THREAT Week Ending 2014-02-22 [THU 7 PM New]

01 Poverty Kids, Poverty and Mental Health: Children of war Tackling poverty and improving education go hand in hand Micro Credit Cannot Aleviate the Poverty of Capitalism 02 Infectious Disease Stealthy, Debilitating Disease Is Poised to Sweep the United States San Francisco Overrun with Bloodsuckers (and Ticks) TAHC visiting major stock shows to discuss biosecurity …

Patrick Meier: Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood

Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood I had the great pleasure of contributing a chapter to this new book recently published by Oxford University Press: Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood. My chapter addresses the application of crisis mapping to areas of limited statehood, drawing both on theory …

Reflections on the Ecuador Initiative — Open Source Everything Combined with Ethical Evidence-Based Decision-Support 1.1

Michel Bauwens, founder of the Peer to Peer (P2P) Foundation and one of my personal pioneer heroes, is deeply engaged in Ecuador with a Presidential initiative. This endeavor could be world-changing, first in Ecuador, then across South America, and ultimately around the globe starting with the BRICS and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere. I …

Jean Lievins: YouTube (4:20) Positive Money – 3 Changes to Banking Fix the Economy, Eliminate Debt

Jan 16, 2014 If someone told you that a mountain of personal debt could be cleared via 3 simple changes to the way that money and banking works, would you like to know how? Would you like to see a more stable economy, with more jobs, less personal and government debt? Would you like to …

Reflections on Intelligence Reform

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Reform Security sector reform and advancement begins in the mind.  In the 21st Century, raw information and tailored intelligence (decision support) are fundamental to progress at the strategic, operational, tactical, and technical levels. If we are to properly address intelligence governance from a comparative and international perspective rooted in an appreciation for the …