The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
“One very simple, but radical, idea: to democratise Europe.” An interview with Yanis Varoufakis
I followed my own thinking through to the extent that I can, logically, and reached the conclusion that a pan-European movement is the only solution. … why this should be a movement, and not a party and not an elite.
10 questions for Jon Huntsman, Joe Lieberman
HARWOOD: What's wrong with American politics?
HUNTSMAN: I think professional politicians have taken over. They've professionalized what used to be a pursuit in public service…
LIEBERMAN: … it got more and more partisan, so my last two years were the most partisan, most rigid, and therefore the least productive. We didn't get anything done.
Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017.
Part I in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series.
Updated November 15, 2016 Robert Steele
This is the author's preliminary draft of the first of three monographs focused on the future of the US Army as an expeditionary force in a complex world that is rapidly decentralizing while also facing major development challenges. A revised draft is provide at DOC below but the online full-text version has not been updated.
Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/2016-Grand-Strategy
DOC (56 Pages): EIN 7FV42 ERAP Steele Vol 1 Grand Strategy 2.4 LINKS
KINDLE (99 cents): An American Grand Strategy: Evidence-Based, Affordable, Balanced, Flexible
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Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part II – Overview of Planning and Programming Factors for Expeditionary Army Operations, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication December 2016.
Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication December 2016.
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A local currency for Barcelona, or rather the region of Catalunia in Spain … it is one of many experiments to try and learn how a currency should be properly configured, and what it can do to isolate the real local economy from the instability of the financial markets that have co-opted the official currencies for their gambling…
Barcelona Officials Plan Alternative Currency
ALMERIA, Spain — As humanity increasingly loses faith in debt-backed fiat currencies run by opaque central banks and corrupt governments, the city of Barcelona, Spain, is the latest to announce plans to try something new — a local currency.
Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers
The US military made maps during the Cold War too, of course, but the two superpowers had different mapping strategies that reflected their different military strengths … the US military rarely made maps more detailed than 1:250,000, and generally only did so for areas of special strategic interest. “The Soviets, on the other hand, were the global leaders in tank technology,” Forbes says. “One to 50,000 scale is globally considered among the military to be the tactical scale for ground forces,” Forbes says.
Could We Open Source Democracy?
Pia Mancini wants to upgrade democracy with the open source mobile platform Democracy OS. It aims to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and to get politicians to actively listen to what they say.
The Ten Commandments of Peer Production and Commons Economics
This is an important synthesis of ten years of research at the P2P Foundation, on the emerging practices of the new productive communities and the ethical entrepreneurial coalitions that create livelihoods for shared resources. I’m working with Neal Gorenflo of Shareable on a more accessible version for a broader public, but this one is for the peer to peer / commons community. Thanks for especially diffusing and spreading this one!
For a mode of production and value creation that is free, fair and sustainable!
