Review: Microtrends–The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes
Eye-glazing trivia of limited value to seeing big changes, February 22, 2008
Worth a Look: The Water, Food, Energy, and Climate Nexus
Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on water and food availability. It is increasingly clear that there is no place in an interlinked world for …
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Berto Jongman: Is Climate Change Australia’s Greatest National Security Issue?
Why climate change is Australia’s greatest national security issue They were given 13 threats or potential threats to consider: adverse global trends and challenges to the international system; terrorism and piracy; instability and failed or failing states; poverty, inequality, and poor governance; serious and organised crime; WMD proliferation; climate change; civil emergencies, including natural disasters …
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Mongoose: VICE – Spy Agencies are Like Old Porn
Aging porn stars….too funny. Spy Agencies Are Like Old-School Porn — But That’s Changing By Jennifer Peters at VICE.com EXTRACT The traditional intelligence agencies are a lot like the old-school porn industry: they’re still trying to make and sell porn like it’s 1979, even though a lot of what they’re selling is just hanging out …
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Answers: Steele for NATO Strategic Foresight
My preliminary contributions to the NATO Strategic Foresight Online Workshop. I have no appointment or connection to NATO or the Transformation Command. This workshop is open to the public without restriction. Characteristics of the Future Threats & Possibilities Economic Considerations Environmental Considerations Human Considerations I & II Political Considerations Technology Considerations Strategic Foresight I & …
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Reference: Italian Military Strategic Outlook
Osservatorio Strategico Outlook 2015 (Centre for High Defence Studies, Military Centre for Strategic Studies, Republic of Italy) Part I: Global Outlook Part II: Regional Analysis (Middle East; Afghan Theater; Balkan-Dnubian Region and Turkey; Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; India and the Indian Ocean; China; Asia-Pacific; Latin America) Part III: Sectorial Analysis (European Defense Initiatives, …
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2015 ANSWERS Robert Steele for Sean Lorenz on OSINT Update 3
There is a need for hard data and statistics on OSINT — why it has been relegated to the basement and distributed rather than consolidated as with the other disciplines, what it’s successes and failures have been. In how many cases did it provide Intelligence that was critical to mission success ? NEEDS DATA
