Chuck Spinney: Is Israel on Cusp of Grand Strategic Set-Back as Universities Mobilize (Precedent South Africa)?

Grand strategy (described here) can be generalized as a game of interaction and isolation. Viewed from this perspective, Israel’s grand strategy has been to maintain or increase its freedom of action in implementing the expansive Zionist apartheid/colonialist agenda, to include gaining control of the region’s scarce water resources (see here), by — (a) preying on the collective …

Event: University Seminar on Reflexive Systems, Open Source Everything, Future of GW — Slides, Answers Posted

TELL OTHERS: SHORT URL:  http://tinyurl.com/GWU-OSE The George Washington University: University Seminar on Reflexive Systems Thursday, March 15  from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (coffee provided, lunch afterward) Funger Hall, Room 320   2201 G Street NW THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Coping with Complexity via Transparency, Truth, & Trust PLUS (See Below the Line) 2 Briefings, …

David Swanson: Murder of US Citizens and Others Legal — Dissection of Eric Holder Speech

Murder Is Legal, Says Eric Holder By David Swanson Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why it’s legal to murder people — not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not to fight on a battlefield in a war that is somehow legalized, but to target and kill …

Event: AM 31 Mar Washington Panel on Complexity & Reflexivity, Washington Academy of Sciences + Meta-RECAP

Complexity and Reflexivity Papers presented at the Washington Academy of Sciences Washington, DC, March 31-April 1, 2012 UPDATED 24 Feb to post all links Conceptions of Complexity and Implications for Economics Stuart Umpleby, The George Washington University, Washington, DC Experiments in Reflexive Inquiry Kent Myers, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Conceptual Difficulties and Pragmatic Responses to …

2013: The Evolving Craft of Intelligence 3.6 As Published

The Evolving Craft of Intelligence [Version 3.1] Robert David Steele There is little desire in the developed intelligence nations to see the craft of intelligence evolve in line with the revolutions in information technology and globalization. Indeed, it can safely be said that most leaders with access to intelligence services do not value them—they are …

Marcus Aurelius: Azerbaijan, Israel, US, Iran, & Russia – a Look at “Ground Zero” for Old Ways of Spying

Spy Vs Spy: The Secret Wars Waged In New Spooks’ Playground London Times, 11 February 2012 Azerbaijan: This small country is used to being a listening post, but its position at the centre of activity in the present climate is a big cause for concern. Sheera Frenkel reports from Baku. In a warm café in …