it is not hard to appreciate why The New York Times labeled recently retired Admiral James Stavridis a “Renaissance admiral.” Labels like “innovator” …

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Berto Jongman: Admrial James Stavrides Expands on “Open Source Security”

Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence By THOM SHANKER New York Times, 30 May 2013 WASHINGTON — Adm. James G. Stavridis, who stepped down this month as NATO’s supreme commander, has been at war in two wars — overseeing the alliance’s role in the enduring mission in Afghanistan as well as the shorter combat …

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Berto Jongman: NDU Book Online on Illicit Networks – Forward by Admiral James “Open Source Security” Stavrides

The Center for Complex Operations (CCO) has produced this edited volume, Convergence: Illicit Networks and National Security in the Age of Globalization, that delves deeply into everything mentioned above and more. In a time when the threat is growing, this is a timely effort. CCO has gathered an impressive cadre of authors to illuminate the …

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CounterPunch: Admiral Fabuloso: Hillary [Clinton], Syria and the Destructive Career of James G. Stavridis

Admiral Fabuloso: Hillary, Syria and the Destructive Career of James G. Stavridis Hillary Clinton meanwhile is reportedly pondering the selection of  retired Admiral James G. Stavridis, a former Rumsfeld lickspittle who helped destroy Libya and thinks it would be a fine idea to hook up with Al Qaeda in Syria.  Clinton’s putative defense secretary, Michelle …

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Marcus Aurelius: LTG Alexander Charging Wall Street $1M a Month for Telling Them How They Are Vulnerable [Because He & His Predecessors Refused to Protect US C4I as Directed]

Accurate?  Ethical? Former NSA Director Charging $1 Million a Month to Reveal US Intelligence Methods. Gen. Keith Alexander, who recently retired from his position at the top of the National Security Agency, is reportedly meeting with top brass from the financial industry to discuss how to best protect sensitive information, and he’s likely to charge …

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Bearden & Koskinas ON AFGHANISTAN + RECAP

Milt Bearden HIST 11 July 2011 Don’t Be Spooked by Pakistan HIST 1 Oct 2009 TESTIMONY to SFRC “The War in Afghanistan, The Regional Effects” HIST 9 April 2009 Obama’s War HIST March/April 2009 Curse of the Khyber Pass HIST Nov/Dec 2001 Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires Ioannis Koskinas 2013-08-01  The U.S.-Afghan game of “Chicken” 2013-07-10  …

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