Review: Power & Responsibility–Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threat

Bubba Book January 6, 2010 Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual, Stephen John Stedman EDIT of 7 Jan 09.  I got halfway through another book last night and now understand the Princeton-based idea that the US has enough power to demand changes and that earlier “balance of power” constraints might not apply.  On the one hand, this …

Event: 10-11 Mar 2010 Washington, D.C. Ethics of Intelligence

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN International Intelligence Ethics Association (IIEA) and Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies present the 5th International Conference on the Ethics of National Security Intelligence March 11-12, 2010 — Conference and Hotel Registration: http://scs.georgetown.edu/ethics — Conference Questions: conference2010@intelligence-ethics.org Keynote Speakers: Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 1997 John Inglis. Deputy Director, National Security Agency …

Graphic: GIS Makes Discrimination Black and White

The Revolution Will Be Mapped GIS mapping technology is helping underprivileged communities get better services — from education and transportation to health care and law enforcement — by showing exactly what discrimination looks like. Bob Burtman |  December 28, 2009 The institute’s maps played a vital role in a federal jury’s decision last year to …

Journal: Yemen–Opening A New “Front” in the Long War

Nicht Schwerpunkt as a Prescription for Defeat by a 1000 Cuts Recent events like the Fort Hood Massacre and the bungled attempt to fire bomb the airliner bound for Detroit have focused attention on and encouraged our escalating intervention in Yemen, which has been taking place quietly, as if Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan were not …

Journal: Keystone Cops on Earth and Space Data Sharing

UN-SPIDER (“United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response”) aims at providing universal access to all types of space-based information and services relevant to disaster management by: being a gateway to space information for disaster management support; serving as a bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities; and being …

Review (Guest): Integrity–Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House

REVIEW BY  Russell J. Geoffrey (East Greenwich, RI) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars INTEGRITY: easy to lose, hard to restore February 4, 2008 He was a Navy officer serving on the USS Yorktown by the age of 22, in law school at 26, a staff assistant …

Review: The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Phenomenal–Ref A Relevant to Everywhere Else December 21, 2009 Ali A. Allawi The author has achieved extraordinary synthesis and summation, with gifted straight-forward language.This book is not only a capstone reference, but demonstrates why we need to LISTEN–none of us could learn–in a lifetime–all that this author has in his head. That’s why multinational engagement …