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For many other references relevant to IO, see the original OSS page on IO. See also our short Memorandum on Chinese Irregular Warfare.
Berto Jongman recommends…
The Future Strategic Context for Defence (UK 2007)
Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future (UK Guardian 9 Apr 2007)
Phi Beta Iota: C4I is the only “revolutionary” technology–Michael O'Hanlon said it first inTechnological Change and the Future of Warfare (2000). Other highlights: private sector, not defense, is now the lead for technological change–gets climate change right (100 years and further out). Morality is coming back into demand. Defense operations in the future will be predominantly multinational in nature (which suggests that how urgently we need to get multinational sharing and sense-making ginned up).
Marcus Aurelius Transmittal Comment and Phi Beta Iota Comment:
Rear Admiral Gilbride has promulgated the Concept of Operations (CONOP) for the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC), effective 19 August 2009.
It is quite good and serves as a model for all others. it is, as of now, the single best attempt to truly integrate the concerns and capabilities of the inter-agency community of interest.
A few shortfalls are easily corrected. The Department of Agriculture and food security, for example, are not embraced. That needs to be corrected. The CONOPS is also too focused on security and avoids both protective and enabling opportunities for maritime intervention. Environmental Impacts, for example, focuses only on weather and the opening of the Northwest Passage, not on pollution or other maritime dumping activities that further toxify 75% of our Earth.
General Tony Zinni YouTube New World Order (July 31, 2009)
Phi Beta Iota: At the above link, note the many other options for listening to General Tony Zinni speaking on multiple topics across multiple forums.
Review: The Collapse of Complex Societies
Review: The Health of Nations–Society and Law beyond the State
Review: Wars of Blood and Faith–The Conflicts That Will Shape the 21st Century
Comments forthcoming.
