Source: U.S. Department of State-USAID FY 2014–2017 Joint Strategic Plan
Graphic: State-USAID Joint Strategic Goal Framework
02 Diplomacy, Ethics, Government, IO Deeds of PeaceDavid Brin: The Half Life of Secrets
Ethics, Government
Surveillance: A Golden Age or Dark Days?
My friend and info-perceptive wiseman Peter Swire, who helped to formulate the post-Snowden NSA reforms issued by the Obama Administration, has a series of articles and white papers of interest to anyone who is serious about the core topic of our era.
Michel Bauwens: Workers Becoming Powerful
03 Economy, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Ethics, Government
Workers are about to become much more powerful: How will capitalism adapt ?
In Britain, three basic things would lay the groundwork for a more controlled shift of pricing power towards the workforce and away from employers: the right to a written contract; the obligation to publish salary bands for specific job titles in private-sector firms; and limiting temporary contracts to genuinely temporary or seasonal tasks.
Berto Jongman: CIA’s Digital Innovation…
Government, Ineptitude, IO Impotency
CIA goes live with new cyber directorate, massive internal reorganization
The DDI’s formation implies that the CIA is increasingly bent on securing 21st century relevance on the overall American spying landscape, where other agencies — namely the cyber- and electronic-surveillance-focused National Security Agency (NSA) — have emerged as dominant shapers of U.S. intelligence policy.
Yoda: Afghan’s Rural Green Project
03 Environmental Degradation, 08 Wild Cards, Ethics, Government
One of the poorest regions in Afghanistan is teaching the world about sustainability
The Rural Green Environment Organization is entirely rewriting the environmental narrative for 90 villages and 40,000 people in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The region has endured decades of conflict, insecurity and the overharvesting of natural resources. What was once a region battered by conflict and environmental degradation is now flourishing.
Mongoose: Hillary Clinton’s Secret Spy Network….
Commerce, Corruption, Government
What Was a Member of Clinton's ‘Secret Spy Network' Doing While Working for CBS News?
In March, an investigation by ProPublica and Gawker revealed that a “secret spy network” that was not on the State Department payroll, run by longtime Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, was “funneling intelligence about the crisis in Libya directly to the Secretary of State’s private account starting before the Benghazi attack.” Now the WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Tyler Drumheller, the former chief of the CIA’s clandestine service in Europe who was working directly with Blumenthal as a member of Clinton’s spy network, was concurrently working as a consultant to CBS News and its venerable news program 60 Minutes. Read more.
Chuck Spinney: Saudi Arabian Collapse — Bad Rulers, No Water? A Case Study…
08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 12 Water, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Government
I want to flag and discuss two articles. The first, Saudi Royal calls for regime change in Riyadh, is a report in the Guardian by Hugh Miles. He describes the four immediate factors that have stimulated the now famous letters by the anonymous 3rd generation prince calling for the replacement of King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: (1) the double tragedy at Mecca that killed 800 people, (2) the collapse of oil prices, (3) the war in Yemen which, according to Miles, few Saudis support, and (4) King Salman's elevation of his young son, the inexperienced and impetuous Mohammed bin Salman to the peculiar but powerful post of Deputy Crown Prince, making him second in the line of succession.
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