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 …

SchwartzReport: Jimmy Carter Says US Middle Class Today Resembles Poor of His Era

I’ve waited two days with this story waiting to see if it was picked up. It was not. Think about what President Carter is saying, and ask yourself: Why didn’t this story get coverage. Jimmy Carter: Middle Class Today Resembles Past’s Poor The Associated Press Read full story. Phi Beta Iota:  The actual unemployment rate …

Jean Lievens: Jeremy Rifkin on Occupy–the upcoming third industrial revolution

There is something unfair in the way this world is organised. Why is our environment deteriorating? Why is unemployment rising? We want a new vision for the future. The upcoming third industrial revolution needs a new economic paradigm. S0up3rD0up3r 1 year ago The economy is crashing because money is no longer relevant. We can produce …

John Steiner: From Sanity Central on NSA and the Surveillance State

“The potential of the surveillance  state goes way beyond anything in George Orwell’s 1984, (said Guardian Editor) Alan Rusbridger . ‘Orwell could never have imagined this concept of scooping up everything all the time’. The NSA stories were ‘clearly’ not about totalitarianism, but an infrastructure had been created that could be dangerous if it fell …

Gianni Koshinas: What Afghanistan Needs After 2014: A lighter, smarter, long-term commitment

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. What Afghanistan Needs After 2014:  A lighter, smarter, long-term commitment Gianni Koshinas Foreign Policy, 12 February 2013 Maintaining a large …