The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Climate change may be an “accelerant of instability” in future conflicts, and the U.S. military needs to plan for possible environmental catastrophes and resource wars, according to the Pentagon’s soon-to-be-released master strategy document. Among other things, the draft QDR suggests the military will have to start planning for operations in which rising sea levels, an …
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HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH (HOPE) The Next Hope (2010) Pre-Registration Now Open Call for Speakers Links to Past HOPE Events Phi Beta Iota: Hackers are like astronauts, pushing the bleeding edge of the envelope. If the US Government had listened to us in 1991-1994, cyberspace would be secure today, and we would not be spending …
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NeoOpticon: the EU Security-Industrial Complex (Transnational Institute) As the title communicates. Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism Report Card (WMD Commission) Failing grade in isolation from all the more pressing threats (poverty, disease, environment). Al Qaeda Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat: Hype or Reality? (Harvard) More focus on the symptom instead of the problem (US …
Obama’s Credibility Gap (New York Times) Americans are still looking for the answer, and if they don’t get it soon — or if they don’t like the answer — the president’s current political problems will look like a walk in the park. Public Rifts On Afghanistan: Leaks suggest that the administration is divided, endangering Obama’s …
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: Collective security forces unlikely to intervene in event of war in Karabakh 01/21/10 AM: Azerbaijani hostage on Armenian television 01/18/10 BA: BALKANS: The Year Bosnia Breaks 01/21/10 GR: Greek Think Tank Urges Government To …
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Darpa: U.S. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk Darpa’s worried that America’s “ability to compete in the increasingly internationalized stage will be hindered without college graduates with the ability to understand and innovate cutting edge technologies in the decades to come…. Finding the right people with increasingly specialized talent is becoming more difficult and will …
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: Instability in Yemen a global threat 01/04/10 AA: Pipeline politics in Central Asia 01/04/10 AE: UAE plans cyber crimes court 01/05/10 AE: Waha Capital closes financing of AED 6.7 billion transportation aircraft for … …
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