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2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

NOTE:  This is the final report with new comments.  Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago.  Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …

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SchwartzReport: Sea Levels Rising Faster Than Anticipated, US Coastal Cities at Risk

US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected, study warns Satellite measurements show flooding from storms like Sandy will put low-lying population centres at risk sooner than projected Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 November 2012 Sea-level rise is occurring much faster than scientists expected – exposing millions more …

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Graphic: UN 6 OSINT Relevance to UN Ten High-Level Threats

Economic and Social Threats, including 95% 01 Poverty 99% 02 Infectious Disease 95% 03 Environmental Degradation (includes Climate Change) 90% 04 Inter-State Conflict 75% Internal-Conflict, including 90% 05 Civil War 80% 06 Genocide 95% 07 Other Large-Scale Atrocities 95% 08 Proliferation of nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons (many would add small arms as well) …

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Practical Reflections on United Nations Intelligence + UN RECAP

Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT:  2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …

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2012 Robert Steele: Addressing the Seven Sins of Foreign Policy — Why Defense, Not State, Is the Linch Pin for Global Engagement

Short Persistent URL: http://tinyurl.com/Kerry-Flournoy I wrote this with John Kerry and Michele Flourney in mind, but regardless of who is eventually made Secretary of Defense, the core concept remains: the center of gravity for massive change in the US Government and in the nature of how the US Government ineracts with the rest of the …

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