The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Obama’s Middle East speech missed ‘historic opportunity,’ say many Arabs While those involved in Arab uprisings welcomed Obama’s support, others were disappointed with his failure to apologize for US support for Middle East dictators EXTRACT: “Obama really had an opportunity to reshape and reframe the debate and … he gave it away,” says Shadi Hamid, …
I would suspect that a number of countries hung up on this call……. U.S. Calls for Global Cybersecurity Strategy By HELENE COOPER, May 16, 2011 New York Times EXTRACT: The strategy calls for officials from the State Department, the Pentagon, the Justice Department, the Commerce Department and the Department of Homeland Security to work with …
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“The National Conversation” Debuts The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has announced a new initiative launching April 8, 2011: The National Conversation at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The National Conversation will examine overarching themes of U.S. international and domestic policy, drawing on high-profile guests and experts from all sides of the political sphere to …
www.MountainRunner.us National Security will require Smarter Networks (Ali Fisher on June 1, 2010) An Introduction to Using Network Maps in Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication (Ali Fisher on October 8, 2009) Ali Fisher is Director of Mappa Mundi Consulting and a former Director of Counterpoint, the cultural relations think-tank of the British Council. Ali blogs …
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Lieutenant Colonel Hans F. Palaoro, USAF, wrote this essay while a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. It won the Strategy Article category of the 2010 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Essay Competition. EXTRACT: While information power is well accepted as one of the four elements of national power, …
To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature (New York Times) On Jan. 1, 1804, when Dessalines created the Haitian flag by tearing the white middle from the French tricolor, he achieved what even Spartacus could not: he had led to triumph the only successful slave revolt in history. Haiti became the world’s first independent …
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In Need of Port Repairs, Haiti Relocating 400,000 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian officials are planning a massive relocation of 400,000 people from makeshift camps to the outskirts of the capital as the U.S. government tackles repairs to the damaged main port — dual efforts to help residents survive the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake. The …
