Journal: United Nations and Information-Sharing

UPDATED 2014-01-29 to add the following new links: 2012 Robert Steele: Practical Reflections on UN Intelligence + UN RECAP References: NATO Transformation Process Documents — and Gaps + Peace from Above RECAP Search: phd topics on the role of intelligence in peace support operation + Peacekeeping RECAP United Nations @ Phi Beta Iota Phi Beta …

Journal: Guantanamo “Suicides”–Shamed Again

Murder and Cover-Up The Guantánamo Suicides By STEPHEN SOLDZ My friends who served in the military speak of the pride with they performed what  they viewed as their duty. This duty included the obligation to act with honor, including, above all, following the Geneva Conventions when handling detainees and prisoners of war. My friends tell …

Journal: Climate Change and “Hacktivism”

Climate Change E-mail Leak Indicates ‘Hacktivism’ Trend Stefanie Hoffman Nov. 24, 2009 An e-mail hack that exposed thousands of private e-mails and documents about global warming from a University of East Anglia climate change research center indicates a shifting paradigm for e-mail as a means of “private” communication, and a continuation of political “hacktivism” to …

Worth a Look: WiserEarth Multilingual

Hello!, Hola!, Bonjour!, 你好! (Nǐ Hǎo), Buongiorno!مرحبا (Marhaba), Здравствуйте! (PRIvet), Guten Tag! 안녕하세요 (An nyoung haseh yo),こんにちは (Konnichiwa), שלום WiserTongues: Help WiserEarth become multilingual! Why speaking English isn’t enough Did you know that 60% of the WiserEarth Community comes from outside the United States? This is great news as we always wanted WiserEarth to be …

Journal: Out-Sourcing Corruption

U.S. Nonprofit Screws up Iraq Jobs Program, Now Working on Afghanistan Repeat By Nathan Hodge November 11, 2009 As Joanna Nathan recently warned at ForeignPolicy.com, the U.S. government’s business-as-usual approach of outsourcing development work could have very negative consequences for the mission in Afghanistan. “If gaudy new mansions built in the local ‘narco-tecture’ style are …

Journal: What Can Obama Learn from Gorbachev?

Chuck Spinney: a tribute to Gorbachev and and perhaps an example for Barack Obama????? Day That Shook the World by Eric Margolis Lew Rockwell.com    November 10, 2009 In 1975, physicist Andrei Sakharov and a group of fellow Soviet academicians warned the Kremlin leadership that unless the nation’s ruinous defense spending was slashed and funds refocused …