Journal: Highlights from the East West Institute

Al Qaeda Hierarchy in a Pocket? (30 Nov 09) Ikram Sehgal suggests that Pakistan’s offensive in South Waziristan has cornered Al Qaeda and urges the Pakistani military to capitalize on this opportunity to disrupt the network’s leadership. U.S. Policymakers Discuss Measures to Reduce Readiness of Nuclear Weapons (30 Nov 09) On November 18, 2009, H.E. …

Worth a Look: Contractors in Stability Operations

Stability Operations for Dummies: The Role of the Prvate Sector in Iraq (YouTube Briefing) Doug Brooks, founding President of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) has a video circulating that offers the soft sales pitch for outsourcing “contingency support.”  It is all positive and completely avoids all of the negatives, such as: 1.  Pillaging and …

Review DVD: The AMERICAN Ruling Class

Truly Remarkable–Provokes & Entertains December 10, 2009 Robert Altman, James Baker, Bill Bradley, Harold Brown, Hodding Carter, William Coleman, Walter Cronkite, Barabara Ehrenreich, Vartan Gregorian, Robert Hackney, Doug Henwood, Mike Dedavoy, Joseph Nye, Samuel Peabody, John Perkins, Pete Seeger, Lawrence Summers, Arthur Sulzberger, William Taft,  Kurt Vonnegut, Howard Zinn This DVD is superb and also …