Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership

Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part III in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Robert David Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the third of three monographs focused on …

Pre-Order Review: The Art of Peace – Engaging in a Complex World by Juliana Geran Pilon

5 stars Compelling, Insightful, Useful – Glosses Over Some Fundamentals This book excels at offering a compelling overview of the severe deficiencies in US national security strategy, policy, and operations – it is one of the strongest indictments I have seen of our total inability to wage peace instead of war. Among the many high …

Stephen E. Arnold: US Government Struggling with IT — 77% of funding consumed by O&M — while Palantir sues US Army for business….

US Government: Computer Infrastructure Notice that the US Federal government spent $0.68 cents of every IT dollar on operations and maintenance in 2010. Jump to the 2017 estimate. Notice that the status quo is likely to consume $0.77 cents of every IT dollar. Bam! Pow! Zap! Palantir Steps Up Fight with US Army I recall …

Robert Steele: Reflections on China, Open Source, & the Craft of Intelligence UPDATE 1

The below article is important to those thinking about open source software in Europe: Why China is the next proving ground for open source software The article, from TechRepublic, focuses on the Chinese taking the lead in open source software related to big data infrastructure.  “China scale” is a term that should be noted. My …