The Spanda Journal special issue on “Systemic Change”, VI, 1, June 2015, is now available at Spanda website.
The issue contains the following articles:
Anthony Judge: Requisite Meta-reflection on Engagement in Systemic Change?
Cultural Intelligence
Requisite Meta-reflection on Engagement in Systemic Change?
Fiat, fatwa and world-making in a period of existential radicalisation
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Stephen E. Arnold: Islamic State Propaganda West Neither Gets Nor Contests — Accept Our Rules, Gain Stability
Cultural Intelligence
Worthy of a full read — a classic failure of US intelligence and strategic communication filters.
Islamic State propaganda: what the West doesn't understand
Ruth Pollard in Sydney Morning Herald
Beirut: Behind the ultra-violent execution videos that have become the Islamic State's disturbing trademark is a carefully calibrated set of messages aimed not at terrorising but at recruiting people to “an alternative way of living”.
While brutality is the most prominent narrative in the West, utopianism is by far the most important narrative for Islamic State's propagandists.
Jean Lievens: Greece as a Beginning – But Dishonest Western Governments Will Not Do What Needs to Be Done….
Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Greece Is Just The Beginning Of The Great Austerity Backlash
EXTRACT
…the exchange with reporters in Washington was another of the many signs that the debate over the power that should accrue to money — and what those who wield it can fairly demand — is spreading around the world.
Anthony Judge: Confusion in Exchanging “Something” for “Nothing”
Cultural IntelligenceConfusion in Exchanging “Something” for “Nothing”
Cognitive implication in the asymmetrical processes of begging and its surrogates
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Ellen Brown: A Franciscan Alternative: the People’s Pope and a People’s Bank?
03 Economy, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Ethics, Peace Intelligence
A Franciscan Alternative: the People’s Pope and a People’s Bank?
EXTRACT
Pope Francis’ June 2015 encyclical is called “Praised Be,” a title based on an ancient song attributed to St. Francis. Most papal encyclicals are addressed only to Roman Catholics, but this one is addressed to the world. And while its main focus is considered to be climate change, its 184 pages cover much more than that. Among other sweeping reforms, it calls for a radical overhaul of the banking system.
Yoda: China’s Military Strategy – Winning Informationized Local Wars
02 China, Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Military
China’s New Military Strategy: “Winning Informationized Local Wars”
Jamestown Foundation China Brief Volume: 15 Issue: 13
EXTRACT
The phrase “winning informationized local wars” has appeared in the pages of the PLA’s newspaper, the Liberation Army Daily, only fifty times. But thirty eight, or 75 percent, of these references have occurred since mid-August 2014. The term first appeared on August 21, 2014 in an article announcing a new document published by the General Staff Department on improving the level of realistic training.
