The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Homegrown Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland (ARI) Lorenzo Vidino ARI 171/2009 – 18/12/2009 EXTRACT 1: All these plots are very diverse in their origin, degree of sophistication and characteristics of the individuals involved. Yet they all contribute to paint the picture of the complex and rapidly changing reality of terrorism of Islamist inspiration …
TERRORIST DROP-OUTS Learning From Those Who Have Left (Washington Institute) The Saudi Re-Radicalization Experiment (Council on Foreign Relations) Syria’s Financial Support for Terrorism (Middle East Forum) Cracks in the Jihad (Wilson Quarterly)
“The Shrinking Costs of War.” Part II in the Human Security Report 2009 (Forthcoming) Author: Human Security Report Project at the School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University. Date: 20 January 2010 63 pages / 4.21 MB Press Release Summary of the Findings Identified by Berto Jongman.
miniAtlas of Global Development An at-a-glance guide to the most pressing development issues facing the world today. Highlights key social, economic, and environmental data for 208 of the world’s economies. Green miniAtlas A snapshot, presented in maps and charts, of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges: increasing population, the rising demand for energy and food, …
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Welcome to Qaedastan: Yemen’s coming explosion will make today’s problems seem tame. Yemen has so many dire problems that it’s easy to be overwhelmed. Al Qaeda is growing in prominence, a Shiite rebellion is expanding in the north, and the threat of secession is renewed in the south. There’s a brewing fight over what comes …
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The Escalating Ties between Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Criminal Activity Featuring David Johnson January 19, 2010 Ambassador David Johnson is the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In this position, Ambassador Johnson advises the president, secretary of state, related State Department bureaus, and other relevant government …
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Suggestions to improve American intelligence: think as a brain What’s wrong with American intelligence? In sum, the thinking goes, we need to gather more information, then work harder to connect the dots. Those impulses are understandable, but they miss the most important problem. From studying many individual cases, and conducting detailed post-mortems of US intelligence …
