The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Abstract: If we were to start from scratch today to design a quality-controlled archive and distribution system for research findings, would it be realized as a set of “electronic clones” of print journals? Could we imagine instead some form of incipient knowledge network for our research communications infrastructure? What differences should be expected in its …
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Hot Topics AA: Al-Qaeda Moving to Africa: Sources 11/22/09 AA: Ship is pirate target again 11/19/09 AO: Angola: Armed Forces Staff Attend Workshop on Future Constitution 11/19/09 BW: Khama faces ICC prosecution 11/19/09 CD: FACTBOX-Who are Congolese warlords Katanga and Ngudjolo? 11/23/09 CD: UN blue helmets help passengers in DR Congo when plane overshoots runway …
Today’s recommendaitons: Who’s who in the Somali insurgency: A Reference Guide Interview with Maajid Nawaz:Becoming a Muslim Radical New Quilliam report: British prisons are incubating Islamist extremism Selected Translation of the LIFG Recantation Document Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field. Antonio Giustozzi gathers a renowned cast of journalists, experts, and academics to …
What do the MICC, the Collapse of the Berlin Wall, and the Financial Meltdown Have in Common? I strongly recommend that readers study carefully the attached article by Janine Wedel. She analyzes the emergence of self-organizing government – industry networks in the post communist states and then compares these structures to the very similar emergence of …
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In roughly 1997 we were invited to brief Russian and Eastern European parliamentarians at the George C. Marshall Center in Germany, and presented a new concept, of the military as the core force for peace. Our intent was rooted in our appreciation for the military in every nation–regardless of corruption or shortfalls in leadership–as the …
This lengthy piece is organized as follows: 1) Chuck Spinney on how our partisan “leaders” are disconnected from reality and leading us over a cliff, with reference to John Boyd. 2. An extract and link to the always brilliant CounterPunch where David Michael Green discusses the core issue: Can America be salvaged? 3. A Phi …
Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy posted by Juan Cole Sept 7, 2009 http.www.juancole.com/2009/09/where-have-all-broad-shoulders-gone-or.html The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job recently. A vast bank robbery by the corrupt on …
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