The Contested Commons

Michele Flournoy and Shawn Brimley U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings July 2009 Vol. 135/7/1,277 Two officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense look at a changing and challenging world and what it means for the future of American power. The world is undergoing a profound and lasting shift in the relative balance of power …

2009 Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else [Full Text Online for Google Translate]

Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else How Obama Can Create a Smart Nation and a Prosperous World at Peace By ROBERT DAVID STEELE VIVAS Today’s secret intelligence community costs the U.S. taxpayer over $65 billion a year, and yet, according to General Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret), provides less than 4% of the decision support needed …

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Technology & Web 2.0 to 4.0

Technology & Web 2.0 to 4.0 Review: Avatars–Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback) Review: Building Trustworthy Semantic Webs Review: Business Value of Computers Review: Complex Adaptive Systems–An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Princeton Studies in Complexity) Review: Cyberwar 2.0–Myths, Mysteries & Reality Review: Cyberwar–Security, Strategy, and Conflict in the …