2003 Lewis (UNIDIR) Creating the Global Brain: The United Nations

United Nations, Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) IOP ’06.  Under the leadership of Dr. Patricia Lewis, and in pursuit of the basic mission of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the development of “ideas for peace and security,” this organization has demonstrated sustained excellence in the exploitation of open sources of information, and …

2003 Pak (US) & Zdanowicz (US) An Estimate of 2001 Lost U.S. Federal Income Tax Revenues Due to Over-Invoiced Imports and Under-Priced Exports

Academics can be cool and useful. These two guys are worth over $50billion a year to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but the U.S. Government does not seem to care about intelligence-driven revenue-collection. These guys ROCK and represent all that academics should be in the service of their country and theircommunity. Dr. Simon J. Pak …

2003 Pelton (US) World’s Most Dangerous Places

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Robert Young Pelton Mr. Robert Young Pelton is perhaps the greatest journalist-adverturer on the planet.  This is a man that gets kidnapped by accident, is recognized by the leader of the kidnappers, and is promptly released with apologies and an honor guard.  His book World’s Most Dangerous Places and his TV series …