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2013/10/112013/10/11

Karl W. Eikenberry: The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan — The Other Side of COIN

The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan The Other Side of the COIN Foreign Affairs, September-October 2013 (General and Ambassador) Karl W. Eikenberry Since 9/11, two consecutive U.S. administrations have labored mightily to help Afghanistan create a state inhospitable to terrorist organizations with transnational aspirations and capabilities. The goal has been clear enough, but its …

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2013/09/232013/09/23

Paul Craig Roberts: The War on the Poor

Guest Column — The War On The Poor — Jeffrey St. Clair & Alexander Cockburn The American poor are being driven into the ground. Not only is owning a home out of the question, but also the poor can’t even afford to rent. They lack the money for a damage deposit, and they lack the …

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2013/08/252013/08/25

General and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry on the Persistent Failure of US Understanding in Afghanistan

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. Emphasis below added by Milt Bearden, former CIA chief in Pakistan also responsible for the field aspects of the CIA’s …

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2013/08/132013/08/13

Jean Lievens: Open source has won, let’s look to the future

Open source has won, let’s look to the future Mark Hinkle My nearly 11 minute keynote at OSCON 2013 this year, felt long enough when I gave it, but in terms of what I have to say about the future of open source, it wasn’t even close. Here I expand on the lessons I’ve learned …

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2013/06/172013/06/17

John Perry Barlow: Spies Without Borders I — How USA is Capturing Billions of Internet Accounts Around the World

Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world June 13, 2013 | By Katitza Rodriguez Spies Without Borders I Using Domestic Networks to Spy on the World This is the first article of our Spy Without Borders series. This article has been co-authored by Tamir Israel, Staff Lawyer at CIPPIC and Katitza Rodriguez, EFF International Rights Director. The Spy …

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2013/05/30

Jean Lievens: Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work

Collaboration depends on communication, and content depends on combination of social negotiation and creative energy. Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work Mark Elliott M/C Journal, May 2006 Introduction 1The steady rise of Wikipedia.org and the Open Source software movement has been one of the big surprises of the 21st century, threatening stalwarts such as …

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2013/05/272013/05/27

DefDog: Russian Target #1? Dimona, Israel — Along with an Alternative History Worth Reading

Funny how stuff gets around. More than one source is talking about Dimona, Israel as the ideal “proportionate response” from Russia with love… Not sure why the French are allowing false stories about chemical weapons use by Assad — and we all continue to worry about Israel and the neo-cons simulating Iranian attacks on US …

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